Page 13 - Atavis News Today

Relief story because their performance is so abysmal the united states will throw them out on november 2nd and then we can talk about why didnt we see it coming because we were talking about michelle obama and charlie rangel. >> you know what? ill play this tape of you on my radio show after youre wrong in november. >> good. no one will hear it. >> to your point now, seriously, you firmly believe that hugh is wrong about the fact that republicans will take control of one or both house in novembe...

You know, tavis, i think many of the media story lines over and over have been wrong. obama cant win these votes. hell never be hillary. hell never win these white people. so i love watching media story lines be wrong. so the democrats -- >> virginia and new jersey. >> they always lose seats thats historic. >> it is true -- hold on, dana. it is true, stefanie to your point that there are a lot of candidates who dont want the president to campaign with them. we saw the story in texas. you know, t...

Those in radical islam? >> somehow the idea got into their minds that to kill other people is a great thing to do and they would be awarded in the here after. >> christians do that every single day in this country. >> do they blow people up. >> every day. people walk into post offices. they walk into schools thats what columbine is. i could do this all day long. >> they are evoking the tea party every day that they are arrested for making threats for calling elected people (bleep) they walk into...

Those in radical islam? >> somehow the idea got into their minds that to kill other people is a great thing to do and they would be awarded in the here after. >> christians do that every single day in this country. >> do they blow people up. >> every day. people walk into post offices. they walk into schools thats what columbine is. i could do this all day long. >> they are evoking the tea party every day that they are arrested for making threats for calling elected people (bleep) they walk into...

More than whites. thats what the numbers indicate. how are we supposed to read that? >> well, what im hearing in washington, d.c. -- and there are probably 25,000 or 30,000 people behind me now. what they are fed up with is out-of-control spending, deficits that we have never seen the likes of before in the history of the country and people are taxed enough already. in the midst of that, tavis, the presidents administration is calling for a value-added tax which is a national sales tax. when you...

As well. >> i think the important thing, no matter who the president would be, it could be hillary clinton, it could be barack obama, it could be john mccain, and lo and behold it could be sarah palin. if theyre not focusing on poor people if theyre not poex focusing on the prison industrial complex-f theyre not focusing on workers. jobs way living wage, quality health care, infrastructure, quality education, allowing people to live lives of decency and dignity. we wouldnt need to have this gath...

Just a real gift. it certainly wasnt what i had planned for my life. but you cant go against these forces of nature. >> see more work in some of perus poorest areas or to nominate someone you think is changing the world. go to cnn.com/heroes. seeing the health care reform bill passed, thats president obamas biggest concern at the moment. but new challenges certainly lie ahead. these two men, tavis smiley, dr. cornel west, say they want the president to give more attention to issues important t...

>> why are you doing this to me? both of their aides are going to be calling yelling at me. >> real quickly you saw the president filling out his brackets. it was very interesting. do we still have that video? now, listen, last year in better political times as you said he was a winner. and this year everyonetion saying oh, my gosh, it could turn out to be a big political upset like all the games have been as i said buzzer beaters and down to the wire and upsets. a lot of people predicting this ...

Don, and how we go about doing that. i happen to believe that disproportionate pain requires a disproportionate response. i believe, and i think dr. west agrees, that the black agenda has always been the best of america because the black agenda is always about democracy, looking out for those who are socially, politically, economically disenfranchised. so this conversation today is how can black people exercise their agency and how do we get black leaders to understand the urgency of the pain th...

Listen, this weekend tavis smiley is holding a big event in chicago to talk about issues that are important to african-americans, right? he does this every year. so many african-americans threw their support behind president obama to get him elected. but as the nations first black president doing enough to address their concerns? talk show host tavis smiley has raised the issue, even putting him at odds with some black leaders, many black leaders, really. he took his concerns to the presidents h...