Posted on 11/26/06 @ 11:02 pm
- You know, it's been over a year now since the Brand Atlanta campaign released their universally panned "every day is an opening day" motto with their equally unimpressive logo…and we still don't know what Atlanta is supposed to be. I hear people down here say all the time "Well I wish ________ was like New York." And true, Atlanta ain't New York. But then again, Atlanta ain't Atlanta (at least not to all its residents). The residents divide this city more than any government or civic agency can, and I really think because of that, the city will never have a real tangible "something" that makes people say "Hey, this is Atlanta." There's Black Atlanta, White Atlanta, North Atlanta, South Atlanta, ITP, OTP, gay Atlanta, straight Atlanta (if that exists), and different levels of the city that are experienced according to your annual income. Aside from incredible traffic, Coca-Cola and citizens that hate their mass transit authority, what in the hell is Atlanta?
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QueerClick's Gay Bloggies…oh please. J. touched on this about a week or so ago…and I'm really trying to find the grapes to say something decent about this cum stain of an awards event.
Oh crap, there goes that.
On the one hand, I know firsthand how hard inclusion is when you take into account an awards event. This year's Black Weblog Awards? For all the leaps and bounds me and the staff made to accomodate people, it ultimately came back to bite us in the ass because were obviously talking to an uneducated mass of voters. No, I'm not saying they're stupid, but I had e-mails asking "what's a podcast?" and things like that for categories of blogs they didn't even know existed outside of the myopic gossip blog worlds of Concrete Loop, Crunk & disorderly and the like. I can tell you now that I am still debating whether or not I should do the awards for 2007.
Anyway, back to the point. The Gay Bloggies are really just further dividing the gay blogging community with their lack of multicultural categories (or nominees). And no, including one Asian or one Black doesn't make it multicultural. It just makes you aware. Big difference, sweetcheeks. In any regard, couple these awards with Cybersocket's Web Awards and you'd think us Black gay folks weren't on the Web at all.
Well, except in interracial porn.
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Atlantans deal with their bad traffic. Furthermore, instead of using their mass transit to help alleviate the problem, they just sit in their cars on the freeway and bitch about the traffic. So what's the solution? Build more toll lanes and tunnels!
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The BET Hip-Hop Awards…man, I was so glad I was not in town when it was here. Not that it had much of an impact on anyone outside of Midtown and Buchead though. Shirley Franklin was quoted as saying that she didn't approve that the Awards come here but "wishes" she did. Well of course! Anything that has a positive economic impact on the city which isn't deemed a "huge mess" and inconveniences too many people is always a plus for the city. I mean, why do you think the VIBE MusicFest isn't in Atlanta anymore? That event was doomed from the start. It may also speak some to why MegaFest will not be in Atlanta next year also. Well, that and Jakes 'n'em still owe money to the Dome.
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Charlie Rangel wants to reinstate the draft. Does anyone still take this 2nd-rate Al Sharpton seriously? Sure, he's trying to prove a point to politicians, but c'mon. Aside from taking years to implement, current military standards have been lowered to allow a number of illegal, educational and physical loopholes. Geez…just have a glass of warm milk and a cookie and fall asleep in the back of the House, would ya?
- Wayne Brady gets around these days huh? First he's on Everybody Hates Chris and now he's going to be on How I Met Your Mother (which is a great show if you haven't checked it out).
- I just got word of this today from — of all places — Download Squad: A free conference on social media in Atlanta on February 10, 2007. That's a Saturday. It is way out in far-ass Kennesaw though, so if any ATL folks want to go, let me know and I'll chip in for gas. This is also on the Atlanta Media Bloggers site. [link]
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Ok, buddy. Gotta pick a fight with you.
The Honorable Charles Rangel, the Congressman from MY district here in New York and the dean of the New York Congressional Delegation–the most influential congressional delegation in the House of Representatives (cuz New Yorkers don't play)–will soon be the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the most powerful committee in the House. It decides how our federal funds are spent. He will be the first Black man to hold this position.
Throughout the six year debacle we call the Bush Administration, Congressman Rangel has been one of the few voices in opposition to all of the sinister, misguided, idiotic and underhanded policies coming out of the White House. When Democrats lined up in support of the unnecessary war in Iraq, Congressman Rangel correctly voted against it.
HE IS HARDLY A SECOND RATE AL SHARPTON. HE IS THE MOST POWERFUL BLACK MAN IN WASHINGTON DC TODAY.
If you understand that this stupid war is being fought by lower class Black, Latin and White soldiers, who had few options open to them back home beyond the military, then you would understand what a stroke of genius his call for a draft is. If everybody were eligible to serve, do you think we ever would have invaded? How large would the anti-war movement grow if the sons and daughters of rich White people were forced to serve?
The anti-war movement during Vietnam was a direct result of the fact that we had a draft and everybody was forced to go, even those who opposed the war. This is a brilliant strategy designed to build opposition to the war. People who oppose either haven't thought it through or don't care that somebody else's kids are getting killed over there.
Said by Bernie — 11/27/2006 @ 3:33 pm
Now I gotta pick one right back! This is my thing with Rangel — while I understand his place in history and where he is now, this second talk of reinstating the draft in hopes of perking up the ears of his fellow politicians seems like he's grasping for straws to prove a point. I really don't see how if the draft were to take place — which would have people from 18 to 42 in the ranks — those same politicians wouldn't do some double-talking and shady dealings so Junior and Missy won't have to go to service.
Then again, gays still can't serve (conscripted or not), so there might be some closet reveals when or if the man from the draft board shows up.
Said by karsh — 11/30/2006 @ 11:35 pm