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Re: Darius Rucker Wins ‘New Artist of the Year’ at the CMA’s. Yes, the COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION

eclecticbrotha — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:01:57 -0000

Did anyone manage to tune in to Taylor Swift's opening of the CMA's? It had to be the worst singing and dancing I've ever seen. I would have preferred Miley Cyrus, not some wafer thin wannabee with absolutely no voice and no coordination.

I see why Kanye took the mic from her. She was awful.

Re: CBS: 40,000 Troops to Afghanistan

eclecticbrotha — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:16:21 -0000

I know cable news has always had a bad habit of jumping the gun based on scant or unreliable sources but the media has completely jumped the shark in the Obama era. Remember Balloon Boy. Or, the way the resurrected the Fort Hood shooter from the dead hours after claiming he was killed. Months of frantic assertions that Obama was against the public option even though every official White House statement was in support of one. Its time we put a 24 hour fact checking window on anything that emanates from TV, radio, print or blogs.

Re: Nidal Malik Hasan: The Madness Time

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:56:18 -0000

Toussaint is on point like a mofo.

Re: Responding To The Progressive Obama Haters Not Quite One Year Out

eclecticbrotha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:17:06 -0000

Great post, Jack.

I need to find Al Giordano's smack down of the liberal elite and post it here.

Re: Responding To The Progressive Obama Haters Not Quite One Year Out

eclecticbrotha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:29 -0000

Its laughable that progressives are being blamed for Deeds failure in VA when it was Deeds who decided to spit in the face of progressives by openly bashing cap and trade, public option health care and so on. McDonnell, on the other hand, was smart enough to distance himself from Sarah Failin by turning down her offers to campaign for him. He took a moderate stance and mopped the floor with Deeds.

Re: Wednesday Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:03:39 -0000

I was at Grant Park on election night and they were broadcasting live coverage from CNN (ugh!). When I got home later that night the best reaction footage of the night was when David Gregory interrupted the MSNBC panel so Keith Olbermann could announce Obama's victory. I broke down in tears as I watched the students at Spellman totally lose it when they heard the news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjEQ5V0KQhQ

Re: Friday Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:44:27 -0000

Oh yeah. Same old old same, and just as lame.

Re: U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:43:07 -0000

Can I get a whoop whoop?

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:39:00 -0000

Nice rant that I completely disagree with. Apparently you fell asleep during "School Daze" and "Do the Right thing" because you obviously missed the social commentary in each. I also notice your sourced comment ignored "Malcolm X." If you want to defend Tyler Perry then fine, but you're delirious if you think his movies compare to what Spike Lee has in his reportoire. I have enjoyed Perry's movies myself but his TV projects are definitely God Awful coonery.

Re: Is SNL’s Skit “The Rock Obama” Racist?

eclecticbrotha — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:04:14 -0000

The vocal inflections are a takeoff on the way "The Incredible Hulk" used to speak in the old comic books and cartoons. I didn't see that part as racist or promoting any stereotype. The angry black man meme might be at play, though. It seems that the underlying premise with the sketch - and the way the corporate media treats Barack - is that the only black men worthy of respect are those that strike fear into their hearts. Any educated, reserved man of color is a wimp according to that mindset.

Or, maybe me and Jill are just overthinking the whole thing. I still found the skit funny, at least when the Rock showed up.

Re: A worthy rant from BooMan on Obama criticism from the Left blogosphere

eclecticbrotha — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:42:13 -0000

To the extent you've bitched has been about your favorite strawman - "the cultists" - which, according your constant use of the term, is anyone who doesn't agree with the idea of openly and repeatedly trashing the president because he doesn't follow your view of how he should govern. I'm guessing Booman has officially become a cultist in your view because he dares suggest that your tactics may be counterproductive.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:55:48 -0000

I'm all for it. Our young men need to pull their pants up and stop promoting prison yard culture.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:28:59 -0000

Its typical of the FOX nuts to beg forgiveness of comments Rush Limbaugh made in the past after claiming Obama was unfit to be president due to stuff his pastor said or things Bill Ayers said in an interview.

