Jack & Jill Politics

Stupid but addictive rubbish:

http://www.iheartchaos.com/2008/12/19/2008-a-ye...

tasteless, just totally tasteless...

IMO, a refreshingly sane diary at dkos:

All the Gay People are White, All the Whites are Men...But Some of Us Are Brave

Sorry if this is a duplicate, I'm in a rush to pry myself off the computer.

thanks for posting this. going to read it now.

I think Obama is great, but, he doesn't look cool in that picture. a writer from the Huffintonpost had it right, he looks like a community theater member.

I thought he looked like a Black Amish Guy who was rebelling by firing up a smoke.

LOL

One of my fav Aretha Franklin performances. Singing "Nessun Dorma" at the 1998 Grammy's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUvJZ26shqc

Thanks for sharing this lamh!

Caption this pic? Wow, well....

1) I gotta stay hi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-igh 'til I di-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEnjAc0HEkQ

2) Hey, hey, hey, hey. Smoke weed everyday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsY3dEpgLgk

3) You fuckin' up the rotation. Puff, puff, give.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUjClJked8

I love The Next Episode! I could do without the cuss words tho!

Hold up.... hey
for my niggas who be thinkin' we soft
We don't..... play
We gonna' rock it 'til the wheels fall off
Hold up......... hey
for my niggas who be actin' too bold
Take a........ seat
Hope you ready for the next episode
HeyyyeyyyeEYEYyyyEYYYY....
.... smoke weed everyday!


Just love it!

Eyes half mast, inhaling that ciggie. He's sayin' "Come on. You know you want to." LMAO!

I swear......I was thinking the same thing! It screams it! lol!

So, I was just thinking about the inauguration, and I don't know if it's just me, but who else is happy that Beyonce' ain't gonna be no where near the stage for the inauguration. Who's with me? Come on raise your hands, don't be shy.

I love me some Re-Re, but how many of ya'll think Obama may have actually asked JHud to sing at the inauguration. Probably not I bet, since the inaugural seems to be more statesmen-like, but it would have been fun to see JHud rip it for President Obama..

I wonder what Re-Re will sing. Whatever she sings, I hope she gets plenty of rest, because even though she can still rip it, she can someting get to caught up in her alliterations of the lyrics and not coming off great. Having said that, I've never seen an abysmal perfromance by Aretha Franklin ever in my young 32 years

*raising both hands*

I for one am glad that Beyonce will not perform. Mr. President and First Lady are too classy to for Beyonce's floor show.

me

I read in an article that Rikyrah posted a while back, that his committee did invite JHud to sing. I guess that has changed.

I remember watching one of the music shows some time ago when ReRe sang an Italian song that was so beautiful it gave me chills.

That was on the grammy's! It was a rendition of nosta dorma(?) pavrotii was supposed to perform it. In fact he actually rehearsed it, but at the last minute he didn't go on. So, the Queen of Soul stepped in and gave the most soulful rendition of an Italian opera song ever. It was named as one of Grammy's top 20 best performances ever. Gave me chills too.

It's Nessun Dorma and Aretha did an incredible job. Not many ppl can give Pavarotti a run for his $$, but she did. Marvelous!

yes! yes! You are right. That's it!

Here it is ....

Aretha Franklin - Nessun Dorma @ The Grammys

Thanks for the flashback., Texas_Girl. That's why ReRe tits aren't gonna be an issue.

oops, great minds think alike I guess.

There is a reason why she is called the Queen of Soul. She added her own flava to this song.

And you know.....ReRe....if you still have this outfit, please wear it.

Actually is was called "Nessun Dorma"

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUvJZ26shqc

hehe!!!

STAR TRIBUNE OJECTS FRANKEN IN BY 89 VOTES- CNN

Found this article over on Black Enterprise...Victoria's Secret Pink Brand is expanding its college gear line to HBCU's


Pink Rolls Out HBCU Apparel
Brand has largest retail distribution of HBCU gear

by Marcia A. Wade - December 16, 2008

When Victoria’s Secret Pink visited Florida A&M University (FAMU) last fall to announce that the historically black university would be included in Pink’s roll out of its collegiate collection—the largest retail distribution that has ever been given to an HBCU collegiate apparel—the students responded by buying out every single item at the makeshift Pink pop-up campus store.

