May 23, 2013

Sunday Evening Thread: Smooth & Mellow

January 27, 2013 by 86 Comments

OK, the weekend winds down. Chill and get your nerves right for the week with these.

Sade – Lover’s Rock

Brian McKnight & Dave Koz – Love Changes Everything

Anita Baker – Will You Be Mine

Kenny Loggins and Shanice – Love Will Follow

Lionel Ritchie – Love Will Find A Way

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  • rikyrah

    I ask this with all seriousness, because I got into a verbal tiff with someone today with someone who said that the President ‘left Black people out’ of his inaugural address.

    I asked what should he have said that was Black-specific. I got no answer, other than ‘ he should have said something’.

    then, I get the ‘ he’s ignoring the Black Agenda’.

    I ask;
    1. what is in your list for the Black Agenda
    2. what can the President do – himself – not something that he needs Congress for – but, by himself- that’s Black specific?

    ” Black folks need jobs.’

    my response was ‘ And?’

    what jobs program can the President do by Executive Order?

    • conlakappa

      The Black Agenda? Did I miss the part when all black people (just U.S, or are there global provisions?) gave proxy to those who would draw up an agenda? Folks continue to get played, using incomplete talking points. If he wasn’t speaking to black voter rights when he mentioned the issues, then my comprehension skills failed me. The security of such should be our number one agenda item or anything else won’t matter.

    • trose1

      Great response, I am sure u got no answer on what the Pres can do by executive order.

    • isonprize

      Wait. I heard Pres. Obama talk about people not standing in line for hours to vote. HHmmmmm, who were the majority of people THAT happened to?

      I heard Pres Obama talk about a little girl in poverty having equal opportunities? Who are lots of little girls THAT live in poverty?

      After I asked dude about his definition of the “black agenda” I would have asked him about what HE was doing for this “black agenda” of his….

    • JojoRaze

      My answer to this question is always to ask the person : Which jobs plans exclusively for black people is gonna get pat Paul ‘makers and takers Ryan, John ‘I can’t control the crazy boehner, harry ‘I can barely get an up or down vote for appointments’ reid and Mitch ‘PBO must be a one-termer’ McConnell. There hasn’t been even ONE ELECTED black senator in the US Senate since PBO.

    • GN

      “this country can’t claim to be a perfect union until those whose ancestors built this country as slaves have the same economic opportunities as everyone else.” It’s a pretty small complaint about an otherwise stellar speech, and I thought it too.

      I don’t agree at all that Pres O is “ignoring the black agenda” though, that’s demonstrably untrue. But I definitely will be looking to get behind a primary candidate in 2016 who is overtly and explicitly trying to address issues in the black community and is not trying to repackage other liberation movements as “the new civil rights” while shying away from us. I read Biden right before the election saying that rights for transexual Americans is the “civil rights issue of our time,” and while I have no shade for transexuals or Ride or Die Joe, I’ll be looking for politicians to make firm commitments to black people. Nothing’s wrong with that, and we deserve no less.

    • nathkatun7

      Rikyrah, the person you dealt with needs some hearing aid! Didn’t he/she listen to the President put a major emphasis on Equality? Did he/she miss the President’s reference to Selma? Did he he/she miss the President’s reference to Dr. King? Did he consider the President’s choice to use Dr. King’s family Bible, when he took the oath of office, another evidence that the President was ignoring Black people?

      As for the Black Agenda, I wish we as Black folks had an agreed upon Black Agenda. So far as I know there is no such agreed upon Black Agenda. I also hope that if we had such an Agenda, our number one issue would not be about denigrating our first African American elected President, and questioning everything he does. The last time I checked, Mr. Obama’s title was President of the United States, and not just President of the Tavis Smiley and Cornel West wing of the whining Black folks.

      I am sick and tired of the holier than thou Black folks who constantly criticize the President without acknowledging the political reality he has to operate in. Ironically, most of these Black folks who never miss a chance to attack the President, for not being Black enough, are the same ones who routinely compromise with the white establishment, and especially white dominated academia, so as to retain their high paying jobs.

