If Obama Isn't Black, Then Neither Is Cleopatra! Scientists Are Saying That The Egyptian Queen Was Of Mixed Race!

Have you heard how about the debate over whether Obama is black or not? I,for one, find it absolutely ridiculous to tell someone how they should identify themselves. If Obama says he is black,then why the hell is anyone questioning that? Here's more on that from The Star Tribune:

"A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.

Debate over whether to call this son of a white Kansan and a black Kenyan biracial, African-American, mixed-race, half-and-half, multiracial — or, in Obama's own words, a "mutt" — has reached a crescendo since Obama's election shattered assumptions about race.

Obama has said, "I identify as African-American — that's how I'm treated and that's how I'm viewed. I'm proud of it." In other words, the world gave Obama no choice but to be black, and he was happy to oblige."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.startribune.com/politics/36106829.html

Now,it has been discovered that an Egyptian queen that was said to be European really was African all along. Scientists have reconstructed Cleopatra's face & it appears that she was of mixed race. Now, if she is mixed with both European & African, will she be viewed as black by those who say that Obama is not? In my view,we can only classify her based on her appearance because we don't know how she identified herself. But,if someone states they are black, then that's what they are. Let the individual decide how to present themselves to society. I am happy to have a African & European leader who identifies himself as black. And it is wonderful to have affirmation that what black folks have been saying for quite some time is true. Cleopatra is black,unless she can reach out to us from the past & tell us otherwise! This video contains a beautiful slideshow of African royalty. It's absolutely exquisite!But,here's more on Cleopatra's racial makeup:

"Over the last several centuries artists have attempted to paint the image of Cleopatra, to give a face to the name that has become one of the most famous and mysterious in history. But for the first time we may have finally gotten it right.

After a year of extensive research, Dr. Sally Ann Ashton of Cambridge University has pieced together what she believed to be the true face of Cleopatra (top left), one that differs greatly from the many depictions throughout history.

Pieced together from images on ancient artifacts, including a ring dating from Cleopatra’s reign 2,000 years ago, it is the culmination of more than a year of painstaking research. It shows her as a woman of mixed race, with dark eyes, hair, and skin, and nice looks, a far cry from the extremes of the unattractive depiction of ancient artifacts (shown below), or the Hollywood version of beauty of modern movies.

Dr. Ashton is scheduled to release the full results as part of a five part documentary." This is the post in it's entirety which I got from ChattahBox.Here's the link to this post:
http://chattahbox.com/science/2008/12/16/first-accurate-depiction-of-cleopatra-created/

Is Anyone Other Than Catholics Outraged By The Nude Virgin Mary Playboy Cover?

There is an outrage over a cover of Playboy that features a model dressed in a white head wrap only. It is said to be meant to evoke the image of the Virgin Mary in the nude.Many Mexican Catholics are upset over what they consider to be a blasphemous photo. I don't get upset over an image that probably isn't accurate anyway. How do we know what Jesus or the Virgin Mary looked like? We don't! There were a whole lot of women dressed like the Virgin Mary because that was the style of dress during biblical times. The stained glass window in the background is the only thing that gives it away.Does anyone,other than Catholics, find this cover to be blasphemous? I don't know, but Playboy apologized for what many found to be a distasteful cover. Here's more from The S.F. Examiner:

"Playboy magazine apologized for a controversial cover featuring a scantily-clad woman resembling the Virgin Mary, Reuters reported.The December edition was published Thursday, just before the Mexican festival honoring Mary known as the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe.Playboy Enterprises Inc., based in Chicago, released a statement Friday explaining that the company did not approve the cover because the Mexican version of the magazine is published by a licensee, according to Reuters."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here:http://www.examiner.com/r-4474814~Playboy_Virgin_Mary_Cover_Sparks_Outrage_In_Mexico.html

I Thought Bobby & Whitney Already Told-All On Their Crazy Ass Reality Show!!

Why the hell is Bobby Cracked-Out Brown writing a tell-all book??!! I think that their reality show was more telling than most people expected. It was an atrocity that Whitney Houston would never had permitted had she been in her right mind. Bobby Brown probably pursued the idea to no end until she finally relented. He is a man of ill repute that has forever scandalized Whitney Houston & her career. But, Bobby Brown claims that Whitney turned him out. He seems like the ultimate bullshitter & sweet talker. Bobby Brown reminds me of one of those washed-up pimps that was in "American Pimp". The way he helped her run through all of that money she earned, I think he fits that title better than most of the pimps out there today! Here's an excerpt from The Insider:
"After his 1992 marriage, the former Being Bobby Brown star says his dependence on narcotics spiraled out of control. “At one point in my life, I used drugs uncontrollably. I was using everything I could get my hands on, from cocaine to heroin, weed and cooked cocaine,” he writes.

Brown also describes his 14-year marriage as “doomed from the very beginning.” “I think we got married for all the wrong reasons,” he says in the book. “Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did when we got married … I believe her agenda was to clean up her image.”

The couple, who have a 15-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, split in September 2006.

One potential stress on their union? Brown’s now-admitted infidelity.

“Women are always throwing themselves at you,” he writes. “I’m only human, so I would make the mistake and bite the hook sometimes. I let the testosterone take over.”(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.theinsider.com/news/780509_Whitney_Responds_to_Bobby_Brown_s_Tell_All_Book

Are we really supposed to believe that Bobby Brown could help clean up anyone's image? Not unless he's talking about those pesky gay rumors about Whitney that abounded before their nuptials.