And Now, On the Occasion of the Verdict from the Steubenville Rape Trial, I Bring You A Word from Comedian Dick Gregory
• March 18, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Common Sense, Crime, Crimes Against Humanity, Dick Gregory, Drugs, Football Teams, Growing Up, Guilt (law), Juveniles, Ma'lik Richmond, Ohio, Parties, Pinterest, Rape, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Sports, Steubenville High School, Steubenville Ohio, Teenagers, Trains, Trent Mays, United States, Women, Youth
Christmas Songs: Marvin Gaye, “I Want to Come Home for Christmas,” 1972
• December 21, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Holidays, Iraq, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Charting, Christmas, Christmas in The City, Forest Hairston, Funk Brothers, Iraq, Marvin, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Records, Occupation, Prisoners of War, Santa Claus, South Vietnam, The Funk Brothers, The Nineties, The Seventies, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday, Nine Years AgoPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Now They’re Attacking Muslims Over Park 51: Queens Cab Driver Stabbed in The Neck by Passenger Because He Said He Was Muslim
• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on Now They’re Attacking Muslims Over Park 51: Queens Cab Driver Stabbed in The Neck by Passenger Because He Said He Was MuslimPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Bangladesh, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Islam/Sufism, Mental Health/Psychology, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed H. Sharif, Arabic, Attempted Murder, Bangladesh, Bellevue Hospital, Brewster NY, Cab, Cab Driver, Cabbie, Checkpoint, City Hall, Cordoba House, Dweebs, Facebook, Greg Ball, Hate Crime, Immigrant, Indian Subcontinent, Intersections International, Islam, Leatherman, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Enright, Muslim, Muslim Immigrant, NYPD, Park 51, Patient, School of Visual Arts, Sleeper, The Tea Party Movement, World Trade Center, WTC
Obama’s Nobel Speech and the Price of War
• December 11, 2009 • Comments Off on Obama’s Nobel Speech and the Price of WarPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Education, History, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Torture, War Crimes
Tags: "Rolling Stone", Afghanistan, al Qaeda, American Apartheid, Buddhism, Buddhist, Civil Disobedience, Civilians, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Iraq, Lebanon, Mass Shooter, Matt Taibbi, MSM, Nonviolence, Norway, Osama bin Laden, Peace, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, The Media, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Obama Doctrine, The Wailing Wall, Theodore Roosevelt, Unarmed, Vice President Joe Biden, Vietnam, War
Coming: Lockhart and Grace, and On Obama’s War
• December 2, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, China, Class, Crime, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, History, Mexico, Murder/Manslaughter, Nancy Grace, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Public Intellectualism, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Antoinette Davis, Bradley Lockhart, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Generals, Goldman Sachs, Hamid Karzai, HLN, Iraq, Karl Rove, Nancy Grace, Ngo Dinh Diem, Pakistan, President George W. Bush, Rahm Emmanuel, Shaniya Davis, The Taliban, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vice President Joe Biden
The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About Thanksgiving
• November 25, 2009 • Comments Off on The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About ThanksgivingPosted in Class, Education, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, The Economy
Tags: Afghanistan, Alternative History, Broken Families, Death, Eddie Izzard, First Nations, Homelessness, Iraq, King Philip's War, Massasoit, Mother Earth, Myth Making, Native Americans, Propaganda, Recovering Addiction, Scott Berkun, Settlers, Smallpox, Squanto, Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Ocean, The Civil War, The Great Recession, The Holidays, The Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Puritans
Major Hasan’s Three-Minute Rampage at Fort Hood: Thoughts and Implications
• November 7, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, People of Color, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: "Allahu Akbar", Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Bush Era, CAIR, Denzer WI, Domestic Terrorism, Dorrie Carskadon, Fort Hood, George W. Bush, Growing Up, Hate, Islam, Islamic, Japan, Jason Rodriguez, Jingoism, Kiel WI, Larry King, Lodi WI, Lt. General Robert Cone, Madison Vet Center, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, Media Whore, Mount Pleasant WI, Muslims, Nationalism, Pfc. Amber Bahr, Phil McGraw, President Barack Obama, President Bush, President George W. Bush, President Obama, Random Lake WI, Russell Seager, Sgt. John Pagel, Sgt. Kimberly Munday, Shoshanna Johnson, Spc. Grant Moxon, Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, Suicide Bombers, Terrorist Attack, The Armed Forces, The Council on American-Islamic Relations, The Taliban, The War on Terror, Wingnuts, Wingnuttery
Preach, Rachel: One Woman Congratulates Obama
• October 10, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, History, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Rachel Maddow Show", Afghanistan, African Americans, America, Barack Obama, Bush Era, Chicago IL, Darth Cheney, General Stanley McChrystal, Glenn Beck, Hate, Haterade, Hateration, Jack & Jill Politics, Junior Bush, Nobel Laureate, President Barack Obama, Professor Simon Johnson, Rachel Maddow, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Republicans, Rinku Sen, Russ Limbaugh, Terrorism, Terrorist Attack, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Olympics, The United States
Choose Your Poison: North Korea or Pakistan?
• May 26, 2009 • Comments Off on Choose Your Poison: North Korea or Pakistan?Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, China, Japan, Pakistan, Religion, Russia, South Korea, The Rest of the World
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Benjamin Netanyahu, China, Dear Leader, General Stanley McChrystal, George W. Bush, Hamid Karzai, Iran, Islamic Bomb, Israel, Japan, Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mujaheddin, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Russia, Russia's Vietnam, South Korea, Swat Valley, Taliban, Yusuf Raza Gilani
Randi Rhodes Returning to the Microphone
• May 1, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Journalism and Ethics, Race, Randi Rhodes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Afghanistan, Air America, Air America Radio, Bloody Marys, Clear Channel, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Iraq, Irish Pub, Ketel One, Nova M, Premiere Radio, Queen of Progressive Radio, Randi Rhodes, The Iraq War II
Rice at Stanford Pulls a Nixon: When The President Tortures, It’s Not Illegal
• April 30, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, History, Obama Administration, The Iraq War II, Torture
Tags: "Four Little Girls", 16th Street Baptist Church, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Cenk Uygur, Circular Logic, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Grandiosity, Henry Kissinger, President Obama, Robert Mugabe, Saudi Arabia, Spike Lee, Stanford University, The Convention Against Torture
