Yesterday was the first day of the NAACP's 101st convention. Yes, that's right, 101 years!
You may have heard of Fox trying to go after the NAACP. Well, that is because of this:
"NAACP to vote on controversial resolution condemning 'tea party ...
Posted Tuesday, July 13th 2010 at 4:04PM
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Misrael
Cynthia
Siebra
Irma
Jen
Hannah Me
(and any sister I may not have named)
Let me say before I forget, look what you've done done me!
You all bring the beauty to BIA. Were it not for you all I'd be long gone.
As Al said, much b ...
Posted Saturday, July 10th 2010 at 4:55PM
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I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and ...
Posted Sunday, June 13th 2010 at 12:25PM
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"The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, on August 19, 1953 (and called the 28 Mordad coup d'état in Iran), was the overthrow of the democratically-elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh by the United States' Central Intelligence Agenc ...
Posted Friday, June 11th 2010 at 4:56PM
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"HOUSTON, May 29 (Reuters) - BP Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward said on Saturday the oil company's next step to try to corral a Gulf of Mexico oil leak was the 'most effective way to minimize' its impact."
"He said a lower marine riser package ca ...
Posted Sunday, May 30th 2010 at 12:49PM
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D.C. Douglas, Former Geico Voice Actor, Fires Back At FreedomWorks
D.C. Douglas was the voice-over announcer for Geico Insurance ads. He was fired by Geico because he placed a call to FreedomWorks, the corporate loving parent of the tea party, a ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 4:00PM
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So, did everyone think that the Elena Kagan nomination was going to be easy? Ha, no.
Right out of the gate, the Republican National Committee -- you know, that organization headed by Michael Steele, who recently opined that the GOP had not "done ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 5:38PM
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UPDATE - 12:10 p.m. - The amendment to open the Fed to a one-time audit of its lending between December 1, 2007 and the present passed 96-0.
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Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), the Federal Reserve's most outspoken defender, came out in support of an ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2010 at 5:28PM
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This is Lloyd Marcus, "black conservative," performing his “American Tea Party Anthem” at a Tea Party rally in Boston. He puts on a shameless display of minstrelry on behalf of a crowd that called John Lewis a ni&&er in DC and spit on congressmen, c ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 6:32PM
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"MEDVEDEV: Obviously I do have someone on my mind. I don't want to offend anyone. He's eager to listen to his partner, which is a pretty good quality for a politician. Because any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something. And ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 9:25AM
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PLEASE BIA, take a few minutes to watch these videos on net neutrality, as they give a very good, non-technical explanation of what this is about, and what's at stake.
In the words of Joe Biden, this is a big effin deal. If companies like Comcast ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 1:31PM
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"President Obama called out Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh by name in an interview with CBS News' Harry Smith about the vitriol present on the talk radio airwaves."
"'I've been out and about, listening to talk radio,' Smith told Obama. 'The kindest ...
Posted Friday, April 2nd 2010 at 1:49PM
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"Georgia lawmakers reacted to Wednesday's news that their Attorney General, Democrat Thurbert Baker, would not sign on to a multi-state lawsuit to block the health care bill in his state by filing papers to have him impeached."
"The blog Peach Pun ...
Posted Thursday, March 25th 2010 at 12:45PM
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"Faubourg Tremé is arguably the oldest black neighborhood in America, the birthplace of the Civil Rights movement in the South and the home of jazz. While the Tremé district was damaged when the levees broke, this is not another Katrina documentary. ...
Posted Wednesday, March 10th 2010 at 3:07PM
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Regarding this story on the latest developments in the hunt for Paterson:
"Ethics Panel: Paterson Broke Law By Accepting Free World Series Tickets"
"As his administration crumbles around him in an abuse of power scandal related to an aide's dom ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:35PM
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Today I came across this article in the LA Times:
"Insurers See Banking Future"
"Many have found that managing customers' money is more profitable than underwriting medical coverage."
"WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurance co ...
Posted Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 1:30PM
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A number of articles during Black History Month focused on the nation's first family and race. As an African American, I find this topic particularly interesting. But some references to the nation's first president of color reminded me of an article ...
Posted Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 11:08AM
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“’Black people are not dark-skinned white people,’ says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are much more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, which have excelled against the odds, const ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 6:33PM
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President Obama took the Senate health care bill and stripped special deals and added his preferred compromise for taxing high-end insurance plans, detailing for the first time his preferred approach for finishing the long battle for reform.
The W ...
Posted Monday, February 22nd 2010 at 3:01PM
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/obama-goes-to-the-gop-lio_n_442331.html
“President Obama traveled to a House Republican retreat in Baltimore on Friday and delivered a performance that was at once defiant, substantive and engaging. For rou ...
Posted Friday, January 29th 2010 at 3:51PM
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I know this is rather long but please take a few minutes to read this in its entirety, because here you have a FIRST HAND explanation as to why our political system is the way it is, and why the "powers that be" are set up to win. what follows was w ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010 at 6:10PM
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John Coltrane: Blue Train
If you are a jazz fan, then you know this has to be a standard in any fan’s collection. Coltrane was a giant of his time, not only a master of improvisation but an innovator as well. He made the transition from the hard ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010 at 1:47PM
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Here's a letter that was posted to a group I belong to. I only wish I had written this:
I’ve never seen a president inherit the enormity and severity of problems that you found awaiting you when you entered the Oval Office.
You owe us no apolo ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010 at 12:11AM
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"By a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday rolled back restrictions on corporate spending on federal campaigns. The decision could unleash a torrent of corporate-funded attack ads in upcoming campaigns."
"'Because speech is an essential mec ...
Posted Thursday, January 21st 2010 at 2:29PM
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