No president runs the country. There are three branches in place that collectively, through checks and balances, run the country. The president certainly doesn't run the country alone. So, by your convoluted attempt to try and "knock" Obama, you actually spoke the true. See, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.
no, secret societies rule the free world, the last honest president you had was jfk, he got shot. obama is just a pretty face, hes gone back on everything that he promised to do, and sold you all down the river. now wake up and get off his dick. no homo
You're a crab in a bucket and a hater to boot. As for Obama, we will see how things turn out. Until I see foul play on his part, I'll use my own brain to determine facts than to just subscribe to ridiculous conspiracies hatched by conservative repubs. You're a fucking parrot lol. Pitiful
Hold on...you're talking all that shit and you're from Ukraine? LOL Come one man. All you here is stupid propaganda. You're not even in the US. Bounce!
bobbyjindal go on some video bashing Obama with your comments anyway. your acting like a little hater, I know the little hater exists in all of us but esp. in you so stop hating. Get some type of education other than your b.s. (and I don't mean bachelor of sciences) degree from University of Alabama
Yea mccain would have come up with a brilliant idea somewhere in alaska while sipping hot cocoa with sarah palin watching russia..........stop hating, obama was the better choice by far not only that but it was a significant moment in history. Get over your ignorance and get a life
the stimulus bill will be good in the future your looking too near term and your dollar statistic is way wrong, if AIG went down the country would be in a mess and if you think otherwise your a dummy
Every? Socialist Economy has crippled ever country that has used it?
Im not a socialist/communist/Marxist/Space Ghost from the heavens announcing the one true religion on Planet Earth. I just want to know why strictly socialist economic markets are a bad thing, or why not helping the poor economically helps the poor economically...if you do not mind
socialist economies are not always a bad thing, and have not 'crippled' every country that uses them. do some research on cuba, but be careful to look past all the US propaganda.
Dude, your vids make me wanna cry. I <3 you. It's really nice to see that there are smart people in the world. I'm deff gonna continue watching your Vlog. U are POPPIN!
Must've been something...I stood up on a bar where I was DJing. No one cared too much. It's funny, I was the only caucasian (READ: Jewish man) in the bar other than a handful, and yet...most excited. PASSION folks, let's all wake the fuck up NOW, how about it? OK, I go back to dreaming.
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I dont hate jay, hes too irrelevant to waste that kind of energy on. I pity him, I'm telling him he sucks and that he needs to quit for his own good. He's only embarassing himself by continuing to vlog, and all of you cruel bastards are letting the poor son of a bitch think he's actually good at this, yall have had this joke for far too long.
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And....? Are you trying to discredit my opinion just because of the type of music I listen to? Whats a matter with Necro? You listen to common, a sellout faggot, so who are you to judge?
I can understand the urge you felt to defend your boyfriend, I understand you fags gotta stick together, but I suggest you mind your own damn business next time. I know you dont want to get humiliated like I've humiliated casper numerous times before...dont believe me? ask him.
Thanks for the love, as always. You're so good at this character, sometimes I think you're actually serious about it. :) BTW I think Ill Bill & Non Phixion had their radio debut on my show, back in the day.
Arondeus.......days later... because thats how youtube works lol.. its not Ironic. Its completely unrelated that barack won the presidency that 70 percent of black people in CA voted against gay marriage. not at all. Would it be ironic if McCain won and 70 percent of whites voted against it. no. although its not the same thing considering Obama is the first black president elected. Its understandable for you to be frustrated and upset, but its completely unrelated.
Once and for all -- the supposed "statistic" about African American voting on Prop. 8 IS CRAP. Since when are progressive people such dupes that they swallow whole poorly executed exit polling done by CNN? Are people so dim they don't know a wedge issue when they see it? Everyone who keeps talking about this non-event is diverting attention and energy from where it needs to go -- towards the huge, well-financed, well-coordinated effort from in- and outside CA to rob people of their rights.
I'm not shocked either. The point is that people are making a big deal out of the voter breakdown in California, but no one is talking about the voter breakdown in Arizona, which shows a lower percentage of blacks voting for the ban than whites. That statistic contradicts the Cali statistic.
actually, i think the song is (more accurately) "moon shadow" by "labelle," patti labelle's group from the 70s that included nona hendryx and sarah dash.
*sigh* I was never more miserable about being stuck in this nowhere hole in West Virginia as I was on Tuesday night. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of civilization.
African Americans still only make up 6% of California's population. Latinos are a much greater percentage, and Whites greater than that. 50% of the African American population voting for prop 8 is still roughly 3%. While there is something to be said for a minority trying to take away another minority's civil rights, it's stupid to blame it all on one group unless that group is the Mormon church which funded Prop 8. The LDS/White vote passed the prop more than blacks or Latinos.
Nobody is saying that blacks caused the Prop to pass. We are simply pointing out the irony and hypocrisy evident in the fact that 70% of blacks voted to take away existing civil rights from another group on the same day that America elected its first Black president.
70% of the black people CNN interviewed voted for Prop. 8. There is little reason to believe this was a representative sample. Please go to Daily Kos and read shanikka's post from 11/7. Then ask yourself what percentage of other ethnic groups most likely voted for Prop. 8, given AA's status as one of smaller minority groups in CA. Singling out black people is racist and wrong.
Boy, you are one stubborn person. I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS DIDN'T ALSO VOTE FOR IT. I'm saying that it is IRONIC that on the same night American elected its first black President, 70% of blacks in CA voted to strip civil rights from another group. Get it? Stubborn ass ....
I think it's great Obama won (I voted for him) but I'm hoping people don't just get satisfied with electing the first black president and actually hold him to his promises. I hope the reports of his camp trying to downplay expectations for him are false.
I'm also disappointed to read that high black voter turn out in California is a key reason why gay marriage was banned there. So some black voters are excited about progress toward equality for their race but not for homosexuals? Lame.
