(ThyBlackMan.com) This essay is a shout-out, a kudu, to Bill Maher’s commentary on June 7th on Ronald Reagan’s true place in regards to the Tea Party. Bill Maher skillfully and accurately dissected and destroyed the notion that Reagan would be too moderate to be a member of the Tea Party, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller was asked sharp questions by a House Judiciary Committee panel about the FBI’s massive collection, intercept, and listening in on millions of phone conversations. There were two obvious concerns behind the questioning and one concern that should be a concern to all given the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I hear you loud and clear, Barack Obama. You don’t represent the country that I grew up with. And your values is [sic] not going to save us. We’re going to take this country back for the Lord. We’re going to try to take this country back for conservatism. And ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hello, calling Sarah Palin! Has anyone seen her? Where is she? Has Sarah Palin left the building? Is the Sarah Palin magic gone forever? No. The Sarah Palin charisma and mass appeal is still alive and well. Certain people are born gifted with “It”; something that compels you to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the immortal words of the cartoon character Popeye the Sailorman, “That’s all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more.” So it is with me. If I hear of another Black Republican who gets hired as a staffer or consultant who tells their employer that they “don’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If the Obama Administration breaks the law at will, lies to the American people, uses every government agency at it’s disposal to punish it’s conservative/Republican enemies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLdmaQw1ZAA) and no one does anything ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama’s appointment of UN Ambassador Susan Rice as his National Security Adviser was a great move for two reasons. Rice has the same superb qualifications that would have made her an exemplary Secretary of State. This is the post that GOP obstructionists worked feverishly to insure that she ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not going to mention the heckler by name or specifically address her grievances. I have no desire to interview her or provide a platform or forum to further make her case. She deserves none of the aforementioned. I choose not to reward belligerent behavior and neither should you. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The aphorism, “A friend in need is a friend indeed,” is especially relevant to the conversations being held among Black people vis-à-vis our President and our lack of economic progress in this country. The “friend in need” is the collective of African Americans who overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The leftist assessment of the black conservative is that such a person is angered and frustrated at being born black, which leads to the adoption of conservative views in order to compensate for this perceived “congenital deficiency.” While this is a preposterous accusation to make against all black conservatives, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems that Tavis Smiley believes that he’s so important that the President of the United States is engaged in a covert conspiracy against him. . Michael H. Cottman reported in his BlackAmericaWeb.com commentary, “Tom Joyner’s Opinion on Tavis Smiley’s White House Accusations,” that “Smiley told the Associated Press ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Frederick Douglass’ words, “Power concedes nothing without a demand,” have been haunting me lately, because of the pressing issues we face in today’s political world, the dire economic straits in which many of our families find themselves, and the ever-present social problems Black people deal with every day. The ...