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*Some would say the prez has had a hard week. A very hard week of dealing with scandals. Real and manufactured. Maybe so, and maybe not. Either way, President Obama decided he need some time on the links. So Saturday he and 3 associates,...
*Some would say the prez has had a hard week. A very hard week of dealing with scandals. Real and manufactured. Maybe so, and maybe not. Either way, President Obama decided he need some time on the links. So Saturday he and 3 associates, including a female for the first time, put in some time on the golf course. The president’s crew with him on the course at Andrews Air Force Base was Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Let’s Move! and nutrition policy advisor Sam Kass. Mr. Obama has been seen at the golf course frequently this spring, but until today always with male golfing partners. Sebelius  is the first woman to join the president on the golf course this year. The president’s golf outing comes after the White House spent a week dealing with a series of political scandals, from the IRS targeting conservative groups seeking tax exempt status for extra scrutiny, to the administration’s release of a trove of e-mails about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year, to the Department of Justice obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters.
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*The mostly media driven scandal talk involving President Obama has so far stirred barely a yawn among the public. There are good reasons. The four alleged scandals, Benghazi, the IRS, the AP leaks, and Health and Human Services Secretar...
*The mostly media driven scandal talk involving President Obama has so far stirred barely a yawn among the public. There are good reasons. The four alleged scandals, Benghazi, the IRS, the AP leaks, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius supposed shakedown of corporations to help implement the health care act don’t come close to passing the smell test for a public fogging of the president. There is absolutely no clear cut evidence or testimony that Obama had any knowledge of or hand in the missteps. And the comparison to Watergate, or Nixon, is a joke and an insult. Nixon orchestrated the long train of Watergate criminal abuses. He and a slew of administration officials resigned, retired, or were indicted for their criminal conduct. The IRS alleged scandal is the one that does have the potential to generate some public outrage, mostly because of the inherent public fear and animosity toward the IRS. But the best or worst that can be said about this is that some IRS operatives dissected the Tea Party and other political groups because some do blatantly engage in political activities that IRS rules forbid after they get a tax exemption. These officials went too far with their over intrusive scrutiny of these groups. But this is a far cry from the blatant and direct misuse of the IRS by past presidents from Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson to Republican Nixon too whipsaw political groups they considered enemies. Then there’s the almost ritual expectation by the public that second term presidents will be dogged by some scandal. This was the case with Eisenhower, Nixon, of course, Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. This shouldn’t surprise. They’ve been in office a long time. They run a big sprawling government with thousands of appointees and personnel. This is simply beyond the pale of one person to control every facet and decision their appointees and personnel make. These are mere trifles, though, when stacked up against the major reason that the media’s sensationalized missteps of the Obama administration have barely registered a blip on the public chart. The reason is the GOP. It has stepped up its very publicly avowed bitter, protracted and divisive war to stymie Obama’s second term presidency. It has virtually declared a boycott of his judicial nominees. GOP senators have subjected his top cabinet picks to a free-wheeling public attack, smear, and vilification campaign. GOP House Republicans have voted 37 times to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act. Both House and Senate Republicans have made it equally clear they will not even consider trying to do a deal with Obama on fiscal and debt reduction measures. The GOP has made no secret that it will continue to use its two formidable weapons to further hammer Obama. One is its power to say no in Congress. The hoped for payoff for the GOP is that forcing Obama into a prolonged war with it will result in the White House getting little or none of its legislative agenda through Congress and this will sour public opinion on the White House. This has been the bane of other presidents during their second term and has marred their legacy. Then there’s the power of money. Since many well-heeled GOP corporate bankrolled candidates went down to defeat in the presidential election, some saw this as a grand rejection of the corporate, banking and wealthy ultra conservative bankrollers ability to buy their way into office with their handpicked conservative candidates. This is a wrong read. Money will continue to be a potent weapon at the GOP’s disposal. The astronomical cost of winning an office virtually assures that. The difference is that in future elections the GOP will be more selective and prudent about the conservatives that its campaign financiers bankroll. The GOP’s greatest weapon is the frozen political divide in the country. Nearly 50 percent of the nation’s voters not only did not support Obama, but expressed total contempt for his po
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The Group Performs "Jenifa Taught Me" Legendary group, De La Soul, came together last night to perform their classic song, "Jenifa Taught Me." The iconic group was joined on stage of the 'Jimmy Fallon Show' with The Roots for bo...
