tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81314593277880942962024-03-05T04:18:38.970-08:00Commentary by ValValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-36015941996749568512011-08-05T09:02:00.000-07:002011-08-05T09:11:27.286-07:00Friday Flashback: Sharon Brown<div style="text-align: center;">This is a classic dance cut from 1982! Enjoy!</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/FhZjEDwG9p4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-68868749121812458342011-08-02T05:51:00.000-07:002011-08-02T06:05:12.183-07:00A sleepless night and a great coverFor some reason I couldn't sleep last night. So I decided I would listen to some music. I listened to a bunch of radio stations throughout the night and at about 5am I tuned my local Pacifica station. And right at the top of the hour they played one of the best cover songs I have ever heard. It's Al Green's classic Let's Stay Together covered by Tuck & Patti.. Check it out and let me know what you think! And now I think I'm going to try and get a couple of hours sleep.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/pcN2bFer5dE?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-70733806863026456882011-07-23T10:52:00.001-07:002011-07-23T11:36:31.459-07:00Amy Winehouse (September 14, 1983 – July 23, 2011)<a href="http://usnewslasvegas.asia/show_image_NpAdvSinglePhoto.php?filename=/2011/05/wpid-347.jpg&cat=17&pid=2558&cache=false" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 504px; height: 360px;" src="http://usnewslasvegas.asia/show_image_NpAdvSinglePhoto.php?filename=/2011/05/wpid-347.jpg&cat=17&pid=2558&cache=false" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Wow, is what I thought when I read the headline '<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.../amy-winehouse-dead-singer_n_907753.html">Amy Winehouse</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.../amy-winehouse-dead-singer_n_907753.html"> Found Dead</a>'. I'm not sure why since I think most of us saw it coming. Maybe I was surprised because I had become used to Amy being the butt of jokes in the media. And when someone is considered a joke they are dehumanized. So despite the fact that the writing was on the wall with regard to Amy's untimely death most people, myself included, didn't really process how serious her drug problems were. That even after seeing the evidence of her problem as recently as a few weeks ago when video of Amy performing under the influence showed up in the media. Again, there wasn't much sympathy just more jokes.<div><br /></div><div>So if there is a lesson in this I think it might be that we should not allow the media to dehumanize us simply for a jokes sake. Amy was a deeply troubled person. That's how she should have been viewed. Not as a joke. Had she been then maybe the outside pressure would have helped her to get the help she needed. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the end she may have begun to see herself through the lens of her celebrity. If so imagine how sad it must have been for her to feel like a joke. And if that was the case then this is a tragedy that we all may have had a small part in by consuming but not pushing back against that kind of media.</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4L9-AvjsB6g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-6267414554004586082011-04-30T21:48:00.000-07:002011-04-30T22:06:08.992-07:00The Royal Wedding!!!!<a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkf2syTvcD1qf16qdo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1304310983&Signature=vk5PYVyq1yPqyF1d3tZQo5yYrUk%3D" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 588px; height: 417px;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkf2syTvcD1qf16qdo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1304310983&Signature=vk5PYVyq1yPqyF1d3tZQo5yYrUk%3D" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(<span class="Apple-style-span" >What Royal wedding did you think I was talking about? Ha!</span>)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm still around. I guess I'm on an extended blogging break. Mainly I'm waiting for my blogging mojo to return. Anyway, I hope everyone is doing okay. I hope no one has been affected by the crazy weather in the mid-west and south. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'll stop by your blogs soon! Take care.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-85108902584815926512011-01-25T00:01:00.000-08:002011-01-25T00:01:01.370-08:00Happy, Happy, Happy 30th Birthday Alicia!!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8kfrjubzp1qby9g4o1_400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8kfrjubzp1qby9g4o1_400.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Baby Alicia</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8bjlk3Mhp1qbbhs4o1_400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 500px;" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8bjlk3Mhp1qbbhs4o1_400.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Teen Alicia</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l81nwtJcVM1qdwfqao1_400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 496px;" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l81nwtJcVM1qdwfqao1_400.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Alicia at the very beginning of her career. I have this as a framed poster.</span><br /></div><br /><br />Alicia Keys turns 30 years old today! Alicia has been my favorite singer for a very long time and except for a little tiff I had with her about something that I won't go into now, I absolutly adore her and think that beside being a stunning beauty she is a true talent.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday Alicia!