There's Hope for Zimbabwe

Elections are finally taking place in Zimbabwe and it looks as though the opposition has already declared victory over longtime President/Dictator Robert Mugabe. Mugabe is responsible for Zimbabwe being cut off from the World Bank and aid from every other country excluding China. He is also responsible for the 1000+ percent inflation rate that the country now faces.
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Think 50 Cent is Tough, Meet Hillary

I want to preface this by stating that I am not at all Hillary hating. All of the candidates have their flaws, but this is just pure humor.
The video below is a snippet of the much talked about story of Hillary's visit to Bosnia as First Lady followed by one blogger's own account of what actually went down on that dangerous day in 1996.



Blogger's funny account

Which speech was he watching?

Pat Buchanan, former politician and current MSNBC pundit responds to Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union":

What is wrong with Barack’s prognosis and Barack’s cure?

Only this. It is the same old con, the same old shakedown that black hustlers have been running since the Kerner Commission blamed the riots in Harlem, Watts, Newark, Detroit and a hundred other cities on, as Nixon put it, “everybody but the rioters themselves.”

Was “white racism” really responsible for those black men looting auto dealerships and liquor stories, and burning down their own communities, as Otto Kerner said — that liberal icon until the feds put him away for bribery.

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Obama "Race" Speech

"A More Perfect Union"
Watch the full speech Barack Obama delivered on Wednesday, March 18th in Philadelphia, addressing the state of race in America. Its a little lengthy but worth the full viewing.

Racializing Politics

If you haven't been paying attention to the media coverage on the Race for the White House, then I suspect that you've been living under a rock somewhere on the planet of Mars! Even I've abandoned Youtube for the more astute and comical punditry of the crew over at MSNBC (Shoutout to Olbermann and Abrams!), but I digress. This election has been one of the craziest political rollercoaster rides and to be honest I don't think my stomach can hold on much longer.

So what gets my gag reflexes goin' the most? The always underlying and most recently overshadowing conversation around race. No, I was not shocked when Barack Obama was forced to explain his name or his origins, this is America, that type of ignorance xenophobia is expected. Nor was I agitated by the rantings and ravings of Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Johnson, etc. Nooo that didn't get my blood boiling either. It began with Geraldine Ferarro's comments and her clear inability to have a discussion about the way in which race potentially dominates the consciousness of American voters. My stomach twisted a second time when reading the NYT op-ed piece by Orlando Patterson titled The Red Phone in Black and White (can we say race card? GIN!). And just when I thought my stomach had settled, the drama of Rev. Jeremiah Wright tickles my uvula. Rev. Wright is the latest Obama supporter that the candidate has been asked to denounce, reject, renounce…basically prove that he utterly despises their existence. Though the denunciation of Wright, unlike that of Farrakhan, is not directly related to race, it has, unfortunately forced Obama to use tomorrow's speech in Philadelphia to discuss the role that race and religion has played in this election cycle.

This political race has provided the most opportune time to have an intellectually conscious discussion on race in America and I can't help but think that we're squandering the opportunity on what I can only describe as foolishness.

Race in Louisiana

Today Barack Obama won the Washington state caucus, as well as Nebraska, and is positioned to win Louisiana's primary as well. Exit-poll results from the Bayou State show some very interesting statistics: According to this NY Times article, of whites "who said race was an issue in their vote, almost 9 in 10 of them voted for Mrs. Clinton, while blacks who said it was important voted 9 in 10 for Mr. Obama. The racial gap in Louisiana was more extreme than in many other states this year: 9 in 10 blacks voted for Mr. Obama, while 7 in 10 whites voted for Mrs. Clinton."

In contrast to other states where there's been divisions along the gender line (white males tended to vote for Obama, while white women cast their vote for Clinton), Louisiana saw less of a gender divide today, with race being the deciding factor. (Mrs. Clinton won most white male votes in Louisiana).

Keep checking for more election coverage- and vote if your state primary/caucus is coming up!!!

New Orleans-themed Campaigning by Obama

Campaign ads are everywhere these days from the Superbowl to Super Tuesday. They usually include discussions on health care, the war, or the candidate's opponent, but the latest ad circulating American television waves includes shots of New Orleans, Katrina-style. In an attempt to win Louisiana votes, Barack Obama's latest ad features scenes of demolished New Orleans' houses post-Katrina. Read the full NYTimes posting here and see the campaign video below: