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parliament ousted Prime based Haitian Lawyers
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8s ¥xveans 7. | wurad Alexis with ; had asked the public to give .
~~~ The Lil Willie Center | Edourad Alexis with a
Planting Vote of ono-confidence ?, _ the government 60 days to
On Earth Day -| The so-called ofood riots ? turn things around, and when
have reportedly left five nothing changed, people took
dead and scores wounded, Matters into their own hands.
as the 9,000-member On April 2, protests erupted.
United Nations in Les Cayes, Haiti Ts third-
peacekeeping force largest city, as ironically,
attempts to bring calmto Tapper Wyclef Jean urged his
the Western Hemisphere Ts | fellow countrymen to oturn
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GREENSBORO (NNPA) -
For political pundits, the
explosive controversy
spawned by the fiery
videotaped comments of Rev.
Jeremiah Wright was a near.
fatal blow to the historic
presidential aspirations of : 3
Sen. Barack Obama [D-III and change she says America |
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~ by others, to lead the nation © MOmentous first visit to North : Violence, .plans-have been Crime, but to also show oour
towards a critical dialogue on Carolina April 8 to campaign T GREENVILLE, NC - Inthe developed to raise the appreciation for positive
race, ond tigi n ies n for her husband, Michelle wake of recent gunfire in west i vaithonce to that lost of life partnerships between the Pitt
entrenched gaps that divide Obama, 44, spoke candidly Greenville ~ gunfire that was through a T series of rallies, Community College, City of
the American people, about how she encouraged mistakenly reported by the weeklong. vigils arid marches Greenville, East Carolina
him to leverage the national media to have taken place because that life could have University, the Little Willie
An opportunity her husband outrage over their former Her near the offices of the Lucille
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also called together too offset Pitt County, ?
the effects of any negative press These agencies whole
that may have attached itself to heartedly support activities
yuo : in i8sUes of safety. when that would reduce crime by
semi-retired police Captain participating in T programs finding ways to promote
9 pin oye a holt te provided by. these west general welfare oby setting up
away prompted community
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call for a rally putting into
action a strategy of response
Greenville community centers educational and parenting
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marches and rallies which Citizens Against Violence effective use of resources
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some violent __ inci added
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West Greenville, ms Sma introduce T CITIZENS organization could fulfill all
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personal upbringing, their lives health care to gas atthe asked a direct question, said that he was just sorry they _FactCheck -Org also stated:
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mother who at times hiad to
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sentenced to long prison
terms. Bill Clinton indeed. -
pardoned one and
commuted the sentence of
another, ?
Once again, Hillary Clinton
has demonstrated that in.
Politics, as in war, truth is
the first casualty. _
_ FactCheck.org stated, oIn fact,
nobody died as a result of
bombings in which Ayers said
he participated as part of the
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New York City Police...
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men Ts lavatory in the Capitol
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Pentagon in 1972. The deaths
to which Clinton referred were
_ of three Weather Underground
members who died when their
own * Tbomb factory ? exploded
townhouse.on March 6, 1970.
Ayers was not present, Also,
two police officers were
murdered in connection with
the robbery of a Brinks
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already underway in Eastern
Clinton also tried to scare
~ voters by trying to link
Obama to radical terrorists of
the 1960s and 1970s, She.
-Singled out William Ayers a.
former member of the
Weather Underground. The
issue was first raised by
George Stephanopoulous, the
co-moderator, but continued
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George E. Curry, former
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magazine and the NNPA
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speaker, moderator, and
media coach. He can be
reached through his Web
"Site, WWW.georgecurry.com, .
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Senator Obama served ona
board with Mr. Ayers fora.
period of time, the Woods "
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mec Fran ~~ those are incredibly important
as Pennsylvania towns are bitter pte cial. doom directorship position. And, if
t. It Ts almost and cling to.their guns and otaking prominence in our _ " ! Tm not mistaken, that |
that a United States senator religion while rejecting people Politics. ? ~~ telationship with Mr. Ayers
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hold your breath for that
one. But getting-back to the
sensible side of things, in
the Democratic bento |
governor, we're impressed
with the work and oS ,
commitmentof Richard
Moore. Yes, we realize that
Clinton majored in the minor .
during the debate'when she
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than the sycophants and the:
wealthy war barons vote for
McCain? The opposite of the
High Life is the low life, and
this country has been mired
in the low life for nearly
eight years now; and some
was in intemational issues,
He admitted he knows very
little about economic issues.
