‘Politics’ Archives
President Obama, the Catholic Church and the Birth Control Coverage Fight
The Catholic Church appears to be ready to put up a strong fight against President Barack Obama’s administration federal law. The hullabaloo stems from a January 20, mandate that was issued by President Obama. That mandate requires all health insurance providers to cover [Read More]
China, Russia and the Veto Power – A Reminder of Fela’s Song “Beasts of No Nation”
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass China, Russia and the Veto Power – A Reminder of Fela’s song "Beasts of No Nation" Once again, I am baffle over the absurdity of the United Nations Security Council’s "power to veto", also referred to as the [Read More]
Georgia Republicans File Citizenship Lawsuit to Keep President Obama off Ballot
Georgia Republicans File Citizenship Lawsuit to Keep President Obama off Ballot Georgia Republicans and their Birther affiliate have file a lawsuit challenging President Obama, a natural born citizenship. Their goal is to keep the President off that state's ballot. [Read More]
Is there a hypocrisy of America’s and the European Union’s Iran policy?
By: Flomo Yarkpawolo Is there a hypocrisy of America's and the European Union’s Iran policy? The European Union foreign ministers recent joined the United States of America in banning the import of crude oil and petroleum products from Iran. In the wake of the anticipated [Read More]
Is Arizona Governor Jan Brewer an Angry White Woman?
Some are asking if Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was drunk when she was seen wagging her finger in the face of President Obama during the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport greeting. Some are asking if Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was drunk when she was seen wagging her finger in [Read More]
Spike Lee presents President Obama with an Air Jordan Spizike
Spike Lee presents President Obama with Air Jordan Spizike. Photo Source: https://twitter.com/#!/SpikeLee The well-known and talented film maker Spike Lee recently presented President Barack Obama with a pair of Air Jordan’s Spizike. On Lee’s Twitter [Read More]
Wisconsin’s recall election shows democracy still exist despite Super PAC
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass Petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker are delivered to the Government Accountability Board Headquarters in Madison, Wis. Tuesday. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MCT) Democracy appears to prevail in Wisconsin despite [Read More]
Georgia’s Rep. Scott Holcomb proposes Drug-testing Lawmakers before Welfare Recipients
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass “This bill is really very simple. If the General Assembly is going to pass laws requiring struggling, jobless Georgians to pay for drug tests as a precondition to receiving state benefits, then members of the General Assembly should lead [Read More]
Patricia Horton Friday Social Media Marketing Campaign Day
By: Charles S. Mombo #wwclick, #FlashMobB2C, @wwclick, @CharlesSMombo Article Source: Social Media Marketing Consultant Re-Elect Patricia Horton for Commissioner of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 20th. In an effort to help increase brand [Read More]
Was Gov. Haley Barbour Show of Mercy by Pardoning Convicted Murderers Unthought-out?
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who is leaving office due to term limits, has pardoned 29 criminals including convicted murderers. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who is leaving office due to term limits, has pardoned 29 inmates. Their crimes were listed as murder, [Read More]
Should the president consider a Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton 2012 Ticket?
Should the president consider a Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton 2012 Ticket? In his recent article entitled, Just the Ticket, Bill Keller, a New York Times columnist says it’s time for President Barack Obama to “seriously” consider replacing Vice [Read More]
Mike O’Neal, Kansas House Speaker, apologizes for email referring to Mrs. Obama as YoMama.
Mike O’Neal, Kansas Speaker of the House, apologizes for email referring to Mrs. Obama as YoMama. Thanks to Dr. Yvonne Kendall for what this site now referred to as “The Non-apology Apology.” Another Republican, Mike O’Neal’s, the speaker of the [Read More]
Newt Gingrich: African-Americans should demand paychecks not food stamps
Newt Gingrich says African-American should demand paychecks not food stamps. From every indication, it appears that the white Republican presidential candidates have issued an all-out "racist rant" attack against the 37 million African-Americans in this country. [Read More]
Was President Obama’s Recess Appointment of Cordray Unconstitutional?
Was President Obama’s Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray Unconstitutional? There we go again; the Republicans are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill regarding President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial [Read More]
Retail Campaign, Wholesale Campaign and now Social Media Marketing Campaign?
By: Charles S. Mombo #FlashMobB2C, #WWClick, #SeeMombo Retail Campaign, Wholesale Campaign and now Social Media Marketing Campaign? Let’s face it; most politicians don’t know a thing about marketing strategy; neither are they the smartest ones in our [Read More]
Rick Santorum inaccurately targeted Black Welfare Recipients with racist rant
Rick Santorum’s inaccurately targeted Black welfare recipients with racist rant. During a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa, and while speaking to a mostly white audience, Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate raised eyebrows by inaccurately stereotyping and [Read More]
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton – USA Today-Gallup Poll’s Most Admired Man and Woman
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - Gallup Poll’s Most Admired Man and Woman According to the latest USA Today-Gallup poll, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are this year’s most admired man and woman. Mrs. Clinton has been the most [Read More]
Does Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Newsletters prove that he is a Racist?
