Making sense of why Blago chose Burris

You gotta give Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich some credit, he sure knows how to make some news!

Three weeks after being arrested by federal officials for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, Blagojevich has thumbed his nose at the political establishment by going forward and naming former state attorney general Roland Burris as his choice to fill the remaining two years of Obama's term.

Burris is the first black elected statewide in Illinois, and is the former state comptroller and attorney general. He has a long and distinguished career in public service, and that will make it very difficult to deny him the seat.

But U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and 50 Senate Democrats have made it clear that they will not accept any Blagojevich appointment into their exclusive club. The Senate returns next week, and Illinois may be left without both Senators, that could pose a problem.

But the bigger problem now is in the hands of Senate Dems, who will be forced into a showdown: do they want to get back at Blagojevich and deny his choice, which means denying an African American – the only one – a seat in the U.S. Senate.

If this plays out, we’re looking at a constitutional showdown not seen since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the House of Representatives couldn’t deny a member of Congress their seat. That person? Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, considered the most effective Black congressman in U.S. history.
Democrats can’t fathom this scenario, and the last thing they want to do is mess with their most important constituency: African Americans.

And where does President-elect Barack Obama stands? He praised Burris, but says he backs Reid and doesn’t believe he should be seated. But folks, here is the problem: Dems are to blame for this mess. They all thought Pay Rod would resign, but he didn’t. They had the chance to approve a special election to replace Obama, but they got greedy. They didn’t want a Republican running for the seat, and opted to keep the appointment. But Pay Rod won’t go away, and he’s giving Obama, Senate Dems and Illlinois Democrats fits.

But truth be told, what should they have expected? He hasn’t been indicted. Hasn’t been convicted. And hasn’t been impeached. He holds the cards, and is willing to play them to the end.

Blagojevich has made a shrewd move with the pick. Like it or not, it’s a masterful political stroke. Let's now see who will blink first. I got a feeling by this time next week, Burris will be sworn in as the fourth black U.S. Senator since Reconstruction. And Pay Rod will be laughing his butt off.

Comments

[mypov]

Am I the only one who thought that press conference was...awkward??

[D.L.M.]

Hello Roland, Roland Burris recieved alot of votes down state. Chicago is not the only city in Illinois. I think Jesse White is trying to see how much power he has in Illinios. I really do not know how Jesse White got into politics. I heard of the tumblin team, and I have seen the tumblers on perform at the Bud Biliken parade. I think Jesse White should change his position when it comes to Roland Burris.

[will]

Here comes the race-card circus, compliments of Blago!!!

Burris made a previous attempt at the Senate seat in the past — unsuccessfully. In 1984, he was beat out for the Democratic nomination by Paul Simon.
Burris is a reliable Blago crony.

He’d also be the only black member of the U.S. Senate, putting Harry Reid in a spot.

What to do? What to do?

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Update: Dems say no to Blago’s race-baiting caberet!

Enjoy the show!

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Update: Obama weighs in. Don’t seat Burris.

RAAAAACIST!!!

[KIT]

Burris is a good guy, which was a pretty shrewd move on Blagovich's part. Update: Jesse White is backing down off of his strong admission to not certify the appointment of Burris. Blagovich is using anybody and everybody to navigate his way through the web he has spun for himself

[touch]

what difference does any of it make, if you don't deal with the root element of corruption, all the other is just the dusk kicking up, as cover for the get-away..

[Josephine]

I am hopeful that Black people see througth this move by Blago. As a younger African American, I am so tired of seeing older African American politicians behave insipidly.

Sit down and stop undermining the President Elect. You (African American politicians) did nothing to help him and he won without you. He did not disrespect you while he ran his campaign, so stoop attempting to disrespect him now.

Stop playing games with white people that do not respect you and only use you when they need a distraction. Stop playing games when the people in America elected Barack Obama to assist with the economy, the wars and our health care system. Stop helping Republicans attempt to embarass the president elect considering the horrendous job that President Bush did for 8 years. I know that President Elect Obama will handle himself accordingly but stop the madness.

[T Freeman]

I saw the press conference and I too thought it was very awkward.Mr. Burris seemed surprised that the press was all over him. He seemed very taken aback, but he should have known it was going to go down that way. He will be dragged through the mud, but it didn't seem like he understood that. So with the economy in shambles, the wars in Irag and Afganistan, the chaos in Israel and the Gaza strip, this foolishness will top the news for days to come. This is a hot a** mess.

