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By newsroom | March 31, 2008 - 9:03 pm - Posted in Archived Articles

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took her tour to Swatara, Pa., today as she talked economics and the budget.

Mrs. Clinton also met briefly with truckers protesting the high price of fuel, and invited two into the diner.

Tonight she is attending a rally in Fairless Hills, Bucks County, and will speak tomorrow before the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO in Philadelphia.

Dozens of angry truck drivers, some in semis and some in pickup trucks, drove around streets just outside the state Capitol this morning with horns blaring to show their displeasure over rising diesel fuel prices.

Today’s demonstration is a follow-up to one held March 22 at a truck stop just east of Harrisburg.

By newsroom | - 8:59 pm - Posted in Archived Articles

Michelle Obama, wife of Presidential candidate Barack Obama, will make her first visit of the Pennsylvania primary season to Pittsburgh Wednesday. She will host a “Stand for Change” rally at Carnegie Mellon University’s Skibo Gymnasium, Tech and Frew Streets at 2:15 p.m.

Tereza Heinz Kerry, wife of former presidential candidate John Kerry will join the campaign for the first time, Tresa Heinz Kerry was born in Africa, had John Kerry been Elected, she would of been the first true African American First lady. 

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Education & Community Engagement Department continues its popular Tuesday Jazz series, JazzLive, with a new addition to the program called the “Living Legends” series in the month of April in celebration of National Jazz Appreciation Month and Pittsburgh’s 250th Anniversary. This new series is proudly sponsored by BNY Mellon.  Local jazz greats to be featured: the Joe Harris Quartet, featuring Sean Jones and others (April 1); Cecil Brooks, III, Jimmy Ponder, and Gene Ludwig (April 8); Nelson Harrison, Hosea Taylor, Lou Stellute, Chuck Austin, Al Dowe, Max Leake, Roger Humphries, Virgil Walters, and Gerald Haymon (April 15); and Maureen Budway with her brother David Budway (April 22). Sean Jones will wrap up the month with a showcase of the great trumpet players that inspired him to play (April 29).  The “Living Legends” series is sponsored by the Multicultural Arts Initiative and Bank of New York Mellon. Janis Burley Wilson, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement says, “It was a thrill to book these great nights of jazz.  Joe Harris played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, toured with Quincy Jones big band in the early 1960’s.  According to many, Jimmy Ponder is one of the best jazz guitarist of that era in the world.  We’re so fortunate to have these artists living and working in Pittsburgh, and it’s time to honor them.”    In conjunction with “Living Legends,” there will be a photography exhibit at 709 Penn Gallery from April 4-May 2, featuring the work of Nathan Tritter and jazz photos by Teenie Harris, courtesy of the Carnegie Museum. The opening reception on Saturday, April 5, 5-7pm will include a performance and talk about the 100th anniversary of the Black Musician’s Union.    Local Jazz artists perform every Tuesday from 5-8p.m. and from 8-11 p.m., in the Backstage Bar and Cabaret in Theater Square. No cover charge unless otherwise noted. The Cabaret and Backstage Bar at Theater Square (655 Penn Avenue) are venues owned and operated by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in the heart of the Cultural District, offering an array of live entertainment, light fare and refreshments. The proud media sponsors of JazzLive are WDUQ 90.5 FM and The New Pittsburgh Courier.  For more information, please visit www.pgharts.org or call (412) 456-6666.   JAZZLIVE 2008, ALL PERFORMANCES IN BACKSTAGE BAR UNLESS NOTED No Cover unless otherwise noted  4/1/08               Gerald Haymon plays Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, George Benson                        (Backstage Bar) 4/1/08               LIVING LEGENDS CABARET THEATER, $10 COVERJoe Harris Quintet feat. Sean Jones/trumpet, Dr. James Johnson/piano, Jeff Grubbs/bass, Carolyn Pertitte/vocals                         4/8/08               Tony Campbell plays Stanley Turrentine, Cannonball Adderley and Grover Washington, Jr. (Backstage Bar) 4/8/08               LIVING LEGENDS CABARET THEATER, $10 COVERCecil Brooks, III/Jimmy Ponder/Gene Ludwig      4/15/08             Salsamba plays Puente, Tjader, Gillespie (Backstage Bar)  4/15/08             LIVING LEGENDS CABARET THEATER, $10 COVERTHE HORN SECTION:  Nelson Harrison/trombetto, Hosea Taylor/alto Sax, Lou Stellute/tenor Sax, Chuck Austin/Trumpet, Al Dowe/Trombone, Max Leake/Piano, Roger Humphries/drums, Virgil Walters/bass, Gerald Haymon/guitar   4/22/08             Roger Humphries plays Blakey (Backstage Bar) 4/22/08             LIVING LEGENDS CABARET THEATER, $10 COVERMaureen Budway / David Budway (Cabaret)      4/29/08             MCG - A Jazz Celebration of Pittsburgh Composers:  Strayhorn, Foster, Jamal, Garner, Mancini and more. . . (Backstage Bar) 4/29/08             Sean Jones Trumpet Showcase:  CABARET THEATER, $10 COVER   ###

