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“Obama’s State Of The Union Address”

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Did you watch President Obama’s State of the Union Address last night? Well the president’s critics are speaking out about his address and their saying that:

He urged more spending on one hand and a spending freeze on the other.

Obama spoke ambitiously of putting money into roads, research, education, efficient cars, high-speed rail and other initiatives in his State of the Union speech. He pointed to the transportation and construction projects of the last two years and proposed “we redouble these efforts.” He coupled this with a call to “freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years.”

But Obama offered far more examples of where he would spend than where he would cut, and some of the areas he identified for savings are not certain to yield much if anything.

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I’m so tired of President Obama’s critics.

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“Mayor Corey Booker And His ‘Brick City”

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Mayor Corey Booker is back in Season 2 with his Newark New Jersey’s reality series “Brick City”.

Created and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin, BRICK CITY, is a five-part documentary series that captures the daily drama of a community striving to become a better, safer, stronger place to live.

Against great odds, Newark’s citizens and its Mayor, Cory A. Booker, fight to raise the city out of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and corruption.

Newark, New Jersey is known as BRICK CITY for its architectural style, urban strength and human resilience.  The city has consistently been a battlefield of high stakes drama, and in the wake of the riots and rebellion that exploded in 1967, it became a symbol of American urban decline.

The “Brick City” Series premiers Sunday, January 30 at 8:00pm, check your local listing for channel guide.

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“There’s A Time, And A Place For Everything”

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Yet New York schools Chancellor, Cathie Black said her comment regarding school overcrowding was just a joke.

Black said: “birth control would solve the problem” and made the remark last week at a task force meeting on school overcrowding.

Upon hearing estimates that lower Manhattan would need an additional 1,000 elementary school seats by 2015, she said “birth control would really help us.”

Cathie Black is already disliked amongst some of her constituents, city activist and parents., being a former executive at Hearst Magazines and USA Today; many felt she was more than unqualified for the job as New York’s school chancellor.

Black was appointed to the position by New York Mayor Bloomberg and Bloomberg came to her defense following a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast yesterday. He said, “she has apologized and “won’t make the same mistake again.”

Her spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz says, “she takes the problem of school overcrowding seriously and regrets her “offhanded joke” left a different impression.”

Was the School Chancellor ‘out of place with her remark?’ I’d like to hear your thoughts on the matter?

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“President Speaks At Memorial In Arizona”

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Yesterday, U.S. president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended a memorial service in Tucson, AZ.  Where the president visited Congresswoman Gifford in the hospital and remembered the 6 people killed, and 14 wounded during a Jan. 8 shooting spree where Gifford greeted her constituents on Saturday.

“Gabby opened her eyes for the first time,” Obama announced to thunderous applause. Obama was referring to Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s, 40, who was shot in the head during an assassination attempt.

“What we can’t do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another,” said Obama.

President Obama praised Daniel Hernandez for aiding Gifford after the shooting. The 20-year-old intern has only worked for Gifford for 5 days and assisted the congresswoman with his first aid skills after she was shot.

Obama concluded his emotional speech by remembering 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green: here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy; just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship; just starting to glimpse the fact that someday she too might play a part in shaping her nation’s future. She had been elected to her student council; she saw public service as something exciting, something hopeful. She was off to meet her congresswoman, someone she was sure was good and important and might be a role model. She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted.

I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.

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“Can Mayor Corey Booker Revive Newark?”

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Booker has succeeded where every past Newark mayor failed. Booker is one of Newark’s greatest resources with his Oprah connection and after receiving the charitable whims of a 26-year-old billionaire, Booker remains on top.

But can Corey Booker succeed in cleaning up Newark?

Combating crime was his first priority, and the city has made significant progress however the recent layoffs of police officers is unavoidable in order to deal with unanticipated short-term problems.

“Newark is among the nation’s most improved cities crime-wise,” said George Kelling, head of the Greater Newark Safer Cities initiative and co-founder of the Police Institute at Rutgers. “My guess is that the zones of safety have increased enormously.”

If Newark is to thrive economically or otherwise, it must convince investors that the city is not only open for business but it is, indeed safe.

Meanwhile, Newark’s best pitchman (Mayor Booker) spends much of his time on the road, seeking another large-sized donation while tweeting to a million Newarkers and non-Newarkers (such as myself) 🙂 that he is winner who is constantly on the move for the betterment of his city and its residents!!!