      Please forgive me if I especially refuse to take seriously professors teaching at predominantly white institutions who don’t think that President Obama is Black enough, or is doing enough for Black folks. Other than the late Professor Derrick Bell, who put his money where his mouth was by protesting against Harvard’s failure to hire Black females, I know of no other Professors who have risked their high paying jobs to advance the interests of black folks.Certainly Cornel West is not one of them. If he were he would have joined Professor Bell’s protest. But he didn’t. If I remember correctly, then Harvard Law school student, Barack Obama, courageously came to the defense of Professor Bell.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY nathkatun7 —-***BIG HUG*** :>) – - -

        –Ooooooweeeee! – - –U done –***picked UP da MIC***

        – - -As for the Black Agenda, I wish we as Black folks had an agreed upon Black Agenda. So far as I know there is no such agreed upon Black Agenda. I also hope that if we had such an Agenda, our number one issue would not be about denigrating our first African American elected President, and questioning everything he does. The last time I checked, Mr. Obama’s title was President of the United States, and not just President of the Tavis Smiley and Cornel West wing of the whining Black folks. – -

        -Annnnd — -***DROPPED da MIC*** – –WHEW LAWD!! :>) –

        THANK U!! – –nathkatun7 :>) – - –

  • rikyrah

    Kasai @Kahsai
    @chucktodd You’re no longer a journalist..when u agree 2 disenfranchise voters.Consider yourself an accessory 2 voter fraud #ToddHustedGate

    • conlakappa

      This is one of the rare times I would like to run into that fish-eyed fool Todd. My rule is to not say behind your back what I could just as well as say to your face. On the nightstand, Chuck, or was it left in the top bureau drawer?

  • rikyrah

    Behind The Scenes At Inauguration 2013 [MINI MOVIE]
    Jan 25, 2013

    By Smokey D. Fontaine

    I missed the first one. When Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as our first African-American president with an agenda that I believed passionately in, I watched history unfold on a flat screen.

    I was not going to miss the second time around. In fact, to make sure I gave myself the most memorable of experiences, I chose to go to the Capitol as part of a radio broadcast team, giving me the kind of 20-feet away access that laypersons – and even fellow journalists – would only dream of.
    …………………………………………………………………..

    Let me say this: Folks turned up to be a part of the 2nd inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama with hope in their hearts and a dream in their eyes. America was alive that day in Washington, what makes us great pulsed through the men & women, boys & girls, young & old who had to be exactly where they were in that moment. Exactly where he was.

    …………………………………………………………………………

    “With the Bush inaugural we were the 1%,” an African-American Secret Service veteran remarked to me. Staring at the wonderful plurality of the crowd in front of us both, with proud black and brown faces everywhere, he did not want anyone to underestimate how special that was. His 4th inaugural, he clearly remembers looking at the nearly all-white crowd that showed up not that long ago.

    “And it probably would’ve gone back to exactly that if Romney won…”

    http://newsone.com/2164027/behind-the-scenes-at-the-inauguration-mini-movie/

    • isonprize

      And don’t NOBODY who was there believe the hype about less people than 2009.

      Law enforcement stopped letting people on the mall for safety/crowd control issues. Not only was it the largest crowd to ever witness a US Presidential Inauguration, it was the most diverse. EVER!

  • Miranda

    LOL…….#ToddHustedGate

    Chuck Todd can’t weasel outta this.

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      Itgurl was right…Twitter is a game changer!

  • GreenLadyHere

    –Good Evenin’ miranda/POU FAM♥ – –***BIG HUG*** :>) – - –

    - —Still – - -LUV his MUSIC. :>) —-

    GR8 MUSIC. – —-:>) – —

    - – - – -FROM MR. PRESIDENT: —–Obama pays tribute to Holocaust victims- — -
    — — -President Obama on Sunday commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day by vowing to “to stand in the way of any tyrant or dictator who commits crimes against humanity.”

    “While this is a time for mourning and reflection, it is also the time for action,” the president said in a statement. “On this day, we recall the courage, spirit, and determination of those who heroically resisted the Nazis, exemplifying the very best of humanity. And like these courageous individuals, we must commit ourselves to resisting hate and persecution in all its forms. The United States, along with the international community, resolves to stand in the way of any tyrant or dictator who commits crimes against humanity, and stay true to the principle of ‘Never Again.’

    “By remaining vigilant against those who seek to perpetrate violence and murder, we honor those we lost during one of the darkest periods in human history,” Obama added. “And we keep their memory alive for generations to come.”
    THERE IS MORE. – — – —-***head bow** – - -

    Have a good evenin’. :>)

  • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

    WHOA!

    Ariel Sharon: Israeli ex-PM in coma ‘has brain activity’

    Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli prime minister who has been in a coma for seven years, has shown significant signs of brain activity, doctors say.

    A team of Israeli and American scientists say new tests showed he responded to external stimuli

    The activity increased when he was being showed pictures of his family and played a recording of his son’s voice.

    The 84-year-old has been in a coma since 2006, when he suffered a massive stroke.

    Since then, he has been in a vegetative state, connected to a respirator.

    Encouraging signs’

    The doctors at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba said that during tests, “significant brain activity was observed… indicating appropriate processing of these stimulations.”

