This May Be The Biggest Voter Turnout In History!! That's How Important This Election Is!

You may be one of those people who really don't like either candidate. You feel like most black people have since they claimed their right to vote. That you are picking the lesser of two evils. Great! But, you should pick. I don't know how anyone could still be undecided. Maybe you're one of those folks who just can't seem to make up their mind on anything. So, you better study them like you're cramming for a final in political science. Be able to discern the facts from fiction. Who has the intellect & temperament that it takes to restore America's reputation in a complex hostile world? George Bush was an ill-tempered war monger whose mental capacity was questionable. John McCain is a war hero who has talked about bombing Iran. He will be the most likely one to plunge America into yet another war. Not to mention the fact that he's run a despicable campaign. I've done extensive research on both men & I feel that Obama shares my world view. He believes in bringing America together. I believe he will do that. And I will make sure I cast my vote. Don't forget to get out there & cast yours!

Libya Has Went From Being A Terrorist Nation To A U.S. Ally! Libya Gives U.S. 1.5 Billion!

Libya has settled with the U.S. & changed their status. Since they made a deal that included a settlement of 1.5 billion, Libya is no longer considered a terrorist nation. The country is now considered a U.S. ally. Here's an excerpt from CNN:

"The payment ends Tripoli's legal liability in U.S. terror cases and paves the way for increased U.S. involvement in the oil-rich nation.

President Bush signed an executive order Friday restoring Libyan immunity from terrorism-related lawsuits and dismissing pending cases over compensation as part of a deal reached this summer.

David Welch, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, who negotiated the agreement, called Libya's rehabilitation from a terrorist nation to a U.S. ally "historic." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article by following this link:(http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/31/libya.payment/index.html)

Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley Was Said To Have Been An African Princess That Owned Slaves!

This is a remarkable book that tells the story of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley. It's not a widely known piece of black history so I'd thought I'd post about it. She was said to have been an African princess who got abducted & sold into slavery.She ended up marrying her owner & becoming a plantation owner. She was one of the most revered women in Florida's black community. Here's the book's sypnopsis from Waterstones.com:

"Anna Kingsley's life story adds a dramatic chapter to histories of the South, the state of Florida, and the African diaspora. Working from surprisingly extensive records, including information and photographs from extended-family members and descendants, Daniel Shafer reconstructs and documents one slave's remarkable story. Both an American slave and a slaveowner - and possibly an African princess - Anna was a teenager when she was captured in her homeland of Senegal in 1806 and sold into slavery. Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr., a planter and slave trader from Spanish East Florida, bought her in Havana, Cuba, and took her to his St. Johns River plantation in northeast Florida, where she soon became his household manager, his wife, and eventually the mother of four of his children. Her husband formally emancipated her in 1811, and she became the owner of her own farm and twelve slaves the following year. For 25 years, life on her farm and at the Kingsley plantation on Fort George Island was relatively tranquil. But when Florida passed from Spanish to American control, and racism and discrimination increased in the American territories, Anna Kingsley and her children migrated to a colony in Haiti established by her husband as a refuge for free blacks. Amid the spiraling racial tensions of the antebellum period, Anna returned to north Florida, where she bought and sold land, sued white people in the courts, and became a central figure in a free black community. Such remarkable accomplishments by a woman in a patriarchal society are fascinating in themselves. To have achieved them as a woman of color is remarkable." Here's the link to their website:
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=5105549