Are [Conservatives] Mad That Jay-Z Endorsed Barack Obama?

Shawn Carter, known as Jay-Z endorses President Barack Obama for reelection. Conservatives are screaming at the president and media mogul. Jay-Z released over 15 albums with controversial themes and Republicans demand the president disassociate from him.

For sometime now, we seen the power of the youth vote. The 18 - 29 age bracket is very important this time around and President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney want that vote.

What's better than a legendary rapper and media mogul who is married to one of the world's best known pop singers?

Shawn Corey Carter, is professionally known as Jay-Z. From the streets of Brooklyn to the world stage, Carter became an international celebrity. He released albums depicting a tale of how he overcame the battles of struggling (by selling drugs) to become a media mogul who managed to bring in nearly a billion in revenue.

To top that he's married to pop singer Beyonce Knowles. The singer and Carter married privately and recently became the proud parents of a daughter.

President Obama appears at the Jay-Z "Made In America" concert in support of the rapper's newest venue: Encouraging concert goers to vote in the 2012 U.S. Election.

The Blaze, a conservative news agitating website founded by controversial talk radio host Glenn Beck is covering the story. Of course, expect the word salad of hate to come down the comment section.

Jay-Z is no stranger to conservative ire. In 2009, the rapper released his Blueprint 3 album in which he went after conservative agitators Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh for their outright disrespect of the president and hip-hop music in general.

"This ain't black versus white, my nigga, we off that. Please tell Bill O'Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls. It's 2010 not 1864. Ah yeh we come so far ... Ah, how's that for a mix? Got a black president, got green presidents." - Jay-Z single Off That (featuring Drake and Timbaland).

Fox News sister website The Fox Nation ran a controversial themed article comparing the president's birthday party at the White House, a "Hip-Hop BBQ,"

Jay-Z, comedian Chris Rock, retired basketball player Charles Barkley and the president appeared under the banter "Obama Hip-Hop BBQ Didn't Create Jobs" last year.

Fox News and its gossip site, The Fox Nation published a controversial themed title to dog whistle white voters into thinking the president is either a "criminal", "spending taxpayer funds on lavish parties" or "supporting 'radicals' like Jay-Z and Chris Rock".

Conservatives were upset that the president invited the rapper and Beyonce to the White House for a gathering of friends and supporters.

The president allies in the entertainment industry aren't spared from the wrath of conservative ire.

Rappers Common and Ludacris, film directors Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein, comedian Louis C.K., actresses Hillary Swank, Eva Longoria, Sarah Jessica Parker, media mogul Ann Wintour, actors George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and Samuel L. Jackson have been targets of conservative ire for supporting the president or his allies.

The Hill reports, Obama's video played after the first song in the 90-minute set, according to the Associated Press.  During the video, he said Jay-Z's story is "what 'Made In America' means" and added that he has the popular performer's songs on his iPod.

Jay-Z, a long-time Obama supporter, told Rolling Stone back in May that he was planning to give Obama a call and ask him to perform at the concert, saying he hoped he could convince him to repeat his rendition of Al Green.

"He'll be so far into helping the world that he probably won't have time, but I'm absolutely going to ask him," Jay-Z said at the time.

The two-day festival benefited the United Way.

Jay-Z appears on Roc-A-Fella Records.

Racist Framing: Michelle Obama in a Spanish Magazine

Racist Framing: Michelle Obama in a Spanish Magazine

Racist: I'mma Sue Ya'll For Allowing A Black Man Bag My Groceries!

DeWitt Thomas is suing a grocer for a Civil Rights violation.

A website that I frequent on occasions has stories that paint White people in a negative light. The creator of this website wanted to get back at websites that devote their time to attacking the Black community and President Barack Obama.

Now again, we don't endorse hate among race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. We believe in equal rights and respect of all race, creed and values. We are Americans first, everything else next! What makes our country the United States a great nation, is the power of the voice.

A decent society can drown out all the negativity created by an individual who harbors bigoted views towards their fellow American.

Although there's thousands of hate, we are millions of love and strength. They fear the unknown. They can't stomach the future where it's possible that the United States will become a minority majority. In other words, the Black, Hispanic and Asian American population will overlap the White race in thirty years.

As of May 2012, it was declared by the United States Census Bureau that non-white births grew at faster pace than those who are non-Hispanic White. In about fifty years, interracial marriage will overlap same sex and same race marriages.

Once again in the great state of Texas, a Big Sandy resident is suing a local grocery chain because he was banned from the store after he complained about sacker being a Black man. From the town of Hawkins, the  man is claiming his civil rights and religious freedom were violated earlier this year when a black man sacked his groceries and a Big Sandy grocery store owner banned the customer from the business.

Longview News-Journal covers the controversy. This is one for the record books. The conservative white male claims he's a victim of reverse racism.

