The Right to Discriminate?

May 21, 2010 Dear Friend,   Yesterday, John Stossel took to the air on Fox News to defend the right to discriminate based on race. Yes, you just read that correctly. On Megyn Kelly's Fox News show, Fox News employee John Stossel said: "Private businesses ought to get to discriminate. And I won't won't ever go to a place that's racist and I will tell everybody else not to and I'll speak against them. But it should be their right to be racist." Stossel is only the latest in a long line of Fox News personalities to divide America along racial lines, and it needs to stop. We need to send a message loud and clear -- first to Fox, and if it's unwilling to listen, to the sponsors who support it: Enough is enough: Stop promoting racism on your network. But Stossel didn't just argue for the right to discriminate. He went a step further, suggesting the "public accommodations" section of the Civil Rights Act should be repealed, thus allowing businesses to practice racial discrimination. This is the section of the law that prohibits a lunch counter from refusing to serve African-Americans -- a practice which was commonplace when the law was passed. The government, Stossel says, should be protecting the rights of businesses that want to discriminate -- not the rights of minorities facing pervasive discrimination. Enough is enough: Stop promoting racism on your network. This isn't the first time a Fox personality has treaded the line on race. Fox News operates under the direction of President Roger Ailes, a longtime political operative with a history of race-baiting and racially inflammatory campaign tactics. Glenn Beck, one of Fox's top-rated hosts, has repeatedly called both Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor "racists" who dislike white people and white culture, and hosts Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly have also stoked racial insensitivity with on air-comments. It's not just the hosts: In just the past week, Fox has also provided a platform for the extremist anti-immigrant group Americans for Immigration Control, which has been linked to white nationalist groups and drawn fire from the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center for their anti-Latino rhetoric. Enough is enough: Stop promoting racism on your network. Now Stossel is adding to Fox's record of questionable rhetoric on race. At some point, this stops being a question about individual hosts or guests -- and starts to be a question about the whole network. It's time for Fox News to be held accountable for the racially charged statements and racial insensitivity that it continually allows on the air. Enough is enough: Stop promoting racism on your network. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Eric Burns President, Media Matters for America   © 2010 Media Matters for America 455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20001 This action alert sponsored by:

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CORE-Illinois ACTION ALLERT!

CORE-ILLINOIS MAY 21, 2010 Quick Links CORE-ILLINOIS.ORG CULLERTON MEMO FIND YOUR LEGISLATOR IADDA BUDGET FACT SHEET  Join Our Mailing List Dear Fred, Our good friends at IADDA have just informed me that they have learned the Illinois house has scheduled a session for THIS Monday, May 24, 2010 beginning at 4:00 pm.   It has also been reported that the Senate will re-convene on Wednesday May 26  (See quick links for a copy of Senate President Cullerton)  According to IADDA's lobbyist "it appears there is a group of legislators that are developing recommendations for additional budget cuts.  And that there is still no uniform agreement on the budget, the potential for additional budget cuts is increasing"   As the May 31st deadline approaches the pressure to balance the budget by deeper budget cuts will also grow. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY-WE MUST ACT NOW Contact your representative and senator-tell them no more cuts to addiction treatment! Why?  Tell them that treatment works-it saves money not cost money, -without treatment healthcare services will cost the state more money If addiction has directly affected your life-tell them your story Tell them we have already had our funding reduced the past two years But most of all you cannot tell them your opinion if you do not call them or better yet visit their office! Don't know how to contact your representative or senator-use the quick like to find them.   Thank you in advanced for your efforts, we will continue to keep you informed!  Sincerely,   Bill Johnson CORE-Illinois COREILLINOIS@AOL.COM   CORE-Illinois     401 Sangamon Ave. Springfield, Illinois 62702 CORE-Illinois  1-217-544-1251 Forward email     Email Marketing by CORE-Illinois | 401 Sangamon Ave. | Springfield | IL | 62702

Wal-Mart Needs Secret Shoppers Apply Now!!!

