A few days a go someone sent me a link to Nazret blog post regarding an Ethiopian that worked as a field organizer on John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. Addisu Demissie, after a political science degree from Yale University was a Research Director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Impressive resume, and I am proud, so what was the reason for Nazret to highlight this seemly intelligent young man, well he recently accepted a paid position in Hillary Clintons 2008 presidential campaign.
Nice and dandy, not just him but also all the Ethiopian and African Americans that have injected themselves in the American political system. Gives me hope that one day that America and Americans can see a person for who he/she is rather than what the color of their skin is.
By far the biggest difference in 2007 was the emergence of Barrack Obama and his paramount campaign to the seat in the Oval office. Continue reading ‘Sellout Hope!’
Published by Nolawi January 25th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.
How would you react if you discover that the juicy kurte sega you had for dinner last night was from a cloned cow? Well, if the idea of eating a cloned meat doesn’t quite sit well with you, on your next trip to a grocery store, you’d want to check the meat label and see if it’s from a cloned or natural cow. What if there is no label on it?
That is what the FDA is saying – don’t ask, don’t tell on cloned meats. The FDA announced last week that meat from cloned animals and their offspring is safe to eat as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way. But here is the thing, the FDA won’t require such meat to be labeled or tracked.
Cloning indeed causes genetic alterations; the extraordinary rates of early and horrible deaths among cloned animals testify graphically to that. However, the FDA counters that a clone capable of reaching breeding maturity is safe and that genetic alterations caused during cloning aren’t passed to their offspring. Continue reading ‘Clones or no clones?’
Published by Ted January 23rd, 2008 in Current Issues and Food.
I don’t know much of Tigist Shibabaw except that I first heard her voice on bole2harlem’s album. Needless to say how much I appreciated that album because it was pure quality.
Yesterday night I heard she passed away unexpectedly. No details were given on what happened but this is truly sad. She had an amazing voice and a fruitful career ahead of her. Continue reading ‘TG Died!’
Published by Nolawi January 21st, 2008 in Music and Noteworthy.
When I was 22, which was 6 years ago I read a book called Quarter Life Crises. Although I don’t remember which one, it was true stories of young twenty something’s that committed suicide or other atrocities on themselves based on stress caused by life after college.
Student loans and perplexity on the purpose of life or career were one of the major causes of this “quarter life crises,” according to the book. I don’t remember why I chose to read that book; it probably was because either someone recommended it or was given to me as a gift. Continue reading ‘Fists Up’
Published by Nolawi January 15th, 2008 in African, Childhood and History.
Why should Africa pay for others mistake?
The Global Warming talk has been increasing every since Mr. Gore shed light on the topic to the world. He won an Oscar and the Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental activism; deservedly so.
The scientific consensus identifies elevated levels of greenhouse gases due to human activity as the main influence.
In other words, CO2 emissions is the main cause; and the biggest criminals thus far has been first world countries and china and India; 8 countries which account for over 60% of the worlds CO2 emissions.
The 61 African nations combined account for less than 5% of the worlds CO2 emissions, while accounting for 14% of the world’s population. Continue reading ‘African Warming’
Published by Nolawi January 11th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.
