Excuse me Hillary, I have to go get ready to run a world

Whatever Sen. Obama talks about in Iowa tomorrow night, in my opinion, will put the Super Delegates and the Clinton team on notice.

I would imagine when running a no-nonsense campaign as the Obama people are doing, there is little patience for foolishness. It can be tolerated up to a point, but there is a lot involved in tolerating foolishness. Of main consideration are your resources. A foolish person can wreck your bank account and all your plans if you decide to play their games with them. The Obama campaign has decided not to continue the game.

- Dear Ms. Clinton,
Sen. Obama regrets he has danced the last dance with you and wish you well.
Sincerely,
Ann Dunham Obama-Soetoro

The Obama campaign is asking the Clinton team and the remaining Super Delegates straight up front: ”Is you is or is you ain’t” for Obama? We have to know here and now so we can adjust agendas, organize fund raisers, book hotels and caterers and start preparing or not for going into a convention in August. We want to know rat here and now! Put your cards on the table so we can see them. This is no longer a game of hide and go seek or having us guess which shell is hiding the pea. This is big time now and we have no time to be making mud pies with you.

Donna Brazil, James Carvel, Al Gore, John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi, you hear me good, now. You have the next move. Use it wisely. (That’s sho nuff what I would tell’em…) mumble..mumble….
As always,
BB

9/11 “* A flash in the pan?” & The Oregon Trail

I am not aware of the dispute the planning of the 9/11 attack on the Trade buildings was not brilliant. I am not aware of any rhetoric the job was bungled. I am not aware of the argument the plan was not conceived and executed by very creative minds.

I am aware, however, of two issues: It has not happened again and the Republican cabal, Pres. Bush in particular, laid claims to credit as to why it has not happened again. Therein lies my problem; it has not happened again and Pres. Bush claims credit.

My problem is the kind of incidence we saw on 9/11 could not have been a “Flash in the Pan”. A one time success. Brilliant ideas do not go the way of one time successes. Brilliant ideas develop little feet of their own and each step into the covered idea opens a succession of more and wider doors much akin to going through archways in an old cathedral. A brilliant idea does not have the doors shut on it after the manifestation of one of its ideas. It just doesn’t happen that way.

A brilliant student in you classroom is going to constantly and consistently pass in brilliant papers and effortlessly make brilliant contributions to the class. I thereby conclude the 9/11 incident could not have been conceived and executed by persons and mind sets we have been to led to believe. In my opinion, it defies logic and is more akin to the logic of fighting in Afghanistan and shifting the war to Iraq and Iran to protect “Israel’s right to exist”.
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On the Oregon trail
Looking at the **70,000 rally in Oregon, I say Kudos to the school system, the local seats of higher education, the canvassers, the local news media, the various social, political and religious agencies. Since birds of a feather do flock together, one may well see an influx of population in Portland, Oregon. This rally is not going un-noticed by people seeking a nice place to live, to raise their children or simply to meet other nice people. This kind of people turn-out only takes the good will of good people. Nothing more. Humans come to mind as does the people of Woodstock and the Million Man March, the two epics of the times.
As always,
BB
* http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/flash-in-the-pan.html
And
**The New Majority: 75,000 Rally in Portland for Obama (updated x4 with more pics + video)
by dotmike
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/18/184313/500/691/517973

Sen. Obama and my “Victory Orgasms”

This is not a dirty blog. At least it is not intended to be.

It is my contention orgasms come in many different forms with the most popular and familiar being related to sex and I hope to address the issue with a different spin, (?) if you will.

I make reference to the brilliance of Sen. Obama and my reactions to the many triumphal chucks of reasoning he espouses. The ones shrouded and adored in such beautiful rhetoric inducing me to feel many times of having gold, myrrh and frankincense placed at my feet. The ones to which I scream out, “My Lord, my Lord, no he didn‘t!” with tears popping out of my eyes. This is a rare, but to be honest, never experienced emotion for me.

To me, this is an emotion quite different than hearing Horowitz play Scarlartti or Mouskowski. Quite different than hearing the one time phrase, “Ask not what your country can do for you” or even “I’ve been to the mountain top.” I do not attach negatives to this new emotion. I do, however, have a special fear. A fear of future speeches. If this is happening to me from mere primary speeches and press conferences, what will happen when I hear Sen. Obama’s acceptance speech at the convention in August? His speech at his inauguration? His first speech to Congress?

I think my Ancestors and I will have finally found peace for our souls here in America. I guess in the meanwhile my struggle continues: getting use to hearing a tsunami of positive messages and thoughts raising my level of hope to lofty heights I thought only privileged to the Gods on Mount Olympus. (Smile)
fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

Obama's Press Conference: A Re-education of the Media.
And
Why Obama Rules: He groks "democracy"
by Mike McL
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/18/11814/6493/931/517733

Enter political pundits #2

I want to address the press’ desires to crush Sen. Obama with yet another reason. It hit me after reading the diary below and ALL of the comments.

I am now mindful the press wanted to strip Sen. Obama’s “Professorship” away. They wanted to say he was not a Professor. They were trying to pander thoughts he is a bs’er. The press now knows Sen. Obama is eligible but turned down a Full Professorship of Constitutional Law position and I therefore posit we ain’t seen nothing yet. One of the press’ biggest fears; Sen. Obama incorporating parts of the U.S. Constitution in his answers to the press. That would really separate the men from the boys. My Lord, my Lord! Helen Thomas would pooh-pooh and I would do the same with a smile on my face as big as a dinner plate!
As always,
BB

Obama's Press Conference: A Re-education of the Media
by Hope08
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/17/95136/1885/278/517377
Excerpt:
Yesterday they saw that an Obama administration would end the circus seen in presidential press conferences and White House press briefing. Obama answered questions directly, honestly, forcefully, pushing his own vision while re-educating the press who have lived in the dark for the past 8 years.

