Jack & Jill Politics

Um...need I remind anyone that its the local and state governments job to respond to natural disasters...not the federal government. Regarding Katrina, it took the governor days to let Bush come in and help.

Secondly, these "wars" that we're fighting wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the bipartisan support..from wonderful liberals like Kerry and Clinton.

Also, (according to the national education association) since no child left behind the gap between black fourth grade boys and white fourth grade boys has decreased. Everyone loves to blame Bush for NCLB but it was a bipartisan bill written by two democrats... Miller from California and Kennedy.

You know, both parties have to compete for the attention of other races because there is no such thing as a monolithic vote for whites or hispanics. Blacks are the only ones that have allegience to this one party even though alot of what they stand for (abortion, gay marriage, and NO SCHOOL CHOICE vouchers for poor kids) we're unequivocally against...

Also, to blame Bush for hispanics and blacks not graduating is more than...idiotic...especially because most of these decrepit school systems are run by LOCAL Liberal Democrats...

I realize it doesn't matter the facts...I can't fight with rhetoric and typical liberal talking points...

http://blog.afroconservative.com

I know from time to time we all would like to embed video's to make our point. Here is a post on how to do it:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/msm-begins...

Is JJP prepared for this? I know you attempted to change your comments section and it was(still is?) jamming the sytem.

rikyrah: This comes under the heading - -AYKM**??

Sources: Burris won't be allowed on Senate floor Tuesday

(CNN) -- The man tapped by Illinois' embattled governor to fill an open U.S. Senate seat will be turned away if he arrives for Tuesday's inauguration of new members, according to two Democratic aides.

Roland Burris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, will not be allowed on the Senate floor, according to the aides -- one who is familiar with Senate Democratic leaders' plans, and the other an aide to the Senate Democratic leadership.

Democrats in the Senate have twice this week said they have the authority to refuse to accept anyone appointed by Blagojevich, who was arrested December 9, accused by federal authorities of corruption, including allegedly trying to sell Obama's seat for personal gain.

Blagojevich, who denies wrongdoing and has ignored calls to resign, named Burris -- a Democrat and a former Illinois state comptroller and attorney general -- to serve the last two years of Obama's Senate term.

The first Democratic aide said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber on Tuesday, the Senate doorkeeper will stop him. If Burris were to persist, either trying to force his way onto the Senate floor or refusing to leave and causing a scene, U.S. Capitol police would stop him, the aide said. Watch efforts to keep Burris from the Senate Video

"They [police] probably won't arrest him," but they would call the Senate's sergeant-at-arms, the aide said.

Burris has indicated he intends to be at the Senate on Tuesday. When asked about what would happen if he shows up, Burris told the Chicago Tribune that he is "not going to create a scene in Washington."

We hope it's negotiated out prior to my going to Washington," he added, according to the Tribune.

Burris told CNN that he was "certainly going to make contacts with the leadership to let them know that the governor of Illinois has made a legal appointment, and that I am currently the junior senator for the state of Illinois."

"And we're hoping and praying that they will see the reason in appointing me as a very qualified, capable, able and ready-to-serve individual," Burris said.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms, Terrance Gainer, served in the Illinois government at the same time as Burris. Gainer was the director of the Illinois State Police from 1991 to 1995 -- the same years Burris was the Illinois attorney general.

[Oh what a tangled web. . .]

Senate Democratic leaders also have discussed what might happen if Blagojevich shows up on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the first aide said. This would be a "radioactive" situation, according to the aide, because Senate Democratic leaders could not deny Blagojevich entry, as sitting governors have floor privileges in the Senate.

Governors are allowed to walk around the Senate chamber or talk with senators while on the floor, though they cannot vote or formally address the Senate.

Blagojevich's spokesman, Lucio Guerrero, said the governor is aware he is allowed access to the Senate floor, but "the idea of going on Tuesday was first raised by a reporter," not Blagojevich.

The governor is not planning on going to Capitol Hill, Guerrero said

LAWD HA'MERCY!!! GROWN FOLKS gonna "th'ow down"?! ON VIDEO?!

A true "SMACK DOWN!"

You know what, he could be allowed into the room & the "oath-giver" could simply state that the oath is NOT being administered to Mr. Burris!

OTOH: Are they going to VOTE B4 the Oath is administered??

THIS IS IS "HOT MESS!!!" :>) **shakin' my head**

Tuesday, January 6, 2009. "THAT'LL BE THE DAY!!"

