Politics

Why can Pres. Bush push for an immigration bill which he has been on a bad side of all this time but he is stuck on one side of the war situation. Politics. He sees that he has to a certain extent lost the battle with the immigrants so he is sort of waving a white flag. Why isn't he doing that with the war effort. Doesn't he know when to lick his wounds. I would think that looking at this situation that he does but this just shows me that he is at the point to where he does what he wants when he wants and damn anyone who has a problem with it. God help us if he has any problems with a nuclear powerhouse.

Black Village

I read that it is uncertain the future of Leimert Park in Los Angeles which was a hub during the riots in the 90s riots. Of course this area needs to be preserved. Why wouldn't it be. If people are trying to make a positive out of a negative which they were before the riots as a matter of fact, then why should that be held up. That was a rough point in American history and a functional place as a monument to me means more than any statue, especially because of what happened. I mean how can you put a monument up to mark the moment when the officers who beat Rodney King were acquitted. You can't. But it needs to be remembered for future generations so that the past doesn't repeat itself. Look at that place and remember white folks what can happen when you piss us off.

So Many Breakups

When I look at my local paper I can't help but notice all of the divorces. I can't understand why. One reason I think is because I think that people rush into marriage too young. People think that just because they get with someone in the ninth grade and stay with them through graduation that means they should be together through life but that is apparently wrong. I understand that youngsters aren't the only ones who make up the divorce bracket but they make up quite a few. What anyone needs to know is that divorces cost more than marriages regardless of the circumstances. Problems, problems.

Some Blame

I have to believe that the head people at Virginia Tech have to be held somewhat responsible for some of what occurred on that tragic day last week. After the first shootings, there was no reason for that campus not to be shut down. They played right into the killers hands. That just shows you that the campus was more worried about putting on a front to cover up a tragedy than getting the word out to make sure everyone was safe. The way I look at it, just because of a rumor, I would rather have safe students and a drop in enrollment than 33 dead people and 25 wounded because of the way I thought it would make my school look to the public. I mean they act as if even if they did shut the school down and the mass shooting wouldn't have occurred or if it was an isolated incident as they claim they thought it was, they still would have had to go to the press about the first 2 student shootings. Jail time, nah, but some lost jobs, probably.

What's Deserved

I have heard that the young guy that has been charged with raping and killing a 2 year old little girl has been having a hard time in jail. Rumor has it a couple of broken arms, broken ribs, continuous beatings, and serious anal damage due to continuous rape. Can the guy even blame his fellow inmates. They're giving him the same chance he gave that little girl. I have heard over the years that child molesters and the like have the worst time in jail and I guess that must be the truth. Lord be with him and I guess he is getting or will get whatever he deserves.

Lives Changed

Today was the first day of the 2007 NFL draft. For these guys there lives have changed forever. Money and notariety are at their feet. As for what they will do with both of them remain to be seen. I wish as a 23 year old that I could look forward to the coming months and know that I will be seeing a couple of million dollars in the mailbox. And the sad thing about it is that some of these guys have been given to key to changing generations in their families that aren't even born yet and will blow it. If I only knew back in the day what I know now.....

We Wonder Why

As a young black man, I hear my peers all the time complain about why we don't have too much to do in my area but after going to Conway, AR last week for the festivities tied in to the End of the World Greek show, it is no wonder why there isn't much for us to do because there is always going to be a good number of people out there to mess things up. Cars getting hit, fights, people getting shot at, drugs, drunk driving, I see why the Man doesn't want to give us too much to do because there will always be ignorance. Now if we as a people knew how to get together peacefully and chill there wouldn't be too much but people look for that one little thing where we mess up to hold it against us and thats what these young folks don't seem to understand. This was my sixth and most likely last year going because it seems that the generation after me is more worried about looking tough and making bad names for themselves than just getting out of town and having fun. I don't know where my people are headed honestly. Children are the future my ass. They say one apple spoils the bunch, well how about a couple of hundred.