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The Drudge Report is teasing an O’Reilly segment that has Jesse Jackson once again playing himself like only Jesse can. Audio obtained by FOX apparently has Jackson saying he would like to “cut Obama’s nuts out”. It’s Drudge though, so the tease might be misleading, except that Jackson himself has said:
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12 months ago
But it's NOT okay to talk about cutting somebody's nuts off, or talking about somebody in a crude fashion like that.
And I can't help but wonder, would Jesse Jackson have used such crude language to or about a white candidate who's ideology he disagreed with?
The MSM playing this up is another part of the "Barack has no nutz" meme.
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Well to be correct he said cut his nuts out, which is just so much worse in my mind.
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It's time for him to make a graceful exit from the stage - he has run out and he doesn't have MLK's coattails to ride on anymore.
12 months ago
Besides, Sullivan can't vote, so...
That said, maybe JJ did this on purpose.
Just sayin.
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I've wanted to cut Wolf's nuts off a few times this week.
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“As someone who grew up without a father in the home, Senator Obama has spoken and written for many years about the issue of parental responsibility, including the importance of fathers participating in their children’s lives. He also discusses our responsibility as a society to provide jobs, justice, and opportunity for all. He will continue to speak out about our responsibilities to ourselves and each other, and he of course accepts Reverend Jackson’s apology,” said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
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"parental responsibility and participating in their child's live"
A man not being in the home mean that he is a deadbeat?
Is this intelligent man really going to reduce a group of people to a statistic?
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If we are looking at numbers then the breakdown of the family is an American problem? Why make a speech were you stand up in a conservative blakc church and berate black people?
He should have spoken to all American black, white, latino etc... but no the race neutral candidate made it a race specific problem.
I have a problem with that, sorry.
12 months ago
It is an American problem, but the incidence in Black families is higher. This is a fact we can only resolve by confronting. Do not have a problem with the truth.
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Surely you jest.
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2) Here is the breakdown by race of the American problem:
The nation's out-of-wedlock birth rate is 38%. Among white children, 28% are now born to a single mother; among Hispanic children it is 50% and reaches a chilling, disorienting peak of 71% for black children. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, nearly a quarter of America's white children (22%) do not have any male in their homes; nearly a third (31%) of Hispanic children and over half of black children (56%) are fatherless.
So by shear numbers, yes it is an American problem. But if you are going to single out any race to make a point the one with alarming statistics may be the one that you reference in your speech.
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I can't quite make the connection either. I just want to know who these prominent black leaderSSS are, because I only remember a leader. He distance himself from his pastor, which is really a personal situation.
12 months ago
What's funny is that I was just thinking a few weeks ago when all this FISA brouhaha started that it has been relatively quiet on the Al and Jesse front, even considering the Sean Bell incident, and the new Imus incident, it seems to me that "the Revs" were being pretty quiet. I figured that they were trying to keep a low profile so as to not be a "distraction" or "problem" for Obama's campaign.
Well, there goes that line of thinking...
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His comments triggered condemnation from an unexpected source: Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), Jackson's son.
In a statement released by his office, Jackson Jr. said he was "deeply outraged and disappointed in Rev. Jackson's reckless statements about Sen. Barack Obama."
"His divisive and demeaning comments about the presumptive Democratic nominee -- and I believe the next president of the United States -- contradict his inspiring and courageous career," the congressman said.
"Rev. Jackson is my dad and I'll always love him," he said. "He should know how hard that I've worked for the last year and a half as a national co-chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. So I thoroughly reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric. He should keep hope alive and any personal attacks and insults to himself."
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Say it again.
I was clutching my chest when I first heard Jesse Jr.'s statement.
But it just let me know that Jesse Sr. has been picking all along in private and in public.
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And now O'Reilly is saying there is more which is even worse that they didn't play out of respect (?) to Jessie.
Sighhh!
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Many believe in faith based initiatives, many black folks totally agree with Barack on parental responsibility.
The one who lose points is Jesse Jackson. He really need to chill.
And if they had more to play, which will come out, I can bet my paycheck that is a on Jesse, not Barack.
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And O'Reilly is the one who called for a lynching party on Michelle if she really hates her country.