    While the responses did not mean Mr Sharon was likely to fully regain consciousness, doctors said they were “encouraging”.

    MORE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21225929#TWEET559068

    • Miranda

      Oh damn…the beast has awoken.

  • Miranda

    Yeah…….the progressive hero!Fox’s Dennis Kucinich (Yes, That Kucinich) Takes A Hard Right Turn On Guns (VIDEO)For decades, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) spoke the liberal mind with clarity and conviction. He was never the most effective Congressman. The vast majority of his bills died in committee, but for most liberals, that was okay. He was our stalwart. He was a proud non-member of the military-industrial complex. He spoke his mind, regardless of whether the sitting President was a Democrat or Republican. It was no wonder that when it was announced that he was joining Fox News, the story was met with some trepidation. My prediction at the time was that he would still basically be the same Kucinich, but with a focus on his anti-Obama rhetoric. It appears that I might have been generous. In a flip of a switch, the Congressman who wore an “F” rating from the NRA as a badge of honor, is suddenly on Sean Hannity’s side on the Second Amendment.more here: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/27/foxs-dennis-kucinich-yes-that-kucinich-takes-a-hard-right-turn-on-guns-video/

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      And not one word/tweet/blog post from EmoProgs.

      • nathkatun7

        EmoProgs are shameless hypocrites!

    • angee

      Baby need shoes and he gotta keep that pretty young wife happy. Get dem dollars dennis get dem dollars! lol

    • GOVCHRIS1988

      Damn. Not only does he perform fellatio for money, but he just gave a rimjob too. What a ho. What a ho.

  • Miranda

    Suit reveals ties among radical abortion opponentsWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A lawsuit against a Kansas woman who publicly proclaimed her admiration for the man who gunned down one of the country’s few late-term abortion providers is revealing the unwavering support a small group of radical anti-abortion activists has for the imprisoned killer despite an ongoing federal investigation into the 2009 slaying.

    Though no federal indictments have been handed down by a grand jury investigating whether Dr. George Tiller’s death was connected to a broader case involving extreme anti-abortion activists, the lawsuit against Angel Dillard is one indication the Justice Department is taking a more heavy handed approach to perceived threats to abortion providers. In addition to alleging Dillard, of Valley Center, sent a threatening letter in 2011 to another Wichita doctor who was training to offer abortions, the lawsuit also highlights Dillard’s relationship with Scott Roeder, the man convicted of fatally shooting Tiller at the physician’s church.more here: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/suit-reveals-ties-among-radical-abortion-opponents

  • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

    Don’t forget PBO and Sec. Clinton’s interview on 60 Minutes at 7pm EST on CBS!

    • Miranda

      Steve Kroft on that shit.

    • conlakappa

      Oops, nevermind.

    • GreenLadyHere

      HEEY Sepia – — ***BIG HUG**:>) –

      Here we sit — -ON DA WEST COAST – -on da WRONG TIME ZONE. LOL

      BUT – - -found the transcript. :>) – —THANK U. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - —LOL – — -WHEN did he go 2 “OZ” —2 get a “BRAIN” ??? – - -

    Ain’t NOBODY CARE what he THINKS!! —Just a – -”WHITE on WHITE” – -endorsement!! – — – -WE KNOW!! geesh!!! –

    - – -☻FIRST: –COMMENT: - Mencius
    The GOPers absolutely hated the Clintons until it became apparent that Obama was going to win the nomination in 2008. If Hillary runs, they will go back to hating her again. She’ll be like Karl Marx reborn then, and they’ll drag up some fake scandal to try to bring her down.

    Ryan was also lying about something else here. He’s pretending to be upset with congressional actions on the debt and deficit when, in fact, he voted for all of the things that really blew up the debt in the Bush years. He voted for the Medicare giveaway, the Bush tax cuts, the wars, and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and now he’s pretending to be the voice of fiscal reason. Total bullsh*t as usual from this guy.

    – — – —Paul Ryan Heaps Praise On Hillary: If She Were President, ‘We’d Have Fixed This Fiscal Mess By Now’ – –
    - ——Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press this afternoon, former GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) praised Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and lamented that she did not win the presidency in 2008, as he believes that would lead to a better chance for deficit reduction today than under President Obama.
    ENUFF! – - — – –Goin’ 2 — – -TH’OW UP!! – –geesh!!

    Watch below, via NBC:

    • nathkatun7

      What an absolute Idiot! Where was Ryan when G.W. Bush run up the debt? Meet the Press is a joke! Otherwise a real journalist would never have allowed Ryan to get away with lies and BS!

