Friday Open Thread

We were 'playing God', apparently.

As you were. Back to the humanitarian effort.
___________________________________

Chavez: US Weapon Test Caused Haiti Earthquake

January 21, 2010

Russia Today: Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has once again accused the United States of playing God. But this time it's Haiti's disastrous earthquake that he thinks the U.S. was behind. Spanish newspaper ABC quotes Chavez as saying that the U.S. navy launched a weapon capable of inducing a powerful earthquake off the shore of Haiti. He adds that this time it was only a drill and the final target is … destroying and taking over Iran.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/01/...

Mornin' WSY Fam!

And Oprah can kick rocks. That.Is.All.

Dang! What O do?

WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!

TGIF!!!! Morning Everyboby!

CAPD
What do you make of this? Low tech prop plane for counter insurgency work. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afg...

Morning everyone! Happy Friday!

Anybody see Larry Summers jiggin on TV last night. Telling John Harwood how he and Geithner wrote a memo to the President suggesting the three things Volker wants they approve. ROTFLMBAO!

Straight No Chaser: White Ball
The hate that Obama gave new life to . . .

by Desi Cortez, BASN Columnist, desicortez@blackathlete.com
POSTED: Jan 22, 2010

DENVER (BASN) — The A ll-American Basketball Alliance.

Believe it. Accept it, and be very leery of it.
But please, don't be surprised by the thought, the desire, the inclination on the part of angry, frustrated, envious White guys to take this frustrated next step.

Granted, the founder of this new league, Don “Moose” Lewis does represent the enraged political Far Right, because honestly, if you put on one of this cat's uniforms, for any of his proposed 12 teams . . . you might as well be slipping-on a white bed sheet, cutting a couple of slits in it so you can see who you hate,sheet, standing in front of a burning cross, not a basketball hoop.
But the sentiment behind this idea will resonate with the rank n' file Rednecks. I don't believe there's anything which can be said or done to derail or even slow the White backlash which is coming, like a freight train, to this nation.

Read the full column here:
http://blackathlete.net/artman2/publish/Comment...

Hi Rob. I have been following that, I like the concept. Not unlike our approach to tanks in WWII, as well as the Russian's – overwhelm the technically-superior German tanks with mass quantities of less-capable but far cheaper tanks.

And the Embraer plane is a good one, Brazil and Columbia have been using them for some time, other SA countries have orders. Even Xe has one, although that may not be a great selling point. At that price it could perform some of the uses of drones, but with the advatage of having a pilot to make instant decisions.

Being able to fly slow is a definite advantage in the terrorist areas, but a single-engine prop plane would be horribly vulnerable. But, as the article mentions, at least for now, ” In Afghanistan, there is a reasonably small threat level for aircraft.” The Taliban and al-Queda will obtain hand-held anti-aicraft missles before the plane could be deployed.

The A-10 could perform the same role, at approximately the same unit price, but operating costs would be far higher.

lol scary what insecurity does to the mind…

Geithner is on the chopping block from his statement yesterday of not supporting Volker plan or thinking it might not work. The two of them had to do a turn around but i will not be surprised to see Geithner go but summers will be there

LMAO

No kidding.

SouthernGirl,

HOW did you do this slideshow?

what site do you use?

…but i will not be surprised to see Geithner go but summers will be there

Has Summers been sufficiently rehabilitated to take that high of a profile position (Cabinet-level) in the admin?

LISTEN: Prince Records Minnesota Vikings Fight Song

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/prince...

Prince has written a song about the Minnesota Vikings in honor of the team's victory over the Dallas Cowboys last weekend and their upcoming NFC Championship game matchup against the New Orleans Saints.

According to MyFoxTwinCities.com, the world-famous musician said he “saw the future” after Sunday's win and ended up writing “Purple and Gold” later that night.

Amazingly, this is the second music story about the Vikings to emerge this week. After the Vikings won on Sunday, Brett Favre made waves by performing “Pants on the Ground” and energetically slapping his teammates in the ass.

The person who runs against Obama in 2012 (Dem. primary or GOP –Obama WILL be primaried) will run the most racist, xenophobic, “Real American” campaign of all time.

Hey Rikyrah,

Wee use, “wordpress gallery.” For more info, please check wordpress.com.

