Jack & Jill Politics

Link to a great column by Bob Herbert, entitled "Running While Black":

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/opinion/02her...

please read.

http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/48928/


T.

Maybe I'm being naive, but I just don't believe that Obama should respond to every McCain attack ad. If Obama responded to every little crappy thing that McCain said, then every week until the election would go like this:

On Monday, Obama wants to talk about the jobs, but the McCain campaign puts out another negative "celeb" ad/statement about Obama. Obama needs to respond. On Tuesday, Obama wants to discuss gas prices, but McCain campaign puts up a negative Web Ad about Obama. Obama needs to respond. On Wednesday, Obama wants to discuss education, but McCain sends out a statement to their supporters saying Obama hates the troops. Obama needs to respond.
On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Obama wants to talk about the real issues that Americans face everyday, but McCain continues to put out attack ads. Obama needs to respond.

As I've said before, it becomes a cycle, where more time is spent discussing the negative attacks than actual time used to let the American people who may actually be looking for a reason to vote for Obama (not the ones who never planned to vote for Obama, let alone any democrat) what it is that Obama wants/plans to do for America.

O's been very strong in his stumps since the absurd "race card" speech.

John King and his wife Dana are such Repub shills. I heard him repeat that O didn't visit the troops because he couldn't use cameras...this was during that whole furor.

dang no he didn't --- and I luv'd him during the primaries with his magic map. who is dana? the one I cannot STAND is Campbell Brown, also married to a republican shrill. Now remind me why I prefer CNN to MSNBC?

ThruthSeeker: Help my understanding. I feel that he has morphed from kinda neutral during the primaries to MAJOR Rethug!! What happened?? Did he just determine that he was wh*te?
Whew!! :>)

I dunno. He got hitched to Dana, who's traveling and covering the McCain campaign. You know...love makes a person do crazy things.

TruthSeeker: Thank you. I wasn't aware of the nuptials! :>) :> :>) :>)

I saw a GOP shill yesterday on MSNBC that I wanted to pummel..Heidi something....she fell back on the "there was a rock band that bought those people out in order to get that crowd in Berlin"...I seriously had thoughts that required me to pray for forgiveness.

...that required me to pray for forgiveness.


One of the top funniest lines I have ever read.

Heh...rock band? It's embarrassing how jealous they are about O's following. That's an indication of what an astounding success his trip was! I mean really, think about it....200,000 people!!!! in a foreign country!!! Despite all the Bush white house interference. If he'd made speeches in other countries, I guarantee there would have been similar turnout.

O should have broken out the fish and loaves. ;)

TruthSeeker: Good one! :>) :>) :>)

Obama's speech at the National Urban League

Also, Muzikal203's diary over at DailyKos has a great analysis of the speech.

As eclecticbrotha pointed out...yes, they opened it up with Prince's Pop Life

Very...very good. Please check it out.

Ummm......(looks around confused)...what DID happen to Head Start programs?? What kind of evil took away funds for the head start programs that use to be so common?

ice: This is a powerful analysis. Thank you! :>) :>)

Loved the pic, as usual! 2 thanks! :>)

Good. First, I have read several accounts from people that have attended the McCain townhalls that they were a total farce, and that he rarely answered a question. Second, I was exhausted after watching 22 debates during the Dem primary. I certainly don't want a repeat this time around.

But these won't have Hillary laughing before every answer.

I wonder why - seems like he would do well assuming the audience and questions were balanced.

Because McCain wants to use the Obama star power to draw people to his message and McCain can't be trusted not to have neutral people there. McCain would stack the crowd with his supporters and not have an equal mix.

Barack on reparations:

"I have said in the past _ and I'll repeat again _ that the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed," the Illinois Democrat said recently.

I think he's wrong on this. Schools and jobs are the entitlement of citizens. To suggest this is enough to repay a debt is insulting to the price paid by slaves.

I haven't thought it through. What do you propose?

I haven't given it deep, deep thought, because I have no part in any reparations. However, I think that full scholarships for all AA children right through to graduate degree. Maybe land ownership, and income tax exempt status, rather than a cash payment. Every idea has a downside, but I don't think that's an excuse to say schools and jobs.