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY nathkatun7. ***BIG HUG*** :>) – –

        - – –LOL – —PROLLY LEARNIN’ –HOW 2 USE his NEW TOY! – - — LOL — -

        - – —He AINT foolin’ nobody! – —***tsk*** – -***eye roll*** :>)

        Good 2 C U. nathkatun7 -:>) – –

    • Town

      Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press this afternoon, former GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) praised Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and lamented that she did not win the presidency in 2008, as he believes that would lead to a better chance for deficit reduction today than under President Obama.
      ———————
      TRANSLATION: SHE’S WHITE LIKE US, NOT AN UPPITY AFRICAN AMERICAN LIKE HIM.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY Town. ***BIG HUG*** :>) – –

        – - –***fist bump*** —[-Just a - -"WHITE on WHITE" - -endorsement!! - -- - -WE KNOW!! geesh!!! --] — –

        – — -”NOT AN UPPITY AFRICAN AMERICAN LIKE HIM.” — – -LOL – - -TRUTH!! :>) –

        Good 2 C U Town. :>) – - -

  • conlakappa

    A sweet treat for every emoprog: http://fab.com/sale/16761/

  • Miranda

    Did y’all hear Steve Kroft say there has been no singular achievement in the first four years of PBO’s presidency????? WTF?!?!?

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      I guess he missed it when PBO got Bin Laden.

      • conlakappa

        That was arguably about defense rather than foreign policy. Sparking the Arab Spring would seem to qualify but the MSM has short memories.

    • GreenLadyHere

      LOL – - miranda – — – -***whistlin’ as I walk by****

      —- -JUST THESE! – - – - -DROPS MIC! – –HAH!

    • nathkatun7

      Yes I heard that, Miranda! That was utterly pathetic! The so called journalists in the mainstream media have truly become a propaganda tools for the GOP and right wingers. I also noticed how Kroft conveniently dismissed the high marks on foreign policy that the President receives from the majority of Americans.

  • crazycanuck

    Did you all ever hear about this story? England’s most gifted family

  • goldenstar

    I SO love it when Barack Obama squints before he crushes with an answer to a stupid question. His response to Kroft’s question about the Administration not engaging…in Syria. PBO said that Khadafi would probably disagree if were still around.

    Drops mic.

    • conlakappa

      He didn’t look happy with Kroft from minute one. Schieffer seemed to have drafted the questions, which had the whiff of, “did your actions suck or only half suck?” about them.

  • rikyrah

    House GOP Congresswoman Argues Guns Have Nothing to Do With School Shootings

    By: Jason Easley
    Jan. 27th, 2013

    House Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn claimed that guns aren’t part of the root problem of school shootings. Rep. Blackburn tried to argue that guns have nothing to do with school shootings.

    ……………………………………….

    Bob Schieffer brought up the completely rational point that the shooter in Newtown would have done a lot less damage with a baseball bat, and was met with the rare combination of insanity and NRA talking points that can only come from a House tea partier. From the point of view of the paid through campaign contributions NRA congressional stooge, the problem with school shootings isn’t the gun, or even easy access to guns. The problem is mental illness. It’s not the gun’s fault that people are crazy. Why are we blaming the poor innocent gun for SHOOTINGS? This is part of the Republican talking point that we need to meet in the middle, and have a discussion about keeping our children safe. However, guns have nothing to do with the problem. This type of absolutism mixed with irrationality is why this nation can’t have a sensible conversation about the role of guns in gun violence.

    No one wants to take guns away from anyone, but the moment guns are brought up the far right immediately refuses to discuss the role that access to guns plays in our culture of violence. Video games and television shows don’t kill people, but mentally ill individuals who have easy access to guns and hear politicians fearmongering about threats to their Second Amendment rights might.

    http://www.politicususa.com/house-gop-congresswoman-argues-guns-school-shootings.html

  • rikyrah

    Republicans Decide the Solution to Their Problems is to Screw America with a Smile

    By: Rmuse
    Jan. 27th, 2013

    Most people would be inclined to agree that being assaulted by a criminal with a smile on their face is still being assaulted, especially if the assailant has a history of attacking them at every opportunity. Whether an attacker is smiling or scowling, the damage they inflict is still painful, and even semi-intelligent human beings would avoid any situation that might give the assailant another chance to inflict harm on them or their loved ones. Politicians learn early on to smile regardless if they are proposing legislation that helps or harms their constituents, and it does not take long for the public to learn that it is the politician’s record and position on issues that matters and not whether they present themselves and their agenda in a friendly manner or with a smile on their face. Republicans have not proposed one idea over the past decade, or longer, that benefits the population, and in fact have been purveyors of pain and suffering for Americans far removed from the wealthiest 1% of income earners and fundamentalist Christian fanatics. After three days of meeting to plot strategies to continue inflicting damage on the American people, the Republican National Committee decided that if they present detrimental legislation with a smile on the faces, their harmful agenda will be embraced by Americans.