DeWitt R. Thomas filed a federal lawsuit in July against Keith Langston, owner of Two Rivers Grocery & Market.

According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Thomas entered the market on March 5 to buy food.

Keith Langston the owner of the Two Rivers Grocery & Market is being sued by a local man. The local man was banned from the store after he made inflammatory comments about the store's Black grocery worker.

He stated in a nine-page, hand-written lawsuit that he told the grocery sacker, a black man, “Wait a minute, don’t touch my groceries. I can’t have someone negroidal touch my food. It’s against my creed.”

Thomas claimed the cashier was “perplexed” by his request and yelled at him to take his items and leave.

In a telephone interview Wednesday, Thomas said, “It’s pretty simple. They treated me really bad because I told them it was against my creed.”

According to the lawsuit, Thomas went on to explain he meant a black person when he used the term “negroidal.”

The sacker, Aaron Menefee, said he thought Thomas was just kidding around.

“The first time he said it, I thought he was joking,” Menefee said. “Then he just kept repeating it.”

Aaron Menefee was insulted by a hostile customer.

Menefee said once he realized Thomas was serious, he called for someone else to sack the groceries, at which time Menefee went to another part of the store.

“I didn’t feel physically threatened,” Menefee said. “I just felt verbally assaulted.”

Langston wasn’t in the store at the time, but his employees told him about the incident.

“I decided when I heard about what happened that I was going to file a criminal trespass against him,” Langston said. “I just had to wait for him to be present so he could sign it.”

When Thomas returned two days later, he noticed the same black man would be sacking his groceries, so he again requested the “Negro” not handle his groceries, according to the lawsuit.

This time, Langston was there. He called police to serve Thomas a criminal trespass warning. While waiting for the police, an employee locked the doors, and the lawsuit claims Thomas was “unlawfully restrained.”

Thomas said Langston broke the law the night he locked him in the store.

“We were closing, and I don’t know of a business that doesn't lock their doors when they close. It keeps more people from coming in,” Langston said.

Thomas said he doesn’t understand why he had to deal with the same situation twice.

“My question is, why after I told them how I felt and that it was against my creed did this negroid try to impress himself upon me and try to handle my groceries again.” Thomas said.

Thomas said his religious beliefs are based on Vedism, which he said encompasses Hinduism.

“Vedism translates into knowledge. I am not this way because I am ignorant. Ignorance is the enemy,” he said.

Thomas said he has not broken any laws and was exercising his religious freedom and the rights he has been given.

Sacker was called racial slurs by hostile customer. 

“White people are to be protected under the civil rights law just as anyone else,” Thomas said. “It would be the same as if you asked that a congoid (a person from west/central Africa) not touch your food.”

Thomas’ based his claim that his civil rights were violated on that criminal trespass order. He also said Langston is wrong for trying to tell him who can touch his groceries and refusing to serve him.

“When I go through (a store) and buy groceries, those groceries become my property,” Thomas said.

Langston said he is not trying to tell Thomas what to believe or how to live, but his store is a privately owned business.

“He was banned because he was using racial slurs, but he has turned it into a religious thing,” Langston said.

Langston said Thomas would have been allowed to come back had he said he preferred to sack his own groceries.

“We have a few people who want to sack their own groceries, but it’s not for the same reasons DeWitt gave,” Langston said. “They do it because they just like to have their stuff bagged a certain way, certain groceries in certain bags.”

Thomas said he is going forward with his complaint because Langston has no right to stand against what he believes in.

“If he wants to stand in opposition of who I am, then we are going to go forward with this here thing,” Thomas said.

Langston said he wants the whole thing to just go away, but insists Thomas will never be able to come back into his store. He said Thomas told him he would drop the complaint if he dropped the criminal trespass.

“I’ve had several people say they would’ve touched a hell of a lot more than his groceries if they had been in line behind him,” Langston said.

Once again, this is what the angry white male represents! The reactionary condescending bigot who has pure hatred of President Barack Obama, someone's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. These are the people who rather have Republican Mitt Romney, a serial flip-flopping perennial candidate as the President of The United States. They don't care about his moderate stances on most issues. As long as this candidate is White person, these people are satisfied with it.

K.O. For Racist Comic!

Racist comedian gets knocked out.

There's a viral video going around being sponsored by WPIX, New York's CW Affiliate. A comedian's awful performance wasn't the reason why he was knocked out! He got knocked out making fun of the Asian-American couple.

The young man jumped on stage and knocked the comedian out after he went into an anti-Asian rant.

I guess he's pretending to be Michael Richards. Richards, was the famed Seinfeld star who performed his role as Kramer. He got heckled by members of an audience. After the hecklers were told to leave, the comedian made a racist rant about Black people and said Nigger over five times and the comment "hanging y'all from trees!"

