Friday, October 29, 2004

New Star Wars poster

Return of the Sith is scheduled for release on May 19, 2005.


I hope it is better than the other three. Poster courtesy of Star Wars.com


Thursday, October 28, 2004

Now that's something you don't get to see everyday. They're just doing their job.

Congrats to the Red Sox




My hat goes off to Pedro Martínez, Curt Schilling and yes even David Ortiz and Co.

But why didn't they sign Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson?

Howard Bryant explains in his book Shut Out.

If they had signed those guys they probably wouldn't have had to wait 86 years for a championship.

Always remember folks if you ever want to kill your wife and blame a black man Boston is the place to go.



Good for you Manny

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Prison guard update

A while back I did a post titled "Desperate women do Desperate things". Well I'm glad to report they caught the b*tch and her jail bird lover in TX.

The thing I want to know is why is this woman complaining?

Fields said she realizes she made a mistake by counting the dummy, although she thought the arranged pile of clothes on a cell bed was the sleeping body of inmate Edward R. McDaniel.

''It looked like a person,'' Fields said. ''A blanket covered it.''

No excuses. You work in a prison lady! Remember it's the place we put the bad people! If a prisoner has covers over their head you check to see if there is a person under them.

Tuesday Gripes

It amazes me that this country is caught up in the murder of Laci Peterson, but don't give a damn about 40,000 women raped in the Congo.

Maybe it's cause of the number of women or maybe it could be because everyone knows a Laci Peterson type and these women in the Congo are foreign to us. Whatever the excuses are it don't matter the fact remains that people in this country don't give a damn about what happens outside of America unless it effects us.

Moving right along. Jay-Z and R. Kelly have a new album out. And Lindsay Lohan is sick. I think she might be having implant problems. Any way you cut it she's hot. Just call me Humbert.

Monday, October 25, 2004

Clinton campaigns with Kerry



Kerry pulls out the big guns.

Well at least he's not making the same mistake Gore did in 2000.

I just hope Clinton doesn't get another heart attack.

The Democrats are also going after the African-American vote.

So much has been said about how the democrats are taking the black vote for granted. Personally both parties could give a damn about black people. This letter illustrates my feelings perfectly.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

RE: God, Gays, and Getting Votes

My colleague NominalMe is at it again tackling the three G's God,Gays, and Getting votes.

This administration has shown itself to be out of touch time and time again. Homosexuality isn't a choice and GW Bush should have a better answer than "I just don't know Bob". Why would anyone choose to be something that is persecuted in society? It makes no sense. And as far as the issue of it being a sin goes. God wouldn't create something that wasn't worthy of his love.

NominalMe thinks attitudes toward homosexuality in this country are changing. They are slowly changing. But what's the reasoning behind the change? Could it be money?

Who knew...



Is he a revolutionary?

Who knew that a movie could be used so well to change the way people think.

This actually speaks to a greater problem. That I mentioned in an entry called "Why do we care?"

Here's the bottomline. Americans want to be entertained. They want entertainment with no substance because if there was substance we would have to think. And no one wants to do that. Fahrenheit 9/11 while being a solid documentary that scratches the surface but it is still entertainment. Let us not be fooled into thinking that this movie is gospel. The facts are presented in a way to bring about a reaction of anger as if to say "How did we let this happen?" The truth is we never had any control to begin with.

Michael Moore and others are using their cameras because books, teachers and general discourse have failed in this country. The average American doesn't read they watch TV and believe what they hear on the news without looking into the facts.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Hip Hop Critique #2

When KRS-One spoke about 9/11 in the Daily News last week it made me ask myself. Is this man crazy? Then I took a deep breath and read what he had to say in his own words.

After reading his response I realized that everyone in this country has freedom of speech but the volume of your voice is regulated.

Whoever says something first is the one more believed. KRS-One to the best of my knowledge has never been violent nor has he ever advocated violence. Yet the Daily News calls him out to be a terrorist for saying the following "Because when we were down at the trade center we were getting hit over the head by cops, told that we can’t come in this building, hustled down to the train station because of the way we dressed and talked, and so on, we were racially profiled. So, when the planes hit the building we were like; mmmm justice."

