I see you Mrs. Obama! Gotta love that woman!

Most people won’t read this whole article or will only hear a sound byte of what Rev. Wright says and then a whole bunch of negative attention will be brought onto the Obama campaign. I was not present for this sermon but I think spiritually this is a great message. To give honor to God and to know that he takes the ordinary and makes things extraordinary is a remarkable message. It speaks to me, I think it speaks to the obstacles that we must face in the road and it does a good job at showing how a man like Barack Obama can become who he is in this here country. Only God can create such magnificent wonders!

Now his comment about having a black woman sleeping at the White House “legally”, in my opinion his message could have done without it. While media pundits will not understand this comment I think it speaks to the idea, the history of white men in power lusting after women of color and having them be neither heard nor seen. This goes back to the times of slavery and I think he made this reference with that history in mind. However we all know the media can will misconstrue a statement like this because Rev. Wright allows them too.

HOUSTON, Texas — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, reappeared here Sunday.

Wrights spoke glowingly of Obama while preaching at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, as part of a message that God takes “the ordinary and turns it into the extraordinary.”

The former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose sermons created a political firestorm around Obama during the primary season, struck a conciliatory tone, as he talked about the Democratic nominee’s achievement in a riff that included references to the racial injustice that has been a part of America’s history.  

“Twenty years ago, a scrawny little kid with a pointed nose and big ears — mama from Kansas and daddy from Kenya,” he began. “An ordinary black boy raised in a single-parent home. The boy walked into my office 20 years ago to talk about his dream for a community that concentrated on things that we could achieve in common, things that united us rather than to focus on all the problems and the issues in the community about which we disagree or the things that divided us.”

Wright also spoke of the Rev. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks among other examples of God turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, before mentioning the Illinois senator and giving a short summary of his journey through Harvard Law School to the state Senate to the U.S. Senate to his position as the Democratic nominee.

“The Lord turned the ordinary into the extraordinary. Y’all just saw it this past week. It was on national television,” Wright said to applause. “This ordinary boy just might be, come November, the 4th, this ordinary boy from a single parent home with a daddy from Kenya and a mama from Kansas. This ordinary boy just might be the first president in the history of the United States to have a black woman sleeping at 1600 Pennsylvania, legally.”
 
Wright’s sometimes racially charged preaching was criticized as unpatriotic and divisive. Obama’s connection to the pastor became a political liability for him, as cable media, for weeks, repeatedly ran the most incendiary video clips of some of Wright’s sermons — seemingly on a loop.

Obama eventually denounced Wright, calling his message divisive and saying it ran counter to everything he had worked for in his career. He and his wife Michelle subsequently left Trinity in late May.

Wright has spoken at Wheeler, a black church in downtown Houston, many times over the years and has led revivals at the church.

Good morning, I would like to update a prior post. Michelle Obama has not Offically been inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha. She has however accepted the invitation to become a member of the first Black Greek Lettered Organization Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.  This was announced yesterday in Washington D.C. at their public meeting as they celebrate 100 years of Achievement.

As previously stated Alpha Kappa Alpha is an amazing organization which has dedicated their service to the upliftment of all people for the past 100 years. Michelle Obama will soon join the ranks of such a great organization. Congrats to Alpha Kappa Alpha and Michelle Obama!

Congratulations to our Future First Lady Michelle Obama who was recently inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. this weekend! (Correction, Michelle Obama has accepted the invitation to become a member, she has not been inducted as of yet.) The induction will become official later this week, congrats still!

Alpha Kappa Alpha has a very rich and empowering history. I myself am a big follower of their National President Barbara McKinzie and have the utmost respect for true women of this organization.

Fresh off the DC scene where Alpha Kappa Alpha is hosting their 100th Celebration Boule in honor of their 100 years of Achievement. This weekend Michelle Obama was officially inducted into this rich history. Once again Congrats to the Ladies of Alpha Kappa Aplha Sorority Inc. and to Michelle Obama for joining such an illustrious oganization!

UPDATE:

THIS WAS IN FACT ANNOUNCED at the public meeting of Alpha Kappa Alpha Public Meeting of their 100th Centennial National Conference!

