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Rev. Jesse Jackson Said President Obama Should’ve Addressed Poverty and Violence at DNC
Rev. Jesse Jackson said he believes President Obama can ignite excitement in some of his previous supporters — whose belief in him is withering — by addressing poverty and violence. Rev. Jackson said, “I’m convinced he must address poverty and violence in a different way.” The legendary civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and former presidential candidate said there are 50 million Americans living in poverty today who cannot make ends meet and face malnutrition. Rev. Jackson believes President Obama should speak to those constituents. “Why not revisit Lyndon Johnson’s steps when he kicked off the war on poverty in Appalachia?” asked Jackson, adding that doing so would put “a white face on poverty and de-racialize the debate.”
Rev. Jesse Jackson believes President Obama brought the country back from the edge of a depression. When asked if he has the same physical investment for President Obama as he did four years ago when an image of a crying Rev. Jackson was captured on the night of President Obama’s victory, he said ‘it’s a different investment,’ referencing the joy of the moment in the victory after a hard fought campaign, but also he reflected on the tribulations African-American leaders; such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, faced to help African Americans acquire the right to vote. “That was a crusade,” he said of President Obama’s 2008 victory. “Now we have a track record and a significant track record,” Rev. Jackson said.
He stated that President Obama acquired leadership during the ‘edge of depression.’ He provided a laundry list of President Obama’s achievements and also referenced former President Bill Clinton’s speech, delivered at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, that said President Obama acquired presidency when the country was in a deeper hole than when he acquired the role. Rev. Jackson also said that former President Bill Clinton gave validation to why constituents can trust President Obama moving forward. He concluded his conversation about President Obama’s leadership by saying we’re better off than we were four years ago. “President Obama brought us out of a mess and we’re coming out of that mess,” he said. When asked what slogan would he like to see for 2012, he said “Keep hope alive,” referring to his own Democratic Convention speech from 1988.
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eric
September 11, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Obama really needs to address police brutality among black people and poverty.. Stop being afraid to do so and stop avoiding it…
Michael Lofton
September 10, 2012 at 10:07 am
“Why don’t the many, many churches that compete with liqour stores for space in black neighborhoods address the problem?”
For the same reason that our own black elected officials, lawyers, jackleg preachers (AL Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc., etc.) and other misfits who fit the description do not intend to address or improve the quality of life in the black community…..
……meaning they are sleazy, selfish, hypocrites, criminal too, greedy, hypocrites, inept, and treasonous.
President Barack Obama and/or elected black leaders are doing an outstanding job of destroying his or her own credibility through having contempt for the oath of office, contempt for the Constitution, etc., etc.
…..which in some instances has resulted in long standing black Democratic Party members abandoning the Democratic Party to become members of the Republican Party, the Tea Party, you name it!
The black community has been controlled by the Democratic Party and it’s inept leaders, many of them being self serving and elitist black elected officials…..
Web Sources:
1. Ceyseau and Inept Leaders
2. CNN i-Report: It is Definitely not the Black Underclass or Working Class Who have Failed or Who are Truly Disgraceful!
3. CNN i-Report: Senator Kevin De León, I Thank You for Doing Your Job as an Elected Official. The same is not True as it Concerns President Obama, Clarence Thomas, the Congressional Black Clueless, and other Elected Officials or Public Servants!
4. CNN i-Report: President Barack Obama…the Statute of Liberty, the U.S. Constitution, the 14th Amendment is for the Benefit of U.S. Citizens and Legal Immigrants and not Illegal Immigrants and Anchor Babies!
5. CNN i-Report: In Many Instances it is Agents and Officials of Government Who have been Criminal or Unethical and not the Actual Black Men, Women, or Siblings Jailed, Fined, Violated or Victimized by Serious Wrongs of Government!
6. CNN i-Report: 2016 The Movie – A Look Behind Obama’s Anti-American Mask
7. You Tube video: “A conversation between President Obama and the black community” Published on Jun 7, 2012 by drboycewatkins
8. YouTube: “Demon-crats, & their Negro slaves” published on Jul 4, 2012 by 5723michael
9. CNN i-Report: Congresswoman Waters and other CBC Members Only Bring Up the Constitution When They Need Help!
10: CNN i-Report: Black Elected Leaders are Unethical, Inept, Sleazy, and Despotic
11. YouTube: “Stupid Blacks Who Still Support Obama”Published on Apr 26, 2012 by Whateverhappentocomm
12. YouTube: My Problem with the Black Church” Uploaded by SpadeProject on Mar 23, 2008
13. CNN i-Report: Some of the Biggest Thieves in the Black Community are it’s Preachers and no good Poverty Pimps!
14. Why The Black Caucus Looks The Other Way On Immigration- By Joe Guzzardi on May 9, 2003
The black community continues to be the most unrepresented, misrepresented, void of competent representation, poverty stricken, un-American community within the U.S.
This is not to give the Republican Party a free pass, because the Republican Party has its own brand of misfits/sellout blacks to keep the black community in check, the most infamous one being U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
….and President Barack Obama and multiple members of the Congressional Black Clueless…AKA…the Congressional Black Caucus have the power to recommend that no good treasonous Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be impeached..and even here there is silence, inaction…meaning BO, the Congressional Black Caucus are useless to the power of infinity.
You Tube video: “A conversation between President Obama and the black community” Published on Jun 7, 2012 by drboycewatkins
…..while BO, members of the Congressional Black Clueless…AKA…the Congressional Black Caucus….or other elected black leaders at the State or Local branches of government bend over backwards to promote the Dream Act and amnesty for millions of illegal aliens…..a segment of society that he is not under oath or obligated in any regard to serve or represent.
