Cindy Sheehan Is Tired of your Crap.

Cindy Sheehan is sick of you.

Yet another Memorial Day has come and gone and she has decided to hang it up. Nope, you won't have Cindy Sheehan to kick around anymore. She is going to take what she has left and go home.

After a few years of being called an attention whore by the GOP, now that she has been called an attention whore by a few Democrats, she has just had enough.

But don't think for a second that YOU are off the hook. Becuase you are not.

Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives. It is so painful to me to know that I bought into this system for so many years and Casey paid the price for that allegiance. I failed my boy and that hurts the most.

Even if she isn't talking about YOU, in that you don't watch American Idol, she is talking about YOU, in that you don't care enough.

For good or for ill, Cindy Sheehan put her life on hold to protest what she saw as the sacrifice of her son Casey's life over what would prove to be a lie.

And all of you stood by and watched.

Why didn't you care enough?

Why aren't you angry?

How could you celebrate your business as usual while tens of American lives were wasted this past weekend?

Relax, these are all rhetorical questions.

But, I'll go ahead and kick these badboys around anyway.

Why don't we care enough?
This one is simple. We don't care enough because we don't FEEL it. So long as Uncle Sam isn't just plucking soldiers out at random, we really don't get too caught up in it. Tragic, yes...but reality all the same.

Why aren't we angry?
We are angry. We just aren't angry enough to DO anything about it. Fighting the Power is a lot of work. We are a little busy handling these gas prices and worrying about healthcare to get real exercised about a war we REALLY never understood the purpose of anyway. Everytime we thought we understood, the reasons changed or the goals changed. We watched you fight the power for a couple of years and you don't look like you handled it too well. You'll understand if we pass. Now if you could move, you're blocking our view of the Television, that would be GRRRRRRRREAT.


How could you celebrate your business as usual while tens of American lives were wasted this past weekend?
Uh...You, of all people, don't really want to know the answer. You just THINK you do.

Well, my random answers aside, Cindy Sheehan IS tired of your shit.

Now what are YOU gonna do about it?


Yeah, I thought so...


*click*

Viva le Double Standard

I am not exactly sure what possessed the AP to ask Hank Aaron...AGAIN...if he was going to attend the breaking of his record, but they did.

I wanted to ask you about the Barry Bonds situation, if I may. He's 10 home runs away, as you obviously know. Are you following the statistics?

A: No, I have not really made any comments about that and I prefer not to really. I'd rather not get into any kind of discussion about that. I have tried to keep myself looking and thinking in another direction.

Q: Let me ask you, in general, how closely do you follow baseball?

A: Very closely.

Q: Do you read stories all the time, read the paper?

A: Oh, I don't read stories. I do follow statistics like who got how many hits, who did what, but I don't read the story, the in-depth story. For example somebody told me the other day Michael Vick was in trouble with raising dogs. I said, 'Raising dogs?' I didn't know what the story was. I follow as much as I can.

Q: How are you spending your time?

A: I do what I want to do. I try to spend a lot of time in Florida, my wife and I, so I don't know if I have any set thing. I don't play golf every day. I don't go to an office every day. Sometimes I might decide to stay at home. Sometimes I may decide to go. I have no set patterns.

Q: Do you have a lot of pain from your sport days?

A: I was very fortunate. I didn't have a lot of injuries. I did crack my ankle one year, broke and cracked it. Other than that I didn't have any real setbacks.

Q: Do you ever talk to Willie Mays?

A: I have not seen Willie, I bet you, in three or four years. It might be even longer than that. I think the last time I saw Willie was, might have been at the All-Star game, might have at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown.

Q: So what are you doing, checking box scores everyday, all the statistics, through newspapers or the computer?

A: Both. I watch the Braves play and I can get all the statistics that you want.

Q: In fact, I was just going to ask you, how closely do you follow the games?

A: Oh, I watch the Braves play every day.

Q: How many games do you go to a year?

A: I don't go to too many. I don't attend too many, but I watch on television every day.

Q: Do you have any advice for Barry Bonds?

A: For who?

Q: Barry Bonds, because he went through so much, as you did.

A: I don't have any ... As I said before, I don't have any advice whatsoever, no advice to anybody.

Q: Have you spoken with him?

A: No. I have not talked to anybody, really.

Q: What will you be doing when he's on the brink of tying or breaking your record?

A: I have no idea, probably playing golf somewhere.

Q: Would you reconsider your decision to stay away?

A: I will never reconsider my decision.

Q: That's pretty strong. Why is that?

A: Nothing. Just that it's the way I am. ... I traveled for 23 years and I just get tired of traveling. I'm not going to fly to go see somebody hit a home run, no matter whether it is Barry or Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or whoever it may be. I'm not going anyplace. I wish him all the luck in the world.

Q: Well, if it happened in Atlanta would you go?

A: No, I won't be there.

Q: Really?

A: No.

Q: If he breaks your mark do you think it's an accomplishment on par with what you did?

