One week away...what will the aftermath look like?

Citizen Ojo welcomes guest blogger DougMG.

So DougMG tell us what's on your mind:

Let's quickly fast forward 7 days...

What will the aftermath of Barack Obama's land slide victory look like in America? What direct impacts will it have on the psyche of those Americans who still subscribe to the 'concepts of whiteness? Clearly we'll be excited and inspired and charged up.... But how will our celebrations be interpreted? Might they even be mis-interpreted as 'riots'? For those who aren't so inspired, how will their insecurities actually play out? Will organizations such as the KKK see a new revival in their memberships, and what will be their implications?

I cite one such historical scenario, where in 1910, the Unforgivably Black Jack Johnson fought and beat "The Great White Hope" Jim Jefferies. The aftermath led to a renewed cultural pride accompanied by spirited celebrations nationwide, but it also led to dozens of deaths and even lynchings.

We've never had this type of success before, of a Black man becoming president...therefore, it's really quite hard to say what we and the rest of America will do on the days after next Tuesday.

So I only wonder, what will post-November 4th look like?

Paging Joe the Plumber...Paging Joe the Plumber...Please

Ignorance - common sense + Intolerance x Rage = Racism

Ain't this the truth!

~Citizen Wifey

I came back to this????

Your man with the plan, that would be “me”, just wrapped up Homecoming Weekend HBCU Style. I was trying to rest up on Sunday after being out all weekend long. Little did I know this past weekend was going to be jammed pack with drama!! I’m not talking about that white woman who said a black man assaulted her, and carved the letter B into her cheek. Black folks knew that was fake when it was reported in the news. I’m definitely not talking about Elizabeth Hasselbeck following around a rouge Vice Presidential Candidate. Two of the worst mistakes Barbara Walters has ever made was telling us that she slept with a black guy, and hiring Hasselbeck.

The thud of the weekend was the D.L. Hughley’s CNN show. I haven’t heard black folks complaining this much since they went back to small glasses for communion. I’m not going to jump on the bash D.L Hughley band wagon; because I don’t think it’s his fault. He gives very bright commentary when asked about political issues so I know he isn’t stupid. But I believe he likes pushing the envelope, and when he does it always comes across messy. The people that I blame for this one is “us”. “Us” i.e. Blackfolks!!!! We supported BET after they dropped Teen Summit and the Nightly News. We supported BET when they started BET Uncut. We didn’t go support quality movies such as The Great Debaters, Eve’s Bayou, and Devil in a Blue Dress. We didn’t complain to the major networks after the Don Imus episode to give minorities a television show expressing our views. We didn’t condemn Bob Johnson when he alluded to Barack Obama being a drug fiend. We listen to music that degrades our women and marginalizes our men. We are the ones that gave CNN the green light to produce this. D.L., like most black folks, wants to get paid and will do what he needs to in order to make paper. Just like the dough boy on the corner, the studio gangster and the Wall Street big shot. The bottom line: If you want respect you have to carry yourself with dignity.

Side Note: The Jennifer Hudson family tragedy was shocking and sad. My prayers go out to the family.

The Passing of Rudy Ray Moore

Legendary Comedian and Actor Rudy Ray Moore, better known as Dolemite, died yesterday in Akron, Ohio. He was 81. Moore, known for his "blue" comedy, was in such films as Dolemite, The Human Tornado, Petey Wheatstraw - The Devil's son-in-law, Monkey Hustle and Disco Godfather. Over Moore's career, he also made several comedy albums.

The Mainstream Media getting to the “bare naked truth” about Acorn.

The Low Road to the White House

Making amends with The Motor City

I believe that I have been hard on Detroit this year. It was only because of my crazy frat brother Kwame Kilpatrick that I jumped on Rock City. Watching the news recently has made me realize that you guys have a lot of problems. I truly hope that things will get better for your city.

Aw poor baby… you need a bottle and a blanket?

Powell sings Obama’s praises and endorses him for president

General Colin Powell, one of the most decorated military officers in the Unites States Army, made his endorsement official today on “Meet the Press.”

McCarthyism 2008

Michele Bachmann Republican Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district

Senator McCain, please tell me you knew this guy was a fraud. Even in your elderly years you can’t be this slow???

“The real winner last night was Joe the Plumber. Joe’s the man,” “He won, and small businesses won across America. They won because Americans are not going to let Senator Obama raise taxes in a tough economy.”
~ Quote from Senator John McCain from a campaign rally in Dowington, PA

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (née Joe the Plumber) of Toledo, Ohio isn’t really a plumber, and he isn’t licensed by Toledo, Lucas County or the State of Ohio. Also the local United Association of Plumbers, Steamfitters & Service Mechanices of Toledo issued a statement saying that Joe hasn’t even started apprenticeship training.

"Joe probably has a great deal more knowledge and experience in real-life business and economics than most pundits ... possibly more than Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve."

~ Conservative blogger Fausta Wertz

Joe the Plumber is also a registered Republican….mmm.. that must be how McCain knew about him -(wink) (wink).

Joe lied to Obama and told him that he wanted to buy the business that he worked for. He said that the business earned $250,000 to $280,000 annually. The math on this seems kinda fuzzy. I wonder how an Assistant Plumber can buy his employers business making $40,000 a year? He also has that pesky problem with the State of Ohio. The Ohio Department of Taxation placed a $1,183 personal property tax lien on him.

