*I moved this up just in case anyone missed it* PART I: PART II: … [Read more...] about VIDEO: President Obama to the CBC: “Take Off Your Bedroom Slippers and Put On Your Marching Shoes!”
Congressional Black Caucus
The CBC, Glass Houses and Stones
In his article for Loop21, "Now Is Not the Time To Lose Love For CBC and the President", James Perry, Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (and hubby of Prof. Melissa Harris-Perry) takes the recent bravado of Congressional Black Caucus members (particularly Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Maxine Waters) to task:"Providing an answer is no easy task. … [Read more...] about The CBC, Glass Houses and Stones
The CBC on a Leash
*** P.O.U. Family, this is a repost***On Wednesday, Rep. Maxine Waters- (D, CA) stood in front of a frustrated crowd of unemployed African-Americans in Detroit and asked them to "unleash" herself and the remaining CBC members on President Obama for his lack of job creation policies. After making herself look foolish, she went on all of the morning pundance shows to correct her … [Read more...] about The CBC on a Leash
The President is NOT Your Boyfriend (Re-post)
I was recently in the beauty salon this past Saturday listening to the musings of some wonderful black women on an array different topics. You know, Jennifer Hudson's new baby and other gossip topics from the week. Then the ladies started to talk about President Obama and how they feel about how he's doing. An older woman getting rollers put in her hair says, "Well, I think … [Read more...] about The President is NOT Your Boyfriend (Re-post)