Debra A. Daniels
September 10, 2012 at 12:04 am
There is but one way, and one way only, that African Americans, Black Caribbeans, Blacks on the Continent of Africa, and black people worldwide will survive, live, and prosper in awesome, unprecedented and destined power overall as a people in staggering numbers. Black people who are and as the descendants of highly civilized ancient Africans, Egyptians, Moors and Hebrew Israelites Almighty God’s People absolutely must completely come out, separate from, and deny participation of any kind in unrighteous, immoral, wicked worldly human and supernatural powers of evil and, to do so, black people must absolutely steadily and very quickly follow The Word, Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit of Almighty God fully returning unto His Righteous Laws, obedience to Him, under His Covenant and His Power and then unite living together, rebuilding, strengthening, healing and prospering together by The Holy Spirit of Almighty God in the land of Africa from whence black people all came given them by Almighty God and from where all peoples of the world originated. As long as black people in America, Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere worldwide continue allowing themselves to both be insistant in attempt to fully assimulate into and be controlled, deceived, manipulated, exploited, divided, diluded, economically and socially used, disinfranchised, distressed, oppressed, depressed, self-suicidal, and victims of systematic and institutional genocide living under Caucasian America’s and European’s sick and destructive world ways of massive greed, war, murder, theft of others’ land, people, and other wealth as well as subjected to discrimination and also still suffering from all this and the residue of vile slavery and white supremacy, black people will continue to be destroyed in staggering numbers. There is no guidance at all that Almighty God, His Son, and The Holy Spirit have not already fully given us on exactly how we are to live, prosper, and not just only endure evil but to also have incredible, relentless, and entirely awesome spiritual power to both resist and to thwart evil. Our power and strength is in Almighty God and ourselves unifying together in huge and unprecedented numbers by His Grace, His Might, His Power, His Mercy and His Protection unequaled by anything or anyone in and outside of planet earth. Black people to Walk in Obedience to Almighty God, His Word, His Son, and The Holy Spirit and to separate ourselves as Almighty God’s People away from wick human and supernatural powers is the only way. It ain’t about Obama, Romney, Jesse, Al, nor any other human being on earth. Your Leader–Our Leader–awaits us as we are His Lost Remnant Israel from among and within the 12 Tribes of Israel. All Praises Be Unto Almighty God and His Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ. Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late. The time is spent and way short. Turn now or burn with along with the wicked and the delusional, temporary lure of ill-gotten so-called riches, luxuries, blatant immorality and gross sin while the vast majority of the world’s people black and brown twist in the wicked’s vile winds of unemployment, poverty, hunger, disease, s****l exploitation, crime and death. Let us altogether Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late!
Debra A. Daniels
September 10, 2012 at 12:04 am
There is but one way, and one way only, that African Americans, Black Caribbeans, Blacks on the Continent of Africa, and black people worldwide will survive, live, and prosper in awesome, unprecedented and destined power overall as a people in staggering numbers. Black people who are and as the descendants of highly civilized ancient Africans, Egyptians, Moors and Hebrew Israelites Almighty God’s People absolutely must completely come out, separate from, and deny participation of any kind in unrighteous, immoral, wicked worldly human and supernatural powers of evil and, to do so, black people must absolutely steadily and very quickly follow The Word, Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit of Almighty God fully returning unto His Righteous Laws, obedience to Him, under His Covenant and His Power and then unite living together, rebuilding, strengthening, healing and prospering together by The Holy Spirit of Almighty God in the land of Africa from whence black people all came given them by Almighty God and from where all peoples of the world originated. As long as black people in America, Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere worldwide continue allowing themselves to both be insistant in attempt to fully assimulate into and be controlled, deceived, manipulated, exploited, divided, diluded, economically and socially used, disinfranchised, distressed, oppressed, depressed, self-suicidal, and victims of systematic and institutional genocide living under Caucasian America’s and European’s sick and destructive world ways of massive greed, war, murder, theft of others’ land, people, and other wealth as well as subjected to discrimination and also still suffering from all this and the residue of vile slavery and white supremacy, black people will continue to be destroyed in staggering numbers. There is no guidance at all that Almighty God, His Son, and The Holy Spirit have not already fully given us on exactly how we are to live, prosper, and not just only endure evil but to also have incredible, relentless, and entirely awesome spiritual power to both resist and to thwart evil. Our power and strength is in Almighty God and ourselves unifying together in huge and unprecedented numbers by His Grace, His Might, His Power, His Mercy and His Protection unequaled by anything or anyone in and outside of planet earth. Black people to Walk in Obedience to Almighty God, His Word, His Son, and The Holy Spirit and to separate ourselves as Almighty God’s People away from wick human and supernatural powers is the only way. It ain’t about Obama, Romney, Jesse, Al, nor any other human being on earth. Your Leader–Our Leader–awaits us as we are His Lost Remnant Israel from among and within the 12 Tribes of Israel. All Praises Be Unto Almighty God and His Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ. Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late. The time is spent and way short. Turn now or burn with along with the wicked and the delusional, temporary lure of ill-gotten so-called riches, luxuries, blatant immorality and gross sin while the vast majority of the world’s people black and brown twist in the wicked’s vile winds of unemployment, poverty, hunger, disease, s****l exploitation, crime and death. Let us altogether Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late!
