Columnist Says NBC Stands for ‘Nothing But Caucasians’
By Matthew Fleischer on August 24, 2011 8:58 AM

Washington Post Writer’s Group columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. gives some tough love to NBCU for not featuring enough Latinos as anchors of its newscasts. KNBC in LA gets called out for having zero Latino anchors in a city that’s 48 percent Latino.

Nararrette says NBC should stand for “Nothing But Caucasians,” at the top of his piece. But further down below, he argues something else entirely, something we haven’t really heard before–that the network is focusing only on one minority group, African Americans, at the expense of others.

Perhaps it was the historic breakthrough of the nation electing a black president that helped convince NBCUniversal executives that it wasn’t a bad idea to have on staff black commentators and news analysts.

Whatever the reason, it is easier for the media to ignore the largest minority group in the country than it is to ignore the second-largest. Meanwhile, at NBC – as on the other networks – Latinos are on permanent hiatus.

Hmmmm…African Americans have been historically underrepresented in the media. Though we don’t think Navarrette is saying networks should be hiring less black people, it kind of comes across that way. The framing of his argument strikes us as unnecessarily divisive. That said, we take his larger point that America is a diverse place. When it comes to making minority media hires, diversity has to mean a makeup that is representative of the country, not just a random balance of non-white folks.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/columnist-says-nbc-stands-for-nothing-but-caucasians_b36899

New media strategy: Get black “journalists” to write “PBO’s losing Black voters” propaganda in order to plant seeds of doubt in the Black community.

Obama faces uncomfortable questions from black community, lawmakers

By Peter Wallsten and Krissah Thompson, Published: August 25

From the start of his history-making tenure, the nation’s first black president took care never to be seen making policy or political decisions aimed solely or directly at black America. His position: He is the president of the whole country, focused on broad-based fixes to “lift all boats.”

The race-avoidance strategy served President Obama well, helping him attract support from many whites while also mobilizing African Americans energized by the powerful symbol of a black commander in chief.

But a soaring jobless rate among African Americans and a newfound comfort by black lawmakers to criticize Obama’s economic policies are prompting the White House to recalibrate — and to focus more directly on the struggles of black America.

The shift comes amid a growing concern among some Democrats that the stubborn economic conditions in minority communities might hamper efforts by Obama’s reelection campaign to generate the large black voter turnout it needs in key cities to make up for his declining support among white independents.

This week, the White House dispatched a top official to participate in a Congressional Black Caucus jobs forum in Miami that had been scheduled in part to pressure the White House.

The official, Don Graves, the executive director of the president’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, told black lawmakers that the president would consider taking executive action to enact at least parts of jobs-related measures they have introduced to no avail in the Republican-led House.

“You may not feel like the president is listening to you, but he hears you loud and clear,” Graves told the lawmakers before an audience of hundreds crammed into the pews of the Mount Hermon African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The new approach is subtle, but it is significant to African American lawmakers who have been pressing for the change since early spring. One proposal would extend aid to communities with long-standing poverty problems. Another would help the long-term unemployed.

Both ideas would help mostly minorities, said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. In steering clear of the overt race label, he added, “it’s not as in-your-face.”

“They are paying closer attention to what’s going on in the urban core of the major cities,” Cleaver said.

Several black lawmakers said they think the White House is considering additional targeted steps to boost urban communities as part of the jobs package the president plans to release shortly after Labor Day.

And the White House announced this week that Obama will pay a Labor Day visit to Detroit, a hard-hit city where a town hall meeting held by the black caucus drew headlines last week when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) decried the black jobless rate as “unconscionable” and blasted the president for his recent Midwestern bus tour that focused on rural white communities.

The White House had also intended a major address for Sunday at the now-postponed dedication of the new memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — at which the president could speak in personal terms about the continuing economic challenges black Americans face.

MORE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-faces-uncomfortable-questions-from-black-community-lawmakers/2011/08/25/gIQAxV6meJ_story.html

morning everyone!!! Stay safe!!

