(ThyBlackMan.com) I received an email today from the White House stating that President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with NAACP President Ben Jealous and Urban League President Marc Morial. President Obama’s schedule (which can be seen here) shows that the meeting will be roughly 25 minutes, giving these ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am not privy to what is going on behind the close doors at the White House during these current “Negotiations” over the debt ceiling. I don’t know if I’m witnessing some sort of Kabuki act for public consumption or a dire portrayal of the economic cliff on which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been entertaining the idea of a get-rich-quick scheme. Forget the Ponzi deception (Bernie Madoff wrecked it for everybody), don’t get bogged down with a pyramid undertaking either–too cumbersome, multi-level marketing—why bother. I have found the mother lode to rapid wealth and success is virtually assured if one follows ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, critics of Congreswomen Bachmann have ran wild with the theory that her clinic which she co-owns with her husband is some how “flaky” because they offer treatment to gay men who want to go straight. Why is it so insane to think that while everyone should respect each ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The news reports that President Obama was courting large campaign donors stirred complaints that this will put him even deeper into political hock to fat cat donors and the corporate rich if re-elected. This was the oft-heard knock against Obama in 2008. A study by the nonpartisan Campaign Finance ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why do so many white Republicans love bringing up slavery and then wonder why the GOP has the reputation among liberals as being a party of racists? Maybe they really do want to purge the party of what little black conservatives the GOP has and alienate independents in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In my most recent commentary, I argued that the progressive movement must devise a strategy that looks beyond Obama and the Democrats but includes supporting the President’s reelection in 2012. My basic premise is that the rise to prominence and dominance of the right in the public discourse and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the government on the verge of default, President Obama and House Speaker, Republican John Boehner are engaged in a high stakes game of “chicken,” waiting to see who will blink first before the August 2 deadline. Beyond the political theatrics, we are witnessing a seminal moment in modern ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As President Barack Obama lectured us with foolish notions — such as attempting to reduce America’s $14.4 trillion deficit by focusing carefully poll-tested, repetitive threats — it is clear that, as the debt ceiling issue reaches a stage of urgency, the positions staked out by Republicans and Democrats are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In today’s contemporary times, perhaps it could be said that the n-word is just simply another racial slur or derogatory word. But it is not the contemporary definition of the word which is so controversial; it’s the [historical] baggage that comes along with the word. And though the context ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The GOP’s war over America’s debt ceiling is not about America’s debt, it’s about President Obama. The debt ceiling debate can’t be separated from the GOP’s never-ending hunt for any issue that can taint, embarrass, and ultimately weaken the Obama presidency. The GOP’s goal is as it has always ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Well, the GOP has done it again. Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, recently signed a controversial marriage “pledge.” Part of the document alleges that the family situation of African-American children living under slavery is superior or preferential to today. Meaning, Black slave children had stronger families under slavery. Of ...