Debra A. Daniels
September 10, 2012 at 12:04 am
There is but one way, and one way only, that African Americans, Black Caribbeans, Blacks on the Continent of Africa, and black people worldwide will survive, live, and prosper in awesome, unprecedented and destined power overall as a people in staggering numbers. Black people who are and as the descendants of highly civilized ancient Africans, Egyptians, Moors and Hebrew Israelites Almighty God’s People absolutely must completely come out, separate from, and deny participation of any kind in unrighteous, immoral, wicked worldly human and supernatural powers of evil and, to do so, black people must absolutely steadily and very quickly follow The Word, Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit of Almighty God fully returning unto His Righteous Laws, obedience to Him, under His Covenant and His Power and then unite living together, rebuilding, strengthening, healing and prospering together by The Holy Spirit of Almighty God in the land of Africa from whence black people all came given them by Almighty God and from where all peoples of the world originated. As long as black people in America, Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere worldwide continue allowing themselves to both be insistant in attempt to fully assimulate into and be controlled, deceived, manipulated, exploited, divided, diluded, economically and socially used, disinfranchised, distressed, oppressed, depressed, self-suicidal, and victims of systematic and institutional genocide living under Caucasian America’s and European’s sick and destructive world ways of massive greed, war, murder, theft of others’ land, people, and other wealth as well as subjected to discrimination and also still suffering from all this and the residue of vile slavery and white supremacy, black people will continue to be destroyed in staggering numbers. There is no guidance at all that Almighty God, His Son, and The Holy Spirit have not already fully given us on exactly how we are to live, prosper, and not just only endure evil but to also have incredible, relentless, and entirely awesome spiritual power to both resist and to thwart evil. Our power and strength is in Almighty God and ourselves unifying together in huge and unprecedented numbers by His Grace, His Might, His Power, His Mercy and His Protection unequaled by anything or anyone in and outside of planet earth. Black people to Walk in Obedience to Almighty God, His Word, His Son, and The Holy Spirit and to separate ourselves as Almighty God’s People away from wick human and supernatural powers is the only way. It ain’t about Obama, Romney, Jesse, Al, nor any other human being on earth. Your Leader–Our Leader–awaits us as we are His Lost Remnant Israel from among and within the 12 Tribes of Israel. All Praises Be Unto Almighty God and His Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ. Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late. The time is spent and way short. Turn now or burn with along with the wicked and the delusional, temporary lure of ill-gotten so-called riches, luxuries, blatant immorality and gross sin while the vast majority of the world’s people black and brown twist in the wicked’s vile winds of unemployment, poverty, hunger, disease, s****l exploitation, crime and death. Let us altogether Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late!
Debra A. Daniels
September 10, 2012 at 12:04 am
There is but one way, and one way only, that African Americans, Black Caribbeans, Blacks on the Continent of Africa, and black people worldwide will survive, live, and prosper in awesome, unprecedented and destined power overall as a people in staggering numbers. Black people who are and as the descendants of highly civilized ancient Africans, Egyptians, Moors and Hebrew Israelites Almighty God’s People absolutely must completely come out, separate from, and deny participation of any kind in unrighteous, immoral, wicked worldly human and supernatural powers of evil and, to do so, black people must absolutely steadily and very quickly follow The Word, Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit of Almighty God fully returning unto His Righteous Laws, obedience to Him, under His Covenant and His Power and then unite living together, rebuilding, strengthening, healing and prospering together by The Holy Spirit of Almighty God in the land of Africa from whence black people all came given them by Almighty God and from where all peoples of the world originated. As long as black people in America, Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere worldwide continue allowing themselves to both be insistant in attempt to fully assimulate into and be controlled, deceived, manipulated, exploited, divided, diluded, economically and socially used, disinfranchised, distressed, oppressed, depressed, self-suicidal, and victims of systematic and institutional genocide living under Caucasian America’s and European’s sick and destructive world ways of massive greed, war, murder, theft of others’ land, people, and other wealth as well as subjected to discrimination and also still suffering from all this and the residue of vile slavery and white supremacy, black people will continue to be destroyed in staggering numbers. There is no guidance at all that Almighty God, His Son, and The Holy Spirit have not already fully given us on exactly how we are to live, prosper, and not just only endure evil but to also have incredible, relentless, and entirely awesome spiritual power to both resist and to thwart evil. Our power and strength is in Almighty God and ourselves unifying together in huge and unprecedented numbers by His Grace, His Might, His Power, His Mercy and His Protection unequaled by anything or anyone in and outside of planet earth. Black people to Walk in Obedience to Almighty God, His Word, His Son, and The Holy Spirit and to separate ourselves as Almighty God’s People away from wick human and supernatural powers is the only way. It ain’t about Obama, Romney, Jesse, Al, nor any other human being on earth. Your Leader–Our Leader–awaits us as we are His Lost Remnant Israel from among and within the 12 Tribes of Israel. All Praises Be Unto Almighty God and His Son Savior Lord Jesus Christ. Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late. The time is spent and way short. Turn now or burn with along with the wicked and the delusional, temporary lure of ill-gotten so-called riches, luxuries, blatant immorality and gross sin while the vast majority of the world’s people black and brown twist in the wicked’s vile winds of unemployment, poverty, hunger, disease, s****l exploitation, crime and death. Let us altogether Come together out of Sodom and Ghomorrah before it is too late!
rick freeman
September 9, 2012 at 9:08 pm
That’s Jesse’s turf. Chicago is full of black criminals and Jesse never their because he’s with
his other lady like all good black preachers!
Yalanda DryerBuzz.com
September 9, 2012 at 8:09 pm
The president should say something right after he hears from citizens, pastors, police chiefs, attorney generals, mayors, and governors
BOB
September 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Thank you Mr. Hill for your very excellent question. “Why don’t the many, many churches that compete with liqour stores for space in black neighborhoods address the problem?”
