PIC OF THE DAY: President Obama's gun is bigger than yours

PRESIDENT OBAMA SWORN IN FOR A 2ND TERM.. "I DID IT"

POTUS OBAMA is really the 2nd term President who will do everything he can for his base.

Debates over, Who will you vote for

Tonight was the last debate for the Presidential Election. Now its time for you to take everything both men said, and really make a good decision on who to vote for.

EXCLUSIVE!! EMAIL FROM NINA SMITH OF THE SBA SPEAKS ABOUT TAX CUTS PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PASSED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES!!!

THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE FROM NINA SMITH..OF THE SBA!!!

Hello, 

Thank you for your inquiry. To date, the Obama Administration has passed 18 tax cuts for small businesses, including the elimination of taxes on capital gains on key investments in small businesses and 100 percent depreciation to support new investments in equipment – both of which the President has proposed to extend.    

 Best,
Nina  

 Nina SmithDeputy Press SecretaryOffice of Communications and Public LiaisonSmall Business Administration202-205-6920 office202-603-0855 cellNina.smith@sba.gov

Government Contracting Made Easy: SBA Introduces A New 8(a) Training Course For Small Businesses

Government Contracting Made Easy: SBA Introduce A New 8(a) Training Course For Small Businesses

By Marie Johns, Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration

Government contracting provides the leg-up small businesses need to meet their bottom line and become sustainable.  Here at the SBA, and across the Administration, we see government contracting as a win-win. The Federal government gets to work with some of the most innovative, forward-thinking companies. And small firms get tapped into the supply chain of one of the largest buyers in the world. 

Guest Blogger..Mike Green: Will Romney's Run Expose Lack of Diversity in Private Equity Industry?

Will Romney's Run Expose Lack of Diversity in Private Equity Industry?

By Mike Green

Aug. 27, 2012

The New York Times proclaimed that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is heading into the GOP convention this week in Tampa, Florida determined to ratchet up the combative rhetoric against President Barack Obama. The reason? He believes it is the best tactic to appeal to white working-class Americans. According to the Times:

"Mitt Romney is heading into his nominating convention with his advisers convinced he needs a more combative footing against President Obama in order to appeal to white, working-class voters and to persuade them that he is the best answer to their economic frustrations."

In September, the Private Equity and Venture Capital industry will attend an annual Private Equity Analyst Conference hosted by Dow Jones. One of the myriad discussions by the nation's elite and powerful investment community will be Mitt Romney's high profile impact upon the private equity industry. Here's the agenda item to be presented at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on Sept. 20 that will close out the first day of the conference:

OBAMA ADMINIISTRATION IS REALLY MOVING WITH THE SBA

SBA News Digest

Helping contractors and construction companies get capital faster:

The health and success of the construction industry is critical to our nation’s economy. SBA knows that we must do all we can to make sure this sector grows, and can compete for contracting opportunities and create jobs. That is why SBA is proud to announce our new “Quick App” for surety bonds.  This new application process combines two applications into one to make it easier and faster for small businesses and general contractors to compete for contracts. To learn more about surety bonds, click here: http://go.usa.gov/78J, and for more information on the White House’s announcement, click here: http://go.usa.gov/7Ko

VIDEO: DUMMY!! ROMNEY SPOKESWOMAN, ANDREA SAUL, DEFENDS ROMNEYCARE AGAINST OBAMACARE ADVERTISEMENT?!

Small Business Report looks promising

SBA News Digest:

Food Manufacturer Finds Success On The Supply Chain To Harris Teeter:

This week, SBA Deputy Administrator visited a food manufacturer in Charlotte to highlight the efforts of the Obama Administration to help small businesses grow and create jobs. B. Roberts Foods, LLC. converted their  facility into a full-scale food plant and created 45 new jobs with the help of an SBA-backed loan. Earlier this year, SBA announced the Supplier Connection, part of the Administration-wide American Supplier Initiative.  Supplier Connection can help small suppliers, like B. Roberts Foods, get access to large buyers like IBM, AT & T and Caterpillar through a common application—creating more opportunities to start, grow and hire more Americans. To learn more about our efforts to support manufacturing, please click here: http://owl.li/cHny4

VOTER I.D. LAWS ARE LIKE RUNAWAY SLAVES AND MITT ROMNEY AND THE GOP ARE "MASTER"

By geek swagg
So the masters of the electorate, GOP, and the Tea Party are cooking up the easiest way to try and steal the election. The dirty politics of the old South are creeping into this election by way of using trickery and suppression. The way that this GOP and Mitt Romney are using suppression tactics is disgusting. The United States has a long history of using certain tactics to suppress minorities. In the times of slavery the runaway slave would have no rights and be chased down like a dog. Just as the Republicans are trying to chase down the minority vote and the votes of the young and elderly.

