The President and The First Lady at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday, April 28, 2012
• April 29, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Fashion, Food, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Republicans in Name Only, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Billy Crystal, Black Women, Dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republican, Seth Meyers, United States, Washington DC, White House Correspondents Association
Move On’s “The GOP War on Women” Commercial
• March 14, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in Abortion, African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, European History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church
Tags: "The Handmaid's Tale", Adolf Hitler, African Americans, Barack Obama, Beale Street, Blacks, Christian Fundamentalists, Elvis Presley, Fascism, Jesse Owens, Margaret Atwood, Memphis TN, Political Ad, Political Commercial, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republic of Gilead, Republican, Rick Santorum, Sex, United States, White Citizens Councils
Chris Rock at L.A.’s Comedy Store Riffs About Being Invited to the President’s 50th Birthday Party
• March 9, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Big Pimpin, Birthday, Birthday Party, Black Women, Blacks, Camcorder, Chris Rock, Comedy Routine, Comedy Store, Free Republic, Houston, Inside Edition, Jam Master Jay, Jay Z, Material, Obama, Politico, President, Republican, Rock, Stars, Television, United States, White House
So THIS Is The Video That Got Andrew Breitbart “Killed”??
• March 8, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Frontline", ACORN, Andrew Breitbart, Barack Obama, Breitbart.com, BuzzFeed, Conspiracy Theories, Derrick Bell, Harvard Law School, iPad, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rodney King, WGBH-Boston, YouTube
Will The Real Model of Black Maleness Please Stand Up? Is It Barack or Curtis (50 Cent)?
• February 28, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Gang Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Race, Sexuality, The Economy, The N Word, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Ghetto Qu'ran", "The African American Portal", "The Game", 50cent, African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Manhood, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Drama, Film Documentary, FLOTUS, Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me), Gray Hair, Growing Up, Irv Gotti, Jam Master Jay, Jodi Kantor, Maleness, Masculinity, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Murder, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Pwn'ed, Racism, Republicans, Samuel L Jackson, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The First Lady, The Nineties, The View, Twitter, United States, Young Buck
The President Sings Again
• February 22, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Arts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Buddy Guy, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Music, Public Television, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I'm Still in Love With You", "In Performance at The White House", "Sweet Home Chicago", African Americans, Al Green, Barack Obama, Blues, Buddy Guy, East Room, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Music, New Orleans, Obama, PBS, President Obama, Reverend Al Green, Rolling Stones, Shemekia Copeland, Trombone Shorty, White House, WPT.org
“The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975″ Comes to Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11
• February 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Angela Davis, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975", African Americans, Angela Davis, Ann Dunham, Barack Obama, Black Militancy, Black Panther, Black Power, Black Women, Blacks, California, COINTELPRO, Eldridge Cleaver, Film, Film Documentary, Growing Up, Huey P. Newton, Independent Lens, Prison Ethos, Prisons, Racism, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Wisconsin Channel, United States, Vietnam War, Violence, WPT.org
Where Have I Been, and Where Am I Going?
