I never saw this.... I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
NEW LIST SHOWS THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO LIVE IN ... MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THEM!!!
No 1- New Orleans, Louisiana (Is this really a shock to anyone?)
No 2- Camden, New Jersey
No 3- Detroit, Michigan (Shocked not at number 2)
No 4- St. Louis, Missouri
No 5- Oakland, California
No 6- Flint, Michigan
No 7-Gary, Indiana
No 8- Birmingham, Alabama
No 9- Richmond, California
No 10- North Charleston, South Carolina
Well, well, well. Baltimore and DC were about to stay off the list. They must have been numbers 11 and 12. I thought they had perm spots in the top 10 but fooled me.
No 2- Camden, New Jersey
No 3- Detroit, Michigan (Shocked not at number 2)
No 4- St. Louis, Missouri
No 5- Oakland, California
No 6- Flint, Michigan
No 7-Gary, Indiana
No 8- Birmingham, Alabama
No 9- Richmond, California
No 10- North Charleston, South Carolina
Well, well, well. Baltimore and DC were about to stay off the list. They must have been numbers 11 and 12. I thought they had perm spots in the top 10 but fooled me.
Ex-Detroit mayoral aide pleads guilty in scandal
DETROIT – The ex-chief of staff for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty in their text-messaging sex scandal case and will serve 120 days in jail.
A tearful Christine Beatty offered the guilty pleas to a pair of felony obstruction of justice counts Monday morning in a Detroit courtroom.
Under a deal with prosecutors, she will be sentenced to four months in jail and five years of probation.
Beatty was charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. She and Kilpatrick were accused of lying during a whistle-blowers' trial about being romantically involved.
Kilpatrick is serving a four-month jail sentence as part of a plea to two charges.
A tearful Christine Beatty offered the guilty pleas to a pair of felony obstruction of justice counts Monday morning in a Detroit courtroom.
Under a deal with prosecutors, she will be sentenced to four months in jail and five years of probation.
Beatty was charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. She and Kilpatrick were accused of lying during a whistle-blowers' trial about being romantically involved.
Kilpatrick is serving a four-month jail sentence as part of a plea to two charges.
Sean Taylor inducted into Redskins Ring of Fame
Announced one last time as the “starting free safety” for the Washington Redskins, Sean Taylor was inducted into the team’s Ring of Fame before Sunday’s game against the New York Giants.
With his mother, father, girlfriend and daughter huddled under umbrellas near the center of the field, Taylor’s name was unveiled on the upper-level facade of FedEx Field, joining 42 other Redskins greats.
His father, Pedro Taylor, told the crowd that his son used to say of the fans: “When you guys make the stadium rock, he begins to rock.”
“Right now,” Pedro Taylor said, “Sean is rocking in heaven.”
After the ceremony, the public address announcer said: “Starting at free safety for your Washington Redskins, No. 21, Sean Taylor.”
Running back Clinton Portis, Taylor’s close friend, then ran onto the field carrying a large burgundy flag with a gold No. 21.
“I think it was big for him and his family—having his jersey retired,” Portis said.
The game, won by the Giants 23-7, was the first following the one-year anniversary of Taylor’s death. He was shot in his Florida home last Nov. 26 and died a day later.
“I don’t think we were going to use this as an emotional rally,” linebacker London Fletcher said.
“‘Let’s go out and win this for Sean Taylor.’ I don’t think that was the mind-set. After that, it was time to go out there and play football.”
Taylor’s No. 21 was painted in burgundy on a white background at midfield, where the Redskins logo normally lies.
View video of the tribute below:
With his mother, father, girlfriend and daughter huddled under umbrellas near the center of the field, Taylor’s name was unveiled on the upper-level facade of FedEx Field, joining 42 other Redskins greats.
His father, Pedro Taylor, told the crowd that his son used to say of the fans: “When you guys make the stadium rock, he begins to rock.”
“Right now,” Pedro Taylor said, “Sean is rocking in heaven.”
After the ceremony, the public address announcer said: “Starting at free safety for your Washington Redskins, No. 21, Sean Taylor.”
Running back Clinton Portis, Taylor’s close friend, then ran onto the field carrying a large burgundy flag with a gold No. 21.
“I think it was big for him and his family—having his jersey retired,” Portis said.
The game, won by the Giants 23-7, was the first following the one-year anniversary of Taylor’s death. He was shot in his Florida home last Nov. 26 and died a day later.
