Posted by TRAVERS for BET’s YOU(th) VOTE

His name is Earl Stafford, but he might as well be called “Inauguration Santa.” As you probably know (because this more than likely applies to you) everybody and their cousin Peaches is trying to make it to Washington D.C.  on 1/20/09 for the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama.  (I know I am!) But you also probably know that trying to find a hotel, flight, Inauguration ticket, etc. at this point is harder than Bush trying to locate “misunderestimated” in the dictionary. 

With this in mind, successful black businessman Earl Stafford has spent over $1 million on luxury hotel rooms, food and drink, inauguration viewing suites, tuxedos, ball gowns, and hairdressers to give poor, terminally ill, and wounded military veterans the chance to attend this historic presidential inauguration in style, and get this, FOR FREE!!!

Mr. Stafford is the CEO and Chairman of Universal Systems and Technology, Inc., a company that provides a wide array of telecommunications systems integration services.  In 2006 it was estimated that the company earned $78 million in revenue.

Ladies and gents, if this doesn’t make you warm on the inside, run to your nearest hospital to get your pulse taken.  It feels so good to see a successful African-American man give back to those in need. Thank you, Mr. Stafford, for setting a wonderful example for all Americans.

 Isn’t this great?  Let me know how you feel.

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