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If I Were President

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When I first conceived of this post, errr, 6 hours ago,
I was going to skip the article that Steinem wrote in
The Times and go for the gusto with the comments section.

The article is about voting based on race or gender.
The commenter’s write,

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January 8th, 2008 7:18 amLink

Thank you, very well said. Watching the beating Senator Clinton is getting has made me realize that this country was broken at the foundation, when the Constitution did not include women. And why are the young women so anxious to throw away all the gains the prior generations bled for? Is there any hope for our nation?

? SP, North Carolina

Uhhhhh. The same reason why White Women
protest AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE action.

Out.For.Self.

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January 8th, 2008 7:18 amLink

I think the more appropriate conclusion is that those who are both female AND black would have a difficult time reaching to highest heights in politics. If Hillary Clinton was black she wouldn’t have a shot. Her whiteness, like Obama’s maleness, then, provides them with this shot at the White House. Perhaps Ms. Steinem could have discussed the advantages that Senator Clinton, a white woman, would have over a similarly situated black woman.

? Rob, Washington, DC

Dude. If Hillary Clinton were Black, Bill Clinton would have major
f*cking problems. It would be more like Bill wh?

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January 8th, 2008 7:18 amLink

“So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?” Could it be because white women in this country have always had a degree of agency that has exceeded that of black men and black women by an order of magnitude? Univeral human emancipation is, or should be, our goal. Your diatribe against Mr. Obama is uncalled for. Moreover, I believe it can only turn voters against Ms. Clinton if she does not repudiate it.

? malnicore, nyc

You know whats cute? I know, based on the writing, that this
person is a lawyer.

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January 8th, 2008 7:12 amLink
“But what worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as divisive by her sex.”

So what you’re saying is…..the last 41 WHITE presidents were chosen because of their ability to bring all factions together? I wonder if this case would hold up in, let’s say, Isreal? Hillary is divisive because a majority of people view her as a fake, and haven’t liked her from day one. It has nothing to do with her gender. Maybe it has to do with the fact that we’re sick and tired of seeing the same political family in office again. Change would be ending the dynasty.

? Jazzence, Los Angeles

Yeah. That same family sh*t is kinda real ya’ll.

Tonight, I came across an article by Timothy Noah in Slate,
pointing out the fallacy in Steinem’s article and I realized
that I was at a loss. because I knew I needed to include
it as well. Here is what Timothy has to say about
Steinem going to bat for Hillary,

“Gender,” writes Gloria Steinem on the op-ed page of the
Jan. 8 New York Times, “is probably the most restricting
force in American life.” That is incorrect. Poverty is the
most restricting force in American life. It’s become
somewhat unfashionable to point this out, but I don’t see
how it could be otherwise. Given the choice between being
born poor and being born female, which would you choose?

How about, a White Man?

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If you could come back as someone else,
who would it be? Fridah? Jay-Z? Dre?
Bill Gates, lol! Mrs. Bill Gates <<< Man, if poverty is the most
restricting force in American Life,
then what can we do about it? I think on that sh*t every day,
and my conclusion is that you have to go directly to the
mommas and the dads to provide the support they they
arn’t getting else where.

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Kennedy was as Real as ‘Pac: Bobby Kennedy Part II

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I am naming my son Bobby Kennedy.

I have always had a fascination with ’68 but
something has brought it to the surface again.

My new found interest stems from learning, courtesy
of BMC, that the seeds of disrespect for life circa the ’88 crack era
were sewn in the disrespect for life during the ’68 era.
’68, the era of protests, national guard shooting to kill,
urban riots, King/Kennedy assassination era.

In the movie Bobby, they used footage of his actual historical
speeches in the film.

This man was so sincere, warm and compelling, I was floored.

Birkhold put it lovely when he said that Kennedy
spoke the truest sh*t, just like ‘Pac.

Here was a dude, from MONEY, but totally rode
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What was so moving about just seeing him
on a old crusty video was that his sincerity was so compelling.
This sincerity jumped off the screen.

I mentioned my new fascination with him to my dad,
asking, “Where is the Bobby Kennedy?” He responded saying,
that “they only come once a lifetime.”

