BloggeRhythms

Watching Fox News this morning, one gets the sense that someone in the White House has finally woken up to realize the mistakes made by employing Al Sharpton as spokesperson for race relations issues, which lately, have gotten considerably worse for the administration.

 

That premise is evidenced by the fact that he’s now “announced he was holding an “emergency meeting” to discuss Hollywood’s all-white list of Oscar nominees and talk about possible action against the Academy Awards’ powers-who-be.

 

“The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains,” he said in a statement reported by Business Insider. “The higher you get, the whiter it gets. … I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards.”

 

However, while the extortion train warms up for its trip to the coast, some other information might be considered before Reverend Al climbs on board. 

 

Because, according to The Hollywood Reporter, via washingtontimes.com: “The awards ceremony has only nominated an all-white list of names for best actor, best actress and best director only once before in the last 20 years.”

 

Even some readers chimed in, including Old_Jimmy1929, who wrote: “Is the Rev. likewise upset when 21 of 22 starting football players are of his race.”

 

Proud Conservative added: “You ever notice that when you see him with a woman SHE isn't black………..Double standard?”

 

And then Robert asked: “What about the NBA, Al?”

 

What’s more, some additional research in Wikipedia shows that just last year the same Academy’s “Best Motion Picture of the Year of the year” was 12 Years a Slave, “a 2013 historical drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for twelve years before his release. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate. Other characters in the film were also real people, including Edwin and Mary Epps, and Patsey.”

 

Additionally, “12 Years a Slave became the first film directed and produced by a black filmmaker, the first film directed and produced by a black filmmaker (Steve McQueen) and also the first to be written by an African-American (John Ridley) to win the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year.

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role went to Lupita Nyong'o, while Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay also went to John Ridley.

 

So, although for Reverend Al last year may be too long ago for blacks to be recognized for their achievements in film, perhaps he might recall that when the top awards were presented to them in 2013, there was no white backlash, rebellion, extortion or rioting. And thus, it might be best if he just backed off and gave us all a rest for a while.

 

On another issue, Sarah Ferris notes in thehill.com that, “Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), announced her departure Friday, which will take effect next month.

 

“Tavenner is leaving after five turbulent years overseeing the agency. Her tenure included the disastrous rollout of the government’s HealthCare.gov website as well as, most recently, an inflated tally of total ObamaCare enrollment.”

 

What’s interesting to note is that despite the seemingly horrible job performance demonstrated by this bureaucrat, she kept her position regardless.

 

But then, just recently, “Republicans on the House Oversight Committee last month grilled Tavenner about the miscount, which had helped push the first-year enrollment total for ObamaCare past 7 million — a milestone that was celebrated by the administration at the time.

 

Tavenner said the figures were “inadvertently” double-counted, an explanation that was greeted with deep skepticism from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), whose staff identified the error.”

 

Which indicates that either Ms Tavenner finally decided to come to grips with the fact that she wasn’t qualified nor skilled enough to handle the responsibilities of her position, or she reached a stage where her lifetime retirement benefits kicked in from the government.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

Adios