tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post6812222607511149963..comments2024-03-28T10:43:34.270-04:00Comments on field negro: Can I get an amen?field negrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-11999647360579385192008-03-19T12:42:00.000-04:002008-03-19T12:42:00.000-04:00Without some form of unity, I'm pretty positive th...Without some form of unity, I'm pretty positive that nothing will change.<BR/><BR/>And his speeches about the economy and national security are scheduled for later this week.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-81478165208148868362008-03-18T18:50:00.000-04:002008-03-18T18:50:00.000-04:00no i don't think so. i read the transcript and lit...no i don't think so. i read the transcript and little by little i'm seeing through the bs. initially i though he was a great candidate, and then today, honestly i don't see how mentioning his white ancestry has anything to do with the isssues bay. he was not forced to do or say anything. quite frankly i don't know that he has the backbone to anything but be yet another presidential "yes man" in office. he is the perfect acceptable negro. no backbone when it comes to hard hitting issues and the speech today said it all. i read the transcript, and i didn't think he needed to explain anything on behalf of his pastor let alone take it to a level where he's appeasing mainstream voters by putting in the "heart touching" story of his maternal white grandparents or the young white lady Ashley ("There is a young, twenty-three year old white woman named Ashley Baia who organized for our campaign in Florence, South Carolina..."). Don't get me wrong he started out pretty strong today. But then getting into these little stories, got to me. You tell me what does that have to do with a) the comments made by Rev. Wright [which were grossly misconstrued] and b) the economic crisis in America. He's played both sides of the fence and yet has come up with absolutely nothing plausible other than the same sad "unity" song that's been sung and ignored since the civil rights movement. The only real issue that he has a stronghold on is healthcare, but what about education, and the economy. He has no backbone to really tear into gritty issues. He prefers to play it safe. I think we as black people are so happy to see representation get this far in the presidential race, but there are some real issues here that he's dancing around. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be the great Black American Hero that I'd thought he'd be. however if he did make it into office, his wife seems like the type of woman that would make him tackle the race card without fear!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791849996864538646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-34559653134879661982008-03-18T18:26:00.000-04:002008-03-18T18:26:00.000-04:00librascorp1020 ... You miss the whole point of the...librascorp1020 ... You miss the whole point of the speech. He was saying simply that Rev. Wright just like his white half is apart of him.The man is biracial people! just like most of black America we have something in us of a different race.<BR/><BR/> I mean what was the guy suppose to pretend his white half doesn't exist? They were trying to label him as though he hated all white people. So, his pointing out he is half white was needed. I don't see anybody getting upset over him saying his wife carries the blood of slaves and slave masters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-14878425136575591742008-03-18T18:25:00.000-04:002008-03-18T18:25:00.000-04:00"it saddens me that each time he speaks he feels t..."it saddens me that each time he speaks he feels the need to point out his "biracial" heritage. Is this a way of slightly distancing himself from the Black community?"<BR/>-----------------------------------<BR/>Then you haven't been listening & you haven't really been following Obama. He never wanted to get into the racial issue. He was forced to! Obama hardly ever mentions his white mother. You're missing the point by a mile!<BR/><BR/>He mentioned his white mother today to let America know who Barack is, what he has struggled through from both sides, & what Barack stands for. Barack showed himself as a leader--Very Presidential!SouthernGirl2https://www.blogger.com/profile/01829901840187884140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-13722915654277067622008-03-18T18:04:00.000-04:002008-03-18T18:04:00.000-04:00"it saddens me that each time he speaks he feels t..."it saddens me that each time he speaks he feels the need to point out his "biracial" heritage. Is this a way of slightly distancing himself from the Black community?"<BR/>------------------------<BR/>librascorp:<BR/>I heard the speech and haven't read the transcript yet. But from what I heard, Obama wasn't trying to distance himself from black people but rather provide some context for the reason that he repudiated Rev. Wright's incendiary comments but not Wright the man. I heard him say something to the effect that his white grandmother and Rev. Wright were a part of him, a part of America.Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-8789404102015410752008-03-18T16:54:00.000-04:002008-03-18T16:54:00.000-04:00Oh Field! Did you hear the nonsense that came out...Oh Field! Did you hear the nonsense that came out of Oman's mouth today in your hometown? While I'm happy that a brother is in the running for the presidency,, it saddens me that each time he speaks he feels the need to point out his "biracial" heritage. Is this a way of slightly distancing himself from the Black community? I hate to sound off but I am so tired of hearing the whole "i got a white mamma" battle cry. It doesn't matter in this country what color your mother is, if your a$$ looks black then you are black. Then he went on to discuss how he was raised by the white grandmother who didn't care for black men. what is he talking about? why is he being the acceptable negro of politics?