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Obama, Interrupted

YBPs, I actually don’t know what to think about this story, so I am asking you.
CBSNews.com recently reported it was disallowing comments for Senator Obama because of the “volume and persistence” of objectionable, racist comments about the Senator.
Conspiracy theorists are convinced it is a convenient measure to reduce the Senator’s publicity and silence some of [...]

9May2007 | Garry Bevel | 4 comments | Continued
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democratic debates tonight

tonight begins the first set of debates between the candidates looking to fix the mess dubya made in 2008. first up are the democratic hopefuls and tonight will feature candidates Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson.
when: tonight, april 26th at 7:00pm (ET)
where: South Carolina [...]

26Apr2007 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Tony Blair joins those who have lost their mind

Tony Blair made a low blow comment and decided to play the blame game when he accused the black community for the recent violent crimes in London. Since the start of the new year there has been a rash of knife and gun crime in the large city, and instead of taking any sort of [...]

14Apr2007 | Kimberly | 10 comments | Continued
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obama: “you don’t run for second”

i’ve had a few conversations with friends about the history our lifetime has already seen the last few years. on the topic of obama running for president, some initial reactions suggested that he’d be better suited as a v.p.
while i can’t argue that a clinton/obama ticket would be awesome, obama will be clarifying that statement [...]

10Apr2007 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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so…apparently everyone has lost their mind

not necessarily in chronological order, but:
newt gingrich apparently feels that spanish is the language of the ghetto. but he apologized, so its ok.
msnbc radio host imus called the rutger women’s basketball team “nappy-headed ho’s”. but he apologized, so its ok.
a little less high profile, a family recently went to a furniture store and found the [...]

9Apr2007 | Fredric | 12 comments | Continued
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Tuskegee Airmen Honored

Six decades after completing their World War II mission and coming home to a country that discriminated against them because they were black, the Tuskegee Airmen are getting high honors from Congress.
That gratitude were expressed today when the legendary black aviators received a Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. The award [...]

29Mar2007 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued
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A Little Bit of Change

This is a fundraising appeal to supporters of Senator Barack Obama.

26Mar2007 | Kimberly | 1 comment | Continued
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paris, texas. in plain view

the one thing i love most about reading online is the ability to find little nuggets of information or interesting stories without having to flip through a giant stack of recyclable paper with messy ink. yesterday was no exception when i stumbled upon a story in the tribe (may need free signup) about a small [...]

13Mar2007 | Fredric | 276 comments | Continued
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obama dances…a little

if you’ve read my previous posts about my feelings concerning the black blogosphere’s opinion on obama, you know that i’m in full support of the senator. i’ve seen him speak, i’ve met him in person, and although i haven’t read his book, i like his message. i listened to his podcasts, i’ve read his emails, [...]

7Mar2007 | Fredric | 7 comments | Continued
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