Thursday, July 30, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
Anti-Media
A good read - AntiMedia website
Another war hawk who was brutally incorrect on the Iraq War is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2002, he testified to a congressional committee between his stints as Israeli Prime Minister, billed a “foreign policy expert.” In his testimony, he said, “…there is no question whatsoever that Saddam is seeking and is working and is advancing toward the development of nuclear weapons — no question whatsoever…Saddam is hell-bent on achieving nuclear capabilities as soon as he can.”
As we now know, not a word of what Netanyahu uttered was correct. As the 2006 Senate Intelligence Committee Report noted—start reading on page 52 for the conclusions— Iraq was not working on nuclear weapons and Saddam was not hell-bent on achieving nuclear capabilities.
Today, Netanyahu is leading the charge against the nuclear deal with Iran, calling it “a bad mistake of historic proportions.” This is the same person who in 2002 wrongly accused Iraq of building a nuclear weapon and heavily lobbied the U.S. Congress to use force against Iraq.
In his testimony before Congress, he said,”If you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region.” He was wrong then—and he is wrong now.
Another war hawk who was brutally incorrect on the Iraq War is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2002, he testified to a congressional committee between his stints as Israeli Prime Minister, billed a “foreign policy expert.” In his testimony, he said, “…there is no question whatsoever that Saddam is seeking and is working and is advancing toward the development of nuclear weapons — no question whatsoever…Saddam is hell-bent on achieving nuclear capabilities as soon as he can.”
As we now know, not a word of what Netanyahu uttered was correct. As the 2006 Senate Intelligence Committee Report noted—start reading on page 52 for the conclusions— Iraq was not working on nuclear weapons and Saddam was not hell-bent on achieving nuclear capabilities.
Today, Netanyahu is leading the charge against the nuclear deal with Iran, calling it “a bad mistake of historic proportions.” This is the same person who in 2002 wrongly accused Iraq of building a nuclear weapon and heavily lobbied the U.S. Congress to use force against Iraq.
In his testimony before Congress, he said,”If you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region.” He was wrong then—and he is wrong now.
Huckabee,
a rightwing populist with a strong appeal in evangelical circles, finished second in the Republican primaries in 2008 after winning the Iowa caucus. He went on to work as a host for Fox News.
Running for the White House a second time, he is lagging in the 16-strong GOP field, which was led in a CNN poll released on Sunday by Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker. Only the top 10 GOP candidates will participate in the first debate, in Cleveland on 6 August 2016.
In its statement, the National Justice Defence Center (NJDC) added that though “it is almost pointless to demand Governor Huckabee apologize for his remarks”, other Republican candidates should do just that.
“Republicans have fallen over themselves to speak out against Donald Trump’s outrageous rhetoric on immigration and veterans,” the NJDC said. “Will they now do the same and speak out against this unacceptable attack against President Obama that smears the memory of Holocaust victims … or will they stand by in silence and implicit approval?”
Monday, July 6, 2015
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Laying Claim to my Gorgeous Natural Hair
Posted February 2 2015 —
10:02 AM EST
In the fourth episode of How to Get Away with Murder, Annalise
(Viola Davis) takes off her wig and makeup before confronting her husband. It’s
a scene that quickly became the show’s stand-out moment, one that showcased
Annalise taking off her metaphorical armor—and one
that the actress says was her idea.
“I’m claiming it,” Davis
said in
a new interview with Essence. ”I’m a
woman. I like to see women on TV. I like to see real women on TV. That for me
is what’s inspiring and that for me is exciting.
When I see an archetype of womanhood on TV,
it depresses me.”
Viola Davis went on to say that constantly being
fully made-up on the show would make her seem like a Barbie, something that’s
“not human.” “Human is, ‘I have to take this hair off at night,’ she said.
“African-American women, we wear a lot of wigs. We take our makeup off. We
don’t walk great in shoes. We’re not necessarily likeable or always a size two.
Some of us have deep voices and then you’re just going to have to deal with
it.”
Thursday, January 22, 2015
I'm one happy girl for Mr Prez!
Number of Days ~ President Barack Obama Has Left in Office
Time until Friday, January 20, 2017 (Washington DC time)
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15
HOURS
30
MINUTES
38
SECONDS
I have no more campaigns to run....
My Only Agenda......
A moment of ... Say it loud --- I'm black and I'm proud!
A moment of ... Say it loud --- I'm black and I'm proud!
Barack Obama (D, incumbent, won 2012 election)
Experience: President of the United States
Residence: Washington, DC
Family: Married, 2 children
Education: BA, Columbia University; JD, Harvard Law School
Official Website: www.barackobama.com
Barack Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the incumbent Democratic president,
Residence: Washington, DC
Family: Married, 2 children
Education: BA, Columbia University; JD, Harvard Law School
Official Website: www.barackobama.com
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Torture doesn’t work!