The Group Performs "Jenifa Taught Me" Legendary group, De La Soul, came together last night to perform their classic song, "Jenifa Taught Me." The iconic group was joined on stage of the 'Jimmy Fallon Show' with The Roots for both an onstage and off-stage performance. Both are above.
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Akon, who is making a reported $40,000 per month has been ordered to pay child support in the amount of $5,000 each month to support…
Akon, who is making a reported $40,000 per month has been ordered to pay child support in the amount of $5,000 each month to support…
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*The Dream and Kelly Rowland are excited to work together on a 10-city tour, which kicks off May 24 in Kansas City, Mo. “Lights Out” will be the time for both artists to showcase their newest albums, including Kelly’s “Talk a Good Game,”...
*The Dream and Kelly Rowland are excited to work together on a 10-city tour, which kicks off May 24 in Kansas City, Mo. “Lights Out” will be the time for both artists to showcase their newest albums, including Kelly’s “Talk a Good Game,” which drops June 18th. Dream’s “IV Play” is set for release on May 28. Kelly’s single “Kisses Down Low” has been a hit already. Check out the tour dates below: May 24: Kansas City, Missouri – The Midland by AMC May 26: Silver Spring, Maryland – The Filmore Silver Spring May 28: Baltimore, Maryland – Rams Head Live May 29: Boston, Massachusetts -Wilbur Theatre May 30: New York City, New York – Best Buy Theater June 13: Jackson, Mississippi – Thalia Mara Hall June 14: Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Varsity Theatre June 21: Cleveland, Ohio – House of Blues June 22: Cincinnati, Ohio – Bogart’s June 23: Chicago, Illinois – House of Blues
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Right wing talker Glenn Beck is at it again… The former Fox News host, who runs his own multimedia company and hosts a popular conservative talk radio show, has in the past accused President Barack Obama of being a racist who ̶...
Right wing talker Glenn Beck is at it again… The former Fox News host, who runs his own multimedia company and hosts a popular conservative talk radio show, has in the past accused President Barack Obama of being a racist who “hates white people” and “the white culture,” and vowed to “reclaim the civil rights movement” on behalf of the overwhelmingly white Tea Party movement. Now, Beck is going after another of his favorite targets: the NAACP. Flashback: Goldie Taylor – Glenn Beck’s twisted racial fantasies Responding to comments by NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond, who on MSNBC and in statements to theGrio, blasted Republicans for hypocrisy in attacking the IRS for reviewing tea party groups who sought tax exempt status from the IRS, but who had no such objections to the tax agency auditing the NAACP under George W. Bush. The NAACP faced a two-year IRS probe, launched, the agency said, because of statements by Bond that were critical of Bush and the Iraq war. And starting in December of 2000, Republican lawmakers in Washington wrote then then IRS commissioner, demanding that the NAACP be stripped of its tax exempt status over criticism by Bond and others of the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision that decided the presidential election in Bush’s favor. Bush told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts recently that he thinks it was “entirely legitimate to look at the tea party” groups who were seeking special tax status under the IRS’ 501(c)4 code. “I mean, here are a group of people who are admittedly racist, who are overtly political, who tried as best they can to harm President [Barack] Obama in every way they can,” Bond said during the broadcast last Tuesday. “They are the Taliban wing of American politics and we all ought to be a little worried about them.” And Bond summed up his views on what he calls the hypocrisy of the right in comments to theGrio, saying: “Black people audited — no big deal. Overwhelmingly white and racist Tea Party audited? Super outrage!” In response, Beck unleashed a tirade against the NAACP during his radio show on Saturday, urging his listeners to “dismiss” the NAACP and adding: …they are a joke, and an affront to everything that Martin Luther King and anybody who ever… Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, you are an affront to their memory. Beck had some choice words for the Obama White House too, claiming their “revenge, vengeance and spite” were akin to police brutality against blacks, and he went on to detail who he believed were the real targets of lynchings and racist persecution during King’s day, and asserted that neither Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nor any of the other historic figures would have “had anything to do” with the NAACP today. From Mediaite: Martin Luther King marched with an awful lot of white people…20 percent of the lynchings in the south, 20 percent of the lynchings by the KKK, where of white people. And you know what? I contend, the white people that were lynched are exactly the type of people that would be in the Tea Party today. Beck’s ongoing history problem Beck might need to hire a fact checker The NAACP “was the first organization to really speak vehemently for black citizenship on a national level,” says historian Blair L.M. Kelley, who teaches history at North Carolina State University. “And it was a direct carryover of the legacy of Frederick Douglass.” As for Beck’s convoluted formulation, throwing Douglass and Booker T. Washington, both born into slavery, 38 years apart, Kelley says Beck gets it wrong again, along with the actual history of the NAACP. “So W.E.B. Dubois starts up something called the Niagara movement in response to Booker T. Washington’s attempts to blame lynching on the victims, and to discount racial terror in his effort to accommodate white supremacy” in t
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Jump Off 2012 Finalists Appear On US Television Hailing from Wolverhampton, England, b-girls Terra (6 years old) and Eddie (9 years old), the youngest members of the esteemed b-boy dance crew, Soul Mavericks, show off and demonstrate th...
