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Gaskin-Butler, M.Div., Ph.D. 3 Goodwill Childhood Literacy Program 7 Steelers Embrace Underdog Status In Super Bowl 8 50¢ We Value Diversity. We Value Education. We Value History. St. Petersburg • Clearwater • Largo • Tarpon Springs • Dunedin VOLUME 43 NUMBER 22 JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 2, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA Is It Time To Celebrate? President Obama’s State“To put us on solid Of ground, we Theshould also find Union a bipartisan solution to strengthen2011 Social Security for future generations. And we must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable, or people with disabilities; without slashing benefits for future generations.” Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice wherever there’s an internet con- President, members of Congress, nection. distinguished guests, and fellow Meanwhile, nations like Americans: China and India realized that with Tonight I want to begin by some changes of their own, they congratulating the men and could compete in this new world. women of the 112th Congress, as And so they started educating well as your new speaker, John their children earlier and longer, Boehner. And as we mark this with greater emphasis on math occasion, we are also mindful of and science. They’re investing in the empty chair in this Chamber, research and new technologies. and pray for the health of our Just recently, China became home colleague – and our friend – to the world’s largest private solar Gabby Giffords. research facility, and the world’s Martin Luther King III It’s no secret that those of us fastest computer. here tonight have had our differ- So yes, the world has BY ERSULA KNOX ODOM abusing animals and a white ences over the last two years. The changed. The competition for jobs SPECIAL TO THE man gets a slap on the wrist for debates have been contentious; is real. But this shouldn’t discour- CHALLENGER raping a woman, it is evident we have fought fiercely for our age us. It should challenge us. justice does not favor black beliefs. And that’s a good thing. Remember – for all the hits we’ve TAMPA - Thursday men. That’s what a robust democracy taken these last few years, for all evening, January 20 as a part King said it is projected demands. That’s what helps set us the naysayers predicting our of the USF Lecture Series and there are 45 million people apart as a nation. decline, America still has the the Tampa Bay Black Heritage living in poverty, with But there’s a reason the largest, most prosperous economy Festival, Martin Luther King 1 million having lost their tragedy in Tucson gave us pause. in the world. No workers are more III questioned if enough homes last year. He said pro- Amid all the noise and passions productive than ours. No country process towards realizing his jections state 1.2 million will and rancor of our public debate, has more successful companies, father’s mission has been lose their homes this year. He Tucson reminded us that no or grants more patents to inventors made to celebrate. Dr. Martin argued there is something matter who we are or where we and entrepreneurs. We are home Luther King Jr. waged a fight wrong when, as far as he come from, each of us is a part of to the world’s best colleges and against the “triple evils; knows, no one has been prose- something greater – something universities, where more students poverty, race, and militarism. cuted for subprime lending. more consequential than party or come to study than any other place Regarding race, King This issue still needs to be political preference. on Earth. suggested that Richard Pryor’s addressed. Instead they are President Barack Obama We are part of the American What’s more, we are the first joke is still our reality, “When spending time repealing the family. We believe that in a nation to be founded for the sake you go down to the court health care reform act. King made America not just a place on tonight can probably remember a country where every race and of an idea – the idea that each of us house looking for justice, most said he would have more a map, but a light to the world. time when finding a good job faith and point of view can be deserves the chance to shape our of what you find is Just Us.” respect for the speaker if he We are poised for progress. meant showing up at a nearby found, we are still bound together own destiny. That is why centuries People of color are targeted offered to surrender his gov- Two years after the worst factory or a business downtown. as one people; that we share of pioneers and immigrants have and need to learn how to ernment provided health care recession most of us have ever You didn’t always need a degree, common hopes and a common risked everything to come here. interact when stopped by law plan he benefits from (even known, the stock market has come and your competition was pretty creed; that the dreams of a little It’s why our students don’t just enforcement. There is a though it is “the best”) when roaring back. Corporate profits are much limited to your neighbors. If girl in Tucson are not so different memorize equations, but answer protocol that parents need to up. The economy is growing you worked hard, chances are than those of our own children, questions like “What do you think teach their children. When a again. you’d have a job for life, with a KING and that they all deserve the of that idea? What would you black man gets jail time for But we have never measured decent paycheck, good benefits, continued on pg. 6 chance to be fulfilled. progress by these yardsticks and the occasional promotion. change about the world? What do That, too, is what sets us apart alone. We measure progress by Maybe you’d even have the pride you want to be when you grow as a nation. the success of our people. By the of seeing your kids work at the up?” Now, by itself, this simple jobs they can find and the quality same company. The future is ours to win. But recognition won’t usher in a new of life those jobs offer. By the That world has changed. And to get there, we can’t just stand era of cooperation. What comes of prospects of a small business for many, the change has been still. As Robert Kennedy told us, this moment is up to us. What owner who dreams of turning a painful. I’ve seen it in the “The future is not a gift. It is an comes of this moment will be good idea into a thriving enter- shuttered windows of once achievement.” Sustaining the Opinion ...........................2 determined not by whether we can prise. By the opportunities for a booming factories, and the vacant American Dream has never been sit together tonight, but whether better life that we pass on to our storefronts of once busy Main about standing pat. It has required we can work together tomorrow. children. Streets. I’ve heard it in the frustra- each generation to sacrifice, and I believe we can. I believe we That’s the project the tions of Americans who’ve seen struggle, and meet the demands of Community News .......3-7 must. That’s what the people who American people want us to work their paychecks dwindle or their a new age. sent us here expect of us. With on. Together. jobs disappear – proud men and Now it’s our turn. We know their votes, they’ve determined We did that in December. women who feel like the rules what it takes to compete for the that governing will now be a Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, have been changed in the middle jobs and industries of our time. shared responsibility between Americans’ paychecks are a little of the game. We need to out-innovate, out- Sports...............................8 parties. New laws will only pass bigger today. Every business can They’re right. The rules have educate, and out-build the rest of with support from Democrats and write off the full cost of the new changed. In a single generation, the world. We have to make Republicans. We will move investments they make this year. revolutions in technology have America the best place on Earth to forward together, or not at all – for These steps, taken by Democrats transformed the way we live, do business. We need to take State/Natl. News.............9 the challenges we face are bigger and Republicans, will grow the work and do business.