Racism Revisited: NY Post Flex's Their Racist Muscle

I guess I nievely thought that once Obama was elected all these simpleton racist country bumpkin cartoons of him were going to seise. Looks like I was wrong, this is no different that the racist Curious George shirt they made in Georgia last year and far worse than controversial cover of The New Yorker portraying Obama as a terrorist.

What’s up with the new York media and racist propaganda? I never liked New York (more so the New York media) anyway and this just confirms it for me. First the New Yorker, now the New York post? And what makes this whole thinh that much worse is that the NY Post actually defended this sickening cartoon. Like Chris Rock said there’s nothing the white man can do to catch me off guard but I still can’t get away from the fact that I am saddened and offended by this cartoon none the less. But I can say this the NY Post won’t ever get a dime of my money and sure hope in some roundabout way the individuals responsible for this get what coming to them…..a swift beheading should suffice.

President Barack Obama’s First Weekly Address

SCATTERED THOUGHTS ABOUT OBAMA’S PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY

This is what I wrote in my blackberry curve as I watched CNN announce Barack Obama as the President-Elect:

Hope.

Yes this is proof If I ever seen it. I always felt like this country was too racist to vote for black man no matter how much more qualified he was than his white counterpart. Today I am wrong and have never felt happier about being wrong ever.

I feel hope for America for all those people who could have voted the same way they have for last 220 years, “if it aint white, it aint right” but instead chose to put their prejudice and fear of the unknown behind them to vote for Barack Obama and the change he represents. This gives me hope for America, a hope I never would have imagined I'd have. I mean, dude won in a land slide! How could one candidate represent so much and he never slipped up, never lose focus, never deviated from his message. This man is not only historic but heroic!!!!

I don't know about you but he is "My Hero"!

Class act all the way!

And when he said “I'm your president too, even for all those whose votes I did not earn!” that shit was just another statement to cement the fact that dude is on another level.

He stood in the face of death threats, racism from so many different directions, people questioning his heritage, his religion, his very name and through all that this man never flinched, never lost his focus, never hit back. He just continued to run his flawless campaign. HERO.

He never alienated anyone, and always praised the candidates running against him, many times at the beginning of his own speeches. The whole way he conducted himself set a new standard politically and socially and for that he has my respect.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

This is how I see it today:

My last blog about America I wrote about how disappointed I am in America, but this blog I write about how proud I am of America. A nation that has a long and storied history of racial oppression and bigotry has taking its first step in healing one of many wounds by looking past the policies of the past, by looking past the color of a man’s skin and electing the first Black President of the United States of America. I know so many Americas were tempted to fall back on the old customs and old ways. But on Nov. 4th many Americas put aside their prejudices and proclivity to sameness and took a chance, a chance on Change. And to be honest I did not believe America had grown up enough to take that chance, just 50 years removed from the Jim Crowe laws, from the open Lynching of Blacks, from the Civil Right Movement I just didn’t believe that this nation had moved far enough away from its racist roots. Up until 8pm on Nov.4th I felt like somehow some way racist white America was going to find away to steal this moment from us just as they have stolen everything else from us. But when CNN projected that Obama was the president-elect just as the polls on the west coast were closing (8pm) all that hostility all the disappointment and distrust was released and replace by a feeling of joy, pride and Hope.

This was a defining moment for me as black man for the first time I looked at this nation and said “maybe there’s hope for us all after all”. This is a moment where hope, optimism and equality overtook Racism, and it’s about fuckin’ time! Even if this moment only last 24 hours, I’m going to revel in my naive belief that things are going to be different now but that’s only until reality sinks in I hear a few gun shots from around the corner as the police continue to murder unarmed black men like cattle. This moment will not end racism but this is a shining example that America is not as racist as I thought it was and that’s all the Hope I need. I mean I was just sure that racist white America could not look past their racism to the side once they stepped in the voting booth, boy was I wrong.

No one would have believed America would have voted for a black man in a landslide for President, even one such as Obama who was so qualified, so educated and so dignified. The perception that America was just too over ran with racism and prejudice to vote in a black president has long been America’s calling card and today that perception has changed. Being black in America it’s like you’ve always had to work twice as hard and had to be twice as good as your white counterpart just to get the “chance” to compete and Obama’s campaign was exactly that. Twice as good as good as McCain’s campaign from top to bottom. Obama’s political campaign was near perfect as MSNBC described it, and it had to be.

Condoleezza Rice was absolutely correct when she said: “There was a threshold that we crossed as a nation yesterday”

The social implications of Barack Obama’s presidency as a well educated, dignified, classy black man are endless. He broke a glass ceiling today and raised the bar for all of us, not only people of color but for whites as well. The dignity and respect he exhibited for himself, for the nation’s people and even for his opposing candidates during his campaign should be a lesson to us all and a blue print for a new kind of politics.

What was the most astonishing thing about Obama’s message is that he continues to use the words we, us, ours not me and I when delivering his speeches, attaching a certain degree of accountability to Americans for the fate of this nation.

He established a new template for politics putting the issues above his race, he ran as an American candidate who happens to be black not a black president. He created the template for all future people of color who run for president.

His HUMILITY and strength through all this is to be admired.

I look at all these people who put their prejudice to the side , put their stereotypes to the side, put their fear of the black man and blackness to the side and judge this man off the strength of his own merits and voted for him, within that act I see hope. Hope that people will put their prejudice and stereotypes against me because of the color of my skin to the side and judge me truly off the merit of my character. Hope for all those who would face potential discrimination, this gives us all hope that Americans as a whole can look past their prejudices, judge us my the strength of our character and treat us equality.

Black Girl Lost

So this black girl I work with for all intents and purposes let’s call her Black Girl Lost told me she didn’t vote because it was against her beliefs. Her argument is that she doesn’t believe in the president or the government, she believes in god so she doesn’t vote. WTF?? She said the president can’t end world hunger or change the hearts of murders and child molesters so she won’t vote for him. Much of her so called beliefs and argument was surrounded around her trying to insinuate that somehow voting for the first black president was against god.

Where the fuck this girl got this notion I don’t even fucking know. Just thinking about that ignorant shit this little black girl was spitting just pisses me off. And you know I just couldn’t let that shit ride, so our little convo in the hallway at work led to us emailing each other back and forth. Check it out. (EXCUSE THE TYPO’s PASSION AND SPELL CHECK DON’T MIX)

MIKE.DRE WROTE:

The man will be gone in 4-8 years but the history, the breakthrough, the glass ceiling that was shattered, the progress will be remember forever. In the 1960’s we were still fighting for our right vote, the right to be treated as more than ¾‘s of a man and little did they know 40 years later the very same blacks who whites didn’t even see as a full person would have one their own elected to the high position in the nation…President of the United States. Not vice president, President! For a poor nation that has struggled to make it in a world of dollars and oppression this is a breakthrough. And you think all of this progress, this whole movement for blacks civil rights our fight for equality all happened without GOD?? God was the driving force behind all of this from day one and still is; our never ending crusade for EQUALITY is all gods’ work. It’s the devil that wants us divided and unequal. Without god we would still slaves but today the door is wide open, more open than ever before. But there are still many miles to go before we are truly equal. Join the fight, this was not a vote for a man to be president for 4-8 years this was vote for equality a vote to show the world that we as black people are capable of anything. This was a vote for opportunity…the vote for us to have the opportunity to pursue our dreams without prejudice, and if that’s not a vote worth casting than what is???????

BLACK GIRL LOST WROTE:

Michael you are dear to me and I don’t want our friendship to come to bad terms over our beliefs. It shouldn’t. I respect you and I do not attack you about what I believe. If you feel you would like to teach me something then by any means, do so. I absolutely adore men who stand and teach. But you can’t teach people about what you feel is truth by telling them what they believe is wrong or not the best way. You, obviously won’t want to hear me out so how can you expect for me to be 100% into what you are trying to convey. Just as they fought and died for their beliefs, I will do the same for mine. I have the same right as everyone else here to fight for what I believe in. My voting has everything to do with belief. If I believed that ANY of these presidents could end world hunger, or change the heart conditions of child predators, murders, I would be the first to vote. My belief is that only GOD can do this. I will believe this until the day I die.

