1865: On second thought, y'all in the South..can GO!

What a way to come back from the California Bar Exam. Here I am...feeling all good about myself. "wooo, look at me.." Healthy American male. Being all I can be. Oh yeah..I just happen to consider myself a "Black man", simply because that is how I am "perceived" in the good ol' U.S. of A. But, incredibly, I never let that "bother" me, living here in beautifully VACUOUS” Southern California, because, Hell, I'm an AMERICAN and a HUMAN BEING. That whole “Black thing” is a figment of America’s sordid imagination.

Hmmm…ignorance is bliss, aint it..?

Well, well, well.. So, my good friend Ricci is updating me with all of the news I missed during the past 3 ½ months and he tells me about this ESPN article written by Jemele Hill (whom Ricci humorously refers to as: “Jim-ilee”). The story OF COURSE is about our favorite dog-fighter/trainer/killer…Michael “Con” Vick (a professor’s Blog about Mr. Con-Vick WILL be coming shortly you can “belee dat”).

Well, Ms. Hill happened to mention the Jena 6 (pronounced: “Jeeenuh”)in her story about Vick.

Now see.. I “thought” I had heard about this story during my time of Bar-study. But I hadn’t had any time to truly get into the meat of it. Well, I have PLENTY of time now, and I spent half of the day researching this “gem” of Southern Americana”.

I want to take this time before I GO OFF on this story to THANK this “great” nation for officially stirring me from my ¼ year hiatus of pursuing academic endeavors. "Thank you" America..and especially to those of you in the American South. Yes, you lovely, God-fearin’, bible thumpin’, tooth challenged folk down there have done it again. ..And just when I had the unmitigated gall to “think” that you had perhaps run out of racist ideas to come up with to sink EVEN LOWER in the pantheon of human disgraces against the Planet Earth…you went ahead and fooled me again. Shame on me.

The good folks of the AMERICAN SOUTH have come up with the Jena 6 of Jena, Louisiana.

Jena,_Louisiana

Now, I won’t go into the gory details about this case. I ask you all to read the link and then do your own research.

But I will say this about this case: This case is straight out of Nineteen Fifty-F****** THREE [1953]. In this shockingly BELIEVABLE story you have all of the classic ingredients for a good ol’ fashioned American fairy tale of lynching those "ornery naggerrhs". You have:
- the deep south heat, humidity, and tension;
- a gaggle of young, strong, healthy, virulent, athletic black American teenagers, NONE, mind you, over the age of 18;
- a sweaty white power structure;
- some cackling white teenagers who obviously learned their classic race-hatred/fear from their cartoonish southern parents;
- a hangman’s noose;
- the ubiquitous “tree” (of course to string the “darkies” up from);
- trumped up charges;
- a “trial”;
- the obligatory “all-white ‘jerrayhh’”;
- a conviction that only seems to shock the black teenager’s weeping, overweight mother, who OF COURSE, has an un-pronounceable first name (I think her name is “Ceseptla” [I’m not making this up]);
- and the specter of this once promising young man’s future going up in smoke for 20-25 YEARS based on sheer, unadulterated, racist BULLSHIT.

[as you can see, the Professor is about to go into vintage RAGE mode]

As I mentioned I will not go into detail about the facts of the case. And I don’t have to for this blog because I’m here only to make commentary..which is this:

I am BEYOND “sick” of hearing about CONTINUOUS, ONGOING, PERSISTENT, UNRELENTING dumb shit resonating primarily in the AMERICAN SOUTH!

Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t those God-forsaken MF’S L-O-S-E the Got-Damn civil war??!! WHY am I STILL having to deal with their ass-backward, 18th century, slave-ship loving, country ASSES??!! WHY!!!!

You know folks, I’m writing this with the kind of seething, insipid, “anger” that can only be illustrated by the feeling you know an “ALIEN” has when he’s about to bite thru your chest while spewing acid.

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There is no reason for injustice like this, in this little God-forsaken town in backwoods Louisiana, to go unpunished. Why is the Federal government NOT in Jena, LA. You have a case where a WHITE teen pulls A SHOTGUN out, points it at a BLACK teen. And the superhuman, HEROIC BLACK teen somehow wrestles the SHOTGUN away from the gun-toting teen and RIGHTFULLY refuses to “give the gun back”. In this little AMERICAN TOWN, don’t you know they charged the BLACK SUPERHERO TEEN with (I “almost”cant bear to write it) T-H-E-F-T!!!! ANNNNND “aggravated ROBBERY”.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!

