Saturday, July 4, 2015
July 4 crowds ignore call to boycott Georgia park over Confederate flag
Yahoo News via Drudge "STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (Reuters) - Fourth of July holidaymakers ignored a call to boycott Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, known as the "Confederate Rushmore," over its display of the contentious Confederate flag.
"Hundreds of people had staked out spots at the 3,200-acre (1,295-hectare) privately run park by noon on Saturday for nighttime laser and fireworks shows. They shrugged off heavy rain on the park's busiest day of the year as well as the boycott call.
"Democratic state Representative LaDawn Blackett Jones this week urged people to stay away from the park 10 miles (16 km) east of Atlanta because it flies three flags of the pro-slavery Confederacy alongside the U.S. and Georgia state flags.
"Bobbie Smith of Fitzgerald, Georgia, who was camping at Stone Mountain with her family, called the boycott call "just stupid."
“ 'This whole park is a Confederate memorial. If you don’t have the flag here, where on Earth would you put it?” she said.
"The Confederate flag from the 1861-65 U.S. Civil War has become a lightning rod for outrage after the shooting of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, last month. The white suspect, Dylann Roof, had posed for photos with the Confederate battle flag." . . . http://www.stonemountainpark.com/
DEMOCRATS: ENEMIES OF AMERICA– and the Conservatives Who Stupidly Help Them
Clash Daily "Condi Rice was right to say we were not on a war footing just before
9/11. (We are still not on a war footing.) Rice was Secretary of State
in the Bush administration. However, along with the President, she was
wrong to call Islam a religion of peace. That errant thinking is what
prevents us from being on a war footing. Authoritative Islam has waged
war on the West for centuries. One wonders when Westerners will wake up
and get on a war footing: hopefully before it is too late."In a similar way, some American conservatives are not on a war footing in our fight against the Far Left, aka, the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party is so radicalized it would repel FDR, Truman and JFK. The Democrat Party is not the party of peace. It has become the party of war, the party responsible for launching the culture war and all the escalations seen in the last sixty years, a war waged to destroy traditional Americanism." . . . Read the full article
By Allan Erickson, After college, Allan Erickson enjoyed an 11-year career in journalism. He then turned to sales and marketing for a decade. Fourteen years ago he started his own recruitment company. Allan & wife Jodi have four children and live in Oregon. He is the author of "The Cross & the Constitution in the Age of Incoherence," Tate Publishing, 2012.
Oregon Couple Who Refused To Bake Cake For Gay Wedding Now Slapped With Gag Order – They Can’t Say They Will “Continue To Stand Strong”
"Back in April, Aaron and Melissa Klein, the owners of “Sweet Cakes” in Oregon were fined $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
"This was a violation of Oregon State law, which bans same-sex discrimination. The fine bankrupted the couple and they have since closed their doors.
"But because they believed their First Amendment rights were in jeopardy – specifically the right to assert their religious beliefs by not participating in a gay wedding – they wanted to continue to fight in court.
"During a media interview about their continued legal struggle, Aaron Klein said: “The fight is not over. We will continue to stand strong.”
"Apparently, by uttering that statement, Aaron Klein has again broken Oregon law and a bureaucrat has slapped a “cease and desist” order against him for making similar statements.
"The state law bans people from even saying or suggesting that they intend to discriminate against anyone.
"TruthRevolt is reporting that Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian ordered the couple to stop speaking about their objections to the case." . . .
Is it fair to say this nation fought a revolution over less than this?
More Silliness
Politically Correct Dukes of Hazzard
Former University of Memphis professor declares: 'Whiteness' is 'terrorism' . . . " According to a post at Truth Revolt, Robinson "filled her Twitter feed with racist rants" against white people. In a post at her blog, the "New South Negress," she uses a great deal of space to discuss the "centuries-long battle against whiteness" and expresses her desire to "stop whiteness once and for all.' "
Polygamist now demands legality: That escalated quickly… " Nathan Collier said he was inspired by the recent Supreme Court decision that made marriage equal. He said he was particularly struck by the words of dissenting Chief Justice John Roberts who claimed giving gay couples the right to marry, might inspire polygamy." Welcome to Corinth of the first century.BLACKFACE SLAM NOT COOL SAYS DEM: ‘If George Takei were Ted Nugent, and Clarence Thomas were Obama…’
"George Takei made some pretty ridiculous and racist comments about Justice Clarence Thomas having ‘blackface’, and even Marc Lamont Hill is saying it wasn’t cool. The original comments can be seen in the video. . . . Here were some of the reactions via Twitter:
Instead of using funds for road repairs openly gay Seattle Mayor uses $100,000 for rainbow crosswalks Via Guardian Eagles
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