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What’s going on, y’all. By now, I’m sure that you’ve heard the news about Barack Obama’s historic win in the 2008 Presidential election. The past two days have been some of the craziest I’ve ever experienced and it seems that most people I see, regardless of their backgrounds, are excited about what transpired.

I had the good fortune of scoring tickets to attend Barack’s celebration rally at Grant Park in Chicago on Tuesday night and it was one of the highlights of my adult life. I never thought I’d see a Black man elected as President of the United States… Read the rest

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Did any of you see the story about the McCain campaign volunteer who claimed to have been attacked by an Obama supported who carved a “B” into her face? I believe the story came out yesterday and the McCain campaign rode the waves of it to their advantage…

Well, it turns out that the McCain volunteer made the whole thing up…A GIANT HOAX!!! This is just plain ridiculous. My mom advised me not to put political stories or comments up here, but I just HAD to post this when I saw it on CNN.com.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/mccain.sticker/index.html

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OK, y’all know I love ‘da kids, especially when they’re looking at the MBA journey early on in undergrad…so, I had to share this email from an undergrad at Duke. Plus, she’s also from the South, so I am pulling for her bigtime, even if she did try to knock the great state of VA in her email The most eyecatching thing about her email is that she’s planning on using her own story through the MBA journey to help others along the way…sounds kinda familiar, huh?

Also, I encourage the younger readers out there to look into the… Read the rest

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