It’s official: torture doesn’t work. Waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, did not in fact “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden," as former Vice President Dick Cheney asserted in 2011. Those are among the central findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA interrogation and detention after 9/11.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/torture-report-dick-cheney-110306.html#ixzz3LVK5J0nsThe self-defeating stupidity of torture might come as news to Americans who’ve heard again and again from Cheney and other political leaders that torture “worked.” Professional interrogators, however, couldn’t be less surprised. We know that legal, rapport-building interrogation techniques are the best way to obtain intelligence, and that torture tends to solicit unreliable information that sets back investigations.
Yes, torture makes people talk—but what they say is often untrue. Seeking to stop the pain, people subjected to torture tend to say what they believe their interrogators want to hear.
The report is essential because it makes clear the legal, moral, and strategic costs of torture. President Obama and congressional leaders should use this opportunity to push for legislation that solidifies the ban on torture and cruel treatment.
Terms like “waterboarding” and “enhanced interrogation” obscure the brutal, sometimes bloody, reality. It was about the delivery of pain.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/torture-report-dick-cheney-110306.html#ixzz3LVDwRFJF
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/torture-report-dick-cheney-110306.html#ixzz3LVK5J0nsThe self-defeating stupidity of torture might come as news to Americans who’ve heard again and again from Cheney and other political leaders that torture “worked.” Professional interrogators, however, couldn’t be less surprised. We know that legal, rapport-building interrogation techniques are the best way to obtain intelligence, and that torture tends to solicit unreliable information that sets back investigations.
Yes, torture makes people talk—but what they say is often untrue. Seeking to stop the pain, people subjected to torture tend to say what they believe their interrogators want to hear.
The report is essential because it makes clear the legal, moral, and strategic costs of torture. President Obama and congressional leaders should use this opportunity to push for legislation that solidifies the ban on torture and cruel treatment.
Terms like “waterboarding” and “enhanced interrogation” obscure the brutal, sometimes bloody, reality. It was about the delivery of pain.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/torture-report-dick-cheney-110306.html#ixzz3LVDwRFJF
Bush - Cheney - Rice = dehumanizing and barbaric
I am going rogue... God help me. It's not a deep seated hate....just /// just...////
He's a sick bastard! A Dick-head!
Dumb Dub-yah. . . It’s become common to speak about Bush as a kind of lovable buffoon. We joke about how dumb he was and roll our eyes at the idea that he got elected twice. This is a mistake. Bush, and especially the people he put in charge of the country, committed unforgivable crimes. To let him off the hook with a sigh and a shrug is to absolve him of the kind of barbaric wrongdoing that he knowingly committed.
Many have noted that part of George W. Bush’s success in spite of a glaring lack of intelligence or eloquence was his folksy charm. He’s the president voters wanted to have a beer with. But with the release of the Senate’s new and devastating report on torture methods used by the CIA after September 11, 2001, we get a stunning reminder of why you don’t elect your drinking buddies to be the leader of the free world.
And then there is Dick Cheney.
Republicans like to criticize President Obama for his lack of leadership, but in comparison to Bush, Obama looks like Napoleon. No one on Earth could say that Vice President Joe Biden is the one really calling the shots in the White House, Obama has consistently exerted his will in the Oval Office. Bush, on the other hand, was led around on a leash by Cheney and the CIA.
According to the newly released report, Bush had almost no idea what the CIA or Cheney were up to until it had already happened. Frequently, decisions that should have been run by the president stopped at Cheney, leaving Bush to later play catch up
President George W. Bush was never briefed by the Central Intelligence Agency on the details of harsh interrogation techniques and secret detention of terror suspects for the first four years of the controversial program, and when he did find out the details, he was “uncomfortable” with some of the practices, according to the long-awaited report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were briefed on the interrogation techniques sometime in 2003, the committee report states. Other top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, also eventually received briefings about the details of the program, but not the president himself.
In 2008 on CBS:
By Author: Jameson Parker December 9, 2014 2:16 pm Addicting Info link
He's a sick bastard! A Dick-head!
And then there is Dick Cheney.
Republicans like to criticize President Obama for his lack of leadership, but in comparison to Bush, Obama looks like Napoleon. No one on Earth could say that Vice President Joe Biden is the one really calling the shots in the White House, Obama has consistently exerted his will in the Oval Office. Bush, on the other hand, was led around on a leash by Cheney and the CIA.
According to the newly released report, Bush had almost no idea what the CIA or Cheney were up to until it had already happened. Frequently, decisions that should have been run by the president stopped at Cheney, leaving Bush to later play catch up
President George W. Bush was never briefed by the Central Intelligence Agency on the details of harsh interrogation techniques and secret detention of terror suspects for the first four years of the controversial program, and when he did find out the details, he was “uncomfortable” with some of the practices, according to the long-awaited report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
…
Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were briefed on the interrogation techniques sometime in 2003, the committee report states. Other top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, also eventually received briefings about the details of the program, but not the president himself.
In 2008 on CBS:
Vice President Dick Cheney, meanwhile, said “it’s a good thing” that top al Qaeda figures underwent the harsh interrogation tactic in 2002 and 2003, claiming they were forced to give up information that helped protect the country and saved “thousands” of American lives.Then in 2014:
“It’s a good thing we had them in custody, and it’s a good thing we found out what they knew,” said Cheney, speaking Thursday to a meeting of conservative Republicans in Washington.