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8zg0dRwbE1qc17bpo1_400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 480px;" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8zg0dRwbE1qc17bpo1_400.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="400" width="600"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/qXNEkytNcuM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/qXNEkytNcuM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="600"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l92dksN4ib1qc17bpo1_400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 479px;" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l92dksN4ib1qc17bpo1_400.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="400" width="600"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/SLCtH9lRj7Q?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/SLCtH9lRj7Q?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="400" width="600"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8ohxim3RL1qbbhs4o1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1296016913&Signature=jV3Eq/hlVh/VXKiedcWgaldJLOc%3D"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 630px;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8ohxim3RL1qbbhs4o1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1296016913&Signature=jV3Eq/hlVh/VXKiedcWgaldJLOc%3D" alt="" border="0" /></a>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-59334348503784456552011-01-21T00:03:00.000-08:002011-01-21T00:03:00.264-08:00Does African American mean anything?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9UNe7EPcPG-JcoKGzaT_RNDw1CpSpX4A0K4Oxp0N-7y73zbLoqr53eQqwj6i53-mAI4qEEDzlAhzjlmE93lR6w-AQvaspz8yw7L4-IbKvGP-FMB-ORqPt-g_C2KcFMJ2thze9rYc_wA/s1600/00000+++++++++++++++0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9UNe7EPcPG-JcoKGzaT_RNDw1CpSpX4A0K4Oxp0N-7y73zbLoqr53eQqwj6i53-mAI4qEEDzlAhzjlmE93lR6w-AQvaspz8yw7L4-IbKvGP-FMB-ORqPt-g_C2KcFMJ2thze9rYc_wA/s400/00000+++++++++++++++0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564367104197225906" /></a><br />President Barack Obama is constantly in the news these days. He seems to take up a lot of space in the blogisphere and in the corporate media. Much of what's been said about him recently has concerned race as this past week the nation remembered the life of Dr. Martin Luther King. <div><br /></div><div>One thing that I've noticed that continues to bother me concerning race and the President is that he is almost universally referred to as African American by bloggers and corporate media. This makes me wonder if the term African American really means anything or is it just a simple descriptor meaning Black?</div><div><br /></div><div>For me the term African American refers to Black people that belong to a particular ethnic heritage. I've always thought that African Americans are descendants of Black Americans who were both enslaved in this country and those who suffered under Jim Crow.</div><div><br /></div><div>The President is a direct descendant of an African man from Kenya. None of the President's ancestors suffered enslavement in this country. Although it can be said that his father briefly lived under the thumb of Jim Crow laws when he was a student in the late 50's here in the U.S.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I do not think of the President as being the first African American President. Being African American, in my opinion, is not about simply being Black. It's about a cultural heritage rooted in the atrocity that enslavement was in this country and then being forced to live as second class citizens after slavery was outlawed.</div><div><br /></div><div>The President is indeed Black but his particular ethnic heritage is different from most Black Americans. He has no direct blood ties to enslavement except that his wife is African American.</div><div><br /></div><div>Am I the only one who cringes when Barack Obama is referred to as being African American? </div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully at some point the distinction between being Black and being African American will be more clear to people in general. In the meantime I hope that at least the decedents of people who were enslaved in this country will make the distinction for themselves. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What do you think?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">P.S. I'll post about my vacation soon. It was really nice. ;-)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-54999658189606180572011-01-16T08:38:00.000-08:002011-01-16T08:57:55.737-08:00Happy birthday Aaliyah and Sade!So, somehow I have never realized that two of my favorite singers have the same birthday. It truly boggles my mind that I didn't know that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_Adu">Sade</a> share today as their birthdays. Aaliyah was born on this day in 1979, she would have been 32 today. And Sade was born on this day in 1959. <div><br /></div><div>So today I remember Aaliyah and all of the music that she left us and celebrate Sade and all of the music that she is still giving us. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy birthday Aaliyah and Sade!</div><br /><br /><object width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nEF_-IcnQC4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nEF_-IcnQC4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XoHWjG6LUsA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XoHWjG6LUsA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="300"></embed></object>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-22561185359651257822010-12-27T09:37:00.000-08:002010-12-27T10:16:09.571-08:00Lady TI'm not back from my blogging break yet but I woke to the sad news this morning that R&B songstress Teena Marie died yesterday at just 54 years-old. What an incredible loss. Teena Marie was a unique and powerful presence in music. But she has left behind her legacy of amazing music for us to enjoy.