4 dead in Kansas City shootings ---

I actually HATE to do this. HATE IT.

I've been waiting to write and respond to the Professor's post regarding our hating, loathing, total dislike on all levels of 'nigga shit', but without fail, everyday, I hear AGAIN another story of a death, deaths, DEATHS of other people due to the use of the ubiquitous hand gun.

So far our blog has at least 4 if not 10 different posts that are directly related to American violence and the wonders of the hand gun. The professor wants to ban hand guns, the NRA would rather shoot the Professor before banning a single gun because, after all.. PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE, not GUNS.

Except, people are killing people WITH guns, a lot. People are killing people in certain places at a rate of slightly more than one a day. Yet, the NRA (thats the NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION) still remains set in its beliefs that every American not only has the right to own a gun, but should also know how to use them. Some people even argued that the Virginia Tech 'massacre' would have been less bloody if the students were allowed to carry their guns to and from their dorm. The argument is that some Rambo, Tj Hooker, Manix, James Bond dude would have had the savy to not only pull out his gun, but also to take aim and kill Cho Swang-hee (Fuck him and his name). Yeah. Thats the fantasy that is the USA. Movie shit... Thats what we really believe as a society. WE NEED MORE GUNS IN MORE HANDS SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE FLIPS OUT WE CAN SHOOT THEM BEFORE THEY SHOOT US?!?!?

Well thats not how it works. In 'shoot outs' between two parties guess what happens. Well, innocent bystanders get blown away in the crossfire, because most of us arent Rambo or BOND.. most of us are more like bad bugs bunny characters who can shoot 15 bullets and miss our target consistently... even at 10 - 15 feet. Hell all of the killing taking place so far this year has had me reading about the famous GLOCK enough to know that only a seriously trained shooter could hit someone with 90-100% accuracy. The gun has a natural kick that is supposedly unnerving, and that causes the gun to fire low most of the time.

But I'm ranting. The point of this post is to pay homage to Chris Rock. Give him some DAP because of all of the people I've ever heard discuss GUN CONTROL etc., he is the only person who ever said anything that makes sense. LET PEOPLE HAVE AS MANY GUNS AS THEY WANT.. just raise the price of BULLETS. AS CHRIS ROCK SAYS>... we dont need GUN CONTROL, we need BULLET CONTROL..




I almost HATE that we have two Chris Rock videos on our site, except this particular show was Rock's greatest moment. Outside of calling out the ignorance that is niggadom, he somehow picked up on a concept that no one in any anti-gun lobbies has ever EVER shouted. His truth and honesty are so on point it is hard for me to imagine that no one has started to lobby for more expensive bullets..

By way of example:

20 cigarettes (chosen because the cost of cigarettes is directly related to the fact that they are taxed, almost, more than any other 'adult' vice on the market) cost roughly 6 bucks. That would mean smokes cost about thirty cents a piece. Now, cigs get taxed at a very high rate because politicians, lobbyist, civic leaders and health professionals, as well as the generally ignorant dumb-ass public, have decided that due to their health risk, due to the fact that cigarettes may cause cancer and other lung related disease, due to the fact that second-hand smoke has been shown to cause cancer and perhaps death, that they should be used to raise cash for cities i.e. people. Cig taxes pave streets, repair signs, and are used for a variety of city/state maintenance related jobs... and in a way, even being a smoker, I can say: GOOD.

Now, a box of 100 9mm bullets costs about 11 dollars (or at least the box I found for sale online). That means each bullet costs about 9 cents. NINE CENTS.... and guess what, without the surgeon general telling me a DAMN THING I can tell you that of that 100 bullets each and every single one of them has ZERO HEALTH BENEFITS! Every bullet in the box can kill upon its very first use. But, do we tax bullets? As Chris Rock says, will we raise the cost to a box of bullets to represent a price that makes a murder 'make sense'? If bullets cost 10 bucks a piece, would we see a reduction in drive-by shootings where fools spray 50 - 30 bullets into a crowd? Would people waste 500 bucks on one life? I do not know the answer but I would like to find out. Can someone tell me if there is a lobby to demand that we tax bullets? We could use the tax money to pay our police, maybe fix up some schools, perhaps, since shootings will be reduced TRUST ME, we can use the taxes to start cleaning up crappy parts of town.. who knows.. but lets find out.

For the gun/hunting nuts... I'm not raising or taxing bullets on rifles so you can still hunt. See, I HATE guns because they only kill people, that is all they are really used for. The number of people who actually HUNT is so low, sure, they can still go get their dicks hard shooting Bambi and Thumper -have fun-. But I know I'd rather see a guy get out of his car with a shotgun vs. a handgun... With a shotgun, I know to quickly head the other direction, with a handgun -you never know when or how the psycho is gonna let loose with a barrage from the semiautomatic hand of death.

Right now our values are askew. Remember: 30 cents for 1 cigarette, that MAY or MAY NOT kill the person who smokes it. After a few hundred thousand cigs, there are still people who walk this earth.. ALIVE. ONE, nine cent bullet caught in a crossfire, perfectly aimed at your brain, shot with precision at your heart... and you DIE.

You have to wonder why we live in a society that does not take this serious and you have to wonder why we needed a black comedian to see this so clear.

A Cautionary Tale: Southern California is "not real life".

Take a close look at the map posted above. What you are looking at is an archeological, as well as, a sociological anomaly. The boundaries of this region stemming from Tijuana, Mexico, northward toward San Francisco, is home to the most striking, extravagant looking human beings, per square mile, than any place in the world. If you don’t believe me (and I don't blame you, if you've never been here) then, please, come see for yourself.

Ricci and I have discussed, debated and deliberated the simple question to all of this: "Why?" Why are these people here? Is it the weather? Well, the weather IS ridiculously BEAUTIFUL on a consistent basis. But that can't be the "only" reason, can it..?

Is it Hollywood? Is it the military bases? What is it??

Well, after some careful thought last night I figured it out, at least for the "women" part. I now have a good idea why so many excruciatingly beautiful women FLOCK to all parts of Southern California with no end in sight...

"Options".

SoCal gives you every "option" you could ever want in life. And how many times have you heard a woman answer the question: "So, what do you want out of life?" The usual answer: "Everything." And from TJ to San Fran, you can actually "have it all".

If you like swimming all day..SoCal has it. You like skiing all day..SoCal has it. You like weed? We gotz it. You like having your picture taken? we got'cha covered. You like the beach? Well EVERYBODY likes the beach.. But do you like mountains with those beaches, or just mountains separate from the beaches..? Hell, WE GOT BOTH.

"Options". Whatever you want to do, you can do it..in spades..in Southern Cal. But do not think this is some "commercial" for living in sunny San Diego, or "Golden" Newport Beach.. Oh nooo.

You see, this entire region, though based on reality, is far from it. "How so, Professor? I mean, don’t people live, work and raise families out there? You're crazy Professor!" Sure they do. But for the most part, it's all "pretend", until the next "fantasy " comes up and then you just move on to that new one.

I always wondered why relationships here are so fragile. Why my first thought on marriage was that, if I ever did get married I would immediately leave the State.

