Comments on: Countdown to the Inauguration: 9 Days — Open Thread http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:32:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrew Yu-Jen Wang http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-126345 Andrew Yu-Jen Wang Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:02:00 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-126345 Beyonce is a favorite singer of every member of the Obama family, and I really like Beyonce too.<br><br>Beyonce is so pretty!<br><br>But I deeply regret that George W. Bush would dislike Beyonce and every member of the Obama family and Burris because they are all black.<br><br>George W. Bush hates black people (indicated at <a href="http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/an" rel="nofollow">http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/an</a>... “George W. Bush hates black people”).<br><br>Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang<br>B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br>Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br>Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993 Beyonce is a favorite singer of every member of the Obama family, and I really like Beyonce too.

Beyonce is so pretty!

But I deeply regret that George W. Bush would dislike Beyonce and every member of the Obama family and Burris because they are all black.

George W. Bush hates black people (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/an… “George W. Bush hates black people”).

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

]]> By: tovangar2 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123970 tovangar2 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:58:59 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123970 <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/170195.html#cutid1" rel="nofollow">http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/17...</a><br><br>Don't miss these pix of the inauguration rehearsal. The Barack & Michelle stand-ins are really sweet. http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/17...

Don't miss these pix of the inauguration rehearsal. The Barack & Michelle stand-ins are really sweet.

]]> By: tovangar2 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123965 tovangar2 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:53:12 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123965 Hey Dog, Nice post.<br><br>I'm as conflicted as the next person about Lincoln but I'm content to honor him for the same reasons Obama does. Hey Dog, Nice post.

I'm as conflicted as the next person about Lincoln but I'm content to honor him for the same reasons Obama does.

]]> By: freespiritbty http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123882 freespiritbty Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:57:56 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123882 No you aren't the only one Manju. It hit me as soon as I read your post! It's such a sobering thought of Obama's historical election and Dr. King's holiday being celebrated. No you aren't the only one Manju. It hit me as soon as I read your post! It's such a sobering thought of Obama's historical election and Dr. King's holiday being celebrated.

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123778 whiterosebuddy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:06:45 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123778 What white folks fear is themselves, they were beasts and barbaric ..so cruel to their OWN flesh and blood...so of course they are scared. If we act like them they need to be. What white folks fear is themselves, they were beasts and barbaric ..so cruel to their OWN flesh and blood…so of course they are scared. If we act like them they need to be.

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123777 whiterosebuddy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:04:38 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123777 Yes, it was just deplorable.<br><br>Nothing but negative black stats...and they all sat around that table and said nothing to rebut those stats...just disgusting. Yes, it was just deplorable.

Nothing but negative black stats…and they all sat around that table and said nothing to rebut those stats…just disgusting.

]]> By: Robert M http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123776 Robert M Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:03:45 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123776 Whole family except sons and wife. The Jewish community is privately fuming at this goniff while fearing a backlash of antisemitism. The damage done to the Jewish philanthropthy is still uncalculable. Personal money of machers was pledged to charities to be held by Madeoff while alive and to be given upon death w/ funds likely pledged every year. You calculate out the growth of that money at madeoffs fixed rate and the charity gave what they were holding for the future to him to double down. Now their projections and budgets are for trash.<br><br>PS it's 11am. I hadn't hit send and Larry udlow comes on CNBC and says Madeoff should be sent to Guantanomo and waterboarded. Whole family except sons and wife. The Jewish community is privately fuming at this goniff while fearing a backlash of antisemitism. The damage done to the Jewish philanthropthy is still uncalculable. Personal money of machers was pledged to charities to be held by Madeoff while alive and to be given upon death w/ funds likely pledged every year. You calculate out the growth of that money at madeoffs fixed rate and the charity gave what they were holding for the future to him to double down. Now their projections and budgets are for trash.

PS it's 11am. I hadn't hit send and Larry udlow comes on CNBC and says Madeoff should be sent to Guantanomo and waterboarded.

]]> By: CraigHickman http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123740 CraigHickman Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:42:06 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123740 Any of these motivations would've been fine with me. Well, not calling them savages, of course, but when you done wrong, of course you're going to fear retribution.<br><br>Imagine the course of world history had a movement succeeded in the US whereby slaves were returned to Africa. Any of these motivations would've been fine with me. Well, not calling them savages, of course, but when you done wrong, of course you're going to fear retribution.

Imagine the course of world history had a movement succeeded in the US whereby slaves were returned to Africa.

]]> By: Trumystique http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123737 Trumystique Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:27:56 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123737 Lets not forget Haiti- which scared the beejesus out of them as well. This pointed out to them exactly what an imbalance in population and years of injustice could push people towards --stealing their rights and dignity back. Lets not forget Haiti- which scared the beejesus out of them as well. This pointed out to them exactly what an imbalance in population and years of injustice could push people towards –stealing their rights and dignity back.