“I don’t think we were going to use this as an emotional rally,” linebacker London Fletcher said.
“‘Let’s go out and win this for Sean Taylor.’ I don’t think that was the mind-set. After that, it was time to go out there and play football.”
Taylor’s No. 21 was painted in burgundy on a white background at midfield, where the Redskins logo normally lies.
View video of the tribute below:
Seriously Plaxico?
In the dumb criminal move of the weekend, star NY Giants baller Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg at a club this weekend. Apparently the gun, which he owns, fell down his pants leg while partying, and it accidentally fired off, hitting him in the leg. He was taken to the hospital and released hours later as the wounds were not serious.Sunday, police went to his home to seize the weapon and have charged him with felony weapons possession charges. When will these fools learn? Plaxico grabbed up Diddy’s lawyer from that infamous club gun shooting case involving him, J.Lo, and Shyne back in 1999. Oh, and Plaxico is turning himself in Monday and pleading Not Guilty. So he’s going to show up in court with a bloody bullet wound in his leg looking like 50 Cent and he’s going to act like it’s not there? Stop it.
World AIDS Day 2008
It’s December 1st-World AIDS Day. And YBF is participating in the World AIDS Day campaign. Here’s some facts about how the disease has affected the U.S.:At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS.
In 2006, 35,314 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting. CDC has developed a new and innovative system designed to estimate the number of new HIV infections (or incidence) for the United States in a given year. Using this new technology, CDC estimates that 56,300 new HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006.
In 2006, almost three quarters of HIV/AIDS diagnoses among adolescents and adults were for males.
Although blacks, or African Americans, made up only 13% of the population in the 33 states, they accounted for almost half of the estimated number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses made during 2006.
In 2006, persons aged 25–34 and persons aged 35–44 accounted for the largest proportions of newly diagnosed HIV/ AIDS cases.
Check out the official World AIDS Day site for more facts from around the world. And wrap that ish up out there.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Amid Layoffs, A Federal Agency is Hiring 1.4 Million People
SUITLAND, Md (WUSA) -- Day after day we've heard the bad news about tens of thousands -- even millions -- of people losing their jobs. But there's at least one organization that's hiring. And hiring nearly one and a half million people.
It's the US Census Bureau.
They've already heard the news at DC's unemployment office. "$18-$20. That's good money," says Roy Gantt, bouncing his 10-month old on his hip. "He's going to have a good Christmas if I get a job at the Census Bureau."
Nationwide, the Census Bureau will hire 140-thousand people next year to pinpoint every address in America on hand held computers with global positioning.
"We have to go to every single apartment, every trailer park, to any place where someone can reside," says Fernando Armstrong, regional director for the census.
The bureau will hire another 1.4 million people in 20-10 to follow up with people who fail to mail back the form.
"People need jobs. And the quality, the calibre of the people we are finding presently employing, we are very excited about that," says Armstrong.
The Census Bureau is hiring hundreds of people for each office. And it's opening 3 offices in Maryland, two in DC, and more in Northern Virginia.
And it doesn't look like it will have any shortage of applicants. If you're interested, here's the link to the census job site: http://www.census.gov/2010censusjobs/index.php
You can also call the Census Bureau's national jobs line at 866-861-2010.
It's the US Census Bureau.
They've already heard the news at DC's unemployment office. "$18-$20. That's good money," says Roy Gantt, bouncing his 10-month old on his hip. "He's going to have a good Christmas if I get a job at the Census Bureau."
Nationwide, the Census Bureau will hire 140-thousand people next year to pinpoint every address in America on hand held computers with global positioning.
"We have to go to every single apartment, every trailer park, to any place where someone can reside," says Fernando Armstrong, regional director for the census.
The bureau will hire another 1.4 million people in 20-10 to follow up with people who fail to mail back the form.
"People need jobs. And the quality, the calibre of the people we are finding presently employing, we are very excited about that," says Armstrong.
The Census Bureau is hiring hundreds of people for each office. And it's opening 3 offices in Maryland, two in DC, and more in Northern Virginia.
And it doesn't look like it will have any shortage of applicants. If you're interested, here's the link to the census job site: http://www.census.gov/2010censusjobs/index.php
You can also call the Census Bureau's national jobs line at 866-861-2010.
Idiot of the day!
Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song
He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police.
Chad Blue, 28, told police he had known Wright before the September 2006 shooting, but that the men weren't friendly. He testified companions egged Wright on as he chased and shot his victim in the thigh and groin.
