WHAT PERV..SUCH A HYPOCRITE

I wonder if the allegation is true. I would hope not, I love Bill Cosby, but truthfully you never really know what people are capable of.

HA !!!!

Co-sign with #2, such a shame

The way I see it, if I was not guilty of what I was being accused of, I would fight down to my last nickel to prove my innocence. Him settling out of court tells me sthat he may have been guilty of those charges. And then you hear that OTHER women claimed he did the same thing to him. Camille is going to take is ass to the cleaners (rightfully so)!

I thought that was over.

Why could I picture him doing some shit like that?

I beleive he could have done it. I mean he is a freakin comedian not a civil rights leader or the leader of a major church…oh wait…they have all done the same thing havent they…Oh well.

Way to stay out of the prss Bill.

Bill needs to shut up when it comes to judging black people when his own closet isn’t clean….why he gotta drug women to get some play? He’s rich, I’m sure he can drop some cheese to get some skank to drop it like it’s hot.

Does he help the Cosby kids in real life…Rudy and her alleged drug habit…I wonder if they still keep in touch.

Does anyone think Phylicia Rashad let Bill hit dat?

Mmmmm Pudding!

Such a hypocrite…

I don’t normally believe bad things about people through hearsay, but…..I’m sort of believing that he may have done this. I say sort of because I’d want to be wrong. All that fussing he’s doing about the rap industry being misogynist, he’s doing the same just behind closed doors. just my opinion

Cosby aint shit if he really did that!

Bill ain’t no saint so to say. I tend to believe this woman and the other women who have made similar charges against him in the past with a common theme of Bill, more than likely, slippin’ something into their drink making them feel groggy, passin’ out, with Dr Huxtable then getting his pervert on.

Bill is just another out of touch elitist mofo who believes he can tell black folks of a lesser economic stature how to live their lives while being a hypocrite in their own wayz.

Peace

fuck bill cosby!

He’s guilty or else he wouldn’t have settled. That’s why it doesn’t pay to point the finger @ other people because as our elders would say the other one’s are pointing right back at you!

For the People who are not sure about bill…
TRUST, He DID do it (On more than one occassion)
Bill was a Wild Boy in his younger days as well

Mr. Cosby reminds me of THOSE wonderful Baptist Preachers and Deacons back in the day… Now what’s that famous phrase, Oh Yeah

“Do As I Say, Not As I Do”… HA !!!

He allegedly drugged her! WTF? Druging someone…that’s some wicked, foul $#!T! What’s in the dark must come to the light! Now, all his friends are whispering and saying what they want they really think about him! I can’t stand this old evil geezer!

I wonder how he will work this event into his speech??

Interesting how he is always trying to put “poor” black people on blast but his shit aint correct.

Kobe settled with ole girl that accused him of rape. Now, North Philly Bill is settling with ole girl. Here’s an unique idea fellas: ONLY HAVE SEX WITH YOUR WIVES!!!! (unless, yall mutually decided to go around smuting or attempting to smut other people.)

Seeing as sexually assaulting someone and spending your money unwisely are not clearly related to each other, I don’t think Bill is being a hypocrite in that sense. A lot of what he’s said is true, and the fact that he’s a cheating and now morally questionable person does not make what he said any less true.

If a child murdering pedophile said the sky was blue, would that be a lie because of his background?

I am shaking my head at him because I look down on anyone who takes advatage of anyone else sexually. It’s so wrong, and he’ll get what’s coming to him.

That’s good for his self righteous ass

Dang…Bill got caught with his pants down….pun intended

The nerve of this hypocrite. Women from decades back are claiming he’s assaulted them in some way. All of those women aren’t lying. And how dare he criticize black mothers and fathers when he knew he had an illegitimate daughter out there that he was only sending the occassional check.

Comment #20… I can’t speak for Bill but Kobe IS obvioously having sex with his wife (2 young girls)
From what I’ve heard Kobe LIKES Rough Sex… And in particular, Anal Sex and I guess he can’t do that to his wife (Or at least, not as OFTEN as he would like)

LMAO @ 9 & 10

HIS OLD ASS NEED TO STOP. SAT DOWN DAMMIT.

I’m saddened & disappointed this morning by this report that places Mr. Cosby in the Category of being akin to a rapist.

As a Sociologist, I always wonder what drives a person to such actions.

Is it an overwhelming desire for sexual gratification, or is it a metabolism disorder???

We’ll never really know because the case was settled and the files were sealed.

Another thing that immediately comes to my mind is the amount of PLEASURE the Black Community appears to take in seeing another one of Our Black Men being exposed for the person that he was at THAT particular space & time.

Why do select person in the Black community love & enjoy to see one of our Black Hero’s fail??

Could it be the Crab in the Barrel mentality that has affected our race, and has been a plague to our community since slavery days? Quite possibly.

For some peculiar reason, I believe that many in the Black Race have a “self hatred” towards members of their own race. I don’t quite understand why, but I could list and detail the reasons. For the sake of staying on topic, I would list those reasons at this time

Nevertheless, Bill Cosby is an ICON to the Black Race & ME especially.

The Cosby Show was an HIGHEST RATED BLACK SITCOM in Television History!! The show ran from 1984 to 1992 !!

I remember sitting up in my Fraternity House with my Kappa Brothers & Kappa sweethearts watching the Cosby Show and then his other spin off, ” A Different World” !!!

On any given Thursday Evening, from 8:00 – 9:00, every BLACK family (and a lot of my Caucasian & Hispanic friends) had there TV’s tuned to Channel 4 (here in NYC), NBC !!

Had it not been for Bill Cosby, we NEVER would have know of the talents of:Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Geoffrey Owens, Joseph C. Phillips, Raven-Symoné,Erika Alexander or The Different World Cast of Bumper Robinson, Lou Myers, Kadeem Hardison, Patrick Malone, and Darryl M. Bell. Bottom Row: Jada Pinkett, Karen Malina White, Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer, and Ajai Sanders. & Glynn Turman.

I’ve heard many say that it had NOT been for the Cosby Show & A Different World, they would not have gone to college. Who out there desired to go to Hillman College and thought that it REALLY existed?
Watching the Cosby Show & a Different World made me upset that I didn’t go to a HBCU like Howard, Hampton or Morgan….

The Cosby Show gave me a greater appreciation of the Importance of Education
*Watching the Cosby Show made me want to go back to school to pursue my Masters !!!
An Appreciation Black Art (Remember when “Claire” purchased those paintings !!!), Black Music (Seeing Dizzy Gillipesie & Miles Davis on the Cosby Show sent me over the top !!!) & Black College Life !!!

And Watching the Cosby Show let me know that that I NEVER had to assimilate so much that I loose my Black Identity.

I Learned from Dr. Cosby that I never had to “talk white” or “Act White” because there was so much beauty & texture to my own Black Heritage.

For that, I owe Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr, Ed.D a debt of gratitude.

Although I had a WONDERFUL Role Model(s) in my Parents & Older Brothers, Dr. Cosby gave me a added ICON to look upon, gaze on, and attempt to follow in his footsteps.

I’m extremely hurt & disappointed in Dr. Cosby this morning.

But, at the same time, I realize that he IS a human being with frailties and flaws just like you & I.

If I was in HIS predicament, I would solicit your prayers.

I ask that you pray this morning for Dr. Cosby.