[Ultramagnetic]

This was a farce. I can't believe that Burris and Rush are going to participate in turning what should be a congress that should be hitting the ground running trying to solve the problems we've got, into a 3 ring media circus of court battles. I hate to say this but its how I feel. Every time we make a significant advance that has the potential to change the way 'we' are perceived, 'they' always manage to find someone ready to 'buck dance for Massa' so they can stand back and say 'See we told you so'. Think on this for a minute. We are about to celebrate a moment in American History, hell in Western History, that has never happened before. And instead of the focus being entirely on that event, this........BS is going to be on some commentator's lips even as Obama is sworn in. And people wonder why the younger generations lose respect for their elders sometimes......

[Ryan Field]

I don't see any problem. Blago did his job, and he appointed a well qualified, decent man to the position. And so far, Blago has not been proven guilty of any wrong-doing, and even if he is proven guilty of something in the future, it has nothing to do with Burris.

Someone on CNN said that Blago thumbed his nose to the world by doing this. I don't see it that way. He's just following the rules: he has a legal obligation to appoint Burris. And if Harry Reid and the rest of the DNC learned anything from the past Democratic Primary, "following the rules" is the most important thing.

I wish Sen. Burris the best. I'm amazed that someone like Blagojevich actually, for once, had the courage to stand up to the old boys in the DNC. And I hope this is the beginning of more rebellion from both Democrats and Republicans. I think the change that Obama has been talking about goes deeper than anyone could ever have imagined.

[will]

Bullshit, Ryan, Blago has no more right to assert himself further or exercise any privilege as chief executive of Illnois. This is nothing but a sideshow to distract the public from his own dire straits. Why else would he appoint someone against forewarned intense Democratic opposition. Do you think it is coincidence that he named a black politican to the seat that "is supposed to remain black". I guarantee if this pick was white Roland would be the most vociferous opponent. This stunt is race-baiting at its most disgraceful. If you think he did this out of sincerity you are unbelievably naive. Burris should refuse the taint of any Blago offer as a matter of honor. Even Obama has come out against it, though more for pragmatic reasons than anything else. If you want to bring change hold a special election and give the people of Illinois their voice back. But wait, Democracy in its purest form might give Republicans a chance to move in, can't have that, can we?

[touch]

What will bring us to be a nation that demands Integrity in our Business life and the business that impacts our lives.

Will we continue to laugh off the reality of the demise of our economy, with jokes and diversions, or will we pay attention and give attentive efforts.

People say they care about their kids future, but many not only remain unaware but also unwilling to speak up, and join as a force of society to mandate to those who represent us, to stop selling us out to lobbyist, and taking "favor" payment compromise deals, for the sake of their power pursuits in our congressional body, at the expense of Us, the voters who put them there to represent us.

What will it take to Awaken us, from the stupor of fun and delusion, and think about the future of our nation.

Many blogs we see "throughout the internet" are about sports, entertainer's folly, and anything to avoid what is our current reality of a declining nation.

[Frank]

This whole thing smells like a side-show designed to "throw water" on Obama's inauguration by his enemies. The dramatic republican US Attorney Fitzgerald now needs until April 7th to bring charges. Some of Hillary's supporters in the CBC want Burris seated. I think we need to treat this whole thing as a side show with a bunch of clowns. It should not in any way detract our attention from celebrating Obama's inauguration, and focusing on all of the issues and problems facing us.

[Mary Smith]

I am disappointed with Roland Martins position on this. Hell let's get past this issue of race for one second and consider all the elements involved in this selection process. You have a governor who has a For Sale sign on his governorship, from state appointments, state contracts and now a US Senate seat. Innocent until proven guilty, this stupid governor was recorded and Roland I know you have read each and every section of the AG's report because I have.

But to say a man who HAD {keyword} HAD a distinquished career because he is black in the midst of this controvery is ridiculous but you also failed to mention the voters of Illinois denied him five {5} times Roland for statewide office so now this clown because that's exactly what him, Bobby Rush and Blago looked like at that press conference sold his soul for what he could not do through the election process.

Stop embarrassing the African American Community and stop playing the race card everytime you do not get what you want.

No one more than me want another African American to replace Obama but want it done the right way-- not just another ni*g*r who has sold his soul to the devil for a piece of silver!

