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The Man that did it first, and best!

Like most of you, I cannot wait until tonight when Senator Obama delivers his acceptance speech. That being said, I have to take this time to acknowledge the man that did it first--and best, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On August 28th, 1963, he delivered the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Even though I love Barack Obama, I am not quite sure he will be able to hold a candle to Dr. King, but he may come close.  After all, he is the primary reason we will be listening to Obama tonight.

For those of you who may need a little inspiration, Iisten to the speech below:

Bill's Apple to Hillary's Orange...

To contrast the speech of Bill Clinton to Hillary Clinton—really would be like comparing apples to oranges.  Before you start with the emails embedded with strings of obscenities—hear me out.  

First, I would like to point out that I never censored the fact that I didn’t buy Hillary’s speech; however, I will say that it was not all bad.  She did seem sincere when recognizing Michelle Obama, and I have to give her props for the acknowledgement of one of her biggest supporters, Stephanie Tubbs, and I even commend her for summoning Harriet Tubman, correctly.  Because let’s just be honest—that could have went either way. And I cannot forget when she basically questioned the integrity of all of her supporters by asking them if they were voting for her or for the people. However, my side-eye stemmed from her never giving a Barack Obama assertion. That being said, she failed in my opinion.

Now her husband, the “first Black president”, according to Toni Morrison, exceeded my expectations. Can we first discuss the ovation?! We still have mad love for this man, even though he had some questionable episodes, during the primaries. But he found a way to hide his resentment behind the needs of this broken world. He should be commended on his ability to leave his bitterness at the doors of that convention and focus on the very dire situation we are facing. He addressed the demise of the Republican Party; he discussed the climate change, education, and AIDS. He even touched on the inexperience subject. I cannot say enough about this man’s speech, and if you missed you, consider it a disservice of self. However, as of this morning it’s been posted to the blog.   

I’m sorry Hillary, but Bill really did it for me.  Hillary just left too much grey showing for my liking. She forgot that there is no "I" in team and that "me, me, me" cannot be found in unite. And as someone, who has been greatly affected by this recession, I am not only a small business owner, but I am also a single-parent, to hell with the grey areas.  Her speech said nothing more than choose the less of two-evils. If I were a skeptical voter—I would still be on the damn fence after listening to her, but after listening to Bill, I would be drinking the Kool-Aid.

By the way, I am so damn tired of hearing about the 18,000,000 cracks in the ceiling. Let’s focus on creating 18,000,000 more.   

Leave Solange alone, she was mad!

Click here to hear the full-interview...

Solange I know it is frustrating dealing with the media, but I think you gave them exactly what they wanted with this infamous quote that will be all-over the Internet today. I love you for "keepin it real" though. Hell it's not like we didn't know they were married, anyway.

Bill delivered!

Now this is the correct way to sway skeptical voters. I hate to say it, but his wife dropped the ball. She basically just told her voters to pick the less of two evils, hence the reason I had to give her speech a side-way glance. But Bill rectified the situation.

She Needs More People....

In my opinion, Hillary needs more people.I didn't buy it, at all. I'm in the middle of a writing deadline, but trust, I will explain why I'm not convinced later.

Michelle Obama silenced the haters...

As many of you, I have spent the last few hours glued to the television watching the Democratic National Convention coverage.  Of course, I watched on TV One. Reason being, I knew “our” network would add spice to the bland sections of the programming. In addition, they were televising a DNC After-Party that was being co-hosted by Michael Eric Dyson, and I never miss an opportunity to hear that man speak. However, Michelle Obama left big shoes for him to fill.

The speech given by Michelle Obama tonight far exceeded my expectations.  I knew she would attempt to silence the haters concerning her questionable patriotism. And I expected her to refine the image of her husband, to ease the mind of suspicious voters. However, she did not stop there.   Michelle stood on that platform and showed the world a different kind of beauty.

As an African-American woman, we are not provided many opportunities to recognize ourselves in the media. The few images that are used to portray us, we still cannot identify with—much less be proud of. Oftentimes we are hated by our own people due to the hue of our skin, so I cannot blame the distorted media messages solely on the powers that be.  However, they are responsible for expecting African-American women to fit themselves into cookie-cutter images provided by society.  But tonight, I was able to watch as a Black woman created an image that I will forever be proud of.

One of the reasons that I entered the field of communications was to change the messages that are fed to Black and Brown little girls. So Michelle’s presence, and her speech, was definitely a step in the right direction. When Michelle took that stage tonight, she owned it! She filled my heart, and the hearts of others, with her words of confidence, fearlessness, love, and I cannot forget change.          

Now I know that she accomplished a lot more tonight than what I included in this blog posting, but I will leave that for everyone else to dialogue about. On Women’s Equality Day, I thought it was important to address just how beautiful a statuesque, brown-skinned, articulate, educated Black woman can be.  Enjoy your day, ladies!

Jill Scott's Long Walk just woke me up!

As all of my slightly perturb blog readers know, I have been trying unsuccessfully to get my balancing act in order, so I will have more time in the morning to write (strictly) for the blog. In an effort to keep my promise, I attempted to retire early last night, you know, so I could wake bright-eyed and  bushy tailed. NOT!!

After tossing and turning for about two hours I finally came to the conclusion that I am an insomniac, who just happens to be in denial. So my significant other and I, decided we would check out some videos on Dimewars.com. ( I love that site! It's my back-up TiVo). Anywho, I thought I would just watch videos on my computer screen until I fell asleep. For those of you who didn't know my significant other in my bedroom is my Dell. That's right, it sleeps in my bed. I'm sure this is some sort of sign that I am a workaholic, but don't judge me.

Now back to the subject. In my attempt to have music videos serve as my lyrical ambien, Jill Scott decided she would dole out caffeine. While surfing the site, I stumbled across her "Long Walk" video, and I should have followed my first mind and just walked right by that play button, but I like to torture myself. Don't get my wrong, I love the song/video, but for some strange reason, I can never watch that video with out getting a little hyper.  When she sings the verse:

Your background it ain't squeaky clean shit
Sometimes we all got to swim upstream
You ain't no saint, we all are sinners
But you put your good foot down and make your soul a winner
I respect that, man you're so phat
And you're all that, plus supreme
Then you're humble man I'm numb
Yo with feeling, I can feel everything that you bring

Be honest, you got a little hype yourself just reading it, didn't you? You can admit it--I hear it's the first step. Anywho, I think my boost of energy was triggered by more than Jill's verbal genius.  For the past few days, I have been surrounded by some people, who have definitely forgotten their past. Don't get me wrong, their are quite a few episode in my past that I wouldn't want to come up in everyday conversation, but if they did, I wouldn't try and hide them behind embarrassment.  Everything in my past has created who I am today, and I love my evolution. Now that doesn't mean I wouldn't hack into my past and permanently delete some things if given the opportunity, but we all know that will never happen. 

We are embarking on a very historical week, and it's not just because of the DNC, where for the first time, a Black man will accept the Democratic presidential nomination, but this week also marks the  anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, where three years later, there is still a lot of work to do.  That said, I am not asking anyone to dwell on the past, but just merely asking you all, to not only look forward, but also, peer into the rear-view mirror every once and awhile. Not for excuses, but for resources.

Happy Monday, everybody!  (Now I'm going to try and lay my neck down for a minute, but I promise, I will have more postings later because I have a lot to say today!) 

Who has an "S" on their chest?

This is the best video created, thus far, in 2008.

Play this one for your haters!

I'm Still Standing, by Monica

I fell in love with this song the very first time I heard it on her show! The beat is crazy! Enjoy...