Later, Blue told police he recognized Wright's voice on a CD, rapping "Chad Blue knows how I shoot."
Wright was sentenced to 20 years for two counts of aggravated assault. He will spend another 20 years on probation.
He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police.
Chad Blue, 28, told police he had known Wright before the September 2006 shooting, but that the men weren't friendly. He testified companions egged Wright on as he chased and shot his victim in the thigh and groin.
Later, Blue told police he recognized Wright's voice on a CD, rapping "Chad Blue knows how I shoot."
Wright was sentenced to 20 years for two counts of aggravated assault. He will spend another 20 years on probation.
Just for laughs
Christmas is Tight This Year -
Please get back with me.
My dear family and friends, Somewhat embarrassing to admit, Christmas is tight this year.
I will be making bedroom slippers for you all as gifts. Please let me know your sizes. You'll most likely agree that it's a splendid idea, and should you wish to do the same, I've included the instructions below.
How to make bedroom slippers :
You need four maxi pads to make a pair. Two of them get laid out flat, for the foot part. The other two wrap around the toe area to form the top.
Tape or glue each side of the top pieces to the bottom of the foot part.
Decorate the tops with whatever you desire, silk flowers (this is most aesthetically appealing ), etc.
These slippers are:
* Soft and Hygienic
* Non-slip grip strips on the soles
* Built in deodorant feature keeps feet smelling fresh
* No more bending over to mop up spills
* Disposable and biodegradable
* Environmentally safe
* Three convenient sizes: (1.) Regular, (2.) Light and (3.) Get out the Sand Bags.
I've attached a photo of the first pair I made so that you can see the nifty slippers for yourself.... Awaiting your response. It's crucial that I get the right size for each one of you.
Please get back with me.
My dear family and friends, Somewhat embarrassing to admit, Christmas is tight this year.
I will be making bedroom slippers for you all as gifts. Please let me know your sizes. You'll most likely agree that it's a splendid idea, and should you wish to do the same, I've included the instructions below.
How to make bedroom slippers :
You need four maxi pads to make a pair. Two of them get laid out flat, for the foot part. The other two wrap around the toe area to form the top.
Tape or glue each side of the top pieces to the bottom of the foot part.
Decorate the tops with whatever you desire, silk flowers (this is most aesthetically appealing ), etc.
These slippers are:
* Soft and Hygienic
* Non-slip grip strips on the soles
* Built in deodorant feature keeps feet smelling fresh
* No more bending over to mop up spills
* Disposable and biodegradable
* Environmentally safe
* Three convenient sizes: (1.) Regular, (2.) Light and (3.) Get out the Sand Bags.
I've attached a photo of the first pair I made so that you can see the nifty slippers for yourself.... Awaiting your response. It's crucial that I get the right size for each one of you.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Former DC Mayor chases down thief on K street
Former Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams sprang into action Wednesday after witnessing a robbery. Williams ran after and caught a thief who had grabbed a package from a UPS truck.The UPS driver yelled at the thief after seeing the package being swiped.
Williams was nearby and decided to do what any 57-year-old ex-mayor would do: track the guy down on foot.
"I was saying to myself, 'What am I going to do if I catch him?'," Williams later joked. "What does a dog do when it catches a car?"
When confronted the thief recognized Williams, saying "Oh, you used to be the mayor!".
He then handed over the stolen package and disappeared into the crowd.
Williams attempted to follow the man, but eventually lost him.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Obama named the 44th President of these United States of America
Barack Obama beats John McCain to become the 44th U.S. president.Elect
Taking office:
January 20, 2009
The words of Dr. King are in my heart tonight
Dr. King said these words in his "I have a dream speech" and they are so true today as Obama makes the dream of so many African Americans come true.
"I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. And I’m happy tonight; I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
My ancestors my not have got to see this moment, your ancestors may not have got to see this moment. Dr. King, Malcom X and so many that fought for our civil rights may not have got to see this moment but we got here. We made it. There is a special pride we have tonight.
They may not have got here with us but they paved the way for us to get here and we owe them out thanks!
"I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. And I’m happy tonight; I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
My ancestors my not have got to see this moment, your ancestors may not have got to see this moment. Dr. King, Malcom X and so many that fought for our civil rights may not have got to see this moment but we got here. We made it. There is a special pride we have tonight.
They may not have got here with us but they paved the way for us to get here and we owe them out thanks!
The moment will mean so much to our people!
