January 23, 2009 – 12:41 pm
Stanley Crouch, a writer whose pragmatism I usually appreciate, wrote the following:
“…Malcolm X was one of the naysayers to American possibility whose vision was permanently crushed beneath the heel of Obama’s victory on Nov. 4″
I say “wrong Stan”. If Blacks do not improve their condition while having an African-American as President of the United [...]
By Saabir
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Also posted in African-American, Economic Development, Economy, Hip-Hop Business, Inner-City, Minority-owned, Urban, Urban Planning
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Tagged Barack Obama, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King J.R., multi-culturalism, Stanley Crouch, unemployment
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November 6, 2008 – 5:05 pm
The HNIC (Head Ni**er In Charge) has received a pink slip today. If there are future leaders who will choose to work specifically for the advancement of Black people, they will have to be as sophisticated and accountable as the best that this country has to offer. Sing-talking bootleg preachers will no longer suffice.
Today [...]
By Saabir
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Also posted in African-American, Business, Economic Development, Economy, Hip-Hop Business, Inner-City, Minority-owned, Progressive, Urban, Urban Development, energy
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Tagged Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Dr. Martin Luther King, energy economy, Quran
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October 25, 2008 – 8:04 am
Former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman, Alan Greenspan in his testimony before Congress this past Thursday said: “Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder’s equity — myself especially — are in a state of shocked disbelief…” Age must be a truth serum, because here Greenspan exposes the [...]
By Saabir
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Also posted in Bonds, Business, Commodities, Dow Jones, Economy, Finance, Futures, Mutual Funds, NASDAQ, Options, S&P 500, Stocks, Wall Street
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Tagged AIG, Alan Greenspan, capitalism, car insurance, Congress, Federal Reserve Bank, GEICO, insurance, Joseph A. Cassano, laissez-faire, laissez-faire capitalism, the market
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October 11, 2008 – 6:01 pm
On October 8th, 2008 the New York Times and CNN.com reported that, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart of Cook County Illinois has decided to “stop evicting people from their homes.” The sheriff has pointed to the fact that many occupants who are being evicted are renters who have been paying their rent on time to landlords, [...]
By Saabir
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Also posted in Business, Economy, Inner-City, Progressive, Urban
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Tagged capitalism, Cook County, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., eviction, eviction notice, foreclosures, Illinois, Illinois Bankers Association, landlords, Mahatma Gandhi, New York Times, poor, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, tenants, Wealth of Nations
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September 24, 2008 – 1:49 pm
We live in an age of concentrated hypocrisy. An age where power mongers shred the Constitution in the name of security, where a wolf pack of thieves are robbing the American people with a fountain pen stealing more than they could with a gun. Banditry and fear have combined to such a degree that the [...]
By Obe Lee Jones
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Also posted in Bonds, Business, Conservative, Democrat, Dow Jones, Finance, Futures, Hispanic, Independent, Mutual Funds, NASDAQ, Options, Politics, Progressive, Republican, S&P 500, Stocks, Wall Street
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Tagged AIG, bailout, Barack Obama, Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson, John McCain, Merill Lynch, Phil Gramm, Robert Reich, Robert Rubin
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