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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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What did you think he meant by change?

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 21 2009, 2:53 PM ET Comment


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Crack reporters from Atlantic media were able to get their hands on some notes scrawled by radical Christian, Marxist Muslim, spawn of the Lich-King, Barack HUSSEIN Obama.  Handwritten beneath the disturbing stationary logo, pictured above, was the following:

1.) Our new immigration policy shall be the conquest of Mexico. What you thought I forgot about those stamps? Run your country, fool.

2.) Poland. My finger is on the button. Start running. You too Italy. Anyone else wanna radiate?
 
3.) Anyone who worked on the McCain campaign must immediately carve a B in their face. The B stands for Bitch--bitches.

4.) All diplomatic ties to Israel are now severed. You killed my teacher!!!! Wait, I'm supposed to be a radical Christian....You killed my teacher!!!
Mmmmm. Smells like postracialism!

UPDATE: Sorry guys. Didn't even realize this was closed. Open now.


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