Warren Moon Says Cam Newton Criticism Is Racially Biased

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From [HERE] Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon said racial bias has played a role in criticism Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has received this season. The Panthers are 1-5 and Newton has not been as stellar as he was last season, when he was voted 2012 Offensive Rookie of the Year. Criticism has ensued, but Moon, an adviser to Newton, said to cbssports.com:

“A lot of the criticism he’s receiving is unfortunate and racially based. I thought we were all past this.  I don’t see other quarterbacks in the draft being criticized by the media or fans about their smile or called a phony. He’s being held to different standards from white quarterback. I thought we were past all this stuff about African-American quarterbacks, but I guess we’re not.” Moon was angered by the public perception of Newton at the time and felt he was being compared to 2007 draft bust JaMarcus Russell because they African-American.

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Rigged Elections for Mittens? Democrats have 'Get Punked Again-esia"

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Citizen-based exit polling is more important now than ever before. Exit polls by the television networks have been drastically curtailed. They will be conducted in only nineteen states. The media-sponsored exit polls may be of little use in detecting vote flipping. Raw data is rarely offered to citizens for objective analysis. In addition, the media sponsored exit polls presume the accuracy of officially announced vote totals. These pollsters adjust their raw data to conform to the official results.

Citizen exit polling is a vital alternative. Motivated citizens can perform their own analysis of raw data from precincts with the analytic techniques used by the researchers discussed in this article. In addition, experienced researchers with a track record of election fraud analysis should be consulted both before and after November 6.

Election fraud has been a part of politics in the United States throughout its history. From the disenfranchisements of minorities and immigrants to the wide array of suspected election fraud in the 2004 presidential election, the perpetrators of election fraud lurk in the shadows awaiting the every-four-year, high-yield opportunity to select the next president of the United States. Vigilance, citizen monitoring, and public discussion are the only protections we have left.

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'I Agree with Everything he says. But Vote for me, I'm the white guy'

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Salt & Pepper's Here! Mr. Peace and Quiet for white folks  agreed with the President on every foreign policy issue selected for discussion. If the debate went on any longer Mittens would have endorsed him! [MORE] If there's no difference why vote for him?  Mittens got his pandering on to any racist suspect customers who may have had any lingering doubts. Or as Chris Matthews said- people who hate having a Black president because he's Black.  "I think they hate Obama. They want him out of the White House more than they want to destroy al-Qaeda. Their number one enemy in the world right now, on the right, is their hatred, hatred for Obama."  [MORE]  Midway through the debate Mittens began to develop sweat on his upper lip - shook and crushed again by the President he began to look visibly older by the end. Not to be outdone by another 'oldie but goodie' white guy, moderator Bob Schieffer dropped the science that ultimately US elections are about feeling good about the illusion of inclusion or participation. "As I always do at the end of these debates, I leave you with the words of my mom, who said: “Go vote; it’ll make you feel big and strong.”  From [HERE] Below find the transcript of the third and final debate between President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2012.

Moderator: Bob Schieffer of CBS news.

SCHIEFFER: Good evening from the campus of Lynn University here in Boca Raton, Florida. This is the fourth and last debate of the 2012 campaign, brought to you by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

This one’s on foreign policy. I’m Bob Schieffer of CBS News. The questions are mine, and I have not shared them with the candidates or their aides.

SCHIEFFER: The audience has taken a vow of silence — no applause, no reaction of any kind, except right now when we welcome President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.

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Black woman set on fire, ‘KKK’ painted on her car

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From [HERE] Police in Winnsboro, Louisiana confirmed on Monday that a woman had been set on fire over the weekend and racial slurs were found scrawled on her car. Sharmeka Moffitt told police that she was attacked and burned by three men wearing white hoodies at a park in Franklin Parish on Sunday, according to KNOE.

At a press conference on Monday, police said that the letters “KKK” were spray-painted on the hood of her car.

Winnsboro Police Chief Kevin Cobb said that the FBI was investigating whether the incident was a hate crime, but authorities declined to classify the attack as racially motivated on Monday. The Franklin Parish Sheriff, Louisiana State Police and the state fire Marshall’s office were also participating in the investigation.

A friend of the Moffitt family told KNOE that the victim had burns on 90 percent of her body and was currently in stable condition at the LSU-Shreveport hospital.

The Facebook page “Prayers for Sharmeka Moffitt” was created on Sunday night to support the victim and encourage the media to cover the story. By Monday afternoon, that page had received over 8,000 “likes.”

