Rare Footage: MLK Predicting President Barack Obama's Presidency (1968)

Certainly not dead on by any means but his foresight was generally within range of how the events that followed occurred. Perhaps General Colin Powell could have brought his vision to fruition in the nineties.

I won't flood the blog with too many more President Obama posts because it's not like everybody isn't already following this closely enough without me and every other talking head out there only further drumming readers over the head with their stories and tidbits and opinions. You know how I feel and you know my sense of pride. Let's honor the day by looking and moving forward getting back to optimizing our own usefulness.

Jay - Z "My President Is Black"

Just read and let it soak...

My president is black in fact he's half white

So even in a racist's mind he's half right

So if you got a racist mind its all right

My president is black, but his house is all white

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk

Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run

Barack Obama ran so all the children can fly

So I'ma spread my wings you can meet me in the sky

I already got my own clothes, I already got my own shoes

I was hot before Barack, imagine what Im gonna do

Hello Miss America, hey pretty lady

Red, white and blue flag wave for me baby

Never thought I say this shit, baby I'm good

You can keep the puss, I dont want no more Bush

No more war, no more Iraq

No more white lies, my president is black

Jamie Foxx's President Obama Impersonation..LOL

LOL, funny.

Literally The Gayest Thing I've Seen In The NFL Playoffs This Year

LMAO.



R.I.P to Dockett's Manhood.

Lolo Jones Making Her "Runners World" Magazine Cover

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid416421194/bctid6687560001

God is great. Praise The Almighty.

Anyway I had the video but it was one of those annoying auto-play videos which gets old after a whole so visit the link above and play it for yourselves. She's worth it.

Would Anyone Who Visits HISAURAWASORANGE Wear This Kanye Shirt?

Just asking? Anyone think it's hot? It moves according to your voice and to the beat of songs.

If NFL Players/Figures Were Politicians

I had fun with the previous, If NBA Players Were Rappers entry, that I figured why not compare Politicians and NFL Names. So enjoy...

Brett Favre = John McCain

Tough, gritty veterans who you have to tip your hat too for lifetimes of works. Someone though you've lost some respect for this year due to them being pricks. You realize their times were before and since they've come back they haven't exactly been the guys they were beforehand. Lost a ton of stock in '08. Probably need to just go away but most likely won't.

Kurt Warner = Bill Clinton

You have your fondest memories of both in the late nineties. Saw what appeared to be their last hoorah's early 2001 only to see them get back on their grizzly again in 2008. Both old dogs, both don't need to learn new tricks as they seem as effective as ever in the present.

Chad Johnson = Joe Biden

God love 'em you can't not be drawn in by their infectious attitudes and auras regardless of who your allegiances might be too. You smile when you hear them make a witty line, although both do tend to sitck their feet in their mouth at some of the most inopportune times. Skillful but prone to make asses out of themselves. Can't help it.

Any Oakland Raiders QB From 2003 - Present = Sarah Palin

You cannot win with them. Ever. It's just impossible. If you build your franchise on them, it will sink. The competency just isn't there. Best advice is just run the wishbone with no QB or VP and direct snap to the RB or Presidential nominee. Wildcat formation all day if you hope to be successful.

Plaxico Burress = John Edwards

Could have had a big year in 2008 but ended up with yolk all over their faces. Showed promise but took huge embarrassing steps back this year. You can't even begin to rationalize the stupidity in what they did.If only they could have kept their guns from going off in their pants.

T.O = Rod Blagojavich

Lightning rods for controversy. Complete assholes with that walk around with absolutely no shame to their game. Believe that they are the central focus point to things and that they must be taken care of first and foremost. Just total turds.

LT = Hillary Clinton

Have been forces to be reckoned with for a long time but due to circumstance, must take a backseat to the new kid on the block. You have respect for but most likely they worked against you (Fantasy Football & '08 campaign) a lot in the past couple years at some points.

Ben Roethlisburger = Jimmy Carter

Lord only knows how they won big their one time. Just goofy dopes who have no business having that one big win on their resume. Somebody was asleep at the wheel when they reigned.

Bill Belicheck = Richard Nixon

Cheated, got caught trying to peep the other side's plays. Dirty, foul type dudes. They win but nobody likes them.

