Can't even believe this dude had the nerve to pose next to the great Bob Marley looking like a radioactive black jelly bean and the idiot above doesn't look black, but burned. I will never understand why making fun of black folks is a source of entertainment on a campus that has so few black folks on campus in the first damn place. 
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If you have the extra cash to purchase the DVDS or a Netflix account, I highly recommend the Canadian television series, Intelligence. It only lasted two season before some idiot in the Canadian TV networks decided to cancel another well-acted, well-written, and well-directed crime drama.
This nutjob picked the right victims. You can clearly beat, strangle, rape, murder, and descrate the corpses of black women for years despite the fact that you are a well-known convicted rapist, naked bodies are reported to be falling from the windows of your home and your crib stinks up the entire neighborhood because it smells like an abandoned slaughter house.
Happy Halloween Folks! Sorry for the MIA status on blogging. I am BUSY running from the swine flu and grading papers. I'm also working on my second year review....yes, the crazy ass march toward tenure!
He's already a monster! Tonight he can walk the streets and feel right at home!
One of things that always strikes me with debates and discussions about black women is that folks never want to talk about real stuff that hurts us; poverty, disease, lack of equitable marriage partners, being underpaid and overworked in the workplace, domestic violence, abuse, rape, etc.....
My girl Lynda had this on her facebook and it just cracks me up. I'm not buying an overpriced bluetooth anytime soon, but I'm not sure this is the ticket either!
This bullshitting article by Allison Samuels is the perverbal straw that broke the camel's back for me. I have had about a damn 'nough on this here subject.
Rush Limbaugh is an unrepentant race-baiting racist and a caveman era sexist. He should not be given the opportunity to own a professional sports team. He will not be able to serve as a silent partner, he will eventually say something so outlandish that the NFL will have to head for the hills to escape the embarrassment.
De quelqu'un âne doit être renvoyé, rapide! or for all you non-french speaking folks - Somebody's ass needs to be fired, quick! Why in the hell did the model even agree to do this mess?
I don't care which party you belong to, you celebrate the achievements of the U.S. President. Period, no discussion. And as far as I'm concerned, any black person that says another black person has not achieved ANYTHING, when they have obviously gained and earned a MAJOR achievement, HATES THEIR OWN PEOPLE!
I love it! Let's enjoy it ya'll. Watch the Obama haters show how much they hate America by refusing to congratulate their own President for a job well done. It's so funny to watch these folks get so twisted up.
Good! He should have been forced to resign over the Merrill Lynch deal months ago. And to hell with him personally, he's not hurting financially. Bastards of America - shanking their customers for years and years.
This is modern love? Last minute pre-nup agreement, you let some gossip news/reality show network pay for the wedding, and your children don't attend the wedding? Wow! That's a major expression of love and family coming together.
I miss most television shows while they are currently airing, but my savior Netflix helps me catch up. In Plain Sight is quite good. It's funny, well-written, diverse characters, and ramps up my desire to visit New Mexico. The lead character is awesome, complex and totally messed up.
Kanye "Baby Boy" West and Amber "Thang From Another Planet" Rose.
Does Rush Limbaugh really think segregating kids on buses is going to stop bullying and drama at schools in the 21st century? Jim Crow segregation worked because black folks were beatdown and afraid, it's not like that anymore.
I don't get this one. I live in a predominantly white state, I mean WHITE. I see plenty of white people not working, getting public assistance, homeless, and PLENTY of hard-working white folks losing their jobs due to plants closing, businesses folding and moving. Yet, it never crosses my mind to say those people are lazy, they want a hand-out, or they just won't work.
He's been my favorite player for years and I just don't want to see him on a losing squad getting ripped for his play and losing his cool. I would rather see him retired, waiting on his phone call for the NBA Hall of Fame.
If the victim lied, she should be prosecuted, she just made it harder for the next woman. No one wants to see anyone go down for a crime they didn't commit, but I don't see much to smile about in this situation. Rape or no rape, this is still stupid, idiotic, and reckless behavior.
Why do we continue to celebrate behaviors in our communities that lead folks down the garden path to the legal system? If these guys hadn't been so willing to be number three or four in line to get some cheap sex, they would not have been in the position to get arrested for rape in the first damn place. It's still a question of character.
And for those of you jumping up down calling the victim a liar, lots of rape victims recant their stories. They blame themselves and take the fall. I wouldn't be surprised if she changes her story once again at some later date.
I remain completely unsympathetic to young men of color that engage in behaviors that end getting them on the wrong side of the law. If you treat a young lady like a lady, even when she is not acting like one herself, you will never find yourself on the ass end of a rape charge.