From: Charles Carter <walmart@info.com> Subject: Wal-Mart Needs Secret Shoppers Apply Now!!! To: Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 3:44 PM Hello Applicant, One of  America's largest, discount department outlet is re-branding.The Retail Industry is a competitive world, with each retailer vying for the attention of consumers in an increasingly cluttered market. We do not want to rely on proprietary data collection processes and technology alone, we need appraisers to collect specific data about their experience and opinion when they visit this retail outlet, in a time efficient and cost effective manner. Closed Book Consumer is a tool used by market research companies to measure quality of retail service or gather specific information about products and services. Your ability to pose as normal customers perform specific tasks?such as purchasing a product, asking questions, registering complaints or behaving in a certain way ? and then provide precise feedback about your exploit . The purpose of Mystery Shoppers is to help businesses increase sales and improve employee customer service awareness. We provide businesses with more information than other mystery shopping companies through the use of questionnaires and detailed narratives. Once we have a contract to do so, you will be directed to the company or outlet and you will be given funds to  either purchase things or require services, after which you would write a comment on the staffs activities and give a detailed report of your experience.Some of the common details and information points shoppers: the date and time of the visit the name of the store number of employees in the store on entering how long it takes before the mystery shopper is greeted the name of the employee(s) whether or not the greeting is friendly the questions asked by the shopper to find a suitable product the questions asked by the employee(s) the types of products shown whether the employee invited the shopper to come back to the store cleanliness of store and store associates speed of service compliance with company standards relating to service, store appearance, and grooming/presentation After this, we turn the information over to the company executives and they would carry out their own duties in improving there services.Recruitment: Initially, we will add you to our database of Mystery Shoppers. Then, when we need someone in your area who matches your profile, we'll give you a call and describe the project to see if you are interested.Sometimes we will arrange for a mini-interview on phone. Send your application and attach your resume. Include the Details below, so we can add you to our database.(Payment will be sent to your address) First Name: Last Name: Street Address(No Po Box Accpeptable) : City : State : Zip Code : Cell Phone Number/Home Phone Number : Age: Current Occupation: Alternate Email Address : AVAILABILITY: Days/Hours Available Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Hours Available: from _______ to ______ Your application will be approved.Through extensive background check, your information will be reviewed and processed. Immediately this is done we will give a phone call or send an email to let you know your placement with our company. ASSIGNMENTS YOUR FIRST EVALUATION ($300) You will be giving cash to shop at any Wal-Mart location. All you have to do is walk into any of its location buy, buy and buy till you exhaust the $150, but you have to be in the store for at least one hour, watching and taking note of everything. Remember, everything you buy is totally yours.The management of Wal-Mart intends to change the store's environment, color, payment procedures, gift items and shopping/carrier bags etc, it's also looking into putting a stop to poor services, shoplifting, over-billing cash customers, wasting customer's precious time and credit card scams, but with the interest of its customers in mind.For this reasons they have decided to give there customers a great opportunity to decide.The balance of $150 is your commission for this task. You will be allocated $300 for this section ,in which you will spend $150 on shopping and the rest $150 is for yourself. NOTE: You are to attach the Wal-Mart receipt of every thing you buy to the report YOUR SECOND EVALUATION ($2610) The 2nd evaluation is MoneyGram International (Wal-Mart Location) A lot of Wal-Mart customers have reported lapses in MoneyGram services in some Wal-Mart Stores around the U.S. Our need to act is based on reports and complaints which some customers forwarded anonymously and phone calls that were  made to our head office. The Wal-Mart(MoneyGram) Agents locations were reported for evaluation for the following reasons: (i)   Slow services (ii)  Unbalanced exchange rate (iii) Poor services (iv)  Rudeness to customers (v)   Excess charge YOUR SECRET EVALUATION WILL BE : 1) To make a transfer of funds from a Wal-Mart location to our Agent in another state,and the funds would be picked up by our mystery shopper at the exact location which acustomer reported her funds stolen from. 2) You will have to record the time at which you got to the MoneyGram Section of Wal-Mart and how many minutes it took you to get the service.You will be sent money order of $2,610 which would cover your payment of $150 for shopping and extra $150 commission. As soon as you receive the Money orders you would Cash/Deposit it at your bank, deduct your $150 for shopping and your $150 commission, you use the rest of the money ($2610) for the MoneyGram Evaluation. 3) Upon receiving the funds, you will look for a Wal-Mart location around you to carry out your task and also the Name and address of whom the Mystery shoppers transfer would be made to will sent to you. You would have to keep a comprehensive report on every activity you carry out. 4) You will also provide me with the name of the cashier that attended to you along with the name of the Wal-Mart store and address.Your report should be drafted and sent to me via email immediately the transfer is made . Money order's of $2,610 will be mailed out via Ups. Please acknowledge the receipt of  this email by replying  YES WAL MART! and make sure you include your application and attach your resume. Include the Details below. First Name: Last Name: Street Address(No Po Box Accpeptable) : City : State : Zip Code : Cell Phone Number/Home Phone Number :          Age: Current Occupation: Alternate Email Address : AVAILABILITY: Days/Hours Available : Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Hours Available: Further instructions will be sent to you during the week via email. Charles Carter Task Co-ordinator Wal- Mart Rebranding Wal-Mart Inc

Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. WND's Hentoff drums up bogus controversy over Kagan's First Amendment views In a WorldNetDaily column, Nat Hentoff advanced numerous falsehoods in order to suggest Elena Kagan is anti-free speech, including the false claims that Kagan has argued that the government could ban pamphlets such as Thomas Paine's Common Sense and could "redistribute" or "unskew" speech on talk radio. Read More Wash. Times reports debunked "Climategate" myth as fact A Washington Times article falsely claimed that the reportedly hacked emails from the University of East Anglia "seemed to suggest scientists manipulated data" and that they called "into question" "the science underpinning claims of global warming." In fact, official inquiries into the scientists' conduct found that they did not manipulate data, and despite months of false accusations from right-wing media, the content of the emails did not undermine global warming science. Read More Beck falsely claims Kagan supports holding suspected terrorists "without due process" Glenn Beck falsely claimed that Elena Kagan supports detaining suspected terrorists indefinitely without due process. In fact, Kagan testified that, when detaining terrorist suspects indefinitely as enemy combatants during a time of war, a transparent legal procedure that included "substantial due process" has to be used. Read More Fox launches spurious attack that Obama smeared police by criticizing AZ law Fox & Friends responded to President Obama's statement that the Arizona immigration law "has the potential of being applied in a discriminatory fashion" by accusing Obama of maligning police officers. However, numerous law enforcement officers and legal experts have also expressed concerns that the law places officers in "an untenable position" where it's "very difficult not to profile." Read More Media conservatives enraged that Brennan used the Arabic word for Jerusalem Right-wing media figures have freaked out over a video of White House adviser John Brennan mentioning his love for "Al Quds -- Jerusalem," with some asserting that Brennan had used the "Islamist name" to refer to Jerusalem. In fact, "Al Quds" is simply the Arabic word for Jerusalem, which other prominent political leaders have also used. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.