Jack & Jill Politics

All right, Think Progress and TPM have the apology letter from John Tanner to Mary Frances Berry.

Put on the hip waders because it is not only DEEP, it's freakin' THICK. The first thing I'd point out is why even bring in Dr. Berry to how you like your coffee if the pseudo-example you 'heard' was "black and sweet - like me?"

The last paragraph, lining up his props as a champion of "civil rights activities" since the '60s is total bullshit. If Tanner's time as a so-called champion had indeed been well-spent, he wouldn't have said shit about Mary Frances Berry, let alone some bullshit about coffee preference.

I'll have to quit; I'm about to drop some heavy-duty F-bombs....

Running down my list of Lucifers...... Ohhhh - THAT Lucifer!

(Hmmm....this was supposed to be a response to someone way down thread)

rikyrah: Nine Greek-Lettered Organizations Respond to President-Elect Obama’s Call to Service on January 19

Over 100,000 members from the nine Greek-lettered organizations — representing over two million African-American college-educated men and women — will fan out to communities nationwide and engage in service projects on Monday, January 19, in honor of Dr. King.

The mobilization represents a show of support of President-Elect Obama’s call for volunteers and organizations to serve on this day set aside to honor Dr. King. The areas around which the service activities revolve include Health, Education, the Environment, Economics and Politics. Each organization has incorporated these critical areas into their respective programs and their Day of Service initiatives reflect a devotion to these areas.

The organizations, affectionately known as the “Divine Nine,” that will be participating are:

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.

From coast-to-coast in communities, at social service centers, homeless shelters and havens for youth, the members will leave their imprint and show their support.

THERE IS MORE.

Young people STEPPIN' UP to SERVE!! :>) :>)

rikyrah: WE SHALL REMEMBER!

REV. DR. Martin Luther King, JR. "I have a dream"

"The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was BORN on January 15, 1929. He was a dominant force in the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT during the 1960's. He received the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE in 1965 - - becoming the third African American to receive the award. His leadership in demonstrations and peaceful marches were instrumental in the passage of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964 and the VOTING RIGHTS ACT of 1965.

Despite his peaceful resistance movement, he was often the victim of violence and was assassinated on APRIL 4, 1968 in MEMPHIS, TENN."

REST IN PEACE - REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Desirée Rogers, Obama Social Secretary, Shares White House Party Plans With Vogue


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/14/desire...

I was not aware that Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe's beautiful daughter Sophie has Spina Bifida. Over at http://celebrity-babies.com they discuss their daughter's condition and how they have dealt with her health issues. Such a beautiful family.

http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/01/15/boris-an...

rikyrah: Can this be a part of the opening of a thread? :>)

BARACK OBAMA TRIBUTE - ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY HOUSTON

It is just sooo powerful!! Thank you. :>)

rikyrah: This is all that I could find on the interiors of the BLAIR HOUSE

The FIRST FAMILY 2 B MOVED IN 2-day!! YAAAAAAAAA!

ONE STEP CLOSER!! :>) :>)

OOps! Here's the article: Obamas Move Into Blair House

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama moved his family into a new temporary home, the historic Blair House, on Thursday, then went to dinner with his wife at a nearby restaurant just as President George W. Bush was starting his televised farewell address to the nation.

NOTE: The Obamas were eating while SHRUB was "EATING CROW!" [Or he should have been.]

The Obamas will be staying at the government's official guest residence until they move across Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Tuesday.

Obama's motorcade left his downtown transition office and passed rows of bleachers set up for next week's inauguration as he arrived at Blair House. His black SUV pulled up on a pedestrian street on the north side of the White House that is normally closed to traffic.

Obama had asked to move into the guest house at the beginning of the month when his two daughters were starting at their new school, but the Bush administration said the house was unavailable until Thursday.

Instead, Obama and his family moved from their Hyde Park home in Chicago to the Hay-Adams Hotel near the White House. His wife, Michelle, and their daughters _ Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, arrived there on Jan. 3, followed by Obama a day later.

Aides said the entire family has moved to Blair House, which sits across the street from the White House.

When the president-elect went out to dinner with wife, his motorcade traveled two blocks to the Equinox Restaurant.

