Miss Piggy to Receive Honorary ‘Feminist’ Trailblazer Award

Miss Piggy to Receive Honorary ‘Feminist’ Trailblazer Award

by Kelli Serio 29 Apr 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/04/29/miss-piggy-to-receive-honorary-feminist-trailblazer-award/

Famed Muppet character Miss Piggy is scheduled to receive her first award from the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum on June 4.

The annual awards ceremony, inaugurated in 2012, celebrates women who have broken gender barriers and continue to make outstanding contributions in their diverse fields of work.

“Moi is thrilled-but frankly, not surprised to be receiving this Sackler Center First Award,” Miss Piggy “said in a press release. “It is truly wonderful to be celebrated and share this honor with fellow legends, role models, and pioneers of female fabulosity. We rock!”

While Miss Piggy is not a typical nominee for a First Award, Board Chair and founder of the awards Elizabeth Sackler insists she embodies enough “spirit, determination and grit” to make her a perfect candidate.

“Miss Piggy, like Gloria Steinem, is an icon and very much her own person (so to speak). She is a celebrity, a personality, and embodies essential qualities that we, as humans, understand,” Sackler wrote in a statement. “Miss Piggy embodies exceptional spirit, determination, and grit, when needed, which has taught important lessons about overcoming obstacles to millions of young people, parents, grandparents–and virtually everyone who has ever watched this indomitable character on television or in films.”

Sackler told Breitbart News why Miss Piggy is a great role model for women all around the world.

“Miss Piggy is inspirational for young and old alike: she confronts obstacles with strength, sometimes grit, but she has a wonderful soft side – and of course, enormous confidence,” she said.

Previous recipients of the First Awards are Associate Justice Sandra O’Connor, Connie Chung, and Anita F.

Hill to name a few.

The Daily Beast’s Erin Cunningham recently called Miss Piggy “The Gloria Steinhem of the Muppet World,” saying she’s “confident, driven, and fights for what she wants. She embraces her ‘extra fabulous’ looks and is unapologetically outspoken. And she doesn’t care what you think about it.”

Miss Piggy is scheduled to give a brief speech following the award presentation, given by Sackler, and a 20-minute video that highlights her career will follow.

The Muppet’s character will then hit the stage with feminist author and activist Ms. Steinem for an interview. Created by Jim Henson, The muppet’s have been captivating audiences for more than 60 years,

They have starred in eight feature films and Emmy Award-winning TV series and specials.

Breitbart News confirmed Kermit the Frog will be in attendance for the upcoming award ceremony.

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Eleanor Smeal is the president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, and was the president of the National Organization for Women.

Note: Kim Gandy was the VP & general counsel for the Feminist Majority Foundation, the president of the National Organization for Women, and is the president & CEO for the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

Marsha Levick was an executive director, legal defense fund for the National Organization for Women, and is a director at the Southern Poverty Law Center.  

Julian Bond is a co-founder, director emeritus at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and a director at the People for the American Way.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, was a contributor for MoveOn.org, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and married to Susan Weber Soros.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James Rucker was a director of grassroots mobilization for MoveOn.org, and is a director at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Richard A. Debs was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a pro-bono financial adviser for Anwar Sadat, is an executive committee chairman, member for the Bretton Woods Committee, and married to Barbara Knowles Debs.

Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono financial adviser was Richard A. Debs, and the president of Egypt.

Mohamed Morsi was the president of Egypt, and is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Barbara Knowles Debs is married to Richard A. Debs, and a trustee at the Brooklyn Museum.

Susan Weber Soros was married to George Soros, and a trustee at the Brooklyn Museum.

Blair W. Effron was a trustee at the Brooklyn Museum, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is married to Cheryl Cohen Effron.

Cheryl Cohen Effron is married to Blair W. Effron, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Donna E. Shalala was a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is the president & CEO for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Chelsea V. Clinton is the vice chair for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.

IAC/InterActiveCorp was a funder for the Daily Beast.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a founding chair at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and the secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration.

