President Obama Should Use Long Airport Traveling Delays Caused by Sequester as a Political Weapon

The typo in the Sequester Bill to end long airlines delays caused by the furlough of air traffic controllers gives President Obama a chance to fight for program cuts that hurt the non-flying public. African-Americans stood in long lines for three to seven hours to vote in 2008 and 2012. Therefore, those who mocked President Obama’s efforts to prevent the sequester by flying around the country warning of long lines at our airports shouldn’t be allowed to pick and fix parts of the sequester to please their base.

 PLEASE PRESIDENT OBAMA DON’T SIGN the “Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013.” According to a Washington Post article “Obama has pretty much tried it all. He has met privately with Republican leaders in the House, collaborated with bipartisan groups of senators and taken his case to the people, hoping that the power of public opinion could win over his opponents in Congress. This year none of those efforts have worked.”

One thing “Obama” hasn’t tried is fighting fire with fire when dealing with the Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and the GOP. The GOP routinely use self-made crises to further their agenda and to control the nation narrative i.e. debt ceiling, reducing the debt). President Obama SHOULDN’T sign a bill to “prevent reduced operations and staffing” at the FAA UNTIL Boehner and the GOP accept a deal that repeal the entire Sequester.

Vera Richardson
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Signing “Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013” Bill" & Rubio Leading on Immigration WRONG

PRESIDENT OBAMA was called a liar and accused of using scare tactics when he warned nations of that the sequester would cause long delays in air traffic. On April 25, 2013, his accusers in the Senate passed a resolution to prevent reduced operation and staffing at the FAA.

Should President Obama sign the bill “prevent reduced operations and staffing” at the FAA? HELL NO! Should President Obama play let’s make a deal with Boehner and the GOP and accept a deal that doesn't repeal the entire Sequester? HELL NO! Should President Obama, Senator Reid, and Nancy Pelosi accept any deal with Speaker Boehner, Tea Party members, and GOP that doesn’t offer the same amount of monetary funding (253 million) provided to easy air travel delays for Wall Street to restore programs cuts for the young, sick, disabled, and/or poor? HELL NO!

It time that Reid stand up to the GOP and remember the Hispanic voters that saved his A-- in 2012. Reid get a backbone and pass a filibuster reform bill. President Obama please demand that Reid enact filibuster reform NOW!

We can't and/or won't continue to WAIT for another election (2014), for Democrats to lead and not blindly follow Senator Rubio on Immigration Reform, and for Reid to introduce and pass FILIBUSTER REFORM. We voted for CHANGE in 2008 and 2012 and we want it NOW! Boehner and GOP have passed over 30 bills to repeal OBAMACARE. Therefore, it's time for Boehner to get off his A-- and bring a bill to the House of Representative that will repeal the entire (Sequester) Budget Control Act of 2011.
 Vera Richardson
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Is Walmart Staff Shortages Retaliatory Behavior against Voters, Obama, and Obamacare?

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A Bloomberg.com article dated April 2, 2013, stated in part: ” Wal-Mart customers from Hawaii to Florida and from Texas to Vermont wrote to express their frustration after Bloomberg News reported March 26 that there aren’t enough workers in the stores to keep shelves stocked, cash registers manned and shoppers’ questions answered.I believe that the Bloomberg article supports my belief that staff shortages at Walmart could be retaliatory behavior by Walmart executives.

According to the article Wal-Mart U.S. had sales of about $274.5 billion in the year ended Jan. 31, more than the total sales of Target Corp. (TGT) and Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) combined in their comparable periods.

On Saturday December 1, 2012, at approximately 8:30pm I videotaped long lines and wait time to check out in a local Walmart store in Houston, Texas. As evident from my conversation with a shopper in the store I couldn’t understand why the store wasn’t fully staffed and more if not every cash register opened.

On December 2, 2012, I read an article titled “Walmart's New Health Care Policy Shifts Burden to Medicaid, Obamacare.” Base on the content of the article I believe that Walmart’s decided to reduce the hours of its employees in order to deny them employer based health care coverage. I also believe that staff reduction contributed to the long lines and frustration of many of the shoppers in the store on December 1, 2012.

 On December 3, 2012, I posted video featured in this post in a CNN I-Report titled: “REASONS to Boycott Walmart: Obamacare, Low Wages, Long Lines, and Employee Retaliation.” I stated in the report the Walton family and its corporate executives appear to be trying to punish low income wages earners employed by them by cutting their hours and health insurances coverage for voting for Obama. I believe that Obama supporters of all ages, racial, ethnic, backgrounds and economic classes should boycott Walmart and Sam Clubs.

Walmart shoppers should support the underpaid and overworked employees at Walmart and Obamacare. Boycott Walmart until they change their new health care policy and/or stop retaliation actions against employees for speaking out for better pay, fair schedules and affordable health care. Bud and Sam Walton, are the founders of the world’s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart. The Waltons have a combined wealth of US$93 billion.

