Thursday, January 31, 2008
Quick Quote: Jan 31
"Success is a lousy teacher it seduces smart people into thinking that they cant lose" Bill Gates, London Mirror
Question for the day: What is a sell out?
A friend of mine was doing some free lance work filming a book signing at Margret Mitchell’s house, that’s the lady who wrote Gone With The Wind.
The author for that night was a gentleman who wrote a book called Sell Out, my homeboy, who I guess, became engrossed in the conversation going on about the book that he called me to talk about his view of what a “sell out” is.
Now I know he called me because 9 out of 10 times I would be seeing things different from him and he was looking for a debate so I gave him one. We started off arguing about what people thought were examples of sellouts, Hammer, Barack Obama, T.I., Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, BET, I said no, no, maybe, no hell yeah, and no doubt, respectively.
We went on and on before realizing we were having a debate about what the definition of a sellout was causing us to look at things differently.
When I was a kid a sellout was anyone who white people liked or surrounded themselves with white people.
That was pretty much your standard definition back then.
Now at the time the poster boy for a kid like me of selling out was MC Hammer the rapper who made millions rapping and dancing to what at the time I thought was strictly white people.
Now that I am older and wiser I see things differently.
Was Hammer, whose first album was loved by blacks, who laid down a blue print of how a rapper should get paid with endorsements and record deal, who hired black kids from his community and surrounded himself with black employees, married black, and never promoted a poisonous ideals to the listeners at his peak, really a sellout?
Just because whites brought his music?
Dancing was very much a part of Hip-Hop back than as it is today, there were only a handful of really good MCs at the time, and what black person did not want to make money?
So the only reason Hammer was disliked was because whites liked him.
Think about that when you look at one his rivals and “respected” members of his Hip-Hop class who called him out for being a sellout, 3rd Base.
Now here you have two white dudes with black hair cuts, black medallions, performing what was pretty much an exclusively black art form, chasing black women, loved by blacks, calling a black man a sellout for being liked by whites.
That sounds stupid as hell now that I am older. If anyone was a sellout it was 3rd Base.
What about Barak Obama?
He is intelligent, articulate, well heeled, light skinned and safe looking.
The old school red flags of a sellout.
And to be honest whites love this guy like cooked food.
Hell even the Republicans are having trouble finding buttons to push especially with the alternative being Clinton.
But he is no sellout, he would have to turn on his beliefs for the Oval office and his beliefs are what he is selling, that whole “Change” thing.
He has stood up for his decision making and has not flipped flop for the sake of getting more white or black votes at the expense of the other despite some blacks wanting him to hold up a black fist before they will vote for him and some whites who want him to act like he is completely devoid of all color to go along with his color blindness .
If you look at his domestic policy beliefs, (at least what he is saying now), concerning education, drug laws, and health care he has managed to address black issues while not addressing “black” issues, just plain old issues.
Pretty stand up to me.
T.I.? I consider him half and half.
I don’t think his drug use or getting busted with guns, that would probably be used to kill another black person as selling out, criminal, but not selling out.
We knew he was a thug when he dropped his first 16 bars on a record.
So how is he a sellout?
He is doing exactly what he says he would do on his albums, that sounds pretty real to me.
The question for me are those albums themselves, I got a problem with the gangster/hardcore/drug/trap music that these rappers come out with.
Not because of the subject but because the idiots have now come out with back to back albums gangster/hardcore/drug/trap music.
How many albums can you go on with that?
A lot of these dudes are pushing 40 still talking that mess, an entire albums worth of it.
That’s selling out to me, you found a formulae and you are going to ride it into the grave.
Mean while every kid out there who does not know better are taking this for gospel.
Being a stripper and a drug dealer are now career options.
But still I only call them sellouts half heartedly, the bigger sellouts are the people who buy their music to me.
Clarence Thomas?
Hell no!
The man is determined to die on his cross and I have no problem putting a nail through his ass but he is no sellout.
Let’s look at what he is saying, he hates welfare, hates affirmative action, wants to be judge for being himself and to stand up on his own two feet.
Now despite the fact that it was those things that got him to where he is, he has worked actively to scale back those very same things.
And since I no longer prescribe to the monolithic view of black thought, I do not see him betraying us.
Not to me.
He would be selling out if he became the poster boy for affirmative action.
Nope the old dog stuck to his guns damn it all.
Condoleezza Rice without a doubt in my mind yet with absolutely no proof to back it up.
Here is why, I know the war in Iraq is a scam I see the Bush administration scaling back are rights, I see the big oil grab going on around the world, the two face foreign policy that make allies out of international thugs but enemies out of the ones that do not fall in line.
If I can see that here from my little section of the world than how does she who is in the middle of the mess not see it?
In fact how does she have the gall to endorse it?
The only reason I can think of is that she was hell bent on being the first black woman as Secretary Of State pr either she really is sleeping with the President.
She isn’t no war hawking patriot like Rumsfeld, not a money grubber like good old shoot em up Vice president Dick, she was the one that was supposed to have some sense in that administration.
I know she does not buy into the B.S. which is what irks me.
That is why she is a sellout, she know the truth but sells a dream.
BET, that wonderful network that has brought us BET Uncut, Read a Book, College Hill, Hell Date, and every lousy rapper who can reach the mic.
You know the truth is I believe everything has it’s place.
Porn has it's place, violence has it's place just not necessarily together and not sold in the kids section.
Thats the problem with BET it sells very adult images to kids than turns around and shows church programing on sunday.
We get enough of the stereotypes from othwer networks so you would figure we would catch a break from the one network that targets blacks.
And since Viacom owns BET for the LAST TIME BET IS NOT A BLACK NETWORK!
It just has a bunch of niggas working there.
So to sum up a sellout to me is a combination of some one who trades in his beliefs, and values, and the truth for success, than turns around and tries to sell you a lie that he does not believe in all the while watching that lie do damage.
Damn that was kinda of long.
The author for that night was a gentleman who wrote a book called Sell Out, my homeboy, who I guess, became engrossed in the conversation going on about the book that he called me to talk about his view of what a “sell out” is.
Now I know he called me because 9 out of 10 times I would be seeing things different from him and he was looking for a debate so I gave him one. We started off arguing about what people thought were examples of sellouts, Hammer, Barack Obama, T.I., Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, BET, I said no, no, maybe, no hell yeah, and no doubt, respectively.
We went on and on before realizing we were having a debate about what the definition of a sellout was causing us to look at things differently.
When I was a kid a sellout was anyone who white people liked or surrounded themselves with white people.
That was pretty much your standard definition back then.
Now at the time the poster boy for a kid like me of selling out was MC Hammer the rapper who made millions rapping and dancing to what at the time I thought was strictly white people.
Now that I am older and wiser I see things differently.
Was Hammer, whose first album was loved by blacks, who laid down a blue print of how a rapper should get paid with endorsements and record deal, who hired black kids from his community and surrounded himself with black employees, married black, and never promoted a poisonous ideals to the listeners at his peak, really a sellout?
Just because whites brought his music?
Dancing was very much a part of Hip-Hop back than as it is today, there were only a handful of really good MCs at the time, and what black person did not want to make money?
So the only reason Hammer was disliked was because whites liked him.
Think about that when you look at one his rivals and “respected” members of his Hip-Hop class who called him out for being a sellout, 3rd Base.
Now here you have two white dudes with black hair cuts, black medallions, performing what was pretty much an exclusively black art form, chasing black women, loved by blacks, calling a black man a sellout for being liked by whites.
That sounds stupid as hell now that I am older. If anyone was a sellout it was 3rd Base.
What about Barak Obama?
He is intelligent, articulate, well heeled, light skinned and safe looking.
The old school red flags of a sellout.
And to be honest whites love this guy like cooked food.
Hell even the Republicans are having trouble finding buttons to push especially with the alternative being Clinton.
But he is no sellout, he would have to turn on his beliefs for the Oval office and his beliefs are what he is selling, that whole “Change” thing.
He has stood up for his decision making and has not flipped flop for the sake of getting more white or black votes at the expense of the other despite some blacks wanting him to hold up a black fist before they will vote for him and some whites who want him to act like he is completely devoid of all color to go along with his color blindness .
If you look at his domestic policy beliefs, (at least what he is saying now), concerning education, drug laws, and health care he has managed to address black issues while not addressing “black” issues, just plain old issues.
Pretty stand up to me.
T.I.? I consider him half and half.
I don’t think his drug use or getting busted with guns, that would probably be used to kill another black person as selling out, criminal, but not selling out.
We knew he was a thug when he dropped his first 16 bars on a record.
So how is he a sellout?
He is doing exactly what he says he would do on his albums, that sounds pretty real to me.
The question for me are those albums themselves, I got a problem with the gangster/hardcore/drug/trap music that these rappers come out with.
Not because of the subject but because the idiots have now come out with back to back albums gangster/hardcore/drug/trap music.
How many albums can you go on with that?
A lot of these dudes are pushing 40 still talking that mess, an entire albums worth of it.
That’s selling out to me, you found a formulae and you are going to ride it into the grave.
Mean while every kid out there who does not know better are taking this for gospel.
Being a stripper and a drug dealer are now career options.
But still I only call them sellouts half heartedly, the bigger sellouts are the people who buy their music to me.
Clarence Thomas?
Hell no!
The man is determined to die on his cross and I have no problem putting a nail through his ass but he is no sellout.
Let’s look at what he is saying, he hates welfare, hates affirmative action, wants to be judge for being himself and to stand up on his own two feet.
Now despite the fact that it was those things that got him to where he is, he has worked actively to scale back those very same things.
And since I no longer prescribe to the monolithic view of black thought, I do not see him betraying us.
Not to me.
He would be selling out if he became the poster boy for affirmative action.
Nope the old dog stuck to his guns damn it all.
Condoleezza Rice without a doubt in my mind yet with absolutely no proof to back it up.
Here is why, I know the war in Iraq is a scam I see the Bush administration scaling back are rights, I see the big oil grab going on around the world, the two face foreign policy that make allies out of international thugs but enemies out of the ones that do not fall in line.
If I can see that here from my little section of the world than how does she who is in the middle of the mess not see it?
In fact how does she have the gall to endorse it?
The only reason I can think of is that she was hell bent on being the first black woman as Secretary Of State pr either she really is sleeping with the President.
She isn’t no war hawking patriot like Rumsfeld, not a money grubber like good old shoot em up Vice president Dick, she was the one that was supposed to have some sense in that administration.
I know she does not buy into the B.S. which is what irks me.
That is why she is a sellout, she know the truth but sells a dream.
BET, that wonderful network that has brought us BET Uncut, Read a Book, College Hill, Hell Date, and every lousy rapper who can reach the mic.
You know the truth is I believe everything has it’s place.
Porn has it's place, violence has it's place just not necessarily together and not sold in the kids section.
Thats the problem with BET it sells very adult images to kids than turns around and shows church programing on sunday.
We get enough of the stereotypes from othwer networks so you would figure we would catch a break from the one network that targets blacks.
And since Viacom owns BET for the LAST TIME BET IS NOT A BLACK NETWORK!
It just has a bunch of niggas working there.
So to sum up a sellout to me is a combination of some one who trades in his beliefs, and values, and the truth for success, than turns around and tries to sell you a lie that he does not believe in all the while watching that lie do damage.
Damn that was kinda of long.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Joke for the day: Jan 29
There are two guys in a bar...one says, "Did your hear the news - Mike
is dead!!!"
"Whoa, what the heck happened to him?" asks the other guy.
"Well he was on his way over to my house the other day and when he
arrived outside the house he didn't brake properly and boom - He hit
the curb, the car flipped over and he crashed through the sunroof -
Went flying through the air and smashed through my upstairs bedroom
window."
"What a horrible way to die!" says the other guy.
"No no, he survived that, that didn't kill him at all. So, he's landed
in my upstairs bedroom and he's all covered in broken glass on the
floor. Then, he spots the big old antique wardrobe we have in the room
and reaches up for the handle to try to pull himself up. He's just
dragging himself up when bang, this massive wardrobe comes crashing
down on top of him, crushing him and breaking most of his bones."
"What a way to go, that's terrible!"
"No no, that didn't kill him he survived that. He managed to get the
wardrobe off him and crawls out onto the landing, he tries to pull
himself up on the banister but under his weight, the banister breaks
and he goes falling down on to the first floor. In mid air, all the
broken banister poles spin and fall on him, pinning him to the floor,
sticking right through him."
"Now that is the most unfortunate way to go!"
"No no, that didn't kill him, he even survived that. So he's on the
downstairs landing, just beside the kitchen. He crawls in to the
kitchen, tries to pull himself up on the stove, but reached for a big
pot of boiling hot water, whoosh, the whole thing came down on him and
burned most of his skin off him."
"Man, what a way to go!"
"No no, he survived that, he survived that! He's lying on the ground,
covered in boiling water and he spots the phone and tries to pull
himself up, to call for help, but instead he grabs the light switch
and pulls the whole thing off the wall and the water and electricity
didn't mix and so he got electrocuted -- 10,000 volts shot through
him."
"Now that is one awful way to go!"
"No no, he survived that..."
"Hold on now, just how did he die?" asks the other guy.
"I shot him!" the first guy exclaims.
"You shot him? What the heck did you shoot him for?"
"The son of a bitch was wrecking my house!"
is dead!!!"
"Whoa, what the heck happened to him?" asks the other guy.
"Well he was on his way over to my house the other day and when he
arrived outside the house he didn't brake properly and boom - He hit
the curb, the car flipped over and he crashed through the sunroof -
Went flying through the air and smashed through my upstairs bedroom
window."
"What a horrible way to die!" says the other guy.
"No no, he survived that, that didn't kill him at all. So, he's landed
in my upstairs bedroom and he's all covered in broken glass on the
floor. Then, he spots the big old antique wardrobe we have in the room
and reaches up for the handle to try to pull himself up. He's just
dragging himself up when bang, this massive wardrobe comes crashing
down on top of him, crushing him and breaking most of his bones."
"What a way to go, that's terrible!"
"No no, that didn't kill him he survived that. He managed to get the
wardrobe off him and crawls out onto the landing, he tries to pull
himself up on the banister but under his weight, the banister breaks
and he goes falling down on to the first floor. In mid air, all the
broken banister poles spin and fall on him, pinning him to the floor,
sticking right through him."
"Now that is the most unfortunate way to go!"
"No no, that didn't kill him, he even survived that. So he's on the
downstairs landing, just beside the kitchen. He crawls in to the
kitchen, tries to pull himself up on the stove, but reached for a big
pot of boiling hot water, whoosh, the whole thing came down on him and
burned most of his skin off him."
"Man, what a way to go!"
"No no, he survived that, he survived that! He's lying on the ground,
covered in boiling water and he spots the phone and tries to pull
himself up, to call for help, but instead he grabs the light switch
and pulls the whole thing off the wall and the water and electricity
didn't mix and so he got electrocuted -- 10,000 volts shot through
him."
"Now that is one awful way to go!"
"No no, he survived that..."
"Hold on now, just how did he die?" asks the other guy.
"I shot him!" the first guy exclaims.
"You shot him? What the heck did you shoot him for?"
"The son of a bitch was wrecking my house!"
What I am Rockin: Oran "Juice" Jones
This is the greatest busted song ever, the talk at the end had me rolling when I was a kid.
The Rain
The Rain
What a Lousy weekend.
The Lupe Fiasco and Wyclef concerts were sold out so I did not get to see either one.
Thats what I get for waiting.
Thats what I get for waiting.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Stunna of the Week 12: Three for 1 Salt-N-Pepa-N-Spinderella
The Hip-Hp version of the R&B girl groups complete with questions of talent, relevance, bed room drama, money problems and of course cattiness.
Salt-N-Pepa-N-Spinderella
What Hip-Hop head did not have a crush on Salt-n-Pepa and Spin?
They were good for Hip-Hop, sexy with out being slutty, conscious, talented, hell they need to make a come back.
I do not remember them losing any of their momentum in the 90's like every one says, I just figured they wanted a break from each other.
After watching an episode of the reality show,(which sucks), they came back to my mind like a good dream.
I wouldn't mind seeing the old timers drop another album so long as their art matured with them.
So much for wondering if Obama can get black voters in SC.
Well no more wondering if Obama can get the black vote, as I said before he has that on lock.
78% of black voters who made up 50% of all voters in South Carolina rolled with Obama.
Now I always take what the media says with a grain of salt and a big bottle of Castor oil, that's just the cynic in me, (Or the fact that I am a black man in the United States which makes me genetically unable to buy into B.S. when I see it).
All the hoopla about Obama getting the black vote in particular the young black vote is sounding like the hot air it is.
This is the same state that the country swore up and down that black women were ready to jump ship on his butt.
Guess no one felt like swimming.
Now this is far from over I am not buying into the idea that Bill may have effected the out come with his rabble rousing, I believe these results were on coming out this way regardless if the ex president opened his mouth or not.
What I do know is that slick Willie will not take this on his back.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
News from Planet “Duh Really?”: The circus has not left town yet.
News from Planet “Duh Really?”
Jena, La
About 50 white separatists protested in Jena the Martin Luther King Holiday and the ruling on the Jena six.
Police separated participants in the “pro-majority” rally organized by the Nationalist Movement from a racially mixed group of a about 100 counter-demonstrators outside the LaSalle Parish Court house.
Among the counter-demonstrators were members of the new Black Panther Party.
Police from several organizations were at hand to keep the peace.
Snipers staked the roofs of the buildings across the street from the court house, as a few locals black and white watched from the sidelines.
Mean while back on planet Earth:
You know I would feel sorry for these hicks, with all the unwanted attention they get, but the reality is if they did the right thing in the first place and not try to railroad a bunch of knuckle heads, (and let’s be honest that’s exactly what the Jena Six were a group of knuckleheads), they wouldn’t have to have their fish bowl existence disturbed by the people living in the new millennium.
I would say they will learn a lesson from this but from my understanding the DA who started the mess still has a job.
On a brighter note, small hick towns being small hick towns do not get much in the form of worldly education and entertainment.
I am sure these past couple of years will give them plenty to talk about around the camp fire.
What the Bozaks!?!?
From the News.
Musa Hilal, the suspected head of the janjaweed militias, (that’s that happy go lucky bunch of devils who go around murdering, raping and committing other atrocities in Darfur), has been named an advisor to Sudan’s Ministry of Federal Affairs which manages the governments relations with outside provinces.
Now if this is not a case of putting the wolf to guard the hen house from the fox I do not know what is.
You know some nations need a good tragedy, I am not talking Katrina style, I am talking old school Biblical shit.
Fire and brimstone, locusts, famine, taking of the first born, I mean letting the Four Horse Men loose on that ass.
Mean while the world just wags its figure and say bad boy.
You know there is no way I would be Mike the Almighty, I would stay flooding this miserable little rock.
Musa Hilal, the suspected head of the janjaweed militias, (that’s that happy go lucky bunch of devils who go around murdering, raping and committing other atrocities in Darfur), has been named an advisor to Sudan’s Ministry of Federal Affairs which manages the governments relations with outside provinces.
Now if this is not a case of putting the wolf to guard the hen house from the fox I do not know what is.
You know some nations need a good tragedy, I am not talking Katrina style, I am talking old school Biblical shit.
Fire and brimstone, locusts, famine, taking of the first born, I mean letting the Four Horse Men loose on that ass.
Mean while the world just wags its figure and say bad boy.
You know there is no way I would be Mike the Almighty, I would stay flooding this miserable little rock.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Quick Quote: Jan 22
“He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.” Dylan Thomas NJ star Ledger
I am blogging on the run today so it's going to be thin.
See Ya!
I am blogging on the run today so it's going to be thin.
See Ya!
What I want to see: The Price for sugar
This documentary profiles the courageous Father Christopher Hartley, a Spanish priest who travels to the Dominican Republic to stop a modern-day slavery operation. Thousands of Haitian men are forced to work in inhumane conditions to harvest sugar cane for obscenely rich sugar barons. Standing up in the face of multiple death threats, Father Hartley bravely teaches these dispossessed workers to stand up for themselves and improve their lives.
The more you think things change the more they stay the same.
The more you think things change the more they stay the same.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Quick Joke: Jan 21
DIVORCE VS. MURDER
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide."
The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband." .
The pharmacist's eye got big and he exclaimed, "Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband, that's against the law! I'll lose my license!"
"They'll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen.
Absolutely not!"
"You CANNOT have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied,"Well now, that's different. You
didn't tell me you had a prescription."
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide."
The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband." .
The pharmacist's eye got big and he exclaimed, "Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband, that's against the law! I'll lose my license!"
"They'll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen.
Absolutely not!"
"You CANNOT have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied,"Well now, that's different. You
didn't tell me you had a prescription."
What I am Rockin: Gnarls Barkely
I can not wait for the next album.
Normally I hate when good acts spread out like Goodie Mob did because you never know when they will get back together again and if they will be the same or better or more than likely worse.
But Ceelo Has made the separation ever so sweet with his own solo albums and the Danger Mouse Collabo St. Else Where.
You know there album is the first time I found out that you can wear a CD out?
I am on my third one.
Smiley Faces
Normally I hate when good acts spread out like Goodie Mob did because you never know when they will get back together again and if they will be the same or better or more than likely worse.
But Ceelo Has made the separation ever so sweet with his own solo albums and the Danger Mouse Collabo St. Else Where.
You know there album is the first time I found out that you can wear a CD out?
I am on my third one.
Smiley Faces
G-G-G-G-G-GIANTS!!!!!
You can not tell me nothing right now.
I told these Pats/The Machine/Cheaters/ New England Patriots fans that they were going to see us again!
They did not want to believe me, thats ok though.
Quentin Tarintino Could not wright a better bloody revenge flick than whats going to happen in the Super Bowl.
G-G-G-G-GIANTS!!!!
Stunna of the Week 11: Sommore
Sommore
Any one who knows me knows I like humor, jokes, pranks, scenarios, what ever as long as I laugh or get to tell a story about it is fine with me.
And a woman who can match up with my, (admitted heavy handed), sense of humor is Queen of Spades in my book.
I think I first came across her on the Queens of Comedy movie which was great.
I hunted down everything she did after that but alas like what seems to be the law now a days the truly talented black people do not do enough work, at least for me that is.
A fine looking woman, (despite the cosmetic enhancements), who can make you laugh, that's is all good to me.
Sommore
Any one who knows me knows I like humor, jokes, pranks, scenarios, what ever as long as I laugh or get to tell a story about it is fine with me.
And a woman who can match up with my, (admitted heavy handed), sense of humor is Queen of Spades in my book.
I think I first came across her on the Queens of Comedy movie which was great.
I hunted down everything she did after that but alas like what seems to be the law now a days the truly talented black people do not do enough work, at least for me that is.
A fine looking woman, (despite the cosmetic enhancements), who can make you laugh, that's is all good to me.
Sommore
RJ pulled it out!
Roy Jones Jr. pulled it out with a 12 round decision over Felix "Tito" Trinidad.
It was a good fight worth the money in my opinion, but you can tell that both fighters had ring rust on them especially Tito who obviously was not comfortable with the extra weight.
But it was win win for me!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Snow Day!
I am trying to avoid posting on the weekends but this is the 2nd day it snowed in Atlanta and it's sticking.
I am thinking about acting like a southerner and hide in the house.
Not because I am scared of the snow I am a New Yorker there is no being scared of snow.
Naw what scares me are these country boys in the snow.
This is the day were if you live in Atlasnta you get to watch a free show of the Dukes of Hazzard on Ice right outside your window.
These fools can barely drive straight in dry weather, let alone rain, now snow?
When your time is up it is up but going out with some fools front tires on the back of my neck is not the way I want to go.
I might pull a skip day and play on the internet all day, I'll know for sure in a couple of hours.
I am thinking about acting like a southerner and hide in the house.
Not because I am scared of the snow I am a New Yorker there is no being scared of snow.
Naw what scares me are these country boys in the snow.
This is the day were if you live in Atlasnta you get to watch a free show of the Dukes of Hazzard on Ice right outside your window.
These fools can barely drive straight in dry weather, let alone rain, now snow?
When your time is up it is up but going out with some fools front tires on the back of my neck is not the way I want to go.
I might pull a skip day and play on the internet all day, I'll know for sure in a couple of hours.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Quick Facts: Jan 18
When dating a younger woman here are words you should never say "when I was your age..."
News from Planet "Duh Really?" 3: Good deeds do not go unrewarded.
Pulled out of the news paper.
A Connecticut man who works at McDonald's finds a cashier check while on his way to work for 185,000 dollars.
The man hops on a bus to the next town and delivers the check to the address written on it to the daughter of the landlord who the check belongs to.
The reward for this good deed was 50 dollars.
Mean while back on planet Earth.
A father touches his young son on the shoulder and looks him tenderly in the eye as he answers the young boy's question.
"Yes, yes my son God does have a sense of humor."
A Connecticut man who works at McDonald's finds a cashier check while on his way to work for 185,000 dollars.
The man hops on a bus to the next town and delivers the check to the address written on it to the daughter of the landlord who the check belongs to.
The reward for this good deed was 50 dollars.
Mean while back on planet Earth.
A father touches his young son on the shoulder and looks him tenderly in the eye as he answers the young boy's question.
"Yes, yes my son God does have a sense of humor."
What I am Rockin: Gangstar and Nice & Smooth
Two of one of my favorite and most unappreciated Hip-Hop groups back in the day.
I tell you man you don't know what your missing till its gone.
Dwyk
I tell you man you don't know what your missing till its gone.
Dwyk
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Quick Quip: Jan 16
If you resolve to give up drinking, smoking and womanizing you dont actually live longer. Life just seems longer.
News from Planet "Duh Really?" 2: Slavery as a Theme Park.
Lol, you heard about this one?
Stirring news from Planet "Duh Really?"
http://www.racialicious.com/2008/01/07/amusement-park-allows-visitors-to-be-slave-for-a-day/
An American couple based in Haiti want to open a park called Memory Village to educate people about slavery (thanks Tricia):
Visitors to Memory Village would decide whether they wanted to be spectators or participants during a twelve-hour day. The latter would receive traditional African clothing and then be mock-kidnapped from their homelands, shackled, chained and forced to march to the slave ship (resting on a real stream), where they’d be piled in as cargo for the crossing of the Atlantic. Once the ship reached the New World, the participants would be brought to market and sold, then broken down in the quarantine and put to work out on the plantation. Near the end of the day, a slave rebellion would start, a rebellion that would eventually lead to the establishment of Haiti.