I have no idea what you're talking about but I'm pretty sure Oprah's camp is behind all those tabloid stories about Michelle Obama banning her from the WH.

thanks

Good morning ya'll!

I'm sorry about last night I'm just so frustrated (and confused) with everything going on right now. Usually that means it's time to step away from the computer because I'm stressing myself out.

At no time did I write that Summers will be in cabinet level position. I stated he will be there, that is, in his current role as advisor.

Good morning, Muzikal. It's alright to lay down your message and sort it out. I aint mad with you. Take care of YOU.

Happy Friday to ya!

Purple and Gold's alright! Prince was at the game last Sunday, so I'm not surprised.

As to Farve, and the MSM, please let Larry Platt have the spotlight for his own original “Pants on the Ground”

Go VIKINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At no time did I write that Summers will be in cabinet level position.

True enough, hence the question(s).

Thanks.

Palin/McCain put the coals on that fire in 2008 and banked it.

the primary of Obama should be a good one, seat back and watch….

Real American coming out whatever that is…

more like “Real Insecure America” who are unable to deal with their real issues which is the top 2% who look like them that control their government and gave them the illusion of power and wealth on the back of imperialism based on the subjugation of people of color in the US and in developing world. Now others are fighting back which means the crumbs they can give to the “real insecure Americans” is small thus the only secure blanket or scapegoat for the 2% is to say “look, the darkies are ruining your life, taking your job” and the inability for the “real insecure americans” to ask what job? The darkies are facing 50% unemployment, majority of the corporations are controlled by the same color looking real insecure American like. BUT no it would mean questioning their existence as an equal to the top 2% based on skin privilege.

Obama on health care: Flight or fight?

By Eugene Robinson
Friday, January 22, 2010

If President Obama has decided to give up on health-care reform, he should just come out and say so. Then we could all get on with our lives — those of us with health insurance, that is. But I don't see how his talk about some sort of slimmed-down package, reduced to its “core elements,” could possibly inspire Democrats in Congress to do anything but run for the hills.

Republican Scott Brown's victory Tuesday in Massachusetts, grabbing the Senate seat that was held for decades by the late Ted Kennedy, left Democrats rattled. Actually, frantic would be a better word. Thus far, Obama has said nothing that would help calm the waters — or help the party get out of what now can officially be called the Health Care Mess. If anything, Obama is making it messier.

In an interview Wednesday with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Obama said this about health care: “I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on.” He said that we have to keep insurance companies from “taking advantage of people,” that we have to contain costs, and that we have to give small businesses help to provide health insurance to their employees.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...

Shanti2 that was always the plan, this is not new. This has been the staged plan. Ralph Reed in a book i was reading by Joe Feagin laid it out, nothing new.

I posted about Gov. Ted Strickland picking Yvette McGee Brown as his running mate, here's her page on his website to read more about her

The Man Who Took Down Campaign Finance Reform
Thu Jan. 21, 2010 9:42 AM PST

Thursday's Supreme Court decision striking down limits on corporate spending in elections marks the latest in a remarkable string of victories for a Republican lawyer in Terre Haute, Indiana. James Bopp Jr. did not argue Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission before the high court, but the case was entirely his brainchild.

Bopp, the longtime counsel to the anti-abortion group National Right to Life, has now almost singlehandedly obliterated many of the nation's relatively modest restrictions on corporate election spending, including the landmark McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation. And he's done it all in the name of the First Amendment. In 2007, Bopp persuaded the Supreme Court to eliminate limits on corporate funding of television ads in Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, arguing that the rules were an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. A few months later, he represented Citizens United in its battle with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over its efforts to air a critical documentary about Hillary Clinton on television during the election season—the case that led to Thursday’s major Supreme Court decision

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/brains-...

WEE know, aleth, but we can't allow ourselves to buy into the fears, greed, anger, and bigotry.

Spot on, Shanti!

Wee AIN'T going to the back of the bus!

Bye-Bye Air America:

Air America to close, files for bankruptcy

Emily Chasan
NEW YORK
Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:08am EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Air America, a politically liberal talk-radio network, said on Thursday it would cease operations and file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection to begin an orderly wind down of its business.

