I rarely write about movies or entertainment, because they just don't mean that much to me. This morning driving into work I listened to Tom Joyner as usual. Jackie Reed spoke with Bill Duke about his new movie Cover: http://coverthemovie.com/. This is the first I'd heard of the movie probably because as Mr. Duke stated this was his only national promo for the movie. Anyone already familiar with Duke's films may already have an idea about the subject (I was unfamiliar). Black men on the DL. The movie opens tomorrow in 65 theaters across the country. It will be playing in DC, Atlanta, Philly, New York, LA, Detroit, and other large metro areas.
So why am I writing about it? It really meant a lot to me that there is someone out there discussing blacks and homosexuality. Anyone who's read any of my previous blogs knows that I don't agree with nor really understand the hatred and condemnation that gays suffer especially in the black community. So to any gay readers or people who just want to open their minds I'm giving another promo for the movie. First and foremost because he's a filmmaker who's delving into a controversial subject, second he's black (and it is still black history month y'all, help a brotha out, lol), third it's important.
Bush is currently in Africa discussing what can be done about their HIV/AIDS problem. It's still a problem here! You cannot address HIV/AIDS without discussing sexuality, it's impossible. Not that I believe that the government is the cure to our problems but aiding and supporting unfounded and foolish predjudice against homosexuals doesn't help bring people together for a common solution.
Whether you are gay or straight, black or not, it seems like its going to be a pretty good murder mystery. There are so few movies on this subject matter, without support they may cease to exist all together. Not that I believe this movie or any other will change the minds of the ignorant but seeing a story or humanizing the phenomena may give some people pause before they cast judgement on homosexuals as wicked, sinful or immoral.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
In muted celebration of Castro relinquishing power
As a person that is extremely anti-communism I must say I am happy that Fidel is out of power. But as we all know one tyrant out of power doesn't really mean change is going to sweep the country. Hopefully the Cuban people will be one step closer to a beautiful vibrant country that it seems only my grandparents remember.
On that note I'd like to call bull poo on all of the political pundits, media outlets and random racists claiming that latinos will not support Obama because he's black. I've discussed this briefly in passed blogs but a conversation yesterday sealed it for me that the media is trying to instigate fights. I took my grandma to get her hair cut at a salon where her stylist is a very nice mid 50s maybe early 60s woman from Guatemala. She came to the US in the 1960s and has lived here legally ever since. She asked my grandma if she voted on 2/12. The stylist voted for Obama. Ok so if you look at her in demographics according to the media she should be a Hillary supporter. She said she was on the fence until she talked to her granddaughter who is a teenager but not yet old enough to vote. A young female 3rd generation Latina should also be very Hillary. The granddaughter convinced her grandmother to read about Obama and Hillary and to listen two both make speeches. The stylist is very much a democrat and said that she did like them both and would support whoever got the nomination but in her words "Mr Obama made me believe that he could help the country". The stylist even commented that in Virginia where she lived a lot of the Latinos that she knew were in favor of Obama. For those who don't know Northern VA is extremely diverse and the home to may new Americans (legal and illegal). The majority of Latinos is the DC area hail from either El Salvador or Guatemala.
As I was sitting listening to the conversation I thought back to all the polls and news reports seeking to divide people. It made me realize that the media is doing it's usual one size fits all with minority groups. The one generalization that to me is the most inaccurate is that latinos don't live near blacks in large numbers and don't generally interact with them. What??? Next all latinos are not Mexican. Different groups of people want different things for their communities. There are quite a few anti-illegal immigration latinos out there. The power of the latino voting block is grossly exaggerated. If latinos make up 13% of the total population and 78% of all illegal immigrants (that cannot vote!) are from Mexico/Latin America, latinos have many more children than other groups (kids can't vote either), deduct the legal residents (can't vote), people not registered, convicted felons, you don't have as many voters as you may think. By comparison (yes I did the math) if you do not count illegal latino immigrants in the population count there are 13-plus million more black citizens in this country than latinos. So yes Hillary should be more concerned about losing black votes.
