| Clinton's cred with Latinos questionable
THE CLINTONS have demonstrated in this primary season a knack for building bridges to minority groups and then blowing them up. Having alienated African Americans, Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton are proving to be equal opportunity offenders by irritating parts of the Latino community through divisiveness, condescension and scapegoating. Then, to cover their tracks, they trot out prominent Latinos who assure the flock that the Clintons have always fought for them. Recently, Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, has been stumping for Hillary Clinton in the Southwest. Painting Barack Obama as someone who only recently discovered Latinos, Huerta assures crowds that Hillary is "not the Johnny Come Lately" in this election and that the former first lady "has been advocating for us for 35 years" dating back to registering Hispanic voters in Texas when Clinton was fresh out of Yale Law School.
Black Singles Meet Online Over Greens and Cornbread
GreensandCornbread.com is a premiere online dating site for African Americans. Carlton Enoch the sties creator has found a creative way to target the growing market of minority singles looking for love online. African Americans are very passionate about soul food. Soul food represents a down home quality and triggers warm and loving memories. .
Reagins earned Angels GM job through faith, hard work
TEMPE, Ariz. -- It was 1975 when a standout basketball player from Watts entered Tony Reagins' life and his small family home in Indio, Calif. The 18-year-old man, attending a nearby college, befriended the 8-year-old boy, who'd had few African-American role models since his father's death. "I called him 'Starchild,' " says C.D. Jackson, who at the time was dating Tony's oldest sister, Pam. "He had that bright personality, always inquisitive. ... His personality was golden." .
Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Clintons botch pitch to Latinos
The Clintons have demonstrated in this primary season a knack for building bridges to minority groups — and then blowing them up. Having alienated African-Americans, Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton are proving to be equal opportunity offenders by irritating parts of the Latino community through divisiveness, condescension and scapegoating. Then, to cover their tracks, they trot out prominent Latinos who assure the flock that the Clintons have always fought for them. Recently, Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, has been stumping for Hillary Clinton in the Southwest. Painting Barack Obama as someone who only recently discovered Latinos, Huerta assures crowds that Hillary is "not the Johnny Come Lately" in this election and that the former first lady "has been advocating for us for 35 years" dating back to registering Hispanic voters in Texas when Clinton was fresh out of Yale Law School.
Rapper Mr. Serv-On Writes Dating Book For Black Women
Former No Limit Soldier Mr. Serv-On is gearing up for his return to the public eye, via a new dating and relationship guide written by the artist himself.
Entitled Inside the Mind of Brothas: A Young Black Man's Guide for Black Women Trying to Survive the Dating Game in Today's Hip-Hop Generation, the book aims to resolve the most common conflicts faced by young African-American couples today.
“Seventy percent of the time, Black Women's hearts get broken because of their own blind misjudgment and greediness for a man based on outside attributes," explained Mr. Serv-On.
“With this book, I hope to teach women about today's Black men in the Hip-Hop community, so that the playing fields are equal and every black woman will end up with the right guy," the rapper continued.
Many fans, tiny dog, lots of awe greet racing bicyclists
Fans lined the streets. They walked with dogs. They pushed baby strollers. They huddled under umbrellas. They rode into town on rusty old rigs and $6,000 carbon fiber racing machines, in jeans and in Lycra, all to watch Stage 2 of the Tour of California. * * * .
Your Comments : Suspects asked for soldiers help
THE 11 men charged in relation to a plot to assassinate key figures of the military and interim government allegedly approached soldiers, including a major, to help carry out their plans. [See full story] » Comment now. 114 days & 6 hrs agoSuggest removalPermalink Big Poppa of United States says… today the allegations have been brought to the front. we now know the charge and the reprecussions of the allegations are extremely serious. If within the next seven days if the evidence to support the allegations, then once again the current govt. they will have missed thier oppertunity to use the legal process to redress thier issues. What were they thinking(allegedly) when they approached army personal did do thier home work and wind up approaching some one who turned in the alleged consiprators.
I-Team on the scene in Washington (Live Blog)
They were told not to talk to her, yet Roger Clemens talks to the nanny and told her he wasn't there. I don't know what you call it - it smells." 2:35 P.M.: On a second round of questioning, Rep. Cummings said, "If I walked in here and it was Even Steven, the person I believe most is Mr. Pettitte. You admit yourself he is a truthful guy." Cummings then went back to how Pettitte could lie when both he and his wife Laura both testified otherwise. "I am certain, when Andy Pettitte used HGH, why didn't he tell me he used HGH? Andy and I are close friends. If he misheard me, then he misunderstood that." Cummings later thundered that "It's hard to believe" Clemens. "You're one of my heroes. It's hard to believe." Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) referred to McNamee as a drug dealer.
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