Quick and Early Start for Blacks

Posted on October 24th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Barack Obama, News, Someone We Actually Like

Posted by Bossip Staff

Blacks are getting an early start to this year’s presidential election, according to Livesteez.

Americans are voting early in large numbers this year — and African-Americans in several states are turning out in disproportionate numbers. Some fear that polling places in predominantly black neighborhoods will be overwhelmed by a record turnout on Election Day. Others are voting early to be certain the chance to elect the first black U.S. president doesn’t slip away. Lorene Smith was in her twenties when she marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She witnessed first-hand all kinds of history-book images — the fire hoses, police dogs and flailing billy clubs. Now, at 65, she has graying hair and a bad back that prevents her from standing too long. She is taking no chances with a ballot she once believed could never be cast — a vote for an African-American presidential candidate.”We gonna have two little black girls in the White House running up and down the hallways to find their dog,” she said as she voted Tuesday

No one has united the black community the way Obama has, since Martin used to come on in the early to mid 90′s. It’s been a long time coming and we are elated to see the type of support shown for Obama. YES WE CAN!!!!!

Read the full Livesteez story here.

  • lil latte

    Good Morning all!!!

  • Vito

    I love it & I can’t wait to vote.

  • WundaBoy

    Yes We Can! Yes We Can! Im going to vote today!

  • I’m Just Me-Buffalo Bills (5-1) WE GOT MIAMI ON SUNDAY!!!

    NEW YORK – Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former press secretary who angered old colleagues with a tell-all book earlier this year, said Thursday he is backing Barack Obama for president.

    McClellan is the second former administration official to back the Democratic candidate this week. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell came out Sunday for Obama.

    While Powell chose “Meet the Press” to make his news, McClellan did it at the taping of comedian D.L. Hughley’s new talk show, which is premiering 10 p.m. Saturday on CNN.

    Hughley found a little begging helped.

    “We are a new show and your endorsement would probably mean a lot,” Hughley said. “But don’t look at the fact that I am black or, no pressure. Endorse somebody, damn it!”

    McClellan, who was Bush’s chief spokesman from July 2003 to April 2006, said he’s always planned to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done.

    “I will be voting for Barack Obama,” he said.

    McClellan is also giving an extended interview on “Larry King Live” on Friday to talk about his endorsement.

    McClellan grew disillusioned after leaving the administration and wrote a book, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception,” that surprised many for its blunt talk. He admitted to being part of a White House effort to shade the truth about the case for war in Iraq.

    The White House said Bush was surprised and saddened about the book.

  • Tasha

    I am so excited and have NEVER been this excited for an election since Clinton but even then I was as this elated to vote for the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT! Not only because he’s black I’ll vote for him but I am for EVERYTHING he stands for and he’s just as human as we as a people are. No puppet or acting, just himself!! OBAMA!!!

  • http://www.gravatar.com Re (MADVILLIANY…I heart DangerDoom)

    WOW! Awesome…black people uniting…I love it.

    I can’t wait until November 4th! I’ll be at the polls…after work, and right before my class at 6:30pm!

  • sweet_lies

    i’m tryin’a vote early! how can u do that?

  • Sawyer

    “No one has united the black community the way Obama has, since Martin used to come on in the early to mid 90’s.”

    This is such a true statement and this man has the chance to do something so big, so great that my generation has never witnessed! The elders in my family said to me the way they (white people) talk about Obama is the way they talked about Dr. King! If he stays on the right track and keep his head on straight, he too will be remember in such a great way. God has a plan for us all…and God’s plan for Bush was to make way for Obama!

    Think about it people, Bush’s mistakes have made it possible that this country (in all its racial glory) would put a black man in charge!

    WOW! Saying this is historic is an understatement!

  • young

    YES WE CAN!!!

  • da darkness

    the reasons why caucasians esp. men on the right are soooo mad about Obama winning:

    1the idiots think blacks are or were 3/5 of a man

    2he has a tight family and he’s so divining.

    3the republican party period is for rich white men, not even the white women, but rich southern confederate whites. “Non-ethnic” so Mccain is a problem with doing the right thing. Peep how Obama hasn’t mentioned anything about “Keating five.” McCain’s blunder with ousting a billion from tax payers. Keating by the way went to jail everybody.

    say it straight

    Obama 2008

  • Trend

    I saw many people are discussing this on the forum of black dating site called —-Bigblackconnect.com—–. You may go there to check it if you are interested. Maybe you can meet your life partner there.

  • Sydney

    Good morning :)

    The NY Times endorsed Obama this morning, nytimes(dot)com. And the NY Times Magazine will run a highly anticipated article on the behind the scenes strategy of the McCain campaign.

    Also, this is from Politico(dot)com on rising dissent within the GOP:

    Blame game: GOP forms circular firing squad

    By: Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen and John F. Harris

    October 24, 2008 08:43 AM EST

    With despair rising even among many of John McCain’s own advisors, influential Republicans inside and outside his campaign are engaged in an intense round of blame-casting and rear-covering—-much of it virtually conceding that an Election Day rout is likely.

    A McCain interview published Thursday in the Washington Times sparked the latest and most nasty round of Washington finger-pointing, with senior GOP hands close to President Bush and top congressional aides denouncing the candidate for what they said was an unfocused message and poorly executed campaign.

    McCain told the Times that the administration “let things get completely out of hand” through eight years of bad decisions about Iraq, global warming, and big spending.

    The candidate’s strategists in recent days have become increasingly vocal in interviews and conference calls about what they call unfair news media coverage and Barack Obama’s wide financial advantage — both complaints laying down a post-election storyline for why their own efforts proved ineffectual.

    These public comments offer a whiff of an increasingly acrid behind-the-scenes GOP meltdown—a blame game played out through not-for-attribution comments to reporters that operatives know will find their way into circulation.

    Top Republican officials have let it be known they are distressed about McCain’s organization. Coordination between the McCain campaign and Republican National Committee, always uneven, is now nearly dysfunctional, with little high-level contact and intelligence-sharing between the two.

    “There is no communication,” lamented one top Republican. “It drives you crazy.”

    At his Northern Virginia headquarters, some McCain aides are already speaking of the campaign in the past tense. Morale, even among some of the heartiest and most loyal staffers, has plummeted. And many past and current McCain advisors are warring with each other over who led the candidate astray.

  • Mike

    “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely”

  • Lee Lee

    I hope everyone is also blogging on the the other mainstream websites about your support for Obama! Especially Ms Buffalo Bill. Because I learned a lot of information about this election.

  • Sydney

    Also, another Republican defection for Obama:

    SALEM, N.H.—Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president, citing the senator’s steady leadership, good judgment and ability to unify Democrats, Republicans and independents.

    “Senator Obama is a once-in-a-lifetime candidate who will transform our politics and restore America’s standing in the world,” Weld said in a statement released Friday. “We need a president who will lead based on our common values and Senator Obama demonstrates an ability to unite and inspire.

    “Throughout this campaign I’ve watched his steady leadership through trying times and I’m confident he is the best candidate to move our country forward,” Weld said.

    Weld planned to hold a news conference at Obama’s campaign office in Salem at 11 a.m.

  • Encyclopedia Brown

    That’s progress baby

  • WhatsYoursIsMine-Voting Early and I can’t wait!!!!!

    Yes we can and Yes we will!!!! I voted on Monday, and it was worth the wait!!!

    Please, people, if you go to a polling place and there’s a line, do not leave!!! Just wait in line. I voted in South Dallas (the most underserved area of Dallas) on my lunch break and was able to get out within less than an hour. It’s worth the wait, do not leave!!!!!!!!

  • eddiedollars215

    @Sydney… What do you make of this…?

    Have you ever heard of operation northwoods…?

    What do you make of “generated crisis”…?

    Bolton: Obama Presidency Tested by ‘International Crisis’ Is ‘Realistic’

    Josiah Ryan

    CNSNews

    October 23, 2008

    Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s warning that a President Barack Obama would be tested by an “international crisis” in his first six months in the White House is not unrealistic, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told CNSNews com on Wednesday.

    However, at a campaign stop in Richmond, Va., that same day, Obama dismissed his running mate’s comments, explaining that Biden sometimes employs “rhetorical flourishes” while speaking.

    Bolton told CNSNews com: “I agree with Senator Biden’s concern. I think there are a variety of things going on internationally that could result in a crisis for the next president within six months or even before.”

    At a fundraiser on Oct. 19, Biden had said: “Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. … The world is looking. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”

    Biden added that when the crisis occurs, Americans will need to stand firmly behind President Obama because it’s “not going to be apparent initially … that we’re right.”

    Bolton said he thinks Biden’s choice of the word “generated” was fitting.

    “What I thought was interesting about what Sen. Biden said is that he used the phrase ‘generated crisis,’” Bolton told CNSNews com.

