OJ ten years

I was listening to the radio and they where talking about the the OJ Simpson trial, due to this being the 10 year anniversary.

all I have to say is let it go people. It's been 10 years.

oh and it should be finally known to the public that not every Black person though he was innocent but the combo of seeing the mishandling of the DNA and the racist cop lead many to have doubts of his guilt, while it seemed many white (or at least the media) where all gung-ho on his guilt.

also Black people where tired of hearing the news making this a race issue.

No books allowed

After my mother birthday party yesterday my mother told me (that at least it's rumored)that the Mayor of Pontiac, MI (my home town) is planning on closing the city libraries and also getting rid of the librarians in the public schools.

The horror

it was bad enough that they where poorly funded but shut them down. What does the Mayor have a problem with people reading?

I'm spicy...ok not really

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DS9 Saddam connection

I was watching a documentary on the history channel (Saddam’s doctor an inside story) where a doctor talks about Saddam and released something his name is Dr. Basir.

That's right the name of the doctor on star trek deep space nine.

Sequential gamers it’s always greener on the other side

I was reading an article on the escapist magazine (which I found via Penny-Arcade) that was talking about the current business model of the video game industry is destroying smaller developers and creativity, when something struck me. In the article Costikyan states that one of the problems of the video game industry is that video game industry is lacking a fan base that buys more independent artistic products like the movie and comic book industries and games need a market to sell those types of games like the other two industries have.

The reason why this statement stuck out is being a fan of comic books and reading comic book message boards and many in the comic industry are envious of the success of the video game market. You see while everyone is talking about how the video game industry has boomed (the video game industry is now making more money then the movie industry) the comic industry is very far past it’s apex. So both industries need what the other has at the moment.

It also should be noted that the smaller comic book publishers in a similar position as the video game industry in the terms of retail. Both the majority of retailers focus most of there effort of the bigger selling titles (that more then like come from the bigger companies).

The biggest advantage (maybe more so then the comic shop since the game industry does have a few stores that only or mostly sales games) that comics have over the video game industry maybe the fact that they are much cheaper to produce then video games. So they don’t need to sell as much to a profit as the video game company does. If it cost some where around 10 to 20 million to make a graphic novel I would bet that the smaller publishers would be in the same spot as the smaller game developers. Because most of the comic fans stuck to the big two publishers and many retailers keep most if not all of their focus on those companies.


*Hmmm I wonder if a number of retailers popped up that focused on the indy games and comics would they do well and would they have any effect on helping both markets. I could see cross over in both markets.

Killing Black Babies will Lower Crime?

Bill Bennett has state that"aborting black babies will lower crime" on his radio show.

ok, it is even scary that some on would think about something like this.

Two cute drawings

I thought I would post some drawings I did the other day.

ok they are the same drawings but the last I added a mouth do to the fact that when I looked at the first picture my mind kept going back and froth as seeing the characters noise as a mouth then as a nose again.

I guess the mind just expects to see a mouth when it looks at drawing of a face.

but maybe it was just me.

I'll judge myself

Michael Brown has been rehired by FEMA to help figure out what went wrong when HE was in charge.

Why is fema wasting tax payer's money? This guy part of the problem why have him be part of the council that is looking into the wrong doings, It seems way to easy for him to hide his mistakes and blame it all on the Louisiana.

The next thing you know I'm going hear on the radio that Brown says he is doing a wonderful job...oh wait to late.

I can't believe this ish.

George Bush don't like Black people remix

the George bush don't like black people music video

Ronnie Harris speaks.

at http://helpychalk.blogspot.com/2005/09/skynyrd-did-what-they-could-do.html there is an interview with the mayor of Gretn (ronnie harris). For those who don't know Gretn was the city that didn't let any of the victims of Katrina from entering it's town. It kind of gives a human face to someone that did something that many would like to see as being inhuman.

What sticks out to me in this interview is the fact that he doesn't feel what he did (having his city's police guarding the bridge and forcing people to live in the flooded city at gun point) as wrong.

who's in control

Nintendo has reviled what the controller for their up coming game system would look like.

all I have to say is...It's a f'ing remote control?!

odd

I can over that but the fact that the D-pads is on the remote along with the action buttons makes it look like it would be hard to play games. For years (most of my life) I have been use to playing game where the controller needs both hands (one for the d-pad on for the other buttons). I'm having a hard time picturing that d-pad being useful. With the analog stick attachment and the fact uses light gun tech I guess that may not problem to move around.

awww yeah Boooyyyyyyyyyeeeee

As reported on the beat rap group Public Enemy is releasing a graphic novel/CD.

