Archive for December, 2008
Yet Another Reason To Brush Up On My High School French :)
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008Meet the new Miss France. Then introduce her to me! LOL!
A True Example
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Many, many activist groups and people try to compare themselves to the now-legendary activists of the (1955-1980) Civil Rights Movement. As someone who’s read a couple of CRM books (and who played a minor role in writing one), I thought this “Democracy Now!” segment served as a tutorial for those who want to legitimately make that claim in [...]
Happy Waiting For………
Monday, December 15th, 2008…..The Legion of Superheroes to show up on “Smallville” early next year… Exactly one month from today, in fact.
DECEMBER 22ND UPDATE: Loved this new trailer!
A New Pan-Arab Hero :)
Monday, December 15th, 2008Doesn’t this just sum up the past eight years perfectly? LMAO!!!!
Here, watch it. Then read about the new Arab world’s new hero.
Yes, Cast My Vote For…………
Monday, December 15th, 2008……the return of the Federal Writers Project. It’s a great idea. There is SO MUCH documentation of the 20th century left to do professionally, and thousands of unemployed journalists, so there ya go.
Let’s call it the (Studs) Terkel-(Zora Neale) Hurston Writers Project, and get busy right away! C’mon, Obama! Hook up America’s literary class! [...]
The Roots As A TV Show House Band?
Thursday, December 11th, 2008O-Kay…….
“Forgotten” Harlem Writer-Activist Re-Discovered
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Asante Sana to the biographer who did some serious work here on a serious activist-writer. I’m very glad this story is now out.
Asante Sana, NPR’s “News And Notes”
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Too bad. Really. Sorry. I hope this bad news pushes (what passes for) the Black elite in this country to want to control (read: pay for) their own information, but I think I’m stuck in the pumpkin patch with Linus on this one.
JANUARY 7th UPDATE: Sigh.
FEBRUARY 10th UPDATE: Hmmm.
A Free Man
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Required viewing. He makes generations look bad, and that’s good.