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Is Arizona Governor Jan Brewer an Angry White Woman?

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]

Rick Perry referred to U.S. Company Solynda as a Country!

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]

Rick Perry’s Multiple Brain Freezes – Time to Retire to Niggerhead?

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]

Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich found guilty on 17 out of 20 counts

Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich found guilty on 17 out of 20 counts

former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old,.After 10 days of deliberations of his retrial, jurors in Chicago today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, 54-year-old, of 17 out of 20 counts against him. The jury also announced it was deadlocked on [Read More]

Blagojevich Jurors in Chicago have reached a verdict on 18 counts deadlock on 2

Blagojevich Jurors in Chicago have reached a verdict on 18 counts deadlock on 2

former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old,. Jurors in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old, have reached a verdict. The jurors reached an 18 of 20 criminal counts against Mr. Blagojevich, but were deadlocked on two counts. [Read More]

Tuscaloosa Alabama tornado hardest-hit with 162 deaths

Tuscaloosa Alabama tornado hardest-hit with 162 deaths

On Wednesday, dozens of tornadoes ripped through Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky bring the death toll from the severe weather to more than 248. This was the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years. On Wednesday, dozens of tornadoes ripped [Read More]

Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott too fat for kidney transplant

Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott too fat for kidney transplant

Jamie Scott must lose more than 100 pounds. Doctors for Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott are saying that the sisters are too fat to undergo kidney transplant; and they must lose their respective weight before they are considered to be tested for compatibility. Jamie Scott must [Read More]

Is Arizona unfairly targeting Mexican-American cultural programs

Is Arizona unfairly targeting Mexican-American cultural programs

Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the most widely known of educator Paulo Freire's works.According to Tom Horne, Arizona’s newly elected attorney general, he does not think that Arizona is unfairly targeting Mexican-American programs. Horne said, “It’s [Read More]

Prosecutors dismissed all charges against Robert Blagojevich

Prosecutors dismissed all charges against Robert Blagojevich

Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the four counts against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s older brother, Robert. Prosecutors today dismissed all four charges against Robert Blagojevich. Robert was accused along with his brother, former Illinois Gov. [Read More]

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Guilty of only one count

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Guilty of only one count

After two weeks of deliberations, Chicago jurors today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of only one of the 24 counts against him.After two weeks of deliberations, Chicago jurors today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of only one of the 24 [Read More]

New Illinois law prohibits employers from checking credit history

New Illinois law prohibits employers from checking credit history

  On Tuesday, August 10, 2010, Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill into law that prohibits Illinois employers from discriminating based on a job seeker or employee’s credit history. On Tuesday, August 10, 2010, Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill into law that prohibits [Read More]

Charlie Crist Turns in his GroupThink Membership Card

Charlie Crist Turns in his GroupThink Membership Card

Governor Charlie Crist hugs President Barack ObamaI do not know Gov. Charlie Crist personally, but I want to imagine that he has been getting lots of good night sleep lately. Since he turned in his membership card to the GOP he starting to appeared relaxed, relieved, [Read More]

Indicted Illinois Governor Blagojevich Speaks on Ethics in Politics

Indicted Illinois Governor Blagojevich Speaks on Ethics in Politics

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.According to The Daily Northwestern newspaper, former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich will speak at the university at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2. The event is titled “Ethics in Politics: An evening with Former Governor Rod [Read More]

New Orleans, Chocolate City, Elects Landrieu, a White Mayor

New Orleans, Chocolate City, Elects Landrieu, a White Mayor

New Orleans Mayor Mitch LandrieuNew Orleans' former Mayor Ray Nagin's eight tumultuous years of leading the Chocolate City, a predominantly African-American city has come to an end. From ever indication, the residents citywide seem eager to move on without him. New [Read More]

California Outlaws the Display of Noose

California Outlaws the Display of Noose

California's Bill Number: AB 412 Outlaws the Display of Noose Approved by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 5, 2009 and filed with the California Secretary of State on August 6, 2009, Bill Number: AB 412 has now become a law. SeeMombo.com Bookmark ChocolateCity.cc [Read More]

Office of Congressional Ethics investigates Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.

Office of Congressional Ethics investigates Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.

Illinois Democrat Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. When the Federal grand jury investigated the alleged corruption in the Blagojevich administration, they did not report any wrong doing on the part of Illinois Democrat Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. Despite the fact that [Read More]

Who Loses if President Barack Obama Fails?

Who Loses if President Barack Obama Fails?

“I wish President Barack Obama would fail,” is one of the dumbest, most unpatriotic, un-American, hateful, undermining, and a perceived selfish white male sense of entitlement statement that I have ever heard against a president of the United States of America. [Read More]

Roland Burris a proven and honorable public servant

Roland Burris a proven and honorable public servant

By: Frank Scruggs Roland W. Burris, the former attorney general of IllinoisRoland Burris has proven himself to be an honest and honorable public servant. He meets the Constitutional Requirements for the Senate and to deprive him the opportunity to serve is to deny the [Read More]

Blagojevich expected to appoint Obama replacement

Blagojevich expected to appoint Obama replacement

Roland Burris, Illinois' Former Attorney General As the Illinois House of Representative moved to impeach Governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges before he appoints a replacement to Obama senator’s seat, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has planned a press conference today [Read More]

Sen. Chuck Hagel: Its a streatch to say Palin’s qualified

Sen. Chuck Hagel: Its a streatch to say Palin’s qualified

GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said the GOP vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, lacks foreign policy experience and called it a "stretch" to say she’s qualified to be president. In an interview published Thursday by the Omaha [Read More]

Women group rallied against Palin in Alaska

Women group rallied against Palin in Alaska

Alaska Women Against Palin (AKWAP) rallied at the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska yesterday. (Addendum: Official name is Alaska Women Rejecting Palin – AKWRP). Another group, the Alliance for Reproductive Justice said that attendees at a “women’s [Read More]

National Enquirer claims Sarah Palin had an affair

National Enquirer claims Sarah Palin had an affair

Sarah PalinThe John McCain camp has threatened legal action against the National Enquirer for reporting that his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, had an affair while married to her husband, Todd.   In a statement responding to John McCain’s threat to [Read More]

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30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke

30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke

By: Charles S. Mombo John Hartwell Cocke, a slave master, corresponded with Peyton Skipwith, a slave to in Liberia for [Read More]

President Obama’s Impressive “Accommodation”- Catholic Church Contraceptive Fiasco

President Obama’s Impressive “Accommodation”- Catholic Church Contraceptive Fiasco

By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass   President Obama’s brilliant political move, which he called an [Read More]

Chicago’s City Clerk Mendoza Scrapped Herbert Pulgar Design – Was it wrongly misinterpreted as gang symbols?

Chicago’s City Clerk Mendoza Scrapped Herbert Pulgar Design – Was it wrongly misinterpreted as gang symbols?

By:  Charles S. Mombo Chicago’s City Clerk Mendoza Scrapped Herbert Pulgar Design – Was it wrongly [Read More]

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