Concerned Parent Helped Disrupt Assassination Plot, Sheriff Says

A county sheriff in Tennessee tells MyFOXMemphis.com that a call from a concerned parent helped disrupt two skinheads' alleged plot to kill Barack Obama.

A county sheriff in Tennessee says a call from a concerned parent helped disrupt an alleged plot by two skinheads to assassinate Barack Obama and kill and behead scores of blacks across the country.

Haywood County Sheriff Melvin Bond told MyFOXMemphis.com that a woman called his office worried about her daughter. "As the investigation led on, we found out who these individuals were," the Tennessee lawman said.

Paul Schlesselman, 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark., and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., are accused of dreaming up a plan in which they'd drive into the candidate while wearing top hats and tuxedos. They have a federal court hearing scheduled for Thursday morning in Memphis.

While authorities say the men had guns capable of creating carnage, documents show they never got close to getting off the ground.

Among the blunders: They drew attention to themselves by etching swastikas on a car with sidewalk chalk; they knew each other for only a month; they couldn't even pull off a house robbery; and a friend ratted them out to authorities.

"Certainly these men have some frightening weapons and some very frightening plans," said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who studies the white supremacy movement. "But with the part about wearing top hats ... it gets a bit hard to take them seriously."

While authorities say that the incident may have been far-fetched, they still conjure images of the segregation era for some.

"These incidents, isolated though they are, serve as a reality check," journalist John Seigenthaler said about the arrests. The 81-year-old was U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy's administrative assistant and was attacked with the Freedom Riders anti-segregation activists during the Civil Rights era.

"Yes we've changed in significant ways, but there are those that haven't," said Seigenthaler.

The alleged plot "should serve as a low voltage electric shock. We're a new South, but there are elements of the old South still under the surface."

The Rev. James Lawson, an 80-year-old Freedom Rider who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement and is now a visiting distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University, said he was not surprised by this latest threat to Obama.

He said he has had conversations with fellow blacks at various places, not just the South, since Obama's candidacy began nearly two years and they have been afraid for Obama's life.

"In the black community, there's been all over the country anticipation of his being in harm's way," Lawson said. "That is a reflection of the fact that, by and large, the black community still experiences racism when it comes to access to jobs, in unemployment levels, in housing discrimination and predatory lending in housing."

The alleged plot highlights tensions that both blacks and whites say exist in Helena-West Helena, a predominantly black east Arkansas city that has struggled economically.

I think that [Schlesselman] just made a bad choice," Helena-West Helena resident Betty Hunt told MyFOXMemphis.com. "That's what I think. I feel he made a bad choice. But I don't really know him."

Mayor James Valley said he doesn't believe Schlesselman's involvement in the alleged plot indicated any organized effort by white supremacists in the city, but he said there has been at least a political tension among blacks and whites.

"The white community controls the finances and the black community here controls the ballot box, so that's where you're going to see it," said Valley, who is black.

One Helena-West Helena resident, Larry Johnston, said he was not surprised that white supremacists had been plotting to kill Obama. Johnston, who is white, said he voted for John McCain during early voting and that he didn't believe the country is ready for a black president.

"You look at all your big cities that have black mayors and you have trouble," said Johnston, 58. "That's what I'm afraid of with Obama."

Despite making sure the plot was stopped, authorities did not believe Cowart and Schlesselman had the means to carry out their threat to assassinate Obama, said a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

Asked whether the two suspects had Obama's schedule or plans to kill him at a specific time or place, a second law enforcement official who also was not authorized to speak publicly said, "I don't think they had that level of detail."

The two met online about a month ago, introduced by a friend and bound by a mutual belief in white supremacy, according to an affidavit written by a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who interviewed them.

Schlesselman's family said Tuesday that it was unlikely he was seriously planning an attack, even though he expressed hatred for blacks. A high school dropout who was unsuccessful finding work, he often spent time on the computer, his 16-year-old sister, Kayla said. She said she often argued with him about his racial beliefs, and he would say things like "Obama would make the world suffer."

He hated his tiny Delta hometown of Helena-West Helena because it was predominantly black, she said.

"He just believes that he's the master race," she said. "He would just say things like 'white power' and 'Sieg Heil' and 'Heil Hitler."'

Comments like those and the plot uncovered are inevitable as the region still struggles with its past, said Dan Fountain, assistant professor of history at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Fountain said those views are no longer mainstream in the South, but have not completely disappeared either.

"Those people who stood in the doorways had children, and their ideas still passed on and still live on to some extent today," Fountain said.

Doug Shipman, executive director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, says threats to Obama and blacks in the South are remnants of the Old South, but not the face of most of today's South.

"But these kinds of feelings are harbored by individuals and will probably continue to be in the future," he said. "The political season has shown race is still a relevant issue, but it's much more complicated than in the past."

