Gun “Restrictions” And Limiting Magazine Capacity

It seems that every time another deranged so and so enters a “gun free zone” and massacres one or more people, irrational subjects begin to wail once again demanding more gun control. I am told that gun control is now considered a bad word and the catch term today is gun restrictions. Because, don’t you know, some idiot decided to coin a ridiculous phrase that says, “all rights come with restrictions”.

I answered someone just the other day when they demanded smaller gun magazines, that the continued creation of gun free zones and gun control measures was doing what in limiting gun violence? Even a close, lifelong friend suggested to me that perhaps it was time to limit magazine capacity. Former V.P. Dick Cheney suggested it and hoards of gun haters, and not so much gun haters, are “compromising” to say it’s reasonable to restrict gun rights in this fashion because………well, why is it? Read more

Our Founders as Racists?

By Barry Coe

The other day I was having one of my talks with a modern day ‘progressive’ when they spewed out how our founders were nothing but racist white men and how we needed to move past anything they thought. I asked exactly why he believed that way and his reply was that they only considered blacks as 3/5ths of a human and they were all slave owners. Now, considering my research on our founders, I knew this to be incorrect and my reply completely confused him. This is how people get labeled as ‘shallow thinkers’ by me. Read more

Big Apple Becoming Big Nanny

Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson Want to Restrict Beverage Choices of Poor Citizens

Washington, D.C. – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson are asking the federal government to deny New York City residents on food stamps the ability to use aid to buy certain beverages. Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network, sees this as a warning about the limits to freedom that inevitably come with increased government dependency. Read more

Black Conservatives See No Controversy at Tea Party Rally

Washington, D.C. – With the NAACP’s leadership throwing itself in with far-left groups in an apparent effort to paint the tea party movement as radical and potentially racist, black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network who attended the September 12 “March on D.C.” report that nothing occurred yesterday that would interest these would-be watchdogs.

“This tea party was no different from any of the others. It was like others, but not the way the left is going to want to say,” said Project 21 member Bob Parks. “I encountered a lot of the usual nice people. I was called names such as ‘hero’ and ‘patriot’ even though I think that a bit over-the-top. I was forced by this mob to shake hands and endure the hugs of well-wishers. But this obviously isn’t what tea party critics are going to say.” Read more

Black Conservatives Question Criticism of Beck Rally

Knee-Jerk Criticism From Civil Rights Lobby Hurts Race Relations

Washington, D.C. – Members of the Project 21 black leadership network question the sincerity of establishment civil rights leaders opposing talk show host Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial August 28.

That date is the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Read more

Black Conservatives Support Glenn Beck Event on MLK Anniversary

Same Rights That Protected Civil Rights Leaders Also Protect Talk Show Host

Washington, D.C. – Black activists with the Project 21 leadership network support the right of talk show host Glenn Beck to hold his “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2010. Because Beck’s event takes place on the anniversary and at the location of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1964 “March on Washington” rally, leaders of the establishment civil rights groups oppose the event. Read more

EEOC Warns Employers: If You Don’t Want to Hire Felons, You Need a Good Reason

Washington, D.C. – The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is warning employers that it is illegal to use a prospective employee’s past conviction records, even for serious felonies, as an “absolute measure” as to whether they should be hired because this “could limit the employment opportunities of some protected groups.”

This is, the EEOC says, because blacks and Hispanics are over-represented among felons. Read more

Convicts as a Protected Class?

Federal Agency Thinks Background Checks Can Discriminate Against Blacks, Hispanics

Washington, D.C. – Attorneys at the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission believe new technology that makes it easier for employers to check the criminal and credit histories of applicants also makes it harder for blacks and Hispanics to find jobs. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network fault this position, noting that it unjustly interferes with the ability of employers to build a trusted and coherent workforce. Read more

Black Conservatives Speak Out on Leftist Accusations About Past Unfair Labor Practices From New Civil Rights Hero

Washington, D.C. – A bombshell accusation by the left against fired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod regarding alleged grossly improper labor practices against black farm workers in the 1970s is causing members of the Project 21 black leadership network to speak out.

“There has been a mighty effort by liberals to present Shirley Sherrod as a victim — even a saint-like figure. However, after revelations that her husband, Charles, is an anti-white bigot and that she adheres to class warfare politics, it’s now being alleged that Ms. Sherrod presided over the crass exploitation of poor black workers on a southwest Georgia agricultural ‘plantation,’” said Project 21 member Joe R. Hicks. Read more

NAACP Pledges to Condemn Attacks on Black Conservative

Washington, D.C. – Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli received a pledge from an NAACP senior vice president that the NAACP will issue a statement repudiating racist statements made against her because she is an outspoken black conservative.

On the July 17 edition of “Geraldo At Large” on the Fox News Channel, Borelli appeared on a panel discussion about race and politics with NAACP senior vice president Hilary Shelton.

During the discussion, Borelli asked Shelton if the NAACP would issue a statement condemning those who expose her to race-based abuse because she is an outspoken black female with views. Read more

Juneteenth Civil Rights Holiday Observed With Future Freedom At Risk

Washington, D.C. – On the occasion of “Juneteenth” — the oldest and most recognized annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States — members of the Project 21 black leadership network assert the civil rights-themed holiday should be used to reflect on past struggles for freedom and how to expand and protect hard-won liberties and opportunities at a time when they may be on the wane.

Project 21 members have commemorated Juneteenth since 1999, urging black Americans to use the observance of Juneteenth to embrace their inherent talents and strengthen ties with family and community. Read more

A Better Flotilla for Freedom

Statement of David A. Ridenour National Center for Public Policy Research

Washington, D.C. – The following is a statement by David A. Ridenour, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy Research:

Now that both Turkey and Iran are on the record supporting the violation of another nation’s waters so long as the ships doing so are providing humanitarian relief, a huge impediment to two ideas of mine – the Free Turkey Movement and the Free Iran Movement – has now been lifted. Read more

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