tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:17:05 +0000hubrisohio politicspoliticsgreedmurderprejudiceshootingTom Noeafrican-americanscoin-gatedisrespectCondoleeza RiceG.W.Ken BlackwellProphet MohammedVaticandeathfeminismgay agendainner-city violencejezebelpopeself-respectvoting'Stand Your Ground' LawCondoleezza RiceFoleyHastertIraqJudith ReganMonica LewinskiOJTrayvon Martinabusebail outbin Ladenbreast cancer awarenesschurcheseconomicselectiongay marriagehatredhoodieirresponsible investinglustmassaging the black votemolestationn-wordracismsilencewag the dogwall streetwarMY INDIGO SPIN ON THIS STORMY WORLD!http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)Blogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-3384112551973526517Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:41:00 +00002012-07-31T00:15:12.413-04:00'Stand Your Ground' Lawafrican-americansdeathhatredhoodiemurderracismshootingTrayvon Martin     George Zimmerman just won't stop talking.  He's fervently trying to wrap himself in the protection of Florida's  'Stand Your Ground' law.  The second component of the law is where Zimmerman is trying to hide. It says: In any other place where a person “has a right to be,” that person has “no duty to retreat” if attacked and may “meet force with force, http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2012/07/george-zimmermans-spin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-6139990476984288496Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:26:00 +00002012-02-09T06:26:47.618-05:00     So, is the federal government impeding religious freedom by forcing religious employers to offer contraception as a part of their health care packages.  This guarantees that women who may work for religious, especially catholic, organizations will have the freedom to make their own choices.  This is not about religious freedom.     Women should be http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2012/02/president-obama-vs-pope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-7752173897499906119Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:45:00 +00002012-01-07T06:36:02.838-05:00 I just want to interrupt with nominees of this weeks "WOW Is Your Foot in Your Mouth!" Newt Gingrich: "And so I'm prepared if the NAACP invites me, I'll go to their convention and talk about why the African American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps," said Gingrich in Plymouth, N.H. Rick Santorum (sounding very http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2012/01/best-republicans-have-to-offer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-3772677969826283334Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:51:00 +00002011-12-03T15:32:07.867-05:00     President Obama ran a campaign on Change.   He'd better look out because Newt Gingrich has some proposed changes for us all.  Newt thinks that children in poor school districts should have to work as janitors, or at least as janitor assistants.  He thinks these children need to earn money by mopping bathrooms and cleaning toilets.  The unionized janitors http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2011/12/damn-poor-children-give-them-brooms-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-5577470700467752465Fri, 27 May 2011 20:12:00 +00002011-05-27T17:03:10.320-04:00Today, I saw a picture of Jane Fonda on Yahoo.  She's in a stunning gown and the caption is about how she doesn't look her age at 73.  And indeed she doesn't, unless you look at her hands. But the comments on the photos were venomous and plentiful.  So much hatred spewed forth that it was surprising to me at first--I will blame that on a lack of caffeine.  Then it occurred to http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-memorial-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-2269813149400776541Wed, 04 May 2011 23:43:00 +00002011-05-04T19:44:03.629-04:00bin LadendeathSeptember 11, 2001 was one of the worst days in America's history.  I remember being at home, on 'vacation' and watching the television in shock. I was glued to the television.  When the news wasn't on, I was online. I was sickened and saddened and shocked, as was most of the world.  I cried along with the rest of the country. I cried for those who http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2011/05/too-far-off-track-or-morbid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-3576128751288877316Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:27:00 +00002011-04-29T00:27:32.314-04:00      Barack Hussein Obama, II, the President of the United States of America, was born in Honolulu, HI on 4 August, 1961.  On August 21, 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state to be admitted into the Union. His parents were married February 2, 1961, at the time his mother was three months pregnant. His father was from Kenya, not America.  This is why he is listed ashttp://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2011/04/birther-smirther.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-7222098513077418123Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:50:00 +00002010-06-30T05:13:02.341-04:00What a mess!  BP, the lack of safety, the 'incestuous' relationship between oil companies and those who are supposed to protect our environment.  There is more than enough blame to go around.  