So it’s no wonder that Richard Dent, CEO of Victoria’s Secret Pink brand is expecting huge returns when Howard University, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T University, and Southern Louisiana University joins FAMU in the second phase of Pink’s collegiate collection, which already includes 33 other schools that were launched in June 2008.

“Students at Howard and FAMU went crazy for it after the initial press release and campus tour. It was one of the best sales from a campus pop-up store ever,” says Dent, noting that Pink preproduction samples with FAMU logos could be viewed on models but were not available for purchase. “The students wiped out the merchandise within a few hours. We had to go get merchandise from another store. We don’t know how much we could have sold because we ran out of product. I think that our experience so far will validate what people have been saying for many years—that African Americans are a strong and viable commercial entity that has been very underserved by major corporations.”

The Pink brand is geared toward young, college-aged women and includes t-shirts, sweatpants, sweatshirts, underwear, and other apparel. Its Historically Black Colleges and Universities apparel is now available at Victoria’s Secret stores near four of the universities and will be available online Dec. 23. (Hampton apparel will appear in stores mid-January because they submitted approval late, according to Dent.) Pink is in discussions to partner with the Tom Joyner Foundation and Black America Web to do a joint promotion for the HBCU line of clothing under the Pink brand.

Additionally, a portion of the royalties from the sale of the merchandise will go back to each school. The percentage varies from school to school depending upon royalty agreements......

Read more : http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/busines...

OH....Michelle was a dancer y'all.......THIS is why he is always looking at her like that!!! Michelle got Barack on LOCK.....LOL

http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Chicago_news/An...

mmmm hmmm...she was shakin' what her momma gave her and he was checkin' for Brown Sugar!

Ha! Legs that go on for an eternity!

I know I'm super late with this (it's been a busy day...I'm now leaving work), but I just read this and I'm THRILLED to death: it looks like Hilda Solis is on board as Sec.of Labor!!!

Can I take a minute to do a happy dance? Pardon me... *getting my funky jive walk on*...

I am SO HAPPY to have a progressive at such a high level, in such an important position. Looks great!!!

From First Read: For those of you concerned about the racial and ethnic make-up of Obama's cabinet. Evidently, Obama elevated EPA , OMB Chief and UN Ambassador to cabinet level positions.

*** Cabinet census: Obama has tapped retiring GOP Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) to be his Transportation secretary -- to be named Friday with likely his Labor secretary as well (maybe one of two Congresswomen -- Hilda Solis, of California or Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut), First Read has learned. Given that Obama’s cabinet team is almost all but complete, now’s as good a time as any to break down the cabinet by the numbers. Note: We include the offices that Obama gives cabinet rank (EPA administrator, OMB chief, and UN ambassador). Today, Obama holds a press conference at 10:45 am ET to announce Mary Schapiro the chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and an open Federal Reserve Board seat (Georgetown professor Daniel Tarullo), none of which hold cabinet rank. But in the wake of Madoff, the P.R. timing of these announcements couldn't be better for Team Obama.

Here are the numbers:

- 7 Ivy Leaguers (Clinton, Duncan, Geithner, Holder, Donovan, Orszag, Jackson)
- 6 State Schoolers (Daschle, Vilsack, Chu, Napolitano, Salazar, Gates)
- 6 Raised in the Midwest (Clinton, Daschle, Vilsack, Gates, Duncan, LaHood) Note: This doesn’t include Chu, who was born in Missouri but grew up in New York)
- 4 Women (Clinton, Napolitano, Rice, Jackson)
- 4 Raised in New York (Holder, Donovan, Geithner, Chu – who grew up on Long Island; does not include Napolitano who was born in NYC or Clinton who currently lives there)
- 3 African Americans (Holder, Rice, Jackson)
- 3 Westerners (Salazar, Richardson, Napolitano -- who was born in NYC but raised in Albuquerque)
- 3 Basketball Players (Duncan, Rice, Holder -- does not include NSA appointee Gen. James Jones)
- 2 Hispanics (Salazar, Richardson)
- 2 Asian Americans (Shinseki, Chu)
- 2 Republicans (Gates, Lahood)
- 2 Sitting Senators (Clinton, Salazar)
- 2 Sitting Governors (Napolitano, Richardson)
- 1 Raised in the South (Jackson, who was born in Philadelphia, but adopted a few weeks later and grew up in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward)

Gates is a registered independent. MSNBC should know better.

