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	<title>Comments on: Authors of &#8216;black agenda&#8217; memo step forward</title>
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		<title>By: Ugg Boots Cheap Shop</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/31/authors-of-black-agenda-memo-step-forward/comment-page-2/#comment-192660</link>
		<dc:creator>Ugg Boots Cheap Shop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I already did some shopping so I’m planning to stay in for the rest of my long weekend! (But I’m really itching to go to the MAC store and buy something!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I already did some shopping so I’m planning to stay in for the rest of my long weekend! (But I’m really itching to go to the MAC store and buy something!)</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/31/authors-of-black-agenda-memo-step-forward/comment-page-2/#comment-107731</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ummm, Batboy?

Maybe you missed this from Friday&#039;s blog:

&quot;The memo, which came to light Thursday, makes at least two egregious, offensive and dangerous assumptions:

First, it treats the mayor&#039;s office as a black possession, a trophy of sorts that could be surrendered to white Atlantans for the first time in 35 years. That is a cartoonish, archaic approach to politics that, among other things, ignores the humanity of individual mayoral candidates, with all their strengths and weaknesses, and tries to reduce them to mere representatives of their respective races.

That mindset has had its day, and that day is, or ought to be, over. But as the memo reminds us, it isn&#039;t quite. There are those in the black and white communities who still see opportunity, profit and power in extending that day beyond its normal lifespan, and the Turpeau memo lays out one way it might be done.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ummm, Batboy?</p>
<p>Maybe you missed this from Friday&#8217;s blog:</p>
<p>&#8220;The memo, which came to light Thursday, makes at least two egregious, offensive and dangerous assumptions:</p>
<p>First, it treats the mayor&#8217;s office as a black possession, a trophy of sorts that could be surrendered to white Atlantans for the first time in 35 years. That is a cartoonish, archaic approach to politics that, among other things, ignores the humanity of individual mayoral candidates, with all their strengths and weaknesses, and tries to reduce them to mere representatives of their respective races.</p>
<p>That mindset has had its day, and that day is, or ought to be, over. But as the memo reminds us, it isn&#8217;t quite. There are those in the black and white communities who still see opportunity, profit and power in extending that day beyond its normal lifespan, and the Turpeau memo lays out one way it might be done.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Batboy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/31/authors-of-black-agenda-memo-step-forward/comment-page-2/#comment-107697</link>
		<dc:creator>Batboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So a raicst memo about the Mayor&#039;s race in Atlanta is published.  Two clear points:
1. Vote against this woman solely because she is white.
2. Black people should all have the same agenda because they are black.

Bookman can&#039;t bring himself to say this is racist and wrong.  He can&#039;t upset the apple cart of politics in GA because if he does he might jeopardize the utter reliability of the black vote for all causes democratic.  He would, and has, sold his soul to protect his political coalition.

Yet...at least in public...our candidates for Mayor have been willing to say the truth and distance themselves from this kind of ugliness saying that its race baiting and bigoted.   Bookman&#039;s moral courage failed.  
He could snip a little but without fire or conviction.  At all costs, Jay is avoiding speaking the truth plainly.  It is this event which will define Bookman.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So a raicst memo about the Mayor&#8217;s race in Atlanta is published.  Two clear points:<br />
1. Vote against this woman solely because she is white.<br />
2. Black people should all have the same agenda because they are black.</p>
<p>Bookman can&#8217;t bring himself to say this is racist and wrong.  He can&#8217;t upset the apple cart of politics in GA because if he does he might jeopardize the utter reliability of the black vote for all causes democratic.  He would, and has, sold his soul to protect his political coalition.</p>
<p>Yet&#8230;at least in public&#8230;our candidates for Mayor have been willing to say the truth and distance themselves from this kind of ugliness saying that its race baiting and bigoted.   Bookman&#8217;s moral courage failed.<br />
He could snip a little but without fire or conviction.  At all costs, Jay is avoiding speaking the truth plainly.  It is this event which will define Bookman.</p>
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		<title>By: stands for decibels</title>
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		<dc:creator>stands for decibels</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;“400 years of wholesale brutality, enslavement, murders and subjugation” didn’t seem to turn the Israelites into a horde of whining intelligentsia, helpless broodmares, and thugs. So what’s the excuse?&lt;/i&gt;

Shorter Voldemort: Why can&#039;t them N-----rs act more like the Hebes?