..Why? Well, you see, here, if you have ANY weakness...A N Y at all, you can exploit that weakness 500-fold. You like shopping? you can shop FOREVER here..everyday. You like long legs? Here, you can see the EXACT type long legs on 14 different types of women, all stunningly beautiful..every single day. ..Mind you, you can't GET these women at all. But eventually, you'll start thinking you can. And that's when you'll start looking at your wife or girlfriend "differently".

Let's say your husband just isn't cutting it anymore in the romance department. In So Cal, just go outside. You can "go outside" EVERYDAY. It's always spring time here. And you'd be AMAZED how many men want to "romance" you to death. Now, of course, these men aren't worth a damn and have no respect for you, your husband or your burgeoning family..but they LOOOOOVE the romance part. If your "weakness" has to do with romance and relationships and being with that "certain special someone"..you are in trouble. That weakness will be exploited.

And this is why women come here in droves. "Options".

Men are pretty stupid, generally so I'm guessing they come here either by accident, the military, a job transfer, or for the WOMEN (whether seen on TV, movies or other media).

Women though, move out here on a mission. They KNOW exactly why they're here. And they've known for a while.

This is a cautionary tale, folks. Yeah, Southern California can be fun, but understand where you are. Scuba diving is fun too, but you better know how to swim. You'd better get training. You'd better know what species of fish to stay away from. And you'd BETTER know.. when to get back in the boat.

The Professor and Ricci are SICK of "nigga shit"!

Please study the below clip of this Chris Rock standup CLOSELY. What he is saying..word for word..IS CORRECT.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwK_XVfm0I

I have been saying that Black people are about 600-800 years away from being "normalized" in the United States of America. My theory is that, in order to consider ourselves actually "free" from the affects of slavery, we have to be "out" of said slavery at LEAST as long as we were "in it"..plus 200 more years.

Doing the math, that places us "in" slavery for 400 years, freed from slavery for 142 years; then we must add 258 to get to the requisite number of years "out" of slavery that Black people were "in" it (that being 400); plus 200.

Thus, the minimum year that American Black people should ALL be "normalized" "Americans", with no hang ups, [here] no "hustle" mentality, [here] no penchant to fight just because they feel they were disrespected [here] [here], no cities where gun violence and fratricide are a WAY OF LIFE [here], where there is no "honor" in "not snitchin'" [here], where drugs are legal BUT Black people dont have to make Marijuana a "religion [here]; where Black people are seen as just regular people without the stigma of crime, con artistry, unemployment, victimization, ignorance, violence and death as their foretold lots in life... That year is 2515 AD. That's right, the 26th century. I added 50 years for good measure.

I figure, by THAT time, all this (what Ricci and I like to call..) "nigga shit" should be ancient history. Sort of like seeing a "viking" today sailing in a wooden boat and landing at the Santa Monica pier. Or having a visogoth walk down the middle of Cherry Hill, NJ. People would think he was part of a parade or something. Eventually, these time travelers would realize that their time is over and THANK GOD FOR IT. You see, Mongols, and Huns, and Vikings, and Romans, as well as Spartans, Nazis, klansman, hip-hop generation gangsters, crips, bloods, killer hutus, killer tutsis, radical islamists, , current murdering Philadelphians... These peoples' time is UP. Some dont realize it yet..but their time is done. By 2515 it should all be ancient history and we'll all be better off for it.

Right now, I 'd like to give us Black folks a "pass". I mean, we've only been out of slavery for a measley 142 years. In Earth time, that is incalculably small. Literally. In Earth time that finite bit of time isn't worth a decimal. And look at what we've accomplished since then! The list of Black achievement is nearly endless. BUT.. much of that achievement is negated by the magnitude of our collective ignorance and lack of self respect. We kill each other as if we are in a civil war. Blinded by greed and seduced by power, we seem inebriated with "the dark side" of the Force. And we all know what happens to folks who love the "dark side" [here] [here].

Some of you will think I'm as big an idiot as Jason Whitlock (me and Ricci like to call him Shit-lock or "Fat"-lock). Well, sorry folks, I'm not that stupid. Whitlock blames hip-hop for all our society's ills. I believe hip-hop is just "music". Period. Hip-hop grew out of the society, not the other way around. In other words, Hip-Hop is not "creating" society..Society "creates" the Hip-Hop. And even as much as I think Whitlock is a dumbass, I still wouldn't think of physically "harming" him, under any circumstances. I'd rather debate him. He might even turn out to be a nice guy, just "misinformed".

The problem is cultural. It's an American thing. And we ARE Americans FIRST and FOREMOST. I do not think Black people truly realize this. And THAT is a direct consequence of slavery. We dont even really know if we "belong" here. ..142 years later and we still dont really know(??)

I'm not sure how many of us have to rip somebody off or get ripped off. How many of us have to get shot, or shoot somebody. How many of us have to get pregnant knowing full well we can get an abortion and only good things will come of it. How many of us have to lie to someone in order to "get over". I'm not sure how long it will take before we get it into our heads that we BELONG HERE. This is OUR Country. We dont have to FUCK it up. You dont HAVE to take that money to kill that "nigga". Life doesn't HAVE to be fucked up all the time. It's up to us to make that decision.

Sadly, as a collective, we aren't up to the challenge just yet.

"What we got here is... failure to communicate.. some men you just caint reach." If this is the way you "wants" it..this is the way you "gets" it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fuDDqU6n4o 

Perfectly Philly... ONE MORE TIME

I dont know if you have noticed, but ever now and then The Black Sports Guy seems to get 'pulled back in' to discussions about Philadelphia. In a way, its hard to avoid Philadelphia. Of the Black Sports Guy's two headed physique, one of us is actually FROM Philly, and the other spent over 5 years there in graduate school. So the city does mean something to us, and it is hard to avoid, especially since the place has pretty much ALWAYS been a little crazy (dont forget this is the city that had a mayor that ordered the BOMBING of a neighborhood in the 70s).

SO, here we go.... quickly now.

Philadelphia is outpacing the rest of the country, and most of the world, in murder this year. The count right now is slightly over 1 murder a day (I think its like 1.06).

There have been weekends where 11 people have been killed. So you could say there is a violence problem in the Declaration of Independence City aka The City Of Brotherly Love -what a fucking JOKE.

The naturaly things public officials are blaming for the murders (and crime) is, of course, poverty and lack of jobs/opportunities (and behind closed doors "those damn black fools").

So, how are they taking care of the problems? By closing down ALL of the city's psychics, tarot card readers and astrologers (I'm assuming palm readers are also getting closed).

See apparently in Philly the logical thing to do is to create even more jobless people, create more poverty within a community, send more people out looking for work in a city where there is already a shortage of jobs. They are doing this in accord with a law that is 30 years old, and many of the shops they are closing have been open for over 10 - 20 years. Most of the shops are/were fun tourist attractions and most importantly THEY WERE NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY AT ALL.

Now behind this sudden activity is the wonderful Philadelphia Police Force who were said to be the folks who had to tell public officials about the 20 year old law.

GOT IT? The police, in a city where people are getting gunned down at a rate of ONE A DAY, somehow had time to literally find a law, find a few public officials, and begin forcing people out of businesses they have owned for over a decade. Because in the end, isnt that how you slow down the rate of crime and murder.

