I am so very tired of this shit.  Read more 

Sigh. Re: this post, I got a letter from the Color of Change people, relating their experiences with the CBC on its proposed joint-hosting venture with FOX:

I wanted to let you know that we’re directing calls to a few key CBC members: Bennie Thompson (chair of the CBCI board), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (chair of the CBC), and Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee (cause they’re likely to be sympathetic and should be on our side — maybe we can convince them to speak out or do something).

We’ve got a pretty cool phone-call tool here.

The tool selects one of those four randomly, gives a phone number and a script particularly tailored to them. Once you make the call, you give us feedback so we can track if you reached someone and what they said; then it serves up the next name / phone number / script to call.

We sent out an email to the signers of our first outreach on this, asking them to call.

Apparently, staffers at Thompson’s office and Kilpatrick’s office are telling folks not to call there. I had the same experience.

Day before yesterday, people at Thompson’s office told me I should call Kilpatrick, and when I did, Kilpatrick’s office told me I should call the Institute. The Institute was letting it’s phone ring all day, and they didn’t return my call.  Read more 

It appears our good friends at the CBC need a reminder of why the term “house negro” is deeply offensive and conditions which would engender its use be avoided. The blogosphere recently won a huge victory over our arch enemies at FOX, convincing the Nevada Democratic Party not to let FOX mediate a Democratic presidential candidate debate. But of course, evil never sleeps, and FOX is at it again, this time with the CBC. Watch this video first:  Read more