Student protest for better education get sent to jail

In Detroit MI 32 to kids (all students of Mackenzie High School) where arrested today when they held a protest infront of their school.

The students said they where marching to bring light many of the problems the school has like lack of books, lockers and dirty bathrooms.

Principal Bernard Bonam said "If they really wanted to learn, theyd be in school and not out here"

errr...How the hell are the kids going to learn if they don't have books.

Professor x died

Sad news people, Professor X of the rap group the X-clan died of meningitis.

For those who don't know the X-clan was a ealier 90's rap group that preached Black consciousness in their music.

This was brought to you by the Red, the Black and The Green...and a "you will be missed"

it's hard out here for a pimp

yep if there was one song that I didn't expect to win the oscar it was this.

congrats 3 six mafia.


But now I can see the hollywood streets full of middle age white guys bumping this song in their car stereo and it just doesn't seem right.

The genius of Rob Liefeld

I know I know many people are going to read the title of this post and think WHAT THE HELL! Please don't laugh and please no death threats.

ok you can laugh

I was looking through some of my old comics some time back and decided for some strange reason to flip through a few X-Force comics and some of Liefeld's earlier Image work.

I remember looking these books as a kid but reading those comics 15 years later the only thing I could think was holy crap this is bad. Why the hell did I like these books as a kid.

I know it vague to make fun of Liefeld but giving the fact that he was such a big artist in the early 90's I started to wonder not only why did I like his stuff but why did so many other like it at that time.

I thought about for a second and it became really clear on why He's work may have been so popular.

He tapped into imagination of a large block of that times comic book reading population 12 year old boys.

Rob basically did the same thing that many comic artist and writers have done before him. They took things that kids like/grew up with in other media (films/TV) and putting them in the comics.

In earlier periods it would have been things like thugs that fit in the old mobster/gangster movie motif, ideal taken by cheesy sci-fi and horror movies etc.

As kids growing up in the 80's/90's we where feed a nice media meal full of violence. Movies like Rambo, Robocop, Aliens and Terminator where common films shown on Saturday afternoons where before it kids would have been watching things like old horror, sci-fi, and ganster movies.

Liefeld took the basics of these movies...Guns and Action...And took them to a silly extreme for the little kiddies. So you get things like guns so huge there is no way they can be held by a human.

he basically made the perfect product for kids (mostly boys) of that era.

So why does Rob Liefeld get so much hate to day?

Simple like I said he's products where prefect for kids of that era.

His work wouldn't have much appeal to those fans who where not 12 year old boys in the early 90's because he didn't tap into things they liked in their youth.

next like many things targeting kids once you grow out of that age range those works can drastically loose their appeal. Mainly because they where written for kids and so the reading level is well below that of adults

and finally for those 12 year olds reading comics today...They grow up on a different media diet and so what appealed to the 90's kid wont appeal to them.

Iraq war vet shot down on home shores by the police

In events caught on tape Air Force policeman Elio Carrion was the passenger in a speeding car that crashed into a wall was shot by police on the scene.

The officer told Carrion to get up and when he did the officer shot him and yelled for him not to get up. Witness told the police officer that he just told him to get up.

Homophobs are soooo gay

a test run by Prof. Henry E Adams of University of Georgia shows that 80 percent of those who hold Homophobic beliefs are in fact really attracted to the same sex.

it seems that most homophobs bash gays so much is that they think they will come off as striaght if they put down gays.

I allways feel like somebodies watching me...or evil Quacker terrorist

So we all know about the recent news that the goverment has been tapping peoples phones with out a warrent.

They said that they were only looking at people that mayhave ties with terrorist but it seems like what that really means is they are spying on anyone that doesn't agree with Bush and his policies (which is why I must add that I love Bush and like thing he is the Messiah or something) .

a few antiwar groups say that they have been spied.

