October 10, 2008

Is that pork goodness I see flying through the sky?

I believe it is.

October 10, 2008

I’m not posting this for the reason you think

Check this out. Read it if you want. That’s kinda immaterial to my point right now.

This is all I’m saying — if I were married to the President, people that take gawd-awful pictures like that of me and the editors that pick them to run in publications would get the guillotine (really horrible joke to be told here that I hope you’ll leave alone…and don’t even worry about it if you don’t get it). That’s a really, really bad shot. And they say Huffington is slanted to favor the left!

October 7, 2008

A look back at elections past

I won’t give much commentary, other than to say no one has the right to tell you what you can or can’t laugh at in the comfort of your own home.

Also, the array of videos that pops up after that first one is done will keep you laughing for about 45 minutes. I recommend the Beyonce.

September 30, 2008

BOMANI’S GOT A JOB

Well, I’m kinda late on sharing this, but there’s a reason for it.  As of right now, I’m the host of a midday sports talk show on 620 The Bull, the ESPN Radio affiliate in Raleigh.  It’s The Three Hour Lunch Break with Bomani Jones, and you can catch it from 10-1 ET every weekday.  Just click on the live stream link on the right sidebar, and listen away.

It’s pretty simple — the show sounds like someone’s giving me a mic to talk about sports for three hours, only requiring that I don’t say any of the big-ticket cuss words.  It’s a hoot.  Tune in and enjoy.

I’ll adjust the sidebar to let you know the time and all that fun stuff soon.  Thanks for everything, everyone.

September 28, 2008

If Obama Loses

Newsweek asks how black people will take an Obama loss.  When I’m joking, I say that day after the election will be like a few million people went to see Mississippi Burning and Rosewood as a double feature, saw it all together in the world’s largest hypothetical multiplex, then filed out and went to work.  It might be best not to ask what’s wrong.  You’ll know, and you’d prefer to not have to be told.  Trust me on that one.

I’m joking, of course.  Yep.

Anyway, here’s a quick synopsis of what my concern would be from an Obama loss — if this black person can’t win, what black person can?

This is the most impressive politician of my lifetime (short, but that’s still the last seven elections).  Regardless of how you feel about Obama’s politics — his and mine are not the same — you have to acknowledge that he’s a bad, bad man.  And typically, the baddest man in an election wins.  It’s a popularity contest, and Obama just blows John McCain off any stage they share.  There’s no question who’s the biggest star.

Now, add to that the mistakes of the current administration, and the fact that the party of an administration as bad as this one tends to pay the price.

Tell me now — if this black man doesn’t win, which one has a prayer?

For me, what happens in this election isn’t gonna have me too disappointed about the short term.  There’s but so much change Obama wants to make, and far less that he’ll be able to accomplish.  That’s just this game, and I understand that.

But if a man with a pair of Ivy League degrees, a towering persona and a staggering resume can’t beat a 72 year-old man whose paired with the least qualified national election candidate in the history of this country, then I will confidently say that there will not be a black President before I die.

I’ll get over ‘08, if it comes down to that.  I’m not sure about the elections that will follow.

September 26, 2008

Michelle LaVaughn

I’ll go ahead and ask the question — when did Michelle Obama get that booty?  I know you talked about it, cuz it was a-buzzin’ in my circle.

September 24, 2008

Today’s look at slanted journalism

Went to the barber shop today.  I’m sure my bosses will be pleased.

Anyway, I saw the cover of The Final Call.  I think it’s the most succinct headline on the current economic situation.  While people are using terms like crisis and depression, The Final Call kept it simple.

“AMERICA IS BROKE.”

Well, that’s one way of putting it…

September 24, 2008

Have we made too much of Pac?

So, who’s the next Tupac?

I’ve never been one to look for the next anything.  Seems a futile mission, especially as nostalgia begins to obscure good sense.  But still, where is the next Pac?

I ask that because it hit me a few minutes ago — how influential has Tupac really been?

Who do you hear that just drips with Pac’s influence?  I hear him in T.I.  I hear him a bit in Weezy.

But when I hear younger cats, I wonder if they’ve listened to a single Pac album.

So really, how influential has Tupac’s music been?

The only thing I hear is the de-emphasis of metaphor.  I wish they would have soaked up some other part of Pac’s game.

I’m curious to see if I’m the only person that sees this.  Unfortunately, I’m not able to quite explain what I mean.  I think you know, though.

September 23, 2008

Ahhhh, a milestone…

So I do a lot more radio now.  I’m not in a position to expand on that here as of yet, but I will.  Anyway, I do more radio now.

Today was the first time I was physically threatened on the air!

Old school shit, too.  The chokeout.  Well, lemme be more specific…

“You’ll know it’s me.  I’ll be the 6-4, 235 white man choking a little black man.”

Well, at least he keeps it above the belt.

September 23, 2008

As I type…

…I’m on the air with Ric Flair.  Fuckin right.