Some history for Puff Daddy
Sean “Diddy” Combs isn’t too impressed with John McCain’s choice of running mate, and accuses McCain of “bugging the f— out!” As for Alaska, he wonders whether there are even any black people in the state.
Well, Diddy, there are:
A black woman was a member of the party that founded Eagle City, Alaska, in 1897, and a black man was one of the first inhabitants of Valdez. Blacks were living in Alaska as early as the mid-1800s, but it was the military and the gold rushes of the late 1800s and the early 1900s that brought the largest numbers. When the gold rushes ended, there were about 209 black people living in Alaska. Then the construction of the Alaskan Highway in 1942 brought in a large number of black families, mainly due to the fact that black infantry units played a big role in the development of the highway. By 1960 the black population was at 6,711. In the ’70s the oil boom and the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline increased the state’s population among all races, including blacks. The 1990 census recorded more than 22,451 blacks in Alaska.
A new tour company in Fairbanks is about to market the Last Frontier to African Americans. Starting in June, Alaska Ebony Tours will give a statewide tour of five Alaskan communities: Anchorage, Seward, Denali National Park, Fairbanks (whose mayor is black) and a native Alaskan Village. In addition to exploring the natural wonders of the state, the tour will focus on the history of African Americans in Alaska and the role that they have played in the state’s development.
“I think there have been some misconceptions among African Americans in the rest of the U.S. on what Alaska is really about,” says Grady O’Bryant, an eight-year resident of the state and the president of Alaska Ebony Tours. “I want to show them what a beautiful state it is in terms of natural wonders and the friendliness of the people, and why my family and I chose to make our home here.”
Knowing that, I’m sure that “Diddy” will want to reconsider his opposition to Palin.
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Word up, bro.
That idiot, Diddy, was also lamenting the possibility of there not being any “crack-heads” up there. I guess that is the measure by which urban thugs judge locales they’ve never been to.
Who?
What’s that? A democrat playing the race again?
That card is getting old and worn out.
Keep playing it dems. Every time you toss it on the table, it loses you white and hispanic votes!
ok See-Dubya time to come clean, what’s with the disclaimer?
did you get in trouble? or is it none of my business?
Could someone explain to me why I should care what Diddy or whatever his name is this week, thinks, or says, or does? If he and his culture poisoning ilk fall off the face of the earth tomorrow I would not care any less than I do right now.
Shutup and sing(?), Diddy.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just all vote for the best candidate and not vote on the color of skin? You would think by now we could vote without the Dems/Libs playing the race card every day on every issue.
Didn’t he used to be called “Puff-Dolty?”
What a moron.
Note to fluff:
Smoking angel dust fries your brain, and if you must puff fluff don’t do it on a merry-go-round. It’s not good for Michelle Odopeys kids.
Reparations!
aj–
new day job, which I like very much.
Maybe Pee-Doodoo, will promis to leave the country if McCain/Palin wins. Less cross our fingers that he will take the bunch with him. I here Venezuela has great property at great prices and cheap gas for your pimp plane. MOVE ON MY BROTHER.
The entertainer offering his “rapper enlightenment?”
It’s the equivalent of pond scum aspiring to be moss.
See Dubya,
Thanks for clarifying, good deal! now I get it…
Dippy was on Fox the other day whining that he had to park his private jet because of high fuel prices. BOO HOO
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,413582,00.html
misterbee241, you’ve expressed my sentiment exactly – and correctly! Thank you!
He sings? /sarc
I tried to watch this “report”, but it was making me dizzy last night. He must understand that his style doesn’t appeal to everyone and the people it does, probably won’t go out and vote anyway. His campaign, Vote or Die, worked out real well for the Dems in ‘04. Now he wears that stupid shirt, Obama or Die, which lends even less credibility to him and his opinion.
Yes, I did feel sorry for him now that he has to fly with the regular folk.
Ummm… What’s a Diddy?
