Why Black Folks Love Charlie Sheen

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By: Natalie Hopkinson

There's a new celebrity crackhead on the scene, and some folks can barely contain their glee. It's as if all of black Twitter and Facebook strained its collective neck to watch this 50-car pileup that is Charlie Sheen explode all over the mass media.

"What if @charliesheen has done so much drugs, he's come out on the other side -- like he sees things how it really is … " tweeted the comedian Elon James White, creator of Blacking It Up, during the broadcast of Sheen's interview on 20/20. "I understand we're watching a mental illness disaster ... but hell if @charliesheen isn't giving me brand new life affirmations ... " CONTINUE....

5/2/09: Your Weekly Address

In this Weekly Address, the President discusses the government's response to the 2009 H1N1 flu virus, urging that there is no need to panic but explaining that the federal government and American people nonetheless should take the necessary precautions.