Blair House is rich in history, luxurious in appointment and _ after the departure of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard _ finally vacant for Obama and his family to move in.

Blair House is actually four interconnected townhouses forming a complex of more than 100 rooms that is larger than the White House at 70,000 square feet. The original Blair House was built around 1824 by Dr. Joseph Lovell, the first U.S. surgeon general, and purchased by newspaper publisher Francis Preston Blair, a close friend of President Andrew Jackson and part of his "Kitchen Cabinet."

From Booman Tribune:

We're Not Ready
by BooMan
Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 12:33:17 AM EST

I think it is obvious that rank and file Democrats have no idea how much power they have. What's less obvious is that the elected Democrats cannot yet fathom how much power they have. For at least 14 years Democrats have been toiling in the minority trying to come up with policy prescriptions that could pass in Tom DeLay's House and Bill Frist's Senate. They put in all this work and now we can pass the fruit of their labors.

Too many progressives want to pass the legislation they came up with in a GOP-dominated era because that's what they've been working on for a decade or more. This is totally understandable. But the problem is that we have the votes to pass much better stuff than any of these thinktanks ever dreamed of passing over the last decade-plus.
We've entered a progressive era but most of the hard work by wonks was thought through in a Republican era. Don't worry. We'll learn. But actual progress will be slower than it should be becauce we were not prepared.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/1/15/03...

Justice58: GREAT NEWS!! :>) :>) Thanks! :>)

Has this been posted yet...

The Real Ashford and Simpson Singing Solid as Barack

DeShawn Snow No Longer a 'Real' Housewife: 'I Didn't See It Coming'
Kenya N. Byrd

Some say that DeShawn Snow was the quiet in the storm of drama that rained on Bravo's dramality series "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." In reality television, playing it safe doesn't lure viewers or make the grade; when it comes to ratings, only diva antics, tension and catfights will do. As the remaining ladies—Lisa Wu Hartwell, NeNe Leakes, Sheree Whitfield and Kim Kolciak—gear up for the second installment, Snow learned on Monday that she would not be returning to the cast. Snow spoke candidly with ESSENCE.com about the call that hurt her, why Bravo won't be able to replace her, and how she plans to keep it moving.

ESSENCE.COM: We hear that you are no longer returning to "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." Is that true?
DESHAWN SHOW: Yes, one of the producers called me yesterday and said that they wouldn't take my option.

ESSENCE.COM: What reason did they give for not inviting you back for the second season?
SNOW: [One of the producers] called and said that I was "too human for a circus show" and that because the show did so well, they are about to pump up the drama and they didn't think that I would fit in. He gave me an example, saying that during the reunion when I found out what a few of the other ladies said about me, they were expecting me to say more, but I'm not the type to go "television" and start acting crazy because somebody's talking about me. I'm fine with the decision. It wasn't my decision. They let me go and there are no hard feelings. I am thankful for the opportunity.

ESSENCE.COM: So were you at all shocked by the decision?
SNOW: I didn't see it coming. I was shocked because I just talked to them in December about the new season. It's not like they came to me and gave me an option by saying, "We're going to take a new direction and we want to know if you could be more like this." I was a little hurt, but I just look at it like I am what I am. [My personality] didn't seem to be a problem before, but I suppose the show took a different direction and they no longer see me as the right fit. If you look at all the other housewives, they are all different. I believe God moves people out of your way. It's about God having his hand upon you and doing things for you. I'm not judging my situation. I look at the show as just a shutter-glimpse of what God has in store for me. I enjoyed being on the show and hanging with the girls. At the end of the day, I was the same person throughout the show. I never changed. I was authentic and true to myself and I can't control what other people do.

ESSENCE.COM: There are rumors that Tameka Foster might replace you. Is that true?
SNOW: Yes, I heard that, but I don't know. I wouldn't say that they are replacing me because they didn't think I was real enough or too real enough for the show, so I doubt they are going to bring in someone who has a similar personality as mine.



http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/enter...

