Archive for August, 2009
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One of my first Blog posts was about a Christian College, Point Loma Nazarene University, in San Diego, CA , that was busted for hazing. These supposed “Christians” made the freshman were, “awakened at 2:00am and forced to walk to the beach and swim naked.” Some if not all of the students were “slapped” and some were “urinated upon.” I stated that it sounded like a sort of “gang initiation” but because the participants were “white” and at a “Christian college” that it was just considered hazing. I also stated that just because you are at or in a college atmosphere, it doesn’t mean you are better than anyone else. If just means that you were able to find a way to get there. Whether through your parents, grandparents or scholarships. It is now coming to light that a Black Sorority at the University of Colorado has shown that sort of behavior is not only STUPID, but it is COLOR BLIND TOO!
CSU’s Omicron Omicron chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, a national black sorority is said to have subjected pledges to “torturous” activities, deprived them of sleep, and made them eat “cat food.” One of the pledges felt so bad that she actually sought out medical attention! During something called the “seven hours of hell” held at Adesuwa Elaiho, sorority president’s apartment, recruits were forced to run, eat animal food and perform boot-camp like training. Another leader, Antoinette Hill, told the recruits if they were to “throw up we would have to lick the vomit off the floor. So they threw up inside their suits,” one victim said in her statement to police. This was after doing hours of calisthenics, eating ONIONS, and drinking KITTY MILK! They were made to support themselves on one arm and on their toes, in a “plank position” and count to 1920. That is the year the sorority came into being. Allegedly if anyone “dropped,” failed to count, or made a mistake, they all had to start over again. One recruits arms and shoulders were so swollen that she sought medical attention!
Bottom line is that the ring leaders should be charged with a crime and prosecuted. This is what is always said about Black women in power. That they will ABUSE THAT POWER or use it to keep other Black people, ESPECIALLY other Black women down. There is no excuse for this type of behavior. It’s “low class”, ” no class”, and TRIFLIN! This was nothing less than a gang initiation. Don’t try and sugar coat it. Don’t try and justify it. And don’t try and explain it. Gang initiation is not much different than what occurred here. And these SORRY BITCHES should be treated as gang leaders and sent to jail. Even if it is only for 6 months. Maybe they will then understand the magnitude of what they did!
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With all of the problems facing the African American community, you would think that any Civil Rights group worth anything would have their hands full. With unemployment, police brutality, inferior education, alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, in many cases, spirit killing living conditions, the coming and going of Michael Vick shouldn’t be ANYWHERE on that list. But here we have the venerable, outdated, insignificant, historic civil rights group, the NCAAP, planning to march in support of Vick. What a great use of our resources!
Before you clowns get your underwear in a bunge, you have already got this all wrong. I’m glad Vick is back in the NFL. And I think the 6 game suspension is WAY TO LONG. He has done his time and should be allowed to play, PERIOD! Unlike my player hating mama who is ready to sell the house to fly to every Eagles game to picket them. The problem I have is that there are other more important things that we could be doing then rallying around Michael Vick. He is already back in the league. What is your rally is a waste of time and resources. It looks good in the media and for the “old folks” who want to say they are doing something. But to ANYONE who has more than one brain cell and can tell “fake activism” versus “real activism” we see this for what it really is. Nothing more than a “PHOTO OP” and nothing more.
It is reasons like this, time consuming, pat on the back, at least we did something, nothing accomplished, events sponsored by the NAACP which make them irrevelant the the butt of jokes. Just wasted shoe leather. How about those people who are going to the rally take that same about of time and volunteer a local Boys and Girls Club and help some young people out. Show them how not to become or do what Michael Vick is or did? Or how about coaching a pop warner football team? Or how about becoming a mentor? Or . . . . . . . . ?
Yeah, you get the picture. Your rally is joke and you are irrelevant! Walk on people. Walk on!
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I have watched with bemused disinterest all of the fussing, arguing, and fighting that has occurred at the Health Care town hall meetings. Because it is under the guise of “health care” that GROWN ADULTS are acting like children and literally getting into fist fights. But the real reason has nothing to do with the medical profession. It has to do with the hate that has come to the service since President Barack Obama was elected.
I find it interesting that most if not all of the people who attend these are WHITE and MIDDLE AGED! The same people who probably already have health care. For them, this is an more about yelling and screaming about “Obama” and less about how to make sure that everyone has access to proper medical care. My brother was recently in the hospital for two weeks and it seemed like almost EVERY DAY he was telling my mother and I about the shoddy treatment he was receiving. Oh did I mention that he is a former PSYCH NURSE and that my mother is a former R.N.? So you can well imagine that with other 50 years worth of knowledge between then, they KNOW EXACTLY what proper care medical care is supposed to look like?
For those people who have more than one brain cell, they should remember that health care is reform is not a new phenomenon. During the Clinton Administration, President Clinton attempted to reform health care along with the aid of his wife, Hillary Clinton. But there was such a backlash against then first lady and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that eventually, it was shelved. Again, the subterfuge was not “health care” , it was to keep a “woman in her place.”