It is not a black or latino thing. If anything blacks have been historically a hell of a lot more accepting to latinos than whites. Even in the democratic debate sponsored by HBCU Howard University there were latino panelists to ask questions relevant to latinos. Eventhough I didn't watch the spanish only debate I checked and there was not even a "token" black person. I'm not buying that argument that a black leader isn't going to represent the interest of Latinos. Plus Obama is so liberal he makes my head hurt. For latinos to think for a second that Obama won't pander to them like every other left-wing illegal lover is laughable. Don't believe the hype.
On that note I'd like to call bull poo on all of the political pundits, media outlets and random racists claiming that latinos will not support Obama because he's black. I've discussed this briefly in passed blogs but a conversation yesterday sealed it for me that the media is trying to instigate fights. I took my grandma to get her hair cut at a salon where her stylist is a very nice mid 50s maybe early 60s woman from Guatemala. She came to the US in the 1960s and has lived here legally ever since. She asked my grandma if she voted on 2/12. The stylist voted for Obama. Ok so if you look at her in demographics according to the media she should be a Hillary supporter. She said she was on the fence until she talked to her granddaughter who is a teenager but not yet old enough to vote. A young female 3rd generation Latina should also be very Hillary. The granddaughter convinced her grandmother to read about Obama and Hillary and to listen two both make speeches. The stylist is very much a democrat and said that she did like them both and would support whoever got the nomination but in her words "Mr Obama made me believe that he could help the country". The stylist even commented that in Virginia where she lived a lot of the Latinos that she knew were in favor of Obama. For those who don't know Northern VA is extremely diverse and the home to may new Americans (legal and illegal). The majority of Latinos is the DC area hail from either El Salvador or Guatemala.
As I was sitting listening to the conversation I thought back to all the polls and news reports seeking to divide people. It made me realize that the media is doing it's usual one size fits all with minority groups. The one generalization that to me is the most inaccurate is that latinos don't live near blacks in large numbers and don't generally interact with them. What??? Next all latinos are not Mexican. Different groups of people want different things for their communities. There are quite a few anti-illegal immigration latinos out there. The power of the latino voting block is grossly exaggerated. If latinos make up 13% of the total population and 78% of all illegal immigrants (that cannot vote!) are from Mexico/Latin America, latinos have many more children than other groups (kids can't vote either), deduct the legal residents (can't vote), people not registered, convicted felons, you don't have as many voters as you may think. By comparison (yes I did the math) if you do not count illegal latino immigrants in the population count there are 13-plus million more black citizens in this country than latinos. So yes Hillary should be more concerned about losing black votes.
It is not a black or latino thing. If anything blacks have been historically a hell of a lot more accepting to latinos than whites. Even in the democratic debate sponsored by HBCU Howard University there were latino panelists to ask questions relevant to latinos. Eventhough I didn't watch the spanish only debate I checked and there was not even a "token" black person. I'm not buying that argument that a black leader isn't going to represent the interest of Latinos. Plus Obama is so liberal he makes my head hurt. For latinos to think for a second that Obama won't pander to them like every other left-wing illegal lover is laughable. Don't believe the hype.
Monday, February 11, 2008
We don’t want black people killing other black people - Malcolm X
What in the world happened between 1965 and today? I watched Malcolm X yesterday and the older I get the more and more confused I am about the state of black people. My introduction to Malcolm X was when my dad gave me the Autobiography of Malcolm X when I was 11. During this time (the early 90s) there was massive excitement about the upcoming Spike Lee Malcom X movie. I was determined to read the entire book before the movie came out just to be able to compare it. As an 11 year old little girl I could only comprehend and appreciate so much of the real struggle and the massive influence of the Nation of Islam. I had a few Nation members in my family but the vast majority are protestant Christian which I was raised to believe was right (but never believed it, sorry grandparents). I can honestly say that the autobiography opened my eyes to other religions and the idea of spirituality. Watching the movie again through adult eyes I both wonder and know why Malcolm X is not regarded in the same circles as Martin Luther King.
I'm not going to go through the legacy of X vs. MLK because we should all know a great deal about both, if we don't we need to read!! Not taking anything away from MLK and what he did for blacks but I now understand why he's held in such high esteem as opposd to Malcolm. Martin supported assimilation in other words forced integration. Through all of his preaching on morality and ethics Martin still embodied one of the worst black male stereotypes, sexually promiscuous. Martin wanted blacks to be accepted by the white establishment whereas Malcolm wanted the white establishment to accept blacks.
