Obama '08?

so why would a president invite such a person to the "Peoples House?"

it continues to prove the president must have affection for some very radical people

a purveyor of hatred

RJB addressing H2oman: What is your expectation based on your reading?

The most coherent support for Common’s work came from Bradley Markham, who grew up in an African-American neighborhood in Texas, and then studied science and poetry at Stanford University before working for Google. Common is “not my favorite poet, not my favorite actor, but not a cop killer, inciter of violence, or racist,” he said. Rather, he is “often mocked as a softy in the rap circles, an intellectual who thinks too much,” Markham said.

Common’s “Burn a Bush” statement, he said, “is basically another way to say ‘F… President Bush’, without using the curse word…but nobody in the intended audience thought he was saying anything else,” such as a murder attempt.

Common’s rap, Markham said, “goes on to list some grievances that the black community may have, and that’s where he says ‘don’t retaliate with guns, use your mind instead’… he’s saying he has one weapon, his mind, and its bigger and badder and better than what any police have,” he said.

“Hopefully when you look at it through the eyes and hear it through the ears of its intended audience, you’ll have a better appreciation for what he was saying,” Markham said.

Conservatives such as Fox News, the Daily Caller and Sarah Palin are criticizing the White House's invitation to rapper Common for a poetry event over the purported vulgarity of his lyrics. Fox Nation, for instance, called Common a "vile rapper."

But roughly half-a-year ago, Fox News had a different tone about Common. In an October 2010 report for FoxNews.com, reporter Jason Robinson interviewed the "rap legend" and told him, "your music is very positive. And you're known as the conscious rapper. How important is that to you, and how important do you think that is to our kids?"

Common replied that it's a "significant role. I just try to show who we are as well-rounded people and I'm happy to be known as the conscious artist."

In January he held a concert in the Crawford school gym, raising more than $30,000 so the marching band could perform at Bush's inauguration parade in Washington, D.C.

Nugent may not hang out with Bush when both are in town, but the rocker says he has supported him since his first run for governor in 1994.

When Nugent attended a private Washington, D.C., party after the 2000 presidential election, Bush hugged him and said "just keep doing what you're doing," he said.


'Stamp of approval'
"It was hysterical as a stamp of approval to all the status-quo, old-guard political people that you can be bold and brazen, that you can make a statement ... and the president will still embrace you," Nugent said.

Ted Nugent says Gov. Rick Perry had no problem with his decision to wear a Confederate flag shirt during his appearance at last week's inaugural ball — and even complimented his performance.

Nugent, 58, said Perry talked to him backstage after the black-tie event, complimenting him on "the greatest rock 'n' roll" and thanking him for coming, several newspapers reported Tuesday. The governor also called over the weekend, ending the conversation by telling Nugent to "give 'em hell," Nugent was quoted as saying.

Perry spokesman Robert Black said the governor wouldn't wear such a shirt, but told Nugent he has the right to wear whatever he wants.

"If you're going to defend freedom of expression, then you're going to have to defend all freedom of expression," Black said.

When asked if Perry would have invited Nugent if he had known what he would wear, Black said: "Yes."

Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has criticized Nugent's decision to wear the shirt, saying it symbolized "the enslavement of African-Americans and more recently the symbol of hate groups and terrorists."

Nugent, a hunting and gun-rights advocate, lived in Michigan most of his life before moving to Crawford in 2003. The Motor City Madman is famed for his 1977 hit Cat Scratch Fever.

Once more, Ican, this time with feeling.

http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/us/

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE USA
April 2011 = 13,747,000
March 2011 = 13,542,000
February 2011 = 13,673,000
January 2011 = 13,863,000
December 2010 = 14,485,000

JTT wrote:

Once more, Ican, this time with feeling.

Quote:

http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/us/

UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE USA
April 2011 = 13,747,000
March 2011 = 13,542,000
February 2011 = 13,673,000
January 2011 = 13,863,000
December 2010 = 14,485,000

How's that trend "workin' out for yah?"

same bland old nonsense that you're so famous for.

It's not working out so great, which is why we're still pissed at Bush and the Republicans for ******* the economy up terribly for 8 solid years with nothing to show for it.

How's that trend "workin' out for yah?"

JTT, you poor fella! You apparently can't make a rational rebuttal!