Summer In Miami

Last Thursday me and a few of the homies hit up Miami for a little R&R. Needless to say this was the best vacation ever! I had way too much fun, Honestly I didn't even want to come back. Shit I might even buy some real estate in Miami now.

Day 1
LAX

Overpriced Airport Food

6:30am Pre-Flight Drink!

On the plane (American Airlines)



"Now Approaching Miami"


Just arrived at our hotel


Hurry Up And Iron Your Damn Shirt!!!!


On the way to the bar

At the bar

The Goons.

Patron (my favorite)

Chillin'

Day 2

Shots from the porch of our hotel, 10 steps from the beach


Grabbin' a bite to eat at a local Deli

Long Hair Don't Even Care!!!

Then we rented some scooters!

We rode around the streets of South Beach for a few hours and then....

It's back to the bar! Start with Straight Shots and then....

.....Pop Bottles @ (Club) The Fifth in South Beach


Bottles Up

Get off your crackberry!

He Toe Up (I'm Toe Up)




Can't Stop, Won't Stop!

Oh my lord my might is gone
I done drunk too much Patron
I don't think I'll make it home
Bartender (give me another one!)

Tony was definitely feelin' himself by this point

Goin hard on the dance floor in VIP


Later that night. Someone had a little too much to drink. lol

Day 3

Walkin out the hotel about to hit the beach

Miami Beach a thing of beauty!



Starting the day off right with Mimosa in the morning





This dude @ the beach had waaayy too much to drink and passed out!

Posted in front of the hotel, sippin on a few glasses of wine before we head to the club






That night we went to the Aqua Lounge (Crackin!)

"Another drink please"

Patrick stewy @ the lounge

Partyin' with our new friends

Day 4

Sunday Morning


Gettin fucked up @ the beach for the last time in Miami :'(


The aftermath!!!

Our last night @ the bar our cute ass Puerto Rican and Irish bartender Samantha hooked it up with a couple bottles of champagne and hella shots (Sperman's, White Russian's, Parton, you name it)....all FREE of charge. PNA (Pretty Nigga Appreciation) in full effect!

A toast to Patrick as he embarks on a new chapter in his life, Grad School @ Howard University in D.C. See you at the Howard Homecomin my nigga!

Leaving Miami.....



Miami Herald: The Redeem Team Wins The Gold! Looks like Kobe redeemed himself as well after his choke job in the NBA Finals against Paul Peirce & The Celtics

Miami International Airport

To All My Myspace Addicts!

LOL!

Pro-Life is Anti-Woman by George Carlin

This clip is Classic George Carlin.

Here are some other notable quotes by Legendary Comedian George Carlin

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live”

“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity”

“Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck”

“Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things”

“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

“One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like”

“If God had intended us not to masturbate he would've made our arms shorter”

“If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten”

And Carlin's perspective on life might be the most insightful of all his works

"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first; get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating…...and you finish off as an orgasm."

George Carlin simply kept it 100 and made a successful career of it, we should all be so lucky. Respect.

A Naive Young White Woman

Sometimes its hard for us to as black people (and people of color as a whole) to accept the fact that some white people JUST DON'T GET IT. Will Smith said Parents Just Dont Understand, I say (some) Whites Just Dont Understand. They are just naive and sheltered from the real world. When they look out into a world of white privilege and open doors they just don't realize that there are truly 2 America's.That blacks and all people of color in this country are treated as second class citizens by the government, the judicial system, businesses, colleges, the police and many times by the same whites themselves that believe we are all just one big happy nation working and playing together in equality. Kum Bi Ya my Ass! This sort of naiveness (a word I use in an attempt to not call her and others like her ignorant) and blindness to the true realities of this country upset me to an unmeasurable degree. How someone can live in a world for 25+ years and never truly see it for what it is, is beyond me. But what adds insult to injury for me is how these naive individuals are the first people to engage in long drawn out arguments defending their naive and unrealistic point of views. I hope that the topic of race and inequality continues to be explored on a mainstream level for years to come, so that naive white people like her can finally start to take off their blinders and see this country for what is truly is, for better or for worse.

The Worst Obama Song Yet!

I now present to you We 'Hood. We Votin'

Expect many more to come. Some good, some bad but all about Obama!

Some of these songs are so bad that they are actually hurting Obama, like Ludacris' Politics song which has Fox News trying to paint Obama as a radical. Nigga Please! These old minded dinosaur McCain supporters with their "If it ain't white it, it ain't right doctrine" are desperate and they'll say or do just about anything in hopes of stopping Obama's momentum.

