Colin Powell Reduces Rush Limbaugh

Dr. Boyce Watkins
www.BoyceWatkins.com

Colin Powell is one of those Republicans you can't find a way to dislike. I've always argued that if the Republican party would get rid of the right wing racists like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh (the Axis of Ignorance), they could get a lot more support from minority communities. In fact, I'm conservative in some of my views, and liberal in others. My goal is to find common sense in the middle of all of this dichotomous political language, and Colin is one of those guys who brings common sense to the table.

In fact, Colin could have been the first Black President if he'd chosen to do so, and might almost be a better President than Barack Obama.

Even during my college years at The University of Kentucky, I regularly endured great battles with the College Republicans on my campus. They were almost as bad as the horribly bigoted conservatives at Texas A&M when it came to having the most degrading conservative agenda imaginable. I would fight with them in the newspaper every week, in order to deal with the fact that these students had been taught by their parents and university administrators that being subtly, yet powerfully racist is still OK in America. My campus, like many others, has a long history of racial problems (they were the ones who hung an effigy of Barack Obama shortly before the election).

They hated my guts for what I did, but I stuck with it. Also, dealing with these petty, ridiculous Republicans prepared me to deal with the biggest and pettiest Republicans of all: Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. It's the same backward mentality, just on a bigger platform.

I am glad that Colin is a Republican. I appreciate the fact that there are African Americans fighting within the party to make it better and more inclusive. I will likely never be a Republican because I feel that the Democrats want to do more in terms of wealth redistribution, which will ultimately help those I care about the most. But having some good Republicans like Colin Powell on the other side is only good for our country. Shoot, even my dad is a Republican and I love him too.

We all have different methods for skinning the cat, but as long as the cat gets skinned, then you are ok with me.

The video is below if you want to see it.

A Morning Joke

I figured that we all stay pretty serious all the time, but honestly, that's not my nature. So, I thought I would share a really funny joke with you, just to show that I'm not as serious all the time as some people might think. No matter what side of the political isle you're on, you're likely to find this joke very funny. Some days, I wake up and I don't quite want to be Malcolm X. Instead, I choose to be Bernie Mac.

Enjoy!

Why did the chicken cross the road?


BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!

JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.




HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experienc e makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.......


DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must
first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes
after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is
help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT'
problems before adding 'NEW' problems.

OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he
wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn
from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to
give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and
not live his life like the rest of the chickens.


GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to
know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is
either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the sc reen, you can clearly see the satellite image
of the chicken crossing the road...

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been
allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it!
It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's
intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.


NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road becaus e he's GUILTY! You can see it in his
eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a
standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price
dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider
information.

DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the
chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.

JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?'
That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken
is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we
boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal
media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.
That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as
simple as that.

GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told
us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the
chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it
experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its
life long dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but
will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check
book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new
platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% .........
reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the
chicken?

BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of
chicken?

AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?

D ICK CHENEY:
Where's my gun?

AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.