This is a clear example of how many people really are NOT making INFORMED decisions. This should be against the law. Palin and McCain should be arrested. What they're doing...the message they're putting out there is dangerous and they should be he ...
Posted Thursday, October 9th 2008 at 1:58PM
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While much of America is deciding that Barack Obama is, well, too black to represent this country as president, the rest of the world is moving in for a take out. America, the good old US of A, is perhaps the most vulnerable she’s been since her ince ...
Posted Monday, September 22nd 2008 at 6:03PM
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I worked at the Daily News for 16 years before quitting in 2004 and I have been back a few times since for tours of my classes. SInce that time, I have noticed that little by little the powers that be are being replaced with folks from Great Britain, ...
Posted Tuesday, September 16th 2008 at 6:13PM
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I guess I will be Pepa's unofficial spokesperson and let everybody know that as soon as she gets back, she will drop in and catch up. She and Cheryl are in Los Angeles, so if you're a praying person, please pray for their success in landing a sitcom. ...
Posted Wednesday, September 10th 2008 at 7:01PM
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There has been a lot of talk lately about women and equality to men, sexism and unfair treatment of women with this election. And with the selection of Sarah Pallin as vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party, I think somebody has to say ...
Posted Friday, September 5th 2008 at 9:35PM
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No discussion of hip-hop pioneers should be had without giving props to the contributions of female rap duo Salt-N-Pepa. Sandy Denton and Cheryl James Wray were partners-in-rhyme who held their own in a male-dominated genre without compromising their ...
Posted Wednesday, August 27th 2008 at 9:41PM
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I'm asking because I keep hearing a lot of talk about Obama and all "he's done" to prove he can be president. I even had one person tell me he's good enough to vote for her because he's black.
So, I'm wanting to know what he's DONE exactly. I' ...
Posted Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 11:29AM
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Here's a teaser:
On Sunday afternoons, my friends and I can be found at the pancake house, feasting on chicken apple sausages, waffles, pancakes and cheese grits, a caloric heaven that we have been starving ourselves all week to enjoy.
The break ...
Posted Monday, August 25th 2008 at 12:03AM
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There was a poll released today that showed that 27% of Democrats would be voting for John McCain in November. That's almost a third of all Democrats.
So what does that mean?
If a person is a Democrat they generally believe in universal health ca ...
Posted Sunday, August 24th 2008 at 11:12PM
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What do you think of Obama's choice? Who IS Joe Biden? Are you voting for Obama?
Will Joe's words come back to bite them BOTH???
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Posted Saturday, August 23rd 2008 at 12:02PM
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I had an interesting conversation with a white friend.. She was talking about her cousin's wedding, and how people were waiting in line to get their food because their weren't enough barbecue pits to cook on (another family member didn't bring hers) ...
Posted Friday, August 22nd 2008 at 8:36PM
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I had to chastise myself today. Between my flife roles as wife, mother, daughter, minister, full-time student, poet, and full-time j-o-b employee, I am utterly EXHAUSTED!!!
My fatigue has made me realize that I'm going to have to reset my prior ...
Posted Friday, August 22nd 2008 at 8:15PM
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I read a post in another blog that suggested that black people's homophobia is what keeps black brothers from so-called 'coming out of the closet'. ...that it's homophobia that's causing black men to live double lives.
What do you all think abo ...
Posted Friday, August 22nd 2008 at 7:56PM
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I'll just cut to the chase here.
I get so sick and tired of women ready to tear each other apart over some dude!!! It's aggravating as hell!!!!
Can we stop the madness??????????? There's nothing more embarrassing to me as a black woman to see ...
Posted Monday, August 18th 2008 at 4:42PM
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I want everyone's take on how they handle adversity with particular focus on how some people's approach to disagreements is to be critical of the PERSON and not the position.
Can we learn from each other by spitting venom...even though sometimes ...
Posted Sunday, August 17th 2008 at 11:04AM
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Here's the text from the Washington Post:
"2000 U.S. Men's 4x400 Team Loses Gold Medals
Michael Johnson and the other U.S. men that competed on the winning 4x400 relay team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney must return their gold medals, the Interna ...
Posted Sunday, August 17th 2008 at 12:37AM
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An 18-year-old high schools student from Tennessee was suspended more than 40 times for wearing a T-shirt and belt buckle and other items of clothing bearing the Confederate flag. He attends Anderson High School (with only one black student), which h ...
Posted Sunday, August 17th 2008 at 12:14AM
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I wrote this back in 2004 due to the frustration of so many actors and acresses losing immense amounts of weight and amidst the climax of America's obsession with being way too thin. Not only that, the pressures that caused bulimia and anorexia to r ...
Posted Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 6:34PM
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Take a look at this video and PLEASE, comment on the state of affairs we must be in today. I mean...who in the hell left THAT gate open? And where are the PARENTS when these children act like this????
Blessings... ...
Posted Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 3:47PM
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If you have black skin but speak Spanish, which box will you check on a Census? Black or Hispanic? A member asked how is it possible that the black population will remain about the same in that study that found that whites will no longer be a racial ...
Posted Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 11:50AM
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