Partisan Rape

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A clause protecting government contractors if employees rape each other has met strong partisan opposition in the senate. Republicans admittedly voted against the "Anti-Rape Bill" to protect Halliburton. No need to check the polarity of your moral compass, when your stance is against rape victims, you may need to rethink your position. Unfortunately this vote was not spotlighted on any major news outlet, offline or on.

Sell TD Jakes' House, Feed South Dallas

Sarah Silverman proposes selling the Vatican to feed the world. Maybe selling one of the many black churches in your neighborhood can feed the city? Chances are there is another one in walking distance.

War Over Peace Prize

President Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
If you want to promote Peace, you have to place yourself in the center of conflict. Whether each side throws words, punches, or bullets- you have to become the target. For the dissenters who ask "What has he done", that is your answer.

One of the oldest, most historical conflicts is the ancient fight between Israel and Palestine. This conflict is not just of principles and conversations- people are dying amid even conversations of this struggle. We cohabitate with war as if it were the most natural state, so nobody is breaking their neck to solve this problem. Only the victims are screaming. Now everyone is talking about Obama, and Obama is talking about something unheard of in politics- Peace. Critics scoff he has only given speeches, yet words are the only thing that will end this conflict. No US legislation, military action, or UN sanction will bring peace to Jerusalem, or to Israelites and Palestinians worldwide. In the era where every president has their war, Obama is opting to try and end the holy one.

Circumstances could not be more inclement as well. The market for peace is scarce these days. An American president won the Nobel Prize, and Americans are disturbed. Peace is disturbing. Peace forces the realization that there is opposition, and ask "What are you going to do about it?" Americans elected him, but Americans also pejoratively yelled "He's a Muslim!" The American president reached out to the Muslim world before the American public did. This unpopular, but right. This is leadership.

Israel and Palestine, Christian and Muslim, pro-choice and pro-life, gay and straight- one man has dedicated himself to resolving these conflicts and more. Most people say resolving these problems is a fantasy. They say the idea of a perfect world is cliche.

You may be incapable of imagining a world without these wars, but Obama isn't. The leader of the free world is acting like he has nothing to lose. Mr. America wants world peace. If he were anywhere other than the world stage, he would be receiving a crown and roses to thunderous applause.

WATCH: Rachael Maddow breaks down Obama Peace efforts

The First Will Become Dash

Africa Matters.
We know because an African-American Leader (Jesse Jackson) and mainstream news source (Huffingtonpost) said so. When it comes to issues associated with blacks, you need both for authentication.
It shouldn't be news that Africa has a wealth of natural resources, of which China has deeply invested in. As the tide of Great Britain colonies abated, Chinese businessmen swooped in to capitalize on the industrial gap. Good timing, partially reflected by their booming economy.
Though China has already heavily invested in Africa , building roads, bridges, dams, and even hotels, the implication is that America should be benefiting from these natural resources.
Why?
America is too multi-cultural to maintain it's previous sense of entitlement. We're talking about Africa's resources, yet the tone is "China can't have them all, we want some too."
So China and America should split the resources of Africa, not the other 47 countries who inhabit the continent?
Please, forgive my heresy. I forget sometimes that the universe revolves around America.
The fact of the matter is, had it been Mars China was siphoning resources from, America still would have a sense of entitlement over every rock. The difference here is that America is inhabited by Martians. Aliens. African-Americans, they call us. If I was racing for space rocks, I'd sure like to have Martians on my side.
Centuries ago, America traveled to that strange planet of Africa. They deemed it's inhabitants savages (like today), and took human laborers as it's only resource. 400yrs of free labor, and we build USA Inc, the richest nation in the world.
Yet our biggest competitor has one-upped us. China is using the source of our start up wealth as a source of residual income, and America wants in.
Meanwhile, African-Americans, American Africans, Blacks, Negroes- the dark skinned descendants of the original employees -have come upon a golden opportunity.
For years the only African resource in America was the people it brought. Even now those people still live in a landless hiatus- Estranged from Africa, yet still not fully accepted in America: African-Americans. You could say we've spent more time as the dash than either or.
Which is exactly what America needs right now, a dash. A connection between Africa, and America. America is not entitled to African resources, of which China has a firm grip on anyway. Blacks in America can't all be CEObama. We should create a new position, embracing the link with both countries. African-American. The title is already there, now to create positional benefits.
African-Americans. Your Americanism bleeds from your pours to the nostrils of every foreigner. Yet in America, your "exotic" look has resulted in the same tumultuous relationship as any imperial colony versus native citizens. Black Americans live in this balance, with Africa on one extreme and America the other. Instead of pushing through your Americanism to embrace African cultures, or denouncing African roots as interpreted by American patriotism, embrace both. That position is exactly what you and America need right now, a link between Africa and America. Who better than it's estranged children and step-children, itching to return to the motherland they've never seen? Only instead of dark-skinned Americans occasionally wandering for a glimpse of lost origins, African-Americans can return as ambassadors between the mother land and what will be the newly dubbed "our land". For once, the plethora of American interests are aligned on one issue: desire for Africa. Some claim to love her, others just want to tap that... resource. Both require a relationship.
African-Americans looking for their place need to settle down where they are, on the dash between. That dash on paper should be a bridge in real life. All African-Americans interested in Africa should unite and create such an institution. With an education on African languages and cultures, it would be the bridge and gate keeper between Africa and America. The only bridge running deeper inland than the coast, connecting knowledge, commerce, and culture. Let African love unite Americans and African-Americans, and all will benefit. In the age of green being the new black, black is the new green.