Huckabee the Fool?

Damnit! Another glass of water to replace the tears. Tears so early on a beautiful Saturday morning. I made up my mind not to talk about Huckabee the Fool but after reading the diary of ebonyqueen and the comments, how could I remain silent? How could I ignore the passion and hurt I hear from the diarist and the comments?

I am trying to avoid doodling in every pile of shit some ignorant fool dumps in my path. I try my best to simply recognize what it is and step over it. I am trying to come to grips that people like Huckabee are a no-body. Scum and in some cases, America’s finest example. Can you imagine the turmoil in the lives of the O’Riley’s, the Hannity’s and the Hukabee's? They are to be pitied and I say that most sincerely. They are emotionally very un-happy people. Ain’t no sunshine in they life.

Back to Huckabee the Fool. I try to avoid taunting him with my meager achievements in life. Me, born in the 1930’s who, as a Black, was not supposed to have even survived. Me, who knows the Huckabee's could have cared less if I survived or not, with strong wishes I would not. I threaten his reality. James Baldwin threatened the Huckabee realities and Sen. Obama has given them all a bad case of diarrhea. In my opinion, little by little they are seeing their realities and their sense of well being erode quicker then you can say the word “*Psychosis!” There appears to be many people with an insatiable need to fell superior to other people. I have noticed this most notably since my amputations. Many times I have had people try to take advantage of my helplessness due to their own low, and many times, very low self esteems. “Shocked” is an understatement!

I want to tell the diarist ebonyqueen to take heart. As more and more Blacks appear on the scene, the Huckabee come out beating their chest, crying to the winds as did the good Gov. Huckabee and when they speak, MSM, unfortunately, listens. It seems even Huckabee surprised many of his supporters if you believe what they say. I don’t but that’s the way it goes, dear heart, and it is going to get worst as Sen. Obama goes on to become President of these United States. I am mindful of Tulsa, Oklahoma. I really don’t think the Huckabee's are manifesting hatred but rather a disgust with their own worthlessness in our society. Who can know what un-requited goals they did set for themselves. To what heights they aspired and all of their sterile dreams of contributions. Their personal feelings when they see a Black man fulfills his dreams or even a portion of it, no matter how small. Sad but that’s the way I see it. However, you will continue to write, I will continue to write as will others. I just hope the price of me drinking glasses of water does not go the way of gas prices. (Smile)
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S.
*Psychosis: In the general sense, a mental illness that markedly interferes with a person’s capacity to meet life’s everyday demands. (Like spending too much time worrying what the Blacks are doing.)


I'm sick and tired
by ebonyqueen
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/17/12512/5948/343/517312
Excerpt:
Why is it OK for a Governor to make a joke about someone assassinating a Presidential Candidate, and that's funny to some people where is the call for John McCain to reject and denounce those comments and no I don't care if he apologize it doesn't matter, but we hear all day that Obama called a reporter "sweetie" what's the greater sin?

And the good side
Thank you Daily Kos, Lizardbox, and Indiana
by foxsucks81
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/16/144527/316/637/517034
Excerpt:
Second, the GOTV efforts in Lake county were tremendous. In our district, we knocked on every door not once, but several times. In Obama strong areas, we knocked on our supporters doors almost every day leading up to the election. In Gary, the SEIU and canvassers from Chicago knocked on 100,000 doors in the week leading up to the election. The early voting efforts were so successful that election day canvassers had more trouble finding voters who hadn't already voted than they did finding Obama voters. Similar to Wisconsin, the GOTV knocked-and-dragged voters to the polls in an amazing effort that exceeded the expectations of every professional pollster. This, by the way, is the kind of effort that will herald a Democratic landslide victory in the fall. And having seen it up close and personal, I'm a believer.

Enter political pundits stage front and center

I am gearing up to see many a political pundit literally sweat long beads of incompetence and eagerly looking forward to many of them ending up spending more time with their families.

This primary has taken a sudden turn to “shit or get off the pot” which political pundits feared and tried as long as they could to keep it at bay. I know why the MSM rarely show many of Sen. Obama’s speeches to date. The political pundits knew their days of asking stupid question, their knowledge of history and their journalistic skills were going to be tested during this political season. Many of them have received recognition, book deals and in some cases, wealth but they too have seen the handwritings on the wall.

In my opinion, it is now the political pundits who are the next group of political bs’ers who will bite the dust due to the fact this campaign is no longer on the school playground. It is now in the classrooms where the cream truly rises. Recess for the political pundits is over. I say long over due. The bell has rung. Time for class to begin. Open your Journalism 101 books.

As I saw today with reporters asking Sen. Obama questions, they had to know what they were talking about asking appropriate and intelligently framed and thoughtful questions. They have too long been dragging around the anchors of yesterday. They know they are dealing with a man, Sen. Obama, who is not intellectually defenseless and they know he will respect their questions but only up to a point.

Speaking of points, at this point we can look forward to the MSM hiring more negro journalists for obvious reasons. “Yez’a Boss!” They already have a few and the MSM is going to work their little brown Hiny Shinies off.

Today I could not help the realization many citizens who are not blog readers do not know what the hell is going on in the news. The ones coming home watching the news and not seeing Hillary but lots of Sen. Obama have to be traumatized this evening. And those who are hearing about the Chris Matthew’s show can only appreciate it via the vicarious experience of hearing an isolated funny joke for the first time. However, I feel optimistic enough that non-blog readers have friends and associates who can and will quickly bring them on board and up to speed.

