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Title: Cornel West: Obama is for big business not the jobless
Added: Dec 1, 2009
Author: TheGrioNews
Duration: 4:27
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http://www.thegrio.com/2009/12/cornel-west-obama-is-for-big-business-not-the-jobless.phpEducator Cornel West sat down with theGrio to discuss how unemployment is affecting African-Americans.TheGrio asked West about national unemployment trends for African-Americans. He called on President Barack Obama to implement a comprehensive jobs policy -- a program that would mirror former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, and focus primarily on creating jobs for people without a college education."[It's] the same way we had an investment banker policy when they were in trouble," West said of what he views as a double-standard in current economic policy. "All AIG needed was a push. So let's help push these poor people, these working people into jobs with a living wage."West, who has been outspoken in both his support and criticism of Obama, said the current administration has not made poor people a priority."Obama has an economic team that's composed of persons who have no history whatsoever of being concerned about poor people," West said. "Obama's been doing a good job of reassuring the establishment. But there's many of us who believe the establishment is on our necks."The Princeton University professor is busy promoting his new book, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. The memoir is a departure from West's previous books, where he focused primarily on issues such as race and social justice.SOCIAL NETWORKS:http://www.facebook.com/theGriohttp://twitter.com/theGriohttp://thegrio.wordpress.com/http://thegrio.wordpress.com/about/http://www.linkedin.com/in/thegriohttp://www.myspace.com/thegriohttp://www.flickr.com/people/thegrio/http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGrioNewshttp://www.thegrionews.blogspot.comhttp://www.last.fm/user/theGriohttp://picasaweb.google.com/thegrio.newshttp://thegrio.podomatic.comhttp://thegrio.tumblr.com/http://identi.ca/thegriohttp://www.plurk.com/thegrio
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Youtube Comments: 661
1upguy0 Says:
Mar 12, 2012 - nope. he doesnt. he sounds like a good man who is very wise. a wise old tree that has seen the rise and fall of things. he has something to teach.
farneyblakeley Says:
Mar 15, 2012 - He's 100% right, I love that guy
mrtundra45 Says:
Mar 17, 2012 - Soloution?RON PAUL 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ritchscott Says:
Mar 17, 2012 - Cornel said that! Completely agree. Obama is leading our country down the wrong path, but unfortunately, I don't think any of the other candidates are worth a damn either.
TheQuietStorm25 Says:
Mar 25, 2012 - He neutralized whites fears and anxieties as he capitalized on black solidarity....OMG HE JUST SUMmED OBAMA CAMPAIGN........we've been doop!!! obama apart of the illumanit......*family guy voice* ooooooh nooooo..lol
Idahospud2012 Says:
Mar 28, 2012 - I Think Mr. Cornel West is definitely a very bright American. He is right on about what he has said here on here.
reader642 Says:
Mar 31, 2012 - Obama's economic recovery plan amounts to starting a bunch of new and expensive wars--Somalia, Libya, Yemen, etc.--and prolonging Bush's wars by way of massive troop surges. Obama is no friend of the people.
MLL1127 Says:
Apr 1, 2012 - First Video: President Obama SINGS Al Green Let's Stay Together Uploaded by sNewsCast on 1-20-2012"Barack Obama graduate Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School. Incompetent? I think not." by Kaitlyn MarshbanksWeb Source:Ceyseau & Inept LeadersGraduating Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School is not alone proof of competency. It is what a graduate does in real life after graduating that proves competency & not a university degree or sheepskin. President Obama, etc. are dysfunctional
MLL1127 Says:
Apr 1, 2012 - Web Sources1. Ceyseau & Inept Leaders2. President Barack Obama & the Obama Administration Need to Go & Tomorrow Would Not be Too Soon3. The Labels are Appropriate. Most of All These Individuals Disgrace the Office Held!4. Black leaders Disregard for Constitutional Protections Make for a Dysfunctional Black community!5. Obama's Real World Constitutional Law Practice Experience & Civil Rights Expertise is QuestionableBO, Clarence Thomas, the Congressional Black Clueless are misfits.
