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Apparently some Pastors are using their pulpits to endorse a candidate in this election. I have mixed emotions about this. I believe that a pastor should have the right to make it known who they will vote for and why they will vote for them. I believe that a pastor should have an interest in the community and therefore politics.

However, does a pastor have the authority to say “Who”  his congregation should vote for? if so, who gives him that authority…show me where. Whose WILL is the pastor enforcing? Does a church-member have the right to ask God who to vote for instead of relying on the Pastor’s will? If a church-member votes opposite of the Pastor, are they committing a sin?

Obama is being attacked by the “Religious Right” because of his stance on abortion and gay marriage. Some christians will overlook every other sin except those two. They could care less about:

1. Loving their neighbors(even homosexuals and deathrow inmates)
2. not lying (George Bush)
3. not stealing (as in Golden Parachute)
4. not coveting (as in I will not covet my neighbor’s oil)
5. not committing adultery (one of the presidential candidates has while the other hasn’t)

Our current economic crisis and on-going War in Iraq can be traced directly to the first three listed.

I am against both abortions and gay marriage. If you are a Christian, the answer is clear. They are both sinful behavior. Christians can’t endorse sinful behavior…or can they. [Read the rest of this entry...]

GREENVILLE, S.C.  —  A white South Carolina trooper has been acquitted of violating the civil rights of a black man who was struck by the officer’s cruiser.
A federal jury returned the verdict Friday after a four-day trial that hinged in large part on a video from Lance Cpl. Steven Garren’s patrol car.

The tape shows Marvin Grant running in front of Garren’s cruiser after a brief car chase ended in June 2007. Grant is struck and flips over the hood of the patrol car. Garren later bragged on the tape that he deliberately hit Grant.

Garren was charged with using unreasonable force that deprived Grant of his civil rights. The officer could have faced up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if he had been convicted. Source

In case you were wondering exactly what Gov. Sarah Palin was taught during her week long attendance at John McCains “Debate Camp”, we have the answer for you. A resounding…. ”Nothing!”
(If you haven’t Already done so, please click on the image to the left of this text)
She wasn’t taught anything about the economy, Iraq, health-care, or anything the American people wanted her to talk about.

Instead all we were exposed to were gasps, sighs, and deer-in-headlight backed “golly gee’s”. A couple of hockey-mom and joe six-pack references rounded out the summary of her answers. Oh, and let us not forget her annoying proclamations that John McCain is a maverick. She even tried to include herself in that description.

Maverick!

What is a maverick?

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a maverick (when used as an adjective) is: Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence.
When used as a noun, a maverick is:
One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.

In my opinion, that’s not necessarily a good thing. President Bush is a maverick. Look at Bush’s approval ratings, the lowest in history. The majority of Americans didn’t want to go into Iraq. He did. That seems to qualify as being independent in thought to me. The group he fails to adhere to is the American people. He’s disconnected from regular folks.

 John (the economy is fundamentally sound)McCain is likewise just as divorced from the working class. He is going to try and destroy Obama’s character here in the last weeks before the election. What a hypocrite. How can a man that left his middle-class, disabled wife (who faithfully waited for him when he was a POW) for a 15yr younger, rich girl be a judge of good character?

And what is there left to say about Sarah (Duh?) Palin. She is like a living, breathing “Wanna get away?” Southwest Airline commercial. She needs to take that endorsement money and cash it in for a one-way ticket to Hopelessly Lost Somewhere.

So if Sarah Palin and John McCain want to consider themselves to be “mavericks” then I am inclined to believe them.

Palin’s answer almost reminds me of Miss South Carolina’s answer in the Miss Teen Usa 2007 competition.

With voter registration deadlines looming for all of us it is important for all of us to make sure that we, our friends, and our families our registered and eligible to vote.  Different states have different deadlines.  If you are a college student and plan to vote in the state of the college you attend which is not the state you claim residency in, you may have to vote by absentee ballot. Again, different states have different rules concerning this.  For more info on eligibility and deadlines in your state, please visit http://www.866ourvote.org/state/

Our little girl in the Kids freak fest video could learn a thing or two about dancing by watching our future First Lady (assuming all of us get out and vote!) get down on Ellen’ show.

