And...that's a wrap.

That's right folks, another year down the tubes.

2008 beckons, a year so big it warranted an extra day (LEAP YEAR BABIES STAND UP)

As for me...this year has, in fact, been better than last year.

Not blogging wise, but trust me, it hasn't been a bad year at all.

I am positioning myself, slowly but surely, for my break out year.

2007 wasn't it.

Not that I thought it would be. But I am making a few changes.



Including with this here blog.


I am resolving to be a better blogger, just not on this particular blog.

Follow the yellow brick road

Comics

Since I'm laid up at home with the flu today (and DP's on a bit of a hiatus), here's some comics:

Solidarity By Line
Branding
Rage Against The Machine
Support The Troops
Baby Boom
QxR
Alienable Rights
Homeland Security
Vlad The Impaler
Jenna Deep 6
Jena 666
Die Bold
GOP Lockstep
Democrat or Republican
Quintessentially American
Enhanced Techniques
Plenary Indulgence
Bush-League...
...Clinton-Fatigue
ADM Windfall

And my favorite for today: Kuku

A Tale of Two ATLiens

It was the best of times; It was the worst of times

For two Atlanta residents, this weekend was a time of highs and lows.

Clifford Harris (known as T.I outside of this blog) caught a most unfortunate case on Saturday. One invlolving Machine guns, silencers, and a mouthy bodyguard who clearly doesnt adhere to the mantras of his employer's music. This hours before he was supposed to be the headliner on the BET HipHop Awards.

Tyler Perry has done it again. You can say what you want about the quality of his movies, but film is an acquired taste. People are allowed to like what they like. But as that noted urban philospopher Shawn Carter said:

Men lie, Women lie, Numbers don't.

Three days into release and Mr. Perry has already broken even. Now, if only I can stop this dude from whining and bitching about the Wins he is piling up.

Now back to Clifford.

Naw, I can't even do it. It's not worth it.

There is no point in me mourning a man's life when clearly HE would rather throw it away in a pile of ammunition and guns. So...more on that as that situation becomes gradually more and more pathetic.

Give a cracka a rope, or An ode to Jameil

Jameil has hit a homer this time.

I don't know that I have ever linked to a post from my favorite Pittsburgh News Diva/Hampton Graduate/Panthers' Fan/most consistent commenter on this blog, but she did the fool this time.

I don't tell her this, cause her head is quite big enough, but I will always be indebted to her for choosing my hometown to ply her craft.

Pittsburgh is NOT an easy place to be young, Black, female, and fabulous but she does it, and does it without talking too bad about my hometown.

I could speak on this in detail, but I would rather let her words speak instead.

allow me to examine the history of nooses a bit further. Back when
black people were forced into subservience, i.e. slavery and it's by
product, Jim Crow, nooses were as symbolic as burning crosses and
confederate flags. When you saw these, often coupled with a band of
sheet-covered men and boys, you knew they were a warning of what you
could face should you choose to continue to get out of line; doing
crazy things like trying to register people to vote or de-segregate
schools. Grown men were yanked from their beds or off of their porches
and strung up from trees in front of their families to hang until their
deaths. And this is the time you'd like to hearken? I'll pass.

Allow me to add on, though...


Some folk have suggested that this calls for a return to the civil rights movement.

Um...this is the FALLOUT from even the perception to a return to the civil rights movement.

White folk have been OFF THE CHAIN this year.

From "Nappy Headed Hoes", to "MFer, I want more Iced Tea", White folk have shown their ass, the nooses are only the ongoing cheers from the peanut gallery.

This is going to get worse before it gets better...button your chinstraps.


And if you STILL think it's funny:

I give you this:

Without Sanctuary

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Tip: never let a man's head get between you and your desire to eat

Everyone has an angle. Travis Johnson's angle revolves around his livelihood. I really hope this story doesn't extend too far.


And someone teach Mr. Green how to block, please?

Fred Barnes says Just because you are Right...you can still be stupid

Media Matters - Barnes: Obama not "strong on national security" because he opposed war "when the entire world believed" Saddam had WMD

What part of the game is it when you can be right and still be stupid?

The Bizarro World is REAL, boys and girls

You know, I've thought for a long time that Obama's not in quite as strong a position on the war in Iraq as he really thinks he is. Remember, when he famously came out against the war, it was back in a time when the entire world believed that Saddam Hussein in Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, that he would probably be willing to use them himself at some time or pass them along to terrorists who would use them. And yet, Barack Obama was against going to the war at that point. I don't think that shows that he is very strong on national security, which he needs to be.

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FINALLY...

Ladies and gentlemen, Set your Tivos and DVR's and for the love of GOD, PUT YOUR BABIES TO BED!

Monday, October 8, 11:30pm ET/10:30 CT.

The Boondocks SEASON TWO!






Oh don't front. In case you need reminding:


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