Obama will be sworn in as the President of the United States the same year the NAACP will celebrate its 100th year anniversary. Amazing!!!!!!!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Nov. 5, 2008 Etiquette
Good Afternoon People -
After watching the final debate the other night, it dawned on me that Obama could actually win this thing. If that happens, there will be alot of people (some of your co-workers included) who will be afraid that an Obama presidency will usher in the end of days. They'll be watching us on November 5th (the day after the election) for signs of the end times.
To keep the peace and keep a lot of folks from getting nervous, I think we should develop a list of acceptable celebrations and behaviors we should probably avoid - at least for the first few days:
1. No crying, hugging or shouting "Thank you Lord" - at least not in public
2 No high-fives - at least not unless the area is clear and there are no witnesses
3 No laughing at the McCain/Palin supporters
4 No calling in sick on November 5th. They'll get nervous if too many of us don't show up.
5 We're allowed to give each other knowing winks or nods in passing. Just try to keep from grinning too hard.
6. No singing loudly, We've come this Far By Faith (it will be acceptable to hum softly)
7. No bringing of barbecue ribs or fried chicken for lunch in the company lunchroom for at least a week (no chittlings at all...this may make us seem too ethnic)
8. No leaving kool-aid packages at the water fountain (this might be a sign that poor folks might be getting a break through)
9. No Cupid Shuffle during breaks (this could indicate a little too much excitement)
10. Please no 'Moving on Up' music (we are going to try to remain humble)
11. No doing the George Jefferson dance (unless you're in your office with the door closed)
12. Please try not to yell----BOOOO YAH!
13. Just in case you're wondering, doing the Running Man, cabbage patch, or a backhand spring on the highway is 100% okay.
If I've missed anything feel free to add to the list.
I just want to make sure we're all on the same page when Obama brings this thing home on November 5th.
Here's a few more suggestions:
No Obama screen savers or ring tones until things calm down.
What ever you do don't shoot yo guns off like it's da 4th of July!
If you don't usually wear a suit or dress to work then don't wear one on the 5th.
Please don't mention the word Reparations!
Eliminate these phrases from your vocabulary for at least a month, Once You Go Black, Payback, Karma, What goes around comes around and Mmmmmm Hmmmmm {wit da black woman neck movement}.
All James Brown music sound be placed on hold in your iTunes play list.
Now go get your vote on and let's make this thing happen!!!
After watching the final debate the other night, it dawned on me that Obama could actually win this thing. If that happens, there will be alot of people (some of your co-workers included) who will be afraid that an Obama presidency will usher in the end of days. They'll be watching us on November 5th (the day after the election) for signs of the end times.
To keep the peace and keep a lot of folks from getting nervous, I think we should develop a list of acceptable celebrations and behaviors we should probably avoid - at least for the first few days:
1. No crying, hugging or shouting "Thank you Lord" - at least not in public
2 No high-fives - at least not unless the area is clear and there are no witnesses
3 No laughing at the McCain/Palin supporters
4 No calling in sick on November 5th. They'll get nervous if too many of us don't show up.
5 We're allowed to give each other knowing winks or nods in passing. Just try to keep from grinning too hard.
6. No singing loudly, We've come this Far By Faith (it will be acceptable to hum softly)
7. No bringing of barbecue ribs or fried chicken for lunch in the company lunchroom for at least a week (no chittlings at all...this may make us seem too ethnic)
8. No leaving kool-aid packages at the water fountain (this might be a sign that poor folks might be getting a break through)
9. No Cupid Shuffle during breaks (this could indicate a little too much excitement)
10. Please no 'Moving on Up' music (we are going to try to remain humble)
11. No doing the George Jefferson dance (unless you're in your office with the door closed)
12. Please try not to yell----BOOOO YAH!
13. Just in case you're wondering, doing the Running Man, cabbage patch, or a backhand spring on the highway is 100% okay.
If I've missed anything feel free to add to the list.
I just want to make sure we're all on the same page when Obama brings this thing home on November 5th.
Here's a few more suggestions:
No Obama screen savers or ring tones until things calm down.
What ever you do don't shoot yo guns off like it's da 4th of July!
If you don't usually wear a suit or dress to work then don't wear one on the 5th.
Please don't mention the word Reparations!
Eliminate these phrases from your vocabulary for at least a month, Once You Go Black, Payback, Karma, What goes around comes around and Mmmmmm Hmmmmm {wit da black woman neck movement}.
All James Brown music sound be placed on hold in your iTunes play list.
Now go get your vote on and let's make this thing happen!!!
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