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Same here

Got the same thing.

Tom Ridge Challenges Rush Limbaugh to a Fight

Ridge wants 3 rounds in the ring for boxing match! Dayum!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfjwv9HsmzM

JACKSON'S MOTHER REMOVED AS EXECUTOR OF ESTATE

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/us/07jackson....

GOP Palin-Hater Liz Trotta: Sarah Palin is Wacky & Crazy- Only Got Ahead Because of Her Looks

VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP99nNRDuyE

Just so youse all know that Boise isn't totally a white bread community, we have quit a number of refugees who use Boise as a restarting point. It's been going on for a good number of years - a couple of decades or more. While attending BSU here for a semester or two in the mid-80s, our parish supported a large contingent of Cambodian & Laotian refugees, and one of the kids who we adored then - about 12 years old - is now public relations director for our NPR station. Then it was Bosnian refugees, and then quite a large number from Somali.

anywhoo - I met a refugee today from the Congo. His primary language is French, and he & his family are part of a fairly sizable community.

Go figure, eh?

Bleak Picture - The federal picture is so bleak because the Obama administration is the most fiscally irresponsible in the history of the U.S. I would imagine that he would be the intergalactic champion as well, if we could gather the data on deficits on other worlds. Obama has taken George W. Bush’s inattention to deficits and elevated it to an art form.

about that July 4th Tea Party . . .

A big turnout for it. Also, note the date that Sarah gave notice...

250 people gather for July 4 'Tea Party'
http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/07/05/news...

July 4th Tea Parties avoided by the mainstream media
http://www.examiner.com/x-14129-Grand-Rapids-Ro...

Tea Party Movement Loses Steam: July 4th Events Get Little Media. GOP Support
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/03/tea-pa...

*snicker*

LOL!

*dead*

(oh...and I meant me, although you can say the same about the tea parties)

Obama fills a critical position - Minority Business Outreach.

http://www.todaysdrum.com/6461/former-obama-cam...

Thanks for this post.

You are welcome - glad I managed to not offend someone today. LOL

Has anyone checked out theGrio.com?

The site is managed by David Wilson and owned by NBC Universal.

Site description:

TheGrio.com is the first video-centric news community site devoted to providing African Americans with stories and perspectives that appeal to them but are underrepresented in existing national news outlets. TheGrio features aggregated and original video packages, news articles, and blogs on topics from breaking news, politics, health, business, and entertainment, which concern its niche audience.

On initial viewing, I like it. I wonder if this goes hand and hand with the new AA push on MSNBC daytime.

If NBC puts as much money and interest into this as they do into Univision, I will be happy.

Thanks for the heads up on the site!

I caught the new show that comes on at 9 this morning, and they had a whole segment about Black issues, it was actually really good. I'm glad they had people on that said the truth-- that the Senate apologizing for slavery doesn't mean anything to our bottom line. Is that a regular feature of that show?

It was head and shoulders over CNN's "Black in America" thing.

I don't know if it is a regular feature but I have noticed that the discussion has come up daily since MSNBC did the programming changes on June 29th (all three of the days that showed regular programming) and launched the The Grio. Maybe now that they made an investment in an AA news site they will make more of an effort to bring the issues into the daily discussion? I hope that is the case.

I checked it out last week. It's an engaging site.

They did a great piece on the BET debacle.

Anything like FLYP?

FLYP is the bomb.

No doubt.

Check it out. I think it is more like the black Huffington Post with breaking news and a large number of contributers taking on a range of topics.

Thank you much. I'm at work and can't check out EVERYTHING I run across.

One of the two major trauma centers/hospitals in town had an employee opened an email with some Michael Jackson link that had a virus in it; knocked out about 10% of their computers.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/822825....

UPDATE: Oh - yeah. I like the layout. check it out more at home.

Alec Baldwin: "I'd Love To Run Against Joe Lieberman"
HuffPo-7-6-09

Alec Baldwin, a regular Huffington Post contributor, has been talking about running for political office for years now. It seems he's still considering switching careers someday.

"The desire is there," Baldwin said in an interview with Playboy magazine this month.

Last year, Baldwin told CBS' 60 Minutes that running for office is "something I might do one day."

He was even more candid in his latest comments.

The "30 Rock" star said that an Ohio law firm has already contacted him about a gubernatorial run, and he added that he would "love to run against Joe Lieberman."

Playboy: Will you run for office?

Baldwin: I'll put it this way. The desire is there; that's one component. The other component is opportunity. A law firm in a liberal Democratic bastion in Ohio state politics sent me a binder with a cover letter that read, "Mr. Baldwin, here's who we represent, the kinds of cases we handle, our credentials in Ohio state politics. We want you to move to Ohio and run for governor. We will launch your career."

Playboy: Could you live in Ohio?