Martin was also Christian which still today is the embodiment of a white lord and saviour. Christianity was and is used to enslave black people. At the end of the movie when Malcolmn is about to be murdered a black woman tells him that she knows who he is and he shouldn't pay those people "no nevermind" because Jesus will protect him, is classic. It really shows how black people as a whole still to this day believe and worship a religion that has for centuries oppressed them. Not pooing on Christians just stating a fact. To this day I have a great deal of respect for black people who think outside of what they are supposed to be. Black (american) muslims, jews, buddhists, scientologists even Mormons impress me. Because believe me being a black non-Christian opens you up to a lot of negativity. And it takes strength to follow what your spiritual mind tells you is rights even if it's adverse to what society and your family teaches. My mom recently asked me when i was going to officially get married to the fiance. I told her eventually, because according to DC we're common law. She said, I know but you have to have a ceremony so we'll be married in the eyes of the lord. After I busted out laughing in her face, I was like come on now, neither me nor Demetrius believe in "the lord", second when has she known me to ever do anything simply to appease other people, third there are plenty of people married in the eyes of "The Lord" that cheat, disrespect and abuse each other. But our relationship filled with love, admiration, fidelity and respect is lacking, riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Society tells you that you're supposed to be a lot of things, regardless of your race. As a black person who was never completely brainwashed I've never automatically believed what I was told. Malcolm believed that black people needed to help ourselves before we could ever hope to be helped by others. Which I agree with. Hence my complete and utter disdain for the demorcratic party and their social welfare programs, that further enslave us to the government. Black people now have higher rates of unemployment today than they did during the 50s, 60s and 70s. It sure as hell has nothing to do with racism and it isn't solely due to illegal immigrants stealing our jobs. We're economically worse off and our communities are the most violent in the nation. It is not the fault of the white man!
Yes the "establishment" still makes us believe that we are hoodlums, promiscuous, violent heathens. But we are the ones who prove them correct. They call us ugly, ignorant coons. We have BET, flava flav, new york, supahead, lil' kim, souljah boi. We dress up like the worst stereotypes imaginable, get long blond weaves, nose jobs, colored contacts but hate on the beauty that is being black. Whether you are light or dark like Q-tip said "black is black". We don't all need to go natural and wear dashikis because we are also very much American. But there is a difference. Where did the beauty go? Beauty isn't having your double D's and ghetto booty on full display to make men desire you. Beauty is skinny or plus sized. Beauty is strength, class, passion, intelligence, respect.
What happened to being black and proud? What happened to the youth groups that marched for real change? What happened to real leadership? They got bought. Neither Malcolm nor Martin lived the life of luxury. How can the current crop of religious based leadership preach lifting oneself up when they drive bentleys and wear thousand dollar suits? With everything going on in poor communities across this country wouldn't the $45,000 for an outfit be put to better use for payin the outrageous heating bills for the seniors in the congregation? Helping getting the AIDS medications for the sick? Who isn't judged by their clothes their hair their car? So where are we now, in debt, dumb as bricks and totally lost.
The only way to "fix" the problem is to fix the source. It's an unending cycle. The pictures of Malcolm and Martin with their wives and children have been replaced by Diddy and his tribe. The honest hard work of painters, carpenters, maids, laborers has been supplanted by the easy money of the drug dealer and "rapper". The protecting your family and community has turned into DC and PG county. Instead of listening with open ears to Malcolm wish peace unto you we have every hip-hop performer (except Talib, Common and a few others) shouting fuck them niggas, kill them niggas, rob them niggas. Don't tell me we aren't brainwashed.
The hate speech to us, by us, for us, and about us is front and center. We all want a better life. We want peace, we want love, we want equality. There are many ways for us to throw off the shackles and attain it. It has to start with the individual. We can't get there with the current state of affairs. We can start by learning, listening and opening our minds to REAL ideas. We can't be close minded. Having a mind of your own and believing in something contrary to what you are taught is difficult but I believe that as black people we can do it, we have no choice.