There is more than enough mess for everyone to end up covered in...well, yeah, oil. It seems to me that the Obama Administration is taking a great deal of heat that they don't deserve. http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2010/06/oil-toil-roil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-356292938401081015Fri, 21 May 2010 08:36:00 +00002010-05-21T04:36:19.127-04:00Since when it the President of the United States of America referred to as Mr.   The media, yes even NPR, has been saying "Mr. Obama" throughout his presidency.  Excuse me? That's President Obama! Mr. President maybe, but not Mr. Obama.   Never again will he be Mr. Obama. It's blatantly ignorant to disrespect the office of the President of the United States of http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2010/05/thats-mr-president-to-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-8966526583048229248Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:36:00 +00002010-02-13T03:45:40.098-05:00John Mayer has reached a new low with his Playboy interview. Most significantly saying that his penis is a white supremacist.   Now, this is not John's first melt down.  He has always said that he doesn't understand why white people cannot say the word nigger. He clearly wasn't raised right.  His arrogance is amazing.   What did he think that he was http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2010/02/there-is-no-such-thing-as-honorary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-2594560088248987953Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:01:00 +00002009-10-13T04:01:10.003-04:00When did we stop respecting the Office of the President?  How long has it been since we've been able to honestly be proud of our President?  There have been no intern incidents, no outing of CIA operatives or shooting of hunting buddies by the Vice-President.  There has, however, been a Nobel Peace Prize.   That is, The Nobel Peace Prize.  President http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2009/10/american-pessimism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-3073557524227062968Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:07:00 +00002009-10-09T18:18:59.722-04:00 Announced this morning from Oslo, President Barak Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  He has been lauded for his 'extrordinary efforts to strengthen international dipomacy and cooperation between peoples', and for 'creating a new climate in international politics'.   The first thing the reporters said was how this was a slap at Former Pres. George Whttp://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2009/10/president-barak-obama-wins-nobel-peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-334171554463270592Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:45:00 +00002008-11-05T05:47:37.116-05:00BARACK OBAMA is the President Elect of The United States of America!There are so many things running around in my head tonight. I am so excited. I feel like it's Thanksgiving and Christmas all in one.I am glad, tonight, that I work night shift. I have an excuse for being up all night listening to the news.This is indeed a historic day. Even if you disagree with the man's politics, I hope you can http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/11/president-elect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-7040004471302065784Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:06:00 +00002008-10-30T01:33:45.948-04:00bail outeconomicswall streetMaybe I don't know much about economics or fancy mortgage backed securities, but I do know that in many neighborhoods around this city there is an epidemic of foreclosed houses. Some communities, some cities have been really hobbled by foreclosures. Many of them were due to unscrupulous loans, but a great deal were due to things that were happening in the country.Businesses have been closing, http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/10/is-wall-street-worthy-of-being-bailed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-5017451787162298254Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:03:00 +00002008-09-13T05:21:44.187-04:00....Cue the banjos.Is this really the person you want ready to take the helm when that whipper-snapper McCain finally gives up the ghost?So, this is what America needs? These are the traditional family values that are being protected and fought for?She can say, however, that the political is personal. She can see the abstinence only sex-ed policy at work right behind her. Promises break a lot http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/09/can-you-hear-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-5494418567872298828Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:13:00 +00002008-07-14T19:11:57.332-04:00The 21 July 2008 cover of the New Yorker Magazine shows a caricature of Barak and Michele Obama. Barak is dressed in muslim attire with a turban, and sandals, and he is bumping fists with Michelle who is sporting an afro, wearing fatigues, combat boots and has a machine gun (assault rifle) strapped to her back. The two are standing in the oval office with a portait of Osama bin Laden hanging overhttp://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/07/barak-and-michelle-obama-new-yorker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-7830568171294081899Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:11:00 +00002008-07-14T13:15:39.032-04:00It