I only have three questions. Why in the hell is this woman smiling? Is this woman so comfortable in her all-white setting, that she was unconcerned of offending anyone that was African or African American just randomly walking around in Washington, DC during her dumb ass protest march?
This case is beyond disturbing. Reading the reports it sounds like these dudes were victim shopping. And did these meatheads really think they were going to get away with this idiotic, heartless, and brutal crime? I think the police need to be looking to check if these cats have done this before.
This is why I don't read celebrity interviews, actors aren't the sharpest folks as a group. Megan Fox has a GED, what do they expect? She's gonna say dumb stuff because that's all that's percolating through that pea-sized brain of hers.
Maybe it's all those different designs in that boy's head that caused this latest breakdown. How much you wanna bet that Jay-Z is going to have a chat with this fool in the near future? LOL!
It's truly amazing to me about what gets our elected officials all hot and bothered. Joe Wilson is shouting at the President over a complete and total lie (Wilson's own lie) - but he's quiet as church on clear violations by his own home state Governor. Funny that.
When you're struggling to recite the ABC's, you're drunk as hell. LMAO! She still doesn't top that dude that was so drunk that he ran over himself.
This guy is an elected official and can't conduct himself any better than this in public, during an official session of Congress, in front of the President, while the President is speaking. WTF? This fool should be wildly condemned by his colleagues and censured as well. What an asshat, shouting at the President like a three-year-old on the playground.
Another lying-ass, creepy, cheating on his wife and kids, no ethics-having, so-called family values, right wing nut has been exposed for the hypocrite he really is. And this disgusting pig got caught bragging. Watch it! LMAO!!!!
This is horrifying news. I have no problem with Tyler Perry directing an adaptation of this play, he's probably the only dude in Hollywood that can get this film made. I am completely horrified that he intends to adapt and write the screenplay.
Ugly-ass Seth Rogan is not The Green Hornet and Cameron Diaz makes me want to hurl. What role is she going to play? And Bruce Lee just can't be replaced and the yahoo they have in his part looks like a clown.
Van Jones didn't understand basic politics, the higher your profile, the more people dig into your past and he had some basically harmless, but politically dynamite skeletons in his closet. The hard part is that the Glenn Beck assholes of this world will be crowing big time about their part in Jones' demise. Van Jones will be just fine, he doesn't need a government job to be effective. I'm hoping that he will now ramp up the heat even further on Glenn Beck and his minions.
I had a lot of respect for Roxanne Shante....keyword.....had. She's a damn liar. I have this woman on tape telling the big ass whopper of a lie that her record company paid for her college education and that she earned a Ph.D from Cornell. I had no reason at the time to question her truthfulness, I respected her and I took her word for it. It a damn shame that she took so many folks for suckers.
It's damn shame that students are not safe on their own college campus. The murder of Jasmine Lynn is just awful. I was disturbed to read the excuses and justifications being laid out by officials at Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta. I'm sorry, but that is just lazy ass black folk bullshit. These three colleges should be calling a state of emergency and getting together to help improve safety on their campuses.
You know this fool spent hours thinking this mess up! LMAO! Poor thing!
Ah...the good life for lazy-asses and folks wonder why nearly everyone wants to be on reality television.
Sorry playa, I don't believe you...and I'm not the only one. Every politician lies their ass off and you're lying big time because you want to be Governor.
Once again, where in the hell do these folks keep coming from? You had to kick over a pretty big rock to find a snake like Rex Rammell. This dude clearly does not know what courage, integrity, and honor actually means since he thinks it's funny to joke about issuing hunting tags for the first black President of the United States. And this dude adds insult to injury by being too damn stupid and racist to apologize when folks point out to you that your little "joke" wasn't funny.
The cancellation of the amazing show, Reading Rainbow does not jive with the repeated claims that America offers the best education for children in the world. A show such as this does not get cancelled due to "lack of funds."
This dude has never read the bible a day in his life. He just proves that anyone can call themselves a pastor. Even racist fanatics. What really gets me is that any black person would follow this dude - didn't we learn anything from Jim Jones?
What's next, her teeth, her feet, her fingers? The last time a black woman was observed so closely and personally was during slavery on the auction block. This crap is way beyond "First Lady" fashion observations. Whether you like the shorts or not, what I like about Michelle Obama is that she tries her level best to ALWAYS be herself. A real woman, not plastic. It's hot as hell in August, particularly in Arizona. Folks need to mind their damn business, get a life and give the First Lady some private space!
I can't stand reality television, but I have caught bits and pieces of this show. And it sure has the interest of white folks. I am curiously horrified. It's like watching wanna be upscale ghetto delusional divas on parade on planet fruitcake.
What in the hell is this dude thinking? What a clown!
