Dominique Sharpton for Congress!: Part II. WAOD Visits National Action Network HQ

TYPO ALERT! LONG POST=Tons of TYPOS. Read for comprehension!

Welcome to Part II of WAOD visits National Action Network Headquarters.  If this is your first installment, you can catch up by reading Part I of WAOD Goes to National Action Network HQ.. Our word for the day is ILLUSION as in Masters of.

Unfortunately the "rally" I attended lasted over 3 hours and I absorbed so many details I know many of you are dying to hear so I have had to break my visit into three extremely long posts. One for each hour. In today's post we discuss the National Action Network's women. One thing that was evident from this visit was that Al Sharpton like every other Black preacher runs his empire on the backs of the work of women, including his ex wife and daughter.

When last we were together, I had been abandoned in the middle of Harlem in front of hot food /liquor store and a grocery and tobacco store.  In between the liquor and tobacco was a storefront with an awning indicating that it was the headquarters of the National Action Network, however there was no rally in sight.

Far more detail than many of you EVER want to know about the inner workings of the National Action Network after the jump.

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WAOD Goes to National Action Network Headquarters :) - Blogcation Photos

Did you miss me? Yes folks my August Blogcation is over and I have returned.  Boy did I need that break from blogging.  It was divine! Despite the fact that I was on blogcation, that didn't mean that I was on vay-cation.  Nope I was hard at work.  During the month of August I flew to New York City to speak at the BlogHer Conference. While I was in NY, I asked April Davis of AroundHarlem.com to take me on a tour ....around Harlem.  When I go to NYC, I cab it and go directly to my destinations.  April graciously agreed and when she asked me what places I wanted to visit, one of the places I said I had to go was National Action Network headquarters so I could snap a photo out front for my blog readers.  I thought such a photo would amuse many of you greatly.  

And its a good thing that I took the opportunity to visit NAN headquarters when I did because according to this audit that was leaked to the press, NAN's own auditors think that the organization is on the precipice of DOOM! DOOM! DOOOOOM!

The scathing critique was spelled out in a hard-hitting internal audit of NAN's books, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

"The organization has suffered recurring decreases in net assets -- and has been dependent upon advances from related parties and the nonpayment of payroll tax obligations -- to maintain continuity," the firm KBL concluded in an April 2 audit of NAN's 2008 financial records, the most recent available.

The audit, which was submitted to NAN's board of directors, warned, "These circumstances create substantial doubt about the organization's ability to continue."

KBL said it was "unable to form an opinion" on the accuracy of NAN's financial figures "because of inadequacies in the organization's accounting records."

In 2008, federal prosecutors decided to drop a criminal probe into the finances of Sharpton and NAN. But Sharpton -- who also has a lucrative syndicated radio show and a speech-making and consulting business -- agreed to pay back more than $2 million in overdue personal and NAN taxes. NY Post

I'll explain why the predictions of doom are wrong and why Al Sharpton will auction a kidney and go on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Outta Here before he allows NAN to be shuttered in a later post.

Longtime readers of this blog know that the folks at National Action Network headquarters have played a significant role in the evolution of this blog. Our very first campaign, unintentionally, was Sharpton Watch!  Remember that? Back when 62 people a day were reading the blog, I put up a tongue in cheek post daring my blog readers to call up the National Action Network and demand that Rev. Al Sharpton issue a statement condemning DL Hughley for going on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno and declaring that Black women were some of the "ugliest" women he had ever seen in his life. This was right after the Don Imus debacle and Rev. Al had declared that he would be the decency Czar and champion of Black womanity.... I actually didn't intend for folks to actually call... but some of you did, Rev. Sharpton issued a statement- and the rest is history.

Now about once a year I get a nasty email from Tamika Mallory or one of her subordinates. Somehow Tamika managed to get promoted to Executive Director of the National Action Network in the last 3 years. Tamika and I in the past have engaged in an annual bout of psychological warfare which usually ends in receiving a NASTY statement via her Blackberry to my readers.  Although now that she's gotten a promotion, she interacts with me through her subordinates. Bummer, her hysteria is always entertaining.  Her statements usually go something to the effect of..."Bloggers are bad. Bloggers are evil.  Bloggers are lying.  Rev. Sharpton is God."

I think their most recent flameout was last October (2009) when they DEMANDED that I drop everything I was doing one morning to go on the Rev. Al Radio show after we pointed out that Rev. Sharpton threw Megan Williams away like garbage after he was through with her.   Oprah is about the only person I would rearrange my schedule for upon such short notice. Tamika who? 

