Ohhh-bama, McCain Mc-DOH, Writers mulling it over, Lakers win again

Man, what a weekend! If things go the way I hope they do in November, this weekend may come to be known as "Obama Shutout Weekend". Obama won all of the state primaries, roaring into another Tuesday of primaries coming up, prompting Hillary to dismiss her Campaign Manager. Meanwhile, McCain might be up on the judge's cards, but he can't get the knockout on Huckabee. Pundits be damned!

The WGA Leaders held a Press Conference addressing the new offer from the Producers, saying that it is a "good deal" and that the Writers should approve it. They also pointed out that they didn't get everything they deserved, leaving a few things on the table, but that it was the best deal they've had in over thirty years. So, in the next few days, we'll see if the Writers lift their pencils or break them in half.

And finally, LAKERS WIN AGAIN! Was that Pau Gasol trade like getting free money or what? Still, I would've liked to see the Heat with Shaq one more time. Oh well, a win's a win. Hi-Lo.

Obama Clocks Clinton, Writer's Strike ending?

I just checked the results from today's primaries and do y'all smell that? That's Hillary getting barbecued! Obama won handily in all of the primaries and it wasn't even close in the Virgin Islands. The margin between them is only twenty-five delegates, that includes Super-Delegates. We still got a ways to go but it sure feels good to see those numbers.

Also, the Writer's Strike may be closing out this weekend depending on whether the Members vote to accept the new deal. I don't have too many specifics, but I did read that there is language that provides for compensation to Writers for "new media" usage. It works out to about $600 for the first two minutes of programming viewed and a smaller rate for the rest of the time viewed, not to be less than the total of the first two minute total... I know, it seems confusing, but that's actually the easy part of the formulas mentioned! Anyway, it is progress and a damn sight better than nothing.

Could they get more if they held out longer? That's the hardest question to answer. It does make you wonder just how much money the Producers are pocketing if $600 is them being stingy. We'll see what happens. GO OBAMA and GO WRITERS! Hi-Lo

Lakers Win, Hillary and Obama separated by a whisker

Whew! Whenever I watch a Lakers game, I have a few moments when I feel like jumping out of a window and tonight's game was one of those times. They were able to dodge a loss with the help of Pau Gasol and Kobe each scoring over 30 points, the first time that's happened since the glory days of Caron Butler.

Now, all we have to do is win a few more before we come back home and cash in the frequent flyer miles.

Also, I checked the latest delegate count and Hillary and Obama are separated by two delegates, not counting the Super Delegates. I hope y'all are ready to lose a few hairs in the coming weeks because this will be like a good movie 'til the end. Hi-Lo.

Mitt, get gone!

What's up y'all? If you don't know by now, when I predict something big, carve it in stone! Mitt Romney officially threw in the towel, saving his family's inheritance and himself further embarrassment.

It couldn't have happened any other way. As bad as it is these days, no one's ready to hand the country over to a member of a cult. So, who's gonna be the next one to fall? I don't think Ron Paul will be next; he's sticking around to get every last dollar to stash in that retirement nest egg. Hi-Lo.

News Overload

Wow, folks, what a day! SO much happened today my mind is in over-expansion mode, so let me unload for a minute. First off, pray for all the folks down South who were affected by the group of tornadoes that hit. I got family there and I'm praying already, but they sure wouldn't mind your prayers, too. I saw the pictures of Lafayette and Jackson, Tennessee, and they were heartbreaking.

Second, or actually 1A, Obama and Hillary are in a virtual tie in the race for delegates. If you thought this race was almost over, grab some popcorn and get a comfortable chair.

Third, the coroner released the results of the Heath Ledger autopsy and, as expected, they found that he died from an accidental overdose. The proof is there, now let him rest.

Fourth, Shaq passed the physical and the Suns now have a 20-million-a-year Diesel, cab-minus-the-trailer, in purple and orange. This was an expensive, dangerous deal for Phoenix and it won't put them over the top, on the court anyhow. Sorry Suns, but we had Shaq during his glory years. Sad as it will be to watch him Barney up and down the floor, I won't feel sorry for him or his new team. All parties signed off on this trade, yes Marion too, so they'll have to live with it. Speaking of The Matrix, if he was miserable on a high-powered team, I don't want to see him when he heads off the court after a tenth loss in ten games!

Fifth, though it could move to second in the coming months, McCain took command of the GOP race yesterday by gangster-slapping Romney in the primaries. At this point, Romney needs to freshen up that resume because he's not gettin' this job. Huckabee is sitting pretty since McCain will most likely draft him as his running mate. Yes my people, if that happens, the rich get dinner and we all get plenty of desert.

One last thing... GO OBAMA!! YES WE CAN!! Hi-Lo.