A: I don't know, and as I said before, I don't want to discuss him, really. Really, I don't mean to discuss anything about it ... I've stayed out of this.

Given MY druthers, Hank Aaron would swoop in to the rescue. He would say that Barry has never tested positive, that his talents speak for themselves, and that in the current environment it isn't fair to single Bonds out for his successes when everyone else has walked with a free pass. His presence would force Bud Selig to declare his intentions and legitimize 756. Having Aaron on the Bonds' side would probably swing the numbers a little in Bonds' direction.

Alas, none of that will happen. And I am confident that, despite the painfully obvious, SOME Bob Woodward in waiting is going to ask Mr. Aaron about changing his mind.

As much as I would LOVE to get after Mr. Aaron about his crotchetiness in all this, I cannot and I will not. If ANYONE has earned a pass for anything short of a double murder of his ex-wife and her waiter/paramour, it is Henry Aaron. And for the Same reason that I pine in vain for Bonds to get his due...his TRUE due, that reason being that Barry Bonds, whether juiced or not, is WITHOUT PEER statistically, I actually encourage Henry Aaron to handle this mess, and make no mistake, that is EXACTLY what this is, any way he chooses.

Clifford Harris gets his Sir Charles on.

One of the least surprising aspects of the Don Imus situation was how quickly Hip-hop was brought in to serve as the pinata after Imus had his turn. What truly was sad about that particular dog and pony show (which should never be confused with a bitch and ass show) was how few of the people we REALLY wanted to hear from were heard from.


Russell Simmons? c'mon.

Russell Simmons sold his share of Def Jam to Universal in 1999. This is like asking me how the 1995 Mercury Sable I bought in 2004 and sold in January, 2005 is doing. How would I know?


Jason Whitlock who pissed and moaned about HipHop and how destructive it was until C. Vivian Stringer cracked open a can of verbal whoopass on him.

Stanley Crouch who hasnt liked HipHop since the two words were fused together.


Yeah, Oprah trotted out Common, who USED to say bitch and ho a lot, but now, not so much, but as far as people who actually make records that need a radio version...aside from everyone's favorite pop warner football coach, Snoop Dogg, who was nice enough to weigh in with this gem:

"[Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about hoes that's in the 'hood that ain't doing shit, that's trying to get a nigga for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them muthafuckas say we in the same league as him."

Even Snoop, his latest project notwithstanding, is not quite cutting edge enough to constitute the new generation of rappers that are truly on the hook for all this audio debauchery.

Into the fray today steps Mr. Clifford Harris. You may know him as T.I., but I prefer to call him Clifford. Clifford, while he could have easily side stepped the question at hand, chose to tackle it head on...I shan't try to emulate what he said, I will let Clifford speak for himself.







That's right, boys and girls, Clifford just got his Charles Barkley on.

Blogging should be a full Time Job

Time is relentless, with each passing moment, things happen and become prime fodder for a Blog, but the relentless march of responsibilities stops you from Jumping on the web and getting in front of the news.

So, With this one post, we try to catch up.


Jerry Falwell, RIP -

Once upon a time, famous people died and the media took about 48-72 hours to allow that persons fans to attempt to cast said daisy pusher-upper's legacy in as positive a light as possible. Jerry Falwell was afforded NO such luxury. Oh sure, the attempt to make Lemonade out of the orchard full of lemons he was nice enough to give the world ensued, but the dominant Web culture was having NONE of it.

Jerry Falwell was a man of God and did God's work as he thought it should be done. Would I have done it that way? I think not, but at the end of the day, it isn't my place to call into judgement his work as a pastor. As a political force, what he put into motion is largely responsible for what we deal with currently.

Yolanda King, RIP

Yolanda King's full name is apparently 'Yolanda King, eldest child of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ", because that is apparently the sum total of her life of 51 years. I am positive she did enough in her life to warrant additional comment on the national stage, but it won't matter now, as she is only #2 in the infamous "famous deaths come in threes" As someone who shares a name with my father and my son, Things like this make me wish I had named my son something else. Fortunately he has a chance to outshine me and I won't feel so bad.

David Stern, Master of the Universe -
This is David Stern's league and he will run it as he pleases, thank you very much. David Stern doesn't care if wandering off the bench when your star teammate gets reminded of his Canadian heritage with a hipcheck in to the scorer's table is instinctive to your several years of team sports playing, the rules are the rules.

None of you fools are bigger than the rules. Well, not THAT rule OR the dress code. Traveling and palming the ball and hand checking, that's different.

Melinda Doolittle, Victim of her own competence
Ehh...this deserves more thought. Suffice it to say, I will NEVER watch American Idol.


Ever.

Why YouTube continues to win/Why HipHop must be stopped

I know this SHOULDN'T be funny. But guess what?

Davey gets his PTI on Vol 1

From Fridays show. Hit up ESPN.com for he podcast

Suns/Spurs - Amare calls the Spurs dirty and the video is QUITE damning. Bruce Bowen has been accused of this. Hey, If you aint cheatin you aint tryin.

