Archive for the ‘obama’ Category
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Getting an invitation to the White House is a big deal. And the State House invitation is a once in a lifetime, if you are lucky, event. So to hear that two idiots were able to get into the White House WITHOUT BEING INVITED, should be a concern for anyone who is paying attention. Because there have been covert and overt threats against President Obama’s life. And for two people to be able to get by the Secret Service apparently with ease, should make everyone cringe. Because if someone could slip past all of that security and make it into the event is a scary thought. Was this a dry run for things to come?
There is a movement afoot where religious zealots are using Psalm 109:8 and 109:9, to call for the assassination of President Obama. This saying is being printed on Bumper Stickers, Hats, Shirts, Coffee Mugs, teddy bears, and mouse pads. For those of you who don’t know what these two verses say, here they are:
Psalm 109:8 states: May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
Psalm 109:9 states: May his children be fatherless
Continue reading “This was a dry run” »
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On a recent trip to Japan, President Obama bowed to his counterpart, Emperor Akihito. This act of RESPECT is being met with hoots and howls from conservatives who feel that was the wrong thing to do. They are saying that by bowing, Obama is making America “look bad.” Where have these people been the last 8 years?
The reason America looks bad ALL OVER THE WORLD is because for DECADES we have gone around the world treating people however the FUCK we wanted to. Then when and if anyone complained, they were met with “yeah and” attitudes. We force people who come over to this country to speak English and then when we go to their country, we expect them to understand English. We have bombed, financially raped, bullied, cajoled, and threatened, countries into attacking Iraq and Afghanistan with a lie about “weapons of mass destruction” and found NOTHING! The world is not safer and instead of making friends, or at least have working relationships with countries different from ours, we have created millions of enemies. According to conservative pundit, William Kristol, a bow is making us look “weak and overly deferential?” A Bow!
Most people feel sorry for bullies. Because they already know that the reason bullies act the way they do is because they have low self esteem. And they need to push other people around to feel superior. Sounds EXACTLY how America is viewed by most of the world. Yet this act of KINDNESS and RESPECT is bad “for America?”
Continue reading “You just don’t GET IT!” »
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A justice of the peace in Hammond, Louisiana, has refused to sign a marriage certificate for an interracial couple. Keith Bardwell has said that he is “not a racist” because he has married Black couples “right here in my own home.” When the bride, Beth Humphrey, called to get the certificate signed, Bardwell’s wife stated that her husband “would not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples.” His concern was not about the couple themselves. The judge is concerned about the children, and how they will be treated by society. I was under the impression this issue, interracial marriage, was taken care of with the Loving vs Virginia case decided by the Supreme Court in 1967. But I guess deciding who can and can’t get married has again become a slippery slope and the slope done slipped!
Again is looks like someone is sitting in judgment of someone else, using racist stereotypes to justify bigotry. Bardwell has said that he “don’t want to put children in a situation they didn’t bring on themselves.” And since he is now the foremost scholar on interracial children, he doesn’t want them to suffer.” Damn, that’s awful nice of him isn’t it! Those are the same piss poor excuses that are used by people who oppose Same Couple Marriage. But you’re right black folks, the Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights struggle is not the same thing! Dumbasses!
Did Bardwell forget that our president is the product of an interracial marriage? Does he not realize that no one is “pure?” And that in 2009, the number of interracial children are growing and those children are no less proud of who they are and who they come from?
As a Lesbian who saw the state she lives in, california, and other states, pass propositions that bars Lesbians and Gays the right to get married, I felt this was bound to happen. Because people are failing to realize that once you start considering people to be “thems” or “others“, if shouldn’t be a surprise when someone else does that EXACT same thing to you.
This will be an interesting test to see just how trifling Black people really are. Are far to many Black folks just bigots or are they racists too? And we will also see how far we have come as a country. Because we already know that people ARE NOT FREE to marry who they want to marry. We will see if race is “no longer and issue” since Obama was elected!
This should be good!
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A “CHRISTIAN” preacher has said that he wishes that “President Obama gets brain cancer just like Edward Kennedy and dies.” But he is hedging his words by saying that he hopes “god strikes Obama with brain cancer.” What the HELL kind of Christian is that?
mr. anderson (small caps on purpose) is now surprised that his hateful words have gotten hateful responses in return. People have now threatened his life and that of his family. REALLY! Gosh who couldn’t have seen this scenario? You preach hate then are surprised when hate comes back to you and your family. GO FIGURE!
I’m sure in his TRIFLIN, PUNK ASS MIND, the DEVIL is threatening his family. When in actuality, it is HE who is putting his family at risk. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the constitution. But the response to that speech is unpredictable. I personally won’t lose a second of sleep if something happens to him. Here is another Christian “HIDING BEHIND RELIGION TO JUSTIFY BIGOTRY!”
