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	Comments on: Tavis Smiley and Professor Cornel West &#8211; &#8216;Bligoted&#8217; Turncoats Without A Home.	</title>
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		By: Marcus Vessey		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Robert I 100% agree with you. The movement from a critique of a public elected official who puts himself into that position to the question of racial identity, motivations and worldview without critical logical analysis is the problem. 

The example that I give is if Obama was non-Black would we as Blacks not be rabidly aggressive about the policies or lack there of that have been introduced in support of a voting bloc that dropped votes to the tune of 91%? I don&#039;t think so. 

What Wattree unfortunately has a tendency to do is create ad hominem attacks, or in effect, doing the same thing that he accuses West and Smiley of doing to Obama. Essentially making him a low level hypocrite. 

His obsession with these too astounds me.  

Do I believe they are above reproach, absolutely not. In fact, Eric did make some very valid criticisms of them taking money from Wells Fargo that I totally agreed with.  However that is about it. 

Notice this, he never actually really examines rationally the positions they are actually taking. Instead his model for these types of post typically descend into questions of character and motivation.  

But hey, he gets response (me responding is point in case) so we are probably providing him positive reinforcement to continue to do his National Enquirer type analysis SMH.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert I 100% agree with you. The movement from a critique of a public elected official who puts himself into that position to the question of racial identity, motivations and worldview without critical logical analysis is the problem. </p>
<p>The example that I give is if Obama was non-Black would we as Blacks not be rabidly aggressive about the policies or lack there of that have been introduced in support of a voting bloc that dropped votes to the tune of 91%? I don&#8217;t think so. </p>
<p>What Wattree unfortunately has a tendency to do is create ad hominem attacks, or in effect, doing the same thing that he accuses West and Smiley of doing to Obama. Essentially making him a low level hypocrite. </p>
<p>His obsession with these too astounds me.  </p>
<p>Do I believe they are above reproach, absolutely not. In fact, Eric did make some very valid criticisms of them taking money from Wells Fargo that I totally agreed with.  However that is about it. </p>
<p>Notice this, he never actually really examines rationally the positions they are actually taking. Instead his model for these types of post typically descend into questions of character and motivation.  </p>
<p>But hey, he gets response (me responding is point in case) so we are probably providing him positive reinforcement to continue to do his National Enquirer type analysis SMH.</p>
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		By: CD Smith		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CD Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 02:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ewill,

That was cold... Ease up a little bit...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ewill,</p>
<p>That was cold&#8230; Ease up a little bit&#8230;</p>
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		By: ewill		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ewill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Message from the Hood
by Eric L. Wattree Sr.
Paperback: 196 pages
Publisher: PublishAmerica (October 10, 2005) 
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item 
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,044,784 in Books

Green Eggs and Ham
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; PAP/COM edition
(January 5, 2005)
Average Customer Review:4.7 out of 5 stars
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,554 in Books]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Message from the Hood<br />
by Eric L. Wattree Sr.<br />
Paperback: 196 pages<br />
Publisher: PublishAmerica (October 10, 2005)<br />
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item<br />
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,044,784 in Books</p>
<p>Green Eggs and Ham<br />
Paperback: 64 pages<br />
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; PAP/COM edition<br />
(January 5, 2005)<br />
Average Customer Review:4.7 out of 5 stars<br />
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,554 in Books</p>
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		By: CD Smith		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CD Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Translation of this article:

Any criticism of the President Obama is unacceptable and intolerable.
You must be willing to go over the cliff if necessary.  No matter what or you are a racist according to America&#039;s Chief Judge and Persecutor on what is Black, Eric Wattree.

Please don&#039;t take my &quot;Brother Man&quot; card away...


By the way, hopefully Wattree noticed that he is acting like a &quot;bligot&quot; in his criticism of West and Smiley..Apparently, their intellect is an assualt on his self-esteem..]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Translation of this article:</p>
<p>Any criticism of the President Obama is unacceptable and intolerable.<br />
You must be willing to go over the cliff if necessary.  No matter what or you are a racist according to America&#8217;s Chief Judge and Persecutor on what is Black, Eric Wattree.</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t take my &#8220;Brother Man&#8221; card away&#8230;</p>
<p>By the way, hopefully Wattree noticed that he is acting like a &#8220;bligot&#8221; in his criticism of West and Smiley..Apparently, their intellect is an assualt on his self-esteem..</p>
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		By: Eric L. Wattree		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric L. Wattree]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Robert,