When I discuss politics with my Mom I seem to always end the conversation with: “Ma, I don’t care who wins the election..I just don’t want to hear another SOUTHERN ACCENT in the White House!!!” And you know what folks, I absolutely mean that. I don’t wanna hear a Carter, a Clinton, a Bush (Jeb OR George), a Edwards, a Ford (Harold-TN), a Johnson, a Truman, a Jefferson…I DON’T WANNA HEAR IT!! NO MORE GOD-DAMMIT!!! I'm F'n DONE!!
The South LOST. They shouldn’t be runnin’ nuthin! And they damn sure shouldn’t be allowed to let racist District Attorneys run hog-wild in a small, racist, backwater piece of shit town (that actively campaigned for a KLANSMAN [David Duke]) to effectively “lynch” 6 young black CHILDREN for standing up against terrorism. Yes, I said TERRORISM.

Terrorist threats were made, collectively, against these 6 young, prime of life BOYS and the minority African-American population, as evidenced by:

1. The ignorant audacity of the local white population establishing a “white-tree” to use for shade, then: 2. completing the terrorist crime by hanging NOOSE’S (multiple nooses mind you) from said tree as an act of a primal-savage threat to the other sentient human beings (the Black folk) that have the gross misfortune of having to share their living space with insane, nazi-like Neanderthals, who happen to be SOUTHERN and WHITE. You know, I actually apologize for besmirching the “Neanderthals’” good-name. Hell, they probably didn’t have a racist bone in their body, what with all the cave-dwelling and saber-cat hunting..

So, I thank you American South for succeeding in reminding me that, yes, I am Black and that this, in fact MATTERS, in the United States of America.

The good news is that 1 day, being white or black or some shade of hi-yellow or red wont even matter. It will be laughable that people were somehow “this ignorant and uncivilized”.

1 day, folks will say: “I can’t believe how backward people are these days!!! I mean, these people are living in the ‘stone-ages’!! YOU’D THINK WE WERE HOUSE-DWELLING AMERICANS BACK 3000 YEARS AGO, FOR GOD’S SAKE!!

Morning Commute No.2 - Rumors??? Kobe Divorcing?

As stated in the Morning Commute No.1 blog, these morning commute sections will not be very regular, unless I happen to hear something on the radio on the way to work that simply makes me laugh, or initiates some heavy thought. Generally speaking I listen to the radio in the morning, however, periodically I'll find some new music, or some music created by artists I know, and then pop in a CD in the morning and blare my new found music as loud as I can for a few days/weeks making sure I keep in touch with my deeply embedded, yet cherished, inna-nigga.

So with that stated, and without further doo doo..

1. I was listening again to a station here in San Diego that has this strange segment where they call a person who apparently went on a date with a person who has called into the radio station. The deal is that the person who calls into the station is wondering why the person with whom they went on a date, for some reason, has not called them back. LET me step out of the story for a moment and say that I listen to this segment for the same prurient reasons people watch shows like Jerry Springer, or that messed up show on MTV where they show people hurting themselves doing extreme sports like riding rails on a skateboard, or jumping rooftops on bikes -and not making the jump, or finding the rail embedded into their, now broken, faces-. I hate to say it but its a sickening curiosity. Why you ask? Well, I hope, most people who have ever been on more than one date, should understand that when a person doesnt call, chances are the person does not want to speak with you or see you and that should be enough information. I listen to this show because I'm floored that guys and girls want to know, WHY.
WHY?
WHY?... Naturally there have been more female callers than male. Go figure.

So, today, a chick called in to find out why a guy hasnt called her back after having, what she felt, was a great date. Apparently the date was so nice, it ended in extended conversation in the guy's car before she got out of the car and went into her place.

No sex on this date. [just thought I'd mention that because the callers are pretty good about letting you know if they "did the nasty".]

So, the DJ calls the guy and the segment begins. The DJ reminded the guy about the date, asked the guy why he hasnt called the girl back, and the game is afoot.

