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Another Point of View
Not everyone is in love with the stimulus package and what makes our nation great is that you can peaceful organize to display your discontent when you don’t like something—provided you get the permits and such. Dissent is what makes this country great and since no one seems to care about the anti-stimulus package protests,…
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Rootitian's Ball
Below is a new article on The American Prospect, Terence Samuel discusses how the green jobs initiative may help to bridge the chasm between the labor and environmental movements. A Good Working Environment Going green is for lovers.
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Big Things Poppin'
Stompin’ in My Air Force One A well-articulated and thought out article. The Buzz only has a bit o’ quibble: “Obama’s rise might weaken the position of those less explicitly political MCs, for instance, who rap about the allure of the drug trade in neighborhoods low on viable careers, or those whose gangsta tales make an…
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Song for Thought
What a week it has been. Earlier in the Cherry Pickin’ post, The Buzz detailed the Obama Cut. Below is the transcript from the President’s address to Congress. Give it a read while Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes let you know what time it is. The President’s Address to the Congress Wake Up, Everybody –…
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Tyler Perry vs. Madea
The Clip: Managing Madea The Buzz can in no way, shape, or form knock Tyler Perry’s hustle. He is a self-made millionaire whose success and prosperity is based largely on shrewd business savvy and loyalty; loyalty to the fan base who support him because of the stories he tells. The reason he has been able to move…
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Cherry Pickin'
The New York Times: Obama’s Iraq Pullout Plan Gains GOP Support, Hell Freezing Over TBT: Hm. Perhaps the President really can get somewhere with this “purpling” of the government. Or maybe they’re just biding their time. The Washington Post: Pondering a Newspaper Bailout, Constitution Sighs TBT: Going against the spirit of the free market is…
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NEWBOS: Negro Entrepreneurs With Ballerific Occupations
Last night, premiering its new documentary, Newbos: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass, CNBC smooth blew the lid off of a heretofore little known phenomenon—African Americans making extraordinary strides in the fields of professional sports and popular music. In interviews with the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins, author of the forthcoming book by the…
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The Cool-out Corner
“A corner to cool-out in”, as coined by loyal Buzzonian Jason Quinn. Well over here in our small corner of the web, The Buzz wants you to know your hard hours are work will be reward in paradise—the paradise of music that is. So sit back, click through, and listen up. This is The Cool-out…
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Listening to Alan Keyes or: Worst Mistake of Your Day
Danielle Belton, aka The Black Snob, goes in on your boy and explains why a Republican wiping up of Keyes isn’t worth the toilet tissue. Don’t look at us; we’ve known this guy was…”a real character.”
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Blog Noir
Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic Monthly takes a little bit of time to explore the supposed rift between President Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus. Real or imagined, on the block or in the halls of Congress, black-on-black crime will always be big business. *sigh*
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