That'll Be The Day (Everly Brothers)

***shrug*** ***shakin' my head!***

**[Are You Kidding Me]

I can't wait to see it come down this way.

rikyrah: This is "unbelievable!" I'm still trying to "wrap my gray matter" around it!

***shakin' my head***

19 days until the liberals start handing out welfare checks to the masses and buying everyones mortgages who couldn't afford them. The Liberal Way rides again. T-minus 19 days.

T-minus 19 until this quote is ruled obsolete by the liberals

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life."

T-minus 19 days until we are the United Socialist States of America.

Mission Accomplished liberals game over you have won the race.

Welfare check - huh? Kinda like that 'stimulus' check that went out last year? Sign me up!

Man it sucks to be you.


It is going to be a long eight years for you. Then the next Democrat president will be sworn in .

Heh

Co-Sign!

shh you might anger him and he will call you names and tell you how bush helped passed legislation 60 years after the murder of a 10 year old boy without any idea of who killed him, he might also tell you about Bushs AIDS in africa program but fail to tell you about Bushs Aids in america program. Lets let him stew in his own anger and attempt at revising history to some how make us get upset and engage in the juvenile antics of name calling and verbal antagonism. I mean its what they do right?

Heh!

It'll be alright, Bubba. Stop agonizing. Like Mama used to say...you'll make yourself sick.

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

lol that quote is funny.

In the last 8 years what has bush and republican congress taught america how to do? Weve increased debt gone into 2 wars, lost billions of dollars, had a vp shoot someone in the face, the politicization of the dept of defense, health care premiums increase, high school graduation rates among blacks and hispanics are still low, NCLB is an utter failure, and gas and food prices increased 60 percent.

Now again what did we learn under republican dominated congress and presidency?

What has the Democrats done. You forgot that Bush has sent more financial aid to Africa than any president in history. Furthermore, you liberal idiot , President Bush has signed the Emmitt Till Civil Rights Bill do you want some more you racist, liberal, furthermore this country has not been attacked. I guess you weak liberals wouldn't pay attention to that. What a joke. Furthermore here is some more food for thought for you stupid idiots and this entire Barack the Magic Negro nonsense.

From Afro Conservative Blog:

I’m a little annoyed.

Is ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ song racist?

Wait. Let me think. Ready? NO!



Racism depending on the entity defining it is:
(1) a system of advantage based on race
(2) prejudice or animosity against people who belong to other races
(3) a belief in racial superiority.

Here’s the irony of the Paul Shanklin song…he only took quotes from liberals like Al Sharpton and our Vice President-elect Joe Biden and turned their words into a song. According to David Ehrenstein, a black man who writes for the LA times, anyone that thinks that ‘white guilt’ didn’t have a hand in this election is blind to the truth. Did I mention that David Ehrenstein is a A BLACK MAN?? Anyways, he called Obama a 'Magic Negro' because he is the opposite of how Blacks are portrayed in the media.

We ALL (hopefully) remember that according to the Justice Brothers (thanks Rush Limbaugh ) Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, Obama wasn’t ‘black’ enough. Remember, being “Black” according to these buffoons has nothing to do with pigmentation, hair texture, and genes…it has to do with your willingness to be part of the “ALL my problems have to do with racism” crowd… whatever...

Back to the ‘Magic Negro’ song…

Shanklin is directly poking fun at Sharpton in the song. That's evident throughout the whole song especially when Shanklin says "a white interlopers dream." So we have a satirist who uses the words of liberals and uses them as lyrics to his song and all of a sudden it’s branded as 'racist' and 'insensitive'? What?

Selective outrage. This reminds me of the whole Don Imus situation. We have had misogyny in rap music for how long now? Our Black men have been calling Black women “hoes” “bitches” “skanks” “hood-rats” for how long? When a white man says it--then there's this colossal uproar?

Okay, Vanessa. What's your point?

Stick with me. I'm bringing it home. Ready? Here's how the Imus situation is analagous to this current manufactured outrage...

Members of the left can call Obama the ‘magic Negro,’ allege that he isn’t ‘black enough,’ and say that he is the first mainstream ‘clean’ and ‘articulate’ black candidate (thanks Biden )… but when a Republican puts it in a song…that’s disseminated to other like-minded people--- as a gift---well…then only then does this mandate upheaval???