Baldwin: I have sometimes thought I could move to New Jersey or Connecticut and run. I'd love to run against Joe Lieberman. I have no use for him. But it's all fantasy. I'm a carry-me-out-in-a-box New Yorker. Here, anything can happen. Who thought Eliot Spitzer would go down the way he did? Senator Hillary Clinton left to serve as secretary of state. Two of the biggest forces gone. Maybe Andrew Cuomo will run for one of their old seats. How much longer will Chuck Schumer stay as senator? After 2013 Bloomberg will be gone. What happens then?

Do I run for Congress on Long Island? What's Tim Bishop going to do? He represents my district. People get sick, die. They're offered lucrative deals and want to cash in and make money for their retirement. People misstep. Unfortunately, an opportunity for me may mean bad things for someone else. I don't wish that.


If he does decide to enter the political fray, however, Baldwin says his competitors will have a plenty to use against him.

PLAYBOY: Did you turn down any (SNL) sketches for being too outrageous?

BALDWIN: Probably a few. It's hard to remember. I'm often asked if I think about going into politics. If I do, these guys will have a field day. I've given them so much crap to use against me... I'm thinking, If I run for political office, they'll have a forest of material to kill me with. 


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/06/alec-b...

Silence Isn't Golden: Keep Demanding Healthcare. Loudly.
By Nicole Belle Monday Jul 06, 2009 6:45am

Courtesy of Lee Stranahan:

As inspiring as it was to watch Iranian citizens risk their lives and use new media like Twitter and YouTube to fight for better lives for themselves, it was also impossible not to have a sense that of self-consciousness about how lax and lazy we are in America about our own lives and political system. We’re not afraid of getting shot for expressing our opinions - we just have other stuff to do.

That’s exactly how the corporate owned media and lobbyist funded politicians want it, of course. They don’t actually want us too involved in the political system on issues. If we all have a general sense of helplessness and cynicism, we won’t bother to make phone calls to politicians…even on an issue as vital as health care.[..]

All of this hit me last week and I decided to do something about it. In the course of about seven days, I made 10 short videos about health care reform. I wasn’t hired to do it, I wasn’t asked to do it. I just did it because the issue is important to me personally, to my family and to my country. And I did it because I could.

More videos here.

Don't stop demanding that Washington listen to us. We ARE having an impact, even if they don't want us to know we are. We will not get what we want by remaining silent.

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/silence-...

OK folks don't hate me, but I am tired of the Michael Jackson story. I hope they have a wonderful service for him tomorrow and we just move on.

I guess I will be stuck watching TNT, TBS, HGTV, Food Network ---- somewhere where I will not be bombarded with telecast of his funeral. Nothing personal, I just have a policy I only go to funerals of truly close friends --- liked his music but Michael don't count.

One of the things that turned me off in the 80s and 90s was the worshipping of Michael, then Oprah and at times it can be a bit much with Obama. But hey I think even his biggest fans, now realize he is a great guy but just a a man.

I'm sorry I'm tired of people who say people who support Obama worship him. You are not original. it's lame. When you say that to someone it's an insult How if I said the same thing about someone you like/ admired. Also those people always knew he was just a man. Also here some advice, turn off the damn TV.

First, thanks but i really don't need your advice. Particularly as it is preceded with such a condesending tone.

Just so we are straight, I have supported President Obama with my money, my time and way too many hours on this site, my blog, twitter, friendfeed, etc etc.

However, as much as I fiercely respect the President and his family. As much as I admire how much in general he has tried to keep many of his promises: HE IS JUST A DAMN MAN. It is not insulting, when he himself even before he took office told Jarrett and others that he worries about the unrealistic expectations those who supported his campaign felt about him.

In fact in an interview with a Russian newspaper he joked, one of Michelle's jobs is to make sure he doesn't get too cocky. He consistently stated he does not want yes people working for him - afraid to speak up when they disagree. And according to published reports he has maintained that policy.

Yet, I'm not allowed to criticize him? OK hold on to that thought....

And given the hours I have spent defending him, supporting him and giving him my money ---- when I don't like a particular position he has taken: I WILL SAY SO.

I deliberately mentioned Obama because just like Michael he is a trailblazer and Obama has worked hard to make this a better world than he found it. But I will not worship any man. It is not healthy for me, or the person.

So you don't have to say something similar about someone I like and admire. I already did.

I'm not saying you can't criticize him. I'm tired of people saying that when someone takes issue with the Obama worship meme. Sure you can criticize him, and people can disagree with you. I just said I'm tired of the crap such as "Obama fans" and saying people who support Obama worship him. I'm not asking you to worship him, did you read my damn post? I don't appreciate you insulting me my insisting you said I did. Just for the record, that worshiping crap is just as condescending as my tone.

Yes I admit I was condescending, because you were condescending with that worshiping crack. As I said before that worshiping crap and saying I stifled your dissent is an insult. I'm not doing any of that to you.

Yes I was angry when I posted that, but that Obama worship meme pushes my buttons. If you don't know why it is insulting think about it for a second. You are pretty much saying those people are irrational, just because they disagree with your criticisms on you some issues regarding the Obama administration.