I'm not going to go through the legacy of X vs. MLK because we should all know a great deal about both, if we don't we need to read!! Not taking anything away from MLK and what he did for blacks but I now understand why he's held in such high esteem as opposd to Malcolm. Martin supported assimilation in other words forced integration. Through all of his preaching on morality and ethics Martin still embodied one of the worst black male stereotypes, sexually promiscuous. Martin wanted blacks to be accepted by the white establishment whereas Malcolm wanted the white establishment to accept blacks.
Martin was also Christian which still today is the embodiment of a white lord and saviour. Christianity was and is used to enslave black people. At the end of the movie when Malcolmn is about to be murdered a black woman tells him that she knows who he is and he shouldn't pay those people "no nevermind" because Jesus will protect him, is classic. It really shows how black people as a whole still to this day believe and worship a religion that has for centuries oppressed them. Not pooing on Christians just stating a fact. To this day I have a great deal of respect for black people who think outside of what they are supposed to be. Black (american) muslims, jews, buddhists, scientologists even Mormons impress me. Because believe me being a black non-Christian opens you up to a lot of negativity. And it takes strength to follow what your spiritual mind tells you is rights even if it's adverse to what society and your family teaches. My mom recently asked me when i was going to officially get married to the fiance. I told her eventually, because according to DC we're common law. She said, I know but you have to have a ceremony so we'll be married in the eyes of the lord. After I busted out laughing in her face, I was like come on now, neither me nor Demetrius believe in "the lord", second when has she known me to ever do anything simply to appease other people, third there are plenty of people married in the eyes of "The Lord" that cheat, disrespect and abuse each other. But our relationship filled with love, admiration, fidelity and respect is lacking, riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Society tells you that you're supposed to be a lot of things, regardless of your race. As a black person who was never completely brainwashed I've never automatically believed what I was told. Malcolm believed that black people needed to help ourselves before we could ever hope to be helped by others. Which I agree with. Hence my complete and utter disdain for the demorcratic party and their social welfare programs, that further enslave us to the government. Black people now have higher rates of unemployment today than they did during the 50s, 60s and 70s. It sure as hell has nothing to do with racism and it isn't solely due to illegal immigrants stealing our jobs. We're economically worse off and our communities are the most violent in the nation. It is not the fault of the white man!
Yes the "establishment" still makes us believe that we are hoodlums, promiscuous, violent heathens. But we are the ones who prove them correct. They call us ugly, ignorant coons. We have BET, flava flav, new york, supahead, lil' kim, souljah boi. We dress up like the worst stereotypes imaginable, get long blond weaves, nose jobs, colored contacts but hate on the beauty that is being black. Whether you are light or dark like Q-tip said "black is black". We don't all need to go natural and wear dashikis because we are also very much American. But there is a difference. Where did the beauty go? Beauty isn't having your double D's and ghetto booty on full display to make men desire you. Beauty is skinny or plus sized. Beauty is strength, class, passion, intelligence, respect.
What happened to being black and proud? What happened to the youth groups that marched for real change? What happened to real leadership? They got bought. Neither Malcolm nor Martin lived the life of luxury. How can the current crop of religious based leadership preach lifting oneself up when they drive bentleys and wear thousand dollar suits? With everything going on in poor communities across this country wouldn't the $45,000 for an outfit be put to better use for payin the outrageous heating bills for the seniors in the congregation? Helping getting the AIDS medications for the sick? Who isn't judged by their clothes their hair their car? So where are we now, in debt, dumb as bricks and totally lost.
The only way to "fix" the problem is to fix the source. It's an unending cycle. The pictures of Malcolm and Martin with their wives and children have been replaced by Diddy and his tribe. The honest hard work of painters, carpenters, maids, laborers has been supplanted by the easy money of the drug dealer and "rapper". The protecting your family and community has turned into DC and PG county. Instead of listening with open ears to Malcolm wish peace unto you we have every hip-hop performer (except Talib, Common and a few others) shouting fuck them niggas, kill them niggas, rob them niggas. Don't tell me we aren't brainwashed.
