September 2009
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We had a party in The Forum Wednesday where we hashed out the president’s speech (and the premiere of America’s Next Top Model) in real time. But while that was the first TV Snark-A-Thon it won’t be the last! Expect more watch parties, more chatting, more fun in The Forum (especially once Grey’s Anatomy –
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The blogging world’s two greatest cyber playcousins, AverageBro and The Black Snob are starting a new feature: An A/B Conversation, where the two bloggers will hash at the news of the day with their patented wit and wisdom. Today’s topics? Van Jones, Glenn Beck, why cable news sucks and what would it take to get…
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That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight, babbling incoherently.
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In Hill Harper’s new book “The Conversation” he takes a stab at the dating/marriage crisis in the black community. And why not? Everyone else is doing it from Steve Harvey to your grandmother. The Root gave the book a tepid review, arguing that while Harper tries to address both men and women in the book,…
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8rL2Whr_I&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] This past Labor Day weekend I wrote a column about the lack of respect the office of the President has gotten lately from certain individuals, but I actually got to witness disrespect live and on television Wednesday night when Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina called the president a liar to his…
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“I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call…
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… by promoting such socialist agendas as “study hard” and “hard work” and “no one is born being good at things.” I’m surprised “pull up your pants” isn’t in the ding dong dang back to school speech. Sez our kooky Commie president: …No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through