Personally I feel that marriage is a religious thing. Like all religious things I think it should be up to the individual churches whether or not to allow it. I was shocked that Prop 9 passed...Disappointing indeed.
Why are so many people singling out African Americans as if somehow theirs were the magic votes that made the difference? In 2002 a similar measure passed by a much wider margin. There was no special black turn-out then. Scapegoating African-Americans is a stupid, ugly, divisive thing to do. Please stop it.
Scapegoating? Are you serious? I know that it is inconvenient to point out that 70% of blacks in CA chose to strip existing civil rights away from another group when we'd like to celebrate Obama's victory. They did not cause the Prop to pass by themselves but the IRONY is that Obama is the first BLACK pres., not latino or asian. And on that same day - blacks used religion as an excuse just as religion was used against them to justify slavery and segregation.
It's not that it's inconvenient -- it's that it's demonstrably NOT TRUE. Everyone is basing this claim on figures from a wretchedly bad CNN poll that was both stupidly conducted and badly misinterpreted. Moreover, again, please tell me what the magical power of black people did to pass Prop. 22 in 2000 (I wrote 2002 by mistake above). In fact, in the counties with large black populations, Prop 8 was voted DOWN or won by the smallest margins. Get the facts, and stop spouting this nonsense.
just to let you know, your fuckin video made me go vote. and im from 116th and park avenue, across from lennox and 5th. I'm not gonna ask you where you stay at, but know you motivated those around you
That look on your face said it all, J. What a moment to be able to live in.
ROFL @ "kinda makes you think Kanye was wrong about him". I don't know, I still don't think he likes Black people, but it doesn't matter. I'm ready for this new administration. I pray that it won't be long until we are truly a UNITED States of America.
Jay Smooth, don't tell me you fell for this farce. All we did replace a white conservative corporate puppet for a black liberal corporate puppet. WEB Du Bois, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Huey Newton, and others warned black folks about these politicians, Dem or Repub, black or white. Obama is no different from Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, & George W. Bush. Obama's been bought like all those guys. All people need to consider 3rd parties like they have in Canada and Europe.
I don't expect to agree with all of what Obama does in office. The moment captured in this video isn't really about that, at least not for me. But, IMO, assuming all presidents are exactly the same is no wiser than assuming any president can be your savior. Each of the men you mentioned were similarly limited and compromised by their new position, and the system it is a part of. But even within those constraints, each of them were still different from each other. It does matter who we choose.
yeah, here in seattle about a thousand people rushed into the streets of capitol hill after he was elected, just screaming and cheering. it was pretty great.
and people, stop debating, the election's over and you're not going to change each other's minds.
But see, I'm gonna tell you why that's not true, and it's the best thing about this: It's *impossible* for him to ruin the nation, because you can't break what's already broke! George Bush was kind enough to set things up for the first Black President so that no matter *what* happens, he can't be worse than the last guy! Kinda makes you think Kanye was wrong about him.
How did we ruin the nation? Millions of Americans got to vote and witnessed, or we will, the peace transfer of power. A black man has become the leader of the free world in a nation with a horrible racial past. If nothing else be proud of the USA right now. I served in the USMC for this reason alone: You can never count America out. No matter how bad things get there is always the possibility for a better tomorrow, for people to come together as Americans.
This video is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the 1st time in my life I believe MLK's dream is on it's way to coming true. But change won't happen over night. It's going to take a minute to fix all the crap Bush has done one step at a time. I'm still crying tears of JOY! YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cried for African-Americans on that night. I am Latino and I cried for all minorities that night. Now I hear that 70% of black Californians voted to discriminate against gays by voting for a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Religion was the excuse. Ironically, religion was often the excuse used to justify slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation. I'm afraid we haven't really learned anything. We've only transferred the hate to a different group. With the help of African-Americans.
50% of Latinos voted for it. But we didn't elect the 1st Latino pres. The hypocrisy is that on the same day we elected the 1st black pres-70% of blacks in CA voted to strip civil rights from gays. Nice attempt to change the subject by nit-picking syntax and the definition of ethnicities. Ignore the facts but the truth is that I am a gay Latino,I volunteered for his campaign & I felt pride that my country finally elected a black man. Not knowing that I was being betrayed by my fellow minorities.
I feel your pain on prop 8 Arondeus BUT facts are facts. FACT:I am a black lesbian FACT: California's population is estimated at 36,553,215 with 58.9% Caucasion, 35.9% hispanic, 12.3% Asian, 6.2%Black, 3.3% mixed and 0.7% American Indian. Do the math, sit back and let that marinate for a moment. Now if you want to accuse people of hypocrisy don't just limit it to Black people. I suggest you take a look close to home with hispanics being the SECOND biggest population there behind Caucasions.
I'm not saying that we lost in CA because of the black vote. I'm simply saying that it was a betrayal for black Californians to vote so overwhelmingly in support of discrimination on the very same day that we elected the first black president. We didn't elect the first Latino, Asian, Female, etc - we happened to elect the first black pres. And on the same day, black Californians chose to discriminate against another group. Period.
First off,nobody owes homosexual,black people,latin people,asian people ,white people etc..anything.Obama wasn't elected just because of his skin colour but for his attributes.Don't misunderstand me,discrimination is wrong! On that we agree.But,you act like you did black people a favour.Your own people-50% to quote you, voted against it,so what does that say?It's not a personal thing,some people (people of ALL colours are homophobic).Prejudice is a human affliction.Get over yourself.
Did blacks a favor? Who the hell said that anyone did blacks a favor? Obama deserved the election. The irony and hypocrisy is that on the same night that America elected its first BLACK pres. 70% of blacks in CA used religion as an excuse to discriminate against another group. Slavery and segregation were often justified through religion by white supremacists. That's called irony and hypocrisy.
