It's Real

We're Getting Married! So, since we got engaged. I have been having frequent "I can't believe this is really happening" moments. Here's a picture of the latest, and maybe most powerful so far.

Those are our hands (obviously) with ring sizers on for our Wedding Rings.  This will be the only ring I have ever worn and the only one I ever will. I'm overcome with happiness everytime I think about it (about every 8 seconds). I Can't believe this is happening.  

This Is A Test

If this works, I will... Well I don't know what I will do but, I'm writing this on my iPhone. That's right. Not only can this thing find me the nearest clean bathroom, I can post to my blog from it.

The Greatest Month of All, But First....

Last night, Jon Stewart redefined Doing it For The People. I didn't get to fully digest what I had seen immediately because right after the show we turned to the Syracuse v. UConn game (more on that in a minute, wow); but I immediately realized I had just witnessed a historic, great moment in the history of television. He said what we all feel and he said it with force, never backing down, never conceding any thing. I wanted to stand up an cheer, more than once.

But thinking about it now, it's possible Jon Stewart is in the wrong place. He may not have a big enough audience. He needs to be able to do what he did to more important people than Jim Cramer (not that that ass hole didn't deserve every glorious second of it). Lets line up every asshole responsible for the mess we are in and make them sit in front of Jon Stewart for an hour or two. Hell, establish a Jon Stewart Court and let him be judge and jury for all of these mothafuckas. He can speak for all of us on this one, because he said it like no one else could last night.

I won't post it because it's a full episode, but watch it, if you haven't already.

And Now, The Madness...

As I mentioned earlier, after The Daily Show, I turned to ESPN and the Big East Tournament Second Round. Syracuse v. UConn. UConn was up two with under 4 minutes left when we joined the game. Six Overtimes later the Cuse pulled off the huge upset. Beating the 3rd ranked team in the conference, and 3rd in the nation, Huskies. It was a marathon. The numbers are staggering: 4 players on each team fouled out, the teams combined for 102 points in over time alone (211 for the game). Syracuse Guard and by far most valuable player of the night, Jonny Flinn played 67 minutes of a 70 minute game. But the numbers don't tell the story, it was exausting just to watch. By the fourth OT, the players could hardly run up and down the court; much less battle for a rebound. On missed shots, the ball would routinely come off the rim and hit the floor before anyone could get to it. The kids were spent. But they fought, and they dove on the floor, and they got in eachothers faces and no one gave up. It was amazing.

Do yourself a favor. Watch some college basketball this month. NCAA Basketball in March is quite simply, The Greates Event in Sports.

What Comes First? The Asshole or the Cop?

Well, time for some more outrage...

Have you seen the footage of the cop in Seattle savagely beating a 15 year old girl. If you haven't, be warned. It is brutal and hard to watch.

Here it is. The first pic you see is just a still, scroll down a bit for the video.

I don't think I need to explain every fucked up detail of the situation, the video speaks for itself. What did strike me though, is the force with which he attacked her. She looked so fragile. He could have killed her. 

So I've asked myself this question a million times, maybe someone else can figure it out: Does being a cop turn you in to a fucked up lunatic asshole? Or do fucked up lunatic assholes become cops? I suppose I have to make the obligatory not all cops statement. But lets not pretend that shit like this doesn't happen far to fucking often. 

This motherfucker who assaulted (no word I tried to use there seemed strong enough) this little girl had to be crazy before being a cop. But I don't want to waste to much thought analyzing him, they should charge him with anything they can come up with and put his fuckin ass in a cell for as long as possible. 

I hope he doesn't get off but, we know they usually do (Sean Bell). Fuckin cops man...

Have to Do This Quick

I think I can put my iPhone down long enough to actually write this post. We'll see how long I can go. 

The thing is fucking amazing people. Believe the hype. All of it. I could download a new app every day if i felt like it. Maybe I do, now that I think about it. There is really no reason for me to list all of the things I love about it, I could go on and on. This is one of the coolest, funnest most useful peices of technology ever created. 

Back to my iPhone.

Peace

Celebrating Black History Month

              

So, What fucking year is it? Where am I? What the fuck is going on here? 

The cartoon, you all know. The pic is a shot of a couple of animal rights activist from that altruistic, make the world a better place group: PETA.  They are protesting a fucking dog show. The pamphlets explain how the American Kennel Club is just like the KKK because they continue to purvey the unspeakable evil of pure bread dogs. And that, according to PETA, is just like the Royal Knights of the Ku Klux Klan attempting to exterminate black people in pursuit of there pure white America (and the world if they thought it was possible). Take a minute to digest that...

Now to Rupert's Rag. How in the hell does this get published. This is one of those racist situations that Dave Chapelle describes as "Seeing something so racist, that you can't even speak for a second". Not only is the first black president (and by proxy, all black people) a monkey; he's a fucking dead one. Shot by two white cops! I don't want to hear shit about some monkey in Connecticut or Rhode Island or where ever the fuck either. I had not even heard that story until after I saw the cartoon. The "artist" new what this meant when he submitted it. He knew, and he didn't care, and neither did anyone at the fucking Post. 

So what have we learned during black history month folks? 

That its fine to use the image of an organization bent on the extermination of an entire race, and the power of that image, to prove the point that you don't like the idea of pure bread dogs. Cuz, hey, exterminating black people is just like breeding two yorkshire terriers. And our second lesson: black people are monkeys, not human beings as we thought, and they should be shot. 

And yes, this is my second racism post in a row. I'm black every day, and this shit keeps happening. What the fuck do you want from me?

Lets Be Real Here

I guess because it's Presidents Day, CSPAN released their ranking of all the presidents and The History Channel (one of the best channels in HD) ran a marathon of 30 minute specials about each pres. On NPR this morning, they were discussing CSPAN's list. Hearing the discussion only caused one feeling in me... rage. 

The moderator, the woman being interviewed and numerous callers kept referring to Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Jackson and the rest of them as "Great Men". Lets get this straight. Great people do not own other people. Period. If I met James Madison, he would just as soon spit in my face and put his cigar out on my forehead as shake my fucking hand. He and all of the men who proceeded him and most who followed were slave owners. By definition, bad people. Horrible, despicable people. And aren't these the same mother fuckers who presided over the genocide of countless Native American cultures. How many points is that worth on CSPAN's list. 

"But they are our founding fathers, they wrote the Constitution." 

Once again, lets get this straight. They had a grand plan for what they wanted for themselves and those close to them (socially, ethnically and economically close). That grand plan didn't become a set of great, transcendent ideas until they began to apply to everyone. And these fuckers fought as hard as they could to keep those ideas from applying to everyone. People have fought, been lynched, hanged and have suffered injustices to numerous to name in order for those ideas to begin to apply to all Americans. 

So lets stop calling these greedy, small minded men; who all but wiped out one entire race and enslaved another; Great Presidents. They were just men, men with no morals, fuck them.