I am absolutely with you on this except for the land ownership. I don't see that happening.

The right wing particularly likes to talk about working hard to get ahead. No one worked harder than slaves. They did not receive pay for their work and they certainly did not get ahead. They were not even entitled to education. Today, they are fond of suggesting that blacks are inherently lazy, conveniently forgetting hundreds of years of unpaid labour.

A debt is owed.

I don't know if reparations will ever be paid. But, I know the monies are owed for unpaid labour.

As someone of Native descent, I would be highly suspect of any land they give you.


I have useless land that is good for growing wild rice but I have to get permission of all the other little Indians to do anything with it. How do I know who owns it? Oh not easy to disseminate but then again it really is as useful as an acre on Love Canal.

Read some of the treaties and you'll understand. Get the cash!

The issue of reparations is a circular one. It keeps coming back to who would get paid, and where the money would come from.

How much money is the soul of your ancestor worth? Would 40 acres and a mule have taken care of it, back in the day? How about now? And what forty acres do you think you would get? Would you take if it was in the salt flats of Nevada? What about the Pine Barrens of NJ?

Tax exempt status. Okay, so I don't pay taxes. Will everybody else who is non-black then tell me that I can't have a say in how the tax $ is spent because I didn't pay it?

College and grad school. What happens to your child's self esteem when she is told that she is not at _____ Univ because she is smart -- she is only there because she is black? Would free college be worth it then?

And how are we defining black anyway? What about Tiger's baby girl -- would she get to go for free? He could certainly afford it and she ain't 'all black' anyway.

Or is it just if you 'look' black? So, where would you put the college age versions of Mariah Carey, Derek Jeter, Alicia Keys or Jimmy Smits?

I still say you can't unscramble scrambled eggs. All of this just keeps the focus from the task at hand.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE... (And no, I don't think that a President Obama is the sole prize, but damn, can a brother get chance at the job?)

As I said, there are always downsides. Racism can't be used as a rationalization for itself. All those things you mentioned can be worked out if there is a will.

truthseeker - girlfriend do we need to have an intervention here. you have to stop smoking whatever you are smoking that allows you to believe that they are suddenly going to divide up land and give it to blacks or say that all black kids get a free college education. they won't even give our kids a minimum wage job this summer.

Think positively!

What are your ideas?

like you I have not given it deep thought --- however I agree with Obama that we start with education. Improve our public schools is a start, then we must take steps as a community to ensure that our kids take advantage of the opportunity presented. we can start now by being involved in the school system and holding the leadership's feet to the fire to provide our children a decent education that will allow them to be not only competitive in a global economy but win the technology, health research races.

college education is important, I dont have one so I know. But then again many of us do have one and we are not given the opportunities in corporate america as we should - deal with that - or better yet give us the resources and chances to create our corporation vs working at their plantation.

In the end, the govt has a role - but we cannot rely on them totally, we have to step it up and make our own oppts sometimes.

Ho, look what I found! Cindy has her own Dickipedia page. This is nastier than I could ever dare to be! They refer to her as "pill-popper" (Rikyrah should get a kick out of that!) and "Pillionaire". LOL:

http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Cindy_...

Pilionaire, LOL!!!

I read somewhere that McCain gets cranky when he has a load in his depends. I thought that was hillarious.

While Barack answers questions from Black hecklers, the Dangerous One censors Black reporters.

I'm sure race had nothing to do with it because the McCain campaign would never do anything racially motivated.

I never did see any coverage of this in the mainstream media:
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080627...

I'm looking for the article on his plans for impoversihed African countries too...sadly, stuff like this just doesn't get any coverage whatsoever.

frankly Miranda I dont want to see stories like this in the MSM too dangerous...

ruthdfw, In retrospect......you're so right......Lord only knows how it'll be spun if that darn Barry was proposing eliminating the debt of poor impoverished (lets say it together now)...BLACK countries.

yep but on the downlow - I do hope he has a plan for dealing with Hati [did i spell that right] as well. just keep it to himself until 11-5-08 LOL....

