Rachel Maddow: Blagojevich Profanity Theater

Really folks, really.

So Illinois is plagued by potty mouthed politicians who are so empowered that they don’t even have to be ashamed when they get caught. Wow.

This my friends is privilege. The financial crisis has shown the true spots of people in power in government. 50 Cent, Jon Gotti this cat is truly Gangsta. He is now also ignoring a plea to step down by Obama.

Check out Rachel Maddows totally enhanced historical reenactment.
BTW Rachel I heart U.

WTF: Al-Qaida leader calls Obama a house negro

AP WIRE: CAIRO,Egypt — Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group’s first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.

The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies. Al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.

Al-Zawahri also called Obama _ along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice _ “house negroes.”

Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term “abeed al-beit,” which literally translates as “house slaves.” But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as “house negroes.”

The message also includes old footage of speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains the term, saying black slaves who worked in their white masters’ house were more servile than those who worked in the fields. Malcolm X used the term to criticize black leaders he accused of not standing up to whites.

The 11-minute 23-second video features the audio message by al-Zawahri, who appears only in a still image, along with other images, including one of Obama wearing a Jewish skullcap as he meets with Jewish leaders. In his speech, al-Zawahri refers to a Nov. 5 U.S. airstrike attack in Afghanistan, meaning the video was made after that date.

Al-Zawahri said Obama’s election has not changed American policies he said are aimed at oppressing Muslims and others.

“America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always,” the deputy of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden said.

He said Obama’s plan to shift troops to Afghanistan is doomed to failure, because Afghans will resist.

“Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them,” he said.

Al-Zawahri did not threaten specific attacks, but warned Obama that he was “facing a Jihadi (holy war) awakening and renaissance which is shaking the pillars of the entire Islamic world; and this is the fact which you and your government and country refuse to recognize and pretend not to see.”

He said Obama’s victory showed Americans acknowledged that President George W. Bush’s policies were a failure and that the result was an “admission of defeat in Iraq.”

But Obama’s professions of support for Israel during the election campaign “confirmed to the Ummah (Islamic world) that you have chosen a stance of hostility to Islam and Muslims,” al-Zawahri said.
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U PEOPLE OMMENTARY: I’m having my morning coffee and becoming sick to my still empty stomach. who in the hell is this fool to speak either Obama’s or El Hajj Malik Shabazz’s name with such inaccuracy and venom. this ass is like many who refuse to acknowledge the complete life and legacy of “Malcolm X’ and rather shosse to pick this line or that line from speeches that did not reflect his views post the Nation of Islam. What does this clown know about Malik and who is he to even speak on the painful yet triumphant legacy of Black American slaves. Arabs continue to enslave Africans to this day in addition to their deplorable history of African enslavement. And you Mr. Ayman “Kiss my black -ass” Alqaida are using this same racism to group black people together (Condeleeza, Powell, Obama) and forsake their humanity and individuality. And if you are unable to see, rather feel, a man for who he is because you are stuck in a cycle of hate and anger “and they liked the taste of their flesh”, then who are you to speak towards change. Because you yourself are refusing to meet change half-way. You have lost your hope and have become addicted to your condition and power within. In the years leading up to Malik’s death he refuted those who those as Ayman al-Zawahri and embraced the unifying force of today’s Barack Obama. But Ayman al-Zawahri like others who still call him Malcolm X draw the line when he was Malcolm if not Detroit Red. They stop short of his brilliance not yet matured. Because it is easy to hate and change doesn’t taste as sweet to tongues numbed by rhetoric.

The Obamas backstage before the big moment

Checkout these amazing photos capturing the Obamas backstage as the numbers came in. Again, this family is wonderfully transparent.

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Obama’s inside click and preelection jitters

CNN reports a tradition that Barack Obama and his closest friends do the day before election day to ease the jitters. Just another candid look into the man who is now our President.

Special Episode #50: Born Again American

To celebrate the 50th episode of the U People Podcast join Olive, Hanifah and their friends on a one day journey of a lifetime. Cameras follow them on election day 2008 from getting up to vote, talking to people on the streets, to the point of reckoning, to dancing the night away. This episode is entitled Born Again American because in the end it is the only phrase that was thought of to describe the is new time and feelings about the country we call home.

