Comments on: Ok, An Angry Black Man.

By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:33:53 +0000

I am glad you wrote this article because it acts as a counter point to all the hype surrounding the election of Obama. However, I have to disagree with most of your argument because you have managed to intertwine race and religion into the political mix. The first two subjects automatically becoume emotional fodder upon which any demagogue can build a platform that seems to make sence, but falls short on facts. When a president holds power but does not have the backing of the house, how can anything be accomplished? The fact that many republican representatives have stated that they will vote against any proposition coming from Obama, despite the merits of the proposed change, means that blind allegiance is being practiced on both sides of the house. The fact that the state of the American and world economies were in shambles before Obama came to office, seems to have escaped you. What miracles were you expecting the president to work in just 4 years? During the depression how long did it take Roosevelt to turn the economy around? Let us maintain some historical perspective when looking at the magnitude of the task facing Obama or any other world leader today.

What nobody seems to be talking about is the fact that the Republican party had a strong candidate, but specific party members have made inflamatory remarks, acted in bad judgement and essentially alienated women, gays and people of colour. Again from a historcal perspective, the Republican party was the party of emancipation. However, that legacy has been lost. The conservative platform that Romney was presenting although promising was lost in the sea of ultra right wing members determined to undermine all the good the Romney could have accomplished. Understanding that politics is a continuum between the left and the right, presidential candidates cannot, no, MUST NOT allow the extremist to hold the spotlight. If the extreme is given too much voice, terms like “legitimate rape” become the catch phrase remembered by the public and they ask themselves “do I want to vote for a person who sanctions rape’?

By: rasil

rasil — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:25:57 +0000

As a born again Christian, I consider you a lost and embarrassingly misguided soul and a distorter of truth. Just in case your amnesia has kicked in let’s try and walk down memory lane. First let’s get this straight…The deficit grew under George W Bush. When Bush took office the federal gov’t was running a surplus of $86 billion left by Clinton. By the time G.W.Bush left office the surplus turned into a $642 billion deficit. The Bush tax cuts have cost nearly $1.3 trillion over 10 years. The deficit has grown mostly because of the recession not because of specific spending measures or any fault of President Obama. What America is experiencing today is the direct result of George W. Bush’s wreckless spending, taking us into war, and not regulating Wall Street. It doubled because the economy was in free fall. Why because laid off workers paid less taxes and received benefits. It then shrank in 2010 and 2011. The stimulus cost much less than Bush’s wars and tax cuts. The interest rate on 10 year Treasury Bonds is negative according to the Treasury Dept. Health Care Reform according to the CBO reduces the deficit. The U.S. is borrowing less from China and foreign countries than before the recession. Why…because the U.S.private sector is financing our bigger deficits. We spend a lot on defense(20% of federal spending last year/$718 billion to be exact). Republicans want large deficits. The federal deficit ballooned under Reagan and that may be just the way Republicans really like it. Some Republicans have made the proposal to “starve the beast”: that is cutting taxes in order to use larger deficits to justify spending cuts. Since Republicans ultimately want lower taxes and a smaller gov’t, what better way to cut spending than to make it look urgent and necessary. You are a disgrace to African Americans, have a serious case of self hatred, malady of the soul, and if you really think Black Boy that the Republicans really like or care about you…think just once. You are their “Steppin Fletcher” only useful to them when you denigrate your own. To them, you are still a boy willing to jump a high as they demand and when they no longer have use for you, then they will toss/throw you to the floor/ground like the old useless dishrag that you are… Shame on you Angry Black Man…shame on you.