Some comedians who talk about race issues include Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Damon Wayans, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Norm MacDonald and Eddie Murphy.

This comedian didn't study the masters.

LAPD Kick The Genitals Of Alesia Thomas! Dies Of Suffocation!

Alesia Thomas' death sparks controversy with the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Black and Latino people vs. Los Angeles Police Department.

We're experiencing another dose of reality with America's most professional and yet controversial law enforcement agency. The boys in blue managed to get themselves wrapped up in another controversy. Like the New York Police Department, America's second largest city has a huge police force. Los Angeles County covers about 8 million residents. The City of Los Angeles has nearly 4 million residents. The Los Angeles Police Department has over 10,000 uniformed officers watching the quadrant of 498 square miles of city limits.

Often known for their aggressive campaign to stop gang violence, the LAPD sometimes gets wrapped up in controversy of its own. The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption.

Michelle Jordan was kicked in the face after LAPD pulled her over.

We want to seek justice for Michelle Jordan, a woman who was brutally abused by LAPD officers. The 34-year old mother was beaten down after she got into it with an officer. She was pulled over after being spotted talking on cellphone while driving.

Police say Jordan was pulled over for a cell phone violation and got out of her car and became confrontational with the officers.

According to Jordan, she merely got out of her car, and the next thing she knew she was being slammed to the ground and handcuffed.

Another person who was abused by the LAPD was a banking executive. Brian Mulligan has already filed a $50 million lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles.

According to Mulligan, police mistook him for a suspect going berserk near a fast food restaurant in Eagle Rock on May 14. He claims police searched him, found at least $2,500 in his car and then took him to a nearby motel.

Mulligan says he thought he had become bait in a sting operation and tried to leave and that's when officers attacked him.

Brian Mulligan was knocked out by LAPD.

From Redding News Service comes a buzz worthy story. We here at Journal de la Reyna want justice for Alesia Thomas. We want the FBI and U.S. Justice Department to investigate members of the LAPD for police brutality. 

According to KTLA 5, the CW affiliate from Los Angeles, five LAPD officers have been removed from field duties and are under administrative investigation in connection with the death of a woman who suffocated while being taken into custody.

And now the family of 35-year-old Alesia Thomas is speaking out to KTLA News in a search for answers regarding her death.

"I think they killed her," Thomas's grandmother Ada Moses says. "She wasn't a bad girl. She was a good girl. I miss my granddaughter. That's all I have to say." 

The altercation in front of Thomas's apartment was captured by a patrol car's video camera.

LAPD Deputy Chief Bob Green confirmed that one officer, while trying to get Alesia Thomas into the back of a patrol car, told her something along the lines of "get your fat ass in the car."

The female officer then threatened to kick Thomas in the genitals if she did not comply, Green confirmed, and the officer followed through on her threat.

After officers forced her into the back seat of the police car, Thomas is also seen on the video breathing shallowly. She eventually stopped breathing.

LAPD Media Commander Andrew Smith said the investigation is in its early stages. "In the Academy we do still train people to use kicks in instances involving use of force," Smith said. "Whether it was appropriate in this instance, I don't know. That will be up to the investigation to determine."

"I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement late Thursday. "I am confident we will get to the truth no matter where that leads us."

The incident comes a day after Beck announced he was transferring a captain from his command after a separate videotaped incident in which two officers were shown slamming a handcuffed woman to the ground.

Beck had said that video raised concerns and that the department was investigating the officers, who have been removed from field duty.

The Thomas incident occurred July 22 after she had left children. Officers went in search of Thomas, finding her at her home in the 9000 block of South Broadway.

After questioning her briefly, the officers attempted to arrest Thomas on suspicion of child endangerment.

Thomas "began actively resisting arrest" as officers attempted to take her into custody and one of the officers took her to the ground by sweeping her legs out from beneath her, the LAPD's official account said.

Two other officers then handcuffed Thomas behind her back and attempted to lead her to a patrol car while a supervising sergeant observed, according to the department's version of the incident.

Two more officers were summoned to the scene as Thomas continued to struggle.

Green confirmed that Thomas was a very large woman.

A "hobble restraint device"-- an adjustable strap -- was tightened around Thomas' ankles to give the officers more control over her and she was eventually placed in the back of the patrol car, the LAPD account said.

The official account, however, made no mention of what Green confirmed was a female officer's questionable treatment of Thomas.

The department's official account said the officers immediately notified paramedics.

Beck's statement said he wanted to find out whether Thomas had been under the influence of any drugs or suffered from a medical condition that could have caused her death before he passed judgment on the officers.

Four police officers and their sergeant were removed from field duties after the incident.

Investigators from the department's Internal Affairs unit opened an investigation into the death, Green said.

Romney Told Hurricane Victim To Go Home And Call 211!