If Barack loses enthusiasm from black voters, he loses the election.
Father's Day was last month. So we're still talking about it a month later because Jesse Jackson put his foot in his mouth?
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SHUUUUT UUUUUPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!
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And I'm for one tired of irresponsible black fathers getting this knee jerk protection from the community. We talk about this problem all the time but the minute Obama says it and he should get his "nuts cut off"? Obama NEVER said ALL black fathers are irresponsible in their duties. He is addressing the ones that need to be addressed. Why is it ok to discuss the problems of other segments of the population but not the black men that don't take any part in their children s lives?
And Jessie Jackson has father illegitimate children so I would rather get my moral judgments else where.
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I am surprised that anyone advised him to take this route.
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But I still love you. ;)
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I'm 'bout to make you some chow chow.
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Oh Craig..
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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I do not understand why this issue is off limits to any, but avid racist. All folks who want the Black community to thrive should bemoan the high incidence of father abandonment in the Black community.
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I believe in Barack, and I think that he will be good for the country in many ways. However, all the lectures in the world are not going to fix poverty or drug addiction or crime, the main factors that challenge low-income families.
He knows this of course, and that's key, because to me, it says that he is only using his lectures to Black people to score political points with Whites.
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I do known his speech is not going to change everyone but it may bring about a different discussion. I would much rather hear the words he said come out of his mouth (as someone raised without his mother) then the poster boy for nuclear family, George Bush.
I refuse to believe that Barack woke up in the morning, kissed Michelle ad the girls and said it's time to sacrifice the black man to appease whitey. Maybe if he was making up a situation that didn't exist and he wasn't personally familiar with then sure I'd be skeptical. But he was speaking to a major issue that affected him and affects families across race and class.
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I'm sure he just clenched his jaw, went out there and took care of business. Barack is a grown man with children of his own...I don't believe it is personally cathartic for him to talk about his own missing father on the stump.
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I mean this in a sisterly loving way but, says who?
That is what alot of people of all races talk about.
Divorced fathers slack off, unmarried fathers slack off. If 70% of black children are born out of wedlock and 55% of all marraiges end in divorce then it is a valid point. It is a national crisis.
Where is this legislation that states that Senator Barack Obama can't talk about personal responsibility and government policy, jobs, education, social programs etc.
in the same speech, LIKE HE DID ON FATHER'S DAY?
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He knows talking about it is ineffective, and the only power he has to change it is in policy; however, he didn't speak on policy to that audience. Barack's speech is not going to make missing fathers suddenly care. Tired cliches - "too many fathers are AWOL" , "too many fathers are MIA"...c'mon! - are not going to do a thing except please the cheering section of bitter, blue collar whites who think that black people are oversexed and irresponsible.....and angry, abandoned black women.
Oh, he can talk about it. But I can also know that he's being a little weasel.
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Do we really need a lecture from Obama? How is this Presidential? Isn't this the same shit we've been hearing since the 1980's from Republicans? How has it worked for us?
I am sick of Black people demonizing other Black people, as if we created dysfunction. It is insulting and condescending when anyone uses a lecture to Black people as a political touchstone for Whites.
If Obama wants to fix absentee father-ism, he might want to start with the fact that a hundreds of thousands of them are in jail. It's hard to parent from a jail cell.
This election has truly re-awakened me to the deep racism in America. Obama has to become the mouthpiece of the paternalistic white person, telling Black people how awful he thinks we are, in order for him to be taken seriously. White people can't say it because they'd be deemed racist, so Obama and Bill Cosby have to say it for them.
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Marriage is a religious institution? Except that atheists get married.
When the marriage collapses the government must support the single parent? But what about the father/mother. Just because the relationship doesn't last the child is still here and should be cared for by both parents, emotionally and financially. The government should be a last extreme result.
I don't understand. It's not an economic message it's take care of your children. Doesn't matter what race or religious affiliation (or lack their of). You brought it into the world, take care of it until you or it leaves the world (and there are some cases when you just can't ,like illness or abuse, and that is what the government is there, or should be there, to help with).
There would be no need for tired cliches if some part of what he was saying is true.
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"Just because the relationship doesn't last the child is still here and
should be cared for by both parents, emotionally and financially."
