Voter Intimidation

This is the sad part of voting.
I would assume that the most of the people being harassed are democrats.
Awful!

"We are learning of private investigators threatening Latino voters in New Mexico, deceptive flyers sent to students in Virginia, and politically-motivated police investigations of new voters in Ohio," Slater said. "These activities are just the latest tactics in what has been a decade-long partisan strategy to limit registration and voting."

Voter intimidation dates back to Caeser's era and it's a shame to see it occur so blatantly.

We're in another Cold War

Remember the "Cold" war that we had with Russia throughout our whole childhood? What they meant by a Cold War was that it was financial and not physical. The Cold War was a banking strategy to bankrupt Russia by making the cost of war so expensive that the civilians would rise up.


That is what the Middle East is doing to the United States. The price of oil always goes up whenever we are in war with the any Middle Eastern country. Gas was $4.45 in my neighborhood today. I wanted to puke when $50 dollars didn't fill up my tank. You must love your Yukon right now!!!!!! Oil prices caused a recession back in the 70's and now history is repeating itelf.


In the meantime, the President, the Vice President are now more wealthy than when they were first elected. Taxes will go up now because of the Republicans, not because of the Dems.

Will you switch sides because you are a capitalist?

Obama and Gore

As we mentioned here before. Obama said Gore would have a big part in his administration. Gore would be at the forefront in regard to resolving the Global Warning issue.
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What's wrong with this photo

I'm conflicted on this one. I can see both sides of the argument. My final thoughts are that people should get over it and that it could have been done classier(if ratings weren't the number 1 aspect).

First of all Vogue is a Woman's magazine. The psychological affect is different on them then on men. It was probably a man who complained. This doesn't anger (all) women. Black women would get mad because they don't want to see any blackman touching a white woman so it wouldn't matter how they posed. Sistas would get mad regardless and were looking for a fault so they could act. At the same time, sistas don't read Vogue so they probably don't even know about it.

Sensitive black folks(like myself) are very concerned over the way bruthas are portrayed and displayed. We don't like to see any Blackman looking like an animal, stupid, or threatening. How many times have you seen a brutha in a suit on the cover of a magazine? You have seen one in uniform many times though. None of the other athletes are in uniform for the other photos. Lastly, the picture looks a little King-Kongish and Giselle looks like that little white girl King Kong was obsessed with.

Now that I think about it, some white people may be upset too. Any images alluding to Mandingo or black man physical prowess while in the presence of an attractive caucasian female upsets people. Not me though, I like to see the boundaries pushed.

So I say let it go and move on. It could be perceived as tasteless and for ratings but definitely not malicious.

Media/Economy cause and effect

This a great topic. I don't have my thoughts summarized on it yet. I will get back to it after my power walk. There are two aspects to this. There is the self fulfilling prophecy that the media deals with, and there are the financial speculators that make short term money on stocks and the economy going down. They like the recession talks because it allows to invest for decline instead of growth. Welcome to the game!!!!!

The media is a powerful entity. It's probably the most persuasive force in the world.
Because of the influx of bloggers and text messaging, they have been forced to provide updates real time instead of daily or weekly. The media gets viewers, readers and listeners attention by attaching story lines and management imposed themes to their real time stories. Hence, they have to sensationalize everything. Because there is so much coverage, judgement occurs every second. The number 1 rated stories right now are typically articles about the economy and the media is a copycat league. I think it's shady when the financial reporting media makes announcements to increase their own investment revenue and undoubtedly participates in the practice.

More on the Economy

The Economic Cycle Research Institute has officially concluded that we are in a recession and says the government blew it. They had a chance to shift the direction and reacted too late. The worst part is the the fact the Canadian dollar is worth more or equal to ours. I used to like going to Canada because it felt like the whole country was on sale.
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I'm here because of Ashley

This was a great speech by Obama both verbally and spiritually. There have been some campaign topics that were not available to Obama because the moment was wrong. He really hadn't discussed his thoughts or feelings about race and black cynicism. His pastor's comments gave him that venue and he capitalized.

Economy

We are in a recession. But before anyone jumps off a cliff, let me define what it is first. If the United States was a company, a recession would be like two negative quarters in a row with the US revenue being equal to the GDP. Take that combined with income level, employment rates, retail sales and all aspects of financial performance can be measured.

The recession of 1974 was caused by skyrocketing oil prices. Another key factor in recessions is the fact that there was a peak in growth right before that time. The real estate caused a collapse just like the dot com era did. The money maker that gets us out of this recession will put us into another one after it collapses.

Spitzer

While NY Governer Elliot Spitzers recent tie-ups in a prostitution ring might land him on the unemployment line, at least he's not trying to bang dudes in airport bathrooms.

More on that....

A Killer with a Code

I agree with you Carl! I don't think Barack wants to deal with them potentially undermining him.

W1, how come you've seen all of those series and specials on HBO and Showtime regarding gangsterism?

To gangsters(like Rich Dad Poor Dad) the only investment they know that makes its own money is drugs. That is how they become successful later is because they learn business that way like JayZ.

I just went and bought "Clash of the Titans". One of my top 5 all time favorites.

Young Michael became Omar. He even had a pretty sidekick to go all with the hoodie and shotgun. I wonder if he also become homosexual like Omar was. That is the hardest character of them all, someone that is both dangerous and strategic. Having a code means one has to follow some pattern or strategy. Michael developed that code and that is what made Omar special. A new generation Robin Hood.

That was comedy when he said that about the $900,000 but old boy had just figured out that Meth set Prop Joe up and he had to do it because of honor. Remember that Omar came to visit him and told him he didn't do it.