<br /><br />Lady T will definitely be missed.<br /><br /><br /><object width="582" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/-7MJXRIqU7E?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/-7MJXRIqU7E?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="582" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="582" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/lYVWoi72Ow4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/lYVWoi72Ow4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="582" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="582" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/T-hef5fHA8o?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/T-hef5fHA8o?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="582" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie">Read more about Teena Marie here</a></span><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-9066569127968040972010-11-17T00:01:00.001-08:002010-11-17T00:01:01.233-08:00Hitting the road and Brandy was robbed!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lovemytool.com/.a/6a00e008d95770883401287735d9b3970c-800wi"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 582px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.lovemytool.com/.a/6a00e008d95770883401287735d9b3970c-800wi" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My fiancee and I are going to be taking a nice and well deserved vacation. We are going to do a little traveling! We are going by train and as some of you know I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="">love</span> traveling by train, even Amtrak.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yippee!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My fiancee isn't as enthusiastic about trains as I am but I'm going to make sure she has a wonderful time so she'll begin to love train travel as much as I do so that we can do this again and again. (keeping my fingers crossed)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I will be taking a break from blogging for a bit. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't celebrate Thanksgiving but I'd like to wish those of you who do and everyone else a warm and safe holiday filled with love and good times!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But before I go.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Brandy (Norwood) was voted off ABC's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Dancing With The Stars</span> last night. What a travesty! I wasn't an avid watcher of the show but I saw enough to know that what's-her-name Palin, Sarah's daughter, was not a better dancer than Brandy. In fact Brandy was about 100x better. But there was a conspiracy, apparently the Tea Party set up a website to show Tea Party people how to vote for what's-her-name. And looks like it worked. This show is a sham. Last time Mya lost to some dude named Donny Osmond and now this?!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for now, talk with you soon.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-26914662192701251912010-11-16T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-16T20:20:43.798-08:00Photo de Jour: Same ish, different year<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbqrs3EuaS1qao9g9o1_500.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 480px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 632px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbqrs3EuaS1qao9g9o1_500.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">This photo of a Black man was taken in 1935 but it could have been taken today as the unemployment rate for African Americans remains at twice that of the general population. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">Some things just never change.</div><div style="text-align: center;" align="left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"> </div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-63475638889711691302010-11-15T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-15T00:01:02.013-08:00Japanese electronics company Toshiba thinks women are bitches and hoes<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8MwXEWV4L6M?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8MwXEWV4L6M?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">T-Pain/ Toshiba TV commercial</span><br /></div><br /><br />Have you heard that rapper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Pain">T-Pain, real name Faheem Rasheed Najm</a>, now has an endorsement deal with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba">Japanese Electronics company Toshiba</a>? That's right, the rapper, whose lyrics are below, is now representing a supposedly reputable Japanese electronics company. The T-Pain/ Toshiba TV spot can be seen above.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lyrics from T-Pain's song Mr. Downtown</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Bust it open. Ca-ca-call call me Inspector gadget go-go dick.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Up and down on the hoe, like a pogo stick.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Go stupid, retarded but don't go sick.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Don't put me on the couch like its 106.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(gasp!) now its hard to breath.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">if i fuck her on the floor I can call it shag carpeting. (get it?)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and shes a freaky thing. if i ever wrote song about her it'll be hard to sing.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">she got my, tongue tied ima give her the noose.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">triple cider apple phone. gotta bitch gettin loose.