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Hector Jackson (C), who impersonates the late US pop star Michael Jackson, gestures while he takes part in the "I do dance Thriller" event which attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest mass "Thriller" dance, in Mexico City, on August 29. Up to 15,000 people are expected to take part in a potentially record breaking mass performance of Michael Jackson's famed "Thriller" dance on the day he would have turned 51.
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A long line of fire marches west towards the communities of Acton and Sunland-Tujanga on August 31 in Los Angeles, California. At least 18 homes were destroyed and 12,000 more homes and 500 commercial buildings are being threatened in the fire which already took two lives. The wildfire, which broke out Wednesday afternoon near a ranger station and the Angeles Crest Highway above La Canada Flintridge, has forced thousands of evacuations.
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Venus Williams of the United States reaches for a shot against Vera Dushevina of Russia during day one of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, in Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
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A Kenyan Muslim child reads verses from the Quran, Islam's holy book, on the fifth day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a Madrassa (Religion School), in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 26. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, where observants fast from dawn till dusk.
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Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center on August 28, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is scheduled for a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
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Host Vanessa Williams performs with dancer Gilles Marini onstage at the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, in Los Angeles, California.
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A girl plays with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms Wednesday with 100 tons of tomatoes in the yearly food fight known as the 'Tomatina' now in its 64th year.
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Tom Wainaina recounts the events that lead to his being burned over most of his upper body August 26 in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Wainaina was burned by a group of men during post-election violence in Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election. Ethnic-tribal violence left over 1,000 people dead. The non-governmental organization (NGO) Concern, in cooperation with local Kenyan groups, has launched a campaign to provide the urban poor with cash grants to start a business or get back on their feet after suffering disproportionately from post-election violence in 2007. The money is transferred to the recipients via a mobile phone which insures a safe and simple financial transaction to customers who don?t have bank accounts. Wainaina is one of dozens of Kibera residents to receive the assistance of a cash grant. Hairdressers, grocery stores and food vendors are just some of the businesses that have been financed through the program.
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People standing near the grave of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) look at the grave of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) at Arlington National Cemetery August 30, in Arlington, Virginia. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) was buried yesterday next to his brothers President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) after he died of brain cancer on August 25.
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US President Barack Obama takes out his daughters Malia (R) and Sasha (2nd L) and niece Suhaila Ng (L) to shop in the Alleys general store on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 30, 2009.
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By: athena on 9/04/2008 3:55PM
Good Luck, I think its not sterotyping Black Republicans, or the conservative nature, I think we are all conservative on some issues and liberal on other issues, I think when you have Black republicans who will go along with unfair attacks and now they don't agree with their party, don't stand up and say so. It was many of their fellow blacks that die for them to have the right to choose and vote Republicans, just like for them to remember.
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By: Keith on 9/04/2008 4:06PM
That interviewer sounds like an idiot
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By: amanda on 9/04/2008 5:05PM
Ooooh baby! That interviewer rocks my world! His voice is so fiiiine!
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By: Deb Laughing all the way to November on 9/04/2008 4:42PM
Give me a break,,,,,,,,I accept that all of Black Americans are not Democrats. I also know that Black America used to be Republicans,,,,,but this day in age at this time you gotta be kidding me. I say you guys/gals need to re read the Republican platform. And let me ask you. How many Black Americans live in Alaska.
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By: P.Braun on 9/04/2008 4:57PM
Well one of the great things the Civil Rights movement did was give us all the right to affiliate ourselves anyway we want. If a black person wants to be hard line conservative, they can be. There are plenty of reasons why some of them want to be and it's no one's business but their's. No one cries when the latino community votes republican though the GOP is heavy advocates of immigration bills. You think hispanics don't realize the Republicans are only courting them for votes but would deport them and all their families in a heartbeat?
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By: JOEB on 9/04/2008 5:41PM
Uncle Tom!!!
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By: Dave on 9/04/2008 6:24PM
WOW, IT TOOK 6 POSTS BEFORE SOMEONE YELLED "UNCLE TOM!" This blog is getting better. Keep up the same as usual politics. You liberals are funny. "how many blacks are in Alaska?" Wow! Thats a huge leap...kind of like leaping from Obama and his relationship with...well, everyone...strange. Curious, how come we don't see Obamas friends in interviews like we see Palins and McCains? No friends? Must be something to that!
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By: EPMD on 9/04/2008 6:29PM
Hip hop isn't a color. I don't think Obama is hip hop. I'm pretty sure Obama is closest to "Uncle Tom." Why the pass? My guess is that I know much more about hip hop than Obama. What is it that liberals do for blacks? They think you aren't smart enough to make it on your own. They know you will vote 90% with them. What do you think Republicans have against blacks? Bush has more blacks and minorities in his cabinet...THINK FOR YOURSELVES...ITS MORE FUN.
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By: brett on 9/04/2008 6:40PM
This guy is intelligent and well brought up which is a rare in the inner city community. He is probably republican because he realizes thats its not governmetns responsibility to change the inner city it starts with parents and roll models and good values and those are things the republican platform is strong on. that is why he is a republican he recognizes the real answer to the inner city quandry.
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By: Brittanicus on 9/04/2008 6:51PM
True Conservatives are correct about any immigration legislation. Somewhere around 80 percent of the US population want enforcement of our borders and strict laws to stop the illegal alien invasion. So where does Governor Sarah Palin stand on the festering issue? Neither party for decades have shown any real basis to trust them? Illegal immigration has got out-of-control and the estimated numbers put out by the administration has been doctored. The laws enacted after the 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli bill gave 3 million guest workers a chance at citizenship. Ted Kennedy who was the floor manager for this Federal bill promised no more Amnesty. He lied to the American people. Within the Bush reign Kennedy tried, with a complement of both parties, all but secretly nearly passed another bill. However when the people heard of this silent conspiracy their voices were heard loud and clear. NO AMNESTY! NO PATH TO CITIZENSHIP!
It costs the taxpayer to much money. It's stealing jobs from citizens and legal residents and offers nothing to America, but OVERPOPULATION and chain migration.The major issue was the loophole that was inserted called the "Family Reunification Act." New immigrant citizens could bring in parents and siblings, who could bring in their spouses. They, in turn, could bring in their family members--a chain migration. By 1970, there were so many disabled, and elderly parents that the government had to assist them. The government started Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and even SDI. That also included Medicaid, and some got food stamps and a housing allowances.
It's outcome is family reunion and extra costs for the disabled, mentally sick and elderly that never paid into the system. US.Taxpayers would be forever paying for the extended families and all those they sponsor.
Everybody is crying about the Economy? But do you realize the amount of money taxpayers are contributing to the lifestyles of illegal aliens.You are supporting their free health care, education and more than the unsuspecting taxpayers realizes. Forcibly assign to you by the parasite employers all around us. Both Presidential candidates are going to deliver to their corporate donors and special interest groups AMNESTY! That will lead to OVERPOPULATION, because the census estimates we will another 120 million more mouths to feed in just twenty years. A 50% increase in people. But what about the millions, just waiting to scramble across our undermanned border?
The SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) is our last chance. Read about America’s Optional Future – 439 Million by Mid-Century. Can we afford this future? We are importing poverty in large numbers at our undermanned borders. Democrats are mainly to blame. A sham of an underfunded border fence. WE MUST TELL THESE HIRED HELP IN WASHINGTON DEC, AND ELECTED OFFICIAL WE NEED HARSHER PENALTIES, FOR THOSE WHO STEAL ACROSS OUR BORDER. WE NEED THE FEDERAL SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) NOW. UNRESTRICTED FACTS AT NUMBERSUSA, CAPSWEB.
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