The Search For Two Missing NFL Players & Their Friend Has Been Called Off Because They Are Presumed To Be Dead!

Everyone was holding on to the hope that the missing NFL players & their friend would be found.Only one person was found clinging to the capsized boat on Monday.Hypothermia may have caused the other men on the boat to drift away.Right now,it is unclear why they didn't all stay together.And unfortunately,this incident isn't uncommon.I just pray for all of the families of the missing men.The search has been called off because it is unlikely to be a rescue at this point.Here's more from CNN:

"Bad weather, poor planning, a lack of safety equipment. Any one could put a boater in the kind of peril that befell two NFL players and their two friends off the coast of Florida last weekend, Coast Guard officials say. And such incidents happen all too often. The capsizing of the 21-foot fishing boat carrying the four men to a favorite fishing spot in the Gulf of Mexico was the latest of 200 such incidents reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in the past five months.

"The oceans are an unforgiving environment," said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Chris O'Neil. "Weather can be unpredictable. Any time you are in an open environment, you are taking a certain amount of risk."

That risk includes being lost at sea like Victor "Marquis" Cooper, an Oakland Raiders linebacker; Corey Smith, a Detroit Lions free-agent defensive end; and their friend William Bleakly.

The fourth member of the group, Nick Schuyler, a former University of South Florida football player, was found around noon Monday clinging to the upturned boat in rough seas about 35 miles west of Clearwater, Florida.

The four men had left for a fishing trip from Seminole Boat Ramp in Clearwater Pass on Saturday.

The U.S. Coast Guard is unable to provide specific numbers of how many people go missing from boating accidents like this past weekend's, but officials say that since last fall there have been three people who have not been found after triggering Coast Guard searches.

Those incidents can range from an unaccounted swimmer to a passenger gone missing after a boat sinks, said O'Neil, at the Coast Guard headquarters in Washington D.C.

Capsizing is one of the leading boating accidents, according to the Coast Guard's most recent report on recreational boating in 2007. Officials report there were 398 accidents from capsizing, causing 204 deaths and 284 injuries in 2007. Capsized boats cost nearly $1.8 million a year in property damages, officials say.

Collision with vessels or fixed objects and falling overboard are other major boating accidents."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Michael Steele,Hip Hop Will Never Embrace A Punk Like You!

It turns out that D.L. Hughley's show is good for something.So far,he's gotten two Republicans to speak candidly.First,Ari Fleischer admitted that the Bush administration was wrong about the war in Iraq.Believe me,it was purely chance that Mr. Fleischer made that admission to D.L. Hughley.He doesn't know how to coerce answers out of anyone so that was just his luck that it happened on his show.D.L.Hughley is not politically savvy & he doesn't seem to possess any wit at all!

But,his show has produced one more great sound bite.And that was when Michael Steele came on his show to talk about how he can get hip-hop to embrace the right-wing philosophy!During his conversation with Steele,D.L. brought up Rush Limbaugh's power over the GOP.That was when the "hip-hop" came out of Michael Steele because he started dissing Rush Limbaugh.When Limbaugh heard about it,he let Michael Steele know where his place is.Did Steele really think that the GOP would really follow a black man's lead? Look at how hostile the republicans have been towards President Obama.

So,after talking a little smack,Michael Steele has decided to apologize to Rush Limbaugh.He didn't mean to offend the master of the republican party. And if that's not true,then why do folks feel compelled to say they are sorry as if they had behaved like petulant little children!I thought that what Michael Steele & others initially said about Rush Limbaugh is true.Why would he take back the truth? Because something,like his political future,made him punk out!Here's more from Salon.com:

"CNN's "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News" indeed broke news this weekend, when Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele told Hughley that Rush Limbaugh is not the head of the Republican party, but merely an "entertainer" -- and went on to call Limbaugh's anti-Obama rhetoric "incendiary" and "ugly."

Strong words from the new RNC chair, the party's first African-American leader -- but they didn't stand long. After Limbaugh attacked Steele this afternoon on his radio show -- "It's time, Mr. Steele, for you to go behind the scenes and start doing the work that you were elected to do instead of being some talking-head media star" -- Steele apologized. "My intent was not to go after Rush -- I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh,” Steele told Politico's Mike Allen. "I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren’t what I was thinking,” Steele said. "It was one of those things where I thinking I was saying one thing, and it came out differently. What I was trying to say was a lot of people… want to make Rush the scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he’s not."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Let me tell you something,Michael Steele.You may want to embrace hip-hop.But,just because you're black doesn't mean that hip-hop will embrace you.Why do you think that D.L Hughley brought Chuck D from Public Enemy to your little discussion? That's because Chuck D has written many lyrics about folks just like you.Sir,you have literally put the Uncle before the Tom!You are a disgrace to the race that you seek to use for political gain!

An African-American Teacher Gets Beaten By Austrian Police Who Thought He Was A Drug Dealer!

Was this a case of racial profiling?An African-American teacher,who is living in Austria,was mistaken for a drug dealer by the Austrian police.For some unknown reason,they felt it necessary to beat the crap out of him.This poor guy was just an innocent bystander.Because he looked "almost identical" to the suspected drug dealer,he was viciously attacked by the cops.Does this sound familiar to you?Unfortunately,it sounds like the same old thing that goes on right here in America.It's just another case of racial profiling.

Here's more from ABC News:

"An American teacher who was attacked by Austrian police who mistook him for a drug dealer said Monday he believes he was singled out because he was black and that he is taking legal action against the police for assault.

Mike Brennan, 34, from Jacksonville, Fla., said two undercover police officers "came out of nowhere" at a Vienna subway station and attacked him without identifying themselves.

Vienna police acknowledged the mix-up Monday and expressed their regret. In a statement, they acknowledged the officers had used "physical force." Karl Mahrer, a senior Vienna police official, said on Austrian television an investigation was under way to determine why it had been necessary to use force.

Brennan is recovering in a hospital from bruises, swelling and sprains to his back, neck and hand.

Brennan's lawyer Alexander Hofmann said he had initiated legal action against police for abuse of power and assault and battery, in effect asking prosecutors to investigate the matter and bring charges. Hofmann said he would sue for damages on behalf of his client at a later stage.

Asked in an interview with The Associated Press whether he believed he was attacked because of his race, Brennan said he saw "hatred" in the eyes of one of his attackers.

"I heard about the situation before here, I heard a lot about it, and I've never really seen it" before, he said.Brennan teaches physical education and English as a Second Language at the Vienna International School, a private school that caters to the Austrian capital's expatriate community. He has lived in the Austrian capital for about four years.

He said he would have been more badly hurt if his girlfriend had not intervened.

"I don't want this to happen to anyone else — I hope justice is served," said Brennan, perched on the edge of his hospital bed holding crutches."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.