Circum Spective

the ring-kissing cowards of the news media

What do you notice about what the Associated Press calls the "Top U.S. News" Stories of the day?

Report: NY, NJ immigration raids violated rights
NEW YORK (AP) -- Immigration agents raiding homes for suspected illegal immigrants violated the U.S. Constitution by entering without proper consent and may have used racial profiling, a report analyzing arrest records found....

Analysis: Gates arrest a signpost on racial road
It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling - it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality....

Charge dropped against black Harvard scholar
BOSTON (AP) -- Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested after forcing his way into his own house in what he and other blacks say was an outrageous but all-too-common example of how police treat them....

Investigator rules against Palin in ethics probe
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position as she sought money for lawyer fees, in the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this week....

Black, white protesters rally over dragging death
PARIS, Texas (AP) -- State police in riot gear rushed a downtown street to break up a standoff Tuesday between hundreds of black and white extremists who exchanged screams of "Black power!" and "White power!" during a protest over the state's handling of the case of a black man who was run over and dragged by a vehicle....

Sounds to me like racial conflict is being highlighted, and thereby encouraged, more so now under an African-American president than it was before he took office.

Let me put it in less diplomatic terms: The pandering little caucasians of the news media are afraid of the big black man who has taken over the government, so they are trying to kiss up to him and "his people". But guess what dummies? Black Americans are not "his people". Rich, power-hungry, corrupt politicians are "his people", whether they happen to be Negro or Caucasian doesn't really matter to him, so long as he can use and exploit them to further his own personal agenda and lust for ever-increasing power.