Why I love Shawn Carter...

...this is my JOINT!

"I'm a hustler's hustler and gangster's gangster. I'm a rapper's rapper, your favorite ain't I?"

Goodbye Dear Friend

You have served me well.

I loved you from the first day I wore you. My husband's tie matched you perfectly and the black and white in BabyGirls skirt made us a hit, we looked so coordinated.

You helped me change from day to night easily because you were so low maintenance.

[me with autor and journalist Kim Osorio at dinner in Lexington]

When I want to blend in and not look so "muslim-y" you made me feel cool and hip.

[me and comedianne Adele Givens after her show in Lexington, where she lives now]

But now, you've shown up so much in photos I feel like you're stalking me.
You have to go away now.
Maybe ebay can find you a new friend to kick it with. I'll remember the good times old friend.

Peace!

What a long life...

...I couldn't believe this poor child is only 27. Her parents should be fired!

 

The older I get, the more I need the advice and assistance of my parents. I probably needed it before but was too stupid to know it. Luckily, they continued to intrude in my life and I'm better for it. I look at BS and say, damn! 27 and divorced and lost custody of her children to an unemployed spouse who has 4 other kids....whoa! 

This didn't even seem right when I saw it on MSNBC...

Police: McCain volunteer changes ATM attack story

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say a McCain campaign volunteer who said she was held down by a black man who cut the letter "B" in her face has changed her story.

Police spokeswoman Diane Richard says investigators gave the 20-year-old woman a lie-detector test and are "looking at some inconsistencies" in her story.

The student, Ashley Todd, of College Station, Texas, initially said a black man robbed her at knifepoint Wednesday night and then cut her cheek after seeing a McCain sticker on her car.

Police say bank surveillance footage doesn't show her at an ATM where she says she was attacked.

Todd, who is white, now says she was knocked unconscious and doesn't remember being cut. She now says she only discovered the wound later.

No arrests have been made.

The Truth-Hybrid Vehicles

This is a hybrid:

Toyota Prius
48 MPG HIGHWAY EST./ 45 MPG CITY EST.

This is a joke:

Cadillac Escalade Hybrid
21 HIGHWAY MPG/20 MPG CITY

R. Kelly speaks...

...and I'm listening. I am one who has basically given up on this dude. I don't want to hear his music anymore because I can't help but read "I love young p*ssy" into each song. I'll listen to hear what he has to say. He'll have one more chance to get me back.

I am one of the few journalists, besides my girl Gina, who has not watched the child porn called sex tape.

Tell me what you think before and after.

AFTER THE INTERVIEW THOUGHTS:

I was so embarrassed for Robert that I had to keep switching it on and off. I caught this question and just went.....you decide.
Paraphrasing:
Toure: So do you like teenage girls?
Robert: When you say teenage girls, what age are you talking? ......I do have some 19 year old friends but not illegal ones.

WTFunk?!?!?

TEEN-AGE GIRLS...19, 18, 17, 13 it's all the same when you are a 40 year old man!

I won't be "Steppin' in the name of love" anymore and I do see something wrong "with a little bump and grind".

Damn, damn, damn

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's day at a glance

(AP) — A review of what happened Thursday in the case of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who's charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice, all tied to his testimony in a civil trial last year:

District Judge Ronald Giles ordered Kilpatrick to jail for violating the terms of his bond when he traveled to Canada on city business without informing the court in advance. The mayor apologized, but Giles sent him to jail, saying he'd give any defendant the same treatment.

The rest...

Whaaaaaaaa?

On Black America Web I see this:
Bobby Brown Agrees to Community Service

Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
By: The Associated Press, Associated Press

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) Singer Bobby Brown will not face criminal charges after police said they found a small amount of cocaine in his possession.

Brown's attorney said Tuesday a Brockton District Court clerk magistrate found no probable cause to issue a criminal complaint, but recommended that Brown volunteer to mentor young people, which Brown wanted to do anyway.

First of all, I love me some Bobby. I've even been watching Gone Country just to see him. He is the most luvable drunkard, seriously. But I have a question for the judge. You want a man found to have cocaine in his possession to mentor young people?
Wha?

I taken all I can stand...

...and I can't stand no more!

I just blogged about people who put others down for doin' themselves and here I go...I don't mind it when you do you, but don't make the kids do your nonsense too!

Let me explain...overall, I think Disney is the debil. Flat out.

Historically, I have problems with it because my family owned land in Florida that Disney World now rests its trillion dollar ass-sets on and we ain't rich from the buy out. (Can you say stolen wealth?) But I digressed.

Disney is the debil for the promotion of white only princesses and tales. Everything that was meant to be about "us" was turned into talking animals. You know the Lion King was 'bout a Black boy. All them Black voices...in Africa...please.

Disney is the debil for making Deborah's Cheetah Girls a multicultural mess and robbing her of her dough.

Disney is the debil for how they made Quincey on The Little Einstien's. The show would've been cool but why does the Black boy have to be chubby and a whiz on every single instrument?

Disney is the debil for making Cinderella starring (and exec. produced) by Whitney Houston and Brandy a TV, then straight to DVD movie instead of a big screen version.

But of course, this is my view. One that is also fairly popular on the Black Home School Yahoo! groups.

But for the life of me I don't get how we ALLOW our Black daughters (and even son's) to "idolize" this little Hanna Montana. Her acting and singing are average and I'm not even trippin' on that because so was Raven Symone's.

The ish that irks me is the t-shirts, the posters, the concerts, the movies, THE OBSESSION. We ABSOLUTELY can control that. I don't want my daughter to have posters up of anyone who doesn't look like her or a blood relative.

I know that is may be unpopular or even seem harsh to some here who have fallen in love with these here "United States", but I've been in this country my entire life and spend a lot of time talking to my elders about their upbringing and experiences. I pride myself in having Black friends from all over the planet. And as I talk to them I realize that I have adopted 'traditional' values. Ones that are normal for people who grew up 'right' in this place and other parts of the world.

Is the Hanna thing just fun? I don't think so. It's not for us!!! It's a cool thing for someone else, but not us.

I had posters on my wall from Right On! Magazine. Dwayne from What's Happening, Prince and The Fat Boys were on my walls in junior high. My white neighbors had white people on their walls. Everybody kept it real. We had the Jackson's, they had the Osmond's. They liked the Partridge Family and so did we, but they had the posters and we didn't.

I just couldn't take it when someone's son asked me if my TV got Hanna Montana. Then my good friends blog showed her niece and crew all Hannah'd out (at least I didn't do this on your blog girl, LOL) I had a moment and I'm back.

Hate me if you like...I've put it to rest now and won't reply to any posts. I'd love to hear your take, but my mind is made up on this one!

On a lighter note...

Saw the preview for this when I went to see This Christmas...the trailer cracked me up. Looking forward to laughing out loud at this one!

Little known fact about me

I have had a crush on Matt Damon for YEARS!! (And you know that I am "Black power" all day long.) So I had to smile when People Magazine agreed with me. But sexiest man ALIVE? Nah, that title goes to my husband.

My new BFF

I was flipping channels trying to get to The Contender but ran across Life in the Fab Lane and am so obsessed with Kimora now. There is something I like about her. I even think I'm going to read her book.