Don't get me started. Tameka Foster, aka, Mrs. Usher Raymond? Please. Usher's mama was right about HER. DeShawn was the only one who has her s*it together, spiritually, emotionally and FINANCIALLY. NeNe kicked out of her crib, Fake Sheree about to be evicted and not getting any 7 figures and Kim, please.

http://bossip.com/73899/exclusive-tameka-foster...
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printeditio...
http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2008/12/anothe...

from Roland Martin:

http://essence.typepad.com/news/2009/01/obama-h...

Obama has been a huge boon to the economy
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - It might be a bit cool here - 57 degrees - but after battling the snowstorm in Columbus, Ohio yesterday, you might as well call this Jamaica!

Tonight, I'm speaking at the city's annual celebration of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and then it's off to Washington, D.C.

And no matter where I have gone - convenience stores, airports, you name it - Obama gear is all over the place.

When I was in Houston speaking at the 40th class reunion of the Jack Yates High School Class of 1968, I was talking to a woman who owned an art gallery and she said that were it not for the president-elect, she would have had a horrible holiday season.

She said it didn't matter what she had in stock. Everything - bumper stickers, hats, shirts, jackets, towels, refrigerator magnets - if Obama's name is on it, folks are snapping it up. I even had a couple of folks send me Obama tea cakes. I'm dead serious.

The same has been the case all over the country. Retails outlets are stocking their stores with anything that has Obama's name on it, and folks are in a buying mood. Forget the NFL jersey of Peyton Manning or the NBA jersey of Kobe Bryant or Lebron James, Obama has to be the top-seller in the nation.

And you can bet for the next five days in Washington, D.C. there will be vendors on every corner in the city selling their wares.

Question of the Day: Have you been stocking up on Obama gear, and if so, what's your favorite?


Ok, what Obama Porn do you have..LOL

My latest one is a book of newspaper front pages of victory night from around the world.

I do admit...I thought I had given up on Obama gear, but this week I got the t-shirt with the Sun-Times cover on it...I wasn't going to pass it up..LOL

And, I'm going tomorrow to get me a framed picture with part of the Victory night speech. I tried, but it wore me down..LOL

rikyrah: Ohhhhhh! I've been collecting a FEW OBAMA MEMORABILIA

Now where did I put that. . . . . . . . . . ? :>) :>)

I don't even drink, but I think this'll be a hit at the club...

Hennesy 44

Like I said before... BARACK OBAMA - ONE MAN STIMULUS PACKAGE

(Gimme that fan, GLH!!!)

NO. THEY. DIDN'T.

LMAO

isonprize: LOL!! :>) This is amazing!!! :>) :>) Annnnd the bottle didn't even carry his name!! Uh -uh -uh!! :>) ***shakin' my head*** :>)

He's JUST 2 LARGE and IN CHARGE!! :>) :>)

***H -E - R - E -'S YOUR FAN!!!*** :>) :>)

Porn? LOL
I've been working on an All things Obama scrapbook to pass on to my future grandhildren. All the material is archival. The book is gianormus, and I just keep adding to it.

Same with me. I have everything..........
Campaign lit, posters, buttons, hats, t shirts, magazines----you name it , I've got it.
Now I have started on the inaugural commemoratives! This MUST end soon!

Ha! Don't even think it's going to stop, soon. I've got a Lane Cedar chest full. I 'm anticipating an Obama Doll one day!

Laughing at myself---when I saw the video that is posted for tonight's open thread, before I even read the words beneath it I knew it was from his speech to campaign HQ folks this summer......so, maybe I"ve spent a bit too much time following this guy???......Nah! It was time well spent! : )

Had my shoe ready while watching shrub tonight, but decided I didn't want to break my TV on his account, because I"ll need it in FIVE DAYS to watch the Inauguration of a lifetime!!

Someone wondered in the other thread about the Pilot of that plane today.

He was military - an Air Force pilot for almost a decade.

Apparently, as Faux News 47 in Madison, WI is saying, he was from Wisconsin, too, but based on the East Coast.

He was the right pilot at the right time. He knew what he was doing.

May God bless him, he saved lives today.

msmartin: AAAAAAAA- MAN! Annnnd, all the other ferry rescuers.

It was a "MIRACLE!" :>)

Co-Sign MsMartin!