MLL1127 Says:
Apr 1, 2012 - Web Sources:Black leaders Disregard for Constitutional Protections Make for a Dysfunctional Black community!Drafting Racial Profiling Bills, Community Organizing are Poor Qualifications to be PresidentBeing a graduate Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School is not the barometer of competency. It is what a graduate does in real life after graduating that proves competency and not a university degree or sheepskin. President Obama, Clarence Thomas, & other misfits are dysfunctional.
MLL1127 Says:
Apr 1, 2012 - "Barack Obama is an enemy to black people" Uploaded by SalvadorDali on Jun 30, 2008"Barack Obama's gonna have to do everything he can to appease White America. They already told Barack Obama, to appease White America, he will have to get rid of affirmative action....u negros got less than 1 percent of the jobs today. Look at all the people going home from work today. ....Barack Obama will put the coffin on your grave, is what Barack Obama's gonna do."Amen & BO, etc., are doing just that.
MLL1127 Says:
Apr 1, 2012 - "You negros got less than 1 percent of the jobs today. Look at all the people going home from work today. How many Black men you see walking up and down these streets? Very little bit. Very little bit. But you brothers got all the medium jobs in this society, & you think Barack Obama's gonna change that? Barack Obama will put the coffin on your grave, is what Barack Obama's gonna do."BO, the Congressional Black Clueless, etc., bend over backwards to serve illegal aliens & not US citizens.
tipuppy2011 Says:
Apr 12, 2012 - Cornel West is garbage. Fuck this asshole. He works for a university. They are one of the biggest government thieves. Also, if you were born in the USA you are an American. Be proud of it. Stupid ass hypocrite liberal bullshit.
tron81 Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - Dr. West is a brilliant guy, but I don't agree with his point of view on jobs. It's up to young black people to make something out of themselves. Too many of them think they can coast through school, speak in some kind of bastardized version of English, and get a good job at 18. Also, many of them have this mindset that you're either rich or you don't count. Dr. West's comments about rich black celebrities Michael Jordan and Oprah Winfrey were telling.
TerryTresner Says:
Apr 27, 2012 - This country was founded by elites for elites,plain and simple.200 plus yrs later not much has changed.When "All men are created equal" was written women,blacks,native Americans,poor whites etc couldn't even vote.Only white male property owners could.Today it's the biggest campaign contributors who get heard,screw the rest of you.Not much has changed,the country is full of 'indentured servents' still today:-(
TroySmithforD Says:
Apr 27, 2012 - Could we ever get West and Obama in one room, having a conversation?West would school Obama..and maybe, just maybe bring Obama around to do the right thing out of guilt to out people, to help us ALL, not his just his campaign benefactors.
MondoBeno Says:
May 1, 2012 - Obama had a huge following among lower-class black people, but they're still suffering. Their kids can't find jobs, the schools are closing, charter schools are forcing the kids out of classrooms, garbage is all over the street, and health is a joke.
mrtundra45 Says:
May 4, 2012 - BLASPHEMY!!! How dare ye speaketh treason against the Obamassiah Overlord!!!!LOL ;)
shaytinirau Says:
May 9, 2012 - Love that guy
frankandersson76 Says:
May 15, 2012 - There're 2 things that Obama is able to count on. 1st, no matter how seriously he attacks the interests of ordinary people, major liberal groups will support him. 2nd, no matter how much he supports the agenda of the right, major rightwing groups will attack him while demanding more. These two states of affairs feed each other. Attacks on Obama from the right are absolutely essential to generating his liberal support. Not-Romney candidate. Liberal support helps produce attacks from the right.
phatboytrex1976 Says:
May 25, 2012 - Agreed.
torr59622 Says:
May 29, 2012 - The only way out of poverty, the absolute great equalizer, is education. Somehow, poor people have got to be sold on the power of it, that it isnt cooler to carry a gun over a book. Charter Schools actually help poor kids get a better education.
afterray Says:
Feb 29, 2012 - come on americans. lets show some respect to our president --- we must have a currency that has his picture on it. true.BUT, here's the essence :the VALUE of it must only equal zero / nada / empty.obama for 2012 ! = a mountain of unemployed peoples...--- "yes we can" together buy LESS milk / pampers...