Opinions of...politics - Part 2

Obama and Rev. Wright's comments:Please...unfortunately many people will not see this for what it is-someone's way of planting the seed that Barack Obama if elected, will not meet the needs of ALL Americans and that he is one of those "evil" Black Nationalists left over from the 60s and early 70s.

Tunes for a desert island stay

Out of a conversation I had last night, I came up with the absolute must have music list for those who are on a stranded island. These are in no particular order of preference:

• Personal Jesus-Depeche Mode


• Anything by that Parliament-Funkadelic-P-Funk All Stars-Bootsie and the Rubberband-George Clinton---especially the usual suspects: "We want the Funk, One Nation Under a Groove, Aquaboogie, Bootzilla, Atomic Dog


• No list would be complete without the New Order/Joy Division collection---again the usual suspects: Regret, Ruined In a Day, Dead Souls, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Transmission, She's Lost Control, True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle, Digital, The Perfect Kiss, Dreams Never End, Here To Stay


• Baby Love-Regina (Richards)


• Selections from Cappadonna's "The Pillage" --Everything Is Everything, Black Boy, Slang Editorial, The Pillage


• Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash


• Hank Williams' I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow


• Anything by the Stylistics and the Spinners would be great


• Aimee Mann and the Japanese group Flow --nuff said

I have often found ...

I have often found a certain irony in the fact that I like some tv shows that exclude people that on the surface I would have more in common with than the characters on those shows.
For example, today on hulu.com, I am mining the 'Kojak' archives. This is still to me one of the more rough cop shows around. And is quite the posterchild for testosterone. I don't think growing up there was ever a female cop in Kojak's stable and there was no real room on this series for what is usually considered "feminine." However, I love this series. My mother and I used to joke that if Kojak and [Steve] McGarrett were on the case, there would be no crack problem in America.

Most of the soaps that I watch, especially ones that take place in locations like Los Angeles, apparently suffer from a disease where the people of colour have died from some mysterious disease.