Can some answer me why having the star spangled banner in Espanola such a big problem

All right last week was full of people talking (and many being upset)about the Star Spangled Banner being translated in Spanish.

Since a lot of people seem to be upset about it I have to ask why is it a big deal. Right now it seems to many people are acting like "Oh no are nation anthem has been translated to a different language, it's the end of America."

I know some people say immigrants should learn English, but how is this stopping them form learning to speak English? The truth is it doesn't, in fact you could use the translated anthem and help use it to teach English.

a day with mexicans

Across the nation many illegal immigrants (and their supporters) held marches.

Part of the march was to show how much the American economy depends on their labor by not going to work. Sounds like a good ideal (and it seem to have some effect) but was this the plot of a movie?

makes me wonder how many other big movements can we get started by following movies.

Wii will Will will rock you

So Nintendo revealed the name of their new up and coming game system and it is going to be called Wii.

Truth be told I was kinda liking Revolution but the name doesn't matter what does is the games.

Kanye West comic

Kanye West and famed animator Bill Plympton are working on a manga style comic.

Happy little Trees

so it seems that Bob Ross (the painter that had a show on pbs) is going to have a video game.

Really odd choice for a game, I remember liking watching the show when I was a kid (I like drawing and what not) but I can't say I really want to play this as a game.

Though I may rent it just to see if the game says things like and now to put in some happy little trees

Nebraska the state time lift behind

The Nebraska government is planning on cutting up the school district in Omaha along state lines. The only thing different this time is that the racial divide is not going to be just Black and White like it was just 50 years ago but between Blacks, Whites, and Latinos. Sorry Asians but I guess your kids don't get to go to school.

See how much we progressed.

I'm not sure what is more stunning the fact that this maybe become law, the fact that this proposal went through or the fact that this ideal came form the only Black member of that state's legislature.

That's right! If your like you where thinking that this ideal came from some old racist white guy wanting to return to the good ol' days where women and darkies knew their place.

But NOOOOOOOOOOOOO it comes from Ernie Chambers. I don't know if this old man is just gone crazy with age, suffered from brain injury or if he has always been in a slave mentality.

Or maybe he's really Strom Thurmond in Black face

Of course there people who are voicing against this like the 2nd richest man in the world Warren Buffett. So I am sure there will be enough force to stop this from actually happen.

Homeland security pedophile

Department of Homeland Security press secretary Brian Doyle was busted for having sexual contact to what he thought was a 14 year old girl.

Doyle sent the "girl" porn, naked pictures of himself (like a 14 year wants to see a nude 55 year old), and sexually explicit AIM's. Doyle also repeatedly ask the girl to by a webcam so he can see her things a little kid shouldn't be doing.

luckily for all the children in this nation this 14 year old girl was really a Polk County police detective.

Not only is this and the fact that Doyle kept bragging about his job to the girl he thought he was talking to bad enough this article took me a new level of shock (I didn't thing I could pass after reading about sir Doyle) when it stated this is the 2nd Homeland Security official to be caught having improper relations with a minor.

WTF!!!

Why don't I remember hearing about the other guy (of course with all the scandals of people in high office these day I guess it's easy to miss one or two).

This really makes me wonder about the office culture of those who work in Homeland Security offices and who are they really protecting because it sure aint are kids.

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!