Just wanted to send a note congratulating you on your election as the new Chairman of the Republican National Committee. I also wanted to thank you for writing a blog for Global Grind. The hip-hop community remains eager to hear the views of national leaders like you who understand the importance of diversity, inclusion and striving to end poverty in our nation and the world.
I have known you to be a strong advocate for the advancement of the poor and also as a supporter of small businesses.
This is your chance to make history and real change. I have heard the rhetoric from the mean left and from the angry right. Don't let those who are angry in your base guide your choices or let the people to the left of President Obama push your buttons. If you work directly with the White House, from your informed perspective, you can help to build an effective bridge for the sake of the improvement of the quality of life of millions of Americans. This is America's great chance for change.
We all should be working together for the common good beyond the lines of partisanship. Let's keep this constructive dialogue going and give the American people a comprehensive stimulus package that EVERYONE can support.
Your friend Russell Simmons
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Creating Jobs Is Not "Wasteful"
America voted for a change of direction last November, not more of the same. Republicans should listen to the American people and work in a bi-partisan fashion to help get our country on the road to recovery.
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The differnce can be found in the research done by the historian Eugene Genovese. In his book, "Roll Jordan Roll", Mr. Genovese, who did extensive research into how African-Americans during the antebellum period lived, said that a "bad n....." was a slave who preyed on his own people many times with consent of the master, to keep them in line. A "Ba-ad n....." was one who was definate against the ruling powers, and who actively fought against these powers for freedom and justice of his people by any means necessary.
Now translate that to what Mr. Simmons has perpetuated with his gloirfication of music and images that have been negative to the African-American/working class community, both within and without the American psyche.
I would love to see some people from the GOP, like Hegel, Collins and Snowe, stop with the childish partisanship and start making decisions based on what's best for their constituency rather than what's best according to Rush, Hannity and the like.
I'm sorry to tell you Russell, but your friend is lost. Probably irrevocably. If there was ever I thinking person in there, he's been wiped by the idealogue I just saw.
Government bad bad bad; infrastructure jobs aren't jobs; incentives to business. Blah blah blah. Tax cuts tax cuts tax cuts tax cuts...
He cannot be reasoned with. If he were living quietly in Schenectedy we could leave him alone. But he's not, he's trying his hardest to influence policy. He now must be fought: unmercifully, unfailingly fought. His ideas need to be killed. He needs to be rendered impotent and irrelevant through the power of unwavering, full-throated logic and force of will.
What's next, Ludacris and Bill O'Reilly playing a round of golf?
Supporting M. Steele because you share the same skin color is no different then supporting George Bush because he is white. It is both ridiculous and racist.
Can we please end this racist way of supporting leaders.
I did not agree with G. Bush as I dont with M. Steele. But it is because I disagree with their IDEAS, not becasue of their skin color.
The operate word there is "should".
"Let's keep this constructive dialogue going and give the American people a comprehensive stimulus package that EVERYONE can support."
The question is, how can Michael Steele possibly get around having to take his marching orders form Rush Limbaugh, who, with four little words "I Hope Obama Fails", redirected the whole course of American politics back down the same old dirty road that Obama so brilliantly cleaned up?
It's pathetically easy to dirty up a clean road when you're as irresponsible as Limbaugh is.
Especially when Rush can, with four little words, call for millions of people to mindlessly join him in hoping that the President of the United States of America fails. Rush's plan to destroy post-partisan reasonableness (just for the sake of keeping his seat as problem-creator-in-chief) should not be allowed to succeed so easily.
A mirror needs to be held up to those tactics.
http://www.WeHopeRushFails.com
Even the Republicans who had the initial courage to take him to task for his outrageously unpatriotic comments promptly went groveling back to him for forgiveness. Defeating Rush's brand of "discourse" should be the focus until it no longer dominates the political scene.
This is who they chose to lead - a bald-faced liar. One tired lie or mistruth after another. It's the same B.S., just coming out of a black face rather than a white one.
I'm sure we'll all see more on the Sunday morning roundup blog later today.
Could anyone be more transparent than Mr. Steele?
Steele's Campaign Spending Questioned
Agents Contact Sister After Ex-Aide's Claims
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He is presently attacking Dems for letting power "go to their heads", but the WashPo confirms information provided by the snitch to the Feds and they are engaged in a criminal investigation.