"She Got That Good Hair"

The other day, Tyra Banks had a familiar yet always interesting topic on her talk show. With her hair in cornrows and a mostly black panel ready to give their insight and opinions, they all discussed what good hair actually means. Tyra, being the righteous sista that she is, tried to school the young black women on the beauty of natural hair. Ironic, since Tyra dons light, straight or wavy hair 99% percent of the time. Oh, but for this particular show she has cornrows? Whatever.

As a woman of mixed heritage, I've gotten the "good hair" label from black women all throughout my life. And it means absolutely nothing to me. I don't blush and say thank you, I usually stare at them with a look that says, "Have you not learned anything from Malcolm X?" I realize that the hair style one chooses to sport is not necessarily an indicator of our racial intelligence, but the fact that so many black women (and young girls) still subscribe to the myth of "good hair vs. bad hair" is alarming. Even Chris Rock, inspired by concerns from his daughter, filmed a documentary about the issue.

Let's be clear....THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GOOD HAIR, LADIES! If you relax your hair because it's easier to manage and whatnot, fine. But if you relax your hair because you want that "good hair" and believe your natural, kinky hair is ugly, then you're still trapped in a slave mentality.

See, the term "good hair" was created back in the slavery era, when the slaves who had mixed blood (usually from the white slave owner) were given special treatment. Their "wavy" or "straight" hair was usually a sign of this special status. Slaves who had natural, kinky hair desired the hair they could get from white people, thinking it would grant them prestige and privileges. Now in 2009, there are still many black women out there afraid of going natural for fear of what others may think of their "nappy" hair. And black girls as young as 3 are believing that Mylie Cyrus' weave is ideal while the Angela Davis 'fro is the epitome of ugly.

It's a shame, really. Too many black women just don't know how beautiful they are. Whether straightened or rocking locs, we must remember that our hair does not define our beauty, nor does society. Only we, and we alone, can change our perception of beauty.

The Fall of Glenn

It has been a good run, but Glenn Beck's celebrity career is over.

As sponsor after sponsor has pulled away from him amidst public outcry over recent comments that Obama is a racist with a "deep seeded hatred for white people", his fellow right wingers have began to distance themselves as well. Traditionally, when a prominent representative of the Republican base (black Republicans, such as Colin Powell, are important but outside of the base demographic) is attacked, fellow party members rally in their defense. Glenn, however, stretched that privilege a little too far when he directly pitted Obama against the entire white race- something GOPers constantly infer, but never officially say. Fox and friends cannot retain the image of journalistic integrity- 'fair and balanced' they call it -and be so directly linked to racism accusations. The video montage of them accusing people of "playing the race card" John Stewart would create would be historically epic.

In lieu of the normal collective defense by the GOP, they have previously ignored and now are distancing themselves from Glenn, even going as far as preemptively minimizing his career, as poorly written by conservative columnist Kathy Shaidle. In her response to large sponsors abandoning Glenn (Wal-Mart, CVS, Best Buy), she wrote:

"They're just humoring boy cotters until they turn their attention to a new trendy cause."

The implication being his career is the old trending cause.

In fact, the entire article professes the death of Glenn Becks career more systematically than this post.

It begins by announcing the reason his career is over: sponsors have been "bullied" from his program in rapid succession- 5 one week, 20 the next. She politely list them by name, pointing out the most recent are large companies. Then she eloquently explains how "left wing busybodies" who "typically avoid shopping at Wal-Mart" have teamed up with their opposites, the Wal-Mart shoppers who are apparently "much more likely to be Glenn Beck fans. Period."

