Official Black State of the Union watching thread

[mandyky]

Tune into CSpan at 9 AM and it goes through this afternoon with an hour and a half break for lunch.

Has anyone seen that book The Covenant in bookstores yet?

[zanne]

1. Thanks for the reminder. nt

[liveoaktx]

93. VIDEO-Putting up some clips on CanOFun

this is great

[wndycty]

2. I've got my dictionary ready. . .

. . .my TiVo set and my father has asked me to burn him a DVD. This should be interesting.

[mandyky]

3. Why your dictionary?

For the Eubonics or general word meaning? LOL

[wndycty]

4. Try to follow Professor Dyson or Professor West these brothers will . . .

. . .have your head spinning. No Ebonics just big words.

[babylonsister]

6. West is the best! Ken Blackwell from Ohio is also supposed to be

there. :eyes:

[wndycty]

7. Well Alphonso Jackson was supposed to be there this morning, but. . .

. . .

[mandyky]

9. Figures!

Wonder if Kenny Blackwell will show up? Now I wonder what gem Melman has sent to these folk.

And then white America wonders why Kanye West and others say Bush doesn't care about black people.

This should get hot!

[journalist3072]

13. He's a crazy rat bastard

My favorite quote from him:

"You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights era people don't understand."

(This was when he was explaining that he advised the Bush campaign in 2004 to ignore older Blacks who came up during the civil rights movement, and concentrate their efforts on younger Blacks).

[wndycty]

5. Kick

:kick:

[wndycty]

8. Oh oh they bashing Alphonso Jackson for standing them up!

What an idiot!

[mandyky]

10. There will be more on this!

I guarantee it! Julianne Malveaux is already chomping at the bit....

[mandyky]

11. I thought this morning session on economics would be boring

No way! I am learning and my eyes aren't glazing over! LOL

[mandyky]

12. wow, almost had a riot!

Julianne made a "negative" comment about black churches.

She should have said mega churches!

[qanda]

14. She was exactly right

And the reaction of the audience should have told the rest of the panel something. My sister called me up as soon as she said it and we were both like, "YUP!!!!!!"

[oasis]

15. After recess the panel will consist of: Harry Belafonte, Louis Farrakkan,

Cornell West, Al Sharpton, Sheila Jackson Lee, and many more.

[mandyky]

16. Does anyone know what health problem LF has?

Tavis mentioned on CSpan about Louis Farakan being ill and made it sound like he might not be there today...

[oasis]

21. He's had serious health problems (undisclosed)for the last 5 or 6 years.

[liveoaktx]

17. Weird-in Dallas on Dish, even though the titles say Black State of

the Union, it showed, instead Chimpy, then Hadley and has Mike Huckabee on now. Cspan2 has had BookTV on with various authors all morning.

[mandyky]

18. They are on lunch break

It starts back up at 2 ET, 1 Central...

[liveoaktx]

20. It's on Cspan now!

[mandyky]

19. Back from their break

:)

[qanda]

22. Kick

:kick:

Big announcement coming up!

[wndycty]

23. Let's see what other Black Republicans who RSVP'ed and won't show

Kenneth Blackwell?

[FreedRadical]

24. Don't Have cspan

And my sound card is messed up, can someone drop some links as reference for us. I did watch Black State of the Union last and was wowed. I would like to know were we stand a year later

[Viva_La_Revolution]

47. Thanks for the heads up about this thread FreedRadical

:)

[mandyky]

25. Link to website

http://www.covenantwithblackamerica.com

[FreedRadical]

26. Thanks mandyky

[oasis]

27. "Covenant conversation"seven city tour beggining in St. Louis on Monday.

Get with the program gang.

[verse18]

49. I'm going when they come to Memphis on March 2.

[oasis]

28. Mehlmann, GOP chair and Howard Dean have committed their candidates

to address all issues presented by the "Covenant".

[wndycty]

29. I'm not sure how binding that is. . .

. . .but I hope they follow through.

[oasis]

30. Tavis will hold their feet to the fire.

[IsItJustMe]

141. Repugs won't show. They talk the talk but don't walk the walk

[mandyky]

31. Wow, I have goosebumps

All those people reading those covenants!

on edit: AMEN!!!

[wndycty]

33. That's fucked up. . .

. . .they made so much of stink about dissing Bush, but when Belafonte who was a personal friend of the King's is disinvited because of Bush that is FUCKED UP!

[IsItJustMe]

143. Yeah, that was jacked. But it certainly didn't go unnoticed.

I luv that guy and he got testicular fortitude.