    “In other words, a crisis that would be created by one of our adversaries to, in effect, test Senator Obama. I would not begin to presume what was going through Senator Biden’s thought process when he said that – but I think it a realistic assessment of what might happen,” he said.

    Bolton said the risk of an inexperienced president overreacting to prove himself could be even more dangerous than an under-reaction.

    “The risk of an untried president is not only that he wouldn’t respond adequately, but I think there is the risk of an excessive reaction,” said Bolton. “The desire to prove, as Sen. Biden said, that Senator Obama has steel in his spine, proving how tough you are, can sometimes lead to an overreaction which would be as, or more dangerous, for the United States than what an under-reaction would be. I am grateful to Senator Biden for bringing it up for us.”

    On Tuesday, the McCain campaign started to comment on Biden’s remark.

    “I guess we have to say, ‘thanks for the warning, Joe,’” Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told a crowd in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday.

    Biden “told Democrat donors to mark his words – that there were ‘at least four or five scenarios’ that would place our country at risk in an Obama administration,” said Palin. “But I guess the looming crisis that most worries the Obama campaign right now is Joe Biden’s next speaking engagement. Let’s call that crisis scenario number five.”

    At his Richmond campaign stop on Wednesday, Obama also said of Biden’s remarks, “I think his core point was that the next administration is going to be tested. Whoever the next president is going to be is going to have to deal with a whole host of problems.”

  • GOALdigger

    Who said black people can’t be early for anything?

  • Ieshia

    THATS RIGHT PEOPLE GET OUT AND VOTE SO WE CAN HAVE OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT

  • Capricorn Crazy

    Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s warning that a President Barack Obama would be tested by an “international crisis” in his first six months in the White House is not unrealistic

    ______________________________________________

    This is old NEWS!!!!…No matter WHO the President is he will be tested in the first year of presidency.

  • Capricorn Crazy

    Who said black people can’t be early for anything?

    __________________________________________________

    LOL! Some of us voting on CP time…SMH!…Let’s make a difference!

  • Ieshia

    LMAO @ GOALdigger

  • eddiedollars215

    @former mrs. philly… no doubt… that is not what I asked… listen carefully… “generated crisis”… that’s why I asked if anyone has ever heard of operation northwoods… I am not trying to bash Obama (this time hahaha)… YOU ARE RIGHT THEY WILL TEST WHOEVER… PLEASE DO NOT MISS MY POINT…

    HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF OPERATION NORTHWOODS…?

    WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE USE OF THE WORD “GENERATED”…?

    I AM SORRY IF I COME OFF AS OFFENSIVE THAT IS NOT MY INTENTION… BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL…

  • Lee Lee

    Is anyone going to show a little extra support and have carpools to voting areas. Carpools for Obamas support that is?

  • Sydney

    @eddiedollars

    Short Answer: Any new president will be tested in a new administration. We are in a weakened economic states, in two wars, and our military resources are stretched.

    @WhatsYoursIsMine

    Hey, I want to get your thoughts on the apparent unraveling of the GOP. Even Republicans in blazing red states are in danger of losing their races.

    GOALdigger, you’re hilarious, but on point. This time, black folks didn’t procrastinate. :)

  • http://guidelive.com Soulwriter

    HANDS UP IF YOU’VE VOTED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA ALREADY—-I HAVE, LET’S GET IT FAM!!! :o D

  • Sydney

    @Lee Lee

    Yes, I’m voting by absentee ballot, so I’ll be able to help out on Election Day as much as I can.

    Also, for people who haven’t voted yet, but would like to check their registration, you can visit www(dot)CanIVote(dot)org.

    Also, if you encounter any problems with voting, you can call 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).

  • eddiedollars215

    @sydney (and/or whoever else)… could you please answer the questions that matter… stop your dodging (hahaha)… I know they will test whoever that is far from the point…

    WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE WORD “GENERATED”…?

    HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF OPERATION NORTHWOODS…?

  • tara

    Obama, yeah i believe in her ablity to be a leader . but i have change my mind yesterday when i got a news from http://www.bigbisexual.com it’s said that she is dating with a young lady .as we all known he is a married man . i dont know wether it’s ture or not ..

  • IamWhiteman

    this is either proof people are voting for obama because he is black…or because he is a qualified presidential candidate…hmm..AND I WONDER??!

  • Nina Knows

    I guess that kills all that CP Time (colored people time)….. I always hated hearing that. Like Black folks cant get nowhere on time.

    Barack The Vote 08′

  • http://www.mybikermatch.com jone

    you are awesome , you rock!!my friend told me , he joined a famous celeb dating site mybikermatch. com? I just visit his blog there, amazing, he shares something deep inside that we don’t know!!!!That really moved me!!!

  • Chris

    This is great thing to see. Absentee ballot for me though, I’m sure my home state will take care of business.

  • HF

    Sawyer

    “No one has united the black community the way Obama has, since Martin used to come on in the early to mid 90’s.”

    This is such a true statement and this man has the chance to do something so big, so great that my generation has never witnessed! The elders in my family said to me the way they (white people) talk about Obama is the way they talked about Dr. King! If he stays on the right track and keep his head on straight, he too will be remember in such a great way. God has a plan for us all…and God’s plan for Bush was to make way for Obama!

    Think about it people, Bush’s mistakes have made it possible that this country (in all its racial glory) would put a black man in charge!

    WOW! Saying this is historic is an understatement!

    __________________________________________________

    Amen 2 that, Sawyer. In 2000 I was not only disillusioned that my man didn’t win, but that the Supreme Court DECIDED that Bush was IN.

    8 years later and I came 2 the same conclusion… there WAS a reason 4 George W Bush after all!

  • HF

    IamWhiteman

    this is either proof people are voting for obama because he is black…or because he is a qualified presidential candidate…hmm..AND I WONDER??!

    _______________________________________________

    I know, huh? Especially with our long track record of voting black people into office, right?

  • Chris

    @IamWhiteman

    I don’t understand why black people voting for Obama has to be because of his race alone. Last I checked, I’ve seen several people say they are voting for McCain because he is white and they don’t want a black man in office. Odd that what so many people are trying to say is dictating the black vote is actually having a more noted, through news reports, impact on the voting of white America.

  • Nina Knows

    Chris(Check me out!)

    This is great thing to see. Absentee ballot for me though, I’m sure my home state will take care of business.

    _______________________________________________

    What’s wrong, why can’t you vote? Or do you just not want to? If your not voting because you leaving it up to someone else, that’s really not a good thing…. Not to be in your business. A few people are passing information on here today, maybe you could get some help with voting? Sorry, I’f I’m prying a bit…again I apologize if I’m being intrusive.

  • Sydney

    Hi, HF :)

    Chris, I love your gravie!

  • Chris

    @Nina Knows

    I mailed in my ballot. I am voting. Lol

  • Chris

    @Sydney

    Thank you. How are you doing this morning?

  • Sydney

    Hi Nina Knows, cutie pie

    Some states don’t have early voting, and you can only vote by absentee ballot, by the way. It’s a good idea to make sure your registration is current and up to date, and you can call your state Board of Elections or visit them online.

  • Sydney

    Hi IlluminateTruth :)

    I’m fine — Happy Friday!

    Yeah, I’m going in person to turn in my absentee ballot. I don’t trust the mail. I’m very paranoid about this election. . .

  • HF

    Good morning Sydney… I knew it was only a matter of time!

    Tell him what time it is, Nina.

    I’m sick and tired of people feeling some self-righteous need 2 question black voters’ motives after we’ve voted 4 white man after white man 4 DECADES!!!

    Now our favored candidate JUST HAPPENS 2 B BLACK and now suddenly we vote based on race??????

    Just goes 2 show that the so-called “race card” is undoubtedly a white man’s invention!

    SMH

  • Sydney

    Chris, have you ever been to the restaurant on U Street named after Ellington, by the way?

  • Chris

    Sadly I’m not back at home so I have to mail mine off. Fingers crossed though

  • cutie pie*kindly putting people on blast est.1985*

    hey syd :)

  • Sydney

    I’m convinced that some of these people are trolls, and they’re visiting different sites to try to rankle people. They’re using the same lines — you’re only voting for Obama because he’s black, blah, blah, blah. . .

    Next!

  • BOMBAY

    I WISH CALIFORNIA HAD EARLY VOTING AT THE POLLS!

    WHEEEW I WILL BE AT THE POLLS AT 7AM SHARP NOVEMBER 4TH..I AM SO PROUD OF MY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW…

    YES WE CAN

    YES WE CAN

    YES WE CAN

    OBAMA 2008 AND 2012 LOL

  • reppin cabo verde& Africa

    BLACK PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS VOTED DEMOCRAT.THE FACT THAT OBAMA IS BLACK HASN’T CHANGED THE PROPORTION OF BLACKS THAT VOTE DEMOCRAT, IT JUST MAKES US MORE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE ELECTION.