He was tied to Bush - that's why they labeled him a ReThug.

But MSNBC is trying to keep up with Fake Noise - remember how any of the ReThugs caught with their slips showing suddenly were identifed like this:

"Rep. Mark Foley, D-Florida"

And they knew damned well Foley was a Republican. They did that to confuse their viewers; most of which have no more than a seventh grade education anyway.

Minnesota Senate Recount Update
by: Oreo
Thu Dec 18, 2008

Current count: +5 - Coleman

http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/213/minnes...

Al Giordano at The Field on the Rick Warren controversy, is saying exactly what I feel about the selection.
Ya'll really should read this post, it is basically what a lot of people from this site are saying. Here's a little piece, but ya'll should read the whole post:

You Don't Get Inclusion by Calling for Exclusion


"...There are new rules, folks. The tired 1970s academic tactics of seeking to censor and ban others from speaking because of political disagreements are over. Stick a fork in 'em. They're done.

The objection to Warren is that he opposed gay marriage through California's Proposition 8. Well, guess what? So did a slight majority of Californians. Should they be disinvited to the inaugural, too?

We're not talking about a policy position here. It's a fucking prayer, that's all...you don't win inclusion in society by campaigning for exclusion of others"

Hallalujah holla back

absofuckinlutely!

100% Co-sign.

Exactly.

Major Co-Sign!

Forget David Gregory, Damon Weaver for Meet the Press!

This kid is great, I hope he gets his sit-down interview with President Elect Obama, or better yet, the first interview with President Obama.

Damon Weaver interviews Joe Biden

Damon interviews Caroline Kennedy

Part 2 at a campaign office is hilarious -- so cute!

The Neutral Reporter's Haircut

Madoff Scandal Could Lead to $17-Billion in Tax Losses Nationwide...

Hmmmm? This *ish* is really fishy to me.

Maybe I'm being a conspiracy theorist...but it feels like this Madoff Scandal is evolving into a very, very nice tax shelter for some of the richest mutha-*** in this country...

And something tells me that "wealthy" people who never invested a cot-dayum cent with Madoff are about to get paid with our tax dollars.

Something is really fishy here...

Oh....it reeks....it REEKS. Something is odd about the timing.....why did the SEC sit on reports about this guy? Why is this happening RIGHT NOW.

Madoff is married to the niece of a former SEC attorney. SEC is caught napping on Madoff's shenanigans. Coincidence? You be the judge.

This may have been posted already; if so, apologies.

REGULATION
Obama picks Mary Schapiro to head Securities and Exchange Commission

Mary Schapiro, chief executive officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), speaks during the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in New York, on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Schapiro, a veteran Wall Street regulator and former SEC commissioner, would take over an agency under fire for failing to detect an alleged $50-billion Ponzi scheme.

By Jim Puzzanghera and Peter Nicholas
December 18, 2008

Reporting from Washington -- Moving quickly to name a new head of an agency under fire for failing to detect an alleged $50-billion Ponzi scheme, President-elect Barack Obama has selected Mary Schapiro, an experienced Wall Street regulator, to be chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The selection of Schapiro, 53, a former SEC commissioner, was confirmed by a Democratic official Wednesday night. Obama is expected to announce her nomination at a news conference today in Chicago.

Ummmm...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-schapiro1...

Rahm Emmanuel:

Regulators
we regulate any stealing of America's property
and we damn good too
But you can't be any geek off the street,
gotta be handy with the steel if you know what I mean, earn your keep!
REGULATORS!!! MOUNT UP!

Obama:

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon
Biden & me was on the streets, trying to consume
some coffee for the eve, so we can clean up
this mess Bush made, left USA in a funk

Biden:

Madoff took us on a ride so easily
stole 50 Billion dollars, fooled the SEC
taking that amount of money aint no easy feat
what more is gonna happen early next week?