U.S. | Barack Obama

The radio network was launched in 2004 by comedian Al Franken, now a U.S. Senator and has helped launch other careers such as that of liberal television personality Rachel Maddow.

The network, which had about 100 radio outlets nationwide, has suffered a decline in advertising amid the U.S. recession and a search for new investors failed, Air America Media chairman Charlie Kireker said in a memo to staff on Thursday.

Air America, which has struggled under a succession of management changes since its inception, had previously been forced into bankruptcy in 2006 when efforts to resolve an outstanding debt with a creditor from the network's earliest days broke down.

Franken stopped broadcasting for the network in 2007 after he announced he was seeking nomination for the Senate seat from his home state of Minnesota.

The company said a severance package will be offered to full-time employees with more than six months of tenure at the company and that it will play “encore programing” through January 25.

true

Mornin', Muze!

It's all good! *fist bump* Sometimes you gotta take a timeout to recoup.

Donors Plan Boost in Campaign Spending

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487...

Corporations, labor unions and other political entities are gearing up to play a larger role in influencing elections in 2010 and beyond after a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down elements of campaign-finance law.

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for entities to influence elections for Congress and the White House by stripping away rules that limited their ability to fund campaign advertisements. The court also struck down a part of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law that prevented independent political groups from running advertisements within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election.

Oprah is going to the Sno Ho and her daughter on her show today. That's why she can kick rocks.

Wouldn't getting rid of Geithner play right into the right's hands? There's no doubt that whoever PBO nominates they will hold up the nomination.

Love, love, LOVE, the Inaugural ball gallery pics, SG2!

The First Couple's first dance was the highlight of the night, gushing and swooning…..

It's more of the same food, feed the ignorant and oppressed with fear and
anger. It's a distraction so they can continue to pilage, rape, and rob our
social, physical, financial, and spiritual well being.

I think Robert Gibbs shared his Gangsta Flakes with Specter:

AUDIO: Specter Tells Bachmann To Act Like A “Lady”

*dead*

Thanks Shanti,

Love pic # 14! PBO knows how to hold his Lady!

Bow Chicka Bow Wow!

Word! And FLOTUS knows how to hold her POTUS…

I don't see the President dropping the hammer on these guys, not that I don't want it to happen. When Summers can't explain how come Harvard lost boo coo moneyon an investment he approved why he is arguing for derivatives is just beyond comprehension.
That said the more interesting thing is the countdown for Bernakke's reappointment. It is due by jan 31. If he isn't reappointed the position automatically goes to the number 2. I want to speculate him not being reappointed would be more telling. Ignoring the fact he is the fire chief, whom put out the fire he started as an arsonist in the fire department, it would be a real sign that the government will no longer be there to save financial institutions bond and stock holders money. the other two make it a question of how hard the regulations will be written in Congress. Remember, after the bankruptcy legislation, Sen Dick Durbin, the President's counterpart when he was in the Senate, said these guys are owned by the Banks.

LOL!

Good stuff!

Morning WSY,

I'm feeling mucho better today. My ears haven't “popped”, but the pressure is gone. In a few days, I'm gonna be able to hear the birds sing again.

I got my washer/dryer yesterday, so I'm gonna spend the rest of the day washing my dirty clothes from the last 2 months (luckily, I've got a lot of clothes, so I haven't had to wear anything twice), catch on some blogging, watch the rest of my Criminal Mind recording, and fold up clothes.

Hope evr'body has a wonderful day.

Hartmann: Corps Can Now Drop Money Bombs to BUY, BLACKMAIL OR DESTROY POLITICIANS

January 21, 2020
David Cobb with Thom Hartmann
Discussion about Supreme Court decision Thursday that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNkFwT21AI

No. Women, minorities and now Harvard have an axe to grind about his past actions. After a year, the argument that the President needs people w/ DC experience is very short. For example, if you look at the President's biggest success, Sonya Sotomayor, I'll bet that it was his choice on fact and instinct.

Oprah wants Sarah Palin to discuss her deal with Fox News!

WTF is up with Oprah? I've been through with Oprah a long time ago!

Yeah, because what he said to George Stephanopoopoo means he's giving up.