My very highly researched and well thought out answer: Because they cannot say as Peter and John could as recorded in the book of ACTS, “Silver and gold have we none but such as we have in the name of Jesus, rise up and walk.”
Said churches and liquor stores are both opiating their customers.
The “Black” church for the most part is just another social entertainment adjunct to the popular culture serving the exact same function it did during the days of chattel slavery. That job was to keep Black labor fueling America’s exceptional economy. That job was to keep black people’s bodies sweating in manual labor and s****l l**t and their minds baptized in religious rituals of superstition, too tired to think – insanely maintaining the status quo, desiring a better life dead than alive. Listen to Paul Lawrence Dunbar talk about “a crust of bread and a corner to sleep in – a moment to laugh and an hour to weep in.”
Tell me why a vivacious Black female active Black church minister would ask me, shotly after I showed up at her local congregation teaching “RESPECT For ALL BLACK WOMEN,” why did she ask me, ” who are you, Capt. SAVAHO?” Had she really been so disrespected all her life? So used? And had Black churching only made her worse? Why did this grandmother go off on a week-end binge and come back informing me that she was not a w***e but she has “some whoreish ways?” Not to put this church member down or to disparage all Black people involved with spiritually powerless church congregation but to highlight how common it is for this to be the norm rather than the rare exception. From whom shall young females learn.
Too many Black preacher/pastor types are players and mind manipulating pimps pimping the name of JESUS. The very Jesus who is recorded as having said, “In that day MANY will say to me I preached in your name…… and I will say to them – depart from me you workers of lawlessness – I NEVER knew you.”
If that does not describe your church, good on you and God bless you. If your Black pastor is popular wit y’all but preaching that GOD MIGHT, sometime, if He feels like it….your pastor ain’t cool wit God. Recommendation: Get pastor outta your head, your head outta the sky and your behind the h**l out of that powerless church. Study scripture to become a true worshiper, possessing true power in your personal life. After all it is about your personal relationship with your Creator. It never was supposed to be about religion. R e l i g i o n is from the same root word as superstition.
“When you believe in things that you don’t understand you are going to suffer.” Stevie Wonder.
Love, Power and Peace.
John H Hill
September 9, 2012 at 5:18 pm
James A, you are so right about blacks and whites expecting blacks to be super human. Well, some of us have become super violent, super criminals. How about that? Who is President Obama suppose to talk to regarding inner city violence? Why don’t the many, many churches that compete with liqour stores for space in black neighborhoods address the problem?
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ellen
September 9, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Jesse, please take care of your son so he want go to prison.The Bible stated by Jesus “The poor will be with you always! Please read your Bible then speak
correct scriptures.You have not been reading the bible.I have heard you misquote scriptures.
freeze
September 9, 2012 at 9:32 am
Jessie If this president could wave a magic wand to correct all the problems here in the USA I am sure he would. Addressing the issue of creating jobs and housing for people is one way of addressing the property. You had your day.
Toni
September 8, 2012 at 10:27 pm
What about Jesse doing the job of stopping the violence and/or helping poverty. Jesse Jackson is always looking for attention and this would be a good chance for him to get it.
He needs to help and maybe that will imporve his ratings for respect
Caroline K Belt
September 8, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Why he has not taken a step in dealing with violence and poverty? This has been going on a long time in the community of poor under privileged. He should critic himself and not President Obama.
Ddre
September 8, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Oh, and one more point:
A lot of black people got mad at him for stating the obvious when it came to non-existent black fathers on Father’s Day a few years ago. Where the hayell was Jess when this is a big issue in the BC?
So, what exactly should he say about black-on-black violence that won’t put Jesse’s panties in a bunch?
Ddre
September 8, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Instead of asking Obama, how about you ask BLACK PEOPLE what we’re going to do about the violence in the Black Collective.
See, there’s this ‘No Snitching’ policy that seems to plague the streets. Black people are TOO SCARED to tell other black people what to do because most of us hate to be told about ourselves.
See how that works?
For black people, as a whole, to take responsibility for our own streets means the admittance of failure and not taking of business. Instead, a scapegoat has to be found to take the heat off of the BC.
This is our problem, not the President.
Too many of ya’ll still playing victim and it’s pathetic as fukk.
Keith
September 8, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Faith
James A
September 8, 2012 at 3:26 pm
“I’m convinced he must address poverty and violence in a different way.”
How Jesse, How????? Okay Jesse, you’ve been a civil rights leader for years and still consider yourself one; I guess. Why don’t you “address” poverty and violence in a different way? I applaud you Jesse for your contributions over the years and you’ve done some great things for the Black Community but we are still at the bottom rung of the economic ladder; why Jesse why? Would we be better off if we had a White President? Bill Clinton said something that I think we all need to accept; “not me nor any of my predecessors could have fixed the mess left by the previous administration in just 4 years”. Why are we as Black people expecting this President to be what White people have expected out of every Black person who breaks a color barrier? Why do we always have to be “super human” in order to get some respect?
Charlotte
September 8, 2012 at 3:13 pm
I feel my latest blog titled: “Media’s Racist History: A Psychological Affair,” helps shed light on why President Obama should not be expected to attack social problems pertaining to the African American community in the same way that white presidents before him could and did.
Some of you speak out of both corners of your mouth without thinking first. Whether some of you realize it or not (apparently the President understands it), he is not white.
Now, read my blog to understand why race makes a difference and why the approach has to be different. A civil rights public figure does not equate, repeat, does not equate with a sitting U.S. President, African American or otherwise.
Go to: http://www.agnespower-raceandpolitics.blogspot.com.
