You may recall the controversey over remarks by the USDA's director of rural development in Georgia, Shirley Sherrod, at a meeting of the NAACP about the black farmer's suit against the government.  Sherrod claimed in a video that she was the victim of racism by a white farmer.  The resulting firestorm concluded with Sherrod being fired from her position. The left claimed that Breitbart had heavily edited the video and that Sherrod was really talking about overcoming her own racism.  Sherrod then sued Andrew Breitbart for defamation. The White House and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack claimed at the time that it was Vilsack's decision alone to fire Sherrod.  But an e-mail made public in the court case on Monday gives the lie to that statement. Associated Press: The email, which was made public Friday in an ongoing federal court case over the matter, shed more light on the evening of July 19, 2010, when the USDA hastily asked Sherrod to resign...(Read Full Post)