The firing of Shirley Sherrod shows why honest folks should not jump to conclusions, shows how much easier it is for some among us to believe the wrongs of a person quicker than the good, shows how easy it is in this country for persons of bad intent to falsify, mislead and to undermine the public good.

Andrew Breitbart's Big Government website should be renamed "The Big Lie." Mr. Breitbart is a right-wing race baiter, a liar who manufactures lies and distortion. He created and distributed a big lie about Shirley Sherrod,  a Department of Agriculture official, who was serving the people of rural Georgia. Using a highly edited film clip that completely distorted Ms Sherrod views, libeling her, as something that he obviously is, a racist, who practice race-baiting. He created a big stinking, outrageous mess.

The NAACP- engaged in a debate with Tea Party Movement activists on the issue of race (a debate that the NAACP is winning) - stumbled into Breitbart's trap and fell for his lies without first questioning the source of the slander against Ms.Sherrod or considering the good character of its own members and of speakers at it own forums. The NAACP quickly denounced Ms. Sherrod. Of course, now the NAACP has retracted its condemnation of Ms. Sherrod. The Obama Administration relied on reports of the libel, reported as news on FOX NEWS, without stopping and thinking, and remembering the questionable nature of FOX NEWS. The Obama Administration failed Ms. Sherrod. Now, of course, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says he is reconsidering his hasty over-reaction. The only people who have not failed Ms. Sherrod are the people who she did not fail, the  people of rural Georgia, the people she served and helped. See the video.