Says who? That's one of many social mores. But humans have a funny way of disobeying rules. Obama's vain speech changed nothing for those who disobey the social rules, and he knew it.
"The government should be a last extreme result"
I think of government as representative of the collective. It's not in
the collectives best interest to have children uncared for.
'I don't understand. It's not an economic message it's take care of your
children. Doesn't matter what race or religious affiliation (or lack
their of). You brought it into the world, take care of it until you or
it leaves the world"
If it's not an economic message, then what type of message is it? Is it a moral message; if so, based on what? Maybe it's based on an idea of what's right. But how do we determine what's right, based on what criteria? What if that parent decides that it's not right for them?
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And to address your responses below, the government does represent its citizens, but we in should no way be looking for it to take care of our children. It's about proper planning. And where is the money going to come from to sustain these programs? I honestly think that within the next 10 years or so, a lot of these programs are going to be cut altogether, which should give plenty of people an incentive to take initiative.
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You say "it" in reference to goverment as if it forms an entity of it's own, with it's own rights that need to be protected. I say "us" in reference to government. Government is a tool.
As for program funding...all it takes is will. You've waged a 5 year war in a sovereign country that was not a threat. The Iraq war has lasted longer than the 2nd world war. There was a will to invade Iraq.
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So despite her long hours, what made the difference was good parenting. It's that simple. She taught me certain values at a young age, and I respected her authority. She was also vigilant when she needed to be, and made sure that I had good influences in my life.
Now, if my father would have been present and active, things would have been different. She wouldn't have had to work as much to support my sister and I. But from here, I don't see where the government comes in.
And as far as program funding, it might take a will, but it also takes money. And plenty of people are not happy that their paychecks are constantly being sliced and diced to support government programs. I think a total overhaul is needed, and some of these programs should be cut. And is the war really a good analogy? We are in a huge deficit right now because of it, and we are going to pass it on to our children.
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Your pay cheque pays for an unjust war. I don't hear a great outcry from Conservatives especially....the ones who are averse to taxes.
The model they propose has been tried before. It was called the Dark Ages. The advent of government, social programs, unions, law enforcement, health care system, fire department, public school, has brought us to our present civilization.
Now that we have reaped the benefit of that civilization, we look askance at the very institution that has made it possible: Government and taxation.
Now that we've made it safely out of infancy, have gone to the schools that others have helped build (surely your parents tax dollars alone were not sufficient to educate you) we look suspiciously at taxes.
It is meanness. Selfishness. Small-mindedness.
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Say for example, I wait to have children until I am married and have two incomes, or I am single with a significant income to support that child. And the next person doesn't make wise decisions, or fails to properly plan for a child, and then seeks government assistance in the form of food stamps, welfare, etc. when they can't make ends meet Many people feel that these types of programs are encouraging bad behavior. That instead of restraint, responsibility, and sound financial planning, people are getting themselves into situations that they are ill equipped to handle and then turning to government assistance to fill in the gaps (this is a generalization, I realize there are exceptions). So when people look at their situation, and understand that they made sacrifices to live comfortably, to simply say that it is selfish to expect someone else to do the same is short sighted. Yes, we live in a collective society, but ultimately we have to take care of ourselves.
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government programs and government involvement in our everyday lives.
And with increased government programs, people have to pay for it in
taxes. "
That argument hasn't been made with supportive facts and evidence. So, it is more of a 'prejudice' rather than an argument. It's like saying black people are lazy ...but never providing measurement of their laziness in comparison to any other race. You already pay the taxes. The question is in how those taxes are utilized. I think there is a definite meanness component in Conservative ideology. They believe in punishment and shame as motivation for good behaviour.
Not even the extremely wealthy are completely self-sufficient. They require infrastructure and the civilization it fosters in order to survive.
"..And the next person doesn't make wise decisions, or fails to properly
plan for a child, and then seeks government assistance in the form of
food stamps, welfare, etc. when they can't make ends meet Many people
feel that these types of programs are encouraging bad behaviour."
