No-show Sam Yoon wants to become Boston's first Asian-American Mayor. Where did he go to announce? San Francisco of course.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/09/boston_councilo_3.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
New York Post Crossed a Line
New Englanders are devastated at the confirmation that Tom Brady will be out for the season. I can't help but wince in pain for him every time there is a replay of that season-ending hit that left him with a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee. The New York Post responded with an appalling headline:
"Yahoo: Brady out for Year"
Come on. It's one thing the whack the competition - especially when you're New York and you're talking about the team with the most consecutive wins, ever, in a regular season. It's another to make fun of a player who is physically hurt. Tom Brady is not Michael Vick. He's not a gun-toting dog killer. He is a gentleman who brings a level of dignity to the game that the NFL definitely needs to maintain.
"Yahoo: Brady out for Year"
Come on. It's one thing the whack the competition - especially when you're New York and you're talking about the team with the most consecutive wins, ever, in a regular season. It's another to make fun of a player who is physically hurt. Tom Brady is not Michael Vick. He's not a gun-toting dog killer. He is a gentleman who brings a level of dignity to the game that the NFL definitely needs to maintain.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
How is it Racial Profiling if it appeared a crime was committed?
So, two Harvard University Police officers could lose their jobs and the Ivy League campus is all up in a lather over racism because the cops stopped a kid who looked like he was trying to steal a bicycle. In the end, he owned the bike - but he did have tools and was trying to cut through a lock when he was stopped by the police. The teen was African-American and an intern at the college. I don't care if he was white, Eskimo, Asian, Hispanic or a mix of the aforementioned. To the police it appeared that the suspect was about to further increase the statistics of bikes stolen on campus. Why is that racial profiling?
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_09_05_Harvard_cop_fights_racial_profiling_charge/srvc=home&position=6
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_09_05_Harvard_cop_fights_racial_profiling_charge/srvc=home&position=6
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
As if the BET ad was not enough...Obama or Die?
Come on Puff Daddy; P Diddy; whatever your name is. This passes for political activism these days? And we thought the BET ads were bad.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-combs/my-take-on-obama_b_105741.html
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080625/D91H2SU00.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-combs/my-take-on-obama_b_105741.html
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080625/D91H2SU00.html
Monday, September 1, 2008
Political ad on BET urges people to vote -- FOR BARACK!
After an extraordinary weekend at the Seacoast Shores in Falmouth (thanks for the hospitality and the burgers, folks) I was flipping through the channels Sunday night and came across Scarface. Well, it was my favorite scene, Tony Montana splayed out in his mammoth bathtub screeching to no one, "Who do I trust? ME!" so I stopped. It was BET - not a station I ordinarily tune into. Then I spot this ad. Initially I thought it was a Rock the Vote type deal, like MTV used to run. Then I realize the ad is not about urging people to vote, the BET-sponsored ad urges people to vote for Barack Obama. This one was especially disturbing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1lSfcOvVk
Notice the Police Brutality sign had the words, "Remember Sean Bell" scrawled at the bottom. What? Sean Bell and a crew of his friends were shot a total of 50 times by a team of undercover and uniformed NYPD officers on his wedding day outside a Queens strip club in November 2006. Two other men were wounded with the gun blasts. Three of the five detectives involved in the shooting were indicted for charges including manslaughter. All three were Detective Michael Oliver, who fired 31 bullets the night of the shooting and faced manslaughter charges, is African-American; a second cop charged was Hispanic. A third, charged with reckless endangerment, was white.
Bell, by the way, had a long rap sheet for gun possession and drug charges. The detectives believed he had a gun.
How does bringing up the Bell tragedy inspire people to vote? Now, the ad does not say, "Barack Obama," but the inference is there. Then I watched another "VOTE" ad on BET that showcased Wyclef Jean from the Fugees strumming "Yes we can." Again. No mention of Barack Obama - but do we need one with those ads? I don't think so.
There is a big difference when a network wants to tell its viewers to register to vote, and show up to vote. But is it problematic when that network also tells the viewer who to vote for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1lSfcOvVk
Notice the Police Brutality sign had the words, "Remember Sean Bell" scrawled at the bottom. What? Sean Bell and a crew of his friends were shot a total of 50 times by a team of undercover and uniformed NYPD officers on his wedding day outside a Queens strip club in November 2006. Two other men were wounded with the gun blasts. Three of the five detectives involved in the shooting were indicted for charges including manslaughter. All three were Detective Michael Oliver, who fired 31 bullets the night of the shooting and faced manslaughter charges, is African-American; a second cop charged was Hispanic. A third, charged with reckless endangerment, was white.
Bell, by the way, had a long rap sheet for gun possession and drug charges. The detectives believed he had a gun.
How does bringing up the Bell tragedy inspire people to vote? Now, the ad does not say, "Barack Obama," but the inference is there. Then I watched another "VOTE" ad on BET that showcased Wyclef Jean from the Fugees strumming "Yes we can." Again. No mention of Barack Obama - but do we need one with those ads? I don't think so.
There is a big difference when a network wants to tell its viewers to register to vote, and show up to vote. But is it problematic when that network also tells the viewer who to vote for?
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