By: Deeann D. Mathews

Deeann D. Mathews — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:59:37 +0000

Gold bell peppers might be at $1.68 because they are pretty much out of season in the Northern Hemisphere, a fact which President Obama has no control of. I’m not being facetious as much as I am making a point; you don’t need to be angry about produce and mad at Black folks. Hear me very well: Barack Obama is back in office and Mitt Romney is not in office because it was God’s will that it be so. Recall Daniel 4:17b, spoken to no less a cruel tyrant than Nebuchadnezzar: “The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomever He will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.” Now to you Barack Obama might fit in the latter category — but according to Scripture, the seat of power in every nation is God’s to appoint, and He willed it to President Obama this time around, for His good purposes (see Romans 8:28). Accept the fact, take heart that God is still in charge, get on with whatever else God has called you to do, and let God deal with President Obama.

By: yis'sh'yah

yis'sh'yah — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:50:48 +0000

GODS NAME IS YAH AND YAHSHUA IS THE SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST DON’T EXIST THATS CESARE BORGIA YAH ISN’T GONNA SAVE AMERIKKKA HE’S SENDING HIS SON TO DESTROY IT AMERIKKKAS ABOMINATIONS HAVE REACHED THE HEAVENS BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO START ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE WHY DO WE LIVE LIKE WE DO EVEN IF WE HAD MONEY WE’D GIVE IT RIGHT BACK THATS THE WAY THIS SATANIC SYSTEM WAS SETUP SEARCH AND SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND BLACKS IN ALL 4 CORNERS OF EARTH ARE WAKING UP AND FINDING THE TRUTH AMERIKKKA IS DONE GET OFF THE KOOLAID TRUST IN YAH THROUGH HIS BELOVED SON YAHSHUA THAT’S THE BLACKMANS ONLY SOLUTION YAHSPEOPLE.COM HEBREWISRAELITES.ORG

By: sankofa

sankofa — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:24:11 +0000

This is a Conservative knee-grow! This is a conservative knee-grow who has lost his mind! But this is also an oxymoron, because conservative knee-grow and mental dysfunction is one and the same!

None is as blind as those who refuse to see. Not supporting Obama because he is a corporate puppet and a sponsor of genocide like ALL the previous presidents is one thing. Not supporting him because your corporate puppet is doing and has been doing a shitty job makes you a fool, and it is better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubts.

By: Satchel

Satchel — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:56:51 +0000

I clicked onto your $1.84 link and I also heard you sing. What went wrong?

By: Mack

Mack — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:54:56 +0000

“I assumed Republicans would crawl across broken glass to vote against Obama REGARDLESS OF OUR CANDIDATE.”

Very telling words Mr. “Christian”…So let me get this straight, as I don’t want to get it wrong: you were basically willing to support ANY candidate, inspite of what they REALLY stand for, just so long as they could defeat Obama?

“…gas was $1.84 when Obama took office.”

Dude, did you just wake up from a coma or something?! Gas hasn’t been that cheap since Bush’s first year in office! Its statements like this that lets me know you’re not running on a full tank.

“Obama’s skin-color automatically made him worthy of their vote”

Everytime I hear this I want to scream at my computer. WHITE folks voted against Obama by and large simply because of his skin color. And we all know it. Black folks don’t vote on skin color; if we did then Alan Keys would’ve been elected by now; Al Sharpton would probably be a Vice President, Jesse Jackson would be Secretary of State, and Herman Cain would be…still delivering pizzas down in Georgia. Dressed up like Uncle Ben. 😉

“So I will suck up my anger, trust God, rest in His peace and continue doing my part in the battle to RESTORE America.”

Er, restore America to what? Slavery? Jim Crow perhaps? Maybe you have the Reagan era in mind. So you must miss all that good, yummy ‘gubment’ cheese! And that big ole jar of no frills peanut butter! Should would restore it back to the Iran Contra Affair? Or the BCCI scandal of the 80’s?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International

SMH I’m curious: how much exactly does a ‘Coon for Hire’ make nowadays?

By: Michael Chester

Michael Chester — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:40:24 +0000

I disagree with both the tone and content of this article. You don’t have to subscribe to regressive evangelical values to be a good Christian. I suggest the author of this piece do some prayer. He needs to have a face to face with Jesus. Religion has corrupted his worldview.