Rapper or Republician?

Rapper or Republican, Whats the difference? Can you tell?



Thanks, Onsmash

Happiness!

The 4 H's That Equal Happiness (At least for Me)






HOUSE



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HAMS



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HOPS





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HERB








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HAPPINESS!!!!

In Case You Forgot......

She is the Coldest!

iPod.Shuffle: Common f/ Lauren Hill- Retrospect For Life

This song came up randomly on my iPod and I felt compelled to write a little something on it. Common & Lauren Hill's Retrospect For Life is classic without a doubt, easily one of the best and most thought provoking hip-hop songs of all time. This song embodies everything that is right about hip-hop, If they played this song @ abortion clinics people would walk out. Too bad Common dropped this legacy defining song and the album One Day It'll All Make Sense during a time period when he was still somewhat underground and lacking the mainstream attention and exposure that he has today.

Common- Retrospect For Life:

"Knowin you the best part of life,
do I have the right to take yours,
Cause I created you, irresponsibly,
Subconsciously knowin the act I was a part of,
The start of somethin,
I'm not ready to bring into the world,
Had myself believin I was sterile,
I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl,
Turnin this woman's womb into a tomb,
But she and I agree, a seed we don't need,
You would've been much more than a mouth to feed,
But someone, I woulda fed this information I read to someone,
my life for you I woulda had to leave,
Instead I lead you to death,
I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry,
But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially,
Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me,
Plus I wanted you to be raised within a family,
I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma,
Weekend visits and buyin J's ain't gone make me a father,
For a while bearing a child is somethin I never wanted to do,
For me to live forever I can only do that through you,
Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun,
must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son,
I could have sacrificed goin out,
To think my homies who did it I used to joke about,
from now on, I'ma use self control instead of birth control
Cause $315 ain't worth your soul
$315 ain't worth your soul
$315 ain't worth it"

$315 ain't worth your soul! Damn! Damn! Damn! That's something to think about.......

Joell Ortiz ft. Dante Hawkins "Letter To Obama" Video

Some Real Shit!

CNN: Is Marriage For White People?

CNN Presents Black in America: The Black Woman & Family aired last night, for those that missed it CNN published an article exploring one of the topics touched on during the special the discrepancy between the marriage rates of white women and black women. According to the 2006 Census, 43% percent of black women have never been married compared to 26% of white women. Some point to the growing differences in education levels between black women and men, black women outnumber black men in college nearly 2-1. Others point to the disproportionately high rate of black men that are or have been imprisoned (41% of the nation’s 2 million inmates) and once released they struggle to stay out of prison and to get competitive jobs preventing them from making themselves desirable candidates for marriage. While some still point to fact that black women are less likely to date outside their race thus limiting their relationship options, an issue not shared by black men who frequently marry outside their race.

Read the FULL article Black and Single: Is Marriage for White People? >>>

John McCain releases commercial Mocking The Medias Love For Obama

Straight up this shit is hilarious, I don't know that this helps McCain win votes but it's great to see this all documented in 1 place. The things some of these male journalist says about Obama I'm sure they don't even say about their wives, things like "I felt this feeling up my leg and I don't get that too often." Definitely borderline man-crush type shit. Fuckin' Hilarious!

I'm sure if we were in the YouTube era when John F. Kennedy was running for office, Nixon would have released a similar video mocking the medias love affair with John F. Kennedy, which even continues to this very day.

Just as a bonus check out this hilarious Vanity Fair cover spoofing the The New Yorkers controversial (and covertly racist) Obama cover.

This is election is shaping up to be one of the strangest and most significant elections EVER!

Woman Is The Nigger Of The World?

While listening to "America" one of the tracks off Nas' New Album Untitled (formerly known as N*gger) it was brought to my attention that Nas' perspective on womens place in todays society mirrors that of one John Lennon. In the song Nas pays homage to John Lennon's highly controversial but often forgotten 1972 song "Woman is the Nigger of the World" with these lyrics:

"Y'all don't treat women fair
She read about herself in the bible
Believing she the reason sin is here
You played her, with an apron
Like bring me my dinner, dear
She the nigger here"

In John Lennon's "Woman is the Nigger of the World" he writes:

"We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart, we put her down for being so dumb"

The above video is of John Lennon on the Dick Cavett Show as he offers his explanation for the controversial song. WATCH THE VIDEO. At the time when the song was released, it was banned from radio and subsequently swept under the rug by mainstream media, who maybe weren't ready to explore such such progressive concepts . The record was truly years ahead of its time. Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus / Current Mayor of Oakland Ron Dellums’ definition of the word Nigger helped strengthen Lennon’s defense of the song:

“If you define nigger as someone whose lifestyle is defined by others, whose opportunities are defined by others, whose role in society is defined by others, then I have good news! – You don’t have to be black to be a nigger in this society. Most of the people in America are niggers”

To bring this topic full circle my friend Tony's mom (who just to put in proper context is a white woman and without a doubt one of my favorite people; kind, genuine and honest) said to me after Obama won the Democratic Nomination that Barak's nomination shows that white men (even racist southerners) would rather vote for a black man then a white women; symbolizing womens place in society. At the time I said in response, "If that was the only basis for them voting for Obama over Hillary (which it clearly wasn't) then I can definitely see where you're coming from".

From a purely race/sex standpoint the "concept" that even racist white men put black men (whom they are supposed to hate for no reason) above a white women would imply that sexism in and of itself supersedes racism. Definitely SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT whether you agree with it or not. But rather than try to make an argument for or against (and you know I could), I'm actually more curious to know, what are thoughts on the matter?

Is woman the Nigger of the world?
Does sexism supersede racism?

LEAVE A COMMENT
Let me know your thoughts on the matter.

Racism 101!

An ever-expanding list of "common understandings" we share as anti-racists.

1. White privilege exists.
2. Sanctuary is not segregation.
3. Flipping the actors does not lend clarity to an issue, nor does it mean that you have created equivalent analogies. See entry under Fallacious Flip.
4. People must own their feelings and expressions. Ventriloquy is not helpful in discussions of racism.
5. Seeking the empowerment of people of color is not the same as disenfranchising white people.
6. Racism is more than individual acts of meanness.
7. Hating white privilege is not the same as hating whitey.
8. Defensive responses to issues voiced by people of color are invocations of privilege.
9. A claim to anti-racism cannot be made based on any variation of the “black friend defense” (Mexican boyfriend, Asian wife, children of color, etc.).
10. Apology means say you’re sorry and then shut up. No rationalization, no long explanation of your intention, no invocation of the black friend defense. And then ask what you can do to make change.
11. The anti-racist focus should be on effect rather than intention.
12. Celebrations of “multiculturalism” do not address racism.
13. People of color are not responsible for the education of white people.
14. It’s not all about you.

Shout out to www.resistracism.wordpress.com for this one! Check Em Out.

Google Reader Changed The Way I Surf The Net Forever!

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I used to hop on the internet and go to 10 to 15 different hip-hop, sports and news sites because each site offered a little something I couldn't find on another site. It wasn't very efficient at all but it was all I knew until.....I discovered Google Reader! Google Reader allows you to collect the content (via RSS Feed Subscriptions) of several different websites and consolidate them into web page page. So now I just go to reader.google.com and get headlines from all 17 of my favorite websites, hundreds of headlines a day up to the minute. What more could you ask for?

Here's a few of the sites I have subscribed to in my Google Reader:

• ResistRacism.wordpress.com
  
• African American Opinions.com
• HipHopDX.com
• CRUNK + DISORDERLY
• afrobella
• blackagendareport
• ESPN.com
• Si.com
• Bossip
• Concreteloop.com
• Defsounds.com
• OnSmash
• AllHipHop.com
• TheRapUp
• Undercoverblackman
• Stereohyped.com
• Rhymes With Snitch
• RaceWire
• Racialicious
  
• Blackvoices.com

TV Picks: CNN Presents: Black In America

CNN will be airing a series called Black in America , its very relevant and definitely worth watching. Lately I've noticed more open commentary about race and race-relations in this country than ever before. Which is great, I encourage and personally I think its long overdue.

On Wednesday, July 23rd CNN Presents: Black in America continues with "The Black Woman & Family." Soledad O'Brien explores the varied experiences of black women and families and investigates the disturbing statistics of single parenthood, racial disparities between students and the devastating toll of HIV/AIDS. O'Brien reports on the progress of black women in the workplace and the status of the black middle class. If you're out getting fucked up like me when the show airs TiVo it.

Also don't forget to tune in on Thursday, July 24th as well as the series continues with Black In America "The Black Man". Soledad O'Brien evaluates the state of black men in America and explores the controversial topics of black men and fatherhood; disparities between blacks and whites in educational, career and financial achievement; and factors leading to the dramatic rates of black male incarceration.

For more on the series: CNN Presents: Black In America Website