It took me ten years of going to school on and off, but in 2008 I graduated. Sure, I took the Jeremy Piven "7 Year Senior" approach to graduating, but I did it. I'm proud of it, and nothing can change the fact that I have a piece of paper with Arnold's big fat signature on it. (SUCKAS) In any case, I was already on my way to a career with Clear Channel Radio in San Jose, Ca when I was laid off in May 2009. This was a day after the Sharks were eliminated from the Playoffs. So I blame them also. Thank the gods San Jose has one champion, Joey Chestnut. Back to the point, since I've graduated, my diploma has been useless.
Granted, we live in a tough world these days. Economic recession hangs over us like the firmament, right wing thugs threaten to grab imense power in a democratically elected government and the American Empire (let's not kid ourselves) perpetuates endless wars with the terrorists or the Muslims, or whoever we are scapegoating this week. It's rough, I get it. Yet I'd think a diploma would help for something. Like million's of Americans though, I've applied for hundreds of jobs, only to get two responses. The first was from a radio station in Santa Cruz that wanted to do a background check. Either I failed that, or they didn't feel like moving to an interview phase. The second was for the Apple Store. I made it through two rounds of interviews. I even got a "you nailed it," from the store manager. "Sweet," I thought. Maybe I wouldn't have to wake up at 4 am in the morning to drive to some under funded public school to take high school year book photos of kids who either hate you because you're A) Not a teenager, B) Telling them What to do, C) They hate getting their picture taken or D) They're just an asshat. Alas, I'm lucky I have a 10 dollar an hour seasonal job that can't let me live on my own. Thank goodness for my parents who allow me to live with them. (This does not help me with the women, BTW.)
Another reason my diploma is useless, people don't seem to hire based on your education, but your experience. Gee, I've worked a ton of jobs, I'm pretty damn experienced. If this was D&D, I'd easily be a level 8 radio disc jockey with at least 5 levels of clerk experience and 2 levels of Fighter (I took Fighter at level 1 for an extra feat)[Total nerd joke I know] The thing is, I'm not stupid. I'm not lazy. I'm never late and I don't complain about my job (whatever it is.) I try putting the information about my degree in different spots on my resume, hoping that might help. Nope. I even tried different font and italics. The italics just make it look tacky, watch.
Bachelor's Degree in Radio/TV/Film. Minor in Ancient History.
See what I mean. Totally not smooth.
Yes, I know we're in a recession, but am I being selfish by asking the world, the gods, the universe, the Flying Spaghetti Monster for any sort of gig that can pay my bills? I don't think so. Sure, I want the rest of my state and country to get back on their feet, but what about my feet? My shoes suck. They've got no support. So as of right now, my diploma is in a case, that is pressed into an envelope, that keeps my grandma's husbands tacky post card art that he gave me flat. (It really is tacky.) Well, I suppose I did find a use for it after all.
Has Sarah Palin really been screwing a Democrat?
April 22, 2010
Gardena CA.-Former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin was spotted last night leaving the Dare-U-Inn Motel in Gardena CA with an unidentified black male who was dressed in jeans, tennis shoes and a black Obama 2012 T-Shirt! It has been reported that Sarah Palin has been having an affair with the unknown man for approximately 6 months.
When questioned about the incident at the National Republican/Tea Bag gathering of the week, Sarah Palin refused to comment.
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This is me surly at work. Grrrrr...
Political Gangbanging – Being a Revolutionary when your guy won!
I’d like to think I am pretty engaged in politics. I mean I watch a lot of news, I read a lot online and I get out to the occasional political rally. Well there are a lot of things that bother me about the political climate in America today and being that I am a Black man, obviously the Tea Bag Movement is one of them. Since the Health Insurance Reform Bill passed these Tea Baggers have gone crazy! I mean seriously crazy! Calling Democratic Politicians and threatening them, their families. What about cutting gas lines at the homes of the brother of a Democratic Politician or death threats and "baby killer" talk on the voicemail of Bart Stupak? Really, how the hell is Bart Stupak a baby killer? Do they even know how hard ol’ Bart worked it to get the abortion language to his liking? I doubt it, or maybe it doesn’t matter since they hate Obama so much.
Now I am far from a punk! I’m not saying I’m the toughest guy in California, not even close, but I ain’t no punk. Back in the day I did my fair share of dirt. So I when I see Tea Baggers out there yelling "nigger" to American heroes like Congressman John Lewis or calling a Black man like Obama a Nazi (when we all know they go home and their kids are the ones with the swastika tattoos) or when I see them openly carrying weapons at what are supposed to be political rallies, I get upset and want to respond with the same shit, but I can’t because that would be wrong. Sometimes when I get with a group of my friends and family we talk about these cowards, a lot. Probably more than we should. Someone will say "Man I wish one of them Tea Baggers would come to me talking that shit" or "Stop with the Nazi mess" or "You know what they really want to call him is nigger".
It seems to me that things are starting to look like the 60’s. That is a scary thought right? What if these racists get crazy like they did in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s? I mean they used to hang Black people, White people who associated with Black people, Immigrants and whoever else they didn’t like, right? Today it would be the same people but let’s not forget the Gays, Latinos, Progressives, Muslims, Jews, you get the point right? The Right wing was crazy back then!