is not often that sanctions are truly called for, but this is one of those times. Zimbabwe has become a dictatorship. Robert Mugabe has beaten and bullied any opposition into hiding and submission. He has run the country into the ground. Russia and China stood together and vetoed the "resolution that they said represented excessive interference in the country’s domestic matters." http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/07/un-fails-to-pass-sanctions-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-3706294066494163979Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:42:00 +00002008-07-08T05:00:20.090-04:00Condoleezza RiceI have never liked anyone in politics as much as I like her. I know I have said it before, but I thought I would repeat it.http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/07/condoleezza-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-8827335138666267577Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:10:00 +00002008-06-24T23:37:19.889-04:00Whether conservatives want to admit it or not our current thinking on sex-ed is failing miserably. It's as effective as leaving two very horny teens alone in a room for a weekend after wagging your finger and saying "Behave yourselves". It just ain't working.The story about the teens at Gloucester High School in Gloucester, Mass. is really a sad commentary on what should be a very http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/06/sex-ed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-7941870954165636329Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:40:00 +00002008-06-24T18:56:49.537-04:00The opposition sought safety at the Dutch Embassy, and his closest aide fled to Johannesburg. Think about how times have changed, an African fleeing to South Africa. Is this Robert Mugabe's claim to fame, his legacy. After thirty years, he lost an election to Morgan Tsvangirai. The election was contested and now that they are nearing the runoff, the violence against Mr. Tsvangirai's http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/06/zimbabwe-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-7700359780724563177Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:37:00 +00002008-03-25T05:45:30.789-04:00For those who think that race is no longer an issue, ask yourself: when is the last time articulate was used as an attribute for a white person?It seems like something small, but it speaks volumes. In relation to Barak Obama, he was a law professor. Condoleeza Rice has a better education than the President. So, how is it that reporters say articulate and people nod in agreement as if this http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2008/03/quick-thought-about-race.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-2339776720017613742Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:49:00 +00002007-10-10T17:27:24.850-04:00inner-city violenceshootinghttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/10/national/main3353024.shtmlToday, here in Cleveland, Ohio, a suspended student entered a high school and shot 2 students, 2 teachers and then killed himself.The school is Success Tech, located in downtown Cleveland. The students and families are in shock. I am in shock. The student/suspect was a 14 year old male, who is being described by other students ashttp://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2007/10/students-and-teachers-shot-in-cleveland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-4585358622828729183Thu, 17 May 2007 19:31:00 +00002008-03-29T01:15:54.623-04:00Yolanda King, actress and speaker, dies at age 51Associated PressMay 16, 2007Yolanda King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., greets children as she signs books after her presentation in January 2005 at WSU's Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Hundreds of people turned out to hear King's message of diversity. (Joe Barrentine The Spokesman-Review)ATLANTA — Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2007/05/yolanda-king.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-4487281048553617011Sun, 13 May 2007 14:00:00 +00002007-05-13T10:37:14.101-04:00JSYK* As a non-practicing Catholic, I want to first state that my opinion hereafter has nothing to do with resentment for mistreatment by nuns in grade school or any such nonsense. (*Just so you know) It is my theory that Pope Bene is trying to divide the Catholic Church. He is drawing hard lines and making no apologies for it. I don't agree with the Church's position, but I do know where that http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2007/05/pope-benedict-xvi-as-political.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14537089.post-9194541166515480854Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:26:00 +00002007-05-13T10:45:20.215-04:00Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are not the moral compass of the African-American community. They get media attention because people are sure to tune in to listen to them. NEWSFLASH: BLACK PEOPLE CAN THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND ARE NOT BRAINLESS CHATTLE!WTF?Is George Bush the moral compass of white america? Or is it Don Imus? Does Osama express how all Muslims feel? It makes as much sense as http://indigostorm.blogspot.com/2007/04/moral-compass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (storm indigo)3