Mean while back on planet Earth.
Man I got to say this one tickled me silly.
I wonder If I could get a job as a plantation owner?
Thing is I am surprised no one tried this before.
First you can not recreate slavery.
Not the devastated African villages, broken families, torture, rape, murder, loss freedom, the number done on the mind that till this day effects black people world wide.
Nope, can not repeat that Mike Tyson kicking your babies in their baby nuts wont make you feel that pain.
You cant recreate a race war which is basically what happened in Haiti, a royal rumble of colors.
Or the consequences that resulted from a little country standing up to the than Imperial powers, that still effects them today.
So what exactly would whites get out of this I do not know, relief from misplaced guilt about the way they treated the black door man maybe?
But hell, I like a joke like the next man and I have an appreciation for a good huslte when I see one.
If they want to pay for it, and lord knows the brothas and sistas in Haiti could use the cash, than sell it.
Stirring news from Planet "Duh Really?"
http://www.racialicious.com/2008/01/07/amusement-park-allows-visitors-to-be-slave-for-a-day/
An American couple based in Haiti want to open a park called Memory Village to educate people about slavery (thanks Tricia):
Visitors to Memory Village would decide whether they wanted to be spectators or participants during a twelve-hour day. The latter would receive traditional African clothing and then be mock-kidnapped from their homelands, shackled, chained and forced to march to the slave ship (resting on a real stream), where they’d be piled in as cargo for the crossing of the Atlantic. Once the ship reached the New World, the participants would be brought to market and sold, then broken down in the quarantine and put to work out on the plantation. Near the end of the day, a slave rebellion would start, a rebellion that would eventually lead to the establishment of Haiti.
Mean while back on planet Earth.
Man I got to say this one tickled me silly.
I wonder If I could get a job as a plantation owner?
Thing is I am surprised no one tried this before.
First you can not recreate slavery.
Not the devastated African villages, broken families, torture, rape, murder, loss freedom, the number done on the mind that till this day effects black people world wide.
Nope, can not repeat that Mike Tyson kicking your babies in their baby nuts wont make you feel that pain.
You cant recreate a race war which is basically what happened in Haiti, a royal rumble of colors.
Or the consequences that resulted from a little country standing up to the than Imperial powers, that still effects them today.
So what exactly would whites get out of this I do not know, relief from misplaced guilt about the way they treated the black door man maybe?
But hell, I like a joke like the next man and I have an appreciation for a good huslte when I see one.
If they want to pay for it, and lord knows the brothas and sistas in Haiti could use the cash, than sell it.
What I am Rockin: Nas Ft Chrisette Michele
Two of my favorites right here, reminds me of peanut butter and jelly.
Can't Forget About You.
Can't Forget About You.
Monday, January 14, 2008
What I am Rockin: Black Sheep.
Their debut album was one of the all time best but for whatever reason they did not catch tread after that. Go figure.
Please God do not let this be a trend.
First this.
Than this.
I am not putting up with no crying for the New Year, this B.S. needs to stop before it gets hot.
Than this.
I am not putting up with no crying for the New Year, this B.S. needs to stop before it gets hot.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Quote of the Day: Jan 13
"One of my things is that the Bible them say, that King James edit the Bible. Now my understanding is that if King James edit the Bible, I dont think he would of edit it for the benifit of black people. If a white man edit it he wouldnt edit it in our behalf."
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Stunna of the Week 10: Pam Grier
I am renaming my beauty of the weeks to Stunnas of the week.
Beauty seemed to tame for what I wanted to express.
The ones I have been picking have been more than a pretty face, multi talented, influential, role models in most cases.
Stunna is more fitting so I am going to tag the old beauty of the weeks under Stunnas.
Pam Grier
The original Foxy Brown.
Pam Grier is another one who has had a profound influence on what I find sexy in women.
She is in my Sexy Hall of Fame. (Sexy Hall Of Fame hhmmm...)
I have most of her old movies, and some obscure ones.
The way she carried her self on and off screen the endless fantasies she invoked the woman is dangerous.
And than she aged like fine wine, hell the only reason I watch that corny L Word on Showtime is to see her.
There is nothing more that I can say that has not already been said.
Pam Grier yall.
Beauty seemed to tame for what I wanted to express.
The ones I have been picking have been more than a pretty face, multi talented, influential, role models in most cases.
Stunna is more fitting so I am going to tag the old beauty of the weeks under Stunnas.
Pam Grier
The original Foxy Brown.
Pam Grier is another one who has had a profound influence on what I find sexy in women.
She is in my Sexy Hall of Fame. (Sexy Hall Of Fame hhmmm...)
I have most of her old movies, and some obscure ones.
The way she carried her self on and off screen the endless fantasies she invoked the woman is dangerous.
And than she aged like fine wine, hell the only reason I watch that corny L Word on Showtime is to see her.
There is nothing more that I can say that has not already been said.
Pam Grier yall.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Now why cant BET do something like this?
Diddy In ?Raisin In The Sun"
Uploaded by PeteRock
ABC of all networks is going to show this. (Quite as kept ABC has been making moves on blacks, they also have a Docu coming out about the Black Phaorohs coming out this year).
Is it to much to ask?
ABC did not put any thought in to this they just jacked the play, saved themselves a buck in the process.
The material is out there the stars are out there whats the problem?
Big up to RBW for showing this on her blog. http://renaissanceblackwoman.blogspot.com/
Nice of you wanting to fight Roy.
Roy Jones is calling out every one it seems.
Don't you wish that Roy Jones Jr. had the attitude he's displaying now in, oh, 1997, when he still had the kind of physical gifts that prompted some to call him the most talented boxer in history?
If you missed it, not only did Jones promise to inflict all sorts of mayhem upon Felix Trinidad when they meet on Jan. 19 on an HBO Pay-Per-View card at Madison Square Garden in New York, but he also said:
He’d travel to the U.K. to fight unbeaten super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe.
He'd face the best light heavyweights (except for Bernard Hopkins) on their home turf.
He'd go to Tampa, Fla., to face Antonio Tarver and to Miami, to take on Glen Johnson, each of whom has already knocked him out on neutral turf.
He'd even be willing, he said, to take on someone like Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield
If you missed it, not only did Jones promise to inflict all sorts of mayhem upon Felix Trinidad when they meet on Jan. 19 on an HBO Pay-Per-View card at Madison Square Garden in New York, but he also said:
He’d travel to the U.K. to fight unbeaten super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe.
He'd face the best light heavyweights (except for Bernard Hopkins) on their home turf.
He'd go to Tampa, Fla., to face Antonio Tarver and to Miami, to take on Glen Johnson, each of whom has already knocked him out on neutral turf.
He'd even be willing, he said, to take on someone like Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield
It would not be because no one really wants to see you any more would it?
This all of a sudden desire to beat up the world.
I was always cool on Jones because he always to the safe way out, true he fopuht number one contenders but being ranked #1 in boxing doesnt mean your #1.
It's like qualifcations for a job, it's not what you know but who you know.
Doesnt mean your qualified for jack.
Roy knew that any boxing fan worth his salt knew that.
Yet Roy chose to cherry pick, he jumped up to heavy just long enough to snatch a belt and drop down with out defending it.
When Hopkins was hot and the money was right he refused the rematch, the Tito fight could of been done years ago, Where was the rematch with Johnson, Tarver, Toney?
Fights people would have paid big money to see, instead of the exhibitions that he put on with talentless pugs.
Now your out of the lime light and you want to get back in the right way.
Well I call Bull#$@ RJ, show me.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Genarlow Wilson
Well Tom Joyner gives money for Genarlow Wilson education were he may be attending Morehouse college.
Joyner gets major cool point for that in my book.
My advise to Wilson, keep your head in your books and stay away from Spellman.
Good reading: Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
It's hard to find quality black orienated black sci fi/ fabtasy novels out there, but they are out there.
One of my favorite authors is Steven Barnes, and my favorite work of his is the first in a series of novels that reverses history on it's head.
Check the review:
From Publishers Weekly
"If you would not fear the lion, you must be a lion yourself," notes an old Swahili proverb, and it's that fearlessness that gives Barnes's moving epic its strength and power. What if the captives on those long ago slave ships had been predominantly white and the slave owners predominantly black and brown? This alternative historical novel dares to dissect the differences and similarities between Muslim and Christian ethics, no easy task in these troubling times. By focusing on two engaging main characters, Irish Christian Aidan O'Dere, unwilling slave, and African Muslim, Kai ibn Jallaleddin ibn Rashid, uneasy master, Barnes manages to achieve extraordinary balance and insight into both worlds with unflinching honesty as these two become friends against the odds. Greedy white Northmen catch and sell into slavery the young O'Dere and his family, who arrive in the New World in 1863 (or 1279 Higira time). But instead of the United States, they encounter a divided Bilalstan, ruled by Zulus, Arabs, Aztecs, Vikings and Indians still unable to choose peace over war. As O'Dere strives to find his way to freedom and Rashid strives to figure out whether freedom is just a dream, their lives connect on a battlefield both metaphorical and physical. Interwoven subplots enhance the vivid characterizations, adding romance, Sufi mysticism and philosophical musings regarding martial arts, religion, family and power.