Michelle Obama Dancing On “Ellen.”

For those who missed future POTUS Obama getting his groove on as well, check out his “Rick Rolled” video. if you don’t know what Rick Rolling is…Google it!

Barack Obama Dancing

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From the Huffington Post:

Wednesday night on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart hit Karl Rove and Bill O’Reilly with damning evidence of their hypocrisy regarding Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

While Rove recently praised Palin’s experience as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Stewart showed video of Rove trashing Virginia Governor — and former Richmond Mayor — Tim Kaine’s executive experience, listing all the cities that are bigger than Richmond and calling such a pick “political.”

Then, after recent video of O’Reilly describing Bristol Palin’s pregnancy as a family issue, Stewart showed a clip of the Fox News host blaming Jamie Lynn Spears’ parents for her teenage pregnancy.

Finally, after showing video of Dick Morris complaining about the rampant sexism in the media coverage of Sarah Palin, Stewart unveiled a clip of Morris saying that Hillary hides behind the sexism defense, and that anytime “the big boys” pick on Hillary, “she retreats behind the apron strings.”

“In Dick Morris’ defense,” Stewart said, “he is a lying sack of sh*t.”

And the Republicans have the nerve to try and label Obama as a Flip-Flopper???????

Are Nelly’s “Tip Drill” and The “Kid’s Freak Fest!” Videos Related? Did one birth the other?

If you want to know Nelly’s response please view the following video:

Please read the following article by BAW’s own Gregory Kane.

Hip hop artist Nelly has a message for all you silly women fretting about girls seeing his “Tip Drill” video: it’s all your fault.

OK, so that’s not exactly what he said in the December issue of “Sister 2 Sister” magazine, but it’s pretty darn close.

For those of you who may have been out of the hip hop video loop that includes “Tip Drill” — and the controversy surrounding it — here’s a brief summary. Think of a hip hop or rap video with plenty of scantily clad women shaking booties and simulating sex acts. In other words, think of your standard hip hop or rap video.

Then think of one that goes waaaayyy beyond those. You’ve got “Tip Drill.” Some women at Spelman College found the images of their gender so offensive in the video that they asked Nelly to pass on his scheduled appearance at the school earlier this year, even though the hip-hop artist was coming for a cause unquestionably worthy: to get black folks signed up as bone marrow donors. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Warning!! The following Nelly video is not safe to view at Work. View at your own discretion.

“Tip Drill” by Nelly

So now that we have all seen the “Kid’s Freak Fest!” video and have become equally appalled by what we have seen, we now need to figure out where this type of behavior comes from and what is needed to stop it. Sure, we as parents have the most important role in raising our children but, what about the kids that do not have good parents? What can we do to help them? Well for starters, we can need change the media portrays us. We especially need to change how our own music portrays us. As I have said before, we are letting our “Black” music define our African American culture. Our kids are learning how to walk, talk, dress, treat women, treat men, have sex, etc…from music videos. Hip-Hop has become synonymous with African-American culture. To behave differently from Hip-Hop is to act “White.”

 Our TV shows aren’t much better. Have you ever seen “The Flavor of Love?” We need to monitor what our children see, or hear. However, in a society where more and more children are being raised in a single-parent home or where both parents have to work, kids have more unsupervised time than ever before. So that is why we need to take our defense beyond our homes and into the record company offices, the TV studios, the FCC headquarters, and our elected officials doorsteps. We need to let advertisers know that their products are not welcome in our homes either, if they continue to support the stations that broadcast these negative stereotypes of our people.
Our children are our future and we are letting them become exposed to POISON during their development into adults. Yes, our music has become Poison and I am not alone in that assessment. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Yesterday, Senator BarackObama officially became the first African American to lead a major party ticket. On Tomorrow, the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech Obama will address an estimated 70,000 people at Invesco field in Denver. Former President Bill Clinton took a huge step forward in redeeming himself with his very passionate speech making the case for “President” Obama. Click here to see President Clinton’s powerful endorsement.

If you missed the historic moment of Obama’s name being placed in nomination please watch the following video:

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On another note, some disgruntled Hillary supporters continue to ignorantly bash Obama. I seriously have to question if these people really are Hillary supporters or rather Republican Party propaganda pushers.

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