Sober Karaoke is when you consciously bear your soul Charles Hamilton – Hi! What Is Sober Karaoke?
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There’s no such thing as sober karaoke
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President Obama’s speech in response to the Boston Marathon explosions of April 15, 2013. Live updates can be found here and here. Full coverage can be found at The Boston Globe.
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It’s still unclear who committed this heinous crime, but President Obama assures the nation that they will be brought to justice
In the investigation stage there are lots of facts that authorities can’t disclose to the public, otherwise perpetrators may be able to figure out that the Feds are onto them.
So here, Obama is saying that since we’re in the investigation stage, there is a lot of information that we won’t be disclosing to the public. But rest assured, we’re working diligently to figure out what the hell happened.
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Boston Mayor Tom Menino
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
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Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
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FBI Director Robert Mueller
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New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, and the sixth-largest in New England. It is the home of Yale University, from which Nick Carraway graduated.
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Referencing this part of Jay’s “Open Letter”, where Jay claims to have used his connection with President Obama to get governmental clearance for his trip to Cuba
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A reference to Jay-Z and Beyonce’s recent trip to Havana, which some Cuban-American congressmen objected to. He treats Havana like Atlanta, walking around and sight seeing, smokin Cubans, living it up! Even though it’s almost illegal to be doing the same thing in Cuba.
Jay-Z is also playing with the historical context from the beginning. Atlanta is regarded as a “Black Mecca” in the U.S. and Havana has an equal and arguably greater place in Black History. So Jay-Z is just bringing attention back once again to the great connection Havana has to Black America. Check out Dr. Henry Louis Gates'2011 documentary “Black in Latin America: Cuba the Next Revolution” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygms7GCXIKY
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