The National Conversation (Raw)

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Value Shift

Remember Gary Hart, Donna Rice and the boat Monkey Business? Seems like a lifetime ago . . . back when morality mattered.

When this story was first reported EVERYONE ignored it.

Looks like the author of "the Two Americas" is leading a double life himself... not that there's anything wrong with that.

Right?

What Happened?

I've been out of commission for the last few days... Did the U.S. hold an election? When did Obama become the President of the United States? I turn on the TV and see that Obama is meeting with foreign leaders, setting policy and talking withdrawal timetables?

What the hell?

Shelby Steele weighs in on Jesse's hate for Obama

From WSJ.com's Opinion page, a thoughtful piece on the bitterness behind the changing of the guard--from civil rights to civil acceptance.

Further evidence of the generational value shift that is reshaping America.

The Curse of The Mississippi Hickey?

Jason Whitlock writes a brilliant piece on the saga of Brett and Ted. I'm too close to the situation. I needed help, perspective... here it is.

The Dark Knight gets trumped

Just got back from the midnight showing of the new "Joker movie." That's what it should be called because Heath Ledger's Joker is all you want to see.

Wow! Ledger stole the show. The movie was long, but many stayed till after the credits rolled in hopes of one more glimpse of this man's talent. Didn't happen, but... Wow! Great movie.

Leave the young children at home for this one. This is not your father's Batman!!!

No Common Ground

Thanks to a few people of conscience, the rest of what of the Reverend Jesse Jackson said on the “hot mic” is starting to leak in drips and drabs to the public.

"Barack...he's talking down to black people...telling niggas how to behave…" is the latest shoe to drop from the career killing quip. The Reverend Jackson, champion of the downtrodden, used the N-word to describe the down trodden.

“Niggas.”

Remember the Michael Richards incident? Wasn't it the Reverend Jesse Jackson who called for a boycott of all DVDs from the show Seinfeld because of Michael Richards using the N-word in a comedy routine? Didn't the NAACP hold a funeral for the N-word just a few months ago. So symbolic, so sincere . . . America's premier civil rights organization standing at the casket, burying the word “nigga” and all of its cousins, forever...

Well, burying it for public use, that is. Like I told you in a previous blog post, the NAACP didn't bury the word -- as long as the civil rights generation is around the N-word will be alive and well. This is what goes on behind closed doors, all the time!

Will this new information damage the good Reverend’s name among black folk? Nigga, please! It won't even cause a ripple...black folks know that this is how black folks refer to other black folks. Jesse Jackson has just given Americans of African descent permission to... resurrect the undead.

It's the white folks (and the rest of the Americans) who should be outraged! Especially all of the dumb-ass, guilt-ridden corporations that caved into Jackson's demands over the years. It's the Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfelds and the Don Imases of the world who should be outraged! Can you imagine?

The Reverends Jackson and Sharpton have literally fleeced millions of dollars from the double standard.

Millions.

But the “civil rights” chickens have come home to roost in glorious technicolor and surround sound.

Those who live by the sword die by the sword. In this case, the sword is the word “nigga,” used against Jackson’s own people, while trying to tear down their black messiah. 

Now that’s justice.

Jesse Jackson’s power, influence and legacy are ruined by the words that flowed so freely . . . falling, dancing from his lips! His whole career ruined, with a racial slip.

Wow.

Class Trip

How nice. The SMU basketball team gets to go on a cultural exchange because a few of its players are from Senegal.

"I think now they really know like where we came from," said senior center Bamba Fall.

Why is that important? Will the team play better because members know their African roots? What happens if the Africans get cut and a Chinese player walks on…

Does this mean that next year the team will hold hands, sings Kum Ba Yah, and fly to China?

McCain kisses the ring.

So, in the year of Obama our lord, and against my advice, John McCain prostrated himself before the great NAACP… Why?

In light of the recent "Obama's nuts" flap, does McCain feel he can make inroads with the antiquated ball-snatching liberals of America's oldest civil rights organization? (Don't be fooled . . . Jesse was speaking for a generation.)

And if so, to what end?

Why is McCain going to speak to the NAACP? What is it that he wishes to accomplish by pandering to a has-been organization?

Side Bar: If the Chocolate Jesus wins the election and brings the nation together in a new era of hope and change, will we no longer need groups like the NAACP and LARASA?

Well, at least McCain has never "spoken down" to black people. Right? Maybe he feels he has a generational bond with the old codgers of the NAACP?  Maybe he wants to forge an alliance against the young guy?

"Vote for me, I'm old like you!"

Or Maybe McCain just doesn't get it.  McCain speaking to the NAACP is like Bush campaigning in California. It's a waste of time, energy (which he needs), and it plays into old stereotypes that reflect… wow, it reflects the era that shaped John McCain's world view.

We are so screwed in '08.

Lest We Forget

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This billboard is creating quite a stir. It has a picture of the burning World Trade Center and the message, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat." The man who paid for the ad says he's trying to help Republicans, but officials with both political parties are calling the billboard inappropriate.

"Members of both parties," what does that mean any more? What do conservatives think about the message? In the not so dark recesses of many Americans' minds, Democrats / the Left are soft on terror and there is real fear that if they get back into the White House, their weakness will be exploited.

This billboard is as appropriate as Hamas endorsing Barack Obama for President.