Obama:

So I turned on the news and said "Uh oh"
Bush dodging a shoe like he was Neo
Secret Service nowhere to be seen, I said "What's up?"
If that had happened to me, Michelle would f' em up

Biden:

Bush saw that shoe and did the swerve
SS told Bush to hit the curb
I ain't never seen that brotha react so quick
Got Iraq and USA all in his mix

Obama:

The country getting jacked, it's breaking itself
Errybody lost money, nobody got wealth
We running out of money for unemployment checks
I looked at Joe Biden and said "Damn, what's next?"

Biden:

The Big Three is jacked up and they came to town
begging for $25 Billion or they'll be in the ground
Gotta come up with a plan or they'll all shut down
Next year I don't think Chrysler will be around

Obama:

The gov sold my seat
MSNBC tryin' to bring me down
I can't believe this happenin in my own town
If I had wings I could fly
let me contemplate
why did this fool have to be from my state?

Biden:

It's plain as day, gov got caught on tape
Fox News 24-7 tryin' to playa hate
now they tryna be nice
it's a tad bit late
Barack O and Joey B got to regulate

Obama:

I'm tweaking
into a whole new era
O-Funk
step to this
I dare ya
The Prez...
on a whole new level

Biden:

the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble

Obama:

Hope
Change
We brings
people together
O-Funk
where rhythm is life
and life is rhythm

Hillary Clinton:

If you know like I know
you don't wanna step to this
It's the O-Funk era
Hannity got his panties in a twist
if you was smoked like I was smoked
then you was crying everyday
and if your ass is a buster
President O will regulate

hells yes. put this genius on the youtubes!

WOO - HOO!!!

Oh yeah! Lovin' it Town. You missed your calling. Playwright extraordinaire.

Really! You're good, Town! No shyt!

Too funny!

LOLOLOLOL!!!!! Town you are just too much.

Town, I'm down. Both hands up clickng my fingers! Yeah!

According to Robert Kuttner of American Prospect, Mary Schapiro, is just what Wall Street wanted:

And of course, her appointment is no accident. There were much tougher, more public minded appointees for SEC chair on the short list, but they were blocked by fierce industry lobbying warning that tough regulators would be divisive or controversial -- which they indeed would, if they did their jobs. Wall Street fundraisers for Obama used their ample access to resist a tough appointee. People in other power centers, like the Treasury and the White House, did not want a tough and independent SEC. If you think the appointment process exists in some kind of platonic post-ideological vacuum, get real.

um, Town? my GOODness!

"Pass the Dutchie"

I think that these pics are cool. It shows a more human and innocent side to the President-Elect.

Sharpton takes Caroline Kennedy to lunch in Harle
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer –1 hr 52 mins ago
Featured Topics: Barack Obama Presidential Transition


NEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at a famed Harlem soul food restaurant as she continued her quest to join her uncle in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy smiled as she and the civil rights activist made their way through a throng of media and into Sylvia's, whose walls are lined with photographs of visiting politicians including the Clintons.

"I come at this as a mother, as a lawyer, as an author, as an education advocate and from a family that really has spent generations in public service," Kennedy told reporters after lunch. "I feel this commitment, and this is a time when nobody can afford to sit out. And I hope that I have something to offer."
The late President John F. Kennedy's daughter acknowledged Wednesday she's seeking to be appointed to the Senate seat held by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be secretary of state.

Kennedy was asked what she would need to do to prepare herself for the post, which has attracted the interest of at least a dozen Democratic officials including her former relative by marriage, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

"I have, you know, quite a lot to learn, but I feel like I bring a lot with me, as well," Kennedy said.

There is more

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_el_se...

You mean the black folks weren't screaming "Gimme my muthafuckin' ice tea?"

Naw, they didn't take Falafel O'Reilly with them; he's the one always hollering for "Mother Effing Iced Tea".

Caroline has been around Black folk and looks quite comfortable with us. And I bet she got her grub on, too. LOL

You go to Sylvia's these days, you're likely to see more white folk in there than US, cause white folk like good eats, too.

Yeah! We ain't throwin' chicken bones on the floor shoutin" b*tch better have my check.

Thank you, Town! Again, I screamed out like a mental patient. You are so funny!

LOL!

Town,

Do you think he really meant that shyt? Is he that stupid or was it for the cameras? Just wow!

I think Bill O'Really? really meant that. He was trying to give a compliment in his mind but underneath the "compliment" was the racist thoughts he had in the first place. This is the same idiot who thinks if you say "Happy Holidays" you are assaulting the Christian religion.