Heath Ledger, politics, burning in the Brain

First up, can we all agree that the death of Heath Ledger is a tragedy on infinite levels? A two-year-old daughter left behind, an atmospheric career cut short, and an emerging talent we'll never see reach maturity. Everyone wants to focus on how he died, what was his state of mind so that he can be judged, but does anyone want to focus on how he lived? Let's celebrate a life that brought entertainment and awe for millions. Let's revisit the performances to be remembered throughout his career. People will believe what they want to believe about his death, but let's all be bigger than that; spin it as the media might, it won't change that he's gone. Do not judge this young man, not for his death, not for his life, not at all. Just marvel at another miracle we were witness to.
Speaking of not judging, can people not belittle his existence by saying things they wouldn't have said to his face? I mean, this guy for Fox News, who I won't give the courtesy to name in my space, makes fun of him on the air to start some controversy and boost his ratings? Well done, sir, way to show how much we've grown as a species. Should this guy even be on the news? Should his stunt have even made the news, rewarding a heinous act of disrespect? Let Mr. Ledger rest in peace and let his family know that he meant more than gutter-quality headlines and cheap-shot antics.
As for the politics of the day, do the Democrats really need to follow the Repugnantcans plan of stabbing each other in the back with attack ads? Come on y'all, are you going to let us be taken again because you don't want to rise above the B.S.? Barack, Hillary, y'all are bigger than that. No hitting below the belt, costing America points and pull the race-gender-family cards out of the deck along with the Joker in the Crack House. We need a hero y'all and heroes don't play in the pigpen. We're all hurting and you can't build a solid new foundation out of shit. Hi-Lo.

Common Enemy

I've wandered this Earth,
A million years,
Before my birth,
To the no colors,
I have no worth,
I built the chair that,
Holds your girth!

We embraced you,
"Welcome brother",
Stole our land,
Attacked the Mother,
You caged us,
And bruised our soul,
Liquored our bodies,
BUT WE WON'T FOLD!

Your words mean nothing,
A promise, a lie,
Noise to my ears
My people still die,
Seconds are years,
The metal sears,
Mind overturned,
My village is burned,
Home is no more,
Now it's Our turn!

Thoughts

An anomaly,
I see before me,
the riddle,
not in the middle,
apocalypse and tragedy,
melt before my eyes,
it's not a disguise,
dehumanized.

Protruding limbs,
sins and skeletons,
cloud my vision,
canteen full of oil,
blood soup boils,
not enough elitists,
doesn't taste right yet,

Set, guide us,
unsettling isn't working,
brain-damaged monkey,
spoiled child,
what can he do?

Our night is their day,
the shells, the words,
the flesh tears away.

Hey!
Please wake up,
you've been asleep too long,
Time is passing,
even the weeds won't grow,
it's all dying,
the monkey's lying,
shooter's pulling the strings,
taking us all hunting,
I don't want to wear antlers.

Blink...home is gone,
don't know this land,
the heat, the sand,
they need a hand.

Promises broken,
brought fire instead,
Death in tow,
they know it well,
showed us Hell!

The Sun, our Son's, setting,
Daughters by their sides,
Children are lost,
God killing God,
No one wins.

Skid Row, the movie

What it is people? I know I haven't posted here since, like, Dollar Bill was serving interns manwiches and gas was a dollar a tank, but I had to get on the rooftop to shout about something that affected me this evening. My wife and I just saw a movie called Skid Row, starring Pras of The Fugees. This is a documentary about Pras living as a homeless person on L.A.'s Skid Row for nine days, with nothing but a camera crew covertly filming in a van and a camera person tagging along, doing the same. I can only sum up the feeling from deep within my soul in this way; when the film was over, I felt a pain in my heart, a pain I've only felt when I lost a loved one. In truth, something in me died tonight, and that was the way I think about the homeless of this country, of this world! I've always had a soft spot for those less fortunate than myself, but I always found a way to keep the sadness of their situation at a distance; never again. Through his experience, you see the helplessness of people who are just trying to stay alive. Pras learns quickly that he has to have a hustle, such as panhandling, to get money for food or go hungry. He takes you on a ride where panhandling all day might not get you enough to eat and definitely won't provide you with enough to have shelter for the night. This point is hammered home when he tries to find shelter only to discover that the nighttime bus to the shelter won't let you on if you didn't get a ticket for the bus that morning. How ridiculous is that? His tent gets stolen and he can't go to the shelter, so he has to sleep on the ground because the shelter has no more room for the homeless due to the rain.The numbers of it will disturb you; 200,000+ millionaires in L.A., 5,000 of which are worth twenty-five million dollars, 80,000 homeless in L.A., 11,000 on Skid Row, not one reason good enough to explain why. We have a catastrophic problem here and it's not being addressed. More people like Pras are needed to bring this to the foreground where it can't be ignored. Why spend billions expanding the Dubya Empire, making enemies of the World, when we should spend that money helping our brothers and sisters in need? This movie is in limited release right now, but I urge everyone to go see it when it reaches a venue in your area. It will move you to take action and never again take for granted what you have. Later. Hi-Lo.