Debate Drama and Whether to "Re-Nig in 2012" (two words missing from Obama's vocabulary: 1) Black 2) African American)

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The Debate Charade From [HERE] It is tempting but futile to dissect the theatrics of the debates, which are based on entirely on false premises to begin with. Not one exhaustively argued “talking point” addresses realities.

The carefully pre-selected issues assume a host of falsehoods, from the legitimacy of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the destabilizations of Iran and Syria, to the need for fiscal austerity.

These are rhetorical dog-and-pony shows without real differences, beyond timing, style, and method, by which they will execute similar agendas.

Both sides largely agree on foreign policy. Both sides proudly trumpet how best to inflict crippling economic warfare on “nuclear Iran”, and topple Syria. The only argument is whether the sequential multinational stranglehold (“diplomacy”) led by the Obama administration continues apace, or, if Romney/Ryan and the right will get what they really want: an all-out war with Iran.

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Federal judge Stays Florida Execution of Mentally ill Black Man - Argument set for Friday

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From [HERE] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Saturday granted a stay of execution for Black death row inmate John Errol Ferguson in order to hear arguments on his habeus corpus petition on Friday. Ferguson was found guilty of killing eight people in 1977 and two in 1978. In September, Florida Governor Rick Scott  signed a death warrant for Ferguson, setting his execution date for last Tuesday. Scott temporarily stayed the execution [text, PDF] and appointed three psychiatrists to examine Ferguson. The psychiatrists issued a joint report declaring Ferguson to be sane for execution, and Scott subsequently lifted the stay. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed [opinion, PDF] a lower court ruling based on the psychiatrists' testimony that Ferguson was sane to be executed. The US Supreme Court denied certiorari [opinion, PDF] in Ferguson's appeal on Thursday, with Justice Breyer as the sole member who would have granted the stay.

As early as 1965, court records indicated that Ferguson was having “visual hallucinations.” One doctor said Ferguson “did not know right from wrong nor the nature and consequences of his acts.” A psychological diagnosis in 1975 warned that Ferguson “has a long-standing, severe illness which will most likely require long-term inpatient hospitalization” and that he was “dangerous and cannot be released under any circumstances.” Ferguson was released the following year and committed a series of murders. [MORE]

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Karenga: Reconsidering Racial Justice in the Wake of "Don't Re-Nig in 2012"

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(in photo, the latest White Party customer created revelation sandwich for the GOP brand- found at the Church in the Valley. Praise the white Jesusss! [MORE])  This is the hard, heavy and brutal racialized truth that Obama and the post-racial fantasy fans were forced to face as the racist monster raised its diseased and deformed head and continuously dogged him during his campaign; came with watermelon post cards and demands for birth documentation to the White House; and followed him with open racial harassment and hostility, even in the so- called “hallowed halls” of Congress. 

Racial justice, not only general social justice, is, thus, sorely needed and can be defined as policies and practices which produce opportunities outcomes and conditions that insure Black persons and people receive their due in equal treatment, and shared social goods and that reflect a clear and equal commitment of society to their well-being and flourishing. These opportunities and conditions are not satisfied with broad social policies which promise and promote diversity as a piece of social propaganda rather than real commitment to shared wealth, power and status. Indeed, diversity is not racial justice, but a requirement of justice as a demand for the equitable and effective presence of racial groups in every area of critical social space.

Moreover, racial justice is not achieved by symbolic placement of Blacks and others in visible, but ineffective places. And no amount of the manipulation of multiculturalism, diversity and people of color language and literature can substitute for a substantive racial justice. These written and spoken references in many, if not most, cases have become little more than ways to claim us present, although we’re absent; formally included, although effectively excluded; and given honorable mention, although less than honorably marginalized.

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Contemptuous Ohio Secretary of State says Restoring Early Voting is ‘Un-American’: Prepares for 3rd World (S)election

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From [HERE] During his keynote speech at an election law symposium at University of Toledo on Friday, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) claimed two recent court decisions restoring early voting on the last three days before the election was “un-American.”

Husted has sought to restrict early voting, even openly defying a court order to lift the ban on voting on the last three days before Election Day. Once the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal, Husted immediately capped voting hours at just 16 hours for the entire three day period, down from 24 hours in 2008. At the UT symposium, Husted continued his revolt against the federal courts that restored early voting. The Toledo Blade reports:

Mr. Husted spoke of a recent federal court decision that he claimed intruded on Ohio’s ability to run its own elections and called it an “un-American approach to voting” — an opinion not shared by many who attended the symposium.