I don’t know what snapped or went wrong in his mind.

All I know is my black sons & daughters don’t have the pleasure of growing up watching a rich tapestry of Heritage & Culture like I did when watching the Cosby Show & a Different World.

I wonder if they ever will AGAIN.

Peace

*SIGH* BILL, I LOVE YOU…

DAMN DOCTA HUXTABLE, CLIFF U WRONG DEAD WRONG!!!

We ALL Love You @bill… No Homo Here
And Some Homos Among Us

money hungry people!

Karma is a bitch!Wonder how much she cashed in on…Bill Cosby is such a hypocrite.

I don’t see Cam’ron taking shots at Bill Cosby for wearing sandals! Well why he gotta hate on Jay then?

On the serious tip, though, I ain’t mad at Dr. Cosby at all. As an educator myself, his words were so on point that they gave me chills. For those of you who are not in urban school settings on a regular basis, let me just tell you: It’s scary as hell to see not only how black kids are acting, but more alarmingly, how their mamas and daddies and mama boyfriends are acting.

If you watch The Wire on HBO, then you know how Nammond’s mama wants her adolescent child to support her big grown ass by selling drugs. I know some of you might find that far fetched but that is real, people.

So to sum up, I agree with Bill. Dr. Cosby is human. He speaks the truth when it comes to black folks and education. Also remeber, sexual assault could be anything from suggestive words to a slight grazing of the booty. None of us know the extent of the situation. If it was that crucial wouldn’t he be at least pending an indictment? Bill Cosby is a philanthropist, a humanitarian, an educator, and Cliff Huxtable was the only positive black male that some people saw on a regular. So back up off Dr. Cosby.

Commnet #32… I hear you LOUD and CLEAR
But the MAJORITY of that is Single Mothers w/ the Step dads and Boyfriends or just the Single Mothers by themselves (usually drug/alcohol addicted)

Bill, your words are the truth.

We shouldn’t be happy for another person’s downfall. I am too dissapointed in Bill’s behavior, and only wish him the best.

Damn Bill Growing up in Philly…everyone looked up to you….! Still like Jello pudding pops though…
~one time for the pudding pops~…LOL

My Darling @mizzlizz, What Up Cutie
You’re sounding very authoritative today
I purposely haven’t been talking to you too much because I don’t want to get your Young Admirers jealous!!!

NOW THATS WHY I DONT EAT DAMN JELLO PUDDING….LOL…I KNEW HIS AZZ WAS UP TO SOMETHING HE WAS JUST TOO DAMN HAPPY ABOUT THE DAMN JELLO….OH BILL A FREAK…BUT DAMN U DIDNT HAVE TO DRUG A FEMALE FOR SOME PUZZY BILL…LOL…LET ME STOP…WONDER HOW MUCH HE PAID…CAUSE YALL KNOW HIS AZZ DID THAT SHYT..LOL

I agreee that some of what Bill (Cosby) said was true but it’s all in the delivery. It is always good to have a discourse on how we can help upgrade the black community. But you don’t have to always come out swinging and putting down those less fortunate. We all have to stay in the struggle and on the grind but by pointing out the negative all the time that is not going to get us anywhere. We all sin and fall short of the glory.. AMEN

Never did do Bill Cosbby, but definitely won’t do his azz now!

@ Something fierce

LOL you are too funny. I do have a lil bit of aggression in me today

@33 SOMETHING FIERCE Unfortunately, that’s exactly what inner city schools are filled with single mothers, many, definitely not all, are drug addicted, HIV positive, or only about 12-15 years older than their child/friend.

The kids at my school can name and describe every Air Jordan I-XXI or however many editions there are, but very, very few have any desire to read A Lesson Before Dying or find out one thing that Dr. Maya Angelou has written.

#27 YOU ARE ON POINT ALL THE TIME! BUT IF YOU DID’NT DO IT BILL COSBY YOU SHOULD NOT SETTLE!

Bill cosby has just disappointed me I had a great respect for him… damn I hope this isn’t true., but to settle that do look suspect

Hmmmmmmmm. I wouldn’t have settled if I were innocent. Especially if I’m semi-retired with very deep pockets. We coulda stayed up in court til I died or she went bankrupt…whichever came first.

If she was making false allegations I woulda made her live to regret it.

@ Bill

Why Bill gotta be a ‘hero’ and ‘icon’???

Ol’ boy is a comedian and actor. Yeah, he’s supported a lot of black causes, but he could definitely afford it. No big sacrifice. And being a big donor stroked his big ego.

I don’t mind people clownin Bill. Heroes and icons are in history books, not Nick at Night!

Holla if you hear me!!!!!

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 10:37 am

she-ra said:
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@ Bill

Why Bill gotta be a ‘hero’ and ‘icon’???

Ol’ boy is a comedian and actor. Yeah, he’s supported a lot of black causes, but he could definitely afford it. No big sacrifice. And being a big donor stroked his big ego

Bill Said:

Well….. the MAIN reason he is a hero & icon to MY family is because The Camille & Bill Cosby Foundation paid for my cousin to attend Morehouse !!!..That same foundation also gave a scholarship to my niece to attend Spelman !!!…..

The Foundation has been doing that (giving out scholorships) for over 20 years (ESPECIALLY to Spelman !!!!).

A lot of People talk the talk, but I only know of FOUR Black Individuals that actually GIVE OUT COLLEGE SCHOLORSHIPS !!!

Bill Cosby
Oprah Winfrey
Russel Simmons
Robert Johnson (Founder of BET)

Peace

@she-ra…… HOOOOLLLLLLAAAAAA !!!!!!!

Soon as I pressed ENTER, the Lord reminded me that SEVERAL Black Preachers (Bishop !) give out scholorships

Bishop Paul Morton
Bishop T.D Jakes
Bishop Charles Blake
..and I’m sure there MORE !!! It’s a common occurence for most of our MAJOR Black MegaChurchs to give out College Scholorships (My son will be attending a major university this fall because of a Scholorship that my church is offering…)

My dear, dear friend, Icon & Hero the Rev. Floyd Flake (Who is the President of Willberforce University, a former CONGRESSMAN and Pastor of the Largest Church in NYC, Greater Allen Cathedral in QUEENS) Also gives out Scholorships !!!

Bill ol stuck up ass did it acting all high and mighty. trick please and the people that preach all the time be doing the most dirty shit

Shame, shame. He needs his ass kicked for this s*&%!

Damn, I’m riding the fence on this one. Gotta love Bill Cosby for bringing positive images of Black people to television via The Cosby Show and A Different World. Plus, there was definitely some truth in his outlandish statements. However, sexual assault?! C’mon Bill, you should know better than that.

African American News from BILL
Massachussets’s FIRST Black Governor!!

What’s Next for Deval Patrick?
After Scoring a Decisive Win in Massachussets, Deval Patrick Faces Conservative Opposition and High Liberal Expectations.
By Tanu Henry, AOL Black Voices
BV News
Josh Reynolds, AP
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick, center, and his wife Diane Patrick, left, talk to poll workers before casting their ballots at a polling place in Milton, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. ran against Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey.

Despite its political reputation: the bluest of blue states — and its inclination to elect Democrats again and again to most statewide offices — Massachusetts has not voted for a Democratic governor in 16 years.