The hate speech to us, by us, for us, and about us is front and center. We all want a better life. We want peace, we want love, we want equality. There are many ways for us to throw off the shackles and attain it. It has to start with the individual. We can't get there with the current state of affairs. We can start by learning, listening and opening our minds to REAL ideas. We can't be close minded. Having a mind of your own and believing in something contrary to what you are taught is difficult but I believe that as black people we can do it, we have no choice.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Un-friggin believable, There’s a real judge problem in this area
One jacked up thing after another. First off, I found super Tuesday anti-climactic. In my opinion it proved that obama can actually win, unlike Hillary. Obama won the majority of states but not the big ones. The large states that he didn't win CA, NY and MA are so overwhelmingly democratic that if he does win the nomination he's going to win them in the general election by default. His wins in the south and other rural states also make a huge difference because most evangelicals and hardcore conservatives live there and they hate McCain. They aren't going to come out in droves to support him at all. But the race keeps getting better and better so I shall stay tuned.
On to local news. Three young black men were killed at an Uno's pizzareia in PG county, MD on sunday watching the super bowl. Because another black man was too much of a bitch to simply enjoy the frigging game and the taunts that go with it. They finally caught the shooter yesterday. Just a few months ago he was arrested and convicted on a gun and drug charge. Sentenced to five years however the judge suspended all but 2 days. Why is a person prone to violence with priors given the option of a suspended sentence? I'm so damn tired of liberal judges not wanting to put more black men in prison. You know what black men are criminals just like men of other races. I couldn't give two shits about if they're poor, if they didn't have a daddy if they couldn't get a job. I don't give a damn if women want thugs, I dont' care that their music and entertainment tells them to do it. All I care about is personal responsibility. When you take it upon yourself to procure a firearm and use it to terrorize civilized society you should pay for your actions. People claim racism. You know where I live there are a hell of a lot of black people and a whole hell of a lot of black male criminals because they choose to be criminals. Not because the white man is running around setting them up, not because whitey is keeping them down. They are criminals because of pure ignorance and laziness, nothing more nothing less. They deserve to be locked in prison for the rest of their lives. They deserve to be shipped away to some far off prison in Wyoming so their family members can't visit. They deserve to be treated shabbily. Because there are millions of other options facing black men other than crime. I think they deserve longer sentences than their white counterparts because they make it a point to terrorize their own kind. I'm NOT going all sista souljah and advocating the attack of people of other races obviously. But black people need to wise up and leave the ones who don't want to succeed behind to rot in jail where they belong.
On another note that pissed me the hell off. An Eritrean medical doctor is facing deportation because he is currently here illegally. I'm not going where you think I am with this. Dr. Ghebrai came to the US LEGALLY with his wife from Eritrea due to threats to their lives during the upheaval in the 1990s. Eritrea is still massively dangerous, disjointed, racked by extreme poverty and has a weak government in place. Dr. Ghebrai currently works at Greater Southeast hospital. The only hospital in the poorest and blackest area of DC. It's understaffed, underfunded, and caters almost exclusively to the extreme poor, homeless, uninsured. Dr. Ghebrai applied for assylum in the US to maintain his right to live and work here. A judge said no and has started deportation proceedings. This doctor who came here legally, speaks english, does not use any government programs meant for the poor, dedicates his life to providing medical healthcare to the forgotten poor of the capital of the United states is now considered an illegal immigrants and labeled for deportation. Go back, read it again. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The millions of immigrants intentionally scurrying across the border illegally from Mexico and points south who speak no english, have no job skills, use government resources meant for poor americans, form gangs, drive drunk, loiter, murder, steal, have the top three presidential contenders fighting for their right to stay here and be given citizenship. Illegal is illegal however lets at least give other people in the same boat as the doctor an A for effort.
