• April 4, 2013 •
Comments Off on Magic Johnson’s TMZ Interview About His Gay Son
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Magic Johnson, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Fatherhood, Blacks, California, California Proposition 8, Children, Coming Out, Common Sense, Cookie Johnson, Feeding Frenzy, Fourth Estate, Gay Hate, Growing Up, Harvey Levin, Homophobia, Homophobia in the Black Community, LGBT, Los Angeles Lakers, Love, Magic Johnson, Michael Jackson, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com, United States, Whitney Houston, You Tube
• December 2, 2011 •
Comments Off on Flip The Bird at Barack Obama, and You May Get Fired. Even in Russia…
Posted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Class, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Russia, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Russians, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Black Russians, Blacks, Dr. Jason Johnson, Faux Noise, Fox News, Insult, Obama Haters, Oligarchy, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, REN-TV, Russians of Color, Social Media, Tatyana Limanova, The Kremlin, Twitter, Vladimir Putin, You Tube
• October 18, 2011 •
Comments Off on Veteran Marine Sgt. Shemar Thomas on the Occupy Wall Street Protests: “This is Our Time…to Change The Greed…in America”
Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Afghan War, African Americans, Anarchists, Baggers, Benefits, Blacks, Civil Liberties, Civil Servants, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, Demonstrations, Dirty Hippies, Iraq, Iraq War, J. Edgar Hoover, Jobless, New York City Police Department, New York's Finest, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Poor People's Campaign, Poverty, Raw Story, Ready-TV.com, Republicans, Riverside Church, Sgt. Shemar Thomas, Single Issue Politics, The Black Middle Class, The February Uprising, The Middle Class, The Poor People's Campaign, The Tea Party, Unemployed, Union Contracts, Union Members, United States, Veterans, Vietnam War, Wages, Wall Street, War Veteran, Wisconsin, Workers, You Tube, YouTube
• June 19, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Adoptive Fathers, Adults, African Americans, Black Daddies, Black Dads, Black Fatherhood, Black Fathers, Blacks, Child, Children, Daddies, Dads, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers, Fathers Day, Growing Up, Holidays, Home, Love, Mother, Papas, Parent, Parenthood, Raising Children, Raising Kids, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Single Fatherhood, Stepfathers, Teens, United States, You Tube
• May 16, 2011 •
Comments Off on The First Lady at Spelman College, Atlanta, May 15, 2011
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Cosby, Booker T. Washington High School, Commencement Speaker, Evelynn Hammonds, Evelynn M. Hammonds, First Lady, Graduating, Graduation, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Juris Doctor, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Memphis, Memphis TN, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Quantico Marine Base, Sidney Poitier, Spelman College, White House, You Tube
• March 23, 2011 •
17 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, People of Color, Sports, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Dark Ride", Andrea Bogart, AT&T, AT&T U-Verse, Black Man, Cable Channels, Commercial, Commercials, General Hospital, Ghost Whisperer, Hey Marcel, Latino, Marcel, Marcel Marceau, Marcello Mastrioanni, My Multiview, Sophia Loren, Syfy, Television, TV Commercial, You Tube
• February 3, 2011 •
Comments Off on 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
Posted 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
• January 25, 2011 •
Comments Off on The President’s 2011 State of the Union Address
Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, Health Care/The Public Option, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, C-Span, Children, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Hulu, PBS, President Barack Obama, Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, SOTU, State of the Union, State of the Union Address, Tucson Arizona, United States, United States Marine Corps, West Philadelphia High School, White House, You Tube
• September 18, 2010 •
Comments Off on Those Banned Utah State Fair Ads
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Obama Administration, Race, Sexuality, Television
Tags: Ads, African Americans, Barry White, Black Farmers, Blacks, Blue Ribbons, Commercials, Competitions, Cows, Farmers, Gladys Knight, Inner Barry White, Kiss My Black Ads, Latter-Day Saints, Markus T. Boddie, Mormons, Pigs, Racism, Sex, Stereotypes, The Seventies, Utah, Utah State Fair, Utahns, You Tube
• May 11, 2010 •
Comments Off on Coco at Google Hdqtrs: Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter, May 5
