HAPPY 90TH TO NELSON MANDELA!

Former President and all around inspirational force Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday today with a star studded concert in London's Hyde Park. Of course the who's who of Hollywood and beyond showed up for the occasion. Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Amy Wyno, Bill Clinton and Robert DeNiro were among the celebs paying homage to this amazing man. Looking at a figure like Mandela truly makes one sit back and look at the situation the world sits in today...if we could all see the big picture like Mandela the world would be a different place.

Supreme Court ruling today...WTFFFF?!

Today the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty "unconstitutional" for child rapists! Let me repeat that, today the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty "unconstitutional" for repeated child rapists. OH WAIT THERE'S MORE...the direct ruling:

"a death sentence for one who raped but did not kill a child, and who did not intend to assist another in killing the child, is unconstitutional"


The most offensive part of this ruling is that the Court left the death penalty open to crimes involving: treason, espionage, terrorism, and drug kingpin activity. Isn't there a problem when the judicial system can choose to take the life of someone who threatens so-called national security (which many would argue is oftentimes a rule of the game when in war), but ruining an innocent child's life isn't considered that big a deal. When the ruling first became public this morning I spoke with a few friends who felt the same rage, so I have to believe I am not hyper-sensitive or crazy. Here's to hoping this November brings us a NEW DAWN!

Clinton campaign debt...Obama's responsibility?

I will not pretend that I am Bill Maher or Chris Matthews but I have followed politics as closely as ever during this presidential race...there is one thing I simply cannot understand. Why is it the nominees responsibility to cover the debt of the loser? This is a question open to all, if someone could explain this to me I would feel much smarter. I have watched the reports, read the articles and I still can't make sense of it. We all watched Hillary go deeper and deeper into debt, going into her personal account to the tune of somewhere around $11 million...all this was done when it was clear that her chances of winning were slimmer than a supermodel. So WHY is it Obama and his campaign financiers duty to clean up her mess? I have nothing against Hillary, she's made history and that is wonderful but it seems to me she was aware of what she was getting herself into. Please post your responses, I beg of you!

Ne-Yo vs. Chris Brown?? What are we to do?

Talk about the dilemma of the summer! Apparently a "beef" has been brewing between Chris Brown and Ne-Yo over the last few months. The most popular explanation appears to be that Chris has been heard around town saying that he can outsell Ne-Yo and criticizing his vocal abilities. When did R&B get so street? Is this really what it is all coming to: a rap battle between singers? The most unfortunate part is these are singers that have a great image, these are two guys that parents let their children listen to and most importantly I really like both of them. After careful consideration, as much as I adore Chris Brown, I'm going to have to go with team Ne-Yo, it's nothing personal it's just more of a grown folks thing. If you listen carefully to the song Ne-Yo does have a few very clever jabs to throw at the yougun' (i.e. "Your girlfriends favorite song is mine"...a reference to Ri-Ri???). We'll keep you posted on this battle of the crooners!