Just for the record, I known he is just a man, and he is not perfect. I don't worship. In fact I don't worship anyone. There is no one on this planet that does, so stop saying I do.

You should check out Clean House on the Style Channel. I like to watch it to feel better about my living situation. I 'on't have near the foolishness the people on that show has with my place. It's bad but not that bad. Mmmm!

Hey HGTv is the best channel ON TV! LOL

But I haven't been watching the 24-hour news sites coverage to be honest. I get better/faster news on the internet.

Not hatin' on you at all. The tragedy of MJ's life and death has become a backseat to a circus of one scandal after another. Did he OD? Who's gonna get the kids? Who will get his money? What ways can folks still make a buck off of him?

The whole thing gives me a headache. What's really messed up is the circus is going to be in town for years. Sigh.

From Andrew Sullivan:

06 Jul 2009 11:07 am

The WSJ Says, "Huh?"
The Journal tries to rationalize Palin's move. It's the media's fault. We needed to show more deference toward someone who had no business being Mayor of Wasilla, let alone vice-president of the US.


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06 Jul 2009 10:08 am

The Not-So-Useful Idiot
Ross chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the biggest farce in American politics in living memory. The column is yet another rehash of the Nixonian class resentments and Rovian cynicism that dominate what passes for the GOP's thinking classes: if only she'd waited and "boned up" on the issues, she could have had a real future. Er: How about nominating someone who actually knew something about some issues before she was picked? Or someone who could at least give a passing imitation of even being interested in them? Did that ever occur to Ross?

He mentions not a single policy issue, nor a single actual accomplishment this hood ornament of a candidate can be credited with. He mentions not one of her increasingly fantastic delusions and lies. But somehow it's her elitist enemies' fault that she came acropper!

How about her elitist friends' fault for believing that a few starbursts and a media strategy worthy of Vladimir Putin could keep the show on the road long enough for them to collect their checks? Really. When will Kristol and Barnes and Douthat apologize for their sponsorship and toleration of this reckless nonsense?

Of all the traits I loathe the most about Sarah Palin, it is her "VICTIMHOOD" mentality.

How anyone ever considered this woman as a serious VP or Presidential candidate, is unfathomnable..... outside of her carrying the white priviledge card, Palin needs to get a clue.

Clue= If you're ever considering running for the highest office in the LAND, LEARN to accept FULL RESPONSIBLILITY for YOUR words, thoughts, and deeds.

interesting thought from Andrew Sullivan's blog...

The Dan White Option(I have no idea who Dan White is, but I digress...)
I'm calling it now--she is not actually going to step down on July 25. Her speech was produced in a fit of pique and now, given the reaction, she's going to stay on. That's my theory. One of my disappointments in Palin is that she reinforces negative stereotypes of women in management positions--she doesn't play well with others, she doesn't think strategically, everyone is always against her, she's emotional, she holds a grudge and won't walk away from a fruitless argument. Why shouldn't she add "a woman's right to change her mind" to the list?

I say that as a woman in business, whose colleagues would never forget if I did any of the above.

She really does give women politicians a bad rep.

Have you noticed none, NONE, NADA, NYET of the prominent Republican women have stood up for her? Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Olympia Snowe, Libby Dole. In fact, her own Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, pretty much called her batshit crazy for abandoning the state.

Sarah Palin is a straight embarrassment to all of 'em. And they ain't lifting nay finger to help her...

Did you see this, ispnoprize?

GOP Liz Trotta call her whack-crazy and on Faux Noise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP99nNRDuyE

Isn't Dan White the guy who used the twinkie (twinky) defense for killing Harvey Milk n George Moscone in San Francisco?

of course, there's probably HUNDREDS of Dan Whites w/options.

YA DAMN SKIPPY......If Obama or any man for that matter gave that sad example of an interview with Katie Couric they would have been laughed off the national stage.

And yet she blasted Hillary for being a whiner over media coverage.
http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/after-callin...

Hypocrisy, thy name is Palin.

...and if you use your children as props, don't get mad when people make fun of them.

she pimped those kids better than Tyrone does his best $10 HO.

GEEZUS! That woman. Using her son Trig as an example. She said the other day mean people were taking pot-shots at Trig, making fun of him & his 'ailment.' I've never heard of such a thing, and then come to find out it has to do with the photoshopping of some Alaskan politicos "in bed with" Governor Palin. The "pot-shots" were at her - not the baby. Perhaps they were in poor taste but it was NOT about Trig and his diagnosis of Down syndrome. It was about the lack of ethical leadership in the governor's office.

The woman just makes me freakin' SICK.

Obama's Testing Time
Health Care, Deficit Pose Challenges
July 5, 2009
E.J. Dionne

As President Obama confronts his testing time this summer, he holds major assets but faces deep tensions within his governing coalition. This will force him to make hard choices earlier than he might have preferred.

