Power Endoresement-

Rolling Stone officially anounces presidential endorsement!!!
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"Sickamore...like the tree"

He gets a pass on that one.

I was on Thank God I'm Famous one afternoon and Sickamore posted this site called "Stuff White People Like", which might be the funniest site EVERRRRR...

But now-- I see that there is a new site on the block- "Stuff Educated Black People Like"

*sideye at the fact that they had to throw in "educated", but imma leave that march for uncle Al, I can't deal today, Rhode Island really hurt my feelings last night*

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Rhode Island-- Make Me Proud!

* image is actually a tshhirt which can be purchased here*

Rep. John Lewis Endorses Obama

hmmmmmmmmm....

I don't know yet how I feel about this.

"Something is happening in America," the 11-term congressman, a bloodied veteran of the civil rights movement, said in a statement issued by his office. "There is a movement, there is a spirit, there is an enthusiasm in the hearts and minds of the American people that I have not seen in a long time, since the candidacy of Robert Kennedy." source

Rep. Lewis is a civil rights institution, I get that..but I don't see why he wasn't convinced of this in the beginning.

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I Was Just Thinking How...

even if Barack did this:



He would stil be my main candidate. Isnt that soooo crazy, that this bit of excitement totally changed Howard Dean's WHOLE situation.

Waiting on the world to change..

*exactly how I feel today*

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YES. WE. CAN

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.YES WE CAN

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.YES WE CAN

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.YES WE CAN

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

will.i.am's thoughts are pretty dope , Check it out here

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Last Night's Debate...

Great job by both candidates.

They really do make it hard to choose.




click here to read the transcript.


*make sure you register to vote*

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Simply. Stated.

Yet utterly effective.

In all my running around, I totally forgot to post this NY editorial piece Caroline Kennedy wrote in the Sunday NY Times, declaring her support for Senator Obama.

Here are some of my fave parts:

Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.

He has built a movement that is changing the face of politics in this country, and he has demonstrated a special gift for inspiring young people — known for a willingness to volunteer, but an aversion to politics — to become engaged in the political process.

Senator Obama is running a dignified and honest campaign. He has spoken eloquently about the role of faith in his life, and opened a window into his character in two compelling books. [ you hear that Bob Johnson?!? -- Tiggi]

click here for the full article.

Don't forget to register to vote! (all you have to do is click on the little icon on the side)

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a lil politics in the morning....

It’s a lengthy- but utterly worth it. After all of the shenanigans pulled by some black “leaders” recently, it is somewhat disturbing that people are not happy that FOR ONCE, in the grand arena that is THE WORLD- we have a man such as Obama to represent who black men are at their core. This really is our chance for change, We would be crazy to allow the like of Al Sharpton (whom I appreciate most of the time) or Bob Johnson (whom I DESPISE) , to feel as though they are the voice of black America.

Happy Tuesday.

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By William Jelani Cobb
Sunday, January 13, 2008,; B01