Yummy! If he was not racially profiled, somebody was trying to get next to this Bollywood hottie for a little bit. LOL!
Apparently Whole Foods CEO John Mackey thinks the American people don't need health care reform at all. In his pea-sized brain, all folks needs to do is shop at his stores and buy healthy food. Now that would be a tough thing to do in the state where I currently live.
Yes! I hope they let Joan get back to being Joan this season. Pure nastiness!
This dude blew up his family for sex on a table with some random woman? College athletes get dumped from their scholarships and teams for less stuff than Coach Pitino did. Yet, he gets to keep his job and millions in salary. Not to mention the endorsements and book deals.
I wish Sarah Palin was crazy like Orly Taitz, but she's not. She just stupid, dangerous, and irresponsible. Not to mention a world-class liar and hypocrite. You don't tell the press to leave your children alone and then invoke your children on your Facebook page to make a very PUBLIC point about health care reform. The fact that Palin's supporters can overlook her obvious contradictions says a lot about the state of fairness and honesty in some individuals in this country. It doesn't really matter to them that she lies and distorts.
The American people should never forget that the GOP and the conservative movement gave a SERIOUS platform to a woman who is completely bonkers and completely racist. Orly Taitz is completely obsessed and unhinged. In the third dimension of her tiny brain, President Obama is gay and has murdered his lovers to cover up the fact he is gay! WTF?
Apparently, President Obama is just like Felix the Cat - "Black and Lucky." What in the hell will these white folks think up next? Post-racial America, my ass.
Where are the black folks in health care debate? All that crazyiness and drama at the town hall meetings on health care and RARELY is a black face seen. In fact, the only black folk I have seen is Ken "I'm Protesting Against Health Insurance, But I Don't Have Any Myself" Gladney and some strange sista wearing a fanny pack sitting next to some white dude shouting at a Democratic Senator that he was lying about health care reform. What's up with that?
Of all the Americans in nation, we need to be shouting the loudest about health care and health insurance. You don't have to believe me, just read here, here, here, here, and here. Voting for Obama is not enough, you have to do something!
I finally got all my crap moved, but I still have to clean up the old place and unpack everything in the new place. Sigh...........
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"Death Panels" and "Downright Evil"?! And now you be wanna be civil?
I'm currently in the middle of knocking off #10 on the "Ten Things I Intend To Do In 2009 post I made a while back - "Move from the completely backwards, hillbilly ass, ain't got nothing to offer, no black people-having, small-ass town called Hell I'm currently living in."
I truly hate moving, but in this case it's an absolutely long-overdue "I Gotta Do This or I'm Gonna Die Here" situation. Yeah, it's that serious. Wish me luck, prayers, sympathy, and good humor with movers doing their damn best to bust up my shit.
Meet soon-to-be-ex Boston Officer Justin Barrett. He is going to get fired with major quickness. This is another cop with "extensive" anti-racial profiling training. I would love to sit through this course because apparently cops taking this course are missing something.
This is scary and stupid all at the same time. It's stupid to send e-mails with racial slurs if you are a police officer and it's damn scary that this dude has a badge and a gun and thinks it's okay to mace public citizens if you raise your voice with them.
Sounds like abuse of power to me, but I have dealt with so many apologists over the last few days, I imagine some folks will be okay with our police having these kind of ideas, particularly in minority neighborhoods.
And somewhere in my hometown of Los Angeles is a very, very, dangerous police officer. A Mark "Mr. Nigger" Fuhrman/Rodney King Beating type officer waiting to explode. And speaking of Mark "I Retired Before I Got Fired" Fuhrman, he went AWOL from whatever KKK compound he is residing in Idaho to share his great knowledge on the subject of the "myth of racial profiling" to Faux News.
Houston, we still have a problem here.
David Vitter should never let the word "values" fall from his lips. Ever. Anytime he uses that word, somebody, anybody, EVERYBODY should remind him quickly that he was a regular JOHN for a hooker and that he should be in jail instead of in the senate.
The more that comes to light with this bogus Skip Gates arrest, the worst it gets. Sgt. Crowley needed multiple police cars to respond to the scene of a non-robbery, a non-burglary, a non-break-in? What exactly were the extra officers for - too intimidate Dr. Gates perhaps?
The 911 caller sounded unsure about what she saw and clearly was reporting information from a third party. And good old stand-up guy Sgt. Crowley has now been contradicted by his own witness about who mentioned "race" first. Somebody is lying.
The 911 caller mentions luggage - "suitcases" - Crowley said "backpacks" in his official report - what taxi driver wears a backpack when driving? Somebody is lying. And what did Crowley think happened to the other man since he only encountered one man on the scene when he arrived? The disappearing accomplice - a taxi driver that performs magic robberies on the side? Somebody is lying.
