Monthly Archives: October 2011

POLITICS: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA KICKS OFF “WE CAN’T WAIT” CAMPAIGN

With the 2012 presidential election just over a year away, President Barack Obama should be focusing his efforts on his re-election campaign. However, the president is instead concentrating on getting the American Jobs Act passed, which he unveiled to Congress in September, and has hit the road to stress that “we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job”.

On Monday, Pres. Obama traveled to Las Vegas to kick off his new effort to convince Congress, namely Republicans, to put country before party and pass the Jobs Act. He also did a bit of campaigning before heading to Los Angeles later in the day, where, on Tuesday, he’ll make his fourth appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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GUESS WHO: ROSE PETALS AT HIS FEET ON 106 & PARK??

GUESS WHO rolled through a taping of BET’s 106th & Park? HiNT: This actor has starred in 38 movies and carries 5 studio albums under his belt… Continue

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EVENT PICS: ESTELLE AT THE Q AWARDS – ARE YOU FEELING HER LOOK?

Singer/rapper/songwriter Estelle attended the Q awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel on Monday (October 24) in London, England. The 31 year-old is currently promoting her latest song, “Thank You” (LISTEN HERE). The new album will be hitting stores on January 24th.

She’s right on trend with the new fur looks (READ POST HERE), are you feeling it?

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NEWS/AWARENESS: UGANDAN LRA SURVIVOR RESPONDS TO LIMBAUGH’S CLAIMS AGAINST OBAMA

Meet Evelyn Apoko. At the age of 9, Apoko was abducted by a violent, rebel group named LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) and was forced to work as a mule, carrying heavy supplies and food for miles without food and water. One day during usual warfare, Evelyn attempted to protect a child she was carrying, only to expose her head to a nearby bomb. The grenade exploded, disfiguring her face and mouth, leaving her with an incomplete jaw and set of teeth.

Since her escape and relocation to America, doctors have successfully “reconstructed her jaw, removed scars and balanced her lips. In the days to come, Apoko will soon get a new jaw implant, a bone graft and a set of upper teeth.”

What you may not know about this 22-year-old Ugandan woman is that she recently spoke out against political commentator, Rush Limbaugh, after he accused President Obama of sending 100 U.S. military advisers to the Central African Republic to kill the leaders (i.e. Joseph Kony) and members of LRA, an organization that he sees as being Christian:

Now, up until today, most Americans have never heard of the combat Lord’s Resistance Army. Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians. It means God…Lord’s Resistance Army are Christians. They are fighting the Muslims in Sudan. And Obama has sent troops, United States troops to remove them from the battlefield, which means kill them. That’s what the lingo means, “to help regional forces remove from the battlefield,” meaning capture or kill. [Listen]

After hearing Limbaugh’s accusations, the LRA survivor released a heartfelt and sincere video addressing the radio host’s ignorance to the brutal reality of the Ugandan rebel group: Continue

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