In this particular case, the guy said that he really though the chick was cool, but there was something that happened post date, that had nothing to do with her personality (we will get back to "her personality" later). Now, to let you know, generally by the time the "did not call back" person finishes their portion of why they didnt call back, the other "did not get called back" person is screaming things like; "you punk ass bitch cheating lying no good mutha fucking piece of shit".
This time the "did not get called back" chick was quiet, very quiet. I thought she was quiet because the guy continuously kept saying "dont get me wrong, she's a really nice very cool girl, and we had a great time, and the conversation in the car was really fun and awesome. Its just that after the date, something happened and I just couldnt bring myself to call her back".

So I'm thinking, WHAT?? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED. -and trust me at this point a little part of me is holding a gun to its head upset that I even care-

The DJ does his job and gets the guy to elaborate. The guy explains that he went home from the date that night, went to sleep, got up in the morning to go to work and noticed a really disgusting STAIN on the passenger seat. EWWWWWWWWW, right? The guy said it took him roughly 1000 bucks to get the stain removed and that the stain, it turns out, was BLOOD. [INSERT SOUNDS OF DISGUST HERE].

Thats when, finally, the "why didnt you call me back" girl spoke up [nasty bitch should have just hung up the phone].
-lets just say she was embarrassed, everyone else was grossed out, and as far as I'm concerned the dude made the right call because though she may have had a nice "personality", -personally tha bitch is nasty.
Listen, when they dont call you back, move the fuck on and dont worry about WHY, because the WHY will never be "I didnt call you back because you make me suicidal, suicidal when you say its over.. your way too beautiful. . gurlllll"

2. Rumor has it Kobe Bryant is getting divorced from Vanessa. Two different radio stations and one webpage is reporting that Kobe and Vanessa are breaking up. I called this marriage as having a less than 10 year lifespan when it started (Kobe was WAY too young, Vanessa was just graduating from high school, AND everyone in Kobe's camp was against it (the marriage was the spike that wedged between Kobe and his dad for a while). Naturally Vanessa's camp was cheering her on from the JUMP). The Professor gave Kobe a shot. I can recall at least one of his phrases was "Kobe might be able to do this, he's different, he might make this work".

NOPE.

After Kobe's Coloradoscapade, I figured Vanessa to hold on for a few years (for face, for public support) before starting down divorce road. After Colorado the Professor and I gave the marriage over under lines of 5-7 more years before the fall. In the end, we called it.
She held on after he admitted to adultery. She held on after a rape trial. Most people, currently outside of LA., HATE Kobe, so anything she does from rape-point forward makes her very sympathetic.

Kobe DIDNT have a prenup (I can recall him TELLING the media that).
So, you get a BAD high school hispanic hoochie video girl tramp, with a mom who has a little reputation in the "marry to get rich category", and a straight from high school young ball player who rebels against family and friends to get married WITHOUT a prenup So unless you are really crazy, or maybe just really hopeful, if you dont smell the gold digger, your nose is broken.
SO, there is a NEW single mom in LA who qualifies instantly as THE MILF in the Wood for sure.
Oh, and she' s due HALF of Kobe's cash up to date, and will surely get a serious amount of child support. [easily 100 million dollars)
I aint saying she's a gold digga..

BREAKING NEWS: Mike Irvin's Mom, a HAMSTER, Mike Irvin, a HamHumanster!

Every time I read that Irvin was one of 17 children I really want to see what his mom looks like. Does she have 3 sets of nipples?
--and YES this post is purposefully ugly and wrong. ROFL.

A little sidenote: CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THE HALL IRVIN!

Morning Commute No.1

I had thought about blogging this almost 6 months ago but decided against the idea. No wait, I didnt decide against it, I just looked up and had some pretty interesting things going on that led me to landing at my desk and literally forgetting about the idea.
So, the idea is I will periodically report about crazy things I hear on the radio on the way in to work.
For example, about 4 weeks ago on a local San Diego radio station, the DJs asked listeners to call in and report about dates that they have been on and they then ask the DJs to call the person with whom they went on the date, because they haven't heard back from the person since the date. To rephrase that; the callers (who have generally been out of contact with a person they dated) ask the DJs to call people who MUST really not be interested in the caller.
SO, about three weeks ago a classic call happened that involved a woman who described a beautiful date with a guy. They met at a dog park and both had Schnauzers. Both were professionals and they hit it off. In one day, they enjoyed the park together, had a nice early dinner with a sunset, and wound out back at the woman's home "doin the nasty". However, since that date the guy never called the woman back and she wondered what was going on (lets add one point for classic dumb woman shit right here). She asked the DJs to call the guy (remember this is happening early in the morning (8:00am)). The DJs made the phone call, and a WOMAN answered the phone. To the DJs horror, surprise and amazement, it turned out the guy was married!! ROFL.. classic. PLUS, if you could have heard the guy trying to explain himself to his wife (who literally started crying) you would have given him mad credit!
The idiot chick who initiated the call (note, dude gave her his cell phone number, so lets chalk up a point for dumb-ass dudes right here) called the guy all kinds of typical names...
The guy terminated the call.
Fun radio moment.

So without further doo doo, let me let you in on what I heard THIS morning.



1. Britney Spears (and its hard to write that name on this blog, but I have to) apparently smokes like a chimney in front of her little rich, yet hillbilly kids. Not only that, but it is reported that when she can not find her cigarettes, she asks her oldest son to "help mommy find her lollipops". Ahh parenting. Looks like Brit has it down already. Its the little lies that lead to little crazed monsters. Keep it up Brit.


2. OJ Simpson (as if there is really another OJ) appeared on an internet interview show (MN1 Studio)(NOTE: this is not a link to the video, just the site that hosted the interview) regarding his feelings about Ron Goldman's family, "the Goldmans" and his wife's family, "the Browns" with regard to their initial censure of his book "If I Did It" a fictional book regarding how OJ would have killed his wife and her dildo, I mean waiter friend Ron. OJ apparently stated that if his book was so bad, and considered "blood money" by the Browns and Goldmans, then isnt it interesting that they wanted the profits from the book if it were to be released. OJ basically wondered why it was blood money when it went into his pockets and NOT blood money when it went into their pockets. I HEAR HIM actually. Apparently the best part of the show, however, was when listeners called in to ask questions. One question of particular interest, and hilarity, was posed; "OJ, what do you think was harder, gaining 2000 yards in the NFL, or, slicing two necks in one night?" -- ROFL.

I guess what I love the most about the question is that I thought I lived in a country that embraced its "innocent until proven guilty" dogma, when in fact, I live in a country that is really "guilty until proven innocent you black bastard". Praise OOSSAAH (OOSSAAH = USA phonetically speaking).



3. Sports related: the NBA has secured more fans for the upcoming season by somehow allowing Kevin Garnett to be traded to the Boston Celtics in a 7 for 1 player deal. The Celtics now have a legitimate chance to make the playoffs for the first time since the late 80's early 90's, or lets say make the playoffs and compete at least, and suddenly the Celtics are nearly a must see team. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jesus Shuttlesworth, all on the same team is must see NBATV, seriously. From my count, in the last 4 years, the NBA has grown from perhaps a league with 3-5 must see teams, to a league that now has: The Lakers (always fun to watch Kobe), The Mavs, The Jazz, The Cavs, The Suns, The Rockets, The Spurs (note: if Tony Parker was from the USA he'd be the FACE of the NBA, but he's from France, and Americans are perfectly xenophobic), The Heat, The Celtics, The Bulls, The Nuggets, and The Warriors. I'd watch any of these teams play each other during the season, which is about a 1000% increase in my NBA appreciation. Oh, there are at least two teams that might be interesting: The Magic and The Pistons (sure the Pistons should be listed in the first group, but... well... I have my reasons).
Tha Raiders bought Dante Culpepper for one year. YAY Raiders, its very very hard to strive for crappyness and to date, the Raiders are nearly perfect at it.

So, Morning Commute No. 1 comes to an end.

