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I love “Housewives of Atlanta” just as much as the next person but boy do these ladies have thangs goin on in their lives!  I can totally understand why they would just go ahead and be on tv.

Lisa Wu Hartwell filed for primary custody of her two sons with ex-husband, R&B singer Keith Sweat.  Apparently, she is seeking “primary physical custody and joint legal custody with final decision-making on all issues regarding the minor children.” She will “reasonably engage Father in good faith discussions before any final decisions are made concerning the children?s welfare.” The two children are Jordan Sweat, age 14, and Justin Sweat, age 11.  If she does get custody, she requests child support as well.

In 2003, Sweat received primary custody of the children. According to the final divorce decree written by Fulton Superior Court judge Cynthia D. Wright, Sweat and Wu Hartwell married in 1992 and had the judge termed at the time an “extremely tumultuous relationship.” Wright wrote that “there is evidence that Father has been violent towards Mother, but no evidence he has ever been violent with any of his children.” (more…)

From BBC

Murdoch

The owner of the New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, has apologised for a cartoon which critics said was a racist depiction of President Barack Obama.

Newspaper cartoonist Sean Delonas drew police shooting dead a chimp, while remarking “they’ll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill”.

But Mr Murdoch said the cartoon was meant to mock Mr Obama’s legislation and was not intended to be racist.

The newspaper had apologised to readers last week after widespread criticism.

The cartoon, published on 18 February, came a day after Mr Obama signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package approved by Congress after weeks of wrangling.

The image referred to a gruesome incident earlier that week, when a pet chimp in Connecticut attacked and disfigured a woman before being shot dead by police.

‘A mistake’

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I couldn’t let this month go by without at least acknowledging the following events: 

A black girl escorted to school in 1960     

On November 14, 1960, nearly 49 years ago, 6 year old Ruby Bridges faced hostile crowds, and had to be escorted by U.S. Marshalls , because she was the first black child to attend previously all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans , Louisiana . Ruby was 6 years old. (Norman Rockwell created the painting above depicting that event.) (more…)

I was just floating around cyber space and came across these pictures of Obama and his Mexican twin.  It’s like the Twilight Zone. Strange isn’t it?

Ron Paul talks about the real government behind the government.

TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Tamarac, Fla. say a woman was caught injecting foul-smelling liquid into baby food in a supermarket.

Officials say 50-year-old Shirley Ybarra (ee-BAR’-uh) was spotted Tuesday night by Publix employees adding a black liquid that smelled like ammonia to the baby food and juice containers. Sheriff’s deputies said Ybarra told the employees she was mixing food for her son — but her son is 21.

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Drunk 13 year old drives to get aunty from nightclub

Drunk Kid

A 13-YEAR-old girl who blew .115 while driving to pick up her aunty from a nightclub was among 52 drink-drivers caught in a city-wide blitz on Friday night.

The highest reading went to a man who blew .233, almost five times the legal driving limit.

Darwin police watch commander, senior sergeant Chris Lyndon said more than 1600 motorists were breath-tested on Friday night.

He said from the number of arrests, clearly the message of not drink-driving was not getting through.

“There is a complete lack of understanding of the implications of drink-driving,” he said.

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Got these pics from Media Take Out.  Very interesting…

Below is the letter John wrote to the NYPost:

Dear Editor:

I’m trying to understand what possible motivation you may have had for publishing that vile cartoon depicting the shooting of the chimpanzee that went crazy. I guess you thought it would be funny to suggest that whomever was responsible for writing the Economic Recovery legislation must have the intelligence and judgment of a deranged, violent chimpanzee, and should be shot to protect the larger community. Really? Did it occur to you that this suggestion would imply a connection between President Barack Obama and the deranged chimpanzee? Did it occur to you that our President has been receiving death threats since early in his candidacy? Did it occur to you that blacks have historically been compared to various apes as a way of racist insult and mockery? Did you intend to invoke these painful themes when you printed the cartoon?

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Seems a little bias to me, but PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 campaign promises Barack Obama made during the political trail and is tracking their progress on a thing called  Obameter.

PolitiFact rates the status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once PolitiFact finds the action is completed, PolitiFact rates them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.

Check it out here

P.S. – Even with the hate, President Obama is off to a great start.