Miami Heat sign PG Sean Livingston

Heat acquire Free Agent PG

‘The Miami HEAT have announced that they have signed free agent guard Shaun Livingston and requested waivers on guard Tre Kelley. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Livingston, a 6’7”, 185-pound guard, appeared in 145 games (60 starts) with the Los Angeles Clippers and averaged 7.4 points, 4.8 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 0.94 steals in 27.2 minutes while shooting 44.0 percent from the field and 71.0 percent from the foul line. In his last season (2006-07) with the Clippers, he led the team in assists per game (5.1) and set career highs in games started (31), minutes per game (29.9), field goals made (208), field goal attempts (449), field goal percentage (.463), free throws made (82), free throws attempted (116), assist-to-turnover ratio (2.54), rebounds per game (3.4), steals per game (1.09), and blocks per game (0.54).

“Shaun Livingston was one of the best young players to come into the draft in a long, long time. We feel very fortunate to be able to sign him and help us rebuild our program,” said HEAT President Pat Riley.

Livingston, the fourth overall selection in the 2004 NBA Draft, was named the Western Conference got milk? Rookie of the Month for April of 2005 after averaging 11.0 points, 7.4 assists, 1.40 steals and 35.9 minutes in 10 games.

Kelley was signed by the HEAT on September 26, 2008 as a free agent.’

(source: Heat.com)

Is the Democratic National Committee & Florida Democratic party at fault?

Is the Florida Democratic party doing all it can to help “get out the vote” within Obama’s base? Is the Democratic National committee complicit with Florida’s Democratic party in isolating the black democratic base? Why hasn’t either organization done more to advertise in the states black press to help galvanize a high voter turnout in the presidential general election?

Let’s take a look at some of the facts.

• If Obama wins Florida’s  27 Electoral College votes he will become the next President of the United States.
• The Democratic National Committee $20 million dollars for its Hispanic voter outreach  effort. (Wall St. Journal/Washington Wire, 7/28/08)
• $6.5 million has already been spent in all major Florida markets by Obama’s campaign. (Radio & T.V. Business Report, 8/12/08)
• The Democratic National Committee  & Florida Democratic Party have purchased NO black newspaper ads, and have run NO black newspaper ads, though have run radio ads on a few Black owned radio stations or Black formatted radio stations statewide.
• The  Democratic National Committee  & Florida Democratic Party have budgeted NOTHING for registration efforts by Black community-based or non-profit organizations.
• The Florida Democratic party & the National Democratic Committee have budgeted NOTHING for get-out-the-vote efforts by Black community based or non-profit organizations.

If you find this information alarming, then please inform the National & Florida Democratic party of your feelings. If they want a Democrat in the white house then they must support his biggest & strongest base: The Black Community. If not they run the risk of alienating an already tentative relationship with Florida’s Black democratic constituency.

The mantra MUST be, “We have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent issues!” We MUST rally around the issues and organize the black community into an effective VOTING BLOC! If Black Floridians turn out en masse then Obama will be the next President of these United States of America.

Democratic National
Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: Toll-free 1-877-336-7200

Florida Democratic Party
214 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
E-mail address: email@fladems.com
Phone: 850-222-3411

GET OUT THE VOTE!

GET OUT THE HOUSE!

GET ON BOARD THE OBAMA TRAIN!

GET INVOLVED!!

Economic crisis

What is a recession? A recession is a contraction in the business cycle. Another definition suggests that the GDP (gross domestic product) growth has to be negative two or more quarters in a row to declare a recession. Technically, our economy has slowed down considerably, however it is still growing. Which is the main reason why all these different economists can’t agree on what to call this financial crisis.

On the oher hand, when economic activity declines, or when like unemployment, income, sales, construction, and production go down, we are in a recession

Former chairman of the Federal reserve, Alan Greenspan has said this is “the worst crisis in a 100 years.” That would suggest that the Savings & Loan debacle of the 90’s pales in comparison to what we are now faced with. With his pronouncement one has to wonder if this crisis is our generations “Great Depression.”