Even the quackers are saying that they are been watched, and Florida congress rep Robert Wexler said "Neither you nor anybody in that (Quaker) church had anything to do with terrorism,"

the mothaf***ing Quakers what are they going to do bomb us with oatmeal? Go WWE on us and whack us with furniture?

BET animation

Bet is starting an Animations department and will be head Denys Cowan (former comic artist, co-found of Milestone comic and cartoon producer on shows like static shock, boondocks).

cool news it gives up that BET is really trying to turn it self around from being nothing but booty shaking (not that I don't mind booty shaking but calling your sell Black entertainment TV we need more then justs Butts) but there is also a part of me that fears that the new cartoons will be notting but cita like shows.

Oh no New Orleans is going to be a chocolate city

It seems that Ray Nagin's comment about New Orleans will be a chocolate city again in his MLK day speech the other day has made some people upset.

I can understand why he made the comment. Many people worry that people will come in a buy the cheep property and push the poor (i.e. many of the Blacks) out of the city.

some how some people that heard Nagin's comment thank that saying that NO will be Black means he is saying "No whiteys allowed" but if one looks at the histories of the other chocolate cities in this country then you know that they are mostly Black not because anyone actively pushed Whites out. It just when city got a little brown many of the Whites decided to leave town (see Detroit, DC, Watts, etc)

Some seem to be a bit upset due to a break in Alito d!ck riding

I caught only a little bit of the today's Alito hearing.

giving what I say I have to wonder is this true did anyone actually attack Alito with their questions...Hell did anyone even ask him a slightly tuff question?

All I saw was a bunch of senators verbally running train on Alito's jock. And when anyone asked a question someone was quick to message the balls as someone worked the shaft.


Maybe because I was flipping back and forth and missed if anything actually happen did anyone actually ask Alito a challenging question or was this just spin?

and was the question really bad enough that it would make one's wife run away crying. Unless she is a very weak person I can't see, the mere fact he was asked something would upset someone.

Part of me thinks she couldn't hold in the truth and had to run out of the senate before she blurted out he is a bigot (but that is just speculation)

If someone did ask a hard question I'm sad I missed it.

oh yeah thanks

I would like to think DJ Murry's plumping for being the only plumper to say they will come to fix my tub and not give me a long block of time when they may come.


Thanks 2 phils plunping for actualy fixing my faucet.

I have been saved

Alright a plumber finally came, my bathtub is no longer broken...yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I can turn my water on and OFF.


It's funny I got scolded by a plumber I called to cancel since the other guy came. Hey man I know I had your go drive here (though I did try to call before he got to my house) but you have to understand I was since 2:30 dealing with this.

I now return this blog to me talking about weird news, poltics or pop culture, untell the next time I have some junk I need to get of my chest or in a state of panic.

yet another one

Just as I pushed post for my last message another plumber called and said they will make it in about 45 minutes.


Who will get here first and get the job I don't know.


The race is on!

at last a plumber to the rescue

Think god a plumber finally called me back and said they will be here in at least a few hours. I would like him here sooner but at least I finally got a responce.

It doesn't seem like my sink was leaking after all so I started dumping in more water again. though I think I need a bit of a breather. I've been dumping water for about eight hours.

I should be in bed. hurry up Mr. Plumber!

still waiting for a plumber to call back. actually I missed one so I recalled them after I got the message


my tub is near over flowing. I'm not sure if the kitchen sink is leaking to or if I spilt alot of water going in with my bucket.

Some one help me

Fing plumbing 24 hour emergency services

Alright as I type my bathtub faucet wont stop running. I have called a few plumbers to come and fix it (and looking up some more). That is between me getting a bucket of water to dump it into the kitchen sink, due to the fact that bathtub drains slowly and I fear it over flooding. I have been doing this since 3 in the morning I am pooped and am taking this time a much need breather.

What I am not liking about the plumbers that I call is that they say will come in block of time that is so long (and many will only come in one or two hours later if you are lucky).