Eugene needs to go sit down somewhere. How about write an article discussign how Rep Anthony Weiner just wants the bill to complete die? How progressive is that? How about wirte an article abput how Congressional Democrats have no spines and get paid to do nothing but run for the exits?

Whatever…

Motion to Amend
We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to:

Firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.
Guarantee the right to vote and to participate, and to have our vote and participation count.
Protect local communities, their economies, and democracies against illegitimate “preemption” actions by global, national, and state governments.

Sign the petiton.

http://www.movetoamend.org/motion-amend

Good Morning Wee Family!!

Here's some interesting news for the Manic Fauxgressives and the ReThugs. Even with all of the craziness going on.. here's the results of a poll featured on FOX News of all places.

Take a gander.

http://www.alan.com/2010/01/21/fox-news-poll-ob...

So the manic progressives and the teabaggers can put this information in a pipe and smoke it.

HA-HA!!!

Tell it. Distract, delay, obstruct… wash, rinse, repeat….

Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn! And A Faux News poll at that!

Jennifer Lopez calls Sarah Palin “La Cabrona” which mean “A Bitch”:

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdkNYVW5a6Y&feat...

really she was banned?

Didn't she do a Christmas show?

$$$$$$$ plus rating

Happy Friday, lamh32. Glad you're feeling better, and congrats on the washer/dryer.

oh lorddddddddddddd they gonna come burn your CD Jennifer ooooooooooo and step on your CD and tell the radio station not to play your music and run you out of the south oh wait … wrong group

Lmao…is tHAT what it means?!…heheheheheheh

Now let's add RickieMartin's line to that…viva loco?..hahahaha

BTW…what is up with this RobinThicke..I saw his vid last night and was light …whaaat..all these sisSTARS doin up in this video with this midget of a man? Him stooping down against a wall and nothing but sisters legs from behind while his head is in her crotch….I was like dayuuuuuuum!!

BWA HA HA HA!! BAM! but, but, she voted for prosperity, Arlen….

He smacked down that bish, and she deserved it!

Yep…they did it to the DixieChics…they gone do it to Lopez…no ringtones, neither

U know whiterosebuddy they ain't never bought a Jennifer CD or forget her last name is Lopez. They never bought her ringtones either so the best we can expect is a Rush attack.

If they buy her CD to step on it, jennifer would be really happy. lol

GRAYSON CONDEMNS COURT RULING
January 21, 2010 11:51 AM

(Washington, DC) – In a 5-to-4 decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations have the “right” to spend an unlimited amount of money to influence and manipulate federal elections. The decision overturns more than a century of law and precedent. Rep. Alan Grayson (FL-8) immediately condemned the decision. “This is the worst Supreme Court decision since the Dred Scott case,” Grayson said. “It leads us all down the road to serfdom.”

The court decision completely ignores the likelihood that corporations will spend money to elect officials who will do their bidding, and punish those who won't. It allows unlimited election spending by all corporations, even foreign ones. “The Supreme Court has decided to protect the rights of GE, Volkswagen, Lukoil and Aramco, at the expense of our right to good government,” Grayson added.

http://grayson.house.gov/2010/01/grayson-condem...

Well I have to admit, I haven't either, nor her hubby. I didn't know what his claim to fame was until I watched the WH LatinFestiva…
but I do like her movies…except for the one where she was a fighter.

Yep. The 2012 winning landslide ticket will be Obama/Clinton

“luckily, I've got a lot of clothes, so I haven't had to wear anything twice”

Please, we know you were running to Kmart for lingerie every 10days, you didn't wash!

RED ALERT! READ THIS PRESS RELEASE FROM TAVIS SMILEY!!

TAVIS SMILEY Goes Primetime Before State of the Union Address

New Report Features Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Including Exclusive Interview and Behind the Scenes Look at Life in the State Department

Clinton Reveals She Can't Imagine Doing Job for Additional Four Years

TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS premieres Wednesday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ — A candid and revealing profile of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the focus of the first TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS, a series of four hour-long primetime specials premiering January 27 on PBS. For this special program, Smiley leaves his studio chair in Los Angeles and goes on the road with Secretary Clinton. During the report – debuting one hour before the State of the Union in most markets — Smiley and Clinton examine some of the country's defining moments, analyze the major events in President Obama's first year in office, and talk frankly about what's next for her career.

