Showing posts with label Ben Carson HUD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Carson HUD. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Ben Carson confuses real estate term REO for Oreo cookies

Rep. Katie Porter asks HUD Secretary Ben Carson if he can explain disparities in REO (Real Estate Owned) rates, which are typically homes owned by banks in foreclosure. Carson must have had trouble staying awake because he thought she was talking about Oreo Cookies. Oh the irony of HIM using the word Oreo...LOL. Watch the video below:

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Ben Carson refers to poverty as a ‘state of mind’

Looks like Uncle Ruckus is up to his old tricks again. Housing Secretary Ben Carson added to his list of stupid comments during a town hall by saying that poverty is, and I quote "A state of mind". George L. Cook III African American Reports.

In an interview released Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said that a "certain mindset" contributes to people living in poverty, pointing to habits and a "state of mind" that children take from their parents at a young age.

"I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind. You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there," he said during an interview on SiriusXM Radio with Armstrong Williams, a longtime friend.

"And you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you can give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom," Carson said.

Looks like Uncle Ruckus is up to his old tricks again. Today Housing Secretary Ben Carson added to his growing list of dumb statements by saying that poverty is a state of mind.

Carson said during the interview that "the wrong mindset" is the product of negative parenting habits and exposure.

"There's also a poverty of spirit. You develop a certain mindset," he said.

Carson made the comments during a town hall recorded Tuesday which will air in full on SiriusXM Wednesday night. Sirius released clips of the interview to news organizations to promote the show.

The secretary said that he believes that government can provide a "helping hand" to people looking to climb out of poverty. But he warned against programs that are "sustaining them in a position of poverty. That's not helpful."

"I think the majority of people don’t have that defeatist attitude, but they sometimes just don’t see the way, and that’s where government can come in and be very helpful," he said. "It can provide the ladder of opportunity, it can provide the mechanism that will demonstrate to them what can be done."

Read more about Carson's foolishness here: Ben Carson calls poverty ‘a state of mind’ during interview

Monday, March 06, 2017

Ben Carson referred to slaves as 'immigrants'

I keep telling people Dr. Ben Carson is an idiot savant and he keeps going out of his way to prove it. While speaking to department employees Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to slaves as "immigrants". I am not making this up, you can watch video of him making that ridiculous statement below.

THIS IS WHY BLACK PEOPLE DON"T LIKE BEN CARSON

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Saying Ben Carson is not qualified to lead HUD is not racist.

By now you know that Ben Carson has been picked by Donald Trump to run HUD. While Carson is a great neurosurgeon and a smart man he is in no way qualified to run HUD. Now some conservatives have starting calling the criticism of Carson's selection racist. How is that racist? I have no idea and neither do those spouting that nonsense. Listen to more below.




Wednesday, November 23, 2016

So, Ben Carson may serve in a Trump administration after all?

George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.Com

What is up with Dr. Ben Carson? Just a week after leading many of us to believe that he may have a little common sense to go along with his book sense by saying that he wouldn't serve in a Trump administration because he didn't have the experience of leading a federal agency he seems to have put himself back in the running again for a spot in a Trump administration.

What's odd is that when a position as leader of Health and Human Services was discussed (you know something right in Carson's wheelhouse) was when Carson fretted about his lack of experience. But now when Trump offers him a position leading HUD (Housing and Urban Development) he seems to be willing to consider that.

Now if you are like me you are wondering what qualifications Dr. Carson has to be head of HUD. Well thankfully for us Carson has an answer. When being interviewed by Fox New's Cavuto Carson made the following statement:

"I know that I grew up in the inner city," Carson said. "And have spent a lot of time there. And have dealt with a lot of patients from that area. And recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities. And we have to get beyond the promises and start really doing something."

So if having lived in the inner city is a top qualification that would mean that there are millions of eligible candidates for the top spot at HUD. Yes I'm being sarcastic, but I would hope any leader of any government agency would have some experience doing what that agency does, particularly at federal level.

Carson says that he will have an answer for Trump after the Thanksgiving holiday. I wonder what would make Carson change his mind on serving. It could be that he is a true patriot and has decided that if the president asks you to serve that you have to do your civic duty and serve. More likely the reason has to do with BET founder Robert Johnson's visit with Donald Trump over the weekend. Carson realized that there was a chance that he would no longer be Trump's "African American" especially with Johnson possibly in a Trump administration and himself on the sidelines.

Obviously to Carson the appeal of being a magical negro outweighs any and all common sense.

George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.Com