Bill Walsh 1931 - 2007: An Institution

Sad day folks. Bill Walsh has passed away after battling leukemia for about 3 years.
Walsh had to be one of the greater coaches in NFL history and was influential in the careers of so many other coaches who have gone on to win NFL championships that by default, its almost as if, Walsh has won at least 10 super bowls. Consider THESE names:
Seifert, Mike Holmgren, Dennis Green, Sam Wyche, Ray Rhodes and Bruce Coslet, Tony Dungy played for him... AND THESE GUYS taught: Mike Shanahan, Jon Gruden, Brian Billick, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Gary Kubiak, Steve Mariucci and Jeff Fisher.
Sheesh, if he were a University, he'd be Harvard, wrapped in Oxford, with wings for Yale, Stanford and Princeton!
I havent even mentioned how he was one of the champions for the cause of hiring and training black head coaches in the NFL as well.
Should I even start with the number of Hall of Famers he coached, or taught to coach? The list would go on forever, going all of the way back to his Stanford teams, I'm sure a wing could be erected in Canton for the number of players he coached who are in, or will be in the Hall.
Sad Day indeed. May Coach Walsh rest in peace

The Professor is out of the Cave. Democrats OUT of their MINDS

So its three and done.
The Professor is out of the Bar-Cave where he has been hiding since around May 23, 24, 2007 preparing for the California Bar (AKA... Killer BarTolla Legal Dreams Destroya).
Well, He's done. He took the Bar and honestly, thats the last you will hear about it from this place.
In the meantime, Ricci has been just enjoying life, striving to get Boldylocks Media Group launched and enjoying his Commune De Ricci in Mira Mesa California.
The pool at Commune De Ricci has been resurfaced, a piece of equipment was purchased that allows true "studio-esq music recording" and the front yard was attacked by the landlord to the extent that it actually looks nice.
Ricci has mainly been hanging around MSNBC's message boards while away, arguing with religious nuts (anyone who is religious is a NUT to Ricci), racists, discussing the merits of legalizing dog fighting (Black Sports Guy does not endorse dog fighting, but at least one member, Ricci, believes certain human delights can not be made illegal successfully, so instead of making laws, it would be better to legalize, in this case, dog fighting, and govern the "sport" in a manner that makes it somewhat more tolerable to those of us who dont plan on watching it anyway), NBA gambling -oh what a shock-, Kobe Bryant, Mike Vick, NFL/NBA Thugs and essentially any subject that warranted some fast finger typing.
Ricci made some friends out there on the MSNBC board, so he will keep returning, but with the Professor out of the cave, perhaps the blog will pick back up.

In the words of Rodney King "cant we all just get along"

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I'm sorry, but this is just plain funny, .. thats all I have to say.. ROFL. Now THAT is real pain.. ROFL.. classic.. boy I really wish I had something to really say other than LOL and HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAH

Kobe's Haters.. Where did they come from? AND, MSNBC Sports Writers Dont Read

Ever hear of the website MSNBC.COM? Well, that site, has for years, .... Wait let me gather myself.
OK

MSNBC.COM as well as many sports commentators and other writers, have for years blamed Kobe Bryant for Shaq leaving the Lakers.



For the record, the summer before Shaq was essentially fired, he spent the summer running up and down the b-ball court in Hawaii during practices YELLING at the Laker's owner, Jerry Buss to "PAY HIM HIS MONEY". Shaq, at the time was trying to get a HUGE paycheck to add to what is already the largest salary in the NBA. His health was in decline, he was a fat slob, most people did not really like him AND he was already the highest paid player in the NBA, yet he screamed at HIS BOSS for more money. (Just for the hell of it, take the next two weeks off from work, come in slightly hung over, and while sitting at your desk working dial up your boss on speaker phone and SCREAM AT HIM TO PAY YOU MORE MONEY and then, after you do get fired, and you file suit for wrongful termination, tell everyone that you deserve more money because of all of the work you'd done in the past. Remember, you are already the highest paid player on the team, and lately you have visibly been giving less than 90%)

Now picture this.... You are an already incredibly wealthy man, you are supposedly attempting to win as many NBA titles as you can, and instead of putting your head down, collecting the 10s of millions that you earn playing a child's game, you spend time screaming at your boss in front of enough media outlets, that for almost two weeks, the only news in sports was that Shaq was screaming at Buss to get paid more money.

Sure, Kobe and Shaq weren't necessarily buddies. I mean, in Kobe's rookie season they were rumored to have actually come to blows during a practice. But get this, they managed to play/work on the floor as basketball players to win 3 titles and to go to at least 5 if not 6 Western Conference finals. The fact that Kobe Bryant even threw hands with Shaq as an 18 - 19 year old has always made me respect him. The fact that a grown man could literally start fighting with a child just out of high school has always made me consider Shaq to be essentially exactly what he is, a super-large child with bully-tendencies. (Now remember, all of this is in the news. Everything I am writing can be found, researched and read.)

