Cornel West's Continuing Feud with Barack Obama

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Cornel West latest outburst is directed at a now familiar target: his one-time brother Barack Obama. "Outburst" is almost the wrong word to describe West's recent and vehement opposition to the president on everything from how he's handled the financial crisis to how he handles his black identity. "Redux" might work better since the points on which the Princeton professor harps are the same he's been championing since the beginning of Obama's ascent to office. However, West's way of saying things has become increasingly, shall we say, aggressive.

Yesterday, Truth Dig published a by Chris Hedges on West's behavior towards Obama since the inauguration. Though the article is filled with blogworthy quotes--we'll get to them--the backstory provides some