What gets me is the attention to details and customs of the various African tribes and how they would fit in the New World, I read it through in a day, that good for me.
You Beautiful Bastard!!
What the deuces you bastard who ever you are!
I do not know if I should thank you for putting her back on the market, or curse you for breaking her heart.
How do you dump Serena?
That's some nuts right there!
You do not dump Serena Serena dumps you!
We all know that, who the hell are you to buck the system ya Mofo!!!
Black, white, Asian what ever you got a whole lot of N^%#$ in you partner!
Not me she would have to dump me and put a restraining order on my ass, at least 100 miles.
I would be so close to her you would think I was a new kind of thong,"The Happy Go Lucky Bachelor thongs they will be all up in you".
I would stink of Serena.
You know I would keep a police record messing with her.
Right in the middle of her set the announcer would be like "hold it we have a disturbance in the crowd.....apparently Serena's boyfriend has had enough of the spectators watching his girlfriend play tennis. He is swinging on every one...Good God did you see what he did to that little old lady!!!".
I'll Deal with you later Mr. I do not want to call anybody back.
Serena baby you know my email hit me up.
Cheesed-off tennis star Serena reveals broken heart
AFP
January 10, 2008
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Open champion Serena Williams has revealed that she will defend her title this month nursing a broken heart -- and that she has found solace in a book called "Who Moved My Cheese?"
Williams bares her feelings in her blog on the official website http://www.serenawilliams.com, unloading her angst at putting her faith in a boyfriend then being dumped.
"Trust is something you vowed you would never do again, but slowly your heart comes out of its steel enclosure," she wrote in the entry posted on her website Monday.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=afp-tennisausopenserenaoffbeat&prov=afp&type=lgns
What I am Rockin: K-OS
I always like this dude pure Hip-Hop if you ask me no additives.
He rarely misses.
K-OS Man I used to be
B-Boy Stance
He rarely misses.
K-OS Man I used to be
B-Boy Stance
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Reason why golf should be a contact sport.
Tilghman Apologizes
Updated: January 9, 2008
During their usual post-round banter as they wrapped up Day 2 at the Plantation Course at Kapalua, Tilghman and cohort Nick Faldo discussed young players who could possibly challenge Tiger. Faldo, ever the joker, said perhaps the youngsters should "gang up (on Tiger) for a while." The pair laughed a bit before Tilghman responded by saying, "Lynch him in a back alley." The pair chuckled awkwardly before moving on.
The Golf Channel said it received a limited number of complaints regarding the comment.
Tilghman, realizing her faux pas. "I've reached out to Tiger to make an apology, and I've done the same with our viewers," Tilghman said.
Attempts to reach Woods or his agent, Mark Steinberg of IMG, were unsuccessful. A Golf Channel spokesman said no disciplinary action is planned, "other than the mistake she made is regrettable and an extreme learning experience for her."
Well looks like black people and Nooses are not completely out of the American mind yet.
You know I have to wonder what reallly makes some one that stupid.
Where in this idiot's brain did she get the idea that this was alright to say out in public let alone TV?
Way to start off the New Year.
Updated: January 9, 2008
During their usual post-round banter as they wrapped up Day 2 at the Plantation Course at Kapalua, Tilghman and cohort Nick Faldo discussed young players who could possibly challenge Tiger. Faldo, ever the joker, said perhaps the youngsters should "gang up (on Tiger) for a while." The pair laughed a bit before Tilghman responded by saying, "Lynch him in a back alley." The pair chuckled awkwardly before moving on.
The Golf Channel said it received a limited number of complaints regarding the comment.
Tilghman, realizing her faux pas. "I've reached out to Tiger to make an apology, and I've done the same with our viewers," Tilghman said.
Attempts to reach Woods or his agent, Mark Steinberg of IMG, were unsuccessful. A Golf Channel spokesman said no disciplinary action is planned, "other than the mistake she made is regrettable and an extreme learning experience for her."
Well looks like black people and Nooses are not completely out of the American mind yet.
You know I have to wonder what reallly makes some one that stupid.
Where in this idiot's brain did she get the idea that this was alright to say out in public let alone TV?
Way to start off the New Year.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Quick Quip and Extra.
If Hilliary were to be come president Bill would become the Ladies man?
Looks like Hillary pulled a Jordan in New Hampshire, I kinda expected this, they say the trend in elections has been that New Hampshire always goes against the grain of the candidate to come out on top which is what Obama did in Iowa.
Now there are a lot of people out there that see a Clinton win as a loss for blacks, not me.
This is a stacked deck and I am holding both jokers and all the spades.
In other words it's win, win for me.
The Clintons are as crooked as a two dollar bill, but that is exactly the type of attitude you need in this political game.
I do not mind a crooked politician as long as he is in my back pocket.
Which is what the Clintons have proven over the years to their black supporters.
I would like Obama to win but I am not crying if he does not.
I called McCain's win in New Hampshire.
Looks like this one is going to be a good one.
Looks like Hillary pulled a Jordan in New Hampshire, I kinda expected this, they say the trend in elections has been that New Hampshire always goes against the grain of the candidate to come out on top which is what Obama did in Iowa.
Now there are a lot of people out there that see a Clinton win as a loss for blacks, not me.
This is a stacked deck and I am holding both jokers and all the spades.
In other words it's win, win for me.
The Clintons are as crooked as a two dollar bill, but that is exactly the type of attitude you need in this political game.
I do not mind a crooked politician as long as he is in my back pocket.
Which is what the Clintons have proven over the years to their black supporters.
I would like Obama to win but I am not crying if he does not.
I called McCain's win in New Hampshire.
Looks like this one is going to be a good one.
Mike Vick may be back sooner than you think.
Mike Vick has enrolled in a prison drug program that may cut his time up to 12 months.
I am full of joy and PETA is full of venom.
They are HOT!!!
The domestic terrorist organization argues that Vick's conviction was about dog fighting and not drugs so he does not deserve any time off.
Which, begrudgingly, is true, however Vick got a heavier sentence than what he would have gotten because he tested positive for weed and lying about his involvement.
Thus his sentence would not have been as heavy if he had come clean.
Hhmmm I wonder if testing positive for weed wasw not a ploy in the first place?
FREE VICK!!
What I am Rockin: Feist again.
I am beginning to feel this weird little lady.
When I was a young girl (Paris)
When I was a young girl (Paris)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Quick Quote and extra: Jan 8
"there is no such thing as bad weather only unsuitable clothing" Alfred Wain Wright, London Daily Telegraph
Atlanta weather is driving me nuts, last week it was freezing, yesterday is was in the 70's.
This has to be the flu capitol of the country.
BTW If you haven't already I suggest that if you are not elderly or a child to stay away from the flu shot.
Seems every one I know that gets it gets sick I am a believer in that you should let your body's natural immune system take care of the problem unless you have an immune deficiency disease like HIV.
When the body is left to defend it's self against pathogens it records them like in a memory bank allowing you to be protected against the same sickness when it comes around again.
However because of the use of vaccines pathogens like the flu virus constantly evolve giving birth to super viruses, that are immune to the latest vaccines causing the need for new one and thus more super viruses.
Kids and the elderly should take the shots for different reasons.
With kids their immune response has not fully developed yet, that and the fact that they are constantly exposed to sickness.
Ever see what goes on at a day care?
It's like a giant petri dish, they exchange sickness in those places like a hand shake.
With the elderly their immune system because of age is slow to respond basically.
So they should get the shot, all those in between should just suck it up and take it.
Atlanta weather is driving me nuts, last week it was freezing, yesterday is was in the 70's.
This has to be the flu capitol of the country.
BTW If you haven't already I suggest that if you are not elderly or a child to stay away from the flu shot.
Seems every one I know that gets it gets sick I am a believer in that you should let your body's natural immune system take care of the problem unless you have an immune deficiency disease like HIV.
When the body is left to defend it's self against pathogens it records them like in a memory bank allowing you to be protected against the same sickness when it comes around again.
However because of the use of vaccines pathogens like the flu virus constantly evolve giving birth to super viruses, that are immune to the latest vaccines causing the need for new one and thus more super viruses.
Kids and the elderly should take the shots for different reasons.
With kids their immune response has not fully developed yet, that and the fact that they are constantly exposed to sickness.
Ever see what goes on at a day care?
It's like a giant petri dish, they exchange sickness in those places like a hand shake.
With the elderly their immune system because of age is slow to respond basically.
So they should get the shot, all those in between should just suck it up and take it.
What I am Rockin: Raekwon & Ghostface
Man no group of rappers came on strong as a group and individually as the Wu Tang.
And no one fell off as hard as they did too.