So my question to Joe the Plumber, an unlicensed employee of Newell Plumbing & Heating, is who are you really? You dropped from a Plumber to Assistant Plumber. You make less money than you originally claimed. You received 15 mins of fame for being a fraud. You wasted hours of debate time with the candidates bringing up your name. You even referred to Obama tap dancing like “Sammy Davis Jr”. You prejudiced phony accidental Plumber. Poof be gone…..

America’s new love of Mediocrity (also known as) The dumbing down of America

This 2008 Presidential Election has brought out a new ignorance in America. It appears that we have lowered our standards when it comes to electing our political leaders. We have decided that personality trumps work experience. Terms to describe politicians such as “folksy” and “just like us” have become key words for describing qualified candidates. President George Walker Bush was once described as “someone you could have a beer with”. After almost 8 years under his rule, you now see what “someone you could have a beer with” gets you. We have citizens from all over the world coming to America to attend our colleges and universities. If an American education is good enough for someone from India, why can’t a biracial kid with an American mother and African father have the same kind of education? When did trying to better yourself with an education become such a negative? In this election when a politician has anything above a high school degree, they are called elitist. If a politician doesn’t hunt, fish or drink beer, they are called “east coast snobs”. Who came up with the idea of voting an Average Joe for president? Where did this Anti –Intellectualism come from? We don’t need Ordinary People running the country-we need Extraordinary people.

I would also like to know who started this new concept of congratulating adults for being first time voters? I’m talking about 35years plus adults that are first time voters. People are patting these folks on their backs like they invited a cure for cancer. Someone should tell them that they are late to the party. Just think of all the elections where we could have used their votes (2000)-(2004). The reason we are in this current mess is because of these individuals. Instead of giving them a handshake they need a boot to their behinds. I was driving with Citizen Wifey listening to the radio the other day and I almost wrecked the car. A local radio station was registering a 100 year old woman to vote. Are you kidding me!!! Who is to say she will even make it to November 4th. My bones crack when I get out of bed and I’m in my mid 30’s. I can only imagine what she feels like in the mornings. I hate to sound self righteous but I really need to stress this point. I don’t vote because I’m mesmerized by a candidate. I don’t vote because it’s the new hip thing to do. I vote because Medgar Evers died for me to vote. I vote because Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman died for me to vote. When did it get so bad that we have to beg people to vote? This is a right that was earned through blood, sweat and tears. We have people in this country that think they can actually vote on the internet for Election Day? I know high schools are getting rid of their music programs but civics classes too??? People have been around here sleep walking, (at least for the last 7 years and 9 months that we can tell by the number of new voters), while the country is deteriorating. Our schools, infrastructure, and neighborhoods are falling apart. The jails are overcrowded and convicted criminals are walking the streets with rap sheets longer than Korean weave. And now these people are registering to vote because it’s the responsible thing to do? Give me a break!!!!

The first time voters shouldn’t take all this criticism by themselves, because some of our registered voters are just as bad. How can you make an intelligent decision about voting from chain e-mails? I could go on but the more I type the more disgusted I get.

The End

Notes from the final Presidential Debate: Searching for Joe The Plumber

Was that you that kept sighing on stage McCain? Are you bored????

1. Who is Joe The Plumber??? I’m so tired of hearing the small business debate. By the way, Citizen Wifey is right. How does John McCain know who Barack Obama is talking to on the campaign trail?

2. McCain doesn’t want to give tax breaks to the middle class but wants to give tax breaks to businesses? Message to McCain: the trickle down model of finance doesn’t work!!!!

3. McCain is trying to buck up!!! I hope he doesn’t get too angry and blow a gasket.

4. OH UH! Bob Schieffer set it off with the “ugly” campaign questions. So if Obama would have debated in town hall meetings there wouldn’t be any negative commercials? Wow!! McCain… really? This is silly, everyone is running negative ads. Hey!!! How did Joe The Plumber get back into this conversation?

5. John McCain said it and it’s on tape “I’m proud of the people that come to my rally.” Here we go again…Denouncing and Repudiating!!! William Charles “Bill” Ayers and Acorn, remind me again which one is the greater threat to America?

6. I see McCain decided that he wanted to go there tonight. McCain and Right Wing Conservatives are mad about what John Lewis said regarding the behavior at McCain/Palin rallies. I usually watch Joe Scarborough in the mornings and I am getting tired of his “confused white guy” behavior. This concept that Obama supporters are being sensitive is ignorant. Asking a white male Republican about racism is like asking a homeless man what it’s like to walk on the moon.

7. Bob Schieffer is asking some really great questions tonight. What?? Sarah Palin is a role model to women??? She is only a role model to women that don’t know what magazines they read.

8. McCain correcting the moderator – “Climate Control”/”Climate Change”, Bob is old like you, give him a break.

9. The problem with Free Trade is that we didn’t prepare for the negative effects. We should have been re-training people for the jobs that they would lose.

10. Wow McCain came out of nowhere with that one!!! Here we go again with the sitting down with our enemies spiel.

11. Who is this Joe The Plumber????? Does he have a last name? I thought he was buying a business. Now he is getting healthcare? Wow!! You got Obama talking to the television screen trying to reach Joe as well. I really hope Joe is watching.

12. No Child Left Behind sucks!!! The politicians are going to have to hold these parents accountable as well. These kids are bad!!!!

Once again this debate didn’t do anything new. McCain just jumped bad tonight but it was all bark and no bite. Obama didn’t screw up so it’s all good. I’m really glad for McCain that they weren’t walking around tonight. Last debate he looked like Gollum (Lord of the Rings) walking around on stage.