Raaaaaaaaaacist!!!!!
Playing the race card and the slavery card in Texas…over barbecue food regulations.
Sheesh. You can’t parody these people:
Leaders of the Black Cultural Council say volunteers and the black community felt “humiliated” after two health department food inspectors threatened to put a stop to a Juneteenth celebration over questions about food preparation for 600 free barbecue sandwiches.
Council President Jo Ann Davenport-Littleton said health inspectors told them it was illegal for the group to serve the sandwiches because they were not prepared at the site where they were served.
Gino Solla, the county’s top health official, said state law prohibits any food service operation from having food prepared in a private home for public consumption.
“I hate that it happened,” Davenport-Littleton said in a story for today’s edition of the Odessa American. “I wanted people to go away talking about how great the celebration was this year. All you heard was ‘They were going to deny us barbecue. Here we are in modern-day slavery again.’ “
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You can’t deny Texans their barbecue! That is simply inhuman!
Regulations shouldn’t apply to the oppressed!
So, following laws as set by those elected officials equates to modern day slavery? Um? So then on my way home this evening I can speed and if I get caught and have to pay a fine, then I can claim I’m a slave… Someone get my lawyer on the phone… I’m gonna fight my recent ticket for speeding…
Of course, if someone had come down with some form of food poisoning, then the conspiracy theorists would have been out in droves, accusing “The Man” of deliberately poisoning their barbecue.
either way, a win-win for the Black Cultural Council.
As you say, you can’t make this stuff up.
and if they were sued because someone got sick eating from random person’s kitchen, then they’d be screaming racism that someone didn’t try to stop them.
i thought having those tow behind, huge smoker barrels was a state requirement in Texas, anyway.
I’m a bit conflicted on this one. It’s hyperbolic to refer to this as “slavery” and is actually insulting to those affected by actual modern day slavery. But why is the government involved at all in limiting the distribution of free food.
Reminds me of the local health department shutting down kids selling hot dogs during garage sales in my neighborhood. A government out of control.
You vote in liberals, you get a “nanny state”.
How on G-d’s green earth did “racism” even show itself here….Oooops, I forgot… no common sense or logic need appear when it comes to the “put upon” race. Rats… now I’M racist….. shave my head and send me to Nam… Oh wait… I did that already.
No. It’s not so silly. At it’s height American slavers did deny their slaves BBQ sandwiches. It was awful. You’re white so you wouldn’t understand.
And…little known historical fact: The judges at the Nuremberg Trials heard three days of testamony on how the Germans had denied BBQ sandwiches in the concentration camps. The testamony got so graphic a couple of justices had to leave the courtroom.
Of course (as I’m sure everyone here already knows but it bears repeating) Sitting Bull celebrated his defeat of Col. Custer at Little Bighorn by prying Custers BBQ sandwich from his cold, dead hand.
Slavery included many races; however, to listen to black people who often use race as a get-out-of-jail free card -only black people were slaves. Hence, the racism that they believe is inherent in slavery.
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I recall a similar story about a woman who fed homeless people out of her home and was told that if she wanted to continue to feed the homeless she had to bring her kitchen up to their standards. Nevermind that she was doing this service out of the kindness of her heart, thereby meeting an unmet need. That didn’t matter. Bureaucracy is a biotch. Look out when it heads your way.
29Victor,
Excellent post! Bravo!
I am going to shout “modern-day slavery!” every time I experience something that isn’t to my liking (e.g. a high grocery bill at the checkout counter, gas prices, hot weather, etc.)
Relevance be damned.
Juneteenth celebrations ( or perhaps, I should say discussions in the aftermath of them ) are notoriously cited as racist….
Just google ‘Juneteenth violence’ to expose your mind to undisciplined, violent occurrences that happen at these shindigs –
But as soon as anyone decries the festival as a harbinger of violence, the black community calls them a racist – even though the facts speak for themselves.
Here’s one piece from the Star-Trib in Minneapolis about what happened at their celebration this year:
http://www.startribune.com/local/20726859.html?location_refer=Family%20Entertainment
This means the following would fall under the same regulation or law:
1. No more covered dish dinners at the church.
2. No more bake sales anywhere for any charity or school function.
3. No more cookie, cupcake or lemonade stands in the front yard.
I’m sure we can add many more to this basic starting list.
Not to defend the ludicrous statement she made, but the cause of their Juneteenth celebration – commeration of black freedom during the Civil War – probably had something to do with her choice of words.
Exactly…it’s modern-day slavery!
Slaves wouldn’t eat that good kid.
TOS, stop rationalizing idiotic behavior.
Now here I thought the BCC was a rag over the pond. Who knew?
“You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.”
-George Carlin
Ain’t government grand?