Dirk - STOP VOTING FOR THE MVP AWARD IN MAY. Next topic.

Pistons - I really thought this was going to be a series. Wrong again. Chris Webber did more to bring this team together than I thought possible. I am on record as saying that if King James can pull off the upset against the Pistons I am a fan of his for life.

Ricky - another + for Ricky. Ricky needs help. SOMEONE help this man, please.

Pacman - a speeding ticket @ 12:45 am, missed a counseling session. This isn't even funny any more. he may never.play.in the League.again.

Warriors - Game three tonight in the Oracle. It is going to be NOISY. Utah is KILLING them on the Boards.

Lance - Landis says the USADA wants dirt on Lance Armstrong. Floyd? Go sit down somewhere.


Rory/Tiger - Rory said Tiger is as beatable as ever. Tugging on Superman's cape is NOT a smart move...Tiger may be stinking out the joint @ Sawgrass, but the Open looms. See ya there Rory.

Tank - Tank's jail time on the gun charge is said to help him with King Roger. Yeah, he will be getting about 4 games off to start the season.

Mail Time

Not one player from the East made the All NBA Team. Justice?

Me: Yeah. Sorry, thats how it goes. Bron-Bron had some ups and downs...you cannot vote him in over Kobe

Ben Wallace was 14 minutes late saying he was stuck in traffic. Scott Skiles wasn't happy. Ben Wallace said "I aint gotta answer to nobody". Agree or disagree?

Me: Uh...Ben, you do have to acknowledge you were tardy, dog. You don't like Scott Skiles, do you?

It looks like Roger Clemens will make his return in Boston against the Red Sox. Think that game will have any hype.

Me: with any luck, DiceK will be going against him. I would actually watch that game on TV. I will NOT listen to all the hype that precedes it though.

The Best in Baseball Brewers are hitting the road to play a good Mets team at Shea. Big series for the Brew Crew or just another series?

Me: winning this series could be a huge boost for the Brewers, who are REALLY young in the field. But as long as they play well, they will be ok.

Quick Predictions...Suns steal game Three
Warriors Run for a game three win.

An Open Letter to YT

Dear Sir,

I am tired of your shit. I am tired of you engaging in random hypotheticals and telling me to get over this or that. I am tired of you living in America and then either not understanding how the race game works, or worse, ACTING like you dont understand how the race game works when you get caught being slick. Most of you are better than that, but the rest of you know damn well what I am talking about.

The race game has elevated itself. Times have changed, so the game has changed. Nowadays it isn't cute to hate ALL Black folk, so now we just pick and choose the ones we hate.
If a Black man gets acquitted of a crime you think he committed and seems to be enjoying himself a little too much in your restaurant, If someone has the temerity to be happy to see him in your establishment, oh thats just TOO much to bear, huh. Nevermind the 5-600 bucks he's spending, PUT HIS ASS OUT.

Not a chance you've ever served someone ELSE who has ever been accused of a crime is there?

does that moral outrage ALWAYS flare up like that?

Do you google ALL your guests to make sure you dont have any fugitives from justice?

Yeah, I am tired of your shit.

You want me to admit I am tired of Black people's shit, too?


Not gonna happen; not today.

You don't need to know WHOSE shit I am tired of other than YOURS.

I will not hesitate to tell ANYONE I am tired of their shit.

Today, It is YOUR shit, that I am tired of.

I hate to be blunt, but I am frustrated. I made a conscious decision at an early age to play the game the way you like it played. Despite my meager upbringing, despite my early exposure to the complex history between your folk and my folk, I make a point of playing nice. I don't always agree with you, but I do actually try and listen when you talk about our relationship. Never let it be said that I didn't try to see it your way.

Believe me, I did. I am the first person, well the second, after you, of course, to grasp how things have changed. But while things have changed for YOU, they haven't changed for me.

I get called Nigger about once a year, although strangely enough, I have yet to be called a nigger here in my new home state of Texas.

I didn't face much oppression when it came time to buy my house. whatever difficulty we had was due more to our credit score than it was to our pigmentation.

Yes, I will admit that we are in a less racist society than that of my childhood. Hooray.

What we are NOT in, is a colorblind society.

You see color, and the more you don't wanna admit it, the more obvious it is that you see it.

Does that make YOU a racist?

I don't know you, so I don't know.

What I know, is that you keep score, just like we do.

You keep score even while you HATE when we keep score.

You hate when we remind you of how we were brought here in chains and humiliated and denigrated and OWNED...literally OWNED.

Yet you remind us CONSTANTLY of our shortcomings, ignoring any context that might have contributed to it.

Then you remind US of wonderful the journey has been for YOUR ancestors.

Flaunting your Declaration of Independence on July 4, all the while conveniently omitting it was almost 200 years before we were able to truly embrace the spirit of that hallowed document.

You don't hate us as much, you don't hate us as often, but we still piss you off. We piss you off because we won't do it YOUR way.

As long as it works for YOU...you love it.

