Obama names Biden as running mate

Obama + Foreign Policy clout!

Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama selected Senator Joseph (Joe) Biden of Delaware as his Vice Presidential candidate around 12:04 PM EST. Speculation has been mounting for some time about the Illinois senator’s choice and the announcement was delayed from the expected Friday disclosure. Read more

Obama opposes “reparations”

Instead advocates… reparations.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama reiterated his stance of opposition to offering reparations to the descendants of slaves arguing that the government should ‘combat the legacy of slavery by improving schools, health care and the economy for all.’ Meanwhile, two dozen members of Congress recently co-sponsored legislation to form a committee to study reparations (meaning ‘payments and programs to make up for the damage done by slavery’.) Read more

The Politics/Exploitation of Fear

Seriously…This is News?

The July cover of the The New Yorker printed and rolled out cover  art that’s apparently pissing lots of people off. The cartoon, named The Politics of Fear, depicts Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as a “Muslim” and a militant black woman in the oval office, flag burning in the fireplace and Bin Laden’s picture on the wall. I got a few phone calls from my friends who were upset, but I was really busy yesterday so I didn’t check it out. My reaction? Read more

Is Jesse sipping some Haterade?

“Look at yourselves. Go ahead, take a look around!”

Jesse Jackson recently made a public apology for crass comments about Barack Obama. The civil rights leader believed that Obama was condescending to African-Americans with his faith-based initiative. Whispering to another guest before a live interview on Fox, Jackson said Read more

I Mean, Who’s Really Arrogant..

When did Karl Rove become the spokesperson for the Bush campaign? Can somebody please tell me? Last I checked, Rove resigned as assistant chief of staff to the President awhile back. See…this is why I despise politicians. They’re the perfect practitioners of flip-flopping in every ideal known to man. Read more

South Africa declares Chinese people Black

“Everybody want to be Black but don’t nobody want to be Black.” ~ Paul Mooney

In a recent decision, the High Court in South Africa officially reclassified Chinese South Africans as black people. Since the end of apartheid 14 years ago, affirmative action polices aimed at improving the standard of living for black people have generally excluded ethnic Chinese South Africans. And though popularly regarded as white and at one time officially classified as people of mixed race, The Chinese Associations of South Africa pushed its application to the high court citing discrimination against its members. Read more

O-Zone Man Pushes for Obama

We all new this was coming, for several weeks even. For 14 months, “Ozone Man” has lurked in the shadows and avoided the spotlight, reveling in notion that America once again needed him. Yesterday, Gore finally broke his silence and delivered an environmentally safe speech endorsing Senator Barack Obama. Read more

Four Years And Timings…

If you happened to catch the front page of the Cable News Network’s website you may have happened to notice that for the first time since 2002-2003 the American public and reporters all around the world were allowed to see the faces of the Al Qaeda operatives behind the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centers. The article definitely made it seem as if there was an air of intrigue behind these folks. Upon entering the court room, cameramen struggled to get good shots in while the operatives smiled and chuckled. It was almost as if they were saying…. Read more

The Obama Dap (a.k.a. “The First Bump”)

When Michelle Obama gave her husband dap before his speech, it made me proud and further solidified the fact that “YES, a black man has won a major nomination” and thank GOD it was democratic. I want to make it clear that I don’t think that giving someone dap (a pound for the “Southwesternly challenged”) is a “black thing”.

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Clinton Endorses Obama

“Ain’t no stoppin’ us now…”

In a speech this afternoon, Senator Hillary Clinton officially withdrew from the race for the Democratic party nomination and endorsed Senator Barack Obama. The announcement of today’s speech came only a couple days ago but already much anticipation and even more speculation surrounded the event. Amongst a crowd of supporters Hillary offered the following in her 28-minute address… Read more

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