Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Week in Polls: July 8


http://www.bet.com/content/betcom/news/politics/2011/07/08/the-week-in-polls.html

Records Show Obama’s Father Considered Putting Him Up for Adoption








http://www.bet.com/content/betcom/news/national/2011/07/08/records-show-obama-s-father-considered-adoption.html

Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies at 93

http://www.bet.com/news/national/2011/07/09/former-first-lady-betty-ford-dies-at-93-.html

Hope for Emmett Till Memorial Lost




http://www.bet.com/news/national/2011/07/11/hope-for-emmett-till-memorial-lost0.html

Black Middle Class Eroding Quickly

http://www.bet.com/news/national/2011/07/12/black-middle-class-eroding-quickly.html.html

Report: Obama Would Not Have Killed bin Laden Were U.S. Economy Booming



Washington - An advisor close to President Obama admitted today that the Commander in Chief would have refused to authorize the assassination of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had the U.S. economy been stronger, Underneath Politics has learned. "With gas prices approaching five-dollars and unemployment continuing to skyrocket, President Obama desperately needed a boost. Though ordering the killing of bin Laden would obviously provide such a rise in the poles, Mr. Obama still got a solid eight-hours of shuteye before deciding to send in the Seals," said the advisor on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the matter. "Had the president possessed excess political capital, he would have used it to convince the American people that going from room to room executing unarmed individuals is unpatriotic and that an OBL trial in New York would be so exciting everyone would forget about the O.J. Simpson trial. The O.J. Simpson murder trial that is; everyone has already forgotten about the trial that led to Mr. Simpson's current incarceration," the Obama minion said. "Had his predecessor ordered a similar mission, do you really think then-Senator Obama would have shouted, 'Attaboy, Georgie!?' Usually when people champion tactics they've spent their entire careers campaigning against, there is an underlying motivation," the advisor finished. 

Maria Shriver and Michelle Obama are among the guests attending former first lady Betty Ford's funeral service today in Palm Desert, CA.







http://www.etonline.com/news/112331_Maria_Shriver_Michelle_Obama_to_Attend_Betty_Ford_s_Funeral/index.html

Monday, July 11, 2011

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/07/08/holmes.kenya.drought.refugee.cnn


The East Africa drought crisis has forced thousands to flee to Dadaab in Kenya, the world's largest refugee camp.
http://onlineathens.com/stories/071111/nat_855349557.shtml


At Mission Control on Sunday, lead flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho declared “this is it” as he gave the OK for the final docking in space shuttle history. Flashbacks to the shuttle’s very first space station docking — with Russia’s Mir in 1995 — flooded his mind as viewed the shuttle on the screens. He was a NASA trainee back then.
http://onlineathens.com/stories/071111/ent_855351063.shtml


Paramount Pictures’ sci-fi smash starring Shia LaBeouf remained No. 1 in its second weekend with $47 million and shot past “The Hangover Part II” to first-place on the domestic chart.