It rare that both the hip-hop head and the nerd in me both get happy over something.

The sell of fear

In the last few years, I have noticed a small trend in commercials. And that is using a state of fear to sell their product or message. Which if you ask me is a trend that is in very bad taste.

I think the reason that these types of ads have appeared is that as a nation we are still in a state of fear since 9/11. We are still jumpy over the ideal that we could be attacked again at anytime. Just the other day they're where many people thinking that the power outage in LA was due to a terrorist attack (and two years ago people thought the same thing when the power was taken out on the east coast). Thought it may just be that I have just started to notices these types of ads around that time.

The first ones I've notice where P.As on what people can dencasese of a terrorist attack. They basically just had the former head of Homeland Security just talking.

By it's very nature this ad will tap into our nations fears. If it was just that I wouldn't really think any thing about them, but it gets worst, there are also a number of ads that use fear and or the fear of children to get their point across.

For example, there are the more recent Homeland Security P.As that have a bunch of kids asking questions about what to do in the event of a terrorist attack. Now besides the fact that really there is much we can in the event of a terrorist attack, it puts out something that will cause little kids to be afraid. So, you are now forced to tell your kid in the case of a really critical terrorist attack we are fucked.

Currently there is an ad in the same format (kids asking what they should do in the case emergency) but itÂ’s selling car insurance or an on-star like service or something of the like.

And commercial of horror that gets the prize is an ad for pet medicine. Yep that right they are trying to scare us into buying meds for your little pet. The ad features a mother, her son and their dog. The dog makes a little whimpering sound and the boy looks up at his mother and says what wrong with sparky? The camera then focus on the mother as doom music plays. An announcer then says, "don't let this happen to you buy such and such"

Now I don't know about anyone else but these ads don't make want to go out and buy their products. In fact I may avoid those products (and warnings) because of those ads.

I just really wonder do these ads work? I remember reading a report that a good percentage of America are overly fearful maybe these types of ads work on them.

Bush mans up

Bush is actually taking responsibility for screw up in the Katrina aftermath.

wow I did a double take when I heard this. Bush has been noted for NOT taking responsibility for his mistakes. I guess he isn't 100% arse. I am glad that he is taking some responsibility in what started out as a horrible recovery effort.

Say good by to your guns

The Louisiana branch of the NRA has posted an article on the fact that New Orleans authority are taking the guns of everyone still in the Big Easy.

And now we are going to get a while new group of people that are pissed off about the aftermath of Katrina.

Smart PR move people.

Gulf war III

It's been report that blackwater, a paramilitary company, has been hired by the both the Louisiana and US government to handle security in the NO region.

All I have to say is... IS THIS FOR REAL? And if so WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING?

I looks on their site and it seems to be real

Blackwater USA responds to the call for assistance in the Gulf
region.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 01, 2005
BLACKWATER
JOINS HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EFFORT!
This morning (September 1, 2005),
Blackwater USA joined the ongoing relief effort in the Gulf Region devastated by
Hurricane Katrina by dispatching a SA-330J Puma helicopter to help assist in
evacuating citizens from flooded areas.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Erik Prince stated, “At this time, all Americans should band together and assist
our countrymen who have been struck by this natural disaster.”
The following
services are available:
Airlift Services
Security
Services
Communication Support
Crowd Control
Humanitarian Support
Services
Logistics and Transportation Services
Anyone having a security
or evacuation request may call(252) 435-2488. All requests shall be prioritized
and acted upon as quickly as possible.

These are the same people that have been hired in Iraq.

So has the united states declared war on the people in New Orleans?


Since this company is called blackwater and not whitewater does that say Bush does care about Blacks? I mean if he was racist he would have hired a company with a different name right? ok bad joke, but it does seem Bush is really trying to prove the Kanye was right

Chappelle's Show Season 3

with a new host?

Not!!!

the blame game song

The new number one song in America

Trapped

The horrors of Katrina just don't seem to stop.

reading this article it seems that there where people who tried to leave New Orleans during the flooding only to be stopped (at gun point) by the police force of the surrounding towns.

Brown sent packing

Machael Brown has just be relieved of his duties dealing with Katrina. It's a bit late, but still good news.