“It’s the job of the federal courts to enforce the Constitution; that includes the right to vote,” said Daniel Tokaji, a professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law who was a panelist at the symposium, after the secretary’s comments. “…We should be doing everything we can to improve access to eligible voters.”

Husted asserted that every vote would be counted fairly and accurately, saying that voting in Ohio is “easy” and “anybody who says that there are residents in Ohio being barred from the right to vote is irresponsible.” Husted has certainly had to contend with many such “irresponsible” people. Though the court restored this three day period of voting, Husted has still prevented Ohioans from voting on evenings or weekends throughout October. He also recently limited the ways election boards can contact voters to clear up errors in their absentee ballots.

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Is "Don't Re-Nig in 2012" Really Rigged? Mittens' Son (Taggy) Major Investor in Ohio Electronic Voting Machine Company

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H.I.G., who owns the elctronic voting firm counting Ohio "ballots"  is the 11th largest of all the contributors to the Romney campaign. Son, Taggy (in photo) is a major investor in HIG. From [HERE] and [MORE]  If the Romney’s can’t win legally, they’ll take over Ohio’s electronic voting machines through investments, a direct conflict of interest in a contentious state in this election.

The new owners of Ohio’s voting machines under the brand name HART Intercivic is none other than Tagg Romney the son of one of the candidates Mitt Romney. In recent weeks Tagg has taken a more “active role in his father’s campaign management” but when you look further, he also has a major problem with that role.

It turns out that Hart Intercivic is owned, in large part, by H.I.G. Capital—a large investment fund with billions of dollars under management—that was founded by a fellow named Tony Tamer. While nobody is clear just how much H.I.G. owns of Hart Intercivic, we do learn that H.I.G. employees hold three of the five Hart Intercivic board seats, meaning that the H.I.G. effectively controls the company.

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One Governor, 250 Executions: 8 Rick Perry Lowlights

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Nationwide, since 1977, the overwhelming majority of death row defendants (77%) have been executed for killing white victims, even though Blacks make up about half of all homicide victims. [MORE] From [HERE] This month, the number of executions under Texas Governor Rick Perry is set to hit 250 — more than twice as many as in any other state since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Anthony Haynes and Bobby Hines would be the 249th and 250th Texas prisoners put to death under Gov. Perry, and are set to be executed October 18 and 24 respectively.

250 is a lot of executions. But even a small sample of the state killings under Rick Perry highlights (or lowlights) the depth and variety of serious problems with capital punishment in Texas. The large number of executions merely illustrates how little Texas leaders care about these problems.

Here are just eight of the more egregious, but also representative, examples from Rick Perry’s death penalty legacy.

1. Executing the Innocent:  Cameron Todd Willingham (executed February 17, 2004) was convicted of murdering his 3 young daughters by arson in 1991. In 2011, the Texas Forensic Science commission reopened the case and published in its final report that there was no scientific reason to believe that the fire was arson at all. Governor Perry had information about the flawed arson investigation at the time of the execution and later tried to quash the reopened investigation. The Innocence Project now considers Willingham wrongfully convicted.

2. Inadequate Legal Counsel:  Leonard Uresti Rojas (executed Dec. 4, 2002) was one of many to be executed under Governor Perry despite major questions about the competency of their lawyers — both Bobby Hines and Anthony Haynes are current examples. The appellate attorney appointed to Rojas was on probation with the state bar, had never handled a death penalty appeal, suffered from bipolar disorder, and missed multiple deadlines to file appeals on Rojas’ behalf. Missed appeal deadlines made it impossible for Rojas to challenge his death sentence. Under these circumstances, Rojas should have been granted clemency, but the failure of his lawyers was not enough for Governor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.

3. Killing Teenage Offenders:  Napoleon Beazley (executed May 28, 2002) was only 17 with no prior record when he carjacked and killed John Luttig in 1994. He was one of four juvenile offenders executed under Rick Perry before the Supreme Court outlawed such executions in 2005. Texas continues executing those who committed crimes as teenagers – Bobby Hines, set to be the 250th under Rick Perry, was 19 at the time of his crime.

4. Executing the Mentally Ill — Kelsey Patterson (executed May 18, 2004), despite diagnoses that he was severely mentally ill, was assessed as mentally fit for execution by Dr. James Grigson, nicknamed “Dr. Death” for his willingness to testify against capital murder defendants. Though a decades-long staple in Texas capital hearings, “Dr. Death” was later expelled from the American Psychiatric Association and Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians because of his unethical, unscientific testimony in such cases. Gov. Perry ignored a rare recommendation of clemency from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and allowed Patterson’s execution to proceed. In a 2006 Amnesty International report on mental illness and the death penalty, Patterson is listed as 1 of 9 people executed in Texas between 2001 and 2005 despite severe mental illness.

