February 27, 2008
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Farrakhan: Obama is ‘Hope of the Entire World’
(AP) — In his first major public
address since a cancer crisis. Na­
tion o f Islam M in ister L ouis
Farrakhan said Sunday that presi­
dential candidate Barack Obama is
the "hope of the entire world" that
the U.S. will change for the better.
The 74-year-old Farrakhan, ad­
dressing an estim ated crow d of
20,000 people at the annual Sav­
iours' Day celebration, never out-
rig h tly e n d o rse d O b am a but
spent m ost o f the nearly two-
hour speech praising the Illinois
senator.
"This young man is the hope of
the entire world that America will
change and be made better,” he
said. "This young man is capturing
audiences of black and brown and
red and yellow. Ifyoulookat Barack
Obama’s audiences and look at the
effect of his words, those people
are being transformed.”
Farrakhan compared Obama to
the r e lig io n ’s fo u n d e r, Fard
Nation o f Islam leader Louis Farrakhan delivers a speech in
observance of Saviours' Day on Sunday in Chicago.
G a rm e n ts Ig n ite D eb ate
Civil Rights
(AP) — A photograph circulat­
ing in the Internet of Sen. Barack
Obama dressed in traditional local
garments during a visit to Kenya in
2006 is causing a dustup in the
presidential campaign over what
constitutes a smear.
T he p h o to g rap h p o rtra y s
Obama wearing a white turban and
a wraparound white robe presented
to him by elders in Wajir, in north­
eastern Kenya. Obama’s estranged
late father was Kenyan and Obama
visited the country in 2006, attract­
ing thousands of well-wishers.
The gossip and news website
The Drudge Report posted the pho­
tograph Monday and said it was
being circulated by “Clinton staff­
ers” and quoted an e-mail from an
unidentified campaign aide.
In December, ahoax e-mail falsely
said Obama is a Muslim. Obama is
a member of the United Church of
Christ and says he has never been
aMuslim.
Activist
Muhammad, who also had a white
mother and black father.
“A black man with a white
mother became a savior to us," he
told the crowd of mostly follow­
ers. "A black man with a white
mother could turn out to be one
whocan lift America from her fall.”
Obama campaign spokesman
Bill Burton said, "Sen. Obama has
been clear in his objections to
Minister Farrakhan's past pro­
nouncements and has not solic­
ited the minister's support.”
Farrakhan has drawn attention
for calling Judaism a “gutter reli­
gion" and suggesting crack co­
caine might have been a CIA plot
to enslave blacks.
In recent years, however, offi­
cials with the Nation of Islam have
promoted unity and tolerance
among religions. Farrakhan now
often quotes the texts of other
religions, such as the Bible, in his
speeches.
Dies at 97
Led bus boycott
with Rosa Parks
Sen. Barack Obama, D-lll.
(right), is dressed as a Somali
Elder by Sheikh Mahmed
Hassan, during his August
2006 visit to a rural area in
northeastern Kenya, near the
borders with Somalia and
Ethiopia.
(AP) — Johnnie Carr, who
joined childhood friend Rosa
Parks in the historic Montgom­
ery bus boycott and became a
prominent civil-rights activist
over the past half century, died
Friday. She was 97.
Carr succeeded the Rev. Mar­
tin Luther King Jr. as president of
the Montgomery Improvement
Association in 1967, a post she
held at her death. It was the newly
formed association that led the
boycott of city buses in the Ala­
bama capital in 1955 after Parks,
a black seamstress, was arrested
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understand it. My sister has a col­
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nice friends. You would think that
after a while, she would be tired of
financing men, getting abused and
dealing with drama. How do I get
through to her? — Carl: Portland,
Some women will overlook good
guys because they seek excite­
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relationships often crash and burn
after a financial wipeout, un­
planned pregnancy or a few fights
with other women. You can help
by introducing her to quality men,
exposing her to positive relation­
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and if she continues the “choke
me, pull my hair” lifestyle, then
support her and be there when she
falls.
Dear Deanna!
How do I apologize for interfering
in my best friend's marriage? I want
to apologize to her but I don’t
know what to say to her without
any physical confrontation. There
were some things that I did and
said that caused problems in her
relationship. I just want to apolo­
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Then again, if this is your friend
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