Does Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Newsletters prove that he is a Racist? Republican presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul is trying to become the next president of the United States of America which includes 37 million African-Americans or Blacks. Despite [Read More]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner – The Non-apology Apology of an ASS
Rep. James Sensenbrenner - The Non-apology Apology of an ASS Republican Representative James Sensenbrenner, Jr., (Jim) who represents the Fifth Congressional District of Wisconsin was recently overhead referring to First Lady Michelle Obama, wife of the [Read More]
Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act and Clarifies Misinformation Campaign
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass Article Sponsors: SEO & Social Media Marketing Consultancy Flashmob Business to Consumer President Barack Obama signs National Defense Authorization Act and clarifies misinformation. Today President Barack Obama signed both the tax cut [Read More]
Note to George Will: Bull Connor Redux – Why “They” like Newt
By: Yvonne Kendall A regular political contributor to ChocolateCity.cc, Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves as a professor at a state university in Texas. The major pundits from both sane ends of the political spectrum find [Read More]
Payroll Tax Cut Extension – The Final Straw to Voting those Bozos out of Congress
By Charles S. Mombo #SeeMombo, #WWCLICK, #FlashmobB2C Today, while appearing as a “Good Cop,” House Speaker John Boehner suddenly gives a press conference in which he demanded the Senate to get rid of the two-month extension in favor of an immediate one-year [Read More]
National Defense Authorization Act – Unconstitutional and un-American
By Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass The National Defense Authorization Act was recently passed by the Senate and places domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military. Have you heard the news? Your freedom is being threatened by Congress! As a [Read More]
NAACP challenges the Republican Party efforts to disenfranchise Black Voters
By: Charles S. Mombo Article Sponsored by Flash Mob Business to Consumer NAACP challenges the Republican Party efforts to disenfranchise Black Voters In an effort to win the 2012 presidential election by “any means necessary,” the Republican Party is overly [Read More]
Axelrod on Gingrich: The higher a monkey climbs…the more you can see his butt.
Axelrod on Gingrich: The higher a monkey climbs...the more you can see his butt. While referring to Newt Gingrich, David Axelrod who is President Obama’s chief strategist said: "The higher a monkey climbs up a pole the more you see of his butt." [Read More]
Rick Perry referred to U.S. Company Solynda as a Country!
Governor Rick Perry, “No greater example of it than this administration sending millions of dollars into the solar industry, and we lost that money,” Perry began. “I want to say it was over 0 million that went to the country Solynda.” Governor Rick Perry continues [Read More]
Palestinians Condemn Newt Gingrich for Ignorant and Racist Remarks
Hanan Ashrawi, an executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) joined Palestinians worldwide in condemning Newt Gingrich for his ignorant and racist remarks. Hanan Ashrawi, an executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization [Read More]
Rick Perry’s Multiple Brain Freezes – Time to Retire to Niggerhead?
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry eats corn dog. It’s your choice to use whatever euphemism you want to describe Rick Perry’s knowledge, or lack of, of basic United States civics. The media embellishing, sugarcoating or [Read More]
Rep. Keith Ellison Introduces Constitutional Amendment ‘Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass Rep. Keith Ellison introduces Constitutional Amendment - Get Corporate Money Out of Politics. Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations (The ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission), [Read More]
Rick Santorum attacked Gay Marriage and Obama over going public about Bin Laden’s death
Rick Santorum attacked Gay Marriage and Obama over going public about Bin Laden’s death. While speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition on Wednesday, Republican presidential want-to-be candidate, Rick Santorum attacked President Obama again, this time; he is attacking [Read More]
Presidential Pardon – Appears to be reserved for Whites with friends in high places.
Presidential Pardon appears to be reserve for Whites with friends in high placess.Presidential Pardon – Appears to be reserved for Whites with friends in high places. A recent investigation by ProPublica, Presidential Pardons Heavily Favor Whites, found that white [Read More]
U.S. Navy’s Newest Ship Named After, Medgar Evers, Slain Civil Rights Leader
By: Charles S. Mombo U.S. Navy's Newest Ship - USNS Medgar Evers after Medgar Evers, the slain civil rights leader . I never thought I would have had the opportunity to see an African-American president of the United States of America, nor, the commissioning of a navy ship [Read More]
Republican Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman says Donald Trump’s Talks Pure Bullshit
Republican Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman says Donald Trump's Talks Pure Bullshit! While speaking with CNN’s Mary Snow, Republican presidential hopeful, Jon Huntsman, dismissed Donald Trump’s Republican Presidential candidate version of "The [Read More]
They’re Just Mean: The Tea Party Tosses their Cookies . . . AT US!
