First Geoff says, “If Thompson sat w/ Davis and Fulani...”, as if Davis has any clout. With Geoff's use of “if”, the assumption is they did not meet. Between the time Fulani was angry at Bloomberg for his term limits power play and the decision for the I.P. to back him, I saw no published reports that I.P. approached Thompson or that there was a competition between the two men for the line.

“& rec the line...”, there is no guarantee that if Thompson met with Fulani & Co., he would have received the line. Thompson might not have wanted it. The only thing I.P. wants is non-partisan (open) primaries, (so that what happened to Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney can happen in NY). I have interviewed Thompson many times. There was no indication Thompson, a life long party man, would support non-partisan elections, even to win the mayor's seat. Thompson ran twice citywide for comptroller. If he wanted the I.P. line at all, he would have gone for it then.

In addition, Thompson may not have wanted to bankrupt his campaign in order to meet the Political-Courtesan-in-Chief's ever increasing financial demands. The courtesan sold to the highest bidder, as she always does.

It takes Geoff almost an hour to come up with this answer: “Hard to believe that Billy met with Fulani B\4 Bloomberg huh”, which makes it suspect.

Like I said, I'm not buying it.

"In fact, it was a relief, since I no longer had to listen to Geoffrey's boring begs for sex, while trying in vain to engage in intelligent conversation. (For Geoffrey, anything with 98.6 degrees will do. He is one of those dumba**'s who doesn't realize that in this day and time women like me see womanizers as highly efficient disease spreading, problem causing machines.)"

Ouch! Lol...

I don't know if any of that up there is true (it might be), but let me give a little disclosure. I am not Geoffrey Davis nor am I a supporter of his. I don't really know about him, I don't live in Brooklyn and I'm not involved in politics other than being a voter. I'm Just a young guy that likes to follow politics and read the news. I also didn't type that last vulgar (but funny lol) comment about James/Quinn in your last blog.

I talk about Tish James because everytime I use to see her on NY1 -and on other media- she was fighting. I was just wondering what caused the swift about face. It made me want to know who her donors are and what was she promised. She's in the media cheerleading for Quinn and saying that the lukewarm endorsement of Thompson was enough... What?!?!?

It just took me aback a little.

The blog owners had to take that down lol...

Mary Alice:

A great column for so many reasons. I'll focus on just one.

The reason Mr. Davis' assertions about the Indpendence Party are wrong is because they're unprovable, and anyone that thinks the I.P. gave Bloomberg the win last week is also wrong.

Far too many voters confuse the Independence Party with being an Independent. I wish that party was never allowed to register under that name simply because of the mass confusion it seems to cause.

An Independent is someone that does not register for a party. For those that thought pulling the Independence Party lever was a vote as an Independent, think again.

So sure the Independence Party racked up a whole lot of votes. But the Independence Party has no way of gauging their true support--unless they hold a primary. I have great respect for Independent voters but I wish they would not allow themselves be deceived so easily. And for the record, this is not anything against the Independence Party other than its name. But the leadership of this party should not be so quick to chalk this up as some great victory. I'd like to see a good government group to take this up as a study to better document my assertions.

Until then, I think in 4 years I'll run for mayor after registering the "VOTE HERE ONLY" party. Picture THAT as a ballot line. I'll win by a landslide.  Anyone interested in being a commissioner?

Manny Burgos,
Brooklyn, New York
"Más vale morir luchando, que vivir muriendo."

MANNY:

That's really funny. And yet so true : you might just win on the "vote here only" line. 

MARY: 

Sorry to see this column (for many reasons) but you are your own person.  Do keep up the good fight to empower women of color in the inner-cities relative to some of their poor life-choices. Your voice on these issues is badly needed.

Yeah this blog did seem a little too personal, and question did pop in my mind: Why she texting him if he's this irrelevant bum that hounds her for sex? But the story could be legit, I'm not sure.