As much as I like Rachel Maddow who was substituting for Keith Olbermann tonight, a guest pundit said, “….they (Bush administration) wanted to tar him (Obama). Sorry, Rachel. I turned off the television right at that point. Whoever he was, I feel he can go to hell. Yes, I am a racially, sensitive and temperamental bastard!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

Matthews chases one of MSM’s Strange bedfellows

Many of us feel Mainstream Media has strange bedfellows. Yesterday, Chris Matthews saw one of them peeking out from under the covers, snatched him and beat the hell out of him! The stunned strange bedfellow was trying to tell Chris who he was - Kevin James, I believe - and he was yelling at Chris and all and trying to get away and all and Chris hit him up side his head, POW! and say “I don’t give a damn who you are” and hit him again, and say “Get out, you ignorant SOB!!” and kicked him square in the ass out the door! Truly a sight to behold. I just had to run’n tell that one! I bet he don't wanna see Chris Matthews nooo more.
As always,
BB

America? Forward……..MARCH!

After reading the diary below, I am wondering the fate of many countries or empires that had crazy leaders. I am wondering how they faired. I am wondering was there a Barack Obama and other like minded leaders who came into play? I am talking about as far back as the Roman era.

Barack Obama and My Hope for the Future
by JCombs
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/16/4110/38632/925/516746
Opening sentences:
This is my first diary so I hope it is read by at least a few people. I hope it empowers those who read it to give us someone we can be proud to call President of the United States.
And
So, this diary is a call to arms. We must fight for the victory of Barack Obama with every ounce of our strength. On the most basic level, this fight asks you to believe that this country can become great once again.
As always,
BB

Does America thwart civilization?

Lamentably, I can not find the article I read the other day espousing how other countries have moved on following the lights of civilizations. The author told about how other countries now have the tallest buildings in the world, the longest bridges, the best instrastructures and the likes leaving America still playing in the school yard sandbox. All I remember about the source is the fact it was in a magazine with pictures and not on the net.

In my opinion, for generations America appear to be fulfilling a teenager’s fantasies. From raging sex hormones to mis-placed hero worship i.e., Charles Manson to Bonnie and Clyde. From not going to sleep at bed time for fears of the little green monster under her bed to the absurd paranoia Adolph Hitler is alive and well and wants to rape her. America has private crushes, “He really likes me but he is afraid to show it”.

All thoughts we attribute to the very young and the “terrible teenage years”. There is a relationship between the healthy maturation of a citizenry and their views on civilization and America seems to be experiencing some difficulties in that area. Again and in my opinion, healthy maturation periods can come and go with the help of an informed and benevolent social structure and woe be to all who are not the benefactors of such an enlightened social structure. America appears to be a social structure wholly unprepared to deal with its citizens. This has been America for a long time. An afflicted un-educated teenage parent comes to mind.

We play the “dirty dozens” with words such as “appeasement” (Love the way Chris handled that one yesterday with a guest) “bitter” “elitist” and a host of others. We break rules and we lie. We chastise the “Fire Brands” and pooh-pooh any and all efforts of cries to “Grow up!” America’s fears of growing up have now become a major concern and, if you will, also a paradox. Why can’t we as a country work with a brave new world with all the new technologies and manpower available to us? Why, I ask??? Why not the will? We have the ingredients. It is hard not to conclude America does not want to grow up and continues to demonstrate that perception to many of its own citizenry. It has grown beyond the pale of simple bullying, as serious as that behavior is in itself. It is now conduct that could be attributed to the realm of deep and disturbing psychosis. *Definition of Psychosis. Psychosis: In the general sense, a mental illness that markedly interferes with a person's capacity to meet life's everyday demands.
America has yet to come to grips with this saying as have other countries: "When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things." I Cor. xiii. 11.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

NOONAN: The Pity Party... (Thanks Drudge)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121088369408596389.html?mod=todays_columnists#top
Excerpt:
Many (Republicans) are ambivalent, deep inside, about the decisions made the past seven years in the White House. But they've publicly supported it so long they think they. . . support it. They get confused. Late at night they toss and turn in the antique mahogany sleigh bed in the carpeted house in McLean and try to remember what it is they really do think, and what those thoughts imply.
And those are the bright ones. The rest are in Perpetual 1980: We have the country, the troops will rally in the fall.
*Psychosis http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5110

Pres. Bush and my lying eyes

This little jewel of a saying came about during the Rodney King hearings in reference to the police beating, “Do you believe me or your lying eyes”. That is one of those phrases to unique to debunk and all I can say is I never knew about my lying eyes especially when other bodily functions support what I have seen and I saw - read - what Pres. Bush said to the Knesset today, so there!

*“Speaking before the Knesset, Bush said that “some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along."
"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."“

That’s a whole mess of lying my eyes are telling me! My lying eyes are also telling me here is a man, the President of a country, who has no more morals than a junk yard dog in heat. A man whose credibility’s as the President of a country are lower than a whore’s panties while turning tricks in an alley and just as filthy. The President of a country whom the rest of the world would call “Stinky” on the school playground and avoid like the plaque. My Mama always told me, “Now BB, you always consider the source”. “Yes M’am.” Another tsunami for Sen. Obama and his supporters to deal with. Finally, I heard Sen. McCain congratulated Sen. Clinton on her win in West Virginia and, more than ever these days, I still believe what my Mama told me.
As always,
BB
P.S. Early this morning, I saw the late version of the Matthews and Olberman’s show. Finally they are aggressively and factually confronting the bs that so many of us wished they would. Kudos to both of them. They spoke for me.
*Biden: Bush's comments were 'bullshit' (Thanks Drudge)
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0508/Biden_Bushs_comments_were_bullshit.html

The “Saints” are marchin’ in!