And this quote from Crowley troubles me greatly -
"I'm up with a gentleman, says he resides here, but was uncooperative, but keep the cars coming." Keep the cars coming for what? A seasoned trained officer like Crowley needed help with an angry and upset citizen? Sounds like to me Sgt. Crowley was intending to arrest Dr. Gates and wanted witnesses.
I'm with Andrew Sullivan, John Ridley, and Maureen Dowd on this one.
Thaddeus "Dr. Cranium-Head" McCotter is wasting time offering a resolution to make President Obama apologize to the Cambridge Police in MASSACHUSETTS. Did this numbskull forget he represents the state of MICHIGAN that currently enjoys 15% unemployment? This dude is the poster child for what is wrong with American politics. Instead of working on real issues, he's getting involved in pointless crap like this.
She just couldn't help herself. It is a remarkable skill to be able to criticize people, all the while forgetting that you have quit your job at the half-way mark, leaving your state swirling the bowl in debt and chaos.
I am swamped this upcoming weekend, but I am determined at some point to blow off some steam with dinner and a movie. Not sure where dinner will be, but the movie is The Collector. There will be a little tiny drink or two tossed in as well.
Harper's Island started off with such a great idea and it was all downhill from there. Horrible acting, stupid writing, predictable, cliched ending. You can watch it for free download on your Netflix membership and that's too much of a price to pay. Awful, pure boo-boo.
No wonder Michigan is in trouble, it's politicians are just delusional. Tell bald-faced lies with a straight face, it doesn't matter that your lie will come back to smack you in the face like a boomerang.
First of all, this dude has to be packing below the belt because he is ugly as homemade sin. Second of all, this dude is beyond a hypocrite, he's a complete damn phony of the first order. Third of all, he should resign and disappear forever, but of course he's too much of an asshole to do that. 
This is funny as hell. Turns out the folks doing all the "legal" work behind the birther movement have some very shady credentials when it comes to the law. One guy has been disbarred in three different states, another dude has been forced to pay fines for legal malpractice and the head kook in charge, Orly Taitz (pictured above) has a law degree from an ONLINE correspondence school.
This woman immigrated to America in 1987 and has a law degree from a diploma mill and she's questioning the citizenship of an American citizen, a man that has a law degree from Harvard? I can't begin to fathom how many ways this is wrong as hell.
You really have to hate the fact that a black man is President of the United States to follow such completely phony folks as these people.
This is really sad news. He was a great writer. He created characters that other people would not and he gave them voices that reached across numerous cultural lines. He will be missed.
After the mainstream media semi-latched on to his racist stupidity and folks started calling the two hospitals that he works at - Dr. David "Obama As Witch Doctor Is Funny Stuff" McKalip is apologizing and trying to prove he's not a racist. Too late, MF! And saying you worked with little black kids one time only makes it worst.
I say keep the pressure on. Saying sorry doesn't fix it. He insulted in the most vicious manner the first black President of the United States and two entire ethnic groups in one nasty racist swoop. This fool is supposed to be a doctor - he took an oath to show care and compassion for people. He should resign his medical positions if he is more interested in supporting the Tea Party Movement and being against health care reform.
Sgt. Crowley, the officer that arrested Gates is now speaking out. I'm not going to call the man a racist, but his explanations don't hold water. He's a veteran in law enforcement. I find it hard to believe that in his long career that he has not been cussed and cursed from top to bottom by every kind of individual God ever created. He surely has not arrested everyone that ever cussed him out or raised their voice. I hope.
Where were his community policing skills? Where was his many years of racial profiling training? If he was so well-trained he should have known in an instant that he was not looking at a burglar or robber. If he was so well-trained, why didn't he recognize that he was dealing with a frustrated and irate old man who was angry about his difficulties of getting into his own home and being falsely accused of a crime at the same time. Where was Sgt. Crowley's compassion? His sound judgment?
Sgt. Crowley's job is hard, he must deal with difficult people everyday, but you don't arrest people for being difficult. Instead of running around telling folks you're not a racist because you once tried to save the life of a famous basketball player (which is part of your damn job in the first place whether the victim is black or white) - admit the truth, Dr. Gates was loud and challenging, got on your damn nerves, you didn't like his behavior and you arrested him. Admit you're human, apologize, and move on.
The latest in the stupid and racist e-mail "parodies or jokes" (as white folks love to call their open displays of racism) is beyond the pale in terms of racial stereotypes, racial insensitivity, and complete disrespect of the President and his office.
It is quite clear that white Americans within the Conservative party cannot engage in political discourse without equally engaging in racism against their opponents of color. It is also equally clear that white Americans within the Conservative party do not believe in Democracy. Instead of clearly stating that they disagree with President Obama's policies, over the last six months the American public has been bombarded with racist e-mails, racist statements, attacks on Obama's American birth right, heritage, and culture.
