Archive for the 'Consumerism' Category
Kevin Clash: Making Sense of a Tragedy
• November 24, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Politics, Arts, Black Nerds, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Being Elmo", "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey", "My Life as a Furry Red Monster", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Andrew Vachss, Big Bird, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Cecil Singleton, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Elmo, Facebook, Grooming, Growing Up, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Jerry Sandusky, Jim Henson, Katherine Franke, Kevin, Kevin Clash, LGBT, Love, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Marriage, Michael Jackson, Mitt Romney, PBS, Puppetry, Rape, Sesame Workshop, Sex, Shannon Clash, Sheldon Stephens, The Closet, The Muppets, The New York Times, TMZ.com, United States
Those Pictures from Facebook: Going Wild from Obamacare
• July 1, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: $1.1 Billion, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Canada, Common Sense, Consumers Union, Costa Rica, Insurance, Keith Olbermann, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Socialized Medicine, Supreme Court of the United States, United States
Those Jennifer Hudson, Charles Barkley, and Janet Jackson Weight-Loss Commercials
• January 8, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Health, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Hudson, Jon Stewart/"The Daily Show", Love, Race, Television, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", "Good Morning America", Academy Award, Atlanta Hawks, Charles Barkley, Dreamgirls, Health, Hudson, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Hudson, Nutrisystem, TNT, Weight Loss, Weight Watcher, Weight Watchers
That Kohl’s “Gotta Go to Kohl’s on Black Friday” Commercial
• November 22, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, Television
Tags: Adrants, Advertising, Black Friday, Bullying, Buying, Christmas, Christmas Shopping Season, Commercials, Department Store Chain, Friday, Kohl, Kohl's, Midnight, Music, Music Jingle, Rebecca Black, Sales, Shopping, Teenage Girl, Teenager, Threats, TV Commercials, Visible Measures, Xmas, Youth
How Buddhism Changed This Young Black Brother’s Life
• November 21, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Arts, Black People, Books, Class, Comedy, Consumerism, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Economy, Women
Tags: African Americans, AR, Blacks, Buddhism, California, Chino XL, Common Sense, Daimoku, Donnie Darko, Gohonzon, Immortal Technique, Inner Development, iTunes, Killah Priest, Lord Brilliant, Peace, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, SGI Buddhism, SGI-USA, The Lower Four Worlds, United States, Young Men's Division, Youth Division
UPDATE: Heavy D’s Funeral Friday, November 18, To Be Live-Streamed; Plus Autopsy Results Prove Inconclusive and What Might Have Been
• November 18, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Film, Food, Health, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Music, Music Videos, Pneumonia/Respiratory Diseases, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: Al Sharpton, Baptist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Consumerism, Dwight Arrington Myers, Ernie Davis, Floyd Myers, Grace Baptist Church, Heavy D, Hip-Hop Pioneer, Kim Burrell, Los Angeles, Lungs, Mount Vernon New York, Pneumonia, Rapper, Russell Simmons, Smooth Hip Hop, Smooth Rap, The Overweight Lover, Wretched Excess, Xea Myers
Those Packer Aaron Rodgers Associated Bank Commercials
• October 21, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Aaron Rodgers, Acting, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Film, Health, Love, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Green Bay Packers, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Aaron, Aaron Rodgers, Acting, Actress, Admiration, Associated Banc-Corp, Associated Bank, Chicago, Commercials, Edith, Elderly Women, Football, Go Pack!, Green Bay, Green Bay Packers, Green Bay WI, Laughlin Constable, Marjorie Main, Milwaukee, Minnesota Vikings, Quarterback, Reta Shaw, Rodgers, Super Bowl, Television Commercials, The Chicago Bears, United States, Wisconsin
On The Dedication of The King Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• October 16, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Art, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I Have a Dream" Speech, Africa, African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Blacks, Call and Response, China, Civil Rights Activists, Drum Major, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Georgia, Homeless, King, Lei Yixin, Mao Anqing, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Memorial, Monument, Nobel Peace Prize, Philosophy, Poverty, Prisoners, Robert Pierre, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Auburn, The King Memorial, Tiananmen Square, United States, Vietnam