MIKE.DRE WROTE:

I guess it’s much easier to try to say its god vs. politics and since that’s the vision of life that you have created in your mind no one conversation with a random black man at work via email is going to change that but this is needs to be said. It’s not God vs. Politics….it’s not “I believe in god so I don’t vote”. You vote because you want there to be better opportunities for you future relatives who will be black, and they will be raised with more self confident and high expectations because they will have been raised knowing there was a black president. They have for so long raised us and tough us our history as second class citizens and that’s done damage to our entire races self esteem. But no long can they continue to teach our kids in these classrooms across America this jaded history of the black second class citizen now that a black person has reached the highest point in society and done it with Class & dignity like no other.

Do you know the fucked up stereotypes that have been pushed upon us all for so many years? Well if they want to look at Obama and make that the new stereotype for blacks in America, all our children will be better off. That’s what I voted for but I guess voting for your children not being raised “exclusively” as second class citizens is not worth 5 minutes, huh????

“If I believed that ANY of these presidents could end world hunger, or change the heart conditions of child predators, murders, I would be the first to vote.”

Why would any vote have that much value?? What bold expectations, a vote , a 5 minute process is not going to:

• End world hunger

• Change the heart conditions of child predators or murders
  

And it should not be expected too……..

But I guess voting for equality isn’t worth 5 minutes. I guess it is difficult to separate the man and the position from the big picture.

Even getting to this point as black people this shit wasn’t voted in….how do you think this happened??? Was it one vote and all the sudden they stopped lynching us?? Was it one vote and all the sudden the Jim Crowe laws were no longer in effect. It took generations of work to make that progress, so while you are waiting for God to End World hunger and change the hearts of Child Predators and Murders what are you going to do in the meantime??? I understand you have a belief that the government doesn’t work and you don’t trust man. And I have the same feeling but I’m NOT sitting here waiting for the government to solve all our problems (because they CANT) and if you heard the speech Barack Obama HE said that SAME THING . He said that the people have to be the change they want to see in the world.

I voted for progress, now that the door is open I may have the opportunity to be the next Governor of California but no matter how real and honest I may be I guess since I would be “involved” in the government, I still would only a man and undeserving of your vote right???

BLACK GIRL LOST WROTE:

Michael,

"Why would any vote have that much value?? What bold expectations, a vote, a 5 minute process is not going "

If it took me 5 seconds I still would not participate esp. if it does not have much value. Plain and simple, BLACKS are not the only ones to face evil injustices. So a BLACK PRESIDENT does not move me. It is bigger than BLACK, PURPLE, WHITE, OR BROWN,. THIS IS ABOUT INNOCENSE. INNOCENT BLOOD has been shed in all RACES.

“You vote because you want there to be better opportunities for you future relatives who will be black, and they will be raised with more self confident and high expectations because they will have been raised knowing there was a black president.”

Do you not agree that if everyone applied the very principals that GOD wants us to live by that we would have no need for a president? He tells us to love one another, be at peace, forgive. Would things not be beneficial for everyone? This is what I will teach my children. For me… There is no greater teacher, no greater hope, no greater love. My children will be first in GOD eyes if they put him first and so will I. I have a peace that you could not understand because I have found the truth.

“so while you are waiting for God to End World hunger and change the hearts of Child Predators and Murders what are you going to do in the meantime???”

This is a part of taking a stand for what I believe, waiting. Having faith that he will put a end to all of this. If you knew you’ll know that he promises that he will not leave us. So until that time comes… I will pray. I will pray for his will to take place, for forgiveness of my sins and well as the sins of others. I will live to the best of my ability to be righteous in his eyes. And that’s all that matters to me. He will save us ALL if we put faith in him.

MIKE.DRE WROTE:

Ok I guess you can walk around and ignore the fact that you are black but most Americans cannot. And no matter how large your blinders are and as much as you may try to sweep it under the rug you are as much black as you are a woman, as much as you are person. So if you chose to sweep your race and all injustices we have faced and continue to face in this county under the rug then clearly we are in two different books.

“You vote because you want there to be better opportunities for you future relatives who will be black, and they will be raised with more self confident and high expectations because they will have been raised knowing there was a black president.”