Re: Obama is First President to Observe Diwali Holiday

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:28:27 -0000

LOL

I had another post from a Frank Schaeffer article.

Re: Obama is First President to Observe Diwali Holiday

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:55:09 -0000

Uh, where did my post go?

Re: President Obama in New Orleans

eclecticbrotha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:24 -0000

Man, is that even in English?

Re: Photo of the moment: 9/11 Truth gathering in San Fran

eclecticbrotha — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:38:43 -0000

Hilarious watching one racist (Pat Buchanan) whining about another racist (Rush Limbaugh) being kicked off a group trying to buy an NFL team. Just hilarious.

Watching Al Sharpton pwn Buchanan is priceless.

Re: Wednesday Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:27 -0000

Yeah, keep listening to Jane Hamsher.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:47:16 -0000

Michael Steele says "I'm the cow on the tracks standing in the way" of health reform in response to a comment from a FOX News reporter describing health care reform as a train pulling out of the station. Earlier Steele asked if we could "have a Rodney King moment?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWskF37rIVc

Apparently Chairman Steele is a little fuzzy on the aftermath of cow/train clashes:

http://wonkette.com/407744/nyt-headlines-used-t...

Here's the response from DailyKosTV

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002253/

Man, I KNEW this guy was gonna be a train wreck but I had no idea....

Re: Wednesday Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:58:47 -0000

Schumer To Reid: The Fate Of The Public Option May Be In Your Hands

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threw down the gauntlet on the public option for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) last night. Appearing on The Rachel Maddow Show, Schumer essentially put the fate of the public option in Reid's hands -- saying that while the bill passed Tuesday by the Senate Finance Committee doesn't include a public health insurance option, it's up to Reid to decide whether to include a public option in the bill that merges the Senate Finance Committee bill with the bills passed by others committees -- all of which do include a public option.

"Leader Reid has the option of putting it in the final bill," Schumer said of the public option. "If he puts it in the final bill, in the combined bill, then you would need 60 votes to remove it. And there clearly are not 60 votes against the public option. And so we're urging him to do that, and he's seriously considering it."

Schumer continued:

It's very important to see if a public option is in the bill that Leader Reid puts together. He hasn't yet made up his mind, but many of us who believe in the public option are urging him to do so, and so far we're getting heard.

Schumer said this solution might take some of the heat off conservative Democratic senators like Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Ben Nelson (D-NE), since they wouldn't have to explicitly vote to put the public option in the bill, but would merely have to support a bill that already included a public option.

"If it's in the bill, you don't have to have every Democrat vote for it, because if it's in the bill, to take it out would take 60 votes," Schumer said. "So that's one of the cases, one of those rare moments, where this 60-vote rule which we usually abhor works in our favor."

Your move Sen. Reid.
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/1...

Re: A worthy rant from BooMan on Obama criticism from the Left blogosphere

eclecticbrotha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:32:45 -0000

Well said, Booman.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:05:16 -0000

The Greenwald/Hamsher/Sirota Triangle is out in full force because they smell blood in the water.

Re: I wouldn’t play for Rush Limbaugh. My principles are greater and I can’t be bought

eclecticbrotha — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:03:41 -0000

"...things he's said/done in the past?" Really? Rush says crap like that every day.

The owners could block the sale of the team to Rush. The NFL could do it as well if they thought it would tarnish their image. Whether they do or not remains to be seen...

Re: President Obama’s Speech to the Human Rights Campaign

eclecticbrotha — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:33:39 -0000

I have absolutely zero respect for any movement that tries to browbeat and bully people into supporting it. You are alienating your potential allies with your tactics, so tone down the hostility. The bomb throwing does not help your cause.

You want to rally black folks to your cause? Well, you can start out by having your leaders like Dan Savage apologize for all the hateful shit they spewed out of their mouths about the black community right after Prop 8 passed because some crappy exit poll from CNN fed them a bullshit meme.

Re: Evening Open Thread

eclecticbrotha — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:05 -0000

Pointing out GOP obstructionism doesn't fit Arianna's meme about Obama being an ineffective weakling.