Prior to my arrival, April, being the expert on Harlem that she is, found out that the National Action Network was having a rally Saturday morning, so OF COURSE I leaped at the opportunity to attend a gen-u-ine NAN rally in person. I mean I had hoped for a simple photo of me holding up one clenched fist in from of NAN Headquarters, but to participate in a rally?  Count me in!

So on Saturday of Blogher 2010, I hopped in a cab and took the scenic ride to Harlem to meet up with April.  I was expecting bullhorns and placards. What I got was a storefront in between a tobacco store and a hot food center.  When the cab driver stopped I looked at him crazy as if he was trying to dump me in the middle of the street somewhere.

"This is it here" he said.

"Huh?" I replied and then took time to read the lettering on the awning.  Sure enough,  in between the Grocery and Tobacco store and the Hot Sandwiches and Liquor stores  was the "House of Justice," National Action Network Headquarters.  I had arrived!

But where was the rally? Was it around the corner?And where was April and would they let me in the door?  How would I survive stranded here on the streets of Harlem? WHY LAWD WHY did April bring me out here just to suffer and die?  These questions and more on the next installment of ... WAOD Goes to National Action Network Headquarters Part II.

Yeah, I'm dragging it out, all the better to give Tamika time to have an aneurysm trying to figure out what I am going to say next. Dust off your Blackberry 'Mika!

Enjoy the photo slideshow of the Change Choir, Al Sharpton, the NYC Comptroller, the NYC Public Advocate, Hazel Dukes, Inez Somethingortheother and some other local Harlem celebrities.

Al Sharpton and DL Hughley Hate Each Other...411 on Why Sharpton was on Hughley's CNN Show?

AL Sharpton was on DL Hughley's CNN Show, D L Hughley Makes the News, which shall forever be known on THIS BLOG as DL Hughley Makes me Snooze. I am probably the only person that understood why their conversation was talking around an elephant in theroom. Its because these two individuals can't stand each other, so why were they playing so nice on CNN? Lets have a recap shall we...

Al Sharpton on referring to people as "bitches" and "hoes" -Where is the standard against 'n-----,' 'ho' and 'b---h'?" Al Sharpton Al Sharpton on DL Hughley Calling Black Women "Ugly"-We do not accept or find humor in the denigration of women or any other group. It does not matter whether the person making the statement is black, white or from any other race. Nor does it matter whether the intent of the comment is a lame attempt at humor, a racist attack, or in the case of Mr. Hughley, an obvious attempt to create publicity for himself. It is sad that after a very successful career in comedy, Mr. Hughley would stoop to behavior that is disrespectful to women as a means of self promotion. We hope that the entertainment industry will see through this feeble attempt to gain publicity in order to find his next job. D L Hughley on Al Sharpton Last Fall - "I don't care what Al said. I honestly could care less what he thinks. ...I think these cats are just opportunists....ow many people really respect what Al Sharpton says, really? He doesn't show up unless there's a camera around. I'm one of the best in the country at what I do, and I don't need to pretend to be anything else. I'm not pretending to be a preacher while going all over the country getting involved in bullshit fights. I don't go to Duke University and accuse people of shit and then when I found out I'm wrong, not apologize. I don't pretend to be a leader and then do the most asinine shit. "DL Hughley

I don't know Rev. Sharpton, I thought you declared yourself the "Decency Czar" and was going to stamp out referring to women as "b*tches" and "hoes." So I am perplexed [NOT] as to why you were a guest on D L Hughley's show this week, didn't catch the last episode? Here is a refresher in case you forgot about the content of DL Hughley's show just one week before you were on: Folks, have you wondered why the usual town chorus has been silent about DL Hughley on CNN. I mean they had a conniption when Don Imus called Black women nappy headed hoes, but where was their outrage when DL Hughley's first show featured such flowery phrases as "Shut Cha Mouth B*tches" Pimps up Hoes Down, "Bitch Betta have my money", "Financing hoes"etc? Much like their reaction to Hughley taking his minstrelsy on to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno to say Black women are the ugliest women he has ever seen in his life, the Black Elite Establishment has silently looked the other way as DL Hughley transforms CNN into the Cooning Negro Network. A WAOD reader aptly pointed out the reason for the silence about Hughley propping his show up on perpetuating racial stereotypes and calling women B*tches and Hoes for Jollies is that all the usual suspects want to be on Hughley's show. For those who didn't know, let me give you some background on Sharpton and Hughley's recent history. Back when the Black Elite Establishment was being silent about Hughley's comment on the Tonight Show, this blog, barely three week's old called Al Sharpton on his double standard in screaming about Imus while remaining silent about Hughley. After WAOD readers mobilized ( for the first time in history) AL Sharpton issued this statement condemning Hughley. Sharpton was the only member of the Black Elite Establishment and the Civil Rights Industrial Complex to do so, but only after we overwhelmed the National Action Network switchboards:

