(ThyBlackMan.com) “Do – or do not. There is no try.” Master Yoda famously said that to Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.” The statement is as profound as it simple. Somebody that Hillary Rodham Clinton respects and listens to needs to speak that exact sentence to her ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Romper stomper stomper boo, tell me tell me tell me do. Magic mirror tell me today. About this country what should I say? Wow, I just realized old Mr. Rogers was casting spells using a mirror. But anyway, regarding America. You know the Bible says we should get the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One week after Alabama state troopers bludgeoned civil rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge outside Selma on March 7, 1965 a visibly shaken Lyndon Johnson called for and addressed a joint session of Congress. His message was clear. His administration would pull out all stops to pass a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Among the formal definitions for “acting the fool” are: one who is deficient in judgment, sense or understanding. Perhaps the dictionaries should add a new one: today’s Republican Party. February was a great month for those who think the GOP has become a dustbin of ideological extremists with no ...
(ThyBlackMan.com)Last month, in a clumsy attempt to recognize Black History Month, the influential conservative website Newsmax put out its list of the 100 Most Influential African-American Republicans. To put it mildly, let’s just say that it was about as well received as a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Five years ago Thomas Hagan was paroled after having served 44 years in prison for his part in the murder of black nationalist leader Malcolm X. Hagan, who went by the name “Talmadge Hayer” at the time of the murder, is the only one of a trio of convicted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We need to know that Republican and Democratic parties are two sides of the same coin with different ways to use the middle and lower economic class. I am an African-American conservative, neither a democrat nor a republican. I voted for President Obama the first time because he was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A week ago or so, Saturday Night Live celebrated its 40th season on NBC with a live show filled with many of its famous alums. Ah, yes… the Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Players. One of my favorite recurring bits from SNL came courtesy of Chevy Chase – who at any given time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama loves this country but he also has a balanced, honest and realistic view on the dirt this country has done and the bridges this country has burned. In the wake of personal insults and attacks made by former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani against President ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the president’s policies are indicative of his love for America, let’s pray he begins hating our nation soon. When former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said “I do not believe that the president loves America” at a dinner featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker last week, my response ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the fifty year period from 1963 (“I have a dream!”) to 2013, Black people have been on a virtual economic treadmill. Our relative economic position has not changed; our unemployment rate has consistently been twice as high as the White unemployment rate, which was 5% for Whites and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am neither democrat nor republican. I vote for the most qualified person with the best plan and strategy to carry it out, regardless of what party he or she belongs to. I voted for President Obama both times but not just because of color. I am balanced, fair, ...