Many blessings upon him!

msmartin,

I think it's just sinking in what this man did. He had NO ENGINES and landed a plane, full of fuel, in the Hudson River - IN TACT. Got EVERYONE off the plane before it sunk in frigid weather. The level of SKILL that took is humbling.

rikyrah, it 's called DIVINE INTERVENTION.

spirit: ABSOLUTELY!! :>)

Sure it was!

When I heard that there was an infant on board I teared up. I'm so happy for the passengers and their families.

Did anyone see senator Jim Cornyn try to stick it to holder, and holder basically said, look old republican white guy, i know my shit try me.LOL cornyn tried to create a ticking time bomb scenario which would call for waterboarding. Holder was like um your working from a premise i dont accept, so i dont ever see a need for it. heres the linkhttp://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/

Rachel Maddow isn't looking that good right now.

Get some sleep.

You ain't lyin.......Rachel looks 10 years older than she did last week.

I thought it was just me or maybe the hairstyle.

Rachel looks sleeped deprived. Probably from her commutes to and from NYC and Massachuesetts to be with her partner.

She has an apartment in NYC for her work week, or so I've read. Didn't see her last night but maybe she's under the weather.

Hey......I'll take FauxObama!! :)

http://promomami.blogspot.com/2009/01/sexier-fa...

OBAMA'S CHRYSLER FOR SALE ON EBAY., REACES $100,0000

VIDEO

http://acer.yahoo.com/s/1016373

Group of thirty proposal to reorganize banks worldwide. it's interesting reading as it appears to be repealing the repeal of Glass Stegall. There is a real opportunity for AA's to go into banking at the local level.

Link?

Another Republican has yet again showed his ignorance and bigotry.


Over at Politico, they posted this article about Republican Congressman Steve King from Iowa.


"He (King) doesn’t like the fact that the president-elect will be sworn in using that middle name during Tuesday’s Inauguration.

After telling the Associated Press last year that Obama’s middle name was among the reasons Islamic terrorists would rejoice over his election, King says he’s since been careful to avoid using it. Thus he found Obama’s decision to allow it be mentioned on the steps of the Capitol “bizarre” and “a double-standard.”

“Is that reserved just for him, not his critics?” King asked.

The congressman says he doubts Obama’s sincerity when he explained that he chose to use his middle name so as to be historically consistent with past inaugurations, when America has heard the full names of its presidents echo from the inaugural stand.

“Whatever his reasons are,” King said, “the one he gave us could not be the reason.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17506...

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 pm....

Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office while Michelle Obama holds the Bible and Sasha and Malia, excited, look at their daddy in a cold, blustery but sunny Washington DC day...

Obama: I, Barack HUSSEIN Obama, do solemnly swear...


In another part of Washington, Congressman Steve King is watching the scene unfold on CNN.com. After hearing Obama say "Hussein," King keels over and clutches his chest. He stumbles and falls on the floor.

A congressional aide rushes into the room and finds King dry heaving on the floor. "Sir are you having a heart attack? Sir! Respond to me, sir!"

King looks up at the 20 something aide and coughs out "Hussein....the Muslims have taken over. All is lost." His eyes roll into the back of his head and he loses conciousness......

Works for me.

Town,

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

It's 12:01pm on a cold Washington DC Tuesday. But this was no ordinary cold DC Tuesday. A man looks on as the scene unfolds.

Chief Justice Roberts is administering the oath of office:

Obama: I, Barack HUSSEIN Obama, do solemnly swear...

The man nervously twists his wedding ring off and on his finger. His wife sits stone faced with Jackie O sunglasses and no expression. His children are nowhere to be seen. He notices the TV cameras zooming in on him and smiles nerviously, which comes across as creepy.

He thinks to himself, "I won't watch TV tonight." He knows this Tuesday will be compared to another Tuesday 49 years ago. He tries to find the escape route because he knows some punk ass reporter will ask him "How do you feel?"

As he looks at Obama and all the crowds smiling and cheering, and Obama's loving wife and daughters beaming at him, he looks at Obama and says to himself "Damn. That should have been me."

Town, you are hilarious. as always....when I get back to VA, lemme know if I can catch you at the Richmond or Va Beach Funny Bone comedy clubs.....You could totally have a career in stand-up or write for someone's comedy show....you are a mess!

Oh shit, THATONE! LMAO!!!

