Filed under: Crap Music, Nigga Nonsense, Raise Your Own Damn Kids, Web Junk
I wouldn’t know Lil’ Wayne protege Tyga if he walked into my office to empty my trashcan right now. And if dude keeps doing dumb stuff like this, it’s only a matter of time before he trades in his mic for some Windex and a squeegee. Spare yourself the weed-induced gesticulation and fast forward to the 3 minute mark.
Filed under: Crap Music, Nigga Nonsense, Raise Your Own Damn Kids, Web Junk
I wouldn’t know Lil’ Wayne protege Tyga if he walked into my office to empty my trashcan right now. And if dude keeps doing dumb stuff like this, it’s only a matter of time before he trades in his mic for some Windex and a squeegee. Spare yourself the weed-induced gesticulation and fast forward to the 3 minute mark.
[Editor's Note: My peoples at BlackAndMarriedWithKids have been on a roll lately, getting name dropped by everyone from Mo'Nique to Judge Lynn Toler. Don't hate, appreciate. Today, TheMom and TheDad weigh in on whether or not it takes male genitalia to raise a boy. Be nice hosts and show some love you-know-where.]
TheMom says: Did you see the movie Boyz N the Hood? The character played by Angela Bassett drops her son off at his father’s house, Laurence Fishburne, and tells him to teach him to be a man.
I have heard at least two times recently that a woman can not raise a son to be a man. That only a man can truly raise a boy into the man that he needs to be. I heard this topic being discussed a while back on the Michael Baisden radio show and I also heard someone say it during the State of the Black Union.
I do not totally agree with this statement. I think it may be harder for a woman to raise a boy into a man, but I do not think it is impossible. There are many good men out there that are good citizens, good husbands and fathers…and they were raised by single mothers. There are also good men out there that had fathers in the home that were there, but were not really there… meaning they worked a lot…or they just did not spend time with the kids.
TheDad says: My view is that a mom can raise a boy to be a man so the answer is yes but this is not without conditions. A lot depends on the strength of the mother, the strength of the child and the environment. I grew up in a single parent home 1 of 3 sons that my mother raised and we all turned out well without our father being in the picture.
Not having a father there in the house there are some things you’re left to discover and learn on your own that you would have picked up earlier on by seeing it done or being taught it by a man but you can overcome this. Personally I think the most important part for women raising sons is having a positive male role model somewhere in the picture.
For me this person was my grandfather. I got a chance to see what a hardworking man that took care of his family looked like. I also got the love from him I may have been missing from my father. Now I didn’t see him everyday so I still had to figure some things out but I feel between seeing him and watching the mistakes and accomplishments of my brothers I was able to be molded into the man I am today.
Question: AverageBro readers, what do you think? Can a woman raise a son to truly be a man?
Filed under: PoliTricks as Usual, Raise Your Own Damn Kids, That Sh*t Is Racist, White Men Gone Wild
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I don’t really know what (if anything) to say about this, so consider this post an open mic. Sound off you know where.
John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin said Monday that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement campaign aides said was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin’s youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter’s.A statement released by the campaign said that Bristol Palin will keep her baby and marry the child’s father. Bristol Palin’s baby is due in late December.
“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents,” Sarah and Todd Palin said in the brief statement.
The disclosure of the pregnancy came on the opening day of the Republican National Convention, scaled back because of Hurricane Gustav, and three days after McCain named Palin as his running mate. The other news was likely to overshadow the disclosure.
The first-term Alaska governor was in Minnesota preparing for her acceptance speech when the campaign issued the statement; her family was home in Alaska.
“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family,” they added.
The father was identified in the statement as Levi, but the campaign said it was not disclosing his full name or age or how he and Bristol know each other, citing privacy.
Sarah Palin’s fifth child, a son named Trig, was born in April with Down syndrome. Internet bloggers have been suggesting that the child was actually born to Bristol Palin but that her mother, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, claimed to be the mother.
I’m sorta divided on this one. Part of me says this flies in the face of all the “moral authority” mumbojumbo that the GOP so consistently advocates. It’s not enough that McCain himself is a serial philanderer who may, or may not have been creepin’ on CindyMac as recently as last year. Now, you’ve got a Veep who staunchly advocates her pro-life stance (which is certainly her prerogative), but seems to be using the fact that she just had a baby with Down’s Syndrome to her political advantage. I’m watching Fox News (don’t ask) right now, and none other than Bill Kristol is here saying this teen pregnancy “humanizes” the GOP.
On the flipside, part of me says this is none of our damn business. Unmarried people have babies all the time, whether their Moms are in the running for Leader Of The Free World or not. It’s their business, and their baby to raise, not ours. This shouldn’t be a story, and it probably won’t be, not with Gustav floating around, as well as the scaled back GOP Convention.
Obama himself has already said as much, stating that Palin’s daughter is “off limits”, just like his wife and kids are. Never mind the fact that Cotton Hill McCain uttered the same thing, only to sit on his hands once his surrogates and GOP officials started unloading on Michelle-O.