Raven (Rock of Love) Giving Witchcraft Massages on Craigslist

I can't blame her for trying to get her money, but how does witchcraft and massage services go together? I think she would have been better off without the pictures, cause they are SCARY. Tis the season for witches and goblins, but trick or treating is for kids!

I know the costume stores are gonna sell out of blonde wigs this year!!
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ths/885170406.html

Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy's Video Debut

Everybody needs a taste of the limelight, huh?

The father of republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's unborn grandchild's father speaks out about how Bristol plans to claim her current boyfriend as the baby's father. Apparently the Palin's feel a black baby daddy isn't good for their campaign. That they didn't know is it's probably the best thing for their campaign.... it would put them closer to black republicans who planned to turn democratic this election to support their people. And that's all she wrote....

Diddy is looking for 2 artists to sign to Bad Boy Records.

Courtesy of MTV.com

DIDDY IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO SIGN TWO FRESH ARTISTS TO HIS LABEL BAD BOY RECORDS - ONE GUY AND ONE GIRL WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL STYLES FROM SOULFUL R&B AND ENERGETIC POP, TO TWANGY COUNTRY AND HOT ROCKERS.

Come show Diddy you got what it takes to hang with the best in the biz , and become the next hot act to drop on Bad Boy Records!

Sweeping the nation, starting in August 2008...

Read all the info below to find out how to apply. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

* To attend an open call, fill out the attached questionnaire: [click here to download] and follow the Open Call Requirements.

Open Call Cities:

San Francisco, CA
Saturday August 23rd 2008
Element Lounge
1028 Geary St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Open Call Line 8am
Doors Open 9am


St Louis, MO
Tuesday, August 26th 2008
Blueberry Hill
6504 Delmar in The Loop
St Louis, MO, 63130
www.blueberryhill.com
Open Call Line 8am
Doors Open 9am


New York, NY
Friday, August 29th 2008
S.I.R.
520 West 25th St
Between 10th & 11th Ave
NY, NY, 10001
www.sirny.com/studios
Open Call Line 8am
Doors Open 9am


Los Angeles, CA
Saturday September 6th 2008
Musicians Institute
1655 N. McCadden Place
Hollywood CA 90028
www.mi.edu
Open Call Line 8am
Doors Open 9am


Atlanta, GA
Tuesday September 9th 2008
Avatar Events Group
471 Glen Iris Dr NE
Atlanta, GA, 30308
www.avatareventsgroup.com
Open Call Line 8am
Doors Open 9am


KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR VENUES AND TIMES

Please bring the following to Open Call Audition:


1. Complete and sign applications and release
2.Be prepared to sing up to three (3) songs that showcase your vocal stylings
3.You may sing a cappella, to a track of your choice, or with one instrument
4.You may be asked to perform a song of the producer's choice.


Please plan to be at the audition all day. We suggest bringing snacks and water. You may be asked to stay for a call back the next day, so please plan accordingly.

Not required but bring if you have:

1.Resume
2.Headshot
3. DVD of performances



Video Submission Requirements
You only need to make a video if you cannot attend one of our open calls.


If you cannot attend an open call, fill out the following questionnaire: [click here to download] and follow the Video Submission Requirements:


1. Complete and sign applications and release
2.3 minute DVD labeled clearly with name and phone number
3.Include a still photo


Mail to:

Star Marker Casting
11693 San Vicente Blvd
#324
Los Angeles, CA 90049


Only make a video if you cannot attend an open call. Deadline for tapes is Friday, September 5th 2008 by 12:00am (midnight) Pacific Standard Time.

If you have any questions send an email to starmaker@mtvnmix.com or call us at 1-888-951-5551.

Khia Behaving Badly on MTO! Funny Stuff.

Click on the links to expand each screen shot. Here we see Khia posing as her own fan. Then once MTO readers peep her game she admits it's her, and tries to beef with people who had posted comments about her inability to spell, repetitively underdeveloped lyrics, and low budget production.
The playlist on the right contains "Hello Brooklyn"-- notice any similarities?
In April I posted a blog regarding the top reasons why Khia sucks. If this her new video isn't reason enough go check out 10 more reason's.

Soulja Boy for President!

One day during a board meeting I decided to spice it up by eloquently shouting “Yoooh!,” to which my professional associates responded “yoooh”. This was nearly a year ago, and who would have though that Mr. DeAndre Ramone Way would be still in the game? “2008 is ova man!”, he spouts to a captive audience of youth who now actually have a positive role model to fill the void left behind when Bow Wow & Romeo grew up & lost the 'Lil'. The only difference is that Soulja Boy has not just released a platinum album... he has created a crank movement.