It was like every one just stalled after their first albums.
Ghostface is the only one that pust out quality work but he cant seem to move
weight, go figure.
Speaking of Speed Racer you know they are coming out with a live movie version?
And no one fell off as hard as they did too.
It was like every one just stalled after their first albums.
Ghostface is the only one that pust out quality work but he cant seem to move
weight, go figure.
Speaking of Speed Racer you know they are coming out with a live movie version?
Monday, January 7, 2008
Tagged! For the very first and hopefully last time.
This is some ole none sense but I will abide by the blogosphere rules,
A). Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog...
B). Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself...
C). Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs...
D). Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
A) Blame her: http://renaissanceblackwoman.blogspot.com/
B) Yall asked for it:
1- "I like Big Butt and I can Not Lie...."
2- I do not wear underwear.
3- I am addicted to sports esspecially boxing
4- As a teenager I once tried to trick a woman into giving me oral sex by telling her that sperm has Vitamin E in it and it will make her hair grow.
5- I love rice with everything.
6- I like all forms of music
7- I am addicted to blogging.
C)
1-http://eclat.typepad.com/eclat/
2-http://www.essentialpresence.blogspot.com/
3-http://pathsnottaken.blogsome.com/
4-http://opinionatedblackwoman.com/
5-http://selfra.blogspot.com/
6-http://brownsugar28.blogspot.com/
7-http://thebombshit.blogspot.com/
All right I am done.
A). Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog...
B). Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself...
C). Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs...
D). Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
A) Blame her: http://renaissanceblackwoman.blogspot.com/
B) Yall asked for it:
1- "I like Big Butt and I can Not Lie...."
2- I do not wear underwear.
3- I am addicted to sports esspecially boxing
4- As a teenager I once tried to trick a woman into giving me oral sex by telling her that sperm has Vitamin E in it and it will make her hair grow.
5- I love rice with everything.
6- I like all forms of music
7- I am addicted to blogging.
C)
1-http://eclat.typepad.com/eclat/
2-http://www.essentialpresence.blogspot.com/
3-http://pathsnottaken.blogsome.com/
4-http://opinionatedblackwoman.com/
5-http://selfra.blogspot.com/
6-http://brownsugar28.blogspot.com/
7-http://thebombshit.blogspot.com/
All right I am done.
Boondocks again.
All right my home girl at Renaissance Black Woman put this up.
http://renaissanceblackwoman.blogspot.com/2008/01/african-americans-on-tv.html
I said I was going to take some time off from Mcgruder but this one looks like the type of work I was waiting for.
I spoke about him and his suspect work here.
http://thehappygoluckybachelor.blogspot.com/2007/12/boondocks.html
Will see.
http://renaissanceblackwoman.blogspot.com/2008/01/african-americans-on-tv.html
I said I was going to take some time off from Mcgruder but this one looks like the type of work I was waiting for.
I spoke about him and his suspect work here.
http://thehappygoluckybachelor.blogspot.com/2007/12/boondocks.html
Will see.
Joke for the day: Jan 7
Three stages to a man's life if he is not careful.
The Bachelor Life
Marriage
Divorce
Are There Any Questions?
The Bachelor Life
Marriage
Divorce
Are There Any Questions?
This is some ole Bull$#@!!
Who ever said that black colleges were a pain to deal with in terms of administration has not gone to my school.
Here I am trying to register, money in hand and I got holds out the yanf on my account.
I am chasing proffesors left and right to get this settled just to have something else pop up.
I am about to get arrested for real out here!
Here I am trying to register, money in hand and I got holds out the yanf on my account.
I am chasing proffesors left and right to get this settled just to have something else pop up.
I am about to get arrested for real out here!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Beauty Of the Week 9: Kenya Moore
Kenya Summer Moore
Summer in deed!
That is what she reminds me of, a good summer.
Look at that face how can you say no to that?
Acting wise she leave much to be desired but but so do most people who call themselves actors.
She is set to married now,(another one I have to cross off my list).
My word of advice to the lucky S.O.B. who put a ring on her finger, go ahead and mess up with her if you want to.
I'll Be Waiting.
The stats
Miss Michigan 1993
Miss USA 1993
Was 4th place in Miss Universe 1993
Was a psychology major at Wayne State University
Founder of the Kenya Moore foundation which awards scholarships to under-privileged girls from her high school alma-mater.
A graduate of Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan. Alumni include Diana Ross, David Allen Greer, Lily Tomlin and Ed Gordon.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
What I am Rockin(I do not know why): Feist
This video is stuck in my head I don't even know what kind of music it is, I'll say pop. The song is all right but it's the dancing that got me, I was drunk but now I am very much sober and still can not get it out of my head. VH1 is a dangerous thing for the intoxicated.
Is it me or is this a rasict a@# movie?: 300
Yes I am late but I avoided this movie because I know propaganda when I see it.
The free Greeks, (free my ass), vs the dark hordes of Persia.
The army couldn't make a better recruitment tool for the war on terror.
But I am a sucker for sci-fi, fantasy movies, so I relented last night and got the bootleg.
Why the heck did I do that?
This movie is blatantly racist, the ivory white Greeks vs the literally dark hordes of Persia.
I cant remember a movie that was that obvious. How the hell did they get this one by?
I know I cant be the only one to notice this mess, am I looking to deep?
I mean I am pretty good with my "suspension of disbelief" when it comes to movies but I couldn't even enjoy this because of the subliminal messages.
Which is messed up because it is a pretty good movie other wise.
I am glad I bootlegged that joint.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Quick Jokes and Facts: Jan 4
If vegetarians don’t want meat why are they always trying to make their food taste like meat: Tofu Turkey, Veggie Burgers, Veggie Bacon.
Bad news Atlanta leads the nation in Bank robberies the good news is that Atlanta traffic is so bad the crooks never get away.
Bad news Atlanta leads the nation in Bank robberies the good news is that Atlanta traffic is so bad the crooks never get away.
Obama and ....Huckabee?
Huckabee, Obama have huge night in Iowa
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/03/iowa.caucuses/index.html
I figured Obama would get the under 30 and pull a Jordan in Iowa but with all the hype about woman not voting for him he seemed to have cleaned up shop or was that just South Carolina?
Huckabee caught me off guard I just new McCain was was going to walk away with it.
I think I am going to lose some money on these primaries.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/03/iowa.caucuses/index.html
I figured Obama would get the under 30 and pull a Jordan in Iowa but with all the hype about woman not voting for him he seemed to have cleaned up shop or was that just South Carolina?
Huckabee caught me off guard I just new McCain was was going to walk away with it.
I think I am going to lose some money on these primaries.
New Years Resolutions.
Lets see New Years resolutions.
Normally I do not make these because I usually do not pay attention to them once I
make them but I feel this year will be different.
• Stay a bachelor, (no worries here)
• Take these school studies more seriously (like I got a choice)
• Lose some weight, (why the heck is it when you start school you put on weight?)
• Cut down on my drinking, (yeah right)
• Travel more, (Planning to)
• Stay drama free for the year, (I can actually do this)
• Blog less, (Don't know about this one, this is kinda of addictive)
• Go to more concerts, (This past summer I missed out on a lot of acts)
• Brush up on my French, (Easier said than done)
• Listen more, (Some times you do not have all the answers)
• Stop procrastinating, (I am blase blah about everything)
• Get Money, (Of course)
Well that's good enough for me.
I am solid on every thing else so far.
Any Ideas?
Normally I do not make these because I usually do not pay attention to them once I
make them but I feel this year will be different.
• Stay a bachelor, (no worries here)
• Take these school studies more seriously (like I got a choice)
• Lose some weight, (why the heck is it when you start school you put on weight?)
• Cut down on my drinking, (yeah right)
• Travel more, (Planning to)
• Stay drama free for the year, (I can actually do this)
• Blog less, (Don't know about this one, this is kinda of addictive)
• Go to more concerts, (This past summer I missed out on a lot of acts)
• Brush up on my French, (Easier said than done)
• Listen more, (Some times you do not have all the answers)
• Stop procrastinating, (I am blase blah about everything)
• Get Money, (Of course)
Well that's good enough for me.
I am solid on every thing else so far.
Any Ideas?
Do Not Drink The Kool Aid 6: Stats gone good?
After reading this post about statistics ffrom MDC: http://mesdeauxcents.blogspot.com/2008/01/propaganda-101.html
Low and behold Clutch Mag online comes across this:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7839013
I am mixed about this one.
First I do not buy into statistics because they are usually half truths and can be interpreted into
backing almost any point of view.
And the media and special interest groups including bloggers love to quote them like it was a
Psalm in the Bible.
We have all heard them at some point, and fought like cats and dogs over what they mean.
Secound I do not like the idea of misleading kids into doing their school work out of the fear of
being a statistic.
Striving for better should be emphasis enough.
Third why does this reek of the White Knight syndrome.
The media has been using stats to beat blacks over the head for years now here is this one white
dude using it to "inspire" some black kids now its all good.