And you choose to cling to that rather than admit, as much as it might hurt to have to admit to it, that there is hypocrisy and irony in this situation. It didn't take long for black Americans to start behaving like "the man" pushing other groups down.
Arondeus,I can't believe that DAYS later you are still on this post talking about prop8 smh. Again it is a serious matter that needs to be addressed but this post is not the place. How about you make a post on your channel and anybody else can comment there to your hearts content. This post is to celebrate something no one thought they would see in their lifetime. Truth is ecause SO MANY are upset that it passed I honestly feel prop h8 will be overturned shortly.Change happens 1day at a time.
Sit back and show some patience...we had to wait over 100yrs to come as far as we have in this country. Gay rights will come too probably alot sooner than you think.
marriage is a religious ceremony. not a governmental institutions. what gays should be fighting for is equal civil unions where couples reep the same benefits as a orthodox marriage. but under the technical terms of what is considered marriage in religion iwoud be a matrimony between man and woman. you guys seem to be fighting religious institutions instead of government hypocrisy. when the gay community understands this they will get what they want.
I dunno. I think you have some valid points, but at the same time... I think marriage has changed. What it stands for, who it includes, how it's percieved by others. My husband and I are not religious, didn't have a religious ceremony... nothing. In fact, we're Atheists. With people getting divorced, and these bachelor shows... Well, frankly, religion should drop their questionable claim on marriage like a hot potato.
Marriage is a religious ceremony, it's also a social contract, and been used to forge alliances between clans, tribes, nations, etc. The reason it's not a religious issue is because in America it doesn't matter if you get married in a Church by a priest, Imam, or whatever it is not official until you get that piece of paper from the State. A Judge at the Courthouse is not a religious official so why can't gays get married there, or in their own church? Separation of Church & State = USA.
uhm isnt that what im saying, when i spoke about reeping the benefits of civil unions? like u said marriage doesnt mean anything until u recieve the piece of paper. sO therefore the importance is the piece of paper not the actual term of marriage. so fighting for the right to be "married" doesnt really matter, as i stated above.the only thing that matters is the papers,which government is control of, not religious institutions. like i said, fight hypocrisy in government, not technicalities
Well saying gays can have something similar but not really to marriage, civil union, isn't giving them the same rights as heterosexuals. You may see it as a technicality but what gays are going after is a fundamental civil right, and a step closer to not being treated like second class citizens. It's why "separate but equal" doesn't work.
My point is marriage isn't just a religious issue which is what the opposition to gay marriage claims: it's a state issue, hence a civil right.
Whatever dude 54% of latinos voted for this. Blacks make up a small small minority in CA, but the 54% latino vote was MUCH MORE detrimental to the no on 8 campaign.
Also this doesnt mean that the the LGBT movement is over, remember before that Brown V. Board of Ed there was Plessy V. Fergueson and the Dred Scot case.
The irony and hypocrisy is that we elected a black president. If we had elected a Latino president then I would have been focusing my comment to Latinos. The fact of the matter is that 70% of blacks in California chose to use religion as an excuse to discriminate just like the white supremacists have used religion to justify slavery and segregation - ON THE SAME DAY THAT AMERICA ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. That's called irony and hypocrisy.
I'm Canadian and I felt like it was our own president being elected. this thing is most definatly world-wide no doupt!! Tears in my eyes during this historical moment of truth! Simply beautiful
the feeling of hearing them announce it was great, but the feeling of seeing four years of one of our own in power....thats what is really hitting me more....
lol at the girl dancing beside the moving lorry...heh, she made me smile.. great vid though congrats to ya'll up there from a fellow caribbean brotha! YES YA'LLL DID!
I am still in a state of euphoria, awe, gratitude, hope, and readiness for the work ahead! Come on, America! Yes, We Did but there is more to Do! We Did, We Can, and We Will :-)
On the 4th of November America proved they are not all complete and utter morons!
After they re elected bush my hopes where low! But now hopefully things will change I hope for america to regain some trust of the world and no longer will be seen as that bully that just starts war and threatens other country's with financial damage if they don't support them.
I've stayed up on the 4th until 5 at night when I saw obama win! I hope for a time of peace and change!
I have to say that this is one of your best videos yet. I would never personally have the chance to see something as amazing as that, so thank you so much for sharing that.
Yeah, I was in DC partying in front of the White House with 5000 other people. It was great. Not only were people of all races there, but people of all ages were, too. The whole city was crazy. Cars driving up and down the street honking their horns. I was riding my bike around, hi-fiving people as I rode by. I must have hugged 100 strangers. How could anyone not be happy? Not only did we get rid of Bush, but we get Obama as his replacement.
I miss the excitement and hope of that night.
murphy59 6 months ago
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obama is a tool, he dosnt run the country
adapper 2 years ago
No president runs the country. There are three branches in place that collectively, through checks and balances, run the country. The president certainly doesn't run the country alone. So, by your convoluted attempt to try and "knock" Obama, you actually spoke the true. See, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.
lafmassive 2 years ago 2
no, secret societies rule the free world, the last honest president you had was jfk, he got shot. obama is just a pretty face, hes gone back on everything that he promised to do, and sold you all down the river. now wake up and get off his dick. no homo
adapper 2 years ago
You're a crab in a bucket and a hater to boot. As for Obama, we will see how things turn out. Until I see foul play on his part, I'll use my own brain to determine facts than to just subscribe to ridiculous conspiracies hatched by conservative repubs. You're a fucking parrot lol. Pitiful
lafmassive 2 years ago
"You're a crab in a bucket and a hater to boot. As for Obama, we will see how things turn out."
what are you a canadian rapper?
I'm a parrot? you're a tit.
adapper 2 years ago
Hold on...you're talking all that shit and you're from Ukraine? LOL Come one man. All you here is stupid propaganda. You're not even in the US. Bounce!
lafmassive 2 years ago
you re right secret sociteties do run the world.
raekwonharris 2 years ago
that looks so awsome hun!
