Archive for February, 2008

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Are you happy now?! … probably not

Barack Obama once again disassociated himself with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrkhan at the final presidential debate Tuesday.
“I obviously can’t censor him, but it is not support that I sought. And we’re not doing anything, I assure you, formally or informally with Minister Farrakhan,” he said.
Read more about it here.

27Feb2008 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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Consciousness Today

Yesterday’s quote from walkthetalk.com’s daily motivation newsletter was:
Awareness is the first step to positive change — Leslie C. Aguilar
Awareness, as used above, is not about knowing what is going on in the outside world so much as knowing what is happening internally as a result of the outside world. In spite of all the things [...]

23Feb2008 | Garry Bevel | 3 comments | Continued
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A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 3

Parts 1 and 2.

I didn’t watch the debate live, but I did catch the videos on CNN. Here is the last half of my debate with Tahani (via IM) regarding Barack and Hillary. Be sure to leave your comments and join the discussion!
(Before yesterday’s debate)
Tahani: I’m not saying Hillary is more right than Barack. All [...]

22Feb2008 | Fredric | 6 comments | Continued
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Some Linkies

I received and read a lot of random things the past few days. Instead of trying to write a post about each one, I figured I’d just bring them all-together and provide you guys with some quality links going into the weekend. Enjoy!
Interesting New Blogs (also added to rsspect.org)

Two JetSet Divas - neat premise [...]

21Feb2008 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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YBP Savings Tip


19Feb2008 | Kimberly | 0 comments | Continued
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HD DVD is dead

For those who may be new readers to ybpguide, one of the first posts I made back in October of 2006 was about the high-definition format war between Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray. Basically, the two companies decided to take visual and audio home entertainment into a new realm and create a medium that would [...]

19Feb2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Check It Out

If you haven’t added TheRoot.com to your regular reading of issues affecting black Americans, perhaps its time to start.
There’s some good stuff about Obama not attending Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union for the second time in a row; The Bush Family’s slave-holding past and the Blackness Diet.

18Feb2008 | Eugene | 1 comment | Continued
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A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 2

Part 1 can be found here.
Fredric: Interesting points.
First, I’ll go ahead and relent that your particular political knowledge of ‘what did he vote for, what did he not vote for’, especially in Illinois, is a lot more tight than mine. While I understand the questions around ‘why would he take a neutral ground on an [...]

15Feb2008 | Fredric | 7 comments | Continued
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A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 1

(Reprinted and edited with the permission of Tahani Tompkins)
Tahani: What should I make of the whole “present” voting thing? Also why does Barack keep saying he didn’t vote for the war? It’s true that in 2002 he wasn’t in a position to vote for or against the war, right? Lastly, where can i go to [...]

14Feb2008 | Fredric | 12 comments | Continued
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