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when "black president" was synonymous with "president of black America." That was the office to which Jesse Jackson appointed himself in the 1970s -- resigned to the fact that the actual presidency was out of reach. In 2003, Chris Rock wrote and directed "Head of State," a film about the first black man to win the Presidency. (It was a comedy.) And in the ultimate concession, some African Americans have attempted to bestow the title of black president upon Bill Clinton -- a white man. In the wake of his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Barack Obama has already permanently changed the meaning of that term. It is no longer an oxymoron or a quixotic in-joke. And this, perhaps more than anything else, explains his tortured relationship with black civil rights leaders. The most amazing thing about the 2008 presidential race is not that a black man is a bona fide contender, but the lukewarm response he has received from the luminaries whose sacrifices made this run possible. With the notable exception of Joseph Lowry, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference veteran who gave a stirring invocation at Obama's Atlanta campaign rally in June and subsequently endorsed him, Obama has been running without much support from many of the most recognizable black figures in the political landscape. That's because, positioned as he is between the black boomers and the hip-hop generation, Obama is indebted, but not beholden, to the civil rights gerontocracy. A successful Obama candidacy would simultaneously represent a huge leap forward for black America and
the death knell for the reign of the civil rights-era leadership -- or at least the illusion of their influence. The most recent example of the old guard's apparent aversion to Obama was Andrew Young's febrile YouTube ramblings about Bill Clinton being "every bit as black as Barack Obama" and his armchair speculation that Clinton had probably bedded more black women during his lifetime than the senator from Illinois -- as if racial identity could be transmitted like an STD. This could be dismissed as random instances of a politician speaking out of turn were it not part of an ongoing pattern. Last spring, Al Sharpton cautioned Obama "not to take the black vote for granted." Presumably he meant that the senator had not won over the supposed gatekeepers of the black electorate. Asked why he had not endorsed Obama, Sharpton replied that he would "not be cajoled or intimidated by any candidate." More recently Sharpton claimed on his radio show that the candidates' recent attention to issues of civil rights was a product of pressure from him. Although Jackson is not entirely unfamiliar with the kind of thing that's happening to Obama -- Coretta Scott King endorsed Walter Mondale over him in 1984 -- he also got into the act. He criticized Obama for not championing the " Jena Six" cause -- the case of six young black men in Louisiana charged with beating a white classmate -- vigorously enough. After Obama's Iowa victory, Jackson demanded that the senator bolster "hope with substance." Taken as a conglomerate, Jackson, Young, Sharpton and Georgia Rep. John Lewis represent a sort of civil rights old boy network -- a black boy network -- that has parlayed its dated activist credentials into cash and jobs. Jackson, a two-time presidential candidate, has become a CNN host; Young was mayor of Atlanta and sits on numerous corporate boards; and Lewis is essentially representative-for-life of the 5th Congressional District in Georgia. Sharpton is younger than the others but a peer in spirit. To the extent that the term "leader" is applicable, these four men likely represent the interests of Democratic Party insiders more than those of the black
community. Both Young and Lewis have endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ; Sharpton and Jackson have acted ambivalent, alternately mouthing niceties about Obama and criticizing his stances on black issues. It may be that, because they doubt that he can actually win, the civil rights leaders are holding Obama at arm's length in an attempt to build their houses on what looks to be the firmer ground. And there are certainly patronage benefits should Clinton win. She owes black pols, starting with Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), who first suggested that the party endorse her for a New York Senate seat. Rangel has also lined up behind Clinton. There is far more to politics -- even racial politics -- than skin color. Still it is counterintuitive to think that Lewis, whose political career began when he was bludgeoned in Selma, Ala., fighting for black voting rights, is witnessing the rise of the first viable black presidential candidate and yet opts to support a white machine politician. One of the most telling aspects of Young's YouTube commentary was his statement that he'd called his political connections in Chicago about Obama and been told "they don't know him." There are certainly reasons not to support Obama, but not having friends in common isn't one of them. Young went on to announce that Obama was too young and should wait until 2016 -- a curious statement considering that Young was apprenticed to Martin Luther King Jr., who was 26 when he launched the Montgomery bus boycotts that eventually toppled segregation. The cynical braying about Obama's prospects has not been confined to the liberal civil rights quarters of black America. The conservative commentator Shelby Steele argued in his book "A Bound Man" that Obama isn't perceived as "black" enough to win over African American voters. In fact, Obama strategists have been struggling to convince black voters that Obama can actually win over white voters and be a viable candidate. Many blacks want to support a winner and hope that Obama will become more attractive to white voters, not less. Part of this disconnect is a generational divide, one that is apparent in Jackson's own household. Following Jackson's criticism of Obama in the Chicago Sun-Times, his son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., wrote a passionate defense of Obama's activist credentials. As polls show increasing black support for Obama, Jackson, Sharpton and Young begin to look like a once-wealthy family that has lost its fortune but has to keep spending to maintain appearances. Obama's tepid early showing among blacks in the polls had more to do with name recognition and concerns about his viability as a candidate than with Jackson or Sharpton withholding their endorsement. Ignoring Sharpton or Jackson is not the same thing as taking the black vote for granted. It is a reasonable calculation that neither of them can deliver many votes and certainly not enough to offset the number of white votes that their approval could lose Obama. Jackson and Sharpton might be holding out for a better deal in exchange for their support, but with Oprah Winfrey and Chris Rock among Obama's list of supporters, they have little to bargain with. If Obama makes a strong showing in the South Carolina primary -- the first with a substantial number of black voters -- it will become apparent that the black boy network has begun bouncing checks. The irony is that for generations of black "firsts," the prerequisite for entering an institution was proving that you were just like the establishment that ran it. (Think of Jackie Robinson's approach to the major leagues, or the host of "articulate Negro" roles in Sidney Poitier's body of work.) Obama has been vastly successful by doing just the opposite: masterfully positioning himself as an outsider. In the process, he's opened the door even wider for black outsiders. Too bad his predecessors refuse to help push him the rest of the way inside.