Philadelphia needs ITS COLLECTIVE CIVIC BRAIN LOBOTOMIZED AND START ALLLL over WHAT AN Embarrassment! (Totally Sad Comment: The fortune tellers never saw this coming.. ROFL.. LOL.. thats not funny)

MSNBC ARTICLE

Blind Racism... the scariest kind

One of my most favorite places on the web is ESPN's Page 2. I also find my way to Sports Illustrated online every now and then when, essentially, there is nothing else to read. (well I do like Peter King)

Well, after reading Page 2, MSNBC, and even some international news on CNN (way to go Mumbai, your making India look perfectly INSANE re: vegetarians outing and fighting with non-vegetarians) I found my way to the sports section of CNN i.e. Sports Illustrated Online and stumbled upon an article that was, well, umm bullet points of various things happening in the NBA at the current time.

The article discussed The Nuggets (A.I. and Carmello starting to gel since they didnt get to play together much), Good old Warriors coach the very pregnant Don "Nellie" Nelson and the semi-league wide use of 'small ball', and then this article:

"Accounting for the Celtics' big problem"

Scroll down once the page opens to get to the article. Essentially the author is discussing the Celtics dropping Sebastian Telfair from their roster because his idiotic black ass got caught AGAIN with 'someone elses' gun in his possession. This time he was speeding through one of the New York tunnels, got pulled over, and the cops found the gun underneath his seat. -Blammo , the Celtics let him go.

I have NO PROBLEM with their choice and the fact that, as Sebastian's lawyer will tell you, he supports 18 family members means NOTHING to me. If you cant control the waste of life money-grabbing losers in your own family, to me, that's already a sign that you need to GROW THE HELL UP and a MILLIONAIRE BALL PLAYER DOES NOT, I repeat, DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE A GUN and if he does, he needs to learn to pick his friends and hang out spots better. So sure, FIRE HIS ASS... someone else may give him a chance and then there is always Bill Simmons (AMAZING Page 2 columnist) suggestion, get ready for THROUGH THE FIRE 2: the Milan Years (in other words play ball in Europe).

All of this is fine good old fashion news reporting. However, the author, Ian Thompson, suddenly drops his tone, or slightly lifts the very very thin hood he wears (its really thin, Ian is FAR from a racist.. just not far enough to avoid making the following mistake) and says:

"what will the Celtics do next if Paul Pierce decides to go tearing through the Ted Williams Tunnel at 77 mph with someone else's gun under his seat? Are they going to remove his nameplate and throw it in the trash?"

First, lets say I see what Thompson is saying. You know? Will teams treat all of their players the same...? Do you treat the superstars on the team the same way you treat the crazy YMCA pick up professionals like Telfair? Who knows, but, for some reason Thompson fails to realize that, in my lifetime at least, SUPERSTARS rarely get in trouble... that is sort of why they are SUPER STARS. Paul Pierce is the Celtic's Shaq, Duncan, D-Wade, Jordan... He's the Celtics FACE and has been for a while. He is NOT going to DECIDE to behave like an idiot.

Is Thompson's suggestion that Paul Pierce, a Celtic and a black man, is just as likely as Sebastian (already known to be INSANE) Telfair to act totally stupid since they share a locker room, or skin color (raised eyebrow).

Trust me, Thompson was just writing, he wasnt thinking that what he was writing is in anyway obtuse and perhaps slightly offensive, however, if there is one thing he will NEVER understand -since he is white- its that EVERY TIME a black young man commits or is accused of a crime, I suffer the fate of being lumped in with the entire group of other black young men who have nothing to do with guns/crime/chaos. Having never even been in a police car, I have people 'lock their doors' as I walk by especially after something happens that gets national attention and involves a black man (and I am a non-tennis shoe, non-droopy jeans, non-hoody, oxford, sandal wearing, so un-hip-hop non-thug looking guy that it AMAZES me when the doors lock). Trust me, many black men will tell you during the Kobe trial, if you were a 'well spoken clean-cut brutha' for a few weeks there, we were ALL Kobe... because if Kobe could rape someone ANY black man was suddenly not only capable but willing to do the same thing.

Ian lumped Pierce into a category. Sure he was just picking the big name on the Celtics squad and posting a 'what would they do' scenario, but... think about it.... its very light gray.. .. and considering Pierce's record with crime (he's pretty clean for a former hood-rat/hip-hop baller) how do you even put that name down? Now if he had wondered if, lets say.. Nellie and the Warriors would drop Steve Jackson if ,or when, Steve gets in trouble with a gun.. THATS ANOTHER STORY!! Since Steve "truly insane" Jackson is the only dude I've ever heard of, who has an 8 digit bank account, to get run down in front of a strip club and then fire shots in the air (and there was that whole Piston-Detroit-Fans-fight-in-the-stands affair)! That would have made sense. Anything else is a very 'American' lumping together of two people who happen to share the same skin tone and profession. .. essentially blind-racism, its not done on purpose, its an almost obvious accident.. but it doesnt help anyone.

Finally Philly! I've been screaming about this for WEEKS

You wanna know why you should be reading this blog? Wanna know why this is a 'bookmark' you should have near the top of your bookmarks?

WHY?

Because THE BLACK SPORTS GUY CAN SEE.. we have four eyes and we can see clearly. We dont mix words and we wonder about and actually care about society as a whole. Everyone.. except of course any "BLANK"-fundamentalist.. you know how we feel about them.

SO anyway.. I've been SCREAMING about the insane murder rate in Philadelphia for about 4-5 weeks. Sometime back when I read about a woman killing her child by using it as a bat against her boyfriend, I spoke with the Professor and we both said that SOMETHING is really really wrong in Philadelphia but WHY isnt it making NATIONAL NEWS... because they needed Batman, Superman and even Aquaman about 12 weeks ago! The place has a violence level that is surely the work of some diabolical plan hatched by the Joker, Riddler and Penguin (and trust me, I know Gotham City is supposed to be New York, but if you've been to Philly, you know the Dark Knight is somewhere chained to a wall in PHILLY.. and he needs someone to free him because fools are droppin like old women in a war zone).

FINALLY the AP is writing about this madness, FINALLY, and it really bothers me that it took them this long. PHILLY NEEDS NATIONAL attention. We all sat down and wrote and discussed the horrors of V-Tech and its run in with insanity in the form of Cho Seung-hui (I dont even care if I spelled that right) and I screamed on every board I could find that 32 people killed is something that Philly had accomplished on the 32 day of the YEAR! WHY are guns and violence suddenly so 'in vogue' to discuss when a nut loses it, when the truth is, we should have been discussing the horrors of Philadelphian streets in the second week of February!

We sat and wrote and discussed Imus and his off color comments about some nappy headed chicks at Rutgers (again, my problem was he called them 'hos' not the nappy headed part) even though Imus hasnt said anything politically correct since his second week of work. Jesse J and Ally Sharpieton headed off to Philly to get Imus fired and somehow managed to miss all of the blood in the streets. These are our 'negro' leaders and they stood and stamped in the middle of MURDER CENTRAL USA and instead of trying to march and figure out how to tone down a lot of insanity in Philly..they preferred to try to (and they succeeded) get Imus fired.

WHAT??? So if you feel like reading the article, here is the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18278063/

I'll make no snap judgements here regarding why this story is so late because I'm happy it is finally getting AP attention because perhaps that will help Philly get attention from some people who can figure out how a society of people can erode to taking each other out at a clip of more than one a day.