It's in everyone's best interest to ensure that those people are fed and cared for. As a matter of fact, it's a bargain! If not, then that person will flounder, they may turn to crime, they may take someone's life, they may end up in jail. At each step, taxes will be used to bring them to justice, and punish them. It is far cheaper to provide food and housing. The problem is, that even food and housing is used to shame and punish the recipients. It is not the government's job to use the necessities of life to punish and mitigate "behaviour". It is the government's job to make sure we maintain our civilization and keep ALL people moving forward.
"So when people look at their situation, and understand that they made
sacrifices to live comfortably, to simply say that it is selfish to
expect someone else to do the same is short sighted."
It's short-sighted to preoccupy ourselves with what someone else does. There are bigger fish to fry. I don't care what choices they've made, I care that they have the opportunity to change course and move forward...whatever that takes. Maybe Conservatives need to acquire some wisdom and understanding to go with their prejudice and greed.
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1) "You already pay the taxes. The question is in how those taxes are utilized. I think there is a definite meanness component in Conservative ideology. They believe in punishment and shame as motivation for good behaviour."
First of all, I think that it is a generalization to say that there is a component of "meanness" in conservative ideology. How is it "mean" to expect people to take care of themselves? And again, I go back to the fact that people are well aware that they have to pay taxes to provide for infrastructure, security, etc. but many people do NOT want their tax money to go to programs that are enabling bad behavior, which they see as a dependent relationship on government assistance. I was focusing my comments on Black people, but this goes for everyone. And I will speak for myself. I don't want the money that I make at my job to go to someone who doesn't know how or doesn't try to take care of themselves. I guess that makes me mean, but that's fine.
"Not even the extremely wealthy are completely self-sufficient. They require infrastructure and the civilization it fosters in order to survive."
Of course no one is absolutely self-sufficient. But people just want to take it back to the basics, and not throw in a lot of social programs that are doing more harm than good.
"It's in everyone's best interest to ensure that those people are fed and cared for. As a matter of fact, it's a bargain! If not, then that person will flounder, they may turn to crime, they may take someone's life, they may end up in jail."
That's just the point. It's in YOUR best interest to make sure that you are fed and cared for NOT the government. I refuse to subscribe to the belief that people can just be lax and irresponsible in their personal decision making, but its okay because its in everyone's best interest that they land on their feet so we should just pitch in and help them out. Um no. We need to go to the root of the problem. And the root of the problem is that people need to make better decisions for themselves and take more initiative to invest in their future. If you feel that your schools are inadequate, form a group/organization and petition the school board/hang out in the library as much as you can/or move. If you feel that you need more money to live comfortably, look for ways to get training or more education or get another job. And if you can't afford to have children right away, either invest in sound birth control methods or abstain. These are things that individuals can do that have nothing to do with the government, but can change people's quality of life significantly.
And when has poverty become an excuse for criminality? And how is that a bargaining chip? I should support these paternalistic social programs that I don't agree with, or these people may end up robbing/killing me later? Again, I think it shifts the argument to the wrong group of people. Instead of shaming others into thinking that it is their duty to take care of everyone in this way, we should be encouraging people to find ways to take care of themselves.
"Maybe Conservatives need to acquire some wisdom and understanding to go with their prejudice and greed." This is another generalization. Just because many conservatives believe in self-sufficiency doesn't make them prejudiced. And just because people want to make sure the money in their pocket doesn't go to certain social programs doesn't make them greedy.
But to sum up, I think we can agree to disagree.
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Somehow no one heard that portion of the speech.
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And is a REVEREND allowed" to say . . "cut his nuts out"? How is that SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE for the FLOCK????
And his apology?? "IFI said anything . . . You did say something inappropriate and outrageous and you said it to the ENEMY!!!!!
Mr. Jessie, Jr. was most appropriate in his disgust, denunciation and outright "BLAST" on the Rev!
Whew!
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That just about says it all, dnA.
of course, as some folks said on the radio..
It's FOX NEWS.
How could he trust until he was OUT of the building that ANYTHING he said wouldn't be used against him.
Warren Ballantine tried his best on Stupid Campbell Brown's show. He's trying hard.
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Overall, no big deal. Barack is not losing the black vote, as Jesse said, and the good reverend need a cup of STFU, from here on out.
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Barack Obama is the gift that will keep on giving.