Gov. Richardson, Joe Andrew and now Sen. Edwards, Sen. Kennedy et al. If you have a humanitarian idea that you have difficulties birthing, your help may come from the most unlikely sources. God bless Sen. Edwards for manning up to the situation. Talking about a courp! Poor James Carvelle. Back in his cage. Donna Brazile, hello?
As always,
BB
P.S. Again I turned off Chris Matthew’s show and did not return to it. I look forward to his show but not to be insulted by the likes of a Pat Buchanan. Pat Buchanan does not like me and I does not like him with a mutual agreement.

Banging on Burma's doors. "Let me in!"

It must be a strange feeling someone banging on your door to help you when they watched while your neighbor’s home burn down. A difficult concept to grasp. Yet, in effect, that is what America and the EU is doing to Burma. New Orleans burned down and China is burning but all their energies are banging on Burma’s doors. Here’s my take on it.

There are papers to be signed and the devil is always in the details. Burma does not have time reading contracts, conditions and wherefore and whereof’s at this time. They do not want to reveal where they hide their treasure due to the fact as soon as it is located and as soon as the doors are swung open, “they” will storm trooper in and rob it. There is talk about an air lift. That is, dropping supplies from the sky. “No, no, no!” say the good benefactors. “We must come on land and bring with us our support systems.” Now everybody knows about support systems given to Blacks and people of color in need. The humiliations are recorded and they are voluminous. Those “charities” that want to help so much have CEO’s to be paid, (I saw one the other morning on C-Span dripping in money) there is gas money and other personnel to pay. Who do you think is going to pay for all this “humanitarian” help? Do you think the charities themselves are going to just write off their “humanitarian” deeds? Is such a debt relief in the tax code?

Dropping shit from the air and giving it away……for free? You got to be kidding. “There is a protocol for what we do,” they would say. “There are commitments to be made. 'Pap-puhz' to sign, agencies to create etc., etc., etc.,” Shit, just go on and blame it all on OJ! What the hell!
As always,
BB

A good “Soul Food Shack” or “Jewish Deli” in West Virginia?

I remember reading about a newly discovered culture of people living in the mountains being discovered as contractors prepared land for the various inter-state highways.

Motels and restaurants sprang up and I understand the “White Only” signs we see depicting the era were originally signs that read, “No coloreds, Jews or dogs allowed”. In light of what happened last night in WV with the primaries, this makes sense; No blacks or Jews allowed. This may not be a Jewish State, they would imply, but dawg gone, it sure as hell is a White one!

I paraphrase a dairy, “I am a young Jewish girl from New Jersey and witnessed some hostilities directed towards Sen. Obama." “They knew you were Jewish” I said to myself upon the reading. “Caucasians know a Jew when they see one” I mused and continuing my thoughts, “Just like we Blacks know a racist when we see one, so does the Caucasian when they see a Jew irregardless of their last name”.

I was looking for a common thread as to why the whole state of WV voted for Hillary Clinton and twice for George Bush, both white people. “What happened in ‘00 and ‘04" I ask myself? I was mindful that in ‘00 Kerry was said to have had a Jewish grandmother or grandfather and in ‘04 there was Joseph Lieberman on the ticket as Vice President.

Missing in many of the post of canvassers I read were the racist Jewish comments in WV. Most all of the antidotal records only mentioning their disdain for Blacks and Muslins. In the Black community, the saying is, “They hate a Jew as much as they do a nigger” and I refuse to believe Blacks are the only ones telling Jewish jokes when we get together.

America’s racist chickens and roosters have come home to roost. With the roosters adorned in their confederate uniforms and the chickens in their finest hoop skits and bonnets being joined by the turkeys. Many of the roosters, chickens and turkeys voted for Sen. Clinton and gathering on the train station platform this morning they handkerchief wave their good-bys to America saying, “Now y’awl come back’n see us again real soon now, Y’uh hear?” Yeah! Like November. Looking for a good Black owned “Soul Food Shack” or “Jewish Deli” in West Virginia? Good luck! In my opinion, your chances are better buying a Popsicle in hell. (Hell, they’re hard to find in Washington, D.C. The big Jewish restaurant, Zieberts, closed years ago.)
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. We must cast a critical eye on Donna Brazile, a Hillary supporter and a super delegate. In my opinion, she is positioning herself to fuck things up at the meeting at the end of this month. She's talking that folked- tongue talk.

The Gods heard my plea…

My personal taste for visiting a website has whittled down to three and although the three consume a lot of my willing time, I still wanted to visit a web site - classroom - a little different. Enters the information from the diarist below with two websites. Hits my hand to a “T”. Just what the doctor ordered. And to complete my wish list, is there another site like Dkos also with people of sound minds, thank you? Thanks EmilyD. If I were a brave man, I would sponsor one of The Art of Democracy shows in my DC/Maryland area. Maybe the folks from Documania?

I Also Blog For Art (3+ / 0- )
And I'd like to alter you to this group:
http://www.artofdemocracy.org/
When good people of conscience give up the fight for justice, all is lost. Therefore you must not give up. www.politicalartwork.blogspot.com
by EmilyD on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:49:44
As always,
BB

Another Dkos Golden Egg

Historians and other archivist would be wise to note this diary for many reasons.

"There Ain't No *N-Word* God": A Coal Miner's Son Reflects on ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/13/11314/8345/3/514593
Below is one comment to the article and further down in the comment section -not included here- there is a poem you would think Zeus himself wrote.