Bill O'Reilly is truely a stupid moron!

LMAO!!!

Nope, but the video I saw, Caroline was getting down on some greens...damn that food looked good.

Sylvia's cook puts their foot into some greens in that joint. Make you want to slap yo momma with those greens (and I'm into the pot liquor - must have it on the greens, y'all).

And the fried chicken with fried prawns are da bomb-diggity, too!

Damn, I'm getting hungry....

I think Sylvia's is overrated.

(ducks flying objects from JJPers)

I mean her food was good at one time, but it seems like the restaurant is coasting on their reputation. Other soul food joints worth checking out instead are Londel's (also in Harlem) and Pink Teacup (in the West Village).

I think I'll try Londel's because Sylvia's has become more of a tourist trap than anything else. They still throw down, but every now and then, you want to bust a move on the cook cause the last time I was there, I had the pork chops and they were tough - and dry, too.

The wait staff took one look at my face looking at the tough pork chop and removed it and brought me some fried prawns and charged me the price of the pork chop (which was considerably cheaper than the prawns), so it was all good.

And you know what I don't understand? WE CAN COOK.

Why do (some of) our restaurants do that? Get a great reputation and then live on it for years to follow.

Now in Philly, don't even try that. Not that other places ain't on it, but Philly is a serious foodie town. Get away from the touristy places (umm, like Delilah's, but you ain't heard it from me..) and into the 'hood. There are some great soul food restaurants. And many have great vegetarian choices also.

But the real secret is some of the churches that do the old school 'church dinners' on Friday nights or Saturday afternoon. Sistas be in the kitchen (with those black sneakers and hair nets...), BURNIN' collards greens, turnips greens, candied yams, mac and cheese, baked chicken, fresh batter fried fish --

Beans and rice, potato salad, turnips, string beans, green salad with onions, 'maters and cukes, (and that French salad dressing, can't forget that...) Ice tea, or that ridiculously sweet red punch.

Peach cobbler, sweet potato pie, butter pound cake, 7up cake, red velvet cake?

Whoooohooo STOP PLAYIN' . Just put that diet aside, 'cause these church dinners will put Sylvia's to shame... (and run your cholesterol sky high, which is why I can talk about 'em way more that I can actually put in an order for one, but still....)

We have no excuse to run a tired, worn-around-the-edges, living in the past restaurant.

isonprize, I know that's right. Those church ladied didn't even play. DROP SKILLETT ON IT!! Hey know!

Now in Philly, don't even try that. Not that other places ain't on it, but Philly is a serious foodie town. Get away from the touristy places (umm, like Delilah's, but you ain't heard it from me..) and into the 'hood. There are some great soul food restaurants. And many have great vegetarian choices also.

I have a soft spot for Ron's Ribs. It's right down the street from where I get my hair done so I end up there after an appointment unless I'm jonesing for some jerk chicken, in which case I head to Jamaican Jerk Hut.

Y'all want to know who's really overrated in DC?

GEORGIA BROWN'S. Yeah I said it.

They don't even have Black people working the kitchen - so its a crap shoot as to whether or not the mac and cheese will be tight, cause the chicken don't make it anymore.

And you might as well call what they call "grits" "polenta" cause that's what it really is.

And while we are on the subject, can you say B SMITH'S?

Does anyone even go there anymore??

B. Smith's still gets the Capitol Hill crowd, because she's in Union Station, right across the street from the Hill.

I am partial to her fried chicken breast with a Maryland Crab cake on top, but no, I haven't been there since New Year's Eve 2007.

But Georgia Brown's is really Over-Hyped; more so than B. Smith's.

Thanks for the tip on the Maryland Crab cake. I can't go to Washington/MD without having me some Maryland Crab cakes!!!!!!!

Overhyped and overpriced, for what it is.

Went there for lunch one day about a month ago, and I'm still disappointed.

She is overrated. My family is from Harlem Miss Kitty. Sylvia's ain't what it used to be. It's European Tourists lookin' for that "authentic Black Experience" and then back on the tour buses they go.

Another person who is chiming in to say Sylvia's is overrated. I have tried almost every soul food place in NYC and most of it doesnt pass muster.

Me and Londel's nevah clicked...

