Condi and Ree-Ree come together to raise money for inner-city music education. Good job!
I did a double-take when I read this one…
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice performed together on Tuesday night in Philadelphia to raise money for inner-city music education. The selections were not Franklin’s usual soul anthems, but mostly classical music. Rice, a Republican and a classically-trained pianist, was up for the challenge in joining Big ‘Reefa, a Democrat straight outta Detroit.
Franklin channeled her Leontyne Price and sang arias. Condi tapped her inner Le-Le (Alicia) Keys and tickled the ivories. It may not have been the match I would have thought of, but it was for a great cause. It also showed diverse sides of both women.
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Sidenote: The performance reminded me that Condi has NOT let go of the helmet-flip hairdo’ she rocked in the White House and State Department. And Ms. Franklin is still rockin’ spaghetti-strapped dresses that someone half her size also needs to leave on the rack! Why are powerful women afraid to take fashion hints?! ::smh::
Here are some short clips of the performance in a full segment on Good Morning America:
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Obama has to be the first president to make an appearance in the Madden set of video games. You'll see him if your virtual team wins the Super Bowl.
President Obama is wearing a lot of hats these days. He’s going to be on The View tomorrow, he knows Oprah Winfrey, and he’s the first Black president. He’s also a husband, father, brother, and now even makes video game appearances.
Yes, you read correctly. YOUR president of the United States (or a pixelated version of him) will appear in the new Madden ’11 football video game. If your team wins the Super Bowl, then they will get to shake hands with the Prez on the lawn of a pretty real-looking White House.
Since that video scenario happens in real life (where sports figures meet the President), can we get a video game to catch these damn terrorists? Or, maybe one to finally stop the oil spill once and for all? How about a math game for little kids to balance this budget since the grown-ups can’t do it? Ideas people! We gotta keep ‘em coming!
You can watch the entire Madden ’11 clip on YouTube. Obama’s at about 1:59 or so. It’s just over two minutes long.
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Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is getting married this weekend. The only thing is that NO ONE close to her is confirming the obvious information. News of the 30-year-old Clinton’s jumping-the-broom ceremony to investment banker Mark Mezvinsky is being held tighter than the Star Jones weight loss secrets back in the day. It’s pretty much [...]
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Big news today out of Arizona! Portions of the controversial immigration, set to go into effect on Thursday, have been briefly put on hold by a federal judge. Judge Susan Bolton blocked a key provision in the law that forced police to check the immigration status of anyone they detain, one of the strongest parts [...]
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Good news on the oil spill front! Well, the oil gusher is “kinda” closed, but the REAL gusher of BP … CEO Tony Hayward’s mouth .. is finally going to be closed permanently. The Board of Directors of the company voted him out of his position as of late Monday. He will move on to [...]
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Resident crazy woman of Congress, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R – Minn.), has gone a step further to bring the fringe closer to her alternate universe. Last week, Bachmann’s paperwork was approved from the House Administration Committee to start the official Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives. She will serve as the chairwoman of [...]
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President Obama will be joining the ladies of “The View” on Thursday for an historic interview during his trip to New York. POTUS will be the first sitting president to appear on a daytime TV talk show. He will sit down with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck for a [...]
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Wow, what a week it was last week for the media, the President, the USDA, and the “star” of the show .. Miss Shirley Sherrod! I swear if I hear this woman’s name one more time, I’m going to scream! I didn’t post about the topic because of some other standing commitments last week. However, [...]
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I was watching The Weather Channel this afternoon and this commercial popped up. Don’t ask me why, but I thought this commercial was kinda hilarious! Maybe it was the people, especially the lady, falling off the bull that tickled me so much. Blame it on my mix of being sleepy and full from lunch. Who [...]
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Our friend, U.S. Senate candidate, Alvin Greene of South Carolina, had a big day this weekend, on my birthday no less. He gave his first speech on Sunday. ::Cue the crickets:: Greene spoke in his hometown of Manning, South Carolina and it was hosted by the Manning chapter of the NAACP. He spoke at a [...]
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Sarah Palin, in only her prized fashion, has taken a rifle to the English language. The latest slaughtering came in a series of tweets about the proposed mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, better known as Ground Zero. In the tweets, she tries to rally “peaceful” New Yorkers against, [...]
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Today was an important step forward in the Obama Administration, no matter your political affiliation or feelings about our government. Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, unveiled the Administration’s first National HIV/AIDS strategy on Tuesday afternoon in a live event broadcast on the White House’s website. This is the Administration’s first attempt at addressing [...]
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is not biting its tongue when it comes to its feelings about the Tea Party. They have now gone public with their disappointment in the grassroots organization. The NAACP used the platform of its 101st annual conference in Kansas City, Mo. to get real with the [...]
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I hate to keep beating this Alvin Greene horse to death. But, he keeps trying to get up off the ground and give me more to comment on. I just cannot help myself. South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate, Alvin Greene, is speaking a bit more to the media these days. Through his barrage of one-word [...]
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Puff-Puff-Pass! Could Cuban Cigars Come To An Ashtray Near You?
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Stevie.
Attention all smokers and fathers-to-be! The House of Representatives is weighing a plan to dismantle some key pieces of the trade embargo between Cuba and the United States. Could this mean that a strong Cuban cigar could be in your future, legally? I don’t smoke, but if you do, opportunity may await you. Of course, [...]
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