I admire his cleverness but please, he is not the first who has tried to scare the kids into doing
work.
Any teacher worth her salt does it.
But maybe I am being to cynical, if the kids are showing some motivation than what can you
say?
None the less there goes that Kool Aid again.
Low and behold Clutch Mag online comes across this:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7839013
I am mixed about this one.
First I do not buy into statistics because they are usually half truths and can be interpreted into
backing almost any point of view.
And the media and special interest groups including bloggers love to quote them like it was a
Psalm in the Bible.
We have all heard them at some point, and fought like cats and dogs over what they mean.
Secound I do not like the idea of misleading kids into doing their school work out of the fear of
being a statistic.
Striving for better should be emphasis enough.
Third why does this reek of the White Knight syndrome.
The media has been using stats to beat blacks over the head for years now here is this one white
dude using it to "inspire" some black kids now its all good.
I admire his cleverness but please, he is not the first who has tried to scare the kids into doing
work.
Any teacher worth her salt does it.
But maybe I am being to cynical, if the kids are showing some motivation than what can you
say?
None the less there goes that Kool Aid again.
Do Not Drink The Kool Aid 5: Speaking of Kool Aid
Why has not some one made a real GOOD Jim Jones movie?
This is the type of stuff Hollywood needs to get on.
It has all the elements that gets the juices flowing.
Race, class, poverty, religion, love, exotic locals, politics.
This is an Academy Award Winner!
This is the type of stuff Hollywood needs to get on.
It has all the elements that gets the juices flowing.
Race, class, poverty, religion, love, exotic locals, politics.
This is an Academy Award Winner!
Here is the story:
James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which became synonymous with group suicide after the November 18, 1978 mass murder-suicide by poison in their isolated agricultural intentional community called Jonestown, located in Guyana. Over nine hundred people died from cyanide poisoning or gunshot wounds in the aftermath of Jones ordering his men to kill visiting Congressman Leo Ryan and numerous members of his entourage.
For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
What I am Rockin: Poor Righteous Teachers
I was going to go with something else but after seeing this I had to put them on
this group was my ish!
The whole black medallion and wooden beaded necklace era was
serious.
PRT was one of the low key groups to come out back when Hip-Hop was good.
this group was my ish!
The whole black medallion and wooden beaded necklace era was
serious.
PRT was one of the low key groups to come out back when Hip-Hop was good.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Joke for the Day: Jan 3
Little Johnny walked in one day on his daddy in the bathroom.
He asked his father what that was hanging between his legs.
His father replied that it was the perfect penis.
The next day at school, Johnny pulled his pants down in front of his
classmates.
"What's that?" asked Jenny.
"Well," said Johnny, "if it was about 3 inches smaller, it would be
the perfect penis."
He asked his father what that was hanging between his legs.
His father replied that it was the perfect penis.
The next day at school, Johnny pulled his pants down in front of his
classmates.
"What's that?" asked Jenny.
"Well," said Johnny, "if it was about 3 inches smaller, it would be
the perfect penis."
What the Bozak: Roy Jones Jr. & Reggie Bush
Roy, Roy, Roy.
I got this from the Rhymes with Snitch blog spot.
On Friday, after practicing with the Knicks in Greenburgh to promote his Jan.19 fight with Felix Trinidad at the Garden, Roy admitted he'd allowed the pit bulls he breeds on his property to fight. "I just let my dogs get down five, 10 minutes, 15 minutes. Maybe like the longest I let them go was a half-hour, but I never let them fight to the death 'cause I can't take that."
John Goodwin, the deputy manager of animal fighting issues for the Humane Society of the United States, said it is a felony under Florida law to allow dogs to fight on one's property. "If you put your dogs down there for 10, 15 minutes, that's a felony in Florida," Goodwin said. It is unclear when Jones last allowed his dogs to fight on his property, but by talking openly about the subject, he may have opened himself up to a criminal investigation, according to Goodwin. "If he's admitting that he's fighting his dogs, then they need to go down there with a search warrant and confiscate those dogs," Goodwin said.
What the hell is wrong with you Roy?
To many punches to the head?
Do you know who Vick is?
Do you know who PETA is?
I put them punks on my terrorist group list for a reason.
You do not read my blog?
Here you go dropping dime on your self!
It's a well known secret about RJ and his collection of pitbulls and fighting cocks
but some how he never made waves with it.
I am hoping something was taken out of context because I will be pissed off if you
cant fight Felix Trinidad because you do not know how to shut up!
Reggie and Kim
All right you know what, I believe in looking past some ones past.
But this right here?
Nope cant do it.
Yes she is beautiful.
Yes they make a cute couple.
They are celebs.
But she is all over the NET showing her sex face!
I know it's not her fault, but she is all over the net!!
No dude wants to wife some one legally or not and run into her ex and she and him
are on tape.
I know it's messed up, yes it's a double standard.
It's a Mans World and it sucks for women, no doubt.
Guess what?
Tough Titty!
There are some rules that should not be broken, and giving the neighborhood jumpoff
wifey status while your still living in the neighbor hood is one of them!
It's a matter of honor, pride and principle!
Listen no dude wants details about there girls past sex life.
Yes we may notice that your oral sex skills are above average, however we do not
want to know your training techniques.
True that thing you do with your rear may drive us nuts, we do not want to know how
you managed that.
We do not want to know why you are not scared when we walk into the bed room with a
set of handcuffs, whips, a red chicken, two midgets, and a horse.
We appreciate it, but we do not really want to know.
The saying goes freak in the bed room a lady on the streets.
If the planet has seen all your sides, well than your stature kind of drops, no?
What the hell is he doing parting any way he needs to be working on his run game.
You know what this may be a case of the uppity Negro coming out of them: http://thehappygoluckybachelor.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-uppity-negro-award.html
I mean when you got millions who cares what people think.
To each there own.
Regardless though minus 100 cool point for the both of ya.
What I am Rockin: Alien Ant Farm
You know I liked this version better than Michael's.
The kid dancing had me rolling.
The kid dancing had me rolling.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Quote of the Day: Jan 2
"The lesser of two evils is still evil."
Huey Freeman.
I am sure some one else said that but I remember reading it on the Boondocks comic strip.
Something I like to keep in mind during election time.
Huey Freeman.
I am sure some one else said that but I remember reading it on the Boondocks comic strip.
Something I like to keep in mind during election time.
My Uppity Negro Award.
Can you recognize an Uppity negro?
It's usually the one that pisses people off with there arrogance and really does not care.
He or she is the one that breaks the rules and the norms and look at you like you are stupid for pointing that out.
People cant stand them yet cant leave them alone.
Everything that comes out of their mouths is a soundbite.
They take it and give it with a smile.
They do not mind a scrap, hell they seem to thrive on it.
They are polarizing.
They incite hate, envy, admiration, respect all at the same time.
Critics love them, they give them something to talk about.
Rivals want their heads.
They have armies of haters and supporters.
But what really gets the hater's goats is the fact they act like they do not care
what you think, damn that unless you jump in front of them they wouldn't know the
critics even existed.
That's what really drives people nutty,
There are almost no avenues to attack because they are good at what they do.
You have to wait for them to slip up and when they do hot damn they dominate the
headlines.
I am not going to lie I got a soft spot for these characters, I am big on defiance.
And defiance is a key trait in these types.
I tend to put these nuts on my hero list.
And this past year we had a worthy list of characters to make waves in fact you can say there presence was a direct contributor to the racial tension that came out this past year.
Brother Omi of http://selfra.blogspot.com/ pointed out 50 incidents of nooses being put up this year.
50!
You know your doing you job as an uppity negro when in this day and age people are
wishing for a lynching.
So this is my nominees an winner of the Uppity Negro Award.
6- Marion Jones
Why:
American's olympic darling.
With that crooked little smile the talented sprinter made millions while racking up medals.
This one here is a true merc.
She denied hard that she was on steroids, I mean hard core denial!
Threatened law suits and the whole nine.
Acted like her boyfriend/baby daddy did not exist when he got busted.
Played the role to the T till she got busted by the Feds.
Why she did not win:
I am sorry but Uppity Negroes go out with their guns blazing if they go out at all.
At the least a gruding "My Bad" will do.
You do not get on camera and cry in front of the world basically begging for
forgiveness after putting on a show like that!
Hell NO!
When she did that I was like hell no you lost all cool points with me.
There is no crying.
5- Mike Vick
Why:
What can I say about this dude?
Dog fighting from a million dollar athelete that had the planet eating out of his
hands.
Middle fingers, secret weed bottles, Ron Mexico.
Supreme talent.
Classic example of taking the cat out of the jungle but not taking the jungle out of the cat.
This man was straight hood.
Why he did not win:
Stupidity.
What the hell are you running a criminal enterpise if your making millions of
dollars playing football?
Over denial.
Dude you got caught, your "boys" sold you out faster than a hooker on pay day.
And you steady lying and smoking weed.
That was just dumb and it has nothing to do with where you were raised.
