It would be difficult for anyone reading about or seeing the video of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and a citizen in a Court session go at it ending with Price’s cheap shot heard ’round the world “you’re all white. Go to hell.” Whichever way you judged the proceedings and the people, there is always a history behind the kind of remark that Price made to people he may have known when he identified them as Tea Partiers.
You know you can count of SamHenry to give you a sign to a trail of articles for your own research on the history of an incident that requires more investigation. Here is the time line of the relationship of John Wiley Price and the good citizens of Dallas, TX.
And here is one of the more colorful columns about the incident that inspired SamHenry on a history hunt of the February 15th incident – only in Texas a column header like this one! Gotta love it. That’s why we love Texas.
Get Off My Lawn
John Wiley Price? Problem? What Problem? Nothing to See Here, Folks.
By Jim Schutze, Wed., Feb. 16 2011 @ 10:12AM
I refuse to jump up and down and scream about John Wiley Price. There’s this story floating around the media that they had to shut down yesterday’s meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners Court because Price had a meltdown when some in the peanut gallery called him the county’s “chief moolah.”
Please. First of all, the guy didn’t call him chief moolah. It’s mullah. He called him chief mullah — an Islamic term for teacher or leader.
Second. Price did not have a meltdown. He was very calm. He made an observation about the people who had come to the meeting to complain about his role in the firing of Dallas County Elections Director Bruce Sherbet.
Price said, “You’re all white. Go to hell.”
He said it very calmly, according to the tape I saw. And he said it after County Judge Clay Jenkins was already in the process of shutting down the meeting.
Jenkins wasn’t shutting down the meeting because Price told the people to go to hell. He was shutting down the meeting to stop the people from criticizing Price in front of the TV cameras.
In effect, Jenkins was telling them to go to hell too. More >
Of course the use of the race card in this country goes back to the sad era of slavery. But it is used globally and each time it is, best to keep comments to a minimum about who is using it and why until you get a little history of current usage and the persons using it.
Angel
February 17, 2011
ah yes the race card..don’t u dare criticize Obama..pfftt!..good post~!
samhenry
February 17, 2011
BIG thanks, Angel. Good to see you here again. After this hellish week, I’ll be over to your “place” for a visit.
Bob Mack
February 17, 2011
Evening, SH. New paint job for the blog, eh? Well, the way I look at stories like Price’s is to reverse them. If a white county commissioner somewhere had said, “you’re all black. Go to hell,” we’d be watching the clip & reading about it on every news outlet 24 hours a day for the next two weeks, until the perpetrator either went on BET wearing a dashiki and begging forgiveness, or resigned in disgrace. As for me, if it’s wrong for one, it’s wrong for all. One of the many, many things I detest about liberals is their knee-jerk hypocrisy.
As for the blog – it’s that new “dusty” they introduced. Just right for ma camel. I got tired of caring for all of those widgets. This is clearer to read – I hope. Now if the writing would clear up as well. Thanks for coming over this evening, Bob.
samhenry
February 17, 2011
Well that’s just it. I thought I gave it to both sides pretty well. No one behaved at that meeting but worst of all Price was an official and acted far worse for being that and acting that way. I really wasn’t as clear about that as I could have been. Price is pretty darned pompous. People like that are asking to be taken to task and actually he admitted he forced the old worker to resign. He’s a pro just like Sharpeton.