By newsroom | - 12:54 pm - Posted in Archived Articles

Beginning Tuesday (April 1), Mercer County election officials will begin mailing absentee ballots to voters who have already applied for one. For those who still need to apply, the deadline is April 15. Applications can be picked up at the election office and most post offices or libraries in the county. Completed ballots must be returned to the courthouse by April 18. It is important for voters to read the green instruction sheet provided as their ballot could be voided if those instructions aren’t followed accurately.

They don’t call him fast Eddie for nothing! Gov. Ed Rendell, taking his ques from the psychic netowrk predicted Monday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lead over Sen. Barack Obama will shrink before the April 22 primary. The poll telling him that was released last week.”We have a very strong lead, but I think that lead is going to shrink,” Rendell, a Clinton supporter, said on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America.”

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., an Obama supporter, agreed that Obama is “the underdog in our state.” according to a Associated PRess Report.

Rendell also said the Obama campaign doesn’t want a revote in Michigan and Florida because Obama’s supporters know Clinton would win, which would tie the race, while the fact remains neither will win the delegates needed to win the nomination,.

An inmate at the YDC center in Lawrence County has been charged with assaulting a counselor.

According to New Castle-based State Police, 19-year-old James Mason of Philadelphia was sent to his room for a restriction Friday afternoon. When the 26-year-old counselor from Pittsburgh went to his room to explain why he was being punished, Mason assaulted him, as did another inmate, who was a juvenile. The assault continued until other YDC staff intervened.

Mason was placed in the Lawrence County Jail on $10,000 bond, he is expected to be charged as an adult according to YDC Staff, who refused to comment further.

This action, adds to the long list of other,s to include a murder at George Junior Republic in Grove City and the recent finger biting at keystone School for Trouble Youth in Greenville.

State Police tell The Mercer News that Troopers arrested two people on drug charges, following a traffic stop on Route 422, Saturday morning.

Thirty-four-year-old Joseph Cook, of New Kensington, with a former address in Meadville, and Jasmine Brewer, a 23-year-old from Pittsburgh, are accused of heroin possession.

Cook and Brewer also had more than $15-thousand, wrapped in bundles, in their vehicle, when police stopped the pair’s vehicle, in North Buffalo Township.

Police speculate that the pair distribute the drugs in Erie, Meadville, Youngstown, Pittsburgh and Butler, based on the location of there addresses and former addresses and the routes thay took in the delivery and purchase of drugs, according to State Police Officers

The state Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey will test Pittsburgh’s waterways for pharmaceuticals and hormone contaminants.

The testing will begin this summer.

27 Rivers and streams will be sampled for pollution, drug and biological contaminates, this in lieu of the recent string of reports issued by the Associated Press.