Fantastic article, Miranda. Thanks.

A vote for McCain:

McCAIN SAYS RECORD JOB LOSSES ARE 'NOT TERRIBLE'

McCain Called 63,000 Jobs Lost in a Month 'Not Terrible.

McCain Thinks We Are Better Off Than Eight Years Ago

McCain Told Ohioans That 'Free Trade is the Best Thing That Can Happen to Our Nation



McCAIN SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO OUTSOURCE AND PRIVATIZE JOBS

McCain Supported Bush's Federal Privatization Plan.

McCain Supported Contracting Out Homeland Security Jobs.

McCain Voted for Unfair Privatization Rules Favoring Contractors

McCain Voted to Allow Overseas Outsourcing of Government Contracts

McCain Supported Outsourcing Veterans Affairs Jobs

Supported Outsourcing at Walter Reed in 2006.



McCAIN ADVOCATES POLICIES THAT SEND OUR JOBS OVERSEAS

McCain Helped Companies Send Jobs Overseas.

McCain and Lobbyists on His Campaign Helped Airbus Get a $35 Billion Contract Over Boeing

McCain Thinks NAFTA Was a Good Idea and Supported Letting China into the WTO.



McCAIN OPPOSED JOB-CREATING PROJECTS

McCain Voted Against 2004 and 2005 Highway Bills.

McCain Opposed $1.6 Billion in School Construction Funding.



McCAIN WANTS TO PRIVATIZE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND JOB TRAINING

McCain Proposes Privatizing Unemployment Insurance, Similar to His Plan for Social Security.

McCain Would Take Money from Current Job-Training Programs.



McCAIN OPPOSED JOB-TRAINING PROGRAMS AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT EXTENSIONS

McCain Voted Against a Pilot Program to Provide Low-Interest Loans to Workers in Job-Training or Assistance Programs.

McCain Opposed Extending Federal Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Jobless Workers

McCain Voted Against Increasing Spending on Unemployment Insurance by Reducing the Bush Tax Cuts

McCain Voted Against Unemployment Benefits and Job Training for Airline Workers After 9/11

McCain Voted Against Unemployment Extension

I swear, a person would have to be sniffing elmer's glue and tapping a vein in their ankle to shoot up heroin to justify voting for McBush....just makes no darn sense.

true that...

Miranda: to use a Val-ism - ROTFLMAO!! :>) :>) :>) U R A nut!! :>) :>)
Truth & Humor - GREAT combination!!! :>) :>) :>)

And why can't McCain find ANY person of color for his townhall meetings? My god, is he only holding these in Mayberry, Bugtussle and Petticoat Junction?

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If only it took all of that.

..And he calls Obama Dr. No.

Can anyone discern a pattern to his voting record?

Those Wal-Mart whackos are trying to scare their employees into voting Republican. LOL, nobody hates Wal-Mart more than the people who work there. Those poor, wretched creatures stocking shelves with 'Made in China' merchandise. Their vendors secretly hate them too.

No No...China is good...all things China! Next week when we start getting reports from the Olympics, we will read just how great and wonderful that country is!!

##McCain's Magical Math logic loop

Britney Spears = Blond Bimbo
Paris Hilton = Blond Bimbo
Britney Spears + Paris Hilton = Barack Obama, (jump to line 10)
therefore....Barack Obama = Blond Bimbo
Blond + Bimbo = Cindy McCain
therefore.....Barack Obama = Cindy McCain
Cindy McCain + John McCain = Marriage
therefore....Marriage = Barack Obama + John McCain
Barack Obama = Moses
therefore....Moses = Cindy McCain = Paris Hilton = Britney
therefore...Moses = Blond Bimbo (back to line 3)

Cindy McCain + C.U.N.T = wife
Cindy McCain = Barack Obama = Moses
therefore....Moses = C.U.N.T.
(debug)

TruthSeeker: Good one!! :>) :>)

How about this syllogism:

IF "MCANCIENT" = "MAVERICK"

And "MAVERICK" = C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D

THEN: "MCANCIENT" = C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D!!!

