Obamarama
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First Lady Michelle Obama with the wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Snob reader Fanita was nice enough to point out to me this little bon mot I missed in the Martha’s Vineyard story from the New Yorker. How did I miss this money quote? Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only…
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Most people in the West who claim to understand the Middle East are just guessing Two years ago I began researching Middle Eastern history for a screenplay I was writing, meant to be set partially in North Africa and Turkey during the time of the Iraq War, as well as post-WWI Iraq and Iran (then…
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From New York Magazine on the Obamas’ possible summer plans in a wealthy Liberal bastion of non-racial intermingling: As liberal as it is, the Vineyard is about as racially integrated as a college dining hall—blacks and whites get along fine, but they generally don’t socialize. “There’s not a lot of overlap between black and white,”…
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The White House tried to shut down some gossip talk that they were angling to support (or attempt to convince) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to run for the senate seat currently occupied by one fine George Jeffersonian man, Mr. Opportunity!, the “Say-Pay Kid” — Roland Burris. You see, Madigan had a meeting at the…
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To Conservatives he’s too hot! (That Socialist!) To the Liberals he’s too cold! (Gays want more love!) If you’re a moderate you’re still wondering if he can fix this economy. For the 60 percent who love President Obama — he’s just right. Unless you’re George W. Bush. Ballsy-ass statements after the jump!
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Sure. You can rap about politics (ask Chuck D.), but can you make anyone listen? Rappers have been dabbling in the social relevance of politics since “The Message” with mixed results. For every valiant effort at voter registration and education, there’s some troglodyte in a “Vote Or Die” T-shirt who isn’t even registered to vote.…
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A letter to Rev. Jeremiah Wright by JD McCallum: Dear Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, I originally was going to write about people and their short memories. Remember when Black Chicagoans were so proud to be “Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian.” If you had cojones and integrity, and weren’t part of the Machine, you were at…
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