People like him give Christians a bad name. If that is possible. Because lately, “Christians” have been spreading HATE with both hands!
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I have watched with bemused disinterest all of the fussing, arguing, and fighting that has occurred at the Health Care town hall meetings. Because it is under the guise of “health care” that GROWN ADULTS are acting like children and literally getting into fist fights. But the real reason has nothing to do with the medical profession. It has to do with the hate that has come to the service since President Barack Obama was elected.
I find it interesting that most if not all of the people who attend these are WHITE and MIDDLE AGED! The same people who probably already have health care. For them, this is an more about yelling and screaming about “Obama” and less about how to make sure that everyone has access to proper medical care. My brother was recently in the hospital for two weeks and it seemed like almost EVERY DAY he was telling my mother and I about the shoddy treatment he was receiving. Oh did I mention that he is a former PSYCH NURSE and that my mother is a former R.N.? So you can well imagine that with other 50 years worth of knowledge between then, they KNOW EXACTLY what proper care medical care is supposed to look like?
For those people who have more than one brain cell, they should remember that health care is reform is not a new phenomenon. During the Clinton Administration, President Clinton attempted to reform health care along with the aid of his wife, Hillary Clinton. But there was such a backlash against then first lady and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that eventually, it was shelved. Again, the subterfuge was not “health care” , it was to keep a “woman in her place.”
Continue reading “Is we sick?” »
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Ever since Barack Obama has been elected president, the right wing NUT JOBS have been having a field day with their criticism of “EVERYTHING OBAMA.” From the “homey handshake“ between Obama and President Hugo Chavez, to the “baggy jeans“ to the “the cop acted stupidly”, there has been a backlash against the president. And that includes political pundits who have shot off their mouths with impunity. Well it looks like one of those pundits, Glenn Beck, has put his big foot in his even BIGGER MOUTH and it is going to cost him and his TV station.
On a number of occasions, Beck has called President Obama “a racist” and has said that Barack “hates white people.” He has also stated this on his radio show. As usual, the “home network, Fox“, immediately distanced itself from Beck’s statement but nothing else was done. Since there is NO EVIDENCE that this statement is true, and only seems to have been made because Beck is one of the “my America People” these statements have been found to have offended many people. If is for that reason, there has been a concerted effort by members of the Colorofchange.org has contacted Fox sponsors and threatened a boycott unless they discontinue supporting Beck’s nonsense. And “big business” has listened!
CVS, Wal-Mart, Clorox, Sprint, and 29 other business have requested that their commercials not be aired during Beck’s show. And as we all know, advertising helps pay the bills. And for big name advertisers to request that Beck not benefit from their ads is HUGE!
Hopefully this will send a chill through the other loud mouths. Among them, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Beck. Not to stop their right to “freedom of Speech” but to let them know that those days of “unchallenged racism and racist remarks are OVER!”
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One of the world renowned African American scholars, Henry Louis Gates Jr., was arrested IN HIS HOUSE because someone in the neighborhood called the police saying “two black males with backpacks on the porch,” one of whom was “wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry.” The fact that Gates lived in the house and had been there for quite some time didn’t matter. It was the fact that a “white women” could call the police and have the “owner” arrested is what matters. Gates was charged with being “disorderly.” I guess not being able to get into your house and then when you do, you are confronted by police accusing you of breaking the law might make me “disorderly” too!
The police version of the events are that they received a call about two Black men, attempted to force open a door. Upon arrival, they found Gates was already in the house, on the phone with the property managers. Police are saying that Henry refused to provide ID and got “loud and was agitated.” Certainly a reason to arrest someone no doubt! Gates contents that not only did he give the officer his driver’s license, but he also gave him is HARVARD ID too! Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a professor at Harvard University!!!!
We may never know the true story. But from personal experience, I certainly don’t believe the police version of events. Gates had just came off of a plane trip from China. His ID was readily available. I find it hard to believe that he didn’t show his ID!
The Cambridge police have termed this event as “regrettable and unfortunate” and have dropped the charges. REALLY! Wow! Thanks for not charging me for breaking into my own home! And thank you for saying that “disorderly” is just a BULLSHIT law on the books that police use when you haven’t really broken ANY LAWS, but they want to harass you anyways.
I would love to hear from “Gladys Kravitz“, the person who set this ball in motion. Does she not know her neighbors? Or was this more of the “Obama backlash” that is occurring all over country. I guess she showed that “uppity” NIGro something?
