Sometimes I feel like an un-married and childless man…

My topic is a take-off on the old Negro spiritual, “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child”.

While watching Dr. Harris-Perry on the Ed Schultz show last evening, I tried to keep an open mind regarding her rant on Dr. Cornel West. I have always considered Dr. West childish, so my interest in what Dr. Harris-Perry was saying about him was marginal.

However, after reading a diary by The Plainsman highlighting like-minded positions of Dr. West and Tavis Smiley regarding Pres. Obama, I remembered both Dr. West and Mr. Smiley are single and childless. I further noted both are modern day Black orators in their own right, so henceforth and for whatever it is worth:

Frederick Douglas: 1818-1895, married, five children

Dr. W.E.B. DuBois: 1918-1963, married, two children

Dr. Martin Luther King: 1929-1968, married, four children

Dr. Henry Louis Gates: 1950, married, two children

Dr. Cornel West: 1953

Tavis Smiley: 1964

At this time, conclusions, if any, are emotional for me and, praise the Lord, out of my discipline.
As always,
BB

Professor Harris-Perry DESTROYS Cornel West
By The Plainsman
Excerpt:
Oh shit! Excuse my language, but that was my reaction after reading Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry's blogpost, article, let-me-take-Cornell West-to-the-woodshed moment in The Nation. As my Dad used to say way back in the day, she "beat the black" off the brother!

And
In a self-aggrandizing, victimology sermon deceptively wrapped in the discourse of prophetic witness, Professor West offers thin criticism of President Obama and stunning insight into the delicate ego of the self-appointed black leadership class that has been largely supplanted in recent years.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/17/976969/-Professor-Harris-Perry-DESTROYS-Cornel-West?via=siderec

No more money if I can’t kill you (Update)

So it is, Pakistan telling America to stop coming into its country using drones to kill its people. The reply from America is:

‘Take your pick. It’s simple. No more drone attacks, no more money so shut up and sit down! I’m busy!’

US drone attack kills 25 in Pakistan's tribal belt
Read more at
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/us-drone-attack-kills-25-in-pakistans-tribal-belt/20110422.htm

They hate us for our freedoms
By Glenn Greenwald
Excerpt:
For the second time in three days, a night raid in eastern Afghanistan by NATO forces resulted in the death of a child, setting off protests on Saturday that turned violent and ended in the death of a second boy. . . .

And
There's nothing much new to say here, but every now and then, it's worth highlighting not only what we are doing, but what the results are. Just imagine the accumulated hatred from having things like this happen day after day, week after week, year after year, for a full decade now, with no end in sight -- broadcast all over the region.
Read more at:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/index.html

As always,
BB

(Update)
Destroying Democracy in Pakistan
By BRIAN CLOUGHLEY
Excerpt:
Likewise, Pakistan’s Parliament is powerless against the arrogant might of the United States. It can pass resolutions until the drones come home, and nobody in Washington will pay the slightest heed.

And
Likewise, Pakistan’s Parliament is powerless against the arrogant might of the United States. It can pass resolutions until the drones come home, and nobody in Washington will pay the slightest heed. It seems that for Pakistan legislators to declare “such drone attacks must be stopped forthwith” is a direct invitation to increase the carnage. Pakistan can’t do a damn thing about this blatant provocation. The indignity inflicted on Pakistan as a nation is not only insolent and illegal, it is lip-smackingly, sneeringly triumphal.
Read more at:
http://counterpunch.com/cloughley05192011.html