News Of The Day,TODAY'S TOPICS (Monday 1-28-08)
Hot Topics:
• The Origins of Black History Month---Carter G. Woodson
• Talk about the inventors and how sadly, only 4 have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio.
o ElijaH McCoy was issued more than 57 patents but is best known for his invention the Oil Lubricator.
o Marie Brown invented the first video home security system in 1969. The system used Television survilliance.
o Dr. Charles Drew Invented the system for storing Blood plasma (The Blood Bank). In 1944 he received the Spingarn Medal for his contributions to medical Science.
o Jan Ernst Matzelinger --developed a shoelasting maching that would attach the sole too the shoe inn one minute.
o Sarah E. Goode—was the first African American woman to receive a US patent. She also invented the folding Cabinet bed in 1885.
o Garret Morgan Invented the Gas Mask and the Traffic Signal.
o Marjorie Joyner invented the Permanent Wave Machine in 1928.
And the list goes on and on. Hundreds of Black men and women produced so many substantial inventions (i.e. development of crop rotation, the mail box, the fountain pen, the typewriter, the telegraph, the golf tee, the automatic gear shift,the commode toilet, the method to dry cleaning clothes, the electrc lamp, air brake for the rail road , to name a few)
• Race Gave Obama big Advantage in Big Win in South Carolina
o Blacks overwhelmingly favored Obama In SC
o He only got 25% of the white vote
o The Associated Press showed that 8 in 10 voters backed Obama
o Black made up 55% of the voters Saturday in SC.which shatters it prior record with more than 532,00 ballots cast compared to 280,00 in 2004 Presidential race.
• Senator Edward Kennedy backs Obama for President
o 2 generation of Kennedy's, the Demorcrativc Party's best know political family, endorsed Barack Obama for President,
o Senator Kennedy called him "a man with extraordinary gifts of leadership and character." "A worth heir to his assinated brother the Late John F. Kennedy.
• Pulizer Prize Winner, Author Toni Morrison endorses Obama for President
o The woman who famously labeled Bill Clinton as the "First black President" is backing Barak Obama to be the second."
o She is reportedly backing him for his personal gifts "his keen intelligience, integrity and rare authenticity." "He exhibits something that has nothing to do with age, experience, race or gender, something I do not see in the other candidates
• CA State Supreme Court says Employers can fire people for using Medical Marijuana
o Employers can fire workers found to have used medical marijuana even if it was legally prescribed.
o The Calif. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, in another setback for California in its clash with federal law over the medical use of pot.
• Detroit Mayor's Aide resigns amid Scandal (Christine Beatty,
o Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatricks's Chief of Staff, quits over alleged affair.)
o Beatty said she is resigning amid allegations that she and the Mayor lied under oath about affair.
o She further stated that she believes that she can no longer effectively carry out her duties.
o Her resignation is effective Feb, 8, 2008.
• Mom on trial for death of Microwaved baby (China Arnold of Dayton, Ohio)
o Police allege that China Arnold killed 1 month old Paris Talley by putting her in a microwave oven in her home.
o The baby suffered high heat internal injuries and had no external burns.
o Coroner's Officials ruled out scalding water, open flames, orother possible causes of death.'
o Her defense team says she had nothing to do with the child's death.
• China Shuts down 44,000 Ponography sites in 2007 and arrests 868 people for Internet Pornography
o The shutdowns and arrests were part of a crackdown pn internet ponorgraphy that had led to "perverting China's young minds according to China's Public Security Ministry.'
o Despite the number of sites closing and arrests, China continues to struggle with blocking the offensive content.
• 10 Drunkest Cities in US
o 10 Milwaukee, Wisconsin'
o 9 Lubbock Texas
o 8 Fresno Calif
o 7 Austin Texas
o 6 San Antonio Texas
o 5 Fargo North Dakota
o 4 Omaha Nebraska
o 3 Colorado Springs, Colorado
o 2 Anchorage Nebraska
this idiot does not talk loud
ameiche175200 4 years ago 4
I got to 0:53 and could tell that this is a crack smoking, ignorant, bigot. Enough said.
crackedwalnut 4 years ago 4