AMAZINGGRACE
September 8, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Using history as a crutch? Hating all white people? You are entitled to your opinions, but think before you blog with your impressions of others. Our History is the reason why there is Voter Suppression taking hold again, after less than 60 years of Our ancestors risking their lives, and some died for “US” to vote. It is a right, not a privilege. Our History has shown “US” that there are White folk that give a d**n when they witness blatant discrimination.
And Jesse has witnessed a great deal in his life. He speaks from wisdom, and I believe if he could take back some of the insensitive statements he’s made he would. But people have long memories like elephants.
AMAZINGGRACE
September 8, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Using history as a crutch? Hating all white people? You are entitled to your opinions, but think before you blog with your impressions of others. Our History is the reason why there is Voter Suppression taking hold again, after less than 60 years of Our ancestors risking their lives, and some died for “US” to vote. It is a right, not a privilege. Our History has shown “US” that there are White folk that give a d**n when they witness blatant discrimination.
And Jesse has witnessed a great deal in his life. He speaks from wisdom, and I believe if he could take back some of the insensitive statements he’s made he would. But people have long memories like elephants.
ShielaB.
September 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Jesse. community action and keeping hope alive is you job. What have you done lately? If you had been doing what you were supposed to be doing long ago the poverty and violence would not have gotten do bad. Where have you been in the last 15 years? I have not heard of or seen you marching or preaching to stop the poverty or violence in black communities. Get busy Jesse, we need your leadership, not your criticism of Obama. What are you doing to aliviate these problems. Despite your recent failings, there are still things you can do to improve your self image and do so by getting back to work for the black communities in America. Keep Hope Alive! Use your hands to work for black american instead of pointing fingers at Obama.
Dianna Kinsey
September 8, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Even if President Obama addressed these issues, could we hear what might be said? Yes. He was raised by his white mother and grandparents, but he obviously identified with the black community. He married Michelle Robinson, a black woman. I get angry, sad, frustrated and depressed when I think about the state of our community. Basically because those issues are all in our hands. Education and the lack thereof causes a large percentage of the unemployment. I see literally BRILLIANT young African Americans daily who are allowed BY THEIR PARENTS to float through life half-stepping, then choose to drop out of high school, or if they persist, they just attend not taking classes that challenge them to be all they can be. They are literally BRILLIANT! I know the educational and social systems are stacked against them/us, but you all WE, those of us who can see what’s going on MUST get involved and figure out how to help them wade through all the c**p we’ve allowed to develop in our community. I agree a national voice, yes, the President’s of all that seem available to us now, needs to be heard on the issue. But again, would we hear it? When Bill Cosby tried to address the issue several years ago, we all felt he aired our dirty laundry and were angered and embarrassed. Even if the President addressed this earnestly, much of the work after the conversation would land directly in our own laps – the everyday African American! Even elected officials on the local level won’t address hard issues if we are not present, insistent, and ready to roll up our own sleeves to get involved working to rescue our kids from the fire. The old adage, “If it is to be, then it is up to me” won’t allow us to toss the hard part of all of this on the President, our local council members or anybody else. But, yes, if we’re all tired of where our community seems to be, and the pits too many of our young people keep falling into, if we’re ready as individuals to be part of the solution, some insight, planning and a call to action that can touch us in our homes and local communities are welcomed calls from my perspective. But a honest assessment with a plausible plan has to be a welcomed call from MANY who are willing to respond to make a difference.
DLK
Grob Hahn
September 8, 2012 at 12:20 pm
I doubt Obama has forgotten about Jesse’s desire to see him castrated. It’s probably why Jesse isn’t a lot more involved with the administration and chips away like an outsider on any issue he can ride. Like the shameless pot stirring that has turned the Martin/Zimmerman case into a circus. Jesse leaped before he looked because he thought he had one of his old enemies on a hook. Turns out Zimmerman wasn’t a wealthy old diamond merchant at all. Oh well, got to save face right? I feel for the poor mother who has to endure her son’s life under a public microscope. Even Obama has distanced himself from “his son’s” case.
I used to have great respect for Jesse and he’s probably the main reason I began to see the drug users around me not as normal, but as depressed addicts in a downward spin. Jesse got greedy and turned into a virtual republican using democrat causes to score a buck. The young black men currently gunning each other down over turf are not going to listen to Obama, but they might listen to Jesse. They might listen to Al. There are a lot of people they will listen to. Why aren’t they helping?
As long as the problem stays hidden while everyone basks in the glory that is Obama, I see a substantial hangover when his term has ended. I love America and I remember previous recessions where we didn’t have Malik calling for the execution of babies. That’s another problem to be faced; hating white folks just because they are white is racism. Hate individuals if you must, but hating an entire race is absolutely wrong. Using history as a crutch is also wrong. It stops our social advancement in its tracks.
Grobbbbbbbbbbbbbb
AMAZINGGRACE
September 8, 2012 at 10:56 am
Say what you will, The POTUS can’t do anything if his voting base may have their votes suppressed. All you voters on this site, speak with you neighbors, the elderly and disabled in your community NOW. Find out who needs assistance regarding their voting ID, and make sure your voting district is the same that it was the last time you cast you VOTE. Voter suppression is real. This time it is blatant, however, their are unscrupulous pollsters that can void your vote. DOT EVERY “I” AND CROSS EVERY “T” AND TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED THIS TIME. MAKE SURE YOUR VOTING DOCUMENTS ARE UP TO DATE TODAY……Call you local voting district office just to be sure everything is correct for yourselves…..
