Monthly Archive for July, 2008

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The Wackness: Metro’s 25 Reasons

Published on July 4, 2008 in Social Commentary. Comments Tags: , .

25reasonsToday is the 4th of July. In America, we will celebrate our Independence Day. But as our liberties are being taken away wly and a messed up ecomony,  I wonder why are we celebrating. One headline that capture my eye is the Metro: a free newspaper in NYC. They come up with 25 Reasons why the USA still rocks. I honestly thought this would give us some hope. What I found instead was a sad attempt at humor.

So, I will combat their 25 reasons with my own 25 reasons why America won’t be the same America if we don’t take a stand. Here they are.

  1. I live in the greatest city in the world. And yet, I can’t play with firecrackers. It’s illegal to own and play with firecrackers, even thought it was alright when I was a child… 15 years ago.
  2. The front page of today’s Daily News talks about Madonna and Alex Rodrigez getting together. I swear, it looks more like “Star” than “Daily News”.
  3. In Amsterdam, prostitution and weed is legal. Here on the other hand, you get arrested for smoking a plant and selling your body for sex…
  4. … yet, according to the Metro, we are proud of our $100 pimp.
  5. We need permission for everything, from selling our own wares to shooting a video to travel out the US.
  6. We will get sued for modifying something we brought… even if you are not planning to sell the modified item.
  7. Want to travel outside the US? Canada and other US territories is about as realistic as your travel dollar will take you. Then again, the media is coined a word “staycation” for these troubling times.
  8. People from other countries visit America right now because it’s like a discount. The American dollar is so weak, while some people is trying to decide between food and a phone bill, visitors are trying to decide between an Ipod and a Blu-Ray player.
  9. There’s people who are holding two jobs… and still need food stamps.
  10. While the economy is in much need of recovering, a lot of former Clinton supporters are now making a big issue of Obama’s middle name… as if we didn’t know what it is already. Maybe if we are lucky, they may also point out that his last name rhymes with “Osama” too.
  11. New York Yankees. The only team that I know of that can build a stadium with money from New York city and have the nerve to charge about $2.5k for front row seats in their new stadium.
  12. We have a lot of parties, but only two of them can get on all the states ballots… and we can’t cry reform.
  13. We claim to be “past race”, but there’s so many people hating.
  14. We have a lot of musicians, but somehow, we are stuck listening to the same 40 songs.
  15. We talk about drugs on mainstream freely, but if you get caught with using them (not selling them), you’ll be hit with extreme jail times… especially in New York.
  16. A woman selling her body is more controversial and looked down upon than a man murdering and selling drugs.
  17. We are answering the oil crisis… by looking for more oil. Even thought we admitted to an oil addiction. So basically, if oil was crack, then we need to make more crack. Not to ween off of crack, but to literally find more crack.
  18. If a black person cries for unity among our people, the government is quick to break it up. Yet, they don’t do the same to the jews, the hispanics, the hillbillies…
  19. The majority of the US are “”white blue-collar workers”. Yet, we are selling and buying items that are made in China…
  20. Speaking of China, don’t you think the biggest paradox is that even a small American flag was made in China?
  21. There’s so people that thinks religion and state should be separate… yet more people are concern about what religion Obama is than what his policy on Iraq.
  22. Isn’t it me, or do I find it ironic that when people say “biased media”, somehow “Fox News” is an exception? Especially when Fox have more complaints against them than any other news organization in the known world?
  23. The right to bear arms is being taken away from us slowly. I’m all for the fact that people should not carry major killing weapons, but eventually, if they take away this right, then the only want to carry these type of weapons are cops…
  24. … and I pretty sure some people remembered what happened the last time cops got trigger happy.
  25. Lastly… everyone hear fears being audited more than death. Ironically… THIS is the very reason why we declare a revolution.

So… I ask again… what are we celebrating???

Happy BBQ day… since we’re clearly not Independent anymore.