Randy Moss is a lazy so and so until YOUR team signs him.

Stephen Jackson is a thug and a criminal until he sparks a resurgence in YOUR sorry ass NBA team.

The Barry Bonds situation has ALWAYS been about race.

It was when The Pirates and their fans chose Andy Van Slyke over Barry Bonds as their favorite player.

In 1991, the Pirates could have extended either Bonds or Van Slyke at 4yrs and 16 Million dollars.

They made their choice.

Then the fans threw batteries at Barry for the remainder of the decade? Why? The Pirates made that choice, not him.

"Barry Bonds admitted that he cheated on his taxes, cheated on his wife, and cheated on the game", says Curt Schilling on a talk radio show. Terry Francona encouraged him to shut up, because, apparently Mr. Schilling doesn't speak to the press in Boston, and he got tired of having to explain Schillings antics to the media.

Barry Bonds is on the verge of history. You cannot stop it. You can act like it didn't happen. You can point to random books and anecdotes as evidence.

What you cannot do, is erase history.

You can point to Hank Aaron and put words in his mouth about how ashamed he is of Barry Bonds, but you know nothing of Mr. Aaron and his struggle. Why would Mr. Aaron want to participate in this foolishness?

If this is a farce, it is because many of you want to take this from Barry despite tangible evidence of guilt.

When the evidence you are so sure of exists, I will stand by idly and whistle dixie while you all rail "I told you he was dirty".

Until then, Shut up and enjoy the game.


You aren't convinced and I didn't expect you to be.

I know you THINK you don't hate Barry because he is Black;

You hate Barry because he is Barry.


What you fail to realize is:
Barry is who he IS, because he is Black.


So remember when you sit there praying and hoping for the fates to intervene on this or any other topic, that the decisions you make have race involved.

It's ok, I won't hate you for it.

I do it all the time.

I just need you to stop lying to yourself, cause the sooner you can do that, the sooner we will all get along like you THINK we do.

Because although I rarely say it, I am tired of your shit.

Vernon Wells is my new Favorite Player

Unless the Mr. Dork is the OWNER of the Cleveland Indians, I am not quite sure how he can respond to this.







Oh and who is Mr. Wells?

Vernon Wells was born in Shreveport but grew up in Arlington, Texas, where his family moved in 1988. During a Little League practice he was smacked in the face with a groundball, a misfortune that led to him becoming a stellar center fielder (he won consecutive Gold Glove awards in 2004, 2005, and 2006). In 1993, Wells entered Arlington's Bowie High School where he starred as a quarterback on the football team and as an outfielder on the baseball team. In his senior year, he batted .565 with 7 home runs and 20 RBI. Before choosing to enter the Major League Baseball Draft, Vernon entertained the idea of going to the University of Texas at Austin to play both football (as a wide receiver) and baseball.

Wells was drafted in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the 1997 amateur draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and spent several years as a top prospect in the Blue Jays organization. From 19992001, Wells was a regular September call-up and played in 57 games. The organization pegged him as the center fielder of the future. through

In 2002, Wells was given his first chance to be an everyday player. Although disqualified from Rookie of the Year contention because he had exceeded the 130 career major league at-bat limit to qualify as a rookie (the award went to teammate Eric Hinske), Wells proved himself to be one of the top rising stars in the game. He batted .275 with 23 home runs, 100 RBI and 87 runs while asserting himself as one of the most fluid center fielders in the game. Some Toronto commentators described it as the quietest 100 RBI season a Blue Jay player had ever had.

In 2003, Wells' star continued to rise. Although his production slowed toward the end of the season, he finished the season with a .317 batting average, 33 home runs, 117 RBI and 118 runs. He led the league with 215 hits, 49 doubles, and 373 total bases and finished 8th in American League MVP voting. He also participated in his first All-Star game. He won the AL co-player of the week for the first time on June 23, 2003, sharing the honor with [1] Corey Koskie, who would become Wells' teammate in 2005. A talented defensive outfielder, Wells won his first Gold Glove Award in 2004, and a second in 2005.

Wells has often been considered a very slow starter to the MLB season, often batting near the "Mendoza Line" (a .200 batting average). However, he began the 2006 season on a torrid pace, and continued to hit well throughout the year, ending the season with a .303 Batting Average, 32 Home Runs, and 106 Runs Batted In. Wells year was capped by a game against the Boston Red Sox in which he hit 3 home runs, with two coming off of Red Sox starter Josh Beckett. He won the AL player of the week honour on July 24, 2006 [2] for the second time in his career.

Wells' performance in center field with the Jays in 2006 was recognized with Wells' selection as a reserve outfielder on the American League All-Star Team. Wells was later promoted to the American League's starting lineup after an injury to Boston's Manny Ramirez. Wells' appearance during the July 10 festivities at Pittsburgh's PNC Park marked his second time participating in the mid-summer classic (his first coming in 2003).