But, they weren’t the only active ones! Back then the Left wing had a lot of "fire power" themselves, right? There was Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, Cesar Chavez, The Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, Revolutionary Youth Movement, Students for a Democratic Society, Gay Liberation Front, there are tons more but you get the point. To me, the Left wing was a lot more politically active back in the day.
Fast forward to when George W. Bush woke a sleeping beast in America that eventually leads to us electing our first Black President. Electing our first Black President leads us to the Tea Bagger Movement. What will the Tea Bagger Movement lead us to?
Let me start off by saying that I am not encouraging us on the Left to fight back the same way the Tea Baggers do. I mean we could though, right? I just gave you a list of activists from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and some of them were non-violent and some were extremely violent! Remember "By Any Means Necessary" wasn’t just a slogan!
The corporatists, fascists and real Nazi’s have their "soldiers" on the street; they are Tea Baggers, who will be ours on the left? Will we have civilized discourse on our side as demonstrated by the Coffee Party Movement? Or will the "intimidation" delivered from the Tea Bags lead to another Black Panther Movement or Weather Underground?
People forget that the Panthers used to associate with like minded "White" and Latino groups! I mean the way things are now, a lot of the time Blacks and Latinos have beef, but what if they get smart and realize that we have a bigger enemy than each other. What if Black Gangs and Latino Gangs took their beef and directed it at the real enemy? What if Rollin’ 60’s Crip Gang, Bounty Hunter Blood Gang, 18th St Gang and MS13 Gang decided that there were bigger fish to fry? What if they decided that those fish wear hats with Tea Bags hanging from them?
Now I don’t recommend these gangsters grabbing their AK’s and Uzi’s or how about just the one’s with legal guns and going to the Restore the Constitution Open-Carry Rally April 19th, 2010 at Fort Hunt National Park in VA to show off their heat. I mean the Black Panthers did it at the State Capitol in CA in 1967. Would that be a good look now? Probably not! We’d be like the Tea Bags. Plus we all know what happened to the Panthers and we know what would happen if Blacks and Latinos showed up at one of these. But what I do recommend is that we start linking together for a bigger cause; for a bigger fight and I also recommend that we do it smart!
The Right has teamed up the Republicans, Tea Baggers, Anti-Abortion groups, Ant-Gay groups, Corporatists etc. We need to do the same! We need to respectfully communicate with our natural allies!(BTW, some of our "natural allies" actually think they are Tea Baggers, we need to work on that) We need Blacks, Latinos, Progressives, Gay Groups, Anti-War groups and even Hip-Hop heads and Gangsters to take a minute to get engaged. Make sure everyone you know who is eligible to vote, votes! Try to attend a rally or two this year! Donate to a cause or to a politician you believe in. Like we sometimes say "Don’t talk about it, be about it!"
A lot of racism and hate is directed at the Blacks and Gays, but as we touch on the Immigration issue, please believe Latinos will get there turn to be called all kinds of names.
The Left has a tendency to in-fight, but I know that when we all get our heads on right we are capable of making a huge amount of noise! The Tea Baggers are on TV everyday! We should be too! We need to make a scene! Now we need to be smart about it, but we need to make a scene. I don’t mean intimidate them; most of them are scared cowards already, nah we need to show them that we can play politics too! We can rally too! We can raise money too! We showed some backbone in the Healthcare debate down the stretch, but we aren’t done!
Imagine a Movement where Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Asians, Gays, Labor Unions, Anti-War groups and other Progressive minded groups got together and made something happen? Wait a second, we have done this recently! November 2008 we all got together and even grabbed some people from the other side of the aisle and made something happen! We made Obama the President of the United States! Let’s make it happen again in the 2010 Mid Terms! We can push the Republicans all the way out of here if you want to!
Get up! Stand up! Make something happen! NOW!
Macarone
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COMING FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12TH 2010 another DOP Inc Records Event!
MARDI GRAS 2010
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO DO IT NEW ORLEANS STYLE WHILE GIVING BACK!
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DJ Spinning Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul, Old School Classics, Dancehall & Reggaeton
MACARONE & THE DOP INC
performing hits like What U Got, I'm Alright, I Drive A Bucket & My Gurlfrind Iz A Thug & More
WATCH OUT FOR THE GOP
performing hits like Evening News (FOX News Diss), Blue Dawg (Blue Dog Democrat Rap), Democracy Hypocrisy, PSA (Watch Out for the GOP), Life's Sentence & More
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LOON-E & C9H
CARA
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CALI NATE, BK & MORE
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See you at the Mardi Gras! By the way, since we are Political Activists that have fun, it wouldn't be right if we didn't donate some of the proceeds to the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina Survivors and victims of the Haiti Quake. Donations will be accepted at the show and when you buy a DOP Inc Sticker 100% of the profit goes to the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina and victims of the Haiti Quake. If you don't make it to the Mardi Gras, don't worry homie, you can still donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund by clicking here.
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I snapped this on my cell phone on the interstate a few weeks ago... Could these be giant barrels of wine headed to sunny CA for Mama? Most likely not since they aren't box shaped.
In reality it looks like some kind of crazy drilling gear.
The entire California Supreme Court (excpet for Carlos Moreno who had the good sense to dissent) ruled against civil rights today. .
As a straight Mexican/Irish man, I am disappointed but not surprised of California uphold the ban, but what upsets me more is that we have a population here that voted against civil rights twice! California is a red and conservative state. At least the court has some heart in allowing the 18,000 marriages to stay.
We'll be the last state to be equal, if ever.
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