NOTE at the current rate, you'd have a longer life expectancy in IRAQ.

Thoughts on the "RACE-TEST"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18122831/

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

There's a little quiz runnin' 'round called the "Race-Test". The first link is an MSNBC article about it, basically illustrating that, White people are "so ashamed" their test results show they tend to be more preferential to White people... Imagine that.


Well, I took this little "test" and scored in the 17th percentile of individuals that show "no discernible preference for either race". In other words..I'm a "normal, rational thinking, inhabitant of this good planet Earth..otherwise known as a 'human-being'".


So what am I saying then...? Well, I'm saying that the other 83% of the population are NOT "normal", or "rational" in any way shape or form. And I mean this.


I am a human being. I'm not a "this-American" or a "that-American". I'm a person. I see other people as "persons". I've always told people that I "have no preference" for anybody. This test, for what it's worth, proves that very point. I mean what I say. To have a "preference" for some other race, be it your own (if you can actually "belong" to "another" race besides the HUMAN one), or somebody else's..is BEYOND me. I actually do not know HOW this is done(??)


To me , race-preference is idiotic when you live on a planet with nothing but other beings that look, act, breathe, feel, operate, are designed, are managed, are born, raised, weaned, and die the EXACT...same way as YOU do.


This blog is MY forum. It's also Ricci's forum, but he aint here right now so it's MINE. And I'm saying THIS: This whole "race-thing" particularly here in America, is a major cancer. Not only is it malignent..it's silly. I could appreciate it if this were some social ill that we all need to "work together on" and put some resources to so that we can end the "scourge" that is "racism".


No.. It's not that serious of an issue. It's just plain SILLY. It's retarded.


[I'm getting angrier as I write and I wanna cuss so bad, it hurts]


Let me ask you all something.. and I'm being serious.. How long have people been on the Earth? ..take your time. think about it. Got any guesses..? Anyone...? Anyone..? ..Bueller...?


Ok, let's take a stab at it.. I'll sayyyyy...... about 300,000 years give or take a few millennia.. How many different kinds of people have their been over these years, you think? You know..The people who were born with 2 heads and 3 arms, and grew to 18 feet tall.. Oh and they ate rocks and small babies. Oh yeah and they were 3-toned colors of dark red, black and magenta...? ..Oh, you never heard of those people? HMMM..


Ok then, well, we'll just stick with the 2 kinds of people that have inhabited the planet since Day 1..the male and female kind. How long do you think it should take for these 2 kinds of people to see each other simply as "other human beings"?


If you answered any number "more than" 300,000 years you would be correct. In essence, inhabitants of this planet STILL do their level best to separate themselves form each other no matter what the circumstance. There is no excuse, after this many years here, that people should be engaging in this ridiculous, inane behavior.


From Christians, to Muslims, to Hebrews, to Buddhists, to Taoists, to Satanists..to niggaz, honkies, spics, kykes, dykes, chinks, gooks, fags, krauts, rag heads, habibs, and cholos....it's all STUPID.


I feel bad for us. ..No I don't.. I feel bad for MYSELF..because I'm trapped in this BS.


This is my blog so I can toot my own goddamned horn. My thinking is at least 700 years ahead of anybody living today. Sure, there may be "some" people on my level, but until they start practicing what they preach, I aint buyin it.


I know a lot of people who claim they have a preference for this particular chick or "that particular look" on someone. And women are NOTORIOUS for their "preferences". PLEASE! You think Halle Berry or Pamela Anderson has any problem finding a "good man"?


OF COURSE THEY DO! Because Pamela ONLY dates "white-boys". And up until Halle got some SENSE, she ONLY dated Bruthas. Let's look at their record based on their "preferences":


Pamela Anderson - regularly got the beat-down, multiple court-dates, contracted hepatitis-C, has no man currently but is rumored to be dating the dude who repeatedly beat her ass, threatened her and has basically caused her grief since the day she met him.


Halle Berry - regularly got the beat-down, multiple court dates, constantly cheated on, hasn't learned to drive. You'd think one of those Bruthas would have taught her ass to DRIVE!


In all seriousness, do any of us REALLY believe that these two women CANNOT find a decent man to be with long term..??? These two chicks have a buffet of eligible men of GALAXIAN proportions. You mean to tell ME you can’t "find a man"!! PLEASE biatchesss! The problem is THEM. Their "racism" has held them both back for decades.


Now that Halle has "seen" that penises actually do come in other colors besides dark brown, somehow she's managed to stay out of the gossip pages with any madness. Hmmm...imagine that.


When Pam starts dating some bruthas, or anything other than the white-trash-rocker-type, I have a sneaking feeling she'll suddenly find a guy who actually "likes" her.


See, this is STUPID. I shouldn't have to write about this. I shouldn't have to teach this. After 300,000 mother-F*ing, GODDAMN years.. THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE PEOPLE!!!!! JEEEZUS H. CHRIST!


And Jesus WAS NOT a Christian! And I bet HE'D be the first one to agree with me on all of this.

First PHILLY POST... aka MURDER Inc. USA

Just thought I'd be responsible and, if anything, be one of the first people to be noted, quoted, whatever, for Philadelphia's amazing murder race. See as of today, Philly has literally dropped any hooks, removed any chains, and vaulted to the all time amazing rank of murder city USA.

Here is a quote from the news: "PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's homicide count continues to climb.Police said the city is up to 125 homicides as of Sunday afternoon. That includes five fatal shootings in a span of less than 24 hours over the weekend.Homicide detective Ron McClane said the spike in killings could be partially due to the warm weather, which brings out more people."

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE!!!!!!! Philly is NOT MESSING AROUND. If you know someone that you want DEAD.. simply give them a one way ticket to Philly... its the same thing as putting a gun to their face! Give them a ticket to Philly, give them a 'godfather hug' and chances are, you will NEVER see them again.. ROFL..

ahh yeah.. puff puff give.. do NOT mess up the Rotation!

Dont know if you've ever read him, but the writer Bomani Jones of ESPN's Page2 has an article up today, April 20 2007 aka 420, regarding three young bruthas who recently did something totally so OFF THE WALL that sports writers, commentators, coaches and even players themselves are at a loss for what to do next.

His article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jones/070420

The three men in question Calvin Johnson, Amobi Okoye and Gaines Adams essentially freaked the NFL out by admitting they had smoked pot. WOW! I'll let you read Bomani to get the rest of the details but the uproar is should they be questioned from a 'character' point of view because they smoked pot.

Well, number one if smoking pot makes you a bad person, I live in a state where more than 60% of the people must be HORRIBLE people. Number two if being courageous and honorable enough to tell the truth, makes you a bad person, then I totally understand our government because those lying fools must be angels, since telling the truth is bad.

Bottom line is weed, MJ, pot has been much maligned since it was made illegal to keep Mexican immigrants from congregating in Texas in the way way back days. Soon it was also found helpful to keep other people of color in and out of trouble, so it has remained illegal though it is much less dangerous than booze.

These three 'kids' did the right thing and reported the truth. They also DIDNT get in trouble at the NFL Combine by getting 'popped' by the drug test. Check out Bomani's article, because in the end, he's right, a dude who smokes but has enough self control to be clean by a test date is actually somewhat intelligent. Its the dudes who get caught, knowing well that a test is on the horizon who are stupid and you should question their choices.