The First Lady has been openly and repeatedly attacked with racial epithets as well and for all the GOP's whining about Sarah Palin and her family being attacked, a recent vicious attack was leveled on Malia Obama for wearing a t-shirt that apparently conservative white folks didn't like, was completely overlooked. 
We may have a black president, but we clearly still have a racist nation.
I'm simply amazed at the state of politics in this country. Clearly the state of South Carolina currently has no working Governor. Mark Sanford has not been back to work on a consistent basis since he got caught creeping on his wife back in mid-June. He's been doing nothing but traveling with his family since. What in the hell is that?
I thought when you had personal or family problems on the job, you either took a leave of absence or you resigned. You don't keep collecting a check and not working. South Carolina is another state that is swirling the bowl financially and their Governor is AWOL.....again. Wow!
Ya'll can watch if you want to. I got a seriously strong feeling that if I watch, I will be compelled to write a post entitled - "Fuck Soledad O'Brien - Part II." Been there, done that already.
Vanity Fair corrects Sarah Palin's resignation speech. This is funny, but sad as hell as well. Only in America do we reward and celebrate a shocking lack of basic intelligence and basic educational skills such as reading and writing.
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Only in America! These "elected officials connected to "C" Street are nothing but a secret white supremacist organization with strange cult-like views of religion and privileged political power. The Christian Mafia? Could you imagine a group of folks of color calling themselves that name and getting away with it? White politicians are still freaking out over folks of color being members of NAACP or La Raza. Talk about putting the "H" in hypocrisy.
Folks of color don't need affirmative action, we need a wrecking ball to knock down that house on "C" Street. We can't compete with the white version of affirmative action - cheat on your wife, lie about everything, pay off people, forget about doing the job you were elected to do, and don't resign when you get caught, just start talking about Jesus and everything is cool. Wow!
The funny part is despite all their privileged opportunities, the money, the political power, anything and everything, all these men are still too damn stupid, too damn incompetent, and too damn arrogant to stop from embarrassing themselves publicly over the oldest thing in the world, a piece of ass. Damn, how weak is that?
Ain't this a bitch? Post-Racial America my ass!
I bet Dr. Gates wants to know which one of his "good neighbors" failed to recognize him and called the po-po on his ass instead.
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This dude has five kids and he was still creeping. Damn! These political wives really need to re-think this Stepford wife business, they are getting played big time by these ugly-ass men. And this dude is giving up his career and his family to get with his mistress.
And somebody needs to start blowing up this "C" Street secret group of white conservative senators. Apparently if you are a member of this house, cheating on your wife and family is perfectly acceptable. Ensign, Sanford, now Pickering. Not to mention Senator Colburn telling folks to pay off the family of Ensign's mistress. Dinner must be very interesting at that house.
Gorilla Glue? WTF? Between Zell Miller and Senator Sessions you would think the year is 1959, not 2009. And who in the hell is this dude to the the President to stop traveling? We had eight years of President Bush, who spent more time on VACATION than he did WORKING as the President, but this nutzo is criticizing the current President for working and traveling? Lawd, Jesus take the wheel!
If Lamar Odom wants to stay with the Lakers, he's sure not acting like it. He gets a damn good offer from the Lakers and he doesn't respond at all. What the hell? And he's taking the calls of the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks. Is he serious?
Lamar Odom has already made a lot of damn money in the NBA, his final years should be about his NBA legacy. Right now he is not a hall of fame candidate. Hell, Lamar Odom ain't even an all-star. If he wins two or three more titles, he writes his own historic ticket. Greed ain't good you dummy.
This man does not possess a Ph.D. He is not a college professor and resigned in disgrace from his last job, but Texas Tech is going to pay him the one year salary of a full professor ($100,000) to teach one class with no more than 15 students. WTF!!!!!!!!!
Real academics with doctoral degrees, years of teaching and scholarship under their belts are losing their jobs and Texas Tech is paying this lying creep $100,000 to teach some bullshit Poly-Sci seminar.
This is a major slap in the face for people who have gone through the hell of the dissertation process and to the people that teach everyday....to have some failed government stooge get a soft payday because he can't find work anywhere else is disgusting. Damn! Florida Evans Double Damn!
And I was already pissed at this asshole for remarking that Judge Sonia Sotomayor had to "explain herself" to the GOP. Really? Does he mean like he explained himself to Congress? Mr. Memory Loss, himself? Who are these people?
I just started watching the first season of True Blood. I can't say I'm buying into all the hype around this show. At this point I am finding it mildly amusing. I think the lead couple is the most unattractive and unsexy vampire/mortal hook-up in Hollywood history.