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My last post titled”Blacks can’t Swim” talked about how a group of Creative Steps Day Campers from the inner city of Philadelphia, were at first allowed to swim at a private, again read “WHITE” swim club only to face racial slurs and then told they had to leave because “minorities don’t swim here.” When the incident became public, the president of the club, John Duesler, stated “there was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club.” When that statement became public, the excuse became “it was a safety issue.”
There has been a update to this story. The Valley Swim Club voted “UNANIMOUSLY” to allow the Creative Steps Day Campers to come back to the club. I had to laugh out loud when I read this story because the heat is on and this is what’s called “Damage Control!”
U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) has stated that he finds these allegations “disturbing” and plans on launching a “full investigation.” The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, which has opened an investigation, is to make a fact-finding visit to the club July 30. People have been picketing the Valley Swim Club. Could any one or all three of those reasons be why the vote to allow the Day Campers back to the club was UNANIMOUS???? Member Amy Goldman, who has been a member for two years, has stated that she hasn’t seen a “Black member this year.” Any takers that when the PHRC makes its fact finding visit on the 30th, that it will look like a revival of “The Wiz!”
Lastly, if you let me know, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that you don’t want me around, on what planet would you think I would EVER go back? If you want to apologize, fine. But 12, 13, and 14, year old African American kids, who probably saw their mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, and grandparents cry for the first time after seeing President Obama get elected, now know that we haven’t come as far as people want his election to indicate. And instead of these kids remembering “not in my lifetime” on November 4, 2008, as something positive, they are now hearing that again. Except this time, it’s what we expected. That racism is alive and well in America and an election did NOTHING to alleviate that FACT!!!!!
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I read with humor the recent article that retold the events that occurred when President Obama invited select Lesbian and Gay activists to the White house. From all reports, attendees laughed and squealed with glee at everything that “Mr. Obama” said. Even his call for the Lesbian and Gay community to be “patient” was met with a nod. And while I understand that the economy is probably a bigger concern, forty years after the Stonewall Riots, haven’t we been patient enough?
On June 28, 1969, a Gay club in New York, the Stonewall Inn, was raided by the police, a common occurrence at that time. Often patrons were beaten before being thrown in the back of the paddy wagon. But on this occasions, the patrons decided enough was enough and fought back. This act led to a riot that went on for days. And this event is said to be one of the “flash points” of the Gay Civil Rights movement.
That event occurred forty years ago. And to me, the fact that we are still fighting this same fight is an injustice of untold proportions. We are still getting beaten up by the police, we are still being fired from jobs, we are still not allowed to be with our partners in hospitals, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is still being on the books, DOMA is still on the books, the Hate crimes bill still is not a national law, and certain members of the public still think they should be able to use violence against us. And the violence part has become personal to me.
While answering some email, I was sent a link to a youtube video of a young kid, who was assaulted because she was seen hugging and kissing her girlfriend in public. I call her a young kid because I knew her when she was a kid. At twenty-five, she is a grown woman. The assault was so bad, that she needs to have reconstructive surgery. That some idiot felt it necessary to assault someone isn’t new. It happens all of the time. That Gay people are assaulted isn’t new either. That event OCCURS ALL THE TIME TOO! The FACT that I have known Rhythm and her family since the early 2000′s makes this personal to me.
Continue reading “It’s personal now!” »
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President Obama has decided to allow the partners of Lesblan and Gay federal employees the same benefits as their straight co-workers. WOW! That’s awful damn WHITE of him!
And not nearly good enough!
He has refused to step in and end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” He has refused to end, what he promised to do before the elections, DOMA – Defense of Marriage Act – which he as the ability to do. Yet he thinks this is supposed to placate us! No, not even close!
Lesbians and Gays supported Obama in large numbers and if he thinks he would have gotten elected without our MONEY, organizing skills, and support, I can guarantee you, he is sadly mistaken. While he certainly brought together a large and diverse coalition of people, we were at the forefront of this group. And we are growing tired of waiting on him to do what he promised to do.
I pay taxes, FEDERAL TAXES, and don’t appreciate my tax dollars being used to discriminate against me. If the Federal Government has laws on the books that make discrimination legal, why should we be surprised that states are doing the same thing?
Major props to Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine who are either already performing Same Couple Marriages, or are scheduled to begin in 2009 or 2010.
Hey california. How is the budget melt down working out for ya!!!! According to the prestigious Williams Institute, they estimate that the passage of Proposition 8 will cost the state more than $800 million in the next three years, due to a loss of revenue for weddings and various auxiliary services. Not to mention the “trickle down theory” that applies to more money in people’s hands.
I guess that old saying is right. Bigotry, Hate, and Racism affects EVERYONE! Not just the people it is aimed at!!!!