COME {Mc}FLY WITH ME! [PART 2?!?]

Who woulda thunk it??? If I knew there would be a part 2 to this, I would have included everything in part 1, however, it seems like there's a certain level of high sensitivity here that needs to be looked at.

Now, I'd like to preface this by saying TO EACH THEIR OWN and obviously, people are entitled to their own opinions. BUT with the decrease of common sense in today's world, I do feel that I can drop my two cents on this particular situation. Didn't I just say everyone's entitled to their own opinion??? I mean this is America right??? But I digress...

In today's athletic world of sports, especially basketball what's going on in this ad is what EVERYONE waits to see, a spectacular play and someone always gets the bad end of the deal. Whether it's the theft of a homerun, a teeth clacking hit in football or someone getting banged on in basketball it's that type of play that gets you out of your seat and remains fodder for conversation for a couple of days with your friends. So when you have a company selling a product that boasts a lighter weight to jump higher to (hyper)dunk on people now they're being accused of being homophobic? When it happens in a real game (see the previous post at the bottom) is the dunker homophobic? How about the dunkee?

With the issues that are ACTUALLY out there concerning everybody, how much sense does it make to spend this much time on an ad that has to do with basketball? If you think this ad is homophobic where is YOUR head at? How about this... change the thinking of society and this would NOT be thought of as homophobic, it would be thought of as what it is, someone getting dunked on. Focus on actual hate crimes, bad economy, actual discrimination whether it's blatant or undercover instead of a game.

Make this world a better place, for you and me...

-FIN-

GIRLS GONE WILD?!?!?!?

In case you've just landed on Earth a couple of minutes ago, I'm sure that you heard about the brawl that happened last night in sports. No, not in baseball. No, not any football players going crazy (or at least not any that we know of). But, YES, in the WNBA!

So, er, um... what do you say about this???

WEST-WARD Movements

A favorite of many, the savior of hip-hop (hey, Nas said it in COMPLEX Magazine, I'm just a reporter here) and Mr. Never Down on Himself, Kanye West is in the news again. Not to worry though, as he shows he humanitarian side working with Nike at the end of August. Of course he had to put his own spin on the message... or else it just wouldn't be 'Ye.

Here's what this is all about:

Music takes center stage on the heels of the official registration opening for the Nike+ Human Race, the world’s biggest one-day running event taking place on August 31, 2008. The race brings together the power of sport and music to inspire and connect runners from every corner of the planet. Participants in this unprecedented event will experience an exclusive music performance by some of today’s top artists in each of the 25 designated race cities. In Los Angeles, nine-time Grammy Award winning artist Kanye West will headline the run’s post race concert for the grand finale of the 25-city Nike+ Human Race. Runners will take to the streets passing the city’s most famous landmarks before ending at the LA Coliseum to see West take the stage.

REVERENDS GONE WILD

If you all would allow me to get into my "POLITICO" mood for a moment (I mean damn, it is an election year), what the h, e, double sippy straws is going on with "men of the cloth" in the public eye who are supposed to be supporting Sen. Obama?

First, Rev. Jeremiah Wright sappzzes out on America. Then Rev. Michael Pfleger goes spazzola on Hilary. And finally, in the apparent never ending downward spiral department, Rev. Jesse Jackson goes all double "n" on Obama referring to human legumes and ignorant terms for knee grows. I mean, what the (you know the rest of the statement)?!?!? And don't even let me go into the whole New Yorker scandal (ignorance at its best...)

But then again, here's the real question. How does it feel to know that, after all of this madness swirling around the Illinois senator, he's STILL gonna be our next President???

HOLD DAT!