(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t know how many African American people came to Washington for the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, but there were more than 5000 gathered at the dinner that featured President Obama as a speaker. Though the halls of the Washington Convention Center were full, and it did ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Times are tough. Most Americans are experiencing the greatest financial crisis of their lifetimes and many are still struggling to find work. In times like these, it is easy to despair. Instead of supporting legislation to solve the jobs crisis, right-wing pundits and politicians are encouraging this gloom by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, we released the results of a Your Black World Survey, in which it was determined that the majority of black respondents (56.9 percent) felt that President Obama should have spoken up on behalf of the late Troy Davis. Many throughout the world, including former FBI Director William Sessions and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain’s wipe out of the GOP presidential field in the Florida straw poll got much attention partly because he was so far behind presumptive GOP Presidential front runners Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. But it also got attention because it seemed to refute the relentless ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember a scant few weeks ago when Indiana Congressman Andre Carson continued his ‘rant’ against the Tea Party, calling them–in short–a bunch of racists who wanted to lynch Black folks. His tirade may have been one of the sparks that started the Florida fire which led to Herman Cain’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The instant the Georgia Pardons and Paroles Board turned thumbs down on clemency for Troy Davis, the quiet murmurs grew to a crescendo in some quarters that President Obama should speak out on the pending Troy Davis execution. Filmmaker Michael Moore went even further and mused that Obama should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are reminded almost daily that President Obama’s favorable poll numbers are at an all-time low. While that is unmistakably true, that’s only half of the picture. Let’s first take a look at the numbers. A Gallup poll pegged Obama’s August monthly approval rating at 41 percent, the lowest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the intense attention given to the inveighed execution of Troy Davis, it has become clear, in a lamentable yet derisory way, how hushed elected African American political officials (elected or appointed) have been on this subject. So reticent are this corpus and their associate vitiated apostasy to this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Obama Presidential Campaign Newsletter has asked Americans to support Barack Obama by putting the new “Obama 2012” sticker on their car. I can just see Americans eyeing one another, and thinking, “You first“! It may be a bit premature to back any particular candidate; there really isn’t a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, as I was riding the local train in Washington, DC, I began to ponder on the thoughts that had begun to flood into my mind. I was president of my senior class at Soldan High School in St. Louis, MO. I had a lot of my friends ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people think that if they only made more money, they’d be free from worries about money. I wish that was true. If it was, then three-time Pro Bowl cornerback and ex-Raven, Chris McAlister wouldn’t be dead broke and living with his parents. Cornerback Chris McAlister was alleged to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) James Carville, who is renowned for being former President Clinton’s political strategist and now a lobbyist and political analyst has been quoted in several news publications as saying, “Mr. Obama needs to fire somebody or assemble a new team of advisors.” Carville made these statements as the President got ...