Jason Alexander Says Netflix Price Increase Was The Worst Thing to Happen to White People in “Funny or Die” Video
• July 29, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Consumerism, Cultural History, Film, Mental Health/Psychology
Tags: Bitching, California, Comedy, Complaining, DVD, Facebook, Faux Charities, Funny or Die, Gone Viral, Jason Alexander, Jerry Lewis, Netflix, Pilates, Price Increase, Price Increases, Raising Rates, The Netflix Relief Fund, Videos, Viral Video, White People, White People's Complaints, White Whine
Tiger Woods Visits Jimmy Fallon
• March 18, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Gossip, Late Night TV, Love, People of Color, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tiger Woods, Women
Tags: A Game, Bad Golf, Charlie Woods, Cheater, Children, David Letterman, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Golf, Golf Course, Golf Courses, Golfer, Golfing, Interview, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Jumpoffs, Kids, Late Night TV, Late Night TV Host, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Mansion, No. 5 in the World, Off-Game, Parenthood, Personal Life, Raising Children, Raising Kids, Sam Woods, Single Fatherhood, Spitting, Spitting Fines, Stephanie Birkitt, The Masters, The PGA Tour, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Traditional Marriage
Atlanta Fox 5 I-Team Reporter Dale Russell Adds to Story About Bishop Long, Ephren Taylor and The Cheated Parishioners
• February 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta GA, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Blacks, Born again (Christianity), Common Sense, Dale Russell, Ephren Taylor, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Presentation, Fox I-Team, Fox News, Illegal Gambling, John Meddling, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Seven Deadly Sins, Sweepstakes Video Games, The Black Church, Vanity, YouTube
More Bishop Long Chicanery? Long Asks Ephren Taylor to Return Investment Money to Beleaguered Parishioners, But May Have “Forgotten” That He Took a Cut From Taylor’s Profits
• February 3, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Cultural History, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Wealth Tour 2009", African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baptist, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Gary Hawkins, Blacks, Commissions, Common Sense, Drama, Eddie Long, Ephren Taylor, FBI, Financial Mismanagement, Harassment, Lithonia GA, Megachurches, Molestation, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Prosperity Gospel, Public Relations, Secret Service, Sexual Abuse, You Tube, YouTube
“Robbery” of Bishop Long’s Private Church Office Now Reappraised As a Hunt for Evidence Against Him; Sexual Abuse Investigation May Go Nationwide
• December 20, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Televangelists, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Age of Consent, Anthony Boyd, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, Baptist, Bilking, Bishop Eddie Long, Bloomfield CT, Born again (Christianity), Brad Pitt, Break-In, Burglary, Cheating, Coercion, Consenting, Credibility, Crime, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Faux Noise, Foreclosure Scam, Foreclosures, Fox News Atlanta, Fred Lee, Gary Hawkins, Grooming, Investigation, iPad, iPhone, Jamal Parris, Jewelry, Lithonia GA, Matrix, Matrix Capitol Mortgage Company, Maurice Robinson, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Parishioners, Prosperity Gospel, Secret Service, Security Breach, Security Camera, Security Cameras, Seduction, Sexual Abuse, Spencer LeGrande
General Motors Thanks The American Public for Saving The Company
• November 25, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: American Business, Assembly Plants, Baggers, Banksters, Bay City Michigan, Blue Dog Democrats, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Flint Michigan, Football, Gangsters, General Motors, Janesville WI, Kokomo Indiana, Lawyers, Mafia Goons, Parades, Pinkerton Agents, Public Relations Agencies, Republicans, Share (finance), Thanksgiving, The New York Stock Exchange, United States
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in Wisconsin
• September 12, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Democrats, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fighting Bob Fest 2010", "Fighting Bob" LaFollette, Barack Obama, Chatauqua, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Issues, Jesse Jackson, Jobs, Kickoff, Leftists, Liberals, Madison WI, Midterm Elections, Network, Political Activism, Political Chatauqua, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Progressives, Republicans, Robert LaFollette, The Barrymore Theater, The Capitol Times, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Obama Administration, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Wisconsin