“If I would have to do it all over again, I would,” Cheney told the gathering, according to “The Eagle,” the school newspaper. “The results speak for themselves.”And yet here’s the thing: The results don’t speak for themselves. In fact, nobody outside of Fox News now believes that torture has done anything other than cause suffering and lower America’s dignity. The new report puts that in devastating relief when it concludes that waterboarding, the torture technique beloved by Cheney and said to have helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden, did not “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden.” Cheney must have known that. He just kept lying and hoped a report like this never came out.
By Author: Jameson Parker December 9, 2014 2:16 pm Addicting Info link
Friday, December 5, 2014
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
73 years ago today! Executive Order 8802
I've always been impressed by this first step towards integration.... the impact it had on my uncle who fought in WWII .... referred to as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
WWI was marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust, and the first use of nuclear weapons in combat, it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.
Big Mama (Martha Belle Smith Sipuel) and Dad Sipuel would have been about 44-47 years old, living in Chickasha, OK when their son Lemuel Travis Sipuel.....and son-in law became enlisted soldiers.
FDR was voted into office from 1940 and again in 1944
(8 yrs = two terms ending in 1948)
...so early in his presidency via 1941..... he took action to increase enlistment... inclusive of men of color!
WWI was marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust, and the first use of nuclear weapons in combat, it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.
Big Mama (Martha Belle Smith Sipuel) and Dad Sipuel would have been about 44-47 years old, living in Chickasha, OK when their son Lemuel Travis Sipuel.....and son-in law became enlisted soldiers.
FDR was voted into office from 1940 and again in 1944
(8 yrs = two terms ending in 1948)
...so early in his presidency via 1941..... he took action to increase enlistment... inclusive of men of color!
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Executive Order 8802 - Reaffirming Policy Of Full Participation In The
Defense Program By All Persons, Regardless Of Race, Creed, Color, Or National
Origin, And Directing Certain Action In Furtherance Of Said Policy
June 25, 1941
FYI: WWI was the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Like Sheriff Matt Sankey, Tricky Dick Nixon.... and fat boy Christie.....
Similarities..... I am not a crook.....
Make me wanna Holler... like Marvin Gaye... and "cuss like my Big mama" To Hell with Matt Sankey !"
Lay back... and Relax "u ol Fool" !
My blog is my place to record my thoughts on race and politics and our American Culture....
Click link above on the old massa's remarks.... aka Chris Christie!!!
As Always....
5-27-2014
Click link above on the old massa's remarks.... aka Chris Christie!!!
As Always....
5-27-2014
Republican Governor Chris Christie Calls Obama A Light Skinned Negro Without The Negro Dialect
While on the Fox Daily News Show in the Morning last Friday, the Republican Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, referred to President Obama as a “light skinned negro” without the “negro dialect”.
Meg Landon asked Christie during the interview about his thoughts on the Obama administration and the re-election of Barack Obama.
“The Obama administration is full of corruption” Christie said ” and the only reason Obama was re-elected was because of the fact that, even though being a light skinned negro, he doesn’t have the negro dialect.”
Meg Landon pressed the issue saying “What do you mean by he doesn’t have a ‘negro dialect’?”
Christie responded “You know… he doesn’t talk like a negro. In fact, Obama’s race helped him more than it hurt him.”
After the incident became public Christie decided to make a formal apology to Obama on Monday.
In a statement to CRN, Christie said, “I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words.”
“I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments.” Christie continued.
Christie pointed to his efforts to integrate the Las Vegas Strip and the gaming industry, among other legislation favored by African-American voters.
“I have worked hard to advance issues important to the African American community.” he said.
“While I am disappointed in Governor Christies’ comment and choice of words, I accept his apology,” said President Obama. “I have known Governor Christie for many years, and he has consistently been supportive of advancing the interests of the African-American community as he has for all Americans.”
How do you feel about this? Would you feel the same if a democrat said it? Comment below.
Meg Landon asked Christie during the interview about his thoughts on the Obama administration and the re-election of Barack Obama.
“The Obama administration is full of corruption” Christie said ” and the only reason Obama was re-elected was because of the fact that, even though being a light skinned negro, he doesn’t have the negro dialect.”
Meg Landon pressed the issue saying “What do you mean by he doesn’t have a ‘negro dialect’?”
Christie responded “You know… he doesn’t talk like a negro. In fact, Obama’s race helped him more than it hurt him.”
After the incident became public Christie decided to make a formal apology to Obama on Monday.
In a statement to CRN, Christie said, “I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words.”
“I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments.” Christie continued.
Christie pointed to his efforts to integrate the Las Vegas Strip and the gaming industry, among other legislation favored by African-American voters.
“I have worked hard to advance issues important to the African American community.” he said.
“While I am disappointed in Governor Christies’ comment and choice of words, I accept his apology,” said President Obama. “I have known Governor Christie for many years, and he has consistently been supportive of advancing the interests of the African-American community as he has for all Americans.”
How do you feel about this? Would you feel the same if a democrat said it? Comment below.
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