by Ghostndamachine | May 5, 2014 | Culture
I posted an article a few weeks ago that dealt with this issue, but from reading conversations among my brothers, I thought that I might hit on it again. To sag or not to sag, what the hell difference does it make? Let me first dispel a myth. Sagging did indeed come...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 29, 2014 | Culture, News
On this day that I proclaim U.I. Tuesday I just thought I would remind some of our posters about our responsibility to our readers. I am making my attempt, and I hope some of you will join me, to wean myself of that corporate monster called Facebook. Anyone...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 24, 2014 | Blog
Fate is a funny thing. I had a totally different beginning for this piece but I ended up changing it based on conversations I have had over the last few days with my UI compadres. The direction I’m taking with this post is to answer that age old question. You...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 24, 2014 | Blog
As I always say, being an ex-con makes me somewhat of a subject matter expert of most things all criminal justicey. Articles like the one analyzed earlier today always make me want to jump through my laptop and choke the person writing this nonsense. I agree,...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
The lie that is told to our people is that we don’t snitch. That crime wouldn’t be so bad in the hood if we would just tell what we see. They even have public service announcement to drive home this nonsense. What is it . . . Just Tell It? Notwithstanding...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
That is just one small example in the overwhelming flood of cases that are prosecuted in this country every day of the working week; and sometimes on the weekend if the court is really clogged up. For the powers that be, there is no incentive, NONE, in reducing crime...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 14, 2014 | Culture
I don’t dress like today’s youth and luckily my era had a different dress code. I, however, am afraid that we are telling our young boys that how you look makes a difference in whether or not you’ll be successful in this country. We all have a...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 14, 2014 | Culture
Y’all know me, at least those who allow me to speak into their brains with my usual brand of know-it-all bullshit. My opinion is no better than anyone else’s but a helluva lot better than many. I like to think that what I say is from my heart because its...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 13, 2014 | Blog
In 2016 we will move beyond the Obama era to a new chapter in Presidential politics. The current political landscape seems to point to a likely showdown between the two most famous families of our current era of politics. The contest possibly may come down to Hilary...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 13, 2014 | Blog
“Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he’s treated,” . . . “We have moved in the right direction, and...