Besides isnt it time to start rewarding HONESTY.?

oh and for those in the know, HAPPY 420... puff puff give, and dont get it spitty!

A little tidbit re: Censorship/Violence/Rap and Video Games

Currently two men are creating a stir with regard to two forms of entertainment which they consider, separately, to be socially irresponsible. One man, Jason Whitlock, is a writer (for lack of a better word) who once wrote for ESPN's page 2 (got dismissed for being an idiot), I think he still writes for the Kansas City Star (if he still writes for them, I'm sure most of the Star's readers are card carrying certified fools), and has an online column on AOL sports (finally proving that AOL is the idiots internet). Whitlock, though a black man, actually hates black people (I’ve read enough of his anti-black postings to feel this is true) and is trying his hardest to renew the crusade against rap music. The other man, attorney John Bruce "Jack" Thompson, is a self proclaimed Christian Conservative and a Republican (I'd say more, but I think "self proclaimed Christian conservative and republican" pretty much sums up his ignorance). Thompson's mission has been to remove anything he finds morally offensive from the public. Currently he is getting airtime because he feels violent video games helped 'train' Cho Seung Hui (the V-Tech shooter) enabling him to kill 32 people with apparent ease. Thompson's other missions go all the way back to taking on 2-Live Crew (sexually explicit rap lyrics –didn’t work-) and N.W.A (the true grandfathers of gangsta rap, though with some political basis –again, a failed crusade-). Thompson was also one of the first people to gain notoriety by taking on Howard Stern’s radio talk show, labeling the shock-jock’s show morally corrupt and indecent.
Both of these men, and others who drop in and out of 'censorship' fights wish primarily to change the world to fit their distorted views of how life should be for everyone based on what makes them comfortable. Both of these men are not paraplegics, perceivably not retarded, and surely not imbecilic enough to not know how to turn off their TV's, Radios, internet browsers when material they find offensive is aired. However, even with the ability to NOT view material they find objectionable, they both have, instead, suggested the material they do not like is capable of causing groups of people and/or an individual to behave in antisocial manners and should be banned.

Whitlock wants to ban rap music which he feels is too ghetto, too prison influenced, and too disrespectful of women and seemingly glorifies violence and the use of the word nigga. He feels it is rap music which is intensifying the problems in the ghetto or ‘hood’ by continuing to glorify being ‘gangsta’ being a bad-boy, and that in the hood, apparently black/brown people are just stupid and ignorant enough to be incapable of listening to the music or seeing the videos and not understanding the difference between entertainment vs. reality. I guess in Whitlock’s mind, the ignorant, inferior, dumb-ass coon/nigger/spook, is still alive and well ‘in the hood’. I also guess in Whitlock’s world, the hood is soley responsible for making people like JayZ and Sean Diddy Combs nearly billionaires, because there is so much money being pumped into rap music from the hood (as you know, the people in the hood are drowning in cash). Naturally Whitlock has no explaination for how violent ‘white’ movies have yet to destroy the ‘white’ community, or how some violent rock and roll has yet to do the same. Whitlock may grow up one day and help us figure out whats wrong in certain segments of the black community, and perhaps stop ignoring that rap, like all forms of art, has various hallways, wings, bedrooms, and playgrounds that say and mean different things to different people. Push for educational reform Mr. Whitlock. In a neighborhood in San Diego called City Heights, educational reform efforts, and community building efforts have resulted in a major decrease in crime and a major increase in minority students graduating and heading to college –while listening to hip hop-.

Regarding Mr. Thompson, well, I’m not going to spend too much time on him because he’s got a pedigree that is already the muck from which chest thumping moralist arise. He’s not capable of stopping, and in a way he’s molded himself into a walking parody of all ‘fundamentalist’ (and remember, BLACK SPORTS GUY says FUCK anything that is a blank-fundamentalist. Violence in the form of cowboys and Indian movies was the food and vitamins for several generations and they failed to produce anything other than entertainment to endless rows of children and adults. Violence in the form of gangster movies have entertained several hundred million without creating any issues. Violence in video games (literally animated cartoons, in a sense) is no different. When you have several 100 million people watching, playing and even listening to these ‘productions’ and the industry manages to earn billions of dollars a year (again proving that MILLIONS of people are buying and playing), then what you really can do, and Whitlock can do this too) is boil a few hundred million people down to a simple few deranged individuals who periodically make the news.

If we were running around in animal skins, writing on walls with animal blood and egg yolks, there would still be a lunatic who would claw his/her way to the surface, creating a stir by performing some sort of horrifying act against a few other men, causing bloodshed and pain. PLUS where were people like these two back when the bible was being used to kill hundreds of thousands during the crusades? I wonder if there was anyone brave enough to ask for the bible to be censored since in the case of the crusades THE BIBLE WAS RESPONSIBLE, DIRECTLY, FOR COUNTLESS MURDERS.

Baddest Women on the Planet: The entire Miami Heat Dance Squad

That's right, "sports fans" fans... You knew it was coming..the incredible unmatched fury that IS the mighty Miami Heat Dance Squad! My GOD. Has there ever been a "cheerleading" team in American sports history that has been THIS universally overwhelming..?

Sure the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders started it all in the 70's.. And of course, the Oakland Raiderettes took it to new heights in the '90's... BUT THIS..!!! What's going on in Miami is nothing short of "revolutionary". The Miami Heat juggernaut has just won the NBA Dance bracket championship by a landslide for the 2nd year in a row. This would be un-remarkable if it weren't for the fact that the competition has only been in existence for TWO YEARS. Some are saying, quite rightly I might add, that the Heat contingent should be DISQUALIFIED from competing in any more of these NBA Dancer-vote-in-competitions because the HEAT squad has an unfair advantage over every other dance team in the NBA..that being, the HEAT dancers are "beyond human reality". In other words...these are WOMEN playing amongst "girls".

The question that initially comes to my mind is: how are these chicks "dancers"?? How can you look THIS GOOD, BE THIS SEXY, BE THIS FREEKIN' HOT and still manage to have real "talent"?? Well, they DO and God luv'em all!

Living in Southern California is great and all, granted.. But I'll tell you what..those bad-ass chicks in red and black down in "Florida..the pimp corridor", GOT IT GOIN ON! Mad flava. Mad style.

So, Jenny, Krystal, Katherine, Sherina, Hennely, Kenya and..my personal favorite, Jamie...It is my honor and distinct privilege to add your hallowed names to the list of BAD-ASS women that gracefully roam this Earth..

As the newest inductees of the The Black Sports Guys': "Baddest Women on the Planet", we salute you, for just being plain BADD..! Go on wit ya BAD SELVES!

http://www.nba.com/heat/dance/dancers_index.html

This is OURRRrrrrr Country.....

Just to step out of the ugly world of "American Societal Ills" discussions, lets now discuss our fabulous legal system, wealthy men, and disputes settled between neighbors.

This story features a wealthy Texas Oilman, John Cantrell vs. his neighbor wealthy attorney Gregory Shammoun, and essentially illustrates exactly how far we have come since the days of revolvers, cattle rustling, and general 'hayseed' activities.

