(Akiit.com) “Make me do it.” –Barack Hussein Obama The relevance of the above challenge issued by then Senator Barack Obama will soon become obvious. For now, let me first congratulate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the soon-to-be vacant seat of retiring high court Associate Justice David Souter. ...
(Akiit.com) It has come the time to clean house once again… Yes I must let go of a few friends and maybe even family members… So tired of being around negative people… I for one am trying to stay on the positive tip… Want to be around others, who feel ...
(Akiit.com) Inspired by actress Mia Farrow, members of Congress announced Tuesday that they were beginning a limited hunger strike to show solidarity with the people in Sudan’s Darfur region and demand President Barack Obama’s help in ending the suffering there. “Among President Obama’s priorities, Darfur has to take its place,” ...
(Akiit.com) What can I say, yeah I finally made it to Twitter… Friends & family have been trying to get me to sign up there for months… So now daily one can find me twittering away… Even able to follow my sports heroes such as Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays, and ...
(Akiit.com) Radio One owner Cathy Hughes is trying hard to keep her company above water in the midst of this recession, having already cut folks’ pay by as much as 10 percent and reduced office hours at the company’s Maryland headquarters, reports Redding News. “We are closing every other Friday,” ...
(Akiit.com) COLUMBIA, S.C. — The official manual of South Carolina’s Legislature continues to label some of the state’s former politicians as “Negro” or “scalawag” — apparent remnants of disgruntlement over Reconstruction that nobody has bothered to change. A spokesman for the state’s lieutenant governor, who is eyeing a run for ...
(Akiit.com) After losing tens of millions of dollars, the first black majority owner of a major professional sports team is exploring selling the Charlotte Bobcats. Bob Johnson’s decision could pave the way for minority investor Michael Jordan to take control of the team – if he’s willing to meet Johnson’s ...
(Akiit.com) Suspended NFL star Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home in a car with blackout curtains Thursday morning after being released from federal prison to begin home confinement and try to resume his pro football career. Four cars pulled up to Vick’s five-bedroom brick home at the end of ...
(Akiit.com) Moderate Republicans to conservative Republicans: Turn down the volume — especially on Rush Limbaugh — and open your minds. The party’s future might be at stake. Such warnings about the GOP’s right wing, along with finger wagging about a “shrill” and “judgmental” tone, marked the moderate response in the ...
(Akiit.com) Bill Clinton tried to create a Third Way. President Obama is doing it. This is exciting, but also disconcerting. Over the last week, the true nature of Obama’s political project has come into much clearer view. He is out to build a new and enduring political establishment, located slightly ...