TraySlinger 2 years ago
bobbyjindal go on some video bashing Obama with your comments anyway. your acting like a little hater, I know the little hater exists in all of us but esp. in you so stop hating. Get some type of education other than your b.s. (and I don't mean bachelor of sciences) degree from University of Alabama
souldrudaddy 2 years ago
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Looks like somebody's handing out welfare checks and government cheese. The natives are happy.
JoeNati 3 years ago
Jay, I wanted to watch this today to see if that feeling still resonates. I'm typing this with tears in my eyes. Thank you.
mikewill57 3 years ago
haha wow
what a sad life
BobbyJindaI 2 years ago
Yeah, it's sad to be moved by something....
mikewill57 2 years ago
not some thing
this thing
this thing that produced a stimul bill that will spend $600,000 per new job...tell me
how do u justify this bill?
or are you just a typical mindless liberal sheep?
BobbyJindaI 2 years ago
Now you look here Bobby Jindeeel.... You have my support!
Flavoade 2 years ago
Yea mccain would have come up with a brilliant idea somewhere in alaska while sipping hot cocoa with sarah palin watching russia..........stop hating, obama was the better choice by far not only that but it was a significant moment in history. Get over your ignorance and get a life
souldrudaddy 2 years ago
it's historic?
is that really your only argument?
that is the argument of every uniformed voter in the nation.
can you name a single stance on which you both share common opinions?
if you do i'd be more than happy to rip it to shreds for you.
BobbyJindaI 2 years ago
the stimulus bill will be good in the future your looking too near term and your dollar statistic is way wrong, if AIG went down the country would be in a mess and if you think otherwise your a dummy
souldrudaddy 2 years ago
so spending $700,000 per new job will be beneficial in the future?
it's called creeping socialism. It has crippled every government that has failed to prevent it.
BobbyJindaI 2 years ago
Every? Socialist Economy has crippled ever country that has used it?
Im not a socialist/communist/Marxist/Space Ghost from the heavens announcing the one true religion on Planet Earth. I just want to know why strictly socialist economic markets are a bad thing, or why not helping the poor economically helps the poor economically...if you do not mind
TroySoul 2 years ago
socialist economies are not always a bad thing, and have not 'crippled' every country that uses them. do some research on cuba, but be careful to look past all the US propaganda.
cubanoafuego 2 years ago 2
So your a republican?
Danizike 2 years ago
no,
a rationalist that is tired of blatant idiocy.
BobbyJindaI 2 years ago
Who attempts to piss on the parade of a celebration of the first African American president? Who uses Bobby Jindal as a screen name? A blatant idiot.
lafmassive 2 years ago
Dude, your vids make me wanna cry. I <3 you. It's really nice to see that there are smart people in the world. I'm deff gonna continue watching your Vlog. U are POPPIN!
MxTori 3 years ago
Do these black people really care about the issues? Jay i know youre obsessed with race, so you probably know the answer
Libs6728 3 years ago
Must've been something...I stood up on a bar where I was DJing. No one cared too much. It's funny, I was the only caucasian (READ: Jewish man) in the bar other than a handful, and yet...most excited. PASSION folks, let's all wake the fuck up NOW, how about it? OK, I go back to dreaming.
dipsetmuthafucka 3 years ago
youtube comments rock my world.
hey, angry guy- theres a simple way to not have to watch jay smooth vlogs- don't watch them.
MeLaDammit 3 years ago
All you haters (*see below) need to take a long vacation and de-stress.
Hate is not good for your heart!
ijamsville97 3 years ago 2
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I dont hate jay, hes too irrelevant to waste that kind of energy on. I pity him, I'm telling him he sucks and that he needs to quit for his own good. He's only embarassing himself by continuing to vlog, and all of you cruel bastards are letting the poor son of a bitch think he's actually good at this, yall have had this joke for far too long.
PurpleHulk4 3 years ago
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Haha at casper trying to rap. His skills on the mic were almost as pathetic as his vlogging abilities, which as all of you can see, he SUCKS.
Seriously jay, when the fuck are you going to quit?
PurpleHulk4 3 years ago
coming from a fucking necro fan
mancini3030 3 years ago
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And....? Are you trying to discredit my opinion just because of the type of music I listen to? Whats a matter with Necro? You listen to common, a sellout faggot, so who are you to judge?
I can understand the urge you felt to defend your boyfriend, I understand you fags gotta stick together, but I suggest you mind your own damn business next time. I know you dont want to get humiliated like I've humiliated casper numerous times before...dont believe me? ask him.
PurpleHulk4 3 years ago
Thanks for the love, as always. You're so good at this character, sometimes I think you're actually serious about it. :) BTW I think Ill Bill & Non Phixion had their radio debut on my show, back in the day.
illdoc1 3 years ago
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Fuck you and your radio show, you cant even put together a decent 1 and a half minute vlog, how the fuck are you gonna host a radio show?
PurpleHulk4 3 years ago
whats wrong with necro?
Nurosyz 3 years ago
Don't worry I would never quit, as long as I know you still love me. :)
illdoc1 3 years ago
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Why the fuck do you gotta turn everything into a discussion about homosexuality? Either you're a fag, or you're really ignorant and immature.
PurpleHulk4 3 years ago
heeeeeeeyyyyyy i walked by the screen in this VID!!!!!!! OOOBBBAAAMMAAAA!!! haha!
QuYorkCity 3 years ago
Arondeus.......days later... because thats how youtube works lol.. its not Ironic. Its completely unrelated that barack won the presidency that 70 percent of black people in CA voted against gay marriage. not at all. Would it be ironic if McCain won and 70 percent of whites voted against it. no. although its not the same thing considering Obama is the first black president elected. Its understandable for you to be frustrated and upset, but its completely unrelated.
mwhitti 3 years ago
Fantastic.
