Good Morning.
Took a couple hours off work this morning so a little late with the Sift. The Cooler is going to be a bit delayed as well. Here we go.
A- Restaurant Gal is moving to a new place in South Florida and she takes the time to reflect and compare the difference between the old and the new.
New Place–Walk to the beach
Old Place–Drive to the beach
New Place–Don’t know anyone there, but hope to meet new folks.
Old Place–Leaving behind some funky, fun, and dear friends.
B- Mumble Pie gives us the recipe and some tempting photos of "Tribute to Katherine Hepburn Brownies."
Apparently Katharine Hepburn loved a very chocolate-laden brownie with a minimal amount of flour—my kind of woman. I substituted the nuts in the recipe for peanut butter chips, as per Jason’s request. The result: sixteen ooey gooey, chocolate-peanut-buttery bars of deliciousness.
C- Random Pixels has the latest edition of "McCain Fever: Catch It!."
D- Miami Dish has a couple food specials that Ruth's Chris and The Cheesecake Factory are offering that you best be aware of.
E- South Florida Lawyers channels Tom Petty and discusses the ongoing Marlins trial.
F- Back in April of last year, babalu and it's commenters were indignant that a black Cuban by the name of Oscar Sánchez Madam was thrown in jail by Cuban State Security for "dangerousness" and American black leaders were saying nothing about it.
I wonder how Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, Pastor's for Peace, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Charles Rangel, etal, would react if an African-American man were taken from his home, tried secretly and sentenced to jail time for "dangerousness"?
Well, this morning, with nary a whisper about their past outrage or question, babalu reported that the Rev. Al Sharpton held a news conference yesterday denouncing Cuba and demanding the release of Afro-Cuban protesters.
It's a good thing, especially in this case, that babalu's perceptions of certain groups of people are, well, totally wrong.
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5 comments:
You art the Bablu watch dog. Since nobody else calls them to task for their hypocrisy I'm glad there is someone to keep an eye on them.
You would think that some of their discussion might be about how this is a surprise to them and how, really, this stand by a staunch Democrat is quite impressive.
But, then again, it's babalu. Only one perspective on all things.
F- Rick, you linked to Val's second post about Sharpton's demonstration on behalf of Cuba's political prisoners, and condemnation of Cuba's human rights record.
In the first post, Val gave thanks to Sharpton, and the comments that followed described a sense of shock and suspicion from Babalu readers.
TWICE before Val has criticized Sharpton for hypocrisy.
http://www.babalublog.com/
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http://www.babalublog.com/
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But, the fact that Val hasn't addressed these past criticisms shows that he's not ready to fully support Sharpton. And, that's unfortunate. The public position that Sharpton has taken is crucial in order to shed more light on Cuba's human rights record.
Check out Val's NEW comment on today's post:
"We've called for African-American civil rights leaders to help their cuban brethren a million times on this blog."
I've NEVER (and I mean NEVER) seen a sincere call from the Babalu Blog for help from the African-American community. Just insults and denigration.
But, that's Babalu for you.
F- Rick, I'm sure you've noticed today's reply from Babalu to this post.
But, it's unfortunate that the Babalu Blog and it's readers do not understand the meaning of hypocrisy, nor the act of accusing a person of it.
Easily put, describing someone as "wrong" on an issue in the past and then describing one's new position as "right" does not qualify as an act of hypocrisy.
The accuser has to PROVE that a certain personal belief was taken (with conscious knowledge) in contradiction to one's public belief and practice.
Babalu has to PROVE that Sharpton (and others it accused of hypocrisy) were convinced of Cuba's poor human rights record, while acting or saying things in direct contradiction at the time of said belief.
But, Babalu can't prove it.
They can certainly point to ignorance, such as the Slate article, but this does not equate to hypocrisy.
Another example, Babalu believes that if certain community leaders say nothing on an issue, then they are hypocrites. That is also a misunderstanding of hypocrisy because the accuser has to prove that the subject of criticism has full knowledge of a certain incongruent fact or belief.
The Babalu blog is very "liberal" with the use of insults, and their use of the word "hypocrite" is among their arsenal. But, they don't know how to use it correctly.
As for lies, Val Prieto yesterday said: "We've called for African-American civil rights leaders to help their cuban brethren a million times on this blog."
http://www.babalublog.com/archives/009009.html
I've only noticed ONE time when Val came close to this on his blog.
Where's the "million times"?????
MB: Folks like Val, George and Henry stereotype and categorize everyone into groups. Prieto thought he had Sharpton, a black liberal politician, all figured out when he posed that question last year. He KNEW the answer to the question.
So when Sharpton answers the question like he did, it throws guys like Prieto for a loop. It's a big deal for him, even if the rest of the world shrugs because who really agrees with being unlawful imprisonment except tyrants and some members of the Bush Administration?
My comments had nothing to do with babalu being hypocrites, although they are that. The post had everything to do with Prieto failing to acknowledge that his expectations of Sharpton were totally and utterly turned upside down.
And on a "higher road," 'cause we know how much Prieto likes to take the high road, admitting that his previous expectations were wrong and inaccurate.
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