tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post8810504411722117896..comments2023-09-11T06:22:41.615-07:00Comments on Black Diaspora: conTEAmptuous!Black Diasporahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-36926538697868072392010-05-09T11:57:45.799-07:002010-05-09T11:57:45.799-07:00@Seda: "For kids growing up today, a black pr...@Seda: "For kids growing up today, a black president is normal. And even if Obama doesn't start making more liberal policies that will really benefit society, they'll see he's better by far than the recent run of Republicans." <br /><br />Hi, Seda.<br /><br />Good point. The future of a people have, throughout world history, turned on the character and personality of one person.<br /><br />I've often said: There's no going back, a black man in the White House will shift the consciousness of white and black youth in this country to such a remarkable extent that it will create, for both, unlimited possibilities.<br /><br />For a time, we may not see this seismic shift, this incredible release of pent-up creative energy, but it is occurring--and America is the better for it.Black Diasporahttp://diasporablack.blogspot.com/2010/04/conteamptuous.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-13782323595800388772010-05-09T08:20:37.695-07:002010-05-09T08:20:37.695-07:00Of course they're pissed. They thought they wo...Of course they're pissed. They thought they won, with the Reagan disaster and subsequent Republican and Republican Lite administrations. Oh, the horror! to have a <i>black</i> president, clearly elected by white people! and one who actually might understand directly and seek to affect social inequity! Disaster! <br /><br />How nice, though, that they tend to be over 45. For kids growing up today, a black president is normal. And even if Obama doesn't start making more liberal policies that will really benefit society, they'll see he's better by far than the recent run of Republicans. :-)Sedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13992966189983263290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-86357177447846072212010-05-04T00:04:43.905-07:002010-05-04T00:04:43.905-07:00GrannyStandingforTruth said...
"BTW, have yo...GrannyStandingforTruth said... <br />"BTW, have you talked to IseeIsee? She has been on my mind lately, and I sent her two emails but got no response. That's not like her not to answer me back. I pray that all is well with her."<br /><br />I haven't talked with her, but she recently posted over at Field.<br /><br />She was her usual feisty self, and gave no indication of a problem of any kind.<br /><br />I suspect she's doing fine. When she posts again, I'll pass on that you're enquiring.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-86903470224193608822010-05-04T00:00:43.244-07:002010-05-04T00:00:43.244-07:00@Granny: "We got so much crazy stuff going on...@Granny: "We got so much crazy stuff going on around us including the Teabaggers, until you never know when you wake up tomorrow what is gonna happen next." <br /><br />So true, Granny, we're living a cliffhanger existence. <br /><br />After 9-11, we had the anthrax scare, and after that the shoe-bomber, and a great deal of hellacious weather wreaking havoc across our nation.<br /><br />I heard that the Time Square bomber may have been in communication with someone outside the country.<br /><br />I guess we'll just have to wait and see just how connected he was.<br /><br />We do need financial reform, but I'm afraid it may not be as thoroughgoing as it should be to provide real consumer protection.<br /><br />Congress will attempt something. But it may be as loopy as the health-care reform law recently passed.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-9582728848181414042010-05-03T23:48:26.698-07:002010-05-03T23:48:26.698-07:00@Greg L: "Anyone that took the presidency at ...@Greg L: "Anyone that took the presidency at this juncture would have done a stimulus. We might disagree over the best way, but anyone taking that office would have done the same."<br /><br />True. Very true!<br /><br />Although, they'd all deny it, McCain, and any of the several Republicans that ran for the presidency would have provided some form of a "stimulus program."<br /><br />Bush was told a recession was coming, and enacted his own stimulus program in the form of government stimulus checks, months before leaving office, without a single whimper from those in his own party.<br /><br />He was also first to approve a bailout of the financial sector.<br /><br />We all know that stimulus checks, and bailouts are okay when Repubs do it, but an unforgivable sin when Dems do it.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-3331549084176894212010-05-03T23:35:17.337-07:002010-05-03T23:35:17.337-07:00@Ernesto: "So when these people shout about &...@Ernesto: "So when these people shout about "get the government out of their lives, they are either advertising a vast ignorance, a disconnect from reality, or a load of B.S."<br /><br />As you say, government exists to further the interest of the business sector. The jobs that pay the taxes have to come from somewhere.<br /><br />And we know that businesses pass on taxes to consumers. <br /><br />You'd think with this arrangement, the people would get more consideration. <br /><br />Although we're the ones who pay the taxes, businesses (those who hire) are the ones who make it all possible.<br /><br />Which is why I'm surprised that the Federal government hasn't stepped in to force banks who took bailout money to lend more. "<a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/12/90309/too-small-to-succeed-firms-still.html" rel="nofollow"> Small firms would hire you, if only they could get loans</a>."<br /><br />Further, the government also know that, <a href="http://www.sba.gov/advo/press/10-03.html" rel="nofollow"> "Over a recent 15-year period, small businesses created some 65 percent of the net new jobs in the private sector..."