In the past, we’ve had Watergate, Trooper gate, Iran gate and now, we’re having porn gate. During the past 2 ½ to five years, male and female lawyers and senior level employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") have been using their work time to surf the Internet for pornographic web sites. Some have spent up to 8 hours a day on the pornographic web sites. Isn’t that the entire work day? Others who are blocked from using the sites use their ingenuity to work around the problem to access the sex sites. Too bad the same type of ingenuity did not help to investigate investment firms from defrauding the public. As the American economy flushed down the toilet, some SEC high level employees watched porn sites. It seems that everyone from Bernie Madoff, banks, investment firms and now some lawyers at the SEC are having fun with our money. Are any of us having fun yet? Now we know why the SEC couldn’t uncover the Madoff scandal and other investment firm … [Read more...] about Sex in the SEC City
Archives for April 2010
A Tribute to Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Dr. Dorothy I. Height, godmother of the civil rights movement, passed away on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the age of 98. Dr. Height rose from the Jim Crowe era and segregation to lobby for civil rights before Eleanor Roosevelt to live to see President Obama elected as the first African American president. She was an integral part of American history, championing social justice, economic justice, women’s rights and civil rights. One hundred words are too few to honor her and ten thousand are not enough. Her legacy as founder and president of the National Council of Negro Women for over 40 years, 10th president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Black Family Reunion are only a few of her accomplishments. I first met Dr. Height in the 1990’s when she spoke as keynote speaker for the YWCA Annual meeting. My last personal experience with Dr. Height was in November, 2009 during the 140th anniversary of Lincoln Temple UCC church, where we were honored to have her … [Read more...] about A Tribute to Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Supreme Court Choices and- An Opportunity
Here's my recent blog posted in the Women's Media Center. Could our next Supreme Court justice be another woman? Will President Obama pick our first African American female justice? To read more, see my blog post. http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/author/debbie-hines/ … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Choices and- An Opportunity
Virginia Is Not For Lovers
February is recognized as Black History month. March is known as Women’s History month. Now, April is being honored in Virginia as Confederate History month. Virginia's slogan used to be Virginia is for lovers. Now, Virginia apparently prefers to be known for haters. Virginia Republican Governor Robert McDonnell proclaimed April as the month for an understanding of the sacrifices of Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens during the Civil War. As an African American, isn’t this Confederate recognition like Germany recognizing the sacrifices of the Nazi leadership during World War II? Wouldn’t everyone think it was offensive to Jews? So why was April selected? April 17, 1861 is the day Virginia seceded from the Union. Richmond later became the capitol of the Confederacy. Mississippi and Georgia have already acknowledged Confederate history month. Yet, two wrongs don’t make it right. Originally, Virginia’s proclamation failed to even make mention of slavery. At first, … [Read more...] about Virginia Is Not For Lovers