And should we care?
And I’m sure he’ll keep that promise, just like the Hollywood herd from the last two election cycles. /sarc
*sorry – I think I need more coffee…
and if anyone one actually believes he “parked” his jet I have some Gulf Coast Tour Tickets for sale that expire tomorrow.
happy labor day chatters!!
am going out on a limb here and assuming nobody works for Tyson and still enjoy Holiday
anyone have boots on the ground in St Paul? read an article yesterday about some dems busted with mass bombs and whatnot hell if I can find it this morn. lil help anyone?
aj!
I think the dems are livid Palin sold the state jet on EBAY vs paying The Goreacle carbon credits, hence jean luc karee’s rant about falt earth types yesterday my gosh was that ever funny stuff.
ps did anyone see jerry lewis had ludicris on telethon lastnight??
these are the end times….
Guess he never heard of Captain Michael Healey.
It was just Oprah’s eyelashes falling off, no need to worry.
AJ,
right what was I thinking!!
nothing to see here move along people it is just moderate tinfoil type obama
buds who are really good people and proud Americans…DOINK
Sean Combs. Is this Alan’s lost brother?
I live in Idaho. This state is supposed to be racist according to the news media. I know it’s here but I have never,never had any one use a racial comment around me. Using the race card needs to STOP. I believe that form of politics creates more division.
Just to note here that Hussein Obama is being judged by the ‘content of his character’ and not by the ‘color of his skin’. The character factor so far has been found lacking if not empty, (like his suit).
It would seem that Hussein Obama’s heritage is more Arab & Caucasian than Black. His Kenyan Father was more Arab African than African Black. By ethnic lines the Senator is 50% Caucasian, 43.75% Arab, and 6.25% Black African
Obviously a rich gansta thug like Puff Daddy knows everything. I think Puff Daddy and the rest of his cronies (oops homeboys) are the ones out of touch.
I’m sure Mr. Combs was simply concerned about the lack of gansta rap buying consumers in that particular ‘hood.
His vast knowledge of American history must come from the “excellent” urban public schools run by the big city Democrats and teacher’s unions.
I hadn’t, and now I have, Thanks.
cause P.Diddy was so effective last time.
Just another lib/racist NARCISSIST and pathetic human being. I’m sure FauxBama loves the endorsement from another pillar of the black community.
Sean Combs, one of the left’s more incisive political analysts, sums up him feelings regarding the selection of a VP candidate from the 57th State:
Combs goes on, to allude that the absence of such a powerful voting bloc is due, in Combs view, to the lack of black representation among Alaska’s electorate.
With such biting and convincing political discourse, the Obama camp is all but assured a November surprise.
I live in Minneapolis. I don’t have any boots on the ground in St. Paul, which is just across the Missisippi River, about 10 minutes away. However, I do know there was an arrest of a bunch of people calling themselves the “welcoming committee”. They had guns, bombs and bottles of urine. I just heard this a.m. that they were all released! How can that be? Where are they now? This just creeps me out.
Lord help me if I ever get worked up over something that wannabe says.
bansharia #22
Protester arrest news can be found here and here. Mug shots of the arrested, strangely enough, here.
Diddy-ler is not worth the effort to respond to…
Diddy really mean it?
Diddy ever get an education?
Diddy even comprehend any of what is going on?
No, silly. He diddy. Puffless.
Shaun Combs = Douche Bag Warmer
See-dub, glad for the info. I love your topics as much as I do Michelle’s. You both have a way with words and keep us up to date on the need to know stuff. I’ve become a political activist from reading this blog. Drives Mr SWMBO crazy but lately have noticed a change in his attitude as he see’s change happening in the things I am angriest about. So, Keep Up the Good Work.
Nothing drives the libs more kkkrazy than a conservative who is also a black, woman, etc (you choose).
Low lifes.