    The message coming from the 2013 RNC Winter meeting in Charlotte this week is that substantive policy changes are not the answer to garner support from voters because Republican leaders insist there was nothing wrong with their message that lost them the 2012 election, it was how and who delivered the messages of doom. The consensus among GOP leaders is that Americans want to be assaulted by Republicans; they just want them to smile as they implement Draconian spending cuts, lower taxes for the rich, anti-women legislation, and religious edicts straight out of the Old Testament. Republican leadership is so out of touch with the American people, and so stuck on their ideologically backward agenda, that one member said “We can stand by our timeless principles and articulate them in ways that are modern, relevant to our time and relatable to the majority of voters.” They then unanimously approved a resolution by voice vote calling on Congress to defund Planned Parenthood despite a majority of Americans oppose defunding the organization.

    There are myriad problems endemic to Republican policies, but primarily they do not comprehend that their agenda and policies are contrary to the will of the people, and they are only interested in serving voters who agree with their platform. New Hampshire chairman Wayne MacDonald said party leaders need to be firm and assertive without being mean-spirited, and asserted that no-one thinks the Republican Party has to change any platform planks because “this party wants to serve everybody that believes in our principles,” and it informs what pundits and political observers have known for some time; Republicans do not want, or intend, to serve all Americans; only those who agree with their policies.

    http://www.politicususa.com/republicans-decide-solution-problems-screw-america-smile.html

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - – –Waitaminute. . . . LOOK at this INFO.:—

    —- the ‘classroom avenger’
    Inclusionary Criteria Characteristics associated with Classroom Avengers
    – ——- Male
    Caucasian
    Middle Class
    Average age 16
    Rural or small community residence in south or northwest
    Physically healthy
    Dysfunctional family (superficially normal)
    Family anger and power struggles
    Poor parent and sibling relationships
    Loner/social outcast
    Member of alienated group
    Attends public school
    Family history of mental illness, personality disorders or substance abuse
    Guns in the home, proficiency with firearms

    - – –Annnnd —THESE PHOOLS wanna DO WHA’???– – -

    - – - –Gun Industry Aims To Sell Youth On Assault Weapons— -
    —– –Responding to Americans’ declining interest in shooting sports, gun manufacturers are developing programs to market their products to younger children. The National Shooting Sports Foundation trade association and the industry-funded National Rifle Association spend millions of dollars annually to recruit kids as gun enthusiasts. And those efforts increasingly focus on pushing semi-automatic assault weapons, including the very model used by the shooter in the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy.
    – —The New York Times reports:—

    ———THEY R – — -BEYOND STOOPID!! – - –Sooooo BEYOND!! –geesh!! -

    NOW – —Can we –BLAME THEM as ACCOMPLICES 2 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS?? – -

    • conlakappa

      They also tend to take out more girls than boys.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY conlakappa. ***BIG HUG*** :>)

        THANK U 4 that info. Was NOT aware of it. :>) –

        – –I’m jus’ –soooo STUNNED by THEIR — IL-LOGICAL – — -STOOPIDITY!! —Annnd – DEY ‘ON’T CARE!! – -geesh!!

        Good 2 C U conlakappa. :>) – - -

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - –CAIN’T WAIT 2 C THIS – - -soooo I can – -SAAAAAAAAAA-LAP HIM!! -geesh!!! – -

    ——- -Steve Kroft: The biggest criticism of this team in the U.S. foreign policy from your political opposition has been what they say is an abdication of the United States on the world stage, sort of a reluctance to become involved in another entanglement, an unwillingness or what seems/appears to be an unwillingness to gauge big issues. Syria, for example.

    — -President Obama: Yeah, well– –[THIS is HIS WIND UP! LOL]–

    Steve Kroft: I mean, that–

    —Annnnnd —PITCH!! –HAH – ->President Obama: Well, Muammar Qaddafi probably does not agree with that assessment, or at least if he was around, he wouldn’t agree with that assessment. Obviously, you know, we helped to put together and lay the groundwork for liberating Libya. You know, when it comes to Egypt, I think, had it not been for the leadership we showed, you might have seen a different outcome there. – - —

