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Dear Jesus! Keep these folks in your prayers!!! BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 30 people and wounding many more before he was killed, police said. "Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," said university president Charles Steger. "The university is shocked and indeed horrified." The university reported shootings at opposite sides of the ...More

Just me thinking out-loud... While I am getting tired of hearing about this situation (as if it is the first time the words "nappy-headed hoe's" were uttered from the words of mortal man), I think that there is some good to it because folks are starting to seriously look at the double standards we have in this country when it comes to speech of this nature. I don't know when was ...More

This past Saturday, I appeared on the Count it All Joy streaming radio program where SepiaLove and I with other callers talked about a wide range of issues. I had never been on radio, so this was certainly neat for me. Sepia is DOING exactly the kind of thing I have been talking about: Controlling our own media. Check her out! More

If you are between the ages of 30 and 38 and you watched television as a child, perhaps you remember hearing the following: "A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter" What was the show? More

(joburg.org.za) MORE than R1,7-billion has been invested in property refurbishments and construction in the inner city since Johannesburg launched a drive to regenerate the area in October 2004. To complement this, the City is calling on black economic empowerment (BEE) and female investors to take advantage of the inner city's bright economic climate and participate in its efforts to reverse the negative economic trend that characterised the area during the 1990s. Speaking ...More