Tuesday, November 29, 2005

 

4 Legs Good, 2 Legs Bad

I raise with you the following thought: About a century ago there were white men who believed that justice consisted of blacks being considered 2/5 a person. Those saged white men were the Supreme Court (Plessy v. Ferguson). 40 years later-- Brown v. Board of Education created a national uproar -- riots were the norm not the exception, black children were chastised, beaten and killed. 60 years later we live in a country where exceptance is the norm (ok, we can debate that but let's except it as fact for sake of conversation).
Compare:
100 years ago, abortion was not only illegal, it was murder. There was no debate when life started, when a fetus was fertilized, 1st 2nd or 3rd trimester made no difference. 60 years later, Roe v. Wade created a national uproar, abortion clinics were bombed, women were scorned and beaten for having an abortion. 40 years later, nothing has changed. Roe v. Wade hangs by the thread but my question is this. As our country moves to the right, 100 years from now, will the abortion debate be anything? In the next 20 years, Roe v. Wade will be overturned or limited so that you can only have an abortion on February 29. So 80 years after that, will our children's children look back on us and think "I can't believe our grandparent's generation thought abortion was acceptable, that it was the woman's right to choose whether to commit such a travesty."
Sad...

Monday, November 28, 2005

 

Things That Make You Go Hmmmm....

For some reason I started wondering what happened to the following five "rap/hip-hop" acts:

1. C&C Music Factory: They made me sweat and now, radio silence.

2. KLF: 3 A.M. Eternal has the best use of machine guns in any song except for "Throw Ya Gunz in the Air by....

3. ONYX: Just Slam, du dah dah, du dah dah, let the boyz be boyz and SLAM

4. B.G. The Prince of Rap: This Beat is Hot was Hot but after 15-20 years, you'd figure B.G would be the King, if not the Queen Mother of Rap by now

5. M.C. Search: Clearly the greatest Jewish rapper of all time

My thought is that they are all hanging out at the hip-hop retirement home having an old school battle every weekend while drinking Mad Dog 20/20 and hanging with Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick and Tribe Called Quest (Qtip is fine but come on already Tribe, I need to find out if you ever found that wallet you left in El Segundo)

At the very least, this would make for a solid SNL Skit.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

 

It's a cruel (CRUEL) cruel summer

Alas, I didn't make it to U2 last night. I heard they rocked despite the fact that their finale was actually a Patsy Kline (the opening act) song. Well, there is always the next time they're in town five years from now. Argh!

On the other side of reality, I have had the pleasure over the last two days to taste test a variety of cold medicines, and am under the impression that they are gobblygook. Nothing helps a cold, you just need to ride it out. Except for Nyquil. That stuff knocks me on my ass. The only comparison I can think of is a 1/5 of J.D. without the need for greasy eggs and homefries in the morning.

Happy Thanksgiving World!

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

 

U2 Tonight!!!

Here are my top five expectations for the show:

5. The fact that I woke up legitimately sick (not, I-want-to-stay-in-bed-and-watch-morning- talk-show sick) is not going to stop me from this show.

4. Bono's political correctness will not bother me because it is heartfelt and true

3. I will spill something on the person in front, next to or behind me

2. I will spot an "A", "B" AND "C" list celebrity and

1. This will be the greatest concert I've ever been to.

By the way, any idea why the show got changed from U2 coming on at 9 to coming on at 8:45?

Monday, November 21, 2005

 

And we're back

After taking a blogging hiatus, it is time to renew with all of my kindred spirits out there in never never land. If you all missed the Save the Earth telethon on TBS, you must see it when it comes on repeat. Sadly, I only caught the first few minutes (and DVR was too busy with the Fox Sunday lineup and Housewives) but it was hysterical and important. I particularly enjoyed Conan's skit where he discusses NBC's lineup for who will be playing the world leaders in the Global Warming movie (i.e., Karl Rove as Boss Hogg) with the best being that Pres. Bush will be played by Ralph Wiggam. Ahhh Ralphie!

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