Do you not agree that if everyone applied the very principals that GOD wants us to live by that we would have no need for a president? He tells us to love one another, be at peace, forgive. Would things not be beneficial for everyone? This is what I will teach my children. For me… There is no greater teacher, no greater hope, no greater love. My children will be first in GOD eyes if they put him first and so will I. I have a peace that you could not understand because I have found the truth.

“so while you are waiting for God to End World hunger and change the hearts of Child Predators and Murders what are you going to do in the meantime???”

This is apart of taking a stand for what I believe, waiting. Having faith that he will put a end to all of this. If you knew you’ll know that he promises that he will not leave us. So until that time comes… I will pray. I will pray for his will to take place, for forgiveness of my sins and well as the sins of others. I will live to the best of my ability to be righteous in his eyes. And that’s all that matters to me. He will save us ALL if we put faith in him.

I don’t know where you were going with any of this, none of this address any of what I was talking about and definitely doesn’t contradict any of what I said. I’m not sure if this was your rebuttal but it’s not even on topic with what I was talking about. All of what you said is based around truth but none has anything to do with what I was talking about.

Throughout history god has empowered men, women, nations to make all the changes you speech of. And god will continue to do so but when god give you the power to make a difference you have to make that difference. Not just sit there and wait for a hand to come out of the sky and sweep away all the bad things, god sent Jesus down as a person, a man to physically enact the things that needed to happen in the world. When you are standing on the door steps of history and god has given you the power to become a part of changing history for the better you need to act on that. You could have been born at anytime in any place but you were born into this recent carnation of American and you were given the chance like all of us to rewrite history and start this country going in a positive direction and you did not exercise the power god gave you. It’s that simple.

What do you think a president’s Job is??? To end world hunger??

To change the hearts of people??? A presidents job and Gods job are different can’t you see this??

Why do you keep trying to compare the president to GOD and using that as your excuse to not vote???

So I guess you don’t see a black president after we had been stolen and enslaved, lynched and discriminated against for so long as a good thing??

And god wouldn’t want you to vote for a good thing right????

I guess you don’t see a black president as a positive change for America right???

But I already know the deal you’re not going to answered these questions because you have answered "zero" of my questions from the last 3 emails, which worries me. But its O.K.

You need to watch the speech. And if you still feel like somehow the unity and positivity the Obama’s is bad thing and god wouldn’t have wanted you to vote ( you and you alone can share that belief) then so be it but watch the video before pass judgment. The bible says “Be quick to Listen and Slow to speak”

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2008/11/05/sot.obama.entire.cnn

***She stopped replying at this point***

MY SYNOPSIS

I figured out what wrong with this girls logic or lack thereof…she seems to believe that rest of the world thinks the president is god and that he is suppose to do gods job and since he can’t do gods job he doesn’t deserve her vote.

So it is painfully obvious that she has no idea what a president’s job is to do and that she is reveling in her own lack of knowledge on the subject.

Yes I have read her emails extensively and that’s what is going. She said that voting for president was against her beliefs and she explained her beliefs to me and that’s what she said. She just keeps trying say that the president can’t do this (end world hunger) and can’t do that (can’t change the hearts of child molesters) and that we should never believe in man and blah blah. And I’m like why do think that’s the president’s role in this world??

Her whole basis for the argument is comparing the president to God and showing how he is going to far short. Duh. Why would you be comparing the president to God in the first place?? We vote for a man to do a job and as an addition bonus we voted for a relative change in the oppressive history of this county, we voted for the creed that all men are created equal and should be treated as such.

My President Is Black

I have spent most of the day reading articles, listening to interviews of peoples reactions and watching the pundits on CNN, MSNBC and several other News Outlets breakdown the social and political implications of Obama's presidency and one thing is clear, this election means alot. Not just alot but alot of different things to alot of different people. And thats whats so astounding to me, my perspective is that of a black man so my excitement should come as no surprise to anyone but to see so many people Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, Christian, Jewish, Muslim all equally reveling in victory is AMAZING! I am so overwhelmed with emotion I can't even begin to write right now but I expect tomorrow to have a good blog summing up what this election means to me. I can definitely say this one thing, I'll never forget 8pm PST Nov. 4th 2008 as long as I live.

