Saturday, December 27, 2008
Watch This Clip Of "Gaza:The Killing Zone" To Get A Behind The Scenes Look At The Conflict That Led Israel To Bomb 225 People Today!
Gaza has a humanitarian crisis on it's hands.In this video,you will see what the shrapnel from an Israeli missle does to innocent civilians.And a lot of the victims are women & children.The clip shown in this video is from a movie called "Gaza:The Killing Zone." It is very graphic, so be aware of that before you watch it.But, it is a compelling video.And the violence continued today when Israel bombed Gaza & killed at least 225 people,including women & children.Here's more from BBC:
"Israeli F-16 bombers have pounded key targets across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 225 people, local medics say.
Most of those killed were policemen in the Hamas militant movement, which controls Gaza, but women and children also died, the Gaza officials said.
About 700 others were wounded, as missiles struck security compounds and militant bases, the officials added.
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said the operation "may take some time"- but he pledged to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
"It's not going to last a few days,'' he said in a televised statement, flanked by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
Israel said it was responding to an escalation in rocket attacks from Gaza and would bomb "as long as necessary".
They were the heaviest Israeli attacks on Gaza for decades. More air raids were launched as night fell."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800985.stm
Friday, December 26, 2008
Eartha Kitt Will No Longer Grace This Earth With Her Prescence!
Eartha Kitt was a classy sex symbol that really represented black women well. This was a woman who spoke French & English & was loved overseas as much as she was in America. At 81, she was still performing & gracing stages with the sensual elegance that only Eartha Kitt could bring.Her voice was what you imagined sexiness to sound like.That's probably why she played "Catwoman" on Batman so well.
It's ironic that she died on Christmas day, since one of her biggest songs was "Santa Baby." It's the song that she's singing in this video. May she rest in peace. Here's more on her life from USCA:
"Although she can look back on a long and successful career, life has not always been easy for Eartha Kitt. She had a difficult and impoverished childhood and lost track of her roots. Kitt worked hard to get to the top, but when she was a child, she had to fight prejudice within the African-American community because of her light skin color. Ironically, as an adult trying to succeed in show business, Eartha Kitt found that most of the available roles went to caucasian actresses.
The singer-actress was born on a cotton farm in North in 1927. Because the harvest was good that year, her father named her "Eartha." But the family was poor and when she was still quite young, her father left them. The family moved from place to place, trying to support themselves. Kitt was of mixed racial parentage, and her light skin made her unwelcome to some. When her mother met a man and decided to get married, he told her he would take her half-sister Pearl but not Eartha. Finally, her mother left the two children with a neighbor family, choosing not to separate them. The young Eartha Mae had to cook, clean, weed the garden, keep track of the cow, pick cotton, and do many other chores to cover her room and board. She recounts that she was not treated well in her new home. She saw her mother only a few times during the three years she lived there, once when she was taken to see her new half-sister, Almita. About six months later, her mother died."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.usca.edu/aasc/kitt.htm
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Now That Obama's Been Cleared Of Any Wrongdoing,Can We Move On To More Pertinent Issues Now?
You would think that there was a major scandal brewing with all of the media coverage over the extent of Obama's involvement with Gov. Blagovejich. What did he know & when did he know it? Well, here's what we all know now:
"President-elect Barack Obama's team had "no inappropriate discussions" with Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, according to an internal review.
But his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talked to Mr Blagojevich about who should fill Mr Obama's senate seat.
Mr Blagojevich has been accused of attempting to "sell" the seat, but says he is not guilty of any wrongdoing.
The review reveals that the US Attorney leading the Blagojevich probe spoke to Mr Obama as part of his investigation.
Patrick Fitzgerald also questioned Mr Emanuel, and Obama aide Valerie Jarrett last week about their contacts with Mr Blagojevich."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7798127.stm
Can we move on now? Here's a video that contains a brief history of political corruption in America. This is nothing new.
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