4- Naomi Campbell
Why:
Seriously you have to ask why this negress made the list?
This beauty/super model/ business woman. is a hand full.
The woman pulls a Roger Clemons and beans her maid in the head with a cell phone
and gets 5 days community service for assault and battery and than turns the final
day into a fashion show.
Blames the incident on "her temper on lingering resentment toward her father for
abandoning her as a child".
That is a hell of a pair on her.
Why she did not win:
She is a light weight when compared to the others.
Besides she got busted.
3- Cynthia Mickinney
Why:
This one here is one of my favorites.
She is on here mostly for her body of work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney
After all that she is running for president: http://ca.runcynthiarun.com/endorsers.html
And I am of half of mind to vote for her if she gets on the ballot.
I voted for her every time she ran in Gerogia.
She spoke the truth while everyone else were caught up in kissing the Bush
adminstrations butt.
The Republicans in Dekalb county ,her district, actually joined the Democratic party
just to vote against her for the democratic ticket!
Thus leading to that puppet Dennise Majette's win.
YOU KNOW YOU PISS PEOPLE OFF IF THEY ARE SWITHCHING PARTIES TO GET YOU!
Hell I was upset when she left for California, but how can I stay mad at her.
She is my lady.
Why she did not win:
Well other than running for President she has been real quite, thats all.
2- Barry Bonds
Why:
Another favorite, few are able to draw lines with out trying like he does.
The poster boy for arrogance, defiance, and the steriod era.
The press has a vendetta against him just because he doesnt give a rats ass what
they think.
He is the total package of an Uppity Negro Athelete.
I bet you we wont see him crying on camera.
Why he did not win:
This one was a tough one, the only flaw is the verdict is still out on if he will do
time or not.
The WINNER:
Rev. Al Sharpton
Why:
Damn what people say I like Al.
Don Imus, Jena Six, the Knicks, if there is a camera and a mic and a issue he is
there telling people what "we" think.
Good God the man is trying to block Chicago from getting the Olympics because their
cops are crooked.
And I am with him on that.
No one inspires hate like he does from both black and white, he is a polarizing
machine.
But guess what?
You Will Miss Him when he is gone.
When know one else is willing to get up and say something and force people to listen.
Know one puts on a show like he does.
Act like you do not know if you want to, but he is the reason Imus lost his gig.
I'll take him in in the trenches any day of the week.
He is the hands down winner.
Honarable mention to: Jemele Hill, 50 cents, Genarlow Wilson, and T.I.
It's usually the one that pisses people off with there arrogance and really does not care.
He or she is the one that breaks the rules and the norms and look at you like you are stupid for pointing that out.
People cant stand them yet cant leave them alone.
Everything that comes out of their mouths is a soundbite.
They take it and give it with a smile.
They do not mind a scrap, hell they seem to thrive on it.
They are polarizing.
They incite hate, envy, admiration, respect all at the same time.
Critics love them, they give them something to talk about.
Rivals want their heads.
They have armies of haters and supporters.
But what really gets the hater's goats is the fact they act like they do not care
what you think, damn that unless you jump in front of them they wouldn't know the
critics even existed.
That's what really drives people nutty,
There are almost no avenues to attack because they are good at what they do.
You have to wait for them to slip up and when they do hot damn they dominate the
headlines.
I am not going to lie I got a soft spot for these characters, I am big on defiance.
And defiance is a key trait in these types.
I tend to put these nuts on my hero list.
And this past year we had a worthy list of characters to make waves in fact you can say there presence was a direct contributor to the racial tension that came out this past year.
Brother Omi of http://selfra.blogspot.com/ pointed out 50 incidents of nooses being put up this year.
50!
You know your doing you job as an uppity negro when in this day and age people are
wishing for a lynching.
So this is my nominees an winner of the Uppity Negro Award.
6- Marion Jones
Why:
American's olympic darling.
With that crooked little smile the talented sprinter made millions while racking up medals.
This one here is a true merc.
She denied hard that she was on steroids, I mean hard core denial!
Threatened law suits and the whole nine.
Acted like her boyfriend/baby daddy did not exist when he got busted.
Played the role to the T till she got busted by the Feds.
Why she did not win:
I am sorry but Uppity Negroes go out with their guns blazing if they go out at all.
At the least a gruding "My Bad" will do.
You do not get on camera and cry in front of the world basically begging for
forgiveness after putting on a show like that!
Hell NO!
When she did that I was like hell no you lost all cool points with me.
There is no crying.
5- Mike Vick
Why:
What can I say about this dude?
Dog fighting from a million dollar athelete that had the planet eating out of his
hands.
Middle fingers, secret weed bottles, Ron Mexico.
Supreme talent.
Classic example of taking the cat out of the jungle but not taking the jungle out of the cat.
This man was straight hood.
Why he did not win:
Stupidity.
What the hell are you running a criminal enterpise if your making millions of
dollars playing football?
Over denial.
Dude you got caught, your "boys" sold you out faster than a hooker on pay day.
And you steady lying and smoking weed.
That was just dumb and it has nothing to do with where you were raised.
4- Naomi Campbell
Why:
Seriously you have to ask why this negress made the list?
This beauty/super model/ business woman. is a hand full.
The woman pulls a Roger Clemons and beans her maid in the head with a cell phone
and gets 5 days community service for assault and battery and than turns the final
day into a fashion show.
Blames the incident on "her temper on lingering resentment toward her father for
abandoning her as a child".
That is a hell of a pair on her.
Why she did not win:
She is a light weight when compared to the others.
Besides she got busted.
3- Cynthia Mickinney
Why:
This one here is one of my favorites.
She is on here mostly for her body of work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney
After all that she is running for president: http://ca.runcynthiarun.com/endorsers.html
And I am of half of mind to vote for her if she gets on the ballot.
I voted for her every time she ran in Gerogia.
She spoke the truth while everyone else were caught up in kissing the Bush
adminstrations butt.
The Republicans in Dekalb county ,her district, actually joined the Democratic party
just to vote against her for the democratic ticket!
Thus leading to that puppet Dennise Majette's win.
YOU KNOW YOU PISS PEOPLE OFF IF THEY ARE SWITHCHING PARTIES TO GET YOU!
Hell I was upset when she left for California, but how can I stay mad at her.
She is my lady.
Why she did not win:
Well other than running for President she has been real quite, thats all.
2- Barry Bonds
Why:
Another favorite, few are able to draw lines with out trying like he does.
The poster boy for arrogance, defiance, and the steriod era.
The press has a vendetta against him just because he doesnt give a rats ass what
they think.
He is the total package of an Uppity Negro Athelete.
I bet you we wont see him crying on camera.
Why he did not win:
This one was a tough one, the only flaw is the verdict is still out on if he will do
time or not.
The WINNER:
Rev. Al Sharpton
Why:
Damn what people say I like Al.
Don Imus, Jena Six, the Knicks, if there is a camera and a mic and a issue he is
there telling people what "we" think.
Good God the man is trying to block Chicago from getting the Olympics because their
cops are crooked.
And I am with him on that.
No one inspires hate like he does from both black and white, he is a polarizing
machine.
But guess what?
You Will Miss Him when he is gone.
When know one else is willing to get up and say something and force people to listen.
Know one puts on a show like he does.
Act like you do not know if you want to, but he is the reason Imus lost his gig.
I'll take him in in the trenches any day of the week.
He is the hands down winner.
Honarable mention to: Jemele Hill, 50 cents, Genarlow Wilson, and T.I.
What the Bozaks?!?
Whats wrong with Atlanta promoters?
Who the heck books Lupe Fiasco at the Roxy and Wyclef at the Tabernacle on the same day?
These dudes dont speak to each other and say "lets not screw ourselves and the fans out of some loot"?
Now I got to make a choice between acts I want to see.
Thats some B.S.
Who the heck books Lupe Fiasco at the Roxy and Wyclef at the Tabernacle on the same day?
These dudes dont speak to each other and say "lets not screw ourselves and the fans out of some loot"?
Now I got to make a choice between acts I want to see.
Thats some B.S.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Quote for the Day: Jan 1
"Uhm...... are you supposed to mix brown and white liquor?"
Clnmike last night.
Sweet Jesus I am hung over big time.
Thank God I never made it out to the streets, the cops were locking people up like they were collecting Beenie Babies or something.
I was supposed to hit Studio 72 to see the Jackson 5, than to the west side to go to a lingerie party but never got out the door.
I am so sick right now it's not funny. I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to throw up, (on the blog that is), but I'll just put some music up and call it day.
Peace.
Clnmike last night.
Sweet Jesus I am hung over big time.
Thank God I never made it out to the streets, the cops were locking people up like they were collecting Beenie Babies or something.
I was supposed to hit Studio 72 to see the Jackson 5, than to the west side to go to a lingerie party but never got out the door.
I am so sick right now it's not funny. I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to throw up, (on the blog that is), but I'll just put some music up and call it day.
Peace.
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