Where hope goes to die…

Bitchassness (adj) – newly discovered disease running rampant, especially in the black community.
symptoms include:
1. punkish tendencies 
2. cattiness, such as talking behind someone’s back
3. thinking highly of yourself, but only expressing it under your breath
4. claiming “hurt feelings” when you are called out on your bullshit

So past due…

BREAKING NEWS: President George W. Bush did something smart and decent today.

Today President Bush signed a bill Tuesday which effectively ended a system in which Nelson Mandela had to get special certification from the US secretary of state that he is not a terrorist in order to visit the United States.

Mandela will now be able to gain access to visas to travel to the US. Ok, this is way past due. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. HELLO!?!? Peace prize. Dude? How can you get international prizes of peace and be labeled a terrorist in this country? I swear the US is ass backwards sometimes.

Gosh, I love my country!

Sean Bell

So the verdict was handed down Wednesday. Not guilty. Black man murdered, excuse me, SLAUGHTERED by a gang of police officers and they walk away unpunished. And why? Because the officers claim they overheard one of the guys say, “Yo go get my gun!” (Sorry but that sounds a bit suspect to me. Who screams that out? That is so hollywood.) Anyway, I understand that being a police officer is a dangerous job but I have this inherit distrust of people in that profession. I make no apologies for that considering the things I have personally witnessed. Cases like these surely do not help.

The most important part that I feel no one is discussing is the WAY Sean Bell was killed. One officer fired 31 shots. THIRTY ONE??? Police officers are professionals. They have been trained to handle situations like these or so I thought. If no one is shooting back at you, WHY is there a need to continue shooting? This officer RELOADED! That is just inhumane. There is no justification for that type of ambush. NONE.

It just proves that this country thinks the lives of blacks are cheap and easily wasted. I have nothing else to say on this. Lauryn Hill said it best:

Out of the mouth of babes

Today I was at my favorite place, Target, and I was in line behind two little girls and their mother. They were buying 5 packs of gum. The cashier rang up the gum and told the woman that the amount due was $4.89. The oldest girl who could not have been more than nine said, “FOUR EIGHTY NINE for GUM?!?! That is crazy!!!”

I could do nothing but laugh but I feel her. Everything IS SO damn expensive. From gas to milk, I find myself saying the same thing. This is CRAZY.

“Out of the mouths of babes,” we now say (slightly misquoting), come the darndest things. Children sometimes speak, in their simplicity, more wisely than their elders.

I love kids for their honesty as it confirms what we all know is true.

Right now, shit is crazy!

Walmart vs. Humanity: Brain-damaged woman being sued by Walmart

Everyone that knows me knows I detest America’s number one retailer, Walmart. When I heard this story I could only shake my head.

Walmart 1

Humanity 0

Story Highlights:

Debbie Shank, 52, suffered severe brain damage in a traffic accident

Debbie and her family received $1M from the lawsuit. After legal fees they were left with $417 placed in a trust to pay for on-going medical long term care.

Wal-Mart’s health plan sued Shank and her family to recoup what it paid out ($470k)

The Shanks got money in suit; Wal-Mart says policy means couple can’t get benefits

At this time, the Shanks’ trust balance is $277k so they are short $193k and WM wants their money back!

One more thing: Couple’s son was killed in Iraq after they lost lawsuit to Wal-Mart

Details under the cut…