It doesn’t make any freaking sense!

“Okay, Vanessa, but this hurts our cause!” I can hear my conservative brothers and sisters saying it now. I understand it... partially. Well, to them I say…it was a joke. Honestly, it was just a joke!!! It's a lampoon!

Democrats are the ones with a history of racism and incalculable subjugation of Blacks… BUT---the Republicans are the ones branded as insensitive bigots. Um, liberals practically wrote the freaking song! Shanklin didn't make up those words.…and now Republicans are the ones being called “insensitive” and “racist.” Does that seem a little backwards to anyone?

If Rush Limbaugh was wrong from playing the song on the EIB network, then we must apply that same logic to ALL the media outlets that gave Sharpton, Jackson, and Biden airtime when their comments were the talk of the day.



This is selective outrage and speech totalitarianism in its purest form.

I'm really not mad over the "Magic Negro" song. I think it's funny. Well, not the song itself, but some of the circumstances surrounding it. First of all, after all the trumpeting of the new, improved, we-promise-we'll-change-and-reach-out Republican party, Saltsman sends that racist song to RNC members as part of his campaign to become chairman of that org- and it helps him!! Blew that shiny new image all to hell before they even got the chance to try to bamboozle folks with it. That's funny. Secondly, Paul Shanklin sets out to use a "black" singing voice in order to tweak Al Sharpton, right? Well, the result sounds nothing like Sharpton, but IS an almost dead-on impression of a guy who their compatriot, and really is the ultimate Magic Negro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYQa5Lj1sSA

Come on- you have to admit that's funny:).

You forgot that Bush has sent more financial aid to Africa than any president in history.



Yeah, but look how he handled Katrina! OMFG....Bush did a fly-over while poor black citizens of this country suffered & died. It took the government 5 freaking days to do a food drop and little babies died from lack of nourishment while he ate birthday cake with John McCain!

Bush's response was a total failure to the citizens of this country and he even congratulated an incompetent Michael Brown of doing a "heck of a job"....... when he clearly shouldn't have been in that position in the first place!

Yes Bush Aids in Africa program is great. Now is that the only success you can really point to in 8 years of presidential rule? Thats sad despite you trying to rile me up with silly little name calling. Thats great the Bush signed the Emmitt till Civil rights bill. I mean he was only beaten and killed 80 years ago. No we havent been attacked outside of 9/11 and the anthrax scare, and the multiple domestic terrorism cases. school shooting, church shootings, etc. Yeah the constitution says both foreign and domestic.
I could care less about Barack the Magic negro song. It does nothing for me but it sure does keep republicans from winning blacks and hispanics for the next few cycles. And if we are really talking about outrage i think youre on the losing side of that argument my fellow american

my bad Emmitt was killed 60 years ago not 80

Regardless, 60 or 80, It still was too d#mn long! Justice should have been done right away. That trial was a mockery of the Justice system! And the murderers were allowed to live their lives out without punishment! Shameful!

o yes i know, it took them an hour and 7 minutes to find them not guilty and the people have since confessed are still not imprisoned or sentenced to death. but i guaruntee you that Caliee Anthonys Mom will be sentenced to death the day after her conviction.

I know, right? I can't wait. 19 days is just too long.

LOL dude TARP and the AIG bailout happened under your compassionate conservative.

Unfortunately, thanks to your Democratic leaders (Cong. Franks and Sen. Dodd) allowing Frannie and Freddie to run wild and cause this mess on Wall Street. Thanks Dem's but why you guys are on track for the mother of all bailouts, hey keep em comin.

United Socialist States of America.

Thanks to Dem's and the Congressional Black Caucus. In the bank with the GSE's. You liberals are a joke. Stand on a principle, Just one.

Blackstabbing Democrat's. Thank you I wonder how many black folks will be able to afford a home mortgage after this mess. Thank you CBC, Sen. Dodd and Cong. Barney Franks. Isn't it so sweet.

Thanks to Reagan wanting deregulation, Gramm and McCain got the legislation pushed through that allowed for it to happen in the first place.

Unfortunately, thanks to your Democratic leaders (Cong. Franks and Sen. Dodd) allowing Frannie and Freddie to run wild and cause this mess on Wall Street. Thanks Dem's but why you guys are on track for the mother of all bailouts, hey keep em comin.

United Socialist States of America.

