Damn US media

Today in the BBC news there is a story about Gunmen seize Haiti schoolchildren.



Why is this not front page news in the US when i look at us news sources I see stories about Diana who has been dead for ummm let me think 9 YEARS. So why is that news? The US media is probably one of the most juvenile institutions in the world. Here we have two stories on concerning the lives of little children the other concerning a dead woman that most have forgotten. This is just the kind of reporting that we can expect from the POP news business of today. We can not trust our news reports because they will not report news only sensationalism. I already know that the US does not give a damn about the people of Haiti. they would rather travel around the world to save a country that doesn't want to be saved. Rather than help a country that is only about 100 miles from the coast of Florida. I have my opinions about this, the first being that Haiti is a black country and the US could care less about them. But that is just my opinion.





I will continue to follow the reports out of Haiti, I just hope that they are able to get the children out safely.

Pathetic..what more can I say?

I do not think this is Big news but it is Hood News. Yesterday Evel Knievel filed a lawsuit against Kanye West, aka Black Jesus, for apparently ruining his reputation. WTF? OK in 2006 soon to be 2007 who in the hell cares or knows about Evel Knievel who is now 68 years old living his life on an oxygen tank. Reputation? Sounds to me like the sell of EK motorcycle wind-up toys is at an all time low, So what better way to get some Money. That black boy over there associated with Roc-A-Fella records has more than enough. The suit states that:

the Grammy award-winning West, 29, his Roc-A-Fella Records label and the video's director of infringing Knievel's trademark-protected name and likeness. The video, for the hit single Touch the Sky, features West cavorting with Pamela Anderson, the Baywatch actress.

This is sad, understand that I am not a Kanye Fan but this is ridiculous. Let me just put it this way if it wasn't for the video my son wouldn't have any idea who EK is or was. Although truth be told he probably still doesn't.



One article states that EK said that the video makes him look evil and that he is opposed to the "vulgar, sexual and racially charged nature". Okay are there two Touch the Sky Video's ? The one that I saw didn't seem to have any racially charged incidents in it, or did I simply blink and miss that part. EK seems to have forgotten about the undeniable damage that he did to his reputation when he beat the living hell out of Sheldon Saltman a VP at Twentieth Century Fox back in 1977 for saying some things about him in his book, that apparently he didn't like. As the story goes EK and associates held and beat the man with an aluminum bat. So I ask you what rep did Kanye sully? (read more about the trials and tribulations of EK including the beating that he handed Saltman on wikipedia).



Unfortunately this is not the only time something like this has happened, you get someone who is down and out who used to be in the limelight trying to get some money. I hate to say it because so many of you love the woman, but a few years back Rosa Parks, umm people, filed a suit against OutKast for the song Rosa Parks. stating that they used her name without permission? I never knew her name was copyrighted but anyway. this was yet another S.A.S.

Racism a 2007 problem

I really do not need to comment on this one. I have already said it time and time again.

Poll: Most Americans see lingering racism -- in others - CNN.com

Holocaust Conference

I will follow this up with my own ideas about the situation at a later date. As for now I just thought that this was an interesting read.

Holocaust Conference in Iran Provokes Outrage - New York Times

Re-Birth

This weekend I went home and reconnected with some old friends. Oddly enough several people asked me what am I reading now? To their surprise my answer was nothing. I was shocked, I have never really seen myself as an avid reader. But I guess I read more than I thought. The idea has inspired me to get back into my reading. Today I have ordered 4 new books in order to rekindle the love for self education. This should add a new dimension to this blog as I am sure to write about some of the ideas which come from the readings. During the weekend I was able to reconnect with a kindred spirit. It felt good just to talk to him for a short while and of course make the vow to keep in touch. The trip all in all was a productive one it has sparked my interest and has propelled me on the path that I have started walking over the last few weeks. If you read the blog then you have obviously noticed a shift in my writing. Trust me this is only the beginning.

Also over the weekend a friend sent me some encouraging words and for that I am thankful so I will say it here thank you Dawn Wolf. Thank you for your words and energy also thank you for the jewel that you have dropped into my lap.

“A warrior is challenged to assume responsibility, practice humility, and display the power of giving, and then center his or her life around a core of spirituality. I challenge today’s youth to live like a warrior.” ~Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota