Jack & Jill Politics

Mumia, Malcolm X state recognition, the San Fran Bart shooting death, that town in TX that had cops stealing people stuff as they were passing through. the 51st state and the boycott of the international meeting on racism.

Torture and the nazification of the debate

How states are (mis)using stimulus money. e.g. school districts paying down debt instead of buying books or hiring needed staff.

Why is there a need for another 18 month commission/study in order to change the justice system and allow non-violent prisoners be released. The AA Congressmen have introduced legislation and can effectively do all that a commission will take another 18 months to review.

yes, and on that same note, how about radical news media REFORM. real information rather than recycled agenda-driven opinions or so-called expert panelists/strategists. a serious crackdown on hate/irresponsible speech, and a serious discussion of the fairness doctrine.

haven't heard this much discussion about rush limbaugh and glenn beck since the 80s… time to stop discussing their latest antics and instead discussing how to get them off the air.

our country can't afford to keep going in this direction. we need MEDIA REFORM NOW!!

So many topics so little time. Remember back in the day when we had BET and topics like these could be addressed on a daily basis? Remember Bev Smith, Teen Summit, Men Talk, Ed Gordon, and yes Tavis Smiley? Say what you want, we didn't have to worry about the begging the white wing media to cover issues affecting African Americans. We need our own Public Affiars network as part of the basic cable TV package. How can we accomplish that?

Good stuff, Baratunde. I figured they'd cover torture.

Kudos for making the point of “Jack Bower” being some psycho fantasy

Calling for transparency- no amnesty, prosecute.

Stating the Law is the Law if and that torture is illegal, then prosecute

You still watch CNN?

Sorry Craig, I couldn't resist. ;-)

BET=Shity black version of MTV. BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack,

You did good! Woo Hoo!

Go Jack!

Unfortunately, President Obama not only inherited a broken economy, and two wars. He also inherited an America that, for the first time, tortured people as official government policy. This really is the first time. George Washington refused to torture captured British soldiers (and a few thousand of those soldiers decided to stay in America when that war was over). Before George W. Bush, Americans were “the good guys”. I know Obama has enough things to worry about, but this torture issue is not “secondary”. It may take years, and I hope Obama is thinking long-term on this. But if Obama can't return America to being “the good guys”, it will be a terrible missed opportunity.

It's the shity version of MTV now, but before Robert Johnson sold out to Viacom they had a nightly news cast and several public affairs shows. I repeat, we need our own Public Affairs network as part of the basic cable TV package and not the shity version of MTV. How can we make that happen?