White House spokesman: Rodeo clown not one of Missouri’s ‘finer moments’
- 08/14/13 12:41 PM ET
White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Wednesday said the flap over a rodeo clown who donned a mask of President Obama and mocked the commander in chief was "not one of the finer moments" for the state of Missouri.
Earnest, though, declined to comment on a request by the NAACP for the Secret Service to investigate the incident at the Missouri State Fair last week.
According to news accounts, the rodeo clown donned the Obama mask before being chased by bulls around a pen, leading to condemnations from lawmakers, including Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. He was introduced by an announcer who asked the audience if they wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull.”
"We are better than this," Kinder said in a tweet earlier this week.
The performer has subsequently been permanently banned from performing at the state fair, and officials have mandated sensitivity training for future performers.
The Missouri chapter of the NAACP has asked the Justice Department and the Secret Service to open a federal investigation into the clown, accusing the performer of inciting violence against the president.
“The activities at the Missouri State Fair targeting and inciting violence against our president are serious and warrant a full review by both the Secret Service and the Justice Department," Missouri NAACP President Mary Ratliff said in a statement obtained by Breitbart.com
"Incidents involving individuals acting out with extreme violent behavior in movie theaters, schools, churches, political appearances, and outdoor events in general speaks volume to the irresponsible behavior of all the parties involved with the incendiary events at the Missouri State Fair,” she added.
Earnest referred questions about possible criminal investigations to the respective departments.
Another court finds Michigan emergency manager law violates Michigan state constitution...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130809/METRO06/308090106
Next up: Detroit Art Institute will sue emergency manager to stop him from selling off all the art in the bankruptcy.
The opinion also questions whether the state legislature can retroactively immunize itself after the voters of Michigan repealed the law by popular referendum. I see this as a 14th Amendment due process case. I hope at least one of these three or four suits (so far) gets to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Michigan EM law is an affront to democracy in this country.
--David
Wall Street banks are criminal organizations…
ReplyDeletehttp://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/08/19/jpmorgan-lawsuits-mortgage-bonds/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/jpmorgan-chase-energy_n_3781836.html
The two differences between Wall Street bankers and the Mafia is that (1) their criminal activities are vastly more profitable than the Mafia, Mexican drug cartel or any other criminal organization on Earth, and (2) when they get caught, they simply pay a fine and nobody goes to prison. The fine is peanuts compared to how much money they make illegally.
Quote from the article..
"JPMorgan says it may have to pay as much as $6.8 billion in fines and fees above what it has already put aside to cover its legal expenses. That's up from $5.3 billion a year ago. And it's more than any other U.S. bank. Goldman Sachs (GS), for instance, puts its potential additional legal fines and fees at $3.5 billion. Bank of America (BAC), which was long seen as the bank with the most legal issues, estimates that figure to be $2.8 billion."
See, even $12 billion in fines over the last two years alone has no deterrent effect on these sociopathic criminals at JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs. From them, it is just the cost of doing business.
--David (OWS)