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Re: Sidwell Friends Allows Crazy White People to Picket Malia & Sasha’s School

JillTubman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:24 -0000

If it's not illegal to direct protests at young children, then it should be.
We have laws that restrict movement near schools. There are laws that say
sex offenders can't live within 200 yards of schools and there are laws that
provide extra punishment for selling drugs within 1000 yards of a school. If
the law needs to be changed to protect Malia and Sasha Obama from white
supremacist extremists, then so be it.

Re: Fort Hood Memorial Service Open Thread

JillTubman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:44:32 -0000

My prayers are with all those at Fort Hood, especially the families and friends of the fallen... It's a sad day.

Re: *Note To JJP: Won’t Back Down!

JillTubman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:33:46 -0000

Thanks Alexander2 -- I've shared your comments with Baratunde and rikyrah. I
appreciate your input. We've updated rikyrah's post re: troop levels, btw,
with the new info. Also, I did holler back post-Obama call. However, it did
take a few days since I wanted to do some analysis. Here's the post in case
you missed it:

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/jjp-...

Bloggers do suffer from fatigue at times -- I appreciate your reminder that
we need to stay sharp in order to stay relevant. Thanks again and take care.

Re: ColorOfChange to Murdoch: What exactly do you mean?

JillTubman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:25:45 -0000

I'm outraged by this. Thanks for posting. Let's fight back.

Re: Sidwell Friends Allows Crazy White People to Picket Malia & Sasha’s School

JillTubman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:01:36 -0000

Having gone to Sidwell, I'm sure they are using it as a "teaching moment". That's nice but the Obama girls should be allowed their childhoods. Allowing protesters to set up camp and terrorize children is unacceptable. Let's not play politics with kids' lives.

Re: *Note To JJP: Won’t Back Down!

JillTubman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:39:27 -0000

Hi -- wanted to let you know I read all the comments. You guys have some good points that I want to consider with the seriousness they deserve and also discuss with our team. We are proud of Spirit (of course!) -- one of our key goals has always been to showcase how amazing and intelligent our commenters are in order to put the lie to media fallacies that we all think alike, that we are all stupid, etc. We'd like to find better ways to show that pride in the black community.

We are also proud of you -- WeeSeeYou is a great blog and an incredible community in its own right. I hear you saying that I did not respond to your concerns about collusion: I should clarify that the extent of our legal relationship with CommonSense Media is that they have a couple of ad tiles on our site and we share the revenue wit them. We do not nor never have discussed editorial decisions with them as part of that deal.

Re: Arianna -- Baratunde occasionally blogs over there and we've received links from HuffPo to a few of our posts. We don't discuss editorial with HuffPo either. End of story. I thought it was cool to meet her in person -- I can see how you might view that differently & respect your opinion.

We're not trained journalists -- I have a full time job, rikyrah has a full time job and Baratunde has like 5 jobs. JJP is a labor of love for all involved. We're just regular folk with big mouths. We're still learning as we go along. I want you to know how much we appreciate your insights. As I said, let's continue to talk about it - how we can improve and how we can all better work together toward common goals. If you feel we're slippin' -- well, that's important for us to know so we can do better.

It's possible that we may not always agree with each other. Not all black bloggers nor black people agree on everything, especially when it comes to politics! Still, my hope remains that we can respect each other enough to be frank and to listen to each other with respect even if we don't always agree.

Thanks y'all for continuing the conversation.

Re: WEESeeYou Jane, Jack, Jill & Arianna

JillTubman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:02:50 -0000

Hey - wanted to let you know that Jack, rikyrah and I read this post and all the comments.

What I want to express is how grateful I am for your prior support since I can see some of you are JJP community members. Your participation in the fight to get Barack Obama elected and on other issues means more to me than I can say.

I hear your disappointment and anger. I respect your concerns and took time to think about how best to respond to them.

It's possible that we may choose to agree to disagree. My hope is that we can continue to respect each other as everyday warriors in the struggle and continue to work side-by-side when our interests align.

Jane and Arianna have supported Jack and Jill Politics since the site first launched in 2006. They were there for us probably even before some of you heard about JJP. In the case of Jane, she's become a friend over the years. I may not agree with all of her positions, but I respect her work and her commitment. When she and Pachacutec of FDL asked us to join Common Sense Media, it made sense to us. Why shouldn't African-American blogs benefit from advertisers too -- especially when most of CSM's major advertisers are nonprofit organizations whose aims we tend to support.

The money from CSM and BlogAds helps us to pay for the site's server operations and for travel expenses to conferences. It's been a lifeline since we all have full time jobs and JJP needs resources.