ADDIE22988 3 years ago
SAME!! And I also got chills watching this! :)
SamiaTheresa 3 years ago
Illdoc: "hip-hop for justice"
my seven year old child!
ijamsville97 3 years ago
Once and for all -- the supposed "statistic" about African American voting on Prop. 8 IS CRAP. Since when are progressive people such dupes that they swallow whole poorly executed exit polling done by CNN? Are people so dim they don't know a wedge issue when they see it? Everyone who keeps talking about this non-event is diverting attention and energy from where it needs to go -- towards the huge, well-financed, well-coordinated effort from in- and outside CA to rob people of their rights.
MissNormaDesmond 3 years ago
In Arizona, 54% of blacks voted to ban same sex adoption and 58% of whites voted to ban it. Why does no one know about this statistic?
lookatdoor 3 years ago
Because people are shocked that this passed in CA. Nobody is shocked that discrimination would pass in a state like Arizona.
Arondeus 3 years ago
I'm not shocked either. The point is that people are making a big deal out of the voter breakdown in California, but no one is talking about the voter breakdown in Arizona, which shows a lower percentage of blacks voting for the ban than whites. That statistic contradicts the Cali statistic.
lookatdoor 3 years ago
Our people are truly beautiful. Dancing, singing, drumming... I wish I were there!
SeeSwann 3 years ago
what is the name of the song playing in the middle of it, can someone help me out here?
mancini3030 3 years ago
i believe the song is "moonshadow" by patti labelle.
birchpaper 3 years ago
actually, i think the song is (more accurately) "moon shadow" by "labelle," patti labelle's group from the 70s that included nona hendryx and sarah dash.
birchpaper 3 years ago
thanks. that jam is EPIC, can't believe it's a cat stevens cover
mancini3030 3 years ago
you are correct!
illdoc1 3 years ago
This past November 4th was officially the most amazing day of my life
DelCalle 3 years ago 5
what song is playing here?
mancini3030 3 years ago
*sigh* I was never more miserable about being stuck in this nowhere hole in West Virginia as I was on Tuesday night. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of civilization.
scribegurl 3 years ago
African Americans still only make up 6% of California's population. Latinos are a much greater percentage, and Whites greater than that. 50% of the African American population voting for prop 8 is still roughly 3%. While there is something to be said for a minority trying to take away another minority's civil rights, it's stupid to blame it all on one group unless that group is the Mormon church which funded Prop 8. The LDS/White vote passed the prop more than blacks or Latinos.
standingtrial 3 years ago
Nobody is saying that blacks caused the Prop to pass. We are simply pointing out the irony and hypocrisy evident in the fact that 70% of blacks voted to take away existing civil rights from another group on the same day that America elected its first Black president.
Arondeus 3 years ago
70% of the black people CNN interviewed voted for Prop. 8. There is little reason to believe this was a representative sample. Please go to Daily Kos and read shanikka's post from 11/7. Then ask yourself what percentage of other ethnic groups most likely voted for Prop. 8, given AA's status as one of smaller minority groups in CA. Singling out black people is racist and wrong.
MissNormaDesmond 3 years ago 2
Boy, you are one stubborn person. I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS DIDN'T ALSO VOTE FOR IT. I'm saying that it is IRONIC that on the same night American elected its first black President, 70% of blacks in CA voted to strip civil rights from another group. Get it? Stubborn ass ....
Arondeus 3 years ago
And I am saying that bothering to emphasize over and over this piece of untrue information is divisive, stupid, and extremely racist. Get it?
MissNormaDesmond 3 years ago
Beautiful!!
tottie2001 3 years ago
I was waaiiiting for a video from you man.
in my house like "OBAMA WON!!!!, I WONDER WHAT JAY SMOOTH IS GONNA SAY?!?"
WellWaitNuh88 3 years ago 4
This is beautiful! YES WE DID! This proves that after the darkness ALWAYS comes the light!
alexiscentric 3 years ago
I missed that moment because I wasn't in the country but here's one simple comment.
Beautiful.
hiph0pfr3ak 3 years ago
I was There That Night as well. This is something WE WILL NEVER FORGET>>>> A PRICELESS, AMAZING MOMENT FOR HISTORY......
"GYPSY"
GypsyLifeCastTV 3 years ago
Uh yeah I just did read it again jackass, and my reply still stands.
Oh wow, so people didn't "reach out" to them. I'm sure doing so would have taken care of the rampant homophobia in the black community.
JWDaly08 3 years ago
ya'll did it big.
BaldButWigged 3 years ago
Thanks Jay. I was anxious to see your response and this was perfect.
jatoha 3 years ago
It's almost like watchin' a movie from the future.
Did we really do it?
Big ups, man, big ups!!!
xdarkwing104x 3 years ago
"Um, first of all blacks were not the only group that voted down Prop 8"
Blacks voted it down something like 61 to 39 percent.
odoylerules89 3 years ago
Actually it was 69 to 31 percent.
Most whites in California voted against the ban, at least that's what I heard.
JWDaly08 3 years ago
Power to the people..
Ruxta 3 years ago
cliche
N33NJAH 3 years ago
Funny, I was just in Harlem for the Halloween weekend...thats beautiful.
carameldelight87 3 years ago
I think it's great Obama won (I voted for him) but I'm hoping people don't just get satisfied with electing the first black president and actually hold him to his promises. I hope the reports of his camp trying to downplay expectations for him are false.
I'm also disappointed to read that high black voter turn out in California is a key reason why gay marriage was banned there. So some black voters are excited about progress toward equality for their race but not for homosexuals? Lame.
JWDaly08 3 years ago
Personally I feel that marriage is a religious thing. Like all religious things I think it should be up to the individual churches whether or not to allow it. I was shocked that Prop 9 passed...Disappointing indeed.
lydellb 3 years ago
Why are so many people singling out African Americans as if somehow theirs were the magic votes that made the difference? In 2002 a similar measure passed by a much wider margin. There was no special black turn-out then. Scapegoating African-Americans is a stupid, ugly, divisive thing to do. Please stop it.
