tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50491683271778950422011-11-27T18:15:56.963-06:00Exploring the intersections of race, sports, and things in between in American society. . .seperating the real from the fake since '96.ruffian96http://www.blogger.com/profile/01346232799206183596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049168327177895042.post-53762043914227229602009-12-17T22:36:00.006-06:002009-12-17T22:52:51.700-06:00

First MJ now this. Two very different lives, but both had abrupt and kind of shocking endings. Like Mike Wilbon said on PTI this evening, as a father the first thing that hits me out of all of this is the fate of the kids he left behind. Regardless of how fans or the media saw Chris Henry he was just Daddy to them and now he's gone. My condolences and prayers go out to the whole Henry

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I been gone for a minute now, but just to let anyone know who cares I haven't forgotten about this blog. A lot has changed in my life since I started this and started garnering a tad bit of attention, so naturally that's gonna be reflected in my future posts. But don't get it twisted. I'm still a die hard Packers/Bucks/Badgers/Brewers/Marquette/UWM/UWGB etc. fan and I'm still going to mostly

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I haven't really gone anywhere all this time between posts, but as I said in several of my sporadic posts before I went into hibernation my professional goals and responsibilities dictated that I drop any extracirricular activities and focus. So that cut down a lot on the time I had to just sit around and surf the net for stuff to comment on. But no matter what I had to take time to sit down and

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No where to run, no where to hide from The Wank.Marquette University men's basketball, A-.Why not talk about the most successful sports team right now in the state of Wisconsin first? Marquette is on top of the Big East standings at 17-2, 6-0 in conference play with wins over teams like Wisconsin, Villanova, West Virginia, and Providence (ranked teams when they played them). Expectations about

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Is back. Yes, yes please save your applause and do not gesticulate wildly in front of your computer or you may frighten your loved ones.It's been over a month since I've done a proper Wank so let me just clear some things up for anybody who might happen to visit this site for any reason other than the link to a picture of Tamia that happens to be in my article archives.1. I didn't stop posting

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I've learned some things over the course of my absence about blogging that I thought would be constructive to share (ha!) and also I figured it could serve and kind of posting 'filler' until I get back on track with the Wanks and whatnot (so much that I've missed out on from DD's daddy to Plaxico to this).One is that it's true that blogging is addictive. It's amazing to me now that I've been

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Has anybody else seen this besides me? I know I'm not the only one who thinks that this is fucked up. One of my initial thoughts after seeing this was is it just my imagination or have incidents like this been on the rise since November 4? Or maybe they are just being reported more since then. Comments?Technorati Tags:obama haters, hate crimesGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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I saw this recently over on Afronerd and it was so cool I thought I would post it here to fill the void on my little site while I continue to sift thru the responsibilities of life. Doing a proper Wank require time that I just cannot spare right now while I bone up for the CCNA.Bruce Lee as a martial arts super star was larger than life and I've heard about many myths and rumors about his

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Hey anybody who reads this site on a regular basis (:)). I felt like posting but I don't have anything in particular to write about that I'm not saving for the next Wank. The Bucks are . . . being the Bucks. They're 7-9, 4-6 in their last ten still bottom of the Central. After starting off the season kind of solid they've faltered a little bit lately but I still subscribe to the Gradual Rise

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Here it is again on a semi-consistent basis, what I was thinking as I eavesdropped on The Great One's phone call to Mike McCarthy. . .Packers, DPackers are 4-5 with only lowly Detroit separating us from the bottom of the North. This is why I often blog while drinking, but seriously the Pack did enough last Sunday to win the game against the Vikings and then again they didn't. They were able to

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Today's loss to the Vikings doesn't hurt quite as much as the feeling after the loss in the NFC Championship game pictured here, but it's still tough to swallow. And we'll be seeing a lot more of this for the rest of the season if the Packers, or maybe more specifically Ted Thompson, can't find a way to shore up this collapsed run defense. Our opponents have us figured out, they know the

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No shenanigans this week because I'm tired and I wanted to post this week's edition a couple of days ago but there are just not enough hours in the day. Shall we?Packers. B+Even though the Pack lost to undefeated Tennessee in overtime last Sunday they turned in a pretty good performance. The Titans are a physical team and for the most part our defense matched their play. But once again they

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Because I'm kind of speechless. Wow.I've always felt like it was kind of a blessing to be born into the world at the time I was, to be present during this time in history (to see these last dayz). But to actually bear witness and have had a hand in the election of the first American of African descent in history to the Presidency of the United States, that's something.I will gladly eat some

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ESPN.com is reporting that after activating DT Justin Harrell the Packers have waived Kabeer GBaja-Biamila. As a commenter to the article noted this makes good business sense because the cap hit for his salary will come this year instead of in 2009. His production has fallen significantly over the past few years but it still is sad to say goodbye to a true Packer stalwart. He managed to