    YES WE MUST!! OBAMA 08

  • Chris

    Syd,

    Not yet. I need to go when I get some free time. I love going out on U street.

  • Sydney

    @Chris

    Yeah, I called yesterday and they’re open tomorrow, so I’m going to do everything on the spot. I figure I’ll get in and out quickly.

  • Sydney

    @Chris

    Do you like Politics and Prose?

    @IlluminiateTruth

    Yeah, didn’t he make excellent points yesterday? I think the two of you have similar views, and it has been a pleasure talking with both of you this week. :)

  • Sydney

    *IlluminateTruth* Sorry

  • Chris

    @ Illuminate

    Thank you very much.

    I am studying corporate and tax law. I’ve always loved business and that’s what made me get my MBA. Most likely I will go into the business world and hopefully start up some nonprofits for the community.

  • Sydney

    LOL @ IlluminateTruth

    Oh, he only surrounds himself with brilliant people, but this race has been wonderful to watch. Isn’t it exciting? :)

    You’re alright with me, too. I actually thought a lot about you comments and you crystallized perfectly my own views on relationships. You didn’t make me feel like I was saying anything obtuse or unreasonable, and I thank you again.

  • Sydney

    @IlluminateTruth

    LOL! Well, I like to stay informed. Did you hear about the woman who’s a McCain supporter and she claims that a black man mugged her and carved a “B” on her face? The police are giving her a polygraph test because her story sounds shaky.

  • Chris

    @ Illuminate

    I’ve been reading your posts and have really enjoyed them. I am definitely going to be sure to frequent here more often. There really are some brilliant people around here.

  • Sydney

    Hey Nina! Let me know when you vote and if you have any problems, please. There’s a voter suppression wiki that is also online, in case people have stories they want to share.

    Also, here’s more on the story I mentioned in Pittsburgh:

    Police say there are inconsistencies in the story of a McCain campaign staffer who told them she was mugged in Bloomfield on Wednesday night by a man who etched a “B” on her cheek when he saw a McCain sticker on her car.

    Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, spent five hours with robbery detectives last night at police headquarters, where she took a polygraph test. She told police that a man robbed her as she tried to take money from an ATM machine at Pearl Street and Liberty Avenue around 9 p.m. Wednesday.

    Ms. Todd told police she then began walking to her car, which had McCain stickers on it. She told police that although the robber had moved away from her, he became agitated when he saw her car, punched her in the back of the head, pushed her to the ground and carved the letter into her face. Yesterday, she said the man sexually assaulted her, a detail that police said she didn’t mention in the initial report.

    Police today said that security camera footage from the Citizens Bank doesn’t show the incident, but it could have happened outside the camera’s range. Police also said they have found no witnesses to the attack. Ms. Todd has said she will return for further interviewing today and will help police create a composite sketch of her attacker.

    He is described as a 6-foot 4-inch, 200-pound black man, with medium build and short black hair.

  • joey b

    the article said ” since Martin used to come on in the early to mid 90’s”…martin luther in the 90′s? that must be a typo.

  • Nina Knows

    @chris…lol, didnt mean to jump on you. I just wanted to make sure you were voting. Hey I didnt realize your the Chris from yesterday. You had wome really good posts. You changed your gravie (which I like) but if I knew it was you, I would have known for sure your were voting!! *smile*

    @HF…

    yhea they invented the race card, and use it when they want to. They always try to turn our positives into negatives. Now they mad it’s not working. So they want to make us feel bad if your voting for Obama because he’s black. So what? I’M BLACK and I support my own (if they are about something), and plus it’s up to the individual, what reasons you have to vote for him. They always try to dictate our actions and try and control our thinking patterns. But at some point people have to think for themselves. ALWAYS think outside the box. Research (like Sydney) and follow no beast on a quest (like Illuminate Truth)!

  • Nina Knows

    Rosa sat so Martin could walk, Martin walked so Obama could run, and Obama is running so our children can Fly!

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    eddiedollars215(Check me out!)

    @former mrs. philly… no doubt… that is not what I asked… listen carefully… “generated crisis”… that’s why I asked if anyone has ever heard of operation northwoods… I am not trying to bash Obama (this time hahaha)… YOU ARE RIGHT THEY WILL TEST WHOEVER… PLEASE DO NOT MISS MY POINT…

    HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF OPERATION NORTHWOODS…?

    WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE USE OF THE WORD “GENERATED”…?

    I AM SORRY IF I COME OFF AS OFFENSIVE THAT IS NOT MY INTENTION… BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL…

    ______________________________

    Eddie “Generated Crisis” to me means sumn along the lines of 9/11. This in my eyes was a “generated or planned crisis” ….and the worse thing is the powers that be will use this so the President can pass sweeping Homeland Sucurity Legislation or some other BS act without the use of Congress…

    I will look up Operation Northwoods

  • Chris

    @Illuminate

    I plan on starting a mentorship program. Hopefully I’ll be able to get several individuals from different professions to join in. This will give our children more exposure to the opportunities that they have available to them. I pray something good comes out of it. I believe it will.

  • HF

    @ Nina

    Speaking of the race card, check this out: a GOP clerk in Indiana got busted 4 distributing propaganda around the office that called Obama a “black hitler.”

    _________________________________________________

    GOP clerk passes around Obama ‘black Hitler’ claim

    AP,

    Franklin, Ind. -A Republican county clerk distributed to two employees an Internet blog posting referring to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a “young, black Adolf Hitler.”

    Johnson County Clerk Jill Jackson said Friday that she had apologized to the employees. One had complained to police.

    The employees, who had voted for Obama in the Democratic primary, discovered the printouts at their desks after returning from Labor Day weekend, sheriff’s Deputy Doug Cox said in a police report made public this week. A surveillance video showed Jackson placing an item on one worker’s desk, he said.

    Jackson told The Associated Press that she was merely passing along an item that already was circulating in the office.

    “There was no motive, no intent,” she said. “I never intended to offend anyone.”

    The unsigned item does not mention Obama by name but refers to events in his life that make clear Obama is the target.

    “The U.S. citizens are just not ready to give up their country to this young, black ‘Adolf Hitler’ with a smile, poor direction and absolutely no experience!” it said.

    Doug Lechner, Republican Party county chairman, said the incident was unacceptable and taints Jackson’s ability to appear unbiased in administering this year’s election.

    Indiana is a swing state in this presidential election, its 11 electoral votes seen as important to Obama and to his Republican rival, John McCain. Johnson County is heavily Republican.

    Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

    __________________________________________________

    Amazing… with all this “I’m a patriot and u r not” carping from the right, It’s like McCarthyism all over again.

  • Sydney

    This is sad. . .

    By CHRISTOPHER WILLS

    The Associated Press

    Friday, October 24, 2008; 7:36 AM

    HONOLULU — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he’s not sure his gravely ill grandmother will live to see Election Day.

    Obama flew to Hawaii to visit Madelyn Dunham, 85, who helped raise Obama. The Illinois senator said he left the campaign trail with less than two weeks remaining before the election because his grandmother is ill but alert. Her brother has said she recently fell and broke a hip.

    “Without going through the details too much, she’s gravely ill. We weren’t sure and I’m still not sure whether she makes it to Election Day,” Obama told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Friday.

  • Chris

    @Nina

    No problem at all. I thought this was the gravie that was up yesterday. Oh well, glad you like it. I figured I’d pay tribute to a legend.

    I am definitely voting. This is history in the making. I am going to inauguration day and everything. So proud

  • Sydney

    “Black Hitler”?!? And then I read yesterday that another GOPer called Obama a “Muslim Socialist.” Am I in the right era? This does smack of McCarthyism — Guess what, Republicans, the Red Scare is over. This is not the Cold War. This is not Salem. Stop the scare tactics.

    And did you see the Republican on TV yesterday (forgot his name) who criticized the plane that Obama used to visit his grandmother? These people have no conscience nor soul.

  • Tina

    Brad Blakeman I think

  • Chris

    @ Sydney

    Having a soul and a conscience is not a requirement anymore. It seems that winning and getting what you want is more important than having any decency.

    I want to know why a party that touts Christian values is filled with such hatred and intolerance. Doesn’t sound very Christian to me.

    All of the Muslim bashing is outrageous as well. I am incredibly offended it by on so many levels. So much for this being that shining light on a hill or whatever Reagan called it.

  • HF

    @ Sydney

    Someone said something about Obama’s plane? What was said? It’s not like our man spent $150,000 of democrat party donation money at Neiman Marcus or something…

  • Chris

    @ HF

    Those clothes are for charity. ;)

  • HF

    @ Nina, that’s true about the way they’re considering his name… I guess they would prefer his name was “Tobey”.

  • Sydney

    Thanks, Tina, you’re right about his name.