F Armstrong plumbing and sewer service when I called the lady (and I used the term loosely) hanged up on me when I asked if there was a extra fee if I canceled (I'm calling more then one plumber to see who gets here first) she didn't even take my info yet.

Who wants to die? Elmo, was last Christmas hottest toy

There is an Elmo (a sesame street muppet) potty training book on the market in which Elmo ask the kid pushing one of the sound recorded buttons "who wants to die?" as he laughs. Clearly Elmo is planning on going on a killing binge, I think he was pissed about all those people tickling him.

It seems like only a few of the books have this message (the others just ask "Who want to go?"). Surely this will upset many parents who will call for a recall but the really smart ones will know that there is a secondary market of people twisted enough to want to by the book (like myself actually) and so they will sale their copy on eBay *

*note I have no ideal if this eBay seller really has a copy of the "who wants to die?" elmo I just link to the person with the lowest price at the time (some actually sold their copy for a 100 bucks)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!

U of M no longer selling coke

The University of Michigan is no longer going to carry coke cola products on it's campus.

the reason is because coke cola has bad labor practices in India and Colombia.

"The student group accused Coca-Cola of draining the water table in India, causing farmers' crops to go dry; distributing bottling plant sludge containing contaminants to Indian farmers as fertilizer; selling products that contain pesticides in India; and conspiring with paramilitary "

Yeah that does sound like some really bad labor practices.

Go Blue

mtv's Shook Ones: hypermasculinity and stupidity in a year of hip-hop

I was flipping the channels the other day and ran across a special on MTV in which they reviewed this year (2005 for those reading at a later date) in the world of hip-hop.

After watching this I want to give rapper Jim Jones the nomination for the dumbest negro on the air award. Mainly for his comment about wanting to see the day when rapper beef, when two or more rappers talk have a dispute with each other, escalating into people killing each other.

To bad none of the other panel members told him how stupid he was for making that comment. Closes we got was rapper Remy Ma's quick head turn after made the comment.

Doesn't he remember Biggie and Tupac?

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a bit later in the show they talked about about comments producer/rapper Kanye West said about rappers should stop bashing gays in their songs and the fact that because he grew up in a single mother house hold he ended up acting a bit more feminine growing up.

These comments brought up more then a bit of anger among Bruce Banner and Jim Jones.

Banner says there are some things you just shouldn't talk about.

while Jim Jones states he is offended about the comment Kanye West saying that because his growing up in a household ran by a woman that he grew up feminine. Mr.Jones Thinks that because he grew up in similar situation and didn't feel he grew a bit feminine that Kanye West experience is bullshit.

Methinks he (Jim Jones) doth protest too much

I'm not really sure what made Jim Jones so angry. Is it the ideal that a boy growing up would take on the mannerism of those adults around him and in a case where one grows up with a father figure it more likely that the boy would pick up characteristic that are thought as as being more feminine then masculine.

It's not that big of a shock, that this sometimes happens. Hell even Tupac (to many a thug he is a god) said that because he grew up with only his mother he took on some feminine mannerism.

or maybe it the misbelief that if a man shows any sings of "feminine" got to be gay.

It could easily be both.

I think that the problem is that people set little boxes on the way they think people should act. So people act the way they think they should act and negatively react to those they see not acting the way they think they should.

When looking in terms of Feminine and Masculine it ends up that most people have a list things they think are manly or girly.

The problem is that real people can't be put into a box. Sure someone may step more into on set of categories then the other. But realistically a person is going to fall into a bit of both.

Those that try to mode themselves into only one box end up being a cartoonish version of whatever they are trying to be. Which now that I think about it maybe the reason why hip-hop may be so hypermasculine and hyperthuggy. It's because it is full of a bunch of people who are not acting like real men but acting like they think a man should act.

and that maybe why when Kanye said he picked a few mannerism from his mom he made Jim Jones so angry. He challenged Jones' ideal of the way a man/boy should act and maybe even challenged the way he acts.

ok that enough crappy pop physiology for today