Their Sunday brunches sucked.

Sylvia's has a canned soul food line; I've been able to get some mustard and collard greens at my local health food store here in Madison.

Let me testify...they are GOOD...!

When I lived in Harlem, I went to Sylvia's for Thanksgiving one year. LAWD...place was interracially packed. And the plates were heaped.

You might want to try the Glory food line for collards as well.

They even put out the ones with low sodium, cause you know how our blood pressure rises from too much salt in our diet.

canned greens...? ewwwww.

See, I thought the same way, until I actually had them. GLORY's puts out a good product and Sylvia's does, too.

In Cali, I used to get them at Albertson's, but now that Lucky's reclaimed their supermarket chain from Albertson's I guess you won't be able to get them unless you're east of Cali. When I lived in Oakland, I used to buy them when I came east, either to Texas or DC, and shipped them UPS back home so I could get my grub on.

I even use the canned sweet potatoes to make pies and no one is the wiser. I ain't got time to be picking and washing greens, or baking and mashing sweet potatoes for pies these days, though I'll do it during the holidays, cause my momma would come up out of her grave and slap me silly if I'm throwing down for the holidays and I don't do the shyt from scratch like she taught me.

Don't knock it. I usually get fresh or frozen vegetables, but finding Sylvia's soul food greens in a health food store in Madison makes her products the happy exception to the rest of the tired, bland, vitamin-deficient canned foods supermarkets present the populace. Just try it.

The website I gave upthread also includes Sylvia's spices, yams, black-eyed peas, etc. There's even a site where you can buy her hair care products, too.

i gotta check ou the hair care products for my Afro.

I've tried her canned food line. I wasn't impressed. But in a pinch, when you're only serving yourself, they're about as good as anything else in a can.

The microwaveable chicken alfredo dinner that I'm about to eat...certainly has a lot less appeal right now....me sad.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geez, blksista, you got me salivating!

The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at a famed Harlem soul food restaurant as she continued her quest to join her uncle in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy smiled as she and the civil rights activist made their way through a throng of media and into Sylvia's, whose walls are lined with photographs of visiting politicians including the Clintons.


Wonder what was going through the Clintons mind?

Bubba probably wanted to know why Big Al didn't invite him.

Justice8, I wonder if they're wondering how that freshly released donor list is gonna pan out

Yes. ....With those questionable donors!

Conflict of interest? I can only hope...

Looked liked a list of the United Nations.....Clinton had money coming in from some of everywhere

Mianda, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if a few semen-stained dressess make an entrance at some point.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!! You KNOW you wrong!!

You know Bubba loves to sow his wild oats.

Hell, he's sixty-two and should be trying to sit his old ass down somewhere. Isn't he tired of sowing all those wild oats - some of them might be getting ready to return to roost.

Dayum, CPL. He's got 10 years on me. I hope to still be getting my "groove" on ten years from now. umm,.. with my husband of course. LOL!

Bill Clinton: He ain't take me to Sylvia's, and Hill he ain't take you to Sylvia's either.

Hillary Clinton: Now, Bill. Can you REALLY see US at Sylvia's?

Bill Clinton: Well, no. You're right, Hill.

Hillary: Besides, we all know that's probably the first time Caroline has been around that many black people and I just think it's funny. Can you imagine, Caroline Kennedy at SYLVIA's in HARLEM? (laughs)

Bill: Yeah, Hill, that is funny. You're right, we didn't need to hang out in the slums to get your Senate seat. And you didn't need to be in there anyway what with all that soul food settling down your hips.

**Hillary gives Bill a stony stare**

Bill: Oops, I know the drill. Guest bedroom at the other end of the house, right?

Hillary: Mmm-hmm.

Town,

you continue to be hilarious.

too funny for words.

Thing is, Town, Clinton was visiting Sylvia's on his own already, way before his bypass surgery.

And the way Billy Jeff eats, it probably led to the bypass surgery.

ROTFLMFAMO!!!!!! True dat!

Town,

I can't stop laughing! You really should get paid! You're good at it!

I'm sure that they are scheming up photo ops that show how "black" Bill is... you know, eating watermelon, grits, chicken, whatever with his millions that he has taken from the Saudis and other questionable donors.

