Aretha Franklin To Perform At Inauguration

So we're really gonna do this huh Barack??? I'm sad to admit that this is the first bad decision he's made. Aretha Franklin will sing, Pastor Rick Warren will pray and Yo-Yo Ma will play the cello during President-elect Barack Obama’s Inauguration.

I, for one, don't want to see or hear Aretha perform...but ... who am I? Congressional leaders on Wednesday announced the program, which also will feature poet Elizabeth Alexander; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader; and the U.S. Marine and Navy bands. The Jan. 20 event on the steps of the Capitol is expected to draw as many as four million visitors to see Obama take the noontime oath from Chief Justice John Roberts, while Vice President-elect Joe Biden will take his oath from Justice John Paul Stevens.

And... The President Elect Barack Obama Chooses...

Just as all of the top tier fashion designers did with the First Lady-Elect Michelle Obama, they have now so done with President-Elect Barack Obama. They are all vieing for the notoriety to say that they dressed the first black President of the United States. Designers such as Kenneth Cole, Sean John, Nautica, and many many more, have all submitted their looks for the next President. They have submitted daytime attire, evening attire, and even specific ties that they think might go well! Above is the design by Reem Acra for the entire Obama family evening look. I must say that it is my favorite!

Below are just a few sketches, but you can check out the rest here! Tell me your favs!

Sean John Obama Evening Attire

Sean John Day Look... not so hot!

Second Sean John Evening Attire

Personalized Vineyard Vines Obama Tie

Nautica Tie

Nautica Evening Attire

Nautica Day Attire

Marc Jacobs Evening Attire

Kenneth Cole Daytime Attire

Kenneth Cole Evening Look... the Kenneth Cole's are my second favs but they may be a little too laid back for such a venue as this. They're both just so smooth like Barack is... they just go together!

Salvatore Ferragamo Daytime Attire

Salvatore Ferragamo Evening Attire

Ermenegildo Zegna Day and Evening Attire

Elie Tahari Daytime Attire

Elie Tahari Evening Attire

DSquared2 Evening Attire

Countess Mara Tie... I love the purple!

Brooks Bros Evening Attire

Brooks Bros. Obama Day Attire

Everybody Wants To Dress The First Lady Obama!

As all of you know, the second biggest event in our great nations history will be taking place in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2009; The Inauguration of President-Elect Barack H. Obama, and what would be more complimentary to one of the greatest black men in history than having one of the most prolific black women in history by your side in Mrs. Michelle Obama. Well, it seems that all of the upper eshilon of fashion designers are all vying for the opportunity to make Mrs. O's dress for the ball. Here are a few of the dresses submitted by some of our fav designers. Above is the dress submitted by Badgely Mischka.

Karl Lagerfield (for Chanel)

Diane Von Furstenburg

Oscar de la Renta

Carolina Herrera

Monique Lhuillier

Marc Jacobs

Something really cool

Betsey Johnson... was she trying to be funny with this one??? Ain't no way on God's green Earth she was serious!!!

Christian Lacroix

Christian Lacroix #2

Did You Happen To Notice Tuesday Night...

Did any of you happen to notice the bulletproof glass that was installed on the stage for President-Elect Barack Obama? I did, but I wasn't sure. Like, I noticed it, but I thought it was just on the corners of the stage, but apparently not.

He has already been the target of two assassination plots and hundreds of threats from white supremacists. So it was no surprise that Barack Obama's victory speech was delivered from behind two-inch thick bullet proof glass. Although he will not move into the White House until January security has already been stepped up around the President-elect. The clear protective screens he was sandwiched between at Grant Park in Chicago were the fist visible sign of the fears he will be the target of an assassination attempt.

The bulletproof glass was not visible to the millions of people worldwide watching his speech on TV. Also unseen were the dozens of Secret Service agents who had taken up position in the crowd and the high rise buildings overlooking the park. Hours before Obama stepped on stage Secret Service agents had posed as the Democratic presidential candidate to 'test' his exposure to an assassin's bullet. A red laser dot was 'fired' on to the chest of the agents from others posing as sniper's in the skyscrapers overlooking the park. After the test was carried out it was decided to install the 10 feet high and 15 feet long screens. A marquee housing the TV cameras meant he was not at risk from the front of the park. A no-fly zone was also imposed over the area, with only police helicopters allowed in the air.

The elaborate security measures, as well as the suffocating presence of dozens of agents, is something Obama, his wife and two young children will now have to learn to live with. Fears that he will be targeted by white supremacists has led to his Secret Service detail to double in size overnight. From 12 agents - the number usually assigned to a vice president - he will have a full complement of 30 agents to provide round the clock protection.

While race hate groups are thought to pose the most risk there are a number of organisations and individuals who pose a threat from within the US. He will also face threats from Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists who hate America. British Nobel prize winner Doris Lessing provoked outrage earlier this year when she predicted Obama would be assassinated if he were elected president.

In January the term 'Obama assassination' appeared on the top 100 Google search terms. The Secret Service have looked into at least 500 assassination threats against Obama. While the majority were dismissed at least a dozen have been investigated.

The most recent was two weeks ago when two skinheads with links to a neo-Nazi group were arrested in Tennessee. Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman have been charged with making threats against a presidential candidate. The pair allegedly planned to rob a gun store and then carry out a killing spree at an unnamed predominantly African-American high school before killing Obama. Court documents showed that the plot did not appear to be very advanced or sophisticated. But it highlighted the threat facing Obama and his family.

Not only will the Illinois senator, wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha receive round-the-clock protection but his closest relatives will also be affected. Family outings will be cut out and his daughters will receive protection on their way to and from school.

OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

Do I really need to say anything else about this??? It speaks for itself!

Barack Obama Is Our First Black President!!!!!!!!!

America... meet the next page in American/Black History! Former Illinois Senator, and newly appointed Commander and Chief of the free world Barack Hussein Obama has won the 2008 Presidential Election.

Turning to the next chapter in American history, Barack Obama offers hope, change, and and the promise of a brighter tomorrow! In a race that has lasted 18 grueling months and 2 years in the making, Barack Obama came out the victor and squelched the doubts of the naysayers forever!

Once the race had gone so far, Senator John McCain conceded to defeat and to the end of his own 10 year bid to gain full access to the steps of the White House. McCain called his former rival to concede defeat. "The American people have spoken, and spoken clearly," McCain told disappointed supporters in Arizona. In Senator McCain's speech on the admiration and respect that he has for Obama, his words were greeted by boo's from the audience, but it was to be expected from the losing party.

But when Obama spoke of McCain, he was greeted with applause and cheers! The sign of the "bigger man"!In Obama's acceptacne speech, he stated, "There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face."

President Bush added his congratulations from the White House, where his tenure runs out on Jan. 20. "May God bless whoever wins tonight," he had told dinner guests earlier.

Obama, in his speech, invoked the words of Lincoln and seemed to echo John F. Kennedy. "So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder," he said.

He and his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice president on Jan. 20, 2009. McCain remains in the Senate. Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate, returns to Alaska as governor after a tumultuous debut on the national stage. He will move into the Oval Office as leader of a country that is almost certainly in recession, and fighting two long wars, one in Iraq, the other in Afghanistan.

President Dubya Bush called to congratulate Barack Obama

Oprah Winfrey was in the crowd with long time beau Stedman Graham

Spike Lee came out for the monumental moment

Despite the ill words Jesse Jackson spoke against Barack Obama, let's not forget what this moment means to him as well. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr. for this exact moment!

Martin Luther King Jr's sister Christine Ferris King at celebrated tonight at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA

LOOK TOOT...HE DID IT!!!!