White Men Turn Against Obama and the Democrats

According to an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times yesterday, millions of white men who voted for Barack Obama are walking away from the Democratic Party. The op-ed, titled Revenge of the white men, included this interesting fact:

"blue-collar white men, who make up only 11% of the workforce, constitute 36% of those who have lost jobs. In total, nearly half of the recession's casualties are white men, having held 46% of all jobs lost."

Unemployment is expected to remain high for the foreseeable future. But even after employment begins to pick up again, laid off white men shouldn't expect to get their old jobs back.

After President Obama was elected in 2008 he selected Robert Reich to be a member of his economic transition advisory board. In that capacity, Reich testified before Congress that criteria should be put in place to ensure that new blue-collar jobs go to women and minorities instead of "white male construction workers."

"Infrastructure spending is a very important and good way of stimulating the economy... The challenge will be... to find projects... that have a high social return... I am concerned, as I'm sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers."

The Republicans at least pretend they're looking out for white men. The Democrats flaunt that they don't care about that segment of the population, and this November the white men might start to get their revenge.

South Philadelphia Neighborhood Again Rocked by Black "Flash Mob"

Thousands of black teenagers swarmed a South Philadelphia neighborhood Saturday night forcing businesses to lock their doors to keep their patrons safe inside. Several white workers were attacked, but none were seriously injured. A police captain says that gunshots were fired, but no one was hit. (Click here for a gallery showing images the mob as well as some white workers who were attacked).

A similar "flash mob" took place on the same street last May, in which black teenagers looted a convenience store, carjacked and crashed a taxi cab, and pulled white motorists from their vehicles and assaulted them. In addition to the two South Philly incidents, mobs of black teenagers have attacked pedestrians in the Center City neighborhood three times in the last three months.

Police say the black teenagers are using social networking sites to coordinate their mayhem. The flash mob last May was organized via the website OurSpace, which is "an online social location that provides African Americans a superior way to connect with others whom share similar experiences and perspectives." One of the Center City mobs was organized via Facebook, and last night's flash mob was organized via Twitter.

Update (3/22): Although the mainstream media continues to ignore the story, Drudge has posted a link to an article this incident: "2 Severely Beaten During Latest Philly 'Flash Mob'..." Early reports that no one was seriously injured were incorrect. A 27-year-old woman [race unknown] was brutally attacked after being surrounded by scores of people. The mob broke her nose and knocked out two teeth.

Update (3/25): The New York Times picked up the story and, amazingly, pointed out that the flash mob participants are black and the areas hit have been "predominantly white business districts." During the most recent flash mob, participants shouted "black boys" and "burn the city."


In the first photo, taken last night, black teenagers are shown rampaging through South Philadelphia. In the second photo, taken today, a white deliveryman shows off bruises he received after being attacked by the black mob.


These photos show the aftermath of a similar flash mob on the same street last May. The first photo shows a taxi cab that was carjacked and crashed. The second photo shows the arm of a white woman who was attacked.

Rochester, NY: Popeyes Employee Loses Eye In Violent Robbery

A white 24-year-old Popeyes employee was hit in the head with a crowbar by a black man during a robbery at the Penfield restaurant Saturday night. The injury to Benjamin Overmyer's eye socket was so severe that his right eye couldn't be saved.

Overmyer and other employees were preparing to close when two black men wearing masks entered the restaurant through a back door that had been left propped open. During the robbery, one of the men struck Overmyer on the right side of his face with a crowbar.

The Penfield Popeyes is one of the locations that ran out of chicken during a 8pc/$4.99 special last year. You've probably seen the video of black Rochesterians expressing their frustration at the fried chicken shortage (it has nearly 2 million hits on YouTube), but here it is in case you missed it.