Recently I listened to the Sunscreen Song again released under Baz Lurhman, which was based on a graduation speech that had been around the internet for a while in the 90′s. It got me thinking, and then well, writing my own bit of advice to the public. And while I always liked the song before, [...]

And here I stand, My spirit shaken. As another innocent, Life was taken. The justice system Has failed again. This wasn’t just, It was revenge! Humanity suffered at the hands of hate. Trophy lives offered in the dark of night. A nation blinded at 11:08… More blood spilled to make things right. And here I [...]

A short, short time ago… I can still remember How that promise had given me hope. I just knew if he’d had the chance He would change this circumstance And, maybe, we’d all find the strength to cope. But soon all your words made me shiver, With every speech that you’d deliver. Bad moves up [...]

I just finished up recording episode 55 of the podcast which will be up shortly, and in it, I mentioned that France had started air attacks against Gaddafi’s forces in Libya. Now I have just learned, that the U.S. and Spain have also begun attacks there as well. Aimed at enforcing the UN’s no-fly zone [...]

Breaking with the footage… People screaming, people crying. Tragic scenes of devastation Tragic scenes of people dying. This just in… There’s panic in the streets The reaper’s loosed from his cage. While in our houses we sit watching For all the world’s a stage. The siren’s ringing in our ears The fallout’s waiting to run [...]

In the wake of the devastating riots and oppression in Egypt, President Obama made a speech saying that governments around the world have a responsibility to listen to their citizens and to be responsive to the will of the public. He also urged authorities in Egypt to return the internet access back to the people, [...]

I have no words…so I will let the article speak for itself… A federal judge Tuesday denied Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis’ innocence claim after a rare hearing. The ruling against Davis sets the stage for Georgia officials to move forward with executing him for the 1989 shooting death of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty [...]

This is a follow-up in a conversation I was having on Tumblr about the case with supersoygrrrl where she asked about the man covered in blood who was seen the night of the killings in the area where it all happened. The man was dubbed Mr. Bojangles after the restaurant he was seen in. Here [...]

If you aren’t familiar with the West Memphis 3 and this horrible case of prejudicial justice in the south, then please follow the link and check them out. I was living in the area years and years ago when the murders took place and I remember the way the locals reacted to the three teenagers [...]

Conditional freedom is not something that I would have thought I would ever be discussing in the United States, given the Civics classes of my youth instilling in me this idea that we are the country where everyone is free. It’s even like ‘guaranteed’ in the Constitution, or so we are led to believe in [...]