Smiley was granted exceptional access to Secretary Clinton and accompanied her on diplomatic missions abroad, to meetings on Capitol Hill, and within the State Department itself to give the American public an up close and comprehensive view of the inner workings of U.S. diplomacy and international relations. During the episode, Clinton discusses her relationship with the press, her thoughts on the surge in Afghanistan, and her views on how women are essential to improving developing economies.

In particular, Clinton notes a shift in attitude towards the United States since President Obama's election. She says: “Now, there's a lot of work to be done; we still face many threats and other issues that we have to deal with, but I think we've changed the tone, we've changed the attitude, and there's a great deal more openness to the United States.”

Additionally, Clinton points out how reading the press' criticisms during her presidential campaign shed light on the larger issue of gender equity which needs to be improved across the U.S. She notes: “What I was not prepared for was a lot of the criticism that I thought had less to do with me and more to do with attitudes about women, that was surprising to me. I mean, it was 2007 and 2008, but you know, that's something we still have to work on in this country.”

TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS is produced for PBS by The Smiley Group, Inc. /TS Media, Inc. and KCET Los Angeles. Executive producer is Jacoba Atlas. Funding provided by Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS and Public Television Viewers.

Smiley continues the seventh season of his late-night PBS talk show, TAVIS SMILEY, featuring insightful conversations with politicians, actors, artists, athletes and newsmakers.
———————————————————————————————

Obama is being set up.

TRANSLATION: Tavis is trying to get a job as President Hillary Clinton's press secretary.

Clinton Reveals She Can't Imagine Doing Job for Additional Four Years

This ticket is getting wholloped in the polls!!

lol tube tops…. sorry just saw that and i had to laugh so hard

TAVIS SMILEY Goes Primetime Before State of the Union Address

Mutha****

Apparently he's got the fever for the flavor.

I aint mad at Oprah. Everybody else is milking the Sno Ho' for all it's worth. Oprah aint got a damn thing to loose, especially money from having Palin on for a second round.

Just like the other shows that give her airtime, I won't be watching it.

After they get finished with her JLo will be walking away in her 9 Wests instead of Louboutins.

THIS.

I heard that mess!!

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when POTUS when to the bench for Volcker/Goolsbee and benched Summers/Geithner!!

I really would like to know what analysis Obama went through in making this decision only because I always beleived based on what Obama said on the trail that his thinking was more along the lines of Volcker and Goolsbee from the gitgo…I always wondered what made him turn to Summers/Geithner…and the only thing that makes sense is that it was a crisis, and they had the most experience as former US FED & TreasuryHeads…but I never believed that Obama believed it was the right course…I think he simply bowed to those who had the most hands on recent experience…even though in his gut he wasn't buying what they were selling…he also knew if he chose wrong with those 2 opposing him he would have had a bigger political battle and he knew 'the street' had confidence in Geithner/summers ..who were 'their boys'

So, glad Obama is righting the ship now.

Geithner nor Summers can save face. I saw Geithner on Lehrerer and he was saying the same face saving mess, that they were a team and that they all had been working on this for a while and 'sharing' information. But he was so tight lipped and grim..didn't smile once…I was like riiiight…sure …your ass was BENCHED!!

Seriously her career was over when she got with Ben Affleck. They didn't like that and let them know. You notice both of them went back with their own kind after that.

THAT.

It's juiced, isn't it?

Who's the number 2 guy?

West Side Story redux.

Not necessarily…corporate America LOVES Geithner.

lol lol

LOL @ jigging. The visual is hilarious. Imagine a walrus jigging and that's what I thnk of when you just said that.

Why does Oprah need ratings? Didn't she already announce she is through in 2010?

“Harold Ford Jr.'s presence as an increasingly likely Senate primary rival against Kirsten Gillibrand is fueling speculation that other Democrats who'd been warned off running by the White House and Sen. Charles Schumer might reconsider,” the New York Post reports.

Schumer is not considered vulnerable in his own re-election race, “with a massive war chest and a strong political base. But Schumer, who is obsessed with his own poll numbers and who sources said was riled by the Massachusetts upset, is less likely to leave himself with without a firewall against the national tide.”
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/knickerbocker/for...

lol

Yelp! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxfOncYiag

LOL!