While widely recognized for his strong hitting statistics and exceptional defense, Wells has also faced criticism regarding his performance in clutch situations. Despite his strong stats line, Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi criticized Wells, as well as teammates Troy Glaus and Shea Hillenbrand (now with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), for failure to perform during key situations after two losses to the Kansas City Royals just before the 2006 All-Star break. He silenced these criticisms with great play throughout the rest of the year including a walk-off home run against New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.

At the end of the 2006 season, Vernon Wells was awarded his 3rd straight Gold Glove AwardTorii Hunter, and Ichiro Suzuki. for his outfield defense, along with

On December 15, 2006, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed Wells to a seven-year, $126 million contract extension.^[2] The contract also includes a no-trade clause and an opt-out clause after the fourth season. The deal was formally announced^[3] three days later in a press conference at Rogers Campus. At the press conference it was announced that Wells would donate $1 million to the Jays Care Foundation^[4], a charitable organization run by the Blue Jays. Known for his charity work, Wells indicated he would continue to be involved with the foundation in the future.

Thank you Wikipedia.

Teacher Appreciation Week in The Parrish Household

Today is the start of Teacher Appreciation week. But FIRST, a story:


Once Upon A Time, A certain teacher I know very well was starting a typical day in fourth grade. One of her struggling students was unusually late. Apparently his mother called the police (no, not the local school security guard but two Fort Worth Police officers) and the police had to physically carry him into the school and put him in his chair.

The teacher, upon seeing how visibly shaken and upset the boy was went over and tried to calm him down. After some soothing words that were met with more angry, tight lipped scowls, he put her hand on his shoulder, because he was clearly shaking...



and his shirt was wet.


fresh out of the washing machine, wet.

His Jeans, same way.

She asks the boy who is now on the verge of tears if his mother knows his clothes are wet.

"She gave them to me"

Needless to say...She took the boy to the counselor.

and is in the process of calling Child Protective Services.


So, Hug a teacher today...I know I will.

Mayweather you like it or not.

Boxing isn't dead. But it is crazy if it thinks I will make a habit of dropping 35-55 bucks a pop to watch what I could watch the following week on HBO.

I did drop the 55 bucks for the DLH-Mayweather fight. Once I realized I wasn't in the mood to get out amongst the people, it was either wait a week or come up off that change.

Luckily it just goes on the Phone bill, so i didn't actually have to "PAY" for it. Chances of me actually digging down for 55 bucks for this fight would have been pretty slim.


BE that as it may, I enjoyed the fight.

FW, who is half Panamanian has a good appreciation for boxing so it was enjoyable watching it with her. The fact that she has a good grasp of the sport was one of the reasons I actually drop the dough for it. If it was just about me and she was a casual boxing fan I would have gone ahead and waited.

Of course, I made the mistake of watching DLHM 24/7 before hand.

FW is NOT a fan of Mr. Mayweather's

Not of his conspicuous consumption
Not of his frequent us of profanity
Not of his father or uncle, both of whom have set the English language back decades.
Not a fan of his insistence on talking trash
and most importantly
Not a fan of her husband's insistence on rooting for him.


I don't think I love my wife; I KNOW I love my wife.

Her loathing of anything that might make Black folk look bad is laudable. It is probably the 4th grade teacher in her. She is instantaneous with the whole "See...thats why i dont mess with y'all no more...bit"

My response is a little more guarded. Perhaps because I get enough folk in my energy badmouthing Black folk without me adding on to it.


But I wasn't rooting for Floyd so much as I was rooting against Oscar.

This was a curious phenomenon for FW who queried me about it.


My Response?

The year was 1992.
Yours truly was a new resident of Southern California, which as you might remember was just starting to clean up from Hurricane Rodney King 4. There was not much good news to be found around these parts and me being new to the area and just starting out, I was in lack of cable television and was stuck with local television for entertainment.

Along comes the run up to the 1992 summer Olympics and the local news turned into OSCAR TV. It was all Oscar, all the time. His family was the poster child for the good Mexican. He was bigger than the DREAM TEAM for goodness sake.

Anyway, suffice it to say, As a cynic, I got tired of that.

That said, my primary issue with Oscar is that he is completely lacking in grace. Its like Boxing by numbers. You can almost see him counting to himself as he Frankensteins his way from corner to corner.

When you get up to the Shane Moseleys and Trinidads, even the Ike Quarteys of the world you see that Oscar doesnt FEEL boxing so much as he DOES it.

That bears itself out in the way analysts fawn over Mr. DLH in his work ethic.

As though Mayweather was BORN like this....Stop me if youve heard THIS before.


Anyway, before I start auditioning for Ring Magazine, I will summarize the fight thusly:


Floyd Mayweather illustrated, for those who forgot the lessons of DLH-Trinidad and DLH-Moseley I and II that the one thing Oscar cannot handle is blinding speed and impeccable technique.

Bernard Hopkins? Oscar never had a chance.

Oscar never did solve Shane Moseley, so what did you REALLY think he would do with Floyd Mayweather?

That said...the REAL winner of the fight was still Oscar De La Hoya.

