(Akiit.com) The catch phrase for this political season is “change.†Voters want it though they are often at pains to describe exactly what that change is. They are tired of business as usual and desirous of a new politics in Washington, an end to partisan bickering and the beginning of ...
(Akiit.com) I tell you kids today just don’t listen… Yes my little one seems to get into something everyday… Still I love her… Anyway, the weekend is almost near, and I shall be at watching football… Yeah I’m a sports junkie… Other then that, will spend time with the family… ...
(Akiit.com) Like many I seem to be getting alot of spam lately… Sadly these spammers have no shame, and makes it more harder for one to get through the emails… Also my isp doesn’t want to help me out, as customer service is dreadful… That’s life, as wife is in ...
(Akiit.com) Quick by a show of hands how many of you ever heard of Dick Leftridge before today? I have to confess I too never heard of Mr. Leftridge until recently, when I was contacted by his son Jack Richard Leftridge Jr. The younger namesake is on a quest to ...
(Akiit.com) At the height of rush hour, I’d patiently waited my turn. I was in the process of backing my car up to the gas pump, when a menacing black SUV the size of a tug boat quickly rolled in off the street and proceeded to defy fairness. I kept ...
(Akiit.com) Are you happy now? Can you finally let this ish go? For thirteen years “some people†have been up in arms about the “travesty†that was the 1995 O.J. Simpson verdict. “Some people†were highly upset that this double-murder went unpunished in a criminal liability sense. “Some people†were ...
(Akiit.com) John McCain and Sarah Palin are pathetic, dishonest and completely lacking in honor. They’re also scared to death. With polls showing Barack Obama ahead with less than a month to go before election day, the McCain camp is in a panic. The majority of voters aren’t feeling them on ...
(Akiit.com) Following the thumping George Bush and company gave John Kerry in 2004, the new left groused in unison that the reasons were clear : Kerry, like most of the left, was simply too nuanced and too smart, while the Bush campaign succeeded in framing every issue in moral black ...
(Akiit.com) Louisiana, LA – New study says rich African Americans are a largely untapped market. The Louisiana Weekly reports of a new study that finds wealthy African Americans have been virtually ignored as a demographic despite having $29.8 billion in disposable income. The study, titled “Marketing to Affluent African Americans: ...
(Akiit.com) ‘Rap City‘ is no more. The beat is ending at BET’s “Rap City,” the longrunning video program that finally helped vault hip-hop music into the popular mainstream. The network confirmed Wednesday it will replace “Rap City” with a new show, “The Deal,” starting Nov. 10. A farewell episode is ...
(Akiit.com) Atlanta, GA – A disproportionate number of Georgia’s 194,138 early voters are African-American, in what could be an encouraging sign for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. As of Wednesday, about 39 percent of those voters — 74,961 — are African-Americans, Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s office said. African-Americans ...
(Akiit.com) Watching the first presidential debate involving the first African American major party nominee was historic. But the aftermath was less than euphoric. By all accounts, Barack Obama won the debate. He was more “presidential,†whatever that means. To me, it means he was more confident, more detailed in his ...