Archive for April, 2011

A few thoughts on this madness surrounding Donald Trump, Barack Obama and the Birther nation.. First we should keep in mind this ‘papers please’ mentality is being levied on several other communities. Many of us got upset about seeing a Black president have to prove his citizenship to a white racist.. Hopefully we’re just as [...]

Say what you will, but while many of us have been distracted by racist shenanigans ala Donald Trump or the obsession our esteemed media had with the around the clock coverage of the Royal Wedding, we been ignoring the developing story lines around one of our oldest and most beloved comic books and heroes-Superman. Superman [...]

Oakland based Flipsyde bring serious heat with this song and video called ‘Act Like a Cop’.. Lots of messages laced throughout the video.. This is what we need more of… Props to Piper, dave and the Crew for giving us the type of cultural nourishment we all need in this time of mass distraction.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoCYc4ndSMU [...]

So this week we have all our so-called respectable news outlets rushing off to London to cover a Royal wedding.. While this is happening here’s what we are missing… Take a look at this Las Vegas cop beating up a professional camera man for filming him..Keep in mind there are numerous actors and celebrity types [...]

This is a disturbing story on more levels than can be counted. First we have a homeless mother trying to do the best she can for a young child and his education who has no choice in his current circumstances. The mother wants her child to get a better education- perhaps to avoid having the [...]

To answer matter of fact, I don’t know.  I wasn’t there.  I can only imagine the mounds of hummus and Birkenstock shoes, vegetarian and carnivores standing across from each other with food contests, fruits and rivers of vegetables, and oceans of drinks, sweets, and all you can eat.   I mean, a $37,000 meal must take a [...]

LOS ANGELES: In recent weeks the controversial urban/ Hip Hop inspired practice of sagging pants has come under fire.  Two weeks ago Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Dez Bryant was kicked out of a shopping mall along with several of his friends for wearing sagging pants. In the state of Florida an anti-sagging bill was passed [...]

The crimes committed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 are too numerous to count. Among them were 10 questionable police shootings including the infamous killing of an unarmed handicapped man on the Danzinger bridge. Also we had a slew of vigilante killings by white residents in the Algiers section of new Orleans. We [...]