Now I'm not really saying the guys over at MSNBC are stupid, but I read a lot of sports columns and am shocked at how often this crabby "Shaq-trade" rumor is made about Kobe. I've always wondered how Kobe "pre-rape accusation" couldn't do anything wrong, and was considered by the media to be the kid who was being bullied by Shaq, ("pre-rape accusation" Kobe was the Prince of the NBA) could turn into Kobe the selfish punk loner whiner almost immediately after he was accused of raping someone. I've always wondered if it is some strange and continued white-racist fallout (over 90% of the sports writers who jump on Kobe are white guys and the black guys are bona fide sellouts and shadows) regarding the simple idea that Kobe A) is a mega-wealthy man of color, B) essentially walked out of the courtroom as a mega-wealthy man of color who boned a blessed and sacred blond, C) let them (the writers/reporters) down by getting accused of something many of us are seconds away from being accused of if/when ANY woman decides to cry-wolf and/or D) just plain hating and crappy writers.

Fact is Shaq screamed and yelled at his Boss Mr. Buss to get paid more money. Fact is Jerry Buss isn't a punk. Fact is, the Lakers were in the process of making sure to re-work Kobe's much more impending contract renewal (his youth and talent vs. Shaq's girth and greed), and planned on working with Shaq at seasons end. Final fact, Shaq asked to have his contract essentially maxed out, which if you know anything about Shaq's contract you have to understand he is one of the last guys playing who was grandfathered into the old NBA contract/salary rules that didn't have certain yearly "caps". Shaq literally gets paid over 20, and maybe even over 30 million dollars a year to play ball (Shaq still receives money from the Lakers plus just over 20 million from Miami. He actually took a paycut to play with the Heat because he could see Dwayne serving as a comparable Kobe -smart move from a ring stance but pig-headed in the long run. Why pig headed? He didn't take the Lakers offers because that would have meant he "lost" to the corporation, and Shaq would rather leave than appear to be weak.). He was making over 20 million a year (in salary alone) when he continued to scream about getting "his money".

I would have fired Shaq's ass too. If anyone can point to the day when Kobe fell from grace and Shaq became the George Foreman of the NBA please let me know, please. (and Oh YEAH, Jerry Buss is on record for saying Shaq was a business decision, and not an easy one)

I'm forced to think of what Roger "Rocket" Clemmons recently stated at a press conference "everything is so negative now" (a comment I'm sort of paraphrasing that The Rocket made to a media-dude who, for some reason, only wanted to talk about Clemmons having bad pitching days). To think I'm quoting a guy who was at one time asshole number one to the media, and now they lick his crack as if he is the third coming (Bird was the second coming).

King James, The Cavs, Eastern Conference Finals and stuff

I havent posted in a while because some really crazy things are going on in the real world. For one, the Professor, who is one of the sparks for Black Sports Guy creativity and insanity, is hiding in a cave preparing for the California Bar. He has to. I have friends who have taken the Cal Bar and passed, and when they were preparing for the bar they literally disappeared for almost two and a half months. So he's gone. I've told friends we have in common we must simply pretend he is in a coma from which he will awaken in August 2007.

PLUS I dont know if I've said anything about it on this blog, but I'm hosting the WORLDS FIRST INTERNATIONAL SHORT JOKE FILM CONTEST where people are supposed to submit short films based on jokes you either find online or jokes sent to you via email... its crazy. PLUSPLUS I have a new laptop computer that has Windows Vista on it, or Shitsa, whatever word you prefer, and that has been keeping me busy at night trying to get it to run programs I use in my other life as a struggling artist/filmmaker... and all of this culminated with my home workstation computer malfunctioning! HOW AND WHY WE MANAGED TO MAKE A GUY WORTH 90 BILLION DOLLARS AND HIS PRODUCT IS AKIN TO ME SELLING YOU A PAIR OF GLOVES AND WHEN YOU OPEN THE PACKAGE ITS JUST SOME FABRIC WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS "PATCHES AND UPDATES WILL FOLLOW" IS BEYOND ME AND IT PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF! But its too late to turn back. Gates could literally purchase the Caribbean and still have CHANGE, and you, me, we should be proud we helped him, and we should enjoy all of the crappy software.