The show is a collection of every white trash, redneck, hillbilly stereotype and every black ghetto, signifying, Ebonics speaking stereotype ever created in nature. And I am definitely not feeling the smart-mouthed black girl pining after the brainless dirty white boy storyline.
With that said, there is something about the show that makes you want to watch....at least the first season. I cut my HBO a loose when The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency finished it's run and if it's not renewed, I ain't renewing my HBO. So, True Blood will always be a DVD series for me.
Not only is Liz Cheney a better liar than Sarah Palin, she's a chip off the old block. She will say anything to make her nearly always untruthful point.
And she is absolutely frightening because she has the hooks to get elected. The only government jobs she has held have come because her daddy arranged it and it won't be much of problem to get her elected with his money and contacts.
And it's truly a double nightmare because Liz Cheney loves being on television. Can you imagine years of looking at her with that stupid hair pushed behind her ear, that grating voice, and those over-priced designer duds that look more like the neon flaming flamingo line at Target.
Folks need to keep one eye on Sarah Palin and another on Liz Cheney.
What kills me about this stuff is these folks would never say this mess in the company of people of color, but when they think it's just them.....boy, does diarrhea of the mouth set in.
And it's too damn funny that these folks are too damn stupid to realize that Facebook and Twitter ain't private.
I really hate to say it but these over privileged folks are forgetting it's 2009 not 1959. One of these chicken-shit yahoos is going to say the wrong thing in the wrong company and end up on their back looking at the ceiling and wondering how they got there.
Here's one bio on her. The trolls are already spewing racist and sexist comments on the Huff Post announcement. It doesn't matter she seems truly awesome.
I'm sure the GOP will find some way to turn a dedicated public servant into some kind of uneducated, racist monster, but don't fall for the Jedi Mind Tricks folks.
Dr. Benjamin has seen tough times just like Judge Sonia Sotomayor and she's not afraid of the challenge ahead. Let's support her on her journey.
I will watch as much of her confirmation hearings as I can stomach, but I am already thinking bad thoughts about Senator Kyl and Senator Sessions. And did Senator Graham just say "the Hispanic element"? What a bunch of pompous asses!
Judge Sotomayor is a tough cookie and she will be fine, but I hate the fact she has to endure this mess. The benefit to the GOP smearing Sotomayor this week is that there will be plenty of lovely racist and sexist comments to use against the GOP during the 2010 election.
And I hope when they roll out Frank Ricci as some kind of bullshit witness to absolutely nothing, that someone will ask him why he wasn't crying and whining about affirmative action when it benefited him.
Folks in La La land are clearly beginning to get worried about the re-signing of Lamar Odom. I don't begrudge Lamar looking for the best deal, but I hope folks ain't gonna beg some dude to stay. And I'm not quite sure that Odom is worth what he looking for - 10 million a season. I don't know about that.
Yes, he is a huge part of the Lakers, but now that he won a title, I wonder how many more times he will disappear during the regular season as he did during the championship run? And if he gets paid what he wants by the Lakers is he going to accept coming off the bench behind Artest or Gasol, or Bynum? I don't know that either.
I do know Odom is worth more than the 7 million a season the Lakers are reportedly offering, so everyone needs to get off their collective butts and find a happy medium.
You can never embarrass or humiliate a political Stepford Wife enough. There is no such thing. Jenny Sanford is no different. She helped this fool keep his job. And she's gonna stay married to him. There could be a XXX-rated sex tape of her husband and this woman playing on You Tube everyday, all day, and she would still stay. She used the bible, the media, and his political foes and allies, just to put the brakes on this latest "sparking" affair by her husband, she was NEVER going anywhere. Jenny Sanford sold herself out as an individual and as a woman a long time ago, she doesn't care if she sells out the citizens of South Carolina as well, leaving them stuck with a Governor that is an embarrassment and ineffective for the next 18 months.
You had it right in September 2008, Peggy, too bad you didn't have the guts to do your job when the American people needed you to do it then. Raking Palin's dead political body over the coals now after she has quit her job in the latest loopy fashion requires no courage. Too little, too late.
As any of my regular readers know I don't care for reality television. One of my reasons for disliking this kind of programming is that these very strange people who are so willing to give up their privacy get rewarded for engaging in behaviors we would condemn in everyday, average folks we see daily.
Clearly it's time this Jon dude from Jon And Kate Plus Eight to get back to the real world and a real job. If you have a eight children and a failing marriage, but you still have time to be swirling around France with your 22-year-old mistress/girlfriend, you clearly have too much available free time. I wonder if this cat called his children everyday he was out of the country.