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Boo! White Supremacy at the St. Louis Zoo: Halloween Display of Black Figures Hanging from Trees 'Totally Not Racist'

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From [HERE] A ghost display at the St. Louis Zoo has been taken down after community members complained the display was racist. The display, which featured faceless, black-headed ghosts hanging from trees, was part of the St. Louis Zoo's annual Halloween decorations. Chris Burchett lodged a formal complaint with the zoo when he saw the display on Facebook. He told KYUE "it was like a complete outrage to me, it was very hurtful ... The picture appeared to be black people hanging from a rope. It's impossible that you could not see that that's racist you know, there's no way."

The ghost display at the zoo was not created by St. Louis Zoo personnel and was designed by an outside vendor. At night, the display looks different because the ghosts faces light up and produce an eerie glow in the trees. Wyndel Hill, Vice President of Internal Relations at the St. Louis Zoo, said that "we've looked at what we've seen in terms of photographs, we've discussed and we've made the decision that we'll take them down."

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Majority of Whites Reject Use of Preferences to Help Non-Whites

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From [HERE] While the public continues to see discrimination against African Americans, majorities continue to reject preferential treatment to improve the position of minorities.

About six-in-ten (62%) disagree with the idea that "we should make every possible effort to improve the position of blacks and other minorities, even if it means giving them preferential treatment;'' 33% agree. Over the past 25 years, sizable majorities have consistently rejected the use of preferences to improve the position of minorities.

Since 1987, there have been wide racial differences over this issue. In the political values survey done this spring, 62% of blacks and just 22% of whites say every possible effort should be made, including the use of preferential treatment, to improve the position of minorities. In the first values survey 25 years ago, 64% of blacks and 16% of whites expressed this view.

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Florida Set Education Goals Based on Skin Color: Officials Defend Racial and Ethnic Learning Goals

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From [HERE] When the Florida Board of Education voted this month to set different goals for student achievement in reading and math by race and ethnicity, among other guidelines, the move was widely criticized as discriminatory and harmful to blacks and Hispanics.

But the state, which has been required to categorize achievement by racial, ethnic and other groups to the federal government for more than 10 years, intends to stand by its new strategic plan. Education officials say the targets, set for 2018, have been largely misunderstood. The end goal, they say, is that all students will be reading and doing math at grade level by 2023; the six-year goal is an interim step.

The goals are calculated as part of a waiver granted by the federal government under its No Child Left Behind law. Florida is one of several states required to cut its achievement gap in half for all students by 2018, including those who are black, Hispanic, white, Asian, low-income, disabled or speak English as a second language.

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White Party (GOP) Goal of Maximum Election Day Confusion - Pennsylvania Utility Company Admits Newsletter Contains Wrong Voter ID Information, Keeps Sending It Anyway

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From [HERE] Pennsylvania’s biggest utility company, PECO, has admitted to sending incorrect voter ID information to 1.3 million customers in 7 Pennsylvania counties. Despite the recent suspension of the state’s strict voter ID law, PECO’s newsletter warned voters that they must present a valid photo ID in order to vote on Election Day. When customers complained about the inaccurate mailing, a PECO spokesperson explained the mailing was approved a week before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the law back to the Commonwealth Court to reconsider the risk of disenfranchisement for low-income, minority, and elderly voters. “We were trying to do a service for our customers in Pennsylvania, to get the word out. Because of the press time of this particular publication, unfortunately the information in there is not entirely correct,” PECO rep Ben Armstrong told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Though the mailing may have been a simple technical mistake, PECO plans to keep distributing its newsletter unchanged through October 28:

Armstrong said Peco intended to continue distribution of the faulty newsletter through its October billing cycle, running through Oct. 28. It’s not possible for its printer to schedule a corrected run, he said, and the newsletter contains information on other programs “that needs to get” to customers.

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Arizona county gives wrong election date in Spanish voter cards

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From [HERE] An Arizona county listed the wrong date in the Spanish version of voter registration cards, a development likely to further complicate tense relations between local authorities and Latino residents. Maricopa County's elections office says it mailed out nearly 2 million new voter registration cards. Only about 50 of the cards -- handed out over-the-counter at its offices -- had the error, it said.