Reversing that trend, Massachusetts new governor-elect, Deval Patrick, a formerly little-known attorney and former federal government official, sealed a blowout victory against his Republican opponent, the Bay State’s current Lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey. Only the second African American to be voted governor in the United States (the first was Douglas L. Wilder who won Virginia in 1990), Patrick won by an almost 20 percentage points.

“This was not a victory for me. This was not a victory just for Democrats. This was a victory of hope.” Patrick said to a packed auditorium of supporters waving signs that read, “Together We Can” during his victory speech at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center.

Prompting cheers, Patrick continued with a broad, inclusive speech that swept across every possible demographic in his home state, referencing farmers and high school dropouts, investment bankers and housewives. The event was attended by several Bay State heavyweights, including senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, state legislators and Lieutenant Governor-elect Tim Murray.

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Talk: Hot TopicsBut even before his inauguration, before he takes a first stab at drafting state policy, critics have begun to speculate the kind of leadership he will bring to the governorship. Many of them are calling his feel-good, life-affirming messages hollow and sentimental, lacking a clear position on the most pressing political issues in Massachusetts. “Remember, we nicknamed the governor-elect “Mr. Fuzzy” after the first debate for his inability or unwillingness to be pinned down on a host of issues,” writes an editorial in the Boston Herald, the city’s right-leaning news daily the morning after elections. “It’s our sincere hope he will use that marvelously Clintonian skill of being all things to all people to resist the pressures of the extreme left - some of the very people who helped secure his election - and to govern from the center, where most of the rest of us live and work and yes, pay taxes.”

One voter and Healey supporter, Jeanne Howher railed, “I supported [Kerry Healey] because she understands government. She understands the challenges and has worked practically to resolve many of them. Patrick is just a personality.”

For many, especially in African-American neighborhoods, where there were sharp increases in voter turnout, Patrick does represent to a symbol of hope in a state that is often fractured by impossible political fault lines maintained by race, class and geography. In fact, in some largely African-American precincts, some polling stations ran out of ballots.

Anthony Worthen, 35, voting at Roxbury Community College, a two-year college in Boston’s historical black neighborhood, said: “This is my first time voting. I thought it was important because I don’t like what’s going on in government right now. I think our government is being monopolized by the interests of a few.”

Nearby at the Roxbury Crossing train station, Deval Patrick-Tim Murray volunteers Deanna Williams, an African-American woman and John O’Brien, an elderly white self-described “Liberal,” pinned their hopes on the campaign because what Patrick represented to each one.

For Williams, Patrick represented change. “He’s a visionary,” she said. “He has a plan to make the state better for all the residents. For O’Brien, who calls himself a one-issue candidate (opposition to the death penalty), the Democrat is the logical choice.

Many gay and lesbian voters are also supporting Patrick, because unlike former governor, Mitt Romney, they expect him to support the gay marriage decision passed by the state’s Supreme Court in 2004.

Patrick is not lost on the fact that he owes his win to strong grassroots organization. In his Victory speech, he acknowledged: “We built what history will record is the broadest and best-organized grassroots organization this Commonwealth has ever seen.” Through that movement, he enjoyed unprecedented support in Massachusetts that cut across race, class and political differences.

In many ways, his life is an aggregation of the many social segments that make up Boston. Born on Chicago’s predominantly black south side, Patrick won a scholarship to the college prep school, Milton Academy, in suburban Boston. (He still lives in the town.) He later attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Active in the community life of the city, Patrick’s life still navigates those vastly different experiences.

Now, as governor of Massachusetts, Patrick’s biggest challenge is to continue speaking to the many constituencies his campaign attracted – traditionalist and progressive — from a clear and decisive political position.

Latching onto the momentum his campaign has generated will be crucial. Delivering on smart policies that will support the vision of Massachusetts that he has sold to the public — and that many of his opponents call impractical or too farsighted — will propel him to a height of national leadership that will parallel the level of hope he has been inspiring in post-election Massachusetts.

Cos is still cool with me, allegations and all! He’s done a lot for colleges and the speeches he gives(painful for some to hear) are still on point.

Boy, if Bill Cosby aint the pot callin the kettle black, Lord have mercy!

Regardless of whether or not he did it, the words he speak about African-Americans are true to a certain extent, and nobody wants to hear it because it’s the truth. R. Kelly is an accused pedophile and people still buy his music, this is no different.

@ 20 Usher’s Nose
LOL!
27,46 and 52 Bill : SHAD’up already!

Bill Cosby gets the November 2006

“TRICK SIT DOWN” AWARD

that includes a lifetime supply of Jello Pudding

an 8-track tape of Richard Pryor’s: That Nigga’s Crazy Album

and a side order of shut the F*&# up!

*** A comedy skit from @bill comment #48 ***

And THE LORD said to Bill “Why would you ONLY mention Nationally Famous people in regards to scholarship, HAVE YOU lost your mind… What IS WRONG WITH YOU”

Bill replied “Forgive me Lord, I WILL make this right !!!”

The Lord then said “You Better because the Next Time that happens… Your wife IS gloing to fall in love with @Something Fierce and their going to live happily ever after!!!”

Bill goes and types As Fast AS He can… See comment #52

@bill… You DO KNOW I’m just kidding with you My Brutha !!!

LMAO @ 56…Is that your real name?

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 11:30 am

Something Fierce said:
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*** A comedy skit from @bill comment #48 ***

And THE LORD said to Bill “Why would you ONLY mention Nationally Famous people in regards to scholarship, HAVE YOU lost your mind… What IS WRONG WITH YOU”

Bill replied “Forgive me Lord, I WILL make this right !!!”

The Lord then said “You Better because the Next Time that happens… Your wife IS gloing to fall in love with @Something Fierce and their going to live happily ever after!!!”

Bill goes and types As Fast AS He can… See comment #52

@bill… You DO KNOW I’m just kidding with you My Brutha !!!

Bill Said:

That’s EXACTLY what God said to me….
You MUST be a Prophet !!!

lol
j/k

if it just me or does bill cosby look like the bitter old man on the block that would always keep your balls if they fell on his property. Just saying what happened to the happy old dude on the jello commercials?

bill are you a professor/teacher? i saw you mention in another post that you did a lesson on andrew young. i hope that you made a typo here and didn’t teach that andrew young was a senator from georgia. there hasn’t been an elected black senator from the south since the reconstruction - which is what makes the ford tragedy even worse for those of us working for change.

topic - bill cosby. it hurts that he’s fallen off. while he has a good message, it gets lost in all his anger. i hope for his message’s sake, he gets it together.

when I heard the initial story about this, it really scared me. I’m not sure why, but it just really scared me. I’m glad that it’s settled, but I want to know what really happened.

Amen @ Bill.
@uptowngirl I see what you’re saying as well many times it is in the delivery, however, I rarely hear people complaining about the delivery of some of these rappers. People always complaining that Bill is “airing our dirty laundry” but I doubt as many people hear bill as hear luda or the damned 3-6 maffia. we as young black people don’t need anyone to air our dirty laundry - we do it ourselves just fine. Sometimes I listen to the way young black men describe themselves and their women on these records and I don’t know if they wrote the lyrics or some damned KKK propagandist. They have nothing positive to say about us or our futures. and anyone poised to say “it’s just entertainment” can just save it. OF COURSE it’s for entertainment - but that doesn’t matter. The world is listening. Just as closley to snoop as to Bill. When they look at you, black men, they do not see Calvin Broadus they don’t even know him! They see Snoop. a drug addict, a murderer, gang banger, heathon, a whore, and they will treat you as such as long as you allow him and those like him to be your spokes people. It doesn’t matter whether or not that’s what “snoop” set out to do.. You and I know that’s just a character he’s playing but so many do not. You don’t intend to put carbon dioxide in the air every time you take a deep breath either but shit that’s how breathing works! Since bill came out talking I’ve heard mad people like - well what has he done to help - he’s done plenty! shit ya’ll bought the cash money crew they rims and coogi - WTF have THEY done to help?

