If you saw President Obama’s State of the Union address last week then you are fully aware of his position on the current Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. The 17 year old policy which was established by President Clinton, is the current topic of debate among government officials. President Obama has vowed to repeal this policy and his current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael … Continue reading Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Really????
What will happen to all the orphaned children? It’s a diffucult question to answer but a very real one. In the midst of so much destruction and devastation how will the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere not only begin to rebuild its infrastructure but also begin to take care of all the survivors. Many have lost their homes, their jobs, their place of worship but most importantly many children have lost their parents.
Continue reading Haiti’s Child Slave Trade: In the midst of destruction & chaos, what will happen to the children?
If you haven’t heard by now about the devastation in Haiti, you’ve either been hiding under a rock or just don’t pay very much attention to what goes on in the world. Images of death and destruction have been circulating all over the internet, news, and all other media outlets showing us the damage caused by yesterday’s earthquake. The quake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale is being called the worst earthquake to hit the island since 1770.
Continue reading Haiti Devastated by Worst Earthquake in more than 200 yrs.
President Obama pledged Wednesday that the U.S. government would lead “a swift, coordinated and aggressive effort to save lives” in Haiti after that country’s powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Obama said U.S. relief efforts would be coordinated by the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Dr. Raj Shah. He urged Americans trying to locate family members in Haiti to contact the State Department at phone number 888-407-4747. “The reports and images that we’ve seen of collapsed hospitals, crumbled homes and men and women carrying their injured neighbors through the streets are truly heart-wrenching,” the president said at the White House. “For a country and a people who are no strangers to hardship and suffering, this tragedy seems especially cruel and incomprehensible.”
Carlos Barria/Reuters A resident carried an injured person on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince. By SIMON ROMERO and MARC LACEY Published: January 13, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The wailing of survivors pierced the air in pockets of this devastated city on Wednesday as people dug desperately through the rubble of collapsed buildings and piled bodies of the dead on roadsides under white sheets. Huge swaths of the … Continue reading Haiti Chief Says Thousands May Be Dead
Sex, sex, sex….it seems like every where you look whether it’s in Hollywood, professional sports or politics there’s always a sex scandal. In fact, it’s become so expected than when we hear about it most of us aren’t shocked. However, what is unexpected, is discovering that the principal of the school where your child is a student is enticing them with cell phones and the promise of buying them material things all in return for sexual favors.
Continue reading NYC Principal fired for being a perv…..
2010 is a census year and in March the Census Bureau will begin sending out census forms to each and every American household. Some of you may be surprised and even a little offended by question #9 on this year’s census form. Question # 9 relates to race, and asks:
“What is person 1’s race?” with one of the selections being “Black, African-Am., or Negro.
Continue reading The 2010 Census: Black, African-Am., or Negro???
The power of faith, hope, and prayer are not to be under estimated. If you speak to the Lord with a sincere heart He will listen to you. The story of Dan Wooley and his belief in GOD is a testament that prayers are answered.
Continue reading Never Under Estimate the Power of Prayer
Yesterday evening President Obama addressed Congress and the Nation with the hopes that he could convince the American people on his plan for health care reform. The President spoke very plainly and to the point and even seemed quite emotional during points in his speech. The health care topic is very personal for some Americans so I am not surprised at the level of emotion and passion that it invokes in some people. It is no secret that our health care system is flawed and while both Republicans and Democrats agree that reform is necessary the question still remains what type of reform will be best for every American?
Before September 11 I never really thought or worried about terrorism. As a U.S. citizen I felt that I was always protected from the savagery that is experienced by other nations. Suicide bombers and fighting in the streets just weren’t a part of our everyday lives. But on 9/11 all of that changed, terrorism and the hatred that the rest of the world has for … Continue reading Mercy For Terrorists or Should They Suffer?
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