The Speech
As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. He contains within him the contradictions – the good and the bad – of the community that he has served diligently for so many years.
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Obama is a long-legged, mac-daddy
Pastor Manning of ATLAH Worldwide Ministries, another wacko religious organization, rails against Senator Barack Obama and his use of the Obama Girls 54 Double D to start his campaign. This message was preached on 16 February 2008.
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Necker Island Brainstorm
Richard Branson was lounging under the starry midnight sky on this palm-dappled speck of an island recently when he popped a sobering question.
What he wanted to know was whether his high-powered visitors, among them Larry Page of Google, Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia and Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, thought global warming threatened the planet.
Blair, who is now a senior adviser to JPMorgan Chase, squeezed in a few idyllic days here between assignments (he left early for Jerusalem). Another attendee only sort-of showed up. The Medusa, the 198-foot, or 60-meter, yacht owned by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, was moored off Necker Island all weekend, but Allen never came ashore.
There was plenty of time for fun and games, of course. After lunch one afternoon, Branson suggested that the entire gang sail off to Mosquito, a nearby island he also owns, aboard a dozen catamarans. He said there was a party over there.
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Immortal Pets
Their beloved dogs may have gone to the great kennel in the sky, but for Beth and Brian Willis they will always be close.
Because the couple have had his and hers jumpers knitted out of the hair moulted by the pedigree pets and spun into yarn.
And they insist the bizarre garments keep them warm and dry no matter how bad the winter weather gets.
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Former House Speaker Deeply Worried
Former Republican congressional leader Newt Gingrich discusses the war on terror at the National Press Club.
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