What's left? How about
healthcare, education, enerpy,
and employment? "
The first thing this guy does
is traipse off to Israel, instead
of New Orleans, to assure
folks halfway around the
_ World that we are there for
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for five years, with no end in
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oSo? ? This draft-dodging,
ferment grabbing,
egomaniacal, jingoistic,
contradiction of the ~ who
gives new meaning to the.
title of ovice ? President,
uld have been kicked out
years ago,
But, wehave folks in othe
party ? who support him to
the end. Dems are obviously
afraid pa his .
ant, flippant, disregard
for whe 66% of Americans
think about his war, as well
as what 80% negatively
think about him. He thumbs
his nose at us, flips us the
bird, and takes a cruise in the
needs imatl dione than that
Oops! Maybe not. Bush did
eight years, didn Tt h
so dumb
So get ready, just in case. Get
ready for more war, more °
needless death, more insulting
excuses and rationales, more
*
economic hardships
» More
corporate Welfare, more -
invasions of sovereign
nations, more cuts in services,
more high pricesfor. |
essentials of life, more lies,
more arrogani
disrespected, and
more thievery, moré fear-
mongering, more invasion of
privacy, more Clarence
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_ absentee ballots,
_ whether you choose to cast
Tuesday, May 6, we hope that
election to the NC Court of
Appeals, and newly appointed
_ House District 18 Rep.
paulding Hughes. From now -
until May 3", registered voters
can Cast early one-stop
So
ballot now, or wait until
you will consider The Minority
Voice friendly
recommendations for public
office. And vote! "
Make no mistake: THIS is
one Telection year where you
absolutely MUST be counted!
Governor of NC -
__ Richard Moore
~ By now you've heard the
controversy surrounding a new.
TV ad
Treasurer Richard Moore and
Lt, Gov. Beverly Perdue, who
are Compet-ing in the T.
Democratic gubernatorial
NC Republican Party
. Which will blast state
Andy Griffith of all people
. Carolina from th
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But Richard Moore has
displayed asolid
commitment to the issues
that are important to North
vi ;
beginning, and during his
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ture, the NC Dept. o
Crime Control and Public
Safety, and as state
Treasurer, he has tackled
taising North Carolina's
minimum wage, bringing.
more good paying jobs to
tvocating for tn ng
Opportunity for blacks in
stale government.
During an NC NAACP *
debate last January, Moore
promised, if elected
governor, that he would ms
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19, Sign up for an RSS
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syndication ? feed reader.
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21 Put the freeze on identity
theft,
22Analyze your investing
strategy. | |
23.Hedge your portfolio.
24.Use your mobile aia for
everything.
25.Switch to geothermal
26. Get a raise.
21. Click on compact
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28.Set up a Roth 401 (k). a 49. Pick up the next Harry
29.Use software to catalog
your property.
30.Donate your money better -
to charity,
31. Take your kids i into the
voting booth.
32. Remember the life of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
33. Listen better.
34, Learn American Sign
Language.
35. Stop drinking bottled
water.
36. Adoptadog.
37. Volunteer for your local .
fire department. |
38. Recycle your Christmas
tree, |
39. Share ideas at
changemakers.net. |
40. Commit orandom acts of
kindness. ?
41. Avoid recalls: Make your
own toys.
42. Go see a play or musical.
43. Visit Shea Stadium or
Yankee Stadium before
they Tre gone.
44, Avoid air travel delays.
45. Try wines from unex-
pected places.
46. Brew a better cup of "
coffee.
47, Be daffy: Celebrate Tex
Avery Ts birthday
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Duck and gave Bugs
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phrase).
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Taken from U. S. NEWS &
WORLD REPORI,
December 21, 2007/January
2008.
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TALK BACK
No more sweets
With childhood obesity on the
rise, along with other weight-
related health i issues, such as
Type Il diabetes and heart
disease, educators most "
definitely r need to serve their
students healthy foods. (NEA,
April 2007) |
Vital Statistics .
2,825 children and teens
killed by guns
From 2003 to 2007, 2 495.
US. soldiers killed in combat "
in Iraq
58 preschoolers killed by
guns
57 law enforcement officials
killed in the line of duty "
45 billion dollars the United
State would save if the num-
ber of dropouts were cut in
half.
(NEA, April 2007)
Debate
Question: Should students be
suspended for inappropriate
Inappropriate dress includes:
Wearing revealing clothing
T-shirts promoting sexual:
behavior, alcohol, and drug,
abuse
Clothing designed to Totfénd «
caucus, Smiley warned on
_ Joyner Ts show: TDon Tt fall so
madly in love [with Obama}
that-you surrender your power
to hold people
Joyner show that he stood by
his criticism,
. oIt Ts all about account-
ability, ? he said at the
time.Since then, amid
Smiley has epped up his
critiques, contending that
Obama wasn Tt sufficiently
attentive to issues involving
African-Americans.
Smiley is the author of the
best-selling TCovenant With
Black America ? and hosts
self-named interview shows
on PBS and Public Radio
International. He formerly
hosted a show on Black
_ Haiti food shortage:
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Minority Voice April 18 - April 24, 2008 pg4
stomachs, ? Muhammad told
the AmNews,. _ i
Haitiaction. Net reports that
signs of the recent discord
had been mounting for two
months, as hunger and
unemployment had forced to
poor Haitians to choose
between eating'or sending
their children to school, but,
Muhammad says there are no
schools to send the children
to.
Activists are also saying the
international press continues
to obscure the reality of
hunger and misery in Haiti.
