****** Con Artist Rev. Al Sharpton's Hair is Straighter Than Imus'

[Patriot Games]

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/imus_sharpton/2007/10/17/41741.html

Al Sharpton Still Wary of Imus

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Don Imus is returning to the airwaves on WABC Radio in December, but his
sharpest critic, Rev. Al Sharpton, said he's not yet ready to give his
blessing.

Sharpton said he wants one demand met before he will consider guaranteeing
there will be no more of the protests that led to Imus' dismissal from CBS
Radio last April for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team
"nappy-headed ho's."

Sharpton wants officials from WABC's parent company to meet with members of
the National Association of Black Journalists, the New York Post reports.

"Public advocacy groups have more than enough reason to be concerned that
his return will not return us to the racist and misogynist tirades of the
past," Sharpton said.

"Certainly, advertisers who enjoy supporting a broad-based consumer market
should be assured that if they resume financial support to the Don Imus show
that he will not engage in the kind of rhetoric that led to his demise
earlier this year."

 

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Patriot Games wrote:

Analysis of these seven regimes reveals fourteen common threads that
link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of
power. These basic characteristics are more prevalent and intense in
some regimes than in others, but they all share at least some level of
similarity.

1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. From the
prominent displays of flags and bunting to the ubiquitous lapel pins,
the fervor to show patriotic nationalism, both on the part of the regime
itself and of citizens caught up in its frenzy, was always obvious.
Catchy slogans, pride in the military, and demands for unity were common
themes in expressing this nationalism. It was usually coupled with a
suspicion of things foreign that often bordered on xenophobia.

2. Disdain for the importance of human rights. The regimes themselves
viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the
objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the
population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by
marginalizing, even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was
egregious, the tactic was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation.

3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. The most
significant common thread among these regimes was the use of
scapegoating as a means to divert the people