This is not reality, it's fantasy. Fantasy funded by television dollars and supported by the folks that continue to watch this crap.
No surprise really here. The Young Republicans elected a racist as their national chairman. I do wonder how many young Republicans of color voted for Ms. Audra Shay knowing that she thinks it's okay to ask about hanging a black man in effigy (which was done during the campaign) or agreeing with racist statements posted on her Facebook page?
And it's really no surprise that some Young Republicans think that being a racist or supporting racism is "just politics." It's all good because at least everyone knows what kind of individual Audra Shay is and what to expect from the Young Republicans as long as she is at the helm. That's really too bad for the organization.
This is some kind of special family values - have an affair with the wife of a close friend, get your parents to pay hush money when you get caught. Wow! Can somebody tell me why this dude still has a job?
Shannon Brown got a nice raise. I hope the Lakers get to work on re-signing Lamar Odom with quickness. Delays mean gone to another team like Portland, since they still have money to throw around since Hedo Turkgolu thinks it's better to get paid playing for a loser like Toronto instead of a championship caliber team like Portland or Orlando.
I love Rasheed Wallace, but I'm not getting all the excitement. The Boston Celtics seem mighty old to me all of a sudden and 'Sheed is just as crackers as Ron Artest, but nobody is talking about Wallace jacking up the chemistry of the Celtics. And the rumors about losing Glen "Big Baby" Davis don't sound good at all.
Sounds like "Flash" is gonna be bouncing from Miami Heat next summer because they sure in hell ain't gonna be a contender for the NBA title next season. And I'm sorry, but I don't get how the Dallas Mavericks got any better at all, re-signing an aging Jason "I still can't shoot" Kidd and Marcin "I Drive A Really Fast Car" Gortat.
I was a huge Steve "Air" McNair fan, but this is just fucked up, truly, truly fucked up.
Meet Audra Shay. This upcoming weekend Ms. Shay wants to become the next chairman of the national organization, the Young Republicans. Ms. Shay apparently was a leading candidate for the post until she got caught doing one of two things, one, either she was agreeing with racist comments posted on her Facebook page or two, she was agreeing with racist comments posted on her Facebook page and was too damn stupid to know that the word, "coon" is racist or that the very mention of "sundown towns" and "black ass" in the same sentence is a racist threat. Either way, she should be toast in terms of becoming the national figurehead for such an important political group.
For the record, here is Ms. Shay's response on the curiously named site, the "Hip Hop Republican." Considering that the FIRST thing Ms. Shay did in response to this mess was block the access of the folks that pointed out that the comments posted on her Facebook page were racist and unacceptable, I personally find her explanations to be complete and utter malarkey, horse manure, doo-doo, boo-boo, crapola, and unmitigated bullshit. As they say in hip hop, we don't believe you Ms. Shay, you need more people!
I don't have a problem with the Young Republicans as a group. Hell, I admire their organization and their agenda. It's working on college campuses. The Democrats could take a page or two out of their book, but I won't hold my breath. What I do have a problem with is an organization that has so few African Americans in it, running around thinking it's cute to laugh and hee hee about racial slurs and threats. Fine, you don't like President Obama and you don't agree with his policies, what in the high holy hell does that have to do with coons and sundown towns? Damn if I know.
If the Young Republicans want to be credible and really reach out to folks of color, then this Marcus Epstein type crap must cease to occur and exist. And if Black Republicans and Conservatives want credibility and acceptance they need to stand up and speak out against this kind of baloney immediately like Lenny McAllister did.
With all things being said, I am wondering why this particular incident inspired responses from the Young Republican crowd, black or white, considering their silence over the racist attacks on President Obama over the past couple of months, particularly from folks in the good ole sundown state with the freaky deaky governor - South Carolina. I'm personally sick of EVERYONE's lying, creepy, shady, and double-dealing asses in American politics, but I am really sick and tired of RACIST, lying, creepy, shady, double-dealing asses in American politics.
I think Ms. Shay does have a point, her rivals for the chairmanship will spin and milk this mess for all it's worth, but as someone who doesn't really give a damn who the next YR chairman is, I hope they succeed.
I'm with Wonkette, you spend your fourth of July threatening to sue your fellow Americans? And what happened to the freedom of speech that good ole Sarah was so crazy about defending when campaigning?
One blogger claps back at crazy-ass Sarah "I Quit Everything I Do But I Wanna Be President" Palin.
The Steve McNair case is clearly taking a turn for the worse. Looks like the 36 year old "Air" McNair was creepin' on his wife and four kids with the 20 year old babe found dead along with him in the Nashville condo. Apparently they have been "dating" for months including vacationing.