According to an ABC News post Walmart cut ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) a conservative group and donated money to conservative candidates including Mitt Romney. On November 6, 2012, the voters rejected Mitt Romney and the Republican’s promise to repeal Obama’s health care reform bill. It is now time for consumers/customers to reject Walmart.

Walmart workers shouldn’t bear the unnecessary burden of fighting for work hours and entitled health care benefits. Its insane for shoppers to have to wait in long lines to give the Walton family and their stockholders their money. It is even more insane to shop at Walmart when that company supported ALEC, Mitt Romney, opposed President Obama, and appears to be engaged in retaliation of its employees and possible customers.

The time for action is now. BOYCOTT WALMART by shopping at other retailers and grocery stores.
 Vera Richardson
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Boehner’s Proposal to Fix Sequester Must Contain balanced Military and Non-Military Spending Allowances

I believe that this blog is a powerful example to challenge and deny Speaker John Boehner and the GOP's decision to offer legislation to soften the pain of mandated cuts to the military budget caused by the Sequester. Any deal or fix to the Budget Control Act of 2011, must include reducing the amount of non-military spending cuts too. Providing a reliable safety net for the physically and mentally ill, poor, children and the elderly is a role the federal government must play in some of our lives. Who among us will chose to be sick, disabled, and/or poor in one of the greatest countries on earth? Should the forty-seven percent of Americans referenced by Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential election plight be ignored? Should Boehner and Tea Party congressional members be allowed to provide political cover for themselves and Republicans governors by providing exceptions and exemptions for the military and defense contractors to the drastic cuts of the Sequester? Should President Obama agree to a deal with the GOP that doesn't repeal the entire Sequester and/or offer the same amount of monetary savings to domestic non-military spending that covers programs cuts for the sick, disabled, and/or poor? My answer to both questions is HELL NO! It's time for Speaker Boehner to put America first by risking his Speaker title. It's also time for Boehner to get off his ASS and bring a bill to the House of Representative that will repeal the entire Budget Control Act of 2011.

 Vera Richardson Author of Screwed by Former Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

Ignore Tom Joyner BOYCOTT Trump’s 2013 Season of All Star Celebrity Apprentice

I am outraged that Tom Joyner is promoting Donald Trump’s All Star Celebrity Apprentice on his website and on facebook. Donald Trump demonstrated that he is a “RACIST” with his birther demands that resulted in this nation’s first African-American president producing his birth certificate. Donald Trump demanding and offering money to a charity of President Obama choice if the president produced his college transcripts is another example of his racist views of President Obama and us.

President Obama’s vision for this nation includes equality and justice for all of its citizens. I believe that Trump is a part of an organized effort by the Republicans governors and members in Congress, some Supreme Court justices, business owners, and corporations to hinder President Obama presidency and to punish/discourage those of us who are responsible for his two victories.

As Al Sharpton stated at Martin Luther King’s 2011 dedication ceremony this is not about OBAMA this is about my MOMMA. I would add this is not about OBAMA it's about our children and our children children!

 African-Americans like other races can’t control what other people say or their actions but we can do our part to determine our own fate and destiny. It shouldn’t matter who the celebrities are or their skin color for African-Americans to unite and BOYCOTT Trump’s All Star Celebrity Apprentice for the entire season including the March 3, 2013, premiere.

Vera Richardson Author of Screwed by Former Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

Open Letter to President Obama HELP ME: Employment Discrimination Hurts, Kills, and Destroys Victims

Updated 1/1/16 I Pray that President Obama will use his 1/12/16 SOTU Address to discuss employment discrimination and RACISM. If President Obama looks racism in the face and doesn't blink it will help GOTV for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Updated August 27, 2015, RIP Alison Parker and Adam Ward--- Bryce Williams shooting and murdering people was unacceptable and wrong even if he was a victim like me of employment discrimination and retaliation.

                 

I am the mother of a Marine who served this country for four years as a military police officer. My son is currently a police officer. I am also an African-American woman who was unjustly terminated by New York State Department of Correctional Services on November 2, 1998, after filing an employment discrimination lawsuit on October 15, 1997.
 I believe that former LA cop Christopher Dorner’s and Bryce Williams deadly ordeals, my personal employment discrimination experience and legal case, and your 2012 reelection make this a perfect time to address employment discrimination. One of the possible ways that you can address this issue which I believe contributes to the high unemployment rate in African-Americans communities is to assemble a council or board to address and investigate employment discrimination in this country.

Bryce Williams ( Vester Flanagan) and Christopher Dorner’s inexcusable reaction to their alleged employment discrimination was to KILL. In the end both Flanagan and Dorner also died for work related interactions that they labeled employment discrimination. 

My appropriate but unsuccessful reaction to my three-year hostile work environment and four-year Pro-Se legal battle against Eliot Spitzer and his staff was to seek legal redress. I appealed the dismissal of my case by the District Court to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. The Court refused to review it. The US Supreme Court got my case wrong just like they did in the Citizen United case.

