Maya Angelou dead at 86

http://myfox8.com/2014/05/28/maya-angelou-dead-at-86/ ^

[alancarp]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86.

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker on Wednesday morning.

[varon]

The liberal media and the WH will canonize her a saint by the end of the day

Any chance of a federal holiday out of this.............?

[uncitizen]

Oprah did say racism will be over when the old people die.

[dblshot]

You mean like Nipsey Russell?
One of my all time favorites from Nipsey which I often think of at work:
I'm not the engineer on this train
I don't even get to ring the bell.
But let the damn thing jump the tracks,
and see who catches hell!

[PghBaldy]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2008/06/06/rush_translates_maya_angelou

[Awgie]

Rock, scissors, paper
Take it from your neighbor
Dont play his game
you aint to blame

rock, once dinasour poo
scissors, aimed at you
paper, makes you da fool

Galactic Constipation
Releasing on our Nation
Don't play whitey's game
Rock, Scissor, Paper

You not da one to blame!

It's Whitey, Get his Honky ass
String em up, Lynch ‘em
Teach him a Lesson

He got you all confused
You been terribly abused

Don't play his game
The American Dream
is not for you
It's payback time
There aint no crime in seein whitey
as the devil

Rock to the head
Scissor to the Heart
Paper say He's Dead.

[Sicon]

Maya Angelou Memorial Haiku? Ok:

Black, female, "poet"
Liberal, no talent hack
Did I mention, black?

Some call you "poet"
Bill Clinton made you famous
Your poetry sucks

[MeshugeMikey]

[PghBaldy]

(1994 Grammy “winner”) Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album

Maya Angelou for On the Pulse of Morning

[matt04]

She was more activist than poet, IMHO.

[Claud]

That Inauguration poem also spawned this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3080064/posts#21

While still hideous given the material being parodied, I think you may find its subject matter more to your liking.

Nonetheless, as little as I think of her poetry or politics, my prayer is that she left this world in a state of grace.

[PghBaldy]

Youtube of Maya Angelou silly 1993 Inaugural poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59xGmHzxtZ4&feature=youtu.be

[lee martell]

You just know Michael Savage is going to have something to say on this
and it will be dripping with sarcasm.

[NFHale]

Argh!!!

That didn’t take long!!! Haha!!!

[Mastador1]

You know it’s sad when most people die, but what I find amusing are the comments from so many Freepers. It wasn’t so long ago that I was castigated on this forum for simply stating big deal and why should we care when the father of someone famous passed. And now this from so many, it is very very amusing. I will simply as did for the other, sorry for her family’s loss but I should care why?

[ThomasMore]

My 15 yr old granddaughter writes circles around this fake wannabe. She made it because SHE was BLACK and FEMALE.

[baddog 219]

You owe me a new monitor.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Okay. You win today’s internet!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Oprah will be cast as the lead in the movie...

[ThomasMore]

“Any chance of a federal holiday out of this.............? “

Might be a week long celebration....

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

And she’ll be the object of much veneration
Much to our great exasperation...