THE SET UP: Shammoun and Cantrell are neighbors who were having a conflict over a shed Shammoun was building in his backyard. Apparently, being very civil and a man of society, Cantell reported his dislike of the shed to the city, and claims Shammoun, angered by his complaint, brought a donkey to live in his own backyard. The problem, Cantrell says Shammoun purposely brought one of the loudest donkeys on the planet. These two men of society, civil gentlemen, leaders of their communities found themselves in court, and witness to perhaps, the first time in history a DONKEY took the stand on its own behalf.

YUP, these hidden hayseeds let this argument build to the point where a DONKEY was sworn in and served as its own testifying witness by proving in court that it wasnt a loud braying animal.

Should I even say anything more? Turns out these two gentlemen settled their dispute while the jury was deliberating. My thoughts: their meth must have finally wore off after sitting in the court for a while, and they realized "hey, are we really here with a donkey on the stand just because of a shed in your backyard"...?

When a beast of burden is used to leverage a conflict between two wealthy and successful men, you KNOW you live in a place that is very very backwards.

Oh, I forgot, the Donkey's name is BUDDY.

Killa Korean: CHO CHO CHOOooo Seung-Hui

I am reluctantly doing one last post with images of Cho Seung-Hui, Mr. Face of American Mass Murder.
Me and the Professor will most more than likely continue over time to discuss America's love of violence and loathing of sex,
our combined cultural ignorance, and knee-jerk reactions of people who get paid to do what we would love to do, which is write/entertain for a living. See we feel people who are our current cultural leaders, that being writers, actors, news reporters and general celebrities, are and have, dropped the ball many times with regard to speaking out on social ignorance and violence. Seems like the only way issues that are relevant get brought up in our society is when something tragic happens, like the Virginia Tech incident.
However, the Professor and I also know very well that within a few weeks from now about 80% of the people who 'care' so much right now, will be back in their homes living their sheepish lives, worrying more about dancing with the stars, 24, or LOST..maybe even engrossing themselves in violence based television shows like the CSI series...but surely not concerned about 'all of the senseless violence' that occurs in our country on a daily and hourly basis.



So with that said, for those of you who recently decided that handguns are dangerous and that our culture seems to incubate nutcases, again, let me remind you: Philadelphia hit its 100th murder on March 30, 2007; Last year New York -ALONE- had over 550 murders; and Mr. Cho Seung-Hui's 32 little murders will be less than 1% of the total murders that take place in the United States of America.. and I actually KNOW my neighbors and my countrymen really REALLY dont care. Until, perhaps, an Amish guy with a legally bought firearm kills 5 little girls and injures 5 more in a little school house in Amish Country USA (oh wait, that happened last year..)

LISTEN... hear the gunshots?? How many can you count?

The Face of Rock and Roll...

I really dont have anything to say.. Just wanted to keep putting up 'the face of' posts for a few... I guess.

THE FACE OF MASS MURDER!!!

They announced on the TODAY SHOW..

THIS IS THE NEW FACE OF MASS MURDER IN AMERICA!!!

-I laughed out loud and thought of how happy THE MAN is right now.. the last two 'mass murderers' in this country were a black man and his idiot kid partner and now a Korean.

YAY.. Is it true? .. I heard he bought his gun at Walmart. I hope he did.

In case you didnt know, this is the kid responsible for killing 32 people plus himself (33) at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007! Kinda shows you what a legal pair of guns can do.. kaplow. The USA is an incubation pot for explosive chaos.

note: I do care for the families of the dead. I hope they get over their loss.

But at the same time, I dont care about a society that will spend the next few weeks hemming and hawing about 'guns' because of this incident, when Philadelphia recorded its 100th murder on March 30th, 2007, and apparently last year New York had over 500 homicides (8 million people) and Britain/Whales had less than 60 (over 50 million people). If you live in hell, why wait for tragedy, you can find reasons to cry about gun control and American violence in every major media outlet. We must enjoy this type of stuff.

How backward are we when a FOOTBALL COACH is the voice of common sense in a Country of 300 million!

The Prof:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18127587/

I wonder when common sense will actually become "COMMON"..?

Ricci:

This is embarrassing?
Remember that interracial marriage article? Well bud, one of our wonderful Southern States as of 2000 FINALLY took a law off the books that made interracial marriage illegal.

2000.

Some quotes:

"It was only 40 years ago — on June 12, 1967 — that the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a Virginia statute barring whites from marrying nonwhites. The decision also overturned similar bans in 15 other states." - thats within OUR lifetime dog.

"Bob Jones University in South Carolina only dropped its ban on interracial dating in 2000; a year later 40 percent of the voters objected when Alabama became the last state to remove a no-longer-enforceable ban on interracial marriages from its constitution." FORTY PERCENT wanted to leave it a LAW. you got that..

I, we live in a gun toting racist country that is getting dumber and more religious every day.

I almost fainted last night when I heard that over 100 people who graduated from Pat Robertson's Law School, have been employed by President Bush's people. His law school is a 4th tier law school. Harvard is tier 1, community colleges are 4th tier...

and read that again, over 100 !

Ricci:

and by the way...

DIDNT I SAY THIS?
And while most Northerners fought to preserve the Union and not to free the slaves, accomplishing the first goal also accomplished the second.

Ricci:

..and we need a FOOTBALL COACH to tell us this? A football coach who is really more concerned about NOT GETTING PLAYERS vs. the fact that its a damn flag that equals a nigga hangin from a tree.
DUDE.. over the next few years, barring any reason you can think of, DO NOT GO TO THE SOUTH.. and actually avoid hangin around any area that is an hour outside of a major city..ROFL>. not jokin.

The Prof:

I completely agree. COMPLETELY....agree. And I'll add this other little tid-bit about our beloved little racist-gun loving country that EVERY OTHER freekin CIVILIZED SOCIETY ON THE PLANET seems to agree with...

"We" should be re-evaluating our little ignorant-ass-backward-gun-toting-un-civilized-neo-neanderthal-aint-fit-for-modern-society-ultra-violent country! Our CULTURE is the actual face of mass murder in this country, not the various actors who perform the killings from time to time..it's the CULTURE of this place.

- The Racism (anti-race mixing laws into the 21st century! Segregated Proms into the 21st century!! The godDAMN Confederate-fuckin-flag into the 21st century!!!

- The Guns (you can buy a gun in the U.S. at Wal-mart to kill someone..yet you cant smoke marijuana, which kills NO ONE) [*note: the Professor has NEVER smoked Marijuana in his entire life..but knows people who have.]

- The Conservatism (synonymous with "racism", this type of think STAGNATES you into not going "forward" with your thinking, AND it's based on FEAR..a vicious and deadly ingredient for any society. "Fear" leads nations to war.

- The Ignorance (ignorance of other languages and cultures)

..No, change the "culture" and this stuff stops immediately.

Germany was the face of racism and violence..until other countries "CHANGED THEIR CULTURE". Now you can sleep on a German sidewalk forever and NEVER get bothered.

This place sucks dude. I dont care how you spin it, how "rich" you think this place is, how much money you think you can make here...none of it. The U.S. fucking SUCKS.

You know, they have schools and great barber shops in PRISON. The work is "steady" and you have 3 squares a day...but PRISON is still a SHIT-HOLE no matter how you spin it.