AP: The President loves Duff's Hot Wings

BUFFALO, N.Y. — President Barack Obama stopped for Buffalo wings in – where else? – Buffalo.
The president made a surprise lunch stop to dine on the local delicacy at Duff's Famous Wings.
He took a customer's recommendation and ordered 10 medium wings – five regular and five extra crispy.
Said Obama: "This is the wing capital."
The president is visiting western New York Thursday to talk about jobs and the economy.
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Obama Arrived in Norway for Noble Peace Prize

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- President Obama arrived in Norway early Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, a smile on his face and the first lady's hand in his.

Obama, along with the first lady, shook hands with a welcoming group and chatted before getting into a car adorned with the flags of both countries.

The president's 26-hour trip to Oslo will include a visit to the Nobel Institute. There, he will meet the five-member panel that unanimously awarded him the prize, said Mette Owre of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The president and first lady also will meet with King Harald V and Queen Sonja. He will then accept the Nobel at an afternoon ceremony and attend an evening award banquet. The prize includes a $1.4 million check, a gold medal and a diploma.

His trip comes more than a week after he announced plans to deploy additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, one of two countries where the United States is fighting a war.

The decision by Obama, who has pledged to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan after 18 months, comes amid rising U.S. casualties and a Taliban resurgence.

While pledging the additional troops in a speech Tuesday at West Point, the president said: "Huge challenges remain. Afghanistan is not lost, but for several years it has moved backwards."

It is "our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops" to the war-torn nation to help thwart the Taliban, Obama said.

The contrast of war and peace will be part of his Nobel-acceptance speech, which will be streamed live on the Web, said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

The Nobel Prize win, announced in October, elicited swift reaction. Some hailed the choice, while others questioned what Obama had accomplished to deserve it. The February 1 nomination deadline came less than two weeks after his inauguration.

The Nobel decision was less a recognition of his accomplishments and more "a call to action," Obama said.

Watch President Obama's Speech Tonight

By Alicia Cruz
Theblackurbantimes

Don't miss our Commander-in-Chiefs speech about the Afghanistan strategy tonight at 8pm
Live video, live blog, live tweets, all here at nytimes.com. 8 p.m. ET

And check outMaria Newman's article: "At Army Bases, Warriors Are Ready to Step Up"

Prayers and thanks go out to our troops aboard MCB Camp Lejeune. These men and women will likely be the first to go (Afghanistan) and perhaps by Christmas. Keep them and their families in your prayers. You don't have to support the war, but you must support our troops. They are doing their jobs: sacrificing their lives, risking their safety...for you and I.

Economy Gone from Bad to Worse Under Obama?

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Party at 1600: White House State Dinner to be HUGE

Steven Spielberg will be among the guests and Jennifer Hudson will perform.

Some Do's and Don'ts for the Most Anticipated Social Event of the Year

By KAREN TRAVERS

The state dinner tonight at the White House, the first of the Obama administration, is the hottest ticket in town and the most highly anticipated social event of the year.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have been active hosts since moving into the White House in January, but tonight's state dinner, in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is the ultimate invitation and the result of months of planning by hundreds of staffers, including the first lady herself.

Fewer than 400 lucky guests received the official invitation.

Photo/State Dining Room Circa 1977

A White House state dinner, thrown in honor of a visiting dignitary or head of state, is "bigger than the biggest wedding," said former White House chef Walter Scheib, who served during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.

Scheib said a state dinner is more than a just meal and requires the choreography of a Broadway show.

"Maybe the only thing bigger than a state dinner is a royal wedding," said Scheib, who knows from experience, estimating that he helped prepare and serve 35 to 40 state or official dinners during his 11 years at the White House.

Anita McBride, chief of staff to former first lady Laura Bush, said the pressure is on.

"This is the standard by which all future state dinners and officials dinners will be judged," she said. full story

Afghanistan decision to come within days, White House says

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will announce within days whether he will send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said after he met with his national security team Monday night.

"After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision and he will announce that decision within days," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

The U.S. commander on the ground has asked for more troops and Republicans have criticized Obama for the drawn-out consideration process. The White House has defended its timetable, saying the president wants to get the decision right, not fast. Full story

President Obama delivers one of the most important speeches of our time..that Republicans never wanted you to see

This speech sets the tone of what the young people of this nation must do. Your role model is the President of The United States. Please learn what an education can do for you and how a college degree can make you the most powerful man in the world, no matter if you're from Brick City in Newark or down south in the ATL. Everyone has a chance to become whatever they desire, but an education is the only way to reach your goals.

Understand that this speech is one that Republicans don't want you to see, mainly because here is a African-American President addressing a nation that is becoming increasingly minority. The writing is on the wall folks.."Never teach a slave to read", and now we have a Black President. This just goes to show you why an education is nothing to be taken for granted. Education is power!

Latino News: 'Lopez Tonight' Lands Clip of Prez for Show

By Alicia Cruz
Theblackurbantimes.com

The NY Daily News is reporting that President Obama appears in a clip of actor George Lopez' late night show "Lopez Tonight" which is scheduled to debut in November.

Lopez hopes the president will actually make an appearence on his late-night TBS talk show, but for now, he'll settle for the clip.