Bill Cosby = Michael Jackson = R. Kelly = Bobby Brown = Flavor Flav!

bill said:
African American News from BILL
Massachussets’s FIRST Black Governor!!

IT’S SPELLED MASSACHUSETTS!! I LIVE THERE AND TAKE OFFENSE! GEET IT STR8 BILL!!

JUST PLAYING *SIGH* I LOVE YOU BILL…

awww shyt, meatloaf!

Sad about Bill Cosby

@Bill..Oprah is sending kids to college too. There’s a woman with 10 kids here in the chicagoland area. Oprah has promised to send all them to college. I think she’s already paying for 2 of them right now.

Bill Cosby IS an Icon and speaks the truth about Blacks, but for him to settle this case smacks of guilt. If it’s true, why would a millionaire HAVE to drug anybody?? I heard Bill could get most any woman when he was real popular, so it make no sense. At this rate Black will have no one to look up to. Everybody is on the D/L.

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 11:53 am

exotic biracial butterfly said:
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bill are you a professor/teacher? i saw you mention in another post that you did a lesson on andrew young. i hope that you made a typo here and didn’t teach that andrew young was a senator from georgia. there hasn’t been an elected black senator from the south since the reconstruction - which is what makes the ford tragedy even worse for those of us working for change.

topic - bill cosby. it hurts that he’s fallen off. while he has a good message, it gets lost in all his anger. i hope for his message’s sake, he gets it together.

Bill Said:

I Think you MAY have misread my post…I posted a listed of Prominent Black OFFICIALS that have been elected…

Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and was the United States’ first African American ambassador to the United Nations.

Early life
Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a dentist and his mother a school teacher. Andrew was supposed to become a dentist, but the struggle to survive in the South, the experience in segregated and overcrowded public schools, and growing up in an integrated lower class neighborhood, developed a social conscience which led him to the Christian ministry upon graduation from Howard University in 1951.

Education
After one year at New Orleans’ Dillard University, in 1947 Young went to Howard University in Washington D.C. where he received his Bachelor of Science and pre-med degree in 1951. He had originally planned to follow his father’s career of dentistry, but then felt a religious calling. He entered the ministry and received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut in 1955.

Civil rights
Andrew Young was appointed to serve as pastor of a church in Marion, Alabama. It was there in Marion that he met Jean Childs, who was to become his wife. Also while in Marion, Young began to study the writings of Mohandas Gandhi. Young became interested in Gandhi’s concept of non-violent resistance as a tactic for social change. He encouraged African-Americans to register to vote in Alabama, and sometimes faced death threats while doing so. He became a friend and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at this time.

In 1957, Young moved to New York City to accept a job with the National Council of Churches. However as the Civil Rights Movement gained momentum, Young decided that his place was back in the South. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and again worked on drives to register black voters. In 1960, he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Young was jailed for his participation in civil rights demonstrations, both in Selma, Alabama, and St. Augustine, Florida. In 1964, Young was named executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), becoming, in that capacity, one of Dr. King’s principal lieutenants. He was with King in Memphis, Tennessee when the latter was assassinated in 1968.

Career

Congress
In 1970 Andrew Young ran as a Democrat for Congress from Georgia, but was unsuccessful. In 1972 he ran again, this time becoming Georgia’s first African American congressman since Reconstruction. He was re-elected in 1974 and 1976.

Diplomatic career
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed Young the Ambassador to the UN. His controversial statements made headlines almost from the start. However, President Carter continued to support his ambassador until 1979, when, contrary to US policy and statute, he met with a representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. When the occurrence of that meeting was revealed, Young’s public statements were perceived as evasive by Administration critics. Ultimately, Young was forced to resign.

During the 1980 presidential race there was some controversy about a statement made by Young. According to the NY Times, Oct 16, 1980. pg. B.6 “Speaking to a crowd made up almost entirely of whites, Mr. Reagan said: I believe in state’s rights. I believe in people doing as much as they can at the private level. The Republican Presidential nominee added that if elected, he would reorder priorities and restore to states and local governments the power that properly belongs to them.

Commenting on the remark at Ohio State, Mr. Young said: If he had gone to Biloxi, Miss., and talked about state’s rights, if he had gone to New Orleans, or Birmingham, Ala., I would not have gotten upset. But when you go to Philadelphia, Miss., where James Chaney, Andy Goodman and Michael Schwerner were killed - murdered - by the sheriff and the deputy sheriff and a government posse protecting state’s rights, and you go down there and start talking about state’s rights, that looks like a code word to me that it’s going to be all right to kill niggers when he’s President.’”

These remarks were denounced by the Reagan campaign and repudiated by the Carter campaign.

[edit] Atlanta mayor
In 1981, Young was elected mayor of Atlanta, succeeding Maynard Jackson. He was re-elected in 1985. As mayor, Young brought the city to national prominence by encouraging international investment, which in turn improved the Atlanta economy after it was hit hard by recession.

[edit] Private citizen
Young ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Georgia in 1990, losing in the Democratic primary runoff to future Governor Zell Miller. However, while running for the statehouse, he was simultaneously serving as co-chair of a committee which was at that time attempting to bring the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta. Though his successor, Maynard Jackson, was able to enjoy the spotlight when the announcement came that Atlanta had won the right to host the Summer Games, Young was almost certainly more instrumental in the success of the Atlanta bid.

Today, Young is co-chair of Good Works International, a consulting firm, “offering international market access and political risk analysis in key emerging markets within Africa and the Caribbean.” The company’s website also notes that “GWI principals have backgrounds in human rights and public service. The concept of enhancing the greater good is intrinsic to our business endeavors.” Nike is one of GoodWorks’ most visible corporate clients. In the late 1990s, At the height of controversy over the company’s labor practices, Young led a delegation to report on Nike operations in Vietnam. Anti-sweatshop activists derided the report as a whitewash and raised concerns that Nike was trading on Young’s background as a civil rights activist to improve Nike’s corporate image. Young is also a director of the Drum Major Institute.

In 2004, Young briefly considered running for US Senate after the incumbent, Zell Miller, announced his retirement, but decided not to re-enter public life.

In February 2006, Young accepted a position as chairman of Working Families for Wal-Mart, an astroturf organization sponsored by the corporate giant as a public response to widespread criticism that many of the company’s American employees and their children are on public assistance, that the company uses child labor, that the company discriminates against female and African-American employees, and that workers manufacturing Wal-Mart products are subject to abusive conditions and sub-poverty wages.

In an interview in 2006, a Los Angeles Sentinel correspondent asked Young whether he worried that Wal-Mart causes smaller, mom-and-pop stores to close. He replied with racist comments:

Well, I think they should; they ran the ‘mom and pop’ stores out of my neighborhood, … But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they’ve ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it’s Arabs; very few black people own these stores.