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Ever since Barack Obama has been elected president, the right wing NUT JOBS have been having a field day with their criticism of “EVERYTHING OBAMA.” From the “homey handshake“ between Obama and President Hugo Chavez, to the “baggy jeans“ to the “the cop acted stupidly”, there has been a backlash against the president. And that includes political pundits who have shot off their mouths with impunity. Well it looks like one of those pundits, Glenn Beck, has put his big foot in his even BIGGER MOUTH and it is going to cost him and his TV station.
On a number of occasions, Beck has called President Obama “a racist” and has said that Barack “hates white people.” He has also stated this on his radio show. As usual, the “home network, Fox“, immediately distanced itself from Beck’s statement but nothing else was done. Since there is NO EVIDENCE that this statement is true, and only seems to have been made because Beck is one of the “my America People” these statements have been found to have offended many people. If is for that reason, there has been a concerted effort by members of the Colorofchange.org has contacted Fox sponsors and threatened a boycott unless they discontinue supporting Beck’s nonsense. And “big business” has listened!
CVS, Wal-Mart, Clorox, Sprint, and 29 other business have requested that their commercials not be aired during Beck’s show. And as we all know, advertising helps pay the bills. And for big name advertisers to request that Beck not benefit from their ads is HUGE!
Hopefully this will send a chill through the other loud mouths. Among them, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Beck. Not to stop their right to “freedom of Speech” but to let them know that those days of “unchallenged racism and racist remarks are OVER!”
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I’ll admit it. I don’t like Kobe Bryant, henceforth to be called BLOBE. He’s selfish and rarely thinks of anyone but himself. And even when he is doing something “nice“, it always looks like it’s being done for his benefit. Call me a hater, call me whatever makes you justify his bullshit. I don’t like him and never will. And his latest stunt proves my point.
Blobe is charging people $25.00 to visit his website. YUP! He’s charging people to visit his website. And this is the reduced price. It was $50.00. In an economy where for a lot of people, $25.00 much less $50.00 is money that they can’t afford to waste, he is charging a fee to see his site. And what do you get for your money? You get
1. An exclusive KB24 T-Shirt
2. Access to exclusive content including videos, audio and photos
3. Members-only access to exclusive contests.
4. Access to exclusive KB24 events
5. Access to member only message boards, blogs, social network.
6. Exclusive access to KB24 events (chat/blogs/live video/listening party, meet & greets etc).
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Staycation. One of the newest terms to come out of the recession. Staycation. For those of you who don’t know what a staycation is, that is when you have the TIME to go on a vacation, but don’t have the MONEY to pay for it. Like that shit is something. Like anything, when it happens to anyone else, it doesn’t mean anything. But when it happens to white people, it gets legitimized and gets a name. STAYCATION. Ain’t that a BITCH!
I read everyday’s paper. Meaning some days I get busy and don’t read Monday’s paper on Monday. I might read it on Tuesday. But I read everyday’s paper. And I was aware of what that meant. But when my mother heard about it, she laughed so hard that tears came from her eyes!
My mother and I went out to purchase a couch and when we got to the store we found them to be unacceptable. My dog wouldn’t have climbed their furry butts on those raggedy ass couches. So moms said she wanted to go the “water.” We stopped off at the store and bought a couple of drinks and headed to the beach. On the way to Harbor Drive, I saw a sign that said “Staycation.” I said, out loud, “Staycation, Ain’t that a Bitch!” Mom asked me what did it mean. So I explained it to her. I then said that “Black folks have been “staycationing” our entire lives. Now that it happening to white people it got a name!” With those words, mom let out a laugh that I hadn’t heard in a while. And every time I looked at her, she would laugh even louder and harder. It got to the point that I was laughing at her, laughing at me, laughing at her. By the time we parked, moms had tears coming from her eyes.
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I am currently unemployed, like far too many Americans, so I spend lots of time on my computer. Selling things on classified sites, sending out resumes, and canvassing for computer related freelance jobs. I also check the three home pages of the news sites a couple of times a day to “stay informed” about what is going on in the world. Some of the news is enlightening, some of the news is sad, some of the news is scary, and some of the news is damn ridiculous. But the recent story concerning the Dallas Cowboys made me angry. And you might be also.
Let me start by saying this. I was a Cowboys fan going back to the 70′s. I remember watching Roger Staubach, Robert Newhouse, Tony Dorsett, Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, don’t even get me started, Drew Pearson, Ed White, Golden Richards, Calvin Hill, Billy Joe Dupree, you think I’m playin?, Butch Johnson, Harvey Martin, Preston Pearson, Mel Renfro, Randy White, Cliff Harris, and Jethro Pugh. And let’s not forget the architect of the “Boys”, Tom Landry. Some of those names are well known and Hall of Famers. Some of those names are guys you have never heard of unless you were a TRUE Cowboys Fan. And going forward into the 80′s, I watch them also. When Joe Montana hit Jack Clark in the back of the inzone, TRUST ME, it pissed me off to no avail! The 90′s Cowboys did nothing for me until they got “Prime Time”, Deion Sanders. I kinda liked them then. I didn’t want them to win anything but I could at least watch them.
I became a Cowboys fan again when they picked up T.O. YUP, just like “Bette and Tina“, I’m riding with T.O. for life. And I figured that he would be able to get the Cowboys into the playoffs and maybe get them to the Super Bowl. I forgot that Tony “Stat Stuffer” Romo can’t deliver a pizza, much less a team to the finals. And that leads me to the REAL REASON for this post.
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