I caught this one via Villager and via Tariq Nelson. It’s a documentary on the contrasting styles of manhood displayed by Barack Obama and 50 Cent. I’m uncomfortable with the notion of a “real man” that seems to permeates the discussion, but I find the documentary to have a lot of compelling points.
“The black, [...]
It’s almost becoming laughable the extent that some will go to deny the agency of black people now that Barack Obama is poised to upset the natural order and become President of the United States. When I first heard that Colin Powell had endorsed Sen. Obama, I was pissed that I had to go to [...]
Tonight is the final debate between Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain. I have to miss the live debate because I’ll be at work, but there will be some awesome liveblogging of the debate going on from Jack, Holly, Maegan la Mala, Nezua, Jose, and Sylvia.
Jack has a niftly little group liveblogging thing going on, [...]
He’s reaching out to gamers!
Now, I admit. I’m a gamer because I like to remove myself from reality every once in a while, and so the thought of being reminded of reality while I’m gaming kinda puts me off. Nonetheless, I also have to admit that this is an innovative move on the part [...]
Ha! Jay Smooth brings the funny!
Generally, as a matter of keeping me from head-desking myself a concussion, I stay away from places like The Free Republic. As anyone who has ever dared dirty their eyeballs by venturing over there knows, it’s a cesspool of hate, racism, ignorance, homophobia, hypocrisy, you name it. Besides, stronger bloggers than I often remind me [...]
I just watched this video via a link at Shakesville. I’m speechless. The author of the video isn’t, though:
I’ve been doing blog video for a while, and presidential rallies a lot longer. And this is the most strange, ignorant, uninformed, angry, up-to-no-good, and gullible group of people I’ve ever seen at a political rally.
You [...]