By: Yvonne Kendall Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves as a professor at a state university in Texas. She is a regular contributor to ChocolateCity.cc. When I was growing up, it was not acceptable to be mean. Making fun of [Read More]
African Political Action Committee (APAC) to host Millennium Installation Ceremony and Inaugural Reception
On November 19th, the African Political Action Committee (APAC) will host its Millennium Installation Ceremony and Inaugural Reception. This event will be held at the Akainyah Gallery, 357 W. Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois from 6pm until 12:00am.On November 19th, the [Read More]
Vatican threatens Benetton with lawsuit over Pope Benedict XVI kissing Egyptian Imam
On this Photoshopped photos, Pope Benedict XVI is shown kissing an Egyptian Imam. Credit: Benetton Clothing Company The Vatican is threatening to sue the Italian clothing manufacturer Benetton Clothing Company over their ‘Unhate’ ad campaign. Benetton’s ad [Read More]
Pizzas with tomato paste topping is now vegetable – GOP rollback Obama’s healthy school lunch program
Last night while 14 million unemployed Americans, who are facing undue hardship and financial stress, were hoping the Republicans would pass President Obama’s $447-billion jobs package, the “good-for-nothing 112th Republican Congress" was again pussyfooting [Read More]
Herman Cain screw-up during interview on Libya and blames ‘lack of sleep’
During a recent interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Georgia businessman and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain was asked whether he agreed with President Obama's decision to back Libyan rebels in overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi. Watch the YouTube video [Read More]
President Obama addresses the African American Policy in Action Leadership Conference
President Obama addresses the African American Policy in Action Leadership Conference President Obama made an unscheduled visit to the African American Policy in Action Leadership Conference, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White [Read More]
Karen Freeman-Wilson Wins Gary, Indian Mayoral Race – First African-American Female
Karen Freeman-Wilson Wins Gary, Indian Mayoral Race - First Black Woman After two previous attempts, the former Indiana Attorney General Karen Freeman-Wilson was finally elected as Gary’s first female mayor. Freeman-Wilson got 86 percent of the vote, defeating Charles [Read More]
Herman Cain and Sharon Bialek alleged sexual harassment and the politicization of Google Keywords
By: Charles S. Mombo Not too long ago, I wrote an article about search engine optimization (SEO) – Is Search Engine Optimization the most effective advertising media for small businesses? In that article, I talked about how advertisers are effectively working with SEO [Read More]
Herman Cain – The Koch Brothers’ Brother from another Mother
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington. (Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press / November 4, 2011) On Friday the African-American/Black Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addressed a gathering [Read More]
Fired U.S. Maj. Gen. Fuller says Afghan President Karzai is erratic, ungrateful and isolated from reality.
Fired U.S. Maj. Gen. Fuller says Afghan President Karzai is erratic, ungrateful and isolated from reality. Despite the sacrifices of the 1,500 U.S. deaths toll in Afghanistan, due to a useless and unnecessary decade-long war, Afghan’s arrogant President Hamid Karzai [Read More]
Republicans Blocked Jobs Creation AGAIN Should Blacks Considered “Occupy Congress”?
By: Charles S. Mombo @CharlesSMombo, @burnedbrass Once again those "do-nothing, good-for-nothing Republicans" have done it again! What the Senate Republicans have done is shameful, disgraceful and a major blow to the economic health of this nation and most [Read More]
Sarah Palin – Going Rogue, Again.
By: Yvonne Kendall Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves time as an associate professor at a state university in Texas. Sarah Palin has decided (again) that she won’t be running for president. Goin’ rogue against [Read More]
In God We Trust with the “Good for Nothing” Republican Congress
By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo, @burnedbrass Article Sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing Consulting Firm Without jobs, more Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to make it and are probably rationing their last [Read More]
An interview with Patricia Horton – a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
By: Charles S. Mombo @charlessmombo, @burnedbrass Article Sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing Consulting Firm Patricia Horton, a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) [Read More]
President Obama’s Pay As You Earn plan expected to help Americans manage student loan debt
President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after arriving at the University of Colorado Denver campus, in Denver, Colo., Oct. 26, 2011. The President delivered remarks on the steps the Administration is taking to increase college affordability by making it easier to manage [Read More]
Did Reps. Jesse Jackson and Ed Royce threatened Liberia with withdrawal of U.S. support?
By Charles S. Mombo @CafeLiberia, #Liberia, @burnedbrass, @charlesSMombo Article Source: Cafe Liberica U.S. Democrat Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois and U.S. Republican Representative Ed Royce who represents [Read More]
The U.S. House Republican Misogynistic Protect Life Act Bill
By: Charles S. Mombo If Pennsylvania Republican Joe Pitts bill becomes a success, you will see frequent scenes such as this will black and minority women lying face down on thr floor in emergency wards around the nation. On Thursday, the U.S. House passed a bill that would [Read More]
Liberia’s November 8th Runoff Election – Should Liberian Political Parties Merge?