Barack Obama, questioned about the pregnancy of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s unwed teenage daughter, said outsiders should steer clear of that subject.“People’s families are off limits,” he said firmly. “People’s children are especially off limits. They have no relevancy. I strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18.”
Sarah Palin said today confirmed her daughter is expecting a child, and said Bristol Palin and the baby’s father would wed. Obama was asked by a reporter about Palin’s daughter during a campaign stop in Monroe, following the Detroit Labor Day parade.
Asked if anyone in his campaign had a role in disclosing the pregnancy of 17-year-old Bristol, Obama said: “I’m offended by that statement. There’s no indication that any of this involved us.”
Obama indicated he’d dismiss anyone from his staff that was involved in disseminating that kind of information.
That Barry is one classy dude, and a far bigger man than me. But I digress. Chat amongst yourselves.
Question: Is Palin’s teenage daughter campaign fodder, or should candidate’s kids be off limits, no matter what?
Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant [FoxNews]
Obama: Steer clear of Palin’s daughter [Detroit News]
Filed under: PoliTricks as Usual, Raise Your Own Damn Kids, That Sh*t Is Racist, White Men Gone Wild
I don’t really know what (if anything) to say about this, so consider this post an open mic. Sound off you know where.
John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin said Monday that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement campaign aides said was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin’s youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter’s.A statement released by the campaign said that Bristol Palin will keep her baby and marry the child’s father. Bristol Palin’s baby is due in late December.
“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents,” Sarah and Todd Palin said in the brief statement.
The disclosure of the pregnancy came on the opening day of the Republican National Convention, scaled back because of Hurricane Gustav, and three days after McCain named Palin as his running mate. The other news was likely to overshadow the disclosure.
The first-term Alaska governor was in Minnesota preparing for her acceptance speech when the campaign issued the statement; her family was home in Alaska.
“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family,” they added.
The father was identified in the statement as Levi, but the campaign said it was not disclosing his full name or age or how he and Bristol know each other, citing privacy.
Sarah Palin’s fifth child, a son named Trig, was born in April with Down syndrome. Internet bloggers have been suggesting that the child was actually born to Bristol Palin but that her mother, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, claimed to be the mother.
I’m sorta divided on this one. Part of me says this flies in the face of all the “moral authority” mumbojumbo that the GOP so consistently advocates. It’s not enough that McCain himself is a serial philanderer who may, or may not have been creepin’ on CindyMac as recently as last year. Now, you’ve got a Veep who staunchly advocates her pro-life stance (which is certainly her prerogative), but seems to be using the fact that she just had a baby with Down’s Syndrome to her political advantage. I’m watching Fox News (don’t ask) right now, and none other than Bill Kristol is here saying this teen pregnancy “humanizes” the GOP.
On the flipside, part of me says this is none of our damn business. Unmarried people have babies all the time, whether their Moms are in the running for Leader Of The Free World or not. It’s their business, and their baby to raise, not ours. This shouldn’t be a story, and it probably won’t be, not with Gustav floating around, as well as the scaled back GOP Convention.
Obama himself has already said as much, stating that Palin’s daughter is “off limits”, just like his wife and kids are. Never mind the fact that Cotton Hill McCain uttered the same thing, only to sit on his hands once his surrogates and GOP officials started unloading on Michelle-O.
Barack Obama, questioned about the pregnancy of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s unwed teenage daughter, said outsiders should steer clear of that subject.“People’s families are off limits,” he said firmly. “People’s children are especially off limits. They have no relevancy. I strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18.”
Sarah Palin said today confirmed her daughter is expecting a child, and said Bristol Palin and the baby’s father would wed. Obama was asked by a reporter about Palin’s daughter during a campaign stop in Monroe, following the Detroit Labor Day parade.
Asked if anyone in his campaign had a role in disclosing the pregnancy of 17-year-old Bristol, Obama said: “I’m offended by that statement. There’s no indication that any of this involved us.”
Obama indicated he’d dismiss anyone from his staff that was involved in disseminating that kind of information.
That Barry is one classy dude, and a far bigger man than me. But I digress. Chat amongst yourselves.
Question: Is Palin’s teenage daughter campaign fodder, or should candidate’s kids be off limits, no matter what?
Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant [FoxNews]
Obama: Steer clear of Palin’s daughter [Detroit News]
If you were wondering what our favorite doer of hoodrat things, Latarian Milton’s been up to lately, this is your lucky day. The fine folks at famed NYC hip-hop radio station Hot97 somehow managed to trick his Grandmother into putting him on the phone for this very lengthy and very exploitative interview.
The full 20 minute audio isn’t on YouTube yet, but here’s a promo teaser. The action begins around the halfway mark, so don’t be fooled by the old video.
Sadly, his family seems to have co-signed on this nonsense, apparently thinking they’d get a Nintendo Wii in return. You can clearly hear his Grandma in the background feeding him shoutout requests around the 12-minute mark of the audio below.
Lord help us. And someone get this kid a show on Nick Jr. before he ends up in the pen.