    Yes, HF, this guy groused about the plane Obama used to visit his “grandma,” and he used it as a counterpoint against criticism of Palin’s wardrobe spending:

    Republican strategist Brad Blakeman, responding to a question about how John McCain could square his opposition to wasteful spending with the RNC shelling out over $150,000 on clothes and accessories for Sarah Palin, said that the real outrage is Barack Obama “taking a 767 campaign plane to go visit Grandma.” This is the same grandmother who raised Obama and who is very seriously ill. Blakeman continued, “Forget about the energy that is wasted, what about the hundreds of thousands of dollars to take a private trip when this guy should be humping his bags on a commercial plane or taking a smaller plane. Taking a 767 of campaign money from people who could least afford it is more of an outrage in my opinion.” Anchor David Schuster, laughing, replied, “That is one of the most valiant tries I have ever seen in this entire debate about Sarah Palin’s clothing allowance.”

  • HF

    @ Chris

    BWAHAHAHAHHAAHAHA!!

  • Nina Knows

    @Sydney…

    next thing they’ll be linking him to witch craft, and say he practices satanic voodoo. I swear they “trying” to pull everything their little puny, pathedic brains can think of.

  • WhatsYoursIsMine-Voting Early and I can’t wait!!!!!

    @Sydney-

    I hate to see infighting in any political group, especially with my being an independent. The way people have lied and denied during this election process has made me glad I registered to be a Democrat so I could participate in the Primary/Caucus in TX, and will probably keep my registration as such. I have a lot of military members in my family who are quietly supporting the DEM ticket, especially because of the infighting. A lot of that trickles down into the military and the energy industry, we have some of those people in my family and community. When the GOP starts to fall apart, industries often fall right behind it.

  • HF

    @ Sydney

    WTF??? They want Obama 2 get on Valujet?????

    Dang, Blakeman,.. in case u hadn’t noticed, he’s a Presidential candidate…and a black 1 at that. This means that standing in line at the airport in D.C. 2 fly commercial is out of the question.

    I guess he should have paddled a gondola with the secret service keeping pace on either side or something??????????

  • Sydney

    @Chris

    You’re so right about the Republicans and their “Christian” values. For a party that’s so supposedly focused on all that’s good and holy, they emit tremendous hatred and intolerance. It’s unbelievable. And they’re really going out on the deep end — even by their standards — in this election. They’ve tried to connect Obama to mass murderers, terrorists (although McCain associated with G. Gordon Liddy and some other unsavory characters, and Palin’s hubby is linked to secessionists in Alaska), etc. The hypocrisy is unreal.

    @Nina

    They can’t try to connect to witchcraft (but who knows, they’ve already called him “Hitler” — the audacity!) because Failin’ Palin is already linked to a Kenyan pastor who tracked down a woman suspected of witchcraft. I watched the video of him praying over her, and as I’ve said on here before, it was like a real-life version of the Blair Witch Project.

  • HF

    Nina Knows(Check me out!)

    @Sydney…

    next thing they’ll be linking him to witch craft, and say he practices satanic voodoo. I swear they “trying” to pull everything their little puny, pathedic brains can think of.

    ________________________________________________

    Nina, Failin Palin is the 1 with the video of her witchdoctor excorcising demons from her.

    Seriously.

  • HF

    Syndey… we typed those responses at the same time… spooky!

  • krissy

    this is either proof people are voting for obama because he is black…or because he is a qualified presidential candidate…hmm..AND I WONDER??!

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    Who the f**k cares, how does that affect you at all…when we have been held down based on our skin color alone for so many years and still are being treated like crap…i respect that woman, she not only dealt with racism but was able to march with Dr. King and now is blessed to see a man like Obama come this close to winning presidency, i bet thats the best feeling in the world and we should be proud, b/c not too long ago, we could not even vote and its a shame how long it has taken for blacks to be recognized for our achievements, it shows that all races can achieve something even after being put down for years, people died and fought for us to get to this point, so i’m happy they did not die in vain so before u talk about race and how people are voting on Obama based on color alone, u remember how many people sacrificed, lost their lives, family members, etc. just b/c of the color of their skin….

  • Sydney

    @HF

    Yup, he’s a black candidate, and more importantly, he’s a black candidate who needs extra security. This hasn’t made the news much, but I’ve counted at least three assassination plots that have been uncovered during the race.

    @IlluminateTruth

    And the ridiculousness of all the “He’s a Muslim” talk is that these are the same people who want to bring up Rev. Wright. Make up your mind, folks. This is confusing, ugly, and unproductive.

    @WhatsYoursIsMine

    I think the GOP brought a lot of this infighting on themselves. Bush is one of the most unpopular — if not the most — presidents in history. No one wants to be linked to him. The Republican brand is tarnished, and they’re pointing fingers in a blame game.

    After this election, despite who’s in office (although I really hope it’s Obama), we have to put the partisan divisions aside and pull together as a united nation. This economic crisis is bigger than I think some of us realize (Greenspan’s comments yesterday frightened me). We’re vulnerable, and we’re going to need everyone to pitch in and help get us out of this debacle.

  • Chris

    @ Illuminate

    We’ve visited a lot of the sites that are deep in masonic architecture and influence around here. Still haven’t gone by the official headquarters though.

    Never have been a fan of Reagan and friends

  • Sydney

    LOL! We did type those at the same time, HF!

    We’ve been blogging together so long, we’re starting to think alike, LMAO.

  • Nina Knows

    HF(Check me out!)

    Syndey… we typed those responses at the same time… spooky!

    ______________________________________________

    LOL, that’s exactly what I was thinking!!

    @Redd Tony… all I can say for now is WOW!! Less like Ironic and more like on purpose. I always knew, 9-11 was very well known, before it was KNOWN OR DONE.

  • cutie pie*kindly putting people on blast est.1985*

    I just love it when redd and eddie are on at the same time :) ..tell it brothers tell it…

  • Tina

    @IlluminateTruth

    FYI, that was a masonic reference to Lucifer. Being in the D.C. area you are surrounded by masonic symbolism. Shining light, is a reference to the fallen star, the illuminate one or the anti-Christ. Anything but Christian. Both Daddy Bush and Baby Bush are masons also, not to mention members of the Yale based “Skull and Bones”, the (so called) fraternity many of the past leaders in government, business and especially law have belonged to. That is a topic for another thread though.

    _______________________________________

    Very true. Isn’t John Kerry a member of Skull and Bones, and related to the Bush family? You’re right about the masonic symbolism. It is in D.C., just like it’s on the one dollar bill. Illuminati symbols are everywhere.

  • Sydney

    Wait, HF, we even both called “Failin Palin. . .”

    Now, I am spooked!

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    IlluminateTruth(Check me out!)

    “So much for this being that shining light on a hill or whatever Reagan called it.”

    @ Chris

    FYI, that was a masonic reference to Lucifer. Being in the D.C. area you are surrounded by masonic symbolism. Shining light, is a reference to the fallen star, the illuminate one or the anti-Christ. Anything but Christian. Both Daddy Bush and Baby Bush are masons also, not to mention members of the Yale based “Skull and Bones”, the (so called) fraternity many of the past leaders in government, business and especially law have belonged to. That is a topic for another thread though.

    __________________________-

    I beleive what you have mentioned is appropriate for this thread

  • HF

    @ Sydney

    U poor kid!

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAaaaaa!!!!

  • Sydney

    OK, are we going to start talking about the “Illuminati” and various conspiracy theories??

    *one foot out of the door*

  • Sydney

    @HF

    I know, right? :)

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Sydney(Check me out!)

    OK, are we going to start talking about the “Illuminati” and various conspiracy theories??

    *one foot out of the door*

    ____________________-

    Dont be afraid of truth Sydney….

  • eddiedollars215

    OK… so now we’ve got biden and bolton talking about some generated international crisis… talking about “we may appear to be wrong at first… stick with us” we got the godfather of haiti colin powell talking about “some crisis we don’t even know about happening around the 21st or 22nd of the new year”… we got chertoff playing down the “al CIA da” threat and saying he is worried about “domestic violence/civil unrest”… this is like the ultimate win win… if Obama doesn’t win… it’s racism and voter fraud… if he does win its like a mandate to bring in this whole Malthusian globalist agenda… either they get a new face in office to further the agenda… or they could have Obama lose in an attempt to set off riots and bring in physical marshall law for real…

  • Tina

    @Sydney

    Bring your foot back in here, girl! LOL

  • Sydney

    I’m not afraid of the “truth,” but I am afraid of “crazy. . .”

    From eddiedollars:

    “if he does win its like a mandate to bring in this whole Malthusian globalist agenda… either they get a new face in office to further the agenda… or they could have Obama lose in an attempt to set off riots and bring in physical marshall law for real…”

    Oh Hell No.

    Peace out, people!

  • Tina

    LOL@ Hot Sauce

    Are you serious?

