Kudos to 'Left of Centrist'
3.28.2008
Barack Obama asked us to educate ourselves about our differences rather than focus on them. In that spirit, I think you should read rikyrah's thoughts on the black church. Here's a sample..."Black people do not change churches like they do purses. I am in my 30's, and outside of school, I've had exactly 2 church homes in my life. It took nearly 2 years to find the second one, but I found it. Commitment to a church isn't something that's done fly-by-night. It's not some fleeting commitment. It is a given that you will find something that you don't like about any church you attend; which is why it is the general COMMUNITY that will ultimately make that decision.
The Black Church is the ONLY institution, in the history of The United States of America, which, from its conception,
Validated, Supported, Incubated, and Treasured.
BLACK HUMANITY.
Period.
Don't think I'm correct, then name me another institution which has done so.
The attack on Trinity is seen as an attack on the Black Church, and thus, by extension, an attack on the Black Community as a whole.
During times of slavery and Jim Crow, the Black Church was what reinforced Community.
Post Civil Rights and Integration, the Black Church is now what brings Community together, considering that the Black Community, like the rest of America, is becoming more stratified along the lines of class. The Black Church is really the only place in Black America where you will consistently find the doctor and welfare mother in the same building, with the same purpose. It's the place to break down those walls of class that are building up.
To disown Wright and Trinity would be to disown the Black Community itself, which is why Obama said in his speech he couldn't. He understood that fundamentally about the Black Community, and he understood that political expediency would mean the doubting of the existence of his soul by the Black community. Obama would never be trusted again by Black folk if he had disowned Wright & Trinity. Even Black folk that don't go to church understand that you don't mess with the Black Church - it's just not done."
Anyone that has spent any time at all doing political activism in the black community will understand this. Unfortunately, far too few white activists have worked in and with the black community. There is a cultural divide and it isn't easy to bridge. But one thing I know is that Bill and Hillary Clinton (and their campaign manager, Maggie Williams) fully understand what they're messing with. And they don't care.
Kudos to 'BooMan'
3.25.2008
Clinton ‘Misspoke’ About Bosnia Trip, Campaign Says
The real Bosnia story.
Hillary didn't tell the whole story...
When the plane landed, there was gunfire all around. So many bullets, it sounded like a nest of bees. She ran out the door...ripped the sleeves off her jacket and blouse...with bulging biceps, grabbed the 90 pound M-Deuce with one beefy hand, slung the ammo belt over her other tatooed arm, and started streaming 50 cal bullets into the bad guys. Everyone wearing blue - especially those in blue dresses were blasted away.
All the time she was juking and dodging in her custom made 6 inch stelletto heels as she went after the evil-doers. She saw a wounded 8 year old girl. She slung the wounded tyke over one shoulder and grabbing a pair of MAC-10s, provided suppressing fire. She saved the little girl, all the people on the plane (including a guitar player and comic), and those waiting on the tarmac. After a cigar and a bottle of Slivovitz, she was ready to visit the town.
My hero.
Kudos to 'dog soldier'
The real Bosnia story.
Hillary didn't tell the whole story...
When the plane landed, there was gunfire all around. So many bullets, it sounded like a nest of bees. She ran out the door...ripped the sleeves off her jacket and blouse...with bulging biceps, grabbed the 90 pound M-Deuce with one beefy hand, slung the ammo belt over her other tatooed arm, and started streaming 50 cal bullets into the bad guys. Everyone wearing blue - especially those in blue dresses were blasted away.
All the time she was juking and dodging in her custom made 6 inch stelletto heels as she went after the evil-doers. She saw a wounded 8 year old girl. She slung the wounded tyke over one shoulder and grabbing a pair of MAC-10s, provided suppressing fire. She saved the little girl, all the people on the plane (including a guitar player and comic), and those waiting on the tarmac. After a cigar and a bottle of Slivovitz, she was ready to visit the town.
My hero.
Kudos to 'dog soldier'
3.21.2008
CAUGHT!!
Rev. Wright was Clinton White House guest at event from 1998 where Clinton reportedly told assembled clerics — at the depth of the Monica Lewinsky scandal — that he had "repented." Clinton first lady schedules show she was present.