Following the widespread publication of these comments, Young announced on August 17, 2006, that he had ended his involvement with Working Families for Wal-Mart.[1]

The Benton County Daily Record of August 26, 2006 reports:

“I was giving a rational explanation of a historic phenomenon,” Young said later. He added that he had also discussed black merchants who overcharged the poor.
“The way this came out it makes me sound like I’m refuting everything I’ve done over almost 70 years, frankly,” Young said.[2]

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 12:09 pm

DEO said:
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Amen @ Bill.
@uptowngirl I see what you’re saying as well many times it is in the delivery, however, I rarely hear people complaining about the delivery of some of these rappers. People always complaining that Bill is “airing our dirty laundry” but I doubt as many people hear bill as hear luda or the damned 3-6 maffia. we as young black people don’t need anyone to air our dirty laundry - we do it ourselves just fine. Sometimes I listen to the way young black men describe themselves and their women on these records and I don’t know if they wrote the lyrics or some damned KKK propagandist. They have nothing positive to say about us or our futures. and anyone poised to say “it’s just entertainment” can just save it. OF COURSE it’s for entertainment - but that doesn’t matter. The world is listening. Just as closley to snoop as to Bill. When they look at you, black men, they do not see Calvin Broadus they don’t even know him! They see Snoop. a drug addict, a murderer, gang banger, heathon, a whore, and they will treat you as such as long as you allow him and those like him to be your spokes people. It doesn’t matter whether or not that’s what “snoop” set out to do.. You and I know that’s just a character he’s playing but so many do not. You don’t intend to put carbon dioxide in the air every time you take a deep breath either but shit that’s how breathing works! Since bill came out talking I’ve heard mad people like - well what has he done to help - he’s done plenty! shit ya’ll bought the cash money crew they rims and coogi - WTF have THEY done to help?

Bill Said:

Amen Deo…
People really confuse me sometimes….
Folkes have NO PROBLEM with Snoop calling Women Bitches & Hoes..People have NO Problem Listening Jay Z commit Blasphemy by calling himself JEHOVAH…People have NO problem listening to Little Kim rap about how well she suck dick…People have NO problem Listening to Trina rap about how sweet her pussy is….

BUT if BILL COSBY speak to an College Audience and tells them that they have their values all screwed up, and they need to grow up, then people have a problem with THAT.

Man, I admire Bill Cosby & Louis Farrakhan SO MUCH !!!
They are the ONLY ONES that is tellng Young Black Youth that the need to get their act together !!

Despite my Dissapointment in Dr. Cosby, I stand behind him 100 %.

How many of YOU are sending Young Black Youth to College ????

He has a RIGHT to speak to them in the tone he chooses to…He sent so many kids to college he feels a burden to tell the truth !!

Preach on Dr. Cosby !

JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ED BRADLEY FROM CBS NEWS HAS PASSED. HE WAS A TRUE AMERICAN ICON

@bill
I agree. As for his tone, he’s probably just exasperated with the fact that as much as he does - it’s never enough. I don’t know what happened w/ the girl. As a married man he shouldn’t even have put him self in a position where those women had room to make those acusations. He may be wrong on that count - but that doesn’t change that he’s right on everything else!

@71 - yeah doesn’t it seem like we’ve lost a lot of those the past few years. people who gave america it’s identity abroad are fading away.

See karma is a bitch! He aired out black peoples weakness and it came back and bit him in his ass thats good for him. I feel that we bring each other down by talking bad about us on television, radio and etc. That’s on of the worse things to me. Your not trying to help your just hurting us. I think if your going to point out our weakness Bill you need to tell us and not the whole damn world that pisses me off. You never hear other races talk down on each other. So all i ask lets stop talking bad on us in public place and on television and radio. Your not helping your making it worse

ED BRADLEY WAS THE ONLY 65 YR OLD BLACK MAN THAT COULD WHERE AN EARRING AND STILL LOOK DISTINGUISHED. WE ALL COULD LEARN ALOT FROM THE TYPE OF PERSON HE WAS.

Deo,

It is SO Easy to get caught in a compromising position.

All a Young lady need is opportunity, patience & time..

We all know that there are women who set men up all the time..
That’s all I’m saying..We don’t really KNOW what was going down…
WHY was that Young lady at his house in the first place…SHE had to have been invited..She walked in the front door on her on accord…Maybe she promised Dr. Cosby some Booty, then chaged her story around once she got home..Maybe she went over there with the intention of setting him up for a lawsuit….Or maybe he has a history of drugging yound ladies…we really don’t know …..

Ed Bradley - Rest in Peace

Ed Bradley (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American journalist who began reporting for CBS News in 1967.

Bradley grew up in a single parent household, and learned the value of hard work from his mother. He attended Cheyney State College, graduating in 1964 with a degree in Education. His first job was teaching sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Wynnefield community. While he was teaching, he moonlighted at WDAS in Philadelphia, working for free and later, minimum wage. He programmed music, read news, and covered basketball games.

His introduction to news reporting came during the riots in Philadelphia in the 1960s. In 1967, he landed a full-time job at the CBS-owned New York radio station WCBS. In 1971, he moved to Paris, France and was living off of savings. As he ran out of money, he became a stringer for CBS News. He covered the Paris Peace Talks. In 1972, he was transferred to Saigon, to cover the Vietnam War. He spent time in Phnom Penh covering the war in Cambodia. While covering the war, he was injured by a mortar round. He had shrapnel wounds to his back and arm. In 1974, he moved to Washington, D.C. He covered the Carter campaign in 1976 and then became CBS News’ White House correspondent until 1978. From 1978 to 1981, he served as principal correspondent for CBS Reports.

In 1981, he joined the staff of 60 Minutes, when Dan Rather left to replace Walter Cronkite as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. He was the first—and to date only—male correspondent to regularly wear an earring on the show. He had his left ear pierced in 1986 and says he was inspired to do it after receiving encouragement from Liza Minnelli following an interview.

Over the course of his career, Bradley received an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Paul White Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association.[1] He was married to artist Patricia Blanchett and had homes in Woody Creek, Colorado, and New York City, New York.

On November 9, 2006, Bradley died from leukemia at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He was 65 years of age.[2]

@74 OH but Kristen - if they stopped having black people talk bad about us on tv a lot of rich young black boys would be out of work. AND this last speech was directed at us - not the world. He went to a womens hbcu and made this address, should he have sent the press out the room before he spoke? That would be an idea . . .

@Deo I agree w/you 100%. I am a hip-hop head from way back. But the hip-hop that projects black men as thugs and black women as hos and bitches is garbage. But the problem goes further than Cash Money, Luda and the other interchangeable rappers that are out now. While we may have made some inroads in the business it is still controlled by “others” who have no interest in promoting another image of our black youth. Lets be real it is young suburban kids who are eating up this rap shit that is out there now. They spend there money to get the “hood” experience from the confort of their gated communities. So if they are buying the music industry is going to sell it.
But back to Bill (Cosby) I still say you attrack more bees w/honey than with vinegar.

so what if he’s a pervert, loads of old black men are!
I like Bill, he’s a legend.

bill, I concede that men of power do have females out the get them AT ALL TIMES one way or the other. But if I know it and YOU know it . . . perhaps he forgot to watch his own back, grew careless, or maybe she’s telling the truth. Never know. I still support him though. still why WAS she there? guess it doesn’t matter now.///
btw thanks for all the informative posts!!