In Greenville Mayor Richard Miller said ” Unless we were down stream from a hospital 10x the size of the one we have, we will have little or no problems, our water is safe to drink.”

By newsroom | - 8:20 am - Posted in Archived Articles

Officials at the Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort said a strike by some of its employees has not impacted business.

Shortly after midnight on Friday, members of Local 23 UFCW, which represents slot technicians, attendants, cashiers and count room employees went on strike.

The strike is expected to reflect badly on the Casino that is one of the top income producers in the state, yet pays it’s workers less than they feel they deserve as fair pay according to that same union.

The strike is not expected to spread to any Pennsylvania Location, they do not share the same contract.

By newsroom | - 8:08 am - Posted in Archived Articles

dsc05811.JPGThe choice of the first lady is as important as is the selection of a President. While he rules by default, the First Lady is one of our greatest treasures as well. Picking the wrong first lady can als serve to set back a nation. Roslyn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter, a demure refined southern woman, did little to advance any cause in the nation, while in contrast, both Nancy Regan and Hillary Clinton made great strides in Woman’s Rights, The Plight Of The Poor, The Just Say No Program, and much more.

However, after Michelle Obama’s recent remarks, not accidental, on her love and hate of the USA, she has been, for all intensive purposes, relegate to the equivalent of the African Menstrual Hut, where she has been silenced until The Senior, Dominant Male Barack Osama Obama can take control and recover from a series of remarks from both his wife and pastor that have made him look bad, or in this case, served to show the real Obama, the one he does not want you to see.
In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michele Obama, the wife of Barack Obama stated that America was a nation founded on “crime and hatred”. Moreover, she stated that whites in America were “ineradicably racist”.   The 1985 thesis, titled “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community” was written under her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson. 
Michelle Obama stated in her thesis that to “Whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, she will always be Black first…” However, it was reported by a fellow black classmate, “If those “Whites at Princeton” really saw Michelle as one who always would “be Black first,” it seems that she gave them that impression”.

Most alarming is Michele Obama’s use of the terms “separationist” and “integrationist” when describing the views of black people.

Mrs. Obama clearly identifies herself with a “separationist” view of race.

“By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities as a result of their ideologies, a separationist may better understand the desperation of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolution as opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to their plight.”

Here is another passage that is uncomfortable and ominous in meaning:

There was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost. “

What is Michelle Obama planning to do with her future resources if she’s first lady that will elevate black over white in America?

The following passage appears to be a call to arms for affirmative action policies that could be the hallmark of an Obama administration.

Predominately white universities like Princeton are socially and academically designed to cater to the needs of the white students comprising the bulk of their enrollments.”

Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would likely lead to her “further integration and/or assimilation into a white cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant.”

Michele Obama clearly has a chip on her shoulder. 

Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but she elevates black over white in her world.
The conclusion of her thesis is alarming.

Michelle Obama’s poll of black alumni concludes that other black students at Princeton do not share her obsession with blackness. But rather than celebrate, she is horrified that black alumni identify with our common American culture more than they value the color of their skin. “I hoped that these findings would help me conclude that despite the high degree of identification with whites as a result of the educational and occupational path that black Princeton alumni follow, the alumni would still maintain a certain level of identification with the black community. However, these findings do not support this possibility.”

Is it no wonder that most black alumni ignored her racist questionnaire? Only 89 students responded out of 400 who were asked for input.

Michelle Obama does not look into a crowd of Obama supporters and see Americans. She sees black people and white people eternally conflicted with one another.

                  The thesis provides a trove of Mrs. Obama’s thoughts and world view seen through a race-based prism.

This is a very divisive view for a potential first lady that would do untold damage to race relations in this country in a Barack Obama administration. It’s little wonder that Barack Osama Obama has sent her in to hiding, to keep the eyes of a nation off of her, her thoughts, and the future an Obama Fisrt Lady could bring.

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