has can selled the most open and shut voter intimidation case in the history of america and the -- in the case of the new black pan chers -- panthers in philadelphia, who much of america have seen on videotape, youtube, paramilitarily uniformed individual, members of the new black panther, standing there in berets with a big old billy club, smaaking it in their hand as white people come to vote, calling those people crackers. and telling them we're taking over this country, we're going to be in power after that that's the summary of a generalization of their statements but the accuracy of that record is out there on youtube for all to see. that case, open and shut. the case was made by the justice department under president bush. as the handoff took place and went over to the eric holder justice department under poth because ma, what happens, mr. speaker? loretta king in the justice department can selled the most open and shut voter intimidation case in the history of america because it would have brought about convictions on those new black panther party members. and one of the assistant -- the one of the att

being a black drop out in america it is very problematic.our options and both -- your options in both worlds is very limited. just the fact we explain it does not mean it goes away. some of them cannot explain statistic in a herd data, but perhaps because the other -- perhaps we can do other research and look at what is going on. a couple of things i want to point out that are consistent with marla's findings that she did not mention -- if you are a black male high-school dropout, there is the very high likelihood he will end up in prison. it is a stunning, a shocking statistic that we continue to live with in america. the other thing is that blacks continue to drop out at much higher rates than whites. that does not show up in mola's data, because she stratifies the sample, but that is a big factor, too. different did it tell you very different things. the number is, i believe, show you that dropout rates among whites is about 20%, which is way too high, but among blacks, it is closer to 1/3, which is shocking and quite upsetting. both of t

being a black drop out in america it is very problematic.r options and both -- your options in both worlds is very limited. just the fact we explain it does not mean it goes away. some of them cannot explain statistic in a herd data, but perhaps because the other -- perhaps we can do other research and look at what is going on. a couple of things i want to point out that are consistent with marla's findings that she did not mention -- if you are a black male high-school dropout, there is the very high likelihood he will end up in prison. it is a stunning, a shooking statistic that we continue to live with in america. the other thing is that blacks continue to drop out at much higher rates than whites. that does not show up in mola's data, because she stratifies the sample, but that is a big factor, too. -pdifferent did it tell you very different things. the number is, i believe, show you that dropout rates among whites is about 20%, which is way too high, but among blacks, it is closer to 1/3, which is shocking and quite upsetting. both of t

as one of my signs shows, we have obama and the america flag surrounded by black representing the oil, and we have b.p. sitting nice and pretty in the dollar signs. you know, that's how we feel. that's how we feel in our community. we're just drowning in oil. everyone in a matter of just hours of this oil spill was totally devastated. because this was not a hurricane rolling in that we could prepare for. this is something that we don't know how to prepare for. we don't know what to do, the outcome of this. we don't know how to recover from this. and as far as how close it is to us, we woke up, and two mornings later and could spell the oil on our front door when we walked outside. we could smell it like if we were walking into an oil pit. i mean, it's right here, right in our front yard. i mean, basically where we live, there's a levee following the mississippi river, and there's a levee following the back, you can almost see the gulf from just 100 yards from behind my house. you can almost see the gulf. and it won't be long -- it will be up in those waters. and all we need is a hurri

politicize ey've can selled the mos open and shut vote intimidation case in the history of america, the new black panthers case in philadelphia, it's on videotape, ey had a coiction, all they neeed to do was follow through they can selled the case. loretta king did so. she's the one that can selled e will of the people in kingston, north carolina who voted that they wanted no more partisan elections in local lech they wand to te the r and d off the names of the candidates a work a 70% vote, loretta king invalidated th because she saidblack people won't know to vote for another black person unless there's a d beside tir name. that's not equal protection. it's contempt for people's judgment. i hink we need to have equal protection under the law we need to uphold the nstitution a rule of law, the separation of power i'moing to and with the people in arizona who haveone with a great thing for amera d we're going to eventuay get to the point where establish this rule of law, enforce our immigration laws and when that becomes practice in the united states of america, then we can talk about other soluti

america. we now have a black president, mr. barack obama. i am so pleased that he change, because everybody can change. people can change, nations can change. his debt to meet represents the transformation of america towards progress of -- his death to meet represents the transformation of america towards progress of living. host: mitch mcconnell says, " senator byrd, a devotion to the u.s. constitution with the people learning of history to defend the interests of a state and the traditions of the senate." stephen, good morning. caller: that is what i was going to tell you, that america has lost one of its great, great leaders. i mean, you know, it is hard for me to speak right now, because my mother-in-law went to school with his daughters, and we was at the airport 15, 20 years ago, picking her up, coming in from fort lauderdale, and robert byrd was getting ready to fly back to washington from west virginia. he took the early bird flight. carol, my mother-in-law, walked up to him, and she had not seen him in 30 years could walk up to that

the federal voter intimidation statutes we used against the new black pan chers were -- panthers were enacted because america never realized genuine racial equality in elections. racial violence characterized elections from the end of the civil war until the voting rights act of 1965. before that blacks seeking the right to vote and those aiding them were victims of violence and intimidation but unlike southern legal system -- unlike the southern legal system, southern violence did not discriminate. black voters were slain as were the right champions of their cause. some of the bodies were tossed in bogs and in one case in philadelphia, mississippi, they were buried together in an earthen dam. temp rir lay close quote and point out the irony of the brutal tragedy in philadelphia, mississippi, and i have been there, mr. speaker, and the new black panthers intimidating voters in philadelphia, pennsylvania, the city of brotherly love. . i continue with the quote. based on my experiences, i believe the dismissal of the black panther case was lawsless hostility. others still within the department share my assessm