Also shout out to my nigga Cliff, Happy Birthday!!!
Your birthday landed on Obama Day, how ironic.

Wyclef For President

Mos Def For President

Fundamental Rights My Ass........Yes On Prop 8!

These No on Prop 8 commercial are pissing me the fuck off because they are feeding people misinformation and half truths, if they were really so proud of same sex marriage then why are they so afraid to say it? Why are they using such deceitful tactics for their commercials? In the commercials they never EVER EVER talk about the act of gay marriage, what they do instead in an attempt to deceive votes is use the word fundamental right

(repeatedly!) in place of the word gay marriage while trying to cry discrimination. That shit is not discrimination what so ever because men and men / women and women don’t get married and have NEVER been getting fucking married in this country. So how is it a fundamental right??? Do they even know what a fundamental right is??

They need to be fuckin’ beaten for such propaganda laces bullshit. Americans receive enough deliberate lies and misinformation from the government and mainstream news media already, now this? Personally I wouldn’t be so mad if they were just being real in the commercials but the way they trying to turn this into a battle over fundamental rights is a huge slap in the face to Civil Rights Activists who are actually fighting for “real” fundamental rights like fair wages, proper sanitation in their neighborhoods and equal opportunity in the workplace. I just want to strangle all these deceitful mutha fuckers…..

C’mon people see through this bullshit and

VOTE YES ON PROP 8!

As a democrat I just hate being on the same side as these conservative wacko’s but I have no choice because I am morally obligated to stand for what’s right. So though we agree on this one topic, I still say FUCK YOU CONSERVATIVE BASTARDS.

Obama = Jackie Robinson?

Sick & Tired Of This Fuckin' Election (It Can't End Soon Enough!)

I can’t wait for this election to be over. I am growing so tired of McCain supporters making racist comments and ludicrous accusations about Obama. I understand that so many people in this country’s very survival is based on racism and inequality. And it’s those Americans that fear that a black president will somehow loosen their strong hold on their position in society. But the fact of the matter is a black president isn’t going to destroy the mechanism of white privilege, so racist and bigots have no fear!

With or without a black president white privilege is sown deep into the fabric of the very foundation of America and its going to take a lot more than 1 black president to uproot that. Whites in America will continue to get first crack at jobs over their obviously more qualified non-white counterparts. Whites will continue to get slaps on the wrist for crimes that non-whites would get 5-10 for. White celebrities will continue to be caught with illegal drugs and then sentences to community service while over crowded jails around the nation are full of non-whites convicted on non-violent drug offenses. Whites in America will continue to get the benefit of the doubt in every given situation regardless of how red handed they're caught, while non-whites are inevitably guilty until proven innocent. With all that said I am disgusted at the blatant and outright racism I have seen displayed by some Americans over these last few months, disgusted! This election cannot end soon enough for me. And I PRAY that when this election is over the voices of these racist McCain supporters will fade into the background.

I can’t stress enough how disappointed I am that Americans are not above this sort of primitive behavior. We have the nerve to call our self the greatest and most civilized nation (while turning up our nose at the rest of the world) but in reality many of us are not very civilized at all. Everyone who has stepped up to voice their racist opinion and hate driven lies about Obama should be ashamed of themselves. And again I just cannot wait till this fucking election is over; this election though historic has put a huge spotlight on some of the ugliest parts, people and ideas in this nation. And I’m ready for that spotlight to cut off, indefinitely. If I had my way I’d turn everyone the same color (golden brown) and teach some of these mutha fuckas a lesson, how you gone be racist when we all look the same?

Obama 08. Change.

Angry Old Man

Sarah Silverman Understands The Real Issues!

This is Comedian Sarah Silverman's Obama Ad reaching out to the Baby Boomers. Many of Americas largest news outlets (CNN, MSNBC, etc.) have been making a big fuss over how many young voters are getting involved in this years election but if the Obama-Biden ticket doesn't get the baby boomer's who represent over 77 million Americans on board this election could get uglier than flava flav real quick.

