Faithful reader, how many of you under 30 (it’s not fair if we let the older people play, sorry..lol) have ever heard about The Keating Five? Hint..they was linked to the collapse of one major savings and loan- Lincoln Savings and Loan Association.
Ok..nobody, nobody at all? Well, that’s not surprising..when the US savings and loan crisis [...]
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John McCain et al should watch where they throw their mud..
Posted in Barack Obama, Election '08, Politics, Social issues, current news analysis, tagged braids, character attacks, character attacks on obama, crawl under a rock, GOP campaign, john mccain trailing in polls, keating five, losing your savings, maverick john mccain, milli vanilli, mud slinging in politics, obama and bill ayers, obama and john mccain attack each other, obama and rev wright, obama and terrorists, obama and tony rezko, october surprises, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, the 80s, the last 30 days of the political campaign, us savings and loan crisis on October 5, 2008 | No Comments »
A tale of two men, Obama and Kilpatrick a tale of America..
Posted in Barack Obama, Election '08, Politics, Race, Social issues, current news analysis, tagged blacks, black people, Barack Obama, democracy, detroit, african americans, election 2008, black president, America, immigration, mayor, immigrants, democratic nomination, religion, kwame kilpatrick, nomination speech, kenya, disgrace, felonies, democratic partry, acceptance speech, historically black colleges, law school, black law graduates, politcal connections and sons, getting into politics, proverbs, americans and entitlement, interracial couples, the first black president, HBCUs, fathers and daughters, black activists, black america, by the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread, easy come easy go, personal moments on September 9, 2008 | No Comments »
One was born with almost every advantage and was destined to succeed.
Family: A powerful well connected upper class political family.
School: Attended one of the top historically black colleges in the nation and earned his law degree from Michigan State University.
Political Life:Guaranteed. A bit of money. The right family. The right connections. A successful early entry into US [...]
Biden bests them all but can he really help Obama?
Posted in Barack Obama, Election '08, Politics, Race, Social issues, current news analysis, tagged obama, Barack Obama, democrats, african americans, election 2008, George Bush, VP, blue collar voters, joe biden, winning the election, electoral college, vice president biden, presidential campaigm, a noun a verb and 911, red states, blue column, dick cheney, young voters, risky gamble, working class voters, political landscape, moderate republicans, historic on August 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So it’s Joe Biden.
The ’scrappy kid from Scranton‘ is finally a heartbeat away from the presidency. Congratulations are definitely in order, the scrappy kid certainly isn’t scrappy anymore..lol.
Now, while I like Joe Biden as a person and as a politician (he’s certainly more honest and funnier than most remember a noun, a verb and 911..i’m still laughing at that [...]
Obama’s VP, who will it be?
Posted in Barack Obama, Election '08, Politics, Race, Social issues, current news analysis, tagged hillary clinton, Barack Obama, democrats, election 2008, VP, virgina, foreign policy, indiana, white working class, vice president choice, obama's vp choice, gov tim kaine, sam nunn, democratic presidents, joe biden, obama supporters, white working class men, white working class women, senator evan byah, obama electoral college, electoral votes, winning the election, electoral college, 270 votes, national security experience, demorcratic party on August 19, 2008 | No Comments »
So, the wait could finally be over, Obama according to news sources is finally ready to announce his choice for VP.
I am on the edge of my seat. We could know THIS WEEK, the other half of an Obama presidency. This man or woman (probably not) would be part of a historic campaign and an even [...]
Global attention for Obama..
Posted in Barack Obama, Election '08, Politics, Race, Social issues, current news analysis, fun things, tagged african americans, andres useche, Barack Obama, black people, calypso, cocoa tea, global, hispanics, india, indians, music videos, obama presidency, obama songs, obama tours the world, Obama wins, obama's overseas tour, punjabi, punjabi poetry, reggae, si se puede cambiar, soca, the mighty sparrow, the white house, the world reaction to Obama, worldwide attention on July 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
To coincide with Obama’s overseas trip I’ve posted a couple of global music videos celebrating and praising Barack Obama’s candidacy.
Here’s a soca song for Obama by Trinidadian soca legend Mighty Sparrow….
Jamaican reggae superstar Cocoa Tea does a wicked reggae song for Obama..
Andres Useche uses Obama’s slogan, yes, we can as his hook..and it works perfectly…
There’s even a punjabi poem celebrating Obama’s rise….
Hmm..with [...]
A change has finally come to American politics..
Posted in Barack Obama, Election '08, Politics, Race, Social issues, current news analysis, tagged black people, Barack Obama, democrats, black man, young people, Election '08, change.., democratic party, African American, nominee, hope, democratic nominee, the next president, party, candidate, united states, politician, it's over, presumptive, US, american politics, political campaign, greatest country, united, stand up, yes we can on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
He did it!
They did it!
We did it!!
The Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination is ours and the next step is the presidency of the United States of America ..THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING!!!
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