    – - –STRIKE!!! – — LOL — — –GET- – -HIM – –MR. PRESIDENT!! – — HAH! —

  • crazycanuck

    LMAO Canadian twitterati are up in arms because our station is not showing the SAG Awards. Poor station must be getting inundated with calls

    jian ghomeshi ‏@jianghomeshi

    Not that we don’t love Debbie, but… #SAGlessCanada

  • Miranda

    Is this why eternally constipated McCain is so mad? LOL
    Sen. John McCain On Benghazi: ‘There’s Two Movies Been Made About Getting Bin Laden’During a wide-ranging interview with This Week fill-in host Martha Raddatz, Senator John McCain made, arguably, the most revealing statement about Republican outrage over the September 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic personnel in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the lives of four Americans. Asked what the recent hearings were supposed to accomplish, given that many of the questions surrounding the attack have already been answered, Sen. McCain complained “What did the President do during this period of time? There’s two movies been made about getting bin Laden with every tick-tock of every minute. We still don’t know what the President was doing.”more here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sen-john-mccain-on-benghazi-theres-two-movies-been-made-about-getting-bin-laden/

    • Kennymack1971

      Elections over John McCain. Get off the stage.

      • conlakappa

        He only has two more years in office. I have the feeling that a hook will be needed to remove him on that last day. Mark the calendar though that Schieffer will be bragging about getting that final interview, which will be The Mack Daddy’s eleventy billionth appearance on there.

      • nathkatun7

        John McCain’s behavior, since he lost the race for President to President Obama, has made me appreciate the wisdom of the early Christians who included ENVY (jealousy) as one of the Seven Deadly Sins! I can’t recall any other former presidential candidate who lost the election sustaining so much anger/jealousy against a President who defeated him/her.

        It seems to me that John McCain is more consumed with his envious hatred of the President than he is about the safety of American people.

  • Miranda

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……(Deep Breath)……HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Palin After Leaving Fox: ‘We Can’t Just Preach To The Choir,’ Conservatives Must ‘Broaden Their Audience’In her first interview since departing Fox News, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told Breitbart News that she no longer wants to “just preach to the choir” and that conservatives must broaden their audience and go out of their comfort zone.

    Calling for “more truth-telling in the media,” Palin encouraged her fellow conservatives to “step out in faith, jump out of the comfort zone, and broaden our reach as believers in American exceptionalism.” Such a move, she believes, will help in “broadening our audience.”

    In leaving Fox, she said, “I’m taking my own advice here as I free up opportunities to share more broadly the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic and restoring this most exceptional nation.”http://www.mediaite.com/online/palin-after-leaving-fox-we-cant-just-preach-to-the-choir-conservatives-must-broaden-their-audience/

    • Kennymack1971

      In the words of Nsync.. Bye, Bye, Bye

      • QOakaJP

        Okay? *doing the Darrin’s Dance Groves choreography* Ain’t. No. Lie. Bye. Bye. Bye.

        • conlakappa

          So.wrong.

        • Miranda

          LMAO

  • rikyrah

    Steve Clemons @SCClemons
    Denis McDonough will score as Obama WH CoS. He is generous to all but owned by none. He’s blunt, strategic, focused on the goal, patient
    12:22 AM – 28 Jan 13

  • isonprize

    may have already been posted, but clearly Tom Joyner is DONE with Tavis…

    Is Tavis Smiley Fascinated With His Own Legacy? Tavis vs. MLK by Tom Joyner

  • rikyrah

    Conservatives offend brown people, progressives ignore them

    Its pretty easy these days to point out the racism on the right. Between the election/re-election of Barack Hussein Obama and the changing demographics, those folks have put down the dog whistles and picked up the fog horns.

    Racism tends to look a little different on the left side of the political isle. But today I found a pretty good example of how it plays out. That’s a link to an article on the front page of Daily Kos. The author pulls up lots of statistics in an attempt to make the point that recent elections demonstrate that Democrats can now appeal to their liberal base and win.

    What’s interesting is that nowhere in the entire article does the author attempt to define “base.” It is taken for granted (as is shown in the comments) that he means those who dominate the discussion on Daily Kos – white highly educated upper income progressives.

    People like that always ignore statistics like the one where President Obama only got 39% of the white vote in 2012. Conversely, he got 93% of the African American vote, 71% of the Latino vote and 73% of the Asian vote. You wanna re-think that idea about who represents the “base” of the Democratic Party?

    The author points out that more and more voters are embracing the label of “liberal.” And that is the sole basis for his belief that Democrats can now run on appealing to the liberal base and eschew their attempts to win over moderate voters.

    http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/01/conservatives-offend-brown-people.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FlpjFg+%28Smartypants%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

    • Alma98

      Milwaukee is not a republican stronghold and Waukesha is in Waukesha county these people at DK are idiots.

    • qosine

      Base for hire – that’s about it.