Expert Ray LaRaja in campaign finance from Amherst MA examines yesterdays SCOTUS rulling:

“Who benefits from this ruling? Going into the midterms, it likely helps Republicans who now have momentum and a game plan — thanks to the GOP victory in Massachusetts. Party loyalists will set up operations to raise corporate funds and run ads in targeted districts. These groups will have names like, “American Patriots for Jobs” paid for by a bevy of like-minded corporate firms. Not all corporate groups will play this game — it could backfire on them with the public. Don't forget that unions can do the same thing. In the next midterm, ads will be sharper, negative and more prolific since interest groups don't have to obfuscate the message by avoiding electioneering words. They can simply say, “A vote for her is a vote to raise taxes!” Broadcasts will be jam-packed with campaign ads up through Election Day. (Hint: a good ground game might be more effective in this saturated environment.)

And what about the presidential election? President Obama is surely not pleased about this outcome for strategic, if not moral concerns. This ruling eviscerates his financial edge in raising money. The Obama campaign broke all records raising over $700 million from large and small donors, many of them over the Internet. Now he can expect corporate-backed advertising to be used against him. It is doubtful he will dissuade liberal groups (as he did is 2008) from joining the fray. He will need them this time! “

http://polsci.umass.edu/profiles/la-raja_ray

Oh, no she di'ent!

Times Square Billboard Shows Tech Giant with Mistress

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but apparently it does have a billboard.

The longtime mistress of the president of one of the world's largest tech firms put up a huge billboard in Times Square reportedly to embarass the married mogul.

Link: CharlesPhillipsandYaVaughnieWilkins.com

Charles Phillips, president of Oracle software, is shown hugging YaVaughnie Wilkins, 42, under the words “Charles & YaVaughnie” on the billboard at W. 52nd Street and Broadway along with the quote “You are my soulmate forever!”

It also includes a link to an online photo album containing “digital moments” of the duo vacationing, dancing, and singing karaoke.

A spokesperson for Phillips, 50, released a statement: “I had an 8½-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins. My divorce proceedings began in 2008. The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended and we both wish each other well.”

The billboard is also up at a second location in Manhattan, San Francisco and Atlanta.

“A new Public Policy Polling poll found that only 19% of voters nationally are happy with the direction of the Republican Party, compared to 56% who are unhappy with it. Even GOP voters are displeased with where the party's going: Just 38% say they are unhappy with the current direction to 35% who support it.

Analysis: “This much seems clear: if the Republicans keep winning even with a heavily damaged national brand it's an indication voters are choosing much more by what they're against right now than what they're for. I think a GOP controlled Congress for next year is still unlikely but it could be the best thing that ever happened to Barack Obama's reelection hopes.”

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/01...

AHA!!! now this I believe!!

That 'cadillac tax' in the HCR bill was a bad idea from gitgo..basically workers make wage concessions to get those benefits..so taxing it is simply very bad and I thought so from jump…now we know lots of folks are anger about it.

“Scott Brown's (R) victory in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race “was lifted by strong support from union households,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
An AFL-CIO poll found that 49% of union households in the state supported Brown, while 46% supported Martha Coakley (D).”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB200014240527487...

Opening salvo, in the 2012 Democratic Primaries!!

Obama/Clinton ticket!

“Amidst the voter anger at Wall Street and Washington, DC,” ABC News has learned that Senate Democrats “are not sure there are enough votes to re-confirm Ben Bernanke for another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.”

“Bernanke's term expires on Jan. 31.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01...

————–

Obama catchin hell from everywitcha kinda direction….the man's hair will be white at the end of 2010!

Methinks Oprah thought she was going to be sitting up in the White House all the time, but it didn't go down like that. She's not going to hate on Obama but she would get her Robin Givhans on with Michelle. That's just my opinion. Oprah strikes me as a name dropping social climber and the top rung of that ladder is the White House and it's not going down like she wants it. I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't start sniffing behind Hillary Clinton's ass.

And THAT right THERE…is why SCOTUS ruled as they did…Black man can't play by the rules and WIN…everytime he does they change the RULES!! Y'all know that!!

THIS RIGHT HERE!

ain't this a bitch.

