Dr. Ben's remedy.

"I want to plant in people's minds what to do in a situation like this. Because unfortunately this is probably not going to be the last time this happens," he told CBS. Earlier, Carson had said that if he had been present at the Oregon attack, he would "not just stand there and let him shoot me. I would say, 'Hey guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can't get us all.'"

????????

No words.

Anyway, keep in mind that this man is polling number two in the republican primary race for president.

Still, apparently Dr.Ben feels that he can speak this way about this issue because he has had his own personal experience to call on.

"Carson also told to SiriusXM radio host Karen Hunter on Wednesday that he was once held at gunpoint at a Popeye's fried chicken fast food restaurant in Baltimore. But his approach was nothing like the one he advocated.

"Guy comes in, puts the gun in my ribs. And I just said, "I believe that you want the guy behind the counter,'" Carson recounted in his usual, laid-back tone. "He said, 'Oh, okay,' and moved on."

First of all Dr. Ben, what the hell are you doing at Popeye's? As a physician,you,of all people,  should know that fried foods are not good for you.

Honestly, the guy holding the gun on Dr. Ben probably fell asleep when the good doctor started talking. When he (the robber) said, "Oh okay",  he was just waking up.

Serious question: Why can't the republican party recruit a serious African American candidate to represent them on the national stage? (Colin Powell where are you?) First Herman Cain and now this guy. It's embarrassing.

Finally, speaking of republican presidential candidates. Now that you can get around South Carolina easier in a boat than you can a car, their senior senator is asking for federal aid.

It's funny how that works. You should never turn your back on others because one day you might be in the same boat. (No pun intended.)

Lindsey Graham thought that it was cool to play politics and vote against Sandy storm relief  for the people in New Jersey. Now his decision is coming back to haunt him, and he swears that he doesn't remember ever voting against getting the people of New Jersey federal funds.

Lindsey, maybe this will help refresh your memory:

"South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is seeking federal aid after his home state was ravaged by deadly floods amid historic rainfall triggered by Hurricane Joaquin.

“Let’s just get through this thing,” Graham said in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” Monday. “And whatever it costs, it costs.”

But in 2013, Graham was among 36 Senate Republicans who voted against giving similar aid to New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (The bill passed in a 62 to 36 vote.)

Graham told Blitzer he didn’t remember opposing the $50.5 billion Sandy relief bill.

“I’m all for helping the people in New Jersey. I don’t really remember me voting that way,” Graham said. “I don’t really recall that, but I’d be glad to look and tell you why I did vote no, if I did.”

Graham wasn’t the only 2016 presidential candidate to oppose Sandy relief. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz also voted against the package.

“Hurricane Sandy inflicted devastating damage on the East Coast, and Congress appropriately responded with hurricane relief. Unfortunately, cynical politicians in Washington could not resist loading up this relief bill with billions in new spending utterly unrelated to Sandy,” Cruz told the Houston Chronicle at the time. “This bill is symptomatic of a larger problem in Washington — an addiction to spending money we do not have. The United States Senate should not be in the business of exploiting victims of natural disasters.” [Source]

And check out the words of Ted Cruz quoted above.

Well, as it turns out, he has a problem as well.

"But as floodwaters raged in Texas earlier this year, Cruz praised the federal support his state was receiving.

“We’re seeing cooperation from state government, the local government and the federal government all standing together at a time of great challenge,” Cruz said".

On second thought, I think that Dr. Ben will do just fine in the republican primary. 

*Pic from blackenterprise.com

   

Everybody (at CNN) loves Chris.

They just had a shakeup over at CNN's morning lineup. I guess the folks over there didn't like where they were going in the ratings with the lineup that they had, so they got rid of one of their morning anchors on a show called New Day.

The unfortunate victim of the ratings axe was a lady named Kate Bolduan. (Ever heard of her? Me neither.) Anyway,  maybe the person CNN should have shown the door was their star, Chris Cuomo. There is a lot of pressure on Chris to deliver now, but unfortunately he is not off to such a great start.

"..the multiple hostage situations were unfolding in France just before 12 noon ET hour earlier today, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Chris Cuomo were on the ground in Paris, giving viewers live updates with the relatively little concrete information they had to dispense. Cuomo was talking about one of the suspects holding hostages in the Paris kosher supermarket and referred to him as an “African-American man.”


“Not American,” Cooper quickly jumped in. “The man of African descent.”
“Right, African descent,” Cuomo replied. “Thank you, sorry. Anderson.” [Source] 

Lord have mercy! The Negro in America just can't catch a break. They get blamed for everything.

It's not Ferguson, Chris; it's Paris.

Finally, all the horrific terrorist attacks taking place over in France have got Americans feeling a bit jittery these days, And, sadly,  there have been new fears and concerns raised about our safety here in the "land of the free".

So given all of that, you would think that congress would have no problem giving money to the agency that is charged with protecting us.

Well, not so fast. Apparently it's more important to our friends in the GOP to keep the Mexicans out of our country than to keep those of us who are already here alive.

"The shocking terror attack in Paris on Wednesday left Washington Republicans tap dancing over their plan to threaten Homeland Security Department funding to force President Obama to walk back his executive action halting deportations.

With a bill funding the department to expire Feb. 27, Republicans want to put a provision blocking Obama's immigration action into a DHS spending measure set for release Friday.

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also insisted that Republicans have no intention of risking a Homeland Security shutdown.

Some prominent Republicans, such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), are urging their leaders to take a strong stance on DHS funding, despite the Paris attack.

Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.), chairman of the House Homeland Security counterrorism and intelligence subcommittee, said any effort to go after Obama’s executive order should be “precisely targeted” to avoid the chance of shutting down important agency programs."

This, my friends, is what we call a political pickle. It should be interesting to see how all the players involved handle this one.