Why?

Because for all that trash Floyd was talking...the name at the bottom of the check?

Oscar De La Hoya - Golden Boy Productions.

Almost to All Done - Dallas Mavericks 2007

Summer is here.

I know that summer is here because the Dallas Mavericks have broken my heart.

AGAIN.

Dirk Nowitzki is what I always feared he would be. An immensely talented role player in search of a star to hide behind. Fortunately for me, I am not sufficiently engaged in my fan relationship with the Dallas Mavericks to be heartbroken and embarrassed. Unfortunately for the Dallas Mavericks, I am not sufficiently engaged in my fan relationship to say that I will be back next year to support them.

This team has succeeded in doing ONE thing. They have shown us that they are NOT built for the playoffs.

Last year was a fluke.

Be that as it may, Something else must be addressed. The Golden State Warriors are NO JOKE. The future will bear this little fact out, but near as I can tell, the Warriors have their ticket punched for the Western Conference Finals.

The Golden State Warriors were better than the Dallas Mavericks. I cannot say it any plainer.

Now, if the Warriors Run and Gun themselves into the Finals, we may have to say that the Dallas Mavericks were victims of the biggest late season surge since the 2005 Steelers.

For the rest of this year, I ride HARD for the Golden State Warriors.


NellieBall UP.

The Ultimate in Cooneration: VH's Little Beauties

So, VH1's Little Beauties was on.

Aside from the usual slimyness that comes with SIX YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRLS WITH ENOUGH MAKEUP TO turn Mike Tomlin to Lily Tomlin, and the residual discomfort that comes with SIX YEAR OLDS IN BIKINIS. not too much was going on.


So I was minding my business, reading some insightful Political commentary, when FW (Future Wife) stopped me in my tracks.


FW:DAVID....Look at this, and DON'T turn your head.

Me:....um....ok

She presses play on the DVR and there is the 6 yr old Black girl winning for the Swimsuit competition, which I conveniently wasn't paying attention to and the girl's momma, who was built in the mold of your Division II Nose Tackle, was running up to give her little star a big ole hug for getting the win.


and THEN...



*cue the drumroll*



*swell the ominous symphony*


Judge: Kim, (Black girl's momma) we haven't seen you roll in a while. Roll for us.


y'all, THIS BITCH does a front headroll

headroll: when you lean forward and put the top of your skull on the ground and then...ROLL over on your back


and lands on her ass with her legs up in the air.



Ok. I ill let y'all marinate on that visual.

NO, I want you to inhabit the visual:

YOU a full figured, married black woman, are the mother of a beautiful 6 year old girl. Your daughter is heavily made up and participating in a beauty pageant.

Upon winning, in your jubilation, you get a request from the Judge (insert random white male of questionable orientation) to "roll for us".

You, inasmuch as you have clearly rolled for them in the past(to their glee) oblige.


Um....WTF are YOU THINKING?????


That, dear mama, ((c) Shakur) is the ULTIMATE in Cooneration. Be thankful that I cannot find a link.


Ma'am, I will need you to sit your ass down somewhere.

The Monthly 106 and Park

As spring morphs into Summer...I am going to start a Monthly series, where I Blog 106 and Park, which whether you like it or not, is the pulse of urban culture.

If someone wants to sell a movie or a song to your kids, then this is the show they hit.

You won't watch it, so I will watch it for you.

Tuesday May 1, 2007 5pm Central Show #1198

#10 DJ Khaled feat. Akon, TI, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne
Six Days on the Countdown



Comments: Since this is my first time seeing the video, I don't have a lot to offer. It seems inoffensive enough. No half-naked women, which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your vantage point.

Scratch that...cue the quick shot of the models. How premature of me.

I think Rick Ross called himself the Biggie of his City. Pardon me while I go rinse out the small portion of vomit that emerged in my mouth.


Fat Joe must have just MOVED to Miami. If you can't beat 'em join 'em i reckon.

Akon is just inescapable. As long as he isnt humping 14yr olds on stage...more power to him.

Wait..was that a cameo by Jennifer Lopez?

yes. Guess her Husband let her out to play.


They snipped out Wayne and his Daddy. No kissing for you.

Tease of Ne-Yo's TWO performances.

Meaningless blather about seeing someone who looks like someone else.

#9 Bobby Valentino & Timbaland - Anonymous
Debut on the Countdown



Timbaland strikes again. This actually isn't bad...but i dont ever want to hear him perform this live. I wonder if he played this for Hillary Clinton at the fundraiser he had for her at his house?


#8 Swizz Beatz- It's Me, Snitches
15 days on the Countdown.



Uh...Is he serious? This dude has produced for EVERYONE, why is he RAPPING.

The beat is REALLY starting to grow on me, but he REALLY needs to be quiet.


#7 T-Pain
Buy you A Drink
4 Days on the Countdown



Tallahassee's finest.

This is a classic example of a song that I wouldn't mind nearly as much IF...