I bet the people who gave Papoose his advance wish they had taken the time to scout out young S.Beezy, who in 2007 had a Billboard Top 100 single and Grammy award nomination; with 2008 bringing him a shoe deal and a feud with Ice T. I’m not usually one to take sides, but I personally know that Ice T is an asshole. He’s self conscious about the fact that he’s old, and that his career didn’t exactly turn out how he envisioned. He’s not LL Cool J, or Ice Cube or even Master P. Hell, Ice T has every reason to be jealous of every rapper with skin pigmentation ;) (inside jokey joke)

In fact, I once interviewed Ice T for a radio station back in 2001. There was a press conference held for myself and my media colleagues, and I recall it in slow motion. I asked Mr. T “So, with the success of your acting career do you ever see yourself returning to the music industry?” The Ice man replied initially by telling me that he had never left the music industry and that he had recorded a hip hop/heavy metal album which sold millions on the internet. HE’S A DAMN LIE!....This is when the story went in slow motion. Icey got heated and starting speaking with his hands saying that I didn’t know what I was talking about, and hadn’t done my research. (I didn’t know you had to research a hit album). Next he knocked over his bottled water and spilled it all over his smedium sweater and leather banded, rainbow Jacob “The Jeweler” watch. It was unforgettable (obviously).

I totally understand how Ice T could hate on Soulja Boy. Hell, S. Beezie sparked the careers of several other crank groups including Camp 22, and P.O.B. (Pop It Off Boyz). I have never heard of an artist creating a dance or style so hot that several other groups copy it— and they all end up successful. Not to compare them all, I’m sure they all claim that Soulja Boy had nothing to do with their concept and that they owe nothing to the person who made a whole country recognize seemingly silly lyrics, clothing and dance moves as a work of art.

What happened to Dem Franchise Boys and my all time favorite one hit wonders D4L? I just about guarantee that both groups are somewhere hating on Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.

K Ci from Jodeci's Crackish Performance on TV1. wtf!

K-Ci & JoJo On Bill Bellamy's Who Got Jokes
by BriBri5

I've always been a huge Jodeci fan. I read on MediaTakeOut that allegedly a 90's r & b singer was known to be having sex with an HIV positive model who died in 98... Someone close to the anonymous deceased model claimed that seeing the anonymous singer perform recently caused her to be concerned that he contracted the package.

Now although MTO don't point no elbows as to who the singer is, or ID the model, I think they shed some light on what Jodeci been up to. I was astonished when I seen K Ci and JoJo and I was kinda curious if anybody in their circle let them know that this performance didn't deserve 2 thumbs up. Personally, viewing this video reminds me of Rick James at the BET awards... and Whitney Houston @ the BET awards. Drugs will fukk you up!! And that's all she wrote...

I Had Sex With SuperHead

SuperHead's Six Degrees of Seperation

SuperHead had sex with Ray J, who's been dating Whitney Houston, who was married to Bobby Brown, who dated SuperHead too... so inevitably Bobby Brown screwed HIMSELF and Ray J when he banged Ms. Steffans.

Most recently Miss Info on Hot 97 dropped a dime on SuperHead for having sex with Chris Brown (who denied having sex with his manager, but did't deny Ms. Steffans)... so Chris Brown had sex with two of his predecessors- Bobby Brown and Ray J, who both had sex with the real Queen of R & B- Ms. Whitney Houston... who probably didn't realize that she too had sex with SuperHead.

Let's take it back to the early days when SuperHead was freakin Ja Rule, who has a song out with Lil Wayne called "Uh Oh". I wonder if that's what Baby said when he realized he had been tounge kissing SuperHead, Ray J, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown... not to mention Ja Rule. I don't know whats worse, the fact that Baby kisses Wayne on the mouth or the fact that he put that mouth on SuperHead.

I guess Jay Z and Dame Dash been screwing each other since the get go. Yes, both of them are in Lil Wayne's mouth so no wonder this negro call himself Young Carter, and all in love with Brooklyn... his mouth cavity and penis is covered in native NYC DNA.

Let's not forget about the fact that Ray J had sex with Kim Kardashian... I saw the sextape, and Ray J looked TOO thirsty for the camera ;) talking about "yeah, yeah"... biting his bottom lip (LMAO)... anyways, so Kim Kardashian had sex with Marques Houston who I believe was with Tila Tequila who has been on the prowl for a Shot @ Love. Incidentally Tila Tequila had sex with Ray J, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Ja Rule, Dame Dash, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, SuperHead and Kim Kardashian like an accident waiting to happen.

