That “Scandal Cartoon”: Episode 7, ‘Everything’s Coming Up Mellie’
• November 16, 2013 • Comments Off on That “Scandal Cartoon”: Episode 7, ‘Everything’s Coming Up Mellie’Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Fashion, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Rape, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Everything's Coming Up Mellie", "The Wendy Williams Show", Acting, Bellamy Young, Big Jerry Grant, Christmas, Drama, First Lady Mellie Grant, Fitzgerald Grant II, Forced Impregnation, Gladiators, Haters, Hating, Kerry Washington, KevOnStage, Marriage, Pope, Quinn, Rape, Republicans, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn, Twitter, United States
Another Shooting in D.C.: An “Erratic” But Unarmed Woman Drove to the White House First, Tried to Breach Security, Then Was Chased by Cops, and Finally Was Shot and Killed with Her Child in the Back Seat
• October 3, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, MSNBC, National Issues, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Capitol Hill, Car Chase, Children, CNN, Connecticut, D.C., District of Columbia, Infiniti, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Motherhood, MSNBC, Obama, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Shooting, Tea Party, The Shutdown, The White House, United States, United States Capitol, United States Capitol Police, White House
Don’t Come For the First Lady While She Is Speaking, Or She May Come Back at You with a Vengeance (w/Update)
• June 5, 2013 • Comments Off on Don’t Come For the First Lady While She Is Speaking, Or She May Come Back at You with a Vengeance (w/Update)Posted in African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Michelle Obama, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Angry Black Woman Syndrome, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ellen Sturtz, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Facebook, First Lady Michelle Obama, GetEQUAL, Huffington Post, LGBT, Michelle Obama, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republicans, Sturtz, The Angry Black Woman, The First Lady, United States
Those Cartoons from Facebook, March 25, 2013
• March 25, 2013 • Comments Off on Those Cartoons from Facebook, March 25, 2013Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Discrimination, Education, Facebook, Health, Immigration, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Rosa Parks, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: "Racial Entitlements", Antonin Scalia, Book Lovers, Cartoons, Chores, Emory University, Facebook, Faux Noise, Fox News, High Water Pants, Impressions, Italian American, Limousine Liberals, Marky Mark, Misconceptions, Misinformation, Political Cartoons, Republicans, Rosa Parks, Sagging Pants, Scalia, Science, Social Statements, Suffrage, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, Three-Fifths Compromise, Voting Right Act, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act, White House
The Democratic Convention, September 5, 2012: The Big Dog Returns…in More Ways Than One
• September 8, 2012 • Comments Off on The Democratic Convention, September 5, 2012: The Big Dog Returns…in More Ways Than OnePosted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Facebook, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Medicaid/Medicare, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Social Security, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democratic National Convention 2012, Dog Whistles, Facebook, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama, Oval Office, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racial Dog-Whistles, Racism, Republicans, Ted Kennedy, The 2012 Presidential Campaign, The Big Dog, United States, William Jefferson Clinton
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Democrats and Independents, You Gotta Vote Come November and Here is How
• September 3, 2012 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Democrats and Independents, You Gotta Vote Come November and Here is HowPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, History, National Issues, People of Color, Race, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Baggers, Blacks, Common Sense, Democratic, GOP, J.B. Van Hollen, Latino, League of Women Voters, List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin, Madison WI, Paul Ryan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republican, Republicans, Supreme Court, Tampa Florida, Teabaggers, The Tea Party, True the Vote, United States, Voter ID Laws, Voter Registration, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
That Poster From Facebook: How We See President Obama
• August 11, 2012 • Comments Off on That Poster From Facebook: How We See President ObamaPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Facebook, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Booker T. Washington, Children, Common Sense, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Great White Fleet, History, New Deal, President Barack Obama, Racism, Republicans, Roosevelt, Square Deal, Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, The American Lake, Theodore Roosevelt, United States, White House, William Howard Taft
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Kathy Nickolaus, The Katherine Harris of Wisconsin, Won’t Run Again for Waukesha County Clerk
• April 28, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Journalism and Ethics, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 2012, Clerk, County Clerk, David Prosser, Democrats, Elections, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, Kathy Nickolaus, Madison WI, Republican, Republicans, State Supreme Court Justices, The Recall, The Supreme Court of Wisconsin, The Wisconsin Recall, United States, Vote Manipulation, Voter Suppression, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Waukesha County
Sandra Fluke Could Be Anyone’s Daughter, Sister, Friend, Wife, Lover: She Could Be You
• March 5, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Education, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Public Intellectualism, Reproductive Rights, Sandra Fluke, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Anger, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Catholics, Civil Discourse, Color of Change, Darrell Issa, Democratic Party, Democrats, Discourse, Ed Schultz, Facebook, Fluke, Georgetown University, Homophobia, Jesuits, Memoir, Misogyny, Patricia Heaton, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Republicans, Right Wing, Right-Wing Smear, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Talk Radio, The Blunt Amendment, The Non-Apology Apology, The Pill, The View, Twitter, Viagra, Women, Women of Color
Will The Real Model of Black Maleness Please Stand Up? Is It Barack or Curtis (50 Cent)?
