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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.

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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. Friday afternoon, the New York Times reported that Clinton plans to quit her Senate seat and accept the cabinet position, according to unnamed sources.

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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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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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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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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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Filed under: BlackSpin, Barack Obama

Last night, I booked my flight to Washington, DC so that I will be in place for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. I don't have tickets to any events yet, but to be present for such a momentous occasion is irresistible. To top it all off, I am from D.C. and my mom still lives there. There is no way I would allow her to have all the fun to herself.

Tickets for the inauguration ARE FREE and are being distributed by each congressional office on a first come first served basis. You must CALL THE OFFICE and request one or two tickets. Please note that many offices around the country are closing their lists TODAY.

You can find out who your congressional representative is by clicking this link.

If you need to find out you Zip + 4 click on this link.The Seattle Post Intelligencer has a great article entitled: 'Want to go to Obama's inauguration? 5 things you need to know':

Keep an eye out for ticket scams, like this site. Scam!

McAlvanah forwarded a press release from the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies warning residents nationwide to be wary of rogue Web sites that claim to have inaugural tickets. They don't. The committee assures all tickets for the swearing-in ceremony a) will be distributed by congressional offices b) won't be available for in-person pickup until a week before the ceremony and c) will be free. The press release didn't name any scam site already out there, but if you see anything that looks too easy, it probably is.

I will call today. Hope to see you there!

 

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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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Filed under: BlackSpin, Elections, Barack Obama, News

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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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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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 a.m. 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 mor