Dropping My Daily Stool Sample

Not sure what is going on, but the local New Bedford Area Network was super slow lst night, and I could not get on the interenet.  Here at work, I operate out of the Fall River Area Network, so that seems to be fine.

Plugs
There is a new Fetus – X. 

KMP Softball Update
So we won yesterday pretty big, we were up, 17 – 4 at the end of the 3rd inning, got all new bats, and they had some POP.  My shortstop hit 2 grandslams.  Malach went 2 – 3 and got his first extra base hit.  Malach pitched really well, and switched to first base in the 4th so we could get our back up some work.  Final score was 28 – 11.

Jacko
Malach actually defended Jacko yesterday at work.  WOW!  I got into a conversation about him, with the majority of people just not understanding the idolatry and the reverence given to him.  Someone also did understand the whole BET Awards show being a tribute to him, when he was nothing but a Child Molester.

So Malach played Devil’s Advocate, first Jacko was never convicted of child molestation (OJ wasn’t convicted of murder either), now that does not excuse any of the bizarre behavior he has had around kids, including alchohol consumption with kids, porn sharing with kids, etc.  Now in the 1990’s case it was settled out of court.  I don’t know about you, but any amount of money would not keep me quiet about some one molesting one of my kids, but that is an aside.  In the 2000’s case he was acquited for lack of evidence . . .

But that is not what people are celebrating.  Michael Jackson is to Black America what Elvis or John Lennon was to White America.  MJ broke records, out sold Elvis, the Beatles, whomever as a Black Artist.  Jacko also broke the MTV color barrier.  I remember early MTV, the only Black Person you saw on there was JJ Jackson (a VJ), and Clarence Clemmons.  MTV played White Rock and New Wave.  MJ was the first Black Artist to get HEAVY airplay on MTV.  He broke open the doors for other Black artists including rap artist to get played on MTV, which made your career in the 80’s.  MJ also made Black music relevant, and opened the door to big selling minority artists.  Now I am not a fan of most of his music, he was a musical genius, in the very least choosing songs and song writers who would make him famous.  He had a unique voice, was very charismatic (at least in the 80’s), and could dance like there was no tomorrow.

Now, I am trying to make excuses for his behavior, and it was Bizarre, from the plastic surgery, to the sleep overs, to the drugs, the sham marriages, the kids that probably aren’t even his genetic kids, to the closeted gay relationships; there is no excuse.  Yes, he had a brutal child hood, growing up in the spotlight, and his overbearing father, but so did the rest of the kids; so did Janet Jackson, maybe just as much as Michael, that still does not excuse . . .

But that man was a great artist (even I can admit that), and that is what is being celebrated.  I think Barack Obama, who put out a statement about it said it best:

He was an important and magnificent performer, obviously, he had aspects of his life that were sad and tragic, but his impact is undeniable.

It begins
US troops hopefully begin a slow but steady pull out from Iraq today, it will be very interesting to see how this goes.  Personally, I believe most Iraqis want to be free and democratic, but there are non certain elements in the country, a number of them non-Iraqis would love to see nothing more than this fail.

Check out my new Cell Phone
So I renewed my contract with Verizon, and got this baby for $20.  Making everyone jealous at work.

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach, and what a bizarre video that was . .