Oh My Gosh! Larry Platt On American Idol

Larry Platt - Memorable auditions

This was GREAT!

And upon reading about Larry Platt, he's an awesome man. From the Civil Rights movement right up to the present, he's an activist that we should pay attention to!

While some may feel that performing "Pants On The Ground" on the pop TV show American Idol was beneath him, I saw him as an impassioned activist that saw a way to send a message to millions of Americans about self respect and dignity. He was not acting the buffoon as some bloggers have said, he was using the popular media to get an important message out to our youth.

He's a great man. Check the video out -- Larry Platt.

And then read more about him and be ready to be truly impressed!

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/301708/general-larry-platt-a-real-american-idol/

Palin's Daughter Is News?

Let's put today's big news flash in perspective, per my own 17-year-old daughter.

"So she's like every other teen in America?"

Naturally, being a teen, she's a bit over the top with that statement.

However, like all too many teens, whether from intact or broken homes, evangelical Christian or not, political family or not, Palin's daughter has had sex.

OK. And ummm, the point was????

Look, the girl is 17, pregnant, keeping the baby, marrying the father.

Even Christian kids have sex and gasp, get pregnant!

Nothing to see here folks, move along to the issues.

This is not even news. The media needs to get back to the issues, both international and at-home.

Not "just" another teen pregnancy in America.

At least she's going to marry the father. Now THAT might be a small splash in the news. Nothing more.

Palin's daughter is news? Really?

Again, nothing to see here.

It's not news...

The Number One Concern Is The Economy

Huh?

The number one concern of American voters was Iraq.

Now it's the economy.

Not to be suspicious, but have you noticed that whenever the government wants to distract the American voter from an issue, the media starts broadcasting massive missives on another pressing topic?

What are they trying to distract us from now?

Suddenly, Bush's "war" isn't the top of the news, it's all about the economy. Gas prices, the stock market, food prices going up, the tomato/salmonella thing (look people, someone was using uncomposted chicken poop as fertilizer, WASH your veggies!), and the usual assortment of murders and crime.

I can't figure where this would help the Republicans, unless it's a ploy to distract us from something else that's even worse.

Of course, as Dad says, the news is all about the bad, and if the media can't find something bad to report, it'll make something up.

Or dredge something up from the past.

Speaking of, did you see that the news was actually reporting the anniversary of the OJ Simpson slow chase in Los Angeles? Like we really care about it??? Man, it really must've been a slow news day to bring that one up.

Or, being a tad paranoid, was it yet another chance to bring up the topic, "rich Black man did crime and got away with it", thereby making all rich Black men look bad? In fact, making ALL Black men look like they have the potential for violence?

Yes, you may think that my thoughts are a little on the paranoid side.

Well, our government has proven time and time again that there is NO hesitation to lie to the American public. Just this past week, it was reported that a POW from the Korean War was buried in China. Despite all previous declarations by our government and China that all POWs were returned and none were buried in China.

Me? Paranoid? Hmmmm.....

Maybe.

Then again, maybe I have a better nose for BS than the average American.

(Oh, and that UFO/Roswell/Area 51 thing, puleeze people, the government tested many, many experimental planes, some of which were triangle shaped. Check out the book World's Worst Aircraft by Bill Yenne and then tell me about funny shaped unidentified flying objects. Don't buy into everything you read. Even if I say it!!)