I will say this though... I'm not really familiar with Geoff Davis but I didn't like when he was going around trying to say that that kid wasn't his late brothers (RIP) son. What ever happened with that? That kid looked just like his father. They could've been twins!

Contact the paper, or any place else you would like. Try complaining to Room 8, if that will help you.

The bottom line is that the suffering of vast swaths of NYers is bigger than individual personal gain. Our ancestors like Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony must be turning over in their graves to see the results of what they fought for.

It is easy to dismiss what I wrote as not factual, as if what you say matters. If that helps you, go ahead and believe it.

I addition, if any forum has a question and answer session, anyone has a right to participate, including me. The men invariably get uncomfortable when asked to include the female half of the community in the equation. For instance, like remote control, one person at the St. Paul's event said the Black community's issues will not improve until Black men's issues are dealt with. As if Black men's issues are not addresses 24/7, ad nauseum. And, as if Black women do not count, or give birth to everyone in the community. The myopia is evident in some of these comments.

Re. the Coalition of Outsiders event in Harlem, Geoffrey asked me to come. I only asked if he was riding back to Brooklyn. If that is a crime, I am guilty.

Geoff asked me to go to many places with him. When I got in the car, I would have to listen to the sex stuff. How many times can someone roll their eyes and say no? He even asked if front of other people.

Besides, Geoffrey asked me to write numerous articles about him, his events, candidates he supported, etc. Like I am his personal PR machine. I had to tell him a lot of that stuff is/ was not news. I am supposed to be stupid and not know he was just trying to get articles written to legitimize whatever.

Part of the problem in the Black community is that critical thimking skills are suppressed -- you are attacked if you don't agree with the status quo, which is usually skin deep "analysis." Therefore, development of the community is stunted by limited thinkers. Diversity of opinion is absent.

In addition, the Black community's issues are defined by many Black grassroots males who attack Black women for speaking up regarding the well being of Black women and children, espercially girl children. The sexism is rampant.

And they call for unity. What they really want is for no one to challenge them. And please don't dare think for yourself.

This is some kind of feminist war against all black men in your own mind lol...

And you're right! There would be no use to complain to this website and you know it, that is why you said that. I just demonstrated on another blog that some people could care less if a black persons character is assassinated. But if you as much as say a peep about their people? Immediate ACTION is taken! And comments get "Zapped." Lol...

I respect that...If ALL Black people thought the same way, our situation would be so much better, and race relations would improve dramatically because they would respect us more...

When you whined about "black male power," that is when I automatically agreed with the other comments about you. Only a Black female who is a small time, light weight Amateur would feel like she's being oppressed by Black Men! lol...
Black Men are not your enemy, we have no true power on this plantation, and amazes me that some of us delight in attacking each other while remaining obedient and subserviant to your white male massa's.

400 years of slavery, mass murder, Apartheid and then "assimilation" has done a number on us mentally, we Reparations NOW.

because dialog in Black communities and media is so limited, it hurts some people's brains.

Not even considering the possibility that there is another point of view is exactly why the Black community is in the condition it is.

Why should someone give you reparations? What would you do with it? Buy chicken wings and an SUV? There is no plan for community development from a strong foundation of family formation, which is why people of other cultures don't respect Black males. You don't respect your women.

But of course you guys can't see that. This is so boring.

Mary, I wouldn't want dialog with someone who believes all black men are stupid idiots who disrespect their women and waste their money on fried chicken and SUV's either...

Are you out of your cotton picking mind ? No self respecting black person who loves their own people wants to hear that.

If you continuously find yourself around black men who don't respect you, then I would advise you to take the same advice you disseminate to disadvantaged black folk:

Take a look at yourself, maybe it's something you are doing.

