The ruling came Thursday from the New York Supreme Court after formal requests were made by civil rights groups, including the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Aid Society the city’s public advocate, and the NAACP. “The failure to indict the officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner has left many wondering if… Continue reading NY Judge Rules – Eric Garner’s Grand Jury Documents Will Remain Secret
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Full Transcript and Video of Obama’s Historic Selma Speech – Video
Below is the complete transcript and video of President Obama’s historic Selma speech. *** It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and… Continue reading Full Transcript and Video of Obama’s Historic Selma Speech – Video
“I Met God, She’s Black”
Things that make you go hmmmmm! What does God look like? Renaissance artists painted God into their own cultures, often giving him the white skin and flowing golden hair of a European aristocrat. But that traditional image has been challenged by many over the centuries. This age-old question is now picking up steam on Facebook,… Continue reading “I Met God, She’s Black”
Hillary Clinton – “Yes, black lives matter”
I was getting worried there. The silence coming from the Hillary camp in regards to the nationwide protects going on these days, was deafening. But on Tuesday, Speaking to an audience after receiving an award from The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights in New York, Hillary declared, “yes, black lives matter.”… Continue reading Hillary Clinton – “Yes, black lives matter”
Mike Brown – Just Another Statistic, Just Another Murdered Black Man in America
There is a tradition, a history in this country and tonight, with the grand jury’s decision that officer Darren Wilson did absolutely nothing wrong when he chased after and gunned down a fleeing Mike Brown, another chapter was added to that history. We’ve seen this play out many times before and tonight was no different.… Continue reading Mike Brown – Just Another Statistic, Just Another Murdered Black Man in America
ELECTION 2014: THE LETHAL COMBO OF WEAK DEMS AND DUMB, RACIST AMERICANS
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful November 5, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli I have been quiet. I let the elections play out without writing inane predictions or coming up with facile “keys to victory” that you see on so many other blogs and media outlets. I let the candidates do what they felt… Continue reading ELECTION 2014: THE LETHAL COMBO OF WEAK DEMS AND DUMB, RACIST AMERICANS
JOB CREATION UP, UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN BUT OBAMA STILL BLACK
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful July 7, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli There is much controversy and ballyhoo over the headline “A Nigger In The White House” by a paper in Greenwich Village in NYC. It’s actually a pro-Obama article which makes the point I have made many times and will make again… Continue reading JOB CREATION UP, UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN BUT OBAMA STILL BLACK
Rick Perry Approves of Bundy’s Fight Against the Law
How can we as a nation move forward, when our leaders are siding with criminals instead of the law as interpreted by our courts. It is okay if Sean Hannity on Fox News insist that Cliven Bundy is correct in refusing to obey multiple court orders, but when Republican governors take that very same position,… Continue reading Rick Perry Approves of Bundy’s Fight Against the Law
Clarence Thomas Laments – “Liberals” Were Mean To Me, Not Southern Racists
When you’re a Supreme Court Justice, racism is not something you generally deal with and it is usually not directed to you. So when Justice Clarence Thomas spoke to a group on Tuesday, telling them that racism is more prevalent now than when he was a youngster growing up in a segregated south, you have… Continue reading Clarence Thomas Laments – “Liberals” Were Mean To Me, Not Southern Racists
Booker & Rand: New Dynamic Duo?
The oppositional party politicians vow to rewrite the “War On Drugs” manifesto in the U.S.! Word is out that U.S. Senator-elect, Newark, N.J., Mayor Corey Booker has extended an invitation to ultra conservative Republican senator Rand Paul to work for a cause both men apparently have similar interests in. And get this – Paul has… Continue reading Booker & Rand: New Dynamic Duo?
The Night A Little “Love” Died – Tribute To Marvin Gaye
This is a repost of a short story I wrote in tribute to one of the greatest innovators of musical style and content, Marvin Gaye April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984 “There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh…… Continue reading The Night A Little “Love” Died – Tribute To Marvin Gaye
Full Transcript Of President Obama’s State Of The Union Address – 2013
Remarks of President Barack Obama as prepared for delivery, released by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he said, “to report the… Continue reading Full Transcript Of President Obama’s State Of The Union Address – 2013