Obama skips Church for Gym
Barack Obama has yet to attend church since winning the election on Nov. 4.
On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chicago gym.Asked about the president-elect’s decision to not attend church, a transition aide noted that the Obamas valued their faith experience in Chicago but were concerned about the impact their large retinue may have on other parishioners.
“Because they have a great deal of respect for places of worship, they do not want to draw unwelcome or inappropriate attention to a church not used to the attention their attendance would draw,” said the aide.
Both President-elect George W. Bush and President-elect Bill Clinton managed to attend church in the weeks after they were elected. Source
Rumor has it that Obama very rarely attended Rev. Wright’s church either, which would explain why he never heard Wright make any controversial statements.
Photo: Reuters
Premier Event: Ludacris Album Release Party @ Velvet Room, 11/23
A packed house turned out for Ludacris’ album release party at the Velvet Room in Tucker, GA last night. Luda didn’t give away any cars or make it rain, but fans were happy just to see him.
Luda doesn’t get to spend much time in the ‘A’ anymore due to his hectic film schedule. Luda’s a wanted man in Hollywood!
“I wanted an album where you could listen to it from beginning to end and it would put you in an imaginative state,” said Luda about Theater of the Mind, in stores today.
Rappers Young Jeezy and Bow Wow were in the house to support their homeboy Luda.
Young Jeezy
Luda and Bow Wow exchanged congrats
Photos by Freddy O
Karrine Steffans: The Bow Wow Blog
Click here if you can’t view the video
First and foremost, congrats again to Bow Wow! (Call me, Teresa!) 
Oh, just to save you some time, Karrine Steffans just keeps the drama going in this video because that’s what insignificant people do when they have nothing else going for them.
Anyway, did you hear 50 Cent interviewing Bow Wow on his Shade 45 show on XM radio last night? Fiddy was hilarious! He kept clowning Shad, talking over him and wouldn’t let him say his piece. You recall that Bow Wow used to shag Fiddy’s current girl Ciara. You ladies don’t know that men gossip worse than females. Some guys are inquisitive and like to ask the chick who was better in bed and whatnot. Fiddy sounded like he was hurt last night. He really sounded like a woman scorned.
But Bow Wow held his own despite all the hate from the G Unit crew. Bow Wow said he opened a shoe store in downtown Atlanta called Prestigious (I think). Anyway, Bow Wow is diversifying his portfolio which is very smart thing to do when you’re a man in his situation!
Props to Zedi over at Dimewars.com for the video link!
FanMAIL: Factual inaccuracies in your assault rifles article
Bob Owens sent the following email to request that I correct some “factual inaccuracies” in my post on automatic weapons this morning.
While his points were duly noted, I informed Mr. Owens that we here at Sandrarose.com tend to infuse a little dry humor into some of our posts. Some readers get the humor, but a lot don’t.
I’m still at a loss to understand why people take my blog so seriously. 
At first I wasn’t going to post Mr. Owens’ email, but since it contained such interesting information, I decided to post it:
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:26
From: Bob Owens | confederateyankee@gmail.com
To: sandra@sandrarose.com
Subject: Factual inaccuracies in your assault rifles articleHi Sandra,
My name is Bob Owens, and I own the site you linked to regarding the increase in “assault weapon” sales. I was hoping that you would update your post to correct some things you got wrong. I ask this as something of an authority on firearms, as a someone who writes about them, who once sold them, and who legally carries one concealed.
“Assault rifles are the weapons of choice for hired killers, terrorists, the KKK, rappers and other like-minded individuals.”
Only in the movies. In the real world, according to FBI statistics, so-called “assault rifles” are very rarely used in crimes. Most crimes are committed with handguns and cut-down shotguns, weapons that can easily be concealed. Loaded “assault rifles” weigh in around 9-12 pounds and are too difficult to conceal.
The people that actually buy the semi-automatic rifles you call “assault rifles” (real military assault weapons having been used in exactly 2 violent crimes since 1934 and one of those was by an Ohio cop) are typically collectors, hunters, and target shooters, with the AR-15 (the look-alike of the military M-16) being very popular target rifles with it’s own dedicated shooting competitions. So who are buying these firearms? Generally, most are middle-aged, middle-aged suburban and rural white guys. None have criminal records or they couldn’t pass the NICS background check. In short, the people buying them aren’t those you should be worried about.
Celebs Out & About
Denzel Washingon was seen out riding his bike with his handsome daddy in L.A. over the weekend.
Jada Pinkett-Smith is in London, England promoting her new film Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The movie also stars Chris Rock and Ben Stiller.
Photo: Splash News Online
Sean Combs was spotted at JFK bundled up against the cold NY air wearing a pair of Adidas flip flops and black socks. I have the same pair of flip flops and I kid you not, I was going to wear my flip flops and socks to the mall yesterday in 45 degree weather. But then I decided against it because I didn’t want to be the only fool at Lenox mall wearing flip flops in the Winter.
Brothers Chance (left) and Real were spotted leaving a L.A. nightclub with two chicks that they were trying hard to convince they were reality tv stars. It doesn’t look like the ladies believe them.
Photos: INF DAILY except where indicated
Obama Aides: ‘No Tax Cuts for the Wealthy’; Citibank Gets $300 Billion bailout
It isn’t like I didn’t warn you guys.
Barack Obama surged into the highest office in the land on a wave of lies — the main one being that he would hike taxes on 5% of the population who made over $250,000. Only the Kool Aid drinkers believed him, and only the Kool aid drinkers will continue to make excuses for him even as he raises their taxes — which is inevitable:
President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise – to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans – as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said on Sunday.David Axelrod, the Obama campaign strategist who was chosen to be a senior White House adviser, was asked if the tax cuts could be allowed to expire on schedule after tax year 2010 rather than being rolled back by legislation earlier. “Those considerations will be made,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” Source
Meanwhile, the federal government has just promised Citibank — a privately held company — another $300 BILLION of your tax dollars! We’re still awaiting the bailouts for the millions of Americans who have lost their homes or are at risk of losing their homes.
But I guess they don’t count.
I Wonder Who Beyonce Stole This Idea From?
Thanks to loyal reader Linda for the pics! Linda wrote this in her email:
Miss queen B on the set of her new video diva! On the last pic, that thing on her face is from Rihanna’ s “Disturbia” clip
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