Thanks to Dem's and the Congressional Black Caucus. In the bank with the GSE's. You liberals are a joke. Stand on a principle, Just one.

Blackstabbing Democrat's. Thank you I wonder how many black folks will be able to afford a home mortgage after this mess. Thank you CBC, Sen. Dodd and Cong. Barney Franks. Isn't it so sweet.

right because we know the housing crisis was caused by a single democratic senator and representative. And you do know that the bulk of subprime lending went to whites right? 46 percent went to hispanics and blacks 54 went to whites. get your facts straight mkay

lol

Oops!

What was Conservative thinking? lol

Please explain to me WHY CNN is telling me where the future First Family is staying in Washington?

WHY this is news?

WHY are they allowed to do this?

Media Alert:

C-Span is running its White House Program Week again beginning at Noon, tomorrow.

rikyrah: Annnnnnnd, the beat goes on. . . .

Conservatives Preparing For Coleman Defeat


As the window closes on Norm Coleman's chances for retaining his seat in the Senate, some conservatives are beginning to envision life without the Minnesota Republican.

In a filing on the conservative website, NewsMax.com, author David A. Patten looked at the numbers and saw in them a Coleman-less Senate.

The counting of improperly rejected absentee ballots will probably increase Democratic challenger Al Franken's lead over incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman according to a new analysis of voting trends, effectively relegating Coleman to filing lawsuits considered unlikely to reverse the outcome of the election.

Others on the right are not ready to accept defeat. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn released a statement on Tuesday indicating that some GOP senators would resist seating Franken before the courts have their say, even if the Democratic challenger is declared the winner of the recount. "I expect the Senate would have a problem seating a candidate who has not duly won an election," Cornyn claimed.

In private, meanwhile, GOP officials have begun to contemplate Al Franken -- whose lead stands at a scant 50 votes and with largely favorable absentee ballots left to count -- ending up in Washington D.C.

By and large, such discussion has not surfaced in public. Coleman's hopes hinge on uncovering enough wrongfully rejected absentee ballots to overcome his current deficit but also the possibility of legally challenging the results.

And yet, it is not difficult to imagine how some in the GOP could rationalize a Coleman defeat. Weeks before the actual election, NBC's Chuck Todd reported about anxiety among Democrats over a possible Franken win -- over the potential fodder it would give Republican opponents and the possibility that it would persuade other celebrity candidates to make their own runs for elected office.

But the shoe also fits on the other foot. Coleman is mired in ethics scandals surrounding his alleged failure to report $75,000 in payments his family received from a prominent GOP financier and close friend. The FBI is reportedly investigating the matter and it stands to reason that the Senate Ethics Committee will follow suit. The last thing Republicans in the Senate want is a corruption controversy hounding one of its members, especially after the party's image suffered terribly from such matters in '06 and '08.

**shakin' my head*** LAWD HA'MERCY!! CORRUPTION/ETHICS??

This makes me sad in a way. But, I still enjoy that site.

Don't Fire My Husband, NASA Chief's Wife Begs Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/31/dont-f...

WASHINGTON — Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. Rebecca Griffin, who works in marketing, sent her message with the subject line "Campaign for Mike" to friends and family. It asked them to sign an online petition to President-elect Barack Obama "to consider keeping Mike Griffin on as NASA Administrator."

She wrote, "Yes, once again I am embarrassing my husband by reaching out to our friends and 'imposing' on them.... And if this is inappropriate, I'm sorry."


What? After Griffin Buck PEO'S Transition Team? Hmmmmm...........

Let's get this right. HE disrespects the future President, and this woman is whining about it. He should have 'stepped correct'.
You know how I feel about it. Made it clear in the post when I heard about his shenanigans.

FIRE.THEM.ALL.

Major Co-Sign!

Some of names on the petition are false names too!

Griffin showed his @ss toward the President elect.....FIRE.THEM.ALL.

rikyrah: There is SO MUCH GOING ON - - BEHIND THE SCENES!!

Iraq Takes Control Of Green Zone From US

BAGHDAD — The U.S. formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities Thursday in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Saddam Hussein's former palace. Iraq's prime minister said he will propose making Jan. 1 a holiday marking the restoration of sovereignty.

Under the new security agreement between Washington and Baghdad to replace a U.N. mandate for foreign troops in Iraq, the Iraqi government also now has control of American troops' actions and of the country's airspace.