His assets include steady affection from a large majority of the country, a political base as solid as the one that allowed Ronald Reagan to govern effectively even through slides in his popularity, and a weak Republican Party whose support is confined to the right end of the political spectrum.

At the same time, Obama will be called upon to manage growing friction within his majority between its large progressive core and its less ideological fringes.

For progressives, the president's long-term political well-being depends on delivering tangible benefits to middle-class voters in areas such as health care, education and financial security, even at the risk of temporarily higher budget deficits.

Many of his moderate supporters worry about those deficits and express more skepticism than progressives do about government's capacity to bring about change. Yet the attitudes toward government held by Obama's middle-of-the-road sympathizers are characterized not by the hostility that animates conservatives but by ambivalence and uncertainty.

On no issue will these tensions be as important, or as difficult, to resolve as on health care.

While moderates in the Senate press for a less robust approach to reform, progressives fear the impact of conceding too much ground. Such accommodations, they believe, would create a health plan that still required politically painful tax increases but delivered too few tangible gains to the middle-income Americans looking to Obama to improve their situations.




http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...

If they weren't concerned about money for war, I don't wanna hear it!!

This country can't have enough money for 2 wars and not enough for healthcare.

We as 'a democracy' got money to build roads, schools and hospitals for other countries..YET we can't find the money to provide healthcare for our OWN citizens?! We give THREE HUNDRED BILLION to Israel annually!! Not to mention all the other Foreign Aid..yet kids in our own country don't have decent schools nor healthcare? Puhleeeze. I don't EVEN wanna hear this 'we ain't got money BS, from the "RICHEST" country on the earth...GMAFB..take care of HOME first!

Phuck THAT BS!

Yes I am concerned about the amount of money spent. But as the President said if having money was a measure of a good time to deal with healthcare than it should have been handled ten to eight years ago.

Legal Bills Swayed Palin, Official Says
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: July 5, 2009

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell of Alaska said Sunday that Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision to resign was largely prompted by the personal legal costs of the ethics investigations against her.
Ms. Palin announced on Friday that she would quit her job near the end of the month and turn the reins of state government over to Mr. Parnell, who like the governor is a Republican.

At the news conference, Ms. Palin cited numerous reasons for quitting, including more than $500,000 in legal fees that she and her husband, Todd, have incurred because of 15 ethics complaints filed against her during her two and a half years as governor. She said all of the complaints had been dismissed, but she still had to pay lawyers to defend her.

Mr. Parnell said Ms. Palin called him into her office on Wednesday night to tell him she was resigning.

“I think what I heard from the governor,” Mr. Parnell said on “Fox News Sunday,” “really had to do with the weight on her, the concern she had for the cost of all the ethics investigations and the like — the way that that weighed on her with respect to her inability to just move forward Alaska’s agenda on behalf of Alaskans in the current context of the environment. So that’s what I saw.”

Mr. Parnell, who is scheduled to take over for Ms. Palin on July 26, said it was costing the State of Alaska about $2 million just to pay for the staff to deal with the records requests from the ethics complaints.

“That was just over the top, and I think she used the word insane in her remarks,” Mr. Parnell said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/us/06palin.ht...

soooooo, basically she's quitting because she's broke? hmmm. what does todd do again? he looks healthy enough to take on two or three jobs.

just sayin'

Todd Palin's anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co0K_qSleXs

So instead of you know, keeping her JOB to help pay for these bills she steps down? I just read another reason may be the book Bristol's ex is shopping around.

Federal indictments for embezzlement/kickbacks is ALL this is about!

Palin plans to make her money off her looks & book. She's an attention
whore, plain and simple.

As you so eloquently said..long ago..SNOHO...end. of. story!

And what's funny is to hear McCain say she'll still be a voice of the GOP.
Did she come up with ANYTHING? I guess the RNC invested too much money in her and they want a return on their investment.

The pole dancer is going to continue to pimp herself for the GOP with book deals and *WINKS*

Tough, Palin was DAMAGED goods prior to her debut at the RNC in St. Paul.

Word to GOP: Vetting is a terrible thing to OMIT!

That's right..what did they say when W nominated Myers?

Trust BUT verify...never will 4get Buchanan's words.

Splashed across Al-Jazeera's front page. http://english.aljazeera.net/

Breaking News:

US and Moscow agree to cut nuclear arms and allow US troops to fly across Russia ...

BIG-ASS deal. And Al-Jazeera is the go-to news organization for all things Middle Eastern, etc.


Then, too, CNN is running it on-line and TV live.

MSNBC is continuing the race discussion again on an unlikely show. Watching Dylan Ratigan (Morning Meeting) hosting David Wilson and Steven A. Smith, Rep. Cummings and Mayor Young of Philadelphia, Mississippi was interesting. Again, Dylan comes from the wealthy middle age white guy perspective but is not condescending or acting differently because he thinks "black people are great!" post Obama. It was this is my opinion, what is your opinion, maybe we aren't as far apart
as we think.