Rest In Peace Ed Bradley
That was one cool and distinguised brother.

@79 you’re right about the outside control, still I wonder, if snoop (not to pick on him just using him for an example- that most recent mug shot keeps popping up in my mind) felt that the average black man on the street wasn’t feeling him - would he still play that role? I know he knows that little white kids that have the 20$ to spend on his cd keep his life style up but still. Would he still do it if they were his ONLY fans??? Would others?? I don’t know . . if the black community spoke up as a unit, would it stop? slow?

I am Black and a litigation attorney. I’m also a woman who doesn’t want to see any woman sexually assaulted. However, settling a lawsuit does not equate “guilt”. Lawsuits are expensive to defend. Even a small town lawyer like myself will bill a client over $300 an hour for this kind of suit. How much more do you think it would cost Bill Cosby? Very often attorneys advice our clients to settle a case that is going to be too costly (in terms of money and reputation) to litigate.

What jumped out at me is that the prosecutor’s dropped their case. I worked as a Death Penalty Defender for quite some time. Trust me, prosecutor’s only drop cases when they don’t HAVE A CASE. All of which leads me to believe it was probably a crock and the plaintiff/victim was looking for the big payoff.

Finally, as young black people, we have to pay more attention. Every well-known black man with any type of power or influence has had his character assaulted at some point. It is referred to as “character assassination”. I don’t agree with everything Bill has said or done, but I do know a person is innocent until proven guilty, and that settling a lawsuit doesn’t mean you are admitting guilt–it could just be a smart money decision.

Chocolatepeach

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 1:01 pm

DEO said:
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bill, I concede that men of power do have females out the get them AT ALL TIMES one way or the other. But if I know it and YOU know it . . . perhaps he forgot to watch his own back, grew careless, or maybe she’s telling the truth. Never know. I still support him though. still why WAS she there? guess it doesn’t matter now.///
btw thanks for all the informative posts!!

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Bill Said:

YUP !!!
That The question that keeps proping up in MY mind..
WHY WAS SHE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE ????

Young Ladies: If you MUST meet with a MARRIED MAN, please meet him at his office (with his office door OPEN) or at Border’s, Dunkin Donut’s etc, etc….

a WOMAN (or a girl) should NOT BE MEETING with a MARRIED Man at HIS House, Her House, Hotel, Motel or Holiday INN….

I blaime both of them for being extremly stupid…

More than likely they were hooking up for consensual sex, and things got out of hand…

I don’t know if any one has said it but because you rarely see black men in power unfortunately some of our black women will forget their morals and values and do whatever it takes to get their attention and if they don’t get everything they want then you have a situation like this and so many others where there was a settlement out of court and that does not neccesarily mean a person is guilty. My fiance’ has a management position and he see’s it all the time that’s why I told him there won’t be alot of business trips alone and it’s not that I don’t trust him I don’t trust other females. Some females self-esteem is so low for whatever reason they feel they don’t deserve a man like that so then they try and mess up what you have. That’s why I’ll be like Doug Christie’s wife. Whenever he travels I travel because hoes don’t care about what you and that person have built together. I can mingle with upperclass when I need to but will still cut a bitch that tries to mess up what I have!

Bill face look like he swallowed one bitter ass jello pudding pop

so since i dont know what really happened i cannot assume and can only go with what the DA said which is they didnt have enough evidence to substantiate criminal charges

karma is a MF though and i cant help but to wonder if some dirty deeds he did in the past is coming back to haunt him now

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 1:09 pm

Chocolatepeach17 said:
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I am Black and a litigation attorney. I’m also a woman who doesn’t want to see any woman sexually assaulted. However, settling a lawsuit does not equate “guilt”. Lawsuits are expensive to defend. Even a small town lawyer like myself will bill a client over $300 an hour for this kind of suit. How much more do you think it would cost Bill Cosby? Very often attorneys advice our clients to settle a case that is going to be too costly (in terms of money and reputation) to litigate.

What jumped out at me is that the prosecutor’s dropped their case. I worked as a Death Penalty Defender for quite some time. Trust me, prosecutor’s only drop cases when they don’t HAVE A CASE. All of which leads me to believe it was probably a crock and the plaintiff/victim was looking for the big payoff.

Finally, as young black people, we have to pay more attention. Every well-known black man with any type of power or influence has had his character assaulted at some point. It is referred to as “character assassination”. I don’t agree with everything Bill has said or done, but I do know a person is innocent until proven guilty, and that settling a lawsuit doesn’t mean you are admitting guilt–it could just be a smart money decision.

Chocolatepeach

Bill Said:

I was HOPING an attorney whould chime in…

Just because a Person “Settles” doesn’t mean they are guilty…

And if the Prosecutor wouldn’t press charges…Wel there you go…What do YOU think this was all about ???

I COSIGN Chocolate Peace !!!
Selah & Amen !!!

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 1:21 pm

1finedyme said:
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I don’t know if any one has said it but because you rarely see black men in power unfortunately some of our black women will forget their morals and values and do whatever it takes to get their attention and if they don’t get everything they want then you have a situation like this and so many others where there was a settlement out of court and that does not neccesarily mean a person is guilty. My fiance’ has a management position and he see’s it all the time that’s why I told him there won’t be alot of business trips alone and it’s not that I don’t trust him I don’t trust other females. Some females self-esteem is so low for whatever reason they feel they don’t deserve a man like that so then they try and mess up what you have. That’s why I’ll be like Doug Christie’s wife. Whenever he travels I travel because hoes don’t care about what you and that person have built together. I can mingle with upperclass when I need to but will still cut a bitch that tries to mess up what I have!

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Bill Said:
COSIGN !!
I been wanting to say this ALL DAY LONG, but I didn’t want it to come off as if I was bragging…

Men (ESPECIALLY MARRIED MEN) can possibly get into “compromising situations” everyday of the week…

Women are very agressive and if they see that a brother has a few dollars and a nice ride, they will try to get him by “whatever means necessary”.

You rally have to have self control as a Man..It’s hard out here (no pun intended !)

oooh chocolatepeach - I looove ure screen name. I think that most of those who are screaming that settlement concedes guilt are those who don’t want to hear what he’s saying so the “character assination” bit isn’t even considered. I’ve wondered my self why all these accusations came out as he begun to speak out to the black community re: our state of affairs.

At bill - It’s the set up! that same warning to married men everywhere! it’s a starbucks across every street in cooperate america - meet her there if not in the office (and not alone) protect your marriage, reputation and peace of mind.

@86 you’re right. it seems like some women have such low expectations for life that they don’t believe they will find someone else so they will settle for being a “good” man’s mistress. It’s one of the ways black people can control their own destiny. stop breaking up families and creating single moms! stay out of other peoples marriage and wait for your own! many times these women don’t even want the man - just the life style they THINK his wife has.

Only the Guilty OR the Broke settle!!!

I don’t think he’s broke. lol

What the old heads call this? Oh yeah… Chickens comin’ home to roost!

A lot of what Bill is saying is true, but why in the f**k does he have to essentially chastise us young blacks in front of the world.

If he’s tired of us callin’ each other nigga, and the youngstas wearin’ they pants saggin’, and young ladies getting’ pregnant and young men not stickin’ around to take care of their children, then talk to us, and us only. What is speaking at engagements with more white folks than blacks gonna do for us?

