Is anyone else thinking that the Trayvon Martin situation might be to the 2012 presidential election what the Elian Gonzalez matter was to the 2000 presidential election? We remember the young Cuban boy who was in the middle of a Florida battle. After the Clinton administration sent him back to that island nation, Al Gore narrowly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘military’
Presidential Elections: Elian Gonzalez = Trayvon Martin
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, Blacks, Cuba, Elian Gonzalez, hoodie, military, Trayvon on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Defense and Foreign Affairs: Unlikely Allies Project
Posted in politics, tagged Conservatives, military, Obama, terrorism, Trump on May 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As a superpower, what is America’s role in the complicated world? Ted Sadler: President Obama announced his Bin Laden news during the Celebrity Apprentice Sunday night to get back at Donald Trump and because he didn’t want the nation seeing NeNe Leakes and Star Jones having a Black women catfight; Obama must be cheering “Hope” Dworaczyk because he is [...]
10 Questions for 2010: Moderates, Foreign Affairs, New Centrists
Posted in politics, tagged Armed Forces, DOD, military, moderates, Obama, spending on September 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
6. Are Moderates and Minorities being overlooked by the Conservatives? I must hand it to the GOP; they are serious about purifying their ranks. I wish we would do a little housekeeping on the Blue Team ourselves because anyone can put on a “D” jersey then slam President Obama all day long. With friends like [...]
July 4th and Military Songs
Posted in politics, tagged air force, army, military, navy on July 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The best 4th of July for me was the year the troops came back from Operation Desert Storm and we had a huge welcoming celebration on the National Mall in D.C., which included the Vietnam Era veterans. When the military bands play patriotic songs and use artillery blast for drums, it is something special. At [...]
Paul Hardcastle”s “Nineteen” And Other Vietnam War Music
Posted in politics, tagged military, troops, veterans, Vietnam on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In my Black college dorm, we played Nineteen to death when we were nineteen and sworn that the “none of them received a hero’s welcome” part would never happen again. We must appreciate the military and be prepared for their return to civilian life. A veteran once told me that the hero’s welcome part was not true [...]
Albany Newspaper Features Local Brothers in Military
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, albany, military, Native Americans, Obama on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.albanyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=5281 I opened the Albany Heard newspaper this morning and saw four brothers from my old high school on the front page in military uniforms. A couple of them played varsity basketball since they are tall as Georgia pines. The brothers’ mother has noticed the maturity her sons have developed in the service but they [...]
Combat Duty: The Fun Side
Posted in Georgia, tagged combat, military, troops on February 11, 2009 | 9 Comments »
CNN just reported that military enlistment is surging because private sector job opportunities are low. Young people can benefit from the security and maturity the armed services provide. In the Black community, the “service” has long been the door into a new, different life. These web videos show that our forces are having a little [...]
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