It has recently come to our attention that D.L. Hughley has made disturbing comments about the young women of the Rutgers basketball team. Let me start by reaffirming the position of the National Action Network. We do not accept or find humor in the denigration of women or any other group. It does not matter whether the person making the statement is black, white or from any other race. Nor does it matter whether the intent of the comment is a lame attempt at humor, a racist attack, or in the case of Mr. Hughley, an obvious attempt to create publicity for himself. It is sad that after a very successful career in comedy, Mr. Hughley would stoop to behavior that is disrespectful to women as a means of self promotion. We hope that the entertainment industry will see through this feeble attempt to gain publicity in order to find his next job.In Progress, Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network & Tamika Mallory, Director of National Action Network Decency Initiative

OUCH! Sharpton didn't exactly publicize his condemnation of Hughley in the same way that he threw himself in front of every TV camera he could find during the Imus brou ha ha. Hughley didn't even know that Sharpton had condemned Hughley until I told a reporter who interviewed Hughley and me for an article about the Hughley's attack on the Tonight Show. When the reporter read Hughley Sharpton's condemnation, this was Hughley's response:

DLH:It's funny that of all the people in this, they sent letters to Al Sharpton, to Bill Cosby, to the girls at Rutgers. Did any of them ever respond? No! Who the fuck takes this—I mean, we got people dying on bridges, and this is a four-month-old story, and people are still worried about it? AVC: Actually, they did get a response from Al Sharpton. DLH: And what did Al say? You know what, I don't care what Al said. I honestly could care less what he thinks. I think these cats are just opportunists. I don't see where they've made the world any better, or actually taken a stand about anything that matters. I think in the quest to be relevant, they've put themselves in the bin of obscurity. Al Sharpton's been on my TV show, and he's sat in front of me, and I've said the exact same things. AVC: It's funny that you call Sharpton an "opportunist," because his letter says your joke was an "obvious attempt to create publicity" for yourself, and that it's sad that you would "stoop to behavior that is disrespectful to women as a means of self-promotion." DLH: Al Sharpton's actually gonna say "self-promotion"? Al Sharpton?! C'mon, man, let's be real. How many people really respect what Al Sharpton says, really? He doesn't show up unless there's a camera around. I'm one of the best in the country at what I do, and I don't need to pretend to be anything else. I'm not pretending to be a preacher while going all over the country getting involved in bullshit fights. I don't go to Duke University and accuse people of shit and then when I found out I'm wrong, not apologize. I don't pretend to be a leader and then do the most asinine shit. I don't pretend to ban the "n" word while watching people starve. The only difference between me and Al Sharpton is that I'm paid to make people laugh. And when his tally is said and done, if the fact that he got Don Imus off the air is his greatest accomplishment in civil rights? If Al Sharpton's mad at me, I think I've done something right. [Laughs.] That's the fucking truth.

Pretend Preacher? Asinine? DL Hughley is Right about one thing, Al Sharpton doesn't show up unless there is a camera around. CNN has LOTS of cameras. HELOOOO! Why isn't anybody pointing this mess out. They hate each other's guts, call each other names in the press, but will bury all of that, including their "principles" to stay in front of the camera. Hypocrites! Sharpton purports to be the decency czar, but sat across from Hughley and didn't say a word about last week. Now that you know that, it probably changes how you viewed that AWKWARD exchange with Al Sharpton. Sharpton and Hughley were talking around their exchange. Sharpton basically agreed to give Hughley cover to continue being an embarrassment to All of Black America in exchange for being a guest on the show. And so you now know why the chorus of condemnation for Hughley's dreadful show is coming from ordinary African Americans like you and me and those of us in NEW MEDIA. You won't hear all the usual suspects from the Black Elite Establishment and the Civil Rights Industrial Complex complaining, because the prospect of being given an extended segment on CNN is just to tantilizing for them to resist. Its an incestuous relationship. I hope Al Sharpton made Hughley beg a little before he agreed to be on that dreadful show. The only whores around here are Sharpton and Hughley... Camera Whores!

