I just received a RSS feed from my blog colleague Brooklyn Ron about a news report in 1981 regarding internet newspapers. When I watched the video I had to laugh because it again demonstrates the pioneering spirit that has made America great, and what we need most of all in 2009 to move ourselves forward.
1981 Primitive Internet Report on Kron
February 9th, 2009Mickey’s Birthday Party (1942)
February 9th, 2009Jerome Green
Mickey Mouse is a symbol of many things: Hope, fantasy and new energy. Walt Disney had faith that his vision would work, but it wasn’t until Mickey Mouse was born did the Disney’s fortunes change. In this time of economic upheaval and discussion on stimulus packages, it may be time to look to a new way of living.
Trying to recapture what has been lost is sometimes like looking for a needle in a haystack. Your odds of finding the needle are slim, and if you do find it, you just might forget why you were looking for it in the first place.
This is a time for real change not parallel changes, but death to the old and birth to the new. Mickey, always represent the spirit of the New, no matter how old he gets.
UP in Smoke ?
February 6th, 2009
I’ve been wanting to write an article on the Phelps issues, but Mike Edison, former editor of High Times, beat me to it and pretty much expressed my feelings on the matter. I would also like to state that when I use to get high 23 years ago, kelloggs frosted flakes where my favorites. I get tired of these companies acting like they are saints, when the world itself is made up of people who make mistakes every day. If Kellogg is really about presenting a pristine image, than they should make a public statement that reads as follows.
“if you smoke pot, don’t eat our cereal”
Read full story here
Calvin and Hobbs Prophecy from 15 years ago
February 5th, 2009
Who knew that Watterson, who wrote this comic 15 years ago, was an economic prophet ?
career builder commercial
February 5th, 2009America on Parade
January 31st, 2009
The Inauguration of President Obama was an event to behold. Mr. Obama is the first presidential candidate since Kennedy to inspire me to hope and believe once again in our government. I wanted so badly to regain my lost hope in the Great Idea that is America. It seems that I am not alone. Almost 2 million people gathered in the freezing cold to be part of that historical moment.
I felt a connection with Barack Obama from the first time I heard him speak but I was unsure of how mainstream America would respond to him. My grandparents are from Iowa so when the good people of Iowa voted for him in their caucuses, I knew that he had a chance to win the election. It was the Iowa spirit that kick-started Obama’s victory, placed him favorably in the national spot light, and led to this Inauguration.
When race seemed to become an issue during the campaign, Mr. Obama faced it head-on. Mr. Obama’s historic speech put American racism in perspective with grace and civility. I could feel him speaking from his heart. It was then I knew that he was the breath of compassionate and intelligent fresh air that was needed for this country to move beyond stigmatizing people based upon their skin color. (read more )
First Kitchen Confidential
January 30th, 2009
Obama family’s favorite Chicago chef is coming to the White House.
* By: Dayo Olopad
Samuel Kass, the 28-year-old cook who served as personal chef to the Obama family in Chicago, will be cooking nightly at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, White House Social secretary Desirée Rogers confirmed for The Root. Kass, who will hold the title of assistant White House chef, is also the son of Robert Kass, Malia Obama’s former fifth-grade teacher and onetime faculty director at Chicago’s Laboratory School.
The young chef’s organic cuisine and sustainable kitchen philosophy won over the new first family years ago. Kass trained in Europe after graduating from the University of Chicago in 2003 and ran a private catering business that counted the Obamas as clients even before Malia was assigned to the elder Kass’ classroom in 2007. The Obamas’ refrigerator used to be filled with “Cheez-Its and stuff like that,” says one former Lab student, who has known the Kass family for years. “[Sam] got him eating healthy—got the whole family eating healthy.” The family friend says Kass, a varsity college athlete, “has been cooking for [the Obamas] since they got to Washington.” (A White House spokesperson could not confirm or deny Kass’ involvement in any pre-inaugural snacking.) read more here
Street Art
January 28th, 2009My country Tis of Thee
January 23rd, 2009
MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE
My country ‘tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims pride
From every mountainside let freedom ring.
When I heard Aretha Franklin sing those words at the Presidential Inauguration it took me back to my childhood, and the memory of signing the National Anthem and saluting the flag every morning at the start of school. It was something we did as part of being American, part of being patriotic. We would all sing with a joy and a belief. I vividly remember the early 60’s and being mesmerized by a young Irish President from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. He was my hero of sorts. For some reason I could relate to him, I could relate to his story–being the captain of a sinking PT boat and not wavering from his appointed duties of staying with his ship. He was a hero, and I was into heroes. He was up there with the Apache Indian, Geronimo, who represented to me someone who fought against injustice and did it in a way that demonstrated that real men had courage to face death in the face of truth(read more)
