Scarlett Johansson Shows Love To Our Troops

Wow, a liberal Democrat celebrity takes time to show some love to our fighting troops in person, instead of just condemning them from afar. Maybe all the anti-war/anti-troop celebrities out there like Susan Sarandon, Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Penn can learn something from this, but I doubt they will:

Scarlett Johansson returned from the Persian Gulf with a whole lot of soldiers' trinkets and a delusion of her own engagement - to Barack Obama.

"I am engaged ... to Barack Obama," Johansson joked in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. "My heart belongs to Barack, and that is who I am currently, finally, engaged to. Yes."

Johansson, who showed her support for the Democratic presidential candidate at the Iowa caucus earlier this month, was really just deflecting a question about rumors she might be engaged (to actor-beau Ryan Reynolds).

The 23-year-old actress talked about the warm welcome she received while visiting troops stationed in the Persian Gulf last week. Johansson dropped by U.S. bases in Kuwait on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 as part of a USO tour in which she met about 3,500 men and women in uniform.

"Everybody that I met there was so incredibly friendly and polite and genuine and generous," she said. "They were so, so sweet. I mean, I was just amazed."

Tony Dungy: Person of the Week

Age: 52

Birthplace: Jackson, Michigan

Claim To Fame: Head coach of Indianapolis Colts

Why He's Person of the Week: for assertively making the proclamation that his faith played a huge role in his decision to return as football coach of the Indianapolis Colts Thursday. Said Dungy:

On Monday, the deeply religious Dungy, who has published a memoir on how his Christian faith has affected him on and off the field, said he felt coaching was the best pulpit for his message.

"I enjoy my job, the players, the staff we have here and Bill (Polian) and Jim," Dungy told reporters. "But it is a platform and that's something I talked to my wife and pastor about. I said 'I could stop and start a ministry, but I might not have a platform like this.'"

"I look at this as a job," he said, "but I also look at it as a ministry ... I might not have as effective a ministry as I have right now."

Dungy, a highly successful coach who just won a Super Bowl last year, has been derided in the past by the liberal press for his openly Christian views, but thank goodness that hasn't held back from expressing how he feels. Granted, even the recent hardship of losing his son hasn't dented Dungy's faith. And by teaching character, humility, giving thanks to God instead of themselves and the importance of family.to his players, Tony Dungy has proven to be a great leader that the Colts are very fortunate to have as their head coach for at least another year.

Lenny Kravitz Quote of the Day!

"(It's) just a promise I made until I get married. Where I'm at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that's the way it's going to be. I'm looking at the big picture."

- rocker Lenny Kravitz on his choice to be celibate for 3 years now

Politiks As Usual: In The News 1/23/08

Rally Cry For Life Continues 35 Years After Roe vs. Wade

Fred Thompson Ends His Lackluster Campaign

Global Warming: The All-Purpose Farce To Control Your Life

Whoopi Goldberg Blasts CNN's Racial and Gender Identity Politics

ESPN Anchorwoman: "F-ck Jesus!"

Actor Heath Ledger Dies At 28

Ryan Seacrest Sneers At American Idol Virgin, 19

Bill Clinton, 1st Black President, Falls Asleep During MLK Speech

Too funny, for real.

Addendum: Didn't know that Slick Willie and Monica's anniversary had just past.

Martin Luther King Jr. - "I Have A Dream"

Celebrate his legacy and do the knowledge.

Prayers For Stepha Henry And Her Loved Ones

Stepha Henry (who I blogged about back in June last year) wasn't Natalee Holloway or Laci Peterson or even Jennifer "Missing Bride" Wilbanks. In other words, she wasn't a young, pretty, missing white woman. Instead Stepha happened to be black and unfortunately her race cost her the attention of cable news networks and morning news shows nationally who don't give near as much coverage to missing minorities as they do missing white women. So you can't be blamed if you've never heard of Stepha Henry. And now, despite the ignorance of the national media, tragically, after almost a year of being missing, the answer to Henry's disappearance has finally arrived:

The New York City Police Department this week arrested a suspect in the death of Stepha Henry, who has been missing since May 29, 2007. Kendrick Lincoln Williams was arrested on Jan. 15, police said. He was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence, even though Henry’s body has not yet been recovered.

Miami-Dade Police spokesman Roy Rutland said a significant amount of blood – which a forensic analysis determined to be Henry’s – was found in Williams’ Acura Integra, leaving police to believe that she is dead.

Henry, 22, and her sister, Shola, were on vacation during the Memorial Day 2007 weekend. The two sisters were staying with their aunt, Carletha Clarke, in Miami Gardens.

The arrest came after a team of detectives, including two from Florida, found Williams asleep in a car near a Brooklyn pier, police said. Authorities believe he had been living in the vehicle. Police said they had forensic evidence, including blood from Henry found in the black sedan that Williams was driving the night Henry disappeared.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of Stepha Henry.