I've been out of it for the past week. I completely missed following the results of the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. I woke up Wednesday morning to hear that Clinton had won. Don't count Obama out yet though. (Interestingly I ended up in Pittsburgh at the end of the week.)
Originally published at Kenya Allmond: In My Own Words. You can comment here or there.
It is ridiculous that a business would essentially have to "import" gas from Mexico to stay afloat. Yet, the media wants to keep the presidential candidates focused on smear campaigns and non-issues. I would rather hear the candidates addressing real issues.
Gas prices are astronomical; the economy is down the tubes. Can we start talking about things that really matter instead of whether a candidate was scratching his face or not? Seriously.
Originally published at Kenya Allmond: In My Own Words. You can comment here or there.
I watch my web site statistics regularly to see how people find me. I normally do so both by using Google Analytics and by looking at the web logs directly. Here are a few searches from yesterday that have resulted in visits to my site.
At any rate, I believe I have found the answer to the Kenyans finding my site by mistake. If you are looking for information in the Republic of Kenya, use Google's Kenyan site. Note the difference in the search for taxis in kenya. Similarly if you are looking for YouTube videos about Kenya, do not search on Google but on YouTube instead. I do not use "Kenya" as a tag and my videos are not in the results of a search of Kenya.
I have to give some credit to Nil Simmonds who did a presentation called "Web 2.0 and Africa" as PodCampDC last weekend as I had not thought of this until I was listening to his presentation.
I received the following from Leah Oviedo. I have contacted Jasmine Gray since the official end date for the drive has passed; she says that she will collect pajamas until May 1. At any rate, this is something worth supporting.
Hey Everyone,
I just wanted you all to know that Jaz's Jammies has started for 2008 and will go on through April 11.
Our goal is 800 pairs of new pajamas and I know we can reach that goal!
I'm now a sophomore at Middle Tennessee State University and everyone at school is helping out.
The most exciting aspect of Jaz's Jammies this year is MTSU adding a competitive component. Sororities and Fraternies will team up to see who collects the most pjs with the winning team receiving a $200 service award at a finale ice cream social event that the greeks are planning.Children from the community will come to the university, they'll be games, karaoke,etc.
Anything you can do to collect new pajamas and/or get the word out will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jasmine "Jaz" Gray
ps. all pj donations can me sent to:
Middle Tennessee State University
Office of Leadership and Service
MTSU Box 39
Murfreesboro,TN 37132
You have friggin' GOT to be kidding me! Bob Johnson apparently doesn't live in the same world that I live in.
I personally don't think that Black America should be voting for Barack Obama only because he would be the first Black president. As such, I also don't agree with voting for Hillary Clinton because she would be the first woman president.
The issues are most important so I can't get behind what the author of this open letter to Tavis Smiley has to say. I can understand it but I can't support it. People who are voting for Obama only because he is Black are selling him short. By that logic, Black people would support Clarence Thomas if he decided to run. It is evident that some people believe this to be true; Republicans keep throwing Alan Keyes in elections to siphon off some of the Black votes. Voters really need to find out what their candidate stands for.
Something to think about:
Today Tom Joyner Morning Show listeners received the news that Tavis Smiley will no longer provide political commentary for the Tom Joyner Morning Show. He has been providing that commentary for at least 12 years (that I personally remember). He has organized listeners to be more politically conscious and involved in issues that affect Black America.
Even though, he does not say so, this undoubtedly has to do the all the flack he has received because of his criticisms of Barack Obama. He has been ridiculed and even received death threats as a result of this. How can someone who claims to support Barack Obama, who is about hope and unity, make a death threat? I think that people who make death threats are cowards. People can disagree civilly as Smiley and Obama did. Obama doesn't need that kind of help to win this election.
Here is Tom Joyner talking about it: http://mmslb.eonstreams.com/reachmedia/041108/TAVIS.wma
(It is right to further ridicule Smiley when one believes that's his reason for resigning?)
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