“…let me say this as clearly as I can — the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam.” –Pres. Obama during his address to the Turkish Parliament.

In case you missed President Obama’s Turkish Parliament address—plain and simple, he’s not backing down from his stance on American-Islam issues. Instead, he wants to start the conversation—how to agree to disagree without waging war.

Though this isn’t the Presidents first shout out to the Muslim world (think back to his historic inaugural address), his directness with the matter is still very surprising and a bit uncomfortable for many.  Nothing new, he has long been targeted as an undercover Muslim and each time he addresses the American-Islam issue it’s as if people are anticipating his exit from the religion closet at any moment.

It seems like another excuse to ignore the larger issue at hand—we need to find a resolution. Since the 9/11 attacks and our war on terrorism, the tension between America and the Muslim world has been a sensitive matter. The President’s attempt to clean-up the mess is a necessity and comes at a fairly good time. 

Who better to start the process than a man named Barack Hussein Obama whom Muslims may have a little more respect and patience with.

What do you think?  Is it time to find a peaceful resolution with Islam?  Tell us here.

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While speaking at a packed town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France, President Obama was asked whether he regretted running for America’s top job.  Obama spoke candidly with the crowd about the demands, frustrations and lack of privacy from holding such a position but ended with a call to the youth to live a life serving others.  The President stated that it is better to look back and say, “I made a difference.”

“It was a mutual and spontaneous display of affection and appreciation between the Queen and Michelle Obama,” the Royal Press Office said of the recent embrace between the Queen and First Lady.

If you haven’t heard, Michelle Obama has been catching a lot of heat for the short hug that she shared with Queen Elizabeth.  It doesn’t seem like a big deal but for some reason many people considered it a wrongdoing on Michelle’s part. Here’s a note to the Obama haters—Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that they don’t issue special instructions on how to address the Queen.  Therefore, Michelle didn’t break protocol.

Michelle’s warming spirit should be appreciated by more people.  If you’ve forgotten, America is in a crisis right now and for the Obama’s to be traveling around the world trying to pull different cultures together—it’s a good thing that they have welcoming personalities.  Who knows, the Queen could pull out a few pounds of historic gold and bail out who ever is next on the list.

This was a good look for America—it should be coined as “From One Queen to Another,” if you know what we mean!

Barack or Michelle Obama gracing a magazine cover isn’t big news anymore or is it?  If you’ve ever seen a cover of Oprah’s O magazine, you’d know that Gayle’s BFF rides solo on every single cover—that is until she shared the April 2009 cover with the First Lady.

Here’s what’s mind boggling about this:

1.       it’s already gangster that Oprah splashes her face on every single issue,

2.       it’s kind of a pimp slap to the haters that she can switch it up whenever she feels like it,

3.       it’s great to see Black beautiful women highlighting and uplifting each other!

Oprah gets a lot of Flack for some of her actions (building a school in Africa), but no one can deny that she was one of the first Black leaders to support, endorse and promote the Obama team.  Oprah, Barack and Michelle are the faces of true hope and progress.  It could be fair to say that we’re beginning to see a new breed of Black leadership; younger, sexier and more powerful than ever.

What do you think about the O’s?  Are you thinking of giving your next child an “O” name?  Tell us here.

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This morning, one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers, General Motors saw the resignation of its CEO Rick Wagoner.

CNN quotes Wagoner who said “On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with [President Obama] Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I ‘step aside’ as CEO of GM, and so I have.”

That’s right, after several billion in bail-out funds, GM did not successfully convince the President that they were using their money wisely so they, along with fellow automaker Chrysler, got failing grades.

In other words, if you borrow money from Obama don’t waste it on spinning rims and a new CD player because he will come to collect.

In the meantime, Wagoner has been replaced by COO Fritz Henderson and now has 60 days to prove it has a plan to keep the company afloat and profitable. If not, additional funds already set aside for GM may be withheld, or worse, GM may have to go into structured bankruptcy.

Likewise, Chrysler has 30 days to make its case or face similar circumstances.

TELL US: Should we give the GM, Chrysler and other automakers any more money or should we let them fail?

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