Ishmar Muhammad
September 8, 2012 at 10:50 am
Messy Jessie keep them Child Support payments up & you should have Worn a Jimmy Hat! Talk about a Bad Example Jessie can’t even check Rev Long who a Backsliding Gay Preacher lol Remember all you Seeds of Abraham Muslims Christians & Hebrews the Judgement will start in these so-called Houses of God & the the Father will work his way to the streets! Rev HamHock can’t help us that swine he dining on will kill him Anyway he Mentally Dead Anyhow! With all these Bootleg Preachers our people Must Be >Blind Deaf & Dumb like the Quran say we can’t see the forest for the trees lol Wake that a*s up! Shutemdown!!!
Ana
September 8, 2012 at 10:25 am
Rev Jesse Jackson has been around for decades saying the same thing over and over. He has gone around the world saving lives and bringing peace. Meanwhile back at the ranch ( Chicago) more folks are being killed in one weekend than in Afghanistan. Hey Rev, rescue this.
mmdccbslm
September 8, 2012 at 9:05 am
black people need to stop looking to someone else for salvation. we need to save ourselves.
Michael
September 8, 2012 at 8:55 am
I am in awe of Mr Jackson’s complaint, In the speech in question there is no mention of poverty and violence in the black community.Well the President has more than the Black community to govern,We the Black community should be the bearers of burden of these maladies in our community Rev Jackson what happened to the messages YOU preached I am somebody,Our timehas come,Keep hope alive etc. It was a call for Us to do something about Our own lives and the President at that time was not called to task on the matter.We as a People must reconnect with our children.They are our only hope in the war against violence and poverty,Education is the key component in all of this to acquire jobs for our community and to create dialog with each other instead of blows.’Train up a child’.
Rev Jackson What are YOU doing in the fight against violence and Poverty?
Trina
September 8, 2012 at 7:05 am
This guy just wants to be seeing and heard he’s a hater .
carol
September 8, 2012 at 9:40 am
You are ignorant
Harris
September 8, 2012 at 6:08 am
Well Mr Jackson why dont you get out there and speak on it…You have been very quite lately use this as your cause!!!
BOB
September 8, 2012 at 5:10 am
The depths of America’s present ugliness belongs to Jesse Jackson, other influencers and the National and States Democratic Party Politicians for not educating their constituents and getting out the 2010 vote that would have given the President a civilized US Congress, Governors and State Houses across this country.
Get to work People. Quit all this sniping and crazy talk about what President Obama ought to do. President Obama knows how to lead. It appears that our dumb a***s have yet to learn what the followers are supposed to do. President Barack Obama is not responsible for the lack of reading and rational thought that happens in my house. President Obama is not responsible for America’s national debt, Unemployment, Poverty, Violence, Mindless TV Watching, Strip Clubing, Fornication, Adultry, Abortions, Same s*x Whatevers, Murders, Wars or Bat S**t craziness that flies out of the face of Black Preachers Sunday after Sunday that he is not personally perticipating in any more than I am. President Obama is not responsible for the deranged Doctrine of White Supremacy, the Republican Party or the Tea Party. WE The People are.
What the h**l do all you disgruntled dollar poor people of color and non color have in common with extremely wealthy Mormon Mitt Romney and very wealthy Roman Catholic Paul,”Ann Rand” Ryan?
How Long Y’all? How much longer do you think you have on planet earth to remain ignorant, apathetic and blame God, the Devil for your poverty stricken, White racist induced circumstances. So WHAT? Keep going through the motions and remain enslaved or do the only thing you need to do when you choose FREEDOM. STAND AND FIGHT!!!!
Repeat after me.”IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME.”
“IF NOT US WHO?”
“IF NOT HERE WHERE?”
“IF NOT NOW WHEN?”
Peter D. Slaughter
September 8, 2012 at 3:19 am
Interesting and ironic how all these people clearly are caught up in election voting trickery hype.It’s clearly genocide,eugenics and population control going on of Afrikans world wide and black’s in the u.s.We have some emotional,reactionary black people complaining about Jesse Jackson even trying to bring up the issue.But at the same time none of these same people are saying or even willing to say anything about this blatant genocide being done right in the faces of black people in this country.
It’s the same with us just like the native americans. Who is making and really supplying all the drank,guns and ammo being use to kill off so many black people ?
PetefromDetroit
September 8, 2012 at 6:56 pm
“It’s the same with us just like the native americans”
Not really Pete, The Native Americans got paid off in the tens of billions over the last 25 years. Casinos for tribes AND government loans to build the casinos on their land. Repeat their LAND. Meaning after the takeover, the government gave them some land at least. Then later, allowed them to get paid with the casinos.
I do not know of any concessions like this for blacks.
If you do, enlighten me. One.
BigWill
September 8, 2012 at 2:16 am
Remember, president Obama was very instrumental getting congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act in August 2010, changing the 100-to-1 disparity between minimum sentences for crack and powder cocaine to 18 to 1. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted this summer to make the reduced crack penalties retroactive, which means more than 12,000 current inmates are eligible to request reduced sentences.
Phillip Battle
September 8, 2012 at 12:41 am
Taxes on businesses maybe over bearing to those who care to suck the marrow out of the consumers- if America was so American the consumers of ALL COLORS would UNITE and send all those over seas SLAVE OWNERS over seas to live with those they manipulate and oppresse with those loosy wages. Why just you would anyone who CLAIM to be so d**n AMERICAN- respect and understand the subculture of America-which is to have the African American confused and Self Hating in order for the minority of white folk to fill as though they are entitled to have the last say of what it’s going to be in OUR AMERICAN SOCIETY.
Case and point -the last twenty (20 years) America let an influx of immigrants in OUR great society to dodge paying for sick days, vacations, health care,overtime, maternity leave,fair wages,and pensions. Yet the most important matter on the agenda-was to let the drugs in the African American community- get rid of higher education and vocational institutes that were geared toward uplifting the inferior system of educating the poor and disenfranchised African Americans.
