Caption Maya Angelou and Oprah at the Clinton Global Initiative Summit (vanity)

Yahoo! News Photos ^ | 8/9/06 | staff

[redstates4ever]

"Poet Maya Angelou, left, sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey at a roundtable discussion on ending poverty, one of the many forums taking place during the Clinton Global Initiative summit. Tickets to a fundraiser for Bennett College featuring Winfrey and Angelou sold fast in the first day of public sale. The private Greensboro,N.C., school for black women sold all 300 tickets available Monday Aug. 7, 2006, bringing in more than $100,000 for the Oct. 20 event."

[mikeus_maximus]

"And scientists have discovered that the major causes of Global Warming and Global Starvation are hot air and over-indulgence, as will be demonstrated by our distinguished panel..."

[frogjerk]

Just calling a duck a suck.

--chortle--

[msnimje]

This was fun until they said they wanted OUR money.

[IronJack]

Maya: I know why the caged bird sings.

Oprah: I'm fat.

Maya: So am I. And I write bad poetry.

Oprah: But I'm rich too. So that makes up for it.

Maya: Well, we're both loons, sistuh.

Oprah: Word. Let's go get a coupla pizzas.

Maya: I'm down, girl. You drivin'?

Oprah: Hell no. I gotta limo waitin' outside da do'. [whispering] ... and the driver's a white boy [snicker].

[oldleft]

I got lucky. Look at what's on the other side of the "D" key.

[kenth]

heh. You nailed it.

[katieanna]

Maya: "Cyntia lost." Oprah: "Yeah, girl. Dammit."

Friend, whatever you may think of Oprah, she isn't stupid and is surely just as embarrased of McKinney as any other mainstream black american.

[Lizavetta]

Clearly you are a racist. This stuff blows Shelley, Byron and Emily Dickinson out of the water:

Ain't That Bad?

Dancin' the funky chicken
Eatin' ribs and tips
Diggin' all the latest sounds
And drinkin' gin in sips.

Puttin' down that do-rag
Tighten' up my 'fro
Wrappin' up in Blackness
Don't I shine and glow?

Hearin' Stevie Wonder
Cookin' beans and rice
Goin' to the opera
Checkin' out Leontyne Price.

Get down, Jesse Jackson
Dance on, Alvin Ailey
Talk, Miss Barbara Jordan
Groove, Miss Pearlie Bailey.

Now ain't they bad?
An ain't they Black?
An ain't they Black?
An' ain't they Bad?
An ain't they bad?
An' ain't they Black?
An' ain't they fine?

Black like the hour of the night
When your love turns and wriggles close to your side
Black as the earth which has given birth
To nations, and when all else is gone will abide.

Bad as the storm that leaps raging from the heavens
Bringing the welcome rain
Bad as the sun burning orange hot at midday
Lifting the waters again.

Arthur Ashe on the tennis court
Mohammed Ali in the ring
Andre Watts and Andrew Young
Black men doing their thing.

Dressing in purples and pinks and greens
Exotic as rum and Cokes
Living our lives with flash and style
Ain't we colorful folks?

Now ain't we bad?
An' ain't we Black?
An' ain't we Black?
An' ain't we bad?
An' ain't we bad?
An' ain't we Black?
An' ain't we fine?

[OKSooner]

Check out the brand of bottled water on the table. What a hoot.

[redstates4ever]

"Friend, whatever you may think of Oprah, she isn't stupid and is surely just as embarrased of McKinney as any other mainstream black american."

Of course Oprah isn't stupid. I was making a joke. Btw, I wouldn't count on that "just as embarrassed of Mckinney as any other mainstream black american". It's a nice thought, but I wouldn't count on it.

[E=MC²]

maya: "Damned - was it something I wrote; Bill doesn't return my calls anymore."
oprah: "Damned - was it something I said; Hillary doesn't return my calls anymore."

[lionheart 247365]

What , me worry , Cynthia still has the race card .