It wasn't on the radio like "weather on the 8s"

And dancing girls.


IN between videos Tango from IloveNY came on to spend a few seconds of his waning 15 minutes of fame. He should be at about 14:17 now. He promises that he will be back on Cable TV. Hooray. Maybe that means he WON'T be on my satellite dish.

Snoop Shills for the 106 and Park mobile Fan club. If they pay me...i'll link it.

#6 Ciara - Like A Boy
36 Days on the Countdown (former #1)


Personally I prefer Reggie Bush in a Helmet and Pads, but thats just me.

Mario Williams, eat your heart out.

yay for Dance scenes.


New Joint of the Day MIMS - Like This


Dude has One-hit-Wonder written ALL OVER him.

ONE plus though, the old school dancing and DJ shots. that aint NEARLY enough.

Dude adds on another single snippet...nope don't like that either.

Mims, you are now the newest member of the One-Hit-Wonder Club.

#5 DJ Unk - 2 Step
32 days on the Countdown.



I cant see the two steppin. How am I supposed to learn with all the flashing lights in the video. Ok I just sounded like 60 years old just then.


Flashback Joint - Ne-Yo So Sick Live performance.

I cannot tell a lie. Ne-Yo is the best mainstream R&B singer/songwriter to come along in MANY MANY months. His Live singing skills are....adequate.

The ALBUM... GOOOOOOOOOOOD. Better than the last one even.

Ne-Yo gets his yap on with the Hosts.

And reminds people like me that hes like the ONLY decent song writer on mainstream R&B.
Mario - Let me Love you
Beyonce - Irreplaceable

what I appreciate is that this isn't just mindless screaming...these folk APPRECIATE dude.

#4 Young Buck - Get Buck
22 Days on the Countdown



This is probably my favorite VIDEO on this show. Its actually really well done.

You will NEVER hear me front on a video with steppers and Tubas and a fake Marching Band in it. Sorry. Can't do it.

I cant wait until a real MC gets a hold of this track.

Buck is ok, but THIS track deserves a sound thrashing. Someone get Joe Buddens on line two.

Nothing like putting your favorite check cashing joint in the video.


They come back to Ne-Yo, who I am liking more and more. He seems to "get it"

Dude isnt very tall.

I realize now that THIS is why I watch this show, and this is why I am DOING this post.

Ne-Yo is a bright kid.

He wants to write for Prince...i dunno if hell be able to get that done, though.

#3 Pretty Ricky & Sean Paul Push It
6 days on the chart



Ok...they aint pretty, and their names ain't Ricky...what is this about?

And do they make these kids WATCH phantom of the Opera before they put the mask on and prance around? I'm just wondering.

Sean Paul. In it for the check, no doubt.



#2 Lloyd - Get it Shawty
20 Days on the chart


This song makes me wish I was 20 again. But music was better when I was 20, so maybe not.

This video is rather color struck, btw.


#1 Ne-Yo Because of You Live Performance
Im not going to belabor how much I like this kid. He isnt the best SINGER in the world...but he does what he does well.



So I made it. Let me know if I should abandon this or keep it up.


If you like it, lemme know...Ill be back next week.

If you don't....Youll never see this again.

Happy Anniversary.

So....Happy Anniversary Mr. President. Hope today is going well for you. I'll spare you the verbal thrashing I am sure I could work up, since I am sure you will be target practice all day.

I just wanted to say: I am sure this seemed like a REALLY good idea 4 years ago.

And in case you forgot what you said, let me go ahead and post that for you.


Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country.

In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world. Our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment — yet it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it. Your courage — your willingness to face danger for your country and for each other — made this day possible. Because of you, our nation is more secure. Because of you, the tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out with a combination of precision, and speed, and boldness the enemy did not expect, and the world had not seen before. From distant bases or ships at sea, we sent planes and missiles that could destroy an enemy division, or strike a single bunker. Marines and soldiers charged to Baghdad across 350 miles of hostile ground, in one of the swiftest advances of heavy arms in history. You have shown the world the skill and the might of the American Armed Forces.

This nation thanks all of the members of our coalition who joined in a noble cause. We thank the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, who shared in the hardships of war. We thank all of the citizens of Iraq who welcomed our troops and joined in the liberation of their own country. And tonight, I have a special word for Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld, for General (Tommy) Franks, and for all the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States: America is grateful for a job well done.

The character of our military through history — the daring of Normandy, the fierce courage of Iwo Jima, the decency and idealism that turned enemies into allies — is fully present in this generation. When Iraqi civilians looked into the faces of our servicemen and women, they saw strength, and kindness, and good will. When I look at the members of the United States military, I see the best of our country, and I am honored to be your commander in chief.

In the images of fallen statues, we have witnessed the arrival of a new era. For a hundred years of war, culminating in the nuclear age, military technology was designed and deployed to inflict casualties on an ever-growing scale. In defeating Nazi Germany and imperial Japan, Allied Forces destroyed entire cities, while enemy leaders who started the conflict were safe until the final days. Military power was used to end a regime by breaking a nation. Today, we have the greater power to free a nation by breaking a dangerous and aggressive regime. With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives without directing violence against civilians. No device of man can remove the tragedy from war. Yet it is a great advance when the guilty have far more to fear from war than the innocent.