Question: Shouldn’t Child Protective Services be rounding this kid up by now? What was his Grandma thinking? What should his Nick Jr. show be called?
Listen To The Entire Latarian Interview On Hot97 [zSHARE]
If you were wondering what our favorite doer of hoodrat things, Latarian Milton’s been up to lately, this is your lucky day. The fine folks at famed NYC hip-hop radio station Hot97 somehow managed to trick his Grandmother into putting him on the phone for this very lengthy and very exploitative interview.
The full 20 minute audio isn’t on YouTube yet, but here’s a promo teaser. The action begins around the halfway mark, so don’t be fooled by the old video.
Sadly, his family seems to have co-signed on this nonsense, apparently thinking they’d get a Nintendo Wii in return. You can clearly hear his Grandma in the background feeding him shoutout requests around the 12-minute mark of the audio below.
Lord help us. And someone get this kid a show on Nick Jr. before he ends up in the pen.
Question: Shouldn’t Child Protective Services be rounding this kid up by now? What was his Grandma thinking? What should his Nick Jr. show be called?
Listen To The Entire Latarian Interview On Hot97 [zSHARE]
Filed under: Barry 4 Prez, C.Y.I.N., Judge Joe Brown Says : "WELL DONE", MLK is Crying Inside, PoliTricks as Usual, Raise Your Own Damn Kids
We Watch, So You Don’t Have To. But We Hope You Watched. Seriously, What Else Were You Watching?
Well it’s about doggone time.
If you’ve followed my site the past few months, you know I’ve seriously questioned Barack Obama’s testicular fortitude or lack thereof, repeatedly. I have had a huge problem with his “turn the other cheek” approach to confronting the underhanded tactics of his foes from Day One. Why keep bringing a butterknife to a gunfight? I was pretty convinced that unless dude switched up his game and started talkin’ greasy, he was gonna find his beige behind back in Hyde Park come January.
Apparently he discovered AB.com just in time for his big speech in Denver, because last night, we finally saw Barack’s Inner Nigga, and if you ask me, we also just saw the 44th President of the US.
Barry’s acceptance speech was a virtuoso performance that showed me he knows how to check a mofo without stooping to his level in the process. We all wondered if Obama had “it” in him. He does, but his “it” just looks a bit different than the “it” that’s in most of us. And that’s why he’s about to be the leader of the free world, and we’re merely reading a blog about it.
The speech was more tactical than visionary. More specific than grand. More substance than style. More steak than sizzle. It will probably not go down as one of his “best” speeches, but history will probably remember it as his most important.
[Whimsical And Largely Pointless Editor's Note: On Fox News, Greta Von Sustern introduced Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee as Stephanie Tubbs Jones before embarrassingly correcting herself. Don't blush, Greta. They all look alike to me too. Dead or alive.]
The thing I loved most is how he addressed the lies attacks of the GOP (and Hillary for that matter) so adroitly, one by one. He clapped back on McCain’s questioning of his patriotism, elitism, lack of experience, lack of substance, lack of career accomplishments, and lack of vision. He very clearly articulated the areas where he differs from his opponent on policy, laying out the clear contrast between his “new” ideas, and the flimsy bullcrap that McCain calls his platform. He made certain people understood that the government cannot do everything, but can help people where it makes sense and get out of their way where it doesn’t. He wrapped the whole thing up by smoothing it over with a think 5 minute veneer of all that usual hope, dreams, and change mumbojumbo.
Anyone who walks away from this calling the guy an “empty suit” should probably have their head examined. Empty brains, anyone?
[Whimsical And Largely Relevant Editor's Note: Did anyone watching the unfiltered coverage on CSPAN peep the video montage that proceeded Barry's appearance onstage? I hate calling someone's biographical vignette blatant propaganda, but dang. Dude's bio was whitewashed than a mug. Who knew so many of the folks in the community he organized on the South Side of Chicago were white? I haven't seen a black dude surrounded by that many Caucasians since my company's last managerial retreat. Check it out.]
Of course the haters had to throw in their two cents of salt, because, well, hatin’ is how they pay the bills.
I expect this sorta treatment from Fox News, but Tavis Smiley’s guests really took the cake.
The phrase “I feel sorry for your mother” has been on the tip of my tongue very often this week. How apropos.
Outside of the obvious historical significance, I guess what made me happiest about last night was the feeling that my candidate of choice has finally seen the light and realized he’s got the change the game if he wants to win. This doesn’t mean changing who you are, but rather how you do things. Convoluted and simple as that may sound, it sure makes sense to me, and it seems to have finally made sense to him.
Last night was the Barack Obama I’ve been waiting for. And last night was the President America’s waiting for. Well done, Barry.
MLK is crying inside. Tears of joy.
Question: What did you think of the speech? Did Barry finally C.Y.I.N.? Did the Democratic convention accomplish what Barry needed it to? What will the GOP do to upstage this next week? Do they all look alike to you too, dead or alive?
Filed under: Crap Music, Nigga Nonsense, Raise Your Own Damn Kids, Web Junk