DANG the link isn't working. This SisTAR has some serious issues. Guess Charles is not planning on marrying her no matter if he does get divorced.

AND she may just want MRS Phillips, to cash in…with lots of public evidence and public humiliation…

someBODY gone get him financially even if YaVaugnie can't?!!!

His wife is a Black Woman and is more beautiful than all them Women's. lol. She was in his “Lost With Out You” video, but she's pregnant so no more vid appearances for her right now.

Her name is Paula Patton and she was most recently in “Precious” as her mentor and school teacher.

Too true Town. She got alot of criticism from Nuyorican's and Boricua's all over for that Affleck business. lol

the link worked for me WRB. man, how much this must have disintegrated for her to pull this.

Obama will be looking like Uncle Ben in a minute.

now y'all, he's been with Paula since they were in high school. leave him alone.

What isn't going down like Oprah wants it?

Oprah strikes me as the person folks social climb to, not vice versa.
Oprah loves POTUS and I think her and Michelle got the 'brownsisterclub' thang going on too.

SDG,

Paula is doing that Heidi Klum ' life sure ain't fair' pregnancy route.

saw a picture of her last week…and DAMN…how can a woman be that much pregnant and still look that stunning.

yeah, I know….some women get fat ankles when preggers… but not these folks….

sigh..

life ain't fair…LOL

No, actually his soon-to-be ex wife is black and the have a child (or children, I'm not sure) together. This is a pitifully sad situation on all fronts.

OIC!!!

http://photos.essence.com/galleries/robin_thick...

You're not slick Tavis.

Oh, WEE know what the SCOTUS is up to with that ruling.

“And THAT right THERE…is why SCOTUS ruled as they did…Black man can't play by the rules and WIN…everytime he does they change the RULES!! Y'all know that!!

That's why we have a 3 point shot in the NBA, that is why Kareem had a sky hook, and that is why they rebuilt all the golf courses.”

And we built this muthafucking country call AMERICA.

And we create and live by our own rules and merits.

So they can move the goal post, and shed their hate and bigotry, but we will not be moved.

And we aint NO WAYS TIRED.

Sounds like ol' girl thought she was gonna be the new Mrs. Phillips, and got dumped.

She should've taken the money for the billboard and bought herself a “Fuck 'Em” wardrobe and look for another sugar daddy.

His father is Alan Thicke from “Growing Pains”.

Robin Thicke has the street cred Justin Timberfake would kill for.

Thems the boyz I lurve! Dark Mediterranean looks. When we were in Greece – Y-E-O-W!!!! Then there was that nude beach on Mykonos!

You&I both…love me some Oliver Martinez &AndyGarcia

IC…he looks better than dad

This bish here…

Really? Why is that? I see Patton is a USC filmschool alum, which is extremely difficult to get in…but it looks like Thicke just did the H'wood career thing after HS.

When you can't compete, you must cheat.

- a bad ass bitch ….. leaning more 'cockteaser' – get it?

Sometimes people say it as a compliment – like that George Lopez had the makeover of whats-her-name, Sanda Bullock.

Those lyrics apply to folks who wannabe all up in the thug life right now!

a boy who kills cannot love, a boy who kills has no heart.
yet, you wanna give your love and give your heart to a boy like that
a boy like that will only bring you sorrow.

Damn straight!

Hey Shanti2…did you see where THE WIRE series is now a course being offered at Harvard?

Sure does!

OK, well then looks like billboard sister friend wants wifey to get ALL the cash!!

The one with their names? I got the newspaper one..but the ones with their names did not work here nor at the newspaper site.

Well, for me, he's the female version of Teena Marie.

He just announced it like two days ago, we still have time, and I think Yvette was an inspired choice.

O Good Lord…this beyotch is CRAZY…even had the nerve to say “we are gonna take our country back!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41MlOrOHz2c&feat...

Lord help us.

lol

You put the juice to it, Sepia!

Hasn't Oprah (and Gayle) been at the WH several times already? And I recall Oprah saying that she specifically told her staff not to contact the WH to ask them to appear on the show. I don't think there's beef there.

No, you got a link?

Love The Wire. My daughters got me the series for Christmas. I hadn't watched it before then.

never heard it put like that, exactly, but..

THAT'S IT!