• February 7, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Memoir, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Suicide
Tags: Barack Obama, Bishop Eddie Long, California, Detroit, Don Cornelius, Eddie Long, Employment, General Motors, Louisiana, Minimum wage, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Republicans, Richard Tee, Super Bowl, Tom Scott, Unemployed, United States, Wage
Sending Etta James Home
• January 29, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "At Last", "Shelter in the Rain", "Tell Mama", "The Lord's Prayer", A Time to Love, African Americans, Al Sharpton, Artis Mills, Barack Obama, Billiards, Black Women, Blacks, California, Child Abuse, Children, Christina Aguilera, Common Sense, Donto James, Drama, Drugs, Etta James, First Lady, Growing Up, Harmonica, James, Janis Joplin, LGBT, Los Angeles, Lower Haight, Marriage, Memorial Service, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Sametto James, San Francisco, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, Street Culture, Streets, The Creolettes, The Fillmore, The Harlem of the West, Tribute, United States
Those Posters From Facebook, “One Love, One Marriage” and “Family Values”
• January 22, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Traditional Family Values", African Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Cain, Callista, Callista Gingrich, Catholic, Catholicism, Cheaters, Clinton, Family Values, First Lady Michelle Obama, FLOTUS, Grandiosity, Hypocrisy, Infidelity, Jackie Gingrich, Marianne Gingrich, Marriage, Newt Gingrich, Philandering, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Public Policy, Republican, Retrograde, South Carolina, Spitzer, Texas, The Church, The Keith Olbermann Fan Page
That Cartoon from Facebook: “Who Increased the National Debt?” (w/Update)
• January 21, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Democrats, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, The Economy
Tags: Barack Obama, Chart, Data, Facebook, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, PolitiFact, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Scam, Snopes.com, Social Media, Statistics, Treasury Department, Twitter, United States, United States Department of the Treasury
Flip The Bird at Barack Obama, and You May Get Fired. Even in Russia…
• December 2, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Class, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Russia, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Russians, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Black Russians, Blacks, Dr. Jason Johnson, Faux Noise, Fox News, Insult, Obama Haters, Oligarchy, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, REN-TV, Russians of Color, Social Media, Tatyana Limanova, The Kremlin, Twitter, Vladimir Putin, You Tube
Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other Things
• September 16, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Palins, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Rogue: Searching for The Real Sarah Palin", "The Real Housewives of Miami", African Americans, Alaska, Baggers, Baller, Barack Obama, Basketball Player, Black Men, Blacks, Desire, Dog Whistles, Doonesbury, Frisson, Garry Trudeau, Glen Rice, Glen Rice Jr., Interracial Sex, Joe McGinniss, Kim Kardashian, Marriage, National Basketball Association, National Enquirer, Native Americans, New York Times, Oval Office, President Barack Obama, Race, Republicans, Republicans Behaving Badly, Rhetoric, Rippa, Roland Hedley, Sarah Palin, Sex, Sexuality, Susan Brison, The Eighties, The Lower 48, The Swirl, The Tea Party, The Washington Post, Todd Palin, Wasilla Alaska, White House, White Women
Get Out The Vote, Wisconsin! Recall Elections Today
• August 9, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Democrats, Discrimination, Education, Health Care/The Public Option, Joblessness, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, Political Malfeasance, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting
Tags: Baggers, Ballot Box, Barack Obama, Budget Cuts, Debt Ceiling, Democratic, Ed Schultz, Ed Show, Governor Scott Walker, Jim Holperin, Madison WI, Main Street, MSNBC, President Obama, Recall Elections, Recalls, Republicans, Scott Walker, Solidarity, State Representative Fred Clark, State Senator Alberta Darling, State Senator Bob Wirch, State Senator Jim Holperin, Teabaggers, The Ballot Box, The Fabulous 14, The Tea Party, The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression, Voters, Voting, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, WisPolitics
Fantasia’s Preggers
• August 8, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fantasia Barrino, Gossip, Health, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Religion, Sexuality
Tags: "American Idol", African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Baby, Barack Obama, Barbados, Bio Film, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Divorce, Drama, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Growing Up, Illicitness, Lady Day, Life Preserver, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Marriage, National Enquirer, Paula Cook, Pregnancy, Reputations, Separation, Sneaking Around, Suicide, Tasia, The YBF, U.S. Bank, Vacation, Zion Quari Barrino
President Obama: Baby Whisperer
• June 22, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baby, Barack Obama, Blacks, Child, Children, Constituents, Fatherhood, First Lady, Humor, Infant, Love, Malia Obama, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, Obama, Photo, Photo Opportunity, President, President Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, The American Public, United States
Keith Olbermann Returns Tonight With “Countdown” at Current TV, But Many Cable Companies Don’t Carry It. Why Not? (w/Update)
