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		<title>Eric Holder protects civil rights&#8230;for some people</title>
		<link>http://pundit.net/2011/06/20/eric-holder-protects-civil-rights-for-some-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Baldino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Holder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Holder says he has &#8220;reinvigorated&#8221; the Department of Justice&#8217;s civil rights division. Acording to holder: &#8220;We&#8217;ve also expanded enforcement efforts to guarantee that in our work places, our military bases, in our housing and lending markets, in our voting booths in our border areas, in our schools and places of worship. And I mean [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_982" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 463px"><a href="http://pundit.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/eric-holder-ag.jpg" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fpundit.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Feric-holder-ag.jpg','eric-holder-ag')"><img src="http://pundit.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/eric-holder-ag.jpg" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fpundit.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Feric-holder-ag.jpg','eric-holder-ag')" alt="AG Eric Holder" title="eric-holder-ag" width="453" height="510" class="size-full wp-image-982" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Eric Holder supports civil rights...for some people.</p></div>
<p>Eric Holder says he has &#8220;reinvigorated&#8221; the <a href="http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/06/20/holder_justice_department_has_re-opened_the_civil_rights_division.html" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Frealclearpolitics.com%2Fvideo%2F2011%2F06%2F20%2Fholder_justice_department_has_re-opened_the_civil_rights_division.html','Department+of+Justice%22s+civil+rights+division')">Department of Justice&#8217;s civil rights division</a>.  Acording to holder:</p>
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&#8220;We&#8217;ve also expanded enforcement efforts to guarantee that in our work places, our military bases, in our housing and lending markets, in our voting booths in our border areas, in our schools and places of worship. And I mean all places of worship,&#8221;
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<p>That&#8217;s right.  Holder&#8217;s DOJ protects the civil rights of everyone&#8230;except for white guys who are threatened by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Black_Panther_Party_voter_intimidation_case" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNew_Black_Panther_Party_voter_intimidation_case','club-wielding+members+of+the+New+Black+Panther+Party')">club-wielding members of the New Black Panther Party</a>.  If you think I&#8217;m wrong, think about how quickly Eric Holder would have acted if black voters were intimidated by armed members of the Ku Klux Klan.  If that&#8217;s not a case of<del datetime="2011-06-20T17:26:51+00:00">reverse</del> discrimination, I don&#8217;t know what is.<span id="more-981"></span></p>
<div id="attachment_983" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 560px"><a href="http://pundit.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/new-black-panthers-voter-intimidation.jpg" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fpundit.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Fnew-black-panthers-voter-intimidation.jpg','new-black-panthers-voter-intimidation')"><img src="http://pundit.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/new-black-panthers-voter-intimidation.jpg" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fpundit.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Fnew-black-panthers-voter-intimidation.jpg','new-black-panthers-voter-intimidation')" alt="New Black Panther Party members." title="new-black-panthers-voter-intimidation" width="550" height="350" class="size-full wp-image-983" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Members of the New Black Panther Party dressed up in paramilitary outfits and held clubs in polling places.</p></div>
<p>Again, just look at the picture above. Picture white men in Ku Klux Klan uniforms holding clubs outside a polling place.  If that had occurred, this situation would have been handled properly.  Unfortunately, the AG chose to look the other way.  I guess only some people need to have their rights protected.</p>
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		<title>Adam Lambert claims discrimination after American Music Awards performance</title>
		<link>http://pundit.net/2009/11/24/adam-lambert-claims-discrimination-after-american-music-awards-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Baldino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually don&#8217;t watch music award shows any more. As a fan of rock and indie bands, there usually isn&#8217;t much that would interest me. Thankfully, I also missed this year&#8217;s American Music Awards. I could certainly do without seeing Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, and of course, Adam Lambert. As a matter of fact, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>     I usually don&#8217;t watch music award shows any more.  As a fan of rock and indie bands, there usually isn&#8217;t much that would interest me.  Thankfully, I also missed this year&#8217;s American Music Awards.  I could certainly do without seeing Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, and of course, Adam Lambert.  As a matter of fact, if it wasn&#8217;t for Adam Lambert&#8217;s performance, I probably wouldn&#8217;t have known about one thing that occurred on the show, which tells you something about the quality you can expect.</p>
<p>     As you might have heard, Adam Lambert&#8217;s performance involved him groping women, kissing the male keyboardist, then shoving a dancer&#8217;s face into his crotch to simulate oral sex.  The performance was edited for the west coast audience, and Good Morning America has cancelled a scheduled concert because of his antics.  What&#8217;s Adam Lambert&#8217;s reaction?  He feels discriminated against!<span id="more-197"></span></p>
<p>     Lambert had this to say about the reaction to his performance:</p>
<blockquote><p> &#8220;If it&#8217;s going to be edited, then, in a way, that&#8217;s discrimination. I don&#8217;t mean to get political, but Madonna, Britney [Spears] and Christina [Aguilera] weren&#8217;t edited.&#8221;</p>
<p>He went on to add, &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame. Female entertainers have been risqué for years.</p>
<p>&#8220;Honestly, there&#8217;s a huge double standard . . . It&#8217;s 2009, it&#8217;s time to take more risks. It&#8217;s about entertainment. People want to be surprised. It&#8217;s too bad that people are so scared.&#8221;</p>
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<p>     It&#8217;s about entertainment?  The last time I checked, people like Britney Spears needed to resort to side-show routines in an attempt to cover up the fact that they are talentless hacks.  This is what Adam Lambert aspires to?  By the way, I disagree with his assertion that women aren&#8217;t criticized for their behavior on stage.  Does anyone remember Britney Spears performance with Christina Aguilera and Madonna at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards?  If you missed it, take a look:</p>
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<p>     If I remember correctly, this performance received a lot of criticism.  As for Adam Lambert&#8217;s discrimination claim, it is nonsense.  However, I couldn&#8217;t agree more with his comment about people wanting to be entertained.  Although, there are some musicians who are able to entertain solely with their voice, instruments, and lyrics.  There&#8217;s no need to turn their performance into a circus.  The fact that Adam Lambert feels this is necessary to entertain an audience speaks volumes about his lack of talent and his knowledge of this fact.</p>
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