I think it's refreshing to have these hosts on MSNBC basically say I don't understand the black perspective or racism because I'm privileged and white, but I want too so I (and the viewers) are no longer ignorant vs. we have no issues anymore, lets all hug!

I also feel like David Wilson and Steven A. Smith are auditioning to be the host for the 2:00 EST hour, a time slot MSNBC still has open and undefined.

Ta-Nehisi on Sarah Palin's resignation:

"The Resignation"
Posted: Mon,06 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT

I wrote a long post on Sarah Palin, and then deleted it. I was overthinking. Here is what must be said-- Sarah Palin is deeply ignorant. She actually sounded worse, unedited and uninterrupted, than when she was under the withering fire of Katie Couric. One need only go to the text:

Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me - sports... basketball. I use it because you're naïve if you don't see the national full-court press picking away right now: A good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on the basket... and she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can WIN. And I'm doing that - keeping our eye on the ball that represents sound priorities - smaller government, energy independence, national security, freedom! And I know when it's time to pass the ball - for victory.

This is not off-the-cuff. It was prepared in advance, and, on video, it actually managed to make it sound worse. I just don't think there's much going on here except a deep-seated pride in a deep-seated ignorance. I don't know what else to say.

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives...

Please, bitch, you've benched yourself, and you're not even fit to carry water for the rests of the team. GAME OVER!

Isn't this interesting? So after building your career on "Michael Jackson as pedophile"s back, NOW Bashir thinks he may have been wrong?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihNNuIhV0k&eurl...

oh, that ain't right...but MJ did make himself vulnerable to scrutiny when he admitted to close bedtime contact with children AFTER his public trial for inappropriate behavior with youngsters.

You know, my husband and I were discussing this and he made a good observation: Michael always said he did nothing wrong and if he HAD stopped spending time with children, he would've just looked guilty. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't.

The more I listened to the actual work and charitable efforts of Jackson, the more I began to believe that he was definitely a serious victim of the tabloid media, who sensationalize some of his idiosyncracies to the point of them being considered far bigger parts of his character than they were. The rich consistently do things differently simply due to their wealth, but those differences, don't necessarily make them depraved or wacko.

Jackson has some developmental issues but I seriously do not believe he ever did anything criminal to any child. I believed he did love children and simply spend an inordinate amount of time trying to recapture the innocence of youth that he never got to enjoy.

All this other stuff was simply the press and others creating a fiction to gain from monetarily ...and the injustice was that it was touted and talked about in such an unbalanced manner, without the same regard being given to his musical genius or his humanitarian efforts or parenting...that the tabloid persona became what people believed rather than the real person he actual was.

It is all very sad.

"Jackson has some developmental issues but I seriously do not believe he ever did anything criminal to any child. I believed he did love children and simply spend an inordinate amount of time trying to recapture the innocence of youth that he never got to enjoy."

co-signing.

Thank you Val. It is soooo hard to get folks to see how he was a victim. IOW, I get beat down a LOT for my perspective.The tabloid media shaped how folks view him. They exaggerated his differences and refused to highlight his greatness and his humanitarian efforts which would have balanced the 'weirdness' they so focused on to see their gossipragsensationalness rag sheets.

I agree, even with him feeding the tabloid beast, I believe was his way of trying to control what was written about him. And thinking back-sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber? Buying the Elephant Man's bones? That was tame compared to what you're reading about today!

Yes, that is what so sad..Bubbles too. It was all used against him to make him seem weird and out of touch, when he was just a lonely child inside. Given what we know about MJ and how shrewd he was when it came to investments, he most likely saw those Elephant Bones as an investment too. Would the average person think that, no! But then he beat out some of the shrewedest ppl in the music industry when he bought the Beatles catalog!!

I believe they were trying to drive him into bankruptcy solely to claim that catalogue.

Could I be wrong? sure.But the facts favor me as much as them. AND their sensationalism, after all they changed the law to invade Neverland. And everyone who understands pedophilia KNOWS there would have been droooves of kids, not just one or two! But the weirdo sensationlism worked in THEIR favor. It could have all been false with only one purpose to make money for the tabloids and diminish his stature so they COULD claim the catalogue.

MJ's mistake was settling with the first one, that made him prey for others, but he was listening to the lawyers and worried about PR...but that decision turned out to be disasterous.

AIN'T that some sh!t?!! The nerve of this mofo!!

I could literally slap the hell out of him for even getting on TV with this!!!!

i can't stand that hack Bashir
ever since he did that gotcha interview with Princess Diana
he knew what he was doing when he edited that interview with Michael

i guess having that brain tumor and being near death last year
can give you moments of regret crooked azz hack

Co-Sign Dana!

To say "now" that nothing Michael did was criminal concerning children is so disgusting. It's too f-ing late to set the record straight.

It is too late for MJ...but not for his children. They should not have to live with those LIES!

Have you all heard about Kimberly Anyadike, the youngest Black female to have flown from the Pacific to Atlantic Oceans?.....great article showcasing another Black youth on the move----literally!!



