Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 641

Millions To Lose Unemployment Benefits In 2012 If Congress Doesn't Act

Source: CNN Money NEW YORK – Millions of unemployed Americans are waiting for Congress to do something other than trade barbs over their job creation plans. If lawmakers don't act soon, the jobless see their unemployment checks start to disappear come January. More than 6 million Americans are set to lose federal unemployment benefits in 2012, with 1.8 million running out in January alone, according to new figures from the National Employment Law Project. President Obama's $447 billion American Jobs [...]

"Occupy" Plans March On Millionaires In N.Y.C.

Source: AP / CBS News NEW YORK – Protesters are taking their anti-Wall Street demonstration uptown, to the doorsteps of some of the city's wealthiest. Occupy Wall Street is planning a "Millionaire's March" Tuesday, which will wind past the Upper East Side apartments of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch; JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon; and billionaire and Tea Party-funder David Koch, among others, CBS Station WCBS reports. The march begins at 12:30 p.m. at 59th Street and 5th [...]

President Obama Goes On The Attack, To Democrats' Delight

Source: David Nakamura and Paul Kane / The Washington Post There is a noticeably more aggressive, confrontational President Obama roaming the country these days, selling his jobs plan and attacking Republicans for standing in the way of progress by standing up only for the rich. In Texas on Tuesday, the president went after a leading Republican by name: "Yesterday the Republican majority leader in Congress, Eric Cantor, said that right now he won't even let this jobs bill have a [...]

Herman Cain To "Occupy Wall Street" Protesters: Don't Blame Wall St, Blame Yourself (VIDEO)

Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News As the "Occupy Wall Street" protests enter their third week and spread to cities across the country, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is expressing skepticism about the demonstrations. "What do they want?" Cain asked when asked about the protests in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "I don't have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of [...]

POTUS Statement On The Passing Of Civil Rights Leader Fred Shuttlesworth

Source: President Barack Obama Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth today. As one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Reverend Shuttlesworth dedicated his life to advancing the cause of justice for all Americans. He was a testament to the strength of the human spirit. And today we stand on his shoulders, and the shoulders of all those who marched and sat and lifted their voices to help perfect our [...]

JACQUIE HOOD MARTIN: Slow Your Road

"The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty." Proverbs 21:5 Slow down. Take your time. Stop to smell the roses. These and other sayings are structured to tell us to prepare before we go off half-cocked! When you plan, you find a greater reward for the work you do. Yet the flip side is that when we do not plan and prepare we find that when problems arise or a glitch comes along, we [...]

'Obama Fried Chicken' Raises Eyebrows (VIDEO)

"Obama Fried Chicken" has critics finger lickin' mad. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports. WATCH:

President Obama To Blast Cantor For Blocking Jobs Bill

Source: USA Today President Obama will blame House Republican leader Eric Cantor for blocking his jobs package when he speaks later today in Mesquite, Texas. The attack on a single House member demonstrates Obama's resolve in pushing the full $447 billion jobs plan, despite House Republicans' objections and the inability of Senate Democrats to round up enough votes. "Yesterday, the Republican majority leader in Congress, Eric Cantor, said that right now, he won't even let the jobs bill have a [...]

Shutdown Averted Again: Congress Passes Temporary Government Funding Bill

Source: AP / The Huffington Post The House voted to fund the government for an additional six weeks on Tuesday, giving President Barack Obama and lawmakers more time to work out some $1 trillion of unfinished agency budgets for the fiscal year already days old. The 352-66 final vote comes in time to send it to Obama ahead of the midnight deadline for a government shutdown. The passage of the bill gives lawmakers additional time for what is sure to [...]

iPhone 4S Officially Announced With A5 CPU

Source: Engadget Tim Cook just pulled the covers off of the hotly-anticipated iPhone 4S here in Cupertino. On the outside the 4S looks exactly like its predecessor, but on the inside it's "all new." Apple has jammed a dual-core A5 CPU inside alongside a new dual-core GPU that supposedly boosts graphics performance by up to 7x. Up front is the same Retina display we've all come to know and love, and a glass back. That antenna around the sides (which [...]