...along with my Ghostface obsession...this is a song I've been listening to a lot......also cause it's on a CD I have in my car...but respect the WU....bitch
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Monday, April 7, 2008
...Talking Politics
I'm not very political. I don't even like keeping up with campaigns because they always overpower the actual message and issues with propaganda, libel, slander, and a television day full of ads of what that person did or did not do for whatever reason to push the vote on their sides.
I used to claim democrat. I'm still registered as one, but now I don't even pick a side..not even independent. I just go with who seems to make the most sense, and who also has what it takes to fix this fucked up ass country that we live in and that many are trying to get into like a crowded night at the club.
Only thing so far that has caught my eye during this whole Presidental race isn't that there's a black man, or a woman running...it was just Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union" while he was here in Philly.He broke it all down and talked to the world like regular adults...He didn't try to cover anything up or swing some words around so you can decipher it how you want and make up 15 meanings that aren't even close...All he wants is a better America, and if there's anyone that doesn't want that...shouldn't live here.
So take it how you want it, but I believe he truly is one smart man that could possibly do some great things - but only if given the chance...and even after that only time will tell...After the whole Vote Or Die campaigns, making the giant effort to boost voting in the community and waiting 10 hours in line in New Orleans to vote for the first time and for the whole state of Louisiana to already be handed over to Bush before I and a long ass line behind me even got CLOSE to the voting booth - I kinda swore off the government. This the one and probably only time out of every 4 years you'll ever really witness me talking politics...soak it in & enjoy
-Ashley
To See The Speech, Click Link Below:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
...Is This What We're Teaching Our Kids?
...and we wonder why things are the way they are. Then we want to cry and say 'he/she was such a good kid', but you encourage them, videotape them, and post on YOUTUBE for all the world to see like the little girl has just made a major accomplisment. In actually all she has done is display the failure of her parent or even sibling. Even adults don't need to speak the way this girl is, who is probably no older than maybe 5. Besides what real issues would this child have to need to say all that about whomever. Shit is not cute - at all.
...just watch
-Ashley
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Google Kick Of The Day
...haven't done this in awhile :)
Today's subject was inspired by a quote from Mos Def I was looking at today
So..todays topic is Fred Hampton. I had never heard of him before so I decided to investigate.Our prioritites is getting fucked up. Lil Jon - I love his
music, but why are the East Side Boyz names Big Sam & Lil Bo? What the fuck?
What's next Kunta and Kinte? The south should know better. This is the same
country that ran up in Fred Hampton crib and shot him in bed with his pregnant
wife. You think the rules changed because niggaz got #1 records? What are we
supposed to tell our kids? After Malcolm, Martin & DuBois we got Sam-Bo? I'm
supposed to be down with that "because it makes me dance..."?
He was born in Chicago in 1948. After graduating from Proviso East High School in 1966 and enrolling at Triton Junior College where he studied law - he joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was appointed leader of the Youth Council of the organization's West Suburban branch.
October 1966 is the year The Black Panther Party was formed in Oakland. Hampton then founded a Chicago chapter November 1968 and immediately established a community service program. This included provision of free breakfasts for schoolchildren and a medical clinic that didn't charge patients for treatment.
One of Hampton's greatest achievements was to persuade Chicago's most powerful street gangs to stop fighting against each other. In May 1969 Hampton held a press conference where he announced a nonaggression pact between the gangs and the formation of what he called a "rainbow coalition" (a multiracial alliance of black, Puerto Rican, and poor youths).
Later that year Hampton was arrested and charged with stealing $71 worth of sweets, which he then allegedly gave away to local children. Hampton was initially convicted of the crime but the decision was eventually overturned.
The activities of the Black Panthers in Chicago came to the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Hoover described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country" and urged the Chicago police to launch an all-out assault on the organization. In 1969 the Panther party headquarters on West Monroe Street was raided three times and over 100 members were arrested.
In the early hours of the 4th December, 1969, the Panther headquarters was raided by the police for the fourth time. The police later claimed that the Panthers opened fire and a shoot-out took place. During the next ten minutes Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed. Witnesses claimed that Hampton was wounded in the shoulder and then executed by a shot to the head.
The panthers left alive, including Deborah Johnson, Hampton's girlfriend, who was eight months pregnant at the time, were arrested and charged with attempting to murder the police. Afterwards, ballistic evidence revealed that only one bullet had been fired by the Panthers whereas nearly a hundred came from police guns.
After the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the Senate Intelligence Committee conducted a wide-ranging investigation of America's intelligence services. Frank Church of Idaho, the chairman of the committee, revealed in April, 1976 that William O'Neal, Hampton's bodyguard, was a FBI agent-provocateur who, days before the raid, had delivered an apartment floor-plan to the Bureau with an "X" marking Hampton's bed. Ballistic evidence showed that most bullets during the raid were aimed at Hampton's bedroom.
Later that year Hampton was arrested and charged with stealing $71 worth of sweets, which he then allegedly gave away to local children. Hampton was initially convicted of the crime but the decision was eventually overturned.
