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On Helping Haiti. By Rush Limbaugh.

Please read what this asshole said about our President trying to help a country with and estimated 50 thousand dead and 3 million people in need after an earthquake.

"I want you to remember it took [Obama] three days -- three days -- to respond to the Christmas Day Fruit of Kaboom bomber. Three days. And when he came out after those three days, he was clearly irritated that he had to do it. He didn't want to do it. He comes out here in less than 24 hours to speak about Haiti.

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Oh, this is what he lives for. He lives for serving those in misery. Now don't misunderstand here, folks. See, this is -- I wonder -- I don't have the whole press conference, but I wonder: Did he apologize for America before acknowledging we are the only people on Earth that can possibly help them out down there in any significant way?

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That place, Haiti, has been run by dictators and communists. And how long is it gonna be, how long is it gonna be before we hear Obama and the left in this country say that what we really need to do is reinstate the communist Aristide to the leadership position down there to coordinate putting the country back together? The Haitian economy is entirely dependent on foreign aid. They produce nothing -- zilch, zero, nada.

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Yes, I think in the Haiti earthquake, ladies and gentlemen -- in the words of Rahm Emanuel, we have another crisis simply too good to waste. This will play right into Obama's hands -- humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their -- shall we say -- credibility with the black community, in the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community, in this country. It's made-to-order for 'em. That's why he couldn't wait to get out there. Could not wait to get out there."

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3 million people are in need. A country is literally leveled. And this man is talking about a plot to win over the light-skinned and dark skinned black people in America. Why is it Limbaugh is always spitting this racist, convoluted and ignorant nonsense, but he continues a major player in the media? NO one shuts him down. Why? But can you take a stab? I know. I really do. ONe step forward,,,,,10 thousand steps back. It's f*cking ridiculous and at some point, you really do feel defeated, hopeless and angry.

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Haiti.

An estimated 45,000 - 50,000 people died in Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti. I'll admit, that I will be the first to crack a "Haitian joke", but I do have many friends from thereand they have yet to hear whether their families are ok or not. The epicenter of the earth quake was literally right below the Haitian Capital, Pot-au-Prince. As a child whose family is from a small island nation....this is devastating and absolutely horrifying. I can't imagine having capital buildings and known community centers crumble to the ground. It must feel like your entire history as a nation and culture is dissipating around you. It could happen to anyone and we should do what we can to help as well as keep the nation and it's people in out prayers.

President Obama speaks on the subject.

Sunday.

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White House Party Crashers?

White house party crashers? Now, I don't want to say that this was done on purpose. But I hope the unemployment line gets a little longer after these shenanigans. Because, clearly someone didn't care enough to do their jobs.

I mean seriously, there is security and list readers located right here in Manhatten, at certain clubs (in Hell's Kitchen) that do a better job than the seceret service of keep people out. Have you ever gotten into Diddy's White party? Exactly.  This...is a sad, sad joke...and there needs to be sad, sad consequences.

True Freindship comes in Neon Yellow.

It's been awhile since I've done a person of the day. Meet Private Kevin Elliott. He wore a dress to his friends funeral. Why? Well, he bet his friend that whoever outlived the other would wear a dress to the others funeral. A bet. How many people do you know that would honor a bet so completely?

"Private Kevin Elliott and his friend, Barry Delaney, had agreed that whoever survived the other should wear a dress to the dead man’s funeral. Mr Delaney duly fulfilled the pledge as a tribute to Private Elliott, who was killed aged 24 while on foot patrol in the southern province of Helmand on August 31"

I know, I know. It's morbid as hell. But it also makes me think. Do I have any friends that would do this for me? I should hope so....but hopefully they would show up in something a little bit more classy. And in a neutral hue.

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R.I.P Michael.

Just now looking at the memorial service in full on dvr (but you know I was watching at work)....it's devastatingly painful and sad.

I can't seem to get over this.

It's overwhelming. I had to work today. People are telling Michael Jackson jokes in my office. I'm over this day. I'm going drinking. 

The Linkdown.

1. Awww...that is sad. So much portrayed is such a small gesture. Damn the times.

2.This is what the New York Sunday Times is writing about. Black Kids who like white music. Revolutionarily ignorant. 

3. Oprah incites the first ever KFC riot.

4. Wolverine, the movie...in the 30 seconds. The most accurate thing I have seen this year.

5. Sucky Mother's Day...but you dont give a f*ck.

6.Heavenly Insurance.

7. Michelle keep'n it hood on the streets.

8.Rules for Writers. Yeah....you.

9. Let's get Daft up in this Mutha....Daft Punk. 

RIP Golden Girl.

Bea Arthur

1922-2009.

I too Blame Beyonce...