The moves came amid a dramatic fall in violence over the past year. However, insurgents still stage daily attacks and could try to expand the fight now that U.S. troops cannot take unilateral action.

Two Iraqi soldiers and three policemen were killed in attacks Thursday. In the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi and U.S. troops killed three suspected al-Qaida gunmen during a raid, police said.

Many of the changes inaugurated on New Year's Day won't bring immediately visible results. The Green Zone, the country's government and military command center, remains ringed by concrete blast walls and off limits to most Iraqis. U.S. troops still man its checkpoints, although now as trainers rather than leaders.

But the Americans have moved out of the Republican Palace, the sprawling former headquarters of Saddam's regime that they took over shortly after the 2003 invasion. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki formerly took control of the building Thursday and exulted over the security pact under which U.S. troops are to leave the country by 2012.

"A year ago, the mere thought of forces withdrawing from Iraq was considered a dream," al-Maliki told reporters afterward. "The dream that no one had the right to think about became true."

He called for making Jan. 1 a national holiday called "Sovereignty Day." Iraq already officially observes New Year's Day as a holiday.

THERE IS MORE.

"WHYCOME" this article reads as more "LEGACY-BUILDING" for SHRUB?

Especially, these stats: According to a tally by The Associated Press, at least 314 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq during 2008, down from 904 in 2007. In all, at least 4,221 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq since the war began in 2003.

Just askin' . . . . . .

GreenLady, WHCOME this article reads as more "LEGACY-BUILDIN" for SHRUB?"

Because it is. Laura Bush said her husband is not a failure.

spirit: Oh! O.K. :>) :>) :>)

BTW: Are you receiving NOTIFICATIONS of RESPONSES to your posts?? Thanks. I have NOT received any 2-day. :>)

Yes, I've been receiving notications to my post.

spirit: Thank you. I don't know how to fix whatever is wrong. Soooo. . . :>) ***shrug** :>)

GreenLady,

That happened to me once. IIRC, I logged out & then logged on again. Once you log on again, there will be a link sent to your email where you can click onto to see replies to your post ...I think?. Does that make sense? Hope so!

Justice58: Thank you very much. :>)

I called my sister and she said that she sent me an e-mail today annnnnnd, I have NOT received it. :>)

Soooo, ima have to call the "e-mail people" 2 - morrow!! :>)

But, I will log off & check!

Again, THANK YOU!! :>)

Mariah and Nick's Aspen Getaway

http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/mariah-and-nicks-as...

4 arrested in N. California gang rape of lesbian

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_us...

Happy New Year JJPers. Since I've been on vacation all this week, I've been stuck watching boring bowl games, Monk, Golden Girls, Half & Half, Girlfriends, and One on One marathons, and this commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbclWQY8S78

LMAO. This is so funny.

carolinagirl: WAAAAAAAY 2 FUNNY!!! LOL!! :>) :>) THANKS 4 the "laff!" :>)

Not sure if this has been posted but there's an essay contest taking place where you can win 2 free tickets to the inauguration, all you have to do is write your thoughts on what Obama's swearing in means to you!

http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/otherd...

rikyrah: Technical question: Are NOTIFICATIONS being transmitted when RESPONSES are made to posts. TODAY - - I have received NONE. I have been reviewing the THREAD to see IFFF I have any RESPONSES.

Just trying to see IFFF my computer is "actin' up!" :>) :>) THANK YOU.

60,000 Volunteer for Inauguration; Most Won't Make Cut
By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 1, 2009; Page A01

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

rikyrah: Saw this!! :>) IN-CRED-I-BLE!!! :>) :>)

I'm sooooo proud of Mr. President-Elect Obama!!! :>) :>)

We ALL JUST "GOT TO B THERE"! :>) :>)

Got to be there- Jackson fiveM

ENJOY!!! [with some SADNESS] **sigh**

Gaza rockets put Israel’s nuclear plant in battle zone

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/mid...

We are talking the grilling she's going to receive from the Republican members of the committee?

Well i guess she will finally get to answer that 3am phone call then huh?

Yup!

Remember this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08n4bj1Mz4A&feat...

Many fear that as the group acquires ever more sophisticated weaponry it is only a matter of time before the nuclear installation at Dimona, 20 miles east of Beersheba, falls within its sights. Dimona houses Israel’s only nuclear reactor and is believed to be where nuclear warheads are stored.



