“President Obama has lit a fire under people. He’s actively engaged in taking on big issues: energy; two wars; health care; the economy.
I haven’t seen a brother take on so many issues at once since Marvin Gaye put ‘What’s Going On,’ ‘Mercy Mercy Me,’ and ‘Inner City Blues’ all on the same album.”
—EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists
conference
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Delay And Deny Posted 5:55 pm
10 Aug 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBxFTzxc0BoTemptations: Cloud nine
Dennis: You ain't got no responsibility
Temptations: Cloud nine
Eddie: Every man in his mind is free
Temptations: Cloud nine
Dennis: You're a million miles from reality
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