[Andrea]

The thing that surprises me is that everyone is forgetting a strong constitutional right-A person is PRESUMED innocent until PROVEN guility. The burden of proof is on the prosecution to PROVE beyond a shadow of doubt. Just because the prosecution arrested him and charged him does not make him guility. However, all the politicians, even OBAMA, who was a constituional law instructor, is screaming for him to step down. Also, it seems wierd to me that the prosecutor has asked for an extension; if this is such a airtight case, why are they not prepared to present the indictment. Has anyone ever thought that this could also be a setup to put pressure on Blajovich to resign. Everyone thought he would resign...but he didn't and now the prosecution has to come up or shut up. (It may of worked in New York with Spitzer but it will not work in Chicago).I don't even see how he could possibly be impeached without being convicted. So..until he either gets convicted, I believe that its business as usual and he assumes his duties. So instead of everyone screaming about the race card and thumbinb his nose at the nation; why is no one saying anything about him being tarred and feather by the media and the politicians. Also-corruption-doesnt money need to be exchanged? When did talking mack on the phone get you arrested! I am african american, I supported, worked and voted for OBAMA, this governor may be guilty in the end, but until he has his day in case, I think everyone, including OBAMA needs to leave him alone.

[Nola]

It is 2009, in approximately 18 days and so many hours President elect B. Obama will become the first biracial president of this country. Even with this great event we still have a number of African Americans that can still be played like a fiddle by some whites, example, the Governor of Illinois, impliments a dangerous game in order to deflect away from him all his troubles. He comes up with this plan - select another African American to replace President elect Obama's old senate sit in DC- knowingly knowing that the US senator had stated that they would not sit anyone that he appointed - He selected a former Attorney General that, as far as everyone knows, is a honest person. The second part of his game is by selecting Mr. Burris, who has desired this position for years, he knew Mr. Burris would fight like a barracuda for this opportunity to serve in this position.

People this was not our fight - it was a fight between the Governor and the member of the United States Senator (white guys)- slick pulls the African American community into the fight to protect his pretty face- I say that we step back (including Mr. Burris) and let them have it. When the battle is over and Illinois has a new Governor - maybe Mr. Burris will allow his ego to be place on a shelf for a while and stop allowing The Governor to use him for his on advantage- he might still get the position

[marian]

Roland Burris would be a fool to step back. If he does, I guarantee you, he will not be appointed, or if there is a special election, he probably won't win. We have to learn how to play the game like everybody else by taking advantage of the opportunities that come our way. Roland Burris should be the governor of Illinois. If the Democratic party and the unions had supported him in in 2002, the people in Illinois wouldn't be going through this embarrassing situation with Blagojevich. The white power structure supported Blagojevich even though Burris had more experience. Burris is a man of integrity and he would not have gotten the state involved in this pay to play scheme.

The Senate Democrats need to take a deep breath and let Burris into the club. If they try to keep him out or limit his privileges, they will look like Governor Faubus keeping the black students out of Central High. We just showed the world that we are a different, more open and tolerant society. Now here we go backwards to the Jim Crow era. Keeping Burris out of the Senate will do more harm than good. Burris is qualified and I don't care about Blagojevich using him. So what. It would be a mistake to give away this power by stepping down. Seat him and let Illinois and the country enjoy and savor Obama's inauguration.

[rikyrah]

Roland,

Harry Reid pressured Blago to NOT appoint Jackson, Jr. Sun-Times,

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1360191,harry-reid-blagojevich-jesse-jackson-010209.article

[Zion]

The Democrats are not in a spot, they need to block Burris. When Obama ran, he ran a race neutral campaign. It was not because he did not understand that he was black, he understood that this country needed to be united, and healed. When I see people playing the race card with Burris, they are undoing the change that President Elect Obama worked for in a historic election. It does not matter that Burris is black. What matters is that Gov. Blagojevich purposely used a black man to divide the Democratic party, and Burris allowed himself to be used. Did we forget the comments that Gov. Blagojevich made about President Elect Obama? He referred to him as a black knight. Therefore, we need to understand that we must stop accepting puppet tactics from politicians like Gov. Blagojevich. The even bigger picture is the governr is well aware that Burris failed to win a general election in Illinois 3 times. This means that he made Obama's seat competitive -- a seat that is not traditionally competitive. We have to look beyond race and ask what's right or what's wrong.

[Zion]

PS - For those of you screaming bi-racial, why do white folk continue to label Obama as black, we are drinking the bi-racial cool aid?