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />It seems to me that Toshiba is saying loud and clear that they are no longer interested in having women as their customers. What else can one think when a company hires a man to represent them who makes his living referring to women as bitches and hoes?<br /><br />I won't ever be buying any Toshiba products. I don't do business with companies that hire misogynists to represent them. Nor with companies that think that women are bitches and hoes as Toshiba obviously does.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes there is a price to pay for your associations. Maybe not a big price, losing one customer for a lifetime, but a price none-the-less.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-1641741158785467292010-11-14T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-14T01:18:09.754-08:00Verses by Val - Kick and Punch and Fight<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbs8ryIADn1qc0eeao1_500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 575px;" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbs8ryIADn1qc0eeao1_500.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Kick and Punch and Fight</span> by Val<br /><br />Being depressed is like being in a box<br />Everything is dark and still and tight<br />There's no air<br />The only way out is to kick and punch and fight<br /><br />But the harder you kick and punch and fight the smaller the box becomes<br /><br />That's when you realize that you have to breathe<br />You have to relax<br />You have to visualize your freedom<br /><br />Then you feel the box fall away<br />You see the light<br />You feel the rush of fresh air<br /><br />It's gone again<br />For now<br /><br />I'll be ready the next time<br />I'll remember to breathe<br />To relax<br /><br />But I'm sure I'll kick and punch and fight<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-15920080813388357652010-11-12T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-12T00:01:02.214-08:00Flashback Friday: Donell Jones featuring Left Eye - U Know What's Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/3594973/Lisa+Left+Eye+Lopes+lefty3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 645px;" src="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/3594973/Lisa+Left+Eye+Lopes+lefty3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/o-UJGvE8vnQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/o-UJGvE8vnQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="300"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> People always seem to forget <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Lopes">Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes</a> when discussing the greatest rappers of all-time. She has one of the best flows ever. She definitely makes this song.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-37649633681988537522010-11-11T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-11T00:01:05.326-08:00Beautifulness: AK in Vogue ItaliaHere is a shoot Alicia Keys did for the November <span style="font-style: italic;">Vogue Italia </span>magazine. I love these shots they're very unique. And Alicia looks astoundingly beautiful as always!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aliciakeysdaily.com/gallery/albums/magazines/2010/vogue-italia-november-2010/alicia-keys05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 567px; height: 766px;" src="http://www.aliciakeysdaily.com/gallery/albums/magazines/2010/vogue-italia-november-2010/alicia-keys05.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aliciakeysdaily.com/gallery/albums/magazines/2010/vogue-italia-november-2010/alicia-keys04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 567px; height: 766px;" src="http://www.aliciakeysdaily.com/gallery/albums/magazines/2010/vogue-italia-november-2010/alicia-keys04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aliciakeysdaily.com/gallery/albums/magazines/2010/vogue-italia-november-2010/alicia-keys03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 567px; height: 760px;" src="http://www.aliciakeysdaily.com/gallery/albums/magazines/2010/vogue-italia-november-2010/alicia-keys03.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I like this shot the best.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-43548231251017129902010-11-10T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-10T00:23:44.828-08:00Spelman tops Harvard and MIT!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_0584-400x300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 582px; height: 450px;" src="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_0584-400x300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelman_College">Spelman College</a> students Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller are both Spelman College students who competed against colleges such as Harvard and MIT to design a mobile learning application and won. I love it that students from an Historically Black College won this challenge especially since some people think that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Historically_black_colleges_and_universities">HBCU</a>'s are sub-par and no longer a vital part of Black America.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------------<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"AT&T is pleased to announce that Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller of Spelman College, a historically black liberal arts college for women, have <a href="http://bigmobileoncampus.wireless.att.com/main/default.aspx">won the 2010 AT&T Big Mobile on Campus ChallengeSM </a>with their next generation e-learning mobile application, HBCU Buddy.