So with that off of my chest, I feel after watching two exactly similar NBA games, on two totally different days, in the Eastern Conference Finals, I owe it to the ether to send some shout outs to King Lebron James since everyone else seems to want to call him "not-Jordan" and/or "not-Magic" because of the Cavs latest losses.

Writers are jumping all over James, or they were, after the first game the Cavs lost to the Pistons because Lebron made an amazing pass to "BrickLayer A" who proceeded to miss what would have been the winning bucket. Read that again...HELL let me say it again. Time was running out, the game nearly over, Lebron James (22 years old in his fourth season on a team that 4 years ago was essentially transparent) drove the lane and was covered by three Pistons. He threw a deft outlet pass to a wide open Don-Yell Marshal who waited at least 2 seconds to jack a three pointer (thats how open he was). He missed, not badly, but HE MISSED. The Cavaliers lost the game, and suddenly King James was depicted as a heartless punk who was afraid to take the shot... Afraid to take the shot because his perfect basketball play ended with his teammate missing a WIDE OPEN THREE POINTER. The final score ... Detroit by two -who really cares what the exact score was.

THEN, game two happened. The game pretty much looked the same as game 1, even the final score: Detroit by two. However this time Lebron took the last shot. He took the shot with one Piston squeezing his nipples and another Piston checking his anus for hidden vitamins, and missed. The refs didnt call any fouls because we are having flashbacks to a Pippen-less Jordan, when he was allowed to get raped whenever he went to the hole by the original Detroit Bad Boys back in the 80s. So the writers gave Lebron some props for taking the shot, but they still consider him a weak non-crunch time "not-Jordan" and/or "not-Magic".

I hope Lebron is as mature as he seems during interviews. I mean the kid is 22 years old, and essentially is the ONLY reason the Cavs have, for two years, competed well in the eastern conference playoffs. The coach STINKS, and I say that because when I watch the game, especially when I watch Lebron on offense when he doesnt have the ball, I swear I've seen him biting his fingernails WHILE ON THE FLOOR. Last night for at least two stretches, I couldnt even find him on the floor because he was so far away from the action STANDING STILL that he was off camera.. and I'm not saying for a second or two, I'm saying long enough that I was wondering where the hell he was. THAT is a coaching problem, mixed with a guy who is learning to play basketball while getting paid to do so. Remember, always remember, coaches teach and motivate. No one is teaching Lebron, and somehow, me, Ricci, a pretty average fan realizes that none of the players from the past were as raw as Lebron AND he is still THE MAN on the floor.

The other issue I have with people calling Lebron "not-Jordan" and/or "not-Magic" is first of all, Jordan was "not-Jordan" until he was given Pippen and Phil Jackson (to say the least). PLUS Jordan learned the game of basketball from freaking DEAN SMITH!!! Do you know it is hard to even appreciate how amazing Dean Smith must have been to the world of basketball until you realize that you will be hard pressed to name a championship team that didnt or doesnt have at least one North Carolina player on their rooster, or a coach who was schooled by Dean! So, the fact is, until Jordan was given a good coach and at least one seriously talented player, he was "not-Jordan" so, in other words, GET OFF LEBRON unless you are prepared to help the idiots in the Cavs front office find him a nice co-playmaker and a real coach.

Secondly, Magic Johnson, as we have stated on this blog should NEVER be compared to anyone playing basketball. PERIOD. Until a rookie takes on a world championship team playing all of the positions on the floor, scoring 40+ along with grabbing rebounds and dishing passes, as Magic did against the 76ers in his rookie season, NEVER COMPARE MAGIC TO ANYONE... not only is it unfair, it actually makes you (writers, commentators) sound/read/look like a total imbeciles.

So with that off my chest. I'm pulling for the Cavs to win this thing. I've said so on this blog in my NBA Playoff picks and I think they can do it if their coach figures out how to keep them hopping after half-time.

peace.

Professor and Ricci are sick of nigga shit

ORIGINALLY POSTED BY THE PROFESSOR on FRIDAY APRIL 27, 2007

I have a response brewing to this post, and believe it, "nigger vs. nigga" and perhaps the "4-dead in Kansas City..." may get copied to each month because they need to be seen and are, sadly, consistantly current problems in the USA.

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

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.