Did We Over React? The Jena Six - Revisiting the Story

Hello,

I have to admit that when the Jena 6 story first hit, I was one just as amazed as everyone else about what seemed to be blatant racism. As a matter of fact, I even wrote a blog article about it right here on PresarioSays.com titled, "The Jena Six - Modern Day Open Racism." It was easy to believe due to the fact that I graduated from a high school that (at the time) had only 10% of students who were minorities. Therefore, I have seen my share of racial tension.

However, today I was on Wikipedia researching a totally different subject and noticed that the front page's featured article was on the Jena 6. In reading the article containing all of the well documented facts of the situation, it makes me wonder if the media and organizations who directly benefited from the publicity caused everyone to over react?

There is no doubt that the sentencing and initial views of the case were obviously suspicious, but at the time some of the main facts of the situation were severely distorted and blown out of proportion.

Take a look at the Wikipedia article and judge for yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six

What do you think? I would love to hear your comments.

- Presario

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Barack Obama's 4-Part Interview With Bill O'Reilly

Barack Obama's 4-Part Interview With Bill O'Reilly. If you didn’t have a chance to catch it – here it is.

Bill O'Reilly has been begging and daring Barack to come on his show, and he finally gets a sit down with Barack Obama on his "The O'Reilly Factor" show on Fox News. Obama speaks on several topics including terrorism, Iraq, the economy, the controversy over his relationship with Reverend Wright, and the U.S.A.'s dependency on foreign oil.

Part 1: Obama vs. O'Reilly on National Security, the War on Terror, and Iran


Part 2: Obama vs. O'Reilly on the Economy and Taxation


Part 3: Obama vs. O'Reilly on Political Relationships


Part 4: Obama vs. O'Reilly on Oil, the Military Situation in Iraq, and Tension with Russia


We all know that Barack is very well spoken. We have seen that in his speeches, debates, and television appearances. However, this interview is different because Bill O’Reilly (like he does with all his guest with opposing views) has obviously slanted and leading questions, and Barack takes it all in stride.

Even with O’Reilly sarcastically cutting him off all of the time, I love how he repeatedly took control of the interview and threw Bill O’ Reilly’s points back at him without getting flustered. Not very many people can do that in Bill O’Reilly interviews. In the same situation, Baby Bush would have been so lost he would have ran out crying. Not Obama – at the end he even showed O’Reilly he was in good spirits by talking smack about B-Ball. Barack continues to impress me.

Here are the direct links to Youtube:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYPhQRovPU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLfYQqxp884
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX0s2b8NEDM
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcBA620zsnI

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