MissNormaDesmond 3 years ago
Scapegoating? Are you serious? I know that it is inconvenient to point out that 70% of blacks in CA chose to strip existing civil rights away from another group when we'd like to celebrate Obama's victory. They did not cause the Prop to pass by themselves but the IRONY is that Obama is the first BLACK pres., not latino or asian. And on that same day - blacks used religion as an excuse just as religion was used against them to justify slavery and segregation.
Arondeus 3 years ago 2
It's not that it's inconvenient -- it's that it's demonstrably NOT TRUE. Everyone is basing this claim on figures from a wretchedly bad CNN poll that was both stupidly conducted and badly misinterpreted. Moreover, again, please tell me what the magical power of black people did to pass Prop. 22 in 2000 (I wrote 2002 by mistake above). In fact, in the counties with large black populations, Prop 8 was voted DOWN or won by the smallest margins. Get the facts, and stop spouting this nonsense.
MissNormaDesmond 3 years ago
Goosebumps.
00sm4 3 years ago
just to let you know, your fuckin video made me go vote. and im from 116th and park avenue, across from lennox and 5th. I'm not gonna ask you where you stay at, but know you motivated those around you
idontseeynot 3 years ago
YES WE CAN BITCHES!!!
lol
BoomSelekta 3 years ago
That look on your face said it all, J. What a moment to be able to live in.
ROFL @ "kinda makes you think Kanye was wrong about him". I don't know, I still don't think he likes Black people, but it doesn't matter. I'm ready for this new administration. I pray that it won't be long until we are truly a UNITED States of America.
leeaura 3 years ago
Jay Smooth, don't tell me you fell for this farce. All we did replace a white conservative corporate puppet for a black liberal corporate puppet. WEB Du Bois, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Huey Newton, and others warned black folks about these politicians, Dem or Repub, black or white. Obama is no different from Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, & George W. Bush. Obama's been bought like all those guys. All people need to consider 3rd parties like they have in Canada and Europe.
HappyRoach911 3 years ago
I don't expect to agree with all of what Obama does in office. The moment captured in this video isn't really about that, at least not for me. But, IMO, assuming all presidents are exactly the same is no wiser than assuming any president can be your savior. Each of the men you mentioned were similarly limited and compromised by their new position, and the system it is a part of. But even within those constraints, each of them were still different from each other. It does matter who we choose.
illdoc1 3 years ago
amen to that!
missjre 3 years ago
The man hasn't even been sworn in yet. Let's at least give him a chance to show us what he's got before we go calling him a "farce."
RaeOfficial 3 years ago 3
yeah, here in seattle about a thousand people rushed into the streets of capitol hill after he was elected, just screaming and cheering. it was pretty great.
and people, stop debating, the election's over and you're not going to change each other's minds.
OliveLuxx 3 years ago
great video man
toneb94 3 years ago
Man the whole country, no the WHOLE WORLD was looking like that. I know we were going wild in Virginia.
KMO325 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
"yes we did"... ruin the nation. congrats, glad your all proud.
Neverletgorox 3 years ago
Special message for Neverletgorox....."hi hater" *smile*
creamfilled08 3 years ago 3
haha suck it up buddy, we did for 8 years....im sure he cant be worse than bush...hes atleast articulate...what are you complaing about
msquad223 3 years ago 4
But see, I'm gonna tell you why that's not true, and it's the best thing about this: It's *impossible* for him to ruin the nation, because you can't break what's already broke! George Bush was kind enough to set things up for the first Black President so that no matter *what* happens, he can't be worse than the last guy! Kinda makes you think Kanye was wrong about him.
illdoc1 3 years ago
How did we ruin the nation? Millions of Americans got to vote and witnessed, or we will, the peace transfer of power. A black man has become the leader of the free world in a nation with a horrible racial past. If nothing else be proud of the USA right now. I served in the USMC for this reason alone: You can never count America out. No matter how bad things get there is always the possibility for a better tomorrow, for people to come together as Americans.
LazarusDurden 3 years ago 2
Oh Hell Yes We DID!
jiujitsugirl27030 3 years ago 2
This video is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the 1st time in my life I believe MLK's dream is on it's way to coming true. But change won't happen over night. It's going to take a minute to fix all the crap Bush has done one step at a time. I'm still crying tears of JOY! YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!
creamfilled08 3 years ago
I was lucky enough to make it out there that night and it was beautiful
darkgunman 3 years ago
that was a beautiful site
BlackBarbieTv 3 years ago
Obama 2012
nvncyble 3 years ago 2
Ugh! Beautiful.
SquallCloud 3 years ago
the first african american president!
BornOf95 3 years ago 3
AWW! All these happy people, I have never seen people this happy after election results. This is truly a moment in history.
Obama, yes we did!
simpsons618 3 years ago
I cried for African-Americans on that night. I am Latino and I cried for all minorities that night. Now I hear that 70% of black Californians voted to discriminate against gays by voting for a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Religion was the excuse. Ironically, religion was often the excuse used to justify slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation. I'm afraid we haven't really learned anything. We've only transferred the hate to a different group. With the help of African-Americans.
Arondeus 3 years ago
I wonder how many latinos would vote that too?Black latinos as well,since latino isn't really a race.
Merrylikechristmas 3 years ago
50% of Latinos voted for it. But we didn't elect the 1st Latino pres. The hypocrisy is that on the same day we elected the 1st black pres-70% of blacks in CA voted to strip civil rights from gays. Nice attempt to change the subject by nit-picking syntax and the definition of ethnicities. Ignore the facts but the truth is that I am a gay Latino,I volunteered for his campaign & I felt pride that my country finally elected a black man. Not knowing that I was being betrayed by my fellow minorities.
