I usually don't like to write about the lives of celebrities, but this is a subject I find very VERY interesting and at the same time very confusing. Thanks to my fellow neighbor for bringing this to my attention (you know who you are). So everyone knows T.I. was caught with machine guns and silencers back in October of 2007. For those of you who don't know T.I. is a convicted felon and it is against the law for convicted felons to be in possession of any type of firearm or firearm accessorie…
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Posted on May 20, 2009 at 8:25pm — 4 Comments
I'm a person who likes to stay current on the news. I ran across an article this evening that kind of saddened my spirit. Take a look at it for yourselves......
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hard economic times are hitting the United States' youngest citizens, threatening to roll back decades worth of gains in health, safety and education, according to a report released on Monday.
It suggests the country's most severe recession in a generation, which has cost more than 5 million American job…
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Posted on May 19, 2009 at 1:19am — 1 Comment
I was listening to Mr. Moody's Neighborhood (shout out to Moody, Cousin Ed, Naturel, and Tracy for an AMAZING show!!) and I was so intrigued by everything the crew had to say. So I'm pretty much just going to be piggy backing off of some of the things they spoke on. Granted there are some extraordinary men in the world and we have a great amount of them right here in the hood. Regardless of that fact there is a significant amount of men (or so called men I should say) who are not stepping up…
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Posted on May 12, 2009 at 3:00am — 11 Comments
I was watching the movie "I Am Legend" a couple of nights ago and there was one line that really stuck out to me. Will Smith's character said that Bob Marley believed he could cure racism by injecting it with love and music. Great concept, but can racism really be cured? Is racism something that can be treated with some type of medication and it just disappears like a common cold? Some Americans don't want to recognize it or either they recognize it and don't want to face the reality that rac…
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Posted on May 9, 2009 at 1:21am — 8 Comments