The soul of the U.S. is categorically "uncivilized". And our statistics bear this out. It's a dangerous, greedy, narrow-minded well of angst. Like most things, it's got good parts to it (the porn, the Steve Spurriers, The Freedoms of speech, the internet, The Colleges, Las Vegas...but it's underlying core (it's initial policies toward Native Americans, Black people, the militarism, the conservatism, etc..) is WRONG.

If it ever becomes "right", I'll be the first one to scream it.

Ricci:

Hey... the thing that is still AMAZING is NO ONE IS BRINGING UP THE OVER 100 PEOPLE KILLED IN PHILLY TO DATE!!!!! Thats why this is all a bunch of crap. Dude was probably working for Bush and his people to distract us from more really important issues. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070411_52ND___MARKET_CALLED_CITYS_DEADLIEST_CORNER.html I mean what dude did was HORRIBLE, but its not like he got close to what Philly's been doing since this year began!

Ricci:

Most expressed shock at the shooting but few said they were surprised — criticizing the availability of guns in the United States, lax gun controls and the number of Americans who cling to the constitutional right that allows them to bear arms.

LOL.. they weren't surprised and NEITHER WAS I! Damn hick as culture Heeeee hooooo any place that still has rodeo contests is BACKWARDS.

and Rob why is the Queen's husband called PRINCE?

Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, are scheduled to visit Virginia May 3-4.

AND WHERE ARE THE GUN LAWS??? A FOOL CALLS SOME CHICKS NAPPY HEADED HOS AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BEGINS A DEBATE THAT LEADS TO DUDE LOSING HIS JOB AND IDIOTS TARGETING "ART" - rap- MEANWHILE AN ASIAN GUY SHOOTS UP 32 PEOPLE and we aren't thinking seriously about gun laws???

CHARLTON HESSTON BE DAMNED!!!

Ricci:

Gun crime is extremely rare in Britain, and handguns are completely illegal. The ban is so strictly enforced that Britain’s Olympic pistol shooting team is barred from practicing in its own country.

WOW dude, what is it about these OLDER CULTURES that Americans ignore. I mean these places had revolutionary wars, regional squabbles, total and utter chaos LONG before the USA was toddling.... but we ignore their maturity and age? Who does that? Thats like not listening to a wise older person.. being a BRAT which is exactly what I've always called the USA..the worlds BRAT..but a BIG CRAZY RETARDED BRAT WITH NUKES...

GRINDHOUSE REVIEW: no spoiling

Saw Grindhouse last night and I have a few things to say.

1. Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, Rose McGowan, - OWWwwwwwwww I HEAR YOU ROBERT RODRIGUEZ!!! (in case you havent heard, Rob Rod is bangin McGowan at the present time and was apparently bangin her during the movie.. I have NO problems with that at all. She holds down the first movie and brings you into the second.) OUTSTANDING JOB...

2. BLOOD, GUTS, GORE, GUTS, BLOOD, GUNS, EXPLOSIONS.. action action action... CHAOS, CRAZY, INSANITY, WUTTT FACTORS GALORE, BLAMMO STICKY, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME... and thats just the first movie "PLANET TERROR". (remember this is a double header.

3. Sadly I left during the second movie because it was a little slow.. I'll check it out on DVD one day I guess...however just the first movie, Rodriquez'es portion, is worth the price of admission.

THEY (Tarantino and Rodriguez) CAPTURE late 70's movie theaters perfectly. At one point I thought about asking my dad if I could go to the bathroom, and realized I'm now the age my dad was when I was going to see movies like this at the Fox Theater in St. Louis Mo. (when it looked like the FOX theater from Escape From New York.

WORTH SEEING 100%. ..and I'll stop now before I start really telling you what happens in the movie... GO SEE IT BEFORE I CRACK.

Talent has no predisposed PACKAGING

This dude is TALENTED AS HELL!!!

NOTE: I think this is scientific proof that SOUL, Rhythm and Blues are all colorless and COOL really has no true embodiment because as interesting as this dude looks, he's actually cool as hell when it comes to bangin the ivories.

Enjoy.. and if you have a chance to check out all of his YouTube videos, DO IT.
Ladies and gentlemen I present:

RONALD JENKEES!

Do You Know This Man? - Stephon Marbury

Stephon Marbury, b-baller, mega-tattoed, aluminium-foil-weed-case carrying, self proclaimed baddest point guard to come outta Brooklyn, has a free pass in my world for the rest of his life. Marbury appears to be the first ever sports star-multiMillionare to really care about 'his people'.
Now when I say 'his people', I'm talking about his 'former people', the people with whom he used to be economically linked before he signed his first NBA deal.

If you havent heard, Stephon has started a line of athletic shoes that sell for under twenty bucks a pop, yet are crafted to still be of a a high enough quality to be used by a NBA baller during real-time bangin on the hardwood. His reason for creating the shoe is he can recall being broke-as-a-joke and having to wear hand-me-down shoes from within his own, large, poor family.

Big ups to Mr. Marbury. He can now relax and I hope his public image will only be raised higher and higher because I agree with him, 150 bucks for a shoe is insane and guys like Lebron James, who are reportedly giving Marbury a hard time for his shoes, should be ashamed that they market 150 dollars shoes to their fans, many of whom should be saving that 150 bucks for simple things like BILLS. I really wonder how many other NBA/NFL players, from the 'hood' have thought of ways they could give back other than by holding camps and handing out food during the holidays....

This is a MAN move by a guy the league and writers have always considered to be a bratty child ball hog. You'd almost have to wonder why, at this time (April 11, 2007), Marbury is getting so much press, because his shoes have been on the market for almost a year...

I just may get me a pair of STARBURYs.

Nappy Headed Hos: Imus: Weak Kneed Americans

Truth is this post took some true revving up, gearing up, umphing up, to prepare. See, I'm not exactly sure how this post will play out. You might totally hate me afterwards, you may think I'm crazy, you might actually agree with me, and if so, you need some help, maybe.

This post is about the uproar over Imus. Imus the 'shock jock' who said a few things, recently, that have the country's media outlets going crazy. His statements got the attention of Al "pimpy" Sharpton and Jesse "jigga" Jackson. Funny thing is his statements really didn't bother anyone I know, at all. We found his statements to be sorta funny, kinda tired, but in a shoulder shrug way, on point.

Imus and a sidekick offered up commentary relating to the Women's NCAA Basketball Championship game. The game offered the Univ. of Tennessee vs. Rutgers Univ. Tennessee has a squad of average looking girls and a few 'stars' such as Candice Parker (damn good looking girl!). Rutgers, on the other hand, has a less attractive group of chicks. Lets call them ugly. No big deal. However Imus pointed this out by saying Rutgers girls were:

"NAPPY HEADED HOS".

--- and he's not wrong. In the living rooms of many many people, regardless of color, the same distinction could have been made, easily. The Rutger's women aren't attractive. To call them NAPPY HEADED, might not be far from the truth....

However, what is bothering me is that Al Sharp and Jesse J, along with others, are calling for Imus head, trying to get him fired, and stirring a 'race' pot of hate that doesn't jibe with me. I had no idea "Nappy Headed" had become the newest of the new "N" words. Imus didn't say Nappy Headed Nigger Hos. He also didn't mischaracterize what he saw on the floor. The Rutgers girls have tattoos, he mentioned that, the Rutgers girls arent very appealing 'looks wise' so he called it like he saw it "bunch of nappy headed hos".