We are eager to work with a black-owned ad network too and have been in negotiations with 2 such networks recently. Once we know more, we'll share that with you.

As for Arianna, again, I don't always agree with her. But I admire what she's done with HuffPo as a female entrepreneur and activist. I think she's a visionary.

I think you know we love ourselves some Barack Obama. It still makes my heart skip a beat to hear his voice on TV sometimes.

That love includes accountability though. We know that the White House is a fishbowl. We aim to help the President stay focused and deliver on his promises of change - especially where black folks are concerned. We happen to know that external pressure sometimes gives the Administration the air cover to push issues forward since it's clearer that they have public support or helps them refine their positioning.

That's how we see our role. Love IMO doesn't mean loving everything a person does but being honest with each other. That's our goal.

I understand if you see things differently and would like to see that support for the Prez expressed differently.

My hope is that we can continue to talk about how best to support the President and his agenda and ensure on JJP that we're representing the diversity of opinion in the African-American community on JJP.

Again, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support in the past and know that we want to hear from you when you are disappointed in us and have questions. That's what this blog thang is all about.

Peace, Cheryl/Jill

Re: It’s Election Day Today– Please Go Vote!

JillTubman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:47:16 -0000

That's right -- let's do this!!!

Re: It’s Election Day Today– Please Go Vote!

JillTubman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:46:38 -0000

Thanks morphus -- this is really helpful

Re: The Secret Power Player on Healthcare: Senator Burris

JillTubman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:47:36 -0000

Rikyrah - ironic indeed. especially since Burris is not grandstanding on this or seeking media coverage (which he could have done). we'll see how this turns out.

I agree RobM -- I'm happy to eat crow if Burris can make a difference. And would be happy to see him get an island ambassadorship...

Re: According to The Root, I am very black! :)

JillTubman — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:31:06 -0000

Thanks y'all!

Re: Obama is First President to Observe Diwali Holiday

JillTubman — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:10:35 -0000

That's beautiful. I hope the fam enjoys it. You are the reason Obama made this vid, IMHO.

Re: Obama is First President to Observe Diwali Holiday

JillTubman — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:09:23 -0000

Agreed -- I love this about Obama.

Re: Open Letter To Limbaugh: What’d You Say About Slavery?

JillTubman — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:06:48 -0000

Kevin -- this type of comment is grounds for banning. Our goal in our discussions is for respectful if vigorous debate. Your comments here show deep disdain for the community and could be perceived as racist in nature. I am officially asking you to moderate the substance or you comments. If we see any more comments such as these that show disrespect to the community in which you seek to participate or any comments that are racist, you will be banned immediately.

CPL -- thanks for sounding the alert.

Re: Brooklyn For New Orleans. An Evening with Mayoral Candidate James Perry

JillTubman — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:59:33 -0000

this is great! new leadership in new orleans is badly needed. Good luck James!

Re: Hey Y’all

JillTubman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:53:41 -0000

Well, mainly I was in a town called Souillac about 2 hrs from Toulouse. it was fun! but there's no place like home, right?

Re: A Line in the Sand Against Beck

JillTubman — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:08:02 -0000

U r sadly mis-informed, racist and probably on the wrong blog...

Re: A Line in the Sand Against Beck

JillTubman — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:14:02 -0000

Wrong, wrong and wrong. But thanks for sharing your ignorant opinion.

Re: Obama Heckler Racist Rep. Joe Wilson Should Be Censured

JillTubman — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:15:56 -0000

You're my hero MCBB!

Re: A Line in the Sand Against Beck

JillTubman — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:08:15 -0000

Thanks James -- your leadership is needed now more than ever.

Re: Black Leaders at Tides Momentum

JillTubman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:23:34 -0000

Believe me, C_F, I'm with ya. Frankly the NAACP and all the oldline civil rights groups have a lot to prove to a new generation in terms of their capacity for black leadership.

Re: Obama Indoctrinates America’s Youth Using NASCAR Drivers

JillTubman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:19:20 -0000

I told you -- every sentence in Obama's speech is a form of Commie code meant to warp the minds of children into doing his bidding! Wow -- there are some sick and deluded people out there...

Re: AG Eric Holder Puts the Justice Back in Justice Department

JillTubman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:33:26 -0000

LOL -- you know I gotta keep it real. I'm really proud too...

Re: Caption Contest: President Obama, Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley

JillTubman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:18:59 -0000

OMG - -that is hilarious!!!

Can't wait to read the submissions. Here's mine:

"Crowley Arrests Gates at White House. Obama Evades Capture"

Re: Folks in the White House Answer Your Healthcare Reform Questions, No Matter How Dumb

JillTubman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:42:33 -0000

super-helpful -- why aren't they releasing this to the media???