Comedian Elon James White delivers his take on America's failed forty-year war on drugs:

If you recall:

"The creator of the beloved and critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire offered Eric Holder a counter-offer in response to the U.S. Attorney General's casual plea for another season of the show: I'll do it if you end the war on drugs. "I want to speak directly to [Co-creator Ed] Burns and Mr. Simon: Do another season of The Wire," Holder said at a recent drug policy event in the nation's capital. "I want another season or I want a movie. I have a lot of power Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon."

In an email to Digital Spy, Wire creator David Simon responded: "The Attorney-General's kind remarks are noted and appreciated. I've spoken to Ed Burns and we are prepared to go to work on season six of The Wire if the Department of Justice is equally ready to reconsider and address its continuing prosecution of our misguided, destructive and dehumanising drug prohibition."

The odds that Attorney General Holden will take up Burns and Simon's offer for another season of the critically acclaimed HBO series are the same odds of me marrying Idris Elba and moving to a small country villa on the outskirts of England. However in the slim chance that it does happen - one either account - I think they (Burns and Simon) should focus on the women (i.e. mothers, sisters, daughter, etc...) of Baltimore, which were left out of that whole narrative. I always thought their absence and lack of depth to be a major flaw of the show. 

Plus, Elba and I being about to blaze an El legally while watching the show would be a nice addition too.

Thoughts?

Don Lemon on suspicions of colorism at CNN:

"You will have to ask the people who hire the anchors that because I don't know that. When I look around the entire television landscape, I do see -- I don't know if it's lighting, I don't know if it's makeup -- there are many anchors of a lighter hue. I don't know where that comes from. I think that is part of our society. [But] there are some beautiful brown-skinned brothers and sisters on television."

A couple of years ago, I ran across a website, which had a side-by-side comparison of all  the female anchors from CNN and guess what? They - regardless of ethnic origin -  all looked alot alike. I have also notice the same thing with FOX, which seems to have a preference for blondes.

Thoughts?

Warren Ballentine, of the Huffington Post, writes:

"How the GOP can win?

The GOP for the first time since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father voted Republican has a real chance to make end roads in the communities where most minorities live. It's quite simple; whoever the GOP nominee is needs to do a 20 city urban tour. Now I'm not talking about a fly by or drive by, I mean going into the heart of the community. Standing in that community saying simply this, "I am here because I care. I am here to listen and learn what you need in your community to be successful." This would do a world of impactful change in the psyche of the mind of those most affected by the harsh impact of unemployment.

This one tour could potentially change the entire election of 2012. Why you ask? If a GOP nominee can get just 8 percent of these urban communities to vote for them or not vote at all, this would substantially change the possible outcome of 2012 based on the election of 2008. Now, the question is, does anyone in the GOP have the heart to come to the ghetto?"

I was ready to call him a butthole for suggesting that the Black community would be as naive as to be fooled by a GOP candidate's obvious pandering in our communities. But then I thought about it and realized that Mr. Ballentine might just have a point. GOP candidates don't go to urban areas. If one candidate decided to make urban areas a priority, they could possibly swing some votes in their direction. Why? Because we [Black folks] don't make demands of our leaders.  We just like them to show up and give speeches in our churches, community centers, barber shops and other stereotypical black hang-out spots.

How many times have we heard or even said: "He/She is the only one that comes into our community..." We are so happy to be acknowledge at times that we forget about asking for stuff.

Anyway, as Mr. Ballentine stated, who amongst the GOP will have the balls to do so?  Which probably means that the Dems and their Black votes will be spared during this upcoming presidential election.

My full time gig as a community organizer has been dominating my time as of late.  I feel like such a bad parent, leaving my blog to fend for itself. I hope you all were kind and gentle. She needs alot of love in my absence.  But I will be back, starting next week. I promise - but hold me to that ;)

I still owe you guys some audio of Sam Greenlee, which I recorded a few months back. I haven't listen to it yet but it's coming. Oh and in July, I will be at the American Black Film Festival in Miami, so expect some new content from that trip.

But in the meantime, in between time, here is some inspiration to hold you over until we meet again...

...You may have seen him on the What's Going Down episode of That's My Momma...Ladies and gentlemen. Please put your hands together for Sexual Chocolate.

Sexual Chocolate, everyone. Yes, yes. *clap, clap, clap*