Mitt Romney meets Governor Bobby Jindal (R-Louisiana).

Fresh off the nomination, Republican Mitt Romney wanted to upstage President Barack Obama. He visited the Republican Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and they toured the damaged regions near Slidell. The city of Slidell is close to New Orleans, and this area was heavily damaged by flooding.

The Republicans wanted to paint Mitt Romney as a caring human being who shows compassion towards the middle class. It appears Mitt Romney put his foot in his mouth yet again.

According to the Huffington Post and Associated Press,  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney launched the final leg of his quest for the White House by visiting storm-battered Louisiana on Friday. He drove through a town that was flooded by Hurricane Isaac in part because it's still outside the vast flooding protection system built with federal funds after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.


Romney, who chatted with a handful of storm victims and shook hands with first responders, didn't have too much to say. "I'm here to learn and obviously to draw some attention to what's going on here," Romney told Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who he accompanied to the Jean Lafitte town hall to meet with emergency workers. "So that people around the country know that people down here need help."

That snippet of conversation represented the bulk of Romney's public remarks in Louisiana on Friday.

His host, Jindal, is now calling on the federal government to expand the rebuilt flood protection system that prevented serious flooding in New Orleans during this week's storm. That system, built after flooding from Katrina devastated much of New Orleans, cost the Army Corps of Engineers $14.5 billion. It doesn't extend as far as Jean Lafitte, which is situated in Jefferson Parish, and has been affected by a series of hurricanes, including Katrina, Rita, Cindy and now Isaac.

                

"It is absolutely critical that the Corps, and certainly our delegation working them, but that the Corps and the federal government look at those other levees," Jindal said Thursday. Lafitte is included in a proposed ring levee that the state hopes to build, but there are no concrete plans to build yet.

Romney was silent on whether, as president, he would support paying for such an expansion. Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, has proposed eliminating $10 billion a year in disaster spending and requiring Congress to pay for emergencies by cutting from elsewhere in the budget. That proposal was blocked by GOP leaders.

Hurricane Isaac is blamed for at least six deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi. It submerged hundreds of homes, forced thousands of others to evacuate and cut power to nearly half of Louisiana's homes and businesses.

Romney didn't speak to reporters as he toured Jean Lafitte on Friday. The Romney campaign refused to say whether he would support additional funding for the levees, saying only that the GOP nominee "recognizes the importance of disaster prevention and would seek to ensure that we have the infrastructure we need to keep all Americans safe."

Jindal did explain the issue to Romney as they climbed into the Republican nominee's SUV and began their tour.
      
"It (the levee system) performs well, but the areas here — the other areas ..." Jindal said, trailing off because Romney jumped in.

"Are outside, outside that levee system," Romney said.

Romney's motorcade, including trucks equipped to drive through high water, edged gingerly down Jean Lafitte Boulevard, a main road.

Accompanied by National Guard vehicles, the caravan inched through water that at some points was a foot or more deep, submerging gas stations, flooding homes and covering front laws. Residents stood in the water and watched the motorcade pass.

Flood protection was clearly on the minds of residents. A man who waved a neon yellow sign reading "Mitt is Our Man" wondered why levees had not been able to protect the low-lying areas of this fishing community.

"It has really destroyed us," the man said to Romney after the motorcade stopped on the side of the road. "I don't know why we can't come up with something that saves all."

Up the street, a giant pink sign hung on the balcony of a flooded house. "Where is our levee protection?" it read.



Romney shook hands with National Guardsmen outside the U.S. Post Office and talked with a local resident, Jodie Chiarello, 42, who lost her home in Isaac's flooding.

"He just told me to, um, there's assistance out there," Chiarello said of her conversation with Romney. "He said, go home and call 211." That's a public service number offered in many states.

Chiarello said she will likely seek some other shelter because her home was submerged in the flooding. She expressed frustration about the town's lack of flood protection.

"We live outside the levee protection that's why we get all this water because they close the floodgates up front and all they're doing is flooding us out down here," she said. "It's very frustrating, very. We go through Katrina and Rita and now we're going through Cindy, Lee and now Isaac."

Romney's last-minute visit, announced less than 12 hours after he became the Republican nominee, took him to the disaster area ahead of his Democratic rival, President Barack Obama. The president was following with his own visit to Louisiana on Monday, the White House announced.

Romney went at Jindal's invitation, his campaign said. Jindal, a Republican, told reporters Romney had been in touch several days ago to ask how he could help with storm relief and Jindal suggested Romney come down and see the damage for himself. He said he had extended an invitation to Obama as well.


White House spokesman Jay Carney, asked what a private citizen like Romney could accomplish by visiting a disaster area, said he wasn't sure how to answer the question but that drawing attention to the affected area was "important."
            
Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said Romney's visit could focus people on "the needs of the affected region, particularly the need for charitable donations and resources to aid relief efforts."

Back in Washington, Democrats seized on the trip to accuse Republicans of supporting cuts in federal disaster funding that the Gulf Coast will now need to recover from Isaac.

"It is the height of hypocrisy for Mitt Romney and (Congressman) Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) to make a pretense of showing sympathy for the victims of Hurricane Isaac when their policies would leave those affected by this disaster stranded and on their own," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), in a written statement.

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) said she welcomed Romney to her home state but pushed him on disaster funding.

"I hope as he witnesses recovery in action, he will reflect upon his party's approach to funding disaster response," she said. "Had the plan advocated by his running mate Congressman Paul Ryan and Congressman Eric Cantor prevailed, there would be no money readily available to provide assistance for this, or any other disaster."

Meet The GOP Nominee: One Huge Bore!

The Romney/Ryan Ticket Will Take The Mantle As The Leaders Of The Republican Party.

Listening to Mitt Romney. No talk about his policies or plans. I mean did I miss something?

The former Massachusetts governor achieved his six year goal of becoming a nominee for the Republican presidential ticket.



Right off the bat, Mitt Romney makes his case to the American people about what he could do if he was the president. Many speakers included Ann Romney, Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Condoleezza Rice, Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin), Rick Santorum, Clint Eastwood, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Artur Davis, Mia Love and Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire.

Mitt Romney has a five point plan to creating jobs. Okay how are you going to create 12 million jobs?

Talks about drilling, coal, nuclear without regulations. He criticized the president for not taking advantage of drilling and using coal.

The nominee talks about school choice. I am guessing school vouchers and cuts to education. Great how much money?

Trade war? How are you going to cut the deficit with what policies or laws?

Mitt has a 13% tax rate. So he wants small business taxes to be as low as he a corporation stockholder?

There's no talk about Afghanistan. A war that's been going on for over 10 years.

Mitt Romney lies about the president's record.

Mitt Romney doesn't go after abortion. He was a pro-choice governor.

But he wants to go after gay marriage. There's no discussion about the issues with Blacks, Latinos and veterans.

Mitt Romney takes his cues from conservative agitators.

Still rehashing this crap about the president apologizing to the world, but yet this clown slips his tongue about British spies and the complains about the London officials not ready for the Olympics. He claims that the president abandoning Israel and Poland.

When President Obama talked to the former president Dmitry Medvedev about the defense missile shield controversy, the president told Medvedev that after the elections he'll try to work on it. Romney pounced on the comments and warned Vladimar Putin not to bully the United States. So what Romney wants is basically another cold war with Russia.

Romney may be borrowing from China for these promises of tax cuts. Because the United States has a trillion dollar deficit from two unpaid wars, tax cuts for billionaires and medicare perks by George W. Bush.

No apologies to the former governor of Florida, Jeb Bush.

Romney may think he's about saving the world with his cape and spandex suit. But he has no foreign policy experience. He lacks in foreign relation skills. He thinks that President Barack Obama is hoping for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

Since the days of the Bush Administration, all you heard was talk about Iran trying to develop a nuclear weapon. The CIA released a damaging virus to disrupt their program. The president has ordered numerous sanctions against the nation. Iran struck back by cutting off oil supply to the world. That drove gas prices up.

Yeah, we're paying over $50 in fuel. But there's disruptions in oil supply. Hurricanes, trade wars and conflict in the Middle East are factors. The United States doesn't have strong regulations on vehicle emissions. China and India are developing nations. If we drill for oil in the United States, it's not going to lower the prices. The prices of fuel will remain normal. Any oil drilling in the United States will be sold to the global market.

Romney is a huge bore. Nothing I've seen inspired me to change my mind about him. He may have fired up his supporters and there could be a political bounce for his convention speech, but will he take his magic to the debate fields?

We cover the Democratic National Convention. Will there be controversy? Of course.

Could President Barack Obama inspire those he managed to win over four years ago?

Clint Eastwood At Anti-Obama Convention | Anti-Obama Billboards Continue To Create Controversy!

Clint Eastwood is a featured speaker at the Republican Anti-Obama National Convention.

We'll first start with actor/director Clint Eastwood. The aging celebrity endorsed Mitt Romney for president and became the headliner at the Anti-Obama National Convention. As a famed actor, Eastwood makes no bones about his opposition towards President Barack Obama.

The headliner of the Republican Party of course is their nominee, Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor who ran more than his share of political campaigns takes the mantle of being the guy who could beat President Barack Obama.

Eastwood goes right into this little show with a empty chair (appearing as the president).



Million dollar baby?


Okay, now that we've gotten this nonsense out the way, here another dose of racist nonsense coming from the Republicans and their allies in the conservative movement.


