Dogon Village News Alerts

Racial Tensions High After Taser Death

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-07-22T22:59:13Z

When healthy Baron "Scooter" Pikes suddenly died soon after he was arrested and tasered, there is a sense of something terribly wrong in the little backwoods town of Winnfield, Louisiana. Corruption and cover-ups are just the beginning of this story.

Winnfield, LA - The official website for this little backwoods town boasts,
In some ways, visiting the city of Winnfield, Louisiana is like taking a step back in time.

This couldn't be more true. On the 17th of January this past year, Barron Pikes was walking along a street, when Officer Scott Nugent stopped him, and tried taking him into custody because of an arrest warrant citing him for possession of drugs. Pikes took off running but was cornered by another police officer who subdued him in front of a grocery store. Pikes resisted arrest and Nugent subdued him with a shock from a Taser. Read the full story a Digitaljournal.com .

John McCain Kicks Librarian Out of Town Hall Event

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-07-14T00:08:13Z

Only in America.....

Just Environment radio show launches on WCLK 91.9

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-07-13T00:39:14Z

Just Environment radio show launched Friday July 11. The urban talk radio program will integrate diverse perspectives on environmental issues. Broadcasting weekly at noon on WCLK 91.9, "The Jazz of the City," and live online at www.wclk.com , the the radio show will feature informative discussions of problems and solutions for healthy, sustainable lifestyles. The jazz stylings of Jarez, from his CD release "To the Top" will provide the musical signature for the show.

Click on "Just Enviornment" below to hear the show.

Its Over, Lady! - By Maureen Dowd

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-29T22:09:43Z

Although I have to say Senator Clinton looked and acted quite plesant during Unity, I hope she is not Senator Obama's choice for Vice President.

Here's a cute column on the disUnity at Unity.

Unity was spared the banality of unanimity.

Carmella Lewis, with her Hillary T-shirt and Hillary placard, came all the way from Denver to make sure there would be plenty of ambiguity, duality and ferocity in Unity.

Just as Hillary was testing out the unfamiliar familiarity Barack and me Friday and talking about his grace and his grit, Carmella began loudly booing and waving her sign.

We want Hillary! screamed the 57-year-old retired ad saleswoman and Clinton delegate.

Its over, lady! yelled some Obama supporters a few yards away. For the full story go to the New York Times

Michelle Obama: Ain't She A Woman?

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-24T23:36:29Z

I was wondering when someone was going to talk about the attack on Michelle Obama and the lack of response from so-called feminists. Thanks to Gary Flowers, executive director of the Black Leadership Forum for exposing the card carrying feminists for what they really are. There were a handful that did speak out on Mrs. Obama's behalf but for the most part, the pro-women don't care if Mrs. Obama is attacked. Do you think it's because she doesn't wear pant suits?

Michelle Obama: Ain't She A Woman?by Gary L. Flowers, NNPA

Sororal treatment has linked Sojourner Truth and Michelle Obama in history.

In 1843, a domestic servant in up-state New York whose given name was Isabella Van Wagenen changed her birth name to one that would reflect her mission in life - Sojourner Truth.

In 1843, a domestic servant in up-state New York whose given name was Isabella Van Wagenen changed her birth name to one that would reflect her mission in life -Sojourner Truth.

Her life's journey would lead her to be revered for her stature, intellect, and fearlessness. Like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth was one of the first Black feminists to publicly assert that Black women should be viewed as total human beings.
Read the full story here

Michelle Obama called the picture of graciousness, style and extraordinary intelligence

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-22T11:16:22Z

America's new Jackie O is called Michelle, supporters say

WASHINGTON (AFP) Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic contender for the White House, has come under fire for being allegedly unpatriotic, pushy, even racist.

She has been called her husband's "bitter half" and "Mrs Grievance" by conservative media, who claim she harbors a grudge against whites and is forever moaning.

....The hour-long appearance on ABC Television's "The View" won the towering mother of two (Obama is five feet, 11 inches -- around one meter 82 centimeters) heaps of praise for everything from her dress sense to her intelligence.

"She comes across as incredibly bright," Frank Settipani, a cancer doctor and haematologist from Colorado told AFP of the Princeton and Harvard educated Obama.

