Uptown Notes

If you’re not familiar with Thomas Friedman, you are probably familiar with his arguments in “The World is Flat” which […]

The recent death of Chris Jones, attributed to a gang in suburbia has sparked more hysteria about the violence, gangs, and most importantly race without mentioning race.

Okay, so I managed to not succumb to the foolishness known as Popeye’s Pay Day (yeah, you know the special they were advertising) but leave it up to Fox in Minnesota and my people to make it into a news story. Okay, I guess this is funny, but I think I really want to cry! It’s stuff like this that makes me wonder if we gonna make it!?!

First, let me say that I pay little attention to the Pope or his statements. I spent eight years of my life in catholic school ignoring Pope John Paul II and now Pope Benedict XVI has joined that club. In a recent visit to Africa, Pope Benedict exclaimed, “You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the plane heading to Yaoundé. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.” Now let me explain why this is wrong!!!!

Jim Cramer of Mad Money’s interview from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I’m sure Jim Cramer wishes he never did this interview and the one they kept referencing.

Okay, I’m getting really sick of reading political commentary by rappers talking about the world ending. Not that I don’t […]