Sunday, February 22, 2009

Shut the New York Post down!!!

The New York Post gets it wrong as African Americans know how in the past gorillas and chimps have been used to poke fun and ridicule at us.
Obama racist cartoon is no joke. The New York Post is caught in a time warp. It just does'nt get in. its time we show the world that its a new day We will not tolerate a racist mindset . this is the age of OBAMA! Down with the racist Post. Boycott, or whatever. Join the NAACP,Rev. Sharpton,Spike Lee, and others. NAACP calls for firing of N.Y. Post cartoonist,http://tinyurl.com/burtrx do you agree? Fire the bum! Shut the Post down!!!

Monday, February 09, 2009

THE IMPACT FOR MARYLAND -REINVESTMENT PLAN

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT PLAN:
THE IMPACT FOR MARYLAND
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is a nationwide effort to create jobs, jumpstart growth and transform our economy for the 21st century. Across the country, this plan will help businesses create jobs and families afford their bills while laying a foundation for future economic growth in key areas like health care, clean energy, education and a 21st century infrastructure. In Maryland, this plan will deliver immediate, tangible impacts, including:
Creating or saving 70,000 jobs over the next two years. Jobs created will be in a range of industries from clean energy to health care, with over 90% in the private sector. [Source: White House Estimate based on Romer and Bernstein, "The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." January 9, 2009.]
Providing a making work pay tax cut of up to $1,000 for 2,210,000 workers and their families. The plan will make a down payment on the President’s Making Work Pay tax cut for 95% of workers and their families, designed to pay out immediately into workers’ paychecks. [Source: White House Estimate based on IRS Statistics of Income]
Making 53,000 families eligible for a new American Opportunity Tax Credit to make college affordable. By creating a new $2,500 partially refundable tax credit for four years of college, this plan will give 3.8 million families nationwide – and 53,000 families in Maryland – new assistance to put college within their reach. [Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of U.S. Census data]
Offering an additional $100 per month in unemployment insurance benefits to 242,000 workers in Maryland who have lost their jobs in this recession, and providing extended unemployment benefits to an additional 40,000 laid-off workers. [Source: National Employment Law Project]
Providing funding sufficient to modernize at least 138 schools in Maryland so our children have the labs, classrooms and libraries they need to compete in the 21st century economy. [Source: White House Estimate]
In addition to this immediate assistance for Maryland, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will help transform our economy by:
Doubling renewable energy generating capacity over three years, creating enough renewable energy to power 6 million American homes.
Computerizing every American’s health record in five years, reducing medical errors and saving billions of dollars in health care costs.
Launching the most ambitious school modernization program on record, sufficient to upgrade 10,000 schools.
Enacting the largest investment increase in our nation’s roads, bridges and mass transit systems since the creation of the national highway system in the 1950s.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/White_House_Releases_Additional_State1.pdf

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Who Do You Call?

Desirée Rogers, a longtime friend of the Obamas and the incoming White House social secretary . http://tinyurl.com/b2dhoyNow that one email address I sure would like to have! Also make sure too keep her advised of all the events in The Power Magazine http://tinyurl.com/aqbhh3that might help her stay abreast of happening in MD & DC!