Jesus Christ!

rikyrah: Ima post this article; BUT - - RonnieB- - - is this "old?" Somehow I remember soma these "stats!"?? Sorry, IFFFF it is "old".

Too Many Bowls, Too Few Black Coaches

Basketball’s “March Madness” has nothing on the college football bowl frenzy – 34 games over a 19-day period spanning the last month of the old year and the first month of the new one. Let’s face it, not all 68 teams deserve to be in a bowl.

Some -- including North Carolina State, Kentucky, Bowling Green, Southern Mississippi, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt – got invitations after winning only 50 percent of their games.

Even worse, nine teams – including Florida Atlantic and Memphis – are going to bowls after accumulating losing records. Unfortunately, bowl games are no longer rewards for an excellent season.

Now, it’s all about the money. And the more bowls, the more money. An oversaturation of bowl games is not my No.1 complaint against college football. Rather, it’s the fact that approximately
half of the players are African-Americans yet only 3.4 percent of the college football coaches are Black. That’s four among the 119 major division coaches.

According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at Central Florida University, that’s the fewest Black coaches in 15 years. As recently as 1997, there were twice as many African-American coaches as there are now.

Evidently, the football sidelines suffer from the same on-field racial stereotypes of the past. For years, they said Blacks were excellent players but didn’t have the intellect to play the so-called “thinking positions” – quarterback and middle linebacker. Of course, that was pure hogwash.

For years, Grambling, Florida A&M and Tennessee State were football powerhouses and it wasn’t because they played 10 men on each side of the ball – or without a coach on the sideline.

And if there were any lingering doubts about the Black gridiron intellect, they were removed by Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams’ MVP performance in Super Bowl XXII and when two Black head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, paced the sidelines in Super
Bowl XLI.

Of the 32 NFL coaches, seven are Black, largely because the league adopted the Rooney Rule requiring teams to interview at least one person of color for all head coach vacancies. If African-
Americans can coach in the pros, they certainly can succeed at the college level.

In addition to the failure to interview an ample number of top-flight Black assistant coaches for openings, many universities are still more willing to recycle failed White coaches than take a chance on a promising African-American. Two examples immediately come to mind.

Auburn University hired Gene Chizik as its new head coach after he went 5-19 over two seasons at Iowa State, including 10 straight losses. Meanwhile, the University of Tennessee, eager to get back on the winning track after forcing out Phillip Fulmer, hired another losing coach, Lane Kiffin, formerly of the Oakland Raiders. Kiffin was fired by the NFL team after compiling a record of 5-15.

These two losers were hired while promising African-American coaches were ignored, some of whom had turned around losing programs. For example, Turner Gill took over a program at Buffalo that had not won five games in a season for nearly a decade. Within three years he
turned it into Mid-American Conference champion and this year had a record of 8-5.

When Auburn selected Gene Chizik over Gill, one of its most famous alums, Charles Barkley, was livid.

“I think race was the No. 1 factor,” said Barkley. “You can say it’s not about race, but you can’t compare the two resumes and say [Chizik] deserved the job. Out of all the coaches they interviewed, Chizik probably had the worst resume.”

How do we put an end to this nonsense? One approach would be to adopt a college version of the Rooney Rule. Some have suggested calling it the Robinson Rule, in honor Doug Williams’ former coach, Eddie Robinson of Grambling. For that to work, however, penalties must be
assessed against universities that fail to cooperate.

A sure-fire way of forcing change would be for star high school players and their parents to spurn athletic programs that spurn Black leadership. If players refuse to enroll in universities that have never hired a Black head coach in any sport or an African-American athletic director at any time, universities would finally get the message. What I like about this approach is that it empowers the athlete and does not rely on the so-called good will of schools eager to exploit Black athletes.

Five bowls – the Rose, Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and BCS championship game – will each generate $17 million for schools and their respective conferences. If Blacks stop playing for schools that refuse to hire African Americans in leadership positions, that would lessen the chances of universities getting a share of that lucrative pie.

With so much money in jeopardy, universities will be forced to do the right thing.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his Web site,
www.georgecurry.com

I'm JUST posting. I don't know a thing about these teams, lately. Gotta get back in the game - - HUH!? :>) :>)

rikyrah: Someone made a post re OBAMA GEAR! Welllll. . . . . . .

