Shirley Sherrod

  Another liberal / progressive is setting the standard for us to follow.  She is suing someone for taking something she said out of context.  To give you a quick and dirty background, as I understand it anyway.  Shirley was talking at a NAACP fund raiser.  She related a story on how she overcame her prejudice against a white farmer about to lose his farm.  She initially brushed him off on another white person, but when she saw the guy wasn’t being helped she took the case again and was able to save the guys farm.   A conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart posted a portion of her video, making it seem like she was a racist.  Her boss, not looking at all the facts, ask her for her resignation, which she gave.    As the entire video surfaced, her complete statement was made public.  She has been offered her job back, but has refused at this time.

  Today I heard on the news she is still considering suing Breitbart.  For what?  Slander?  Is she not a public figure?  If she successfully sues Breitbart no news agency will be safe.  I’m a big Glenn Beck fan, he is all the time taken out of context.  Will he be able to sue the Huffington Post?  So now can I sue her since she is hampering my right of ‘pursuit of happiness’?  I say everyone sue everyone.  Make the lawyers rich.  Then we can tax the lawyers and distribute the money back to the poor and everyone will be happy…