Another Case of the Porch Monkey

Have you been keeping up with your local chimpanzee news lately? If you haven't here's a quick update:

February 16, 2009 - A pet chimpanzee attacks its owners friend (click here to read the story)

February 18, 2009 - The New York Post runs the above cartoon (click here to read backlash)

First things first, what are you doing with a pet chimpanzee? Secondly, why is everyone so surprised that wild animals get buck wild every now and then. If you read the story, you'll see there were so many violations and signs that In the words of Chris Rock, "...that tiger went tiger."

Thirdly, the "covert" or rather overt racism isn't even debatable. I would hope that the watch dogs wouldn't spend any significant amount of time with this ignorance. It's like the Lakers arguing with the Clippers over who gets the good parking at the Staples Center.

Lastly, and not really talked about is the stereotype (which typically have some truth to it) that the police will shoot a black man in cold blood whenever they want to. It's very disturbing that even cartoonist recognize this and it's not just a black thang.

Economy Hits Hard on Black Campuses

Click here to read how tight it is. Is this trickle down economics? Morris Brown only has 151 sudents enrolled......

F.I.B

I've been trying to creep up on this issue slowly, but time is running out. It's time for us to MAN UP! Our neighborhoods are falling apart, the incarceration rate is astronomical, the family is breaking up, the high school drop-out rate is ridiculous and on and on and on. But what are YOU doing? I know, now that you have your college degree (or not), it isn't your responsibility, or maybe you're a family man, so you're busy training your own children or maybe you do actually have a mentee and feel your doing your part. But something we all need to be, is here. We have to be here.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in African-American men, who also have the highest mortality rate from prostate cancer of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. One in every six men in America will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. One in every three African-American men will be diagnosed.

The American Cancer Society recommends that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test be offered annually, beginning at age 50, to men who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years. African-American men and men with a strong family history of one or more first-degree relatives diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age should begin testing at age 45.

While The American Cancer Society means well, I knew someone well under 45 (32 - 36), newly married with two young children. One of the last things he told a friend was that he was so upset because it's so preventable if you catch it early. Soon after that conversation, he passed.

WE HAVE TO GO GET CHECKED NOW! GO GET THE FINGER IN the BOOTY! There, I said it. We have to go get the F.I.B. From my understanding, there is no way around it and don't take NO for an answer from your doctor.

Click here to read about Charlie Wilson's battle with prostate cancer. Can you imagine if there was no more: "You dropped a bomb on me", "Oops Upside Your Head", "Burn Rubber On Me", "Outstanding", "Yearning For Your Love", "First Name Charlie, Last Name Wilson", etc.

The future needs us.

WE HAVE TO GO GET CHECKED NOW. GO GET THE FINGER IN the BOOTY! There, I said it. We have to go get the F.I.B.

If you've had the test, shed some light on us. The only thing I ask is that you don't scare us and don't tell us if you were smiling on your way out of the doctors office.

Check the next blog for my proposal.

Will 2009 be the Year of the African American Male?

Jan. 20, 2009 - Barack Obama's Inauguration

Feb. 1, 2009 - Mike Tomlin, 2nd Black Head Coach to WIN the SUPERBOWL

Feb. 2, 2009 - Eric Holder, 1st Black Attorney General

Who's Next?

Can it be said that the brothas are running thangs?

The Enormity of the Moment

History has been made! Were you there? Share your experience......

The Post Obama Civil Rights Paradigm

I was part of an interesting discussion and thought it would be good to serve it up at Brother's Place. Is there a need for the Civil Rights organizations of yesteryear? What is the purpose of the SCLC? The co-founder, Joseph Lowery did the benediction at the inauguration and prayed for "the red man to get ahead man". The red man has gotten ahead, or the closest thing to it...casino's. That may be a little facetious, but you get the point. Another question, with a black president in office, does this put out the fires that have fueled black fraternities and sororities up to now?

Interested to hear what the brothers think. Either way, the electing of a BLACK president has to cause a reassessment.

My Man Madoff...50 Billion

How do you swindle $50 BILLION out of anyone, with a name like Bernard? He had to be the only Bernard ever to receive money from the Jewish community, except for that $100 Bernard Jackson won in the Passover Brownie eating contest at his high school classmates bar mitzvah(excuse my attempt at a Dennis Miller rant). But either way, Bernard Madoff was able to have individuals, corporations, churches and non-profits give him billions of dollars without any paperwork? Obviously none of his victims went to an HBCU because everyone knows rule #1, "You got to have your paperwork". Moreover, this is my main issue with the entire situation, one must feel extremely comfortable with doing business this way if they are willing to part with that type of coin on a handshake, with the promise x return and no questions asked. It's tough for me to think he accumulated this monumental amount of money all from first time "investors". And if that's true, you're telling me these "investors" have actually "invested" this way before and received 'x' return without even seeing the company letter head?

So I guess my question really is, will America ever get out of debt, if the way we do business is to fall for the best pansy scheme?