On to local news. Three young black men were killed at an Uno's pizzareia in PG county, MD on sunday watching the super bowl. Because another black man was too much of a bitch to simply enjoy the frigging game and the taunts that go with it. They finally caught the shooter yesterday. Just a few months ago he was arrested and convicted on a gun and drug charge. Sentenced to five years however the judge suspended all but 2 days. Why is a person prone to violence with priors given the option of a suspended sentence? I'm so damn tired of liberal judges not wanting to put more black men in prison. You know what black men are criminals just like men of other races. I couldn't give two shits about if they're poor, if they didn't have a daddy if they couldn't get a job. I don't give a damn if women want thugs, I dont' care that their music and entertainment tells them to do it. All I care about is personal responsibility. When you take it upon yourself to procure a firearm and use it to terrorize civilized society you should pay for your actions. People claim racism. You know where I live there are a hell of a lot of black people and a whole hell of a lot of black male criminals because they choose to be criminals. Not because the white man is running around setting them up, not because whitey is keeping them down. They are criminals because of pure ignorance and laziness, nothing more nothing less. They deserve to be locked in prison for the rest of their lives. They deserve to be shipped away to some far off prison in Wyoming so their family members can't visit. They deserve to be treated shabbily. Because there are millions of other options facing black men other than crime. I think they deserve longer sentences than their white counterparts because they make it a point to terrorize their own kind. I'm NOT going all sista souljah and advocating the attack of people of other races obviously. But black people need to wise up and leave the ones who don't want to succeed behind to rot in jail where they belong.
On another note that pissed me the hell off. An Eritrean medical doctor is facing deportation because he is currently here illegally. I'm not going where you think I am with this. Dr. Ghebrai came to the US LEGALLY with his wife from Eritrea due to threats to their lives during the upheaval in the 1990s. Eritrea is still massively dangerous, disjointed, racked by extreme poverty and has a weak government in place. Dr. Ghebrai currently works at Greater Southeast hospital. The only hospital in the poorest and blackest area of DC. It's understaffed, underfunded, and caters almost exclusively to the extreme poor, homeless, uninsured. Dr. Ghebrai applied for assylum in the US to maintain his right to live and work here. A judge said no and has started deportation proceedings. This doctor who came here legally, speaks english, does not use any government programs meant for the poor, dedicates his life to providing medical healthcare to the forgotten poor of the capital of the United states is now considered an illegal immigrants and labeled for deportation. Go back, read it again. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The millions of immigrants intentionally scurrying across the border illegally from Mexico and points south who speak no english, have no job skills, use government resources meant for poor americans, form gangs, drive drunk, loiter, murder, steal, have the top three presidential contenders fighting for their right to stay here and be given citizenship. Illegal is illegal however lets at least give other people in the same boat as the doctor an A for effort.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Will Super Tuesday be better than Super Sunday???
I'm done with Billary. After this morning ( I listened to her on the TJMS) I'm very worried with her answers to some key questions. Some reasons why I now favor Obama over Hillary. He's willing to change. You can't be all about your ideas without willing to compromise on something. Her ideas are very socialist/communist on healthcare. I understand the ideas of free health care for all but at what cost? It might sound good in a sound bite but all providers don't take government subsidized insurance as it stands now. Regardless of what people may think it costs money to be a good doctor. They can't survive on a few low balled government payments. Besides medicaid recipients and US military already receive government paid health care. Go talk to one of them about how wonderful their medical care is. Even suggesting that your check be garnished for your own health care. This I don't agree with. You should not force anyone to have health care. People who want it fine, they can enter the program. People living on every penny possible can't afford any percentage out of their check. I realize this is a wrong thought process but it is reality. I believe that people should have options. Making everyone live by the whim of the government is communism. No healthcare system will be perfect but what she's touting is wrong. Plus if I'm not mistaken it crashed and burned in the 90s. When you really look at what is behind these ideas it gets kinda scary.
Hilary is a throw back to the tax and spend democrat. That doesn't automatically get work done. She claims that the black and low income communities need more jobs especially in the construction arena. She wants to create more government programs for training and trades. That's what sealed my disdain for her. What the eff Hillary?? She openly acknowledged that the unskilled and skilled labor exodus of the construction industry has put black americans at a severe disadvantage and grossly raised our unemployment. If you don't see where I'm going with this you, need to go back and read a few more of my blogs. Who has the majority of construction jobs? Who has come here in droves over the past 20 years to replace blacks for lower wages in the service industry????? ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from south of the border.