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - —SUPPORTIVE – :>) – —

    – - -Former Top Military Officials Back Hagel’s Defense Secretary Bid- –

    - – -Chuck Hagel received two new high profile endorsements on Sunday for his bid to be the next Secretary of Defense. Retired Air Force General Michael Hayden and retired Army General Stanley McChrystal said on CNN’s State of the Union that Hagel is a good choice to take over for outgoing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta.

    Hayden, former National Security Agency head during the Bush administration and CIA Director in both the Bush and Obama administrations, said Hagel is someone “you could talk to” and “have an honest dialogue” with. When host Candy Crowley asked the former generals if they see “any red flags” that would disqualify Hagel, McChrystal, most recently the top allied commander in Afghanistan, said “no” while Hayden said, “not at all.”

    CROWLEY: From what you know of Chuck Hagel…what sort of reception would he get from the military.

    HAYDEN: I think he will be fine. I know Senator Hagel. He was on my oversight committee when I was in the intelligence community. He was a member, and this is not a universal condition, he was a member that you could talk to, have an honest dialogue, not necessarily disagree but on a personal basis, have a candid exchange of views. You could always speak with him and frankly given my time in uniform, that’s a tremendous attribute. So I actually think this will work out well.

    Watch the clip: – –

    —P.S. “CREEPY CROWLEY” – — – YUK!!! — –:>)

  • QOakaJP

    Evening, POU.
    Just stumbled on to an article written in October. Read through it, then giggled out loud and SMH. Some folks really didn’t see it coming, did they?:

    The Top 20 (Cause 10 Ain’t Enough) Reasons (Excuses) Black Folk Will Give if Obama Loses
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tavis-smiley/top-20-reasons-if-obama-loses_b_2010647.html

    • rikyrah

      hee hee hee

    • nathkatun7

      I am sorry to say that I did not find Tavis Smiley’s’ HuffPost article funny. As far as I am concerned, it re-enforced many stereotypes about Black people.

      • http://twitter.com/#!/JamilaJP QOakaJP

        I didn’t find it “funny”, as in clever, either. What I laughed and shook my head at WAS his pompous, dismissive attitude toward Black voters/Obama voters. He (and so many others) just *knew* that PBO was a fluke, and that the electorate was too lazy and uncommitted to do it again. This article makes Smiley look like a petty, no-nothing hypocrite, not attempting to educate and motivate the electorate to push for an agenda, but reducing their presence to poorly written, passive-aggressive, 20-line “humor.”

        That’s been his and West’s gig for the past four years: looking down and finger wagging their supposed intellectual and moral inferiors (including the president). They still see themselves as the gatekeepers of “Black thought” in America. So bitter because the table has been opened up to others, and “Black America” no longer needs them as their interpreters to power.

        • rikyrah

          What I laughed and shook my head at WAS his pompous, dismissive attitude toward Black voters/Obama voters.

          YOU have nailed it.

          THIS tone is why Tavis was shown the door at the TJMS.

          THIS is the contempt he showed for the TJMS audience and has shown Black people since 2007.

    • GN

      The sole patrol is always throwing low-key shade at black people. Their “love” often feels exactly like contempt…

      • conlakappa

        It’s a whole “I am here to lead your ign’nt asses” vibe.

  • rikyrah

    Check out her dress

    • Miranda

      HAHA! She went all out – I wanna know how made it for her!

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – —MISSED THIS :>) – - –SHE – — FIERCE! :>) – —

    – - -Justice Sotomayor prefers “Sonia from the Bronx” – –

    – —-In her first broadcast interview, Sotomayor talks about her life and career leading up to her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, including the role affirmative action played. Scott Pelley reports.

    – - – THANK U – - -MR. PRESIDENT – -4 THIS APPOINTMENT. :>) – —

    • qosine

      She and Justice Ginsberg are my two fav Supreme Court Justices!

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY qosine. ***BIG HUG** :>) – - -

        - –***double fist bump*** :>) — Mine 2, also, plus, annnnd – - –LOL – - – -

        - — -They jus’ – -FIRM annnd – -F-I-E-R-C-E!! :>) – - – -

        Good 2 C U qosine. :>) – —

  • isonprize

    deleted

  • GreenLadyHere

    —-SAD NEWS – - -***head bow*** – —[Apologies ifff a dup] – - -

    – — -We Remember The Ohio Players’ Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner: Dead at 69 — -

    – —*Sadly we have to report the death Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, frontman and founder of legendary funk group Ohio Players.

    He passed away on Saturday at the age of 69, according to a post on his Facebook page. No other details are available, but an official family announcement says he passed away quietly in his hometown of Trotwood-Dayton, Ohio.

