Archive for ‘March, 2005’

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Mar03

Screw up a major company, and get promoted!

by Duane on March 3rd, 2005 at 3:06 am
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The techie in me could not pass this story up: Carly Fiorina, dismissed as chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard last month, has emerged as a candidate to head the World Bank, according to published reports Tuesday. The New York Times cited an unnamed Bush administration official as saying Fiorina is a strong candidate to assume […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar02

Sorry Senator, but I can’t roll with you on this one

by Duane on March 2nd, 2005 at 1:13 pm
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Indecency guidelines that over-the-air broadcasters must follow should be extended to cover cable and satellite broadcasters, congressional Republicans who are influential on telecommunications issues said yesterday. Most viewers do not differentiate between traditional TV and cable, so they do not know when they might be exposed to objectionable programming, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the head […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar02

Another good option for news from a black perspective

by Duane on March 2nd, 2005 at 5:30 am
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I have said many times that if you want to get mad at something, read the vast majority of black news websites. Sites such as blackpressusa.com always seem to find and focus on those stories where a white person got caught rolling their eyes at a black person when actually the person just had something […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar02

Was this just another war of egos?

by Duane on March 2nd, 2005 at 5:17 am
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Here are some highlights from Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union conference in Atlanta (From: Los Angeles Times): The first Jackson was the Rev. Jesse Jackson, liberal war horse, civil rights veteran and two-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who delivered a stirring declamation on social justice. The second — and lesser-known — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar02

Please tell yo’ cuzzin to stop buying those lotto tickets!

by Duane on March 2nd, 2005 at 3:45 am
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MINORITIES EXPRESS HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN BUILDING WEALTH VIA LOTTERY ABOVE SAVING AND RETIREMENT PLANNING Tyson Q. Bellamy, CFP® Coalition of Financial Educators of America, Inc. info@cofea.org www.cofea.org What are the methods that minorities are using to build wealth? Are minorities in the U.S. comfortable that they can build wealth through the traditional means of retirement […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar02

The black blogsphere keeps growing and growing and…

by Duane on March 2nd, 2005 at 2:02 am
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New Site Name: Sepia’s Sanctuary Web Address: http://sepialove.blogspot.com/ About: Well, who IS Sepia? I ask myself that question daily. Woman. African American. 40 something. Mom. Social advocate? Music & karaoke lover? Nerd & self proclaimed internet junkie? YEAH! That’s IT! I have actually said that I wasn’t gonna do this. What could I possibly say […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar01

Why Our History is so Important

by Duane on March 1st, 2005 at 7:03 am
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Over the past week or so I have been discussing forgotten yet important historical truths such as blacks who stood with confederates and more recently blacks who were slave masters right here in the US. In the future I will be discussing other issues that are quite similar in nature, so stay tuned. By now, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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