Record-setting flight links aviation's past, future

HAMPTON — At 12, Kimberly Anyadike learned to fly airplanes.

At 15, she has become a part of aviation history.

Fighting yawns after a week of flying east from Compton, Calif., Anyadike was all smiles as her small entourage of supporters ushered her into the Virginia Air & Space Center on Sunday. When she touches down in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Anyadike will have completed her flight across the continent.

Having reached Newport News on Sunday morning, she was already the youngest black female to fly from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic.

"I love flying, and I'm getting a lot of experience," she said. "I'm still trying to master the perfect landing."

Flying the Cessna 172 — a four-seat, single-engine aircraft — isn't the sole purpose of the trip.

While Anyadike is making history, her endeavor is a nod to pioneering black pilots who came before her.

At each stop, the local chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen — including original veterans of the famous World War II fighter squadron — refuel Anyadike and her plane and offer both a place to sleep and encouragement.

"One reason for this is it's a way to reunite the Tuskegee Airmen," Anyadike said. "I love history. It's one of my favorite subjects."

One of Anyadike's wingmen is Maj. Levi Thornhill, who was an Army Air Corps mechanic during the Second World War.

"I think this is a great experience for her," Thornhill said Sunday. "She's getting a lot of experience and getting the opportunity to improve her skills much more rapidly than she would otherwise. I have been very impressed with her abilities."

On the way back to California, Anyadike will retrace a trip made by Chauncey E. Spencer, a black aviation pioneer from Lynchburg who made inroads into aviation for blacks at the turn of the 20th century.

His son, Chauncey E. Spencer II, flew from Detroit for the historic occasion Sunday.

"My father was told that 'coloreds' couldn't fly ... that they didn't have the intelligence," Spencer said. "He proved them wrong. He flew around the South on a trip to encourage African-Americans to get into aviation.

"Her (Anyadike's) flight is proof of what you can do if you put your heart and your mind to it. She started flying at 12 and at 15, she's in the history books."

Back in California, Anyadike's friends are following her on Twitter and Facebook, but the young pilot doesn't always have time or energy to update her status.

"I've gotten pretty tired," she said.

The trip will count toward her small-aircraft private pilot's license, which she intends to obtain and use.

But flying as a career?

"I want to become a cardiovascular surgeon," she said, adding that science first, then history, are her favorite subjects in school.


Follow along
• Anyadike's next destination is Washington, D.C., where she will meet with members of Congress from California, Maryland and Virginia, then she begins her journey back to California.

• Read updates on her progress at www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N6048Z


http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_flightg...

that's a great story - in the ilk of barrington irving. thanks for sharing.

Apparently, Kimberly Anyadike has been receiving coverage throughout her journey across the U.S.

Here is one link to news coverage she received in Miss.

http://www.wjtv.com/jtv/news/state_regional/art...

And here's another link discussing an important program out of Los Angeles, "Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum" of which Anyadike is a part of.

http://www.labeez.org/2009/05/those-magnificent...

Job retraining/green jobs: Wheel spinning? No go showboat?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/us/06retrain....

why can't I get Ron Daniels or Ron Walters on tv, but that clown Steven A. Smith can get on MSNBC?

isn't Steven A. Smith the guy who has his own show on ESPN? How did he get prompted to spokesperson for black people on MSNBC? I didn't watch this mornign so maybe we are not talking about the same person.

We have moved past the point where anyone speaks for Black America. We do not have to agree or like any particular Black person on TV anymore. Nor should we have to classify Blacks on TV with different views in a negative way, based on our particular understanding of the Black Experience.

OK so you don't like my flippant comment. But what I was trying to understand is how did he crossover from speaking about sports to an expert on ____________ he was talking about. Or was he there to speak about the career of Steve McNair?

Keith Olberman used to work with Steven A. Smith on ESPN so people do crossover. Like Keith, Steven has expanded his commentary beyond sports. He has been doing so for over a year now (maybe longer). So no, he was not on talking about McNair today. Instead he commented on politics, education and economics.

is Steven Smith still on ESPN. Interesting if he is because of the ABC/ESPN connection.

He left ESPN this past May.

Same guy and he is not the singular black spokesperson for black people on MSNBC. He is one of many black male commentators on MSNBC, the most recent rotation including David Wilson, Toure, Jonathan Capeheart and Gene Robinson along with the occasional politicians and Carlos Watson (who also hosts the 11:00 hour). I don't think any one of them speaks for every black person, nor are they asked, too. But any one of them is probably a better spokesperson for blacks then Chris Mathews.

Well said PJ...can't stand Capehart..but I loooove me some Carlos.

I hear you. I watched and now I can't remember anything of substance that he said. It was a typical spew of diarrhea from his big mouth.

Steven A Smith makes me really ill!!!!!!

Justice did you see my comment to you in the AfternoonThread? Bout how 'missthang' thought he was getting a divorce?