The police have declared McNair's death a homicide, but they are being mighty quiet about the cause of death for the woman. McNair takes four shots - two to the head and two to the chest and the woman only has one shot to the head? No sign of a break-in to the crib. Sound like murder-suicide to me.
And it's also really looking like his wife didn't know, but a few of his homeboys clearly did. Ain't that a bitch?
If this really turns out to be some kind of fatal attraction bullshit, then I truly hope the Angel Gabriel waved a finger or two at Steve McNair when he walked through those pearly gates. All those years his family worked around his pro football career and the minute he retires the only thing he can find to do is have an affair and get bumped off by the crazy goony bird he picked out. What a steaming hot mess!
UPDATE:
It's starting to sound like good ole Steve was lying to both his wife and girlfriend. This update reads like babygirl thought he was going to leave his wife, but no record of a divorce filing on the horizon. And the wife seems way too upset for somebody that knew they were getting ready to lose their husband to another woman. What is it always the oldest storyline in the book with stuff like this?
This is awful news. I was a big fan. And the slim details are not making this sound any better. Condolences to his family, friends, and fans.
I couldn't watch. I hate when they play against each other. I love their bonding after the match. That's what the haters will never understand, the Williams Sisters are always family first. They got the doubles title as well....again!
Happy 4th of July Everyone! Do your homework - watch the re-enactment of Frederick Douglass' arguably most important speech. I also provided a link for those that still like to read.
Why does this dude still have a job? You have some nut case running around South Carolina shooting folks and this dude is outside the state again? Four people have died, how many more before this is a national emergency for the state?
Interesting. And I think we are just getting started. If I was a GOP operative, I would keep my mouth shut about Sarah Palin's future until the smoke clears.
This situation is just so absolutely stupid and crazy to me that I don't have a real comment at this time. I'm not surprised, but I just can't believe how close this woman came to being in the White House. And the absolutely, truly crazy part is that this woman still believes that people want to hear what she has to say outside of Alaska, particularly when she is no longer an elected official. Really?
And quite frankly, I no longer question Sarah Palin any longer, she was a loony toon from the get-go and she didn't hide it. I blame the folks that supported her. They did this, they unleashed this mess on America. It is going to be interesting to watch them twist and squirm and try to explain how quitting your job midway through your first term is a good thing. Not to mention how she stays in the political game as a serious player.
There's more to this story than currently is being told.
As soon as reports started surfacing that Trevor Ariza was getting greedy in his contract negotiations with the Lakers, I had a feeling his days were going to be numbered. And lo and behold, the Lakers sign Ron Artest. As crazy as Ron Artest is, this is a great addition for the Lakers. He's tougher than Ariza and built like a mack truck. And the Lakers paid almost nothing for him. If Ron-Ron is focused on winning a ring, he will definitely help the Lakers.
Yes, Ariza is younger and putting together one hell of an NBA game, but he is reportedly getting close to 34 million to go to the Houston Rockets. That's one hell of an overpayment. And let's see how long Trevor Ariza enjoys losing in Houston with no Yao Ming or Ron Artest. Ariza must really need a big payday to give up a slot on a championship team like the Lakers or a championship contender like Cleveland. I guess one ring is enough for some guys.
Now all Mitch Kupchak has to do is re-sign Lamar Odom. And Shannon Brown would be a nice gift if the Lakers can keep him too, but he's another dude that might feel the need to get a huge payday now instead of later.
First, Howard Kurtz is an asshole. Second, it just kills me that white men get away with crap like this. Why in the hell are white males always the first ones to question the objectivity of others without so much of a shred of evidence? America elects its first black President and suddenly, according to Howard "I don't know any black women personally" Kurtz is writing that black female reporters are shaky when it comes to writing about the first African American First Lady. What in the hell?
It's quite clear that Kurtz has run out of things to write about in his column. When all else fails attack minority women in your profession that have been fighting for years to get an equal opportunity in the first damn place. Did Kurtz bother to review articles written by these black women reporters? No, he didn't, but that didn't stop him from questioning their professional objectivity anyway.
I think the crux of Kurtz's problem is not the objectivity of black female reporters, but the fact that his all-white professional world has been turned upside down by the sudden influx of black women in that space. Instead of admitting that fact, he used his column to smear the source of his professional fears - his black female colleagues. What an asshole.
Not really surprised here. I stopped reading Vibe two years ago. The audience they tried to reach can't afford the magazine. The last editor Danyel Smith tried to make the content much more adult, but I think juvenile hip hop ideology ruled the day at Vibe. I just don't want magazines arriving in my mailbox with Lil' Wayne and Ciara on the cover.
If Jenny Sanford stays married to this dude, she deserves whatever she gets in the future. He's a monster.
Damn! You know she is going to have something to say about this one.