So, does Texas have a Meals-on-Wheels program? If they do, then it’s okay with the health department to prepare food elsewhere and deliver it to the elderly, but you can’t do the same if you are not in the same class of helplessness? But I thought the majority of “black” liberals were helpless…! If not, then why are they always playing “the victim?”
30 pcs
correct …
all of the civilizations indigenous to the Americas, all of them, routinely took captives from other tribes as slaves …
slaves were common throughout the African peoples in the same manner as in the Americas later on …
Slaves were a part of the Greek and Roman civilizations as well as all of the European countries …
The oriental societies also had slavery in their history …
I actually cannot think of any society in history that did not have slavery of another people at some point …
Why not take the nanny state angle? The evil government bureaucrats preventing the good citizens from enjoying their sandwiches?
Oh, it’s because the government is Republican and the citizens are Democrats.
Heaven forbid some overeager cop prevent patriotic kicker (local slang) from shooting holes in traffic signs. It’s the Alamo all over again.
lgm said:
There’s about 25 Democrats in Texas dude.
Slavery was the BIGGEST mistake this country ever did…
Desert Lover nailed it. This is stupid. It’s no different than a bake sale.
OTOH, where’s Lou Dobbs in all of this? You know, “Mr. Tomato Salmonella Tantrum Man?” Why isn’t he calling for the FDA to raid all of these bake sales and barbecues, in the name of public safety?
Hope you guys love the Race Baiting Nanny State because come November, it’s the law of the land.
All hail King Obama, you bitter white Christians!
Is it me or does lgm grow less coherent with every post?
It will be interesting to see if the police follow this through and break up Sunday Pot Lucks and company picnics…
Pizza delivery?
On June 24th, 2008 at 2:10 pm, Goldwater Knight
There’s about 25 Democrats in Texas dude.
A few years ago all 25 of them stayed at that Holiday Inn in Ardmore, OK.
Fortunatly, we were able to send them back. Oklahoma has too many dems (dims?) as it is.
You might be interested to know that a few years ago when I was Commander of my VFW post, we had a cookout on grills outside as a fund raiser for helping to pay for some medical bills for an individual…. we were told to shut down because…. you guessed it….. the health issue…… not one word of racism was uttered …. Gee, I wonder why? My serious point is this….. get over it …… my Irish ancestors have.
On June 24th, 2008 at 2:14 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:
Is it me or does lgm grow less coherent with every post?
No, 30, it isn’t just you. I can’t figure out what the heck he means, either.
Full of it as usual. Why don’t you share with us where you gained all of your knowledge and expertise about Texas, fool?
Up until a few years ago, Texas was run by a Democrat legislature even though most of the voters were Republican, thanks to gerrymandering. This nanny-statism is just a holdover. Libs fight like tigers to keep their power, and they infest every level of government like lice. (Pardon the insulting comparison, any lice out there.)
So true 30 pcs, or maybe he didn’t read the previous posts in the thread decrying the nanny state.
Most folks I’ve met in my travels who are never wrong are very lonely indeed. Perhaps we amuse him.
BSR
No, unfortunately, Dallas, Houston, Austin, and everything south of midtown San Antonio are pretty much Hispanic and/or Democrat.
Folks, this stuff won’t go away until we have a leader who has the b***s to say: “SHUT THE F*** UP!”
40 acres and a brat!
Inspectors threatened to put a stop to a Juneteenth celebration, and whitey’s on the moon!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e5smPcN8AoE
Having volunteered in just this sort of capacity before, I can tell you I remember standing around with the group and grumbling about this exact same thing. If only we had known we had but to cry Racism! in order to get out of following the law…
Oh wait, we’re a bunch of white midwesterners. Whoops.
There is an evil white blue eyed demon holding the brother down somewhere in all of this.
So, when the authorities close down your church’s bake sale …
Nanny state,it still has people on the PLANTATION.What’s sad is most of them haven’t figured it out yet.They continue to vote in their Massas.
…I’ll shout, “modern-day slavery!!”
Racism may not be inherent in the concept of slavery, but I don’t think anybody can deny that as it pertains to the enslavement of Africans in America, racism played a significant role.
It’s all the fault of ‘Thee Eeviil Boosh’.
Eva budy knowzat!
Absolutely correct!!
When you vote for people who believe in expansive government powers and regulations, don’t be surprised when a bureaucrat someday declares “no, you can’t have that sandwich”.
This matter leaves me conflicted as well. Part of me thinks it is great that people will be cooking in their own kitchens, with love, to pass our to fellow celebration goers and the government should stay out of it. The other part of me says if someone gets sick, there will be heck to pay.
This has ZERO to do with racism of slavery. This has do with what should the state should regulate. In Chicago, their are two Sports radio personalities that speak of people looking for the “Invisible Klansman” under the bed. How are we to get beyond race when it is brought up in totally irrelevant ways?
When homemade barbecue is outlawed,
only outlaws will have homemade barbecue.
