Archive for December, 2008
Google Alerts ~ What Black Men Think now at target
so about 3-5 times per day I get google alerts for the title “what Black Men Think” and “Janks Morton” (no vanity, just keeping up with whose writing what about me). And low and behold today! BAM!, and I have no idea how this happened, been trying to get in touch with Passion River Distributions [...]
Read moreNO CHAIRS OR STROLLERS AT OBAMA INAUGURATION
*Washington officials have released a list of items that will not be allowed at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration for security reasons. Among them, no strollers near the U.S. Capitol, no tents on the National Mall and no Silly String along the parade route, according to the Associated Press. Also, thermoses, coolers and backpacks [...]
Read moreFilm captures life lessons
Documentary maker seeks advice from and for black men By Nick Madigan | nick.madigan@baltsun.com December 21, 2008 Documentary filmmaker Janks Morton interviews men during a casting call for his new documentary, “Men II Boys.” (Baltimore Sun photo by Kim Hairston / December 20, 2008) Brandon Whitney straightened his tie, cleared his throat and looked [...]
Read moreTook me a minute
but I finally remembered the name of this song, There’s a quote in there that goes something lke “don’t read beauty magazines, they’ll only make you feel ugly”…the days events from the MenIIBoys filming reminded me of this track… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI&hl=en&fs=1]
Read moreObama choosing Warren to give inauguration prayer angers gays and lesbians…
You must be a bad man to have the political left and the political right mad at you at the same time. That’s where Pastor Rick Warren finds himself today as gays and lesbians come out in full force today after President-elect Barack Obama chose him to give the invocation at his January 20th inauguration. [...]
Read moreAre you kidding me?
a plate? a plate?…..no comment….I may let an expletive fly out! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIWmIJpNnSQ&hl=en&fs=1]
Read moreGrowing Up Washingtonian!
Ok, so I got 14 out of 14… This for all of you who are planning to attend the big event in January, and have not been enlightened to our very unique yet hospitable culture here in the Nation’s Capitol… Oh, to live and grow up in D.C. Ain’t nothing like it. Take your shot at [...]
Read moreAll Aboard The Obama Express
WASHINGTON — In keeping with efforts to make this inauguration the most accessible to the public, President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden will hold events in select cities on their journey by train to Washington. The 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that Obama will travel with his family from Illinois to Washington [...]
Read moreNPR cancels 'News and Notes' black radio program
National Public Radio has canceled “News and Notes,” a black radio program hosted by with Farai Chideya out of Los Angeles. Chideya posted the news herself on her Facebook page, saying she “just got notice that News and Notes, the NPR show she’s hosting, has been cancelled.” Chideya says the program will produce shows until March 20, [...]
Read moreObama's true colors: Black, white … or neither?
updated 2:07 a.m. ET, Sun., Dec. 14, 2008 WASHINGTON – A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama’s racial saga: Many people insist that “the first black president” is actually not black. Debate over whether to call this son of a white Kansan and a black Kenyan biracial, African-American, mixed-race, half-and-half, multiracial — or, [...]
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