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| albums to d/l before swat:
Word... Life
The Equinox
Illmatic
Resurrection
Giant Steps
Shades of Blue
Angles Without Edges
ok. done. now for the maybes:
OK Computer
In The Court of the Crimson King
The Wall/Dark Side Of The Moon
Civilian
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| Everyone is getting all torn up about the comments this guy made, and yeah, he shouldn't have made them. But I think it was a candid and reckless statement, not one intended to hurt or demean. He apologized, and said many times he shouldn't have made the statements. Hell, he even went on Al Sharpton's radio show. But his apology was apparently too little, too late; with the wrath of Al Sharpton and our other oh so progressive leaders upon him, CBS and MSNBC was forced to fire him (a move also to maintain certain advertisements).
Meanwhile, a black boy in Georgia, Genarlow Wilson, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for "child molestation." This boy was only 17, ths girl he "molested" was 15. Yet this story is released with little controversy or popularity.
The story can be found here:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070403/OPINION03/704030336/1071
There is also the story of Shaquanda Cotton, a 15 year old girl who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for shoving a hall monitor in her school. In the same district, a white girl received probation for setting her family's home on fire.
This story can be found here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802196.html
So, who is Don Imus again? If we're all finished in indulging in our self-righteousness by teaching this "racist" a lesson, we have a hell of a lot more work to do. | | |
| See, I have a lot of family back in Haiti. My dad sends money to his family back in intervals: mostly in packets of $10 and $20, but it all adds up. He expects me to continue supporting them once he is unable. I don't know how realistic an expectation that is, but I want to have the means help them if they need me (and I read the Haitian diaspora sends over a billion dollars a year back to family in the country; Haiti would cease to be without the aid). Besides, I really do want to go back and meet everyone. To know and understand my roots, man! And if I'm not cutting my ties to Haiti, I want to be able to help it as much as I can. And to do THAT, I'll need "economic power" as the folks put it.
I'm not too worried about any of that, though. More like excited. Life has a knack for steering me in the right direction.
If only that would work now for college. When I think about being at Swarthmore for 4 years, I get goosebumps. When I think about being at Brown for 4 years, I get goosebumps. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
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| I've felt like I have my head fit on my shoulders remarkably well lately. It's a good feeling.
I've also been thinking quite a lot about the future. I've always assumed that I would want to go into a career that would allow me to help others as well as earn enough money to comfortably support my family, but now I'm not so sure...
If only the rest of the year could pass as quickly as this vacation, right? | | |
| this is too much for me.
I'm just going to do the right thing. y'all can do whatever the heck you want.
I'm 80% sure that I'm a Swattie.
I don't want to write this essay about a little girl climing trees. Ms. Robinson, I am sorry.
you can complain about how arbitrary and unfair life is. they say death is the great equalizer, but I think we are too.
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