Comment:
Where do writers like you come from? (17+ / 0-)
What a crazy site this is, where people like you put so much time into sharing their thoughts so eloquently.
Thanks for the diary, I enjoyed it (as a young San Franciscan who's lived in CA all his life).
by Snapper on Mon May 12, 2008 at 10:43:52

And a shortened comment:
Politicians and those who pay for them (2+ / 0-)
I know it, too. As the poster notes, this is very much what was done in the coalfields of Appalachia in previous times ("Matewan" is based on true events--although the union organiser was an anarchist from the IWW, BTW.)
I saw anti-Black racism pushed as a tool for controlling white workers when I was growing up in Western Kentucky as well. "I might as well hire a ni**er" was one of the favourite shouts of the fast-food boss I worked for in high school, and you could literally see the fear on the faces of the poor whites he lorded over when he said it--if you are 40 years old and working in fast food, there isn't much lower that you could slide if fired. Their position just one step above Black people was all a lot of folks had to hold on to. My own brother, at the time a royal f*uck-up with a bad drinking problem, was saved from being sacked once by a boss who said "well, at least you're not a ni**er." This kind of racism catches white workers in a bind, caught between fear of falling and mostly illusory privilege.
The answer to this is the same one John Sayles pushed in "Matewan": solidarity. When and if those of us who have to work for a living catch a clue and realise that we are in this boat together, we can row in the same direction and get someplace.
I like to think that if the bosses can use racism to divide us--and they do--that we can use solidarity and mutual aid to unite us using the same tools of persuasion.
Political Compass says: -8.88, -8.67
"We never sold out cos no one would buy."--J Neo Marvin
by expatyank on Mon May 12, 2008 at
As always,
BB
P.S. Is it true Urban means Black? I really question that. First of all, it doesn't make sense especially within the context it is used.
P.S. Many people who infer when you make a remark that you said "All" turns me off. They rest their re-buttla upon that stupid assumption. I immediately stop listening or reading. I feel I am being confronted with an intellectually chalenged person. No time for that these days! This is one of the tactics of the "beggin' for an argument" crowd.

Peace be with you, Hillary, my child.

My theory as to why Hillary Clinton is going all the way in this campaign is as valid as anyone’s since no one seems to really know.

Ms. Clinton has now been assured history will not record her ‘mis-speaking’ nor other indiscretions. She now has been tacitly assured that non of her negatives will be highlighted nor given any significant attention. She is clearly demonstrating white American privileges. She knows her career is assured in whatever endeavor in the future including her re-election as Senator of NY and perhaps Governor. She knows she will not have a “Tywanna Brawley” lifetime story following her into the future. No “Hymeytown” remark associated with her. No “Bitter” nor “guns and churches” remarks nor any other remarks to make her look less American white and pristine than she wants to be publicly presented.

Ms. Clinton’s remarks will be cuddled, lied about and in some cases, not recorded in context if at all. Ms. Clinton knows this. She knows the mostly Neo-con Mainstream Media does not want Sen. Obama to be president of these United State any more than she does. (How would they control the folks back home on the Gaza Strip?)

At this stage, Ms. Clinton has been assures, as the rest of us, she could do a Parisian Can-Can with no panties on and her performance would be favorably compared to Anna Pavlova’s “Giselle”.

Columnist Joe Klein made a good point tonight by saying Sen. Obama needs to rest to prepare for his new speeches for the next phases of his campaign. Ms. Clinton knows this as does the MSM. Why would one assume they do not know what they are doing? They know the historic circumstances of loosing the national elections. If those facts have filtered down to my little black ears, I know they also know them. McCain for President? Not as unlikely as it first appeared. That is, if Sen. Obama begins to completely ignore Sen. Clinton from this point forward; including Can-can dances with no panties on and all.

I fear Ms. Clinton and her campaign are rapidly becoming an American folktale and, alas, all the blame will be attributed to Sen. Obama, the villain. Folktales -generating information from one’s rear end; a theater of farts, if you will - can become pretty wield things to produce and there would be a different “authentic” variation of the folktale from each segment of our American cultures. Book publishers and history teachers will have their favorites. My lord!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. I am having seriously concerned regarding my encroaching disdain for MSM. I don’t want to completely tune out present society and go live in the Blogosphere. Weird thoughts!

The Mis-Education of America

“What I hate about ignorance is its persistence” my cousin would always say. I would chuckle at her remark as I always would do and we would talk about what pissed her off this time.

I awakened this morning with thoughts about how the press is insulting the people in West Virginia in relationship to their educational levels and wages. It is embarrassing to me to hear them disc the communities of West Virginia in such a manner. I am mindful of the Poverty Tour of Robert Kennedy and on February, 14, 1968 at the Letcher County Courthouse he said:
"There are great possibilities in eastern Kentucky," Kennedy told the crowd on this stop of his two-day, 200-mile poverty tour. "But there have to be people who are going to fight for eastern Kentucky."

I am also mindful there was a photographer in Sen. Kennedy’s entourage who, after taking pictures of the various people along the tour, and upon making the pictures public, was ostracized and died under mysterious circumstances. The people in the community said the pictures were unflattering to them and their way of life. At one time I could find the account on Google but I can not find it now. One of the little girls he photographed recounted the story as an adult.

I am pissed off this morning due to the fact I feel there is no reason for anyone and especially a whole state in America to have a legacy of ignorance and barely subsistence incomes. It should be unacceptable to every citizen in America and a damnable issue to exploit for political reasons. How could such a thing continue to exist? Haven’t we had someone in the past responsible for the education of American citizens? I think this started before there was a U.S. Department of Education and the muscular intrusion of teacher unions. It appears to me the curriculum of their school systems was shitty from grade one and continues to be so. Is/was there a lack of a whole cadre of competent teachers in the state for generations?

