Students Help School Switch Name to… Barack Obama Elementary

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Some enterprising students at Ludlum Elementary, in Long Island have helped change the name of their school to Barack Obama Elementary . If nothing else, this is a wonderful reflection of the example president-elect Obama has set for youth the world over.

Obama now joins the ranks of other prominent African Americans such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Paul Robeson, Marcus Garvey and others who have this distinction. Kudos to those kids and kudos to this country for finally seeking change.

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 25 November 2008 at 5:26 pm

Would You Hire Hillary? Open Thread

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Word is, President-Elect Barack Obama will make a formal offer to Hillary Clinton to be our next Secretary of State .

According to AP , the nomination's going to come after Thanksgiving.

What do you think? Vote and comment below.

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Friday 21 November 2008 at 8:00 am

Rep. Frank Wants Bailout Shared With Automakers

CEOs from GM, Ford and Chrysler appear Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee. Rep. Barney Frank, the committee's chairman, has drafted legislation extending the $700 billion rescue program to Detroit's Big Three automakers — and requiring that they meet conditions in return, Frank says.

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Ford CEO Pleads His Case for Bailout

The president and CEO of Ford Motor Co., Alan Mulally, needs government loans.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 18 November 2008 at 3:07 pm

Roadtrip: GM, Ford, Chrysler Travel To Capitol Hill

Congress and the White House say they want to do something to help the nation's automakers, which are close to insolvency. Executives from Ford, GM and Chrysler will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday to plead their case. But there is no consensus on what to do for Detroit. It may be next year before Washington acts, which the industry fears may be too late.

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With Hat In Hand, Detroit’s Big 3 Go To Capitol Hill

The chief executives of GM, Ford and Chrysler go before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday — ahead of this week's vote on a Democratic plan to provide their companies $25 billion in loans. Will Congress act in time before one of the Big Three has to declare bankruptcy?

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CNN Heroes - Cast Your Vote

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I have always liked the 'CNN Heroes' features. If you're not familiar with 'CNN Heroes' they are brief profiles of your everyday citizen of the world who has taken steps to create extraordinary and usually innovative programs that help solve a problem.

Now, there is a contest, to choose the '2008 CNN Hero of the Year.' Everyone can vote for their favorite and the winner will be revealed during a special Thanksgiving night show - 'CNN Heroes an All Star Tribute' and will receive $100,000. So it pays to be a hero too!

Have you been watching most of the news lately?

I have, but now I'm turning the volume way down and focusing on the positive stories out there.

I want my mind to absorb the stories that affirm what's possible and good about the human condition. What I know is that each of us has infinite possibilities even if we aren't aware of what they are at any given moment.

So, who's YOUR hero ?

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 17 November 2008 at 12:00 pm

Get Your Guns … Before Obama Takes Them Away!

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You don't see people running out to get guns in black communities and big cities. Why? In those neighborhoods, guns are more commonly used by criminals and cops.

The great secret behind the recent gun boom is that the majority of these guns flying off the shelves are being bought in the South and in Red States.

You might remember, when Clinton took office way back when, the EXACT same thing happened. The NRA told voters that Clinton would take everyone's guns away and used the Clinton assault weapons ban as evidence. Now, Rednecks and NRA members are maxing out their credit cards on guns and ammo again.

If that's not "clinging to your guns," I don't know what is?

Wake up people, Obama's not gonna take your guns even if he really, really wanted to.

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389 Years Ago To Today

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What of the most inspirational blog posts I have read in some time boils down to this amazing image.

A creative typographic mashup can be found at this great site 389 years ago . Continue reading to see what I mean.

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Thursday 13 November 2008 at 8:00 am

O’Reilly Says Blame the Black Church For Prop. 8

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GM, Ford, Chrysler Want Emergency Aid

Detroit's Big Three automakers are asking the government for a bigger bailout. They received $25 billion in federal loans and now want an additional $25 billion. Congressional Democrats urged the Bush administration to use some of the $700 billion bailout for banks to help the car companies. Joe White of The Wall Street Journal talks about what a bailout would mean.

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 11 November 2008 at 4:06 pm

Power to The People @ Change.gov

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After you finish reading this, I suggest that you head on over to Change.gov , President-elect Barack Obama's official Web site.

