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The Money Grab at Full Bore - AL SHARPTON; Meets with Obama today for "Targeted" Funding!
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The Money spigot has never turned off since this guy stepped into that White House - unbelievable!


By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – 17 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Prominent African-American leaders pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday to pursue an economic agenda that includes targeted help for blacks, whose unemployment rate is much higher than the national average and nearly twice that of whites.

The three men who met privately with Obama for about an hour said they pushed for aid in urban and rural areas with large numbers of hurting minorities. It is the same message they hope to deliver to lawmakers of both parties as Congress considers new jobs legislation.

"We do not seek any special kind of edict ... from the president because he's African-American," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, a civil rights organization. "We expect to be included in the process."

The meeting yielded no announcements or initiatives, although the leaders said they mainly wanted Obama to hear their message, and they professed confidence that he did.

On a day of treacherous weather, Obama kept his scheduled meeting with Sharpton; Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP; Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League. Dorothy Height, chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women, could not make it to the White House because of punishing snow and winds that largely shut down Washington.

The White House offered limited comment, saying Obama's discussion with the leaders covered the challenges facing economically disadvantaged communities and efforts to help.

"We worked very hard to share with him ideas around the need for targeted relief — and that means to urban communities, to areas of high unemployment," Morial said. He said the next challenge is to "create the political will in the Congress. My argument is that when cities do well, America does well. Cities are the economic engines."

Obama, the nation's first black president, has consistently held that he cannot adopt employment strategies that are designed to solely help blacks. But he supports targeting help to regions most in need, which in turn, he says, would lift the African-American community.

Jealous said the focus of the talk was on place, not race, meaning the regions populated by blacks and other groups that have been hit disproportionately hard by the recession.

"What's clear is that we have a president who gets it," Jealous said. He accused some Republican lawmakers and governors of obstructing Obama on initiatives like stimulus spending and a push to overhaul health insurance. Those efforts would help minorities, he said.

The unemployment rate for blacks was 16.5 percent in January, compared to 9.7 percent overall and 8.7 percent for whites.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_black_leaders

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If times are so tough, why is Obama polling at an unheard of 98% favorability in the black community?

The Stimulus, and most of the bills have gone to democratic constituencies. What was it - 4,400 Earmarks in last year's budget?

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"The three men who met privately with Obama for about an hour said they pushed for aid in urban and rural areas with large numbers of hurting minorities."

And Fresh Vegetables!


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""What's clear is that we have a president who gets it," Jealous said. He accused some Republican lawmakers and governors of obstructing Obama on initiatives like stimulus spending.."


$900 Billion of Stimulus spending wasn't enough?


What a hardship.

Things are getting so bad, Al Sharpton fears he might have to get a Job!

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Maybe Harry Reid could narrate the meeting and gives us the blow-by-blow - transitioning dialects included.

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from Boyce Watkins..

Today, I was invited to be part of a conference call between Rev. Al Sharpton (head of the National Action Network), Ben Jealous (President of the NAACP) and Marc Morial (President of the Urban League). The conference call was designed to brief the media on the context of the meeting that these three had with President Barack Obama this afternoon. I was shocked to hear that they were having a meeting on a day when the weather was so terrible (I am personally stranded in Texas, since all of the east coast airports are shut down), but I applaud these men for their commitment to getting to the White House for this very important meeting.During the call, I should have changed my name to "Fly on the Wall," since I simply listened. I've given my point of view on a regular basis, so I wanted to hear what these men had to say about their meeting with the president. I have respect for these men, although I am fearful that the NAACP and Urban League might be too entrenched in corporate money to be able to engage in the kind of activism needed right now by the African American community. At the same time, their connection to the establishment opens doors to meetings with the president, which can be incredibly effective when it comes to getting things done on a larger scale.

The meeting seemed to be productive, as the president gave an hour and fifteen minutes to the meeting. The length of the meeting surprised me, but makes sense, given that President Obama got roughly 25% of his election support from the African American community (his approval ratings in the Black community are over 90%). Marc Morial actually brought forth a six point plan to create jobs for his constituents, showing that he has a commitment to aggressive and systemic action. Morial is correct that targeted action is necessary to correct the traumatically disproportionate impact that the recession has had on African Americans. When you help Urban America, you are helping Black America, and Morial understands that.

The question that froze the entire crew was asked by Adam Howard of MSNBC's TheGrio.com. Adam asked whether anyone addressed the president's lack of willingness to speak publicly about the severe impact that the recession has had on Black people. Marc Morial took on this question, and he answered it as best he could.

The problem that Black leaders are running into when it comes to getting the president's attention is that many of the issues that have a disproportionate impact on us are actually more related to our being poor than being black. So, any push for targeted economic policy must ultimately be CLOAKED by references to those with low incomes or in urban communities. One issue with that approach, however, is that even among middle and upper class African Americans, there are still significant disparities that must be acknowledged, and those inequities are not likely going to be addressed by our president.