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, #Liberia Liberia’s November 8th Runoff Election – Should Liberian Political Parties Merge? According to information obtained from the Liberia’s National Election Commission (NEC) website, partial election results indicates that [Read More]
Johnson-Sirleaf and Tubman, two Harvard graduates, dominate Liberia’s Presidential Election
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Winston A. Tubman, two Harvard University graduates dominate Liberia's Upcoming Presidential Election Tomorrow, October 11, 2011, the people of Liberia will head to the poll for what some are referring to as Liberia’s [Read More]
If Obama is Hitler what is Hank Williams’ Racist Slave Owing Lynching Forefathers?
By: Stephanie Moore If Obama is Hitler what is Hank Williams’ Racist Slave Owing Lynching Forefathers? Since this country elected its first Black-African Head of State, it appears that the descendants of the slave-owning 18th century white men in wigs and breeches [Read More]
Herman Cain and Mitt Romney lead Republican Candidates in new CBS News poll
Herman Cain and Mitt Romney lead Republican Candidates in new CBS News poll. Image Credit: CBS In a recent CBS News poll, Herman Cain, the 65-year-old conservative African-American Republican and a Tea Party supporter has moved into a tie with Mitt Romney ahead of the [Read More]
Pat Buchanan and Herman Cain: Blacks are Brainwashed due to Liberal Plantation
Pat Buchanan and Herman Cain: Blacks are Brainwashed due to Liberal Plantation Pat Buchanan, the Conservative political commentator who is no stranger to controversy added benzene to the Herman Cain fire by supporting Herman Cain's statement that African-Americans have [Read More]
Ignorance is Not a Virtue
By: Yvonne Kendall Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves time as an associate professor at a state university in Texas. One night, after detailing numerous examples of poorly considered, anti-intellectual, ignorant, and downright [Read More]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: President Obama Role was Decisive and Fateful
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently thanked President Barack Obama for his "fateful" role in helping evacuate Israel’s besieged embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently thanked President Barack Obama for his [Read More]
Maya Angelou: King’s memorial inscription makes him look egotistical and arrogant
Do you agree with Maya Angelou that the inscription on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s memorial makes him look like an egoistical and arrogant 'Twit', or is she making a big deal out of nothing? Do you agree with Maya Angelou that the inscription on Dr. Martin Luther King, [Read More]
The Non-Apology Apology
By: Yvonne Kendall Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves time as an associate professor at a state university in Texas. You know what? I’m sick of the non-apology “apology.” Sick, sick, SICK! [Read More]
Gadhafi had a crush on former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Two days after the dictator's compound was overrun by rebel in Tripoli, they found a photo album containing photos of Condoleezza Rice in Gadhafi's room. During a 2007 interview, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi told a reporter regarding former Secretary of State Condoleezza [Read More]
FAA Impasse happens when two elephants fight?
By: Charles S. Mombo FAA employees to unionize During the earlier half of my life; while growing up in Liberia, the parable "When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers,” was often heard. What that means as it relates to the temporary resuming of [Read More]
Doug Lamborn, Colorado’s Congressman calls President Obama a Tar Baby
Doug Lamborn, Colorado’s Congressman calls President Obama a Tar BabyCongressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District referred to President Barrack Obama as a tar baby while on a radio talk show: “Even if some people say, ‘Well the [Read More]
Bush Created Much More Debt than Obama according to U.S. National Debt Chart
According to the U.S. National Debt Chart, former President George W. Bush created much more debt than President Barack Obama. Bush’s policies created $7 trillion in debt while Obama’s policies created $1.4 trillion. Bush Created Much More Debt than Obama [Read More]
Michele Bachmann says Black Farmers racism settlement was proof-positive fraud
President Obama kept his words when he said; he would bring "long-ignored claims of African-American farmers to a rightful conclusion." He is seen signing the .25 billion historic settlement in April 2010 . As a potential President of the United States of America, [Read More]
Happy 93rd Birthday to Nelson Mandela from ChocolateCity.cc
Happy 93rd Birthday to Nelson Mandela from ChocolateCity.cc Today a steady stream of family members, friends and members of the African National Congress (ANC) gathered at Madiba's house in Houghton, Johannesburg to celebrate the 93rd birthday of one of the world's [Read More]
Liberian Community Association of Illinois prepares to celebrate country’s 164th Anniversary
By: Charles S. Mombo LCAI's website: Liberian Community Association of Illinois (LCAI) LCAI's Twitter Name: LIBinILL LCAI's Twitter Hashtag: #LIBinILL Liberia's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard graduate and the only Black female president. As the [Read More]