NYOil – "Y’All Should All Get Lynched" is now Animated

Published on July 2, 2008 in Entertainment and Social Commentary. Comments Tags: , .

In October 2006, NY Oil, a underground New York rapper, released one of the most controvesial videos on YouTube called "Y’all Should All Get Lynched". This video was banned from YouTube, but lived on in other places. Then recently, this animated version of the song was released… on BET. Why would a two year old song ended up on BET? NY Oil, in a recent promo video, said he was not aware of the video being on BET, but he did know how BET got their hands on the song.

In January 2007, the song was licensed to BET and while the video was completed in October of the same year, BET sat on the video. Then the video managed to be released just in time for NY Oil’s release of his first album, Hood Treason.

The animated version is shorter and left out a few references, but still have that shocking commentry. Another surprising fact of this video is that the one I found was uncensored. Wither it was uncensored when it hit BET is questionable. So, for your enjoyment, here’s the animated version and the first version of the video.

Did Bush Had Advance Knowledge of 9/11?

Published on July 2, 2008 in Social Commentary. Closed Tags: , , .

Things that make you go hmmmmm…

The Soul Out Theory

Published on July 2, 2008 in Social Commentary. Closed Tags: , .

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Tila Tequila. The Madonna of MySpace. The Walking/Talking/Soul-Out artist/blogger/singer/actress/”hottie female dog” (y’all figure it out) as of last night (or whenever the show was record) is single again. Why should you care? Let’s back track.

For those who’s not in the know, Tila Tequila was the “prize” in her own reality TV show, “A Shot of Tequila”. It was in it’s second season and Tila got dumped by the woman she chosen. Don’t know the woman’s name, didn’t watch the show, but her that Tila was upset about the ordeal, asking why it’s so hard for her to find love.

While everyone focuses on the juicy gossip this show brings and everyone will blog about how perfect the ending is, I’m looking at it from a different angle. At first, it seems like a  predictable plot. Sell-out Star placing herself as the prize, everyone wanted a piece of her, and eventually, lover realize she doesn’t want any part of her because she pretty much crossed a line that Tila crossed long time ago and realize that maybe it’s not in the cards. It’s to be expected. Except, you got the “sell out” part wrong.

The term you’re looking for is “soul-out”. It’s similar to sell-out, except the person gave their whole soul to the entire universe to the point that they are transparent. In other words, no surprises and substance. Tila’s life is basically an open book for everyone and their mother to read, which makes her yummy eye candy… and that’s pretty much it. Nothing to keep you interested… well, unless she’s in your collection of steamy pictures to get sticky fingers from.

So, let’s apply the same theory to someone less famous than Tila and ask this question: Can a person who “soul” herself/himself out find inner peace and be with someone? It’s possible, but not without a few adjustments. Those adjustments have to come from within and then showcase to the world. Now, when I say “adjustments”, I’m saying tune into yourself for knowledge. Stay in tune to yourself and you’ll know what it is that you need to adjust. Paying attention to outside world will never help. Just sit in a quiet spot and do what you have to do. Pray even. And eventually, you’ll showcase a new self, someone who everyone will have an interest in. But it’s going to take time.

Notice that I didn’t directly point out what she needs to adjust. Because it’s different for everyone. There are people who knows how to dance around that line and you’ll still want them. I’m pretty sure there’s someone for everyone, especially for someone who think they have no soul left to give. Everyone got that ability. Just some knows how to use it better than others. A good example is Madonna. She gave herself away and managed to keep her life intimate after all her racy years. Wither it’s a good thing or a bad thing is debatable… and I’m not interested in that kind of debate.

So, I hope that’s the lesson that everyone can take from Tila and those who choose to put their life on display for the world to know. Because it’s never easy to find love when you have nothing left to give.

Now, if you excuse me. The softer side of Nukirk is NOT on display for everyone to see. *sniff sniff*