Trump's Outreach to Blacks Won't Be Futile

Donald Trump delivered a much-anticipate speech last Saturday at Great Faith Ministries International in Detroit, Michigan. This was Trump's first widely-publicized appearance at a church with a predominantly black congregation.  I watched the video of his speech and it was pretty clear to me that those in attendance seemed genuinely pleased to have Trump in attendance. The congregants were not only gracious to their guest (the pastor gifted Trump with a prayer shawl from Israel and a personalized study bible with the scripture Mark 9:23 highlighted to encouragement Trump when he feels that the odds are against him.  (I have an issue with politicians speaking from a church's pulpit during worship service, but I'll leave this alone for another time.)

Random Thoughts

Here are my thoughts on a few things in the news...

Chicago State University
Budgetary issues may force the closing of CSU. It's not the only public institution of higher education in the state that is dealing with budget issues, but CSU's situation is by far the worse. This is mainly due to the school's higher reliance on state funding.  The political side of this story is the impasse between Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan. Eventually, the budget issue will be resolved. When that will be, who can say?  But the other side of this story concerns academics.  I have read numerous articles about the sad state of affairs at CSU, including the unacceptably high dropout rate. A search on the internet for student reviews of the school returns a mix of lackluster comments about the CSU experience.

Hillary Clinton, You Don't Scare Me

It's really amazing, no, make that sad, to watch Hillary Clinton as she digs into her old bag of tricks and whip out her well-worn fear stick.  She, like most democrats, uses the fear stick to beat blacks into submission.  Case in point; last month at a campaign rally in Houston, she said, "They're doing everything they can to stop black people, Latinos, poor people, young people, people with disabilities from voting.  It's a blast from the Jim Crow past. I thought we had won that battle back in the 1960s. To see it rear its ugly head is such a great disappointment.  It's one of the barriers I intend to knock down."  Oh really?

This Is How We Do It

Finally got the last show up on Youtube.  It took a while, but the good news is that I now know how to upload really large files in a fairly short time.  You won't believe how long the other ones took to load...let's just say I could drive over a hundred miles and it would still be loading when I got back...but no more!

On the latest show (dated 8/10/15), Chris and I knock it out the ball park.  It's a hot show--maybe too hot...nah, it's just real  But here's what we talk about:

Presidential politics - why the front runners are leading and why the others won't catch up

The deadliest place for blacks

Rachel Dolezal...Keep Your Head Up Sister!

I'm must admit, I'm a little confused about all the uproar concerning Rachel Dolezal, the disgraced former president of the NAACP's Spokane, Washington chapter.  Dolezal is the white woman who says she's a black woman.  I've watched a lot of reports on television and read numerous stories (including comments) on the internet concerning this minor incident. The reactions that I've seen to the revelation of Ms. Dolezal's true ethnicity have run the gamut from anger to ridicule.  My own personal feelings would require another category--fine by me.