Click here for the full story

Colin Powell Lends Opinion on Gates/Cop Incident

Colin Powell on arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates: "You don't argue with cops"

Retired Gen. Colin Powell weighed in Tuesday on the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., chiding his friend for not cooperating with the cops.
"When you're faced with an officer trying to do his job and get to the bottom of something, this is not the time to get in an argument with him," Powell told CNN's "Larry King Live."
"I was taught that as a child. You don't argue with a police officer."
Gates flew off the handle July 16 when a cop investigating a reported break-in asked him to prove he lived in his own house.
"I think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal," Powell said.
But he also questioned why Gates, a frail 58-year-old who is one of the nation's most prominent black intellectuals, was handcuffed and hauled downtown after it was clear he hadn't done anything.
"I would have thought at that point some adult supervision would have stepped in and said, 'Okay, look, it is his house. Come on, let's not take this any further. Take the handcuffs off,'" Powell said.
Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley booked Gates for disorderly conduct, a charge that was dropped as the arrest became a national rumpus. President Obama hopes to smooth things over with some brewski diplomacy tomorrow at the White House.
Gates and Crowley will be hoisting cold ones with the President at 6 p.m. at Obama's picnic table on the South Lawn. Both may bring their families.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said it would be a "poignant" photo op proving people can discuss their differences. "There's no formal agenda other than cold beer," he said.
In other news, the Bronx-raised Powell offered a ringing endorsement of Mayor Bloomberg. "He is working for the whole city. So I think Mike Bloomberg should be given a third term," he said.

Prez May Be Hip, but Says No To Hipsters

He's hip: He sips beer, wine, wears flip flops, he smokes and even eats at local burger joints from time to time...but he draws the line at his jeans

A Commentary By Black Urban Times Senior writer, Alicia Cruz

Don't like Obama's "mom jeans"? Too bad, says the President Obama. In case you missed it (like me), President Obama threw the opening pitch at last weeks All-Star baseball game...............but it wasn't his pitch that made headlines... it was the jeans he sported. Crazy, huh? That's what I said as I laid in bed cleaning my incision and listening to the news radio.
These so-called fashionistas called the Commander-in-Chief's faded-look jeans everything from "nerdy" to "mom jeans." What dimwit has nothing better to do but to take the leader of the free world to task for his choice of jeans.

He may be President, but Barack Obama still finds time to kick back at an occasional NBA game with a beer and his fellow fans (Photo Below Left), just like us at a Chicago Bulls v. Washington Wizards game on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.

Number one: They weren't baggy or hanging off of his derriere. They weren't dragging the ground. They weren't dirty or tattered, but they weren't tight enough. It's a shame to hear this at a time when we've been crying about grown men...well, men period, wearing jeans and pants six sizes too big and wearing them hanging off of their derrieres.

Number two: The President's jeans were a nice fit and looked great for the occasion. I don't want to see my President in anything so darn tight I can see his derriere breathing. I know that some country-westerners wear their jeans air tight and that's fine...for them, but not our President.

On the "Today" show, President Obama told Meredith Vieira, "I'm a little frumpy," after she mentioned the fashion police’s critique of his jeans.

"Those jeans are comfortable," Obama said. "For those of you who want your President to look great in his tight jeans: Sorry, I'm not the guy.""I'm not 20," the President joked. He leaves style icon duties to his wife, who he says "looks fabulous" and used to give him grief for having only four suits in his closet until a few years ago.

It's a sad thing for people to think you're a ninny...it's embarrassing for you to open your mouth and remove all doubt. And it should be criminal for people to be shamelessly hypocritical. If President Obama had appeared anywhere in tight fitting jeans, a pair of Pumas, a tight tee-shirt and a fat rope chain everyone from the fashion police to SCLC to the Republicans would have called for his head on a platter and screamed "Dress your age, Mr. President! You may be charming, hip and handsome, but hey, you're no spring chicken!"

No matter how great I may look for age forty, 110 lbs and wearing a size 2, I still know that there are some outfits that just are not appropriate for a woman my age and in my profession. I can still hit a night club or two on the weekend (when I'm not riddled with stitches and high blood pressure pills), but I'm no longer 22 and certain outfits will never again grace my frame. And that's ok.

Sure, I know some 40-year-old men (and older) who wear the same outfits that my 17-year-old God-child wears and that's fine for them. If they're comfortable in them, I say knock yourself out. But just know that being comfortable and looking appropriate are two different things. You might think you look good, but how you actually look is a completely separate thing.

It's all about choices, personal opinions/preferences and then there's that 'ol kill-joy... reality. In my opinion, there's nothing more sad or silly looking than a 40+-year-old man in baggy jeans, Timberlands - unlaced -with a bandanna and a shirt that looks to be six sizes too large. The same goes for an obviously grown woman in an outfit that's three sizes too small, showing every roll and a stomach or her panties and every stretch mark she owns. There's nothing attractive, hip or cool about either description. Some call it "keepin' it real." Yes, I agree...real dumb. A fashion faux pas is one thing, the descriptions above are just plain criminal.

Kudos to the President for being comfortable in his skin and with his fashion choices. He has my vote...once again.