</a><br /><br />We will know if a shift toward the people has taken place, if congress can clean up Wall Street, and BP is actually made to pay fully (without taxpayer dollars) for the clean up the oil spill, and make restitution to those who will lose their livelihood because of it.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-42512478295742705292010-05-03T22:29:19.357-07:002010-05-03T22:29:19.357-07:00BTW, have you talked to IseeIsee? She has been on ...BTW, have you talked to IseeIsee? She has been on my mind lately, and I sent her two emails but got no response. That's not like her not to answer me back. I pray that all is well with her.GrannyStandingforTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427949558167014793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-21245380666166634852010-05-03T22:27:26.647-07:002010-05-03T22:27:26.647-07:00Hello Msdeborah and Ernest, I haven't seen bot...Hello Msdeborah and Ernest, I haven't seen both of yours fonts since Moby Dick was minnow.<br /><br />Well, Diaspora, they think that they've caught the Time square failed bomber. We got so much crazy stuff going on around us including the Teabaggers, until you never know when you wake up tomorrow what is gonna happen next. <br /><br />I agree with Msdeborah about the banking system, and I think they've been getting over on people for a long time. It is time to reform Wall Street and our Financial Institutions. That is way overdue.GrannyStandingforTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427949558167014793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-72322433672878700152010-05-03T15:37:06.580-07:002010-05-03T15:37:06.580-07:00Free enterprise is a myth. If the government didn&...Free enterprise is a myth. If the government didn't prop up businesses in some form or another, they would not exist. That, much more than taking care of the least of us, is the real role of the U.S. government. So when these people shout about "get the government out of their lives, they are either advertising a vast ignorance, a disconnect from reality, or a load of B.S. Probably a combination of all of the above.Ernestohttp://unitymeansvenceremos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-10264334960248240222010-05-01T18:50:53.962-07:002010-05-01T18:50:53.962-07:00BD,
Just dropping by here and checking you out. ...BD,<br /><br />Just dropping by here and checking you out. <br /><br />I think your comments are spot on with the tea party. At the root of the tea party is a strain of libertarian influence IMO that is going to butt heads with the Sarah Palin wing. That's the biggest threat for their viability. Secondly, as you point out, there's gotta be something more substantive than just "revolting". There's pragmatic aspect of going about things and rarely can philosophy alone overcome stark realities of governing except over time. <br /><br />Anyone that took the presidency at this juncture would have done a stimulus. We might disagree over the best way, but anyone taking that office would have done the same. On healthcare, we were already paying for folks who were uninsured as they were in the hospitals getting their primary care which ultimately falls back to the rest of us. These are pragmatic things that would have been addressed in some form or other by whomever got elected, Tea Party notwithstanding.<br /><br />Again, I think they're a well funded and publicized diversionGreg Lhttp://africanamericanclarioncall.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-3891764538183320312010-04-24T13:21:58.768-07:002010-04-24T13:21:58.768-07:00As usual, msladydeborah, you're on target.
Ne...As usual, msladydeborah, you're on target.<br /><br />Newt, calling the group "militant" was a bit risky. Also, assigning to them a future role in the Republican Party without asking them first, was also risky.<br /><br />The GOP is a fragmented party, evidenced by the number of disaffected members who call themselves Tea Partiers.<br /><br />Yet, for the movement to have a lasting impact, to be movers and shakers in politics, they'll have to be more than "spoilers," and will have to, soon or late, fulfill Newt's vision for the group.<br /><br />And Michael Steele's recent revelation that the Republican Party has nothing to offer blacks, and that the <i>Southern Strategy</i> may have permanently damaged any possible relationship the party may have forged with blacks (although an accurate assessment of how dismissive of blacks the party has been over the years), his assessment is not going to win him any friends, now that there's talk of replacing him as GOP chair.<br /><br />You're right about Newt's political ambitions. I think he saw how far John McCain was able to go in a presidential bid (as a Republican maverick) and feel he can do better as a "true conservative."<br /><br />I would have visited you more often, and have tried several times, but my browser gets stuck when I try to download your blog.<br /><br />I'm going to try another browser. My computer has a real difficult time handling more than one.<br /><br />I'll work it out.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386976829639042251.post-82075434579714115652010-04-24T07:30:29.189-07:002010-04-24T07:30:29.189-07:00Newt's come under fire for this statement with...Newt's come under fire for this statement with the Tea Party. They don't like the term militant. Nor do they want to be attached to the GOP. Which makes no sense to me because the demographics indicate that they have been long term GOP supporters.<br /><br />I find this era of GOP politics to be more interesting than any other that I've lived through. For the first time in a long time they are struggling with the brand and it has created a real messy internal situation. Newt is obviously trying to make a bid for office again but in his quest to do so he may actually do more harm than good. <br /><br />But the Tea Party bears close watching because of the potential it has to be a spoiler on different levels of government. I am concerned about my 401k too, but I also believe that the banking system in America is totally corrupt and needs to be reeled back in.msladyDeborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593695415626632490noreply@blogger.com