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Al Sharpton at the Black Caucus on Wednesday- Talking About Disunity at Convention

Here is some more video from the Black Caucus. Everybody rolled through. Jurnee Smollett, Angela Bassett, John Conyers, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, Michelle Obama and senior members of Obama's. here is a clip of Rev. Al Sharpton speaking. No, Tamika Mallory did not attempt to tackle me. I don't even know if she was there. Here are some highlights. He talked about a partnership with the Urban League to protect the Black vote. Registering and counting Black votes is one of the biggies with the Obama campaign. They think they can turn some red states blue with enough of an increase in Black votes. Some Quotes from Sharpton "They robbed us of our votes in Florida, but not this time." Then Al makes them break out in chants of "Not this time!" He is talking about the work being one He commented on Hilary Clinton "Sometime your teeth bites your tongue, but you don't yank your time out your mouth"

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Dunbar Village Video:"Answer the Call"

To follow up on our last video "Crickets " here is the latest Dunbar Village video entitled "Answer the Call" - Pointing out the NAACP's hypocrisy in their handling of the Dunbar Village gang rape. I have already thought about the concept for the next one. It involves a blue screen a megaphone shaped spaceship and Al Sharpton in a Star Fleet uniform. Let me know what you think.

In June of 2007, a horrific crime against nature and humanity happened in a place called Dunbar Village in West Palm Beach, FL. A single Black mother and her child were brutally attacked for three hours when teen African American teens invaded her home because she had reported "littering" around her apartment. They tortured and raped the woman and her son for three hours. Not a single neighbor came to their aid. The complex had no security despite a ridiculously high crime rate, the local government had ignore security issues while building luxury office buildings on the nice side of town, law enforcement wasn't sufficient...in other words, these poor Black women and children were left to rot and die.

When a group of concerned citizens contacted various African American leaders about the conditions at Dunbar Village, not a single on responded publicly. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said that they would not become involved because Black on Black crime was not a part of their mission, yet 7 months later, the NAACP came out for the first time in the case, but not to speak about inhumane living conditions and out of control crime, but to call for the release of the four suspected gang rapists despite the sadistic nature of the crime. They didn't offer a single legal reason for the release and didn't comment on whether releasing the suspects would place the community or the victim in imminent peril.

The perpetrators of Black on Black crime are not the only ones that need justice, the victims of Black on Black crime need justice too!

Feel free to forward this video on to your local and state chapter of the NAACP. The world needs to know about their unconscionable behavior in West Palm Beach

Earlier Dunbar Village Videos
"Crickets" - Highlighting Al Sharpton's Hypocrisy on Dunbar Village
"Janjaweed in America"


"Immoral Indifference"

Most Recent Dunbar Village Posts Regarding the NAACP and Al Sharpton's Reckless Attempt to Undermine the Dunbar Village Prosecution:

BLack Folks Get Ready to FIGHT! AL Sharpton to Speak Out in Defense of Dunbar Village Gang Rapist

Al Sharpton Wants Rapists and Torturers Roaming Your Neighborhood---NAACP and Sharpton Get Into It at Press Conference

Earliest Dunbar Village Posts

Where's the Outrage over Kelly? Genarlow Wilson? ( Yeah, I went there)- UPDATE Where's the Outrage Over the Florida Gang Rape???

Dunbar Village - RAZE IT TO THE GROUND AND SALT THE EARTH SO THAT NOTHING WILL GROW THERE! - How to Help.- Where in the World are the Rev's?

Maybe Black Women Should Be Pit Bulls in Our Next Life ---The Hypocrisy of Russell Simmons and Rev. Al

August 7, 2007 - National Day of SHAME- Black Leaders' Silence is Immoral- Call them on their CRAP!

National Week, Month, Year of Shame-" Immoral Indifference"- I'll be on NPR TodayJanjaweed in America.

How Do We Apply For UN Peace Keepers?- Immoral Indifference to Dunbar Village Continues.

Blacks 13% of Population 50% of Murder Victims -Background From West Palm Beach- How the Heck did Dunbar Village Happen?

Donating to the Dunbar Village Victim Assistance Fund- My "Wachovia Experience"

NAACP Contacts WADO- National Office Won't Be Speaking Out On Dunbar Village- Addressing Hate Crimes Against Black Women Not 'Mission'

A Call to ARMS!

The Five Stages of Grief-

The League of the Immorally Indifferent on Dunbar Village,Newark, Chauncey Bailey, Stepha Henry... I'm at Stage Two

Mayor of West Palm Beach - Talk About a Hot "Mess"- There is no Shame in Resignation

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