[lois]

What I find appealing about Roland Burris is that he used his position as attorney general to fight environmental racism. Chicago is one of the fifth worse concentrations of toxic waste in the nation. There are over 160 hotspots in that area, that are primarily located in African-American and Latino communities. Three of Chicago's black neighborhoods zip codes 60617, 60627 and 60628 are the most at risk for cancer. It is difficult to get most black people to think outside of the box. The environment affects the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat seemingly is way down on our list of concerns. As a senator, Burris would be able to fight for environmental clean-up to the national stage for minorities living in these hotspots. Obama didn't do it, Congressman Jackson isn't doing it, because it seems their agenda did not include environmental concerns of lead poisoning and other toxic hazards that are killing our folks. I'm sure Burris will fight had to make sure a chunk of that the forthcoming stimulus package is earmarked for cleaning up those toxic dumps. I'm so glad that my spiritual quest included getting the heck out of dirty corrupted sleepyville Chicago!

[lois]

One more thing black people please, please, please set aside your emotional rants and think environmentally and globally. Most African-American neighbors as communities functions as backward and ignorant as third world countries. Those of us who will not die from a drive-by, are dying from third hand smoke that seeps through the electrical lighting fixtures and outlets, radon (associated with lung cancer) is rising through those disregarded cracked cemented floors in your basement that you could easily fill with epoxy and sealed them with paint before laying that cheap carpeting wreaking with formaldehyde. You smoke in your car and houses and ignorantly think opening a window or a few squirts of Febreeze is making a difference. You're feeding your families fish from polluted China waters, tainted pesticide rice from China,fruits and veggies packing a huge pesticide punch! And you wonder why you have an auto-immune disease? Common auto immune conditions such as arthritis, Lupus, MS, myositis, sacrcoidosis, yeast infections,frequent colds are caused by damage to your immune system? Briefly, if you have fatigue, problems sleeping, low thyroid, stomach problems, joint pain,congestion, there is something in your food or environment that is making you sick. I see your bloated faces and bodies all made-up, dressed to the nines with tombstones in your eyes; dress rehearsing your funerals,huh? You will be put away nicely for sure. I'm willing to bet that you have over 30 toxic cleaning and cosmetic agents in your home at this very moment. Don't believe me, grab a container of eyeliner,shaving cream, cologne, cleaning solution then google the ingredients. Those buy-one- get-one free processed food purchases is a source of your diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Obama can't help you when you refuse to help yourselves. Now you know Barack, Michelle, and their kids don't look nothing like you and your family! They eat organic, exercise, read and practice what they preach. I know to eat organic make cut into that stash of money set aside for your hair, nails and detailing your ride... I know you want a brother or sister to represent you on your city council...it is too damn much to insist that your local officials work for you and not against you...that is too much to ask, for sure. Um huh, I know that a productive leader who is passionate about your issues must take a back seat to voting for those that are superficially black...I get it...you're stuck...you're uninformed...and you care more about your weaves...Beyonce...18 inch rims...Lexus...Chrysler 300s than your health...your life...and raising kids in smoke free..pesticide free...drug free...gun free homes. By the way, you can amuse yourselves...pull your heads out of the sand and browse EPA website...or the American Cancer...NIH....CDC...USDA..websites..."yes you can" find a way to live a little longer...and become a little healthier...now wouldn't that be a change worth fighting for :). I hope I offended you!

[touch]

Lois you are very smart and very aware.. Most of the people I find in blog sites only come for drama, and sarcasm, they don't deal with anything that requires over 13 seconds of thinking, and that on the high side of time invested.
"most of the stuff is all about slap stick, don't you think I'm clever commentary".

Look around any neighborhood and sad to say especially black neighborhoods, You have never in your life seen so many big obese people, and they think fixing their nails or hair, or the guys getting oversize clothes with a giant logo on it, will had the fact they are massively over-weight. we're in 2009, and to hear some people speak, you'd think they just opened the plantation gates about 6 am this morning. "And the exact same thing exist in the poor white neighborhoods. " It's like a Poor people disease, or prolonged ignorance of many sorts has affected people. Everything is about external appearance.

It's like many of the blacks who have made it on show, and have national podiums, I'd be interested to know how many of them chair foundation, or lend their stature to programs that can enhance the reading and speaking skills in some of these areas. Most of them will never even address it.
The only way we got out of Slavery is because the ones who had learned helped the ones who had not, and there were as there is today, a great many white people who will help black people with anything, just as there are a great many black people that will help white people. But for statistical purposes, more whites are more willing to help blacks, than blacks are willing to help whites.