The Cosby’s got enough bread for him to rent out coliseums in every metropolitan city in the nation, invite us and then let us know how you feel! But as it stands, I find out what Bill Cosby is sayin’ via the media, and it almost seems as if they sayin’ “Now see, even your own know you ain’t shit!” Bills a brilliant man, he should know that this ain’t the way to get at today’s youngstas; if they feel disrespected, it’s a wrap.

Now… I know the Cosby’s do a lot, and I’m proud and grateful for that, but what about the kids who aren’t straight A students, what about the youngsta that’s barely passin’; are they afforded scholarships? They need more guidance than anyone.

I have great respect for Bill Cosby, I just don’t agree with how he’s attempting to address today’s black youth.

P.S. I don’t believe that a settlement = guilt; I hope it doesn’t.

SAY WORD!!! George Allen conceded in VA. Dems got the house and the senate and rumsfeild is out !!

I still love Bill Cosby. Maybe as a settlement he paid that chick in jello snack cups… mmmmmmm

@ K Dubb That’s what I’m saying.Don’t put us on blast for the media. They love it. It’s like saying even your own know that it’s a wrap for all young black people.

#95 Jellybean819: “…I still love Bill Cosby.”

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That’s cool, Bean819! God wants us to love the sinner, but hate their evil, nasty deeds! This man drugged women and then he had his way with them! The settlement will never replenish her soul that he stole from her while she was drugged! A coward! A loser! Until he comes clean, he will never get my respect! Get help, Bill…not fancy lawyers and acquitals! Bill is sick!

Chocolatepeach17,

Thank you for breaking that down. I think it’s hard for laypeople to understand the inner workings of the legal system (civil and criminal). In some people’s eyes, the accused are either “guilty” or “innocent” and there’s no room for gray.

As for Mr Cosby, his contribution to Black people as a whole should not be overshadowed by his lust for women. If that’s the case, let’s kick Rev Jessie Jackson and Kirk Franklin to the curb right now. Many a lustful man has led many a people to the cross (Right, Bill? :0). There are quite a few of us that would kill to keep our skeletons in the closet. However, it doesn’t negate the fact that we may be good parents, activists, mentors, teachers, friends and the like.

I’m not condoning his actions. But I actually saw the accuser being interviewed my Matt Lauer on the Today Show some time ago and her story was filled with holes. Matt shamed her so much that her attorney stopped the interview. I couldn’t believe how poorly she came across for someone that was crying assault.

Bill was calling out Black people on their bull because some Blacks are full of bull. If what he was saying didn’t apply to you, the sting of his words may not have been as biting. Blacks that do right may have been his source of inspiration but the trifling ones supplied the ammunition.

And as far as the “keeping it between us,” how in the world is that possible in today’s global society? But more importantly, do we keep it between ourselves when we make videos that portray women as hoes (rightly or wrongly so)? Do we keep it between us when we’re acting up in the workplace or showing out in the streets? Do we keep it between us when we’re perpetuating all the other negative stereotypes that get us paid?

Instead of worrying about what Bill’s sharing with the rest of the world, let’s worry about what’s NOT being shared amongst ourselves!

What we need to be keeping between US is our wealth and our wealth of information. We need to learn how to share information with other Blacks that will help us to uplift one another. Share that stock tip. Share that link that might help a struggling business owner to seek out a VC or angel investor. Share that job opening with a peer that’s been looking to get into the corporate world. Share something other than an opinion about what the next man should be doing with his life.

And yes, I can speak it because I live it. More than a few people can attest to the fact that I share all kinds of information with them because I want to see them succeed.

Just my two cents.

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 2:53 pm

ms_mac1 said:
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Chocolatepeach17,

Thank you for breaking that down. I think it’s hard for laypeople to understand the inner workings of the legal system (civil and criminal). In some people’s eyes, the accused are either “guilty” or “innocent” and there’s no room for gray.

As for Mr Cosby, his contribution to Black people as a whole should not be overshadowed by his lust for women. If that’s the case, let’s kick Rev Jessie Jackson and Kirk Franklin to the curb right now. Many a lustful man has led many a people to the cross (Right, Bill? :0). There are quite a few of us that would kill to keep our skeletons in the closet. However, it doesn’t negate the fact that we may be good parents, activists, mentors, teachers, friends and the like.

I’m not condoning his actions. But I actually saw the accuser being interviewed my Matt Lauer on the Today Show some time ago and her story was filled with holes. Matt shamed her so much that her attorney stopped the interview. I couldn’t believe how poorly she came across for someone that was crying assault.

Bill was calling out Black people on their bull because some Blacks are full of bull. If what he was saying didn’t apply to you, the sting of his words may not have been as biting. Blacks that do right may have been his source of inspiration but the trifling ones supplied the ammunition.

And as far as the “keeping it between us,” how in the world is that possible in today’s global society? But more importantly, do we keep it between ourselves when we make videos that portray women as hoes (rightly or wrongly so)? Do we keep it between us when we’re acting up in the workplace or showing out in the streets? Do we keep it between us when we’re perpetuating all the other negative stereotypes that get us paid?

Instead of worrying about what Bill’s sharing with the rest of the world, let’s worry about what’s NOT being shared amongst ourselves!

What we need to be keeping between US is our wealth and our wealth of information. We need to learn how to share information with other Blacks that will help us to uplift one another. Share that stock tip. Share that link that might help a struggling business owner to seek out a VC or angel investor. Share that job opening with a peer that’s been looking to get into the corporate world. Share something other than an opinion about what the next man should be doing with his life.

And yes, I can speak it because I live it. More than a few people can attest to the fact that I share all kinds of information with them because I want to see them succeed.

Just my two cents.

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Bill Said:

Selah & Amen Sis !!
It’s a DAILY battle for me to keep my flesh under subjection.

I have a LUST issue, but I just don’t ACT ON IT
* I’ve NEVER had an affair since being married, but I’ve been tempted to at LEAST a 1,000 times…

I was just thinking of nasty things I could do to Mika….

Anyways, it’s challenging being good, but it CAN be done…

Peace

Ms_Mac1

That was a excellant commentary on this particular situation…

gold star for ms_mac1 !!!

Regardless of the particulars of the American legal system, I would not give a lying trick one red cent of my hard earned money if I was innocent.

Like I said, his pockets are far deeper than hers. We can lawyer up and go at it til Jesus comes back.

That’s right Bill. But notice I said “lustful men.” I didn’t say “adulterous men.” So there was no hidden meaning directed towards you at all. Just want to be clear on that.

I know it’s hard to stay “pure” minded visiting this site alone. Nothing is sacred here. And then to have these women tempting you left and right with closeups of their lips and hips. Oh the shame of it all… ;0)

@ Bill

I promise not to tempt you with all this good AKA stuff I got right here!

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 3:20 pm

ms_mac1 said:
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That’s right Bill. But notice I said “lustful men.” I didn’t say “adulterous men.” So there was no hidden meaning directed towards you at all. Just want to be clear on that.

I know it’s hard to stay “pure” minded visiting this site alone. Nothing is sacred here. And then to have these women tempting you left and right with closeups of their lips and hips. Oh the shame of it all… ;0)

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on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 3:21 pm

she-ra said:
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@ Bill

I promise not to tempt you with all this good AKA stuff I got right here!