The Black comedian Flip Wilson announced at one time, “This joke is for the ugly people. You know who you are”. I would say ignorant, backwards and poor people also know who they are and in my opinion, it is cruelty most fowl for Hillary and the MSM to exploit the citizens of West Virginia as they are reporting by telling them they are hard working Americans and whatever their condition, at least they are better than a nigger. Cruel! American mis-education’s finest hour. (Saying Black or African-American would only confuse the issues to them and set off a concert of other emotional bells. You know what they mean and they know you know what they mean!)
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB


* West Virginia country folk keep distance from Obama: 'I heard he's a Muslim ... (Thanks Drudge)
By Andrew Ward
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a50425a-1f86-11dd-9216-000077b07658,s01=1.html

Bosom buddies: Hillary, the Sandman. MSM, Rip Van Winkle

At the end of the process, both the Sandman and *Rip Van Winkle have to make some meaningful adjustments to their surrounding. As The Sandman, Hillary would have to be cognizant of the world she wants people to sleep through and the consequences thereof. She has to be cognizant of the world in which her victims will be frozen or thrown back in time and whether or not the chance she has taken would be appreciated when and if the “Sleepers Awake”. One has to exercise great wisdom in deciding when to put people to sleep i.e., a physician or lecturer and there maybe others with the ability. I would say it is dangerous.

We in the Blogosphere are doing some heavy monitoring awaiting the awakening of Rip Van Winkle aka Mainstream Media (MSM). It is just about as difficult as a parent awaiting the arrival of a new member of the family and especially during the era before pre-birth sex could be determined. In the past, we Bloggers have befriended the sun, the rooters and set the alarm systems on the most sophisticated of alarm clocks.

For years we have tried telling Rip Van Winkle it’s time to awaken but, alas to no avail. Of late, we are witnessing a periodic yawn here and an occasional arm stretch we interpret as indications, faint though they are, of an awakening. During my watch, I have seen some strange things come from under those sheets during the night and leaving the room. Maybe Rip Van Winkle, aka MSM, will fully awaken when they all leave and once again be a contributing member of society. It will be a happy day when all those strange things leave his bed and go back to wherever strange bedfellows go. You would not believe what I have seen. I know I usually run’n tell it but I can’t do that this time. Just take my word for it; MSM has some strange bedfellows! Some of them looked worst than something the dog dragged in and some of them smelled so bad make you cough and your eyes water. Awful people! But the vigil continues and I remain optimistic. (Cough)

Just a break to look at TV:
I waited all morning to hear the Chris Matthew show and two minutes into the show, he mentioned Rev. Wright wherein I immediately turned off the TV. Fortunately, I heard the bell ring and have moved to the next class along with a few others. It is silly to sit in the same class ignoring the bell. I say, learn me something. Let’s not go over the same lessons, have me answering the same fuckin’ questions and listening to the same teacher jokes. Learn me something, knucklehead!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
THE OLD
Rip Van Winkle
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle

THE NEW
A FAIR amount of interest.
by DeanDemocrat
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/11/42149/4507/1023/513597

THE CULMINATOR
Party Like It’s 2008
By Frank Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/opinion/11rich.html?hp

Negroes! Behold thy “Beloved” Clintons.

I did not see Larry King last night. However, I did see this dairy this morning.

While reading the dairy I did not know Ms. Simpson is Black until reading that fact in one of the comments in the dairy. Upon re-reading the quotes in the dairy, my emotions will not let me say “something” due to the fact I do not know what that “something” is. At this time, I can not grasp it! I do feel it is attached to a lot of pain. Pain I do not want to go through this early in the morning. I am supposed to have lunch with friends today.

I am puzzled why more Super Delegates are not reading the handwriting on the wall as so many of us are. Could some of them agree with Ms. Simpson? Many of them? I thought Bill Clinton was called “The first Black President” due to some Black blood. In the Black community, we had also heard such in reference to Eisenhower and Carter. When the Blacks (Sp) in one community put Bill Clinton into their Black Hall of Fame, I had that “something” feeling. The very same one I am having now. Perhaps after lunch…
As always,
BB
Larry King: Hillary Supporter Carole Simpson fears Obama is unelectable because of his race
by blueocean
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/10/442/67570/482/513097
Excerpt:
Do you know what my big fear is, is that Barack Obama is going to win the nomination and during the general election all of those white people that came out to vote for him in the primaries are going to get in that booth and are not going to vote for him, just like Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, when he was running for the governor of California. All the polls said that he was going to win and he lost by a large margin because people said what was politically correct.
KING: Yes. What are you saying that America will not elect...
KING: You're saying America will not elect a black man?
Is that what you're saying?
CAROLE SIMPSON: I am fearful of that. I am fearful that "God damn America" is going to pop into their heads as soon as they get into the polling booth.

Dr. Jendayi Frazier: “A spoonful of sugar…..”

Say you are a citizen of Zimbabwe and *Dr. Jendayi Frazer enters stage front and center to help mediate your present political woes. Say this is “Dr. Frazer earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Stanford University. Her doctoral dissertation examined Kenya's civilian-military relationship. Security issues remain of interest to Dr. Frazer, who regularly speaks to military audiences and about military-related issues in Africa.” And say Dr. Jendayi Frazier presents formidable, and not as convincing, “No nonsense” decorum akin to Madame Albright minus the crown jewels on her chest. And Dr. Frazier goes on C-Span on Friday, May 9th saying your President, Robert Mugabe, will probably continue to manipulate elections and stay around “..until he dies in office.” And she is of the opinion your President Mugabe “..brings harm to his citizens.”

In answering a telephone call in relationship to your President Mugabe taking land from the white land owners giving it back to the government, she says that there is no relationship to that political act to the present political situation and your President Mugabe did “..steal land” from the white landowners. How ‘bout that, eh? Your President was in the wrong, she contends. It was your President Mugabe (chuckle) who stole your Black land from the white colonialists. Hold on now! Don’t pee on yourself. Just hold it for a little while longer, OK? I’m almost finished.