  • WordtotheWise

    I’ve all ready voted absentee ballot! Yep, Obama’s my man, and just as Sydney stated, IamWhiteMan is a troll. Click the “ignore” button.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    IlluminateTruth(Check me out!)

    OK, are we going to start talking about the “Illuminati” and various conspiracy theories??

    *one foot out of the door*

    @ Sydney

    Nope, I’m done. I will leave you with one thought though (just for kicks). We are ruled by Hegalian philosophy (no conspiracy theory, actual fact) that states that control of masses based on creating and controlling conflict is the only way to bring about change. Read Redd Tony’s post on the conflict with Cuba, read up on “the Bay of Pigs” and think REAL hard about 9/11. Also, take into account that the war on Iraq was first planned during the Carter administration (the 70s!) when Iraq was our supposed ally. This information is declassified and there for anybody who cares to read it. Everything is not always what it seems. Sorry Syd. I’m done now. Back to Obama and how he is going to make all this irrelevant (smile).

    _____________________________________—

    Keep informing her of the truth, or anybody else who wishes to listen…Is our society that dumbed down with watered down undergrad, and masters degrees that we refuse to acknowledge true knowledge?

    Do you truly beleive in Obama mayne?…

  • Sydney

    @IlluminateTruth

    I understand your perspective, and that the government has been involved in some awful occurrences/plots that have been uncovered. I just object to the constant linking of these “theories” to Obama, as if he’s some mystical figure. I’m sorry, but I find that very unsettling, and I would rather not partake in those discussions.

  • Sydney

    Eddie, yes, I consider your posts to be on the unstable sign because you say things like this:

    “Obamas logo is a sign of lucifer”

    See, everyone, I told you someone said this on this site! Now I have my proof.

  • 12345

    @ joey b…. i think they were trying to be funny…. talking about martin, the tv show.

  • eddiedollars215

    @syd… like I said… you are clueless… and you obviously lack the mental capacity to use minute detail combined context clues to ascertain actual meaning… you are like a 12 year old boy snickering because i said penis…

  • eddiedollars215

    “The direct descent of the essential program of the Esoteric Schools was entrusted to groups already well-conditioned for the work. The guilds, trade unions, and similar protective and benevolent Societies had been internally strengthened by the introduction of a new learning. The advancement of the plan required the enlargement of the boundaries of the philosophic overstate. A World Fraternity was needed, sustained by a deep and broad program of education according to the ‘method.’ Such a Fraternity could not immediately include all men, but it could unite the activities of certain kinds of men, regardless of their racial or religious beliefs or the nations in which they dwelt. These were the men of ‘towardness,’ those sons of tomorrow, WHOSE SYMBOL WAS… a BLAZING SUN RISING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE EAST.”

    -Manly P. Hall

    Masonic Orders of Fraternity (p. 5)

  • eddiedollars215

    @12345… IT’S DEEPER THAN THAT… PLEASE READ… THEN DO SOME RESEARCH…

    Thursday, August 7, 2008

    Obama’s Rising Sun

    By Matthew D. Jarvie

    August 8, 2008

    “The direct descent of the essential program of the Esoteric Schools was entrusted to groups already well-conditioned for the work. The guilds, trade unions, and similar protective and benevolent Societies had been internally strengthened by the introduction of a new learning. The advancement of the plan required the enlargement of the boundaries of the philosophic overstate. A World Fraternity was needed, sustained by a deep and broad program of education according to the ‘method.’ Such a Fraternity could not immediately include all men, but it could unite the activities of certain kinds of men, regardless of their racial or religious beliefs or the nations in which they dwelt. These were the men of ‘towardness,’ those sons of tomorrow, whose symbol was… a blazing sun rising over the mountains of the east.”

    -Manly P. Hall

    Masonic Orders of Fraternity (p. 5)

    Everywhere I go I am seeing these Obama bumper stickers and yard signs with his campaign’s trademark logo of the rising sun. While Obama’s cult followers cannot fathom the idea that Obama does not represent them, but rather the international banking cartels he works for, also little do they understand the significance of his campaign logo — the same logo which was added to his campaign jet in place of the American flag. This should be of significance to anyone who has any understanding of occult symbolism, because this is the elite’s way of showing those “in the know” who Obama’s allegiance is really with.

    The rising sun has been a prominent and powerful occult symbol throughout history, and has been commonly featured on the flags of communist countries. The rising sun is also represented in many corporate logos we see today, such as that of the oil company Shell, Fidelity Investments, and NBC. The logo for the UN’s own publishing company, Lucis Trust (formerly Lucifer’s Trust), founded in 1920 by Theosophist Alice Bailey, also features the rising sun.

    So what exactly is the esoteric significance of the rising sun? As James H. Billington describes in his book, Fire in the Minds of Men (p. 6):

    “A recurrent mythic model for revolutionaries -early romantics, the young Marx, the Russians of Lenin’s time-was Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods for the use of mankind. The Promethean faith of revolutionaries resembled in many respects the general modem belief that science would lead men out of darkness into light. But there was also the more pointed millennial assumption that, on the new day that was dawning, the sun would never set. Early during the French upheaval was born a ‘solar myth of the revolution,’ suggesting that the sun was rising on a new era in which darkness would vanish forever. This image became implanted ‘at a level of consciousness that simultaneously interpreted something real and produced a new reality.’

    “The new reality they sought was radically secular and stridently simple. The ideal was not the balanced complexity of the new American federation, but the occult simplicity of its great seal: an all-seeing eye atop a pyramid over the words Novus Ordo Seclorum.”

    The rising sun represents the dawn of a “new day” or, more precisely, a new age — the New Age of Aquarius. In the case of Obama’s campaign logo, the rising sun is also used in reference to Obama himself, implying that Obama is one of the “sons of tomorrow” referenced by occultist Manly P. Hall. Is Obama that Promethean figure who “stole fire from the gods for the use of mankind”? Could this be why the media seems so adamant on casting Obama in an almost godlike image? What is the true reason for this?

    In Obama’s July 24th speech to the German people in Berlin, he was not only campaigning for the presidency of the United States, but, apparently, presidency of the world as well.

    “I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen — a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world.”

    He goes on to say:

    “Yes, there have been differences between America and Europe. No doubt, there will be differences in the future. But the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together. A change of leadership in Washington will not lift this burden. In this new century, Americans and Europeans alike will be required to do more — not less. Partnership and cooperation among nations is not a choice; it is the one way, the only way, to protect our common security and advance our common humanity.”

    In other words, interdependence and collectivism are in. National sovereignty and individualism are out.

    While it is important to realize that Obama, like all presidents, is nothing more than a puppet who says and does exactly as he’s told by his globalist puppetmasters, it is clear that he’s being groomed and promoted as a Messiah-like figure to usher in a socialistic new world system; this “new dawn” that Obama and his possessed, sheep-like followers refer to as “change.”

    But what precisely is this change in reference to?

    It is in reference to a world where people are no longer citizens of their respective countries, but “world citizens” subservient to international laws, global taxes and a world court.

    It is a world where individuality is forcibly relinquished for the “greater good” of the global village (plantation).

    It is a world where nationalism is eviscerated in favor of multiculturalism.

    It is a world where the family unit takes a backseat to the state.

    It is a world where privacy is a thing of the past.

    It is a world where green-shirted eco police go from door to door making sure everybody is using the proper “eco-friendly” light bulbs and recycling.

    It is a world where volunteerism (communitarianism) is mandated by law.

    It is a world where citizens police their fellow citizens.

    It is a world where freedom of speech and expression is forbidden, or else…

    These are just a few of the things we can look forward to under this coming “new dawn” / New World Order, which will no doubt be ushered in by a captivating, establishment-vetted cult figure who promises to deliver everything the people could ever wish for, only to lead them to their own slaughter.

    While the neocon media and those on the establishment Right are focused on whether Obama is a Muslim or not, no attention is given to where his true allegiance stands. His allegiance stands not with any religion, nation or race, but to the international brotherhood that has placed him where he is today to serve their one world agenda.

  • Sydney

    You all destroyed a good discussion. . .

    *sigh*

    Have a good weekend.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Sydney(Check me out!)

    You all destroyed a good discussion. . .

    *sigh*

    Have a good weekend.

    ______________________-

    Sydney, why do you always get this way…If you do not agree then state why you do not agree, and challenge our findings…

  • Tina

    It took me a while to believe in the illuminati, until my one of family members told me to watch the Esoteric Agenda. Anyone who is interested, it’s on Youtube. Sometimes it’s hard for people to believe in certain things after you’ve been taught one way for so long. It know it was hard for me, but I finally realized that it’s not just a coincidence.