Shaidle makes the point my natural "leftwing incoherence" could never: enemies and supporters of Wal-Mart don't like this guy, and this is business. Wal-Mart didn't get big off of white only dollars, so they're not going to isolate 2/3 of their demographic.

As she points out, they have already shifted funds away from Glenn to other shows on Fox News. Of course, your tiny liberal brain probably doesn't realize that ad revenue plays a large role in the TV industry. Shows get cancelled for less. Wal-Mart isn't acting in the best interest of it's stockholders, it's "humoring the boy cotters until they turn their attention to a new trend."

Because of his financial toxicity, Glenn Beck is about to be out of the only job he is suited for. His credibility is burning so brightly, Kathy Shaidle's got caught in it's gravity. His career failure is like a supernova that, ironically, resulted in a black hole of failure: even it's coverage fails, by insisting leftist don't "get" it's irony, even though it was attempting sarcasm, not irony. Humor, insult, AND irony identification fail. Triple fail score.

The true irony is that in failure, Glenn Beck becomes what he previously failed to convince the USA he represented, a normal guy.

That, and the fact that the post defending his career as still alive provided both content and picture for this post.

3 Classic American Recipes

Ingredients:
1 False Alarm
1 Harvard Professor
1 Cop
2oz Anger

For Bullied Nerd: Marinate Cop and Anger over lifetime. Splash with False Alarm and Harvard Professor. Serve Fresh.

For Intelligent Insults: Mix Anger and Harvard Professor until slightly lumpy. Add False Alarm. When boiling, lower heat, add Cop. Let mix stew for best results.

For Beerfest: Use Black Harvard Professor/ White Cop. Heat 1oz Anger and Harvard Professor. Add Cop. Watch carefully, as it can easily boil over. After arrest, add 1oz anger and mix well. Let blend cool for three days. Serves 4, or 300 million Americans unwilling to actually deal with race issues.

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An Evening in Paris

Home of America's last official public lynching, Paris, TX brand Justice strikes again. After Brandon McClelland was run over and dragged to death, prosecutors dropped all charges after a truck driver came forward and said he "might have run him over".
This coming from the same prosecutors and judges [Chuck "Supervillian" Superville] who tried and convicted 14yr old Shaquanda Cotton as an adult for pushing a hall monitor.
With so many racially charged public issues, this is long overdue.

BOTTOM FIVE WAYS TO RESPOND TO RACIST NEWS
5. Question the Racism
Even after all the Rodney Kings, Sean Bells, and Sotomayors, racism must be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt before it is considered a plausible cause. Why? Don't be 'that guy'.

4. Blame the Victim
Your first sentence should never start with "He [victim] probably..." HE is the victim. His scars/lack of life should be enough evidence to justify investigation of wrongdoing.

3. Ignorantly Repeat Sound Bytes
Someone else may have read the entire story or, even worse, know the facts!

2. Beat the War Drum
Your first response should not be "See, THIS is what I'm talking about! F%#$ [insert racial slur here]" Before we hit the streets with Molotov cocktails, lets talk about THIS. Action, not reaction.

1. Call Al Sharpton
Eyes will roll. Let the Al Show begin.

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Wise White Men

The confirmation hearing of Judge Sotomayor has a racist elephant in the room. The root of her opposition lies in these key three words: Wise, Latina, and Woman.

If the supreme court was made up of ALL Latina women, what would her opposition be?

By opposing this nomination over Sotomayor's public claims being both latino and a woman affect her decisions, you admit being a white male affects your decisions. It is effecting this decision.
You don't need to claim that publicly for us to know it, nor does the public hold it against you. Just let the root of opposition be more statement than allusion.
"I oppose Sotomayor because she is a Latino Woman, and I represent White Males."

WATCH Pat Buchanan calls for more racial opposition.

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Affirmative Action is wrong, but he wants the law changed to protect his race from discrimination?

Sotomayor is inevitable: as the Latino population has grown, so will the number of Latino elected officials... and, unfortunately, the temperature of racial politics.