In my humble opinion! :>) :>) :>)

p.s.: Made a post (somewhere) today that "mcancient" didn't think [oh--- I use this term reservedly] that he was running a NEGATIVE campaign - not "IN THE SLIGHTEST" he said! :>) :>)

Whew!! Disbelieving Deep Breaths!!!! :>) :>)

...cosign.

:)

I can't breathe.

Found this over at DailyKos-Deoliver47

Big Boi Sumthin' Gotta Give (feat. Mary J. Blige)

A new video supporting Obama's campaign...

Of course, Mary J. is bringing it home for us....

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."-Barack Obama

Now why couldn't Luda do this?

As my boy Craig H. would say..."That would be too much like right"

Says here that Senate Republicans voted to block funding for troops in order to keep tax breaks for Big Oil. http://mitchcohen.blogspot.com/2008/08/senate-r...

rant:

You know, Senator Obama is not the only person running for president. There's also John McCain, Cynthia McKinney, Bob Barr, and Ralph Nader. Contrary to popular belief, there are other folks out there that you can look up. If Obama doesn't hold the same beliefs you do, look up the other candidates and vote accordingly. This man cannot be everything to everyone on every issue. I am sick to death of everyone trying to push and pull him all sorts of ways. If he isn't getting raked over the coals by the Republicans it's by the media. If it isn't by the media it's from the DINO's. If it isn't from the DINO's it's from the progressives/netroots. If it isn't from the progressives/netroots it's gonna come from blacks/Jews/blue-collar whites etc. It seems as if this man can't figgin' win w/out someone having a problem with something. I never see this level of scrutiny with John McCain. NEVER. What is really the deal here?

/rant

co-sign! :>)

This is my first election where I have been really involved, but I can see why the Democrats have not been able to get the White House the last two times out.

It seems like a good bit of the Republican base loathes John McCain, but they get right into formation like geese when it comes down to the wire. With Democrats its a lot of "If Obama does not EXACTLY support my position on spotted owls/gun control/abortion, then I'm done".

While a principled stand is certainly admirable, I do feel like tapping these people on the shoulder and reminding them that they have spent the last eight years with their nose to the glass looking in. I wish we could understand that you have to actually win the war first before you start fighting over what to build on the land you've gotten.

Good point.

The Rethugs put party interest above personal interest when it comes to elections and votes to push their agenda. The Democrats don't and will in fact try to undermine each other so it's no wonder they keep losing. It's to the detriment of this country. But the Rethugs had free reign for 8 years and we see how they've laid this country to waste. Only those who are willfully blind and ignorant don't see that.

"Special interests" are so special they often refuse to see any common interest.

I don't find them all that special nor interesting.

Heh

I read at a very old white progressive site and they have absolutely no sense of humor. But boy are they ticked off that Edwards got shafted. I seem to recognize a theme with the losers. They don't give Obama any credit for winning. I daren't look at a Biden site, I couldn't handle their morose sadness, to boot.

I wish we could understand that you have to actually win the war first before you start fighting over what to build on the land you've gotten.

::

That's a loaded, loaded statement.

Thanks for it.

You know the saying..."we have to work twice as hard to get half as much"...well Obama has to do it to the 99th power.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...

[I am still in EXCITEMENT MODE -since I've been "copying/cutting/pasting" these addresses! Look, it takes so little to make some of us SO HAPPY. :>)]

At any rate, "mcancient" is at it again!!!

"Race Proves To Be Unwelcome But Persistent Issue"

"McCain faced a barrage of questions from reporters and asserted that he is not running a negative campaign "IN THE SLIGHTEST!" WHAT!!!????

Seeeee, I'm going to make this short - what do you expect from him?? Just what we're getting - someone who lacks WISDOM & UNDERSTANDING and is C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D!!

Whew!!! Deep Breaths!!!

GLH

Did you look at the HTML links site? Here it is again.

