September 02, 2008 | Tags: none

The Republican party has my thoughts all in a mess right now. It’s just one thing after the other with these people these days. I thought it was peculiar enough that McCain went and named Sarah Palin as his VP candidate. First I thought this was a move to get all the feminist types who wanted Hilary to run mostly because she was a woman, then something got me thinking: he tried to say that Alaska was the nation’s most important state (and then play it off like he used the wrong choice of words or something...ha!). Not trying to take away from the importance of Alaska or anything considering I do find salmon to be a rather yummy fish and supposedly it tastes best when it’s from Alaska…but damn. He tried to play it off like he messed up his words, but if you ask me it merely revealed his main agenda (which happens to be one that we’re quite familiar with as a country now): oil.

What else is there in Alaska besides salmon and oil? Snow, ice, a few polar bears, a population of roughly 670,053 as of 2006 according to the Census Bureau, with about 1.1 persons per square mile of land (let that really sink in for a second)…unless McCain enjoys salmon rolls or smoked salmon and cream cheese on bagels as much as I do, I’m guessing we have another oil fiend on our hands. But that’s just me speculating. Maybe he really does enjoy salmon – it’s supposedly good for you, and he has definitely lived a long life so far.

But on to Palin. She may be the biggest eff up of McCain’s campaign to date. The ex-beauty pageant contestant and runner up to Miss Alaska seems to have a pregnant 17-year-old daughter. Oh man, I bet McCain’s campaign staffers are damn near wanting to throw themselves off of the nearest skyscraper right now. So much for those wholesome, Republican values, right? I mean, I get it – shit happens. But I can say that because I’m reasonable like that. Eh…kind of. But I’m not so sure that the old-fashioned types of our country will see it that way. If I agreed with Palin’s politics wholeheartedly, I wouldn’t particularly care that her kids are having kids – if I was a hardcore Republican like that I’d probably be happy that she’s keeping it. But…well…not everyone shares my views and nonchalance, which could possibly be a good thing, come to think of it. I'm crazy sometimes. Don't say I never warned you!

Anyway, the media was told to leave the family be, so I’ll just leave the daughter alone and focus on the potential VP. Eh…kind of. The daughter is like five, six months pregnant? Are they trying to tell me that Palin didn’t know about this until now? Because, really…why would a mother accept the nomination knowing that it would make every aspect of her life very public and her (currently unmarried) teenage daughter is about to add one more person to Alaska’s sparse population and raise it on a diet of omega-3 fatty acid-rich fish? Do I sense some lacking family values and loyalty? Some greed? I sincerely hope that her daughter had a say in her acceptance of the VP candidate spot. Because the next few months of that girl’s life are going to be beyond anything I could even imagine.

And back to those aforementioned polar bears for a second. I did some reading today and learned that Palin doesn’t exactly sympathize with our Casper-colored furry friends. She’s sure to lose the PETA vote with this one! According to an article in the Anchorage Daily News circa May 2008, Palin objected the placement of the polar bear onto the endangered species list because “she and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off the state's northern and northwestern coasts”. I’m not a huge PETA/environmentalist/tree hugging type of chick, but even I have trouble justifying that one.

The question that’s looming overhead like the clouds of Gustav is whether Palin will be the ultimate reason that McCain will take the L in the upcoming election. Can Palin handle the responsibilities of being the leader of the United States if something should happen to the 72-year-old former cancer patient that’s running for President?

Yikes!

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

End of the Summer

September 02, 2008 | Tags: none

Although summer officially ends on September 22nd (you can thank my near-completion of a B.A. in Geography for my random knowledge of things like that), the summer in a cultural sense of the word ends after Labor Day weekend for most of us. The kids are likely to be in school again, the pools are getting ready to give up for the season, and it’s about to start getting colder. The seasons may be changing, but one thing that remains a constant is that there are artists out here in the DMV that stay grinding to put out tracks. I’ve gotten an incredible amount of stuff in the inbox over the course of the summer and figure I’ll end the summer by putting some stuff up for you to download and give a listen to.

First up we have a mixtape that you may have already heard, since the wonderful Shake posted it over at his corner of the internet a couple months ago. It’s entitled “The Hope” and is brought to you by Lyriciss. The D.C. emcee has another mixtape dropping in October, so if you like what you hear, be on the lookout because more is coming soon.

http://www.zshare.net/download/14661657efa65d9b/

Next on the list we have a mixtape that is a compilation of tracks from various DMV emcees, put together by my man Modi, Start Of the Line, and KNOWxONE. It features music from Tabi Bonney, Wale, NandoMcFlyy, Marky, T.E.F.L.O.N., RA the MC, Dirty Water, and more.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bnvuqr

Third we have a track from locals David E. Beats (DC) and Kendall Elijah (MD), entitled “We On”.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/17737615143f72fe/

I’ll end this post with a new track from Virginia’s R.E.U.B.. I met this guy at an event at GMU last semester (or was it two semesters ago? I really can’t remember) and was pleasantly surprised at the subject matter he chose to address in his songs and his overall disposition. He struck me as a guy that seemed to care about the world around him, and that’s always a plus in my book. He recently dropped a remix album entitled “The Billboard Insurgence: r.e.mixed”. He hit me with his latest track entitled “Overdrive”, and now I’m sharing it with you. This is one of those tracks you could play around your girl who may not share your gutter ass taste in music, and she’d probably enjoy it. We all need a few of these tracks in the repertoire.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/17915410b1c3a675/

I hope everybody had a safe and fun summer, and best wishes to everyone in their fall endeavors.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the writer and not necessarily those of HipHopDX.com or Cheri Media Group.

	September 2008
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30
« Aug					Oct »

Use these links on your blogs, messageboard posts, etc.
URL
HTML
BBCode

Your Name: (Required)
Friends Email Addresses: (Comma Seperated)
Message:
Verification Code:

Use these links on your blogs, messageboard posts, etc.
URL
HTML
BBCode

Your Name: (Required)
Friends Email Addresses: (Comma Seperated)
Message:
Verification Code:

Blogs

The Undisputed Truth

Did McCain Just Eff Up His Own Chances?

Share Blog Link

End of the Summer

Share Blog Link