Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 660

ETAN THOMAS: Cornell West And Tavis Smiley Are Wrong — Obama Hasn't Failed The Poor

Source: Etan Thomas / CNN I have the utmost respect for Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley. Their accomplishments are vast. Dr. West, an academic philosopher at Princeton University, has for decades spoken up for the poor. Tavis Smiley, talk show host and author, has always used his platform to discuss the issues of the black community and the country as a whole. President Obama said during the 2008 campaign that we should be able to disagree without being disagreeable. [...]

Apple Reportedly Loses Another iPhone Prototype In Another Bar

Source: John D. Sutter / CNN CNN has not confirmed this report, and CNET says there are very few details available about what actually happened. Apple declined to comment on the story. "This year's lost phone seems to have taken a more mundane path: it was taken from a Mexican restaurant and bar and may have been sold on Craigslist for $200," Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh write on that site, citing an unnamed source who is said to be [...]

Dispute Erupts Over Timing Of President Obama's Address To Congress

Source: CNN Washington - Top House Republicans objected Wednesday to President Barack Obama's sudden request to deliver an economic address to a joint session of Congress on the evening of September 7, arguing that the White House failed to provide enough time for the chamber to complete its legislative business that day. More specifically, GOP leaders cited security concerns, noting that the White House requested use of the House chamber for an 8 p.m. address — less than two hours [...]

Reuters Exclusive: Condoleezza Rice Fires Back At Cheney Memoir

Source: Arshad Mohammed /Reuters Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney's contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea. "I kept the president fully and completely informed about every in and out of the negotiations with the North Koreans," Rice said in her first [...]

Will Shanelle Jackson Face Off Against Rep. John Conyers?

Source: The Detroit News Detroit — Saying Michigan needs more female representation in Congress, state Rep. Shanelle Jackson says she is a candidate for the newly reconstituted 13th District that lacks a true incumbent. Jackson, D-Detroit, told the Detroit News today that she will formally make the announcement next week, joining her colleague and State Sen. Bert Johnson, D-Highland Park, who declared his candidacy Tuesday. "We don't have a woman in Congress from the state of Michigan that's under 40 [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Ignore Boehner. Take it to the streets, Mr. President!

When President Barack Obama was a community organizer in Chicago and the powers that be were ignoring the voice of the people, he and others would lead the regular folks to the streets to show their dissatisfaction with the status quo. Now that House Speaker John Boehner has tried to trump the president in his request to speak before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, citing "security" concerns, Obama should ignore them and make his major jobs bill announcement [...]

Former Colin Powell Aide Says Dick Cheney Fears Being Charged As A War Criminal

Source: CBS News The sniping between Dick Cheney and his erstwhile Bush administration colleagues ratcheted up Tuesday when a long-time aide to Colin Powell said the former vice president is afraid of being prosecuted as a war criminal. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to Powell when he was secretary of state in the first term of President George W. Bush, said Cheney has changed into an unrecognizable figure since his time as secretary of defense under [...]

Soaring Black Unemployment: Will It Cut Into Pres. Obama's African-Americfan Support? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin joins Wolf Blitzer in The Situation Room to discuss President Obama's recent interview with Tom Joyner on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Will soaring unemployment in the African-American community cut into President Obama's support from Black voters?

TJMS: Mike Vick Signs New $100 Million Deal; Still Owes Creditors, Atlanta Falcons

Roland Martin talks with ESPN blogger Roy Johnson about Michael Vick's new $100 million contract. For more information about Roy Johnson visit http://fitlivewin.wordpress.com/.

Wisconsin Teacher Retirements Double After Cuts To Benefits And Collective Bargaining

Source: Scott Bauer / The Huffington Post Madison, Wis. – When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake of a new law that forces them to pay more for benefits while taking away most of their collective bargaining rights. Documents obtained by The Associated Press under the state's open records law show that about twice as many public school teachers [...]