(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans don’t excite me very much, but it seems that we have to at least acknowledge them. The party has become, in recent years, an even worse example of politics gone scary. The right wing opposition to having a Black liberal in the White House has led to some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Socioeconomically speaking, black America is in a rut — a very long-lasting rut. At 13.6%, black unemployment remains nearly double that of their white counterparts and higher than it was in 2008. Despite national trends which bally-hooed an inexplicable drop in January from a 2011 average of 15.8%, the economic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For someone who made history as his state’s first African-American to serve in Congress and developed an international reputation for his work in support of Africa, Donald Payne was a pretty unassuming man. He didn’t have the flash of a Charlie Rangel or the fire of a Maxine Waters, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is widely celebrated for his staunch support of libertarian principles. Ron Paul’s libertarian principles, however, often lead to statements that enrage critics. After tornadoes devastated Kentucky and Indiana Friday, Ron Paul said that he would not give federal aid to tornado victims. “There is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rush Limbaugh attacked the young woman on his radio show, saying Sandra Fluke “goes before a Congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex, what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. Sandra Fluke wants to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who matches up best with President Obama in a head to head match? Turns out, it is Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul. According to the latest Marist Research poll released early Sunday, Ron Paul trails President Obama by 12 percentage points, the smallest margin of victory held by the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Tax Holiday legislation was successfully enacted and signed into law in private, away from the lights of glaring cameras and the public, by the President of the United States on February 22, 2012. That is unusual for a piece of legislation of its magnitude which received so much media ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, it was for all people. The Preamble reads: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican voters in Michigan and Arizona are picking who they want to represent them against President Obama come November 3, 2012. The top two choices are between the aloof businessman who feels he’s entitled to the nomination and a former Congressman who has escaped political obscurity to become a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Americans continue to stand by President Barack Obama, despite how he and his minions treat us. Nine of every 10 African-American voters have “got the president’s back” but there is still discussion as to whether President Obama has got the backs of Black Americans in return. At this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the mid-1930s, Sinclair Lewis once stated that “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” I do not think that he was aware that his words would aptly describe many in the conservative party today from the halls of congress ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Islam sees him as a son of Islam … I can’t say categorically that (the president is not Muslim) because Islam has gotten a free pass under Obama.” – Rev. Franklin Graham Those words, and others, were spoken by Rev. Franklin Graham on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe” yesterday ...