I want to say this about black fathers and responsibility. I can count on one
hand the number of fathers I know personally who aren't taking care of their
children, Obama's father being one of them.
I believe the number of responsible black fathers out number the slackers.
I also believe the question should be asked why some fathers aren't being
responsible. Is it because they are products of failing public schools and
have no education nor skills? Is it because they have a felony record and
can't find employment? Is it because the illegal immigrants are taking their
jobs? It's easy to talk about what people are not doing, but that doesn't
help the situation. Let's talk about solutions to the problem, not the problem.
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When are we going to get over degrees of Blackness? My God, we are a huge diverse population and should not be judged of one mind. And no matter what you think of my, Obama or any other African American's opinion you and no one else in our community should be the judge of just how African American someone else is.
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I understand what you mean, but this isn't exactly a good example for that, dnA. Jesse bitchslaps him, on Fox News no less.....what's Obama supposed to do?
I ask that in all honesty.
I'm not about to get back into a debate about his Father's Day Speech. I agreed with it,and others didn't. I get that. Been there. Done that.
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No matter how much truth Jesse spoke about Obama he still did it on anti-Black news network. Jesse screwed up!
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"But it's NOT okay to talk about cutting somebody's nuts off, or talking about somebody in a crude fashion like that."
-Town, that is a very cutting remark.
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And Ronald Reagan, Jr. is calling Brad a fool.
This is a circus!!!
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Besides the obvious irony about Jesse Jackson getting upset about Barack's speech about absent Black fathers, can we keep it real for once? I get that many Black people don't like to be talked down to or used as fodder for racist White voters, but when will people start to openly admit, that the rampant irresponsibility by *some* Black men, AND women, is severely hurting our community. Despite what some may think, it is not a secret. And I just don't how you can separate this moral issue from the policy issues that are related to it. Yes, there are many single women kicking butt, taking names, and raising amazing children--my Mom being one of them--but I saw first hand how difficult it was.
By bringing up children in that sort of environment, you are increasing the chances they will be raised in poverty (unless you have a significant amount of money to support yourself and a child), which will impact where they live, where they go to school, how soon you can advance in your career, and what type of health care both of you will have. So yes, this needs to be said. We can't bemoan the state of our schools, when parents have no active roles in reinforcing the importance of education at home, and are not aware of what is going on at the school. We can't bemoan the state of health care, when parents feed their children a steady diet of sugar and fat, and let them get obese, and we can't bemoan, our financial situations, when having children you can't afford significantly decreases your chances of being able to get advanced degrees/training/promotions, which will lead to better pay. It's about personal responsibility.
Enough is enough. These young women and men, are having kids younger and younger now a days. Maybe we need to bring shaming back, or honor to the family. Because this is ridiculous. It has become so normalized to have single parent homes, that many do not blink an eye, but it continues to have a negative ripple effect that is just getting worse.
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Obama did not invent this topic. In this case I believe that he was talking down to blacks and using us as fodder for racist white voters.
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We can agree to disagree but the biggest obstacles facing the Black community is not White racists, it is Black on Black crime, the income disparity, the high school drop out rates, AIDS, the deterioration of the Black family etc. I could go on. My point is most of these things we can control, but there seems to be a disconnect, and chaos within the community.
These things need to be worked on internally by the Black community. The government can't do anything significant to solve these problems, and by Barack acknowledging it, doesn't automatically mean that he is trying to sell Black people down the river. Sometimes, the truth is the truth. And just because you speak about one truth, doesn't mean it applies to a whole group of people. If people can't figure that out, then that's sad.
Also, yes, some Black people admit it and talk about it all the time, but it depends on which circles you run in. Other Black people are still looking to the government to single handedly fix the schools, housing, etc, when its not going to happen. It's just not. We need to take initiative instead of waiting it out for the government. I am basing this on my personal experiences, so I am obviously not speaking about everyone.
I guess I am just frustrated about the things that I see everyday. It just seems like people don't have perspective. Instead of worrying about what White people think, we should be worrying about ourselves. I mean what happened to us? Our ancestors used to walk for miles, under the threat of violence from the KKK to get educated, and today it seems you couldn't pay some of these kids to crack a book. We used to value stable family relationships, and responsibility to the community, and now we have an increase in pregnant teenage mothers with absent fathers, young girls getting all kinds of STDs, and HIV rates that are disproportionate to other racial/ethnic groups. So, I want people to speak up loud in clear. These things are unacceptable, and until more people find them unacceptable, we are going to be stuck in neutral for years to come.