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791849996864538646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-61287094363878609562008-03-18T16:51:00.000-04:002008-03-18T16:51:00.000-04:00"Hi my name is NSangoma and I'm an idiot. I consta..."Hi my name is NSangoma and I'm an idiot. I constantly make posts seeking attention from people and talk a lot of nonsense. Please ignore me. Please don't give me any attention. I don't deserve it. I hate being black. I hate myself. I need 5500 years of therapy to fix my fucked up mind.<BR/>-----------------------------------<BR/>True!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Barack Obama put it down today! He hit it head on! Yes, he is definitely the leader America needs! Pure honestly from the soul!<BR/><BR/>A President indeed!SouthernGirl2https://www.blogger.com/profile/01829901840187884140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-70951577618195109752008-03-18T15:33:00.000-04:002008-03-18T15:33:00.000-04:00imhoptep,Go read the blogs, the response on new yo...imhoptep,<BR/>Go read the blogs, the response on new york times, and various other places... overwhelmingly, people are responding positively..... he has connected with all people on this one.. which is what he needed to do. He did it and many are saying, best speech they have heard and or read... and more importantly, they see it as the seal of the deal for his nomination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-75933511484917847752008-03-18T14:57:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:57:00.000-04:00NSangoma wrote: "One person's: I have found absolu...NSangoma wrote: "One person's: <STRONG>I have found absolutely no evidence ...</STRONG> does not mean it did not happen."<BR/><BR/>Ah. But to <EM>declare</EM> that it happened -- publicly, loudly, repeatedly -- requires <EM>evidence</EM>.<BR/><BR/>And you can point to none.Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-74566813843520713712008-03-18T14:56:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:56:00.000-04:00I've spent all my youth looking across the tracks ...I've spent all my youth looking across the tracks at de good white people. My daddy, Ruckus used to say, "boy, ain't nuttin' bedda dan de white man. His ice is colder, his technology beyond our negrud comprehenson, and his values forebah respected and rivilled. But since you cain't be one, mah sun, at least hate on yo' black self and any negro thet look lahkt you."<BR/><BR/>My daddy ruckus went own to be famous for his wurbs:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=n9KDGHiN2GA&feature=related" REL="nofollow">daddy</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-10366548429897104522008-03-18T14:52:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:52:00.000-04:00Obama did an excellent with his speech, but as we ...Obama did an excellent with his speech, but as we know, whites and blacks see things differently. I can't wait to hear the critism from white folks, You know they are going to critize. Basically, they are saying he has not passed the test of being a house nigga.<BR/> <BR/>There were times during the brotha's campaign where I thought he was too passive. Not today, the brother stood up and told america about it's original sin, and the modern day consequences of that sin.<BR/><BR/>Barack is the man to lead us, but america with all it's whitness, will not accept her best and brighest as the leader. Instead, america will default to what she knows, old, know nothing white folks.Imhotephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029385616051517954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-22237601540699954162008-03-18T14:47:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:47:00.000-04:00http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2008/03/obama-...http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2008/03/obama-does-damage-control-with-speech.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-11660162102218281312008-03-18T14:41:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:41:00.000-04:00Hi my name is NSangoma and I'm an idiot. I constan...Hi my name is NSangoma and I'm an idiot. I constantly make posts seeking attention from people and talk a lot of nonsense. Please ignore me. Please don't give me any attention. I don't deserve it. I hate being black. I hate myself. I need 5500 years of therapy to fix my fucked up mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-38774940778711963122008-03-18T14:02:00.000-04:002008-03-18T14:02:00.000-04:00This does not speak well for Jesus.This does not speak well for Jesus.chamblee54https://www.blogger.com/profile/17280870701343868626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-70226642977013267872008-03-18T13:56:00.000-04:002008-03-18T13:56:00.000-04:00Wow, I can only imagine what the hooded sisters at...Wow, I can only imagine what the hooded sisters at Tennessee Guerrilla Women will have to say about the speech. They'll probably play it down to him being a pretty 'speech maker', or talk about how many flags are behind him... ooops, too late...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-78855691318756943572008-03-18T13:32:00.000-04:002008-03-18T13:32:00.000-04:00Funny how they forgot the priests and the Bakkers ...Funny how they forgot the priests and the Bakkers and the Swaggarts and the Hinns.<BR/><BR/>MoldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-11670723622578235802008-03-18T13:04:00.000-04:002008-03-18T13:04:00.000-04:00It was friggin brilliant! I thought that was the b...It was friggin brilliant! I thought that was the best speech on race in American I have EVER heard from a politician,... and he was brilliant in its presentation. He showed today just what kind of a president he would be. White, Middle Aged Lesbian for Obama 08!