Thyra Lees-Smith of Los Angeles said in an entry on Obama's Facebook page that she was "the picture of graciousness, style and extraordinary intelligence" on The View.
Full story here

McCain: I 'Didn't Love America' Until Held Prisoner

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-20T20:34:20Z

The Huffington Post has a video of Sen. John McCain saying "I didn't really love America until I was deprived of her company." McCain made the stateent in an interview on Fox News on March 13, 2008. Watch the video at The Huffington Post.

So much for the smear campaign against Michelle Obama.

Demand Fox stop race baiting and fear mongering

After Senator Obama won the Democratic nomination, he and his wife gave each other a "pound" in front of the camerasa Fox anchor called it a "terrorist fist jab." Then last week, a Fox News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama"an attempt to associate the Obamas with racist stereotypes.

Tell Fox News chief Roger Ailes to stop racism before it hits the airwaves, and make it clear that you'll take action when another racist smear happens.
Click here to send a letter to Roger Ailes, president of Fox News.

Poll: Obama leads McCain in swing states

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-18T19:46:48Z

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama is leading Sen. John McCain in the crucial swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, according to a new survey.

Obama lost the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania by 9 percentage points. But a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows him leading McCain by 12 points, 52 to 40 percent.

In Ohio, a state Obama lost to Sen. Hillary Clinton by 10 points in March, he's leading McCain 48 to 42 percent.

And in Florida, where he did not campaign this primary season and lost an unsanctioned Democratic contest, he leads McCain 47 to 43 percent.

The Ohio and Florida results are reversals from Quinnipiac polls published a month ago, when Clinton was still in the race and McCain led Obama in hypothetical match-ups.Read it here

Hillary Clinton FINALLY Concedes And Endorses Barack Obama

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-07T13:20:00Z

Clinton seen as sore loser

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-04T13:52:00Z

On the night Senator Barack Obama made history and became the first Black Presidential nominee Clinton's campaign manager introduced Senator Clinton as the next "President of the United States."
Hillary Rosen Saddened by Clinton's Refusal to Concede

Barack Obama Democratic Nomination Victory Speech

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-03T13:09:00Z

Obama wins with more delegates and more votes

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-03T12:44:00Z

For those mathematically challenged individuals who believe Senator Clinton's claim that she won the popular vote here are the totals from NBC News:

** Staying on the statistical front: Check out these cumulative vote totals for primaries and caucuses to date:
States Awarding Delegates
Total Vote %
Obama 9,373,334 50%
Clinton 8,674,779 46%
Others 726,095 4%

With Florida
Total Vote %
Obama 9,942,375 49%
Clinton 9,531,987 46%
Others 984,236 4%

With Florida and Michigan
Total Vote %
Obama 9,942,375 47%
Clinton 9,860,138 47%
Others 1,249,922 6%

** Follow the leader: So no matter how you slice the total popular vote, Obama is the leader. He's at 50% in states that have awarded delegates; he's at 49% and leads Clinton by 3 points in states where both their names were on the ballot, and his lead is big enough that he leads even when you factor in Michigan where Obama's name wasn't on the ballot.

Or check out the Jed Report:

Clinton's dishonest popular vote claim has a new caveat
Hillary Clinton claims to have won the so-called popular vote, but if you pay close attention to her words she is now using a critical qualifier: "in presidential primaries."

Many people won't notice Clinton's caveat, but the meaning of her carefully chosen words could not be more clear: her definition of "popular vote" now includes only primary states. In the past, she excluded four caucus states that did not report vote totals: Iowa, Maine, Nevada, and Washington. Now she's excluding all of them.

By excluding caucus states, Clinton is dismissing the preferences of voters in fourteen states, home to more than 56 million Americans and nearly one in five voters. And by Clinton's new rules, they might as well have never voted.

As she might say, how can you win in November if you don't count one-fifth of the Electoral College?

For Hillary Clinton, this has nothing principle. It's a simple math problem: the only way she can claim any sort of "popular vote" victory is by refusing to count all the votes.

