Posted on February 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
Tiki Barber continues to prove that he is the smartest man out of the NFL. Today, he filed his retirement papers with the New York Football Giants. In April, he plans to join NBC.
The former running back will become an NBC television personality, people with direct knowledge of the negotiations said. Barber, the [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
I (J) have to go with James Baldwin. Nothing captures my feelings on race like Notes of a Native Son. His precision, insight and wisdom are unmatched in the pantheon of black literature. Moreover, his intellectualism provided an academic boost to the struggle for black rights in the 1950s and 60s.
Rich: Ralph Ellison. Invisible Man [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
We have to fess up ya’ll. Obama is not Black, he’s just black. He can’t say his great-great grandparents were slaves or that his parents suffered under Jim Crow in the South. And we feel a little bitter-sweet about it. Admit it.
Obama is a person of color who is on the national stage [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
Ladies and Gents, the value of the vagina is falling faster than the value of the dollar. In the last 6 years, the value of the dollar has plummeted. Traveling overseas, the exchange rate Americans once enjoyed has vanished. Here at home, the value of the vagina has vanished–it is now freely exchangeable, readily accessible [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
What need is there to say more?The childish work for their own benefit,The buddhas work for the benefit of others.Just look at the difference between them.
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