The good Dr. Jendayi Frazier said things that happened in Zimbabwe in the past are irrelevant. “WE”, she opined, only have to concentrate on the results of the Presidential Elections “..of March 29th forward”. If that doesn’t make you feel all fuzzy and warm inside and tear-up, I don’t know what to say about you. Hold on now, Brother. I’ll be finished soon. I’m just running’n tellin’ it what I heard. What‘s your name again, Brother? Dakaro? And you have a sister named Dakara? And your Mom’s name is Dakarist? Interesting. No, no!! I don’t need to know your father’s name. I would say, um, your family is, uh, very connected to Africa. OK, Dakaro. Hold tight. Can’t you sit still, boy?? I‘m talking to you! So figiddy!

I just thought you should know what a representative of our U.S. State Department said on C-Span this morning. Oh, by the way. When addressing the next to last caller regarding her biased information, she pronounced to him he should “…read more. Do more reading.” Thanks for listening. OK. Go on to the bathroom now. Don’t drown yourself in there! (As Dakaro rushes to door) AND SHE THINKS OPPOSITION LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME TO ZIMBABWE! He was moving so fast I wonder if he heard me. Let me tidy up this chair a bit. Call me a nosy gossip or what have you. I does not care! Bet’cha that’s what dey called the old creoles too. Called dem “nosy old gossips”. Humph! If dey only knew. (Door slowly opens. Face peeks in.) What? You back here again? Thought you had gone home! BYE! No more stories today! (Gentle smile, door slowly closes.)
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. I'm telling you, one can be very difficult to live with if one can/does not write.
* http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/56774.htm

The Chris Matthews’ show today featuring……..

The one….the only….WW2 hero....."Pvt. Chop Chop Wolfson!” LOLROF
As always,
BB

When questions become more important than answers

I just turned off Wolf Blitzer’s interview with Sen. Obama. This is the first time I have heard Sen. Obama answer sensible questions in a long time but Wolfe continues to step on his answers. It’s annoying to me. Time for my nap. As soon as Sen. Obama is answering a question, Wolfe starts another one. Boo to the Wolfe. Ignorant!
As always,
BB

The Clintons: “Racism” Teachers

I take a particular delight in looking at situations through other prisms available to me either from personal or vicarious backgrounds.

Ms. Clinton is so passionate about her most unusual school and her beliefs in its social values she is willing to continue financing it using her personal funds. Ms. Clinton feels she has a mission to perform. This too is not unusual. Bill Gates is doing it and so is Oprah. There are many a public school teacher using their personal funds to solidify the students learning experiences. There are charter schools with various sponsors and enthusiastic volunteers with tightly rolled up sleeves.

In my opinion, Ms. Clinton’s drummer began with the distant tapping of "Dixie" on a drum rim until she was soon joined by the Drum and Bugle Corp of the press, Neo-con pundits and commentators of the Mainstream Media. The mission statement of her school appears to read:

“How to get what you want in America: For whites only.”

Lectures: How to deal with Black citizens.
-Disrespect them; Disrespect them in everything they do or say.
-The skillful usage of racial innuendos.
- Law suits: Set up a situation wherein they are not able to talk back to you for fear of being ostracized or sued.
-Find a wedge in all their arguments no matter how insignificant.
-Have full knowledge the press will support you and take your word over the word of the Black. Other real white Americans will also help you.
-Change rules: Change or modify any real or perceived rules to your advantage.
-Drive the point home the Black is standing in the way of your white progress and imply if he were somehow out of the picture, by any means necessary, you would not be under so much stress.
- Develop a good tool: Have fun with the Black. Laugh at him often. Create scenarios no matter how bizarre and use lots of exaggerations.
-Muddy him up: Present him as damaged goods. Undress him in public every chance you get.
-Seek help from spouse and other family members.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

“You leave with the one who brought you to the dance."

Rev. Al Sharpton reminded us of that little ditty when he was running for President.

In my opinion, extending olive branches to the Clinton campaign is well and good if we were talking about mending a relationship with regular disagreeing people. The Clinton administration HATE Sen. Obama. I am mindful of reading a post of Sen. Obama approaching a lone man eating in a dinner who waved him off calling him a Muslim and an unpatriotic man. Such a person would take your olive branch and beat the shit out of you if you insist on befriending him. You are dealing with hate and the Mainstream Media will continue to stroke the flames and that’s two strikes against us from the get go. Tim Russet’s idea was a classic set-up and certainly not very creative.

This is my opinion, of course, but it has been my personal experience if a white person hates you, there is absolutely nothing you can do. Nothing! Any and all attempts to befriend them would be viewed as a taunt and they will physically hurt you. You must not forget the MSM will support them; not you. I am mindful of the young Black in Jena who disarmed his white assailant and was arrested. I wish the relationship could be as easy as mending fences. If it were that simple, it would have happened a few hundred years ago. We are facing an old evil in a contemporary setting. Time to put on the old thinking caps.

Paying off Hillary’s debts would humiliate them to no end. The very situation we would try to avoid would escalate. It would look nice in history books but so does the names of General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. This is a no win situation. Racism always has been. You have to be creative just to keep peace. A dilemma for sure but just like the old folks use to say, “I’ll pray on it.” Sad.
As always,
BB

For whatever reason, Black man, promotion denied.

- (Dkos) Oh, no you won’t. Not this time, Mister!

The fact should be now known all over the world why smart, educated Black men don’t have many places of statue in America. The fact should now be known why we have only had four African Americans in our U.S. Senate; why we are not presidents of large corporations, owners of large 400 corporations, why we are not banking Czars and inheritant of large sums of “old” family money and controllers of vast amounts of stocks in many of the foundation institutions of America.