Obama wins with more delegates and more votes

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-06-02T12:44:00Z

For those mathematically challenged individuals who believe Senator Clinton's claim that she won the popular vote here are the totals from NBC News:

Staying on the statistical front: Check out these cumulative vote totals for primaries and caucuses to date:
States Awarding Delegates
Total Vote %
Obama 9,373,334 50%
Clinton 8,674,779 46%
Others 726,095 4%

With Florida
Total Vote %
Obama 9,942,375 49%
Clinton 9,531,987 46%
Others 984,236 4%

With Florida and Michigan
Total Vote %
Obama 9,942,375 47%
Clinton 9,860,138 47%
Others 1,249,922 6%

*** Follow the leader: So no matter how you slice the total popular vote, Obama is the leader. He's at 50% in states that have awarded delegates; he's at 49% and leads Clinton by 3 points in states where both their names were on the ballot, and his lead is big enough that he leads even when you factor in Michigan where Obama's name wasn't on the ballot.

Or check out the Jed Report:

Clinton's dishonest popular vote claim has a new caveat

Hillary Clinton claims to have won the so-called popular vote, but if you pay close attention to her words she is now using a critical qualifier: "in presidential primaries."

Many people won't notice Clinton's caveat, but the meaning of her carefully chosen words could not be more clear: her definition of "popular vote" now includes only primary states. In the past, she excluded four caucus states that did not report vote totals: Iowa, Maine, Nevada, and Washington. Now she's excluding all of them.

By excluding caucus states, Clinton is dismissing the preferences of voters in fourteen states, home to more than 56 million Americans and nearly one in five voters. And by Clinton's new rules, they might as well have never voted.

As she might say, how can you win in November if you don't count one-fifth of the Electoral College?

For Hillary Clinton, this has nothing principle. It's a simple math problem: the only way she can claim any sort of "popular vote" victory is by refusing to count all the votes.

Politico reports that a top Clinton adviser quit

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-04-19T10:17:58Z

Clinton adviser quits over China rhetoric by Lisa Lerer

A top expert on China has resigned as an informal adviser to Hillary Rodham Clintons campaign in the wake of the candidate's increasingly harsh anti-China rhetoric.

Richard Baum, a political science professor at the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA, resigned in light of what he called grossly misguided accusations made by Clinton about China.

As a lifelong Democrat, it saddens me that Senator Clinton has chosen to take the low road in her effort to gain our partys presidential nomination, Baum said in an e-mail to Politico.

The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment by Politico.

Clinton recently has ratcheted up her anti-China sentiments, criticizing the country on everything from its human rights violations to its undervalued currency.

Im the only candidate who isnt just talking about cracking down on China but I have a specific plan on how to do it, she told union members at the AFL-CIOs Building Trades National Legislative Conference on Wednesday.

China should be our trade partner not our trade master. Read the full story here

Clinton Caught on Tape Slaming Democratic Activists

slander@dogonvillage.com (Edrea) — 2008-04-19T10:05:16Z

Clinton Slams Democratic Activists At Private Fundraiser by Celeste Fremon, Huffington Post

At a small closed-door fundraiser after Super Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton blamed what she called the "activist base" of the Democratic Party -- and MoveOn.org in particular -- for many of her electoral defeats, saying activists had "flooded" state caucuses and "intimidated" her supporters, according to an audio recording of the event obtained by The Huffington Post.

"Moveon.org endorsed [Sen. Barack Obama] -- which is like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down," Clinton said to a meeting of donors. "We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party. MoveOn didn't even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that's what we're dealing with. And you know they turn out in great numbers. And they are very driven by their view of our positions, and it's primarily national security and foreign policy that drives them. I don't agree with them. They know I don't agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who actually show up to support me."

Listen to the audio at the Huffington Post

Dogon Village News Alerts

Racial Tensions High After Taser Death

John McCain Kicks Librarian Out of Town Hall Event

Just Environment radio show launches on WCLK 91.9

Its Over, Lady! - By Maureen Dowd

Michelle Obama: Ain't She A Woman?

Michelle Obama called the picture of graciousness, style and extraordinary intelligence

McCain: I 'Didn't Love America' Until Held Prisoner

Poll: Obama leads McCain in swing states

Hillary Clinton FINALLY Concedes And Endorses Barack Obama

Clinton seen as sore loser

Barack Obama Democratic Nomination Victory Speech

Obama wins with more delegates and more votes

Obama wins with more delegates and more votes

Politico reports that a top Clinton adviser quit

Clinton Caught on Tape Slaming Democratic Activists

Its Over, Lady! - By Maureen Dowd