Wednesday, April 2, 2008 |
( Photo: Keith Srakocic/AP )
Teresa Heinz Kerry joined Michelle Obama at Carnegie Mellon University Wednesday saying she hoped the state would support the Obama campaign the way it had for both of her husbands.
“Pennsylvania voted for both of these good men,” she said, referring to the late John Heinz, a former Republican senator in the state, and Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate. “And this election, I hope Pennsylvania will join me in casting a ballot for another great and good man, Sen. Barack Obama.”
Her husband endorsed Obama in January, but this was Heinz Kerry’s first event on Obama’s behalf and Michelle’s first rally in Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 |
Expressing sentiments following Sen. Barack Obama’s speech, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said last week the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national “birth defect” that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the country’s very founding.
The video shows Lou Dobbs as he makes a Freudian slip while talking about Rice’s remarks on race.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 |
For some time, I was concerned about the car I drove & other nonsense I now find to be of little importance. At one point, I wore two carat diamond studs in my ears, but have downgraded to a less ostentatious quarter carat. In the end, it’s not going to matter how big my diamonds were or whether I drove a Ford or a Ferrari. That’s not what will determine my worth.
The status of a person is not how much money they have or what they do for a living — the real importance of a person is how they treat everybody, particularly the people who are deemed lower than them in society. I’ve figured out what it’s all about. For me, the only thing that’s going to matter is that I lived my life to the fullest and did everything I possibly could to help those around me in need.
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Monday, March 31, 2008 |
On Thursday, April 3, at 9 p.m. ET the first installment of CNN’s groundbreaking documentary series Black in America will premiere with “Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination“.
April 4 marks the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Shout out to CL Reader Ashley for the info.
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Monday, March 31, 2008 |
In 2005, Peter Menzel published Hungry Planet which featurerd a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week. The photo above shows the Revis family from North Carolina. View more from the Time photo galleries of “What the World Eats”.
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Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
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On Friday, Sen. Barack Obama appeared on The View to address (yet again!) the controversial remarks of Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor of 20 years.
“I never heard him say some of the things that have people upset,” Obama said on the show.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
( Map of number of electoral votes by state )
On Thursday, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, proposed an overhaul of America’s presidential election laws that included awarding the presidency based on popular vote, instead of using the Electoral College. “The goal is simple: one person, one vote,” Nelson said.
Many people, however, don’t know much about the Electoral College, but this will explain how the electoral college system works and what role your vote will play.
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