Kwame, Your Time is Up

Kwame, it's time. The man cannot GOVERN anymore. His own city council has said he needs to go in a 7-0 vote. Some conventions have gone elsewhere. And I could care less about his having an affair. For all we know, getting some tang on the side probably helped him govern a little better. Lord knows where is wife was all those times. And who better to sleep with than your own Chief of Staff.

But I hope the tang was good, b/c he has embarassed and screwed over the city he claims to love so much. And it's got to be HARD to embarass Detroit. Especially when you can get a house for a little over 20K. But outside of the infidelity and idiotic text messaging, Kwame messes around and spends city funds to settle a lawsuit so no one would find out. And what was this lawsuit, oh just from the police officers he's fired after they were investigating his foolishness. Nice. And now Detroit is out of a cool $9 million.

Now he's invoking things like lynching and being on a mission from God. First point, Kwame ain't no Medgar Evars or even a Maynard Jackson. He (like many other corrupt black leaders) throw out civil rights as a way to deflect attention from white folks. And white folks want no part of an angry black man. Ask Jeremiah Wright.

And maybe we should start keeping a running tally of dudes that say they are on a Mission from God: George W. Bush, Kwame Kilpatrick, Jerry Falwell, Martin Luther King Jr, David Duke, creators of BET, Ahmadinejad, and Osama Bin Laden. And I'm just getting started. What makes it so bad is that ALL these guys are praying to the same God, yet they are on opposing sides. The Mission from God stuff does not fly (no pun intended) in a post 9-11 world. No one prays to God more than terrorists, and that's real. Once people get convinced they are on God's special mission, it really goes to hell.

Kwame, do your city a favor and do like Judge Mathis said, get out of it. Clear your name if you are so inclined if you can pull it off with a $700 an hour lawyer. I would be surprised myself. Should be fun to watch.

You See Tavis and Tom Why Obama Can't Mess with Y'all

Obama has just done exactly what he did NOT want to do by having a mentor like Pastor Wright. There is a reason Obama had to layoff the State of the Black Union and other heavily black events.

I am more conservative than most black folks I know, but even I know that much of what Jeremiah Wright said is correct in many of his infamous soundbites. As a black man who knows the history, I wish all Black Americans had to deal with in this country was a 7 year Holocaust, or a massive yet only one hour long terrorist attack. Despite how sickening the Holocaust and 9/11 were, that is a drop in the bucket compared to the 400 years of slavery and another 100 years of official oppression and state-sponsored terrorism. That's 500 years of OFFICIAL oppression. Black folk were treated as slaves and second class citizens, and it was as legal as carrying a gun in Texas. We are only 40 years removed from that and many whitefolk somehow believe that after 40 years, it's all good and the oppression and negative feelings have gone away.

However, I am also more optimistic than most black folks. I feel that if we as black folk take full advantage of the opportunities America offers today, then we can get very very close to where black America wants to be. I feel that in 2008, many blacks are now so pessimistic they allow coonery and the CRIC to tell them that they are only helpless victims. No one is going to hang you for learning to read, lynch you for boning a white woman, or stone you if you attend the best universities.

This is a message to Tavis Smiley, do you NOW understand why Obama had to steer clear of the State of the Black Union? This year it was a little calmer, but the SOBU has been a big Blame Whitey Panel Discussion at least since Katrina. Obama may or may not agree with these things, but he knows that he is running for President of ALL America, and the uneducated of White America are not ready yet to see with their own eyes the fury of Black America. It is out-and-out scary. The "Angry Black Man" moniker is not just some pop culture term. The media would take Obama's presence at the SOBU and look for any soundbite of some militant stuff, and play it all day. They will then ask Obama why he did not either confront these comments head on, or walk out of the meeting. Best to leave it alone and fight the 4 million other battles a campaign brings.

Maybe now Tavis and Tom Joyner are aware of what most Black Americans have figured out. We all know that Whites (and I'm generallizing) are not ready to hear any black fury. We know Obama's record in Chicago and his liberal platform, as well as is his statements at Tavis' debate last year. Black Americans (generalizing) are willing to sit this one out and let Obama do his best convincing the rest of America to vote for him, and you can see that in the 90% black vote despite Obama's lack of addressing strictly black issues.

I'm waiting to hear Obama's statements today, and although Obama should have gotten out there earlier in this controversy with some straight talk, he may not be electable at all now. Obama will have trouble getting blue collar white votes in the Democrat primaries, but the Republicans will batter Obama with this one after the Conventions. Unless Obama can put this thing down today, the Democrats may need to consider giving Hillary the nod during the Convention.

Are We Ready for a Black President?

Tupac said somewhere inbetween hating on the East Coast that "We ain't ready for a Black President." He was too busy getting gunned down by Suge Knight to explain that much further but I can see his point.

Black Americans (not recent immigrant Africans) range from skepticism to out-and-out distrust of the government, white people, and each other. 400 years of slavery, and another 100 years of state-sponsored terrorism will do that to ya. But what if a Black Man in 2008 makes it all the way, will it inspire the hope we all think it will in the youth? Will the D-boys stop slangin'? Will Superhead stop giving head? Will rappers actually give a sh!t about the negative images they perpetuate so they and the T.I.'s can get rich? Will it even make BET stop trying to destroy Black People?

