‘Pennsylvania’ Archives
Necessity Entrepreneurs »
Some referred to it as unintended entrepreneur, accidental entrepreneur or forced entrepreneur. The so-called expert are defining unintended entrepreneurs as individuals that are just plain lucky or newly unemployed that have formed their own small businesses as a result of the shrinking job pool. I do not agree with the assumption that luck has [...]
African American and Blacks Unemployment Rate Still »
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics The unemployment rate fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent in January, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-20,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Employment fell in construction and in transportation and warehousing, while temporary help services and retail trade added [...]
President Obama Approves $2B For Cash For Clunkers »
Source: WeBuyJunk Today, President Barack Obama signed a bill that added more money into the the Cash for Clunkers program. Late Thursday evening, in a rush to finish business before their August recess. The Senate voted 60-37 to approve an additional $2 billion for the program. The House had already voted to extend the program last Friday. The [...]
Philadelphia Police and Racism the City of »
Whenever I heard the word “Philadelphia”, the immediate visual connection that comes to mind is the May 13, 1985 incident in which police dropped bombs as an alternative to waiting to issue arrest warrants on members of the Africa family and the MOVE organization. (more...)
Finding that beauty salon, hair salon, spa or »
For most people, including males and females, there is absolutely no compromising when it comes to the appearance of their hair and the need to having it look elegant, healthy and stylish. As a matter of fact, a recent study just released by The Nielsen Company noted that if money was not an issue, most people would continue to care for their hair [...]
The meanest, the dirtiest, the sleaziest and “that »
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo for: http://www.ThatOneMcCain.com Whether 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) Carlson, a former Republican Governor of Minnesota endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, he [...]
Is a candidate’s pin or t-shirt considered »
By: Charles Mombo http://www.Chocolatecity.cc/blog Is a candidate's pin,t-shirt or button considered electioneering in a polling place? Electioneering is the act of persuading or attempting to persuade; communication intended to induce belief or action. The answer to this question in most states is not a straight forward [...]
Is Hillary Clinton a fighter or a divider? »
Obama now has a majority of pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention. Despite the daunting odds of overtaking Obama in the overall delegate count, Hillary Clinton remained defiant and promised to stay in the race. "You've never given up on me, because you know I've never given up on you," Clinton told supporters in Kentucky. With only two [...]
Team Obama faced racism while campaigning »
There have not been much in the news pertaining to information in the news about Senator Obama's phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates encountering a "RAW" and "PURE" racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed and unreported this election season. Doors have been slammed in their faces. They've been called racially [...]