I wrote a book that includes direct evidence including original documents uploaded as pictures that proves my allegations of discrimination and retaliation. I mailed copies of the original book titled "A Case of Employment Discrimination and Retaliation Real or Imagined" to you and Eric Holder.

 I created blogs, contacted Buffalo New York District Attorney, who confirmed that Spitzer filed perjured declarations, and in 2005 emailed documents to 2 United States Justice Department attorneys, who referred the case to the FBI after confirming that declarations and/or depositions in case were perjured. Despite the direct evidence that supported perjury George W. Bush Justice Department didn't charge anyone with perjury in my case.

I contacted print, radio, and television media personalities, posted videos and reports on CNN-I-Report and Youtube that highlighted it.  I matched with Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III for Jobs and Justice on October 15, 2011, in Washington, DC. I voted for you in 2008 and volunteered as a Vote Corps volunteer for OFA at my own expense in  Norfolk, VA for your successful 2012 reelection.

I hoped and prayed that someone will give my story a voice. I prayed that you would use my story and case to make America a more just nation by helping racial employment discrimination victims. 

My prayer today (January 1, 2016) is that you will finally acknowledge that you are aware of all of my efforts. That you will use your last State of the Union to address the fact that my case is an undeniable example of employment discrimination.

You can help change hearts and minds about racism by telling nation that employment discrimination in many cases is REAL. You can tell them to read many of my blogs or book to view the evidence for themselves.

My FACTUAL allegation is that Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed seven (7) perjured declarations in a district federal court. All of the following people employed by New York State signed their respective perjured declarations: Mike Russo, New York State Assistant Attorney General (who is still employed by NYS AG office), Gerald Goncalves (Hispanic male), Diversity Management, Superintendent Anginell Andrews (African-Amer), Sergeant William Reed (White male), James Berbary (White male), and Deputy Superintendent of Administration, and Lee Gould, (Jewish?)Director of Personnel have never been held accountable for committing the crime of perjury. 

New York State Assistant Solicitor Generals Nancy A. Spiegel and Denise A. Hartman Appellant's Brief to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Court also contained perjured statements. One of the lies presented several times in the brief was that I was terminated December 7, 1998. The Defendants admitted in their answer to my February 19, 1999, that I was terminated on November 2, 1998. 

In their Brief Hartman and Spiegel purposely deceived the court when discussing the January 29, 1999, court order that granted my motion to amend my complaint to include the retaliatory November 2, 1998, termination. Their brief  just like Spitzer's summary judgment Memorandum of Law and declaration of Mike Russo contained the perjured statement that I was terminated on December 7, 1998.

As of today’s date September 1, 2015,  (February 11, 2013 original date of post), none of my actions have been successful in giving me peace, justice, clearing my name, receiving entitled disability retirement benefits, and/or getting you to amend Civil Rights Act 1964 or address the destructive role that employment discrimination plays in Black lives.

Unlike BORNER I believe in God and Jesus and that belief has keep me sane and HOPEFUL that I will be VICTORIOUS in this matter. I hope and pray that my 18 year extremely emotional and financial painful ordeal will lead to you President Obama signing another employment discrimination Executive Order to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 again.

Mr. President, the first bill you as president was Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. That bill was a victory to mostly white women. Is it possible to amend Title VII with an Executive Order? If it is will you sign another Executive Order using my case to justify your action to help other African-Americans employment discrimination victims from being victimized again by the judicial system. 

Employers shouldn't be rewarded for unlawful Title behavior with a summary judgment order.  More importantly victims of unlawful discrimination and retaliation shouldn't have their cases unjust dismissed at the district court level. One federal judge shouldn't have the absolute authority to dismiss Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII cases based on summary judgment motions.

I am aware of the fact that " the salutary purpose of summary judgment—avoiding protracted, expensive and harassing trials --apply no less to discriminatory cases than to commercial or other areas of litigation" Meiri v Dacon, 759 F.2d 989, 998 (2d cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 829 (1985).

The salutary purpose of summary judgment and the rights of all Americans to fair and equal justice can both be accomplished with a well written and defined amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Amending the Civil Rights Act again would prevent one judge from having the absolute power to grant summary judgment motions that dismiss Title VII (discrimination and retaliation) cases and victims right to a jury trial.

Vera Richardson
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Bravo to President Obama and His All White Male National Security Team

Some people including Joe Scarborough have been quite vocal in their criticism of President Obama national security appointments nominee because they are all white men. I disagree with Scarborough. I applaud President Obama for his national security nominees John Brennan, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel, who are all white highly qualified men.

One of the most important tasks for this nation’s first African-American president or any president is the national security of this nation. Dr. King’s vision and the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 advocates hiring or appointing the best person for a job or position based on their qualifications and not the color of their skin, gender, or national origin. In selecting his national security team President Obama hired the most qualified people who in this case happened to be ALL WHITE MEN.

Vera Richardson
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