they said that 18% of all births in america in 2007 were white. 19% were black. 4% were asian and native american. 49% for hispanics. i find it strange that that number really has not changed now that it is 2009 the they are talking about. it is still almost half of the births in america being 50%. i find that alarming. guest: i am not sure of the figures that he is talking about. it may be birth rates for the state of california. which is what the states where this demographic shift has occurred most rapidly. host: earlier you talk about the potential market for industry bringing in immigrants. are we seeing a community is getting more immigrants and first generation, a second- generation americans coming in, are they seeing an increase in their economy, an improvement in their economy based on this population? does that make sense? guest: emigrants' flow into the u.s., very suspect to economic growth. the largest increase in immigration was in the 1990's in part as a response to the booming economy. as we have seen, immigration from mexico has declined with the the recession. in some w

on is basically the discord in politics since the election of our first black president has been so uncivil that i think america, and in general, basically purging itself and giving women an opportunity to work with this man because the angry white man in the senate and house don't agree with anything that comes from the president and we are in a country that realistically we don't want to accept the problem that race may have with that but we do know that women way -- women may be more successful in working with the man and may govern. they just want to do what is good for america because that is what is holding back from these people in congress now, and in the senate, from simply just governing, because everything this man comes of what they take an adverse adversarial position on it when the benefit of best interests of the country is what is at hand. we have this tribal mentality that so many people will vote against their own best interest to keep this man who is in the white house from simply getting credit for lifting this country from the spiral we were in from the angry white man persona of neo con po

states senator for so many decades now occupied with a dozen roses and a black cloth signifying that we have lost this great man. americahas lost a great public servant and for one as a member of the united states senate, it has been my great privilege to serve while senator byrd served in this body. madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, i appreciate the words of the senator from north dakota. i recall sitting here on the floor, i tell my friend from north dakota, he may well have been there too when senator byrd spoke of the pygmy strutting like a colasses, we know who he meant and the effect it had. i thank him for reminding us of that. madam president, we -- i believe all of us who served with and knew senator byrd are sa saddend by news of his passing. no senator came to care more about the constitution or to be a more effective defender of our constitutional government than the senior senator from west virginia. madam president, how many times have we seen him reach in his jacket pocket and hold up the constitution and he would say, this is

black colleges and a prior bill. that is $3.70 billion of obama bucks we just do not have. host: doug says that america needs a conservative congress that will say no to the nutty professor and the white house. consolidating her power, a look at nancy pelosi. this book is by two authors, one of which is ron peters. the conclusion concerning nancy pelosi's gender -- their conclusion is that she is different from her predecessors and her path to power. she has amassed in used power for political and policy in some ways that clearly parallel those used by the most powerful speakers before her. next is steve from boston. caller: good morning. i want to remind people that these are real families they are talking about who are unemployed. these are mothers and children who will not have an income if they take away the unemployment. peopll lose sight of that. if our -- our financial situation would be better if they're not 18,000 financial companies in the cayman islands that were getting away tax-free. exxon paid not one red cent in federal taxes last year. to make it worse, not that they did not pay, but th

black caucus to the country. tonight, congresswoman fudge will be talking about the urgent need to enact regulatory reform of america's financial markets. i know your district is going to benefit from this. often times we forget that regulatory reform has a direct impact on the huge foreclosure crisis that i know your district is facing. thank you for your leadership. let me thank all members who are on that financial services committee for such a major effort to take this important step in protecting americans from another financial crisis. while many provisions in the bill could be much stronger, i believe that h.r. 4713 is a critical step forward in bringing reasonable regulation and oversight back to an out-of-control financial services sector. i was on the banking committee in much of the deregulation process and could not support it then, and unfortunately, when those of us on the committee saw happening and said would happen has happened. but now, this important legislation will finally make our banks and financial services institutions much more transparent, put consumer rights before corporate profits and all

america's head. they are going to be a lot of old white people and a tremendous number of young black, asian and latino workers. one of the highest sets has to do with the last gradeeof school completed. finish college and your children are more than likely to finish college. no big surprise there. as all you amateur cultural scientists know that's not reason for causation. how do you break that correlation? how do you create an environment away from the home that support $and reinforces what comes from the home that's of value and worth retaining and break the cycle of school under achievement and too early did he par tur from school. anyone trying to sit down and answer that question with a system built from scratch would never come up with what we have today. a system heavily based on educational funding from real estate taxes so that the kids wise enough to be born to parents this live in high-value housing could count on more secure school funding that those who come from larger school funding. >> chicago, new york, boston where my kids go to school in washington, d.c. we worship at the alter of t

there were rooting for the black hawks which tells you something about the rivalry between pittsburgh and philly. of course, we meet here at an incredibly difficult time for america. among other things, a time when the worst environmental disaster of its kind in our nation's history is threatening the gulf coast and the people who live there. right now, stopping this oil spill and contain the damage is the top priority not just in my administration but of the entire country. we are waging this battle every minute of every day. at the same time, we are continuing our efforts to rebuild from an economic disaster. it has touched the lives of nearly every american. that is what i want to talk about today. the state of our economy. the future we must -- we must seize in the past we chose to get there. it has now been a little over 16 months since i took office on may 1 of the worst economic storms in our history. to naaigate that storm, might administration was forced to take some dramatic and unpopular steps. these steps have succeeded in breaking the free fall. direction. the economy that was shrinking at an alarming reigned has now been growing for three consecutiv