What? She thought he was getting a divorce from his wife to be with her?

I'll go check out your post! Thanks!

Justice, here is an interview with her sister who thought McNair was going to get a divorce in the coming weeks...

http://www.thegrio.com/2009/07/family-of-mcnair...

Thanks Pjamma!

sorry but her sister is a damn fool and if she loved her, she would have cautioned her bout going down that route. If you are sleeping with a married man, you deserve every treatment he gives you. Love yourself enough to demand your own man. Not someone Else's husband. So what if she is Iranian, white, black..i don't care..at the end of the day...its still sleeping with a man thats not urs. And you bought his lies about leaving his wife? Lets not make this girl out to be a victim. Was she forced to be in the relationship with him? Lets not label her as a stupid twenty something. We have grown ass women sleeping with married men and believing he will leave his wife. Its not an age thing. Its a stupid thing. Did he deserve to die? No.But shit happens. As you lay your bed, so you shall lay on it. They both put themselves in that situation. Nobody is a victim here.

Love yourself enough to demand your own man. Not someone Else's husband. So what if she is Iranian, white, black..i don't care..at the end of the day...its still sleeping with a man thats not urs.


My thoughts exactly!

I agree TAG60. Nothing good comes out of being the other woman.

The only thing I disagree with in some of the discussions (not your post) is that she killed McNair because she was white/ProudIranian/redneck/golddigger/whatever.

Bitch was crazy. Woman of every age and color get played and they don't shoot the man. That's just strait up insane.

And..as far as i know, middle eastern women aren't supposed to be indulging in premarital sex anyways...based on how strict they are with women over there. She was probably born and raised in this country.
Its a sad situation whichever way you look at it.

Amen!

I wonder where 'missthang' got that impression or idea, eh? Clues?

McNair was wrong for telling her, but she was also stoopid for believing it. WhiteENTITLEMENT mindset!!

You're overreaching on the "white entitlement mindset." Stupid 20-year-old mindset maybe.

You're just not interested in letting her off the hook, are ya? It's all on her, isn't it.

Perhaps, it is you that are overreaching on the 'stupid20yroldmindset'...Lots of 20 year old women of her generation and particularly who watch BET would know better. They know men use women as hos. Why didn't she? Why did she even THINK she was ALL THAT that she could even pull a wealthy MARRIED famous athlete? Huh?

What in the world was SHE thinking.

She thought she was morethan him cause of her whiteentitlement mindset, that had been cultivated in her since she grew up in america and since she was in redneck TN.

I already said he LIED to her!! Why are you so determined to LET her 'off the hook'? What is that about?

I seldom let homicidal murderers off the hook...why do you?

I seldom let homicidal murderers off the hook...why do you?

Notwithstanding the redundancy - I'm not interested in letting a murderer off the hook. Why is it so necessary for you to carry on & on all this - especially as it relates to her. It doesn't do much to assauge the pain of Mechelle McNair or their four kids.

I don't know a damn thing about McNair other than his quarterbacking. Oh yeah, and some charity work during Katrina, I remember that. Not so much "charity work" - providing supplies, etc., for those hit by Katria.

Now as a 20 year-old, there would be no way in hell I would've fallen for any crap like this. First off - he's married. It wouldn't have any come close to starting. However, I'm almost wise enough to know that my experience isn't everybody else's experience. I might have been tough at 20 whereas others were even tougher or much more naive and gullible.

LOL@"Notwithstanding the redundancy"..yeah you right on that! I just couldn't resist. lol

"Why is it so necessary for you to carry on & on all this - especially as it relates to her."

Um...because it is her actions that make this tawdry tale different?! The story is the same ol same ol, married man cheating with young thing without HER actions.

"It doesn't do much to assauge the pain of Mechelle McNair or their four kids."

Agreed. But then I was not writing to the McNair family. I am on a public message board commenting about an event. Their pain and grief is sad, but it was not the focus of my comments. You see, had Steve been as concerned for them emotionally as you are saying, this would not have occurred. He put his EGO b4 his family, and now it is headline news. As his mother said...the shooting was the devil's work. And I have been commenting on that devils work.

"I don't know a damn thing about McNair"

Well, I do. He was one of the upstanding athletes with a good reputation as a great father and spouse. Someone who genuinely cared for and contributed to the betterment of mankind. He had a generous heart and he had awesome accomplisments as an athlete b4 and during his NFL career. Someone, the community could be PROUD of...vs. the thug like mentality some have.

'I might have been tough at 20 whereas others were even tougher or much more naive and gullible."

As much as I feel ya on the gullible...this kind of story happens so often that I DON't have compassion for her stupidity. This is the type of stuff you read about ALL the time, see on TV, they make movies about. NO 20yearold in America is THAT unexposed.

Unless, they have a whiteENTITLEMENT mindset. And I do not doubt that is what she thought and had heard repeatedly about DUMBNIGGAS with lots of money who will blow in on a sweetwhitethang..cuz those 'monkeys' all want a 'whitewoman'... oh she bought into that redneckracism..BIG time.