The activities of the Black Panthers in Chicago came to the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Hoover described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country" and urged the Chicago police to launch an all-out assault on the organization. In 1969 the Panther party headquarters on West Monroe Street was raided three times and over 100 members were arrested.
In the early hours of the 4th December, 1969, the Panther headquarters was raided by the police for the fourth time. The police later claimed that the Panthers opened fire and a shoot-out took place. During the next ten minutes Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed. Witnesses claimed that Hampton was wounded in the shoulder and then executed by a shot to the head.
The panthers left alive, including Deborah Johnson, Hampton's girlfriend, who was eight months pregnant at the time, were arrested and charged with attempting to murder the police. Afterwards, ballistic evidence revealed that only one bullet had been fired by the Panthers whereas nearly a hundred came from police guns.
After the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the Senate Intelligence Committee conducted a wide-ranging investigation of America's intelligence services. Frank Church of Idaho, the chairman of the committee, revealed in April, 1976 that William O'Neal, Hampton's bodyguard, was a FBI agent-provocateur who, days before the raid, had delivered an apartment floor-plan to the Bureau with an "X" marking Hampton's bed. Ballistic evidence showed that most bullets during the raid were aimed at Hampton's bedroom.
..so in history every person that tried to do good for their community is a threat to the government supposedly. It's a conspiracy - a sin & a shame, but that's just how our world seems to work.
For your visual entertainment here is a four part series on The Murder of Fred Hampton
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
...enjoy
-Ashley
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
...Google Kick Of The Day
Today Huey Newton just popped in my head. I didn't watch any black history movies or anything, so - I figured that he should be my Google/Youtube kick and I'm glad he is.
Short sweet quick bio I found
An illiterate high-school graduate, Newton taught himself how to read before attending Merritt College in Oakland and the San Francisco School of Law, where he met Seale. In Oakland in 1966 they formed the Black Panther group in response to incidents of police brutality and racism and as an illustration of the need for black self-reliance. At the hieght of its popularity during the late 1960s, the party had 2,000 members in chapters in several cities.
In 1967 Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a police officer, but his conviction was overturned 22 months later, and he was released from prison. In 1971 he announced that the party would adopt a nonviolent manifesto and dedicate itself to providing social services to the black community. In 1974 he was accused of another murder and fled to Cuba for three years before returning to face charges; two trials resulted in hung juries.
Newton received a Ph.D in social philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz (1980); his dissertation, "War Against the Panthers" was subtitled "A Study of Repression in America." Succumbing to factionalism and pressure from government agencies, the party disbanded in 1982. In March 1989 Newton was sentenced to a six-month jail term for misappropriating public funds intended for a Panther-founded Oakland school. In August of that year he was found shot dead on a street in Oakland.
In 1967 Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a police officer, but his conviction was overturned 22 months later, and he was released from prison. In 1971 he announced that the party would adopt a nonviolent manifesto and dedicate itself to providing social services to the black community. In 1974 he was accused of another murder and fled to Cuba for three years before returning to face charges; two trials resulted in hung juries.
Newton received a Ph.D in social philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz (1980); his dissertation, "War Against the Panthers" was subtitled "A Study of Repression in America." Succumbing to factionalism and pressure from government agencies, the party disbanded in 1982. In March 1989 Newton was sentenced to a six-month jail term for misappropriating public funds intended for a Panther-founded Oakland school. In August of that year he was found shot dead on a street in Oakland.
For visual enjoyment here's footage of Huey in an interview from jail *holds up a fist*...enjoy
-Ashley
Monday, February 25, 2008
...Google Kick of The Day
Today's feature is of course a fav. She's from my hometown (Philadelphia) and basically lived the fairytale dream. She was a beautiful and highly acclaimed actress and later became a princess. Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco Grace Patricia Kelly.
In honor of this timeless beauty & actress, here's a clip from A Hitchcock film "Rear Window" and a tribute slideshow...enjoy
-Ashley
Rear Window
Grace Kelly Tribute
Saturday, February 23, 2008
...Google Kick of The Day
Yea, I'm working on a Saturday [sucks!] so I of course went on a google kick :)
Todays Google -Youtube kick is another fav Jimi Hendrix.
He was an awesome musician who firmly believed that music was his religion and it showed through in all of his records and performances. So in honor of my G-Y kick of the day here are a couple Jimi videos...enjoy
-Ashley
Star Spangled Banner @ Woodstock
Machine Gun
Purple Haze
Hey Joe
Friday, February 22, 2008
...Strange Fruit
To alleviate my bordem at times I go on what I call 'google kicks' where I get a topic and read any and everything there is about it. Today's kick was one of my favz: Billie Holiday
One of her well known songs is also a poem written by Lewis Allen called "Strange Fruit." In honor of my GK of the day, here's the poem and Billie herself singing...enjoy
-Ashley
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is strange and bitter crop
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is strange and bitter crop
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