Look here to learn how to put titles on your links

If cutting and pasting makes you happy, then you'll be positively orgasmic when you do it the first time.!

isonprize: I'm still working on it! I'm telling you, I'm "technologically-challenged"! :>) :>) Believe me. :>) :>) :>) :>)
I'm happy, today, with "baby steps"! :>) :>)
Promise, I will learn! :>) :>) :>)

The line to use is this one... Text to be displayed

That is called 'syntax' delete the 3 letters u r l and put the website you want to display where the 3 letters used to be.

Then, delete the words text to be displayed here
then put the words you want to use to describe the site. Usually I just put the title of the article.

Enjoy!

Sorry about that, I'm not an expert yet either....

But the syntax line to use looks something like this., except without all the spaces. Copy it directly from the HTML link that I showed up in the "look here...." link.

< a href = " u r l " > Text to be displayed < / a >

Clinton calls for 'cathartic' first ballot nomination

I find it curious that Sen. Clinton still refers to Sen. Obama as her 'opponent'. Maybe this is being picky on my part, but it sounds like she still can't accept that she lost. She doesn't say 'former opponent' She stumbles, actually stutters every time she says his name, almost as if it hurts for the "Sen. Obama" to cross her lips.

Even more curious is a comment made at the end of the clip (which is not in the transcript) about some Obama delegates who have signed a petition to have Sen. Clinton on the ballot.

CLINTON: ......I think it's fair to say that If you look at recent history I have moved more quickly and done more on behalf of my opponent than comparable candidates have and most of them didn't endorse until the convention

It's obvious she inhaled what Slick Willie did not.

isonprize: MAJOR co-sign on all points!! "virtual dap!"

And, again, THANK YOU for the "cut, copy, paste" idea! :>) :>) :>)

What are HRC's supporters "issues"? I mean, I keep hearing her say that her supporters (that fictional 18 million) want to make sure their issues are addressed, well, what are they?

no clue here. Personally, I think they are whining. This was supposed to be their turn, her turn.

WARNING: broad brush statement alert...

These white women don't lose well. ( Yes, I know there were other Hillary supporters including many black women... )

But these white women simply cannot accept that a black man, with a black woman as his wife, is who they are supposed to support if they want a Dem in the White House. As a whole, these white women are scared of black men. Black men don't worship these white women, notwithstanding certain athletes and entertainers.

Sen. Clinton, in their minds, validates all of their perceived prejudices and slights. I think they are the ones that "drank the Kool-aid."

NOTICE: end of broad brush statement

I must agree with this broad stroke. The amount of disdain I have read for Michelle on puma sites has been harsh. One post rings in my mind " She's not a feminist, she's black." The talk of when Chelsea runs, good god it is Lady Di all over again. Silly women don't see that if her last name was Clinton she never would have won the NY senate seat. Even with Rudy still dropping out, LOL

I think the crazy second class citizen from Manhattan no less is the poster child of part of Hill's supporters. The others tend to be angry, angry white poor women from the South. Look, I get the anger, if I was married to a redneck, I would be full of bile 24/7. And if I were a gay woman in the South I think I would feel marginalized as well.

They are piss poor losers who claim that it will be good for the younger women to lose the right to have autonomy over their own bodies as punishment.

It is like this election run, brought back all those great times when they were young and Idealistic. It gave them a spark to their lives, they got connected to other sad unhappy women and men and had an event. Obama winning took it all away. And it will never be like this again.

Ahh, end of my own broad stroke.

Heh

I'll up the ante on the broad brush statement:

They don't lose well to someone they consider inherently inferior.

>>They don't lose well to someone they consider inherently inferior.

I think that explains the behavior coming from McCain and his campaign lunatics.

Not only that, these certain white women absolutely disdain black women who aren't shucking and giggling, and Michelle Obama is definitely not a shuck n buck type of black woman.

When did this occur because yesterday it was said that Hillary asked to have her name removed from nomination period?

My only comment about that announcement was about the timing of it.

Now this.

Expect her to be in the media a lot in the next three weeks.

Remember, those anti-Obama books hit the bookstores yesterday and Monday, on his birthday. Expect them to "prove" his unelectability.

Apparently, she will be campaigning for herself, ahem, I mean Barack, throughout August as well.

