This blog's mission is to improve Cultural Health, by raising Cultural Literacy and reducing Cultural Poisoning.
With respect to Cultural Literacy, I am focused on Classical African Civilization. With respect to Cultural Poisoning, I will help you understand how to Detect it, Correct it, and most importantly, how to prevent little children from catching it.
This site is for Americans in general and African Americans in particular. Video: Politics to Physical Health
HILLARY CLINTON'S CONTROVERSIAL WHITE VOTER COMMENT- (MSNBC)
It is clear that Hillary's comments are not Culturally Healthy. However, I think the phrase "Race" Card as it has been constructed to prevent or dismiss Black's who talk about ethnic realities is DoubleSpeak. The same Cultural Literacy rules apply to this new 'White "Race" Card' phrase. America's birth defect is a serious matter not a card game.
Having said that, Hillary implying that dumb White ("uneducated") Democrats are extreme anti-humanists that will only vote for other European Americans is a tactical error and harmful to the presumptive candidate and the Democratic Party.
Lets not play "Race" games, lets use Cultural Health language to accurately describe ethnic realities in America. Extreme anti-humanists did not help change American during the civil War or the 1960's. Now, like then, Humanists must change the nation despite them.
Most people say ABC did a disservice to the American people. The MSM says Obama was on the defensive. Many people I know say Obama won, who is right?
The blogOSphere has been buzzing since Wednesday about the ABC presidential debate, I don’t plan to go over that again here. We all know that the debate was in two parts. Parts One, 45 minutes of manufactured issues and Part Two, concrete issues. Here we are on Sunday and I no longer remembered all the details of the debate but I was left with some impressions.
Here is my impression of who I thought won part one and two and overall.
Part One manufactured issues
Obama first out of gate. Remember the first open question? Hillary was slow and Obama jumped on it, like siting in the first chair in, in the first row in the class room in front of the teacher. He was aggressive from question one. Corprate media's attempt to spin Obama as defensive fails on me. Dissatisfied with the 45 minutes of non bread and butter questions, yes, defensive, no.
Hillary did not ask the questions but she piled on every negative non issue question that came up. I think she lost points with the people for piling on with the questions that the audience booedCharlie Gibson, and George Stephanopoulosfor.
Obama gave her a pass when she was asked about lying about being shot at and bombed. He gained points on the moral high road. However, when Hillary refused to get on that high road with him by piling onto the 45 year old boogie man question, he demonstrated he can be tough by emptying both guns on Hillary. He fired back, President Clinton pardoned to of the boogie men you are so upset about (paraphrase). Naturally, when asked if she wanted time to respond, she declined. Obama wins again.
Finally, the most important win of the night comes out of Hillary's own mouth. When asked if Obama can win the general election she reverses herself and says the now famous, Yes, Yes, Yes.
Part one goes to obama. He was on offense from question one to the end of the round.
Part Two: Concrete Issues
It is interesting that the ending the war question, is the only issue question I remember from part two. Hillary the policy wonk got out wonked. In the heat of debate Hillary overstated her case. On the other hand, Obama slam dunked Bush, McCain and Hillary with one punch. Obama looked very presidential as he made his explanation of how the President is the strategic policy maker and the Generals are tactical implementers. he then pointed out, unlike Hillary he would consult with them in their tactical role.
Obama Wins Part Two on the ending the war question alone in my book.
Let me make one more point before we get to my overall rating. Remember the seemingly out of the blue random citizen that George Stephanopoulos had ask the strange Flag Question? Well it was not random it was a fraud. Click Here
I posted this comment earlier in the week, not understanding at the time that the flag Question inadvertently demonstrated that Obama's "bitter" voter alert was on target and that the flag question is not about the flag.
I want to know who the woman was that Gorge S. got to ask the ridiculous flag question.
P.S. Did you notice that Hillary was not wearing a flag? I wonder if the commentators had one?
The question should not have been about a flag pin, it should have been about how she and I get my health care pin.
Overall, for my money Obama wins the debate hands down. The polls support this opinion. In National polls Obama is up and in the Pennsylvania polls he is closing the gap.
Now here is my Cultural commentary.
The woman who asked the flag question is Nash McCabe. She is a blue collar European American out of work, in need of food and her husband is very ill. If this person is typical of our national Cultural Health we are in trouble. Have anti-humanists in America been successful at focusing citizens on flags instead of their own food? If my spouse was sick, I would ask a potential leader of our nation what he will do to help my spouse, wouldn't you? Read the McCabe Story here.
