“Cosbiness is next to godliness.” 
A clip from a Today Show interview with Bill Cosby is spreading throughout Blogistan. In the clip, Cosby essentially tells Trump to put up or shut up.
I have no interest in writing or thinking about Donald Trump. He’s a jackass in a bad hairpiece. He doesn’t buy into this Birther bullshit. Only idiots are birthers, and Trump may be a lot of things, but he is not an idiot.
Quite simply, he is jumping on the Teabilly Bandwagon because he knows that everytime he says the word “birthcertificatekenyanmuslim,” Sean Hannity and the rest of the Fox News asshats cream their collective shorts; so much so, in fact, that Fox gave Trump his own show.
Yup.
If you really want to start your week off with a migraine and a case of diarrhea, watch Mondays with Trump: So Awful that Even Your Bowels Will Be Irritated.
At any rate, if you have not yet seen the clip yet, here it is:
I don’t care either, Dr. C.
What I do care about is the rest of that interview — the reason for Bill Cosby’s appearance on the Today Show, which was to discuss his and Dr. Stanley Battle’s (President of Southern Connecticut State University) efforts in inspiring black children in low-income neighborhoods to strive for success, and to discuss the need to demonstrate to young children that someone cares about their future, and to urge that communities provide “safe passage,” so that children can walk freely in their neighborhoods without being confronted with violence, drugs, and thuggery.
And, when asked about Obama, both Battle and Cosby had good things to say about Obama’s performance as an “education President.” I care about that, too.
Here’s the full clip:
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It’s always heartwarming to see Dr. Cosby out there fighting the good fight; using his celebrity to inspire children to succeed. (I used to watch him compete in the Penn Relays back in the day — when he wasn’t 73 [!!]. Good times.)
As Dr. Battle said, the urban experience is unique. So while we focus on the assault on teachers in places like Wisconsin, let’s not forget that kids in urban communities often have it worse — a lot worse.
And when you see “black intellectuals” like Cornel West slamming Obama for not doing enough for black people, or for not ending wars through the spreading of love, it’s a good idea to remember that there are black celebrities who are actually doing shit, instead of just talking about it.
To read more about Dr. Cosby’s efforts, click this link.
To read about the tensions between some black Obama-supporters and the ”black intellectual class,” check this rant over at W.E.E. See You.
And just because:
[cross-posted here at Balloon Juice]
“You have to take him seriously if he runs.”
“No, I don’t.” Well said, Dr. Cosby. I couldn’t have put it better myself.
Apparently it has never occurred to Meredith Vieria that the people of the US don’t “have to” take someone seriously because they declare themselves to be a candidate for the Presidency.
Funny, I don’t remember the Today Show giving us daily updates on the campaigns of Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin and Cynthia McKinney in 2008. They ran for president, and they had just as much chance of winning as Donald Trump.
Oh wait, that’s right! None of them have prime-time entertainment programs on NBC.
The other night I was mulling over the fact that so many celebrities go out of the country and spend so much money to help people while ignoring our own children. Frankly, it really pisses me off. Even Lawrence O’Donnell has his desk project. Having been a very poor child I know first hand what it does to the soul, it really starves it a little.
And as I was thinking about it, I got this thought that what our celebrities should do is start a project here where they adopt a neighborhood or block. Not to just give money to them, but to give them the type of support where they actually can pull themselves up. It seems to me that what Cosby is doing is very important, but he is starting with the kids. I think they need to start with the adults. Seeing that they get good info about further schooling so they can earn more money. Better info to limit the size of their families (if they want to), that type of thing. Believe me, it doesn’t help a kid at all to give support at school if they are going back to a rotten home life. I haven’t put all the pieces together yet, in fact, this is the first I’ve written about it. But watching that vid about Cosby and Battle I thought I would just write it down so I could get an outsiders opinion. Any thoughts?
And I couldn’t care less about Trump, he’s just a zit on the soul of the tea baggers.
You’re absolutely right about a child/student’s life away from school superceding the funding put into the school. Many children are conditioned to be delinquents based on their environment, and won’t take school seriously regardless of the programs available. I spent 3 of my 4 high school years in a so-called rough, inner-city school that had great programs available (IB) with wonderful teachers if people were willing and able to be in them. But such programs don’t mean that much when 1/4th of the school seemed to be truant every day. For those of us there, the police literally showed up almost daily. Don’t get me wrong, I personally learned much more socially going there than I would have in some sheltered suburban school. However, I too probably would have been totally fucked if I grew up in the sociopathy that many of those kids had to deal with.
Good points, y’all! This whole Trump ordeal is just another annoying news story in the so-called MSM. I’d rather they went in depth about The Coz’s efforts in education…much more interesting than shark-jumping birth certificates!