I will have the honor of appearing today as part of the confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee for Loretta Lynch, nominee to serve as United States Attorney General. Below is my written testimony for the hearing today.
Here is the full list of witnesses appearing today:
Sharyl Attkisson
Investigative Journalist
David Barlow
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
David A. Clarke, Jr.
Sheriff
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Catherine Engelbrecht
Founder
True The Vote
Janice K. Fedarcyk
Fedarcyk Consulting LLC
Stephen H. Legomsky
John S. Lehmann University Professor
School of Law at Washington University
The Reverend Doctor Clarence Newsome
Cincinnati , OH
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz
Professor Of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies Cato Institute
Jonathan Turley
Professor, J.B. And Maurice C. Shapiro Chair Of Public Interest Law
George Washington University Law School
Washington , DC
The full committee hearing resumes this morning at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 216 in the Hart Senate Office Building.
Here is my testimony: Statement.Lynch Nomination.Turley Testimony.Senate
Ha ha…a good ole song for days of slavery…
That wod be wrong…even to quip
If it weren’t for the fact that we are all slaves to.the puppet masters. That being said, I miss the days of clarity in wars, of well defined enemies like the Reich; but am always saddened on reflection of what our country was built upon
Over Indian graves
And also mass abused & murdered slaves
Laser D Liquidator
Each society has a myth that they follow and the European myth won out over the Native American one. The Natives received their lands back in most cases but there was bloodshed.
They even got their indigenous day over Columbus Day.
As far as Slavery goes, even a person most Progressives and Liberals hate – Star Parker – who speaks the truth – Elsewhere, civil rights groups are betraying blacks.
In New York, the local NAACP joined the United Federation of Teachers in a lawsuit to block the closure of 22 “failing” public schools and the “co-locate” expansion of 15 charter schools. Here, the NAACP ignored the success of the New York Charter school program—serving 60% black and 30% Latino students, and instead chose to support the expensive and futile public school model. The New York NAACP sided with teachers’ union elites and neglected the best educational interest of “colored people.”
will tell you that a black person was better off and safer under slavery if they are going to enslave themselves to the Nanny State. This is something that no Progressive seems to understand.
Po – I do not need to re examine that statement. I was clear with what I said. the welfare state that promotes the type of behavior that blacks even joke about is a slavery of sorts
Hmmmm-very interesting thead – sounds like something from last fall 😉
Yes, let’s sing a song from the good old days of slavery!
Inga – Abraham Lincoln said that he was glad the Civil War was over because he now could listen to “Dixie” a tune he much enjoyed.
Sandi, Po is concerned with conservatives rewriting history. I don’t think he agrees with your earlier complaint about there being too much info about the KKK and the teaching about America’s history with racism.
Po, exactly what I do worry about in my children’s school district, the scourge of conservatism and the whitewashing of American history. Not the opposite that Sandi seems concerned with. When they didn’t allow the “Welcome back to School” address to students by President Obama, it did send up red flags. Conservatives are a bigger threat to accurate history being taught in schools and text books than liberals.
Paul, a bad attempt of Ecclesiastes. “a time to speak, a time to keep silence”
I was called to dinner. And I didn’t want anymore upset.
I’m glad “po” has some references about what I was trying to say. I wasn’t telling anybody what they should do. I’m sorry it was taken that way. I am concerned about the rewrite of our history. Especially the emphasis of bad white people. It was a time unknown to us and a way of life hard to accept.
I was in Charleston sitting on a bench and a woman came and sat down and said hello in as much of a southern accent as I’ve ever heard. And we chatted a bit and she told me they had outlawed singing “Dixie” which, of course, I couldn’t stand. So she and I sang Dixie, quietly.
Ban a song from our history! Something is very wrong.
Must go.
Sandi, You’re welcome. Right on cue, manic drama from Norma Desmond. LOL! The best thing to do is ignore. It’s difficult when it’s a manic phase, but those episodes eventually end.
Paul,
Yes, I know they are essentially written by committee. I was being optimistic that they’d gotten better (I’ve been out of the brick-and-mortar classroom for about 10 years). Have you read Diane Ravitch’s Language Police?
Prairie Rose – have not read the book however I do know there were PC limits on words we could and could not use. It could really drive you nuts after a while. 🙂
What Sandi is asking for, the whitewashing of history to protect the guilty, is actually and currently taking place in the usual places.
Between this:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/17/texas-textbook-inaccuracies/19175311/,
and this http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/3/headlines/colorado_county_school_board_passes_proposal_to_censor_history_courses, no wonder the schools are the mess they are. And all of these issues are from conservatives who won’t rest until their war against liberalism sink this boat.
Tonight, at Ruth Chris’s.. JT’s bottle of wine will never be big enough..
Inga,
One thing about most history textbooks: the ones I had were DRY and devoid of life, just a pared-down narrative that couldn’t hold a candle to a good book on history (McCullough, Ellis, Plutarch–and Susan Wise Bauer has an excellent series of books that march through time around the world).
What do you think of most school history books? Have they gotten better?
Prairie Rose – high school textbooks are written by groups, each person assigned a section. Then an editor smooths it all out so it has the same blandness everywhere.
Paul, I dont “want” you to know a thing. I don’t care what you know or don’t know. You don’t make my list of things to even mildly care about. Talk about egocentric, Oy.
Inga – earlier today you were complaining I did not want to learn anything new. Make up your mind.
Paul, when the words don’t come, it is a time to be silent.
Sandi – that really does not make sense. 🙂
Nothing closer to an egomaniac and narcissist than a Know it All.
And Sandi, I can’t agree with you and Fox News about “distortions” across the board in history classes and books public schools. This notion is straight out of the right wing playbook. I don’t buy it. You may very well distort history to fit your own narrative, who knows. I trust the curricula of public schools more than I trust right wing paranoia.
Inga – I fact checked history books and I can tell you where the liberal emphasis is. In one book I was working on there were 30 political cartoons. All 30 were attacking Republican Presidents. Starting with LBJ, the text emphasized the good points of the Democrats and the bad points of the Republicans. I had to have sections of the book rewritten for fairness.
Know It All is a badge I have worn all my life. I have gotten adjusted to it. And I keep adding to my fund of knowledge, just not the stuff you want me to know.
on 1, January 30, 2015 at 6:43 pmSandi Hemming
Inga, absolutely right about Whitehouse. Why didn’t he ask a question? I don’t think he was in the right place for his lecture. Or was he hoping for a FOX spot somewhere?
Talk to your grandchildren about the history you grew up with because the books leave out a lot and overemphasize the blips. Give them your knowledge about history without the distortions in the books and classrooms. Truth is the best history you can give. And explain why the books are different.
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Sandi,
if your advice was to everyone here, why did you address your comment to me, by name? If you are addressing everyone on the thread, it would be a good idea to not direct your comment to me by name.
There’s a word for thinking everything is about you, but I don’t remember it.
Nick, thank you.
Sandi – there are two words that you might be looking for: egomaniac and narcissistic.
“Not!” Ohhhhh agita!
And Sandi is nog a drama queen, that was very unkind of you to say that about her Nick. Did you hear what he said about you Sandi? That’s just terrible.
Sandi, he’s just mad that he can’t get all the attention. He gets very jealous when others are engaged in a discussion that doesn’t include him.