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-67019837678148057072008-03-18T12:47:00.000-04:002008-03-18T12:47:00.000-04:00I don't think Obama's finished. His speech was spo...I don't think Obama's finished. His speech was spot on.<BR/>The truth is that Obama is as white as he is black. He stands in the middle. He feels both sides. That's one reason everybody can unite behind him. The rest of us can learn something from him.<BR/><BR/>I hope a-merry-cans can of all colors follow his example of feeling each other's pain, and speaking out against the real enemy: f**ed up rich people and their corporations are eating us alive. They don't care if its the dark or light meat-they want the whole chicken, whoever's pot it came out of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-48905411547297732572008-03-18T12:46:00.000-04:002008-03-18T12:46:00.000-04:00Nsangoma: Stop talking nonsense when you're being ...Nsangoma: Stop talking nonsense when you're being a witness to one of the most historical and exciting presidential races of our time...<BR/><BR/>field, I just listened to Obama's speech and the talking head's response to it. Generally, they said that this was a speech he had to give, that he gave a good speech, this speech won't end the discussion but, but if nothing else, it has made a contribution in opening up a new discussion so we can move past it.<BR/><BR/>But, field, here's what the talkingheads didn't say: That this was THE 3 a.m. phone call for Barack. Why, his entire presidential race is based on a post-racial politics that even Ray Charles on heroin could see was being derailed by the continueal discussion about Rev. Wright's incendiary comments. That made this speech critical. <BR/><BR/>His entire presidential candidacy was in the balance. How did he handle it? With painful honesty, transparency, and integriy. He admitted he had heard fiery rhetoric from Rev. Wright before, disagreed with it but didn't quit Rev. Wright's church. Nor did he quit on Rev. Wright. Basically, he said he couldn't quit on Rev. Wright, because Rev. Wright represents, to some degree the black church, the black community; he couldn't quit on either because they were all a part of him...<BR/><BR/>In confronting the issue of race, Obama has already given us a good idea how he will confront issues as a US president, which, evidently, would be very different from Hillary. When Hillary had her 3 a.m. moment (national health care), she blew it by trying to do it with her own White House and corporate clique and in secrecy; and it fell apart. When she had her second 3 a.m. call (a vote to give Pres. Bush authorization to go to war against Iraq), she blew that too, giving Bush the okay to engage in a pre-emptive, illegal war. Why, even she admitted that she didn't even read the National Intelligence Estimate that everyone was supposed to read before voting. <BR/><BR/>Unlike Hillary, Obama answered the phone and said no to war with Iraq. Now, he just answered the phone again and said no to racial politics and, in the process, challenged us (the America voter) to examine, reexamine the racism in our hearts so we can become a better country.<BR/><BR/>field, I ain't no obamaholic, and I detest the lame, disorganized democratic party. But Obama just won my vote.Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-71784545035977121072008-03-18T12:05:00.000-04:002008-03-18T12:05:00.000-04:00Just finished reading the full context of Obama's ...Just finished reading the full context of Obama's speech and I thought it it was well done, concise and I think he hit home all the points he needed to with this one. Obama 08Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-39015414842444913362008-03-18T11:58:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:58:00.000-04:00~You must have really had a bad experience as a bl...~<BR/><I>You must have really had a bad experience as a black man. Really.</I><BR/><A>big man</A> 11:50 AM<BR/><BR/>Field, where doth thou get dhese kind of Ne-gre-tah-roes from?<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-50900109239133918332008-03-18T11:50:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:50:00.000-04:00NsangomaYou must have really had a bad experience ...Nsangoma<BR/><BR/>You must have really had a bad experience as a black man. Really.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the speech was outstanding and exhaustive. I'm totally satisfied.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-81346004923484929702008-03-18T11:23:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:23:00.000-04:00~Obama is currently speaking on T.V., he just may ...~<BR/>Obama is currently speaking on T.V., he just may be able to rap his way out of this.<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-87608799315567316412008-03-18T11:22:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:22:00.000-04:00The Tiger Woods of politics is finished. It was a ...The Tiger Woods of politics is finished. It was a nice run, but scared whitey are going to run to Mccain in droves. Couple this with republicans voting for Hillary and you have a recipe for epic fail. Trying to casually dismiss the comments was a shitty way of dealing with it.vdubjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252058698131431609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-78951319047411414852008-03-18T09:36:00.000-04:002008-03-18T09:36:00.000-04:00My response to the AIDS accusation is wtf? Wright ...<I><BR/>My response to the AIDS accusation is wtf? Wright is wrong about this one....</I><BR/><A>jody</A> 7:23 AM<BR/><BR/>Rev. Wright is going just a bit further back into time along the AIDS timeline:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/AIDS/" REL="nofollow">Polio vaccines and the origin of AIDS</A><BR/><BR/>http://www.google.com/search?<BR/>hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS254&q<BR/>=rolling+stone+on+aids&btnG=Search<BR/>`Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com