Good afternoon everyone! Make today a good one!

Is there room in the bad chair? I think I might be going there. I don’t know where Eric Cantor is hiding from the storm. But I would not be sad, if he was found with seaweed wrapped around that big ass adam’s apple he has.

No comment.

The suspect in the Oregon mosque bombing is a “Christian warrior” who thinks the President is a Muslim committing Jihad.

These people are real. And violent.

Obama administration held training exercise for NYC hurricane
By Chloe Arensberg

Vineyard Haven, Mass. — If the possibility of escaping from New York seems like something only for Hollywood to you, you probably do not work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

In May 2009, the Obama administration conducted a simulation exercise around the possibility of a Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Friday.

The National Level Exercise, as it is known, was part of a coordinated effort by federal officials to prepare for a variety of disaster scenarios, including one very similar to what is likely to take place this weekend. President Obama himself participated in the exercise, one of the first of its kind by the new administration.

“The federal government’s preparation for this storm didn’t just begin as the clouds started to gather and form a tropical depression,” Earnest told reporters traveling with President Obama to Martha’s Vineyard.

“The federal government and this administration in particular is constantly exercising and preparing and testing and evaluating our readiness for situations like this,” he said.

Earnest went on to underscore the position that officials are not “starting from scratch,” when it comes to preparations for Hurricane Irene, and reminded reporters that Mr. Obama received an in-person briefing in the White House Situation Room on the first day of the 2011 hurricane season.

Asked if the administration learned particular lessons from its predecessor’s response to Hurricane Katrina six years ago, Earnest pointed to the pre-deployment of disaster response teams and the pre-positioning of specific kinds of supplies, including baby formula and diapers.

President Bush widely criticized for the federal government’s poor response after Katrina flooded New Orleans in 2005. Mr. Bush famously told Michael Brown, at the time the director of FEMA, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20098041-503544.html?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.4

The one performer I’m looking most forward to is of course Adele. If ya anin’t know yet, I love me some Adele…lol.

She’s i nominated for “Rolling In The Deep”, and she may sing that song. She might sing her 3rd single that big in UK “Setting Fire To The Rain”, but I suspect she will be singing this song, and if she sings it with as much emotion as she did on the Brit Awards, ya’ll gonna feel chills and she’s gonna blow the roof off the mutha…lol!

Adele – Someone Like You…Brit Awards Performance

BTW, This video has already had 32,600,000 views on YouTube…DAMN!

ETA: If shE sound a Bit “pitchy” to ya, Adele has said that she was overcome by emotion. It was the first time she had sung this song live, and she said, in her mind she was thinking about her ex-boyfriend and him seeing her sing this song about him and feeling like he’s pity her. I think she said she was almost in tears after the performance.

Still the emotion made the singing more poignant, IMHO.

Continuing with MTV VMA 2011, Also on the VMA’s this year, an Amy Winehouse tribute with Tony Bennett and other singers, I hear Adele may be one of the singers. Prob my fav song from Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” album is “Tears Dry On My Own”. Fun fact, Ashford and Simpson got a “writing” credit for the song. Can anyone tell us why????

Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own

MTV VMA Nominees for BEST NEW ARTIST:
Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
Kreayshawn – “Gucci Gucci”
Tyler, The Creator – “Yonkers”
Wiz Khalifa – “Black and Yellow”
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown – “My Last”

I have no dog in this fight, but for my money it’s either Wiz Khalifa or Big Sean. I’ma give it to big Sean. Though I can see Wiz Khalifa “Black and Yellow” win?

Big Sean feat Chris Brown – My Last

Like I said, this is a category I could care less about.

POU FAM. – - — –SUNDAY TALK SHOWS: — – -

– - – –Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate makes the rounds on this Sunday’s television talk shows as Hurricane Irene bears down on the East Coast.

And, finally, Bloomberg TV’s “Political Capital” has Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).

