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Re: All About Race Back for Good

aappundit — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:26:52 -0000

Carmen, Glad that your back, you were missed!

Peace and blessings.

AAPP

Re: 80yr old woman gets slammed by the police. The good news is that she won't remember any of it because she has Alzheimers.

aappundit — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:25:16 -0000

rippa! Great Post - On point as usual.

Re: Life Sentence for Samantha Orobator

aappundit — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:35:39 -0000

This is a damn shame. She was raped and now she get's life, what does the British Government and the US Government have to say about this?

Re: African American Political Pundit:: TyGirlz Should Be Taken Off The Shelves...but this is America

aappundit — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:33:17 -0000

Rikyrah, As usual, your mind is on point!

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Was Lincoln a Racist?, Obama's love of Lincoln

aappundit — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:53:48 -0000

Agent X, All people were not "racist" or "color aroused. There were many whites who supported the underground railroad and the abolishment of slavery. PERIOD. I agree with Lerone Bennett, Lincoln was a biogot.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich selects Black Man For U.S. Senate Seat

aappundit — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:08:09 -0000

Happy New Year Rikyrah! I agree, Burris is more than qualified. He has also held state wide office. It was a good decision by Blago. Candidly, I think the Gov. made a great decision in this case. Why is your man Obama :-) and other black bloggers hating on the decision? Hmmm. We should take a U.S. Senator however we get him or her. The people of New York State will be taking a Kennedy, and the people of Delaware will be taking who knows who.

The bottom line is Blago did a rope a dope on those haters in Chicago and elsewhere. The fact is Blago is the governor of the state of Illinois and he has the sole responsibility for replacing the US Senate seat. He did what the law provides, just like the NY and Delaware Governors will do. I'm glad a qualified black man got the position, PERIOD.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Obama Is Smooth....

aappundit — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:03:00 -0000

Rikyrah, you raise some great points. Yes, many woman, and gay men...lol are saying ' wow'. Like you as a concerned citizen, the my second thought was who took these pictures? I know they sure were not "official Presidential Elect Photos. One does have to wonder how this guy got this clothes to the President Elect. One has to wonder where was the secret service. Your point about the Bush incident is exactly how I felt. I'm amazed that the man was able to get off not one but TWO shoes at Bush WITHOUT BEING SHOT, and yes it was a surprised that the guy was not dead before the second shoe was thrown. American's should be extremely concerned at the level of security, it must get better.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: The Barack Obama "Black Think Tank"

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:51:03 -0000

Agent X,

Let's see if they are listening now. LOL

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Attack on a Black Woman, Fear and politics in America

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:50:08 -0000

I'm hoping that Michelle obama keeps Barack obama grounded. let's see how it plays out.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Hillary Clinton For Sec. of State? Keep Your Enemies Closer?

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:49:01 -0000

Patrick she has taken the job, now what do you think?

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Congressional Black Caucus "Chumps"

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:48:17 -0000

Thanks Cheri! your blog is just as informative. Consider becoming a member of the afrospear.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Racist Terrorism Follows Obama Victory, KKK Re-emerge

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:47:10 -0000

Thanks for your kind words...

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Hillary Clinton For Sec. of State? Keep Your Enemies Closer?

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:45:27 -0000

Ken, Grow Up!

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Barack Obama v Clarence Thomas - Two Black Men and The White House

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:45:20 -0000

I'm glad to see that Alan Keyes lost. Thanks for the update and comments.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Republicans Want To hold Up Eric Holder Nomination

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:44:00 -0000

Surprise, surprise. Wait until Barack actually gets in, then the fire works will really begin.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Jesse Jackson and Gov. Rod Blagojevich = The Jackson 5?

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:41:59 -0000

Rikyrah, Jesse Jackson, Jr. is more than done. He may even turn out to be the fall guy for the US Government and the Gov. let's see how this plays out.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Julian Bond Doesn't Know When the Party's Over

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:40:10 -0000

Terrell, as usual your on point. As I said in my recent post, There are those blacks who still pick the white employee (doll) over a black employee (doll), even though the black employee (doll) may be the most qualified today.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Obama Get's C Minus on # of Black and Native American Cabinet Appointments

aappundit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:37:20 -0000

Congratulations on you and your neighbors work with Obama. I wish you and president Barack Obama well.