Once again, you're seeing the rise of extremism in the conservative movement. These things are growing underneath the surface.

The Republicans are allowing some of their supporters take politics too far.

WBZ-TV Boston goes forth with the umpteenth offensive sign depicting President Barack Obama as the "other". This marks an ongoing issue with White conservative males and their reactionary outrage of the president and his supporters.


One shows a little girl raising her middle finger next to the message:

“Thanks Obama. You’ve spent my lunch money, my allowance, my inheritance, 35 years of future paychecks and my retirement. You Jerk. Vote Mitt Romney For 2012!”

The finger is now covered in packing tape.

Some people say the sign makes them uncomfortable.

“It’s being offensive,” one man told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Thursday.  ”I think you can send out the message without being this drastic.”


Others say it’s free speech.

“I think it’s a good idea, whether it’s on private property or not,” a supporter told WBZ.

Another billboard has a smiling photo of President Obama, with the communist hammer and sickle symbols on his shirt collar, next to the message:

“Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot. Obama – One Big A** Mistake America. Vote Mitt Romney For 2012!”


The owner of the property and the signs was contacted by WBZ-TV and WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Thursday, but declined to comment.

In addition to the political debate, there is also debate about where the billboards are legal.

According to town officials, owner Robert Sullivan did not get a necessary permit from the building commissioner to put them up.

Sullivan’s attorney, however, said they are protected under the First Amendment.




We're are all for the freedom of speech and the like, but how come the Republicans allow this type of disruptive speech?

I mean how bad could this get?

This anti-Obama behavior is disturbing. The Black community and Hispanic community aren't feeling the Republican Party nowadays. They've managed to push forth these radical agendas to make lives for the middle class worse than it is.


In Hanson, Massachusetts there's a lot of anti-Obama billboards sprouting around. They're the talk of the town. People are reacting to them just like us here at Journal de la Reyna.

These Republicans have no shame in their game. These people are fucking ignorant and I'm tired of it!

I wish the Democratic Party would be more aggressive against these type of attacks.

This isn't your father Republican Party!


The culture war continues and Republicans armed their troops with hate of the middle class, the lower class, minorities, GLBT, those who practice in Islam, and the many supporters of Barack Obama.

They deem those as enemies of the state.

Examples of what triggers conservatives: "Welfare", " Smaller Government", "Taking Our Country Back", "Entitlements", and "Victimhood".

Key words to a base of people who have strong intolerance towards race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings.

Famed Hip-Hop Manager Chris Lighty Found Dead!

The hip-hop community is mourning the death of legendary entertainment manager Chris Lighty.

The guy who managed the careers of Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, and LL Cool J has died. Chris Lighty was apparently found dead by a gunshot wound to his head according to his family members.

Lighty and his partner Mona Scott founded Violator Management.

Like rival Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond, Lighty has ties to criminals.

Lighty has been wanted by the feds for sometime on issues involving his taxes.

The Associated Press reports, Chris Lighty, 44, was discovered at his home in the Bronx with a gunshot wound to the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No note was recovered, but a 9 mm handgun was found at the scene and there was no sign of forced entry, said Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the New York Police Department.

The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death, but authorities say the shooting appears to be self-inflicted.

Lighty was behind some of rap's leading figures, helping them not only attain hit records but also lucrative careers outside of music. He had been a part of the scene for decades, working with pioneers like LL Cool J before starting his own management company, Violator. But Lighty had been having recent financial and personal troubles.

Twitter was abuzz with condolences on his death just hours after the body was found at about 11:30 a.m.

"R.I.P. Chris Lighty," Fat Joe posted on his account. "The man that saved my life!"

Diddy wrote: "In shock."

Rihanna posted: "Rest peacefully Chris Lighty, my prayers go out to family and loved ones! Dear God please have mercy."

And Mary J. Blige wrote: "U never know what can send a person over the edge or make them want 2 keep living. take it easy on people."

50 Cent said in a statement issued through his publicist that he was deeply saddened by the loss:

"Chris has been an important part of my business and personal growth for a decade. He was a good friend and advisor who helped me develop as an artist and businessman. My prayers are with his family. He will be greatly missed."

50 Cent (left) and LL Cool J (center) were managed by Chris Lighty's Violator Management Group. Ludacris (right) stand with 50 Cent and LL Cool J. LL Cool J went on to recording 14 albums and continues a role in acting. He still continues his ties with Def Jam. Ludacris is the founder of Disturbing Tha Peace and is signed under Def Jam. 50 Cent is currently on Interscope Records signed through Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Eminem's Shady Records.

Lighty was raised by his mother in the Bronx, one of six children. He ran with a group called The Violators, the inspiration for the name of his management company, according to the company website. He was a player in the hip-hop game since he was a kid DJ. He rose through the ranks at Rush Management (Simmons' first company) before eventually founding Violator Management in the late 1990s. (Mona Scott and James Cruz are partners).