All this just to get back at Malcolm, Martin Luther King,and all African Americans before and after them.
You want to do something– Help
Boycott Christmas 2012
Freedom!
September 8, 2012 at 12:27 am
When I grew up, it was the job of community leaders, national black leaders to address community problems. They were even called the Big Six. Because national black leaders are too pious to demand the legalization/medicalization of all drugs as former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke asked 20 years ago, the evil black market drugs have wrought have consumed neighborhoods of black and brown people in the Western Hemisphere. The puritanical folly of a “drug free” America is just the pretext for black market bureaucracy. For MAD/INC, MURDER, ADDICTION AND INCARCERATION. It is a $400 billion/year industry. $200 billion for the criminals/$200 billion for those enforcing criminogenic laws, laws designed to create crime and jobs for black market bureaucracy.
Max-A-Million
September 8, 2012 at 12:02 am
And how long has the good Reverend (Jackson) been a “Leader” and a “VOICE” in the Black community! What has he been talking about ALL these years? And if my memory serves me correctly, doesn’t he live in IL where Chi-Town is off the chain!
I just don’t understand why we (Black folks) put demands on President Obama to do things that we didn’t demand his predecessors to do, including Clinton who some Black folks for whatever reason seem to think is the Great White Hope. I mean what do you want Obama to say, “Black folks please stop killing one another.”; I mean we’re on t.v. everyday all over the country saying that and what has it accomplished. As far as poverty, NO ONE has Ever given us anything and NO ONE’S going to give us anything. People if we want something we’re going to have to buckle down, apply ourselves, get some training, get some education, and get it for ourselves! I know it won’t be easy, but Trust me it’s Possible.
And because the Man (Obama) hasn’t gotten around to addressing the issues that we want him to address, we say we we’re not going to show up at the polls. Ah, has anyone noticed that the President already has a pretty full plate. All I can say is it’s certainly your right and your choice not to vote but if you think things are bad now, think about how they’ll be if Romney gets in there. If we give Obama 4 more years it at least buys us a little time to get to work in our own backyard.
Onesilverbac
September 7, 2012 at 11:10 pm
If POTUS would make it more conducive for business there would be more jobs and that would handle poverty.
It’s know wonder so much business goes over seas, we have the highest tax on business in the world, we start at disadvantage.
I believe having a stand your ground law would do wondrous things towards reducing violence.
Reneegede
September 7, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Uhm NO.
Black people need to be addressing violence and poverty.
Should have been addressing it before he was elected.
Still need to be addressing it long after he’s gone from DC for good.
Crosstown
September 7, 2012 at 10:16 pm
I just got off YouTube where there is a multitude of videos displaying young men in the acts of committing armed robberies. Each weekend, there are fatal shootings here in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore just to name a few. If I were to travel into Manhattan for dinner and a play on any Saturday evening, I would get “The look” from cops. Are they racists? maybe, but then again I can’t blame them with all of the violence that’s occurring day in and day out which are for the most part committed by young people. Just days ago, cops responded to an armed robbery in progress at a Bronx bodega and in the fray, an innocent robbery victim was tragically killed by police. Folks, this is collateral damage and we’re all at risk. Just what would we have the president do?
Reneegede
September 7, 2012 at 11:13 pm
The President can’t “do” a thing about it except go in there under martial law and physically wrestle every weapon from everyone in these inner cities and municipalities and counties.
The churches in these inner cities are responsible for bringing godly lawful order and I can’t understand for the life of me why cities where there are one to two churches per corner are still bathed in so much violence that people are coming IN the churches killing and stealing…
Maybe somebody is falling off the job and it’s not the President.
Chris Martin
September 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm
I am an Independent, I left the Democratic party because of this very reason, they believe, they know, that they have us. They can depend on us because WHO in their right mind can vote for the Republicans? Including me.
I don’t want to discourage any of us from voting for the president this time around. But at the same time, I don’t like it that he has NOT addressed us in a serious way since things are WORSE in our community than in any other group.
No, he can’t come to our houses or go by the cona’ and holler at the brothers out there, but he could least drive by and holler from the window while he’s campaigning. Hel he doesn’t even have to get out and smile take pictures with little homeless children…but he could come by ALL the hoods in this country from time to time.
I know his job is not easy and the republicans have fought him. But there’s nothing wrong with holding HIM and ALL THE REST accountable by speaking out…we the people!
greg
September 7, 2012 at 9:03 pm
“I don’t want to discourage any of us from voting for the president this time around. But at the same time, I don’t like it that he has NOT addressed us in a serious way since things are WORSE in our community than in any other group”
Things are worse for your group but that is not a good reason not to vote for him? If you dont mind me asking, what would be a good reason for not voting for someone?
Max-A-Million
September 8, 2012 at 12:39 am
Chris,
And as an Independent, how’s that working for you? Has it made a significant impact in your life?
You say, “I don’t like it that he has NOT addressed us in a serious way since things are WORSE in our community than in any other group.” They’re worst in our community because of US! Trust me I know. I live in one of the cities that @ Crosstown mentioned below and we’re killing one another like it’s open season for deer hunting. The police are out-maned, out-armed and just plain out of luck! What do you expect Obama to do? If he put the National Guard on the streets then people would be complaining about their civil rights.
Then you talk about Obama not coming to the “cona” or the “hood”, and when did Clinton who many Black folks joke about being the first Black President (which is so not humorous)come to the cona or the hood? And reality is it would be a complete security nightmare for him as well as the people who live in and around the area.