Sensing my disappointment, he caught himself, saying,
“that there was one probably being made right now.”

I couldn’t help but feel let down by his response.

At the end of the day, like ‘Pac, its great to know that he even lived
for the short time that he did.

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What do you know about Bobby Kennedy? ’68?

Why doesn’t anyone make the connection
between ’68 and ’88?

Do you agree that there is in fact a connection?

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Obama Might Get Murked: Bobby Kennedy Part I

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I came to this conclusion while watching the film Bobby
over holiday’s. If you have been a long time reader, you
already know that I have long contended that guns and
entrenched racism don’t bode well for Black
Presidential candidates.

Watching the movie Bobby further confirmed this for me.

Back to Obama.

If I hear one more person say its not about race, I am going
to mail them a chit’in Popsicle. Real talk.

But there?s no doubt that for one night, in one state, Americans
dramatically changed the subject. Race didn?t matter ? even
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as Mr. Obama galvanized his supporters by promising to
toss historical and political division aside.

It would be better stated if Kirk stated that
White Iowans voted for him INSPITE of him being Black,

I mean. The VERY fact that HE IS BLACK, makes his win
in Ohio meaningful and substantial.

If he were a white man, he would be just another white dude
that won in Iowa, Kirk.

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I wonder whats going through Oprah’s head right now.

Why do folks INSIST on saying its not about race
when it is all day?

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Huckabee is a Hood Republican

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I have been wondering about who exactly is Mike Huckabee?
No one has been able to explain it to me until today.
He is one of those hood Republicans. Not a regular republican.
But one of those down home, chicken, ribs and raccoon Republicans.

Few of Huckabee?s critics have actually come out and said what many of them think. The language is coded, as it usually is with class and race in this country. The Wall Street Journal, the anti-tax jihadists at the Club For Growth, the National Review ? these pillars of Old School Republicanism have signaled that Huckabee is Not One of Ours. But they?re careful to say it?s not about class, because, of course ? it is!

Class war is forbidden in the Republican playbook. But Huckabee, despite an inept last week of campaigning, has forced the Republican party to face the Wal-Mart shoppers that they have long taken advantage of. He?s here. He?s Gomer. And he?s not going away.

Not none of that fake Bush 41/43 Texas by the way of Connecticut. But. Huckabee has actually LIVED in a trailer Park AND has eaten raccoon.

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The word on the street is that the people feel him,

Huckabee has been telling people in Iowa that Republican higher-ups would never let him become the nominee because he ?has a hick last name.? Wow. I?d like to be in on that focus group.

I find it interesting that he brings class diversity,
albeit, by default, to the forefront presidential debate.

Romney has his work cut out for him.

I suspect that the evil ads will start flying in about TWO seconds.

I wonder what is going through Hillary’s head right now.
Oh. Perhaps it won’t be Obama/ Gore ’08 but

Obama Bloomberg ’08.

Imagine the history books.

A Jewish Dude and a Black dude, in The White House.

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Nas Likes Himself and His Fans as well.

“I’m hyped right now,” the usually laid-back MC told MTV News backstage approximately an hour before showtime. He was itching to get onstage, especially since he was trying a couple of new additions to his show: a small live band, and legendary producer Marley Marl backing him as the show DJ.

“We’ve been practicing out in California,” Marley ? showing no sign of having suffered a heart attack earlier this year ? said as he waited to get behind the ones and twos.

As showtime grew closer, Nas revealed he wanted to do a very short run of venues across the country ? he’s performing New Year’s Eve in L.A. ? because he did not put out an album this year as promised. He didn’t want to leave his fans with nothing.

As the show started, Marley Marl cued up the classic record he made with MC Shan, “The Bridge.” Nas walked out wearing shades, a white T-shirt with a peace sign on his back, a gold rope chain and a New York Mets hat that he quickly threw into the crowd. Marl and the band also all wore white tops and Mets hats.

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Chuck D wants to run Def Jam.
They would let Flavor Run it before they let him.
“After 10 years looking on the collapsing of the record industry, and upon hearing the news of Jay-Z stepping down from Def Jam, I would throw my name into the hat of somebody who understands how the hell Universal should establish the name-brands they acquire with stockholders money,” Chuck D told AllHipHop.com

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I ain’t stupid. I noticed how CLEMENS is getting the
UBER PASS on the steroid allegations. Here are the
results when you google Clemens and Steroids.
Here the Bonds and Steroids results. They appear, gp, to be similar.