"Today, we lost a hip-hop hero and one of its greatest architects," Simmons tweeted.

Lighty's roster ranged from Academy Award-winners Three 6 Mafia to maverick Missy Elliott to up-and-comer Papoose and perpetual star Carey. He made it his mission not so much to make musical superstars, but rather multifaceted entertainers who could be marketed in an array of ways: a sneaker deal here, a soft drink partnership there, a movie role down the road.



In a 2007 interview with The Associated Press, Lighty talked about creating opportunities for his stars _ a Chapstick deal for LL Cool J, known for licking his lips, a vitamin supplement deal for 50 Cent.

Busta Rhymes and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott were managed by Chris Lighty. Busta Rhymes signed to Universal-Republic Records under Cash Money Records. Missy Elliott is signed to Atlantic Records.

"As music sales go down because kids are stealing it off the Internet and trading it and iPod sales continue to rise, you can't rely on just the income that you would make off of being an artist," he said at the time.

Lighty is survived by his two children. He and his wife, Veronica, had been in the process of divorcing. The case was still listed as active, but electronic records show an agreement to end it was filed in June.

He was also having financial trouble. City National Bank sued Lighty, whose given name is Darrell, in April, saying he had overdrawn his account by $53,584 and then refused to pay the balance. The case was still pending.

He also owed more than $330,000 in state and federal taxes, according to legal filings. His tax problems were much steeper a year ago, but he cleared away millions of dollars in earlier IRS liens last October, after selling his Manhattan apartment for $5.6 million.

Lighty once managed Ja Rule of Murder, Inc. fame. He cut ties with the rapper after threats by Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo. When 50 Cent engaged in a longstanding feud with Ja Rule, Chris Lighty jumped on the single with rappers Eminem and Busta Rhymes for a retribution diss on Tupac Shakur's "Hail Mary" beat.

Violator had released two albums under its belt. One included the hit single "Vibrant Thing" by veteran rapper Q-Tip.

Way To Go Chris...

Chaos On The GOP Convention Floor

The following commentary is by Chauncey De Vega from the We Are Respectable Negroes blog.  I want you to take a look at this loony bin insult at a poised delegate who was about to give her speech yesterday.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

A Particularly Low Class of White People: Republicans Throw Nuts at Black Folks; They Heckle the "Foreign" Delegate from Puerto Rico









Their forefathers were John Birchers. Their grand-pappies and grandmas likely spent time at the monthly lynching tree. Some of them were members of White Citizens Councils, the "polite" racists, who stood against civil rights for black folks and upheld Jim and Jane Crow. Earlier this year, the most zealous among them booed gay soldiers, howled in glee at the prospect of a person being executed by the State, and cheered the idea of some sad soul dying because they did not have health insurance.



This is the contemporary face of the Republican Party.



When Republicans heckled Zoraida Fonalledas, the representative from Puerto Rico to their own convention with nativist chants earlier today, they reminded the American people who and what they really are...again.



When a black CNN reporter had nuts thrown at her, and was told "this is how we feed the animals," the Tea Party GOP showed up who they have always been...again.



And do not buy into the excuse-making: Chants of "U.S.A." have nothing to do with an internecine conflict between Ron Paul and establishment conservatives. Rather, this episode has everything to do with white conservative xenophobia and anti-immigrant zeal by a group of mouth-breathing Right-wing troglodytes who believe that Puerto Ricans are dangerous Spanish speaking "foreigners."







In all, the racist and xenophobic ugliness on display during Tuesday's meeting of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida should not be a surprise. The elites and opinion leaders of the Right have created this witches brew; now, they will either be saved by their monster or the beast will consume them.



My mother's people are from North Carolina. My grandmother and other elders would often talk about "good white people." The ability to distinguish between white people who would kill you, discriminate against you at will, or put you out of house and home because they could, was a practical life skill. We may no longer have The Negro Motorist Green Book, but black and brown folks still give their kids "the talk" about how to survive a routine traffic stop by the police. Cultural memory is deep and a gift. I am so very glad (and lucky) they passed on their wisdom and life skills. In turn, if so blessed, I will them down to my children as well.





It is true that white supremacy has evolved over time; but the lives of people of color are still expendable, and subject to arbitrary violence in America by White Authority (and those overly identified with it--see George Zimmerman).



For people of color in the United States, skillfully and successfully navigating the color line meant (and means) protecting your own life, as well as that of your children and family. Those of us who are not part of the in-group, or otherwise marginalized by Power, have to learn this skill set if we are to survive and do well in this society. Consequently, black and brown folks have to become expert students on the ways of white people.



I do wonder if Whiteness and White Privilege permits our white brothers and sisters to realize how much people of color know about them and their particular ways.