In the images of celebrating Iraqis, we have also seen the ageless appeal of human freedom. Decades of lies and intimidation could not make the Iraqi people love their oppressors or desire their own enslavement. Men and women in every culture need liberty like they need food, and water, and air. Everywhere that freedom arrives, humanity rejoices. And everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We are bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We are pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime, who will be held to account for their crimes. We have begun the search for hidden chemical and biological weapons, and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated. We are helping to rebuild Iraq, where the dictator built palaces for himself, instead of hospitals and schools. And we will stand with the new leaders of Iraq as they establish a government of, by, and for the Iraqi people. The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. Our coalition will stay until our work is done. And then we will leave — and we will leave behind a free Iraq.

The Battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th, 2001, and still goes on. That terrible morning, 19 evil men — the shock troops of a hateful ideology — gave America and the civilized world a glimpse of their ambitions. They imagined, in the words of one terrorist, that September the 11th would be the "beginning of the end of America." By seeking to turn our cities into killing fields, terrorists and their allies believed that they could destroy this nation's resolve, and force our retreat from the world. They have failed.

In the Battle of Afghanistan, we destroyed the Taliban, many terrorists, and the camps where they trained. We continue to help the Afghan people lay roads, restore hospitals, and educate all of their children. Yet we also have dangerous work to complete. As I speak, a special operations task force, led by the 82nd Airborne, is on the trail of the terrorists, and those who seek to undermine the free government of Afghanistan. America and our coalition will finish what we have begun.

From Pakistan to the Philippines to the Horn of Africa, we are hunting down al-Qaida killers. Nineteen months ago, I pledged that the terrorists would not escape the patient justice of the United States. And as of tonight, nearly one-half of al-Qaida's senior operatives have been captured or killed.

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We have removed an ally of al-Qaida, and cut off a source of terrorist funding. And this much is certain: No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Iraqi regime, because the regime is no more.

In these 19 months that changed the world, our actions have been focused, and deliberate, and proportionate to the offense. We have not forgotten the victims of September the 11th — the last phone calls, the cold murder of children, the searches in the rubble. With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

Our war against terror is proceeding according to principles that I have made clear to all:

Any person involved in committing or planning terrorist attacks against the American people becomes an enemy of this country, and a target of American justice.

Any person, organization, or government that supports, protects, or harbors terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent, and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups, and seeks or possesses weapons of mass destruction, is a grave danger to the civilized world, and will be confronted.

And anyone in the world, including the Arab world, who works and sacrifices for freedom has a loyal friend in the United States of America.

Our commitment to liberty is America's tradition — declared at our founding, affirmed in Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms, asserted in the Truman Doctrine, and in Ronald Reagan's challenge to an evil empire. We are committed to freedom in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and in a peaceful Palestine. The advance of freedom is the surest strategy to undermine the appeal of terror in the world. Where freedom takes hold, hatred gives way to hope. When freedom takes hold, men and women turn to the peaceful pursuit of a better life. American values, and American interests, lead in the same direction: We stand for human liberty.

The United States upholds these principles of security and freedom in many ways — with all the tools of diplomacy, law enforcement, intelligence, and finance. We are working with a broad coalition of nations that understand the threat, and our shared responsibility to meet it. The use of force has been, and remains, our last resort. Yet all can know, friend and foe alike, that our nation has a mission: We will answer threats to our security, and we will defend the peace.

Our mission continues. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. The proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland — and we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike.

The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory.

Other nations in history have fought in foreign lands and remained to occupy and exploit. Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. And that is your direction tonight. After service in the Afghan and Iraqi theaters of war — after 100,000 miles, on the longest carrier deployment in recent history — you are homeward bound. Some of you will see new family members for the first time — 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the Lincoln. Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you.

We are mindful as well that some good men and women are not making the journey home. One of those who fell, Corporal Jason Mileo, spoke to his parents five days before his death. Jason's father said, "He called us from the center of Baghdad, not to brag, but to tell us he loved us. Our son was a soldier." Every name, every life, is a loss to our military, to our nation, and to the loved ones who grieve. There is no homecoming for these families. Yet we pray, in God's time, their reunion will come.

Those we lost were last seen on duty. Their final act on this earth was to fight a great evil, and bring liberty to others. All of you — all in this generation of our military — have taken up the highest calling of history. You are defending your country, and protecting the innocent from harm. And wherever you go, you carry a message of hope — a message that is ancient, and ever new. In the words of the prophet Isaiah: "To the captives, 'Come out!' and to those in darkness, 'Be free!"'

Thank you for serving our country and our cause. May God bless you all, and may God continue to bless America.

Yeah, good stuff, Mr. President. Happy Anniversary, indeed.