‘Tolbert Yarkpawolo’ Archives
Sen. Graham Sees Blacks Among South Carolina Problems
By Tolbert Yarkpawolo When Lindsey Graham replaced retired Senator Strom Thurmond as Senator of South Carolina in 2002, it appears that Graham inherited more than Thurmond's political slot. Senator Thurmond was considered by some as a racist bigot and one of the most [Read More]
Son of Former Liberian Prez Taylor sentenced
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo A sketch of Charles Chuckie Taylor in courtCharles "Chuckie" Taylor, 31-year-old, U.S.-born citizen and the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Sr. was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for charges including torture and [Read More]
Israeli massacre by raining in 100 tons of bombs on Gaza
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo The father of Dena Balosha, 4, one of five members of a Palestinian family killed in an Israeli missile strike, carries the girl's body during a funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp in Gaza Strip. The fourth day into its genocide, Israeli jets [Read More]
FBI Arrest Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Mayor Larry LangfordBIRMINGHAM, Alabama – FBI spokesman Paul Daymond, announced today that Mayor Larry Langford, 60-year-old, was arrested and taken into custody around 7 a.m. on federal bribery and fraud charges connected to a [Read More]
Did LBJ, King opened door for Obama’s election?
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Lyndon B. Johnson & Martin L. KingI recently read an interesting article by Luci Baines Johnson on CNN.com. In her article Ms. Johnson is basically crediting LBJ and King for opening the door for Obama’s election. Luci Baines Johnson [Read More]
Who cares if the Vatican forgives John Lennon
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo John LennonIn 1966 John Lennon told a British newspaper that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ. Although it was an apparent youthful joke, the Vatican did not take it lightly. Lennon also noted at the time that he did not know which [Read More]
Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa – Africa’s Music Legend has died
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Miriam Makeba, "Mama Africa" African musical legend Miriam Makeba, 76-year-old, has died after being ill in Italy. The Pineta Grande clinic in Castel Volturno, near the southern city of Naples, said Makeba died early Monday of a heart [Read More]
The meanest, the dirtiest, the sleaziest and “that one”
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo for: http://www.ThatOneMcCain.com From a McCain/Palin Campaign RallyWhether election 2008 is the meanest, sleaziest, lowest-down, and dirtiest campaign ever, I will leave that to the political analyst to determine. When Arne H. (Helge) [Read More]
Was McCain involved in secret arm sales to Iran?
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo For: http://www.ChocolateCity.cc/blog Reagan and McCainIt is a popular and well known idiom that “people who live in glass houses should not throw stones!,” or should I paraphrase the idiom by saying “people who live in 7 glass [Read More]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Guilty of the freedom to choose
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 38-year-old, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. She was raised a Muslim and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya. In 1992, Hirsi Ali moved to the Netherlands as a refugee escaping a forced marriage [Read More]