LOL

Love, love, love THE WIRE..glad you are watching it now.

Seems Duke has a course too.

“THE Wire,” HBO's gritty se ries about life in the Baltimore ghetto, is about to become a course at Harvard.

The announcement came at a panel discussion at the school featuring several of the show's stars, according to the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson.

The class will be taught by sociology professor William J. Wilson, one of the best-known African American history professors in the country, who has made no secret of the fact that he is a huge fan of the show.

“I do not hesitate to say that it has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban inequality, more than any other media event or scholarly publication,” Wilson told the audience before poking fun at himself, “including studies by social scientitsts.”

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/item_T...

http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2009/...

“…I think a GOP controlled Congress for next year is still unlikely but it could be the best thing that ever happened to Barack Obama's reelection hopes.”

I wonder why he feels this way?

OIC! lol…Teena could sing, though

Well, it I was to use the convulted reasoning of GOP…it would mean that everything he passes would not only be bipartisan BUT it would mean that it would validate his policies.

You know how when if you black and say something it is only valid if white folks sanction it?

Obama and his policies will only be validated if the GOP is backing them as well.

On the flip side…it may mean that he will be re-elected as a counter to the GOP dominate Congress..as Americans do not want to go back to the 8 years of the GOP President and GOP controlled Congress they had under Bush. That was a disaster and plunged the country not only into fiscal crisis but we had unprecedented deficits as well.

OBAMA on TV!!

Not all of them on the ground, presumably, since they are probably counting the crew of the ships involved. Vinson and Comfort alone have well over 6,000 crew aboard, depending on how many of Vinson's Air Wing personnel stayed. The pilots are gone.

Difficult to determine if that 20,000 includes the crew of all the ships accompanying the Vinson and Bataan, their protective screens. 5-7 destroyers, at least, plus the SSN lurking around. The destroyer crews may be getting involved, the SSN crew, not at all.

U.S. Forces in Haiti to Grow to 20,000

By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2010 – Roughly 20,000 U.S. troops will be supporting relief efforts in Haiti by Jan. 24, military officials said, adding to the 13,000-strong American force currently there.

Comprising the force will be the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade and thousands of other troops operating afloat off the Haitian coast and on shore, distributing provisions, assisting in medical operations and helping to maintain security. Some 2,200 Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit are slated to arrive within 48 hours, military officials said.

“The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is a huge part of enabling us to extend our reach to places around the country that may need our assistance but we just haven’t been there yet,” Army Lt. Gen. P.K. Keen, the top U.S. commander in Haiti, said on The Pentagon Channel today.

…more…

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id...
________________________________________________

Ohio Town Hall with PBO right now!

That sounds like back in the day when we would say, “Black folks on TV!” LOL!

Go Mr. President!

Speaking about Transparency!

*sprints into the thread like Flo Jo*

Did someone say “The Wire”??? That was the best show on television!!

Indeed.

LOL…that's how I was feeling!!

Cause I had heard nothing about him going to OH to speak as part of the “WH to MainStreet Tour”

had y'all?

Mitchell said they are going to have a townhall too!

OBAMA back on!!

Thanks! Your gallery is juicy, too!

oh! I put it on the links sweep thread..didn't even check here first…this has a Mary J. Blige song written all over it!

I finally got the series box over Christmas. I want to rewatch at least 1 ep a week but my schedule hasn't let me yet. Maybe in the summer when there isn't so much on TV.

LOL! Girl, you crazy! My daughters thought I was not “HIP” until I watched
The Wire…. Me being born in B-More City and all…

He's Allan Thicke's son. The dad from “Growing Pains.” Shake the family tree and I'm sure there's some other thangs @ work. Y'all know how it goes.

She's a stunning woman isn't she? He's lucky to have her and he knows it. Wink

I feel you on this one Sepia. Loved his music from back when he looked like “Jesus.”

When I Get You Alone

Why do you want an arsonist who is on the fire department raised to the position of Fire chief just because he put out the fire? How many times have we seen firemen responsible for arsons?

If this isn't vetted at the highest levels, it is the equivalent of finding out Ms Rodgers gave the Salahi's an investigation.

The Dred Scott case!!!!

Now we are show and tell. Fuck Harvard and Duke

I HEAR you on THAT!!