Letter to a young black female

What’s up young lady. You may not know who I am but I know who you
are. You see, I see your potential, I envision you accomplishing all
of your dreams and goals. Anything that you set your mind to can and
will be yours if you just Believe!

Believe in what you may ask? Yourself! Believe that you are the
intellect which has governed civilizations for century upon century.
Believe that you are the standard of beauty and not whatever images
the media shells out at you. Believe that there is no task too big
or too small that you can not reach for and achieve.

Realize young lady that women have always been at the helm of
everything great. James Brown said it best, “this is a man’s world but
it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman or a girl”. You have so many big
sisters to look up to, so many sources of inspiration that have
provided the framework of the strong work ethic known as womanhood.

Notice I call you young lady for these terms that I hear you referred
to are not your names. You are a Queen who must demand respect, your
mere presence should command respect. You must first respect yourself
however, and respect your fellow sisters as well. Together you young
ladies make up the future table of leadership.

God made you to be special, he made you to stand apart from the crowd.
So fear not if you feel isolated or alone, look back to your big
sisters who have changed the landscape of history, they once felt
alone too. I write you this letter to show my admiration for you, to
pay homage to the beautiful gift that the creator is bestowing upon
us. Follow your dreams and believe in your path young lady, for the
very thought of you reaching a tenth of your potential is an
inspiration to us all!

Truly yours,
Cedric D. Shine (your #1 fan)

 Yo  this video is absolutely hilarious. It’s on some Fresh Prince type vibe when rap was fun. My man better watch out talking bout he’d hit Michelle Obama, Barack ain’t playing that. LOL. Enjoy

Do you remember the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? Of course you do, the SCLC, the organization MLK led during the Civil Rights Era.

Well there new President is a brother by the name of Dr. Charles Steele and here is what he had to say about how the media is treating Barack Obama vs. Michelle Obama.

“Why are they attacking Michelle Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and not really attacking, to that degree, her husband?” Steele asked. “Because he has no slave blood in him. He does not have any slave blood in him, but Michelle does.” Atlanta Journal Constitution

Any thoughts? This should spark some debate!

http://blogxilla.com/blog3/2008/06/23/michelle-obama-whitey-tape-found/

So when John McCain says its tough to be prod of America there is no backlash but when Michelle Obama makes a similar statement the world is up in arms. This is the type of hypocrisy that angers me. Now I know that John McCain did not mean anything unpatriotic by his statements and how they can be viewed out of context. I understand this very much but what I do not understand is why it is so easy to afford him this understanding and not Mrs. Obama for her statements. We all have to do a better job at being objective, and stop hanging onto the trivial things and address what will make this country a better country.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/McCain_doesnt_pick_up_on_Michelle_Obama_joke.html
McCain doesn’t pick up on Michelle Obama joke

So a man finally got a question into McCain and he had a very different sort of question.

The questioner noted that he had been educated at Princeton and Harvard and made more than $300,000 a year.

“How can I be proud of my country?” he asked.

Get it — he was mocking Michelle Obama and her statement earlier this year that her husband had for the first time in her life made her proud of her country.

Well, McCain either missed the joke or decided to ignore it and answer the question literally. I think it was the former because the individual asking the question had a thick accent that sounded to be either Indian or Pakistani, perhaps suggesting to McCain a recent immigrant grappling with America’s image abroad.

“I’ll admit to you that it’s tough, it’s tough in some respects,” McCain said, seeming to lend credence to Michelle Obama’s observation.

McCain said America needed to be “more humble, more inclusive.”

He observed that one of the ways to be proud of the country was to look at our history — and the sacrifices U.S. troops have made abroad.

McCain let his questioner follow up and the individual repeated, but didn’t clarify, his line.

In closing, McCain said he was proud of America in part “because of you and what you’ve been able to achieve and accomplish.”

So now Obama’s daughters are Nappy Headed Hoes. I understand that art is the freedom of expression but this is utterly ridiculous. America has lost its values. Not only is the man’s wife allowed to be disrespected but now his two beautiful children as well. This photo is from the “Assassination of Barack Obama” exhibit.