    This government is corrupt. I mean, look into how fluoride is in our drinking water and toothpaste, and it’s found in rat poisoning. 50% of the water fluoridated and this causes bone deficiency and yellowing of the teeth. Look at how aspartame, think that’s how it’s spelled, is killing people and causing lost eye sight and alzheimer disease, yet it’s still in Wrigleys chewing gum. Prozac is used to treat many illnesses, and guess what compound it has in it, fluoride. This is how the illuminati caught my attention first, and then I began to look more into it. It is by no means a conspiracy that the government is doing nothing about our food and water because they have to kill x mount of people by 2012.

  • Nita

    @Sydney wrote, “OK, are we going to start talking about the “Illuminati” and various conspiracy theories?? *one foot out of the door*”

    Eddie always brings in the Illuminati, the FreeMasons, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderburgs, all them. Eddie is right in general — someone is in control — I just personally think it’s a lot simpler. And what can you do? Jack, so gotta live your life as best you can and make choices the best you can.

    And vote, even if it’s hopeless.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Nita(Check me out!)

    @Sydney wrote, “OK, are we going to start talking about the “Illuminati” and various conspiracy theories?? *one foot out of the door*”

    Eddie always brings in the Illuminati, the FreeMasons, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderburgs, all them. Eddie is right in general — someone is in control — I just personally think it’s a lot simpler. And what can you do? Jack, so gotta live your life as best you can and make choices the best you can.

    And vote, even if it’s hopeless.

    ————————–

    And what can the people do about it?

    The solution is simple…

    MLK said it best, “If man has nothing to die for, he is not fit to live”.

    We have to be willing to die for change…

    There is no such thing as a peaceful revolution…

  • eddiedollars215

    @ILLUMINATE… your alittle off… kennedy is major illuminati… infact one of the 13 origional bloodlines… and they killed him not because he tried to re issue a gold standard… (we didn’t completely go off it until nixion(started w/ FDR))… they killed him because like lincoln (who wasn’t a mason but was a rosicrucian)… because he tried to issue interest free money straight from the treasury… i.e. lincoln’s green backs…

    as for the kennedy’s I think you need to do more digging…

    seriously… papa joe was in the pilgrim society… not to mention was a straight up bootlegger… they are one of the major 13…

    as far as the jewish issue… it’s really more of a zionist issue… the book you are reading is probably dealing with the khazars… i.e. most european jews are in reality converts and not children of abraham… explaining in part why jews would fund hitler… at the end of the day the more research I do zionism doesn’t go back to judaism but rather a belief in a germanic master race… look into tentonic zionism… and let me end this with the disclaimer that i am not anti-semitic, a terrorist, or suicidal… hahaha…

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Does anybody have an easier version of the “Hegelian Philosophy” to read?

  • Sydney

    Redd, I’ve challenged the two of you repeatedly — I’ve visited those crazed sites you’ve sent to me, etc. I’m tired. You’ve called Obama names, like “dumb a**,” etc., and that makes no sense to me whatsoever. I mean, who are you???

    Nita, thank you for the update on that Ashley Todd woman. It’s horrible what she did — It’s very dangerous to try to pin a non-existent crime on a black man. I hope she is charged.

  • Tina

    I respect your decision to vote for Obama..However, I truly beleive Obama will win the Presidency by elite privlege. U.S. presidents are descendants from the same royal bloodline, going back to Charlemagne including Obama…The media has mass control of this country’s perceptions and sadly the people feed off the propaganda..The poeple of this country do not ask enough questions, and do not demand the real issues be brought to the forefront. The topic of Healhcare, the war in Iraq, The housing market, are not our only problems, and their proposed solutions do not go to the root of the problem…I beleive Obama is a puppet for the true powers that be…

    ______________________________________________

    YEP YEP. Political power maintains in a select bloodline. It’s omnipotence to have unlimited power, and it’s no coincidence that the CIA, presidents, secretary of state have all been members of the Council of Foreign Policy.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Sydney(Check me out!)

    Redd, I’ve challenged the two of you repeatedly — I’ve visited those crazed sites you’ve sent to me, etc. I’m tired. You’ve called Obama names, like “dumb a**,” etc., and that makes no sense to me whatsoever. I mean, who are you???

    Nita, thank you for the update on that Ashley Todd woman. It’s horrible what she did — It’s very dangerous to try to pin a non-existent crime on a black man. I hope she is charged.

    ____________________

    You have? How? If you tried, you had no substance..however I have challenged the candidates actual views on the “so called issues” that face this country with logic…

    All you say is you wont indulge….

    I never called Obama a dumbass, I called Gen. Colin Powell a dumbass….

    I mean who is Obama? before 2007 I only heard of him once at the 2004 DNC, now is he is poised to unite America and the world? Puhlease…

  • Sydney

    @Redd

    You brought up Obama’s position on food protection, and I gave you text from a letter detailing the bill he has worked on, did I not?

    Gen. Powell is NOT a dumb a** — YOU are a dumb a**. Act like you have some home training.

    The sad thing is, I’ve visited black political blogs, and none of this comes up — brothers and sisters there actually talk about the issues, compare the candidates’ platforms, etc. Why does every productive discussion on here have to deteriorate to this?

  • Sydney

    I don’t agree with many of Gen. Powell’s policies, but I won’t disrespect the man. What have you done besides getting followed around like a criminal at the Library of Congress, probably because you looked off?

  • eddiedollars215

    @tina… look into codex alimentarius… crazy… it goes into effect… 12/31/09… get your heirloom seeds and water filters while you still can…

    @redd… actually farther back you have to remember that the six kings or VI KINGS… of the hyksos nation became the VI KINGS… or vikings…

    I mean look at the english “royal” family they trace their liniage back to king david…

  • Tina

    Some of yall ain’t holding back.

  • http://www.freewebs.com/traceybiz savvyblackrican77

    @ Eddie

    Where did you get that article? The last one you posted about Obama’s campaign logo?

    @ Redd

    I had to do some case studies on the Hegel governmental setup for my business law classes during undergrad. I am going into my storage unit this weekend to pull out all the winter clothes and do some cleaning out. :-(

    I saved a lot of my resource books from school, and I will see if I can find a few to suggest to you. It’s defintely some deep stuff! I don’t know if my books will be any easier, but I’ll skim thfough and see if there may be something worth mentioning, okay? :-)

    I had to read a few

  • Tina

    @Eddie

    I’m still pretty new to the illuminati, but I do know about the codex alimentarius. I know that 3 billion deaths will occur. 1 billion will be from starvation, and 2 billion from under nutrition. The goal is to get the population down to 500 million people. Thank you though.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    @Sydney

    Ok Ill give you that…

    Obama wrote a letter to Congress stating he wishes to protect America from Lead in the toys, however I stated his letter must be sitting in the garbage because his proposal has not a) been reviewed by a single Congressional Comittee, b) has not been passed by the House, and c) has not been passed by the Senate, and d) has not been signed off by the President….

    You and millions of other Americans must understand its not about race (black or white, Dems or Repubs), because all ethnic groups are going to be and have been screwed in the ass too. Dont get me wrong there are racist whites out there, but you must understand they are sheep too just as the majority of America…

    Why does our type of political discussion have to be omitted from the discussion?…Why cant we present our behalf of the argument?

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Sydney(Check me out!)

    I don’t agree with many of Gen. Powell’s policies, but I won’t disrespect the man. What have you done besides getting followed around like a criminal at the Library of Congress, probably because you looked off?

    ____________________

    LOL you got jokes..

    But seriously, I am very active in my community..I provide safe, clean affordable housing in my community, and I am researching on how to start my own non-profit organization to help black men incarcerated who who have light sentences to transition out of prison…

    If I cant share my views on a blog, where exactly do I start…Not everyone agreed with Malcolm’s views when he spoke, but he also had to start somewhere..regardless of whether I speak on my street corner or a blog, I have the right to say whats on my mind and I have to start somewhere…

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    @savvyblackrican77(Check me out!)

    Thank you! please do that…

  • Sydney

    @Redd

    You could have looked up that information about lead in toys yourself, but you wanted to use it to stir up some controversy.

    And, so, my instinct was right about you, you have spoken your “truth” out on a street corner? Am I right? Did you stand on a soapbox and yell at frightened pedestrians?

  • http://www.google.com Man, I just don’t care

    @SYDNEY

    What’s up beautiful (an educated guess that your beautiful)?

    I came in here specifically to speak to you. I see you are caught up with the “conspiracy crowd.”

  • Sydney

    I’m sorry, Tina, but I’m tired of this. . .

  • Tina

    @Sydney

    That’s OK. I thought I was sarcastic, but you have me beat. That soapbox was funny.

  • Sydney

    Hi, Man :(

    I’ve been told that I’m very attractive, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. . .

    I’m sad — tell me a joke.

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    Barack Obama looks soooo handsome. That guy is way to excited to see Barack! LOL

  • eddiedollars215

    @savyblackrican… sovereignsentience (dot) blogspot (dot) com… you have to scroll like half way down the page… but they have 2 of the obama logo’s and then the lucius trust logo pictured…

    or you should be able to just google: obama rising sun

  • http://www.google.com Man, I just don’t care

    @REDD TONY

    I think you are just getting under the skin of Sydney.