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http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/washeducation/washi...
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If Jesse had said, "Let's cut America's nuts off," ala Jeremiah Wright, then there would be REAL trouble.
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http://www.myfoxwfld.com/myvoicedc/2008/07/09/j...
Jackson's press conference in full:
http://www.myfoxwfld.com/myvoicedc/2008/07/09/j...
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-Can you give more info on this (I'm watching BBC America right now, not Dan Abrams)?
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It's not just a white thing anymore, you see.
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I don't even know what your voice sounds like, but reading this, I can almost hear the tone.
I'm feeling you.
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I've been doing a lot of "yawning" at so many of the comments in this thread.
If Barack were the first major party candidate for president who happened to be Jewish, I wonder how many Jewish Americans would be attacking him from all sides and wanting to cut his nuts off.
Just saying.
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"I want to gas him up."
I'm thinking zero, actually.
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you.are.so.bad.
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Also are any of you aware of the study that was widely circulated in Newsweek?
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Please define your terms.
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I tried to bring up Obama's disingeneousness before today
Angela
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Barack wasn't and isn't running to be the President of Black America. He isn't a spokesperson for ANY group. He is expressing who he is, which as far as I can tell is consistent with words he has chosen to describe himself. So I can find value in what he says, though I may not agree with it all. I can challenge his ideas while still having great respect for his willingness to speak when so many opt out.
Jesse [insert Spanish expletives] was not a leader that I have EVER chosen. He occupies leadership role though many times he has chosen questionable and unethical paths. I KNEW he was a WACK supporter of Obama when Baratunde was on CNN... he half gave Obama his due. Remember they ate up so much time so Jesse could have a GRAND ENTRANCE [insert Spanish expletives.] Straight up, Jesse Jr just became a leader to the next generation. Jesse Sr is pan tostado.
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"It's not just a white thing anymore, you see."
-Thanks, CraigHickman.
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And you're right, there was no reference to Father's Day in the clip.
Didn't I say that both sides know how to wag the dog?
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So, I'm with you. I call bull. Jesse Jackson can talk out of both sides of his neck about cutting off nuts and unequivocal support all he wants, but his comments (and other old guard civil right activists' comments) reveal that he is an egomaniac that refuses to acknowledge the changing landscape in America.
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I don't know what more you are looking for or what more you want him to be but I personally think he is someone I want the younger people in my family to look up to as a leader and as someone to emulate.
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Suck it up, Rev. Jackson and be a man!
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that's my humble opinion. this is my first time reading this blog.
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Obama is not running for the presidency of Black America. The Black Electorate has no such position in its ranks. If elected president, he will not be Soul Brother No. 1. If he is still feeling any angst caused by his own father's behavior then he needs to address those issues in the privacy of a therapeutic relationship. If he wants to address absentee fathers as a public policy issue, then he should discuss it in the context of it being an American problem, not a Black American problem.
12 months ago
Obama and McCain have both committed to total amnesty (with a token "back taxes" payment of maybe $3000 - chump change) of illegals and to letting them stay in America and keep working AND to bring their families here.
This is going to be a devastating blow to our already overburdened now-multilingual school systems, welfare systems, and medical systems.
Obama, as a member of the Democratic Party (which 40 years ago was the working class party) can probably be worked on better than McCain. And he should be.
As Booker T. Washington explained, America has a duty to black folks and ought to "cast down its bucket" right here in the black community rather than inviting aliens of questionable (or no) loyalty to this country. See:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/88.
Which also has a recording of Mr. Washington giving that portion of his speech in Atlanta,1895.
Mexicans are not going to stop sneaking illegals into the USA and protecting them.
12 months ago
issues of privacy notwithstanding (and i daresay any person abandoned by their father probably always owns a little "angst") , it's about time that parental responsibility gets a national stage. sweeping it under the rug has not worked well.
an aside: reading about your fundraiser made me HUNGRY!!!
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