Chittlin' Talk

Friday, March 30, 2007

BET splits endorsement between Obama and Clinton

"The founders of BET television network are politically at odds with each other. Robert Johnson is backing Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid. But Sheila C. Johnson is throwing her support behind Senator Barack Obama. In a statement, Sheila Johnson says Obama's campaign of change brings hope to America. She also praises Obama's opposition to the Iraq war."

Go to http://www.wjbc.com/wire2/news/00707_Obama-Endorsement-WEB_162102.htm

Obama turns to Yahoo! Answers

"In a cyberspace equivalent of the town hall meetings that presidential candidates hold in Iowa and New Hampshire, campaigns are making use of non-political web sites to present their political messages through a virtual dialogue with voters."

Go to http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/obama_turns_to_.html

Jesse Jackson gives support to Obama's 2008 run

"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Thursday he's backing Democrat Barack Obama in his presidential bid, giving his support to a new generation of black politicians.

"'He has my vote,' the Rev. Jackson told The Associated Press in a telephone interview."

Go to http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4673696.html

Will Rev. Al Sharpton back Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?

Stay tuned.

Q&A: Zimbabwe meltdown

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been in hospital since he was beaten up whilst in police custody after trying to address a rally.

After 27 years in power and despite an economic meltdown, President Robert Mugabe say he wants to contest elections due next year.

What is life like in Zimbabwe?

Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6441529.stm

Mugabe's hold over African leaders

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has gone to meet his fellow heads of state in Tanzania in a defiant mood.

Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6504039.stm

Zimbabwe party mulls Mugabe role

Leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF are expected to meet on Friday to decide whether President Robert Mugabe should stand for re-election next year.

Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6508813.stm

Thursday, March 29, 2007

A Black Woman Can't [blank] -- VIDEO

Booker T. Washington said:

"There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs....There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who do not want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public."