From CNN.com “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.” (Benjamin Franklin) The sad thing about this is that I was watching a report yesterday that said that even with the full body scan, there is not guarantee that it can pick up the type of bomb […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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You just can’t. Does Sci-Fi Blockbuster ‘Avatar’ Have a Racist Subtext? Protest ‘Avatar’ new LGBT rally call Is James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ sexist?
One of my very first posts in 2009 had to do with the 500th homicide victim in Chicago back in 2008, Kermit Delashment. I had tried several times to nail down an interview with the parents, but it just did not work out. Kermit’s aunt has touched bases with me from time to time and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You ever notice how the media constantly dangles the overall condition of Black Americans?
“I was a customer at Whole Foods.. they have a well-educated customer base.” Russell Mokhiber on John Stossel show on Fox Business on his boycott against Whole Food So I’m uneducated if I do not want to spend $7.00 for a pint of ice cream?
This is gotten way past old. Death At a Funeral Complete with the token White character.
There’s an app for that.
‘Memba when the NAACP held it’s mock funeral where they claimed they were burying the nigga word (Whoops! Was I supposed to say “The N-word?”. Well apparently the President of its local branch in Cleveland saw no problem recently of using his local paper to portray a Black politician as an Aunt Jemima. Cleveland Plain […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Couples Retreat’ Poster Causes Controversy in the UK I wonder if Hollywood execs ever considered something like the altered poster below for “I Am Legend”.
Thankfully, it was shut down. But the fact that it was once an active fundraiser scares me. (newsobserver.com) Selling candy didn’t raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro middle school tried selling grades. However, the fundraiser came to an abrupt halt today after a story in the News & Observer raised concerns about the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Great! More deep, gritty, poetic street descriptors to remind us just how bad America is today. “America has turned into a crack house. A place to distribute product, we don’t manufacture nothing so we got to get back to that. Even the clothes we’re wearing is being shipped back on a slow boat from China.” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It never fails… Klan idiots pump themselves up to march in an area where they know they are not liked or accepted. What happens? Instead of just ignoring them, folks show up in huge numbers to give them more attention. “Roughly 15 NSM members gathered at 10 a.m. behind a police barricade. Several NSM “storm […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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