As I write this, helicopters are circling over head and police are conducting house to house searches in my Black working class neighborhood… Yet I’m writing about this…but there is a method to the madness.  Read more... (817 words, 1 image, estimated 3:16 mins reading time)

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” — Plato

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” — Ann Landers

“Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.” — Bill Clinton

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OK now I’ve heard it all. Andrew Young declares “Bill is every bit as black as Barack!” Now that— is the biggest fairytale I’ve ever heard. This ongoing joke about Bill Clinton being Black or that he was the first Black President is getting out of hand.
Supposedly, Bill Clinton is honorary Black because:  Read more... (333 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

• He comes from a single-parent household.
• He was born poor.
• He comes from the working-class.
• He played the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall show.
• He eats McDonalds.
• His sex life was called into question despite his professional achievements.

According to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have been “given pretty much a free ride,” and Bill Clinton says “Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”

A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events. In modern-day parlance, the term is also used to describe to something blessed with unusual happiness, as in “fairy tale ending” (a happy ending)[1] or “fairy tale romance”, though not all fairy tales end happily. Colloquially, a “fairy tale” or “fairy story” can also mean any far-fetched story. —Wikipedia

Hmmmm…

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