    Here is the official announcement of Sugarfoot’s death

    Official Family Announcement of the Passing of Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner

    Yesterday, Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner passed away quietly in his hometown of Trotwood-Dayton, OH. While his family, friends, colleagues, and fans mourn his passing they celebrate fondly his memory, music, and legacy.
    – - — -SNIP — –
    – — -In Los Angeles, Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope has announced a community tribute and vigil for the frontman of the legendary Ohio Players. It’s scheduled for Tuesday, January 30 at 5pm in Leimert park (3415 W.43rd Place Los Angeles Ca, 90043 – Crenshaw &Vernon)

    Check out live performances by Sugarfoot and the Ohio Players: –

    RIHEP – - -THANK u 4 YOUR “JAMS”. – -:>) – —

    - — — CONDOLENCES 2 FAMILY/FRIENDS/FANS – —***raises hand*** AMEN. :>) – -

  • rikyrah

    Downton Abbey….

    SOB SOB SOB

    I had been spoiled and knew what was going to happen..

    still didn’t stop it from being hard.

    I was ok until the Dowager Countess….that walk away from Carson made it seem like she had aged a decade in a short walk.

  • crazycanuck

    I did not know this, from TPV, talking about Corny

    CL Nicholson

    5. Oh, and BTW, he now works for one of the biggest slumlords and movers of gentrification in Harlem – Columbia. Kind of hard to scream power to the people when your boss is kicking people out of their homes so some hipster grad students can have another 30 Starbucks and Urban Outfitters.

  • GN

    The music here is the absolute business. Listening to Love Will Find a Way as I type; I love love love this song!

    • Miranda

      OMG!!!!!!!!! Do you know I had this song on this post but decided 5 videos was enough?!?!?

      • GN

        Are you serious? lmao!

        • Miranda

          I. AM. SERIOUS! I couldn’t believe when I clicked on the link that was the song! LOL

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - – - -***blank stare**** – —I’m becomin’ IMMUNE 2 bein’ SHOCKED at their – –REPUGNANT acts!! – - -geesh!! – –

    – - -Arizona Bill Requires Hospitals To Screen Immigration Status Of Uninsured Patients – –

    – —–Hospitals would need to check the immigration status of uninsured patients under a new bill introduced by an Arizona lawmaker. Rep. Steve Smith’s (R) H.B. 2293 would require hospital staff to “reasonably confirm” patients’ status during check-in or treatment, and immediately report those who do not have the required papers to immigration officials.

    Smith claimed it is a hospital’s civic duty to check immigration status:
    – - -SNIP – - -

    The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association has already rejected the attempt to turn hospitals into another front for immigration enforcement: “When does this begin or end?” a spokesman said. “What other industry should be screening their customers for citizenship verification?” The National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health also called the measure “unconscionable” and legalized “harassment.” With roughly 19 percent of Arizona’s population lacking health insurance, the bill could deter many immigrants and their children from seeking care, as well as burden hospitals. — -
    THERE IS MORE. – —- -
    –GOOD ON THESE ORGANIZATIONS – –which R – - -STANDIN’ STRONG! :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    - -A BLACK HISTORY MOMENT [1-26-13]-—Woo! Hoo! :>)

    - —Born On This Day in 1892: Renowned Aviator Bessie Coleman – —

    – — -Bessie Coleman, born Jan. 26, 1892, was a renowned aviator who was the first African-American woman to become a pilot and to hold an international pilot’s license. When she turned 18, Coleman took her savings and enrolled in the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now called Langston University). She completed one term before her money ran out, and returned home.

    In 1915 she moved to Chicago and worked as a manicurist, listening to stories from pilots who had flown in World War I. Determined to become a pilot, she was encouraged by Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender to study aviation abroad. Coleman received financial backing from a banker and the Defender. She eventually traveled to Paris and became the first African-American woman to earn an international aviation license and also the first in the world to earn an aviation pilot’s license. She later traveled to the Netherlands and Germany to get additional training before returning to the United States, where she did stunt flying and was billed as “the world’s greatest woman flier.”

    Coleman developed a reputation as a skilled and daring pilot, who would stop at nothing to complete a difficult stunt. She died in 1926 after an airplane malfunction caused her aircraft to crash at the age of 34.

    — –RIHEP – –Ms.Bessie Coleman annd THANK U 4 your SKILZ. :>)- -AMEN-

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda —–***hands out BAND AIDS!!*** – — -

    – - -Bonus Quote of the Day–

    - — – “You know, Steve, I gotta tell you, the — you guys in the press are incorrigible. I was literally inaugurated four days ago. And you’re talking about elections four years from now.”

    – President Obama, in an interview with 60 Minutes, responding to a question about the “date of expiration” of his endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s job as secretary of state. – - – - -

    —***NEVAMIND —– SCHEDULES – –SURGERY — 4 HIM*** LOL