I think that the Kennedy family has been firmly committed to civil rights, and Caroline knows the implications that it carries. Her dad was down with civil rights before others had the guts to be.

I'm sure that they are scheming up photo ops that show how "black" Bill is... you know, eating watermelon, grits, chicken, whatever with his millions that he has taken from the Saudis and other questionable donors.


Hell yeah, you're right! I don't care how "black" they become......They'll never get my vote again....ever!

Drew Peterson has another fiance.

Where do they find these women?

They haven't found his last missing wife yet.

They find these women where the Hillside Strangler, the Unabomber, Scott Peterson and Richard Ramirez find their women - ON LINE.

The same place OJ found his!

Pretty soon they'll be finding her in a shallow grave out in the woods somewhere.

Can you believe the gall of this jerk? For crying out loud.....the wife is missing!

Drew Peterson wanna be so slick. He is pure evil!

Okay, by getting another fiance, he's as good as admitting he KNOWS that Stacy is DEAD.

And the officials should be grilling his ass about THAT, cause he either killed her or had her killed.

He is so darn arrogrant, just throws it in his missing wife's family's faces!

Drew Peterson wants to continually hurt the wife's family. Any woman he comes in contact with should run for dear life! Seriously!

Seriously I think they're inbreeds.

This woman is 23 years old. It was reported this morning the dad was going to do everything in his power to stop the marriage. I hope he does, otherwise, he might be looking for her also.

Does she have brothers? cousins? I promise, if this was one of my relatives.......one phone call to my hood cousins in Memphis.....game over.

For Real. I have two big ass brothers, three big ass nephews, and two big-ass first cousins named Big Mike and Tank.

Need I say more?

The man is too fine for words!

The way he walks...
The way he smiles....

You gotta admit, when he flashes that smile....


Whew Lawd.......G.r.e.e.n.L.a.d.y. where you at?



Thump

Justice58: Runnin' out the door to a church meetin'! LOL!! :>) :>)


***throwin' cold water on your face*** WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

LOL!!! :>) :>) :>)

Picture Caption:

"There's a natural mystic flowing through the air.."

Sepia,

Too funny! You had me laughing out loud!

Michelle, I am so sorry for what I'm thinking right now...... *sits next to GLH in front of the air conditioner*

Sepia: ***makin' room for U and Justice58*** :>) :>)

Do you guys have room for me? Dang....Barack Obama is one fine man! Woo Hoo!

Justice, I can't stop staring at that picture! If I was a hoochie and I had a time machine, guuuuuurl! *fans self*

Amen Sepia. It would be some India Irie "Brown Skin" going on.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barack about Michelle:

"Yeah, baby got more junk in her trunk than my car, so, I'm gonna make her an offer she can't refuse."

rikyrah: Betcha thought that I forgot to post the 6th DAY of Christmas! :>)

Straight No Chaser - 12 Days of Christmas

6 Geese Laying

This group is really talented. They were featured on "The Christmas At The White House" yesterday. :>)

I heard about these stories back in 2005...but convinced myself it was only urban legend. My gut always knew better.

Katrina's Hidden Race War

It was September 1, 2005, some three days after Hurricane Katrina crashed into New Orleans, and somebody had just blasted Herrington, who is African-American, with a shotgun. "I just hit the ground. I didn't even know what happened," recalls Herrington, a burly 32-year-old with a soft drawl.

The sudden eruption of gunfire horrified Herrington's companions--his cousin Marcel Alexander, then 17, and friend Chris Collins, then 18, who are also black. "I looked at Donnell and he had this big old hole in his neck," Alexander recalls. "I tried to help him up, and they started shooting again." Herrington says he was staggering to his feet when a second shotgun blast struck him from behind; the spray of lead pellets also caught Collins and Alexander. The buckshot peppered Alexander's back, arm and buttocks.

Herrington shouted at the other men to run and turned to face his attackers: three armed white males. Herrington says he hadn't even seen the men or their weapons before the shooting began. As Alexander and Collins fled, Herrington ran in the opposite direction, his hand pressed to the bleeding wound on his throat. Behind him, he says, the gunmen yelled, "Get him! Get that nigger!"

Full story:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/thompson

I read the story Miranda and it is simply unbelievable. I can't believe what hapenned to these men and I really can't believe that nothing has been done about it. Horrific.