Nice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>“400 years of wholesale brutality, enslavement, murders and subjugation” didn’t seem to turn the Israelites into a horde of whining intelligentsia, helpless broodmares, and thugs. So what’s the excuse?</i></p>
<p>Shorter Voldemort: Why can&#8217;t them N&#8212;&#8211;rs act more like the Hebes?</p>
<p>Nice.</p>
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		<title>By: Rose McConnell</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/08/31/authors-of-black-agenda-memo-step-forward/comment-page-2/#comment-107277</link>
		<dc:creator>Rose McConnell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is the &quot;black agenda?&quot;  Is this a code phrase that has meaning among black people?  Do the authors think there is also a &quot;white agenda&quot; that they must work to defeat by enacting a black agenda?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the &#8220;black agenda?&#8221;  Is this a code phrase that has meaning among black people?  Do the authors think there is also a &#8220;white agenda&#8221; that they must work to defeat by enacting a black agenda?</p>
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		<title>By: Douglas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SO I guess they will have no problem with a &quot;white agenda&quot;.
Are would that be racist? Lets see, two lack racist professors, from an all black racist &quot;college&quot;, spouting a racist agenda for blacks to remain in control by voting based on race. Why would ANY white person EVER vote for a black for office. Never again my friend, Never again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SO I guess they will have no problem with a &#8220;white agenda&#8221;.<br />
Are would that be racist? Lets see, two lack racist professors, from an all black racist &#8220;college&#8221;, spouting a racist agenda for blacks to remain in control by voting based on race. Why would ANY white person EVER vote for a black for office. Never again my friend, Never again.</p>
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		<title>By: Turd Ferguson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Turd Ferguson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Must admit its kinda funny.  The ATL blacks keep voting in the same losers, (Jackons - Campbell - ShirleyGirl) and are basically no better off then they were years ago.  LOL.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Must admit its kinda funny.  The ATL blacks keep voting in the same losers, (Jackons &#8211; Campbell &#8211; ShirleyGirl) and are basically no better off then they were years ago.  LOL.</p>
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		<title>By: Voldemort</title>
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		<dc:creator>Voldemort</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If our dear Hosea Williams were still with the living, he&#039;d likely take a couple of those free turkeys they give away is name and them at Boone &amp; Jennings for the drivel they&#039;ve lobbed at our city.  

These boobs just prove that an air of entitlement has been foisted into the mix  of the real and important racial issues to discuss and address in Atlanta and the U.S.  

&quot;400 years of wholesale brutality, enslavement, murders and subjugation&quot; didn&#039;t seem to turn the Israelites into a horde of whining intelligentsia, helpless broodmares, and thugs. So what&#039;s the excuse?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If our dear Hosea Williams were still with the living, he&#8217;d likely take a couple of those free turkeys they give away is name and them at Boone &amp; Jennings for the drivel they&#8217;ve lobbed at our city.  </p>
<p>These boobs just prove that an air of entitlement has been foisted into the mix  of the real and important racial issues to discuss and address in Atlanta and the U.S.  </p>
<p>&#8220;400 years of wholesale brutality, enslavement, murders and subjugation&#8221; didn&#8217;t seem to turn the Israelites into a horde of whining intelligentsia, helpless broodmares, and thugs. So what&#8217;s the excuse?</p>
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		<title>By: TnGelding</title>
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		<dc:creator>TnGelding</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finn McCool 

September 1st, 2009
7:38 am

Hey, most of us aren&#039;t that nitpicking. Keep up the fight!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finn McCool </p>
<p>September 1st, 2009<br />
7:38 am</p>
<p>Hey, most of us aren&#8217;t that nitpicking. Keep up the fight!</p>
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		<title>By: TnGelding</title>
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		<dc:creator>TnGelding</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cash for Clunkers not only program riddled with errors:

“I’m a little guy in Brooklyn who doesn’t belong to their country clubs, what can I tell you?” he says, adding a shrug for punctuation. “I won’t accept their comedy of errors.”

“If you are going to take away someone’s house, everything should be legal and correct,” he said. “I’m a strange guy — I don’t want to put a family on the street unless it’s legitimate.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/nyregion/31judge.html?_r=1</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cash for Clunkers not only program riddled with errors:</p>
<p>“I’m a little guy in Brooklyn who doesn’t belong to their country clubs, what can I tell you?” he says, adding a shrug for punctuation. “I won’t accept their comedy of errors.”</p>
<p>“If you are going to take away someone’s house, everything should be legal and correct,” he said. “I’m a strange guy — I don’t want to put a family on the street unless it’s legitimate.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/nyregion/31judge.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/nyregion/31judge.html?_r=1</a></p>
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