  • Sydney

    I can be sarcastic when I get riled up, Tina. *weak smile*

  • http://www.google.com Man, I just don’t care

    @SYDNEY

    “Hi, Man

    I’ve been told that I’m very attractive, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. . .

    I’m sad — tell me a joke.”

    ____________________________________________________________

    Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder but when it comes to human attractiveness it is actually quite easy to define. Ok, sorry had to say that.

    I need a joke too. Today has sucked so far. I think i will treat myself to pizza as compensation tonight.

    you need to treat yourself to something you like. It is FRIDAY.

  • Chris

    @ Sydney

    Why so sad?

  • Sydney

    @Man

    Are you all having the Freaky Friday discussion?

  • Sydney

    We were having a nice conversation, and I was getting into it, and it just blew up, Chris. And I was told to shut up and I’m a “clueless sheep”. . .

    *crying*

  • Tina

    I’m pretty much sarcastic all the time, but in a good way. Girl, don’t let a blog get to you. You either agree or you don’t. But, you’re right, a joke may do you some good.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    Man, I just don’t care(Check me out!)

    @REDD TONY

    I think you are just getting under the skin of Sydney.

    ———————-

    Naw mayne…Im not saying what Im saying to get under peoples skin..I just want people to ask more questions, and seek the truth

    Im cool with Sydney, I dont want to put a damper on things.. Obama will win, I told her this from the start..

  • http://www.google.com Man, I just don’t care

    @SYDNEY

    “Are you all having the Freaky Friday discussion?”

    ________________________________________________________________

    No.

    **looking around for it**

    You know I’m ever so freaky. I REALLY need a girlfriend.

  • Sydney

    *whispers to Man*

    I feel the same way. . .

  • Tina

    @Sydney

    I know you have to have some friends around you. Go out tonight find some locker rooms, aim your camera, and click away. SNAP SNAP.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    @Sydney

    I like our exchanges. At least you try to explain why your are voting for Obama. I just think you just get caught up in the meaningless rhetoric that doesnt matter.

  • eddiedollars215

    @sydney… no you were asked to please shut up after you called me crazy… I then as I normally do posted information to support my claim… it’s like I said you refuse to or are incapable of paying attention to detail…

  • Sydney

    LOL @ Tina

    Girl, I was just joking yesterday — that’s too much of a temptation right now. I’m being good.

  • LAUGHNYOFACE

    DIDNT I TELL YOU NOT TO MESS WITH THAT BANK $6307 TRANSFER….SUCKS TEETH !

    I DIDNT EVEN KNOW OBAMA WAS FROM HAWAII NOR DID I KNOW THAT WAS HIS DAUGHTER’S NAME.

    DIDNT I TELL YOU I DIDNT DO THIS FOR FAME OR MONEY !

    EVERYTHING I HAVE WRITTEN ON MY MYSPACE PAGE WAS THE TRUTH……U DIDNT LISTEN HUH !

  • Tina

    @Sydney

    I know you were joking, but you sad you were sad, and it was a joke. LOL.

    @Redd Tony

    I was thinking the same thing, read what.

  • eddiedollars215

    I KNOW SYDNEY JUST SAID THIS BUT… SOUNDS LIKE THE STUPID JEWISH CHICK THAT PUT SWASTIKAS ON HER DORM ROOM FOR ATTENTION… AND MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THE B WAS/IS BACKWARDS…

    McCain volunteer changes ATM attack story

    JOE MANDAK

    Associated Press

    October 24, 2008

    A McCain campaign volunteer who reported that a tall black man robbed her and then cut a “B” onto her cheek after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car has been given a polygraph test because of “inconsistencies” in her story, police said.

    Among other things, police said photos and bank card information from an automated teller machine where the college student claimed she was robbed do not show her using the machine at the time, police said.

    Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard wouldn’t release the polygraph results, but said, “we’re still looking at some inconsistencies” in the woman’s story.

    Police said the student, Ashley Todd, of College Station, Texas, who is white, told them she was attacked by a 6-foot-4 black man Wednesday night.

    Richard said police have not ruled out that the woman was attacked as she claimed, and said inconsistencies deal primarily with how she described the attack.

    “We’re just trying to judge the validity of some of the information we received from her,” Richard said. “We understand when you are under duress that sometimes you can’t recollect things. We’re just looking at all the angles.”

  • http://www.google.com Man, I just don’t care

    @TINA and REDD TONY

    Black youth need to read everything.

  • WhatsYoursIsMine-Voting Early and I can’t wait!!!!!

    Has anyone seen this Ashley Todd mess? She’s a McCain supporter who claimed to be attacked for supporting McCain, turns out she could be lying.

    This girl is obviously crazy and while that has nothing to do with the McCain campaign (in my opinion), it’s showing how crazy and underhanded people can be, not paid political advisors, but everyday idiots on the street.

  • eddiedollars215

    @whatsyours… see my post above…

  • Sydney

    I know, thanks, Tina. :)

    Redd/Eddie, can we call a truce? I will do more research into your posts.

    Redd, I like blogging with you, too, lol.

    Eddie, this scam you just posted about could potentially really hurt the McCain campaign. That woman is a McCain volunteer, and the campaign has already been accused of race-baiting. This doesn’t look good at all.

  • STEFANY

    THINGS NOT TO DO ON NOVEMBER 5, 2008

    *************************************************

    I thought this was pretty funny so I passed it on.

    Let’s be on our best behavior!

    Since it looks like Barack is actually going to win this thing there will be a lot of people (some of our co-workers included) who will be afraid that an Obama presidency will usher in the end of days.

    They’ll be watching us on November 5th (the day after the election) for signs of the end times.

    To keep the peace and keep a lot of folks from getting nervous, I think we should develop a list of acceptable celebrations and behaviors we should probably avoid – at least for the first few days:

    1) No crying, hugging or shouting “Thank you Lord” – at least not in public

    2) No high-fives – at least not unless the area is clear and there are no witnesses

    3) No laughing at the McCain/Palin supporters

    4) No calling in sick on November 5th. They’ll get nervous if too many of us don’t show up.

    5) We’re allowed to give each other knowing winks or nods in passing. Just try to keep from grinning too hard.

    6. No singing loudly, We’ve come this Far By Faith (it will be acceptable to hum softly)

    7. No bringing of barbeque ribs or fried chicken for lunch in the company lunchroom for at least a week (no chittlings at all) (this may make us seem too ethnic)

    8. No leaving kool-aid packages at the water fountain (this might be a sign that poor folks might be getting a break through)

    9. No Cupid Shuffle during breaks (this could indicate a little too much excitement)

    10. Please no Moving on Up music (we are going to try to remain humble)

    11. No doing the George Jefferson dance (unless you’re in your office with the door closed)

    12. Please try not to yell—-BOOOO YAH!

    13. Just in case you’re wondering, Doing the Running Man, cabbage patch, or a back hand spring on the highway is 100% okay.

    If I’ve missed anything feel free to add to the list. I just want to make sure we’re all on the same page when Obama brings this thing home on November 5th

  • Tina

    I agree Man, I just don’t care, but I don’t know about everything.

  • Sydney

    What do you all think the political fallout could be from the Ashley Todd fiasco?

    Just saw this as well:

    Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taped an advertisement apologizing for her televised comments calling Barack Obama anti-American, according to a Republican source familiar with her campaign’s decision.

    Bachmann campaign spokeswoman Michelle Marston said the campaign will be airing a new advertisement this afternoon, but declined to comment specifically on whether Bachmann would be apologizing in the spot.

    “You’ll just have to wait and see,” Marston said.

    The move comes as polling, both public and internal, shows Bachmann rapidly losing ground in her re-election bid. A University of Minnesota poll released today shows Bachmann trailing her Democratic opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, 45 to 43 percent. Those numbers are consistent with an automated SurveyUSA poll showing Bachmann trailing Tinklenberg, 47 to 44 percent.

  • Redd Tony aka Earth Sign “Nothing’s more precious than the rebirth of love”

    @Man

    True dat

    @Sydney

    Aight Sydney Ima hold you to that :)

  • DA TRUFF!!! The Truth Will Set You Free!!!

    I VOTE FOR OBAMA

    I VOTE FOR HOPE

    I VOTE FOR CHANGE

    I VOTE FOR PEACE

    I VOTE FOR MYSELF

  • Nina Knows

    14. No repeating of the Barack and Michelle “fist bump”.

    lol, I liked #9, I can really see people doing that one.

