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Bloggers and CNN Yeah and um, in case you didn't know, CNN president Eason Jordan resigned last Friday from pressure stemming from some inappropriate comments he made regarding American soldiers. I am also proud to report that I had nothing to do with it. In light of Eason's resignation, Michael Bowen Cobb theorizes on why the blogosphere is so powerful.
Kanye West & the Grammys I'm not even going to address West's self-absorbed Grammy performance, which featured his death, burial, and resurrection (is your stomach okay?). Not only does Jesus "Walk," He also "sells." Rapper Kanye West's fable won the Grammy Award for "Best Rap Song". You may recall my distaste for the song, "Jesus Walks," on the merits of its deceiving nature. Entertainment Weekly music writer, Neil Drumming, inadvertently hit the nail on the head when he said, "It is a spiritual song, but that is not why it is popular, that is secondary. It is really an addictive, engaging and unique track. The first time I heard it at a party it had just come out and already people were dancing to it."

Yep, sounds like the Gospel to me.
Jose Canseco, the Buster There is a difference between a whistleblower and a snitch. Where I'm from, we call 'em "Busters." In former baseball player Jose Canseco's new book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big," he tells all, and manages to rat out a few folks while he does it, accusing, a few players of using steroids. I have a problem with people who profit off of supposedly "outing" other people. That means you too Kimberly Bell.
What no Peanuts? Air Travel Gone Bad Both Paul Musgrave of "In the Agora," and blogger Chris Busch share my sentiments with the pain of modern-day air travel. You'll recall last spring, I too complained.
Obama Deserves Black History Month Props So says the blog, "The Obama Factor" in regards to a Houston Chronicle article on the topic. Senator Obama is only the 5th black U.S. senator in history. He was also the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. He also has a beautiful (and smart) wife and family.
New E-Mail Policy La Shawn Barber declares that she can no longer respond to every single email anymore. Funny, I just made the same decision today too. Then again, I have emails from 2001 that I've yet to reply to.
All Ideas Welcome Unless You're Referring to Homosexuals "Tongue Tied" points to an interesting story about a UNLV economics professor being punished for stating that homosexuals tend to plan less for the future. Considering the philosophical contributions of famous gay economist, John Maynard Keynes, it's safe to say that lack of procreation (and by default, lack of generational transfer) doesn't motivate people to plan for the future.

Ambra,

good to see you back in action! Roderick Howard's site is pretty good, thanks for linking. Well, sort of linking. (It needs the ".com" added.)

Kanye West has been a continual subject of controversy and I can't figure out why. Seems simple to me.

Blessings!

Re: Eason Jordan. I commented on him on my blog. Yup, a liberal who believes Jordan gave himself what he deserved two weeks ago.

But, it looks like the liberal blogosphere continues the question of the Jeff Gannon/James Gluckert issue. I wonder what you have to say about it?

Check out americablog.org ( not my blog) for all the sordid (gay sex) details.

Pity you failed to mention in your blurb that the ACLU is defending this professor. Wow...questionably anti-gay comments...defending Rush Limbaugh...defending the Ku Klux Klan...there goes that liberal ACLU!

Tongue firmly in cheek, of course!

1. Eason Jordan's resignation- koffkoff- matters. Not just as another head mounted on the blogosphere's virtual den, next to Dan Rather, Howell Raines, and Trent Lott. But what it took for people like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd- card-carrying members of the LibEstablishment, probably barred from Davos next year- to clearly state, yes, that's exactly what Jordan said. We're seeing a similar story here in Phila., which the MSM is actually covering. Two French twits and their 150 friends were actually allowed into City Hall last Friday, heard out by a 1st Deputy High Muckety-Muck, and given tiny Liberty Bells as going-away presents.....for calling on the freedom of internationally-known cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Mayor has almost but not quite apologized. In fairness, he did talk to Maureen Faulkner, wife of Officer Danny Faulkner and Mumia's target that winter night 24 years ago. But not a full apology. If Jordan had gone on a CNN program, explained his remarks at Davos, and apologized to U.S. military personnel and their families, he'd still come to work this morning. Didn't happen. Nor has Mayor John Street's full repudiation of this event.

2. Canseco and Bonds' Ex-Honey: scummy characters. And probably right about the use of steroids among MLB players. A new all-baseball channel begins today on XM Satellite Radio. Wonder what will be topic number one besides hello we're here?

Why is there an Obama blog? Is it a PR thing? Like the book that was written about his dad (who left him and his mom when he was a baby)? Or the special that was on Chicago TV about Obama's trip to Africa, which was his journey to connect with his dad's past (the same guy who left him and his non-African mom, forcing her to raise him without her African husband)?