Ok, Golden Globe, Emmy, Oscars, SAG Awards you get them all

Town,

Okay, you've got me howling! You're too dang funny!

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

BWAHAAAAAAA!! Stop it! Classic.

It's 5am on a cold, blustery and gray Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Not wanting to wake the children, the computer is turned on and headphones are plugged in...

Chief Justice Roberts is administering the oath of office to Obama...

Obama: I, Barack HUSSEIN Obama, do solemnly swear...

A foot hits the power strip, turning the computer off. The headphones are thrown across the room. Someone awakens...

"Honey, what's wrong?"

"A terrorist has just been sworn in as President of the United States. I tried to save everyone also, Todd. I really did. Also."

"Well, there's always 2012......"

LOL!!!! OMG! Sentence-incoherence. Town, you be trippin! My sides are spastic...........

Spirit,

Town have me looking just silly sitting at the computer laughing out loud!

Ima have to get GreenLady to bring the "bad chair"! LOL!

Justice58: ****H - - - E - - - -R - - - E I--S T---H---E

"B----A - - D C- - H- - -A - - -I- - - R"*** :>) :>)

TOWN - - - -It's Yours for 30 minutes!! :>) :>)

Town,

You're killing me! LOL!

It's his name King. Do you prefer European monarchies because of you last name?

Who gives a d#mn what Steve King doubts.

Blah Blah Fuckety Blah!

lol because we know what happens when you have a middle name similar to a man who killed millions of people you by default are just like him.
Barack hussein=Sadaam Hussein= Terrorists= muslim=destruction of the white male power structure lol

Steve King needs to go sex himself.

He knows damn well if Obama used his middle name during the campaign, it would've scared the shyte out of people, because they believe the bs propaganda that folks like King put out about Muslims.

I swear. If it ain't the sorry azz Rethugs trying to rain on our parade, it's folks who are giving lectures about how times are so tough and PEO has his work cut out for him, blah, blah, blah and black folks need to stop celebrating. Damn! Can we have this moment?

Sepia: U got it!! THIS is OUR ONE MOMENT IN TIME!!

ENJOY - - FERVENTLY!! :>) :>)

Sepia,

They're not taking shyt! This is ours! Bam!

Sepia, WE Claim the moment.

I know that's right...they are not stealing my joy at this time.

Damn he's simple. .....geez.

Miranda, it's all that Iowa corn this nut's been eating.

Lucifer is on TV right now...atleast they've outfitted the White House with nice new HD cameras. I'm enjoying the vivid color...i'll be enjoying it even more in five days.

But back to the farewell address, I have some closing thoughts too...unfortunately, I can not throw my shoe through the TV screen. So all I'll say is..."Adios you crotchety cr*cka!"

I'm going to say... Deuces! Kick rocks mf!

Adios...LOL.

I think I will have to steal that line!

Webb: WaaaaaiiiiiiT: Here's his SEND-OFF SONG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCySZO4zy9A&

ENJOY!! :>) :>)

Really? I thought this was his send-off song. At least it's what I was singing at the top of my lungs instead of actually listening to what he was saying.

In the spirit of my fellow Yankees fans when the Red Sox come to town, here's a little change in the chorus to something more appropriate for Bush:

Na na na na
na na na na
hey hey
YOU SUCK!

carolinagirl: LOL!! :>) :>) "THIS" will work 2!! Good one!! :>) :>)

I didn't think that I had ta DRAG This fond farewell melody out again.

BUT, Oooooo-kaaaay! :>) :>)

ENJOY! :>) :>)

Love.this.song.

spirit: LOL! :>) It came on the right day!! :>) :>)

Wow. Chris Matthews just got all up in that!

LOL@ lucifer. Buh, bye!

Bush gonna get drunk as hell Tuesday night.

I thought he was drunk at the podium, myself.

C-SPAN s taking live calls from US citizens on Lucifer's chat.

Girl, now you he done already started.

He looks awful in HD. Thank god black don't crack! I'm looking forward to seeing the Obamas in HD.

Amen on that! The shots are tight though. When they do a wide angle, you can see everybody's head crystal-clear...that's about a hundred (or more) folks and you can see exactly who they are.