Jump Off 2012 Finalists Appear On US Television Hailing from Wolverhampton, England, b-girls Terra (6 years old) and Eddie (9 years old), the youngest members of the esteemed b-boy dance crew, Soul Mavericks, show off and demonstrate their talent on the US television talk programme The Ellen Show, with a slick routine that received a well deserved standing ovation. These 2 girls are so talented and so cute. Watch Terra & Eddie battle in The Jump Off 2012 Crew Dance Final - Prototype vs Soul Mavericks
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Catch up on the weeks biggest headlines *The Friday Hip Hop Report* is a weekly Hip Hop News recap show Presented by @ValerieLora and @MayaJama with Special Guest Host @EmEz. === MAIN STORIES === DR DRE & JIMMY IOVINE are to Donate...
Catch up on the weeks biggest headlines *The Friday Hip Hop Report* is a weekly Hip Hop News recap show Presented by @ValerieLora and @MayaJama with Special Guest Host @EmEz. === MAIN STORIES === DR DRE & JIMMY IOVINE are to Donate $70m to USC for a New Music School. Dr. Dre "I Need A Doctor" - http://youtu.be/VA770wpLX-Q This years ROCK THE BELLS concert will be headlined by Holograms of EAZY E and ODB. Tupac Hologram (Coachelle Live 2012) - http://youtu.be/TGbrFmPBV0Y KANYE WEST... Walks Into A Pole Bar On The Street With Kim Kardashian http://youtu.be/JRgYagFIsWU Then, Rants at ADULT SWIM UPFRONTS about Paparazzi http://youtu.be/gZ4axztDwLs New J.COLE Album Release Date J.Cole VEVO - https://www.youtube.com/user/JColeVEVO === IN OTHER NEWS === - Jay Z & Raekwon were pictured collabing in the Studio. - Chris Brown will be using unheard Aaliyah vocals on his next Single. - Lupe Fiasco denis the management have taken control of his Twitter after he got into a debate on Marxism. - Eve dropped a New Album, Lip Lock. Eve "Eve" Ft. Miss Kitty - http://youtu.be/UqUmDVjB4n0 === VIDEO OF THE WEEK === Kendrick Lamar - "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" http://youtu.be/GF8aaTu2kg0 Kendrick Lamar VEVO http://www.youtube.com/user/KendrickL... === SONG OF THE WEEK === Ace Hood - "We Outchea" - Featuring Lil Wayne http://youtu.be/IBlPlx8eSLk Ace Hood VEVO http://www.youtube.com/user/AceHoodVEVO Honourable Mention: French Montana - "Trap House" - Featuring Rick Ross & Birdman http://youtu.be/I6S_HTYdE0Y French Montana VEVO http://www.youtube.com/user/FrenchMon... === PRODUCTION CREDITS === Presenters: http://www.youtube.com/ValerieLora http://www.youtube.com/MayaJama Co-Host: http://www.twitter.com/iAmEmEz Video Editor: http://www.youtube.com/AKCEntertainment Motion Graphics: http://www.twitter.com/MarqusAkcent An Original JumpOff.TV Studios Production http://www.youtube.com/JUMPOFF
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