As you might expect, its design is clean and easy to navigate. On it you will find information about the Obama administration's agenda, the inauguration, news headlines and all sorts of information related to the transition now in progress.

But most intriguing to me, is that if you would like to work for the Obama administration, Change.gov is where you sign up to begin the process. Go to Change.gov , click on ' Jobs' and then, fill in your information. ...

Another program of interest is the "America Serves" initiative :



The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation's challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in under served schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps.

If Obama is being described as the first "internet President," then we are surely the first "internet electorate." This ease of access to my soon-to-be Executive Branch excites me.



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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 10 November 2008 at 10:00 am

Before Barack, We Had King Richard

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Before "In Living Color" and "Chappelle's Show" we had just four episodes of this wonderful show.

"The Richard Pryor Show."

The network censors were all over Pryor in 1977 .

Yup, that's Marsha Warfield and others. Classic sketch.

Courtesy of liberatormagazine.com

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Detroit’s Big Three Want Big Bucks

Executives from Detroit's Big Three car companies met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday to ask for billions of dollars to help rescue the ailing industry. The request comes amid the worst auto sales in a quarter-century. It's unclear whether Ford, GM and Chrysler will get the answers they want.

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Friday 7 November 2008 at 2:16 pm

Oprah Goes Overboard for Obama

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The gloves are off. Now that the election is over, Oprah can be as pro-Obama as she wants to be. She is so excited, this could go on for months.

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Stars Share Final Thoughts On Obama

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HipHollywood.com sent us this great collection of interviews of stars from Denzel Washington and Nelly to Gabrielle Union. They present their final thoughts on Barack Obama . Enjoy.

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Jack & Jill Go To the Polls

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Our friend Jack Turner (AKA Baratunde Thurston) over at Jack & Jill politics hit the polls this morning and took his camera with him. Check out his journey.

You can post your own pictures and videos here in BV Community .

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Wassuuuuup?!?!?! Change, That’s What’s Up.

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If they were going to give an award for the best campaign ad of the whole season (which before now, would have been Hillary Clinton's 3 am ad), it would be this. Just think it's been eight years since the fellas were 'just watchin' the game, having a Bud.'

But since then, things suck. The economy has tanked, people are losing their houses, health care is unaffordable, there is a pointless, unending war in the Middle East, and we're even left more vulnerable to the effect of natural disaster because of an inept, incompetent government. But maybe there's hope. That's What's Up. ...



"Fundamentals of the economy" my a$$.

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Soulja Boy Salutes Slave Masters - Seriously?

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http://www.aolcdn.com/ch_bv/soulja_boy_main_132.jpg Some time ago conservative pundit and author Pat Buchanan was roundly and correctly criticized for saying that black Americans who are descendants of slaves, should be thankful that their ancestors were sold into a life of bondage, torture and oppression.

Buchanan's belief presumes that the only way that blacks would have found a way to America would have been on a slave ship and that the slave thing was a net benefit to many of us.

Apparently, Souljah Boy believes the same thing. According to Toure via 'The Daily Beast' website :

Then came Soulja Boy Tell Em. I asked him, "What historical figure do you most hate?" He was stumped. I said, "Others have said Hitler, bin Laden, the slave masters ..." He said, "Oh wait! Hold up! Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we'd still be in Africa."

My jaw, at this point, was on the ground. "We wouldn't be here," he continued , having no idea how far in it he'd stepped, "to get this ice and tattoos."

Ice and tattoos.

What to say?

I am wondering if that is the most ignorant comment I've ever heard. Maybe not it ... but close.

Seriously, I'm betting that some agree with Souljah Boy's assessment of slavery's impact on the black community. I, on the other hand, always consider what Africa might have looked like if millions of our ancestors had not been dragged from the continent.

My friend Tyler is a little more blunt about it.

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Good Ol’ Jack?

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According to History.com ...

People have been making jack o'lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth ... ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."

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Who Are You Supposed to Be?

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Also according to History.com ...

The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. Hundreds of years ago, winter was an uncertain and frightening time. Food supplies often ran low and, for the many people afraid of the dark, the short days of winter were full of constant worry. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people would place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them from attempting to enter.

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