Ronald A. Klain is the coordinator of government Ebola efforts for the Barack Obama administration, and a trustee at the Third Way.

Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein is a trustee at the Third Way, and was a trustee at the Brooklyn Museum.

William M. Daley is a trustee at the Third Way, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.                    

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.           

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Ari Emanuel is Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.

Barbra Streisand is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation.

Margery Tabankin is the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a director at People for the American Way.

Julian Bond is a director at the People for the American Way, a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and a co-founder, director emeritus at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Marsha Levick is a director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, and was an executive director, legal defense fund for the National Organization for Women.

Eleanor Smeal was the president of the National Organization for Women, and is the president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Center for Public Integrity, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Arianna Huffington is a director at the Center for Public Integrity, and a friend of Tina Brown.

Tina Brown is a friend of Arianna Huffington, and the founder of the Daily Beast.

Glover Park Group is the lobby firm for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Howard Wolfson was a partner at the Glover Park Group, a trustee at the Brooklyn Museum, and married to Terri McCullough.

Terri McCullough is married to Howard Wolfson, and Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff.

Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff is Terri McCullough, the minority leader for the U.S. House of Representatives, and Cecile Richards was her deputy chief of staff.

Cecile Richards was Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and was the founder & president for America Votes.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

People for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.

Julian Bond is a director at the People for the American Way, a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and a co-founder, director emeritus at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Marsha Levick is a director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, and was an executive director, legal defense fund for the National Organization for Women.

Eleanor Smeal was the president of the National Organization for Women, and is the president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Riot-Plagued Baltimore Is a Catastrophe Entirely of the Democratic Party’s Own Making

Riot-Plagued Baltimore Is a Catastrophe Entirely of the Democratic Party’s Own Making

by Kevin D. Williamson April 28, 2015 2:34 PM

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417601/riot-plagued-baltimore-catastrophe-entirely-democratic-partys-own-making-kevin-d

A few weeks ago, there was an election in Ferguson, Mo., the result of which was to treble the number of African Americans on that unhappy suburb’s city council. This was greeted in some corners with optimism — now, at last, the city’s black residents would have a chance to see to securing their own interests. This optimism flies in the face of evidence near — St. Louis — and far — Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco . . .

St. Louis has not had a Republican mayor since the 1940s, and in its most recent elections for the board of aldermen there was no Republican in the majority of the contests; the city is overwhelmingly Democratic, effectively a single-party political monopoly from its schools to its police department. Baltimore has seen two Republicans sit in the mayor’s office since the 1920s — and none since the 1960s. Like St. Louis, it is effectively a single-party political monopoly from its schools to its police department. Philadelphia has not elected a Republican mayor since 1948. The last Republican to be elected mayor of Detroit was congratulated on his victory by President Eisenhower. Atlanta, a city so corrupt that its public schools are organized as a criminal conspiracy against its children, last had a Republican mayor in the 19th century. Its municipal elections are officially nonpartisan, but the last Republican to run in Atlanta’s 13th congressional district did not manage to secure even 30 percent of the vote; Atlanta is effectively a single-party political monopoly from its schools to its police department.

American cities are by and large Democratic-party monopolies, monopolies generally dominated by the so-called progressive wing of the party. The results have been catastrophic, and not only in poor black cities such as Baltimore and Detroit. Money can paper over some of the defects of progressivism in rich, white cities such as Portland and San Francisco, but those are pretty awful places to be non-white and non-rich, too: Blacks make up barely 9 percent of the population in San Francisco, but they represent 40 percent of those arrested for murder, and they are arrested for drug offenses at ten times their share of the population. Criminals make their own choices, sure, but you want to take a look at the racial disparity in educational outcomes and tell me that those low-income nine-year-olds in Wisconsin just need to buck up and bootstrap it?

Black urban communities face institutional failure across the board every day. There are people who should be made to answer for that: What has Martin O’Malley to say for himself? What can Ed Rendell say for himself other than that he secured a great deal of investment for the richest square mile in Philadelphia? What has Nancy Pelosi done about the radical racial divide in San Francisco?

