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  ybpguide

  1 year ago

  Bigups to all the black bloggers! Hoping to get there one day!
  
  Also, nice to put a face with the voice for JJP. :-)
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  Villager

  1 year ago

  Your blog is BBR #174 and we're very proud to see it continue to provide information of interest to young Black professionals...
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  Anonymous

  1 year ago

  Congratulations to all of the bloggers pictured here, and especially to Pam, who is, more specifically, celebrating the 4th anniversary of her marriage to Kate, her wife. They had to go to Canada to get hitched because North Carolina, where they live, doesn't permit same-sex marriage.
  
  Apologies in advance if someone else besides Jack wrote these little blurbs, but whoever did it, is there any particular reason we learn that "Tempest focuses her blog on issues related to sexism and racism" but not that Pam Spaulding, who is featured at #1, runs a blog with an emphasis on issues of concern to the LGBT community?
  
  Out and proud, folks. Keeping it real means keeping it out and proud!
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  cheryl aka jill tubman

  1 year ago

  Actually, Wayne Hicks wrote the blurbs. I simply reposted which is why the blockquoted text is a different color. Thanks.
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  Anonymous

  1 year ago

  Thanks to you for getting back to me.
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  Villager

  1 year ago

  @Anon - Pam has been on the Top Ten List from the very beginning. I try to update and change the blurb each month. I'll ensure that I add emphasis on her efforts on behalf of the LGBT community in next month's blurb...
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  Anonymous

  1 year ago

  Thanks! Much appreciated.
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  Pam Spaulding

  1 year ago

  Many thanks for the anniversary greetings! I'm happy to be part of many communities, and all deserve attention. I look forward to representing all of that diversity at the convention. Congrats to all. See you there Cheryl!
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  heartsandflowers

  1 year ago

  So many of the top blogs are entertainment-related. Let's move more politically-oriented and socially progressive blogs up the list!!!
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  cheryl aka jill tubman

  1 year ago

  I agree -- we're working on it!
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  Villager

  1 year ago

  @heartsandflowers - I've noticed that a number of blogs with political themes are rising up the rankings ... including the BBR #1 slot this month...
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  GreenLadyHere

  1 year ago

  CONGRATULATIONS JJP!!!
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  Nellcote

  1 year ago

  Wow! La Shawn Barber, really? Why?
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  CPL

  1 year ago

  I agree; how did LaShawn Barber make the cut - she's the Black version of Pat Buchanan...
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  Villager

  1 year ago

  @Nellcote -- I'm not sure what you are questioning. Can you elaborate?
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  icebergslim

  1 year ago

  Congrats, JJP, for real.
  
  I read you first, every morning. Love the Open Thread, lots of interaction and information. Keep it up. Turned my family onto you too. As my mother said, "they have black blogs like this out there?" YES.
  
  and here is my evening wrap up.
  
  peace
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  Michigander2

  1 year ago

  congrats...you deserve the recognition
  
  Angela
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  Michigander2

  1 year ago

  i am Angela...as I am Hussein..I am also Michigander2....
  
  will one of you savvy types help me get rid of Michigander2 so I can be id'd as Angela?????????
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  Karmi

  1 year ago

  Movin' On Up, and well deserved!!! Congrats!
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  MrCee

  1 year ago

  to a deeelux blog in tha in-ta- net!
  Congrats ya'll, you've really been a great help in finding so many great writers and observers of what's going on in the world.
  
  oh and I've been a fan of Jill from the writing and hearing her on News&Notes, but after seeing that picture, I'm caught up! super smart and super fine.
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  cheryl aka jill tubman

  1 year ago

  Now you got me blushing MrCee!
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  Francislholland

  1 year ago

  I congratulate all of these bloggers for pursuing and obtaining DNC credentials. But I think it would be more accurate to say that these bloggers are credentialed to "visitT the floor for 30-45 minutes at a time, rather than to "be" on the floor, since it is the separate class of all-white state blogs that are credentialed to "be on the floor" for the entire Convention.
  
  So, what difference does this make? I guess it's like the difference between being a member of the US Senate and having a pass to visit the US Senate, or being the owner of the store versus being a customer of the store. Yes, both are able to be in the store at times, and touch the merchandise, but in completely different capacities.
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  RisingTide

  1 year ago

  Francis, can you shut the FUCK up about what you haven't bothered to research??
  
  There are at least two black bloggers on the state blogs.
  
  You're welcome to write one yourself, you know, a state blog? You might try it sometime?
  
  But until there's a pure black state, let some of us white folks in on the program?
  
  (so here I'm talking more Mississippi, where most of the Democrats are black).
  
  To "be" on the floor, francis, means to sit with one delegation -- YOUR STATE's.
  
  There's plenty to bitch about the selection process, and kos and jerome and everyone is bitching.
  
  But they ain't all white, got it?
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  JNez

  1 year ago

  great stuff, and now that i know about these great black blogs, i'll be sure to peep them, hoping you guys will also take a look at my blog. as a thirtysomething stay at home single dad, i write in cadence about my triumphs over HIV/AIDS & depression. Hope it can one day be considered for any of these honors.
  
  humbly,
  JNez
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  Afrobella

  1 year ago

  I am always honored to be included in this list! Thanks to Electronic Village -- I am very proud to be in such good company. Big respect, and a happy holiday weekend to all of you.
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  rawdawgbuffalo

  1 year ago

  good look folk
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