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Obama’s Nobel Prize; Deserved
Earlier today President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. His speech included answering questions regarding the troop deployment to Afghanistan and relations with somewhat hostile countries. As usual his speech was spot on and nearly flawless. Unfortunately, Americans who should... (Continue reading)
Craig Robinson’s Tarnished Legacy featuring Barack Obama
Craig Robinson spurns offers to play big-time D1 basketball. Chooses Princeton. Becomes two-time Ivy League all-conference. Legend Carrill tells him he's too smart to coach. Earns MBA, high-paying jobs, great job titles in business career. ... (Continue reading)
Sunday’s Food4Thought
Written on 29 Nov, 2009 at 22:44 in Blake the Mega | viewed times | 2 Comments
[Sunday's Food4Thought is a recap of the past week's events in case you didn't have time to watch the news, read the paper, or otherwise be a well-read or tuned-in human being.] A) The biggest story coming out of D.C. this week... (Continue reading)
Attention Redskins Fans: Stop Bitchin’
I listen to 106.7 on the way to and from work everyday. Not surprisingly, this week has been all about the recent start to the NFL season and the Redskins’ opening day loss to the NY Giants. EVERYONE in the... (Continue reading)
Birthers: How the Grass-Roots became the Crass-Roots
If you haven’t heard about this already, there’s a growing movement of far-right citizens out there who staunchly maintain that the President of the United States of America is not a native-born citizen, and is therefore an illegitimate President. I... (Continue reading)
Wanted: Blacks for GOP
If this was uttered by a legitimate party leader, I probably would have taken umbrage. But since it was Michael Steele, I figured I’d share it so everyone could enjoy another act in his perpetual circus. Propz to my dood Michael... (Continue reading)
Mayor Adrian Fenty is a country-club liberal
I’ve only lived in the district for five months but the ills of city-dwelling have become extremely apparent. Forget taxation without representation, we can’t fight that fight until we put our own proverbial house in order. I’m sure you’ve figured... (Continue reading)
In the world of rap, life imitates art
The rap scene has been quiet for some time now in terms of senseless murders or violent crimes but, to my surprise (or maybe I should say lack of it) there was brutal murder recently, continuing to fuel the image... (Continue reading)
Sobbing Kids Shunned by Whithouse
I just landed in Charlotte and I felt a sense emptiness. I thought that today, with nothing new to hold you over, we’d be failing in our obligations as responsible bloggers. Alas, I get to my destination and while perusing... (Continue reading)
Having Two Political Parties is Archaic
What do you do when the party that your at is lame? Well make other plans of course.... (Continue reading)
Michelle Obama Recycles
This presidency has marked a changing of the guard on many levels besides just political and economical. Socially, Barack Obama has given a face to something that was once considered €œpossible€ but not €œprobable€, being a black man in a... (Continue reading)
Pirates: US Now ‘#1 Enemy’ (Edit)
The above title was ripped verbatim from a USA Today story and along with bringing in what is sure to be a traffic spike to our little website, it also went a long way to spike my temper. “From now on,... (Continue reading)
TV, Newspaper, & Obama in Seven Sentences
I read two articles today that I thought were interesting and telling about the state of our society. In the first article, Alec Baldwin detailed his time as an advocate of the New York Times to straying away from the... (Continue reading)
Tuesday’s Food for Thought
Between stints on Leno and Whitehouse galas, I'm almost sure the POTUS is diligently working to turn America back around. Scripted speeches and press conferences are fine but I'd like him to let the public in -- not by... (Continue reading)
Steelers to Lose Super Bowl Trophies
So, it isn't often that I am entertained during work hours. Most of the time, being an engineer sounds way cooler than it actually is. However, this came to me via an email chain and I actually found it... (Continue reading)
The Black TV Show is Dwindling, People
“People identify with the individual characters if the characters are written well enough to have the charisma that crosses the lines of class, religion, ethnic background,” echoes Mr. Crouch. “People like Denzel Washington because he’s Denzel Washington. I don’t think... (Continue reading)