Just as black people thing white should meet some level before they are embraced in the community, then equally so, blacks must meet some level to be accepted in the white community.. and if this is done bi laterally, then both communities become elevated.
I took some additional classes at a local college, the classroom was full of white females, white males, Foreigners, some black women, and hardly any black men. but you go in any predominantly black neighborhoods, and you can find a million dollars worth of cars, they can't even put them in a garage because the apartment building does not offer one. Instead of rebuild and buy the cheap homes in some of these areas, or develop groups and try to build neighborhood groups and change these neighborhoods. But most can't talk for trying to out do the other, in some flamboyant manner. Go to the average black neighborhood, and see if you can find any groups that have "math classes one day a week at some retired teachers home or at the church, YOU Won't find it!!! go to an Asian neighborhood, not only will you find it, they even have Saturday morning classes their kids attend in some neighborhoods. their kids get a computer instead of 4 new pair of rip off Jordan tennis shoes, where nike become the stock holder in their neighborhood, and they wear their investment on their feet and fill up their closets with it. Young people got so many GIANT logo plastered over their clothing, you can't see the outfit for the logs'... and many are unaware that the culture of professional business, does not hire people with tattoo's on their hand, their neck, and facial piercing, or any appendage that is visible. Go to your bank if see if you see this mess, go to your police department or any private or professional business, you will not see it, because they will not hire you if you have it, it's an unspoken rule, that tells them they can easily find 10 other reasons not to hire you by the mental association this display of imagery brings to mind. women who go to work with you cleavage as your showcase, with lace trimmed stuff and leopard prints clothing, save that crap until you get off work. the person who established that business has a lot invested, and they will not allow you to destroy the image of professional business they have worked to build.

and if you can't learn to smile and greet customers and clients with a welcoming expression, then you should submit your resignation papers, before your actions request a pink slip. and it will get more involved and more highly enforced, as the days mount. and who will be left behind is, he who rejects change, talking about their individualism, Fine, then let your individualism bring your to create your own business, and if you can't then conform to the structure of the business you seek, to keep your rent paid.

[touch]

Now as to Mr. Burris, at his age, and his past career achievements, it is highly unlikely that he has not met some promising young man or young woman along the pathway, he could use his capability to have promoted and pushed for this position. At his age and connection, he should be more a mentor than trying to take what some of the up and coming young people can be more productive in achieving and preforming. If the Sate Rejected him over and over, then why can't he be wise enough to use his skills to be a mentor or create a foundation, that help others elevate. How much is vain self glory chasing, and then accepting a position, as if the person who gave it to him, wants to slip a snake under the dinner table, just to create controversy and a situation of havoc. If he is such a brilliant man, then why is he not thinking about the future, because none of the Senators will respect him, nor will they support any measures he brings to the table, so all he is doing is wasting time, and distracting the program, for what it could otherwise be engaging.

I don't live in Illinois, so the inside details I don't know, but if the people have not accepted him by vote, then he maybe should not be given the position by the irregularity and pushed forth by default.

[will]

for once i think touch has had a moment of relevant rhetoric. Burris's appointment will forever be tainted by the process through which he looks to gain his seat. No respect is an understatement, forget Republicans, the Democratic leadership will not likely forget this. And last but not least how dare the man who was rejected 5 times by Illnois voters, as Mary Smith rightly reminded us, think he deserves the privilege of representing the people of Illnois. Why would he accept anything from a man who is so tainted by corruption and scandal? Does he care nothing for his own integrity and reputation? Apparently none of these considerations exceed his ambitions. In reading all the bickering on this post not one person has expressed consideration for what the people of that state may want. Never mind the fact that an overwhelming 60% of residents favor a special election, according to the latest poll.

[touch]