I mean I completely understand what you’re saying but come on, Obama is “just a man!” And a man that is at the mercy of Congress. As much as we hate to believe it, we are ALL in this thing together, and I believe if we would begin the Hard work at home, with our own family members and children, that would be a huge start to trying to change things in our own community.
mmdccbslm
September 8, 2012 at 9:03 am
the police are NOT the solution. they are now military adjuncts. self-hate has to stop. healing and mutual respect has to begin.
Max-A-Million
September 8, 2012 at 5:13 pm
I 100% Concur!
Phillip Battle
September 7, 2012 at 8:20 pm
President Obama is an intellect-he praises his grandparents for their OUTSTANDING job of grooming him to be a mutual human being/African with a white American blood line and principals. Leave the Pres alone, and let him be him. d**n it’s more of us then it is him. So let’s do something in the SPIRIT of the AMERICAN SLAVE-and so all others WHO have not the soul of the American Slave-and show SOLIDARITY in the Ole NEGRO SPIRIT-yes and as a direct descendant of the American Slave I do believe We can do what we been doing-show EVERYBODY who made America what she is. S
Let’s not be discouraged,and STAND UP AND MOVE FORWARD-regardless of who’s the President of the USA LETS–
Boycott Christmas 2012
Ishmar Muhammad
September 7, 2012 at 7:32 pm
More Jobs less Violence,no Jobs more Violence this is what Socialogist study even in White Communities lol we need our own BlackNation! Stop begging at White Americas feet!
Ishmar Muhammad
September 7, 2012 at 7:25 pm
His Hands are Tided Obama Had Good Plans But got to Washington & I think these Powerful Crackers Have turned Him like they Do with Alot of Weakminded of our People Especially Athletes our people are Surrounded by Lawyers taking these fools money & telling them to stay away from Black Problems but smiling in Whitefolks Faces lol if he tries to help us in any Obvious ways they will kill him they looking for a Patsy now & have Created this Hate filled Atmospere like the Devil Do! I wonder if they watch him use the Bathroom Did Obama wipe? Did he wash his Hands lol This is something New for White America “Black Authority” somebody Black Handling Sh#t they don’t like this it gets next to them because they Heard all Negroes was Dumb or Could be controled not likely Blackpeople stop playing the sidelines like Spike Lee! Messy Jessie the FBI knew he was Messing around & Had this Woman Pregnant but tried to twist his Arm & Jessie was Totally Neutrolized to use a Government term for Strong Blacks! Jessie wanted to have Obamas Job who wants to be President of America not me only a powerHungryDevil would take such Job! If you Believe in God America is under Divine Chastisement for Murder,Slavery Tresspassing stealing everthing they put us in jail for they people are Gulilty of!
kenyasue
September 7, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Well well well, bipolar or no polar (bear) have we forgotten the resources taken from the Planned Parenting operational African genocide implementers, to sell the idea of abortion rights through the ministries.Haven changed his tune about 100 times anything that is uttered by this opportunist carpet bagger sell out traitor, is of no consequence to the Afrikan global family.
ana
September 7, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Well said Jesse Jackson,Poverty and Violence should be High on The Agenda.We have to Get The Republicans in Congress in sinc or Out of sinc…The Tea-Party Republicans are Obstructionist and Blocking The Progressive Key Votes…They Should be Voted Out of Our Government or Sanctioned.
Harold Ikels
September 7, 2012 at 5:37 pm
By bringing this up, Obama would hurt his chances of re-election. Why? Poverty has gone up during the last 4 years, more people than ever are on foodstamps/gov assistance, and black unemployment has grown much higher. How can Obama address this without looking like a failure?
AMAZINGGRACE
September 7, 2012 at 4:45 pm
JESSE JACKSON IS CORRECT, THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BRING LIGHT TO BOTH ISSUES. THEY ARE ROOTED IN AMERICA, AND IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE ARE VIEWED ON A HOLD. BY DOING SO, HE MAY GALVANIZE SOME THAT ARE SITTING ON THE FENCE ABOUT RE-ELECTING HIM OR NOT.
Dwayne E. Collins
September 7, 2012 at 3:45 pm
I believe that Rev. Jackson has a good point. I think this because those people who are living in poverty are in need of a government backing that will allow them to come out of poverty and live life as a productive american citizen. Anyone who says different are in a world with their eyes wide shut.
If violence is attacked by the government it would cease to exist as openly as it is today. Criminals are afraid of policemen, just think what they would do if they would see politicians backing anti crime in american streets and homes.
It would be a good thing to address poverty and violence. Four years ago I watched many people go to the poles to cast their votes for President Obama in Minnesota and they lived in shelters. So those who live in poverty were backing a president they thought would also say a word or two about living in a dreaded lifestyle that is looked down upon. GOD BLESS…
TJ
September 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Poverty? Maybe. Violence? Why? Until more of us support law enforcement & stop making excuses for criminals, his “stance” on violence & $1.25 can only get you a cup of coffee. Hang back Jesse. The President has this one.
mmdccbslm
September 8, 2012 at 9:02 am
TOTAL BS!
have you noticed what the police have become since 9/11? don’t be so delusional.
lacey
September 7, 2012 at 10:57 am
He could/would . . .if ALL OF THEM WOULD GET OUT AND VOTE! Duh, where were they during the 2010 elections? Just maybe had they done their civic duty he would not have a hostile Congress from stopping him from ‘feeding’ the poor -in the first place. In the meantime, he IS the POTUS, not just for poor folk, you’d think? He did and we should not forget HE IS THE PRESIDENT(for All)-now!