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Do You Want Booker Rising To Grow? Only $435 Left To Raise!
Booker Rising recently celebrated its 8th year (you can see the blog's very post here). Yes, it's that time of the year again: Booker Rising's biannual fundraising drive.

As mentioned back in Jan...
Black Pastors Condemn NAACP's Support For Gay Marriage
William Owens of CAAPAs mentioned yesterday on Booker Rising, the NAACP's board of directors voted to support same-sex marriage. That ain't flying with some black pastors though. From OneNewsNow: "...
MICHAEL STEELE OP-ED: Hey, Remember The Economy?
The moderate-conservative former head of the Republican National Committee argues that we need to get real about America's bottom line: "Ronald Reagan once said, 'The best minds are not in governme...
Harold Ford Jr.: "Cory Booker Is Right To Criticize The Obama Campaign Over I...
Harold Ford Jr.From Politico, about the moderate-liberal Democrat and former Congressman (hat tip: Mr. Ref): "Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. said Monday that he would not have walked back Ne...
Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr. Touts Military Funding For NASCAR
Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr.It should be eliminated, as NASCAR can and should solely be funded by private sponsors. From Forbes: "NASCAR’s viewership is on the rebound, but one of the sport’s biggest sp...

Justice Malala: "We South Africans Aren't A Proud People"
Asserts the South African moderate-conservative columnist: "Hanyani Thomo Secondary School has not had textbooks since the beginning of the year. With the aid of nongovernmental organisations Secti...
Hypocrisy? Democrats Rail Against Voter ID, But Require ID At Delegate Select...
Andre Walker, a conservative Republican blogger in Georgia, writes: "In Georgia, the Democrats recently completed their delegate selection process for the Democratic National Convention. And guess ...
Stanley Crouch on Anthony Benezet
The moderate-liberal columnist highlights a French-born Quaker educator in America who fought slavery back in the 18th century: "Benezet, born in 1713, was from France, but his family moved to Penn...
Do You Want Booker Rising To Grow? Only $495 Left To Raise!
Booker Rising recently celebrated its 8th year (you can see the blog's very post here). Yes, it's that time of the year again: Booker Rising's biannual fundraising drive.

As mentioned back in Jan...
Nadra Enzi: "Are Angry Liberal White Men On The Rise?"
This trio allegedly plotted to bomb Obama's campaign officeAsks the moderate-conservative Republican blogger in Louisiana: "Lately Occupy Wall St. affiliates and related movements have had angry li...
MP Kwasi Kwarteng: "It's Only Fair That British Welfare Recipients Also Exper...
Asserts the British parliamentarian and Conservative Party member, in an op-ed: "Eurogeddon, the collapse of the euro as a currency, poses considerable challenges to this country. In the event of a...
NAACP Board Votes In Support of Same-Sex Marriage
From ABC News: "The NAACP made waves on Saturday evening when its board of directors voted to support same-sex marriage, releasing a statement that 'civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of ...
Booker Criticizes Obama Campaign Over Attacks On Enterprise
From Fox News, about the moderate-liberal Democratic mayor: "A top Obama campaign surrogate chastised the president's reelection team Sunday over its ad campaign attacking Mitt Romney's record at p...
Star Parker: "Blacks Need To Close 'Sunday-Tuesday Gap'"
Asserts the conservative Republican commentator in D.C.: "Perhaps history will show that the first black president’s biggest contribution to black America was forcing this community to come to term...
Open Thread Friday
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Do You Want Booker Rising To Grow? Only $570 Left To Raise!
Last Friday, Booker Rising celebrated its 8th year (you can see the blog's very post here). Yes, it's that time of the year again: Booker Rising's biannual fundraising drive.

As mentioned back in...
5/17 Flashback Song Of The Day: Donna Summer, "She Works Hard For The Money" ...
Donna Summer died this morning in Key West, Florida at age 63, after a long battle with lung cancer. In honor of the Queen Of Disco, I showcase my favorite song of hers:



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G.O.P. 'Super PAC' Reportedly Seeks Black Conservative To Lead Hard-Line Crit...
Larry Elder is on the short listAccording to The New York Times: "A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most pr...
WALTER MYERS COMMENTARY: The Tragedy Of The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
The conservative blogger in California opines: "What Obama would have you believe, as well as the mainstream media that shills for him (including some Fox News commentators), is that legalization o...
Census: Minorities Now Surpass Whites In U.S. Births
Hispanics are driving the growthWell, when you have tens of millions of illegal Mexican immigrants having anchor babies, that's bound to happen. The black rate is flat, by the way: "For the first t...
Ghana: Bawumia Jabs Center-Left Over Economy
From AllAfrica.com, about the Oxford University-trained center-right economist: "The 2012 vice presidential candidate of the [center-right] New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says 't...
Peter Kirsanow To President Obama: "Why Should We Believe That You'll Be Fisc...
The conservative Republican in Ohio has questions for U.S. President Barack Obama: "Yesterday, your budget for fiscal year 2013 was defeated in the senate 99–0. Earlier, it had been defeated in the...
South Africa: President's Residence Renamed After Bookerista
John L. DubeFrom Sowetan Live (South Africa): "The president’s official residence in Durban was renamed on Thursday after the founder of the ruling African National Congress. Formerly known as King...
Tonight On MSNBC
8:00pm ET, USA: Sophia Nelson & Michael Eric Dyson Debate Gay Marriage

U.S. President Barack Obama's changed position on gay marriage has struck a heated debate among black folks on the issue. As re...
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