The fact should be further clear why so many of our Black leaders had to be killed and to this day, why so many are demonized. The Michael Jackson‘s, The OJ Simpson's, the Michael Ricks, The Rev. Al and Rev. Jacksons’ and yes, the Rev. Jeremiah Wrights. The fact should be crystal clear the strengths and tenacity of “the powers that be” and to what depths they would embarrass themselves and our country to keep America the country they want it to remain and continue to interfere into the internal affairs of other countries with large populations of people of color.

Members of the Dkos family had often written about Chris Matthews’ obsessions. I saw it for the first time last night. I had a little fun changing channels every time a pundit or moderator would mention Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s named and ended up everytime on BBC-World and C-Span. Incidentally, with the call-ins on C-Span, not one caller mentioned the name of Rev. Wright. Not one! However, when I would go back to Chris’ show, he would find an excuse to mention Rev. Wright’s polarizing name. I concluded he was getting ten buck under the table from some source everytime he mention Rev. Wright’s name and he racked up a mint last night. Imagine Chris in a boardroom discussion if you, a Black man, should get a high managerial job in the company. What he did was subtle but those kind of subtleties speak loud volumes in a boardroom. I can also place Keith in such a boardroom for that matter.

Diarist of the Dkos family did a magnificent job in confronting and winning over the obstructionist and polarizing “powers that be” and I, as a Black man, would like to extend my heartfelt thanks. You truly are the “good guys”. God bless.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB

Mischief makers finally hear MSM message

This morning, there was an article regarding vandalism at one of Sen. Obama’s headquarters. Test run. There was no media outrage, no Pres. Bush condemning such an act. No “full investigations under way” no “Rewards offered”. Just tacit approvals. A relieved MSM says, “Go ahead. It’s alright. Do your thing. Funny, we too are for maintaining true American values”. Sad.

3 Obama campaign offices searched after bomb threat... Developing on Drudge.
As always,
BB

Shareholders: My perceptions

Even if you are a person who rushes home from the drug store to count the piles in your bottle of aspirins or clean the barrel of your favorite hunting gun twice a week, the implied lesson of AP Business Writer Michael Liedtke’s article on Microsoft and Yahoo can be understood.

In my opinion, after reading the article, the implied lesson learned was the power of the shareholders of a company over that of the Board of Trustees. I casually thought it was to the reverse; I thought the Board of Trustees had power over the shareholders.

I do recall Rev. Jackson telling us (poor) Blacks to buy shares in companies so we could have some say in the direction of the company but it has not begun to make sense until of late. Until I was able to pull the concept into a larger framework. The word “epic” comes to mind.

Within the framework of writing to sponsors of TV shows, it is the shareholders who are the real “persons of interest”. I have observed in every group of diversed people, there is a Jefferson Smith. Jefferson Smith is the fictional hero of the classic movie “*Mr. Smith goes to Washington” and there is at least one in every diverse group. They are usually “woodwork” people as some teachers call them. They come into your room, no fanfare and you really do not notice them. You may not see them for weeks until you get the first set of test papers back. When you are checking the papers at home or wherever and come across his paper you say, “Damn! Who is THIS?” You mentally scan your classroom and can not place him. When passing out the papers on the next class day, you come to grips that you indeed have not seen him in your classroom before. It happens that way many times. Ask any real teacher who is not a propagandist or polarizer. Their interest in the classroom participants is a tad bit different. (Smile)

I would imagine canvassers are also that way. (You should read some of their blogs.) You would never know it unless they mention it in class. Never. That’s Mr. Jefferson Smith. That’s also your Sen. Lincoln Chaffee. There you have the three of them. One fictional, two real lifers. More than American patriots. Patriotism is nice but humanitarian issues are top priorities. What is right rules the day. A comparison could be made between these three characters and Ms. Pelosi’s infamous pronouncement, “Impeachment is off the table” remark. Or let’s take another example; the Irish Gig sung and danced to the tune “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” or the latest Flag of Iwo Jima waving good Senator Clinton balking such nonsense as dropping her panty hose on Iran if they bother Israel. Shareholders do not entertain those kinds of thoughts. They want to do the best thing for their product and in the case of the one fictional and two live characters, the product is America.

If one would go to any shareholder’s meeting, Jefferson Smith, Lincoln Chaffee and your canvassers will also be there. Quiet! Until or unless…….

If there is any truth to the African proverb, “It is the women who hold up the sky” than I would say, it is the shareholders who hold up the product. Not Chuck Todd. Not Dan Abrams. Not Rush Limbaugh nor Sean et al. As I noted in another post, they are only overseers. Peons, if you will. Good ones, I admit, but peon just the same. Nothing more. They are out here making efforts to keep their jobs as do/did the rest of us.

Finally and in regards to the power of shareholders, I am mindful of one exception. When citizens of Washington, D.C. wanted to boycott the Washington Post News Paper, Ms. Cathy Hughes, CEO of Radio One, told us it was not possible to bring the WaPo to its knees due to the fact the government was the biggest subscriber to the paper with its governmental want ads sections. Boy, was that a shock to us! Imagine, governmental influences trumping shareholders power. She asked us to throw the magazine section of the Sunday paper on their front steps to register our displeasures with the paper. The inspiration for writing this blog is the AP story source below.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*Mr. Smith goes to Washington is the 1939 movie classic
A naive man (Jefferson Smith) is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.

SOURCE:
"Clearly there's frustration," said Darren Chervitz, co-manager of the Jacob Internet Fund, which owns Yahoo stock. "I am not even sure if Yahoo cares about its shareholders because they didn't show much regard for shareholders' best interests in this process."
AP
Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid
Sunday May 4, 11:25 pm ET
By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer (Thanks Drudge)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080504/microsoft_yahoo.html?.v=16