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Stumbled upon this article titled “Commentary: Walker’s budget calls for schools to stop reporting sexual assaults” written by Shane Nicholson, Managing Editor of The Rock River Times.  It was so unbelievable that I had to read it several times to make sure that what I thought I read was really what I read.  If you haven’t read it, pick up the March 4-10, 2015 Volume 22 Issue and find it on page 12 in the Commentary Section.  I am sure you are not going to believe your eyes. The commentary reports that “ Buried in Scott Walker’s proposed budget for the state of Wisconsin, which calls for over $300 million in cuts to higher education, is a small note of massive consequence.  The Republican governor would like schools to cease the reporting sexual assaults on college campuses.  Here’s the passage in its entirety: 25. DELETE LANGUAGE RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT INFORMATION AND REPORTING Delete the requirement that the Board direct each institution and colleg...

If you have been following any of the news today, regardless of which channel you prefer, you should have no doubt have heard about the proposal House Republicans took to the White House.   While I am ever so weary of these games played by both sides in Washington, only a blind person may not be able to see that the Republican fire spoken so frequently about has gone out and not one ember remain.   Before I tell you how I think it could have been done and all of this unnecessary drama avoided, let me tell you why I think it all went wrong.   The number one reason is this “blind hatred” of Barack Obama.   Republicans allowed themselves to be played like a five dollar fiddle because they were so focused on maintaining an adversarial relationship with this president and his administration.   Proof is all around you if you allow yourself to take a few minutes and look.   Before he was even sworn in, there were forces meeting to insure that anything he...

Many people are asking several questions and some are so far off the mark, it’s comical.   I heard a commentator mention the security procedures at the Navy Yard as a reason the shooter was able to get in.   This is comical because anyone who believes that security measures will stop the evil that is rampant in this society is asleep at the wheel.   To address the evil of this world, there is only one place we have to go and that is to our knees.   Evil will only be eradicated once we are willing to face the fact that evil exist. Some use the spectacle of those Colorado senators losing their sea after being recalled when they pushed “common sense” gun legislation through their congress.   This is laughable because they fail to see the entire story behind those lawmakers losing their jobs.   First allow me to inform and educate you that those jobs were not those law makers to keep or lose.   They were hired to do a job and they courageously did i...

Having not being able to view the Obama-Romney Debate live and in person, I subjected myself to hearing the recap from pundits, commentators and those experts who seem to have their finger on the pulse of the political events shaping our world.  According to them, I half expected to see Mitt Romney as an aggressive overseer, holding a whip and taming both Barack Obama and the moderator Jim Lehr.  The vision I had was Romney’s complete command from beginning to end and Obama just standing in a corner somewhere refusing to look in Romney’s direction in fear of being lashed for disobedience.  However after watching it in it’s entirety, the debate that I saw was completely different than the one I had heard about.  This made me begin to questioned if I had witnessed a completely different one. The one that I saw, showed me how gracious Obama really is toward someone he disagrees with.  It showed me that he could deliver a devastating and direct hit to his opponen...

I have seen a trend but until recently never really thought about it until now. I would wonder, sometimes, how Blacks could be a part of something that refused to respect their history, a business or organization that looked upon all that they have endured as nothing more than a fluke or irrelevant in many ways.   A business or organization that never considered their struggles or sacrifices but was only useful to have around for no other reason than “window dressing”.     Then it occurred to me, maybe it was for the same reason that women were paraded around in front of the cameras.   Something to use and show that some was not as exclusive as their rhetoric describes them.   I speak about the current GOP and its leaders. During the reign of Herman Cain, I did not see too many Blacks paraded in front of the camera in the GOP to comment on his policies and ideas about what was wrong with this country and his vision of where we should be headed.   Th...

Republican National Committee (RNC) offers Political Action Committees (PACs) “access to top RNC leadership throughout the Convention and an opportunity to network with other Fortune 500 Companies and Trade Association executives,” for a fee.   The fee is “a contribution of $15,000 to join the Majority Fund for 2011 and making an additional contribution of $15,000 in 2012.”   The two year membership commitment opens PACs to access to “four credentials and two hotel rooms in Tampa.” What does that really mean and how does this prove how money has taken control of our politics and election?   It is quite safe to assume that any entity that pays this much to have access to our political representatives will eventually get something in return.   No one will pay this much and get nothing in return.   This contribution promises contributors a “Grand Majority Fund status and will be invited to attend and receive premier credentials to special events at the 2012 RNC Co...

If you love great theater, yesterday was your day to watch MSNBC and the other “major” cable news outlets.   To virtually a person, each one had their own take on how disappointing the president’s plan was.   It was too much for some and not enough for others.   The scary part was, much of the disagreement with Obama spanned the political spectrum and was mostly centered on the cost and how broke this country was.   Sad to think that these same “heavy hitters” were not screaming as loud when we were being lead by the nose into these wars. Many, who would normally be on opposite sides of any issue, now bands together and scream that since we killed Osama bin Laden, we can now bring all of our troops home and then use that money to help restore this economy.   I can somewhat understand their premise but I have to chuckle at the thought that those who are supposed to know really do think that bringing all the troops home will really allow us the use of the money c...

Last night I was very surprised to hear Ed Schultz’s address to his TV audience about how he had misspoke on his Radio Show.  Not being an avid listener to his radio show, I had no idea what he was talking about but to listen to the words he spoke and the body language and expression on his face told me that he was very sincere in his apology and that made all of the difference in the world. There was not much explaining of the situation in his apology but it was a whole lot of truthful pleading to Ann Coulter for forgiveness.  He mentioned that he called her a name and expressed feelings about her that was totally inappropriate.  He placed himself on hiatus without pay attempting to atone for his transgression.  He had mentioned that he had made attempts to contact Ms. Coulter personally but so far, to no avail.  Ed Schultz is seen as a big man but mostly due to his statue, he will now be forever known to me and others like be as a big man for the way he took ...

Professor West is a well known and respected fellow within not only the academic community but the African-American community as well.   His opinions have been used by many as a guide to better living and attempts at positioning themselves for a better life.   His knowledge and understanding of the issues are legendary and makes all of us regardless of community strive to measure up, but he is no Barack Obama. Mr. West was reported as having some very negative things to say about President Obama and while some of his points were valid, his path to arrive at these points were so far off base that I had to watch the re-run of the Ed Show on MSNBC to make sure I heard hi right.   The first time I heard some of what he admitted to saying, I thought that maybe he had been contracted by the republicans and Wall Street fat cats to create an imaginary divide within my African-American community.   While it must be made extremely clear, that the African-American people are...

There are times when those who complain about another tends to repeat those very same antics that they railed so viciously against.   Case in point, Republicans take on “Obamacare” as “pulling the plug on grandma” only to now stand for a proposal that would completely change Medicare and Medicaid as we know it.   This is now the same track that some on the left are following.   Their take on bringing Osama bin Laden out of the compound alive when they were also the ones who kept implying that the Bush Administration wasn’t doing enough to bring bin Laden to justice.   If media checks their past responses, they may be surprised to find them saying that the death of bin Laden would be a good thing.   Now that this has come to pass, they are saying the exact opposite. I do not know who appointed Laura Flanders, Michael Moore, Rosie O Donnell and others to be the Democratic spokespersons but they do not speak for me.   I am quite content that Osama has been...