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Television
Tags: Andy Richter, California, Coco, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Writer, Conan O'Brien, Creativity, Google, Jay Leno, Northern California, Stand-Up Comedian, The Tonight Show, Writer, You Tube
• April 21, 2010 •
Comments Off on UPDATE: Der Fuhrer Don’t Like iPad and Other “Downfall” Parodies Removed by YouTube for Copyright Infringement
Posted in Commercials, Film, Germany, History, Memoir, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, World War II
Tags: "Hogan's Heroes, "Inglourious Basterds", Adolf Hitler, Apple, Der Fuhrer, Humanizing Hitler, iPad, iPod, Jews, Kindle, Mel Brooks, Perfection, Perfectionism, Technology, The Allies, The Fuhrer, The Germans, The Nazis, The Resistance, Viral Commercials, World War II, You Tube
• January 9, 2010 •
Comments Off on Art Clokey, Creator of Gumby and Pokey, Dies at 88
Posted in Art, Art Clokey, Children's Shows, Clay Animation, Documentaries, Film, History, Love, Memoir, Religion, Science, Television
Tags: "Black Bart", "Gumbasia", "Gumby Dharma", "Mandala", "The Adventures of Gumby", Art Clokey, Clay Animation, Clokey, ComicCon 2009, Dallas McKinnon, Davey and Goliath, Eddie Murphy, Fourth Street, Gender, Ginny Tyler, Google, Gumby, Gumbyana, Joseph Clokey, Kinesthetic Film Principles, Matt Groening, Nancy Wible, Native American, Norma McMillan, Pokey, Raceless, Robina Marchesi, Ruth Clokey, San Rafael CA, Slavko Vorkapich, Southern California, Stop Motion Clay Animation, The Eighties, The Nineties, The San Rafael Art Center, The Sixties, The Sundance Channel, You Tube, Zen Buddhism
• December 25, 2009 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs Redux: Olivia Olson, “All I Want For Christmas is You” from “Love Actually”
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Film, Holidays, Love, Music, Olivia Olson, People of Color
Tags: "All I Want for Christmas is You", "Love Actually", Biracial, Biracials, Darlene Love, Olivia Olson, Sam and Joanna, You Tube
• October 28, 2009 •
7 Comments
Posted in Chicanos/Latinos, China, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 23rd Street, 911, Brandy, Bullying, Bystander Effect, California, Children, Constables on Patrol, Detective Ken Greco, Disrespect, Drew Carberry, El Cerrito High, Emeric Avenue, Genovese Syndrome, Girlfriend, Girls, Growing Up, KGO-7, Kitty Genovese, Latinos, Lighting, Lt. Mark Gagan, Murdered, National Council on Crime Prevention, Negativity, New Bedford MA, Normalcy, Queens, Rally in Support of Rape Victim, Raped, Raul Rubio, Recapitulation, Richmond CA, Richmond High, Richmond High School, Safety Issues, Security Cameras, Stabbed, The New York Times, West Contra Costa School Board, Women, You Tube
• October 10, 2009 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, October 10: Average White Band Live @ The House of Blues, “School Boy Crush,” 2008
Posted in Average White Band, Love, Music
Tags: "School Boy Crush", Alan Gorrie, Average White Band, AWB, Blue-Eyed Soul, Blues, Falsetto, First Love, Funk, Hamish Stuart, House of Blues, Love, Old School, Phrasing, School, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, Sex, The Seventies, White Soul, You Tube
• September 13, 2009 •
4 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Crime, Gossip, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Religion, The View
Tags: 20/20, African Americans, Barbara Walters, Blacks, Cedric the Entertainer, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories, Diana Ross, Gods, Grown (Ass) Man, Grown Man, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joe Jackson, Katherine Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Schonbrunn Palace, The Jacksons, The View, Vienna, Witnesses, You Tube
• June 15, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in American Foreign Policy, Books, Education, Iran, Obama Administration, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Rick Steves' Iran", "Rick Steves' Iran: Yesterday and Today", 1953, 1979, American Embassy, Andrew Sullivan, Arab, Ardabil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bush Administration, Cairo Speech, Chador, CIA, Daily Kos, Demonstrations, Farsi, George W. Bush, Iran, Islamic Bomb, Israel, John Borton, Juan Cole, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mark Twain, Mir Hossein Moussavi, Muslim, Pahlavis, Pakistan, PBS Create, President Carter, President Obama, Rick Steves, Right Wing, Robert Fisk, Shi'a, Sunni, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Syrian, The Right, The Seventies, United States, Uprisings, You Tube
• April 15, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Commercials, Television
Tags: "Respect", "Whole Lotta Love", Aretha Franklin, Cricket Broadband, Kids, Led Zeppelin, Miss Re, The Sixties, You Tube
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