....young boys in the Phillipins dancing to "Single Ladies."

I have nothing else to say.

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Video Resume.

If being unemployed in this economy means having do make stuff like this to get into the creative shops, someone shoot me in my head. Or fund me through law school. I clean up real nice. I'll even do patent law.

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Life lesson: on support.

At a certain age..."support" should be limited to the purchasing of product. Especially if you NEED some support yourself.

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Damnmn Chris Brown.

I was trying not to speak on this, because I was going to withhold judgment until I saw all the facts. But judging by this pic....someone beat the ish out of Rhihana. This is some E! True Hollywood stories stuff right here. And that's a fact.

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When your "E" should an "A".

Somewhere in our lovely nation, a Burger King shut down for their lack of  "Meet." I was going to ask which one was more sad; the fact that a brand ran out of meat in 2009 or the fact that someone (probably a manager) could not spell the word meat?

But as I was typing...I realized the answer. 

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This, is why I don't go skiing.

And here I thought my new year was getting off to a craptastic start. But no, someone always has to one up me. Below are pics of a man who got on a ski lift with his kid, fell out, was de-pantsed and left dangling upside down showing his privates to everyone on the slop for like 15 minutes. Embarrassing? Yes. Will he get mucho dinero from it? Yes. Sometimes you have to weigh these things out.

Mental Note: Always make sure you have the upper body strength to do atleast one upside down crunch. Always! More un-censored pictures here (but really, you can guess what happens to a man's junk when it's exposed to cold air for a half hour-cant you?).

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The Magic Negro?

In a recent MSNBC interview with Tamron Hall, political pundit Kate Obenshain "defends Rush Limbaugh's right to play  the song Barack, the Magic Negro on his radio show". Not really the note I would end on (defending Limbaugh), but I'm also pretty sure that there is nothing funny about calling someone a "Magic Negro." In fact I'm sure of it, especially given the historic background of it (thanks Wiki). Tamron gets props for keepin it real, yet not losing her cool. Because in real life, one cannot act like their job is a Dave Chapelle skit. Apparently the song, which surfaced early last year, is still circling around the RNC like a f*cking Christmas gift in a stocking or something. 

And after some research (google) it goes something like this....

(sung by an Al Sharpton impersonator, to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon)

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times they called him that

cause he's not authentic like me.

Yeah the guy from the L.A. paper

said he made guilty whites feel good

they'll vote for him and not for me

cause hes not from da hood.

See, real black men like snoop dogg

or me or Farrakhan

have talked the talk and walked the walk

not come and laid and won (not sure about this line).

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times they called him that

cause he's not authentic like me

cause hes black but not authentically.

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times they called him that

cause he's not authentic like me

cause hes black but not authentically.

Some say Barack's articulate

and bright and new and clean

the media sure love this guy

a white interloper's dream.

But when you vote for president

watch out and don't be fooled

don't vote the magic negro in

cause...

(then it repeats)

It's also reported that there are multiple tracks on the cd meant to be funny. One is called the Star Spanglish Banner. 

My brief opinion...just flip the script for a minute. Would it be funny if the song were about you and being played and distributed to the American Public? And I'm not talking that "you", like your policies or your personal life....I'm talking about that "you", like your skin color, race and being. Would it still be just a parody?

Algiers Point.

The discovery of this video comes at an interesting time. I was just watching Talk to Me yesterday with my girl (good movie btw), and there was a riot scene in the movie that was the direct result of the homicide of Dr. martin Luther King. I pondered, out loud about the possibility of a riot occurring if Pres. elect Obama was murdered. She somewhat convinced me that people were less militant these days and that "mass societal attacks/riots/movement" were less likely than it was back in the fist pumping days. 

This video proves that all you need is the perfect storm of occurrences and ignorance for people to act like f*cking killers. The saddest line in the 8 minute clip, is what that kid said at the very end. And unfortunately...it is how a lot of African Americans feel. And let's not even talk about how I had to find this video on a gossip blog, to even have known about the event at all. 

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"...As I look at the intelligence with respect to Iraq, what they got wrong was that there weren't any stockpiles. What they found was that Saddam Hussein still had the capability to produce weapons of mass destruction. He had the technology, he had the people, he had the basic feed stock...This was a bad actor and the country's better off, the world's better off with Saddam gone, and I think we made the right decision in spite of the fact that the original NIE was off in some of its major judgments."

-Vice President Dick Cheney in his exit interview

Im sorry....did he just say that he would've still gone to war even if he knew that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction? Cheney is talking like he got beat up for his lunch money by a Bully, and has just used thousands of American lives to get his revenge.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here...and say that all you people who reinstated these douchbags should feel just a little bit ashamed. 

more great quotes here.

don't make no damn sense.

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