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">HBCU Buddy is a mobile application created to educate and inform users, including both prospective and current college students, about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) across the United States. It is a fully-fledged mobile service application that provides detailed information about each and every HBCU in the nation and integrates all facets of college life."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"Jonecia Keels and Jazmine Miller were recognized and awarded a $10,000 scholarship (divided between them) and a mobile device of their choice each at the Higher Ed Board of Advisors Meeting in Miami, Florida, on October 7, 2010."<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-1793983856071629582010-11-09T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-09T12:34:04.342-08:00Black dysfunction porn<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.auhana.com/tyler-perry-50983.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 568px;" src="http://img.auhana.com/tyler-perry-50983.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Dysfunction Pimp?</span></div><br /><br />So there's a lot of talk about Tyler Perry's latest film, "For Colored Girls". I haven't seen it nor do I plan to. Truth is I've never seen a TP film. I'm just not into Black dysfunction porn. That's what all of his films are about, aren't they, Black dysfunction.<br /><br />I'm a believer in self-fulfilling prophecies. And I think all of these images of Black dysfunction serve to brainwash many of us into believing that dysfunction is not only normal but the norm in Black lives moreso than for other people. And once we begin to believe this then it's easy to internalize and act out the dysfunction we see portrayed in the media.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So rather than art imitating life, life begins to imitate art.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-21895806382980243952010-11-08T00:01:00.000-08:002010-11-08T00:01:00.938-08:00Five songs<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/VK-N8wRjkSw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/VK-N8wRjkSw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="300"></embed></object><br /></div><br />You are going to be on a deserted island, alone, for three months and can take only 5 songs along on your ipod. What are they?<br /><br />My 5 would be;<br /><br />01. Diary - Alicia Keys<br />02. Maureen - Sade<br />03. Amazing Grace - Meryl Streep<br />04. Somewhere In My Lifetime - Phyllis Hyman<br />05. A Love Supreme/ Part 2: "Resolution" - John ColtraneValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-16042829849139700562010-11-07T00:01:00.000-07:002010-11-07T00:11:22.469-07:00500!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2hYwqBTzWBs/S75guXCR9UI/AAAAAAAABow/UabrY-MrOfc/s1600/500euros.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 582px; height: 319px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2hYwqBTzWBs/S75guXCR9UI/AAAAAAAABow/UabrY-MrOfc/s1600/500euros.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is my 500th post! I'd like to thank everyone who reads my blog. I'd especially like to thank everyone who takes the time to comment on my blog posts. Comments are food for my blog, without them it would starve.<br /><br />Thanks very much!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-74751677194138949412010-11-06T00:01:00.000-07:002010-11-06T00:01:01.326-07:00Fall back, Yo!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbcw5dqXpu1qz5npoo1_500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 522px;" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbcw5dqXpu1qz5npoo1_500.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight. Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-6617661098349941402010-11-05T00:03:00.000-07:002010-11-05T00:18:33.948-07:00Verses by Val - Countermeasures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb5ybiGlQ51qce4odo1_500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 422px; height: 700px;" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb5ybiGlQ51qce4odo1_500.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Countermeasures</span><br /><br /><br />They attack us<br />They mock us<br />They measure us by the sum of our body parts<br />They examine our hair like its from another planet<br />They use us in their lyrics calling us out of our names<br /><br />We learn<br />We love<br />We grow<br />We fight<br />We remember<br /><br />They dissect us<br />They reduce us to numbers<br />They abandon us<br />They kick us when we're down<br />They laugh at our tears<br /><br />We see<br />We hear<br />We nurture<br />We heal<br />We win<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-40396959822835988812010-11-05T00:01:00.000-07:002010-11-05T00:01:04.491-07:00Flashback Friday: Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes off<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/zk43HowkOw4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/zk43HowkOw4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">William <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jermaine Stewart</span> (September 7, 1957 – March 17, 1997)was born in Columbus, Ohio, to parents Ethel M. and Eugene Stewart, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1972, where Stewart took his first steps toward a career in entertainment.<br /><br />Eventually he gained recognition as a dancer on the nationally syndicated TV show Soul Train. He became a backing vocalist and dancer for R&B/disco group Shalamar, and a few years later he recorded backing vocals for Culture Club's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. As a result of this, the group helped him land a recording contract with Arista Records. - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Stewart"><span style="font-size:85%;">Wikipedia</span></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read more about Jermaine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Stewart">here</a>.