May 1, 2011
Trump finally got a piece of what he deserves and I couldn’t have said it any better. See the video here. Surely he must know Obama had to prove his birth place before his presidency could even be confirmed. To come out years later and cast doubt that Obama was born in America is like saying there is a ferret living on top of Trumps head; simply not true.
May 1, 2011
As someone who calls himself an entrepreneur, Donald Trump was one of my personal heroes. Here was a man who fulfilled all the dreams and aspirations I personally have. I have several of Trumps books in fact and was a keen follower of his shows. All that has changed however since Trump launched his “Birther” campaign against President Obama. As a self respecting black man I could never support anything Trump does again.
Every black person knows what it like to be the subject of unfair scrutiny in a workplace where we are minorities. Ask 10 black people what happens if you repeatedly show up late for work. You know the answer of course, your fired. Ask 10 people of other races and may be surprised by the answer. When it comes to black people rules are followed by the book. However when it comes to others, rules are meant to be broken, just as long as you keep quiet about your mistakes.
John McCain was not born in the United States of America, however, that would never stop him from becoming President. The rules would simply be re-written. Black people have been “put in our places” by this Birther issue. Forget what kind of job Obama is doing in office, if we can’t find a problem there, then perhaps we’ll find a problem with your dad or your mom or your aunt Chrisy. Oh yes, Obama is now having to answer for the actions of anyone in his family. They are of course one and the same person.
It’s funny because Donald Trump married an immigrant and had children with one. I guess when it comes to intimacy being born outside the USA is not problem. Trump has stirred up the seeds of segregation with his “Birther” debate. As long as your black, then something must be wrong and if it ain’t we’ll make it.
July 25, 2010
My ex-girlfriend use to condemn me for being too “negative”, so I’m going to start with the positive. I love Detroit. I love Detroit because I like the Pistons. I love Detroit because I love Motown and all of the great artist that came of of that city. I love Detroit because it’s close, just a 4 hour drive from me and I get to see a city with such a rich history. I love Detroit even though it has vast neighborhoods that are neglected and falling apart. I love the suburbs in Detroit. I love shopping in Detroit and I love roller skating in Detroit. But I’m offended by Detroit.
Offended is the right word and the only word that I could use to describe how I feel every time I drive through the abandoned buildings and rows of empty homes in Detroit I am offended. I’m offended that America would let Detroit look the way it does, and I’m not talking about all of Detroit because there are beautiful neighborhoods in the suburbs of Detroit. I’m talking about the abandoned Detroit.
Before I go any further, I wanted to deal with my choice of the word “offended” when I talk about Detroit.
An online dictionary I looked up defined offended as “To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings”. Displeasure, anger, resentment, wounded feeling? I feel all those emotions when I think about the abandoned areas of Detroit. Sometimes when I drive through Detroit I feel like somebody just punched me in the face and said “shut up, don’t tell anybody what I just did to you”. I feel personally violated, I feel personally duped. What I hate the most is the feeling that there is an unspoken rule that says “shut up and don’t say anything”. I feel like because so many buildings have been there derelict for so many years that it’s a silent “approval”, a silent “ok” for the way things are.
In a recent article I read on Detroit, the mayor Dave Bing said he wants to bulldoze one forth of the city to cut the cost of providing services like policing to largely abandoned areas. This kind of thinking in my opinion is a step in the right direction but I don’t think Detroit or the state of Michigan should bare the cost of making change in Detroit by themselves. What is happening in Detroit is an “American” problem and should be fixed by America. Why? Because Detroit and America deserves better. Cleaning up Detroit is not about cleaning up a city, it’s about cleaning up a mind set, a mind set that says this type of thing is ok. America needs to look out for it’s own before it looks out for, Iraq, Haiti or anyone else. That’s what this is about. Those abandoned buildings in Detroit and the poverty and crime that face the city should be priority number one. Rebuild Detroit, rebuild America.
June 16, 2010
The BP oil spill is Obama’s Hurricane Katrina. I remember watching all those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and thinking “why didn’t the president do more to help the people”. Fast forward some years later, same gulf, different president but the same questions are being asked. No one saw this one coming. The crisis in the Gulf of Mexico took everyone by surprise and I’m sure nobody thought it was going to become the worst natural disaster in US history. The crisis has shaken us all, all Americans and every citizen of the world. When I think of the amount of oil that has spilt into the gulf, “wreckless” is probably the best word to describe it. I am saddened by the wildlife that have died because of this disaster and I am saddened by the coastline which is being destroyed.
Perhaps more than any other event in recent times, this spill shows that man is not” nature’s boss”. We can try to tame it but nature is much stronger and more forcefull than we can ever be and for the first time I can honestly say I empathize with Bush and what he went through during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. These natural disasters were not made by presidents, but sometimes presidents are our closests fall guys. It’s a shame to see that the Chairman of BP has not been fired. If he doesn’t deserve to be fired and take the blame for this disaster squarely on his shoulders than who does? The media is trying to make Obama a fall guy for this disaster, but they are looking at the wrong man.
May 1, 2010
The National Enquirer is reporting that President Obama cheated with a former campaign aid. I don’t believe a word of this BS but they are saying that a limo driver took him and Vera Baker to a hotel and they both went in and never came out. The Enquirer says that this occurred during Obama’s campaign in a Washington DC hotel and there is possibly hotel security footage to prove it. Supposedly the limo driver witnessed it all. Do you believe this BS? Sounds fishy to me, reports say that anti-Obama operatives are willing to pay up to 1 million for witnesses to reveal what they know. Wow, for a million bucks I bet a lot of witnesses will pop out of the wood work. I’m going to try and take this story with a grain of salt, it is the National Enquirer after all.