Only a completely ignorant individual does not see the relation here. Show me an unemployed black man that doesn't want a construction job. Hillary pretty much said out of her own mouth that blacks want these jobs. Don't come at me with they just take the jobs americans don't want. Are we not American? Or are poor black americans so low on the totem pole that we just don't count anymore? You cannot support open or illegal immigration and be the champion for poor americans (regardless of skin color) it's frigging impossible. The Bush Administration is not solely to blame for the current state of the economy. Whoever wants to be president needs to acknowledge this. I'm so offended by the affluent always claiming that illegals fill a need when you see huge swaths of unemployment among the poor. It's not all laziness. When there is 0% unemployment across the board and millions of jobs left unfilled then I'll believe that.
Another thing Tom Joyner brought up was the price of gas. Hillary claimed she would cut incentived to oil companies. Ummmm, so what. They still charge whatever they want to. The price of oil being $100+ a gallon has little to nothing to do with our rising gas prices. Exxon and their $40+ billion profits have everything to do with it. Price gouging is illegal, enforce the laws.
Have you ever realized that you were being brainwashed? Hello black and non-affluent people. This is NOT a ringing endorsement for Obama. As I sit here today he's the lesser of 4 evils. Now I realize why so many people have such a problem with Mrs. Clinton. Plus she cried, AGAIN!!!! Right after Obama started inching closer in the polls. I'm disappointed in her and her whole campaign. I don't think she's more qualified than anyone running, I don't think she's an agent of change, I don't think she's a uniter. Like I said before ever since Iowa she's just been going down hill in my eyes. I was once a believer that Obama and Clinton were close in ideologies but they do have some distinct differences. Although a lot of people will be voting today on Super Tuesday but my primary (the beltway primary, DC, MD, VA) will be next Tuesday. Since I registered to vote when I was 17 still young, liberal, and brainwashed I'm a registered
Hilary is a throw back to the tax and spend democrat. That doesn't automatically get work done. She claims that the black and low income communities need more jobs especially in the construction arena. She wants to create more government programs for training and trades. That's what sealed my disdain for her. What the eff Hillary?? She openly acknowledged that the unskilled and skilled labor exodus of the construction industry has put black americans at a severe disadvantage and grossly raised our unemployment. If you don't see where I'm going with this you, need to go back and read a few more of my blogs. Who has the majority of construction jobs? Who has come here in droves over the past 20 years to replace blacks for lower wages in the service industry????? ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from south of the border.
Only a completely ignorant individual does not see the relation here. Show me an unemployed black man that doesn't want a construction job. Hillary pretty much said out of her own mouth that blacks want these jobs. Don't come at me with they just take the jobs americans don't want. Are we not American? Or are poor black americans so low on the totem pole that we just don't count anymore? You cannot support open or illegal immigration and be the champion for poor americans (regardless of skin color) it's frigging impossible. The Bush Administration is not solely to blame for the current state of the economy. Whoever wants to be president needs to acknowledge this. I'm so offended by the affluent always claiming that illegals fill a need when you see huge swaths of unemployment among the poor. It's not all laziness. When there is 0% unemployment across the board and millions of jobs left unfilled then I'll believe that.
Another thing Tom Joyner brought up was the price of gas. Hillary claimed she would cut incentived to oil companies. Ummmm, so what. They still charge whatever they want to. The price of oil being $100+ a gallon has little to nothing to do with our rising gas prices. Exxon and their $40+ billion profits have everything to do with it. Price gouging is illegal, enforce the laws.
Have you ever realized that you were being brainwashed? Hello black and non-affluent people. This is NOT a ringing endorsement for Obama. As I sit here today he's the lesser of 4 evils. Now I realize why so many people have such a problem with Mrs. Clinton. Plus she cried, AGAIN!!!! Right after Obama started inching closer in the polls. I'm disappointed in her and her whole campaign. I don't think she's more qualified than anyone running, I don't think she's an agent of change, I don't think she's a uniter. Like I said before ever since Iowa she's just been going down hill in my eyes. I was once a believer that Obama and Clinton were close in ideologies but they do have some distinct differences. Although a lot of people will be voting today on Super Tuesday but my primary (the beltway primary, DC, MD, VA) will be next Tuesday. Since I registered to vote when I was 17 still young, liberal, and brainwashed I'm a registered
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)