[Skidmore]

32. The Democratic Party platform should be one and the same

as the Covenant. I keep waiting for the Dems to come out and make a declaration of purpose like this and stand by it. However, there is more interest in the horse race than governance. I want leadership. Tavis Smiley, if you ever read this, please start a political party based on these principals. I'll join and vote for all candidates put out there. This, folks, is leadership.

[mandyky]

34. Amen!

Like I said last year, all Democrats and Independents (no matter what race) who lean left should be joining the NAACP, and actively working with Black America.

[IsItJustMe]

144. Totally agree. We're in the same battle fighting the good fight.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

35. Wow. I missed this thread completely!

I was over here talking to myself, and wondering why nobody cared. LOL
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x518139

[mandyky]

37. LOL

Welcome!

[Skidmore]

38. Hi, Viva!

Good to see you here!

[MoonRiver]

36. "How could a pResident give a state of the union address,

& NOT mention Katrina."!!! I LOVE TAVIS! He is what a Democrat looks like. :kick:

[qanda]

39. So good to see them acknowledging the Katrina survivors

I'm glad Tavis pointed out that Bush didn't mention Katrina at all during his State of the Union speech. However, I wish he would stop saying that it doesn't matter if they are Republican or Democrat, because it DOES matter.

[journalist3072]

42. I'm almost in tears

After listening to the Katrina survivors who told their stories.

I can't believe this happened in my country. The country I grew up in.

[mandyky]

40. Ouch, Ft Smith Arkansas

The KKK STILL recruits in high schools there!

And then to Muskoggee OK, redneck country! Yikes!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

41. Sharpton up

[mandyky]

43. Tavis got all these folk fired up about katrina

This is gonna be a hot session!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

45. "any time a man is punished (talking about Harry Belfonte)

by a man who sees WMD's in Iraq that Aren't there, but can't see a Hurricane in NOLA that IS there... everybody needs to stand up for that man"

standing ovation

[MoonRiver]

That man is the most awesome speaker.

'Any man who thought there were wmd in Iraq and didn't know there was a hurricane in NO...'

:woohoo: GO AL!!

[qanda]

44. Rev. Al starting the party

[FreedRadical]

46. Remember

When you take this stand, be prepared to give something up. I am with all this right, been liven it. It's cost me a lot, work , friends, social praia. this takes work and commitment. I'm with this.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

50. I'll testify to that...

I watched it happen.

Disclaimer: Freed is a RL friend o'mine.

:hug:

[qanda]

48. Cornel West is up

Thanking Tavis Smiley. We need an examination of ourselves. Asking what it will take for us to wake up.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

51. Tavis "This ain'f for the faint of heart

This ain't for the weak"

[mandyky]

52. Stop reacting and be

PROACTIVE!!

[FreedRadical]

53. YOU FEELING ME NOW

[Catherine Vincent]

54. I really should be there but I have a health excuse.

At least my sister is there. She called me during the break. Said she had to strand in a long line to get a seat....in the rain, but she said it was worth it.

[mandyky]

55. Does anyone have THIS BOOK yet?

If you do, can you start posting on some of the topics they cover...???

[Skidmore]

56. I believe the book only became available with the beginning

of this forum today. I checked their website yesterday and they were taking advanced orders to be shipped later.

[mandyky]

61. Well, when we get this book, we oughta start posting

about it and emailing the DNC to make sure they really KNOW we stand with this!

[FreedRadical]

57. I'm flying blind

Details people!!! Lets firer this shit up. Tell me what you think. WHAT YOU GONNA DO

[Viva_La_Revolution]

60. Everybody start here...

Lift every voice!

go here, tell them you saw the broadcast. Contact your Reps!

http://www.covenantwithblackamerica.com/lift.html

[qanda]

58. Harry Belafonte just repeated that he said George Bush is a terrorist

Got a standing ovation.

[qanda]

62. Harry is calling for a redefinition of "terror"

[malaise]

90. I love Harry B

He's does not bow to power - never did, never will.

[mandyky]

59. Harry Belafonte: "I have said George W Bush is a terrorist"

Amen Brother!

[qanda]

63. Harry raising the possibility of MIHOP

[journalist3072]

69. Yes, did you catch that too?

He said IF Bin Laden was truly the one responsible.....wow.

[IsItJustMe]

146. I have always wondered.

[mandyky]

64. Yikes, on Osama Bin Laden

"if he did what they say he did"!! (Harry Belafonte)

[mandyky]

65. OOOOH Are you willing to die?

Harry Belafonte is on fire!

[qanda]

66. He was on point

I'm going to transcribe what he said-- it was very powerful.

[Skidmore]

67. This is the birth of a movement...

This is an act of revolution!! They are nailing the articles of reformation to the church door! They are dumping the tea in the harbor! I want to be part of this! This is exactly what all citizens need to do now! Will they take the contributions of a middle aged white grandma?

