PROJECT 21 ARCHIVE – 2011

Black Activists Object to Extremist Rhetoric From Obama and Supporters in Defense of Expensive Jobs Bill

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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are condemning the divisive, radical rhetoric used by President Obama and his supporters in promotion of the President's $477 billion "American Jobs Act." "The President's remarks are disgraceful and dangerous. At a time when so many Americans are mired ...

Occupation Army Denies Civil Rights Hero a Chance to Speak

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In the latest news from occupied America, leftist forces for change in Washington, D.C. chose to storm a museum!  The whiney-whine percenters, however, were repelled by a guard with a can of pepper spray. The occupiers were successful in closing the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum for the day, no doubt ...

Government Regulation Will Literally Take People’s Breath Away, by Bob Parks

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It's not news that far too many environmentalists prefer trees, animals and insects over people. In 1962, environmentalist icon Rachel Carson — a government bureaucrat at the time — chose nature. She created a stink about the highly-effective pesticide DDT, and countless millions of children have since paid the ultimate ...

President Obama Losing his Base, and Others, by Charles Butler

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As I was headed to a recent television interview in Chicago, the driver sent by the network asked me what topic I was going to discuss on television. "President Obama is losing the support of his base." The driver, black like me, laughed. He told me he didn't vote for ...

“Elite Liberal Libelers”: The Modern Face of Black-on-Black Crime, by Lisa Fritsch

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Jesse Jackson, Andre Carson, Maxine Waters and Walter Fauntroy are the new face of black-on-black crime. The term "black-on-black crime" was coined in the eighties to publicize shockingly disproportionate amounts of violent crimes perpetrated within the black community. Now, instead of Bloods and Crips, the new gang threatening black neighborhoods ...

Morgan Freeman is Wrong, by Deneen Borelli

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In a September 23 interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, award-winning actor Morgan Freeman claimed the moral high ground, saying tea partiers have a "racist" motivation against President Obama "to do whatever [they] can to get this black man outta here." Sadly, another Hollywood liberal elite has dealt the race card ...

Tea Party is the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement, by Stacy Swimp

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Representative Frederica Wilson (D-FL), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, told her constituents at a CBC "job fair" that "[t]he real enemy is the Tea Party." Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), another CBC member, said the "Tea Party can go straight to hell." Representative Andre Carson (D-IN), a CBC leader, ...

When Will Black America Wake Up? by Jerome Hudson

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It's common for the black political establishment to claim white conservatives and their policies cause black America's problems. It's a shame this accusation is never challenged because in many ways it is the black establishment that is enabling decline. There is, for example, a chasm of fatherlessness in black America ...

Obama’s Class Warfare is “Not Solving the Problem”

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Commenting on Obama’s new tax hike agenda, Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli notes that the President’s “policies have failed” and his move to further embrace class warfare is “not solving the problem.”  Deneen suggests taking a look at the other ideas besides simply hiking taxes such as the flat tax ...

Solyndra Shutdown is Straw that Broke the Solar Panel

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As Green Jobs Fizzle, White House Should End War on Fossil Fuels Washington, D.C. - In the wake of the half-billion-taxpayer-dollar bankruptcy of "green" manufacturer Solyndra, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are criticizing the high cost and low yield of the Obama White House's "green jobs" agenda ...

Project 21’s Deneen Borelli Talks Post-9/11 America

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Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli shares her memories, feelings and experiences related to September 11, 2001 with co-host Heather Childers and fellow Fox News contributors Judith Miller and KT McFarland. The group also discusses how America has changed since that day, and how attitudes security issues have changed in particular ...

Black Activists Comment on Obama Jobs Speech

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Washington, D.C. - Black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are speaking out about President Barack Obama's long-awaited proposal to create more American jobs. "After all the pomp and ceremony, Mr. Obama's plan comes down to the same old tired scheme of more spending and more taxes," noted Project ...

Mayor Nutter’s City of Tough Love, by Lisa Fritsch

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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter went where few black leaders have gone. And I think I can count those other who did on one hand. Nutter dared speak truth to action on the critical state of black youth in this country. In an address confronting increasing youth violence, Nutter plainly declared: ...

Where’s the Proof to Crazy Claims About the Tea Party? by Deneen Borelli

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Andre Carson, where's your proof? Carson, a Democratic congressman from Indiana and the legislative "whip" for the Congressional Black Caucus, recently made incendiary accusations about the tea party movement and his colleagues supporting it on Capitol Hill. Those remarks appear to lack even a scintilla of truth. Carson's comments are ...

How Well Do You Know Socialism? by Richard Dimery

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Barack Obama promised to transform America. Unfortunately, he is manipulating it toward European-style socialism. American society has been dumbed-down for decades. Too many now ignore the ramifications of current events on their lives and to our future. Much historical evidence of what free-market capitalism delivered to this nation, fostering the ...

It’s Once Again Time for Change, by Jimmie L. Hollis

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America — and Washington, D.C., in particular — is mired in angst and frustration. As our nation's economy and morality declines ever further, people demand answers as lawmakers play the blame game. One person seeking to escape culpability is President Obama. That could be the undoing of the man and ...

Black Activists Repudiate Al Gore’s Race Card Rhetoric in Support of More Regulation

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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are condemning former vice president Al Gore's attempt to injected race into the debate over emissions regulations by comparing those opposed to further regulation with opponents of the civil rights movement. "Coming during the week of the planned Martin ...

Deneen Borelli to Appear on Fox & Friends Thursday at 6:20 AM EDT

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Project 21 Senior Fellow Deneen Borelli will be a guest on Fox & Friends on FNC on Thursday, August 18 at 6:20 AM EDT. For Deneen fans, we have posted below some video from Deneen's appearances on Fox this past weekend. On August 13, discussing a Long Island school district's ...

Black Conservatives Commend Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter for Giving Youth a Reality Check

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Washington, D.C. - Activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are commending Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter (D) for giving young people a blunt wake-up call regarding self-destructive behavior. "Mayor Nutter deserves credit for stepping up and being a leader," said Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli. "Nutter is doing ...

Project 21’s Cherylyn Harley LeBon Serves as Substitute Host for G. Gordon Liddy’s Syndicated Talk Show August 9

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21 member Cherylyn Harley LeBon will guest-host for syndicated talk radio host G. Gordon Liddy on Tuesday, August 9. "I look forward to guest-hosting for G. Gordon Liddy," said LeBon. "It is an honor to fill in for him, and we have an exciting line-up of ...

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