By Ruth Manuel-Logan on Jun 8th 2010 3:54PM
Filed under: News, Politics
Desiree Rogers, the former White House social secretary who "left" to seek greener pastures after a
major security faux paux occurred under her watch, was recently hired by
Johnson Publishing Co., the owners of
Jet and
Ebony magazines, as a consultant.
Rogers, who is known for her love of haute couture and media exposure, will join the ranks of Ebony's newly hired editor-in-chief Amy Dubois Barnett.
No specific details have been released about the consulting duties, but a Johnson Publishing spokesperson stated that Rogers will help with corporate strategy.
After two posers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, gained entry into the White House last year for a State Dinner and got too close for comfort to President Barack Obama, all eyes fell on Rogers. She oversaw the evening's planning, remained mum about her role in the breach and the Secret Service director took the public hit. Soon afterward, though, Rogers, after much public hoopla, announced that she was going to seek employment in the private sector, because she "likes meritocracies."
Rogers was replaced by Washington insider Julianna Smoot.
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By: candace9685 on 6/09/2010 11:10PM
We all are human beings. When will we all be able to say that and that only?
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By: Keith on 6/10/2010 3:33AM
The Myth: People on welfare are usually black, teenage mothers who stay on ten years at a time.
Fact: Most welfare recipients are non-black, adult and on welfare less than two years at a time.
Here are the statistics on welfare recipients:
Race
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White 38.8%
Black 37.2
Hispanic 17.8
Asian 2.8
Other 3.4
Time
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Less than 7 months 19.0%
7 to 12 months 15.2
One to two years 19.3
Two to five years 26.9
Over five years 19.6
These are facts - Hard Numbers - Its just easy to say only Blacks are sucking system. But the truth is they are only part of the problem. "whites" also the problem. But where are the right wing conservatives on this ... Poor show black...
I'm not saying Black/African American don't have problems... but lets get the facts straight and not fall into "false info." Use your head... Please.
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