I am going to write about the recession soon, I'm in the R&D stage.


JT

The Unbeatable Ticket: 2

Yes, the powerful, persuasive, smoke & mirrors dynamic duo of an Obama and Clinton ticket would be unstoppable. All the Democrats and the swing voters would have the best of both worlds with that.

Unless you were are strong conservative, you'd have to vote for the hope of change and possibility of something different then what we had the past 8 years. Republicans would be an afterthought.

It'll never happen though. Obamas going to get the nomination and the Clintons know it. Thats why theres so much mention of it coming out of the Clinton camp. I havent heard it once from Obama. The Clintons figure coming in second will still get Bill and wife back in power.

How well is it going to go over for President Obama to have those two shysters imposing their will and policies on him? To have 2 thorns right beneath him second guessing and questioning his every move, publically? It isn't.

While yes, even though they'd proabably be unbeatable I expect Obama to take his chances without her.

The unbeatable ticket

Hello!!!!
Where is the SoCal chapter?


Bill Clinton believes that a combined ticket of the two can't lose.
This is a concession to their previous sentiments. I like the idea if Obama is on top. That eliminates the concept of Obama getting assassinated. Because they will definitely try to pop Hillary and the new president will be the Speaker of the House Pelosi. The haters of Obama will hate his replacements even more.

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Freeway Rick Ross

Did you he was the key figure in the Iran Contra scandal?
Did you know that the CIA flew planes and planes of Cocaine into the United States?
Ricky Ross converted it into Crack and allowed the Nicaraguans to finance their own war because America gave them a safe sales channel. Then the government changed the crack sentencing to a 100 times more. Now Bill Clinton apologizes for it while the government is slowly working to repeal the laws, even though he rejected the law change in 1995. Oliver North is a traitor and he killed the African American culture.

Read the book, "The Dark Alliance" by Gary Webb if you don't believe me.
Gary Webb got shot in 2004. Talk about a coincidence.

You can also think about why Afghanistan provides 80% of the US heroin. How did the get they sales channel to the US?

Amadeus
Pegasus and
Watchtower
were the names of the governmental programs that brought Cocaine into South Central.

Yup

I agree with you Mr Pohl. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that too often. I can't stand it when people let their children run around the facility unmonitored let alone their dog Mr. Biggles.

What I'm feeling right now

This is what Obama represents. This is what his war cry should be about. This is the change he is referring to.

I can see that

That was very wise of Mr. Brown to mention that. He is correct in many dimensions.

The number 1 skill required for an AD is fund raising. This is why the old football coach in big football programs can leave coaching and go into the AD job. All of the players will donate money too their old coach.

The other aspects are business and sports, which are obvious skills of yours.

The most important aspect is that you will be motivated and thus you can overcome your hatred the bureaucracies because there will be a lot.

Election Update

McCain has secured is bid for the GOP. He is already starting to campaign against Obama. The GOP will unite against Hillary, but will fracture in an election against Barack. His strategists have already identified this and begun acting accordingly.

Hillary must win Texas and Ohio in order to continue. Obama has dominated the Midwest and Ohio will probably be no different. I think that Texas would rather not vote for a girl or a black guy. But since their god holds a football and bruthas have lead them to the promise land on the field, they will vote for Obama.

PETA wishes they could do this

This was an interesting article. 80 people died from a suicide bomb blast at an dog fight in Afghanistan. These bombings are sad. I can see the purpose in a situation where there is no hope or oppression like on the Gaza strip. I just don't respect it when used as a conventional weapon.
And you you thought PETA tactics were harsh!

I wouldn't normall mention this topic on this blog, but I had to because the article specifically mentions Michael Vick in it. The NFL is still after his money.

Is dogfighting worse than the are young rich females showing their private parts on camera?

The Birth of the Renegade

Dennis Erickson had his first recruiting class as ASU. The first thing he always does is grab a bunch of thugged out JC guys and unleashes them on the world.
Well, he did it again this year, and Arizona's coach said that ASU is now a JC.

If you thought they were good last year, just wait. Dennis needs his thugs in order to feel complete.


You are neither conservative or liberal. You are a capitalist, which transcends both.
Dolphas didn't have the word for it back then, but that it what it is.

We'll see what Danny-boy does next. I prefer Mooch. Fassell is too boring for my taste.

I like McCain but my blackness won't allow me to vote for him.

This the U's top LB. Watch this film. Dude is sick.

The Danny

not sure what he is going to do now. Jim Fassel? Really? screw it go with Mooch I guess. Spagnuolo used him for a 3 year huge raise. well done.


great take on Super Bowl- couldnt agree more. cant believe football is over. signing day for colleges has turned into a soap opera- pretty cool though.just goes to show how HUGE football is in our country.

UCLA held their class together. could be the beginning of the battle- The U as we discussed cashed in. Florida st may be in some problems.

Im saying now watch Will Hill for the gators- safety that might start and may play some O.

Shaq in the desert? interesting. marion fit that team so well but i think they came to conclusion that they werent going to be able to win with that style as long as Tim Duncan was playing- Nash getting older now was the time. funny thing is they just traded for the most dominant inside scoring threat ever and i dont think they even care if he makes it to that end of the court. rebound and be a presence on D they set.

so you are like Mccain? a liberal conservative. and i am a conservative liberal?Obama did well- romney out as of today.

only thing left is her and Obama- did you see the she loaned her campaign 5 million otday? if it comes down to money Obama could out raise her- that itself is crazy.