The real question is, why do people where the flag? is it a code? Are they patriotic? Have Bush and the forty thieves coned them into drinking the neocon fool aid? David Duke wears a flag, what does that mean, is it like wearing a confederate flag?
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Just in case you still think Hillary won the debate just listen to Bill, he will fix that.
US veterans gathered in Maryland this past weekend to testify at Winter Soldier, an eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers spoke of free-fire zones, the shootings and beatings of innocent civilians, racism at the highest levels of the military, sexual harassment and assault within the military, and the torturing of prisoners. While the corporate media ignored the story, we broadcast their voices. Democracy Now was one of the few American media to cover this story.
The term Winter Solder comes from the following quote:
Winter 1776 - These are the times that try mans souls, the Summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crises shrink from the service of his country, but he who stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
In November your country needs you to make an informed vote. Bush told us he listened to the Generals. Even if he did, that was at best poor judgment. The person to listen to is G.I. Joe. I hope you will take a minute to listen to your neighbor Joe in these clips and act accordingly.
Below are three clips. Talk with a Vietnam vet to 50 years after the war. The second clip is Winter Soldier I in 1971 the third is a brave soldier from Iraq testifying now in Winter Soldier II (2008) and giving his recommendations for the war.
This Clip is of a Vet from the Vietnam era when I was in the service (Pic. on the right-Aunk bottom left). A soldier who still suffers from PTSD all these years later. Testimony and pictures of what was done in country. Iraq has produced problems we did not have during Nam, woman soldiers and big VA Hospital problems.
How is our Vietnam Vet today?
It is important to note that Bush/McCain knows this happened in Vietnam and is happening in Iraq and he is in favor of continuing it.
Winter Soldier 1971 Clip Vietnam then
John as late as 2002 has used the Asian "N" word, gook and said he would never stop using it.
Now hear from the soldiers of the Bush/McCain Iraq War
Camilo Mejia, former staff sergeant who served six months in
Iraq in 2003 with the Florida National Guard. After a brief leave, he
refused to return. He was court-martialed and served nearly a year in
prison. He is now the chair of the board of Iraq Veterans Against the
War.
WINTER SOLDIER: CAMILO MEJIA In Iraq We add Bush Torture
Did you hear this soldier's recommendation for the war at the end of the clip? If not, go back an play the end. His recommendation hits the bottom line for this whole article.
The Bush/McCain War is 2nd on my list of top three issues. 1. is Health Care 2. is the Economy
Hillary Clinton: I would not vote for her. I believe anyone who
voted for the war should be removed from office, or otherwise made an
example of, so that their disgraceful judgment can never misrepresent
the American people again. This included democrats and should start
with Hillary.
This leaves Bush/McCain and Obama's Change this is how I see the choices.
Bush/McCain: Stay the course - up to 100 years.
Obama: End the war on day one - Troops out in 16 months.
If I were President I would do what was done in the criminal Vietnam war.
End occupation immediately, bring Americans out in 30 days flat. Any
thing we can not carry leave. Pay Iraq reparations for The American
Government's illegal acts against its people.
Before you saw these video clips you may not have really known about the war. God knows Bush/McCain and the forty thieves have controlled What you see, from making it illegal to photograph the coffins of our fallen soldiers, to Blacking out their voices in Winter Soldier. Your fellow Americans and the world forgives you if you voted for the Bush/McCain criminals in the past. The question is how will you vote now and why?
Everyone has been analyzing the the presidential race with varying degrees of honesty and integrity. Comedians can sometimes say what others are thinking but can not say. No one will accuse Chris of not saying what is on his mine
Needless to say, this Black History month is a special one for America, in light of the historic Democratic Party presentation, of an African American and a Woman for President in the primaries.
Every Year We have Black History Month and Many of us are about to overdose on the Dr. Martin Luther King "I have A Dream Speech". However, many of our children have never heard the speech. Many young people that are getting ready to vote on Super Duper Tuesday have not seen the King or the Kennedy speech. So If you have a young person who needs to improve this aspect of their Cultural Literacy send them a link.
Some time during the month I will put up the Kennedy inauguration speech when I can track it down. The other thing that is important to understand about kings speech is that it was originally the Bounced Check Speech. The most important part of the speech is in the beginning. The dream part was a later add on. The end is the most emotionally charged and most remembered but the beginning has the most valuable information and King's challenge to America that we are still working on.
