An evening with the Ifill

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing and meeting Gwen Ifill and her cousin Sherrilyn Ifill , civil rights attorney, at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. I have to tell you I don't know if they did this stuff at the Chicago Libraries but the Baltimore city library is kicking ass!

For those unfamiliar Gwen is a Journalist and author. She recently came into attention on the national stage because republicans tried to block her as moderator for the 2008 Vice Prediential debate because she had a book (already done) scheduled to come out called "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" and their was a feeling she might be impartial.

Gwen has been carried in The New York Times, Washington Post, and several major newspapers.

Red headed step child

We are a little less than three hours away from the 100 days for President Barack Obama. It is clear that Chuck Todd has not has not realized he is over his head as Senior White House correspondent for MSNBC but i wonder what dumb ass question he will be asking this evening?

Waiting with baited breath!

The big word of the week and why nobody is talking about it

To anyone who has not been living under a rock you are probably very tired of one word in particular, torture. President Obama released the Bush administration torture memos and the news has exploded with ideas, opinions, and talking heads. That is not surprise, it is the hottest story going around, but what has surprised me is the lack of “torture” in the blogs that I follow.

Now I know everybody has an asshole and it seems everybody has a blog, but I like to believe that the ones I follow daily are people who are very talented with a strong point of view and the ability to not only make their point but back it up. But with the exception of one, who is an Obama detractor, nobody else has gotten into torture talk.

Here at the window I try to balance news with pop culture, some gay issues, color identity, music, and fun. But this week has had me very limited in things to post about because I am all tortured out. I think in this matter I am not alone. Most of my sidebar blogs are people of color and I just find it impossible to believe that within this multi-sexual, multicultural rainbow, nobody has an opinion.

I can only chalk this up to the fact that these people, whose opinions I really do respect are disturbed by torture. I mean so much so to the point that they are not discussing it. Personally while I want everyone involved to be punished for these things that happened I think the thing that bothers me more is the knowledge that these things happen everyday. People of color locked away in jailhouses for traffic stops or other minor infractions. The fear that every black man that I know has that guilty or innocent , if you ever get put in the back of a police cruiser, you life is officially in the hands of whatever Gods you hold dear, because you may never be seen again.

A fear that strikes to close to home is too much to talk about.

Congratulations to a dinner guest

Congratulations to Eugene Robinson, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in journalism for commentaries.

" Awarded to Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post for his eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic picture."

You can view all info for Mr. Robinson at his Tuesday invite here.

Now I know who Pat Buchanan reminds me of....

I just figured out who Pat Buchanan is, he is the Archie Bunker of political news. “All in the Family” was a unique show that can never be repeated because that time is long gone, but what made the show so great was the honest the head of the Bunker household. Archie Bunker was a everyday blue collar guy that grew up and lived in Queens.

Archie had no problem but honest and extremely non politically correct about how he felt and would often go off on a rant no matter who was there.

As I watched Pat Buchanan today on hardball today I realized as he went on his rant about how the bloody drug war in Mexico was going to lead to US having as many Mexicans living in the here as there. Things that , even if they thought it, no other news politico would say Pat Buchanan readily and easily blurts out. He is politics 1959 living in a 2009 world.

And sometimes he is a meathead…..

Zombie Media and Chuck Todd

I guess it is not just me. Here is a link to a story in The Nation magazine about Zombie media including a mention of my new red headed step child!