Arondeus 3 years ago
Aww poor you. You're not even a minority being latino, at least not in the state where I reside, Texas.
HackBenny 3 years ago
I feel your pain on prop 8 Arondeus BUT facts are facts. FACT:I am a black lesbian FACT: California's population is estimated at 36,553,215 with 58.9% Caucasion, 35.9% hispanic, 12.3% Asian, 6.2%Black, 3.3% mixed and 0.7% American Indian. Do the math, sit back and let that marinate for a moment. Now if you want to accuse people of hypocrisy don't just limit it to Black people. I suggest you take a look close to home with hispanics being the SECOND biggest population there behind Caucasions.
creamfilled08 3 years ago
I'm not saying that we lost in CA because of the black vote. I'm simply saying that it was a betrayal for black Californians to vote so overwhelmingly in support of discrimination on the very same day that we elected the first black president. We didn't elect the first Latino, Asian, Female, etc - we happened to elect the first black pres. And on the same day, black Californians chose to discriminate against another group. Period.
Arondeus 3 years ago
First off,nobody owes homosexual,black people,latin people,asian people ,white people etc..anything.Obama wasn't elected just because of his skin colour but for his attributes.Don't misunderstand me,discrimination is wrong! On that we agree.But,you act like you did black people a favour.Your own people-50% to quote you, voted against it,so what does that say?It's not a personal thing,some people (people of ALL colours are homophobic).Prejudice is a human affliction.Get over yourself.
Merrylikechristmas 3 years ago 3
Why don't you mind your own business? I'm speaking to my countrymen here, not the British.
Arondeus 3 years ago
So only Americans can have an opinion? Doesn't that go your own socialist principles?
tedstar 3 years ago
Thank you for putting it so succinctly.Maybe Arondeus will aim his/her moral indignation at the right target.
Merrylikechristmas 3 years ago
Don't bother trying to explain yourself, it's the persons choice to be that way.
ruichichan 3 years ago
"Don't bother trying to explain yourself, it's the persons choice to be that way."
Being gay is not a choice you freaking idiot.
JWDaly08 3 years ago
No, sorry, its a misunderstanding, I meant it is the ignorant persons choice to be/stay that way.
ruichichan 3 years ago
sorry ruichichan. my bad.
JWDaly08 3 years ago
Stop acting like you did Blacks a favor by voting Obama. You voted because he fit your interests, just like everyone else. Get off your high horse.
lookatdoor 3 years ago
Did blacks a favor? Who the hell said that anyone did blacks a favor? Obama deserved the election. The irony and hypocrisy is that on the same night that America elected its first BLACK pres. 70% of blacks in CA used religion as an excuse to discriminate against another group. Slavery and segregation were often justified through religion by white supremacists. That's called irony and hypocrisy.
Arondeus 3 years ago
Lots of people have said that. Maybe not you personally, but I've heard it a lot.
lookatdoor 3 years ago
And you choose to cling to that rather than admit, as much as it might hurt to have to admit to it, that there is hypocrisy and irony in this situation. It didn't take long for black Americans to start behaving like "the man" pushing other groups down.
Arondeus 3 years ago
I don't deny the hypocrisy of it. I just think this statistic is being blown out of proportion (especially when there are ones that contradict it).
lookatdoor 3 years ago
Arondeus,I can't believe that DAYS later you are still on this post talking about prop8 smh. Again it is a serious matter that needs to be addressed but this post is not the place. How about you make a post on your channel and anybody else can comment there to your hearts content. This post is to celebrate something no one thought they would see in their lifetime. Truth is ecause SO MANY are upset that it passed I honestly feel prop h8 will be overturned shortly.Change happens 1day at a time.
creamfilled08 3 years ago
I commented days ago but people keep responding so I come back and respond to their responses. That's how youtube works.
Arondeus 3 years ago
...SMH
creamfilled08 3 years ago
Sit back and show some patience...we had to wait over 100yrs to come as far as we have in this country. Gay rights will come too probably alot sooner than you think.
creamfilled08 3 years ago
The christians were burning gay men alive 1500 years ago. Don't ask me to 'be patient.'
Arondeus 3 years ago
marriage is a religious ceremony. not a governmental institutions. what gays should be fighting for is equal civil unions where couples reep the same benefits as a orthodox marriage. but under the technical terms of what is considered marriage in religion iwoud be a matrimony between man and woman. you guys seem to be fighting religious institutions instead of government hypocrisy. when the gay community understands this they will get what they want.
msquad223 3 years ago
I dunno. I think you have some valid points, but at the same time... I think marriage has changed. What it stands for, who it includes, how it's percieved by others. My husband and I are not religious, didn't have a religious ceremony... nothing. In fact, we're Atheists. With people getting divorced, and these bachelor shows... Well, frankly, religion should drop their questionable claim on marriage like a hot potato.
EndlessVoids 3 years ago 6
Marriage is a religious ceremony, it's also a social contract, and been used to forge alliances between clans, tribes, nations, etc. The reason it's not a religious issue is because in America it doesn't matter if you get married in a Church by a priest, Imam, or whatever it is not official until you get that piece of paper from the State. A Judge at the Courthouse is not a religious official so why can't gays get married there, or in their own church? Separation of Church & State = USA.
LazarusDurden 3 years ago 4
uhm isnt that what im saying, when i spoke about reeping the benefits of civil unions? like u said marriage doesnt mean anything until u recieve the piece of paper. sO therefore the importance is the piece of paper not the actual term of marriage. so fighting for the right to be "married" doesnt really matter, as i stated above.the only thing that matters is the papers,which government is control of, not religious institutions. like i said, fight hypocrisy in government, not technicalities
msquad223 3 years ago
Its fighting for the same rights as married people.
ruichichan 3 years ago
Well saying gays can have something similar but not really to marriage, civil union, isn't giving them the same rights as heterosexuals. You may see it as a technicality but what gays are going after is a fundamental civil right, and a step closer to not being treated like second class citizens. It's why "separate but equal" doesn't work.
