This issue has not gotten the press coverage it deserved. Black farmers won their case, however settlement payments have been slow in coming. Many of the farmers are in poor health and elderly. The government is using a “stall and delay” tactic in making payments possibly hoping all of them will die off. Great article from the New York Times.
Remember this? A snuggle song with your special someone.
In my opinion this is the BEST track from her new CD, The Sea. Soulful, Passionate, Haunting melody, Fantastic. Pick it up.
This article appeared in the Grio yesterday. Governor Patrick hit the nail right on the head about legislating in Washington so far during the Obama administration.
Mass Gov. Patrick: GOP borders on ‘sedition’
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says national Republicans are bordering on “sedition” as they oppose his good friend and party ally President Barack Obama.
The Democrat on Monday decried criticism of his governing efforts during a forum for students at Suffolk University’s Rappaport Center. But he says that “seems like child’s play compared to what’s going on in Washington.”
He says partisanship in the capital “is almost at the level of sedition,” or bordering on insurrection. He mocks Republicans by saying, “If the president says ‘up,’ we will say ‘down.'”
The governor later called his sedition comment a “rhetorical flourish.”
The Republican National Committee hasn’t returned messages seeking a response to his remarks.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
OMG!!! This is hot!!! Hell she’s HOT!!! After the disaster that was Louboutin’s, her appearance at the AMA’s, and getting dropped from her label I think she has hit a home run going right back to her club roots. Check this out….
This is some really funny stuff from comedian J. Anthony Brown, murderin some hits!
Yesterday I made a visit to my local Walgreens to pick up a prescription. Instead of stopping at the drive-thru I decided to go in and shop for some other items. Walking down the aisle of hair products I noticed a jar of….Afro Sheen! I haven’t seen Afro-Sheen since my pre-teen years. Maybe it’s me and I never noticed it was still being sold in stores. Seeing it not in the “hood” of Kansas City but in what is considered an “affluent”, “non-ethnic” part of town it fascinated me even more. They must have naps in their hair too!!!
Afro Sheen was the product in every black home when I was a kid. The standard equipment was to have Afro Sheen hair grease (‘cuse me let me be proper, “conditioner & hairdress”), oil sheen, and an afro pic in the bathroom. When I went to the barber shop what was put in my hair after the cut? Afro Sheen. What 
was used in every little girls hair when their Momma’s or older sister’s platted and braided their hair? Afro Sheen. What was the nappy head killer? Afro Sheen. Afro Sheen was like fried chicken, collard greens, the picture of Dr. King and John Kennedy, and of course the crucifix in Black people homes back then. It was an institution.
Remember Saturday mornings? If (if? if you didn’t you missed something) you watched Soul Train especially in the 1970’s you saw the classic Johnson Products commercials. Johnson Products was Soul Train’s exclusive sponsor. Those commercials were some of the few that glorified the beauty that is being a Black man or woman. They instilled a pride in who we are and where we come from. Something that’s missing today in most of the advertising targeted to the African-American community.
Johnson Products was the first African-American owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange. Mr. George Johnson Sr. the founder of Johnson Products was the first African-American to serve on the board of directors of Commonwealth Edison.
Needless to say, I don’t know when I will use it on my hair but I bought a jar of hair grease.
We all are responsible for the death of Aiyana Jones. We need to think more about our actions. We need to be held accountable for our communities. What happened with Aiyana should not happen to any child. As I have said before the officers involved, the commanders, and the police chief in Detroit all need to resign and possibly see some of the persons they incarcerated on a more permanent basis. This is a national tragedy and a tragedy of humanity.
This disease is horrendous. The fight against it is one that is dear to my heart, my mother had diabetes and I have always felt it led to her premature death. My brother was diagnosed with this disease also, he is waging the war every day. If you have received a diagnosis or know someone with diabetes this is for you.
