Maybe calling the miscarriage of justice, the defamation of a great woman of American history & the deliberate vilification of yet another African-American in the Obama Administration a massacre is going too far, but that’s the way the right-wing ultra conservative radical numb-nuts of America operate –  in their unabashed out for blood massacre formations where they shoot to kill & ask questions later. It seems the rest of America, even those that we would assume should know better are following their lead.

“After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there’s no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African Americans or other minorities reach positions of power, they seek some kind of revenge against whites. The Sherrod case has fully exposed the right-wing campaign to use racial fear to destroy Obama’s presidency, and I hope the effect is to finally stiffen some spines in the administration. The way to deal with bullies is to confront them, not run away. Yet Sherrod was fired before even being allowed to tell her side of the story. She said the official who carried out the execution explained that she had to resign immediately because the story was going to be on Glenn Beck’s show that evening. Ironically, Beck was the only Fox host who, upon hearing the rest of Sherrod’s speech, promptly called for her to be reinstated. On Wednesday, Vilsack offered to rehire her. Shirley Sherrod stuck to her principles and stood her ground. I hope the White House learns a lesson.” READ MORE

I commend Ms. Sherrod for  being unbought & unbossed by choosing to speak up, to be heard & to tell the truth about her experience & all involved without fear of any backlash from Black or White leadership. I am actually thankful that this teachable moment happened not only to expose Fox & its faux journalists, who are more about shock & awe tabloid stories rather than actual fact seeking & giving news reporting, but more so to call out the Obama Administration, the Democratic Party who seem to always take for granted or forget their base until they are up for elections, President Obama on his so called being the president who will open America to a real dialogue on race relations & Black American leadership in general on our lack of overall unity & going to bat for one another by giving one another the benefit of the doubt- instead of following suit with the teachings of the America which holds many African-Americans “guilty until proven innocent”, which we conveniently condemn when it suits our personal agenda then quickly seem to forget when it comes to protecting our personal power & progress in that same system which we condemn.

Despite what Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in his press conference apology to Ms. Sherrod about President Obama not having anything to do with Ms. Sherrod’s firing as he verbally danced around & carefully chose his words filled with many pauses of contrition & contradiction, & despite secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack taking full responsibility & saying the buck stops with him- I chose to believe Ms. Sherrod when she says the orders for her forced resignation came from the White House because thus far she has been the only one telling the truth & the so called White House of full transparency has shown itself to be far from it in many instances of politricks as usual. Tom Vilsack in his shamefully forced firing & subsequent rehiring of Ms. Sherrod with a consolation prize of a higher position, which she should have already probably had to begin with just gives Fox & others new ammunition to play this new position out in the media as some sort of affirmative action hiring.  Unfortunately like Van Jones, I feel Ms. Sherrod will be more appreciated & able to do more for the people of America outside of this administration instead of being part of it. Whatever decision Ms. Sherrod makes will have my full support along with so many other Americans who she has shown the light of  the current state of our union.

We all want to know who is really running this country? It seems the Democrats & the Obama administration even with their overwhelming majority in the Congress are still running scared, looking over their shoulders at every turn in extreme insecurity & fear as the Republican party & right wing organizations continue to be their puppet masters. Chris Matthews made a great analogy in comparing Ms. Sherrod’s case to “To Kill A Mocking Bird- which is by far one of the most teachable moments of race relations in America & in its 50th anniversary year & in the 50th anniversary of the fight for Civil Rights in America, it’s unfortunate that these same issues still have the same relevance in tarnishing our society & America’s forward movement in true freedom, equality & democracy.

Ms. Sherrod’s case to me is a teachable moment for Black America in our continued lack of unity & readiness to often believe the worst in our own selves so quickly that we are quick to throw one another under the bus if it means gaining white favor & protecting our own asses. I was more disgusted by Ben Jealous & the Obama Administration in their handling of Ms. Sherrod than I was by Fox or Andrew Breitbart because I expected them to know better than to play into the politricks as usual that I have grown to expect from the likes of Fox & Andrew Breitbart. Mr. Jealous is the leader of the NAACP, the same organization who invited Ms. Sherrod to speak & the same organization who should have known better about Ms. Sherrod’s history before they condemned her based on false allegations & had the audacity to blame their idiocy on the perpetrators of the false allegations when they were the keepers of the original video in question that had been edited & sensationalized in the first place. All I can say to Mr. Jealous is -way to pick your face off the ground & come out of this disaster of all around ignorant knee-jerked reactions with little accountability & grace.

“With regard to the initial media coverage of the resignation of USDA official Shirley Sherrod, we have come to the conclusion we were snookered by Fox News and Tea Party Activist Andrew Breitbart into believing she had harmed white farmers because of racial bias,” said Jealous. “Having reviewed the full tape, spoken to Ms. Sherrod, and most importantly heard the testimony of the white farmers mentioned in this story, we now believe the organization that edited the documents did so with the intention of deceiving millions of Americans. The fact is Ms. Sherrod did help the white farmers mentioned in her speech,” he continued. “They personally credit her with helping to save their family farm.” READ MORE

I am so sick & tired of President Obama’s kowtowing to everyone in hopes of coming out unscathed in order to push the same “hope we can believe in” message for a second term under the guise of trying to be bi-partisan. It is all politricks as usual & the only ones who lose are the American people particularly the poor, who are being hoodwinked, bamboozled & snookered into bringing the fight to one another instead of the actual perpetrators on capital hill, big business & media who need us to play the fool in order to keep their wealth & racket going. Who lost the most when Fox & the same Andrew Breitbart pulled this same false story telling video editing the last time against ACORN, where they managed to dismantle the organization which was found of no wrong doing in a federal investigation, yet scared off the entire Democratic party out of funding an organization that has been empowering & helping poor people since 1970?

“ACORN- a collection of community-based organizations in the United States that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.ACORN’s priorities have included: better housing and wages for the poor, more community development investment from banks and governments, better public schools, and other social justice issues.” READ MORE

Who lost the most when the same Fox Network went for a witch hunt against Van Jones, a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean-energy economy, who is by far one of the most forward thinking & prolific leaders when it comes to American environmental advocacy, particularly in areas effecting the poor & disenfranchised in America? Perhaps if President Obama had stuck by him instead of just accepting his resignation because of Fox & right-wing pressure, the people of the Gulf Coast would have someone to give them “Hope that they could believe in”.

I guess the Obama Administration can give the benefit of the doubt to A.I.G, banks & big business to at least take a couple of days to know what they are talking about before they speak, but those rules do not apply for all. Where was this President Obama or is there a double standard in the White House?

Better yet where is this President Obama or does he only defend his friends from Harvard because he surely didn’t defend Helen Thomas who probably thought she was his friend & could have used him coming to her defense in her time of injustice that was played out publically.

Don’t Forget Your Promise to America : We the people need to be ALL of our brothers & sisters keepers.