Happy Thanksgiving...

Everyone Have A Safe And Great Holiday!!!

As we all prepare to travel or stay home to give thanks to the Lord, I just wanted to type this brief blog entry to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!!! I said the same thing last year, but I want to add one more thing. In the spirit of giving, if you are hosting a dinner and are aware of someone who may be lonely this time of the year, please think about inviting them over to let them know that someone cares.

Michael Ri.chards, Here We Go Again...

Jerry: Mikey's So Freaking Broken Up Over This...

Well, most folks know now about the incident where Michael R.ichards became upset with a couple of hecklers (two black men) and began shouting racials slurs at them. If memory serves me correctly, all comedians who are on the ropes doing a terrible job on stage have been heckled at one time or another. That goes with the territory. That's the very reason comedians can't be sensitve little chumps when audience members find their jokes not to be funny. Nevertheless, Mikey should have never come out the mouth shouting the "n" word and talking about 50 years ago those black hecklers would have been hanged from a tree. See for yourself at TM.Z: ==> Mikey Gets Caught In The Act.

Mikey and Jerry appeared on the Letter.man show administering some industrial strength damage control. But Mikey came short of delivering a real apology, and of course didn't stand up before the people he offended to show any type of sincerity. He said something about being sickened by his own words and at the same time proclaimed not to be a racist. Well, if racist slurs were never on his mind, it would never come out of his mouth, right? Shux, I'm just a firm believer of what people say is what they "really" mean.

I'm not really shocked by any of this, since I grew up in the South where slave shacks still stand, where the k.kk still burn crosses, and where some white people still proudly hang con.federate flags on their homes. That's why I'm not some Kumbaya person believing that everything is free and equal. I keep things in perspective. All folks aren't racist, but there is a hefty chunk of those out there who are. By the way, when will the "n" word become obsolete? No time soon. Don't hold your breath.

Well that's my rant for today. I have to get ready for work. Keep your head up!!!...

Election Day...

Stand Up and Have Your Vote Counted!!!...It's Your Right!!!...

Be sure to vote today. Take a friend. Take your children with you to the polls to show them how to vote and to explain the importance of voting. If your voter qualifications are called into question/challenged, please be sure to ask for a provisional ballot. Then after your qualifications are verified, your vote will be submitted and counted. I've got to run. I'm off to the polls. Have a great day!!!...

2006 Elections: Do Cheaters Change?

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same...

Before I run along to work, I thought I'd share a few things. In the last couple of elections, my good ole state of Maryland started using the new electronic voting machine (similar to the one pictured above), which is vulnerable to fraud. According to technical experts, these newbies can't be audited, because there isn't any paper document or any evidence left after the voter votes. And if someone is sneaky enough, someone can vote more than once by accessing a certain button. So with these "known" vulnerabilities, after you vote you're not totally sure whether your vote was counted or whether it was screwed around with. In fact, the Governor of my state (who is running for a second term) voted by an absentee ballot yesterday, because he doesn't trust the voting machines. Was he asleep at the wheel when the new voting machines were unveiled during his term in office???...

Miss Zee May I See Your SSN, Birth Certificate, Finger Prints, Driver's License, Automobile Registration???...Now Take This Reading Test???...Can You Jump Over This Building In A Single Bound???...

It never freaking fails; folks are always trying to cheat. Jim Bob and Nem over at the W.ashington Post reported yesterday that they were able to obtain a copy of an instructional guide intended to be used by r.epublican poll workers. The guide's purpose is to teach poll workers how to challenge the voting qualifications of voters, and to threaten the voting judges with the idea of jail time if the challenges are ignored. We all know that we're dealing with some high stakes elections this year, but really comrades, is this necessary?

If I didn't know any better, after reading the Post article, I would have thought we were still living in the 1960's. So let me get this straight. I'm a citizen, registered voter, tax payer, and I've always appeared for court when I've received a jury duty summons, but I can be challenged? On what basis? I wish someone would mess with me. Believe me, I would not go away so easily. I guess more than anything, I'm concerned that other voters may get confused, frustrated, and discouraged enough to either not bother to vote or to leave the polling area after being challenged. See everybody out here isn't aware of his/her rights, which may lead to a botched election and several years of suffering behind the policies of those who were elected by ill-gotten means. Yeah, it's going to get right down testy in the bee hive on the election circuit, but it shows how desperate some are to win by any means necessary. Nevertheless, be sure to take your stand and have your vote counted.

My Name Is Aziza And I Approve This Message...

Halloween In The H.ood Party...

F.raternity Suspended...

It has become quite fashionable to be rac.ist these days. A fraternity at J.ohns H.opkins University hosted a "Halloween In The H.ood Party" furnished completely with a black mannequin in a noose. Party participants were encouraged to arrive in clothing from the locale (black neighborhood located near J.HU), which they described as b.ling, ice, grills, and hoo.chie hoops. Some students interviewed on tv admitted that the party was in poor taste and that action should be taken against those involved. However, a white female student claimed that people are getting too upset over every little thing and calling it racist. Nevertheless, the university has suspended the fraternity, but the bigger question is how do people even come up with crap like this anyway???...