]]> By: Miranda http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123732 Miranda Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:25:21 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123732 My sister has a classmate at Ohio State who was very out spoken during the campaigns. He's a white male and actually came right out and said to her one day while they were talking about some incident (ya know there were so many), "We're afraid one day y'all just gone stop forgiving us"....she said she fell out laughing...I was rolling when she told me. Hysterical. My sister has a classmate at Ohio State who was very out spoken during the campaigns. He's a white male and actually came right out and said to her one day while they were talking about some incident (ya know there were so many), “We're afraid one day y'all just gone stop forgiving us”….she said she fell out laughing…I was rolling when she told me. Hysterical.

]]> By: B-Serious http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123727 B-Serious Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:18:11 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123727 Actually, my understanding was that some abolitionists wanted to hurry up and send us back to Africa because they feared a severe backlash/slave revolt. The black population was expanding and some whites were beginning to realize how outnumbered they were in pockets of the population.<br><br>I'm sure some shared the sentiment you expressed. But, for others, it was kinda like: <i>ship 'em back before those savages turn around and kill us!</i> Actually, my understanding was that some abolitionists wanted to hurry up and send us back to Africa because they feared a severe backlash/slave revolt. The black population was expanding and some whites were beginning to realize how outnumbered they were in pockets of the population.

I'm sure some shared the sentiment you expressed. But, for others, it was kinda like: ship 'em back before those savages turn around and kill us!

]]> By: heartsandflowers http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123720 heartsandflowers Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:10:42 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123720 This season of 24 will be awesome. So glad Soulpatch is back but it's kinda weird. This season of 24 will be awesome. So glad Soulpatch is back but it's kinda weird.

]]> By: heartsandflowers http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123719 heartsandflowers Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:08:53 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123719 Marshmallow (white, fluffy, no substance) could barely contribute anything. He started off with a "sucks to be Black" let me whip out all the crappy stats opener. Idiot. As if every bad situation belongs to Black people and we're all victims. Marshmallow (white, fluffy, no substance) could barely contribute anything. He started off with a “sucks to be Black” let me whip out all the crappy stats opener. Idiot. As if every bad situation belongs to Black people and we're all victims.

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123706 whiterosebuddy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:40:36 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123706 Sorta..could be..one of the last.<br>During the primaries...the fact that it was MLK day was made note of..especially in regard to the historical significance.<br><br>This is pre-ordained...too many coincidences to be otherwise Sorta..could be..one of the last.
During the primaries…the fact that it was MLK day was made note of..especially in regard to the historical significance.

This is pre-ordained…too many coincidences to be otherwise

]]> By: Manju http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123699 Manju Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:14:43 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123699 Hey, am I the last dude in the country to realize MLK day is on Jan 19th, the day b/f Obama is inaugurated? Should I start taking MLK's lines, like when he says he's seen the promised land, literally. Because its really beginning to feel like he's up there pulling stings like a puppet master or something.<br><br>You can't make this stuff up. Hey, am I the last dude in the country to realize MLK day is on Jan 19th, the day b/f Obama is inaugurated? Should I start taking MLK's lines, like when he says he's seen the promised land, literally. Because its really beginning to feel like he's up there pulling stings like a puppet master or something.

You can't make this stuff up.

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123695 GreenLadyHere Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:03:58 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123695 rikyrah: Whew! I missed A LOT 2-day! :>) I HOPE that this is NOT a duplicate. :>)<br><br>This comes under the HEADING - - IFFF you had any DOUBTS: :>) :>)<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR2009011102301.html?hpid=topnews" rel="nofollow">Economy Made Few Gains in Bush Years<br> [Eight-Year Period Is Weakest in Decades]</a><br><br><i>President Bush has presided over the weakest eight-year span for the U.S. economy in decades, according to an analysis of key data, and economists across the ideological spectrum increasingly view his two terms as a time of little progress on the nation's thorniest fiscal challenges.<br><br>The number of jobs in the nation increased by about 2 percent during Bush's tenure, the most tepid growth over any eight-year span since data collection began seven decades ago. Gross domestic product, a broad measure of economic output, grew at the slowest pace for a period of that length since the Truman administration. And Americans' incomes grew more slowly than in any presidency since the 1960s, other than that of Bush's father.<br><br>Bush and his aides are quick to point out that they oversaw 52 straight months of job growth in the middle of this decade, and that the economy expanded at a steady clip from 2003 to 2007. But economists, including some former advisers to Bush, say it increasingly looks as if the nation's economic expansion was driven to a large degree by the interrelated booms in the housing market, consumer spending and financial markets. Those booms, which the Bush administration encouraged with the idea of an "ownership society," have proved unsustainable. <br><br>"For a group that claims it wants to be judged by history, there is no evidence on the economic policy front that that was the view," Holtz-Eakin said. "It was all Band-Aids." <br><br>SKIP<br><br>The administration also failed to gain traction on some of the fundamental economic and fiscal issues facing the nation -- including solidifying the finances of Medicare and Social Security, simplifying the tax code, or making health care more affordable. Resolution of those issues might have left the government more flexibility to respond to the current crisis by lowering the nation's future budget deficits. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE. [BAD NEWS!] <br><br>As I said; Is anyone surprised??? I THINK NOT!! ***shakin' my head*** **sigh** rikyrah: Whew! I missed A LOT 2-day! :>) I HOPE that this is NOT a duplicate. :>)

This comes under the HEADING – - IFFF you had any DOUBTS: :>) :>)

Economy Made Few Gains in Bush Years
[Eight-Year Period Is Weakest in Decades]

President Bush has presided over the weakest eight-year span for the U.S. economy in decades, according to an analysis of key data, and economists across the ideological spectrum increasingly view his two terms as a time of little progress on the nation's thorniest fiscal challenges.