It's the UN, they say, that °
continues to push the idea
that the only thing standing
between Prosperity in Haiti
was merely the perception by
thé poor of hunger and
disease. © :
On January 29, the ©
Associated Press published a
story, oPoor Haitians Resort
to Eating Dirt. ?
oWith food prices rising, _
Haiti Ts poorest can Tt afford
even a daily plate of rice, ?
the AP said, The Story said
Haitians had taken to eating
a ocookie made of dried ~
yellow dirt. ?
Muhammad admits that
people are eating the mud
cookies. oPeople are not
being forced to eat the mud
cakes, but it is a way to stop
_ the hunger, ? he'said,
Wesley Snipes and
Tax Evasion
Problems By Rosa
Hayes,
Wesley Snipes has been
convicted on three counts of __.
tax evasion for the years of
1999-2001; He will serve
three years in prison, which is
the maximum sentence for
these charges. Wesley Snipes
is out on bond pending which
prison he will be serving his
jail time in. Snipe Ts atton
is trying to persuade the judge
into allowing Wesley Snipes
fo serve his time near his .
town in New Jersey so
that he can be close to his
family, as reported by the
Village Voice.
Denying the IRS their
is something that you should
try to avoid, Through all of
my years with filing taxes |
had never had to pay in
before, but in 2006; I was
ordered to pay just over
$1,000 to the IRS.
The amount that I owed
wasn't much, but somehow it
slipped my mind and the year
went by without me paying a
dime to them.
The following year when I
went to file my taxes, the tax
professional told me that I
showed to owe the IRS some
money, I laughed because |
thought that she was joking.
Turns out that the joke was on
me, and I was going to be in a
lot of trouble if I did not pay
them the money that was
owed,
I asked that the money be
taken out of my tax refund but
somehow only a part of the
money was taken out,
A couple of months later, |
receive a nice little letter in
Pres. Preval has announced "
fertilizer subsidies for
farmers to boost production ©
and a government plan to
promote the production of --
eggs, chickens, and rice. .
And he called for solidarity,
asking the affluent, including
government workers, to share
their wealth with the
impoverished,
Laurent tells the AmNews
that what is happening today
in Haiti is a direct-result of
what she called the coup
d'etat by President George
Bush when he sent Marines
to remove the democratically
elected President Jean-
Bertrand Aristide back in
2004. Immediately after the
coup, Bush said: oThis
ogovernment believes it --
essential that Haiti have a
hopeful future. This is the
_ beginning of new chapter in
the country Ts history. ?
But, Laurent disagrees
vehemently. oAfter
Aristide Ts removal, Haiti
descended into a nightmare
of political violence.
Community activists were
murdered, and former
Lavalas parliamentarians
were jailed, ? she said.
oAll schools are closed, there
are no jobs, 4,000 young men
in jails, children have
become prostitutes for the
UN peacekeepers. They "
came to give us democracy
the mail saying that either I
pay it or it will be taken out
of my pay each week. | i
decided to call the IRS to see
what my options were.
After talking the IRS
representative I learned that
if I do not pay them that they
would eventually take me to -
court over this and that it
. Would either be taken out of
my pay or I would spend
time in jail. I decided that I
had better pay them.
The amount that I owed
grew to a lot larger number
after the interest and their
fees where added on; | also
found out that the IRS will
only allow you so much time
to pay the money back, They
gave me a whopping two
months to pay it back,
The IRS likes for you to pay
the money that you owe
them in full even before .
paying the interest. The good
news is that once yeu get the
amount owed paid off, the
interest will stop and you
ill have more time to pay
that amount back,
The best thing for you to do
is to pay the IRS back as
ickly as possible because
dey do not mess around ._.
when it comes to their
money.
The activist attorney told the
_ oThe Haitian exile "
_ dedicated observers of what
- activist, and past president of
TransAfrica Forum:
Fletcher says Haiti has all but
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and turned Haiti into a
brothel, ? stated Laurent.
Currently Aristide and his
Wife reside in exile in South
Africa. |
AmNews that Haitians feel
they are fighting their fight
alone. oWhere is the African
American community? ? she
asked. ; Ke,
oWe Haitians in the Diaspora
have been keeping home on
our front burner because we
have managed to send almost
$ 2 billion to our relatives:
and without that it, would be
hell for Haitians, ? she said,
community in the US are
is happening on the ground in ,
Haiti, ? states Bill Fletcher,Jr.,
international labor writer and "
Elect
Corey L. Rhodes|
" Boardof
Education
District Seat 4B
paid for by the Corey L. Rhodes Committee |
disappeared from public
view, especially in the
African American
community, which he ee |
believes simply dropped the -
ball after Aristide Ts
kidnapping. .
oIt is necessary that African
American media outlets
realize how vital they are in
revealing the truth; whether
print, radio, television, or
Internet, ? Fletcher said.
enkins our State Senator.
oFifty and still looking good..... ? Shown above i is Mr: Dallas Little and members of the
Holly Hill Church who recently celebrated his wife T Sister Pam Little Ts birthday at the
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