P.S. Please stop mentioning the late great Harriet Tubman. For some reason I get the strange feeling that she saw herself as BLACK FIRST lol. It would be interesting to know if she would agree with what people like you do for browny points... You can keep Susan B. Anthony though :o)

I often disagree with her, but Mary Alice is a deep, bold  and provactive thinker who brings to mind Jack Nicholson's comment in Carnal Knowledge that these days the women are hing better than the men. I would not have the guts to say the things she does, even if I agreed with them (and when she says stuff I agree with, I usually don't have the guts to say it).

The comments made about her transgress the bounds of decency. Geoffrey, you and your mane chorus should be ashamed (though by hitting on Mary Alice, you do show some good taste, though I bet her tempature registers a few degrees higher than 98.6).

BTW, MA, I do think you are wrong about black males; the fact that white males do not show women any respect has not kept us from money and power; frankly, I see little difference between male behavior based on race--mostly males are color-blind in that they think you all pink on the inside.       

I love to explore ideas (I have a list of books I would like to read that is now a good 90 pages long) and sometimes wish I could sit with  the rabbis who over the centuries debated the various reasons for things written in the Torah, and wrote their arguments down.

It is a big diversion from being around the same old limited re-hashed ideas I have heard for years. It is amazing to me that people decide what is acceptable and demand that no one think. And demand no one question them.

I question the so-called "communalism" of Black people, you would think individual members of the group should be free to develop their diverse talents for the betterment of the group. Instead, many of us are confronted with communal pressure to limit ourselves -- to and for what? Those of us that can't take it expand our boundaries beyond the commune. It is too confining.

Can you tell me why there isn't a whole lot of archaeological evidence of this Ancient kingdom of Judah in what is now modern day Israel?

Or what about the archaeological evidence in the surrounding areas?

Given Abraham, Moses, David, and Salomon's prominent roles in world history (according to the Bible) you would think that these characters would at least show up in ancient Egyptian or assyrian art and artifacts wouldn't you? Where are these mystery men?

The oldest reliable archaeological evidence and references to the Jewish kingdoms from neighboring nations are from the Omrid period (9th Century B.C.), when Jewish religion hadn't yet developed into its present monotheistic form. All characters prior to this period, including Abraham, Moses, Salomon and David are in all likelihood mythological (with some probable real base, like with all myths), and accounts about their feats were compiled much later from oral traditions. However, archaeologists have found ancient inscriptions mentioning a "house of David" (Tel Dan Stele), which some historians see as a proof of the historicity of the king, or at least of a Jewish territory with that name, but most deny the existence of a vast Jewish kingdom under his rule.

The book "The Bible Unearthed", by Israeli historian Israel Finkelstein gives a good insight about this controversial subject.

In all honesty, I believe that either the epic told in the Old Testament was a highly exaggerated story produced by Ancient Eygtians who left Egypt to occupy the land of Caanan, or the Israelite kings were really Pharoah's, but their names were changed in the story for concealment purposes. The latter only makes sense to me because the Ancient Egyptians were the ones ones who really lived the glorious lifestyle of the kings described in the bible.

I believe that Judaism in it's purest form has it's roots in the so-called "Mystery Religions" practiced in Eygypt/Kemet! - The oldest civilization known to man to EVER WORSHIP ONE GOD!

Oh, and Kemet ran along the ENTIRE NILE RIVER, which runs through not just modern day Egypt, but also Sudan, Burundi, and Ethiopia (where you can find Jews and Christians till this day). So in a round about ways, I am glad that your hatred of black people has lead you to learn about your own roots- albeit indirectly lol...

P.s...... It's the same story with Jesus, I just thought I'd go after the foundation first lol...

"I question the so-called "communalism" of Black people, you would think individual members of the group should be free to develop their diverse talents for the betterment of the group. Instead, many of us are confronted with communal pressure to limit ourselves -- to and for what? Those of us that can't take it expand our boundaries beyond the commune. It is too confining."

Again... No one in the black community is holding any other black person back. This is all in your own mind. You like to see yourself as more intelligent and way above "typical" black thought but you have convinced yourself that "the man" is black. We know who "the man" is. So who's really smart?