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I learned a little something about the Democratic Party “Super Delegates” the other day. These dudes are essentially where the buck stops when the party decides to nominate their presidential candidate. The Super Delegates make up forty-percent(40%) of the total that a candidate needs in order to secure the party nod. You could theoretically have more delegates in your corner, but if you have less Super Delegates down with you then you get no soup. The Super Delegates system was inserted by the Democrats in order to stabilize the power of the party’s centrist, elitist establishment. Super Delegates are what seems to me to be the return to backroom deal making politricks.

Another interesting set of informational figures has passed through my inbox via my Editor-in-Chief, C.S. There hasn’t been too much rhetoric from the Democratic candidates on what they intend to do with America’s burgeoning prison industrial complex. The rapid manufacturing de-industrialization of America has proportionately filled the jails. Incidentally, more African Americans were imprisoned under the Clinton Administration than any previous two term presidency, including G DUBBZ. I wonder if MAYA ANGELOU realizes that when the caged bird sings it speaks the CLINTON’s names?

Take a look at the essay here on BlackAgendaReport.com via AlterNet.

2008’s Ten Worst Places to Be Black

What I would like to know is how the fuck Iowa locks up 13.59 Black people for every single white in the state, yet Blacks comprise only 2% of the states population?!? BARACK OBAAMA won the Iowa primary too. I guess voters in the hawkeye state were just happy to see a Black that they weren’t incarcerating.

Wisconsin is another state that locks up Blacks to the tune of over 10 to 1 over whites. So if you aren’t playing for the Green Bay Packers or attending Wisconsin U. your Black ass is going to the hoosegow. OBAAMA’s also got the delegate lead in Wisconsin as well.

Colorado and Kansas both lockup about 7 Blacks for every white which makes me think of these states as downright progressive when compared to Iowa. Lo and behold that OBAAMA has pwned the delegate count in both these states. In Colorado, OBAAMA leads CLINTON 37-17 and in Kansas his edge is slightly greater at 26-10. Colorado and Kansas are both typical red states that usually support conservative leaning social policies. I wonder how it has been that OBAAMA has translated into a viable candidate for these voters? Maybe the mainstream media’s description of these constituencies has been wrong all along. Kansas stand up. Even though you put your entire Black population in jail you’re still liberal minded voters.

CNN.com Election Center 2008 Primaries and Caucuses

What really blew my mind was how the BlackAgendaReport study knocks the doors off the idea that the southern states are worse for Blacks when they are within the justice system.

STATE – BLACK-WHITE DISPARITY
New Jersey – 13.15 to one
Connecticut – 12.77 to one
Minnesota – 12.63 to one
Pennsylvania – 10.53 to one
New York – 9.47 to one

Guess what? If you are going through the justice system in the New York tri-state area then your ass is fucked the fuck up. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh make Pennsylvania pretty bad for Blacks too. Plus Minnesota?!? Where the hell does Minnesota get all these Black people to incarcerate? Can you imagine a prison in Minnesota being filled with felons all dressed up like Prince? [ll].

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