[mandyky]

68. I know what you mean

I am a 50 year old white woman, but I have always identified with Black America, and even moreso today!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

70. 36 year old white girl here...

but some of my best friends are black. :P

[mandyky]

71. Aha Blackwell cancelled

Bradley too!

Along with Alfonso Jackson!

[mandyky]

74. And Jackson was in the hotel last night!

Jeebus Christmas

[wndycty]

72. Black Republican's confirming and cancelling. . .

. . .including Alphonso Jackson who was in the same hotel as Tavis last night and still cancelled. . .LOL!

[journalist3072]

73. Alphonso Jackson (HUD Secy just got put on blast

He accepted, and then cancelled.

Yet, he's in the same hotel as Tavis!!!!

[qanda]

77. Woah!!!! That's deep

I hope he didn't have a death in the family. :eyes:

[journalist3072]

82. ROFL!!! You know, his elevator truly doesn't reach the top

I think I posted this in another thread, but it bears repeating here.

During the 2004 election, he said he was advising the Bushies on how to get the Black vote.

And he said he told them to forget about older Blacks who came up during the civil rights movement, and focus on younger blacks.

He said "You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights era people don't understand."

In other words, it's all abou t "me, me, me" and not about the "we" and the "us."

He thinks we should just go for self, and forget about lifting anyone else up with us.

Isn't that sad?

[IsItJustMe]

145. That's the repug way. All bout me.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

75. We invited Republicans, and they didn't show up

We wanted you to join the discussion, but you didn't show up. So what do we do?
MOVE ON!"

Go Tavis!

[liveoaktx]

76. I'm sitting here LMAO !!!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

78. oops. Jackie Winters is there, speaking now. Former Oregon Senator

(R)

from before I moved to OR, I've never heard of her.

[qanda]

80. She is boring me

Talking that we need a voice in both party junk. Not if you're misrepresenting the issues of black people when you join up with the other party.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

84. current Senator?

Yea, she bored me too.

I'm looking her up and this is what I find... Current member of Oregon Senate
http://www.leg.state.or.us/winters/

Obviously I need to learn a little more about state politics.. :blush:

[qanda]

86. It's okay, I don't many of my state Senators

I probably should learn who they are.

[oasis]

83. Kenneth Blackwell, Michael Steele accepted, confirmed but didn't show up.

Black Rethugs have a guilty conscience. They don't want to be exposed as sellouts.

[qanda]

85. I think Michael Steele said he couldn't come from the beginning

[oasis]

88. I'll have to review what Tavis just said about the no shows.

[FreedRadical]

79. It's still okey to believe

Is that good shit or what:hippie:

[qanda]

81. Harry Jackson encouraged black people to vote for George Bush last year

I really don't value anything he has to say. I wonder how much faith-based money he received.

[MoonRiver]

87. Where is his "Hope Christian Church"

Is it in New York City? We might have visited it last year.

[qanda]

89. It's in Lanham, MD

On Edit: Here's a link to one of his articles about voting for Bush: http://www.blackamericatoday.com/article.cfm?ArticleID=688

[MoonRiver]

92. Thanks!

Can't remember the name of the church we attended when we visited NYC. It was part of a tour. Anyway, I just loved being there.

[FreedRadical]

91. Buzzed on an early Sat morning

Being from Oregon. I would like to challenge that remark about Jackie Winters. Are you saying that she isn't bringing any thing to to table???

[MoonRiver]

94. You must have meant to respond to somebody else. eom

[FreedRadical]

98. No I just ran over to that Jackson guy's site

That was some fucking gross shit. Replying to another reply

[MoonRiver]

102. That's what I meant. You were replying to SOMEBODY ELSE.

:hi:

[qanda]

95. Sheila Jackson Lee is bringing it home

[mandyky]

96. Mel Watts said we'll probably have a better conversation

without the no shows!! LOL

[mandyky]

97. When did they free yoou and keep me?

LOL gotta love Brother Al Sharpton

[qanda]

99. Oh my goodness!!!! I LUV that man!

[MoonRiver]

100. Sharpton rocks! Sharpton RULES!

Can't express how much this entire show has meant to me. Keep hope alive!

[malaise]

101. Tell them Rev Al

Tell them.

[FreedRadical]

103. kick..... I hope this tread isn't going dead

[malaise]

104. No it won't

Farrakhan is on now -

[oasis]

105. I've got to get my hands on a copy of "The Covenant".

[FreedRadical]

107. Can I java that??

:grouphug:

[malaise]

111. Farrakhan is on fire

calls them liars, deceivers. Did they promise the native Americans, did they promise us 40 acres and a mule - list of promises made and broken. The minute they make a promise they start working on ways to take it back.The house is burning. Education system not worth a damn.