The new information should reframe our understanding of the catastrophe. Immediately after the storm, the media portrayed African-Americans as looters and thugs--Mayor Ray Nagin, for example, told Oprah Winfrey that "hundreds of gang members" were marauding through the Superdome. Now it's clear that some of the most serious crimes committed during that time were the work of gun-toting white males.

So far, their crimes have gone unpunished.




For the love of God~ Why haven't we heard about the white male shooters? This horrific crime occured and all we heard was "black people looting" and "whites getting food for survival".

I remember Bill O'Reilly stating after a camera shot showed a young black boy running...if you shoot them down in the street, then you're wrong and you'll have all kinds of trouble. OMFG!

I heard him....right there!

Its like the years after reconstruction in the south after the war....its like its been hushed up.

After 3 years, we have only just begun to uncover the horrors of Katrina.

Ain't nobody dope as me I'm dressed so fresh so clean
(So fresh and so clean clean)
Don't you think I'm so sexy I'm dressed so fresh so clean
(So fresh and so clean clean)
Ain't nobody dope as me I'm dressed so fresh so clean
(So fresh and so clean clean)
I love when you stare at me I'm dressed so fresh so clean
(So fresh and so clean clean)

(And we are...) the coolest motherfunkers on the planet
(In my mind...) the sky is fallin ain't no need to panic
(But Oh oh.....) I got a stick and want yo automatic
(Oh oh oh...) Compatible created in the attic

Heh. I still think that should be the unofficial anthem of the Obama-Biden Administration...after Biden's comments last year, I just could not get that song out of my head! It took weeks.

"As a matter of fact I did inhale. You got a problem with that?"

...mr. pres in type retromack bohemian

I belong to you
And you, you
You belong to me too

You make my life complete
You make me feel so sweet

yeah...he reminds me a little of lenny in this pic too.

With apologies to Afroman:

I was gonna go to work but then I got high
I just got a new promotion but I got high
now I'm selling hope and I know why - cause I got high


LMAO

heeheehee

He's more than posing...he's speaking to his photographer with his eyes:
You know you want this...

My question would be, "Did you 'hit' it before or after your 'photo' session?"

Obama: The College Years

'cause you KNOW a lil sump'n sump went down. So, I'm figuring in between --

He came in with the jacket on and the fro nearly perfect. Ended with the hat and the cigarette...

"He was really cute. But what else does a 20 year old girl remember?"

Indeed. DAMN.

I like it when she said, "Oh...and I didn't realize I used up a whole roll of film..."

LMAO...Film wasn't cheap back in those days. That "film" wasn't all that she used up, lol.

hmmm.

A good one.

I am cool like dat, cool like dat

rikyrah: I'm sorry. I just cain't. He is the PEOTUS.

I know. I coulda kept this to myself. Sorry.

Come on. You know you want to. LMAO!

You're killing me! lol

sdg1844: ***shakin' my head*** :>) :>) Maybe L8R.

til the cops come knockin...

isonprize: LOL!! :>) :>) U R waaaaay 2 C-R-A-Z-E-E-!!! :>) :>)

heeeeeyyyyy...............that song is lethal.

I'm sorry. You'll just have to arrest me.

Wheww.... In fact, please arrest me, 'cause if Michelle even halfway knew what I was thinking, I'd be dead fo' sho!!

And the Love Jones version of Sumpthin Sumpthin - Oh my.......no one should be held accountable for what they do when that song is playing.

*hands you a fan and a bucket of ice*

Sepia: LOL!!! :>) :>) ***pouring the ice on my head annnnnnd, standing in it!!**** **in front of the "AIR CONDITIONER"****

Annnnnnnd **using the "OXYGEN MASK**** :>) :>)


****really shakin' - - - - - - my head*** :>) :>)

Gotta go to "church meetin'. L8R!! :>)

I look at this picture and all I can hear in my head is "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War.

*giggles*

Picture caption:

" Bitch better have my money."

(forgive me, Mama).

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. SMH. I would expect something like that from me, but from you rikyrah. For shame!!!! :-p

I knew you had it in you. ;)

Bad. girl.! lol

No. You. Did. Not.

You know you wrong...(hehehehehehheh!)

why do you think I'm asking Mama's forgiveness?