There&#039;s a big difference between one of the most important figures in the history of mankind, on the one hand, and a glorified disc jockey and a Harvard anointed preacher on the other. Wake up and face reality, man!!!  Regardless to how badly you want to ignore the truth, it&#039;s going to remain truth. Thus, you&#039;re trying to live in a delusion. While it may be true that ignorance provides a semblance of bliss, the problem with that is, reality is universal, while your bubble of &#039;bliss&#039; is yours alone.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert,</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a big difference between one of the most important figures in the history of mankind, on the one hand, and a glorified disc jockey and a Harvard anointed preacher on the other. Wake up and face reality, man!!!  Regardless to how badly you want to ignore the truth, it&#8217;s going to remain truth. Thus, you&#8217;re trying to live in a delusion. While it may be true that ignorance provides a semblance of bliss, the problem with that is, reality is universal, while your bubble of &#8216;bliss&#8217; is yours alone.</p>
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		By: jdgwisd		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jdgwisd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the things that I find sad is how group thought is prevalent among certain African Americans. I cant mount a defense against someone who is bound by the limits of their own arrogance.  I could site the historical hatreds of black critics against noted social and political heroes(A. Phillip Randolph,MLK, Malcolm X, Dorothy Height, Mary Mc Cleod Bethune, etc). But these lessons will be lost on individuals such as Robert, who is clothed in his surety of intellectual superiority.  Like my grandma used to say, &quot;Don&#039;t waste your time trying to correct stupid.&quot; So I wont......]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the things that I find sad is how group thought is prevalent among certain African Americans. I cant mount a defense against someone who is bound by the limits of their own arrogance.  I could site the historical hatreds of black critics against noted social and political heroes(A. Phillip Randolph,MLK, Malcolm X, Dorothy Height, Mary Mc Cleod Bethune, etc). But these lessons will be lost on individuals such as Robert, who is clothed in his surety of intellectual superiority.  Like my grandma used to say, &#8220;Don&#8217;t waste your time trying to correct stupid.&#8221; So I wont&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		By: James Davis		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I agree with you Robert:
You hang in there with your position. Its always the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. To be silent when you are facing 5 years of double-digit unemployment, going into our 6th year come the end of December is one  stupid political stand. Complain brother! Complain brother! Maybe if our complaints are loud enough, and disturbing enough, we just might get some solutions pushed to the forefront! www.sslumpsum.com]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with you Robert:<br />
You hang in there with your position. Its always the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. To be silent when you are facing 5 years of double-digit unemployment, going into our 6th year come the end of December is one  stupid political stand. Complain brother! Complain brother! Maybe if our complaints are loud enough, and disturbing enough, we just might get some solutions pushed to the forefront! <a href="http://www.sslumpsum.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.sslumpsum.com</a></p>
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		By: ROBERT		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ROBERT]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@JDGWISD  YOU seem to be doing to WEST&#038; SMILEY what your denying them the right to do to OBAMA and that is be openly critical of a public person only what you&#039;re doing is worse because you personalized it and questioned his motivations.
AS far as I know CORNEL WEST&#039;S attacks on OBAMA have been political and not personal relating to his policies.

WE don&#039;t live in a MONARCHY or a THEOCRASY our public official&#039;s are just citizen&#039;s as we are and we have a right to be as publicly critical as we choose even disrespectfully.

AS the previous president is [BUSH] I am a resident of TEXAS and I remember when BUSH was first elected and how proud the white TEXAN&#039;S were just as the O-BOT&#039;S were proud of OBAMA
AS time on went and his policies became so catastrophic his critics became so numerous and loud and disrespectful; I never heard one complaint out of the white TEXAN&#039;S about how their favorite son was being talked about.

BECAUSE they understood this was the big league&#039;s and this came with the territory and since they couldn&#039;t defend his policies they stayed silent.

THE O-BOT&#039;S find themselves in a similar situation were they are unable to defend OBAMA&#039;S policies only their reaction is to not stay silent; but attack his critic&#039;s.

THE O-BOT&#039;S do not wish for OBAMA to be held to the same standards as previous president&#039;s because they think he&#039;s so special.

PEOPLE like CORNEL WEST and myself refuse to play such silly games; because too much is at stake this is the life of our country and the future of our children and grand children.

OBAMA has been far more destructive than BUSH was; domestically we have over 90 million people without jobs and the highest number of people on food stamps ever.
INTERNATIONALLY we just narrowly escaped ww3 with his reckless policy on SYRIA.

WHO would ever think that after two terms of OBAMA we would look back on the BUSH years as the good ole days!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@JDGWISD  YOU seem to be doing to WEST&amp; SMILEY what your denying them the right to do to OBAMA and that is be openly critical of a public person only what you&#8217;re doing is worse because you personalized it and questioned his motivations.<br />
AS far as I know CORNEL WEST&#8217;S attacks on OBAMA have been political and not personal relating to his policies.</p>
<p>WE don&#8217;t live in a MONARCHY or a THEOCRASY our public official&#8217;s are just citizen&#8217;s as we are and we have a right to be as publicly critical as we choose even disrespectfully.</p>
<p>AS the previous president is [BUSH] I am a resident of TEXAS and I remember when BUSH was first elected and how proud the white TEXAN&#8217;S were just as the O-BOT&#8217;S were proud of OBAMA<br />
AS time on went and his policies became so catastrophic his critics became so numerous and loud and disrespectful; I never heard one complaint out of the white TEXAN&#8217;S about how their favorite son was being talked about.</p>
<p>BECAUSE they understood this was the big league&#8217;s and this came with the territory and since they couldn&#8217;t defend his policies they stayed silent.</p>
<p>THE O-BOT&#8217;S find themselves in a similar situation were they are unable to defend OBAMA&#8217;S policies only their reaction is to not stay silent; but attack his critic&#8217;s.</p>
<p>THE O-BOT&#8217;S do not wish for OBAMA to be held to the same standards as previous president&#8217;s because they think he&#8217;s so special.</p>
<p>PEOPLE like CORNEL WEST and myself refuse to play such silly games; because too much is at stake this is the life of our country and the future of our children and grand children.</p>
<p>OBAMA has been far more destructive than BUSH was; domestically we have over 90 million people without jobs and the highest number of people on food stamps ever.<br />
INTERNATIONALLY we just narrowly escaped ww3 with his reckless policy on SYRIA.</p>
<p>WHO would ever think that after two terms of OBAMA we would look back on the BUSH years as the good ole days!</p>
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		By: jdgwisd		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Robert:

I think you are missing the point.  Sadly, just because you don&#039;t like a politician&#039;s perspective or political philosophy does not mean people are wrong about a critic&#039;s perspective on an individual. That is a dangerous thought that buys into the notion of going against the current just because you can.  That perspective doesn&#039;t always make you right about an issue.  I know, I&#039;m also a countercurrentist. That&#039;s what makes my contention about Messrs. Smiley and West strong.  Refer to Mr. Enoch said about these individuals.  I agree with him.  I see these two &quot;gentlemen&quot; as morally bankrupt without no spiritual perspective, but yet they claim the authoritative high ground in their arguments about the POTUS, or for that matter, ANYONE who they feel have stolen a position they should have. I&#039;m not a POTUS lover; anything but.  But the man is a politician who moves to the will of the people(see how fast he spoke to the Trayvon Martin issue when there was a mass outcry).  Nothing more, nothing less.  To not accept a truth just because it&#039;s not your truth is a person who is stagnant in their thought:  Who will fill this blog with venom and rhetoric, but will not accept the truth.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert:</p>
<p>I think you are missing the point.  Sadly, just because you don&#8217;t like a politician&#8217;s perspective or political philosophy does not mean people are wrong about a critic&#8217;s perspective on an individual. That is a dangerous thought that buys into the notion of going against the current just because you can.  That perspective doesn&#8217;t always make you right about an issue.  I know, I&#8217;m also a countercurrentist. That&#8217;s what makes my contention about Messrs. Smiley and West strong.  Refer to Mr. Enoch said about these individuals.  I agree with him.  I see these two &#8220;gentlemen&#8221; as morally bankrupt without no spiritual perspective, but yet they claim the authoritative high ground in their arguments about the POTUS, or for that matter, ANYONE who they feel have stolen a position they should have. I&#8217;m not a POTUS lover; anything but.  But the man is a politician who moves to the will of the people(see how fast he spoke to the Trayvon Martin issue when there was a mass outcry).  Nothing more, nothing less.  To not accept a truth just because it&#8217;s not your truth is a person who is stagnant in their thought:  Who will fill this blog with venom and rhetoric, but will not accept the truth.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ROBERT]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IF you read the word&#039;s of ERIC and other comment&#039;s about OBAMA you would think they are describing a religious figure instead of a politician.

I have long since understood that the relationship that the O-BOT&#039;S were having with OBAMA was not political but was religious/ spiritual relationship; because when they speak of the dear leader it&#039;s never a political issue.

THE idea that criticism or dissent of the leader is a attack on the whole group ;and who should dare do such a thing is a trader and aiding the enemy; this a typical cult mind control technique.

THE problem with this approach is that OBAMA is a elected official and the only thing that we have to keep elected official&#039;s accountable is the threat of removal from office; but when you make the holy leader beyond reproach then you lose you leverage and you end up with a dictator.

OPPOSITION is a good thing it keep&#039;s our leaders honest; many people have made the mistake of falling in love or worshiping a politician it never end&#039;s well for the people who make that fatal mistake.

BELIEVE it or not HITLER was bought to power on the message of HOPE &#038; CHANGE be careful black people you have people among you just as deceitful and evil as the NAZI&#039;S of old GERMANY!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IF you read the word&#8217;s of ERIC and other comment&#8217;s about OBAMA you would think they are describing a religious figure instead of a politician.</p>
<p>I have long since understood that the relationship that the O-BOT&#8217;S were having with OBAMA was not political but was religious/ spiritual relationship; because when they speak of the dear leader it&#8217;s never a political issue.</p>
<p>THE idea that criticism or dissent of the leader is a attack on the whole group ;and who should dare do such a thing is a trader and aiding the enemy; this a typical cult mind control technique.</p>
<p>THE problem with this approach is that OBAMA is a elected official and the only thing that we have to keep elected official&#8217;s accountable is the threat of removal from office; but when you make the holy leader beyond reproach then you lose you leverage and you end up with a dictator.</p>
<p>OPPOSITION is a good thing it keep&#8217;s our leaders honest; many people have made the mistake of falling in love or worshiping a politician it never end&#8217;s well for the people who make that fatal mistake.</p>
<p>BELIEVE it or not HITLER was bought to power on the message of HOPE &amp; CHANGE be careful black people you have people among you just as deceitful and evil as the NAZI&#8217;S of old GERMANY!</p>
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