Real fun watching the Ruthug legislature sitting next to Farrakhan. She looks as comfortable as Bush at Mrs King's funeral serivce.

[MoonRiver]

106. C'mon people this needs to be on the front page. One more vote needed!

We should keep this conversation ALIVE! :kick:

[mandyky]

108. UH OH

Farakan is at it again!! LOl

[mandyky]

110. Please nominate this thread!!

so we make greatest page

[MoonRiver]

113. WOOHOO we made it!

:woohoo:

[mandyky]

124. Yes we did!

LOL

[IsItJustMe]

148. I'm new to this. How do ya get it on the front page.

[qanda]

109. People don't like Minister Farrakhan

But he is telling the truth!

[mandyky]

112. Yes he is!!

LOL

[qanda]

114. "Don't you ever believe that they intend to fulfill their promise"

[FreedRadical]

121. Tis is that childish feeling I get

About loving America like a momie who loves me:hug:

[goclark]

129. Sure is telling US the TRUTH! nt

[liveoaktx]

115. Is he hitting directly on that minister at the other end?

Seems like he's implying that guy is consorting with the Devil (bush)

[qanda]

119. I think he's talking to all of them

We need to take our government back.

[annabanana]

116. k&r for Rev Al

and all the righteous!

[qanda]

117. Oh. My. Goodness.

He is telling the truth.

[mandyky]

118. Testicular fortitude

tell it brother

[liveoaktx]

120. Look at the Republican woman sitting next to him-she looks uncomfortable

[qanda]

122. Doesn't she!

I almost feel sorry for her.

[malaise]

123. Farrakhan says he's pushing

Bushco to hell

[liveoaktx]

128. heh-thought they were already there.

[IsItJustMe]

149. NEVER NEVER NEVER. I luv it.

[qanda]

125. Louis Farrakhan said those at the top are on their way to hell

[Chalco]

127. And so they are. nt

[MoonRiver]

126. Farrakhan: Condolessa Rice DOES NOT SPEAK FOR US!

:kick::kick::kick::kick:

[goclark]

130. Huge standing ovation!

I am loving that because there are some of my people that believe that she is
soooo smart and we should be proud of her.l

goclark says no go on Condi!

[MoonRiver]

133. CBC were the only ones in Congress to protest the 2000 presidential theft

Since then I have believed that IF this country is ever delivered from the forces of darkness, it will primarily be through the efforts of African Americans.

[Ksec]

131. Good job.

I watched some of this , this morning and it was very interesting. I was particularly impressed with the lady who owned the Architecture firm. She made loads of good comments.

Oh and that young man who owned the computer firm..Does anyone know the name of his company?

[tishaLA]

132. His name was Najee McGreen

and he's a student at Hopkins. His cmpany is Techmaster Computer Works. I liked him too.

And I really loved the architect. This morning's panel was exceptional--I loved hearing Julianne Malveaux mixing it up about the pimp daddy preachers!

[Ksec]

152. Julianne Malveaux was great

Shes always spot on and I would love to have her on my side in any debate. The girl can debate.

BTW , Thanks for the answer. Techmaster Computer Works. Ill check that out.

[oasis]

134. Belafonte's closing remarks brought down the house.

[goclark]

135. He was Rocking!

He said that the role of African Americans should be to " be the fireman" and make sure that justice is served in America.

It was beautiful to hear him.

[mandyky]

136. This has been a great forum

as usual.

Lots to chew and digest!

[qanda]

137. Talking about global warming

And how the Bush Administration is in denial about it.

[qanda]

138. Go Fred Hammond

Jesus be a fence!!!! Late in the midnight hour, God's gonna turn it around. I wish I could be at the concert.

[mandyky]

139. Amen

What a great way to end this thing!

[qanda]

140. It's been a great day

And wonderful sharing it with my friends on DU. My sister called and said we should plan to go to next year's event. I think I will take her up on that one.

[mandyky]

142. Do you think they'd mind white folks going?

I have often wondered what the reaction would be...

[qanda]

147. I saw white faces in the audience today

I think it would be great if you went. Do you want to join us? We would love to have you.

[mandyky]

150. Virginia is out of travelling range for me

but I was just wondering. I would love to go, and I really think white people should go to stuff like this when they can, esp Democrats, and esp to this particular event! Every year after these forums I feel all fired up for weeks. I am so glad they wrote that book!

[qanda]

151. Well, hopefully there will be others from DU that will join us

[FreedRadical]

153. I believe