She thought she was playing him! Told everyone about how her BF gave her an Escalade, told her exBF how McNair said he Loooved her, and told her sister&family ..he was divorcing his wife.

DumbassWhiteEnTITLEMENT! Like I said her family is probably telling everybody she killed that niggarather than be his whore.

Guess she had the last word, after finding out her EX told her right.

WRB: I can't talk about this anymore. First off - I truly, really, don't care all that much for either party in this deal - so to speak. However, I do feel terrible for McNair's wife & sons. More so than I ever will for Mrs. Sanford - whose first name escapes me - oh, Jenny!

Redundancy..... i only did it because I do shit like that all the time! Sometimes when I'm trying to be high-flaluting with my words.

And actually - I know exactly what you're 'trying' to get across. I just know that you're accurately describing what was in HER head.

Wordsmith...we all do it..it is called wit! I love it.

Just so you know, I do care about the family...my initial comments were about that dumbass McNair and HIS stooopidity, not her..it was clear she had been used..but he was the dumbass...nothing but EGO ..a man being a man with all the wherewithall to do what he did.

BTW, I have more compassion for JennySanford, afterall she is married and doing what she needs to, to salvage her marriage 4 her sons. A whole different set of circumstances..Jenny ain;t just a pieceofass..she is a mother AND a WIFE. Big difference..

Peace.

She was Iranian. White hillbilly girls in Tennesee would have known the deal. They live in America. They watch MTV. They have been in the same situation with well off lumber mill owners and their sons for generations.

Check out Tennesee Williams movies.

Iranian is white in America. Even on MTV.

That woman understood what being married means. She knew McNair was a married man with children!

She knew too! GF was HIGH when they stopped her in the Escalade...bloodshot eyes...AND told them she was not drunk but HIGH.

Please, she knew American culture enuFF to know the deal. Hell, even in her own culture, men use women as whores.

She was not that damn ignorant. What she was, was a whiteperson feeling like they had entitlement over some black guy, even if he was wealthy. She thought she could use him and get him to leave his wife and kids for her. When she found out, he had PLAYED her. She couldn't handle being played by a BLACK person of ALL ppl.

I really think it was her EX BF that set her off, after she called him to come get the Escalade, by telling her that she was nothing but a pieceofass4aniggerathlete.

She confronted McNair, found out her EX was right...and the rest...is 2 dead ppl.

DAMN, you beat me to the punch on that one. Steven A. Smith is a jack (and you fill out the rest), OK?

Wake Up!! Lobbyists spending 1.4M a DAY against any public option on DKos

What CNN exclusive? It was available on U-Stream first. Regardless wasn't it simply amazing?

Today's Conversation: Weak-Willed Men & What the Death of Steve McNair Teaches Us

If some will listen that is....

http://tinyurl.com/l5kog8

From Bob Seger: Fire Down Below

Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine
Here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time
There go the street lights bringin on the night
Here come the men faces hidden from the light
All through the shadows they come and they go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below

Here comes the rich man in his big long limousine
Here comes the poor man all you got to have is green
Here comes the banker and the lawyer and the cop
One thing for certain it ain't never gonna stop
When it all gets too heavy
That's when they come and go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below

It happens out in Vegas happens in Moline
On the blue blood streets of Boston
Up in Berkeley and out in Queens
And it went on yesterday and it's going on tonight
Somewhere there's somebody ain't treatin' somebody right

What? You ain't know? It's exclusive to CNN because they SAY it's exclusive. Stop playin'...LOLOL

Paying for universal healthcare:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/...
note that this option was first explored by the Bush-2 administration.

You think this is news? Blue states pay more taxes and receive the least government money compared to red states where figures are just the opposite. Typical of the GOP: they pretend to rail against government policy while sucking at the teat more than the Democrats.

Another irony: wealthier blue states are OK with what you are trying to scaremonger about.

Just pointing out one of the payment options for the ever changing health care agenda.
Regardless of how the payments are worked out, it will be a massive transfer of wealth from the working middle class to the working/non working poor.

People are pissed around the world about the actions of their politicians. It hasn't hit here yet to the extent it has in Europe and Iran. In England the abuse of expense accounts has squatters in the homes of members of Parliament.(Squatting in abandoned buildings is big in Philly).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...

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I always enjoy Grace Lee Boggs weekly column from Detroit. She's one of my personal sheroes!

This week she wrote about a new kind of community organizing that is needed in these troubled times and the "right to the city" and "the city belongs to all of us" movements that are beginning to take across the country.

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/386635/67464...

This way of organizing builds on but goes beyond the familiar Alinsky model of grassroots organizing.

I spent some time this weekend reading the entire article she recommends (it's 20 pages long) and it was well worth the time invested. For those of you leading community organizing efforts, I highly recommend a looksee.

http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2399

Thanks for this insightful post.