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Anonymous, You're operating

Wattree — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:01:47 +0000

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Anonymous,

You're operating under an unwarranted assumption. What evidence do you have that I ignore the shortcomings of Obama? The fact is, I do criticize Obama and quite often, but based on policy, not envy, ego, self-interest, and greed.

Wish I'd said that... ;o)

we are stardust — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:39:35 +0000

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Wish I'd said that... ;o)

Michael Eric Dyson, Eugene

we are stardust — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:36:32 +0000

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Michael Eric Dyson, Eugene Robinson, Gwen Ifill, Donna Bazille, Kelli Goff (don't care for her, but...), Alison Stewart (?)... and several Black Conservative Pundits.

you seem to have it in for

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:52:17 +0000

In reply to President Obama, Cornel West, and Poverty Pimps

you seem to have it in for smiley & west, but are willing to let the obvious puppet, namely obama, continue to do the bidding of wallstreet without the strenuous critique he deserves. it is a petty waste of time to attack obama's critics who are actively pursuing the public interest (even if it sometimes coincides with their own) whilst ignoring the activities of obama. you should check your overheated and misdirected rhetoric and save your ammunition for a worthwhile target.

you seem to have it in for

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:52:11 +0000

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Thank you, Richard. But I

Wattree — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:11:11 +0000

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Thank you, Richard.

But I think the GOP has gone so far over the top that people are waking up. If they don't, however, we deserve anything we get. The only pleasure that I get out of this situation is imagining the look in teabaggers' eyes when they begin to realize that they're going to be screwed along with all the "commie liberals."

A few of them are beginning to see that in Michigan and Wisconsin now. And as we speak, now that we've heard what the GOP has in mind for Medicare and Social Security, a lot of old socal bigots are beginning to realize that socialism may not be such a bad thing after all. It's really amazing how people can be adamantly against a thing until they find out that getting rid of it is going to have a negative impact on their lives. We are such hypocrites.

Pretty soon we're going to coin a new term. "Neo-leftest" - an old conservative who's medicare is about to be cut.

I wanted to comment on this

Richard Day — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:54:35 +0000

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I wanted to comment on this comment Wattree.

Yeah, we dems create real jobs

And the electorate thinks it is serendipitous somehow!

Clinton had the trophy for sure with the damned NAFTA.

But W bush just crashed the damn motive behind NAFTA either thru his fraudulent war or thru his regulators. The foxes in charge of the henhouse.

But somehow, we have problems getting folks on our side into the voting booths.

Oh well, this is a fine presentation once again!

The media's Black rolodex is

rmrd0000 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:06:47 +0000

In reply to President Obama, Cornel West, and Poverty Pimps

The media's Black rolodex is somewhat limited. Jesse Jackson has moved off stage, Al Sharpton is seen occasionally. west is seen on Left of Center shows. Roland Martin makes appearances on CNN (I think, I admit I haven't watched in a while). That leaves Fox's Juan Williams and Cornel West. If people can think of other Black pundits that receive frequent air time, let me know.

I forgot Melissa Harri-Perry, who frequents MSNBC.

The classic example of media not knowing the African-American community was the Milion Man March. Media didn't cover the story until the buses were rolling. More recently, there was the Jena 6 trials. The revolution will not be televised.

No, stardust, I'm not

Wattree — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:12:34 +0000

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No, stardust,

I'm not conflicted at all. You're just used to dealing with cheerleaders who go along with anything Obama does. As I've said many times before, I view politicians in the same way I do the transmission in my car. I neither love them or hate them. As long as they're doing what they're suppose to do we don't have a problem. But just like my transmission, if they start slipping I address the issue to try to fix it. If I find that it can't be fixed, I simply replace it. It's not that I hate it, it simply no longer serves a useful purpose.

So you see, Stardust, just like my transmission, a politician has to earn my support every day, not every four years. If I want someone to love, I go out and find a lover, because there's no room in politics for love affairs. I'm a bottom line kind of guy. Hood Rat 101.

And by the way, Michele Obama is neither an elected official nor a pundit. If she ever becomes either, I'll hold her to the same standard that I'm holding West. I never allow myself to become a fan of anything, or anyone. That's why I don't care about sports. Why should I waste my time admiring Kobe Bryant when I can be using that time improving what I do? As I said in the article, I don't have any heroes. I've outgrown that, and it allows me to be a more objective writer.

Richard, What he should do is

Wattree — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:41:34 +0000

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Richard,

What he should do is setup a staff in the White House that does nothing but counter the disinformation that's being put out by the GOP. And every GOP politician who tells a lie or says something stupid should be revealed to be the damn fool he is in the very next news cycle.

All it would take is something like this:

Or this:

This alone shows us what funneling money to the rich has gotten us. Where are all the jobs that Bush's tax cuts were supposed to create?

Handy Economic Facts

The consumers create jobs, not the fat cats. If the people don't have the money to buy, there's no reason to produce products. No production, no jobs. In addition, no unions, less money, less purchasing, fewer jobs. On the other hand, more money to the poor and middle class, more purchasing, more jobs, more revenue, lower taxes, lower deficit - Economics 101.