tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368297.post110061638631650661..comments2023-11-03T08:47:46.841-04:00Comments on The Hand I Fan With: Colin Powell: Contradictions of Success?ThandieLandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12404208031748732277noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368297.post-1100791971403249232004-11-18T10:32:00.000-05:002004-11-18T10:32:00.000-05:00hahaha.... Cahapa I like dat four-year hard on... ...hahaha.... Cahapa I like dat four-year hard on... woooiiieeee too sweet! <br /><br />I agree with most of what you post but I differ in regards to Powell not having attained the American Dream. He had the highest post in a soldier could occupy in the US that is some serious arrival for any man much less a black man. And he was well accepted as accepted as a black man can be in the US. He had so much power that he gave real weight to which ever side he picked four yrs ago in the US elections.<br /><br />That has faded some and it is that indigestion from eating all the bad food that has him now. But he reached as far as a African-Caribbean- American man with a conscoius can reach. You must be stopped in your tracks.<br /><br />I agree wid you, Condi will go further but that is b/c she has a hardy stomach, one that is strengthened b/c she was taught earlier and better than Powell to forget and disregard the underdog, the oppressed, the victimized. Yah being in University in the 60s at 15 would have taught her quickly how to get along, how to disassocaite form the victim and what to forsake to get ahead.<br /><br />But we agree generally on the impact and significance and what drives these very visible and important black achievers of the US.<br /><br />Looking forward to more discussions on this from all.ThandieLandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12404208031748732277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368297.post-1100720187858333512004-11-17T14:36:00.000-05:002004-11-17T14:36:00.000-05:00welcome back
good blog. First off any man that s...welcome back <br /><br />good blog. First off any man that start pronouncing colin as colon got to be a good pieca idiot. That said I think he really wanted to continue to give to his country so he took this job only to find himself the only moderate in a sea of neo-cons. <br /><br />Has he forgotten? yes, everyone forgets or at least ignores in order to get by dont they?Jdidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493622796742761799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368297.post-1100657208672128702004-11-16T21:06:00.000-05:002004-11-16T21:06:00.000-05:00Nice one Thandie. I'm not quite sure what to make...Nice one Thandie. I'm not quite sure what to make of the General.<br /><br />In the best of all lights, it's possible that he went into this hoping to effect meaningful change from WITHIN knowing full well he was IN with a den of vipers.<br /><br />I guess at the end of the day he probably felt safer out in the field amongst exploding bombs and mortar etc than in THAT Administration with THOSE people.<br /><br /><br />On the other end of the scale, it could be that he was in it purely for ambition. He was courted by Republican's and Democrats. He was "THE MAN". Maybe some vanity and ego took precedence.<br /><br />Like anything else....the truth may lie somewhere between the 2.<br /><br />What is for certain is that Powell remains popular in the eyes of the American public and he'll be quite successful in private life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com