The Survey Says...Go To Jail!

And just who are these fans that want to send Vick
prison? Chances are they are white suburbanites
that don't want to see a black man succeed in the NFL.
How would they have voted had Vick been white? Well
I think we know the answer to that story. So what do you
think about this bruha, lets hear from ya.

According to a Gallup Poll survey released Wednesday, an overwhelming majority of fans want Michael Vick to do prison time after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge this week.

Fans also want the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback to receive a permanent ban from the National Football League, according to the survey that polled 1,001 adults via telephone interviews from Aug. 23 to 26.

According to the poll, taken after widespread news reports that he would plead guilty in the case, 58 percent said he should not be allowed to play in the NFL anymore. Only 22 percent said they would want the team they root for to try to acquire him should he return.

In addition, 35 percent said they believe he should serve a long prison sentence, 51 percent said they favored a short one, and 12 percent said they believe he should not serve any time.

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According to a Gallup Poll survey released Wednesday, an overwhelming majority of fans want Michael Vick to do prison time after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge this week.

Fans also want the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback to receive a permanent ban from the National Football League, according to the survey that polled 1,001 adults via telephone interviews from Aug. 23 to 26.

According to the poll, taken after widespread news reports that he would plead guilty in the case, 58 percent said he should not be allowed to play in the NFL anymore. Only 22 percent said they would want the team they root for to try to acquire him should he return.

In addition, 35 percent said they believe he should serve a long prison sentence, 51 percent said they favored a short one, and 12 percent said they believe he should not serve any time.

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Immigration Coverup?

Looks as if the Immigration Department is playing
a game of hide and seek with potential witnesses
in a case involving the death of an inmate. After
you read the article below give us your take on
the issue.


Two civil rights groups have urged the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the death of a transgender inmate at a San Pedro immigration detention center on grounds that the 23-year-old with AIDS was denied vital medical treatment.

In a letter sent to the department's Office of Inspector General on Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and New York-based Human Rights Watch also called for an inquiry into the apparent transfer to other immigration facilities of more than 20 detainees who saw the events leading up to the death of Victor Arellano on July 20.

The transfers, according to the organizations, occurred less than 24 hours before a Human Rights Watch official went to the San Pedro facility to interview some of the detainees.

Two of the witnesses were moved to an immigration facility in Texas, and the whereabouts of the others are unknown, the organizations said.

"The transfer of those witnesses not only affects their ability to defend themselves by disrupting access to family and legal counsel, but makes it more difficult to interview them for an investigation into Arellano's death," said Megan McLemore, the Human Rights Watch researcher.

She visited the facility on Aug. 22 and was one of the letter's authors. McLemore said she visited the San Pedro facility to interview two other HIV/AIDS patients and Arellano's cellmates as part of a report on medical care for such patients in detention.

But upon her arrival, she said, she discovered that more than 20 witnesses, all of whom had signed a petition protesting Arellano's treatment, had been transferred. Arellano's death has sparked an outcry among immigration rights officials and organizations that monitor the health of prisoners in federal and state facilities nationwide. About 30,000 illegal immigrants are in detention facilities throughout the country.

Two other unrelated deaths of detainees earlier this year triggered an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General into the quality of medical care at federal detention centers, a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) confirmed Tuesday.





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Canada Makeds It Difficult For Rappers!

At least that's according to a record executive so he's
subpoenaed a number of celebrities to testify at his
upcoming lawsuit if federal court. Your comments
are always welcomed.


*Oprah Winfrey, Condoleezza Rice, Snoop Dogg and Diddy are among the list of celebrities who have been subpoenaed in a racial profiling case in a Michigan Federal Court, reports TMZ.com.

The stars were commanded to appear for depositions in a lawsuit filed by Jerome Almon, who claims that Canada unfairly detains black rappers at the border. Almon alleges that Canadaian officials blame rappers for the increase in gang crime and gun violence in Toronto and Vancouver.

Other celebs subpoenaed for the case include Paris Hilton, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, DMX, Diddy, Jenna Jameson, Jay Z, 50 Cent, Eminem, Kobe Bryant, Spike Lee, Tom Sizemore, Martha Stewart and Heidi Fleiss.

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Atlanta Wants To Outlaw Baggy Pants

It's been tried before and failed so Atlanta wants
to give it a shot. But when you consider the current
conservative justices on the Supreme court this law
may have a chance. Do you think that the law goes
a little to far? After reading the article below feel free
to put in your two-cents on this issue.


Baggy pants that show boxer shorts or thongs would be illegal under a proposed amendment to Atlanta's indecency laws.

The amendment, sponsored by city councilman C.T. Martin, states that sagging pants are an "epidemic" that is becoming a "major concern" around the country.

"Little children see it and want to adopt it, thinking it's the in thing," Martin said Wednesday. "I don't want young people thinking that half-dressing is the way to go. I want them to think about their future."

The proposed ordinance would also bar women from showing the strap of a thong beneath their pants. They would also be prohibited from wearing jogging bras in public or show a bra strap, said Debbie Seagraves, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia.

The proposed ordinance states that "the indecent exposure of his or her undergarments" would be unlawful in a public place. It would go in the same portion of the city code that outlaws sex in public and the exposure or fondling of genitals.

The penalty would be a fine in an amount to be determined, Martin said.

But Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She said the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture.

"This is a racial profiling bill that promotes and establishes a framework for an additional type of racial profiling," Seagraves said





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Vick May Face Prison

Micheal Vick has agreed to a deal and prison time may
be part of the package. After reading the article below we
ask should Vick spend time in prison? Your comments are
welcomed.

Michael Vick has agreed to plead guilty to the federal dogfighting charges against him under a deal reached today between his attorneys and prosecutors, his lawyer said.

"Michael is prepared to take full responsibility for allowing any and all of this to happen," Vick's Washington-based attorney, William R. (Billy) Martin, said in a telephone interview. "He needs to put all of this behind him. He's 27 years old and he has a full life ahead of him. He wants to get back to the life he had before these issues."

Martin said that the Atlanta Falcons quarterback decided to accept the plea deal after talking to family members over the weekend. He declined to comment on the terms of the plea agreement.

But a source familiar with the case, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the terms of the deal were to be kept confidential, said that Vick likely will serve 12 to 18 months in prison.

Vick and his attorneys are scheduled to appear in federal court in Richmond next Monday. The deal still must be approved by the judge in the case and could collapse at any point until then.

Vick's three co-defendants in the case previously agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the prosecution.

Vick was charged with helping to operate a dogfighting ring based at a property owned by him in southeastern Virginia. He had been scheduled to go on trial Nov. 26.

State charges against Vick remain possible, and a source said that this deal with federal prosecutors does not address the issue of state charges.

NFL discipline against Vick is pending and likely will be determined, a source said, after Vick meets with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Last month, Goodell ordered Vick not to report to the Falcons' training camp and announced that Vick's playing status would be determined by a review being conducted by Washington attorney Eric Holder.

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Imus Is Bigger Than Ever!

When we came out in protest against Don Imus for
his sarcastic remarks about the Rutgers Women's
basketball team we really thought that we were
doing something good for our people. Well it looks
as if this whole Imus issue has backfired on us and
all we really did was give the man a paid vacation
and made him more in demand. After reading the
article below what should we do the next time an
issue like this arises?



NEW YORK -- U.S. broadcaster CBS has settled its termination dispute with fired radio shock jock Don Imus, the company said today, a possible step toward Imus going to work for a rival broadcaster.Imus was fired in April after referring to a mostly black university women's basketball team with a racial slur, generating a storm of controversy that led CBS Radio to cancel his popular "Imus in the Morning" show.

The Imus show was produced and broadcast by CBS-owned WFAN radio station in New York and syndicated on some 60 other stations across the United States. The show was also simulcast on cable television's MSNBC.CBS and MSNBC first decided to suspend Imus' show for two weeks after he said the Rutgers University women's basketball team looked like "nappy-headed hos."

"Nappy" is an antiquated term referring to coarse, curly hair, and "ho" is slang for whore.As calls to fire Imus grew, notably from New York civil rights leader Al Sharpton, MSNBC canceled the Imus show and CBS did so the next day."Don Imus and CBS Radio have mutually agreed to settle claims that each had against the other regarding the Imus radio program on CBS. The terms of the settlement are confidential and will not be disclosed," CBS said in a statement.

WFAN announced today that former NFL quarterback and CBS sports broadcaster Boomer Esiason, and Craig Carton, an afternoon FM talk radio host, would host a show that takes over Imus's former weekday morning time slot from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.Imus had threatened to sue CBS for breach of contract and hired famed lawyer Martin Garbus, who once represented politically incorrect comedian Lenny Bruce in the 1960s.





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Rev. Moss A Man For The Masses?

His appeal and influnce is growing more and more
everyday and his secret is in his rap or use of rap
lyrics. Rev. Otis Moss will take over the the pulpit
of Trinity United Church Of Christ in 2008. Read
the article below and get to know the charismatic
Rev Moss who is definetly a man of the future.


The Rev. Otis Moss III is striking in a raw way. Broad-faced, boyish and slender, the 36-year-old preacher looks more like a man who is consumed with fashion than the fate of sinners.

But when he steps into the large pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ -- the South Side church that presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) calls home -- and begins to preach, all eyes are drawn to him.

"JE-sus is the one who puts the devil in his p-la-ce," Moss says, stretching "place" into three syllables. The choir standing behind him, more than 100 strong, seems to fade away. Moss holds a microphone in one hand and moves his free hand to the beat of his sermon. He seems incapable of uttering a dead sentence.

For the next hour, Moss rolls Scripture and hip-hop lyrics around in the same thoughts as he criticizes the mind-set of young black males who'd rather play basketball than learn physics. He goes after Bush administration policies, the war in Iraq and the United States' free-market economy.

Such talk in any of the white churches across town would make the congregation squirm. Not so at Trinity, where the words are met with exuberant clapping, standing ovations and loud exclamations of "Yes, pastor!"

Named one of the "Twenty to Watch" ministers under 40 by the African American Pulpit magazine and one of the most influential African American religious leaders by the Web site Beliefnet.com, Moss was handpicked by Trinity's senior pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., to succeed him in 2008 because of Moss's growing reputation in reaching inner-city youths.





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Local Chapter Wants to Rein-In President

One local president of the NAACP has made the the cardinal
mistake of mpissing off his local membership and may pay the
ultimate price. By turning the presidency to a monarch Wayne
Jearld may soon find himself impeached. Check out the article
below and then feel free to add your two-cents.


Members of the Anne Arundel NAACP chapter are moving to oust their leader, accusing him of ruling autocratically and refusing to work with other community groups and activists.
Many of the area's most prominent civil rights leaders have turned against President Wayne Jearld since he became president of the local chapter in January, including some who supported him and helped him win that office.

In recent weeks, the chapter's executive committee approved a no-confidence vote in him. Members then circulated a petition seeking his resignation. They needed 20 signatures to start the impeachment process and received 44.
Jearld did not respond to calls for comment but said publicly last month that he plans to serve out his two-year term.

The petition has been forwarded to the national office of the NAACP in Baltimore, where officials will review it and decide how to proceed. A spokesman for the national office did not return calls from The Washington Post.

In the past, there have been controversies, such as challenges to the results of leadership elections. But this is the first time in the local chapter's history that its leader has been brought into the impeachment process, according to George Phelps Jr., an executive committee member.

The local chapter, and the national organization as a whole, has struggled in recent years with flagging membership and budget shortfalls.





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Editor Of Oakland Post Slain!

It's a sad day when the editor of the local African
American newspaper is slain. The killing has the
markings of a contract killing. Will we ever stop
this senseless slaughter of our own?


The editor of a weekly newspaper in Oakland was gunned down as he walked to work this morning in what police called a contract killing.Chauncey Bailey, 58, recently promoted to editor of the Oakland Post, was shot at 7:30 a.m. not far from his office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Witnesses told police that a gunman in dark clothing approached Bailey and shot him multiple times before fleeing. He was shot in the back and in the head.

Roland Holmgren, a spokesman for the Oakland Police Department, said officials were treating the crime as a contract killing "because of the witness statements, the shooter's mannerisms and how the crime was committed."Bailey, a former reporter for the Oakland Tribune, was promoted just a few months ago to editor of the Post, the largest African American-run newspaper in Northern California.Before his promotion, as a Post reporter, he mainly wrote political and human-interest stories.

He recently traveled to Vietnam for a story, said Gwendolyn Carter, advertising manager of the 50,000-circulation paper."He loved politics and writing about people," she said. "He just did a story on a lady who just recently found her son after 40 years of being separated."Holmgren said Bailey, who lived in Oakland, was known for his aggressive style of questioning public officials. But colleagues said he rarely did the kind of investigative stories that might have earned him enemies."People might be upset at him, but Chauncey didn't go around making enemies," Carter said. "He was a wonderful guy. He was my big brother, and I was his little sister."





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Whoppi Has The View!

Talk about adding heat to the fire, thats just what ABC
has done. Whoppi Goldberg has been added to cast of
The View. Will this move improve or detract from the
show? Lets hear what you think.


Rosie O’Donnell’s name wasn’t mentioned on “The View” Wednesday morning. But a few moments after Barbara Walters introduced Whoopi Goldberg to a live television audience as the show’s new moderator, replacing Ms. O’Donnell, Ms. Goldberg left no doubt that a new era was dawning.

With Ms. Walters sitting close at her side during a post-show interview backstage, Ms. Goldberg pledged to avoid stoking the drawn-out feuds — whether with the likes of Donald Trump, or Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a fellow panelist — that fueled Ms. O’Donnell’s on-camera persona like cans of gasoline. And while she expects that she and her new colleagues will sometimes disagree — about whom to support for president next year or the wisdom of the Iraq war, which Ms. Goldberg has vehemently opposed — she offered assurance that those arguments would never become personal, and that there was no place for grudges.

“We can have those discussions, and do it in a way people can talk,” Ms. Goldberg said, still clad in the untucked peach dress shirt and customized Converse-style sneakers she’d worn on that day’s show. “Sometimes you get excited, but you move on. You move it forward. You go on to the next thing. You don’t harbor any ill will. If you do, you deal with it — afterward.”

“This is how I roll,” she added. “I don’t think it’s necessary to fight with people over long periods of time. Life is way short. It’s scary how little time there is.”
For Ms. Walters, a co-owner (with ABC) and co-executive producer of “The View” as well as a panelist, the arrival of Ms. Goldberg, 52, is intended to restore some calm and civility to the show while still keeping it provocative. Ms. O’Donnell’s nine-month run was a period in which ratings spiked upward (and buzz crackled) but one in which her sledgehammer-in-hand approach ultimately and obviously began to beat down her fellow co-hosts.





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