Joe Arpaio, Prominent Sheriff, Unveils Results Of Investigation Into Obama Birth Certificate

What a chucklehead! Stop, I mean it. Stop bringing this nonsense up as if the facts will change. The President of the United States is a black man. Accept it.
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Santorum: Separation Of Church And State 'Makes Me Want To Throw Up'

Taliban Rick. The USA as a theocracy. What next burkas and stoning?
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Melissa Harris-Perry On 'The Help': 'Appalled At The Gross Historical Inaccuracies' (VIDEO)

The book nor the movie "The Help" are my cup of tea. As a black woman from the south with first hand knowledge of women who were maids to white people, I heartily agree with Melissa Harris-Perry's view of "The Help." Both the book and the movie romanticizes a fraught filled, thankless, low paying job done by black women in the south during the ending of Jim Crow. Best wishes to Ms. Davis and Ms. Spencer but I do not wish the film well at all.
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Rick Santorum: Obama Agenda Not 'Based On Bible'

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ though I am ashamed of some folks who call themselves Christian. If Santorum chooses to promote the argument that Jesus did not emphasize the care of the "least of thee" then if a theology is in dispute it is his and not President Obama's.Th­at dog whistle that the President is Muslim is old and tired.
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In Rediscovered Letter From 1865, Former Slave Tells Old Master To Shove It

One of the best letters I have read. Biting humor always seems to hit the mark. It probably went over the Col.'s head.
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Obama Sings Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together' At Apollo Theater In Harlem (VIDEO)

Love it! Our President can croon! I vote for him to jump start "One Nation Under a Groove" as his acceptance music/song­. THAT would really be cool.
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The Movement Never Realized by Dr. King Is Still Needed Today

While reading and listening to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words again in honor of his birthday celebration, I am astounded by his prophetic view of poor people's potential political and social power. I am convinced that his plan to teach and empower the poor and powerless of the Unites States of America and the rest of the world unleash energy that we can only speculate upon. Can you imagine how different our lives would be if poor people organized and won the concessions of employment, living wages, decent affordable housing, safe affordable food, clean water, clean air, access to health care, good education and accountable politicians and fair elections? The move from exploited and disposable to powerful and demanding would make the Arab Spring look like a weak effort. It would be the greatest revolution that the world would ever know!

The power of such a mass movement of poor people would shake the foundations of all institutions that depend upon the status quo and a permanent underclass to use. It is the very reason I strongly believe that Dr. King needed to be attacked, maligned and eventually removed because surely the poor people's campaign would have worked and caught on in every nation on the planet where to quote Fannie Lou Hamer, "We are sick and tired of being sick and tired." Dr. King's focus on the poor was not a singular notion but many veteran Civil Rights activists had come or were coming to the same belief as Dr. King on the next step and direction of the Civil Rights movement. Dr. King was the best known of the activists, with the highest platform to get the message out about an to direct the movement. It also allowed him to be the greatest target. His assassination cut off the spiritual and persuasive commitment to non-violence that Dr. King could provide. His death sealed the fate of the movement that was tried by Rev. Jesse Jackson. Without Dr. King the momentum was lost. The Civil Rights movement next step in harnessing and moving the power of all poor people was never as powerful as the fight for African Americans' civil rights in America.

In honor of those non-violent warriors who are now slipping away into death we must revisit Dr. King's vision of a poor people's movement. It will like the Civil Rights Movement improve the lives of everyone in America and when it expands outward will do the same in every country on the planet. Until we all can live in dignity providing food, clothing and shelter for ourselves, our families and neighbors we must struggle against the few who have the much so that the many can have a share too.

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.” - Frederick Douglass

Newt Gingrich 'Irritated' By Outrage Over His Comments On Food Stamps

Newt isn't ignorant. He knows exactly what he said and exactly why he said it. It is a proven fact that if you want to score points with a certain segment of American voters you must attack black folks. You must marginaliz­e black people and you absolutely must present black people as the reason those voters' lives are so miserable and void of success.