And her supporters are going to go crazy with talk of VP's and illegitimate nominees.

And the media will focus on their every word.

Just watch.

Operation Denver - sounds like a book to me.

Oh...ok...I thought it was just me...I kept hearing that "her turn" thing too - which simply screams "entitled".

This white woman agrees with you. These women are having ten kinds of nervous breakdowns. And the idea of Michelle Obama representing all American women as First Lady just has them twitching uncontrollably.

Really, I thought there were only 3 kinds of nervous breakdowns, all of which I had this week. I need to upgrade.

TruthSeeker: 2 cute! :>) :>) :>)

LOL!!!

This is only the beginning.

I said it before, I mean it again:

Barack is still fighting a nomination battle.

yup, yup

Wanted to give a heads up on an issue I discovered today.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2097/site-meter-causin...

I kept getting error messages when I tried to open this site and others last night and this morning. Thanks to a diary over at Kos, I was informed that any site using Site Meter is causing folks with Internet Explorer to be unable to open those pages. (I just changed to Firefox which is why I am here now). So far no news from Site Meter that they even recognize that there is a problem or when it will be fixed.

You guys may want to take Site Meter off temporarily until this gets fixed, or no one with IE will be able to open this page.

I couldn't get on last night at all and not until this evening today.

Me.too.

I missed you guys. <hugs>

But I didn't do anything and now I can come on in.

I just removed it from my site....though now I am missing my neurotic stats count checking routine.

It's creapy that anyone can see what IP's are logged onto the site, what browser they're using and a map of where they log on from....creepy.

I belonged to a musician's unofficial site and the mod would track everyone. She would make rude comments about posters she didn't like because she wanted them to leave on their own. She wanted to maintain the fantasy that they never banned anyone.

That was interesting. LOL

TruthSeeker: Ummmmmmm. I don't even know what y'all just said. So I cain't turn IT off or on 'cause I don't know where the switch/button is! :>) :>) I am so loving this "bloggin' thing." [Just between U and me, 4 months ago - I didn't know what the word BLOG meant.] :>) No telling and no laughing aloud. :>) :>) Thank you. :>)

Isn't it fun. It gives you a group of new friends.

Now McCain wants a black-brown divide to exploit....geez:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/01/mccain...

Yeah, I saw this. Actually, McCain has been doing this for awhile now. A couple of weeks ago, he went to a forum and said BHO just discovered the Latino vote. But wait, according to McCain, its BHO who is playing the race card. Please.

check THIS --- Wall Street Journal that asks whether Barack Obama might not be fat enough to be President
via-- Sadlyno

LOL, I like this person's comment:

I suppose Obama really should be taking out his stress not at the gym but by guzzling malt liquor and smoking blunts.

Bob Herbert does it again! Running While Black

Money quote:

Nevertheless, it’s frustrating to watch John McCain calling out Barack Obama on race. Senator Obama has spoken more honestly and thoughtfully about race than any other politician in many years. Senator McCain is the head of a party that has viciously exploited race for political gain for decades.

::

It amazes me that the talking heads - ALL OF THEM - act as though Barack never delivered "A More Perfect Union" and in it predicted EXACTLY what this presidential race would turn into if the media and the candidates and pollsters fed the animal.

How do remarks that Barack has been making for years suddenly "inject" race into the campaign, as though race was insulin or heroin or a serum that would cure some deadly disease?

Our media is most irresponsible, and in his press conference today, Barack said as much, in so many words, of course.

I'm sure his criticism wasn't lost on those fools.

It was sickening to watch them rationalize their behaviour after Scott McClellan? called them out. I hope they all go to China to cover the Olympics. I hope the Chinese government detains them for at least a year, every last one of them. And, I want to see one of each of their kidneys on the black market.

Now, I'm going to watch children's programming to calm my fevered brow.

