Truth be told, watching some on our side make an issue out of Common’s lyrics/poetry kinda depressed me. It’s an argument lost before it can even begin. Artists frequently create characters in their work, most especially songwriters. Did Johnny Cash
When (if) future historians look back to early 21st-century America, they should examine two cultural controversies of May 2011 for a quick read on Establishment sensibilities. One involves the bestowal, revocation and re-bestowal of an honorary degree on playwright Tony
The Obama White House promised they would stop faking photos of the president. (Bag News Notes) Now … If only … The media … Would join them. More… Big Kahuna added: Now if we can get them to stop faking:
From Accuracy in Media‘s Cliff Kincaid: Washington Post chairman Donald E. Graham, a former police officer, said on Thursday at the company’s annual meeting that he had no comment on the White House hosting a rapper who had performed a
Truth be told, watching some on our side make an issue out of Common’s lyrics/poetry kinda depressed me. It’s an argument lost before it can even begin. Artists frequently create characters in their work, most especially songwriters. Did Johnny Cash
The White House visitor logs reveal a lot of things. For example, there are a heckuva lot of people that like to bowl at the White House lanes. Also, Richard Trumka had an Oval Office meeting with the president on
For inviting the rapper-“poet” named “Common,” to the White House, our First Lady is currently taking some heat. Common’s lyric, it appears, are a trifle “racy,” plus in his “poetry,” he hails Black-Panther/Cop-killer Joanne “Assata Shakur” Chesimard. But for inviting
Billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam was convicted on Wednesday of 14 counts of insider trading, according to Bloomberg. Raj Rajaratnam leaving court after being found guilty (AFP) He had a network of insiders at companies like Intel, Goldman Sachs,
The Daily Show Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Oh what fun it is to watch the journ-o-lism at work. The White House invites a guest openly opposed to interracial relationships and our
—– Well, pretension is no crime, it’s just kind of icky, especially the closing words repeated three or four times: “…one King’s dream he was able to Barack us.” Whatever that means. Maybe in these White House invitations someone should
—– Oh what fun it is to watch the journ-o-lism at work. The White House invites a guest openly opposed to interracial relationships and our satirists and MSM ignores it … incredibly, that’s not something written two hundred years ago.
When Russell Simmons recently said, “Donald Trump is not a racist,” I thought it was a nice gesture. Although Simmons was stating the obvious — we’ve all watched Trump on television for years, and unless he’s really good at hiding
Say you write a couple things a few years ago glorifying cop killing (“free Mumia,” 2:15; “A Song for Assata” a cop-killer the FBI recognizes as a “domestic terrorist,” after whom you named your daughter). They’re immortalized on Youtube. You
“What we dream of is–Jews strong enough and honest enough to hate their killers …” –Ben Hecht Bin Laden’s One Mistake Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews. By Manhigut
The field of candidates for the 2012 presidential election may not yet be set, but the themes are coming into focus, as are the messages that each side will use to appeal to American voters. The key to Republican victory
I published on Sunday a piece titled “Motherhood is Political” for Mother’s Day. It was written to answer the question I’m so often asked: why are mothers so active in the grassroots conservative movement? Later on that evening, I checked
UPDATE: This post originally excerpted an article from the Daily Caller saying Common was scratched from his White House performance. From Politico: Rapper and poet Common may have incited controversy this week when the White House invited him to perform
What the MSM and the White House did just a few minutes ago while asking and responding to questions about rapper Common being invited by Michelle Obama for a night of poetry is, as always, one in the same. Rather
At the end of April, Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher decided Ed Schultz looked like a genius for outing Donald Trump as a racist, partly on the grounds that Trump had the audacity to reference basketball as one of the President’s pleasures
Michelle Obama has been under fire for inviting rapper Common to a poetry event at the White House scheduled for today. His reference to burning President Bush, and expressed dislike of interracial couples in interviews and lyrics has many frowning
(continued from Part 2) It should come as no surprise that on the campaign trail, President Obama refused to be interviewed about Saul Alinsky, the community organizing guru who wrote Rules for Radicals, a how-to guide for destroying American capitalism
Rapper and White House Guest Common didn’t just “rap” his opposition to mixed-race relationships. In a 2005 interview he spoke out against mixed-race relationships. Meet Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s pal: —– Simply put, that Jeremiah Wright gives me the creeps. How
Washington Post March 2010: The Obama administration will halt new work on a “virtual fence” on the U.S.-Mexican border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday, diverting $50 million in planned economic stimulus funds for the project to other purposes.
(continued from Part 1) Amazingly, ACORN’s 40 years of lawlessness have been heavily subsidized by taxpayers. From the federal government alone, the ACORN network has received at least $79 million in federal taxpayer funding. No one knows how many millions
From The Daily Caller: First Lady Michelle Obama has scheduled a poetry evening for Wednesday, and she’s invited several poets, including a successful Chicago poet and rapper, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., AKA “Common.” However, Lynn is quite controversial, in part