But I noticed one major difference.

Where is the Clemens expose book?

Why aren’t journalist clamoring to write and
cash in on this story?

Hmmp. Look like a little baseball Elvis going on to me.

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Only on MM do you get Huckabee, Steroids and Chuck D.
 God Bless America.

Obama surprised you, hunh?

What would be your move if you were Hillary?

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Turf Talk Gets NY Times Love

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Kelefa uses Turf Talk to illustrate the precarious position
emcees are in when it comes to marketing and promotion
and getting LARGE for independents,

And then there is Turf Talk, a loudmouthed upstart from Vallejo, Calif., who made arguably the year?s most exciting hip-hop album, ?West Coast Vaccine (The Cure).? It came out through Sick Wid? It Records, which is run by his cousin, the rapper E-40. (The album was released through a distribution deal with Navarre, which sold its music distribution business to Koch in May.) And despite Turf Talk?s flamboyant rhymes, the album has pretty much remained a secret. Without a national radio hit or even a proper music video, Turf Talk has promoted the CD mainly through West Coast regional shows, from San Diego to Tacoma, Wash.

Reached by telephone at his home in Concord, Calif., Turf Talk tried to put the best spin on a mixed-up year. ?The independent game is starting to shine again,? he said. But when pressed, he said he would love to cross over to the mainstream, speaking in the third person: ?Turf Talk wants to be known all across the world.?

Kelefa acknowledges the difficulties of being
independent when he writes,

It?s easy to romanticize Turf Talk?s grass-roots approach: his do-it-yourself video shoot, his evident pride in how much he has accomplished on his own, his commitment to the family business. But for him the promise of exposure and the long shot at stardom are too tempting to reject.

?I love the independent money,? he said. ?I?m living good, I drive nice cars. But right now, if you asked me, I?d say, ?Turf Talk wants to go major.? Because you can always come back to independent.?

Sales are down all over, but hip-hop has been hit particularly hard. Rap sales fell 21 percent from 2005 to 2006, and that trend seems to be continuing. It?s the inevitable aftermath, perhaps, of the genre?s vertiginous rise in the 1990s, during which a series of breakout stars ? Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, the It is a well-known fact that men often feel embarrassed about this medical condition and instead of going out learningworksca.org buy cialis of penis). If you have any queries regarding their services or need their viagra without prescription learningworksca.org assistance, you can contact them to get it repaired or replaced as the case may be, the most normal. In fact, in commander viagra bought that most cases, it’s probably still a very good idea. On the other hand, Kamagra is a general ED drug and it is available at reduced price. cheapest levitra and Kamagra work well in ED and impotence treatment. Wallace.”>Notorious B.I.G. ? figured out that they could sell millions without shaving off their rough edges. By 1997 the ubiquity of Puff Daddy helped cement hip-hop?s new image: the rapper as tycoon. Like all pop-music trends, like all economic booms, this one couldn?t last.

And this statement was observant if not downright depressing,

Eventually, a (new?) group of executives will find a business model that doesn?t depend on shiny plastic discs, or digital tracks bundled together to approximate them. But for now the major league is starting to look a lot like the minor one. And in ways good and bad and utterly unpredictable, rappers may have to reconsider their place in the universe, and their audience. Some will redouble their commitment to nonsense, like Project Pat. Some will wallow in their misery, like Prodigy. Some will merely revel in their own loudmouthiness, like Turf Talk, hoping someone will pay attention. But if sales keep falling, more and more rappers will have to face the fact that they aren?t addressing a crowd, just a sliver of one.

“More rappers will have to face the fact that they aren?t
addressing a crowd, just a sliver of one”??!?!?!?!?!?!

Oh. And the fact that the music industry is suing their customers
is downright despicable.

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I wonder how the music will change when emcees recognize that
that they only have a fraction of their previous fan base?

Will more emcees start driving buses? Resort to street pharmaceuticals?

OR.

Actually start re-building a fan base, one person at a time?

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