• February 28, 2012 • Comments Off on Will The Real Model of Black Maleness Please Stand Up? Is It Barack or Curtis (50 Cent)?Posted 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
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
A Million Signatures to Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
• January 22, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "The Isthmus", BadgerCare, California, David Obey, Faux Noise, Fraud, Governor Walker, High Speed Train, Kathleen Vinehout, Madison WI, Mahlon Mitchell, Peter Barca, Rebecca Kleefisch, Recall, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Ryan Lawler, Scott and Jeff Fitzgerald, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Signatures, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Street, Steve Kagan, The February Uprising, The Koch Brothers, The Orpheum Theatre, United States, United Wisconsin, Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsinites
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
The President at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, January 19, 2012
• January 21, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Chain of Fools", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Walk on By", 2012 Presidential Election, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, BarackObama, Bill Clinton, Child Labor, Clintonism, Dionne Warwick, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, GOP, High Cost of Living, Lame Duck, Lyndon B. Johnson, Medicare, Obama, President, President Barack Obama, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Lyndon Johnson, President Obama, Republican, Republicans, Ron Paul, Social Security, The Great Recession, The Tonight Show, Wanda Sykes
That Cartoon From Facebook
• January 3, 2012 • Comments Off on That Cartoon From FacebookPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Unions/Union Busting
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Cartoon, Cartoons, Facebook, GOP, Online Communities, Political Cartoons, Politics, Posters, Racism, Republicans, Social Media, Social Networking, The Other 98%, Twitter, United States
The Roots Snark Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”
• November 23, 2011 • Comments Off on The Roots Snark Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Late Night TV, Music, Public Intellectualism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Roots, Women
Tags: "Lyin Ass Bitch", African Americans, Apologies, Ashlee Simpson, Bachmann, Bad Taste, Blacks, California, Cheek, Cheekiness, Comcast, Common Sense, Demeaning to Women?, Double Standard, Fallon, Fishbone, General Electric, Jimmy Fallon, Kathie Lee Gifford, Lady Gaga, Lampoon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Lorne Michaels, Meme, Michele Bachmann, NBC, Presidiential Candidate, Punked, Republicans, Right Wing Loon, Roots, Self-Preservation, Ska, Slut-Shaming, The Roots, Tweet, Twitter, United States
Veteran Marine Sgt. Shemar Thomas on the Occupy Wall Street Protests: “This is Our Time…to Change The Greed…in America”
• October 18, 2011 • Comments Off on Veteran Marine Sgt. Shemar Thomas on the Occupy Wall Street Protests: “This is Our Time…to Change The Greed…in America”Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Afghan War, African Americans, Anarchists, Baggers, Benefits, Blacks, Civil Liberties, Civil Servants, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, Demonstrations, Dirty Hippies, Iraq, Iraq War, J. Edgar Hoover, Jobless, New York City Police Department, New York's Finest, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Poor People's Campaign, Poverty, Raw Story, Ready-TV.com, Republicans, Riverside Church, Sgt. Shemar Thomas, Single Issue Politics, The Black Middle Class, The February Uprising, The Middle Class, The Poor People's Campaign, The Tea Party, Unemployed, Union Contracts, Union Members, United States, Veterans, Vietnam War, Wages, Wall Street, War Veteran, Wisconsin, Workers, You Tube, YouTube
Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other Things
• September 16, 2011 • Comments Off on Sarah Palin: Okay, So She Did A Black Guy. That, However, May Explain a Whole Lotta Other ThingsPosted 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 Off on Get Out The Vote, Wisconsin! Recall Elections TodayPosted 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
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: No State Supreme Court Justice Should Be Putting Their Hands Around Anyone’s Throat
• June 27, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: No State Supreme Court Justice Should Be Putting Their Hands Around Anyone’s ThroatPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Ann Walsh Bradley, Assassinations, Attack, California, Chavez Ravine, Concealed Guns, Concealed Weapons, Croup, David Prosser, Death, Death Threats, Dodger Stadium, Drama, Gabrielle Giffords, Governor Scott Walker, Guns, Jared Lee Loughner, Justices, Maiming, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Murder, Neil Postman, Physical Abuse, President Barack Obama, Radical Republicans, Recall, Republican, Republicans, Secession, Senator Charles Sumner, Shirley Abrahamson, State Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, The Civil War, Threats, United States, Violence in the Workplace, Weapons, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Workplace Issues
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: JoAnne Kloppenburg Concedes
• May 31, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: JoAnne Kloppenburg ConcedesPosted in American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Alberta Darling, Blue Cheddar, Dan Kapanke, David Prosser, Democrats, GAB, Government Accountability Board, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Luther Olsen, Randy Hopper, Recalls, Recount, Republicans, State Senators, Supreme Court Justices, The Wisconsin Legislature, Waukesha County Wisconsin, Wingnuts, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Judge Rules Against Walker’s Anti-Union Bill on a Technicality; But Walker and The Fitzgeralds Could Still Ram It Through Again
• May 26, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Judge Rules Against Walker’s Anti-Union Bill on a Technicality; But Walker and The Fitzgeralds Could Still Ram It Through AgainPosted in American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Capitol Square, Common Sense, Dane County Wisconsin, Democratic, Democrats, Eddie Munster, Fanaticism, GOP, Governor Scott Walker, Herb Kohl, Judge Maryann Sumi, Law, Madison WI, Open Meetings Law, Rep. Paul Ryan, Republican, Republicans, Senator Herb Kohl, State Supreme Court, The Fitzgeralds, The Troika, Tim Carpenter, Tommy Thompson, Vuvuzela, Wisconsin
Don’t Say Gay, Say Takei
• May 23, 2011 • Comments Off on Don’t Say Gay, Say TakeiPosted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality
Tags: Asian Americans, Associated Press, Gay, Gay Dads, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Human Reproduction, Japanese Americans, Lesbian Moms, LGBT, Mr. Sulu, Republicans, Senate Bill 49, Southern Republicans, Southerners, Stacey Campfield, Star Trek, State of Tennessee, Sulu, Tennessee, Tennessee Senate, The "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Twitter
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
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Darth Vader Don’t Apologize: James Earl Jones Calls The Tea Party Racist
• July 14, 2012 • Comments Off on Darth Vader Don’t Apologize: James Earl Jones Calls The Tea Party RacistPosted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "The Best Man", African Americans, Baggers, Barack Obama, Blacks, Commentary, Commercials, Common Sense, Cornel West, Darth Vader, Dr. Cornel West, Gore Vidal, James Earl Jones, Jones, Little Darth Vader, Max Page, President Barack Obama, Public Intellectualism, Racism, Republicans, Star Wars, Tavis Smiley, Tea Party, TV Commercial, United States, Voice of Darth Vader, Volkswagen