Michelle and Jackie

Many comparisons have already been made between Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy. While I appreciate the spirit, I beg to differ. To put it bluntly, Jackie had no back.
- Erin Aubry Kaplan

Another Bank Bailout???

Yes, today the United States Treasury department paid $33.56 billion to 21 banks and I can't imagine the amount not growing.

Mama Africa - Mirium Makeba

The South African icon Miriam Makeba, affectionately known as Mama Africa, passed this past Monday after performing at a concert in Southern Italy against organized crime. This was a demonstration of how she used her talents as a musician to uplift society.

Makeba stepped on the international stage when she appeared in the anti-apartheid documentary “Come Back, Africa” in 1959. At one point Mama Africa lived in exile for speaking out against the system. In 1960 her attempt to return home to South Africa for her mother’s funeral was denied. In 1963, she made a moving speech when she appeared before the United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Apartheid calling for an international boycott of South Africa. Her musical contribution was a factor in bringing down apartheid.

The South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma stated that, “One of the greatest songsters of our time, Miriam Makeba has ceased to sing.”

Rahm Emanuel

Back in June Barack Obama gave a speech to AIPAC and was immediatly after endorsed by Rahm Emanuel, a leading member of the House, who belongs to an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Chicago and who up until that point had stayed out of the election because he is a friend of Obama's and has close ties to the Clintons (he served in the Clinton White House).

Today Emanuel accepted the position of Obama White House chief of staff. The Chicago Tribune published an article on Emanuel in 2006 which cited him as “the man who remade the Democratic Party in his own image.” It takes money & an agressive personality to accomplish this. Rahm Emanuel has both. Doubtless, this is why the Chicago Tribune labelled Emanuel as a “profane, ruthless, and savvy operative.”

The website http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=318 refers to Emanuel as a 'Zionist Jew'. I am not endorsing this website just letting you in on some research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel has some interesting information as well. If you did not get to look at the Clinton Chronicles, take a look at my Tues. Sept. 30 posting.

Thoughts???

Barack & Michelle cast their ballots

Well, unless the Republicans cheat or just outright still this election too, by tomorrow morning we will be calling these two President Elect and Mrs. Obama. This video clip is the type of positive Black family moments we will be able to get accustomed to.

Cynthia McKinney & the Great American Blackout

With two days till the election this serves as a reminder that we must all get out and vote. Volunteer to drive senior citizens to the polls, work as poll watchers, as well as at campaign headquarters. We must not have a repeat of the thievery that took place in 2000 and 2004.

American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement witnessed in both elections while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who not only took an active role in investigating these election debacles but also found herself in the middle of one after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Some call Cynthia McKinney a civil rights leader among the ranks of Shirley Chisholm and Malcolm X. American Blackout gains unprecedented access to one of the most controversial and outspoken politicians in America and examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. In order to see the full video go to http://www.freedocumentaries.org/theatre.php?filmid=155&id=1015&wh=1000x720