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Dear Mr. President

Dear President Obama,
Although we don't understand it as well as you, most of us laymen recognize the fine line you must walk being the leader of such a multi-colored nation. Although I complain about you by name at times, please note that I am happy you have brought back at least a sense of humanity to the presidency- an aura that doesn't proudly proclaim 'the bottom line' to be only financial gain. If we claim any sort of compassion or empathy individually, our elected leaders should reflect such as well.
That being said, what is the significance of having a black president if the governments treatment of black Americans will remain unchanged? You have said time and time again that as you work to improve conditions for everybody, naturally those communities harder hit, such as the black communities, will see the benefits as well. How can you acknowledge the inequalities in the black communities, but only respond with a promise to return to the norm? Are blacks to be expected to always lead in unemployment, drop out, arrest, and incarceration rates?
You have ruffled quite a few feathers already going after such a huge problem as the health care system. I must congratulate you for this, and condemn opponents of change. Some may delight in the prospect of 1 out of every 5 dollars being spent on health care- sounds like a beautiful profit margin- but as human beings, we should not accept profit over saving lives, period. America will pay for the inflation of health care cost with the dollars of the rich or the lives of the poor.
The very same way you brought this debate to life, why can't you ask similarly difficult questions regarding the black community? Questions like, why do blacks have the highest arrest and incarceration rate? Why are blacks the most likely to be uneducated? Why are blacks the most likely to be poor? I am tired of these being unquestioned realities. Black skin does not make you mentally inferior, nor criminally inclined. If the blanket policies continue, the message will be clear that the government either has no interest in the advancement of colored people, or sees no benefit from the improvement of their conditions.
Also, how many of the Bush policies will you adopt? I was under the impression "change" meant a change in policies. Do not feel pressured to be like any other president- you are not any other president. You do not need to cater to any tradition, or pander to any crowd beyond that of the public will. People were previously afraid to even include words like "President" in conversations , for fear they would be recorded, arrested, and held indefinitely without charge. Is that the type of nation we call free? The era of supreme court election decisions and warrantless wiretappings needs to end, and the era of REAL transparency needs to begin.
Once again, I am glad that you are president and believe you are doing a very good job. However, in order to improve conditions better than before when things are already bad, you will need to be nothing less than extraordinary.

With Sincerity and Peace,

J Robinson
Advocate for a peaceful and fearless society

P.S
My regards to the wife and family.

Farrakhan on MJ in Life

Clifsoulo

Envoke E-voting Rights

How To Trust Electronic Voting
NY Times
Electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper record of every vote cast cannot be trusted. In 2008, more than one-third of the states, including New Jersey and Texas, did not require all votes to be recorded on paper.
[full story]

Electronic voting machines have replaced traditional paper machines quietly across America, but very few people understand or even think about the machines until they are in the booth at decision time. During the 2000 and 2004 elections, widespread stories of machine errors and hack-ability ran simultaneously with election coverage. Contact your council members and Representatives NOW and demand they protect the sanctity of the voting process and this so-called Democracy.

Never Too Late to Emancipate

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19^th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

For more information, visit Juneteenth.com
I love Juneteenth
The bitter sweetness of today speaks unintelligible volumes about the black people in America. Across the nation, reactions to Juneteenth vary from anti-celebratory to jubilee- with plenty of apathy between. Some consider Juneteenth an embarrassment- citing January 1st as the real day of emancipation. After all, who's fault is it they didn't get the news on time?
Others celebrate privately, but most allow July 4th to monopolize freedom celebrations.
But what should be celebrated today, if anything? When I think about the creation of the holiday, perspective blooms.
What is January 1st to those who were still enslaved January 2nd? Or should they have waited until the next month to join the freedom celebrations they previously watched from bondage?
Celebrate Juneteenth. Celebrate the freedom you have but didn't know. Celebrate the difference between emancipation, and the Emancipation Proclamation. Celebrate with the promise that next time, you won't have to be told 'you are free'.
I proclaim Juneteenth a day of putting freedom into practice. Perhaps in two years the world will join me.

Quick Thoughts: Transparency

Transparency? More like Opaque
By Amber
Obama is a great leader and I'm glad he's in the White House. But he is also a politician. I think sometimes we expect too much from him. If what he's doing (or not doing) isn't detrimental to the American people then.....who cares. He's barely into his first term! Hit me up in about two years and I'll give a real report card.

Riding Them Until Wheels Fall Off
By J
I still support Obama fully, but he has presumed leadership to a government I will criticize until perfection or my lungs go out on me. In a short time, I believe Obama has done more for the US than in the past eight years, but if he doesn't correct the mistakes of his predecessor, he takes the responsibility for them.

Govt Still Unclear on Transparency

Obama blocks list of White House visitors.
Despite President Barack Obama's pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com's request for the names of all White House visitors from Jan. 20 to the present.
Click here to read the full story.

The President and Vice Presidential oaths both claim to defend THE CONSTITUTION against all enemies both foreign and domestic. BlackEveryday calls for the immediate release of all public records, and the repeal of the Patriot Act, which also supersedes The Constitution in the name of national security. Protecting the Consitution IS national security.

In Obama's defense, "Transparency" was only promised via an analog signal.