Is that comment irresponsible? It probably is to some, but I get it. As a black man living in America in the aftermath of the WTC tragedy I couldn't help but wonder secretly to myself "Why didn't we think of that?". The answer was simple. Black people love America and we don't believe in killing ourselves and others to make a statement. Bob Marley said it best when he sang "Build your penitentiary, we build your schools, Brainwash education to make us the fools. Hate is your reward for our love, Telling us of your God above."

KRS-One doesn't speak for me personally, but his comments are reflective of what a lot of people think but won't say at the water cooler with their friend Bob, but will probably say at the family reunion. There used to be a time when hip hop was political and culturally aware but then people stopped listening to the words and started paying more attention to the beats. A majority of today's rappers are afraid to speak out because they feel they will either go out like 2Pac or their records sales will go the way of KRS-One. Either way ya dead. The money pacifies the artists and at the same time pacifies the art form thereby limiting it to become one big commercial for diamonds, vodka, clothes and cars. No substance just bling bling. Hip Hop is a like a well furnished home with no library. It's like a beautiful woman that has no brain. Looks good but no substance.

Re: I'm undecided

My colleague NominalMe is undecided.

Let's be honest for a moment. Michael Badnarik, Roger Calero and Ralph Nader don't have a chance of winning the election.

If you choose to vote for either one of those candidates it's a wasted vote. It's a feel good/protest vote. Does it really matter in the end? Of course not but you can walk away from the polls with a clear conscious knowing that you did your civic duty.

It basically comes down to the lesser of two evils. Bush or Kerry. Both will continue to send troops to Iraq and both are whores for their respective parties.

Frankly it looks like a waste either way.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

A new contributor

I would like to take this time out to acknowledge a new contributor. NominalMe (aka Mike C)

Welcome to my blog.

Jon Stewart and the media.

There is a lot of talk on the web about what Jon Stewart did on Crossfire. You can see it here for yourself. Personally he's right but is he qualified to be the spokesperson?



Let's be honest here for a minute. Jon Stewart makes his money off of delivering the fake news every night. Why now is he biting the hand that feeds him? He should know that when a comic tries to be serious it can backfire. Just look at what happened to Bill Cosby.

In my humble opinion he's not qualified to go off on the media. But now that the die has been cast he should run with it and speak out more. Jon Stewart put into words what most Americans feel. He may not be qualified but he should be heard.

Imagine a Chinese Eminem.

The next Eminem?


The first Asian rapper has arrived. "Jin - The Rest Is History (Ruff Ryders/Virgin)" is in stores.
How did he get his record deal? Here's his answer in his own words.

"I wanted to get a record deal. No one would give it to me. So I went on [BET's] '106th and Park' [where he won the freestyle competition on Freestyle Fridays for seven straight weeks]. And I got a deal through Ruff Ryders. It's the good old-fashioned American way."

He doesn't want to be ghettoized as Asian

This could be a good thing for hip hop.

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Bob Dylan is a d*ck. There I said it.

Bob you're a d*ck


Bob Dylan is a d*ck WAAAA being the voice of a generation is a drag WAAAA I hate being so great WAAAA.

If you have the honor of being a voice of a generation. Don't fucking whine about it like a bitch. There's a big difference between being humble and being a drag.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

New releases. Hip Hop LIVES!



Yeah I'm pretty much late once again but I have some interesting things to talk about.

Mos Def, De La Soul, and Ali Shaheed Muhamad have new albums out this week.

Mos Def's album is called New Danger some will see it as a companion piece to Talib Kweli's new album Beautiful Struggle. Mos Def is a hip-hop alchemist blending blues, jazz, punk, and R&B to push hip-hop to the next level. This is definitely one of the most anticipated albums this year. Mos does not disappoint.

De La Soul has been around for 15 years now and just like a fine wine they have aged well. This is a mature hip hop album filled with a bunch of cameos guests include from the underground MF Doom (aka Zevlove X of K.M.D.) and Common.

Ali Shaheed Muhamad formerly of A Tribe Called Quest breaks out on his own with an album in where he spotlights unknown talent.