Oh brother, at first I thought this was a joke when I heard about it on the radio this morning. But it did get me to thinking about the church bake sales, school bake sales, etc. They should have just let them have their bbq and be done with it. If someone had gotten ill they could have gone after the organizers of the celebration.
First Race-Hustler gripes, America invented disease to kill Blacks,
Next Race-Hustler gripes, America has laws to prevent disease that kills Blacks.
honestly
What a bunch of blatant morons!
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
It sure isn’t “slavery” or “racism,” but it is another example of Nanny-State Liberalism overwhelming common sense and destroying another community tradition.
I recall that growing up in the 60s, my elementary school used to have big field-day fundraisers where parents brought in not only baked goods but sandwiches (I recall having a baloney sandwich with butter for the first time – echh). Nobody died. Of course, that was a time when you received a good public education and if you were a troublemaker, the school kicked your ass out.
Here in our city, the Health Dept. is trying to keep people who feed the homeless from doing so for the same reason. Bottom line is that the homeless won’t eat….good move, Health Department.
Crying “racism” and “slavery” only make the grievance-mongers look stupid, which takes away from the real enemy here….idiot bureaucrats.
It seems there was plenty of wrong-headedness on both sides here.
(See how I avoided using the word stupidity.)
Well I think there is a more fundamental question of whether the Texas constitution provides for an individual right to homemade barbecue or whether such homemade barbecue belongs only in the hands of a well regulated militia.
It’s the victim mentality that holds so many people back in this country. You sit back and play the victim, wait for the government to take care of you and you end up with New Orleans after Katrina. But if you dig down and stand up and say “this thing isn’t going to beat me” you get what we are seeing out of Iowa after the floods. No victims there, they understand that sometimes bad things happen to good people and you just deal with it. Another moment in time that I can be proud of my country, wish everyone would see the good that’s visible every day in this greatest country on the planet.
I’ll bet there’s a bunch of Texans standing around with their jaws on the floor. And, remember, they’ve seen everything.
Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, and a public school education.
If they want to take away my homemade barbecue, they’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
They Got their way anyhow.
“Solla said he decided to let the Black Cultural Council serve the barbecue despite health concerns because he wanted to address the issue after the event.”
Read the entire piece here if you want to feel sick: http://www.oaoa.com/news/black_18436___article.html/council_food.html
The jibe about modern-day slavery would be more authentic if uttered on April 15th vice June 19th.
Black Cultural Council, we have these laws for a reason. And no, you don’t get “special passes” on laws. Nice try though.
I’m so sick of these groups thinking they do not have to follow the same laws we all do or they cry some type of racism /boggle .
I have a Dream, where BBQ is not judged by the kitchen it was prepared in but by the contents of it’s ingredients.
I have a Dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood and eat BBQ.
LOL Chap!
I can see it now.
Headline: Two cops thrown in jail after apprehending someone trying to sell a pulled pork BBQ sammich.
Criminal: I was running with my sammich and fell and a bone sliver went into my arse.
Jury: Throw those friggin cops in jail for 7 years.
Chapoutier, you may be a good corporate lawyer, but as a Constitutionalist – well, let me just quote the Fourth Amendment for you…
“The right of the people to be secure in their BBQs shall not be violated.”
And the mysterious Bobby Flay reference in the Sixth Amendment..
“and to have the Assistance of Bobby Flay for his BBQ”
But the ninth is pretty plain..
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain sandwiches, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
OK, from someone with ‘boots on the ground’ in the Houston area – a LOT of these regulations have come about because the Latino owned/operated roach coaches {”taquerias”} have been found to be breeding grounds for all manner of illnesses – if the cops HADN’T done something about the Juneteenth celebrations, they would’ve had the Latino communities raising hell ………………… I agree, we’re being over-regulated to the point of ludicrousness, but in the USMC, we acknowledged the role 10 percenters play – 10 per cent of any population will be constitutionally inclined to foul up in some manner, thereby necessitating the non-fouling-up 90% being treated as idiots ………………….
Semper Fi’
DM
Was Juneteenth derived the same way as whodababydaddy?
Maybe the lady is into self-stereotyping parody; this reminds of the “All In The Family” episode where Archie is trying to dissuade the Jeffersons from moving in next door.
Archie to Lionel (the Jefferson’s son):
“There ain’t a chicken shack or a rib joint within miles.”
Lionel (feigning shock):
“No Ribs??? Lawdy, what’s we gonna do???”
You know they would not be able to show “All in the Family” today – dont you?
Actually, unlike “Qwanzaa” it does have a long history, Reddog. Goes back to the 1870s.
A fly landed on my ribs the other day. I knew immediately it was racism.
Well, it lives on in reruns and video, Soap.
But I think you’re right in that it couldn’t be made today. The ironic thing about that is the show took many more pokes at conservatives than it did liberals.
