My wife told me this morning that this was the “first time she wanted to wave an American flag,” and I feel her. An extraordinary event occurred on November 4th, 2008 – an event that I and many Americans of African descent never thought we would ever see – the election of the United States of America’s first Black President, Barack Obama.
Last night was whirlwind of emotions, and travel distance, as I went from spending to time with my wife and son, driving to my cousin’s house to “build with …
Did any of you happen to watch Barack Obama’s 30-minute infomercial on most of the major TV networks last night? Two words come to mind – emotionally brilliant. Whatever criticisms some contributors at Phiscal Matters have with the Senator, all of us recognize Mr. Obama’s brilliance, his sound intellect and measured candor – qualities befitting of any Presidential candidate – which was on display throughout the commercial.
There were times I wanted to cry, especially during scenes that profiled Americans in some of those key battleground states in the Midwest and their personal financial crises. There were times that I looked at myself as a failure, given that I never finished …
Shout out to D. Prosper for this leak. The RBG’z, dead prez are back, and just in time to make their voices heard about the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election with their latest song – “Politrikkks.” The track, which appears to be the first single off of their forthcoming album, Information Age, is a cautionary, radical statement about what people (African-Americans in particular) should expect if Senator Barack Obama gets in to the White House.
This song sounds similar to what Phiscal Matters contributing editor, Saabir wrote in his essay – Black Prosperity and The “Messiah Complex.”
Shout out to Jycorri and the big homie, Ryan for this one. Filmmaker Charles Stone III (Paid In Full, Drumline and Mr. 3000), most notably known for the Budweiser True ad campaign, a.k.a. “Whasssuuuppp” TV commercials in 2000, is back with a redux of that classic spoof – just in time for Election Day.
Stone is a genius for capturing the most pressing socio-political and economic issues of the day, and updating it – “Whassuupp” style. Utterly Hilarious!!!
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 very flaw of laissez-faire capitalism. The fundamental problem is that most proponents of market “self”-regulation see both the market and corporations as individual persons.
This worldview of both the market and the corporation as a person is downright pathological; and the underpinning of this crisis that we’re facing. The ultimate end of deregulation …
