Obama Signs Controversial Executive Order
Late Friday afternoon POTUS Barack Obama signed an executive order sending hundreds of millions in federal dollars overseas to pay for foreign abortions (LINK).
In case you don’t know, an executive order signed by a president does not require the approval of Congress which is troubling to some.
Another troubling aspect of this is the way Obama signed the decree. According to a White House spokesman, Obama signed the executive order late Friday afternoon without any media present, and while no one was paying attention.
I am pro-abortion and I’m all for a woman’s right to choose. However, in this time of economic turmoil with Americans losing their homes and jobs, is it prudent for Obama to send millions overseas to pay for foreign abortions?
Maybe someone can answer this question for me: how does spending millions on foreign abortions help to stimulate this economy?
Celebs Out & About: Amar’e Stoudemire’s Private Dinner
Amar’e Stoudemire, T.I., Lisa Leslie (WNBA)
Ovie Mughelli, Amar’e Stoudemire, producer Drumma Boy
Phoenix Suns center Amar’e Stoudemire celebrated the merge of his record label Hypocalypto Entertainment with a private dinner party at Justin’s on Saturday. Special invited guests included: T.I., Killer Mike, Big Kuntry, Lisa Leslie (WNBA), Ovie (Falcons), D. Woods, Drumma Boy, Deon Grant, and more.
Amar’e introduced his new artist, Juice to industry veterans. After the dinner party, Amar’e hosted The UNION Party at Dreamz ATL where he was surrounded by a bevy of beautiful women.
Hypocalypto Ent. merged with Grand Hustle under a deal that will see the sports star and the rap star coming together and building a force to be reckoned with in the music industry and sports.
Both men plan to start a record label and a sports entertainment company together and they are in talks to open different properties together.
Stoudemire and T.I. came from similar backgrounds from the bottom up. Growing up in Florida was rough for Amar’e whose mother was arrested multiple times before he was a teenager. His father died when he was young. Yet Amar’e has never been arrested and he was able to land solidly on his two feet.
He bounced around to different high schools before being drafted straight into the NBA by the Suns where he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003. Amar’e, who is single, gives back to his community through his Each One Teach One Foundation in Phoenix.
Amar’e also signed a consulting deal with MusicBusinessPolitics (MBP) which is based in Atlanta.
The female owned company will oversee all the All-Star Weekend events in Phoenix, Arizona for Amar’e and Grand Hustle, which means there will be opportunities for lucky sandrarose.com readers to gain All-Access to the All-Star parties!
Thanks to Laura Giles of MusicBusinessPolitics and Nicole Garner of Garner Circle PR!
Photos by Nzinga Wallace
Teen Killed Outside His Father’s Recording Studio
CORRECTION: I posted the incorrect photo of Russell Freeman. My apologies to the Freeman family and to Rocky of Streetcred.com.
Atlanta police are investigating the senseless murder of Adair Freeman (inset), who was gunned down outside his father’s recording studio early Saturday morning.
Police say someone shot the 19-year-old twice in the chest around 1:50 a.m. Saturday outside Hot Beats Recording studio as he made a run to the Shell station next door for a bag of ice.
The studio, located north of 14th St. at 1200 Spring St. NW, is owned by Russell Freeman, a well-known and respected businessman in the community (pictured above with recording artist T.I.).
Celebs such as Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Nelly, Bow Wow, Matchbox 20 and India Irie have all recorded tracks at Hot Beats.
Witnesses reported hearing four gunshots but no one saw the shooting. Freeman’s friends described him as quiet, friendly and easy to smile. According to WSBradio.com, several of Freeman’s friends got into a shouting match with cops at the scene of the shooting when they tried to cross the crime scene yellow tape to see what happened.
Police suspect Freeman may have been the victim of a random robbery attempt. They are asking nearby businesses for surveillance tapes in hopes of identifying the gunman.
Sign the Memorial guestbook for Adair Freeman (View).
The group Atlantans Together Against Crime and Cutbacks (ATACC), will hold a rally in Little 5 Points today (1/26) at 5 p.m. to build awareness to the growing threat of violent crime in our city.
Details of the rally on FB (LINK) or on the ATACC website Atlantanstogether.org
Photo: Myspace
Put ‘Em On Blast: Straits Restaurant
This section gives a voice to those in the industry who feel they have been wronged by certain industry execs, celebrities or companies.
Please note that you must have evidence in the form of canceled checks or pictures or your Blast will be rejected. This section is not for the public to air grievances with other private citizens.
As always, we give the parties at fault the opportunity to rebut the complaint by emailing us at sandra @ sandrarose.com (remove the spaces).
Hi Sandra. My name is Kim Morgan and I am a loyal reader of your site. On 1/23 I attempted to celebrate my 30th birthday with a party of 25 at Straits. It was awful! We were ignored and disrespected by the staff. The 4 course meal was stopped when we started to complain about the service. Would you have any information on who I would be able to talk to regrading my experience. I was never able to talk to a manager even after we repeatedly requested to speak to one. I went there to be supportive and because I am a fan of Ludacris. But honestly this was the worst experience I’ve ever had in a resturant.
Thank you
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Celebs Out & About: Yung Joc @ Sundance!
Here’s more pics of Yung Joc and his crew on the road courtesy of ExclusiveAccess.net.
Last night Joc partied with Olympics swimmer Michael Phelps, Cee-Lo Green and Gipp Goodie at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Thanks to ExclusiveAccess.net for the exclusive shots!
GUESS WHO?
Guess which music mogul took a picture of himself whizzing into a toilet and posted it on his blog?
Who would do that, right? Well, he admitted he was drunk and the pic isn’t very revealing.
HINT: he’s an old school Hop Hop dancer-turned-producer. See who it is after the break!
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