Call me Nostradamus

Hello folks. Well, I've let it marinate for a while, but yes, that was me that said the Miami Heat would win the NBA Finals. To any of ya'll who doubted my basketball knowledge, I have to say nyyyaaaahhhh! Did anyone really think Dallas had the frontcourt to handle Shaq and stop Wade too? Yes, I am a Lakers fan, but I'm a basketball fan above all. I'm also a fan of Shaq, but I would rather have seen him win another one in a Laker uniform. If only I owned the team... oh well. So, should I take on fortune-telling full-time? I don't think so. Besides, if anyone saw my predictions for the near future with Dumbya at the helm, they'd lock themselves in the basement. Don't you wish we could bring back the Old Days when leaders had to lead their armies into battle from the front? They wouldn't be so quick to start something if they had to fight. By the way, where's Dubya during all this fighting going on between Israel and Lebanon? I guess there's no money in it. Here's to peace in the Middle East and hoping people get their heads right before it's too late. Hi-Lo

B-ball and Candidates for Governor

Hello ya'll. I haven't been keeping up with the news the last couple of days but I have been keeping up with the NBA Playoffs. Shaq and The Heat are just a game away from the NBA Finals, but Detroit isn't ready to go home yet. So who wins the NBA Title this year? If Miami finishes off the Pistons, I believe they have the best chance of winning it all. Phoenix and Dallas can run and Dallas is much better on defense, but the Heat are a more balanced team and their players know their roles. In my beloved West, I think Dallas has the will to beat the Suns and go to the Finals. I think the Suns have a good running team, but their defense has lapses during games and it takes more than offense to win it all. For anyone keeping up with the mud-slinging Democratic campaigns here in CA, who do you think will challenge Screwzafella? I'm pulling for Angelides because I like what he's talking about and his campaign is slightly cleaner than the Westly outfit at this point. I also believe he's got a good chance of beating Ahnold in the Election. Hopefully, we still have a state by the time Election Day rolls around. So can anyone do a thing about our soon-to-be $5.00 a gallon gas? Nope, not as long as Dubya is runnin' things and lining his pockets. Too bad we can't power cars on B.S. because we'd always have a full tank! Hi-Lo.

Poof! Deficit gone!

Hey ya'll. So have you heard what Gubna Screwzafella is shoveling now? Apparently, our mighty California deficit has disappeared and we now have a five billion dollar surplus. Wow, just in time for the upcoming elections! Where did this miraculous surplus come from and how did it remain undiscovered until now? I think this guy's got the wrong idea about running a mud-slinging campaign; you see, Gubna, you're supposed to shovel shit at opposing candidates not the voters and your bowel movements don't pay down the deficit. If you say it, they'll believe... I don't think so. I can't wait to hear the other fairy tales Screwzafella's got for us in the coming months. Maybe he'll tell us all the illegal aliens parted the border fences and went back to Mexico yesterday. Yep, all those landscapers, cooks and housekeepers you see aren't Mexicans, they're dark-skinned white folks who've reclaimed the jobs the illegals were stealing from them all these years. You know, I really hate that term "illegal aliens" because it makes the people sound as if they come from another planet and they're criminals. They better hope the Mexicans and Salvadorians don't listen because the state would starve without food, the houses and businesses would collapse under the dirt, the cars would fall apart, the lawns would die and the parents would have to take care of their own kids! Let's be real folks, we still have a deficit of ten bajillion dollars and the immigrants aren't going anywhere because rich folks aren't going to pay a decent wage for work they feel is menial. If you want to get rid of all the problems with California you don't need to get rid of a few million immigrants, you just need to get rid of ONE! Hi-Lo.

Gnarls Barkley

Hey ya'll. Did you see that performance by Gnarls Barkley on Conan last night? Was that not the shiznit? I hope that slow version of "Crazy" becomes available soon. If it wasn't for this kind of music, how would I get through life nowadays? I've GOT to get that CD! Later. Hi-Lo.

New music

What's up cats? I've been gone for a minute, thinking and working. Lately, I've been listening to a lot of new music and spending time with my girl. Still, the writing offline has continued. As most of you know, my disgust with the state of the world, specifically our country, is always the central theme of my posts. I do have to share my impressions of the new music my wife and I have experienced of late. First of all, if you haven't listened to the radio in a bit, there's a new group out there called Gnarls Barkley that you MUST hear. The group consists of Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse and they are the shiznit. Check them out on MySpace and peep the tracks. All the tracks are hittin' and Just a Thought is on my MySpace. Also, you gotta check out my homie, the Tennessee Hustler, LaronQ on MySpace. He's got some other level type stuff that you have to hear. Music is one of the biggest reasons I make it through these times, the biggest being the love of my girl. If you feel the same, check out these Artists and enjoy. Hi-Lo.