While facts are stubborn things this crop of Republican contenders are the worst and prolific fibbers in recent memory. The race-baiti­ng is merely a tool in their arsenal that is stinking up the 2012 elections to discourage us.
About Newt Gingrich
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'Allen Gregory' Canceled: Fox On Fate Of 'House,' 'Fringe' And 'Terra Nova'

Bones and Fringe are the only two Fox TV shows I ever watch. If they are cancelled then I will send it along to rest with my NBC channel I don't watch either. Netflix has made bad TV something I do not have to put up with any more. Who would have thunk it that CBS has better shows than most networks other than a few cable networks?
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One Percent To 99: Stop Picking On Us

I shall be pleased only when they send them to the jail they deserve...­for a long time. The disaster they have wrought on this country deserves no less than them being removed from free society to pay like common thieves do when caught...t­ime in the pokey.
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New Hampshire 'Birther' Hearing: State Attorney General Michael Delaney Calls For Investigation

Whenever a republican speaks Gnarls Barkley's Crazy should be playing in the background letting us know know that what is being said is neither serious or sane.
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HuffPost Says Thanks: What We're Grateful For This Year

I am thankful for God, family, friends, employment­, a smart President, great governor, the best mayor and a really tasty meal today. Happy Thanksgivi­ng day!
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Rick Santorum: Africa 'Was A Country On The Brink' (VIDEO)

Regardless as to how much disappoint­ment folks may have in President Obama hands down he is head and shoulders better than the troupe of crazies that the Republican­s are willing to let loose upon us. This country would be clueless if we elected any one of the Republican­s running for President this term.



Frankly, geographic­al slip-ups are not even the scary part of what those Republican­s are promoting. There is no Republican left that is worthy of respect. That scares me since I believe in a two party system. The parties now are Democrats and crazies. That is a shame. Come back to sanity Republican­s!
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Human Rights Campaign: MSNBC Should 'Sanction' Pat Buchanan

It is well past time for MSNBC to dumb Pat Buchanan. Let him buy his own platform to spew his ignorance and hate or go to FoxNews where he fits right in with their limited thinking and racial views.
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Ending The War In Iraq: How Obama's Own Rhetoric -- And George Bush's Pact -- Boxed In The President

Well, thank God Bush blundered into getting us out of the war. I am also thankful that the Iraqis wanted us out so much that nothing we could offer would force them to allow us to stay any longer than the SOFA allowed. It is time to bring our people back home and spend the savings on them and the rest of unemployed America.



It is time to rebuild America! Put Americans back to work rebuilding our schools and infrastruc­ture.
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Netflix Account Losses Much Higher Than Expected After Pricing Backlash

I love Netflix but the pricing snafu was simply dumb. Greed will kill a good product. They were gaining subscriber­s since old subscriber­s gave them high marks and great word of mouth recommenda­tions which of course meant new subscriber­s.



I love both the streaming and the DVDs. I am not yet ready to leave Netflix but I am now wary of them.
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Obama: Wall Street Protests Express Public's Anger

I am voting for President Obama again because he has done very good things for this country. Am I pleased with the fact that the banking industry has bled middle and struggling America dry? No. Would I be cheering as if the Superbowl was won by me if those same bankers were hauled off to jail and convicted? You could bet your bippy I would! I also would like us to get the heck on out of Afghanista­n and Iraq. That would save us lives and many billions of dollars.



The hatred towards President Obama is something I do not understand­. He is not the first politician who has no delivered everything promised. He will not be that last. I believe that we need to pressure him towards a more progressiv­e point of view and he may be learning that that is exactly what we need for America and he needs for re-electio­n. At least he does not believe that corporatio­ns are people too.
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Fred Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights Leader, Dies At 89

Too often the word great is used to describe people. In the case of Dr. Shuttleswo­rth the word great does not fully describe him it merely provides a hint. The awesome focus on what was the problem and how to attack it while disregardi­ng the real threat of physical harm or even death shows the greatness in his capacity to love the oppress and lead them to oppose their oppressors­. He could have just saved himself. He chose not to but to fight for others. The world could use more selflessne­ss like that of Reverend Shuttleswo­rth.



John 15:13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (KJV)



Dr. Fred Shuttleswo­rth repeatedly laid down his life for others. He was indeed great...an­d then some.
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House Republican Bills Would Block New National Monuments On Public Land

How do you respond to a group of people who have no shame or even a shred of decency? Some of the best things we have to offer are our beautiful parks, monuments, and protected water resources that benefits us all not to mention provide a fairly robust tourist trade. So, I guess the logical thing is to prevent the creation of parks and establishi­ng monuments to those people who deserve recognitio­n for their contributi­on towards a more perfect union. While the GOP is brandishin­g their shameless I am ashamed of them and their constituen­ts who elected them to office. They diminish us all.
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Corporations Tailoring Product Lines To Reflect Growing Income Inequality

I'd like to add for most of us to your statement. It seems that it is doing quite well for 20% of the population­.
About Unemployment
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