Ate Crow Yesterday ... Screw You Today
Yesterday, I watched the president give a concession speech as if he had lost the presidency. Gone was this president's smirk and swagger. All of a sudden the Democrats were as concerned about the...
View ArticleWhat's With the Guns
Dude, I just got back from shooting over at my boss Don's house. Man, they had 50 calibers, AK-47s, AR-15s, dude they had everything. Twenty five guys and there was at least 100-150 guns. Man a police...
View ArticleProblem with Pelosi: Those Pesky Reproductive Organs
I read Digby at still dark this morning and Greenwald during the coffee hours as suggested by dmsilev. From Greenwald:She's not even Speaker yet, and they've already pronounced her to be a bitchy,...
View ArticleWashington Journal: My Skin Ain't Thick Enough
Watching C-Span this morning, Irealize my skin ain't thick enough to handle the misinformation that pervades the positions of my fellow Americans. It's disheartening. On the plus side, the review of...
View ArticleKilpatrick, Black Caucus and Balancing
From AP:The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday tapped Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the next two years, when black lawmakers will wield more power in Congress than ever....
View ArticleOn Behalf of the President: "I Apologize"
This holiday season is a time of thanksgiving, reflection, forgiveness and rebirth. In that tradition, I would first like to sincerely apologize to everyone, on behalf of the president of the United...
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Sacrifice and the Passing of My Grandfather [updated w/ pic]
A couple of calls at 3:30 AM but I already knew it was one of my two sisters and I already knew that my grandfather had passed. Actually, my wife had fielded a call an hour earlier and allowed me to...
View ArticleKing's Final Speech: "The Mountaintop"
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his final address on April 3, 1968 at a mass meeting at the Bishop Charles Mason Temple Church of God in Memphis, TN. If you haven't listened to it...
View ArticleSMU and Bush Library: In Depth
Yesterday's Midday Open Thread"Bush is already unpopular in his future as ex-president" and Cheers and Jeers from last Thursday cheering an "escalation" to opposition by Southern Methodist University...
View ArticleBlack Conservative Talking Heads: 'Why They Fail'
African American conservatives have and continue to be ineffective in reaching the African American electorate for a number of reasons. Foremost, they can be found extoling ideas within the...
View ArticlePundits Salivate While Accusing Dems of Salivating
The most ridiculous, hyperbolic, overblown, I know what you're thinking, psychic ball crap of the year has been uttered today concerning the excitement of the Dems and the Democratic candidates over...
View ArticleHandcuffing the Generals: Read the Constitution
The American people are continually bombarded with the Republican talking points concerning timetables in the upcoming war spending bill. Our prestigious president and vice president spent the morning...
View ArticleUndercover Republicans
I met a guy a few years ago when I moved to Orlando and we hit it off perfectly. He is carefree; I am carefree. We had great conversations and just always had a good time.He plays guitar in a band and...
View ArticleMy Mother, Summer Travels, Book List Request
I have been in Nashville, off and on, for the past eight months working with my mother on a historical project. My mother is a history professor at the university from which I graduated. This summer,...
View ArticleBlacks Joining Army Decline: Ignore the Obvious
A June 24 AP article "Decline for military in black recruits" cited "other job prospects are soaring" and "relatives of potential recruits increasingly are discouraging them from joining" as the top...
View ArticleWhy I Need a Hug
It could be that I haven't slept a lot and that usually makes my body temperature seem a degree or two warmer. It could be that I have been away from home since October of last year working on a...
View ArticleIraq Veteran: Bush Ignored Military Realities
On the op/ed page in today's Tennessean, a soldier opines on the bleakness of the Iraq war, that the president ignored the military reality of Iraq.I can almost hear the sadness in the voice of Iraq...
View ArticleTired of Clinton/Obama Stupidity
First of all, I made a poor decision which resulted in me not being able to go to Yearly Kos so I'm pissed. Secondly, this O'Reilly bullshit has me doubly pissed. We oughta open up both barrels and let...
View ArticleVets on Hardball debate draft [updated]
After the Pentagon came out denying that they were giving any consideration to reinstituting the draft, in opposition to Lieutenant General Douglas Lute's statement Friday, the draft continues in the...
View ArticleHarman on KO: McConnell's heart in "right place"
[Paraphrasing while I'm watching Countdown with KO], I was astonished to see Rep. Harman (D, CA) say Senator Mitch McConnell's [R, KY] heart is in the right place because he is knowledgable on...
View ArticleFill-in-the-blank Warns U.S.
In several news stories of the past couple of weeks, the phrase "warns U.S." has appeared over and again. These warnings have come from countries in Asia and the Middle East, messages to the United...
View ArticleBREAKING: Curtis resigns
State Rep. Richard Curtis, R-La Center has resigned from office in a statement released to the Republican caucus.The Columbian:In a statement released by the Republican caucus, Curtis, R-La Center,...
View ArticleBreaking: Al-Jazeera to air new bin Laden tape
CNN just reported that Al-Jazeera has a new audio tape of bin Laden.
View ArticleKudos to the U.S. Army
For Thanksgiving, my Big Mama traveled from Piedmont, AL to Nashville, as much to visit her sister, ill, in an elderly home, as to celebrate the holiday. Having visited last month, she knew that her...
View ArticleJust Saying Thank You
Having succumbed to rubbernecking against my better judgment and supposedly my superior character at far too many diary battles, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to every single individual...