Trend Of 2008: Obama Accessories (SLIDESHOW)

There was a time when campaign paraphernalia was simply t-shirts, buttons, and bumper stickers. But in 2008, as Obama's momentum grew, so did new means for expressing it. Even after the election, the nation was so collectively giddy that Obamaniacs (and their new converts) continued to wear their presidential pride.

But buyer beware: this is going to look a little weird after the inauguration, when he really is our president. So along with 2008, it's time to bid farewell to Obama Outfits. It was fun while it lasted.

See more Obama slideshows.

Hmmmmmm. Didn't see a "GRILL!" :>) :>)

Long time reader, first time poster. And since one of my resolutions is to stop merely lurking and get to gabbin', just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. JJP went a long way in keeping me sane during '08. ;-)

TriniPrincess, don't I know you from somewhere??

Is this *the* BAP I know and love from the 'Clone? If so, give me some cyber hugs, mama!!

Hey GreenLady, spirit & rikyrah. Thanks for the welcome!

TriniPrincess: My pleasure! :>)

Trini Darrrling!!!!  *smooches and hugs*  I knew this was your font, good to see you Queen!

Happy New Year, TriniPrincess.

Welcome!

Welcome to JJP.

Please post again.

Welcome, TriniPrincess. I know that's right!

TriniPrincess: Hey! :>) HAPPY NEW YEAR!! - January 1, 2009! :>) :>)

rikyrah: This comes under the HEADING - - - - "Awwwwww" . . . . :>) :>)

Obama Holding Babies In Hawaii (PHOTOS)

The 'pass-the-baby' tradition has extended past the presidential campaign and into Obama's vacation.

See a slideshow of Obama holding babies during the campaign...see Obama holding babies here too.

-OR-

See other Obama slideshows.

ENJOY!! :>) :>)

P.S. Maybe the "OBAMA GEAR" needs to include a "BIB" - - - - For P-E Obama!! What with all that "droolin' annnnnd, maybe an "accident or 2!" :>)

I'm just sayin'. . . . . . .

GLH, you know PEO can handle those babies. He handled McShame didn't he? He drooled and wore diapers too.

spirit: O.K. Nurse!! :>) :>) LOL! :>)

rikyrah: ADDENDUM:

1. HIS SCHEDULE: Thursday Jan. 1, 2009
All Times Eastern7:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM

Barack Obama arrived at Semper Fit Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii ready for his morning workout.
1:00 PM
1:33 PM

President-elect Barack Obama walked out of the Semper Fit Center greeted by about 20 people.
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:21 PM

The Obamas leave their vacation home to head to the airport.
5:55 PM

The Obamas arrive at Honolulu International Airport.


2.
Obamas Head Home [Thursday, January 1st, 2009]

The president-elect and his family leave Hawaii after a 12-day holiday vacation Thursday afternoon.

Their flight to Chicago lasts about 7 hours and 42 minutes.

Bon Voyage!! :>) :>) Have a GREAT FLIGHT!!! :>) :>)

This will NEVER get old:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on9fnPU8EZ8

OMG, dude was ready for the nursing home, Geri chair and Posey Belt.

Everytime I watch that, I cry laughing...that is just the funniest thing ever.

Oh,THAT ONE!!!!

spirit: Just providing the VISUAL:

McCain Calls Obama "That One"

***Saaaaa-lap*** - to "mcancient"!!!! Your "other cheek" puh-leeeeze!! **saaa-lap**

Whew!! That felt good!! :>)

Shaking my head, GreenLady.

I will not be DC for the Inauguration. :-(( I'll fly in on January 24 to be with my daughter through her surgery. She'll need me for 2 weeks; so I've decided to go the week of her surgery and stay a week after. FAMILY FIRST!

It's the my only choice and I am so ok with it. Looks like I'll be watching C-Span and celebrating with my husband at home! :-)))))

Hey, I'll be watching it on C-Span too! It will be as good as right there!

Go take care of your daughter! I wish her a speedy recovery!

Thanks, Justice58. The surgery is serious buisness and I feel blessed to be able to comfort and support her.

spirit: Praying for DAUGHTER/YOU/FAMILY!! :>)

Ima B home 2! Watchin' annnnnnnd, . . . . . . .

TYPING SOUNDS :>) :>)

BLOGGIN' :>) :>)

Thank you . You know it and can't wait for th 20th.

19 days until the USA is once again under adult supervision. Praise Jesus.

Kat: LOL!!! Good one!! :>) :>)