Sounds familiar….oh,yes now I remember…the motto of Castro, Putin, Saddam…
vote for _______ (enter tyrant of choice) or die.
Great Motto. Does Obama wear the same shirt?
Way to show your ignorance and racism Diddyit. Where are all the white woman at?
Do you really believe that Pee Diddly-squat has the intellectual integrity to acknowledge facts that are politically inconvenient?
Really, people – isn’t McCain the only person who actually cares what the liberals think of his VP choice? They would have been equally as dismissive if it was Lieberman (and, surrealistically, it almost was!)
Are we actually celebrating that the GOP actually has a bothered to placate us conservatives? We’re grasping at straws, and it’s embarassing that we can be so easily manipulated.
Sorry. I like Palin, a lot, and I say that as one of the 10% who was familiar with her before the nod. But she’s not actually running for a position of power. McCain is just using her as a trojan horse.
The race isn’t Palin / Obama. I wish with all my heart that it was. It’s pro-amnesty Juan McCain vs pro-amnesty Obama.
I’m voting third party because I really don’t care which one of them takes office. I won’t reward the GOP with a vote for McCain.
But if McCain had selected someone from the lower 48, the Inuits would have totally flipped out.
Identity politics is so tedious. Unfortunately, P. Diddy doesn’t seem to have the intellectual chops to see anything but race.
A device has yet to be invented which can adequately measure my indifference to whatever P Dippy thinks.
Diddy? D.A.N.!
Speaking of playing the race card…I seem to remember, at the start of the campaign season, several prominent African American leaders declaring The Chosen One as “not Black enough to represent African Americans”. Colin Powell was just a white man’s servant when he was Chairman of the Joint Cheifs but now the Dems are clamoring for him to endorse TCO. These guys have more script changes than a low budget Hollywood disaster movie!
Puff Daddy = Jerkoff.
Another liberal celeb and elitist showing his “education”?
Yes but will he have the integrity to actually go through with his promise?
One can dream………………..
hmm my comments were deleted
I’ll repost the CNN quote without my previous comment at the end then.. ok?
what a winner.
Thereby showing that you don’t deserve the right to vote. Bereft if intellectual honesty.
Nice one Bruce. So if someone doesn’t vote the way you want, then they don’t deserve the right to vote? Clown.
I’d like to know what you mean exactly by those letters?
Dumb Ass Nitwit. I didn’t want to say Ass, but you made me.
Hippie
I just wanted some clarification, especially since Bemusedlib is on a witch hunt for “racists”. Thanks!!!
No problemo. Befuddled never replied to my question anyway. He/she pulled a real “seagull”–swoop in, poop, swoop out.
Let’s see if I can sound as vapid as Diddy:
No blacks in Alaska? Didn’t he know John Amos was a co-star on ‘Men In Trees?’
Just one more liberal elitist showing his true colors!
navywife, if you think that’s what Hippie meant by D.A.N., I’ve got some swampland in Florida I’d like to sell you.
I am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. I have been wrong before.
How ’bout some beachfront property on the North Shore, HI??????
The only reason Diddy wants to know if there are blacks in Alaska is so if he has to go there and appear with B. HUSSIEN he will be able to score some crack and who_ses.
When did you start reading minds…brah?
Will someone please remind me why the misguided viewpoint of some ignorant low talent celebrity is newsworthy?
Nothing will make this a$$hat change his mind, including fact, so why bother. Just ignore him and maybe he’ll continue to fade into obscurity.
Marco Polo, you are not alone.
I will not vote for amnesty.
It is not too much to ask of a Presidential candidate that they uphold the oath of office and the laws of this country.
Yeah, yeah, I know, Obama is worse.
Still won’t get me to vote for amnesty.
So let’s not tell him about Alaska’s 13 Prison facilities and perhaps Puff Daddy will stay in his almost all white Alpine, New Jersey which I guess makes Bro Puff a racist.
Yet another protest arrested-Alan Colmes!