NAACP 100th Anniversary and the POTUS - Thurs. July 16, 2009 (morning Plenary)

[BumRushDaShow]

The conference is going on this week (7/11/09 - 7/16/09) with nary a mention in the media except on black radio and the black media. In the past, CSPAN would air many of these conventions including the NACCP, Urban League, Blacks in Government, etc., and on occasion would even broadcast some sessions live... But it seems nowadays, they feel they have bigger fish by covering mostly wingnut (Heritage Foundation, AEI, Cato, Hoover, etc) nonsense. They sometimes eventually air selected sessions later in the year or during a slow news weekend, so I'll be on the lookout.

Thank goodness for XM radio station 169 "The Power" though. From what I can gather, almost all of the hosts have been reporting live from the conference including Joe Madison, Warren Ballatine, & the Rev. Al Sharpton, and America Left's (XM 167) Mark Thompson has also been broadcasting from the floor.

Because of the historic centenial anniversary, I understand that many many current and past political figures (including current and past members of Congress), activists, past NAACP Presidents, and entertainers, have been in attendance during the week.

But most importantly, our President will be speaking before them on Thurs. July 16 during the 9 am - 12:30pm plenary session. How poignant can that be? I would hope one of the CSPANs shows it live since they do tend to broadcast Presidential events and this is about as historic an event as can be. But this may run counter to their airing of the Sotomayer hearings should that still be going on Thurs. morning and Congress has a morning session scheduled (which would mean CSPAN & CSPAN2 would be out of the running for live airing, and it would leave CSPAN3 to decide who is more important - a SCOTUS nominee or the POTUS. ;) ). Of course they could ignore both as is typical when it comes to "minorities", but we shall see.

[firedupdem]

1. Thanks for the heads up....

Due to my work schedule and current environment, I had forgotten it was this week. I'm hoping some of it will make CSpan.

[Number23]

2. What exactly is the conference?

The NAACP anniversary was in Feb. Is this part of the centennial or is this something else?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. This is their national convention

They usually have it during the summer and members from across the country and around the world (including the leadership of the local chapters) attend workshops, seminars, panel discussions, plenary sessions, award presentations, luncheons/dinners with musical performances, etc.... The convention is taking place in NYC this year.

http://www.naacp.org/events/convention/100th/index.htm

On the page at the above link (down around the center-right), there is a PDF copy of their convention program with the schedule. They really have alot packed in for the week!

[Number23]

4. Cool beans. Thanks for the heads up, BumRush!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. UPDATE

It appears that the POTUS speech will be given tonight (Thurs. 7/16/09) for the evening Plenary at around 7:00 pm. Am still hoping that one of the CSPANs will cover it as it will definitely be historic!

[Number23]

6. Is C-Span covering it??

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Nope. CNN & MSNBC have it on....

:banghead:

Not sure how long they will run it.

[kwassa]

10. C-Span has all 37 minutes on their website.

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/07/16/HP/A/21063/Pres+Obama+Remarks+at+NAACP+Conference.aspx

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Yes thank you. They also aired it this (Friday) morning

Interesting how they can find time to put on crap like the Heritage foundation, LIVE, but well.... :eyes:

[Number23]

8. Here's a really nice article on his speech

It appears to have gotten rave reviews.

http://news.aol.com/article/obama-speaks-to-naacp/574287

[FrenchieCat]

9. Saw the last 2 minutes on Rachel Maddow just now,

and man....that was a speech! Ooh, Shit! :wow:

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Yeah, the preacher buried in him just came out!

I thought he was going to levitate off the podium. He was just that intense when he hit that crescendo near the end! Hope he has a voice left today. :rofl: