Posts Tagged ‘Congressional Black Caucus’

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Sep29

You see, what he mean to say wuz: TheRoot.com plays cleanup for Obama’s speech

by Duane on September 29th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Posted In: Headlines

“Richard Leeman, a professor of African-American oratory at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and co-editor of the forthcoming The Will of a People: Great Speeches by African Americans, had a different interpretation of Obama’s infamous last words. The president, he said, was clearly referring to gripes about the Republican obstructionists that he called [...]

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Sep19

Yep! Race-based support

by Duane on September 19th, 2011 at 7:25 am
Posted In: Politics

Accuse the Obama fan base of this a couple of years ago and you would likely have your head chewed off. But not because the accusation was wrong, but because they could not think of any way to deny it.

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Sep12

Straight up TRUTH from the marketplace

by Duane on September 12th, 2011 at 7:19 am
Posted In: Commentary

““If I get a $4,000 benefit for hiring you and I pay you $80,000 and you’re going to sit at your desk and do nothing because there’s nothing to do,” said Marty Regalia, chief economist of the United States Chamber of Commerce, “then the businesses aren’t going to hire you.” (Source)
Much the support that can [...]

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Aug30

Why the Obama bus tour didn’t come to the hood (Pt. 4)

by Duane on August 30th, 2011 at 7:07 am
Posted In: Politics

The great Roland Martin speaks:
“You can spend a lot of time trying to win over white independents, but if you don’t pay attention to your base, African Americans, if you have not locked up your base yet, you’ve got a serious problem,” said CNN contributor Roland Martin.

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Aug19

Why the Obama bus tour ain’t coming to the hood (Pt. 3)

by Duane on August 19th, 2011 at 8:20 am
Posted In: Politics

Despite rumblings, black leaders say they’re in Obama’s corner
Yes, the title says it all. But allow me to excerpt one quote from the article.
“African-American support for the president and his party remains strong, panelists agreed. Obama is “an icon,” said Jamal Simmons, a principal at the Raben Group. Voting against him would be like “voting [...]

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Sep21

We Finally Got A Piece Of The Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie

by Duane on September 21st, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Follow the money, Politics

Oftentimes the very people that call for purity in DC politics do so not because that is really what they want. In most cases, they simply want their piece of the action.
I personally do not have a problem with folks getting their groove on from time to time as all of us need that from [...]

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Jun09

Demand-Driven Or Special Interest Driven?

by Duane on June 9th, 2010 at 7:06 am
Posted In: Commentary, Follow the money, Headlines, Politics, The Media

The race godz are not happy (they never are) over the Comcast-NBC U merger. Their main argument? There needs to be not just more minority-based programing, but there needs to be more minorities at the switch. The more I read about this battle, the more I am realizing that this has less to do with [...]

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Apr06

The “Kick Me” Sign Never Gets Old

by Duane on April 6th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Posted In: Commentary, Politics

The constant portrayal of Tea Party participants as a bunch of racists is nothing new coming from the left. I remember years ago how the left would dare Republicans to elect someone to represent their party and how it would never happen. Regardless of the reason behind it, Michael Steele was made the head of [...]

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Mar23

Smoke’n Mirrahs

by Duane on March 23rd, 2010 at 9:46 am
Posted In: Economy, Our children, Politics

Money does not create meaningful jobs, demand does. Yet to the CBC, $600 mil for summer jobs is Black gold.
“As any bookerista knows, this is merely money confiscated from taxpayers (not to mention that the gigs are just a couple of months). The government isn’t expanding the job growth pie, but merely taking peoples’ pie [...]

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Feb16

What Happens When You Get Treated Like Everyone Else

by Duane on February 16th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Posted In: Follow the money, Headlines, Politics

I have said many times before, there are some people and organizations out there who are fully invested in “separate and unequal” meme. In other words, as long as they can portray themselves as the victim, they got it made. The NY Times apparently after all these years have decided to shine the light of [...]

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Feb15

Party Like A Black Caucus Member

by Duane on February 15th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Posted In: Follow the money, Headlines, Politics, The Media

When the left-leaning New York Times has to call you out, you know it’s pretty bad.

“From 2004 to 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus’s political and charitable wings took in at least $55 million in corporate and union contributions, according to an analysis by The New York Times, an impressive amount even by the standards [...]

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Dec14

The Spin Is Just Fascinating

by Duane on December 14th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Posted In: Economy, Headlines, Politics

Sooooooo….
The CBC brokers a deal to get access to $6 billion dollars added to the Wall Street regulation bill ($3 billion of it to provide “low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners in danger of foreclosure.”). Who do you think is going to issue those loans? The Congressional Black Caucus Bank of Black America? I already answered [...]

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Dec12

“…to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners…”

by Duane on December 12th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Posted In: Economy, Follow the money, Headlines, Politics

This one line from a previous post from the Congressional Black Caucus had me really thinking. So the CBC wants access to billions of dollars for among other things to provide low-interest loans. Has anyone stopped to ask WHO would be issuing these loans?
Here are the banks that financially support the Congressional Black Caucus [...]

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