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-56130230880383505082010-11-04T00:01:00.000-07:002010-11-04T00:16:02.341-07:00Professor Obama got his ass kicked and seems okay with it<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://viadellebelledonne.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/barack_obama0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 450px;" src="http://viadellebelledonne.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/barack_obama0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />President Obama held a press conference yesterday. He was his usual reasonable and conciliatory self. This on the day after he and his Party got an historic ass kicking by the Tea Party and Republicans.<br /><br />He sounded like a Harvard law professor.<br /><br />This Professor Obama stuff really needs to stop if he wants to avoid having a failed presidency. The American people, most anyway, don't like reasonable people. The reason they don't like reasonable people is that in order to deal with a reasonable person you must be reasonable in return and also you are required to think.<br /><br />Americans, for the most part, are not reasonable. And more importantly most Americans do not like to think. Americans like to be told what to think. Why do you think Fox (cough) News, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are so popular. It's because they tell their followers what to think. They never leave it up to their followers to figure stuff out on their own.<br /><br />Do you remember all of those Tea Party town hall meetings where Tea Party followers believed that the President's Health-Care Reform was going to include <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/.../14panel.html">death panels</a>? There were no death panels but those people believed that there were death panels because that's what the Republicans told them to believe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Obama-Nazi_comparison_-_Tea_Party_protest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 482px; height: 400px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Obama-Nazi_comparison_-_Tea_Party_protest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Did you know that <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law">58% of people who voted yesterday want the Health-Care Reform Bill to be repealed</a>? It's true. Can you imagine people wanting the same old health-care system that we've had in this country? Sounds crazy but the Republicans told them what to think.<br /><br />So now the President needs to tell Americans what to think. He needs to tell them the truth about Health-Care reform. He needs to tell them to support Health-Care reform. And that if they are against it they are against their own best interests.<br /><br />He needs to tell them that Bush and the Republicans are responsible for the economic meltdown. If he continues to act like he was at the helm for the last 10 years then he's done.<br /><br />He also needs to tell Americans that now that the Republicans run the House that absolutely nothing is going to get done in the next two years. And he needs to tell Americans that it will not be the fault of Democrats.<br /><br />The President has two years to change his image. If he doesn't then yesterday's election results will be repeated in 2012. Obama has to stand up and fight. He has to let his opponents know that he is the President and he will lead this country.<br /><br />A power vacuum exists in Washington and that's why the Tea Party/ Republicans were able to take control of the House. And that vacuum exists because the President is afraid to anger anyone. Yet all he's done is anger everyone. No one respects a wimp, no one. Not even other wimps. If the President wants to be successful then he needs to stand-up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-73775763456566916282010-11-03T00:01:00.001-07:002010-11-03T00:03:59.546-07:00Photo(s) de Jour: Jean-Michel Basquiat<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jean-Michel Basquiat </span>(December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist and the first artist of African descent to become an international art star. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died due to a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27. - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat"><span style="font-size:85%;">Wikipedia</span><br /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.michaelarnoldart.com/Jean-Michel-Basquiat%20%20picture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.michaelarnoldart.com/Jean-Michel-Basquiat%20%20picture.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjn3sgwL3Dc7n9orSK1jl75woDVQ0HlQ6rGNvmuNi98MlmHaIBc-QJPZm-LqKJQfHo9eEOEmLD4a2fOoT2d035F_4oAALP2z0F4QTX2bSdbwiXEXVYGRJh5A-i50khuCfRgYVUtrPw00/s400/00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjn3sgwL3Dc7n9orSK1jl75woDVQ0HlQ6rGNvmuNi98MlmHaIBc-QJPZm-LqKJQfHo9eEOEmLD4a2fOoT2d035F_4oAALP2z0F4QTX2bSdbwiXEXVYGRJh5A-i50khuCfRgYVUtrPw00/s400/00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST1DK2ZxHnk6eTXYXzZcVhFYFEnhTnOSKC7iNpLAOq8hOYj72nqhiyEt0GhOFdzeYnJPCNC1HdjmpmXwQjZ_QOhT5h2UzS1NMTODPm6N71sifi3guhZcOA7AORiYJtSMGPrVltnbilPI/s400/000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST1DK2ZxHnk6eTXYXzZcVhFYFEnhTnOSKC7iNpLAOq8hOYj72nqhiyEt0GhOFdzeYnJPCNC1HdjmpmXwQjZ_QOhT5h2UzS1NMTODPm6N71sifi3guhZcOA7AORiYJtSMGPrVltnbilPI/s400/000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS92_654Ln7jwYyZ_TDOJCF6FhlN-dgDSzgT3jvNNgBMq0qlPQnKAhx-cGFNow45UuhrQzD50DJN0Z4rdPBEvwCyLisiewEExs91fLC9cvciYDvYYtljtC6OYdj7AVUxt4TGhQF78SRi0/s400/0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS92_654Ln7jwYyZ_TDOJCF6FhlN-dgDSzgT3jvNNgBMq0qlPQnKAhx-cGFNow45UuhrQzD50DJN0Z4rdPBEvwCyLisiewEExs91fLC9cvciYDvYYtljtC6OYdj7AVUxt4TGhQF78SRi0/s400/0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I feel as though Basquiat challenged us to understand his art.