Joey Porter = Ronald Reagan

Complete jerks with unlikable personalities. Both got shot in the ass because they were such pricks. Both survived. I have no idea why large masses of people like either. Both strong on defense.

Al Davis = Ron Paul

Old white guys who have completely lost their minds. Believe in absolutely no rules. Do and say whatever they want even though it translates to little to no chance run after run. Only fringe elements still support them.

Peyton Manning = Barack Obama

The full story is still miles away from being written but both have the potential to be the best that did it. They have all the tools that any great leader has ever possessed. Both smart, funny, personable, humble and have shown the ability to call audibles depending on how the defense looks to attack them. Can't deny that this '08 season belonged completely to them and both absolutely deserved their accolades this fall.

Jake Delhomme = John Kerry

Had no earthly business being in the big game in '04. In fact, the only discernible difference between the two that year was that one made a boob of himself in one case and in the other case a lot was made about a boob. Either way nobody gave a damn about either one of them since and with good reason. Absolute awful choices for center stage. They've been relegated to career background dudes.

Pacman Jones = Dick Cheney

Has no problem getting into beef or coaxing people in his entourage into engaging in such buffoonery. Men get shot in their presence. Approval ratings are somewhere in the teens right now as nobody likes or will likely employ either going forward in 2009 but they probably don't care as they've made enough money to wallow in from inflicting pain on others anyway.

Rod Marinelli = George W. Bush

Oversaw so many L's over their tenure it looks like the 'L' key got stuck on the keyboard. History will only remember them in infamy as opposed to glory. Every instinct they've ever had has been wrong and they almost never flinched in making them. Decisive and derisive but the good news is their tenures are at an end.

Jerry Jones = Al Sharpton

All he does is rally around troubled black people and champion their causes until they can't be saved.

Posthumously, Happy 30th Aaliyah

Been meaning to tell you all that an Aaliyah Bio-Pic is in the works and Canadian songstress Keisha Chante (Google is your friend)is slated to play the starring role. I don't know how I feel about it though. I mean I was firmly in the in the Aaliyah camp for many years pre-2001 and I knew as much about her and appreciated every moment I got to watch her those years and bought, watched and followed everything that had anything to do with her so anything almost a decade after the fact might be harmful to her memory to a lot of people in my opinion and I for one don't wish to take part in any remembrance of her as anything more or less than the way she chose to project herself to the world in the brief time she shared her life with us. I don't want somebody else's interpretation of her life even if it's being built primarily from notes and stories fleshed out from her friends and family. She told her own story every day she lived and it should probably stay that way.

Even when Ray came out, I was fine with that as Ray Charles had creative control as to what his story on the big screen entailed. It was as much his framing as it was the director's on-screen adaptation and probably more so and that's the difference. Unfortunately Aaliyah can't be extended that kind of luxury now and so I see this in relative poor taste.

Anyway, it's strange to see Aaliyah in my mind's eye as a woman firm in her adulthood as 30. Not that it's a picture I couldn't conjure, as her maturity and poise was always that of someone well beyond her D.O.B., it's just different. I always saw her, and admittedly still do see her, as someone older than me even though I guess now I'd be the older man in a sense seeing how I've seen two additional years than she had when she left us. It's best, and if I chose my words wiser I guess I would say 'easier', not to think on 'what if' scenarios that do little to fill the gap curiosity leaves as to what shape the genre would be in right now if she were celebrating her 30th birthday here in the physical form with us. Instead I'll raise my glass later tonight to her memory and the ample ones she did actually leave and not the one as interpreted by other people.

Rest in peace.

Song Of The Day: P.Genz "I Still Love H.E.R"

My man sent me this song the other day and I let it play and downloaded and then I proceeded to let it play some more and some more and some more and I have to be very honest, it's a pretty good song. So much so, that I feel that it really warrants you all to download it, not to show some support because I'm asking for it, but because it's a pretty good song and I think you'll be pleased if you check my mans out. Coming out of NJ, the future of Hip-Hop Young Genz (and I don't even post Hip-Hop here so that's how you know I co-sign this). Check out the song and if you're so inclined please check out my man's myspace page too for more info and upcoming music.

P.Genz "I Still Love H.E.R"

http://www.myspace.com/pgenz

Black People Aren't The Only Ones Who Do Stupid Stuff

This Mr. Rogers clip is classic as Mr. Rogers was influential.