We remember circumstances of the first-generation black mayors of major cities and the ways in which they inherited declining tax revenues, industrial bases, and white flight but were nonetheless given all the blame for the misery of the urban black poor.
Perhaps curse is the better catchall label given that the blame for the terrible outcomes in countries like Chad, Nigeria, and Burma can be attributed to multiple factors: corrupt politicians, internal ethnic conflict, and multinationals throwing around money and swag.
Which is why it's so troubling this cinematic turd is being given the entirety of blame for the riots.
The former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak is portrayed as ill prepared and indecisive and given much of the blame for the failure of President Bill Clinton's effort to reach a Middle East peace in a documentary, "Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs," being shown tonight on PBS stations.
But after Given took some of the blame for a 3-1 loss to Everton a week later — Villa's second straight league defeat to open the season — Lambert made the switch.
Another retail shareholder, who did not give his name, laid the blame for the company's problems at Leahy's door, claiming he had lost the company more than £3bn with the ill-fated attempt to break into the US with the Fresh & Easy chain.
The media share the blame for giving voice to the anti-evolution crowd without putting them into proper perspective.
The new version would essentially give Barack Obama the authority – and the blame – for raising the debt ceiling in three stages to cover US borrowing needs through the 2012 elections when he is running for a second term.
One can hardly blame him, given the patchy evidence, for occasionally resorting to speculation.
You could hardly blame him, given the circumstances, but for one brief moment last night Matthew Hoggard allowed himself to dream.