• June 20, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Keith Olbermann, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Air America, AT&T U-Verse, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Cable Industry, Cablevision, CBS Evening News, Charter Communications, Common Sense, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, CurrentTV, Daily Kos, Digital, DirecTV, DISH Network, Ed Schultz, Ego, Hollywood Reporter, Jealousies, Jealousy, John Dean, Keith Olbermann, Latinos, Lawrence O'Donnell, Madison WI, Markos, Markos Moulitsas, Mashable, Matt Taibbi, Mediaite, Michael Moore, Michael Steele, Mics, MSNBC, People of Color, President Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow, Television, United States, Women
Tracy Morgan: It Wasn’t Humor or Free Speech, It Was Hate and An Apology Is Too Little Too Late
• June 13, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "30 Rock", "Bossypants", Aberration, African Americans, Anus, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Child Abuse, Chris Rock, Comedians, Comedy, Common Sense, Drug Culture, Emmy Award, Gays, Hate Speech, Heterosexual, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Kevin Rogers, Lenny Bruce, LGBT, Lorne Michaels, Love, Murder, Penis, Prison Behavior, Racism, Rape, Richard Pryor, Ryman Auditorium, Saturday Night Live, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sin, SNL, SNL Alumni, Street Culture, Subjective, The Eighties, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, United States, Vaginas, Whiteness
The President and The First Lady in Ireland
• May 23, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Immigration, Ireland, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Scotland, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Ancestry, Barack Obama, Blacks, Enda Kenny, George W. Bush, Great Famine (Ireland), Ireland, Irish American, Irish of Color, Love, Moneygall, Muhammad Ali, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republic of Ireland, Taoiseach, The Great Famine, The Irish Diaspora, United States
The President at Booker T. Washington High School Commencement, Memphis, Tennessee, May 16, 2011
• May 17, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Memoir, Natural Disasters, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, African Woman, Barack Obama, Baton Rouge, Blacks, Booker T. Washington, Booker T. Washington High School, Cajuns, Commencement Address, Commencement Speech, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Floods, Memphis Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi River, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Strauss-Kahn, Success, The Mississippi River, White House
Author Walter Dean Myers: It’s Back to The Fifties with Every (Black) Man/Woman for Themselves
• May 11, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Fiction Writing, Gang Violence, Health, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, Women
Tags: "In These Times", American Library Association, Barack Obama, Black Community, Books, Civil rights movement, Harlem, James Baldwin, President, United States, Walter Dean Myers, Writing, Young-adult fiction
Clearing Up What Has Happened to Bin Laden’s Wives (Concubines?) and Children in the Aftermath of His Death
• May 3, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Amal al-Sadeh, Arabs, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Children, CIA, Concubines, Counterintelligence, Daily Telegraph, Fake, Family, Fighting Back, Hamza bin Laden, Islam, John Brennan, Khalid bin Laden, Last Will and Testament, Marriage, Motherhood, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Resistance, Sa'ad bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Syria, Tora Bora, Ultra-Orthodox Islam, United States, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy SEALs, Usama bin Laden, Wahhabism, White House, Wife, Will, Wives, Women, Yemen
Osama Bin Laden Has Been Killed; His Body Is In U.S. Custody (w/Updates)
• May 1, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, Crime, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Obama Administration, Pakistan, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 2001, 911, ABC News, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Capture, CBS News, CNN, Death, Escape, International Terrorism, Islam, Killed, Location of Osama bin Laden, Military Intelligence, Muslims, National Security, NBC News, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President, President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, President Obama, President of the United States, Republicans, Secessionist Movements, September 11, Taliban, Terrorism, The CIA, The Twin Towers, Tora Bora, Troops, U.S. Military, United States, War on Terror, World Trade Center
The President and Seth Meyers at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, April 30, 2011
• May 1, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Public Television, Race, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: 2012, 2012 Presidential Campaign, 2012 Presidential Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories, Biden, Birthers, Comb-Over, Democrats, Donald Trump, First Lady Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama, MSM, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President of the United States, Presidential Elections, Racism, Republican, Republican Challengers, Republicans, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers, SNL, SNL Alumni, The First Lady, The Mainstream Media, The News Media, The White House, The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Vice President Joe Biden, White House, White House Correspondents Association
Getting “Real”: Bill Maher’s New Rules For Republicans After The Past Two Weeks
• May 8, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Maher, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", Africa, African American, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Maher, Black, Cleaning House, Comedy, Commentary, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Defense, FBP, First Black President, GOP, Grecian Formula, HBO, Just for Men, Michael Eric Dyson, National Security, Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama, Punditry, Pundits, Racism, Republican, Saudi Arabia, Seth Meyers, The Economy, The Rich, The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Timothy Geithner, Tora Bora, Twin Towers, United States