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Re: Guess Who’s Back? - Tavis Smiley

LL — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:57:43 -0000

Booker T. Obama doesn't want the Covenant to go mainstream. He's perfectly fine with negotiating the same access issues from the past 30 years.

Re: Guess Who’s Back? - Tavis Smiley

LL — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:24:35 -0000

Hey Michelle- long time no hear!

It's sad that Booker T. Smiley took the covenant more seriously than either Jesse Jackson, Joseph Lowery, Cornel West, or Booker T. Obama. He originally wanted to call it The Contract With Black America, but Reverend Lowery insisted that it be called the Covenant. Now I know why- they weren't serious about holding the political establishment accountable. Contracts can't be signed by surrogates. Booker T. Obama's expressed commitment to the "contract" might have created some FISA flip-flop like situations in which the black community might get upset. From a selfish, political perspective it was probably wise to avoid the SOTBU for the fourth year in a row and marginalize Booker T. Smiley in the same manner that he would eventually marginalize Reverend Jeremiah Wright. In the long term, allowing slick politicians to avoid and ignore a "contract" with your interests in mind will show the establishment how politically immature you are. The black community didn't take the Covenant seriously, so they have no right to complain about being taken for granted.

How's that liquid coal thing working out?

Re: Guess Who’s Back? - Tavis Smiley

LL — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:02:43 -0000

Willie Nelson's bus runs on biodiesel.
Does you hubby's flying machine run on liquid coal?

Re: OK, Obama Needs To Have A Press Conference On All Things Black

LL — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:30:51 -0000

People in the black community always complain about being taken for granted by democrats. Most blacks were going to vote for Slick Willie's wife before the South Carolina primary without even demanding she do anything for the black community. William Jefferson was caught with money in the freezer, but black folks sent him back to Congress. The question should be asked: Do black voters take their votes for granted? Voting blocks that want to be taken seriously ask questions and make demands BEFORE the politician is elected rather than acting as passive cheerleaders for the political establishment. Instead, black voters allow slick politicians to triangulate their positions during the campaign just to find out that the politician was no different than the last. What is more troubling is that the passive cheerleaders on this blog don't think that the criminal justice system deserves national attention. If Booker T. Obama can't convince 40% of white voters that our criminal justice system (after O.J., Paris, and Noel) needs an overhaul, then he is not as "charismatic" or "articulate" as some would have us believe.

Re: Why John McCain Will Never Be an Option

LL — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:22:13 -0000

John McSame is supposed to be anti-union; but every time a crooked cop is caught on tape breaking the law which they are supposed to defend, he and his republican accomplices are the first ones to show solidarity with the FOP.

Re: Obama’s Trying To Start A Race War, Says Black McCain Supporter

LL — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:19:20 -0000

It is a shame that both John McSame and Booker T. Obama support the expansion of offshore drilling, nuclear power, and liquid coal. We might have had a real debate on the issues.

Joe Watkins is supposed to be a reverend. LOL!

Re: Obama’s Trying To Start A Race War, Says Black McCain Supporter

LL — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:32:29 -0000

I DON'T have to vote for any one of these two guys and nuance is John Kerry's French word for triangulation.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN03402...

Re: Obama’s Trying To Start A Race War, Says Black McCain Supporter

LL — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:45:21 -0000

All I can do is provide another link.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-20...

Re: OK, Obama Needs To Have A Press Conference On All Things Black

LL — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:44:12 -0000

Booker T. Obama and his passive cheerleaders think that just because he no longer represents a black district in the state senate they can hide behind states' rights arguments.

Re: Is Obama the End of Black Politics? - Asks NY Times

LL — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:32:38 -0000

Booker T. Obama is not the end of black politics.
Booker T. Obama is the anticlimax of neoliberal politics.

Re: Barack Obama — Meet Ronald Reagan, Superstar

LL — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:36:37 -0000

Terrible video. Why would anyone want to be compared to a jerk like Ronald Reagan?

Re: Monday Open Thread

LL — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:39:46 -0000

Lobbyists and PACS

http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08092008.html

Re: Monday Open Thread

LL — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:17:54 -0000

Black America still doesn't have an answer to the racism in the north.

http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1132846

Re: Monday Open Thread

LL — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:20:14 -0000

I wish Paul Wellstone was still with us. That would make two.

Re: Monday Open Thread

LL — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:52:25 -0000

Are MoveOn.org and the SEIU still considered "special interest" groups?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/source...

Re: Why Housecleaning is Needed in the CBC

LL — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:25:55 -0000

You're right for the wrong reasons. Almost all of the black politicians that supported BOTH Booker T. Obama and Slick Willie's wife need to be replaced. The lack of any good, black, progressive politicians prevents us from even thinking about replacing Booker T. Obama who is no better than his CBC peers.

Re: Friday Open Thread - yeah, it’s the weekend

LL — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:27:02 -0000

How Obama Blew It

Re: Friday Open Thread - yeah, it’s the weekend

LL — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:46:16 -0000

John McWhorter is worried.

Re: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/08/special-sticky-note-follow-dnc-coverage-right-here/

LL — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:12:38 -0000

The Devil Made Me Do It