I WROTE THIS POST A few BACK ....NOW WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT THIS MARRIAGE WILL LOOK LIKE...UGH!
Dear President Barack Obama,
You probably already know I have been somewhat of a critic of your first term in office. Well right now I want to apologize for calling you some of the things I've called you in the past.
I WROTE THIS POST A few BACK ....NOW WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT THIS MARRIAGE WILL LOOK LIKE...UGH!
Dear President Barack Obama,
You probably already know I have been somewhat of a critic of your first term in office. Well right now I want to apologize for calling you some of the things I've called you in the past.
"A Complicated Affair" Obama and the Black Community
http://youtu.be/rWrz35PtupA
It's been a while since I posted one of these.... my bad. This post is a little different. I'm talking about something that hasn't even hit theaters or the airwaves yet. "A Complicated Affair" Obama and the Black Community is a documentary that examines the delicate relationship between President Barack Obama…
“A Complicated Affair” Obama and the Black Community
It’s been a while since I posted one of these…. my bad. This post is a little different. I’m talking about something that hasn’t even hit theaters or the airwaves yet. “A Complicated Affair” Obama and the Black Community is a documentary that examines the delicate relationship between President Barack Obama and the African American Community. The still in pre-production film, is the brainchild of Ernest Champell and Ted Thornton. This duo has spent more than a quarter century working in news and entertainment.
In 2009 they put together a mini-documentary (Black Panthers in the Age of Obama) about two former Black Panthers months after Obama was inaugurated. They wanted a different view point on the historic election of an African American to the Presidency. Now Ernest and Ted are embarking on a touchy subject in the Black Community. But first they need to raise money for shooting and post production. So in a few weeks they will be launching a Indiegogo campaign. Indiegogo is a crowd funding site. Like Kickstarter people with artistic projects, causes an businesses, can fund raise online (its sort of a IPO for regular folks).
The plan is to talk to regular folks as well as well known politicians, theologians and thinkers. Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, two men who have become sharp critics of Obama’s agenda will be a major part of the film. They have come under fire, for their attacks on the President for what they see as his lack of work on issues important to the Black Community. The film will also feature opinion makers, journalists and socially conscious celebrities who can give context to the issue. After four years of battles with the GOP, stubborn unemployment and fights over health care reform, Ernest and Ted thought it would a good time for people to reflect Obama’s first term.
One of the key questions will be “What did Black people expect from President Obama when they voted for him in November of 2008? Ernest and Ted have launched the Indiegogo Fundraising Campaign at noon. We need your help to make this documentary. Every dollar counts!
If you ask “His Airness” the answer is Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan arguably the greatest player to ever take the hardwood, told NBA TV that he would pick Kobe over Lebron James if it came down to a choice between the two . Jordan who is about to turn 50 years old says it comes down to the number of rings. Currently Kobe has 5 to Lebron’s one.
Jordan’s answer is bound to spark lots of debate. I agree 100 percent with Jordan’s assessment. It was not a knock on Lebron, but I think Jordan just see’s Kobe as a mirror image of himself. Kobe has many of the same skill sets as Jordan. There is no denying the “Black Mambas” zeal to win is a carbon copy of Jordan’s. His selfishness (which I don’t see as a negative) is on par with Jordan’s. Basketball revisionists forget the 7 years Jordan went without a ring. He was often accused of being a ball hog and an asshole (read Jordan’s Rules). Jordan had to dominate the ball until Pippen and the rest of the crew (Kerr, Grant, Rodman etc) came along.
Looking back to the day of the infamous “Decision”, Jordan and other NBA vets looked at Lebron’s move to Miami with derision. At the time Jordan told a reporter ” There’s no way, with hindsight, I would’ve ever called up Larry [Bird], called up Magic [Johnson] and said, ‘Hey, look, let’s get together and play on one team.’
I see Lebron as the ultimate facilitator. He should be compared to the great Magic Johnson, who if I had to pick between him and MJ and Magic I would choose Johnson because he made everyone better. The Kobe haters will say he does not compare to Jordan, but if they look at both men’s career assist averages they are very close 4.7 for Kobe and 5.3 for Jordan ( Kobe has played more games than MJ).
