Friday Flashback

Let’s slow it down for the ladies . . .

Roland Martin: Barack Obama’s black wakeup call

“If the advisers around Sen. Barack Obama want to continue to delude themselves into thinking they have lots of time for black voters to get around to figuring out their candidate’s record on issues they care about, then the latest CNN poll surely must be the kind of slap in the face to bring them [...]

Rumsfeld’s Memos Reveal Depth of Gov’t Propaganda Campaign

“In countless internal memos, often called “Snowflakes,” Former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld commanded his underlings to do, among other things, the following:

“Keep elevating the threat”

“Link Iraq to Iran”

“Talk about Somalia, the Philippines, etc. Make sure the American people realize they are surrounded in the world by violent extremists.”

TheStateOf . . . Rumsfeld’s [...]

Quote of the Day: James Baldwin

“The terrible thing about being a negro leader lies in the term itself. I do not mean the somewhat condescending differentiation the term implies, but the nicely refined torture a man can experience from having been created and defeated by the same circumstances.”
Notes of a Native Son (Big J’s favorite book)