All three albums show another side of hip hop that is anti-thug. It is refreshing to know that this kind of stuff is out there. Too bad it doesn't get airplay.

Friday, October 08, 2004

Friday Gripes

Not much here to report or gripe about really. I started off my day by meeting this guy on the train. He was really cool and down to earth and impressed that I knew who he was.

Oh yeah I forgot I do have a gripe. My damn video card broke down. So now I'm off to buy a GeForce FX 5700 LE. Hopefully it won't cost me an arm and a leg.

So they say that "these are the best years of your life" when you got to college. They lied.

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Dick meets John (VP debates)

This debate reminded me of when Luke went up against Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi. Posted by Hello



This was my favorite part.


Question 9 -- What should be done to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

IFILL: Senator Edwards, as we wrap up the foreign policy part of this, I do want to talk to you about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Today, a senior member of Islamic Jihad was killed in Gaza. There have been suicide bombings, targeted assassinations, mortar attacks, all of this continuing at a time when the United States seems absent in the peace-making process.

What would your administration do?

First of all, do you agree that the United States is absent? Maybe you don't.

But what would your administration do to try to resolve that conflict?

EDWARDS: Well, first of all, I do agree that we've been largely absent, not entirely absent, but largely absent from the peace-making process over the last four years. And let me just say a couple of preliminary things and then talk about where we are now.

First, the Israeli people not only have the right to defend themselves, they should defend themselves. They have an obligation to defend themselves.

I mean, if I can, just for a moment, tell you a personal story. I was in Jerusalem a couple of years ago, actually three years ago, in August of 2001, staying at the King David Hotel.

We left in the morning, headed to the airport to leave, and later in the day I found out that that same day, not far from where we were staying, the Sbarro Pizzeria was hit by a suicide bomber in Jerusalem. Fifteen people were killed. Six children were killed.

What are the Israeli people supposed to do? How can they continue to watch Israeli children killed by suicide bombers, killed by terrorists?

They have not only the right to the obligation to defend themselves.

Now, we know that the prime minister has made a decision, an historic decision, to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza. It's important for America to participate in helping with that process.

Now, if Gaza's being used as a platform for attacking the Israeli people, that has to be stopped. And Israel has a right to defend itself. They don't have a partner for peace right now. They certainly don't have a partner in Arafat, and they need a legitimate partner for peace.

And I might add, it is very important for America to crack down on the Saudis who have not had a public prosecution for financing terrorism since 9/11. And it's important for America to confront the situation in Iran, because Iran is an enormous threat to Israel and to the Israeli people.

IFILL: Mr. Vice President, 90 seconds.

CHENEY: Gwen, I want to go back to the last comment, and then I'll come back to Israel-Palestine.

The reason they keep trying to attack Halliburton is because they want to obscure their own record.

And Senator, frankly, you have a record in the Senate that's not very distinguished. You've missed 33 out of 36 meetings in the Judiciary Committee, almost 70 percent of the meetings of the Intelligence Committee.

You've missed a lot of key votes: on tax policy, on energy, on Medicare reform.

Your hometown newspaper has taken to calling you "Senator Gone." You've got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate.

Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.

The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.

In respect to Israel and Palestine, Gwen, the suicide bombers, in part, were generated by Saddam Hussein, who paid $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers.

I personally think one of the reasons that we don't have as many suicide attacks today in Israel as we've had in the past is because Saddam is no longer in business.

We've been strong supporters of Israel. The president stepped forward and put in place a policy basically that said we will support the establishment of two states. First president ever to say we'll establish and support a Palestinian state next door to Israelis.

But first, there has to be an interlocutor you can trust and deal with. And we won't have that, we don't have it now, in a Yasser Arafat. There has to be reform of the Palestinian system.

IFILL: Senator Edwards, it's your turn to use 30 seconds for a complicated response...

EDWARDS: That was a complete distortion of my record. I know that won't come as a shock.

The vice president, I'm surprised to hear him talk about records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors.

He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.

It's amazing to hear him criticize either my record or John Kerry's.

IFILL: Thirty seconds.