One of the key points made by the group, with which I agree, is that targeted economic policy endorsed by President Obama cannot be race-based. The Republican party is doing all that it can to obstruct President Obama's progress. Any hints that the president is pandering to a black constituency will likely earn him an even greater degree of hatred from his adversaries. Those tea parties around the country are ultimately fueled by racism, and we know that.

One good thing about the meeting between Sharpton, Morial, Jealous and Obama is that it shows that President Obama is at least, on the surface, allowing certain members of the Black community to come to the table when important legislative decisions are being made. The question at this point is whether or not Obama's talk is going to be backed up by action. At the end of the day, that's all that matters.

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CNN Says Black Leaders want $150 BILLION!


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Feb 10 2010, 05:15 PM

CNN Says Black Leaders want $150 BILLION!


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What kind of work will be performed for 150 billion dollars? What are we buying? If I spend 15 dollars, I want to know what I am getting for that 15 dollars.

I thought Obama was going to bring this country together, instead he seems to be dividing it up. When is he going to meet with "anglo-saxton" leaders, or christian conservative leaders or any other group? He meets with SEIU, how about a meeting with the folks? Obama has no clue of what he is doing and his advisors, have to be complete idiots.
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Feb 10 2010, 05:23 PM
Mason
Feb 10 2010, 05:15 PM

CNN Says Black Leaders want $150 BILLION!


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What kind of work will be performed for 150 billion dollars? What are we buying? If I spend 15 dollars, I want to know what I am getting for that 15 dollars.

If we wanted to pay down approx 150 billion dollars of the US debt, paying one dollar a second, every single second 24 hours a day (24x7 - 365) it would take about 5,000 years!


Yes, that's 5,000 Years!


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Feb 10 2010, 05:23 PM
Mason
Feb 10 2010, 05:15 PM

CNN Says Black Leaders want $150 BILLION!


:thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud:
What kind of work will be performed for 150 billion dollars? What are we buying? If I spend 15 dollars, I want to know what I am getting for that 15 dollars.

If we wanted to pay down approx 150 billion dollars of the US debt, paying one dollar a second, every single second 24 hours a day (24x7 - 365) it would take about 5,000 years!


Yes, that's 5,000 Years!


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I read the 5,000 year leap, I guess that history doesn't count anymore?

Why can't I get a meeting, get a measly 100K dollars so I can pay my mortgage off and then I can stimulate the economy with the extra money.
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What kind of work will be performed for 150 billion dollars?

Making 150 billion" dollar" meals at McDonalds.

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I finally see one of Obama's greatest traits, how to divide a country, are we looking at the Balkinization of the United States of America?
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...At the same time, their connection to the establishment opens doors to meetings with the president, which can be incredibly effective when it comes to getting things done on a larger scale.

The meeting seemed to be productive, as the president gave an hour and fifteen minutes to the meeting. The length of the meeting surprised me, but makes sense, given that President Obama got roughly 25% of his election support from the African American community (his approval ratings in the Black community are over 90%).

... So, any push for targeted economic policy must ultimately be CLOAKED by references to those with low incomes or in urban communities. One issue with that approach, however, is that even among middle and upper class African Americans, there are still significant disparities that must be acknowledged, and those inequities are not likely going to be addressed by our president.


This reads like a black activist talking to ONLY other black activists. I wonder what the successful AA'a think of being classified as victims in order to excuse them for not being more successful.

Using that $150 billion to take care of 25% of those who voted for him, it will only take another $600 brillion dollars in total pay back.

I'd suggest they fund an investigation to find out where over half of the fathers run off to, pound a little FAMILY sense into their heads.
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...At the same time, their connection to the establishment opens doors to meetings with the president, which can be incredibly effective when it comes to getting things done on a larger scale.

The meeting seemed to be productive, as the president gave an hour and fifteen minutes to the meeting. The length of the meeting surprised me, but makes sense, given that President Obama got roughly 25% of his election support from the African American community (his approval ratings in the Black community are over 90%).

... So, any push for targeted economic policy must ultimately be CLOAKED by references to those with low incomes or in urban communities. One issue with that approach, however, is that even among middle and upper class African Americans, there are still significant disparities that must be acknowledged, and those inequities are not likely going to be addressed by our president.


This reads like a black activist talking to ONLY other black activists. I wonder what the successful AA'a think of being classified as victims in order to excuse them for not being more successful.

Well, yes, he posted it on a black site called black voices.

So, in a way, yes, the audience is supportive blacks thinking like 'us' and 'them.'

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Notice, Obama has spent more than any regime in the History of mankind, yet they assign not a shred of responsibility to Barack Obama.

Instead, it's the evil racists that are keeping Obama from making life great for black people.

I made a post before Obama took office saying that Obama would be cast as the victim, be a failure by quantifiable measures, but become a great hero in some sectors, and that he would divide instead of bringing his post-racial promises. The Urban myth will be that whitey saw that Obama would fail due to racism. How can the leader of the free world be so free of responsibility in the eyes of so many?

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