To point: as my parents and other elders have taught me, the "U.S.A" chanting cowboy hat wearing white populists who heckled Zoraida Fonalledas represent a particularly low class of white people. They may have money, but this group of white people has no decency. The low type of white person exemplified by the neo-John Birch base of the Tea Party GOP are also bigots. All that they have to comfort them is a weak type of nationalism which is emboldened by silly chanting, and the psychic wages of whiteness that happen to come with being arbitrarily categorized as "white" in this society.





The slogan "free, white, and twenty-one" got this class of white people through many decades of life in America. In an increasingly globalized world, with a black president, and a multicultural leadership class, such a slogan is approaching obsolescence. For many white people this is a terrifying prospect.



By comparison, Senator Priebus and Mitt Romney represent a slightly "better" class of white people. The latter is most certainly a racist. The former is likely one as well given his enabling of his party's Southern Strategy 2.0 and race-baiting against Barack Obama, the country's first black president. Together, both are "polite" racists. They have no love for what was once called "poor white trash." Elite whites such as Romney and Priebus use materially disadvantaged and racially resentful white people as a tool in order to maximize their own wealth and resources. The white reactionary populists who form the base of the Republican Party in the Age of Obama have not yet woken up to this old school con.



This brings us full circle. What of Zoraida Fonalledas? How do make sense of her awkward moment? On one hand, the better and more generous part of my soul has pity for her. It must hurt to realize that you are viewed with contempt by your own political brethren and comrades. As I suggested several here, she, and other conservatives who happen to be black, Latino, Asian, Native American, or Other, are sick with a delusion that they are "special" or "different" in the eyes of the White conservative gaze. Tuesday's happenings could perhaps be her wake up call.



The more cynical and less noble part of my soul smirks and smiles. Zoraida Fonalledas made her bed and now has to lie in it. Yes, the money and gold are substantial. Nevertheless, I struggle to understand how any self-respecting person of color could ally with the Tea Party GOP, the country's de facto White political party, and an organization whose electoral strategy increasingly consists of mining white racism and anxiety towards people of color to secure electoral victory.



I think that I will just smile. Zoraida Fonalledas experienced her own "Lisa broke Ralph's heart moment" on a national stage. The question remains: will Zoraida Fonalledas, and other non-white conservatives like her, keep coming back to the Tea Party GOP for more abuse?







I think we know the answer. They are almost to the one, sad pathetic souls.

Stick & Stones: GOP Name Drops Obama More Than Romney!

The Romney Campaign despise "fact checkers" correcting their statements. Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan spoke at the Anti-Obama National Convention. Many reporters found that the nominee told a fiery speech going after the president. Ryan's critics think he's misled the public with statements that come off as not true.

From the Republican nominee all the way down to the Fox News Channel, you've gotten individuals so obsessed with dropping President Barack Obama's name. The people who support Mitt Romney for president can't think of anything positive about him. They can only say "he's better than Obama". They drop the name of the president more than their nominee!

The Huffington Post keeping track of the coverage of the Republican Anti-Obama National Convention in which the leader of the political party Mitt Romney takes the helms as their nominee.

When I gotten the opportunity to listen to vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, the congressman of Wisconsin. I've listened to Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey), Tim Pawlenty, Artur Davis, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire), Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin), Governor John Kasich (R-Ohio), Governor Susana Martinez (R-New Mexico) Rick Santorum, Mia Love, Ted Cruz, Condoleezza Rice, Mike Huckabee, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), and numerous small business owners.

Each of them told a story about how they gotten here and why it's not the best of times with Barack Obama as the President of The United States. They have used cliches and misquotes to paint the president as a failure.

They've taken on the "WE BUILT THAT" theme after the president make the "You Didn't Build That!" comment in Roanoke, Virginia.

These guys mislead the president's message on bipartisanship. We go back to the Republicans objective back in 2008 - 2009. We're mad at Barack Obama! We're not going to allow him a victory.

The Democrats had a few months of a supermajority. The president couldn't get his policies passed because of some Democrats siding with Republicans. The Republicans stood firm in opposition.

Now the Congress is split between the Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Democrats in the Senate. They can't even get a compromise with a House passing legislation they know the president is going to veto. The Senate can't get nothing done if Republicans filibuster debate.

This attack on the president show desperation.

President Barack Obama is anticipating that their negativity will turn independents off.

The Republicans are going the all out strategy. They will make this a "red meat" issue.

The war in Afghanistan is off the table. Improving stock market is off the table. George W. Bush is off the table. Bipartisanship is off the table.

The only thing that keeps this bunch of lunatics going is dropping Barack Obama, banning abortions, banning gay marriage, repealing regulations and safety nets, welfare reform, defense spending, and getting Obamacare repealed.

Here's Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), the Republican vice presidential nominee.