Why were there law abiding slaves making these sandwiches when perfectly good illegals could have been doing the same job for less?
On June 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm, Rob said:
Slavery was the BIGGEST mistake this country ever did…
Very true, however I suspect the libs would have still exploited the black community regardless.
Maybe you missed the point of the show.
That is a no-no, unless the home has a state licensed kitchen in their home. Last year I worked in just such a kitchen but of course zoning laws & covenants may block even that.
Of course, on-site preparation can be a pain too because of all the health codes involved.
It’s idiotic of her to equate this with slavery. To her, I would recommend she actually study some history and maybe learn something.
As for the health inspectors, does no one in Texas do potluck dinners? And, how did they get involved anyway?
DiamondMair, actually this happened in Odessa, not Houston. For those who fail to grasp the enormity that is Texas, that would be about 538 miles from here.
That said, yes we have a real problem with taco trucks here in Houston. there have been some real knock-down drag-outs in city hall over taco truck regulation for a number of reasons and yes, racism is always claimed to be the underlying reason by the taco truck drivers. Thing is, they want to use the “mobile food service” classification which means that they don’t have to provide bathrooms with hot running water. but they don’t actually move. many are up on blocks and haven’t moved an inch. They do not take their sewage waste to a sanitary sewer dump facility with grease traps, they just either dump it on the ground for it to run into the storm sewer, or they have an illegal sewage tap that has no grease trap. They compete with real restaurants that DO have to comply with fixed food service permits and they don’t pay rent.
Come on, people down there. We have a lot of people in this country who want a “nanny state” with a government that takes care of them. Now what did you expect??? People keep electing more of the nanny state politicians to rule over us. We have 1 obvious and 1 probable candidate running for President. More liberty gone and more rights “abridged” for the “good” of the people. Like Earl Pitts (if anyone here has ever listened to him) says at the end of his daily update, “Wake up America!”. Be happy you can have any sort of outdoor BBQ. Soon, we won’t be able to BBQ at all…fire, health, food, and smoke hazard.
I’ll allow Thomas Sowell to take it from here:
“On June 24th, 2008 at 4:02 pm, purplepeep said:
The ironic thing about that is the show took many more pokes at conservatives than it did liberals.”
Nope, TV2, you neglected to quote what I was refering to with “about that”.
You see, the media is obsessed with hatred of conservatives, the family, Christians and even America herself.
But due to liberal PC run amuck a show like AITF wouldn’t make it today due to language and the use of even just the parody of sterotypes (e.g. the “rib joint”). The Justice Brothers would light the torches and lead the mob an an “Imus-monster” hunt. That prospect fills the hearts of liberal networks with fear. Hence the irony.
Well you can, but you first need to obtain a permit from mistressjustice or nyk.
“Taco tucks”? Are they setup like lunchtop-type diners and have a toilet?
Thanks, 30. Great stuff.
I guess that’s why Dr. Sowell is a fellow at Hoover and I’m peeling Hillary! bumper stickers off my cat.
It’s not just the barbeque, think of all the fried chicken, watermelon, chitlins, grape soda, black-eyed peas, and grits these people will be denied.
No barbecue = slavery
Folks tend to say dumb things when they are angry. And this was about as stupid a comment as I have heard lately, However, you get between me and a BBQ sandwich and I’ll start a real commotion.
Now I wonder what happened that someone drew the inspectors attention to themselves? What isn’t written in these stories could fill volumes.
rjd27,
Potlucks are typically private affairs. If you have an event open to the public and the event offers food on its own then you are subject to health department regulation.
I am not certain as to where the line is exactly, though once we put in too late to get a permit the HD guy told us to call it a “pot-luck” just that a couple of us were bringing big pots of food.
americangrunthog,
Most likely the event had applied for and held a health permit the inspectors showed up to inspect the event and were asking questions and some low level flunky who did not the regulations blurted out the truth.
Was this an Obama rally?
Purplepeep, no, they aren’t. no bathroom, no seating area, (unless you count some plastic tables and lawn chairs sitting out on the ground next to the truck which itself is sitting up on cinderblocks.) No way to wash your hands before handling your food. great big puddles of nasty smelling water from the valve on the sewage dump tank being left open to run out on the ground, flies everywhere. yeah, like that.
The cry of liberty and freedom:
Give me sandwich, or give me death!
Liberals being adversely affected by liberal laws? Say it ain’t so Joe!
Regular, many of the supposedly stereotypical “black” foods are also traditional meals of many white southerners as well.
Also, many bake sales and other public events have been shut down under similar laws. More of the freedoms we are not losing right?
a real article on race relations.
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/story/577759.html
Records from 1860 show that in Charleston, SC there were 120 free blacks who themselves owned slaves. Revisionist history hides this fact because it doesn’t fit with the stereotypes of only white people owning slaves.