I just turned on the tv and was about to skip past Faux Noise but they had 2 pundits on: 1 Black guy for the Rethgs and 1 Black Woman for common sense [Rita Lewis gotta find out who she is]. Obama is about to give a speech at the Urban League. So this pundit was talking out the side of his neck. Obama is playing the race card and McAncient nor Shrub would EVER do that. Rita gave him the smack down but was as sweet as pie with a smile on her face as she did it. It was great! Even the host joined in a little bit questioning the guy's views.

Sounds as if she goes to the Claire McCaskill School of Charm and Dagger Weaponry.

heh

I used to watch FOX donkey's years ago, before it became "fair and balanced". Now, I don't even know anymore where to find it on the dial.

He nailed it.

He really did, and the disrespect that McCain has been throwing at Obama since Obama officially became the "presumptive nominee" has been bothering me. No one calls McC[ompl]ain on it.

Does anyone else find it disturbing that YouTube will remove videos of copyright infringement but allow the most racist anti-black videos to stay up? I have posted an example of one such video in which the theme is encouraging the death of blacks and demeaning us as a race.

What really bothers me is them releasing the IP address and user name of every person who's watched a video owned by Viacom. It's a huge invasion of privacy. On the other hand I tend to think the gov't is and has always been COINTELPRO friendly and will always find a way to spy on its citizens regardless of FISA or any other ruling they come up with.

That's Barack's fault, too.

If he doesn't speak out against this attack soon, he will lose all credibility with Black people.

Seriously, though. I notice your comments go unremarked upon, so I want to respond.

Clearly, the issues you inform us about are serious and they deserve serious responses by those who have power to do something about them.

I'm not sure who that is or what such a response would look like.

Should we be asking members of the CBC to this up? Our senators? Our current President? The ACLU?

I've got nothing but questions.

I think that the ACLU would actually support this as an issue of free speech. I am not sure where to turn with this one to be honest. I just know that racial hatred like this should not be in the public sphere for consumption like this. YouTube is making money off of this...money off of racial hate. I would perhaps like to see a letter writing campaign of some sort, that might help

I didn't even look at the video because I don't want to see what you describe.

Who owns YouTube?

I don't know who owns YouTube...but you should not turn your back on this video as ugly as it is. I firmly believe it is important to stare this racist shit in the face and acknowledge it for what it is.

Google owns YouTube.

Youtube has taken down the offensive video but it was up for sometime before they removed it.

I may get around to it, but there are simply some things I don't need to see to know.

My candidate is in a racial strait jacket - the harder he pulls to get out of it, the tighter it will get.

But the old tools of subjugation are getting rusty.

How Many Licks Does It Take To Get To The Center Of Barack Obama?

BO's shifted his position on offshore drilling. Will there be a position he wont "shift" upon?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/01/obama-proposes-1000-emerg_n_116450.html

Are we at a point when a willingness to compromise is seen as a bad thing all the time? Obama didn't say "screw it, let just get to drilling offshore".

I believe in compromises. What I dont believe in is compromising your principles. It's like this. Candidate A says, I believe in XYZ; those are my principles. Poor ol' me looks at candidate A and say: He this guy/gal is worth supporting. I like his positions on XYZ.....but then, all of the sudden, candidate A begins to "compromise" on XYZ for the sake of....whatever, bipartisanship. Then, poor ol' me needs to rethink his support for candidate.

Last I checked, Barack was running on a "Change" agenda. He ran on a agenda to change Washington. He isnt running on a "compromise" agenda. And if he's willing to compromise on core issue such as FISA, IRAQ WAR, the environment, gun control, campaign finance.....then what exactly are we voting for? One more thing regarding this latest "compromise" from BO. What makes it even worse is that BO knows better. He knows better than you and I that drilling off shore is not going to bring gas prices down. He also knows the damage that drilling is going to cause to the environment. He knows that. After the last eight bush-cheney-rove-Daschle, pelosi, delay, reid, McCain, Rice, Powell, Clinton......I will not let any politician play me like a sucker. And that includes BO.

Barack Obama is running to end the gridlock in Washington. If he doesn't compromise,well then gridlock remains.

Change isn't some meaningless word. Ending gridlock and supporting compromise instead of my way or the highway is one example of change.