I'm back...for now

Hey everyone. I know I've neglected my own little world of late, but I've been busy trying to sort out life for a while. I'm about to start the whole two-job thing, again, so I'm looking for another car for my wife. It's not easy finding a car to buy when all you have to spend is pocket lint. After I start working sixteen hours a day, again, I don't know how much time I'll have to actually write. Heck, I haven't even started and I can't make time to update my blog now. So, I hope to squeeze out enough time to make money, get a couple of winks and drop ya'll a line soon. Until next time, peace. Hi-Lo.

Another job

Hello all. Well, I've been real busy looking for a job that pays more green so I can still afford to cruise the Net and I finally found one last Friday. They want to pay me more money than my current job and they're willing to start me out part-time so I can work both jobs and save some money. They told me that their goal is to have me work for them only and they will pay me handsomely in the long run. I think I can deal with that. Well, I got a lot of catching up to do online so I'll holla later. Hi-Lo

blog vacation

Hey ya'll. It's been a while since I've gone off on this blog, but I do have more ammo today courtesy of our Idiot-in-Chief. Can you believe this guy is gonna let our ports open to Arab-controlled business? Does he really think his excuse of letting them have that much access to us is better than insulting them is going to fly? All you have to do is follow the trail of dollars to find out why he really blessed this deal. It's clear that Dubya worships at the churches of coke and cash. Why is this guy still at the controls?! It's like everything he does is forgiven immediately after he does it. If Dollar Bill had had this kind of forgiveness, he might have bagged a dozen more interns before he stopped.

Fire Away!!

It's been a week since I went off but, thanks to the Old VP, I have something to go off about. So, by now, most of the free world has seen the news that Tricky Dick Chaney shot someone while on a hunting trip over the weekend and no, it wasn't Dubya. This brings a good question to mind; WHO THE HECK IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY?! We all know that Dubya couldn't run a lemonade stand without incident so who's at the controls? If Chaney's so eager to shoot at something, I know of a great spot where he can discharge all the ammo he wants, but he better wear some sunblock 5000 and bulletproof draws! The only trouble is he won't be the hunter. Why don't you take Dubya on that hunting trip? You could pay off the National Debt with the money folks would pay to take him out on safari. Heck, you could end world hunger, build a new White House out of solid gold and give everyone in the world an H2 with the money leftover. I'm broke as hell and I'd fork over $49.99 just to watch it on Pay-Per-View! Hi-Lo.

A few days, but the anger's still here

Well, let's try this again. I tried to post yesterday, but there were modifications being done during my usual creative time, so I lost the post I had saved. I guess the powers that be didn't like the words I wrote. Luckily, I remember what I was ranting about well enough. I wasn't too happy with the news that our Plunderer-In-Chief asked for more money to fund the BS overseas. I don't personally want to see my hard-earned money going into the trust fund for GW the 25th! Screwing the people seems to be the agenda of this Administration and there's too many bumpkins in this country to band together and boot their asses out of D.C.. I'm real tired of the gross underreporting of our military dead being splattered all over the air. Apparently, Dubya is misplacing the decimals and no one in power is checking the math! How 'bout multiplying by ten there and adding a few hundred; pretend your adding up the rubles you're hauling in at the pumps ( I guarantee the numbers will come out right then). He actually had the nerve to act like he wants us to stop buying from his gas station? How dumb does he think we are? He's never gonna give up that free money. Well, it isn't free, but it didn't cost him anything. Can we get rid of this idiot already?!

Writing and more writing

Once again, I'm back to pollute your minds. Since I've already posted to my other blog, you don't have to worry about another long post today. I know I've been straining your attention spans with my recent entries, but not today. Like I said, I have another blog now, so I'll be splitting time between the two. I figured it was time to expand my writing a bit and go beyond what I normally consider to be enough writing for a day. It's my way of sticking with my New Year's Resolution to write everyday. I know there aren't a lot of people hanging on my every word, but I don't want to cheat those who do expect me to produce something worth reading. I came to this realization while visiting a few of my favorite blogs and noticing the lack of new material. It's not the end of my world, but I only read blogs by people whose writing styles almost speak to me through the screen. You can imagine the letdown when I click on these blogs and don't see a new post for a while. I vow not to put what readers I do have by doing what I did before the New Year. Well, I gotta run. See ya'll tomorrow. Hi-Lo.