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-45667954256046665602010-11-02T00:01:00.000-07:002010-11-02T00:02:01.910-07:00Crappy celebrations, Sade, Chicago, backpacks, Sarah Palin, Tyler Perry and what time is it?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Chicago_River_from_Michigan_Ave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 582px; height: 700px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Chicago_River_from_Michigan_Ave.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Baseball's World Series celebration is pitiful...no confetti...no on field celebration...nothing....but I'm glad the <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Giants</span> won.<br /><br />I guess every fall there's going to be a film about how pitiful Black women's lives are...last year it was <span style="font-style: italic;">Precious</span> adapted from the book <span style="font-style: italic;">PUSH</span> and this year it's Tyler Perry's <span style="font-style: italic;">For Colored Girls</span> adapted from the play<span style="font-style: italic;"> For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf... </span>What's next?... The Color Purple prequel?...<br /><br />I'm so happy the election is here...I was going crazy having to see political commercial after political commercial on TV... They are so annoying...<br /><br />Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday...I wish the government would leave time alone...It's a pain re-setting the time twice a year...<br /><br />Huge crowds of people scare me...but I'm going to have to get over it because there are a few people I want to see in concert...like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sadeofficial">Sade</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/marshaambrosius">Marsha Ambrosius</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding">Esperanza Spalding</a>...<br /><br />I almost always carry a backpack...I find most handbags awkward to carry...but as I'm getting older I think I need to start carrying handbags more...<br /><br />I'm feeling the urge to go back to school...but for something totally unrelated to work...like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography">cartography</a>...<br /><br />I'm really crushing on Chicago...I visited there a couple of years ago...And now I just can't get that city out of my mind...<br /><br />I'm only a very casual football fan...but I predict that the Tennessee Titans will make it to the SuperBowl...Ha!..I can't believe I just made a SuperBowl prediction...<br /><br />I'm trying to convince myself that Sarah Palin's voice isn't annoying...just in case I have to listen to it in 2012...<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-62046283312403555142010-11-01T00:01:00.000-07:002010-11-01T00:01:04.584-07:00Dumbass Democrats, lying-ass Republicans<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dailybiz.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/istockphoto_3887591_democrat_vs_republican_on_white1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 380px;" src="http://dailybiz.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/istockphoto_3887591_democrat_vs_republican_on_white1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well the Republicans are about to take over Congress after being out of power for just two years and after having been in power for eight of the last ten years. The economic disaster that this country is experiencing is without a doubt due to their economic policies.<br /><br />Bush and the Republicans grew the government and increased government spending like never before and yet somehow the Republicans have apparently convinced a huge number of Americans that the economic meltdown is the fault of the Democrats.<br /><br />That is partly due to most Americans being unable to think logically and partly due to the Democrats being brain dead.<br /><br />If most Americans could think logically they'd be laughing like crazy at the lies Republicans are telling while voting the Republicans that are already in office out on the street. I mean how unbelievable is it that the Republicans are talking about the government being too big when they grew the government? And yet there are millions of Americans who are buying that nonsense hook, line and sinker.<br /><br />And yes, the Democrats are brain dead. If they collectively had any sort of normal brain activity they would have been blaming the Republicans for the economy for the last two years. Every time a Democrat spoke they should have mentioned George Bush and his deficit.<br /><br />But they didn't do that. They just sat around patting themselves on the back because they won control of Congress and the Senate.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.opposingviews.com/attachments/0008/5674/wall-street-sign.jpg?1283895739"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 582px; height: 340px;" src="http://www.opposingviews.com/attachments/0008/5674/wall-street-sign.jpg?1283895739" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Wall Street is going to throw a party on Wednesday</span><br /></div><br />The Republicans are going to be a disaster once they take over. They are going to reward the rich for being rich with tax breaks and all sorts of goodies. Meanwhile they will cut all sorts of programs that help middle-class and poor Americans.<br /><br />So, buckle-up folks we're about to fly through some serious turbulence. Unless of course you happen to be rich.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.com19