  • eddiedollars215

    @sydney… no doubt… it’s not that I mean to come off offensive… it’s that i don’t care if I do… with that said… i think it was tina who suggested esoteric agenda… this film is an excellent entry level source of information for anyone starting to wipe the cold out their eyes… take two hours of your life and watch this film… watch the film and we’ve got a truce… as for the whole backwards B chick… only more evidence that the repubs are running a corpse… if she isn’t lying… it was probably one of sandra bernhard’s “big black brothers”

  • Tina

    That’s it Michelle Bachmann. I been trying to remember that name for a couple of days now. I knew it was Michelle something. Thank you.

    LOL@ Nina Knows

  • Sydney

    @Nina Knows

    LOL! Thanks, girl. I needed that — that was good. *chuckling*

    @eddie

    It’s official — the “Backwards B” girl lied.

    Pittsburgh station KDKA reports that Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old McCain volunteer who claims to have been mugged by a black man and had a “B” carved in her face, today admitted to fabricating the attack.

    In short: It’s like a political version of the Susan Smith or Charles Stuart stories

    Drudge gave big play to the incident, and both McCain and Palin called the girl’s family. Obama’s campaign issued a statement expressing concern and calling for a prosecution of the assailant.

    Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter “B” in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.

  • 2cute4u♥♥♥

    DA TRUFF!!! The Truth Will Set You Free!!!(Check me out!)

    I VOTE FOR OBAMA

    I VOTE FOR HOPE

    I VOTE FOR CHANGE

    I VOTE FOR PEACE

    I VOTE FOR MYSELF

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Well said truff! :)

  • eddiedollars215

    @sydney… yeah there’s a big “she made it up headline” on drudge… no flashing police sirens though… guess it wasn’t sandra bernhards “brothers”… I hope they lock her up with a bunch of Obama supporters… this is the type of stuff the government pulls…

  • IamWhiteman

    noone paid attention to what im saying….now check the correlation between black people voting….and the candidates there voting for…evidently the numbers for black voters have sky rocked BECAUSE obama is black??or is it because he is a great candidate…thats all i have questioned..i havnt said anything..

  • eddiedollars215

    @iamwhiteman… who are you voting for and why…?

  • Tina

    @IamWhiteman

    “how many of you are voting for mccain because he is white?”

    ____________________________________________________

    I’m voting for McCain ’cause he is white. You have one person to admit. Let’s see if there are others.

  • IamWhiteman

    no i havnt assumed anything..thats why im asking…

  • IamWhiteman

    if i was hear to try and judge ur reasonings behind voting for obama..i would’ve stated my reasonings behind who i was voting for…as you can see i didnt do that…i just simply asked a question…i dont care if u vote for mccain or obama..i just thought it was funny to see that the black vote has rised…suddenly when a black person was going for election thats all….theres no judgement that went with that statement…its simple…”do you think more people voted for obama cuz he is black,or because he is a good candidate”..theres no judging or me trying to change peoples minds..theres no connotation…idk..i havnt bashed anyone for any reason to why there voting for obama..i havnt bashed anyones reasoning for voting for mccain..so how did i judge??

    ms nina knows?

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    @ Eddie – thanks….I really want to reasearch that a bit more. I found an Illuminati conspiracy site that is really intersting, too. Have you been to conspiracyarchive(dot)com before? They have some really in-depth info on there – you might want to check them out if you haven’t already. Also, nice gravie! ;-)

    @Redd – it’s no problem. I’ll def look around and see if I can find those books. Hegemony is a lot more prevalent in goverment and business than people realize!!!!

    If you don’t hear from me Monday it’s becasue I got buried in my storage unit and no one knows here to find me! Please put out an APB with the Nashville police if you don’t hear from me, okay?!?!? :-)

  • Nina Knows

    I think I cleared up enough from my stand point. I’m sure you can scroll up and find enough of other opinions for your little voting experiment.

    you said: “i just thought it was funny to see that the black vote has rised…suddenly when a black person was going for election thats all….theres no judgement that went with that statement.”

    WHAT’S FUNNY ABOUT THAT?

    no need to respond (but hey it’s a blog, do so if you must) The only thing that is funny is your couriosity with our intentions to vote.

  • Sydney

    FYI — Breaking News on Isiah Thomas:

    NEW YORK – Former Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas was taken to a hospital in an unconscious but breathing state after overdosing on sleeping pills in his suburban New York home early Friday, NBC News reports.

    An ambulance responded to the 911 call, Harrison Police Department Officer Vincent Lanzillotti said. He declined to give details, except to say a person was taken to White Plains Hospital Center, about 5 miles from the home.

  • DA TRUFF!!! The Truth Will Set You Free!!!

    IF YOU DON’T STAND FOR SOMETHING…, YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING!!!

    AND THAT GOES FOR ALL THOSE CONSPIRACIES TOO!!!

    IF YOU BELIEVE ANY LIE IT WILL BECOME IT’S OWN TRUTH.

    HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF: “THE CONSPIRACY OF CONSPIRACIES”???

    LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO ME……….

  • blackgirl

    I hope so badly that he wins. At my job some white dude keeps saying “I pray every day that something happens to that man”. I just cant comprehend someone praying that two little girls are fatherless. I dont want mccain to win but I have never once thought about praying something happens to him.

  • Let’s Get It People. VOTE!!!

    Well I voted today. I’m down here in Florida and I was proud to let my voice be heard. END THE DRAMA, VOTE OBAMA!!!!!

  • darius

    here is an excellent video of Obamas life its kinda long (13 min) but worth learning about him.

  • darius

    For those who said he isnt a terrorist read up on how hes friends with Ayers and read how he is for abortion and gay marriage. Read people your fools for falling for the talk. Dont vote on skin color. You know if a whitie did it you all would be yellin-

  • angeleyedqt

    OK 1st off stop being an ass…i would love to know what site you read that crap of off…for the record, since when did reading off a site, count as informed reading?? Any idiot can easily write lies just to make idiots like yourself believe that foolishness…so i guess President Bush must also be in cohoots with terrorists since he took a pic with one, before 9/11 (look it up, it was on the news at one point) so what he is for abortion…thats one of the reasons why i side with Obama, b/c its a womans choice what should go in and out of her body, regardless of what u may think…and as far as gay marriage is concerned, how does that affect u personally…whether or not i agree with gay marriage or not, it is not my place to judge or say what is right or wrong, as a Christian, it is up to God to judge not us…so there u have it…more people (black, white, asian, etc.) are voting b/c this is a critical time in our history…American history, fool…maybe you were living under a rock but we are in a mess…McCain is just another Bush, (and I know this b/c I research my facts) so look that up…for the past years there has been no president of color, so would there be a difference if Obama was hispanic, or some other race, No!! When it comes down to it, every person has their own personal reason for voting for whomever…and why should I vote for McCain/Palin…give me a good reason and one that I have not heard already…why bother b/c u probably don’t have one

  • MeLLoWMoOdd

    God pleeease…. give us, a good black president…for once!

  • Sydney

    @WordtotheWise

    Sorry, I’m late, but your post is so sweet! You’re awesome. :)

    I saw this today on Politico(dot)com, by the way, on Palin. Very interesting development with the campaign:

    Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign’s already-tense internal dynamics.

    Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her, creating occasionally tense situations as she travels the country with them. Those Palin supporters, inside the campaign and out, said Palin blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image — even as others in McCain’s camp blame the pick of the relatively inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for McCain’s decline.

    “She’s lost confidence in most of the people on the plane,” said a senior Republican who speaks to Palin, referring to her campaign jet. He said Palin had begun to “go rogue” in some of her public pronouncements and decisions.

    “I think she’d like to go more rogue,” he said.

    The emergence of a Palin faction comes as Republicans gird for a battle over the future of their party: Some see her as a charismatic, hawkish conservative leader with the potential, still unrealized, to cross over to attract moderate voters. Anger among Republicans who see Palin as a star and as a potential future leader has boiled over because, they say, they see other senior McCain aides preparing to blame her in the event he is defeated.

    “These people are going to try and shred her after the campaign to divert blame from themselves,” a McCain insider said, referring to McCain’s chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, and to Nicolle Wallace, a former Bush aide who has taken a lead role in Palin’s campaign. Palin’s partisans blame Wallace, in particular, for Palin’s avoiding of the media for days and then giving a high-stakes interview to CBS News’ Katie Couric, whose sometimes painful content the campaign allowed to be parceled out over a week.

    “A number of Gov. Palin’s staff have not had her best interests at heart, and they have not had the campaign’s best interests at heart,” the McCain insider fumed, noting that Wallace left an executive job at CBS to join the campaign.

  • lola

    Not all of us like Obama. I sure dont but can respet those who do.

  • lola

    not all of us like Obama i sure dont! I can respect those who do but i wish there were both sides posted here .

  • Kornelius Bascombe

    I cant believe im on the net with barack obama!!!!!

  • OliviaB.

    I think it’s just wonderful how African-Americans were very interested and involved in this election. They know that their vote did count this time. It brings up the spirits and encourages a large turn-out for the next election. Let’s hope and see!
    ———-
    OliviaB.

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