Honestly, when I first saw him on the news, he reminded me of a man, who is with a sheepish grin, but self consumed, by actually and appeaser with a basis of suck up type of functioning, It's evident the people of Illinois have seen this long before I knew of the man. It reminds me of how people attach the word "weasel" to people. If he was on an education board, he's probably be rejecting more people than he'd be helping. His pension is secure from his previous job, why don't the man go figure out how to help the young people, because all that seat will do is move him further from the contact with the people who actually need help. And no one wants to hear any proposals he brings forth. If he has previous concerns about toxicity, then go some place and work on that in the None government sector, and use his contact base to actually get something done. He reminds me of a boxes, who is over the hill, trying to enter the ring hoping for a miracle knock out.
Now as to the Senate being All White, I think many of them should be kicked to the curb, because they have been there too long, and they are the same a**holes who have been there, when the economy was falling apart, and they sit there blind stupid and dumb and did nothing. We need YOUNG people in these Senate, not these men of yesterday, they need to be relegated to "Advisors", there need to be simply a pool of advisor's from each state, that back a YOUNG senator, to fill the seats; Then we can get things done as a Nation. Every city in this country has failed behind the sitting fool, they are nothing but riding a name on failed programs from their past, which do not even function in this new environment.
WE ARE THE FOOLS, WHO SIT AND ALLOW THIS MADNESS, AND CAST OUR VOTES FOR NAME RECOGNITION, and ignore true policy. because people don't read, and they don't think. In truth, the bulk of our populations are politically illiterate, WE SHOULD HAVE GATHER THAT BY THE CRAZY COMMENTARY MANY CITIZEN EXPRESSED DURING THE PRIMARIES AND THE CAMPAIGNS. It was a true embarrassments to us as a nation, and all it showed the world is that we are an "illusion of intellect", and that was followed up and substantiated, by the " dumb dunce's" who came to wall street, none of those men should ever have been in a seat and given a label of CEO. The closest one that may have had some substance was Ford, and they have problems because they can't stop making tank sized vehicles. EVery person that was in the top echelons of Financial corporations, should have been removed, IMMEDIATELY !!!! AS A MANDATE. America is foolish to put their faith in fools, and we are so blind that we continue to do it, and the mass of us, sit silent and won't even write to the congressional people to voice their concerns. Out 10th grade students are more informed than much of the adult community. We have become a nation more concerned with drama than with process and equity of integrity.
It's like this blog, many people love more the drama of creating drama, than to find a way to address substance.

Why does this blog not have a poll, that will actually be used, to denote the views of the people and what they think, Why is this blog never mentioned on Rolands appearance on the CNN, Why has Roland or any of the others, not addressed the dunce nature of the CEO's, - I write many points to address the mortgage mess, and Roland glosses over it as if it does not exist. I'm not on her to patronize Roland or anyone else, and he has not problem making his rebuttal comments about drama people write, but I notice he said nothing about, the mortgage mess, Madoff ripped off charities, seniors, pension funds, and what ever else he could rip off, and those same funds helped people of all races, but he has not said one word about it, he's more concerned about some crook who is the Governor of a state, and the fanfare of the drama about it, when none of it means a darn thing, because it is a matter that has not even made it to the court house door.
I wonder if he even floats in of the Ideas presented in his blog, to the team at CNN ?

people forget - this is not about praise the blog poster, this is a medium, that has over taken the news papers, and yet it feeds on nothing but drama more than the news paper.

Has there been a blog about the Auto Industry, has there been a blog about the Fuel, and ask why did we get stuck during the summer with rip off fuel escalation, why did congress sit on it's ass and let non regulation allow the day traders and the short sellers rip and rob our corporations. Christmas, was a mess, not about shopping, but about all the children who never got even lead to the original spirit of what Christmas is. What about the social ills of society, where the women had put themselves to disrespect the men, simply because she holds a degree, as if her life is measured by a degree so much so that she can't respect a man as a human being. "did men in previous time disrespect and ignore and deny women consideration when he was the leader in degree's, NO.. he did not. Women take home the bulk of pay day, but they are only willing to help herself, men's money helped a whole family ? and we wonder why the economy is a mess, women working don't consider to share theirs in a household, where maybe the mans money may not equal hers, but he still earn, she sits her ass on her money and look to him to cover everything, or she rejects him.. as if it's a world of hookers and johns, playing delusion under the delusion of marriage, while women sell their association only to who can pay the most for her to say hello. Arrogance, insidious self consumption, and vain ego elation, which is the exact problem that the youth suffer from, being raised in the homes of many women, who's main interest is in external imagery, and our kids are consumed by "external imagery" and ready to kill each other over it. And then they go on a mission to want praise and be hailed as being a mother and a father, when they are failing at being mothers, because they put too much effort trying to be a father, and claiming their electronic toys given them independence, the only thing it gives them independence from, is the barter of sex, because they are into self gratification, even at the expense of their kids and everything else. by having unreal expectation upon men.

"DRAMERICA" - IS WHAT WE HAVE TURNED AMERICA INTO.. AND WE SIT UNAWARE

The other man who spoke when Burris was being named should not even have been on the podium. he stood there like the buggy driver from a previous slave area, claiming,
Yessa.. Masser is a good crook, and I's stand behind him"..

Enough of the buck and shuffle !!!!