Addicted to Starbucks

Every day in my office building, there is a long line of people patiently waiting for their daily fix of Starbucks. America is addicted to Starbucks. There is no doubt about that. I’m (J) not quite addicted, but I do enjoy Starbuck’s basic cup of coffee maybe twice a week.

I was discussing [...]

Quote of the Day

“We fought for the wrong things. We should have been fighting to get the money for the schools right there in the community, so we could stay in the community.”
Glen Hodges, reident of the Washington , DC, area in Washington Post’s “Being a Black Man.“

Hanging Saddam Would Be Another Huge Mistake

Now comes the news that Saddam Hussein’s “conviction” will not be overturned by the “Iraqi appeals court,” thus paving the way for his hanging. American news outlets are debating whether the hanging should be public, or whether we should just show video of his dead body for he world to see. Hmmm.
Hanging or [...]

The Crucifixion of Cynthia McKinney

Denmark Vesey comments on the manner in which former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was run out of office–twice.
“Is it something I said? Well, yes Cynthia. It is something you said. You spoke the truth. You broke the biggest taboo in America - you addressed the obvious connection between faked evidence for war, US Foreign [...]

NPR’s Juan Williams: "Say it Loudly: Poor Blacks Can Succeed"

“The black American middle class is under attack. And what is their sin? The fire is coming from black academics who argue that any middle-class black person calling on the black poor to take advantage of opportunities to get out of poverty is really ashamed of poor black people. And the charges can get personal. [...]

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford also passed away over the holidays. Bob Woodward has reported that Ford too thought as so many of us did: “I don’t think I would have gone to war.” He said this in 2004 during a 4 hour conversation with Woodward for a book. Ford said that his comments could be [...]

WAR!!!!: Somalia v. Ethopia

On Christmas Day Ethiopian jets strafed Somali airports in an open act of war between the two countries. Islamist leaders, who have defeated CIA backed opposition, control Mogadishu, Somalia. The CIA has been paying secular opposition since 1995.
Disclosure of the payments to men widely despised for years of lawlessness helped galvanize [...]

White Students at Black Colleges

When Rich and I were at Morehouse, among the black student body there were several white students. (There were also some Pakistanis and Latinos.) Ironically, many of the white students played on the football team, probably hoping to get a scholarship and transfer to another school. There were also a few “visiting” students from other [...]

James Brown. Dead at 73

Now we demand a chance to do things for ourserlf We’re tired of beatin’ our head against the wall And workin’ for someone else We’re people, we’re just like the birds and the bees We’d rather die on our feet Than be livin’ on our [...]

Merry Christmas From TheStateOf . . .

Merry Christmas to all of you that read this blog! Peace!