Wiretapped Phonecall: Pot Calls Kettle

In order to help translate wiretapped phonecalls related to narcotics investigations, the Department of Justice is trying to hire linguists "fluent in Ebonics."

Ebonics is a nonstandard variant of English which includes features "like the omission of the final consonant in words like ‘past’ (pas’ ) and ‘hand’ (han’), the pronunciation of the th in ‘bath’ as t (bat) or f (baf), and the pronunciation of the vowel in words like ‘my’ and ‘ride’ as a long ah (mah, rahd).”

Ebonics first rose to national attention in 1996 when liberals (let us repeat, to be absolutely clear: LIBERALS) with the Oakland, California schoolboard declared Ebonics to be a special language which is genetically based" in African Americans. Ouch.

But that was then, and this is now...and the need for Ebonics translators is urgent. Senate majority leader Harry Reid has previously praised Barack Hussein Obama's linguistic skills, noting that he spoke with "no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one."

But sadly, the president is too busy building bridges with the Muslim world to waste his time building bridges between the worlds of Ebonics and English.

Frankly, Hope n' Change doesn't know anything about Ebonics.
But Steve Harvey is calling for an "English/Ebonics" dictionary.

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Bomb Mot

Barack Hussein Obama's controversial "big hugs and no preconditions" policy towards Iran finally paid off this week, as a chastened and repentant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired up his showroom-fresh nuclear reactor, then announced a new tool of Iranian diplomacy - a long-range bomber.

In a nationally televised speech, Ahmadinejad said that the bomber's main message is "peace and friendship," and that along with a payload of four stealth cruise missiles and two 250-pound bombs, it is the "messenger of salvation and dignity for humanity."

All of which begs the critical question: is it more important to evaluate a threat based on what something actually is, or simply on what it claims to be?

Telling the critical difference would, we suppose, be a matter of wisdom. But Barack Obama has already gone on record that matters of wisdom are of no interest to him.
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Heroes Coming Home

This week, the last U.S. combat forces left Iraq, having completed their mission more successfully than almost anyone could have imagined.

Our men and women in uniform have had to face incredible challenges, coming not only from our nation's enemies, but also from the mainstream media and those in Washington who put politics before patriotism.

But that's talk for another time. Today, Hope n' Change wants to send our utmost and sincerest thanks to the returning troops, and pledge our continuing support for all of the troops still stationed overseas (including many in support roles in Iraq) who risk so much for all of us.

Welcome home, heroes.

Returning troops greeted at DFW Airport by the President, 8/11/2010