I was really impressed by Tina Fey.  Great job!

I guess this guy really believes himself right not. I refuse to fall for it. Absolutely no way I can believe that Palin is the best choice McCain could have made. Even if I was considering jumping the Obama ship, there is NO WAY I could see Palin as the potential president of the United States.

A lot of people seem to share the same sentiments that Diddy so “eloquently” shared.  I know I do.  What about you?

Now I know this is the week of the Democratic convention and there are thousands of sound bytes that could be sampled for a quote of the week, but this one goes to K-Ci Hailey from Jodeci (yeah, I used to be a Jodeci fan).  He was doing an interview this week on HOT97 when this gem came out:

“I hate Bill Gates for inventing the computer…whatever that s#!? is called.  I don’t even mess with it.”

End of story. Absolutely no other comments from me.

President George W. Bush :  Wall street “got drunk and now it’s got a hangover… The question is, How long will it (take to) sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments?”

Fox News is at it again.  Check out this still image from a broadcast on Fox News on Wednesday June 11, 2008:

Are you guys seriously telling me that he is fit to be President? I could probably name 5 more Republicans that could do a much better job…

Yo this lustful obsession with beauty and selling sex in America is absolutely unbelievable. I can’t turn my head in a grocery store or book store without seeing a woman damn near butt naked on magazines, DVD jackets, CD jewel boxes, waffle cartons, strawberry crates and yogurt cups. Even the sticker on the Valencia oranges has been replaced with a semi-nude model named Valencia. Okay, well maybe I exaggerated about that last one… and maybe a few others, but you get the point. We’re in a world where the women in music videos get more attention than the actual artists and creativity song, often leading to a grave neglect of the original intent of the video in favor of gratuitous nudity. Reality shows have just become a launching pad for any and everybody interesting in being a “model” or “actress”.

I was thinking about this because last week I was in Border’s book and I went to pick up some magazines and almost every black magazine had a woman on the cover with an enormous posterior standing back to front and bent over with a smile while the caption above her read something to the effect of “The Sex Issue”. I just don’t get it. We have so much to offer the world, yet we don’t do better. Are we merely mindless sex addicts that only shine when it comes to enticing lust? Can someone explain it to me??

If you’re wondering, hecks nah I’m not gay by any means, but traveling to different parts of the world and just simply having friends from other races opens my eyes to the perception of Black America by others. Many people are quick to argue that it’s the media’s fault because of the way they portray us, but I would like to offer that they couldn’t do it if we weren’t willing. I’m not trying to make this about women or “video chicks” but I just wanted to site this issue as one of the many ways we continue to do ourselves and our reputation a dis-service in the eyes of the world and in our own communities. What’s worst is that were setting a terrible example for our children and I’m sure this creates a ripple effect for the future.

We simply have to do better. Check out Goodie Mob’s “Beautiful Black Skin”…

Monique is at it again – in body paint. I don’t know the where or why of this pic, but uh, you make your own caption.

I read this article over at eurweb.com about the record setting pace of African American men being jailed. Here is an excerpt from the whole article published here:

Blacks and Hispanics are the primary people being jailed. Currently, Black men, who are roughly 6 and a-half percent of the nation’s total population, represented 37 percent of those behind bars.

African American males have an incarceration arte of 4.8 percent compared to 1.9 percent for Hispanics and 0.7 percent for whites. Amazingly, 11 percent of all Black males between 25 and 34 are in prison.

The primary culprits are the so-called war on drugs and tougher (some critics argue extreme) sentencing laws. The U.S. has more of its citizens in prison than any other nation in the world.

Communist-led China, for example, has a population nearly four times larger than that of the U.S. but has fewer people in prison. Some critics, such as the Drug War Chronicle – from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #492, 6/29/07 – are now blaming a “prison-industrial complex” which benefits and profits from the growing incarcerations..

Remember when the US was considered a model for countries all over the world? When are those days coming back?

Most people know that I love gadgets and tech stuff, but only when it’s a sensible idea. As for now, I’ve yet to be able to understand the hype around Apple new’s iPhone (by the way, the pic was jacked from apple.com). Is this phone truly the innovative technical phenomenon that everyone thinks it is? Or is the extreme interest in the phone due mostly to an aggressive advertising campaign that makes you feel like crap if you don’t have the latest and greatest multi-tasking phone? Well, a lot of everything in this world is merely just ad agencies doing what they do best… using psychology and sociology to beat you in the head and create the unnecessary desire have a bunch of crap we really don’t need.

I think the phone is overpriced hype mainly because none of the features are new, they’re just attractively packaged (with a extra $200-$300 price tag). In a world where the Treo already has a touch screen, the Blackberry is the standard of business communications because of its unparalleled email capabilities, micro-storage cards are getting bigger and more prevalent, and Motorola and LG have a huge stash of camera phones that play and download all kinds of music, video, internet sites and images, I just don’t see why the iPhone is as important a gadget as it is. I was watching 11Alive news this evening and the Consumer Reports segment gave the following information:

• The parts on the phone cost Apple about $265 to make.
• This includes a $15 chip board and $27 display
• On the price of a $600 phone, thats $335 profit.

This shows that over half of each sale goes to Apple. All I can say is that I’m extremely happy with my Blackberry Pearl (much cheaper and extremely efficient). I’m not knockin’ the hustle, but at the same time I’m not going to be hustled just to be cool. If you are interested in the phone, I suggest waiting until the price goes down and all the bugs are fixed. Just my thoughts on the whole situation.