POU FAM. – - -FROM the White House: – - – -Obama warns of ‘a long 72 hours’

– - – - -As Hurricane Irene pounded North Carolina and barreled north Saturday, President Barack Obama said “it’s going to be a long 72 hours” for the East Coast.

“I would not advise people to focus too much on Category 1, 2 or 3,” she said at the press conference. “If you’re in a hurricane, you’re in a hurricane and it’s a big deal.”

–Isn’t THAT WHAT –VP Biden said?? LOL. :>) –

THANK U 4 our —LEADERSHIP – — MR. PRESIDENT! :>) B BLESSED. :>)

MTV VMA Nominees for BEST MALE VIDEO:
Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
Cee Lo Green – “F*** You”
Eminem f/ Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
Justin Bieber – “U Smile”
Kanye West f/ Rihanna and Kid Cudi – “All Of The Lights”

For my money, Cee-Lo should win this one hands down . That damn song is still EVERYWHERE and the video was da bomb!

BTW THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION…the clean version is crap!

Cee Lo Green – F&*_ You

MTV VMA Nominees for BEST COLLABO:

Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – “Look At Me Now”
Kanye West f/ Rihanna and Kid Cudi – “All Of The Lights”
Katy Perry f/ Kanye West – “E.T.”
…Nicki Minaj – “Moment 4 Life”
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack – “Give Me Everything”

Ok, I can see Chris Brown winning this one Busta’s verse alone was fire.

Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – “Look At Me Now”

LOL! Alright guys, I think ya’ll have probably had enough of me, but now you can go forth with this knowledge and be less annoyed by tomorrows awards show if ya’ll choose to watch it.

I gotta be outtie five thousie, cause I gotta work tomorrow. Have a good night guys and anyone in Irene’s path…be safe!

POU FAM: —***shakin’ my hed*** –Between him annnd baKKKman — -NOT 1 WHOLE –BRAIN!! – -LOL — -

– –NOW –he’s tryta re-write history!! – – –

– — -Allen West Whitewashes MLK’s Legacy Into Conserative ‘Individual Responsibility’ Message —

– - – - The historic national monument honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was unveiled this week in Washington. Reflecting on the history that led up to this occasion, GOP freshman Rep. Allen West (FL) — the only Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus — offered his thoughts on the seminal civil rights leader’s legacy to the National Journal. When asked whether King has “informed decisions in your career or personal life,” West painted Dr. King as if he were a conservative icon:

The absence of a King-worthy narrative to reinvigorate poor and working people has enabled right-wing populists to seize the moment with credible claims about government corruption and ridiculous claims about tax cuts’ stimulating growth. This right-wing threat is a catastrophic response to King’s four catastrophes; its agenda would lead to hellish conditions for most Americans.

– - -+IFF REV. DR. KING came back 2-day —He would B SHOCKED at the – -DEVOLUTION – -of his movement 4 –RACIAL EQUALITY annnd JUSTICE –that SURROUNDS the PRESIDENCY of —the FIRST BAAAA-LACK PRESIDENT!!

– – +He would B SHOCKED that we R STILL SANGIN’ – - -”W.E.E. SHALL OVACOME — – -SOME DAY!!”

– - -+He would B SHOCKED at the ECONOMIC DISPARITIES – — -represented by the — 1% – – -who have NOT embraced the concept of – — “SHARED SACRIFICES!!”

– - -+He would B SHOCKED as 2 how these – - 2 — WEST’s have – –TWISTED his PRINCIPLES annnd IDEALS – 2 SUIT their — -TWISTED IDEOLOGIES – –FROM – - -OPPOSITE SIDES!!!!!

– - REST IN HIS ETERNAL PEACE – –REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Hey fam! Some very strong gusts still happening as I type now (some of the strongest all day actually) but the storm is on its way out. still one very tragic story locally is an 11-year old died when a tree fell on his apartment.

Everyone please be safe as it moves up the East Coast. A lot of rain came from this storm and A LOT of trees have fallen, from Hampton Roads and Richmond, etc. Luckily my power stayed intact, but I know many people are out.