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August 31, 2009
This morning I was watching one of the morning shows and heard one of the guests say that the Cleveland Clinic would not hire you if you were a smoker. Smoking is deadly and there are several health risks associated with smoking. If you are already employed by them they will send you to smoking [...]
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Tags: black america, Black People, Black women, cleveland clinic, Current Events, Democrats, gop, obese, obesity, race, racism, Republicans
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August 29, 2009
Over the past few days I have watched countless specials and the funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy. So many people referred to his wife Vicki as the love of his life. They said that he saved her. It was a fine tribute to his current wife, but I could not help but feel sorry for [...]
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Tags: abc, cbs, CNN, Current Events, death of ted kennedy, Democrats, divorced women, Funeral of Ted Kennedy, Joan kennedy, Kennedy children, Kennedy kids, media, MSNBC, nbc, Patrick kennedy, Ted Kennedy Died, Ted Kennedy jr., Ted kennedy's Funeral, Women, working women
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August 29, 2009
There is a gospel song called May My Work Speak for Me. We each are writing our own eulogy everyday of our lives. We are given a short period here on earth and we determine how we will use that time. On funeral programs we see two dates. The day we were born and the [...]
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Tags: black america, Black People, cbs, CNN, Current Events, Democrats, gop, MSNBC, nbc, President Barack Obama, President Obama, race, Republicans, Ted Kennedy, Ted kennedy's Funeral
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August 28, 2009
This morning I was visiting on of my favorite websites www.theoldblackchurch.blogspot.com. I saw a story about Bishop Weeks and his upcoming nuptials. Weeks made news a couple of years ago when he got into a scuffle with his then wife Juanita Bynum or as she was called Prophetess Juanita Bynum. He initially denied he hit [...]
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Tags: black church, Black People, black radio, Black women, Michael Baisden, steve harvey, Tom Joyner, Tom Joyner Morning Show
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August 28, 2009
I vividly remember watching the citizens of New Orleans gathered at the Superdome begging for food and water. We saw countless scenes of people stranded on the rooftops of their homes. This just did not seem like something that could happen in our country, but it did. One particularly charming black boy that NBC brought [...]
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Tags: anniversary of katrina, black america, black men, Black women, CNN, Current Events, Democrats, gop, katrina, Michael Baisden, MSNBC, politics, Republicans, Tom Joyner, Tom Joyner Morning Show
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August 28, 2009
Today on Hardball Chris Matthews started speculating on what Kennedy of this generation would be next to enter the political arena. Matthews like many of his generation has waxed poetic about the days of Camelot. How the three handsome Kennedy brothers led the charmed lives of the politically connected. They all had beautiful wives and [...]
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Tags: Camelot, Chris Matthews, CNN, Current Events, Democrats, Kennedy brothers, media, MSNBC, politics, Senator kennedy dead, Ted Kennedy Dead, Ted Kennedy Died
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August 27, 2009
Last July I visited some of my family in Memphis, Tennessee. My aunt who is in her eighties told me this fall she would be attending her high school reunion. She proudly said it was their 65th high school reunion. Her class was the Booker T. Washington High School class of 1944. Some in her [...]
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Tags: black america, black men, Black People, Black women, cbs, CNN, Current Events, high school reunion, Michael Baisden, MSNBC, race, racism, Tom Joyner, Tom Joyner Morning Show
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August 27, 2009
Yesterday we learned of the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. He battled brain cancer valiantly, but in the end he died from the disease. It is very sad when anyone loses a love one. Kennedy was loved by his family and also by the broader American family, but I was struck by the fact that [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama, Current Events, death of ted kennedy, Democrats, politics, President Barack Obama, Senator Kennedy, Senator kennedy died, Ted Kennedy
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August 27, 2009
“U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins offered encouragement to conservatives at a town hall forum that the Republican Party would embrace a “great white hope” capable of thwarting the political agenda endorsed by Democrats who control Congress and President Barack Obama. Jenkins, a Topeka Republican in her first term in Congress, shared thoughts about the GOP’s political [...]
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Tags: black america, Black People, Black women, Current Events, Democrats, gop, Great white Hope, Lynn Jenkins, politics, race, racism, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Republicans
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August 26, 2009
Last year when President Obama was running for president Senator Ted Kennedy came out early, and strong for the then Senator from Illinois. I remember watching him give his support and I like so many others knew this was big. He angered Senator Clinton because she felt that he would have endorsed her, but he [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama, Current Events, Democrats, gop, Liberal Lion of the Senate, politics, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Senator Ted Kennedy's Death, Ted Kennedy Dead, Ted Kennedy Died
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