Evangelist ET just sent me a heart warming article which can be found HERE. I hope that you read every word of it, as it’s worth it.

Check this out:

On Friday, Alexander proudly swapped his high school’s red uniform tie for a striped red and gold one — the ritual at Englewood’s Urban Prep Academy for Young Men that signifies a student has been accepted into college.

As the Roseland resident and 12 others tied their knots, Chicago’s only public all-male, all-African-American high school fulfilled its mission: 100 percent of its first senior class had been accepted to four-year colleges.

That is just a small sample of what is 100% possible in every community and particularly in black communities since we have such a huge drop out rate amongst black males who end up in jail, selling drugs, or dead.

Even more stunning is this statistic about the students when they initially enrolled in that school:

Only 4 percent of this year’s senior class read at grade level as freshmen, said Tim King, the school’s founder and CEO.

“There were those who told me that you can’t defy the data,” King said. “Black boys are killed. Black boys drop out of high school. Black boys go to jail. Black boys don’t go to college. Black boys don’t graduate from college.

“They were wrong,” he said.

This can be replicated. We don’t have to have illiterate criminal thugs roaming our streets. How about we find out the formula in that Chicago school and simply replicate?

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Photo source user name is My New Wintercoat, found  HERE

It’s always good to have an alternative. I’ll check this out.

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Folks, I don’t know what hole she climbed out of, but this gal is truly low rent. Why on earth is she bragging to GQ magazine about…

a. Hopping into bed with a married John Edwards just hours after meeting him.

b. John Edwards’ “duh” moment when he told her, “Falling in love with you could really f- up my plans for becoming president.”

c. How a cancer stricken Elizabeth Edwards called John’s phone and she [Rielle] answered.

My guess is that this dog-faced woman, who has a chin like Jay Leno’s is trying to get in on some of the attention that Tiger Woods has recently received.

Again….low rent. And since she successfully ensured a pregnancy, she’s guaranteed some of the Edwards’ money for many years to come. My heart goes out to Mrs. Edwards. What a horrible way to be treated in her last days.

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My husband and I just watched that segment of the show together a week or so ago.

I remember vividly how sick this young man was—-his rudeness and carelessness in the way in which he spoke to his mother. I would love to know what type of demon spirit he was working under.

Hopefully he’ll receive the death penalty if convicted. The world needs to rid itself of this level of garbage.

Hat tip to Greg for story lead

My husband just sent me the saddest report.  Look at this:

When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.

Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles from the gleaming Statehouse dome.

HUH?!  I have never heard of this woman.  But more important, how on earth could a former political powerhouse end up in such a destitute situation?  Was there no one available to help this human being?

Goggins, whose achievements included key legislation on school funding, kindergarten and class size, had become increasingly reclusive. She spent her final years turning down help from neighbors who knew little of her history-making past. Her body was not discovered for more than a week.

There are times when people need to step in.  If her mind was going (and I have no proof that it was), then she needed help.

Police found Goggins’ body March 3 – two weeks after she was last seen. Her landlord contacted police after a next-door neighbor realized he had not seen her lights on in some time.

Coroner Gary Watts said she died of hypothermia, probably about Feb. 20, and said he found indications of dementia. When she died, during a cold snap, Goggins was wearing several layers of clothing, yet her heat was working at the time.

This is clearly a woman who should have been removed from the house against her will.  The following is very telling:

Why she withdrew remains a mystery even to her son. He attributes it to her illness, which was never fully diagnosed.

Her son indicated that she was also standoffish with him and that he did not know why.

“I would like for her to be remembered as a woman who cared about her community,” he said. “I want her to be remembered as a positive role model, not only for African-American girls, but also any young girl who has a want and a desire to make a change and do something positive.”

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I spoke about this morbidly obese woman HERE.    Her health is clearly being affected by all that weight.  Though Stern (who I actually do NOT like) was crude, what did he say that was false?  Robin, his sidekick, lost her excess weight several years ago.  It CAN be done. 

Also, Hollywood needs to stop putting this mammy image out there to depict black women.  When will this Aunt Jemima nonsense go away?  A beautiful, healthy looking young black actress could very well have played that role.  Don’t go out there and find someone so huge that she can barely fit in her seat at the Oscars.

Let’s stop coddling these type of people.  If she does not stop eating all that ice cream, pie, cookies, cake and chocolate, can you imagine the shape she’ll be in by the time she’s 30?  She won’t be able to move.  This is serious.  Sorry, but I have to side with Howard and Robin on this one.

Innocent until proven guilty, but this does not have a pretty look:

Michael Winans Jr. told investors they could double their money in 60 days. Detroit police identified and interviewed at least 180 investors, but state regulators say the actual number is higher.

“Our investigation found that Michael Winans Jr. orchestrated a scheme that resulted in hundreds of Detroit residents losing millions of hard-earned dollars,” Ross said in a release. “Promising sky-high, guaranteed returns, these scammers unscrupulously fleeced unsuspecting churchgoers who let their financial guard down.”

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Thanks to Greg for story lead

I’ve heard of the following:

No driving while drunk

No driving while tipsy

No driving while drinking

No driving while drugging

No driving while under the influence of anything mind altering

No driving while reading

No driving while texting

No driving while talking on cell phone

No driving while breast feeding

No driving while applying makeup

Um….time to add a new one to the list:

No driving while shaving your crotch.  Check this out:

Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat.

“She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit,” Trooper Gary Dunick said. “If I wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have believed it. About 10 years ago I stopped a guy in the exact same spot … who had three or four syringes sticking out of his arm. It was just surreal and I thought, ‘Nothing will ever beat this.’ Well, this takes it.”

If that weren’t enough, Megan Mariah Barnes was not supposed to be driving and her 1995 Ford Thunderbird was not supposed to be on the road.

The day before the wreck, Barnes was convicted in an Upper Keys court of DUI with a prior and driving with a suspended license, said Monroe County Assistant State Attorney Colleen Dunne. Barnes was ordered to impound her car, and her driver’s license was revoked for five years, after which time she must have a Breathalyzer ignition interlock device on any vehicle she drives, Dunne said. Barnes also was sentenced to nine months’ probation.

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Does anyone know of an update on the Frank Lombard story? I am very disturbed that this horrific story was not really covered well in the mainstream media. It is believed that the reason it was not covered is due to the fact that Frank Lombard is a homosexual who allegedly adopted a black child for the purpose of sexually abusing him. He was allegedly caught online trying to pimp this victim out like an animal.

If anyone has an update on this very sad and disturbing case, please let me know.

Blogs covering story in the past HERE and HERE

Perhaps he will go ahead and finish eating himself to death. My heart goes out to those children.