For the record, there is no legislation on the table. He said he's willing to support limited drilling as part of a compromise that will also include a comprehensive energy policy.

What principle is he compromising?

Of course he knows drilling won't make much of a difference. But if we do nothing, then we have the status quo.

Let's see what the legislation actually looks like before crying foul.

Maybe even Barack doesn't understand the forces that hold him aloft. He may truly believe that it's merely effort, strategy and calculation that propels him forward, rather than a wave of energy. If he doesn't know, and mitigates/dilutes his own energy with capitulation, then he may see his numbers stubbornly reach a plateau, or fall...mysteriously. Donations may still be great but may never quite reach it's full potential of close to 100 million per month.

I think the world has called Barack forth...literally. The same way if you focus your thoughts to a fine point and with great will, you can draw someone into your experience.

It's no coincidence the strange name, and his race. It's no coincidence the convention falls on the anniversary of MLK's "I have a dream speech". There are far too many "coincidences" for this to be a coincidence.

He may soothe himself with ideas about his obvious talents, but the energy of every conscious being is involved in this grand drama. Even the bigots long to lay down their burdens. It's no coincidence either that he is compared unkindly to the Messiah Jesus, who was also called forth by desire and longing for change.

The only thing his opponent can do, is try to distract us from the object of our desire, from our mass meditation with snide comparisons to Britney and Paris....and Moses.

John McCain, you are not the one we have been waiting for.

I love what you have written here

Golly, thanks.

Oh I've already resolved that no amount of rethuglican antics can stop this...we may have to endure the attacks, the manure, the stench - but this cant be stopped.

Maybe even Barack doesn't understand the forces that hold him aloft. He may truly believe that it's merely effort, strategy and calculation that propels him forward, rather than a wave of energy.

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Can't it be both?

Only if the strategy matches with the energy of change. Otherwise, it will only seem to backfire. Capitulating out of fear won't cut it. I always hope for Barack to do the grandest, most courageous thing.

I always expect him to do the grandest, most courageous thing.

I understand what you are saying. We were already the change and somehow he was picked up by us. The movement came before Barack.

He was there ready to be picked up, though!

"He was there ready to be picked up, though!"

Indeed!

But he is not Jesus - he WILL DISAPPOINT you. If we can be patient with Carter, Roosevelt, Clinton, etc --- I can certainly be patient with Obama.

I worked as a church secretary for several years for a man I believe he was giving it is best effort to do the will of God ---- but he made mistakes. So I hold no one on a pedestal.

ruthfw: co-sign. :>)

I'm sure that if Jesus was an actual historical figure, he disappointed too. Jews still don't consider him the Messiah.

Patient, but not silent.

it is a free country - exercise your rights...LOL

Even hopemongering me isn't that hopeful.

But I get your point.

No Craig. Let's stamp our feet like spoiled children until we get our way. That's how we are going to solve our problems. No compromises ever. Let's forget the fact that people on both sides of the aisle have been working on this issue for weeks with no solution, and Congress has adjourned until September without any energy legislation. As long as we strictly stick to what we believe is right, we are going to get what we want.

Oh, yeah, let's also forget Obama's discussion about partisan politics as the main reasons things don't get done in Washington. He was just blowing smoke. He wasn't serious about compromises or bipartisanship. So let's accuse him of having no principles and no back bone instead of actually doing research and making reasonable arguments.

Moses smell the roses, can someone please let me know when the grown ups come back to town.

After reading Obama's statements about each of those issues, both his initial position and where he stands today, what would be an example of him compromising his principles?

Huffington Post's approach to Obama is to exaggerate or make everything into a tabloid.

I am disturbed by the case of Tarika Wilson...this so called war on drugs seems to have a majority of black victims. Even if the cop that killed her is found guilty by his all white jury he will barely serve any time.

It's all Barack's fault.

And if Barack doesn't make a statement about it yesterday than he doesn't care about "black" issues.

Miranda: Hurry up and make that NEW SIGN!!! :>) :>)
"They "paying big Benjamins for "hecklin'! :>) :>) :>)
Just kidding - lest someone didn't read the other posts! :>) :>)