Jack & Jill Politics

Is Obama going to mention anything about George W. Bush’s hatred of black people in his inauguration speech?

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

rikyrah: When Mr. President-Elect Obama SPEAKS:

In Chicago, 'Everything Stops' For Obama Inauguration

CHICAGO (AP) -- Ninety-year-old Timuel Black says he all but lost hope for the country when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy were assassinated in 1968. Now he is going to Washington for an event he never thought he'd live to see.

At Jackie Robinson Academy - where children have walked the halls since November talking about becoming doctors, engineers and even the president - regular class will come to a halt Tuesday so they can watch Barack Obama sworn in as the nation's 44th president.

From the elderly whose grandparents were born into slavery to children whose grandparents weren't born until well into the civil rights movement, millions are ready to celebrate Obama's inauguration as the nation's first African American president.

Nowhere is the excitement more palpable than in his home state and hometown, where pride runs deep among people of all races, faiths and ages.

But if Obama transcended race - he was, for example, the first Democrat since 1964 to carry the overwhelmingly white state of Indiana - here in Chicago, particularly on the South Side where Obama got his start as a community organizer, there is no mistaking the significance of his election.

"This gives me a deeper faith and hope that the impossible we can do," said Black, the grandson of slaves who was once an adviser to King and is attending the inaugural at the invitation of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin. "What we have accomplished ... I considered impossible."

Adding to the excitement among students at Jackie Robinson is that Obama, like many of them, was raised for a time by a single mother, and "they look at what he came through," said Principal Jacqueline Thomas.

"When I grow up I'm gonna work in the White House," said 8-year-old third-grader Christina Rowe. "And be a cheerleader."

And for many, the day also promises to be an emotional one.

Black said he cried when he helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp as a young soldier in World War II and again when his son died. But that's about it.

He sounds, though, like he expects to cry again.

"These will be tears of joy," he said.And for many, the day also promises to be an emotional one.

WE will JOIN him!!! :>)

Black said he cried when he helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp as a young soldier in World War II and again when his son died. But that's about it.

He sounds, though, like he expects to cry again.

"These will be tears of joy," he said.

January 14, 2009, 7:00 AM

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rikyrah: I'm posting this to show the LAST PIC! [Blackberry Mishap!]

17 January 2009 @ 08:23 am
Oh Noes. The Blackberry.

OOPS!! :>)

rikyrah: The POLLS express OPTIMISM: :>)

Poll Finds Faith in Obama, Mixed With Patience

President-elect Barack Obama is riding a powerful wave of optimism into the White House, with Americans confident he can turn the economy around but prepared to give him years to deal with the crush of problems he faces starting Tuesday, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.

By contrast, 79 percent were optimistic about the next four years under Mr. Obama, a level of good will for a new chief executive that exceeds that measured for any of the past five incoming presidents. And it cuts across party lines: 58 percent of the respondents who said they voted for Mr. Obama’s opponent in the general election, Senator John McCain of Arizona, said they were optimistic about the country in an Obama administration.

The DATA SPEAKS!! :>) :>)

rikyrah: The TITLE is a little ~~~~ He is SIMPLY doin' what HE ALWAYS does:

REACHING OUT!

It's no secret Barack Obama is trying to seduce Republicans these days. But his conservative courting runs much deeper and wider than is publicly known.

Obama has had meetings with his former opponent John McCain, GOP congressional leaders and some of the country’s leading conservative commentators. He’s also honoring McCain and Colin Powell in high-profile pre-inaugural dinners, where Obama is expected to toast the Republicans.

Behind the scenes, Obama and his team are working just as hard, courting prominent Republicans and conservatives through frequent phone calls, e-mails and private sit-downs.

The selection of evangelical pastor Rick Warren for the inaugural invocation and Obama’s dinner with right-of-center writers at George F. Will’s home drew significant buzz. But the transition also has quietly reached out to other prominent figures atop the Southern Baptist Church, Charles Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministry and the Jewish Orthodox Union.

“I think he’s done an extremely good job so far,” said Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who received a call from the president-elect last week. “On both the quality of his nominees and the contact that he personally or his skeleton staff have had with members on the Hill — I think they’ve done just an exceptional job at that.”

THERE IS MORE!!

Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)

MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE!!

THAT'S what Mr. President-Elect Obama DOES!! :>) :>)

rikyrah: He has read a LOT about Lincoln:

Obama-Lincoln Parallel Examined By Presidential Scholars (VIDEO)

CBS News talked to two presidential scholars to examine the parallels between Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln. The two men are separated by 150 years of history, yet they are still closely linked. Obama is well-aware of the comparison. Today he arrived in Washington, D.C. via train in a trip that resembled the one Lincoln took. While the Union is not split, Obama is facing multiple crises that will test him as few presidents have been. Read the article from CBS News here.

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Watch the video report from CBS below.

Obama Inauguration Drink Recipe Search

I have my own version called "Yes We Can (Get f*cked up)"

1½ oz Grand Marnier® liqueur
¾ oz Patron tequila
4 oz orange juice
2 tsp. grenadine syrup

Combine Grand Marnier® liqueur with freshly squeezed orange juice and tequila. Shake and pour into a tall glass. Add grenadine syrup before serving.

You KNOW you're wrong for that.

*clipping and saving*

Bwahahaha!!!

carolinagirl: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! YOU ALWAYS come with the LIBATIONS!!! :>)

You'd B a hit in Africa!! :>) :>) Been there! :>)

Looks like all the main cable providers will be offering the HBO Obam Inauguration concert except Cox Cable.

I'm just happy it's gonna be free in Dallas!!! Woo Woo! Time Warner will be broadcasting HBO free especially for the concert

If this is true, I'll be a happy woman b/c I cancelled my HBO package at the beginning of the year. Yay!!!

Carolinagirl,

I cancelled my HBO package and went to STRZ & I have Free HBO now! Yay!

Works for me!

Roland Martin is making me jealous:

Tom Joyner Salute is hoppin!
I'm at the Radio One salute to Tom Joyner and it is hot.

The Tom Joyner salute is packed w/stars! Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Alonzo Mourning, Raheem Devaughn, Dick Gregory, Sheryl Underwood, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Michael Colyar.

The Lincoln Theatre is packed to the ceiling. It feels like one big family reunion!

Man, I know they are getting their party on! I don't blame them at all!

Exciting stuff! rikyrah. I can hardly contain myself. :-)))

3 days WOW!!!

Has anyone heard whether Damon "the littlest reporter" Weaver got his interview with Obama. I know that he will have a press pass, but did he land the interview.

Sorry this is so late. I forgot to post before I went to a Family Reunion Meeting. Of course, the opening prayer was one of us saying thanks and asking for protection for the President-Elect and his family.

Gratitude & Blessings go Hand in Hand. I know y'all are having a fantabulous time!

Thanks for sharing the GOODIES with us.

B.B.B. *****BEAUTIFUL BLACK BOYS*****