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Subject: WHITE HOUSE REFUSES . . MEDIA INFORMATION One BET Plaza
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PRESIDENT BUSH DECLINES BET INVITATION TO ADDRESS AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS IN BET NIGHTLY NEWS INTERVIEW

BET CEO Johnson Appeals to Top African Americans in Bush White House

WASHINGTON (October 19, 2004) - After more than a month of waiting, BET finally got an answer from President George W. Bush to a formal invitation to address African-American voters in his own primetime BET NIGHTLY NEWS interview on the network. The answer is no.


BET Founder and CEO Robert Johnson first issued invitations to both President Bush and Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) on September 14. He asked each of them to appear on the network to discuss issues of relevance to BET viewers during this crucial stretch of the 2004 Presidential Election campaign. Senator Kerry accepted, and his half-hour interview was televised on October 7. But according to representatives of the White House, President Bush's current schedule will not allow time for him to appear on BET, and they asked that the network approach him again, "after the election."

In response to the Bush decline, Mr. Johnson has sent an open letter to top African Americans in the Bush Administration - Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Education Rod Paige, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson; along with former Oklahoma Republican Congressman J. C. Watts, who is leading a
grassroots group of African-American Republicans supporting the Bush re-election effort.

Here is the text of Mr. Johnson's letter to leading African-American members of the Bush Administration in response to President Bush's decline of BET's invitation to appear on the network:

On September 14, BET extended invitations to both President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry to discuss issues of relevance to African-American voters in their own primetime interview specials on our network. Senator Kerry accepted our invitation within a few days and that interview special was televised on Thursday, October 7. To our disappointment and after 35 days of waiting, we were informed this week that President Bush will not make room in his schedule to appear on BET to share his vision with
African-American voters. Contacts with the Bush campaign further instructed us to "ask again after the election."

As leading African Americans appointed by President Bush and supportive of both his policies and his re-election campaign, I urge you to ask the President to reconsider. While we have applauded your appointment to such a key role in the Bush Administration, political appointments are not enough when it comes to communicating the President's plan of action to address issues that African Americans find important. There is little doubt that African-American voters have the power to decide the outcome of this election. Our invitations to President Bush and Senator Kerry were each candidate's chance to show African Americans that their issues, opinions and their
votes really matter. To decline this opportunity does not send a very positive signal to African Americans with just 14 days left
before the election.

We look forward to your response to our request for intervention in this matter.

Respectfully,

Robert L. Johnson
Founder and CEO
BET

This has got to be the BIGGEST fool on Food Network!

I actually love Food Network and Iron Chef is one of my favorite shows. This guy tickles me to death, at the beginning of each challenge he makes a "grand" entrance and then takes a bite out of a bell pepper, tomato or some other vegetable and lawd the way he chews it! He makes watching the show worthwhile, just to see him "perform".

(from Foodtv.com)
Bio: Takeshi Kaga

Want to meet the ultimate foodie? It's Takeshi Kaga—or at least the character he plays on Japan's cult classic, Iron Chef. Kaga is the show's MC, portrayed as a wealthy and eccentric gourmet who lives in his castle with a small army of fine chefs. The character's chief pleasure in life is staging food battles between his honored Iron Chefs and premiere chefs of the culinary world. It's the eccentric nature of Kaga's character that accounts for the flamboyantly sequined, Liberace-esque wardrobe he sports.

If you think you've seen Kaga before, it may have been in a PBS special with the international cast of Les Misérables; Kaga was Jean Valjean in Japan's 1994 production. He was also the first Japanese Tony in West Side Story (1977) as well as the first Japanese Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (1976).

Next up for slaughter - Rachel Ray

Now this is a b**ch I just can't stand! This nut has two shows on Food Network, $40 A Day where she travel around eating breakfast, lunch and dinner on $40.00. What's the big deal? I can eat on $40.00 all damn week!

What really ticks me off with this ho is that every damn thang she puts in her mouth is good! "mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" is what she says and then does this wicked ass giggle. I could drop kick her ass!

Her other show is 30 Minute Meals - she acts a damn fool on that one too. And can you believe this nut is getting a 3rd show on the network where she cooks with celebrities! It premieres some time in November. I'll be watching !!!!!

** Mason Betha’s new CD is pretty good! Some of the lyrics are a bit corny, but his music sounds really good….take dat, take dat!**

** REPEAT from last week’s “Thurday Mumblins" - Just how much gas am I gonna have to put in the Jag-mobile this week? I was thinking on my drive in…. I wonder how long would it take me to “skip” to work. That wouldn't cost a thing! Growing up skipping was a viable means to get places faster. May not work now, what with all the traffic, besides the fact that I don’t weigh 70lbs any longer lol. **

**These are cute my ass will be hurting like hell after 50 miles on a Piaggio! Probably gets great gas mileage tho**

** Speaking of the Jag-mobile…. $618.00 later it is the proud owner of a brand new Expansion Tank! Yea, I don’t know what the hell it really is either, has something to do with the car’s cooling system. I love you but I will get rid of your ass! Just continue the BS and we WILL part ways! **

** I’m all about diversity, but damn my work environment is like “Little India” **

** TGIF I need some Rums and some Cokes, stirred not shaken**

** I need to focus on studying for my certifications! The guy from the school called last week and said “I haven’t seen you in the lab” I called him back and said “Yea, I know I’ve been extremely busy with work, I plan to start coming in next week…I lied…my ass ain't seen the inside of the lab this week, SQL Server 2000 is just not that appealing at the moment! **

** The woman from HR with the company I’ve been interviewing with (the Jesus file) called…they want me back over there next Friday. I wish this woman would just offer me the damn job already**

** Sex would be good right now**

WARNING - LOCK YOUR DOORS!!

Be sure you lock your doors and windows at home! A New Jersey man was found dead in his home over the weekend. Detectives at the scene found the man face down in his bathtub. The tub had been filled with milk, sugar, and cornflakes. A banana was sticking out of his ass. Police suspect a cereal killer.