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Barber Shop Politics: Why blacks support Barack Obama

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George Cook owner of the African American web site Let's Talk Honestly and his video camera take a trip to local black barber shops to sak other African Americans why they support Barack Obama.


Barber Shop Politics, Why blacks support Barack Obama

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George Cook owner of the web site www.letstalkhonestly.com and his video camera take a trip to local black barber shops to find out why so many African Americans are inspired to vote for Barack Obama.

Mia Nicholls is missing

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Mia Nicolls of Baltimore has been missing since October 8, 2008.

 

On 02/07/09 a vigil was held for her at New St Marks Baptist Church which is directly across the street from Mia's home.

 

 

In this video her parents discuss their daughter.

 

 

Why racial profiling is destroying black and police relations

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George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com discusses the humiliation and pain he felt after being racially profiled and how racial profiling is destroying the relationship between the Black Community and the police.

Missing Black Woman: Poem and Video

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I wrote this in Jan 2008. With the recent stories of several missing women in North Carolina and the recent dissapearance of Mitrice Richardson after leaving a police station in LA County I decided to publish it here. These women deserve coverage too.

Al Sharpton does not speak for all African Americans

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George Cook of letstalkhonestly.com discusses his belief that Al Sharpton does not speak for all African Americans and never has.

Anthony Sowell: A montser hiding in plain sight

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George Cook of letstalkhonestly.com discusses how the police and the community failed the 11 victims of Anthony Sowell and the sad fact that police now admit that 14 African American women are missing in Sowell's neighborhood.

Tiger Woods: The domestic abuse double standard

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George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com ask the question what if the Tiger Woods situation were reversed. Would it be funny if Tiger had beaten his wife with a golf club and then she crashed her car getting away from him. He also why he believes this double standard is very dangerous not only to men but to women.:


Interview witn Tea Party founder about NAACP Tea Party resolution

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Recently the NAACP voted to approve a resolution that repudiated certain segments of the Tea Party Movement that it considers racist. http://aareports.com   owner George Cook has reached out to both sides. I invite you to listen to Dale Roberston of teaparty.org who claims to be the modern day founder of the Tea Party Movement. He explains how he feels about the resolution and answers other questions.

High School shootings. Can we stop saying this is not supposed to happen here?

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Let me first start off by giving my condolences to the families of the three students that died in the tragic school shootings at Chardon High School in Ohio. No parent should ever have to out live their children and today my heart is truly broken.

 

I also want to state that I am a school board member who is currently serving as a school board president in my local school district. I am representing myself here and these opinions are my own.

 

I was shocked when I first heard about the shootings and like many thought, "Not again!"

 

During interviews someone inevitably made a statement about the community be a small town where everybody knows everybody and that "this is not supposed to happen here."

 

Now I truly believe that person and other people that say that don't mean any harm. But that statement that it's not supposed to happen here implies that it's supposed to happen someplace else. This is the United States of America and it should never happen anywhere.

 

All of OUR children regardless of where they live, what color they are, or what their socio-econmoic is should be safe at school.

 

As a school board member a school shooting is my greatest nightmare. I believe it's safe to say that for the overwhelming majority of those who serve as school board members that holds true. Trust me right now districts all over the country are going over their protocols and plans for a school shooting. I know I have already emailed my superintendent about the situation and I'm sure many board presidents have.

 

I don't want to see this happen anywhere at all. So it's time for this country to make a choice when it comes to the easy accesibility to firearms.

 

What's more important? Our right to bear arms or are children's right to live.

 

George Cook aareports.com

Be on the lookout for this suspicious looking black man carrying a concealed weapon.

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This man is armed and dangerous. He must be stopped at once.

George Zimmerman vs Trayvon Martin. The mugshots

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Let's look at the number of mugshots Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman both have.

What he said

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How many times can Mitt Romney basically say "What he said" and call that HIS foreign policy?

Damage from Hurricane Sandy

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Just down the street from me here in Hillside NJ ( a suburb of Newark ) a tree has fell on a neighbors house due to the strong winds from Hurricane Sandy.

It's time to stop preaching to the choir on black on black crime

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My wife I had the privilege to attend a prayer service for black men gunned down by police on Monday Night (12/29/2014). There were many clergy and some elected officials from Roselle, Elizabeth, Hillside, and Plainfield at this service. At that prayer service in Roselle NJ put together by the Rev. David Ford at the St. Matthew Baptist Church, I heard many great speakers discuss issues in the African American community.