View ArticleTucker and Daily Kos
Tucker just said that Dailykos (that single entity, Jonathan E.Dailykos) said that a Romney win would be diluted or polluted beccause of Democratic voters being a part of the process. Aaaaaaaa [buzzer...
View ArticleBob Johnson: Apology Unaccepted
[Warning: This diary is about black stuff, is politically incorrect and I am unapologetic.]Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson apologized today for the remarks he made concerning Senator...
View ArticleTo my Black friends, why send me Obama e-mail
When the first slew of Obama is a secret Muslim e-mails came to my inbox, I was not surprised. That one in particular came from an African American schoolteacher responsible for nurturing and inspiring...
View ArticleBush's 5th Anniversary Lies - Chocked Full of Untruthiness
I watched Bush's address this morning as a citizen. I had to shush my wife a couple of times from outrage; she was supposed to be downstairs working. After his address, MSNBC had on a general and the...
View ArticleBob Johnson: Please Sit Down
Billionaire BET founder Bob Johnson sent a letter to Majority Whip James Clyburn seeking to lobby the Congressional Black Caucus to support Senator Clinton for VP. If Johnson had any true friends, say...
View ArticleIraq War conversation with 17 year old niece
I have watched over the weekend as pundit after pundit has discussed Senator Obama and his "new"position on the Iraq War. And what's sad is that it is Beltway Punditland as usual.The McCain campaign is...
View ArticleGot An Obama E-mail Today
A friend of mine, a conservative African American female in GA, received this email today at her job and forwarded it to me. Aside from the fact that the person that forwarded it to her simply works at...
View ArticleMasochist: I watched 'Hardball' twice
I watched Hardball a second time today, the first segment, just to again witness the depth of the ridiculousness that is today's talking points masquerading as political analysis. Mike Barnicle,...
View ArticleThe Globe Has Voted: Obama Landslide Victory
The past seven and a half years have been demonstrative of the present administration's disdain for everything not Bush, including the judgment of leaders of nations around the world and the will of...
View ArticleIs Anybody Listening to Andrea Mitchell
She just said that criticizing Bush was the whole point to the speech the day before. She said that there will be plenty of time to get at Obama on his issues "if he would ever agree to town hall...
View ArticleFemale suicide bombers kill dozens in Iraq
McClatchy:By Nicholas Spangler and Hussein Kadhim | McClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD — Female suicide bombers attacked crowds in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday morning as part of a...
View ArticleObama, A Liar asks MSNBC
The pundit interviewing Kofinis just asked if Obama was a liar.
View ArticleWMDs
My wife woke me up from a nightmare. Couldn't go back to sleep. Wrote this.[Chorus] WMDs WMDs Three letters that brought a great superpower to its knees Three letters that made a sovereign nation...
View ArticleAs Ike Strikes Some Gas Stations Gouge
My sister called me traveling from Alabama back to Nashville on I-24 W last night. I was going to stop for gas she told me but the two gas stations off the exit had a line of cars. A truck driver told...
View ArticleSen. Byron Dorgan on C-Span 2 now (Liveblogging)
Senator Dorgan is doing an incredible job of explaining the mortgage meltdown.Short diary. Will add quote summaries.He is now saying that he wished that he had not been right with the merging of...
View ArticleYou Could Eat Kittens
My wife called and asked what I was doing; she could hear MSNBC in the background. In Denver on business and at Kinko's, I told her that the stock market was down 200 points in the first ten minutes...
View ArticleInstead of Our Daughters and Sons
What would you have taken instead of our sons We would have given everything that we had What would you have taken instead of our daughters What would you have taken Instead of...
View ArticleWhat I've Read this Morning (had no Roundup)
In that there isn't an Abbreviated Pundit Roundup, I had to read for myself. I usually leave the conservative pages to the qualified but since no one is chewing my food for me and regurgitating, I had...
View ArticleBlack Man Yawning
The eight years of the last administration were so horrific that at times it seemed it was the work of Hollywood writers, production and special effects ('Wag the WMD' notwithstanding). Could Congress...
View ArticleTo My Democrat Friend
We have been friends a long time, almost 30 years and I just can't see how you can support the most socialist president ever. As a white man that believes in equality, when he was first elected, even...
View ArticleArianna, Biden and Resignation
Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post fame argues that Vice President Joe Biden should resign from office if the President decides to escalate the war in Afghanistan.I have an idea for how he can...
View Article14 Americans Killed In 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
From Yahoo News:Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday — 11 troops and three drug agents — in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as...
View ArticlePlease Advise: Threat or Free Speech (Profanity in Diary)
[UPDATE: THIS DIARY CONTAINS PROFANITY. MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT WARNING BEFORE. THANK YOU]This will be a short diary seeking advice. I received a phone call this noon from a friend in another city that...
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Minister talks DOMA during Wedding Ceremony
Groomsmen and groom pray before wedding. I attended a wedding Saturday that was the ceremony of dreams. The bride and groom laughed and joked during the entire ceremony with inside jokes almost...
View ArticleObama Aides Doubt Clinton Strategy on MSNBC
I was watching Thomas Roberts at 5:30 ET on MSNBC and he carried a story from BuzzFeed, “Obama Aides Doubt Clinton Strategy.” I hadn’t read the article at the time but the MSNBC story was another case...
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