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Obama Watch: Ray Lahood, Who? Sen. Ken Salazar, Why? Blacks and Native Americans, When?

aappundit — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:40:58 -0000

DCGATN, I agree, Obama is turning out to be another Adrian Fenty, all talk....

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Jesse Jackson and Gov. Rod Blagojevich = The Jackson 5?

aappundit — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:23:54 -0000

Your kidding right? Barack Obama should not recommend a person to replace him? if Barack Obama actually did publicly recommend someone, who ever it would be, we may not be in the position today. Not one black person in the U.S. Senate.
Infact, we should have 3 U.S. Senate seats right now, in NY, Delaware and Illinois. What ever happen to big coat tails.

hmmmm...

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Chuck Hagel Left Out In the Cold?

aappundit — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:00:33 -0000

Thanks for the info. I did not know that was a requirement. What is your source of this reqirement?

Re: African American Political Pundit:: Obama Transition Going "Next Level"

aappundit — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:01:39 -0000

I agree Ms. Lady Deborah, The brother has truly used technology to his advatange, and to the advantage of the American people as well.

AAPP

Re: Saturday Open Thread

aappundit — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:56:32 -0000

I concur, I just wrote about it as well. http://africanamericanpoliticalpundit.com/showD...

"Historic" does not change the plight of the poor or the loss of black wealth in this country. With a quarter of black Americans living in poverty — nearly three times the rate for whites — at a time when rising budget deficits and expensive corporate bailouts are going to leave little federal money for anti-poverty programs."Historic counts for a minute, now is the time for great administrators of federal dollars, not the appointment of political hacks. Why is black America expected to ask very little of Barack Obama in terms of appointments of blacks to his administration, while when Bill Clinton was elected to his first four-year term in 1992, one of the first things he did was appoint Blacks to his Cabinet. Among the Black Cabinet appointees during his two terms in office were Ron Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture; Alexis Herman, Secretary of Labor; Hazel O'Leary, Secretary of Energy; Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation; Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who was succeeded by Togo West, and Dr. Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General, who was succeeded by Dr. David Satcher.

Clinton also appointed nine Blacks as assistants to the president--the highest rank in the White House. Among those appointments were Ben Johnson, director of the President's Initiative for One America; Maggie Williams, the first lady's chief of staff; Alexis Herman, director of public liaison, White House, who later became labor secretary; Minyon Moore, director, political affairs; Terry Edmonds, director of speech writing; Thurgood Marshall Jr., director of Cabinet Affairs; Mark Lindsey, director of administration, and Bob Nash, director of personnel.

So... Barack Obama has done little at this point in regards to cabinet positions, other than Attorney General. Why are black folks so happy with so little, thus far?

Re: Spencer Ackerman On Foreign Policy Posts To Watch

aappundit — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:44:49 -0000

Jack, Great post. Spencer is so right. I have been talking about this very subject on my blogtalkradio program. Spencer is on point when he says, "Much, if not most, of the actual substance of policy — from its detailed conception to its experimentation to its implementation — doesn’t come from the heads of the federal agencies. It comes from deep in their guts."

As a formal Federal employee I know full well that it happens at the Deputy, Associate, and career employee level. Barack Obama would be wise to promote career employees to key roles in each agency, or the work he would like to make happen on both the foreign and domestic front will be delayed in planning and implementation.

Re: Blacks in the White House: Clinton, Bush, Obama

aappundit — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:53:28 -0000

I concur with your concern. The Obama Administration should mirror America with the best and the brightest administrators money can't buy. If Barack Obama cannot do at least the same level as former president Clinton in regards to black, Latino, and native American appointments, I will have to look backwards and wonder why I voted for the brother? You see, one of the key reasons I voted for Barack because I thought he would include more blacks in key positions so that black businesses could gain more of the Federal contracting dollars. I knew that with the mortgage crisis, the federal government for many black owned contractors, may be one of the only games in town. When blacks are heads of Federal agencies we tend to make sure that Federal contracting requirements are implemented, as Mr. Jackson :-( did at HUD.

Let's be honest under both the Clinton and Bush administrations federal contracting dollars for black contractors increased due to the efforts of black administrators standing in the gap. I for one, will be watching to see who Barack Obama selects for key Secretary positions. His selection of the Attorney General is a good start , I'm sure there will be more. I hope all Jack and Jill readers will be watching too.

PS, Thanks Jill for the shout out.