Ok, its not nice to say something like that, but I'm sick of people trying too hard to be nice in this country. If you are a nappy headed ho and someone mentions it, BIG DEAL, own up to it, be yourself in all your nappyness. If someone walks up to me today and says I'm an Afro Wearing Black Dude, or even Afro Wearing Brown Skin Having Black Asshole, hey! They got me right on and I wont go running to the media. HELL if someone calls me the nappy headed dude who works on the fifth floor who always talks on his cellphone.. I'D HAVE TO AGREE and I wouldn't complain or hope that Al Roker's fat ass would step to the plate in my defense.

Imus should not be fired. He shouldn't have to apologize, at least NOT for calling them Nappy Headed. Stupid is as stupid does, ask Pacman Jones.

Somehow this event, this moment, has grown to proportions of an international level event, and I'm sure that when people revisit the Rutgers squad, many will shake their heads thinking 'wow, what a bunch of nappy headed chicks'. NOTE: 'chicks'.
If anything amazes me it is that people are getting so wrapped up in the racism of this case (which isnt there) that no one realizes he called the squad a bunch of HOS (a word that is actually bleeped from radio stations in San Diego). To me, the need to find race at the bottom of statements such as 'nappy headed' when it is a phrase used commonly amongst black people, is hypocritical. Its a black inferiority problem that detracts from true TRUE issues within the black community.
For example, Imus is from Philadelphia. As of this day, Philly is killing at least 1.04 black people per day, PER DAY! But is that worth a national discussion? Is that worth Al Sharpy and Jesse Jacks getting hyped up and walking the streets in protest? Is that worth Today Show coverage? Apparently NOT. See you kill about 1.04 black folks a day and thats, well, thats just Africa.
But if you are white and you say a 'black phrase' like 'nappy headed' then OFF WITH YOUR HEAD WHITEY!!!
Its stupid.

Fact is he called the squad a bunch of Hos (whores) and if anything where are the feminist? Where are the women's groups? I could care less about him calling then nappy headed because they are... or maybe they are just kinky headed.. But calling a group of chicks whores should be the problem here. THAT should be the issue. But then again I forget, to this day race issues and feminist issues are still convoluted, after all, the average white person still believes affirmative action was created for black people, when the truth is it was instituted in order to help white women get a foot up in the work place. But lets not retread that issue.

Peace.

Quick hit News Flash: April 10, 2007

A guy in Pennsylvania killed a man during a melee that broke out during a wedding reception. The guy hit the other guy in the head and the dude died.

For a change this insanity took place amongst white people (generally these types of events, sadly, seem to be colored 'black'). Sadly, it took place close enough to Philly to add to the madness of 2007 Philadelphia.

The 'killer' faces a maximum of FIVE YEARS in prison for killing another man with his bare hands.

5 years in prison.

I dont really have much to add to this. White guy, kills white guy, and gets a MAXIMUM of 5 years in prison. [for the sake of repitition.]

Oh and guess what, a school in Georgia is having its first non-segregated prom this year.

Happy 2007, America is a mess.

Just Like Last Week: ITS GOOD FRIDAY!!!

["your own, personal, jesus" - Depeche Mode]
["your own, chocolate, jesus" artist Cosimo Cavallaro]

Thought I'd see if I could lure the ProfNBA/Clubman into a conversation related to things that will pass over (get it) this next weekend.

Here is a link to an article by Rabbi Marc Gellman a columnist for Newsweek Mag.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17971270/site/newsweek/

The article is Gellman's attempt to explain how arguments between athiest and religious people miss the true nature of the question being asked.

The rundown: His claim is that there are two types of questions: Problems and Mysteries. Problems are assigned to questions pertaining to, well it appears from his take, the 'physical' world. These problems are considered essentially scientific, and with time, reseach and data, the answer will be found.
Mysteries are, as he says, questions such as: "why do fools fall in love" or "whether goodness is rewarded" or "whether there is purpose to human existance", and of course "whether or not god exists". [This mystery vs. problem concept will be further explored in the comments]

I can actually, ALMOST, accept his point of view, however there is one place in his article where, as a religious man, he says something that may JUMP OUT at you because, like most religious people, he steps into .. .. ... well lets see if you can find the statement.

HINTS can be offered.

EMPIRE: UFC and the last days...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=buckheit/070405

ESPN Page2's writer Mary Buckheit, in the article linked above, defends and actually revels in the Ultimate Fighting Championships rise to becoming, perhaps, America's favorite 'fighting' sport.

See the boxer, Floy Mayweather, apparently a genius of pop culture and entertainment, when asked about the UFC called it a fad full of dudes who couldnt make it as boxers. Sad thing about Mary using Floyd as her reason for an article celebrating perhaps the most truly violent sport we have, is that Floyd is a boxer, perhaps even an ignorant boxer. Many of the fighters in the UFC were or are champions of their particular style of fighting. If they arent champions, they are, at least in the top 5 in the world. So the UFC has some serious athletes who do serious damage to one another, and the truth is, I'd put any of them against Floyd in a UFC match and expect, EXPECT to see Floyd get the shit beat out of him.

But thats not truly the issue.

To me the scary thing is I cant disagree with her regarding the UFC's popularity, and at the same time I truly worry about a society (ours) that has evolved to celebrate and enjoy the closeest thing we have to GLADIATOR games. UFC isnt about winning with technique, its about beating your opponent into submission. Sure, you will always know who the true winner is, and I guess we have been misled as a society so much that having a sport that truly is 'clear' when the event is over, may be slightly refreshing. But a sport where you are literally rewarded with a win after you jump on your downed opponent and try to bash his head in seems a little draconian. I tell you one thing, the last time an 'empire' eroded into gladiator games, the government was corrupt, the people poor, and the society was collapsing. .. .. and yet, a female writer finds this to be good. I guess the one good thing is somewhere, SEX is increasing.. OH thats right, its increasing in New Orleans in 5th grade class rooms where 5th graders are having sex in front of each other.

R.I.P. Eddie Robinson 2/13/1919 - 4/3/07

This guy is one of the reasons I prefer to consider my self a BLACK American, a Negro, a Negro American, or any combination of the multitude of things he was called during his life (vs. African American - Fuck Africa -), yet overcame, to become one of the greatest coaches in the history of college football PERIOD. RIP Eddie Robinson, true black man, hero, father, icon, role model, and super coach.
A little info for ya:

Eddie Robinson (February 13, 1919 – April 3, 2007) spent 56 years as the head college football coach at Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana, from 1941 through 1997. He was affectionately known simply as "Coach" throughout college football. During his tenure, Robinson established himself as the winningest coach in college football history becoming the first coach to record 400 wins. Robinson retired with a record of 408 wins, 165 losses and 15 ties. Even during the era of segregation in the American South, Robinson's talent was praised by many white coaches especially by Alabama coach Bear Bryant.

More than 200 (TWO HUNDRED YA UNDASTAND!!!) of his players went on to play in the National Football League including Super Bowl XXII MVP quarterback Doug Williams. The Football Writers of Ameria "Coach of the Year" award is named after Coach Robinson.

Black Man, American.