The Eyewear Industry Is Robbing You Blind: Get Your Glasses Online
• September 11, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Consumerism, Fashion
Tags: Alternet, America's Best, Anneli Rufus, Astigmatism, Better Business Bureau, Customers, Davis Duehr Dean, Elderly, Eyeglasses, Eyemart Express, EyeMed, Eyewear Business, Eyewear Industry, Fixed Income, Glasses, Glassy Eyes, Ira Mitchell, Japanese Americans, John Belushi, LensCrafter, Low Income, Luxottica, Middle-Aged, Monopoly, OLTs, Optical Lens Technicians, PearleVision, Racist, Ripoff, Savings, SNL, Toshiro Mifune, Tsubaki Sanjuro
Ten Store Chains Closing More Stores or Going Out of Business
• August 23, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Consumerism, Fashion, Joblessness, People of Color, Race, Store Closings, The Economy, Women
Tags: Access, African Americans, Bank Loans, Blacks, Bodega, Convenience Store, Debt, DVDs, Fashion, Food, Grocery Stores, Mergers, Over-Extended, Store Closings, Supermarkets, The Economy, Variety, Videos
Dave Zirin: LeBron James Doesn’t Deserve the Hate
• July 14, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Race, Sports, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Basketball, Basketball Player, Blacks, Casinos, Championship Player, Championship Team, Common Sense, Dan Gilbert, Dave Zirin, Forelosures, LeBron James, Ohio, Quicken Loans, Racism, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sports, Sports Journalist, Subrprime Loans, The Cleveland Cavaliers, The Economy, The Midwest
Technical Difficulties: The Laptop is Done, But the Beat Goes On
• May 18, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Joblessness, Lena Horne, Love, Maxine Waters, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aiyana Jones, Black Women, Blacks, Blogging, Computer, Craig's List, Detroit MI, Geoffrey Feiger, Grandmother, Jobless, Laptop, Lena Horne, Madison WI, Mertilla Jones, Mitrice Richardson, Money, PayPal, Rep. Maxine Waters, Videotape, Writing
Happy Mother’s Day (with The Intruders: “I’ll Always Love My Mama,” 1973)
• May 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, Music, People of Color, The Intruders, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "I'll Always Love My Mama", "Respect", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Disco, Grandmothers, Holidays, Love, Married, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Single Black Female, Single Black Woman, The Intruders, The Philadelphia Sound, The Seventies, The United States, Unmarried
That Pine Sol Sista: The “Intensity” Campaign is a Straight Up Winner
• May 7, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Diane Amos, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Advertising Age", "Balancing Act", "Intensity" Campaign, "Mandingo", "Notorious", Actress, Advertising, Barbara Billingsley, Black Man, Black Women, Comedian, Commercials, DDB, Death + Taxes, Diane Amos, Housework, James Medellin, Lesbian Mom, Mopping Floors, Olivia Cruises, Pepper Miller, Pine Sol, Sexuality, Shannon Hassett, The Clorox Corporation, The Economy, The Great Recession, Voice-Over, White Man
The Slo-Mo Oil Sludge Will Make Landfall Friday; Another Louisiana-Gulf Coast Disaster in the Making?
• April 30, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Class, Consumerism, Health, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Science, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Times-Picayune", Alternative Energy, Booms, British Petroleum, Burning Oil, Cementing, Depressed Economy, Drilling, Dubai, Environmental Disaster, Fisheries, Fishermen, Flora, Governor Bobby Jindal, Halliburton, Hydrofracking, Louisiana, Natalie Roshto, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Odor, Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill, Oysters, Reduced Air Quality, Sarah Palin, Shane Roshto, Shrimpers, Shrimping, Smell, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Wildlife
Those Swiffer “Who’s That Lady” Commercials
• April 26, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Comedy, Commercials, Consumerism, Love, Music, Sexuality, Television, The Isley Brothers, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "That Lady", "Who's That Lady?", Broom, City of Madison, Competition, Faithlessness, Jealousy, Love, Mad City, Madison WI, Mop, Official Bird of the City of Madison, Pink Bowling Balls, Plastic Pink Flamingos, Retaliation, Swiffer, Swiffer Mop, Swiffer Sweeper, Swiffer Vac, The Isley Brothers, The Seventies
The Lane Bryant Ad ABC and Fox Didn’t Want Their Prime-Time Viewers to See
• April 21, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Big Beautiful Women, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Fashion, Health, Love, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: BBW, Beauty, Big Beautiful Women, Big Girls, Big Women, Cacique, Commercial, Fat, Healthy Women, Lane Bryant, Lingerie, Plus Size Women, Queen Size Women, The Stupid, TV Commercial, Underwear
Recent Comments