Finally the difference between Kobe and Lebron comes down to desire to do win at all costs. No one has ever questioned that about Kobe. Lebron needed to recruit Dewayne Wade and Chris Bosh. This allows him to roam around at will and do what he does on the court. Lebron no longer has the pressure of taking the big shot to win. Rather than running away from being the man, Kobe as Jordan did, embraces the position as the man to stop during his entire career.
*******UPDATE******
Kobe must have decided to back up Jordan’s claim with stellar defense against Lebron during Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game. The Black Mamba had two blocks and a steal against Lebron. Many will say oh it’s just the All-Star game, but don’t be fooled, both players wanted to prove something in that match up, and the man with ice in his veins did!.
Lianne La Havas
It’s been a few months since I wrote one of these posts. But I had to write this one today because I have been diggin Lianne La Havas and her debut album “Is Your Love Big Enough?” (do they still call them Albums even though I downloaded a digital file?). It isn’t easy for me to describe the genre of La Havas’s album. I tend to hate labels when it comes to music because I think they can be so limiting to an artist. Any way she is a 23 year old Brit singer/guitarist who sounds years ahead vocally and lyrically.
I discovered La Havas after listening to “Tell Me More” with Michele Martin (they do great music interviews by the way). At the time I wasn’t so taken by the music but by the young woman’s intelligence. The song that stuck out to me was “Lost and Found”. It is a song of love lost. It comes across as if a 40 year old woman who has lived life was heartbroken. Although Jill Scott and Mary J. Blige are her influences, you don’t hear it in La Havas’s voice. That is refreshing to me, so many young artists attempt to mimic another big name singer or musician. La Havas has her own style, and I’m sure in the future someone will mimic her voice “Is Your Love Big Enough” is a must buy!
2012 has come and gone but the repercussions of Buffoonism continue into the New Year!
KATT WILLIAMS
Heading up our Nominations for Buffoon of the year are Comedian Katt Williams. As I write Mr. Williams is in more hot water. Tuesday the 8th of January he was arrested in the Los Angeles area for failure to appear in court for a November incident. Police say Katt drove a three wheel motorcycle onto a sidewalk and refused to stop for police. It was just the end of a banner year of buffoonery by Katt. It was his 7th arrest in the past 26 months. Two weeks ago he was arrested at his LA home for child endangerment, after police allegedly found a stolen loaded gun in his home. I could keep going on about the drama Katt has inflicted on himself and loved ones. Some say he has a substance abuse problem. During one weekend in Seattle, the diminutive comedian was a one man wrecking crew as he was arrested for assaulting fans after one of his concerts. Williams also allegedly threatened people at a Seattle pool hall with a pool stick. Hopefully 2013 is a better year for Katt.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
The blind allegiance to President Barack Obama gets Black folks the nod for this one. Just my writing this, puts my life in jeopardy. The great Obama is infallible to many of my brothas and sistahs. The mere sight of him and his family makes grown women swoon and men weep. Any criticism no matter how accurate or warranted, can get you cast out of the Black fraternity. You will be called a “hater” or traitor to the race, even though the man has not earned the street cred to illicit such devotion. As hundreds of Black people die in his hometown, the Great Bi-racial One ignores the pain of the families in the Windy city. But he finds the time to comfort the more deserving people of Tuscon and Connecticut, who have also suffered from gun violence in 2012.
MITT ROMNEY
Mitt Romney was exposed by a hidden camera that shows him telling a group of rich Fat Cats that he don’t care about 47% of the American voters because they are lazy. Days later, he stands by his statements rather than claiming he was misunderstood. Instead of blaming himself after his ass whipping at the pols, the fool says he lost to President Obama because he was giving the Blacks and Latinos free stuff. How out of sync with reality do you have to be to believe this stuff? Oh well if you believe God is on the planet Kolob then you can fool yourself into believing anything.
RICK SANTORUM
Damn which one of these numbskulls do I start with? Lets start with former GOP hopeful Rick Santorum. This reactionary wanted to turn the clock back to 1612 with women’s sexual health left in the hands of the Vatican. His views on homosexuality make one question his obsession with the act. Santorum’s views on social policy were also from a past era inferring that all African Americans needed was to get off their asses and work. In the following video Rick the Dick tried to say he didn’t say Black people in the video below. You be the judge!