Mychal Denzel Smith, toy radical at The Nation, offered the usual illiterate slogan “f**k the police” and declared of the rioters: “I also hope they break s**t.” Writers at Salon also endorsed violence for its own sake. “I do not advocate non-violence,” Benji Hart affirmed. Most of this can be credited to juvenile posturing, and it should be noted that the rioters in Baltimore mostly are not burning down tax offices or police stations but are in the main looting businesses and carrying out acts of wanton opportunistic vandalism — that’s not a revolt, but a crime spree. Meretricious “black rage” rhetoric notwithstanding, what we have seen in places such as Ferguson and Baltimore is much more ordinarily criminal than political.

But there is a legitimate concern here — from which no one seems to be willing to draw the obvious conclusion: There is someone to blame for what’s wrong in Baltimore.

Would any sentient adult American be shocked to learn that Baltimore has a corrupt and feckless police department enabled by a corrupt and feckless city government? I myself would not, and the local authorities’ dishonesty and stonewalling in the death of Freddie Gray is reminiscent of what we have seen in other cities. There’s a heap of evidence that the Baltimore police department is pretty bad.

This did not come out of nowhere. While the progressives have been running the show in Baltimore, police commissioner Ed Norris was sent to prison on corruption charges (2004), two detectives were sentenced to 454 years in prison for dealing drugs (2005), an officer was dismissed after being videotaped verbally abusing a 14-year-old and then failing to file a report on his use of force against the same teenager (2011), an officer was been fired for sexually abusing a minor (2014), and the city paid a quarter-million-dollar settlement to a man police illegally arrested for the non-crime of recording them at work with his mobile phone. There’s a good deal more. Does that sound like a disciplined police organization to you?

Yes, Baltimore seems to have some police problems. But let us be clear about whose fecklessness and dishonesty we are talking about here: No Republican, and certainly no conservative, has left so much as a thumbprint on the public institutions of Baltimore in a generation. Baltimore’s police department is, like Detroit’s economy and Atlanta’s schools, the product of the progressive wing of the Democratic party enabled in no small part by black identity politics. This is entirely a left-wing project, and a Democratic-party project.

When will the Left be held to account for the brutality in Baltimore — brutality for which it bears a measure of responsibility on both sides? There aren’t any Republicans out there cheering on the looters, and there aren’t any Republicans exercising real political power over the police or other municipal institutions in Baltimore. Community-organizer — a wretched term — Adam Jackson declared that in Baltimore “the Democrats and the Republicans have both failed.” Really? Which Republicans? Ulysses S. Grant? Unless I’m reading the charts wrong, the Baltimore city council is 100 percent Democratic.

The other Democratic monopolies aren’t looking too hot, either. We’re sending Atlanta educators to prison for running a criminal conspiracy to hide the fact that they failed, and failed woefully, to educate the children of that city. Isolated incident? Nope: Atlanta has another cheating scandal across town at the police academy. Who is being poorly served by the fact that Atlanta’s school system has been converted into crime syndicate? Mostly poor, mostly black families. Who is likely to suffer from any incompetents advanced through the Atlanta police department by its corrupt academy? Mostly poor, mostly black people. Who suffers most from the incompetence of Baltimore’s Democratic mayor? Mostly poor, mostly black families — should they feel better that she’s black? Who suffers most from the incompetence and corruption of Baltimore’s police department? Mostly poor, mostly black families.

And it’s the same people who will suffer the most from the vandalism and pillaging going on in Baltimore, too.

The evidence suggests very strongly that the left-wing, Democratic claques that run a great many American cities — particularly the poor and black cities — are not capable of running a school system or a police department. They are incompetent, they are corrupt, and they are breathtakingly arrogant. Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore — this is what Democrats do.

And the kids in the street screaming about “inequality”? Somebody should tell them that the locale in these United States with the least economic inequality is Utah, i.e. the state farthest away from the reach of the people who run Baltimore.

Keep voting for the same thing, keep getting the same thing.