My point is marriage isn't just a religious issue which is what the opposition to gay marriage claims: it's a state issue, hence a civil right.
LazarusDurden 3 years ago 2
Whatever dude 54% of latinos voted for this. Blacks make up a small small minority in CA, but the 54% latino vote was MUCH MORE detrimental to the no on 8 campaign.
Also this doesnt mean that the the LGBT movement is over, remember before that Brown V. Board of Ed there was Plessy V. Fergueson and the Dred Scot case.
laborgrunt 3 years ago
The irony and hypocrisy is that we elected a black president. If we had elected a Latino president then I would have been focusing my comment to Latinos. The fact of the matter is that 70% of blacks in California chose to use religion as an excuse to discriminate just like the white supremacists have used religion to justify slavery and segregation - ON THE SAME DAY THAT AMERICA ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. That's called irony and hypocrisy.
Arondeus 3 years ago
i hope this dont make black people think we aint gotta do shit we can be lazy becuz niggas gonna be homeless instant! lol
sblaze419 3 years ago
yes we did!
This will go down in history
royWhat92 3 years ago
:) I haven't partied this hard since the death star was destroyed and me and my ewok friends partied like it was the future on another planet.
jwwetzel 3 years ago 3
we sure did :)
courtney234us 3 years ago
YES WE DID!!
BBK4310 3 years ago
they wont be so happy when the money in their pockets becomes worthless.
CommSense 3 years ago
what a wonderful time to live in
cherryofvegas 3 years ago
this election has restored a lot of my faith in the people of my country.
willywonka091 3 years ago
I'm Canadian and I felt like it was our own president being elected. this thing is most definatly world-wide no doupt!! Tears in my eyes during this historical moment of truth! Simply beautiful
skull123456 3 years ago
Good Shit Jay.
I think this is a monumental experience for all of us ''bloggers'' who've been crossing our fingers for the past year or two.
I wish I had the resources to capture the experience here.
Kudos my dude.
GhostOfThe92503 3 years ago
For the 1st time in my LIFE
I am hopeful for the future of
this country.
May JUSTICE finally reign-------
ijamsville97 3 years ago
Yes we did!
MPizzal 3 years ago 2
I have never seen people so happy and emotional about a presidential election in my life---it was great to watch!!!! GO OBAMA!!!
Annazayla 3 years ago
nice video
jazzieplay89 3 years ago
I knew this a great nation, never gave up hope, and now my hope resurges.
TheArtOfTheComment 3 years ago
...and beautiful scoring of this vid
TABULOUS1 3 years ago
And when i heard his acceptance speech, wow. That moment when he walked off and said "YES WE CAN", wow. Just unexplainable
p849 3 years ago
The sensation that ran thro my body when i heard obama being announces prez (Atl downtown) was just incredible. we did it Jay
p849 3 years ago
sahWEET
TABULOUS1 3 years ago
the feeling of hearing them announce it was great, but the feeling of seeing four years of one of our own in power....thats what is really hitting me more....
bigtwan83 3 years ago
Great video! And to know that there were celebrations all over the WORLD similar to this?
Yes...yes we did.
cmiles0708 3 years ago
if you think harlem was something, you should have seen Bath, England... well my house at least
awesome video
Sangeili 3 years ago
lol at the girl dancing beside the moving lorry...heh, she made me smile.. great vid though congrats to ya'll up there from a fellow caribbean brotha! YES YA'LLL DID!
ralmone 3 years ago
Thk U American For Once Again Making! History.
UnderDaGroundAndMore 3 years ago
me too,
f... many germs (riddle)
Realizalize 3 years ago
I am still in a state of euphoria, awe, gratitude, hope, and readiness for the work ahead! Come on, America! Yes, We Did but there is more to Do! We Did, We Can, and We Will :-)
ebonyd4ever 3 years ago
On the 4th of November America proved they are not all complete and utter morons!
After they re elected bush my hopes where low! But now hopefully things will change I hope for america to regain some trust of the world and no longer will be seen as that bully that just starts war and threatens other country's with financial damage if they don't support them.
I've stayed up on the 4th until 5 at night when I saw obama win! I hope for a time of peace and change!
Good Luck from Holland!
MrTinnnn 3 years ago 2
beautiful!!
xoexo
edenbainbridge 3 years ago
I have to say that this is one of your best videos yet. I would never personally have the chance to see something as amazing as that, so thank you so much for sharing that.
YES WE CAN!
SoxAsh0810 3 years ago
And this does even begin to capture the moment..! Incredible night in Harlem, as I'm sure it was all over the world.
illdoc1 3 years ago
oh, that's so beautiful. like being there.
privaj2001 3 years ago
this made me tear....i love it :-)
Yanaaboo 3 years ago
did you cry?
DIRTYDUNNZ 3 years ago 2
I welled up a little during Obama's acceptance speech.
eirefrance 3 years ago 2
I'm still crying a few times a day
illdoc1 3 years ago
i was in Chicago!! In grant park with 125,000 people.
Yes We Did...
No Words....
tcascoe 3 years ago 3
Yeah, I was in DC partying in front of the White House with 5000 other people. It was great. Not only were people of all races there, but people of all ages were, too. The whole city was crazy. Cars driving up and down the street honking their horns. I was riding my bike around, hi-fiving people as I rode by. I must have hugged 100 strangers. How could anyone not be happy? Not only did we get rid of Bush, but we get Obama as his replacement.
eirefrance 3 years ago 4
me too
S1MNICITY 3 years ago 3
i like how everybody i seen in chicago was coming together of all race. i was so happy to see that. thanks you obama and to who voted
JULIUS773 3 years ago 3
Well done America! I'm proud of you!
vicepresidentfru1tly 3 years ago 4