William Jelani Cobb is an associate professor of
history at Spelman College and the author of "The
Devil & Dave Chappelle and Other Essays."
Jelani9@aol.com

Smart Ass!

So A.M posted this in a myspace bulletin...and it is CRAZY!

Speaking of BET

How HIGHlarious was this!?!



*I would def hunger strike for BET to be taken of TV period, what a WASTE of a channel!*

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Really Bob Johnson!?!

a lil bullshit in the afternoon for ya- a bit old, but still...

Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson appeared to criticize Obama's admitted past drug use in comments at Columbia College in South Carolina. Johnson said, "As an African-American, I'm frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Bill and Hillary Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood that -- I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book." But the BET exec later said his comments referred "to Barack Obama's time spent as a community organizer and nothing else. Any other suggestion is simply irresponsible and incorrect."

source

Free Jena 6!

I at a total loss for words right now. It is so crazy that in this day and age SHIT like this occurs. I guess when we live in major cities, we dont realize that there are still places in America that live in the fucking twilight zone. Please do your part to help.

Last fall in Jena, Louisiana, the day after two Black high school students sat beneath the “white tree” on their campus, nooses were hung from the tree. When the superintendent dismissed the nooses as a “prank,” more Black students sat under the tree in protest. The District Attorney then came to the school accompanied by the town’s police and demanded that the students end their protest, telling them, “I can be your best friend or your worst enemy… I can take away your lives with a stroke of my pen.”
A series of white-on-black incidents of violence followed, and the DA did nothing. But when a white student was beaten up in a schoolyard fight, the DA responded by charging six black students with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Please sign the petition. Click here

I know...it's not about whether a candidate is hot or not. It's about what they are going to do to make this GOD FORSAKEN country a better place....but if that candidate whom has the potential to save us AND be hot...well..shit...

so for that reason...I pledge my undying love... I mean political adoration for Senator Barack Obama. (and the fact that he is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dreamy is just an added bonus)







God Bless America!

So you wanna freeze then!?!?

So I am going throught the normal morning commute routine...reading the newspaper, reading Metro (free newspaper), when i stumble upon :

ALASKA POOR REJECT OIL AID FROM CHAVEZ
ANCHORAGE In Alaska's native villages, the punishing winter cold is already coming through the walls of plywood homes. Many of the villagers are desperately poor, and heating-oil prices are among the highest in the nation And yet a few villages are refusing free heating oil from Venezuela, on patriotic principle that no foreigner has the right to call their president "the devil"

aaaaawwwwwww man..so let me get this straight. It is FUCKING FREEZING in
Alaska, you have some of THE highest priced heating oil, Venezuela offers
you FREE oil (which FYI- "your president" DOES NOT)...AND YOU DECLINE DUE TO
"PATRIOTIC PRINCIPLE"!?!!?....
I am sooooo confused right now!?!? so you guys would rather freeze!?!?
uuuuh...ok!