The obvious answer to all the questions is a resounding "NO". What's going to happen is that Black folk will likely continue on a path to destruction and prosperity, depending on how much your favorite black guy likes education. Some blacks will see that even with the dream President, we cannot get much, so we should do for ourselves with Education. Others will see Obama's Presidency and the consequent lack of change, and fall deeper into despair. More D-boys on the street, more BET. Ask the guys who believed in the first Million Man March, and how things have gotten worse in the 10 years since. Not that we shouldn't try, but if personal responsibility is not a part of the equation, it will end in shambles. Oh it's real.

Is Geraldine Right?

Wouldn't yah know it, resident angry white woman Geraldine Ferraro is getting beatdown in the media for saying Obama is where he is because he's a black man. How dare she say that Obama is getting so much love and play and free passes in the media because he's black? It defies logic. Are black people voting for Obama out of racial loyalty? Are whitefolk voting for Obama out of white guilt over slavery and Jim Crow?

You know what, I think everyone knows Geraldine is right. Yup, exactly right! Let's face the facts, Obama and Hillary Clinton are in agreement with about 90% of the issues. Quasi-socialist as opposed to straight up Socialist. True Obama is winning states that are as white as the regular Google page, which is why I f*cks with Blackle, but Obama would be taking it up the rear in the delegate count like an Eliot Spitzer prostitute if it weren't for the massive amount of black folks voting for him in Urban centers and the Old Confederacy.

If Barack Obama was Barry Orlovsky, the black vote would either be knee deep in Camp Clinton, or spread out between Edwards, Clinton, and Orlovsky. Obama has inspired millions, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that he is a great orator, has little voting record, and his overall life story. We've got a brotha that grew up broker than broke and on hard drugs, and worked himself in a top Harvard Law graduate, yet had the balls to turn away all those white women to marry a sista.

Geraldine may have been right, but there are many truths folks need to keep to themselves. You don't see men telling their wives they look fat in that dress, nor women telling their husbands to try out a wang enlarger. Geraldine won't affect much in our community, as black folks are voting for Obama 9 to 1 already. But her comments may help Hillary as it will bring Angry Black Folks (cue Quanell X) out of the woodwork, thus scaring white folks in Pennsylvania to vote white, er Clinton. Obama has managed to be black without making people think black. That in and of itself is worth a few more delegates. Oh it's real.

Was Tavis Smiley Ahead of the Press?

One word has come to mind when I think of Tavis Smiley in recent times: chump. Here's a guy who tries to call Barack Obama to the carpet for not attending his Bash Whitey Panel Discussion in New Orleans and supposedly not addressing Covenant issues. Maybe Tavis can go to Obama's website? It's called Google, or maybe Blackle if you're so inclined.

What Obama has just learned is what it's like to be the frontrunner. Just like that dude Fred Thompson, as soon as he's in the spotlight and he starts to get the proverbial doctor's finger up his bum, we find out he's got nothing good going on, and really has no business being in the race. The American press has started busting Barack Obama for his record (or lack thereof), his rhetoric, and maybe even a dirty money scandal. Oooh. Now he's only winning amongst blackfolk and educated people, and cannot beat a Socialist in the blue collar vote. Sad.


So it looks like Tavis was holding Obama accountable well before the rest of the media started doing the same. So should Tavis be let alone and be "forgiven" if you will by the Black Inteligentsia? Hell NO!

Tavis practices what I call Selective Accountability. As a Katrina Evacuee (Ocean Springs, MS), I can say for sure that Ray Nagin was the biggest reason all those folks in New Orleans were getting plucked off roofs in helicopters. And it makes me sick that he was re-elected. Does Tavis hold Ray Nagin accountable, NO, he actually puts Nagin on the damn Black Union panel. Kwame Kilpatrick: probably one of the most corrupt big city mayors of this decade. Again, Tavis is SILENT while Tom Joyner backs Kwame up. So Smiley seems to be only busting the chops of those who do not pay him a little homage. Come on Tavis, apply it across the board or risk losing all credibility. Oh it's real.

Deanna Favre Signs QB Deal with Green Bay Packers

The American News: March 4, 2008

In light of the new qualifications for jobs in America, Deanna Favre has just signed a 3 year deal to take over the starting quarterback role for the Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rogers is shocked, but the Packers figured that since Deanna was the wife of Brett Favre for the majority of his 17 year career, she can be plugged in as the starting QB. Ted Thompson, GM for the Packers, figures that Deanna has 17 years experience in the NFL by being Favre's wife, but without the injuries Brett has suffered. "That kind of experience and fitness cannot be beat." Deanna Favre will report to Packers minicamp in June, and will receive $10 million in signing bonus money, with a ladder contract worth $27.5 million including incentives.

In an unrelated story, Melinda Gates is now the CEO of Microsoft. Stocks are down today.

The AP Contributed to this story