Live Streaming: Nelson Mandela Memorial Service, FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, December 10, 2013
• December 9, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in African American History, African History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Love, People of Color, South Africa, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, World History
Tags: Africa, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, CBS News, Dignitaries, Father of the Country, FNB Stadium, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Johannesburg, Kings, Live Streaming, Madiba, Mandela, Memorial Service, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Prince Charles, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Tuesday, Union Buildings, United States, UStream
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
No Disrespect Intended? President Obama Interrupted by Bill O’Reilly During Pre-Super Bowl Interview Time and Again
• February 7, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Super Bowl
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Egypt, Faux Noise, Fox News, George W. Bush, Goldman Sachs, Hosni Mubarak, O'Reilly Media, Omar Suleiman, Paul Krugman, POTUS, Pre-Super Bowl Interview, President Barack Obama, President Mubarak, President of the United States, Republican, Sarah Palin, SAVAK, Super Bowl, The Muslim Brotherhood, The Shah of Iran, United States, Vice President Suleiman
The Drug War in Mexico: What is Really Going On?
• September 1, 2010 • Comments Off on The Drug War in Mexico: What is Really Going On?Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Drug Overdoses, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mexico, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anglo, Assassin, Bruce Livesay, Cocaine, Crime, Drug Cartels, Drug Dealer, Drug Trade, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, Eggs, Employment, Enforcer, Free Trade, George W. Bush, Hiring Illegals, Illegal Immigrants, Illicit Drug Trade, Interstate 35, La Barbie, Latinos, Marijuana Dealer, Mayor, Mexico, Migrants, NAFTA, New York Times, North Texas, President Barack Obama, President Felipe Calderon, Racism, Real News Network, Safety Violations, Salmonella, Texas, Ton, Tons, United States
Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO
• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBOPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Cancer Alley", "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", "Treme", "When the Levees Broke", African Americans, Alabama, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Blacks, BP, Brown, Bush, Cable TV, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Debut, Dick Cheney, Documentary, Environmental Disaster, Florida, George W. Bush, Haiti, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Michael Brown, Mississippi, Neighborhoods, New Orleans LA, NOLA, NOLA.com, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Premiere, President Barack Obama, Rep. Joseph Cao, Seafood Industry, Sean Penn, Simonize, Spike, Spike Lee, The BP Oil Spill, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf Coast, The Mahalia Jackson Theatre, Vietnamese Community, Wendell Pierce, William "Cold Cash" Jefferson
Vietnamese Fishermen, Shrimpers, Locked Out of Gulf Clean Up Efforts; Others Are Getting Sick
• May 26, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Environmental Crimes, Health, New Orleans, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View, Women
Tags: 911, Bobby Jindal, BP, British Petroleum, Bush II, Cajuns, Clean Up, Cleaning Up, Creoles, Dick Cheney, Eastern Europeans, Exxon Valdez, Father Vien The Nguyen, First Generation Immigrants, Fishermen, George W. Bush, Governor Bobby Jindal, Halliburton, Jindal, Louisiana, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile Baykeeper, New Orleans East, người Kinh, người Việt, Oil Spill, OilSpillVolunteers, Oxygen, Per Diem, Plaquemines Parish, Poisoning, President George W. Bush, Republicans, Save Our Seabirds, Shamrock Environmental Corporation, Shrimpers, The Deez, The Federal Government, The Gulf Coast, The International Bird Rescue and Research Center, The National Audubon Society, The National Wildlife Federation, The Twin Towers, The View, Vice President Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Community, Whoopi Goldberg
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
President Barack Obama Signs the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
• October 29, 2009 • Comments Off on President Barack Obama Signs the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention ActPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Judy Shepard, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Actual or Perceived Gender, African Americans, American History, Barack Obama, Bisexuals, Blacks, Cremated, Disability, Disabled, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Find-a-Grave, Gays, Gender, Gender Identity, George W. Bush, Hate Crimes, History, Homophobia, James Byrd Jr., Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper City Council, Jasper TX, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Judy Shepard, Laramie WY, Lesbians, LGBT, Lynching, Matthew Shepard, President Barack Obama, Racism, Sexual Orientation, The Fence, The Matthew Shepard Act, The Matthew Shepard Foundation, The Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, The Presidency, Transgendered
New Book Says Secret Service Cuts Have Endangered the Safety of President Obama
• August 6, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Books, Crime, Hate Crimes, History, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "In the President's Secret Service", "The Early Show", Assassination, Barack Obama, Death Threats, Department of Homeland Security, George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, President Bush, Ronald Kessler, Secret Service Agents, The Secret Service, U.S. Secret Service, U.S.S.S.
Iran is on Fire: How to Keep Its People in Our Minds and Perhaps, Our Hearts
• June 15, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, Books, Education, Iran, Obama Administration, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Rick Steves' Iran", "Rick Steves' Iran: Yesterday and Today", 1953, 1979, American Embassy, Andrew Sullivan, Arab, Ardabil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bush Administration, Cairo Speech, Chador, CIA, Daily Kos, Demonstrations, Farsi, George W. Bush, Iran, Islamic Bomb, Israel, John Borton, Juan Cole, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mark Twain, Mir Hossein Moussavi, Muslim, Pahlavis, Pakistan, PBS Create, President Carter, President Obama, Rick Steves, Right Wing, Robert Fisk, Shi'a, Sunni, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Syrian, The Right, The Seventies, United States, Uprisings, You Tube
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
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
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Condi Loves Torture
• April 24, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Abu Zubaydah, al Qaeda, Alberto Gonzales, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Elizabeth Cheney, Emptywheel, Eric Holder, Filipinos, George W. Bush, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Boehner, John Yoo, Keith Olbermann, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Marcy Wheeler, Philip Zelikow, Rachel Maddow, Saddam Hussein, Second World War, Spain, Spanish American War, Special Comment April 16, Steven Bradbury, The CIA, The Justice Department, Torture, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Waterboarding