
On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, President Obama addressed the 112th Congress in his second State of the Union speech. He focused on jobs, education, and the deficit for most of the speech, saving foreign policy for the end.
The Senate rejected an amendment on Tuesday that would have removed a provision from the pending Defense spending bill to toughen U.S. policy towards suspected terrorists captured on the battlefield or on the home front.
The amendment, defeated 37-61, would have struck a section of the spending bill that authorizes the president to use “all necessary and appropriate force” to detain people suspected of terrorism and instead would have implemented a timeline to allow further hearings and opportunities for the military to make recommendations on how detainee policy ought to change.

Here is a youtube clip of Russell Simmons publicly supporting the My Fellow Americans Campaign. It is very important that this country recognize the 1st Amendment which allows us to practice what ever religion we choose. Unfortunately, there are some people in this country that publicly despise the Islamic religion. Come on people it is 2011, when will we learn. Props to Russell Simmons and others for speaking out on this subject.

Here is a interview with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley challenging President Obama to take action on Poverty in America.





