President Barack Obama Says Powerful Words About the Trayvon Martin Case

Posted by Margo Cooper on Mar 23, 2012 in Uncategorized

President Barack Obama Says Powerful Words About the Trayvon Martin

 

 

 

President Barack Obama was asked about the Trayvon Martin Case today after he introduced Dartmouth President Jim Kim to be the next head of the World Bank in the Rose Garden.  The President said we should do some "soul searching".  Barack Obama said:

 

"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon,"  "I think (Trayvon's parents) are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves, and we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened."

 

Obama continued to say that he is glad that the Justice Department is investigating the case.  He also said:

 

"Obviously, this is a tragedy." "I can only imagine what these parents are going through, and when I think about this, I think about my own kids, and I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and everybody aspect of this, and that everybody pulls together .. federal, state and local .. to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened."

 

"I think all of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen," he continued, "And that means we examine the laws and the context for what happened, as well as the specifics of the incident."

 

 

 

Shakira Saved By Brother From “Lion of the Sea” South Africa

Posted by Margo Cooper on Feb 14, 2012 in Uncategorized

Shakira Saved By Brother From "Lion of the Sea" South Africa

 

Shakira is on a trip in South Africa and tweeted that she was attacked by a sea lion.  She posted a note on her facebook that read:

 

This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to get a bit closer than all of the other tourists and went down to a rock trying to pet them doing a baby talk while taking pictures… Suddenly, one of them jumped out of the water so fast and impetuously that it got about one foot away from me, looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me. Everyone there screamed, including me. I was paralyzed by fear and couldn't move, I just kept eye contact with it while my brother "Super Tony" jumped over me and literally saved my life, taking me away from the beast. We both got our hands and legs scratched by the rocks while trying to protect ourselves. I believe what happened is that it confused the shiny reflection of the blackberry I was taking these pics with, with some sort of fish. It probably thought I was teasing it with food and then taking it away from it.

 

Thank Goodness for her brother!  

 

 

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