CHENEY: Oh, I think his record speaks for itself. And frankly, it's not very distinguished.

So basically Cheney didn't vote for MLK day and he didn't support sanctions on South Africa? And this guy is a heart beat away from the president? Sorry but I'm going to ride this one out with Kerry and Edwards.


Hip Hop ain't dead. It's just 30.

Hip-hop is not dead. It just got honored last night. It's been 30 years. Really it's a little bit more older if you include the first album by the Last Poets. But hey some say it started in 1979 with Rapper's Delight therefore making it 25 years old.

Anyway you cut it hip hop is a art form that most people 30 years ago thought was a passing fad. Guess the critics were wrong on that one huh? Rapping is now a part of out daily lives we see it in commerical after commerical selling us everything from cars to hamburgers. But is it still good? Is there another Public Enemy? Is there another Tribe Called Quest? Is there another Run-DMC out there?

Well folks as I said in Hip Hop critique #1 the game hasn't changed for the better except for a few minor exceptions. Here are a few artists out there who are pushing the art form past the OutKasts and 50's. These guys deserve props and more importantly they deserve record sells.

Jedi Mind Tricks, Akon, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Company Flow, Kool G Rap, De La Soul.

Hip Hop isn't dead. It just got tired, It just got relaxed, It just got rich, It just got lazy, It just lost focus, It just turned 30. Hip Hop is now underground. That stuff you hear on the radio isn't hip hop it's just hip pop.

Why teachers fall for students? "Dirty" Debi update

Bride Posted by Hello

Now this is just my kind of topic. "Dirty" Debra Beasley Lafave was just that kind of teacher. 23 and in a rocky marriage she sought comfort in the arms of a 14 year old teenager. Now folks I'm not saying what she did was right. But COME ON. I know what it's like to be a 14 year old horny teenager. This kid messed up big time by letting his cousin know.

Now her husband wants to tell his side. The pain got too hard for him and he recently filed for divorce. Smart move captain fantastic. Now all ya gotta do is write a book. "How I lost my wife to a 14 year old."

They were married for less than a year. Ain't love grand folks.

Desperate women do desperate things

How badly did this woman want a man. I mean to be a prison guard and do such a thing is ridiculous. This is the kind of thing that holds the women's movement back. Here you have a woman in a position of authority over men and what does she do? She helps one escape. What did she think they were going to do go on a romantic trip to Mexico? She probably was in love with this convict.

This is a classic example of why women will never be taken seriously when it comes to position of authority. Their hearts always seem to get in the way.

Monday, October 04, 2004

Monday gripes

So the Bucs are 0-4 and pretty much sux for me. The British are still raping young girls in foriegn lands.

But that's not what's pissing me off today. My main gripe today comes from Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is being accused of denying people the right to vote.

According to State Sen. Robert Hagan, (Democrat from Youngstown), said, “his arbitrary abuse of his office seeks to discourage and disenfranchise new voters.”

Hagan and Sen. Marc Dann, (Democrat from Liberty Township), said Blackwell created confusion with his 80-pound paper weight directive for registration forms, disenfranchised voters with his provisional ballot directive, disenfranchised ex-felons by misinforming them about their voting rights, spent more than $15 million on a voter education initiative starring his name and picture and allowed ongoing uncertainty regarding how many voters were purged from Ohio voter registration rolls and why.

Amazing a black man denying other black people the right to vote. Makes me sick to my stomach.

Friday, October 01, 2004

House defeats gay marriage law

I'm so gald these people came to their senses on this subject. 227-186 was the vote. I really would like to know who the 186 are.


Amending the constitution to exclude a gender is never a good idea.

"Marriage is the basic unit of society, the very DNA of civilization, and if that civilization is to endure, marriage must be protected,"- Tom DeLay, R-Texas

Is this guy serious? He just got critized by the House ethics committee.

Debrief on the Debate

So the first debate is over between president GW Bush and Sen. John Kerry. So who won?

The answer is simple. If you are an educated rational person who sees through the lies of a leader who is inarticulate and dim witted then, for you Kerry won. If you are an American who trusts this administration then, for you Bush won.