UPDATE: Didn't have this info when I posted the above last night...
"On Thursday night, the Obama campaign, to shift the spotlight to the Clintons, provided The New York Times with a picture of Mr. Wright and President Bill Clinton at the White House in 1998 at a breakfast meeting with religious leaders hours before the Starr report on the Monica Lewinsky scandal was made public.
A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton said Thursday night that the campaign did not believe the Clintons had met with Mr. Wright before the speech or were aware of any views expressed by him at his church"...
Rev. Wright was Clinton White House guest at event from 1998 where Clinton reportedly told assembled clerics — at the depth of the Monica Lewinsky scandal — that he had "repented." Clinton first lady schedules show she was present.
UPDATE: Didn't have this info when I posted the above last night...
"On Thursday night, the Obama campaign, to shift the spotlight to the Clintons, provided The New York Times with a picture of Mr. Wright and President Bill Clinton at the White House in 1998 at a breakfast meeting with religious leaders hours before the Starr report on the Monica Lewinsky scandal was made public.
A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton said Thursday night that the campaign did not believe the Clintons had met with Mr. Wright before the speech or were aware of any views expressed by him at his church"...
3.20.2008
MISERABLE FAILURE
FROM ABC NEWS last night...
Martha Radditz interviewed Cheney:
M.Radditz: "Two-thirds of Americans say the Iraq War is not worth fighting...[considering] the net value gain versus the cost of American lives certainly, and Iraqi lives."
D. Cheney: "So!?!"
M. Radditz: "So...You don't care what the American people think?"
D. Cheney: "No, I think you can't be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls."
FROM ABC NEWS last night...
Martha Radditz interviewed Cheney:
M.Radditz: "Two-thirds of Americans say the Iraq War is not worth fighting...[considering] the net value gain versus the cost of American lives certainly, and Iraqi lives."
D. Cheney: "So!?!"
M. Radditz: "So...You don't care what the American people think?"
D. Cheney: "No, I think you can't be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls."
3.19.2008
BRAIN DEAD!!
Barack's Speech on 5th Anniversary of Iraq War...
"Just yesterday, we heard Senator McCain confuse Sunni and Shiite, Iran and al Qaeda. Maybe that is why he voted to go to war with a country that had no al Qaeda ties. Maybe that is why he completely fails to understand that the war in Iraq has done more to embolden America's enemies than any strategic choice that we have made in decades"...
Barack's Speech on 5th Anniversary of Iraq War...
"Just yesterday, we heard Senator McCain confuse Sunni and Shiite, Iran and al Qaeda. Maybe that is why he voted to go to war with a country that had no al Qaeda ties. Maybe that is why he completely fails to understand that the war in Iraq has done more to embolden America's enemies than any strategic choice that we have made in decades"...
3.11.2008
Clueless...
Q: What’s your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing –
MR. BUSH: Wait, what did you just say? You’re predicting $4 a gallon gasoline?
Q: A number of analysts are predicting –
MR. BUSH: Oh, yeah?
Q: $4 a gallon gasoline this spring when they reformulate--
MR. BUSH: That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.
Q: What’s your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing –
MR. BUSH: Wait, what did you just say? You’re predicting $4 a gallon gasoline?
Q: A number of analysts are predicting –
MR. BUSH: Oh, yeah?
Q: $4 a gallon gasoline this spring when they reformulate--
MR. BUSH: That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.
3.06.2008
BARACK WON TEXAS!
Projections released Wednesday afternoon by the Texas Democratic Party based on still-incomplete caucus returns indicated that Obama would receive 98 delegates elected Tuesday to Clinton's 95.
Clinton led Obama in delegates selected as a result of primary voting, 65 to 61, while Obama appears headed for a 37-to-30 edge among delegates selected through the caucuses.
Kudos to 'puddle'
Projections released Wednesday afternoon by the Texas Democratic Party based on still-incomplete caucus returns indicated that Obama would receive 98 delegates elected Tuesday to Clinton's 95.
Clinton led Obama in delegates selected as a result of primary voting, 65 to 61, while Obama appears headed for a 37-to-30 edge among delegates selected through the caucuses.
Kudos to 'puddle'
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