Funny People Episode 2 “Obama 3 for 5?”

Its the day after the most important election of our lives. Jerry Beige and Playher take to the street in search of the party. Fulton street on the planet of Brooklyn. Where else?

U People Live Election Night

This was an experiment where we simply turned the cameras on during election night. If you have a couple of hours to watch us, well god bless. unfortunately our battery died just before he won. That sucks, but him winning didn’t. If you want to see our reaction when he won watch Episode #50; where we follow the entire day which includes street interviews, candid convo and hysteria!

We plan to do more live shows, but next time we will control the distortion and bring an extra batterry

ELECTION DAY – We got to singing early “Greatest Love of All’

ELECTION NIGHT-PRE-RECORDED (PART 1)

ELECTION NIGHT-PRERECORDED (PART 2)

ELECTION NIGHT PRE-RECORDED (PART 3)

ELECTION NIGHT – PRE-RECORDED (PART 4)

What the polls said 2 years ago

SurveyUSA.com shows what the polls revealed exactly 2 years to date giving BArack Obama just 28 electoral votes and Mc Cain 510. Today as Olive and I go out to vote at a school a few blocks away we are reminded how dreams can manifest. just two years ago, our video Make a Move debuted on Logo which was the beginning of or very public journey towards making U People a reality. Today we know all to well the power of putting your dreams into action. Good luck everyone, the world and however you vote…vote for your lives!!!

NOTE: Join us LIVE tonight at 9pm at www.iloveupeople.com as we countdown with the world who will be president of the united States of America.

Obama talks about Gay Marriage

Obama was interviewed by MTV News about Gay Rights. His answer to whether he supports gay marriage or proposed legislation like Prop 8 may not please some of you. But, when asked recently by a student and fan of U people, if we would continue to support Obama if he didn’t support Gay marriage; the answer was a profound YES! Why? For 3 reasons (look below video):

BARACK ON LOGO

3 Reasons why we (U People) Support Obama despite his stance on Gay Marriage:

1. We are not looking for a Utopian president that pleases all; that is an irrational request. We rather look for a president that opens more doors than closes them so that we can be proactive in walking through these doors in the act of changing our future.. The one thing I have appreciated most about Obama’s campaign is its capacity to  galvanize people. How it has empowered people to  change their own worlds and the worlds of others. Though the ball will be in his court, once elected, to show and prove, the bounce is in ours.

2. I strongly believe he will not touch the constitution to ban gay marriage. His personal beliefs as stated in the video above, that a marriage is between a man and a woman, is along religious lines where as the constitution by law separates itself from the beliefs of the church. I believe that he knows and respects the law of separation of church and state.

3. Though in this video he openly states how he defines marriage (between a man and woman),  in his DNC address he also openly stated the commonground that lay before us in regards to rights at gay Americans and straight Americans. As he stated in his DNC address, “I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination.” was a bold a statement (he writes his own speeches) in such a fragile race for the presidency. I know I personally appreciated that he had the guts to write it and say it and these guts speak to the core of who I believe he is. It also speaks to what the root issue is for me around gay marriage; rights! Yes, the idea of civil unions seems a little second class citizen for me, but at the end of the day I want my fricken rights. I believe the rights given to two people under the license of marriage is both unfair to gay unions and unmarried heterosexual unions or people who do not choose to get married but whose love warrants the rights under marriage.

All of the above can come to a head and be discussed further once we are given the playing field to do so. There will be no playing field to do so with a McCain/Palin administration. There are no open doors, just locks and keys held by the unwilling, close minded and cold hearted. Obama represents opportunity to further along the social and civil progress of the American people and our society.

The day of days is tomorrow, so however you vote, exercise your right to change what is, to what can be.

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Rachel Maddow Interviews Obama

Rachel Maddow of MSNBC interviews Barack Obama as we have just a few days to go until election day. In the interview they discuss about the GOP accusations of socialism, compare the present day GOP as oppose to the traditional values of Republicans, Afghanistan and rebuilding the nations infrastructure. Good Stuff and of course we love Rachel who confesses she wears sneakers underneath her desk when on air to remind herself who she is.

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