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So I’m sitting in my office cubicle having a debate with my co-worker about the auto industry bailout. I don’t think this is an issue where you can just have a straight right or wrong opinion. On the one hand we live in a capitalistic society where competition rules, on the other you have  3 companies that are so huge that if they fail they will take down a vast amount of companies down with them.  To people not in that industry your response maybe…meh it’s their fault for not keeping up. But what if it were the big 3 in your industry? Some would say that other companies would be OK because they have built there business around servicing some of the smaller mom and pop operations, but who do you think those companies sell to? So then I am watching CNN with my wife and see this bull…. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Ever since Obama was named the president-elect, I have been intently following all the talk about his transition to power. From the first announcement of Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff to his first post-election press conference, I’ve been paying close attention. In watching and reading the coverage of the Obama transition, there were a couple of things that made me scratch my head.

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Yesterday, CNN reported that President-Elect Obama has chosen Eric Holder to be his Attorney General.  This selection makes Eric Holder the first African-American Attorney General.  He served as deputy attorney general in the Clinton Administration. 

Thus, the “trickle-down effect” begins.  It’s our time to shine……  And when I say “our,” I don’t mean Black politicians, celebrities, and athletes.  I mean every single Black person in America.  We all have a responsibility to restore and uphold the respect of our community.  We waited 300 years for this opportunity…… let’s not mess it up.

People who know me understand that I am by no means a fan of Kanye West.  To put it bluntly, I think he simply “sucks as a person.”  His music is okay, but I cannot support someone as egotistical as “Mr. West.”  Why am I saying this today……well it all stems from a recent interview, in which Kanye makes an outlandish claim.

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