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Bill Said:
Thank You ladies for understanding…

Just dealing with the ladies here on CL is challenging…

I have to call on The Father, The Son & the Holy Ghost along with some of the Angels for extra protection…

The Spirt is willing but our Flesh is weak…
Pray my strength in the Lord !!!

nah, i didn’t misread. it was in another post (maybe the dl one?). you listed him as a senator rather than a congressman. it wasn’t the copywritten wikipedia report you posted here. it’s no big deal in the big scheme of things…but i didn’t misread.

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 3:48 pm

exotic biracial butterfly said:
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nah, i didn’t misread. it was in another post (maybe the dl one?). you listed him as a senator rather than a congressman. it wasn’t the copywritten wikipedia report you posted here. it’s no big deal in the big scheme of things…but i didn’t misread.

Bill Said:
THEN I apologize….
I sometimes make mistakes…
It was simply a typographical error, nothing that I would have presented to my students.
Thanks for caring enough to speak on it though…

I am very disappointed in Mr Bill Cosby!
Why would an innocent man settle out of court?
His settlement is a sign of guilt!

SHAME ON YOU! HYPOCRITE!!!

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH!!
No one should be looking up to a actor anyway
Just b/c he had the top tv show doesn’t make his sick self God like he think he is
For years this man been walking around like his “mess doesn’t smell” trying to tell black people how to act instead of working on himself
I will pray for your soul

Bill’s rep said he gave her some Benadryl to help her sleep. Okay…then he got his freak on. Nasty fucker!
Keep your pop in your pants next time. He’s got the nerve to diss black men & women everytime he’s in front of a mic GTFOH, someone said settling out of court is an admission of guilt…..I COSIGN!

jello pudding pops!!! bwaaaaaaaaah!!!

i cant imagine him doing something like that.
he seems like the person with such integrity and maturity and control. but wow i’ve heard of this before but i just shoved it off as something someone made up for attention ….but wow.

Damn Bill. Long but well put.

Settlement does not necessarily translate into guilt. Lawyers often do cost-benefit analysis, and encourage clients to settle based on desired outcome, timing, cost of litigation, etc. It’s quite alright not to know, but admit you don’t know. Stop making ignorant conclusions.

LMAO @109

He is a perv..bottom line ,I dont care how much he do for the community ..that just like saying oh well he raped the little girl but he has been so good to the black community we will let him work at the daycare center anyway…plzz he dead ass wrong

Seems like some blacks are doing for R-kelly and Bill Cosby, what the catholic church been doing for the prev preists.

Bill’s case is strange because he had many years to speak on the ills in the black community but he didn’t (to my knowledge) because he had something to lose. Now he’s 70 something years old, he’s made however many TV shows and movies, his career is over and now he wants to lead. Lol. I wonder if the white man had let him buy NBC like he wanted to back in the day if he would still be speaking like he has lately. I don’t know whether he really assaulted the lady or not but I do know that the white man keeps a file on all the negroes that he lets blow up in his entertainment and sports industries. If you look like you’re about to step out of line all of a sudden your dirty laundry gets aired (Bill Cosby), or you get sick (Muhammad Ali), or you die suddenly (Johnnie Cochran). Bill knows that file was being kept but he doesn’t care anymore because his career is over. The leaders of this society don’t care how many frivolous “scholarships” these affluent negroes give out as long as they don’t rock the boat and start speaking revolutionary. Many young blacks go to college and come out with the mentality of how they can build up “America” as opposed to their own community. That’s why you look in Oprah’s audience and it’s all white women. The powers that be know that she wouldn’t dare step out of line and risk the influence that was given her. As soon as a famous black does start to speak out of order, all of a sudden after 40 years in the industry you have kids out of wedlock and you’re a rapist and your son gets killed strangely on the highway. Strange.

I dont think this is true, then again, hollywood is hollywood and bill cosby is hollywood!!

@#58 WHAT A LOVELY VIEW.WWWHHHEEEEEEEE WRRRREEL
BILL COSBY pissed me OFF talkin that ol’ HIGH and MIGHTY SHIT.yeah he got RICH off of POOR BLACK PEOPLES BACK’S but then HE turned his BACK on his people saying they gotta PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THIER OWN BOOT STRAPS.While the HELP HE GIVES IS GOOD it should be given EARLIER ON in a childs LIFE like AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS,FOOD,SPORTS,TRAINING or SKILL CENTER to KEEP kids interest in school.The REAL fact of the matter is ECONOMICS all our INNER CITIES(check out your city)have been ABANDONED(see empty buildings)
by INDUSTRY and our GOVERNMENT which inturn does NOT provide JOBS or INCOME for the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS which is usually the START of the breakup of MOST of our FAMILIES.Our INNER CITY SCHOOLS also have been ABANDONED mainly through FUNDING or lack of,causing LOW WAGE for INNER CITY TEACHERS which inturn only attracts the NO OUTHER CHOICE TEACHERS who ought to be one of the higher PAID professions.ALL this coupled
with the fact that BLICK people CAN’T GET A LOAN.
WE HAVE NO BACKING from ANYWHERE.the only TRUE FREE(mentally) escape is our LOVE or SEX(best thing ever invented)we have (as an escape)which causes UNWANTED PREGNACIES but if there was a STEADY HOUSEHOLD whith out the worries of WHAT TO EAT or SLEEP our SOCIETY WOULD not HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE FALLING throgh the CRACKS all the while getting CHASTISED BY SOMEONE who’s already MADE IT.
THAT’S WHY I CALL HIM A HIPOCRIT.
I’LL BET HE DON’T EVEN BELIEVE IN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
IF IT AIN’T HIS STYLE he will TALK ABOUT YO ASS.Take EDDIE MURPHY.HE TRIED TO TELL HIM NOT TO CUSS IN HIS COMEDY.like RICHARD PRYOR said FUCK HIM do the people laugh at your JOKES?yeah then FUCK HIM.

fuk everyone he has something neg to say about cosby!!!

i luv cosby, he’s the truth!!! forget u all!!

Wow. Some of yall really say some pretty great things.

I personally don’t believe he did it.

Ol’ crusty azz, dirty azz old man.

i’m so disappointed, but i don’t know why. the ones who are always throwing stones, wind up knocking their own ass in the head with one. tsk tsk.

Get em @judah… Get at ‘em ( Tell them What’s REALLY Up!!! )

Meatloaf,

I’m not saying that I agree with what he did (if he did anything at all).I will never understand why women put themselves in situations like that in the first place. She should have never been at his house. I know that the jello snacks are alluring but she still shouldn’t have been there.

WOW
Never, Never, Never blame the victim(?) in a sexual assalt case
I don’t care if she had just underwear on when she showed up at his house and kissed him
He has no right to touch her if she didn’t want to be touch
Bill Cosby is in his 70’s(?) now
Who would think Dr.Phil Huxtable would drug and rape them?

Hypocritical old horny fucker!

Damn Bill, all that money u got and you spinning it on knockout pills? That’s some ill shizzit! You shoulda just bought the punani straight out. That kinda shit dilutes your message, which was on point, but now you make yo’ self seem like a hippocritter… that’s like mike Jack paying that little boy 17mil… I wouldn’t give a squirt o’ piss to someone that’s lying on me, “just to make it go away”. We’d have to take that shit to da mat.. 4real!