Instead of November 6, the Spanish translation said the election would take place on November 8. "The program has been updated so it reflects the correct dates in both English and Spanish," the county said in a statement.

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Video Shows Drunk, Stoned White US Defense Security Contractors

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 From [HERE] Cellphone video recorded earlier this year at an operations center of a U.S. defense contractor in Kabul, Afghanistan appears to show key personnel staggeringly drunk or high on narcotics, in what former employees say was a pattern of outrageous behavior that put American lives at risk and went undetected by U.S. military officials who are supposed to oversee such contractors.

The video, provided to ABC News by two former employees, is scheduled to be broadcast in a report this evening on "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" and "Nightline."

KO: 'Like a Loose Noose', Mittens Can't Hang with Obama in 2nd Debate

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"Please Proceed Governor": An Angry Mittens Discusses Self Deportation of Unwanted Non-Whites and Self- Reports 47% Comment in Long Ass Whipping 'I am not George Bush. I just crush a lot.' He discussed his philosophy of self-deportationalism for unwanted non-whites. Non-whites who do not self deport should have their papers or identification ready to provide to the police or else (for real). Obama noted that his skin tone is similar to that of many Latinos. After a while a neutralized/fact checked Mittens shuffled around the makeshift stage like an old fuddy duddy janitor in slippers. Running out of 'ish to say Mittens self-reported his 47% comment - he played himself. Meanwhile White Party (GOP) customer focus group in Redgranite, Wisconsin reveals new logo for GOP brand that is definitely, definitely not racist [MORE]  Full transcript of debate from [HERE]

ROMNEY: I -- I think interesting the president just said something which -- which is that on the day after the attack he went into the Rose Garden and said that this was an act of terror.

OBAMA: That's what I said.

ROMNEY: You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack, it was an act of terror.

It was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you're saying?

OBAMA: Please proceed governor.

ROMNEY: I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.

OBAMA: Get the transcript.

CROWLEY: It -- it -- it -- he did in fact, sir. So let me -- let me call it an act of terror...

OBAMA: Can you say that a little louder, Candy?

CROWLEY: He -- he did call it an act of terror. It did as well take -- it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. You are correct about that.

ROMNEY: This -- the administration -- the administration indicated this was a reaction to a video and was a spontaneous reaction.

CROWLEY: It did.

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Death Penalty Reserved for Blacks who Kill Whites: Texas Pardons board Rejects Black Man who Killed White Cop - Execution Thurs.

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What If a White Judge Cleaned Guns During Jury Selection of 95% white Jury for a Black Juvenile Charged with Murder of White Cop? [MORE] Since 1977, the overwhelming majority of death row defendants (77%) have been executed for killing white victims, even though Blacks make up about half of all homicide victims. [MORE] From [HERE] Harris County cop killer Anthony Haynes moved a step closer to execution on Tuesday when the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously rejected his request that it recommend his death sentence be commuted to life in prison. Haynes alternately had asked the board to recommend to Gov. Rick Perry that his execution be stayed for 90 days to allow for a review of his case. The board also rejected that request.

Haynes is to be put to death on Thursday for the fatal shooting of off-duty police officer Kent Kincaid – who was white – in Houston a year earlier. Claims of racial discrimination, inadequate legal representation and judicial and prosecutorial misconduct have marked the case.  A federal appeals court late Monday refused to halt Haynes' execution, rejecting an appeal from his lawyers who argued that his original lawyers provided ineffective counsel. Haynes still can appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

More than three dozen people have signed sworn statements filed in court since the trial saying that, if asked, they would have been willing to testify that the crime was shockingly out of character for a teenager they knew as non-violent and respectful.

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Death Penalty Reserved for Blacks who Kill Whites: Texas Black Man Convicted in White pastor's killing gets Death Sentence

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Since 1977, the overwhelming majority of death row defendants (77%) have been executed for killing white victims, even though Blacks make up about half of all homicide victims. [MORE]  From [HERE] and [HERE] A Black man convicted of capital murder in the strangulation death of a pastor in a north Texas church was sentenced to death on Tuesday. A jury in state District Judge Mike Thomas' court deliberated for about 90 minutes before deciding on the sentence for Steven Lawayne Nelson, 25, of Arlington, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Nelson faced either the death penalty or life in prison without parole for killing the Rev. Clint Dobson at his Baptist church in Arlington in March 2011. Dobson was beaten, strangled with a computer extension cord and suffocated with a plastic bag. A church secretary was also brutally beaten and left for dead but survived.

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