{"id":1745,"date":"2008-02-12T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T15:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/02\/12\/this-is-as-good-as-it-gets\/"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:15:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:15:20","slug":"this-is-as-good-as-it-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/02\/12\/this-is-as-good-as-it-gets\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is As Good As It Gets"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Truthfully, this is as good as it gets.  We won\u2019t have a chance like this again for some time-if ever, we know that, and we\u2019ve fallen in line.  The power structure has allowed this brotha to compete as long as he is clear on a few ground rules:  no material changes will be made to the racist global economic order, Africa will not be liberated from its economic dependence on the World Bank and the IMF, and incremental changes in domestic economic institutions like the [tag]health care system[\/tag] will be permitted within certain limits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From [tag]Skeptical Brotha[\/tag]&#8217;s post <em><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticalbrotha.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/08\/barack-obama-a-proxy-for-racial-equality\/\">[tag]Barack Obama[\/tag], a proxy for [tag]racial equality[\/tag]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=0307237702&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>   <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000RRX3WI&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>   <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B0012UT70Q&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>See Also:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/2164th.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/clinton-getting-screwed-by-blacks.html\">Clinton Getting Screwed by the Blacks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pensitoreview.com\/2008\/02\/12\/peggy-noonan-gop-scared-of-obama\/\">Peggy Noonan: GOP Most Scared of Obama &#8211; No, Seriously, They Are<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eteraz.org\/2008\/02\/12\/i-can-admit-when-i\u2019m-wrong\/\">I can admit when I&#8217;m wrong<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/themoderatevoice.com\/politics\/john-mccain\/17718\/being-politically-incorrect-race-and-name-do-matter\/\">Being Politically Incorrect: [tag]Race[\/tags] and Name Do Matter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobkrumm.com\/blog\/?p=1850\">Divided By Itself<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rhymeswithright.mu.nu\/archives\/254524.php\">More Assassination Talk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.byroncrawford.com\/2008\/02\/respectable-neg.html\">Respectable negro makes case against Obama<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroot.com\/id\/44630\">Not My Brand of Hope<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truthfully, this is as good as it gets. 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