All I know is after the way she treated Bobby I would have to be homeless and destitute to sleep on her couch which is potentially still occupied by Darius McCrary bka: "Eddie Winslow". I aint mad at him tho. From what I hear, Ms. Steffans make some mean fried chicken. That heffer "chicken" was so good Eddie Winslow been having sex with Lil Wayne (who had sex with Trina... who used to do Trick Daddy), Ja Rule, Jay Z (who is sexing Beyonce) Dame Dash, Ray J, Kim Kardashian, Marques Houston, Tila Tequila and Chris Brown (and probably Chris Brown's manager ;)

I didn't forget about Ice T, Kool G Rap, Bill Maher or any of them, but I figured most of them probably have flaccid penises, and none of us wanna think about them having sex at all. By now you probably think I'm a hater because I haven't had the pleasure of screwing a bunch of B list celebrities. I'm not mad, in fact I love life on my new found F list, in hopes of one day catching a venerial disease from a C list celeb like SuperHead. I don't know why she never talks about me in her book because we have had sex too!....I just don't have time to break it down for you. In some sick way she's had sex with you too.

[No disrespect to SuperHead, or any of her sex partners, but it is what it is. In fact I commend her because she is making a vicarious statement. The brilliant movie producer Samuel Greenlee once said "If you wanna be a rich hoe go to Hollywood." is ironically a positive way to say that if you're gonna be a whore don't waste time screwing nobodies... and that's the moral of this story?]

Quindon Claims Chris Stokes Made Him Kiss Marques Houston

So more allegations arise. According to MediaTakeOut Vibe Magazine is going to release an article. For backstory look at my previous blogs where I posted video of Raz B and Ricky Romance alleging molestation, as well as the entire group claiming manager Chris Stokes controlled, and manipulated them. Although Raz B made a public apology it clearly looked forced... Ricky Romance's follow up radio interview was fugazi... Omarion has been dropped from his label...

June 13, 2008. MediaTakeOut.com just got its hands on a SHOCKING article published in this month's issue of Vibe magazine. In it, the magazine takes an in depth look at the life of Chris Stokes - including the allegations of abuse levied last year by former B2K member Raz B and his brother Ricky Romance.

There are many interesting things in the article - including their description of how Chris Stokes would completely control B2K's lives (including not allowing them to have girlfriends) and how they suspect that Raz B and Ricky Romance were paid off to retract their statements.

But MediaTakeOut.com found the most shocking part of the article to be the interview with Chris Stokes' former artist Quindon Carter (best known for his remake of Prince's When Doves Cry). Here are some excerpts:

Tarver's first meeting of Chris Stokes:

When Chris Stokes met Quindon Tarver, Stokes asked him to belt something out on the spot. He was impressed by the boy's silky, anointed voice. "He told my mom he wanted to fly us to L.A.," Tarver says. But there was another thing Stokes needed to mention. "I'm getting ready to go to court on a molestation charge," Tarver says Stokes told him and his mother, "but it's not true and I'm going to win it."


Here's Tarver on getting signed:

"It happened like overnight," Tarver recalls with awe in his voice. Stokes promised him he'd win a Grammy, but says Tarver, "everything just started going downhill after my first album."

Looking back, he says he was "manipulated," "cheated," and "sabotaged" by Stokes. But according to Tarver, the damage to his career was just the beginning. "I have had some things that haunted me for quite some time," he says, his voice in a whisper. "He is a very dirty, rotten guy."


And Tarver goes into detail:

"For a certain amount of years, I was molested. I wouldn't say exactly by Chris, but he would organize it." Tarver stops speaking. It sounds like he's hyperventilating. "He'd organize activities to be done as he sat and watched ... Watching or coaching, if you will.

He would make another member of [Immature] like come and do things ... Oh my God. Four years. It was rough."

Tarver says Stokes made him take showers with the other boys. He says Stokes would ask him, "Who do you think of at night when you masturbate?" He says Stokes made him and Marques Houston kiss each other. "[I can take] a lie detector test, anything," he says. "This is just a little bit of the things I went through."


DANG ...

Video- Crazy Chick on the Atlanta Subway! Curses out old lady.

Yo. Shorties don't have no sense. I honestly done seen some crazy shit happen on the train, but never nothing like that. If I had been that old lady I don't think I could have sat there as calmly. Even though dude muffed her ass a little ruff, I wanna commend the dudes that defended the lady. That was probably the only thing that would've distracted that tackhead unless Soulja Boy himself had got on @ the next stop and yelled out "Soulja Boy up in this hoe! Yah Bitch Yah". I hope the police get ahold of this footage and find that chick and PRESS CHARGES, PRESS CHARGES, what... PRESS CHARGES ;)



UPDATE: c/o ARIEL HART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/13/08

MARTA officials said they have arrested Nafiza Ziyad, 25, as the result of an online video in which a young woman appears to be threatening an elderly woman on a MARTA train. The video, posted on YouTube two weeks ago, has drawn more than 7,000 comments on the site and been viewed 600,000 times.

Ziyad was arrested Thursday night. When MARTA police identified her, they found she was being held at the Atlanta city jail on other charges, MARTA officials said.