Don't Vote.

I met a bright young El Salvadorian woman in Miami who said she wasn't going to vote because it doesn't matter, nothing is going to Change anyway. Well sweetheart this commercials for you.......

Homer Simpson Supports Barack Obama

Thanks, HHIR

Congress Rejects 700 Billion Dollar Corporate Bailout!

On Monday President Bush's 700 Billion Dollar Bailout went before Congress:

WASHINGTON - In a stunning vote that shocked the capital and worldwide markets, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive without it. The Dow Jones industrials plunged nearly 800 points, the most ever for a single day.

Democratic and Republican leaders alike pledged to try again, though the Democrats said GOP lawmakers needed to provide more votes. Bush huddled with his economic advisers about a next step. The House was to reconvene on Thursday instead of adjourning for the year as planned.

The stock plunge began even before the 228-205 vote to reject the bill was officially announced on the House floor. The decline for the day surpassed the 721-point previous record, on the day after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, though in percentage terms it was well short of the drops on Black Monday of October 1987 and at the start of the Depression.

In the House chamber, as a digital screen recorded a cascade of “no” votes against the bailout, Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley of New York shouted news of the falling stocks. “Six hundred points!” he yelled, jabbing his thumb downward.
Bush and a host of leading congressional figures had implored the lawmakers to pass the legislation despite howls of protest from their constituents back home. Not enough members were willing to take the political risk just five weeks before an election.

“No” votes came from both the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle. More than two-thirds of Republicans and 40 percent of Democrats (95) opposed the bill. Thats a total of 134 representatives.

Here's what the candidates has to say:

McCain: "I urge congress to go back 'immedietly' and reconsider."

Obama: "When I'm president, on the first day I'll make a plan and find a way for us to pay back so the people don't suffer."

All I can say is "Yes We Can" the rejection of the 700 billion dollar bailout is by far the best thing to happen since Bush got in office. All his other bonehead ideas have been embraced with open arms, so it’s good to finally see congress wake up and shutting his ass down (Too Little, Too Late). Its amazes me daily that they wanted to impeach Clinton over a halfway blow job (she didn’t even swallow) but we have a grocery list of Bush fuck-ups/miscues and no one is even talking impeachment. What the hell? But again it’s too little too late, I can’t wait for the geezer to get fuck out of office. Obama 08!

You Can Always Depend On National Equirer To Be Non-Partisan!

In an election year where it seems like everyone's picking sides (some more vocal than others) National Enquirer remains non-partisan. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Oprah....Be forewarned no one is safe from the National Enquirer.

First they exposed Democrat John Edwards' extramarital affair, now they have turned their cites to shotgun wielding redneck soccer mom turned Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin and her extramarital affairs. Hell has no fury like a woman National Enquirer scorned!

The Tale of Two Candidates

Sarah Palin & Hillary Clinton: Two Women, Two Very Different Candidates! Huray Political Satire!

Proverb: It Is Better To Be Perceived A Fool Then To Open Your Mouth And Remove All Doubt...Exhibit A: Sarah Palin

This woman is clearly an idiot. If she is elected Vice President it would be a step backwards (10 steps backward) for our country and a sad day for all Americans. Bush was an idiot as well but at least his Dad a former president was their to show him the ropes, but this woman is a lost cause.

Presidential Dance-Off

The Obama's vs The McCain's in an OLD SCHOOL DANCE-OFF!!!!!

Sarah Palin On The Cover Of Newsweek

Noose-ol-ogy

What type of redneck honky tonk shit is this?? Only thing she’s missing is a noose and hoody. WTF?

I wasn't making a big fuss about her being the most under qualified candidate for vice president ever but now that she has dropped this cover she's officially on my shit list.

What is she trying to say with this cover? "I may be from Alaska but I'm still a redneck and I have the courage and convicted to bust a cap in a niggers ass if need be",??.

And worst of all I saw this cover this morning on Good Day LA (on Sly Fox 11) and they were acting like its not obvious whats wrong with this cover. What does a shotgun have to do with being vice president?

She said once before that she doesn't know what the vice president does on a daily basis and this cover only confirms that. Rotten Bitch.