The number of jobs in the nation increased by about 2 percent during Bush's tenure, the most tepid growth over any eight-year span since data collection began seven decades ago. Gross domestic product, a broad measure of economic output, grew at the slowest pace for a period of that length since the Truman administration. And Americans' incomes grew more slowly than in any presidency since the 1960s, other than that of Bush's father.

Bush and his aides are quick to point out that they oversaw 52 straight months of job growth in the middle of this decade, and that the economy expanded at a steady clip from 2003 to 2007. But economists, including some former advisers to Bush, say it increasingly looks as if the nation's economic expansion was driven to a large degree by the interrelated booms in the housing market, consumer spending and financial markets. Those booms, which the Bush administration encouraged with the idea of an “ownership society,” have proved unsustainable.

“For a group that claims it wants to be judged by history, there is no evidence on the economic policy front that that was the view,” Holtz-Eakin said. “It was all Band-Aids.”

SKIP

The administration also failed to gain traction on some of the fundamental economic and fiscal issues facing the nation — including solidifying the finances of Medicare and Social Security, simplifying the tax code, or making health care more affordable. Resolution of those issues might have left the government more flexibility to respond to the current crisis by lowering the nation's future budget deficits.

THERE IS MORE. [BAD NEWS!]

As I said; Is anyone surprised??? I THINK NOT!! ***shakin' my head*** **sigh**

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123692 whiterosebuddy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:56:50 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123692 Yes. This is how I see Lincoln to. He was no friend to us. He did what he did to save the union. If he could have done so without freeing us..he would have.<br><br>Also, like Barack he was not a religious man. He used faith political. He understood that the masses were religious.<br><br>I often say these things and folks don't believe me. But he does reflect Barack, as the pragmatist and I believe that is what is so compelling about Lincoln to Barack. Yes. This is how I see Lincoln to. He was no friend to us. He did what he did to save the union. If he could have done so without freeing us..he would have.

Also, like Barack he was not a religious man. He used faith political. He understood that the masses were religious.

I often say these things and folks don't believe me. But he does reflect Barack, as the pragmatist and I believe that is what is so compelling about Lincoln to Barack.

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123691 GreenLadyHere Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:42:04 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123691 rikyrah: He still took time to get his EXERCISE for the DAY! :>)<br><br>HIS SCHEDULE: <b>Sunday Jan. 11, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern8:00 AM <br>9:00 AM <br>10:00 AM <br><br>President-elect Barack Obama's interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airs.<br>Read full transcript.<br><br>PHOTO<br>11:00 AM <br>12:00 PM <br>1:00 PM <br>2:00 PM <br>3:00 PM <br>4:00 PM <br>5:00 PM <br><b>5:30 PM <br><br>Obama arrives at the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center to play basketball.<br>6:00 PM <br>6:16 PM <br><br>Obama finishes his game and heads back to his hotel.</b><br>6:23 PM <br><br>Obama arrives back at the Hay-Adams hotel.<br>7:00 PM <br><br>Way ta go!! Mr. President-Elect Obama!! :>) :>) rikyrah: He still took time to get his EXERCISE for the DAY! :>)

HIS SCHEDULE: Sunday Jan. 11, 2009

All Times Eastern8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM

President-elect Barack Obama's interview on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airs.
Read full transcript.

PHOTO
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM

Obama arrives at the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center to play basketball.
6:00 PM
6:16 PM

Obama finishes his game and heads back to his hotel.
6:23 PM

Obama arrives back at the Hay-Adams hotel.
7:00 PM

Way ta go!! Mr. President-Elect Obama!! :>) :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123690 GreenLadyHere Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:40:50 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123690 allamr18: HEY! :>)<br><br>WORKING ON SUNDAY! :>) That's what he said needed to happen because of the FIERCE URGENCY of this ECONOMIC SITUATION!! :>)<br><br><b>Mr. President-Elect Obama! LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE!</b> :>) YES!!! allamr18: HEY! :>)

WORKING ON SUNDAY! :>) That's what he said needed to happen because of the FIERCE URGENCY of this ECONOMIC SITUATION!! :>)

Mr. President-Elect Obama! LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE! :>) YES!!!

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/countdown-to-the-inauguration-9-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-123689 GreenLadyHere Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:34:53 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5700#comment-123689 rikyrah: GREED & EVIL are NO RESPECTERS of PERSONS!! EVEN BLOOD!!<br><br>SAD!!! PITIFUL!! rikyrah: GREED & EVIL are NO RESPECTERS of PERSONS!! EVEN BLOOD!!

SAD!!! PITIFUL!!

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