 

Because it was an open and honest dialogue black on black crime was mentioned and our responsibility to address and deal with it were discussed. Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley gave a great speech about the need for parents to step up instill values in their kids and to value education. Myrtle Counts the head of the Roselle NAACP gave an impassioned speech about that yes black lives matter but that they must also value to us as African Americans. Rev. Ford mentioned not wanting to live in a world without police but wanting to have good and respectful police. I heard councilwoman Tracey Brown of Plainfield lament the fact that she had done over a hundred eulogy in 2014 and most of those were young people.

 

As I looked around I saw the nodded heads and heard the Amens and shouts of yes. But I also noticed something else as I looked around, as great as the speakers were the message they were delivering didn't need to be given to the fifty or so people in the church. They were preaching to the choir.

 

What good is a great and possibly life-saving message if the people that need to hear it don't hear it?

 

We as elected officials, clergy, and community leaders need to take the message that yes black lives matter but they have to matter to us too from the churches and meeting halls to the streets. Delivering that message won't be easy but nothing worth doing ever is. I don't pretend to have all the answers on how to do that but if we all work together I'm sure that many do.

 

It's imperative that we get out there and deliver that message. As an elected official, I'm ready to do my part and hope that others will do the same. Our children's lives depend on it.

 

George L. Cook III, president Hillside Board of Education.


Conservatives think more blacks should support for Carson because his life story???

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Many conservatives seem confounded by the fact that Ben Carson is not being received warmly by the African American voters. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and like minded ilk seem to think that Carson's great personal narrative should have blacks flocking to him to hear his message. By focusing on his narrative they are overlooking a lot of other issues that black voters have with Carson. Check out my fictional conversation between a black voter and a conservative Carson supporter which may better help to get my message across.

 

CONSERVATIVE: With his great life story and all I can't see why more blacks are not flocking to Ben Carson.

 

BLACK VOTER: Yes, he has a great life story but what does that have to do with being president? You know that we can separate the world class neurosurgeon from the horrible candidate?

 

CONSERVATIVE: What, you can? But doesn't his life story at least require that you as a black person take a good hard look at him and his policies?

 

BLACK VOTER: Do the dumb things he says about African Americans and his allowing himself to be used to attack President Obama warrant him not even getting my attention?

 

CONSERVATIVE: But his narrative!

 

BLACK VOTER: Does his narrative mean that I should ignore his lies about West Point and stabbing someone?

 

CONSERVATIVE: But he made it, he has such a great life story.

 

BLACK VOTER: Yes but his tax plan is a complete joke. He says he would base it on tithing, really?

 

CONSERVATIVE: Again, his life story.

 

BLACK VOTER: So I should ignore the fact that he would do damage to programs like Affirmative Action and financial aid programs that helped HIM get into and through college?

 

CONSERVATIVE: You are overlooking all he overcame in life.

 

BLACK VOTER: But I'm not overlooking the fact that he wants to do away with many of the programs that helped own HIS family eat and keep a roof over their heads?

 

CONSERVATIVE: You are focusing on the wrong thing here. Ignore what comes out of his mouth and just focus on his life story, he became a world class neurosurgeon for God's sake!

 

BLACK VOTER: That is a great story but what has come out of his mouth says to me that he wants to be the magical negro and have no one else climb the ladder after him.

 

CONSERVATIVE: Magical Negro?

 

BLACK VOTER: Ask Clarence Thomas, he'll fill you in on that.

 

CONSERVATIVE: But he was raised by a single mom and look how successful he is.

 

BLACK VOTER: Many black children are raised by single parents and go on to be successful. They may not become neurosurgeons but they become Mayors, Congressman, doctors, lawyers, police chiefs, teachers, engineers, military officers, upper management, college deans or presidents, small business owners, and more. Carson's story is not as rare as you would like to think it is.

 

CONSERVATIVE: Okay, then what about the fact he's black? You guys voted for Obama in droves because he's black.

 

BLACK VOTER: So why didn't we vote in droves for Jesse Jackson?

 

CONSERVATIVE: I don't know.

 

BLACK VOTER: Maybe because we are a lot more pragmatic that you guys give us credit for. Yes, we voted for Obama in big numbers but many also felt that he could actually do the job. Carson has  MUCH to show and prove before we reach that point. Also when it comes to black issues Rand Paul seems to be more on point that Carson.

 

CONSERVATIVE: BUT HIS LIFE STORY!

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