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That's it. How do you blow an 11 point lead with 7 minutes to go in the fourth quarter???!!! Well the Badgers just showed us how. Inept mincing coaching decisions, timid play calling, playing a 'prevent' defense with corners giving 10 yard cushions instead of going with what got you the lead in the first place, and poor clock management. I don't think Bielema needs to go (yet) but I now

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Forgive me if the Wank seems kind of dry this week, but I do not want to be in Milwaukee right now. I need to be in Nashville for Tennessee State University's homecoming week for my classe's ten year reunion. But alas those days are pretty much behind me now that I am the responsible father/husband type . . . but I got to get down there next year fo'sho.So anyway without further ado:Packers.No

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Well since my last wanking 2 of our major sports teams have pretty much slipped off into that good night. The Brewers struggled valiantly against their streak of subpar performances, but finally succumbed to the will of a Phillies team that was playing pretty good ball and is now in the World Series. The college football season is far from over, but it's pretty much a done deal for the Badgers

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My favorite comment in this video is the lady who says "I'm concerned about Obama and his wife, that they might be anti-white and that they may hide it".Technorati Tags:more imaginary racism, obama haters, ohio voters, palin supportersGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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Ok back to this guy. Please forgive if you were looking for a quicker follow up post on Mr. James T. Harris, but I was thinking since he has become (for the moment at least) the face representing all Black Milwaukeeans to the nation (and I'm only barely exaggerating) I had to take the time to break this brother down properly. It didn't take that long. A little while after I first read the

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It's not all about sports and social commentary here at the Rogue Hour.  Sometimes it's about inspiring too.  This post is for my baby Jailah who just loves to putter away on the keyboards of her mommy and daddy's computers and really could not care less if the Packers won Sunday or if Barack Obama becomes president, but is happy as long as her daddy is happy.  And who has taken shine to a

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Fellow Black Milwaukeeans, can you believe that this man is actually one of us? What an embarrasment to the African American population of Milwaukee. There's nothing wrong with supporting whoever you want to vote for, this goes beyond that. The mudslinging in this campaign so far has already been thick and he's calling for more of it. As pointed out in the comments of Fields post the

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As usual says it best.Technorati Tags:donna brazile, speaking truth to powerGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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Ok. This is the final straw. I was kind of trying to stay above the fray regarding the presidential election that is now less than a month away for several reasons. One of which is there are so many other blogs out here in the diaspora that do a tremendous job of dropping social commentary like the Field Negro, Jack and Jill Politics, Fackin' Truth Blog, etc. that I feel inadequate. I'm a brother

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Badger, Brewer, and Packer fans could all use a soothing cold one right now. Let's distract ourselves by queuing up the best beer commercial ever made. Ladie I'm sure some of you will find this quite offensive, but hey we're men. We still love and respect you, but we're still men.Enjoy.Technorati Tags:greatest beer commercial ever, levels of losingGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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If anybody really paid attention to this blog I would be asking for a little props right now. Not only do time/sleep constraints limit my ability to post on a regular basis, but to top it off I had to replace the hard drive on my laptop this week. But lucky for you guys I'm one of those techie types, so I slapped a brand new Seagate Momentus hard drive in there after restoring the original

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There is a limit to the cumulative success that major Wisconsin sports teams can experience over the time span of 72 hours or one calendar weekend. Simply put the higher the bounds of victory that one team achieves on any given weekend is immediately offset by an equal depth of failure by others. In the extremely unlikely event that 3 or more major Wisconsin sports team actually experience high

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Much of the reason I have not been consistent with posting my headline running feature in a while is because of the other things going on in my life like family and work. But a big part of the reason has also been a type of writer's block I get when I step up to the keyboard lately. I think that because these articles are the main reason why I get the scant traffic I do (and I've been blessed

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These excerpts the Washington Post ran from the book 'Angler' on Vice President Dick Cheyney that was published last year? It probably will not change your thinking on anything or persuade you in your opinion of the man one way or the other, but it is very interesting from the standpoint of throughout history there are brief moments of crisis and conflict (usually shrouded in secrecy) that have

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In reference to the Josh Howard thing. It's not really anything new, meaning this attitude has been around (note: meaning it's been present; do not read that I'm saying this is a predominant opinion held throughout the African American community) for a while. Remember the little controversy Mahmoud Abdul Raouf (better known as Chris Jackson of LSU fame) inflamed when he wouldn't stand for the

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That used to be the big goal a few years ago when Ned Yost had just come to the Brewers and seemed to actually be having some success at turning the team around. Even though last years late season collaspe was painful for fans, I was eager to see what that experience would teach that team coming into this year.Well it seems like we have our answer, we went all in with a weak hand. Looks like the

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The two words 'interception' and 'Packers' have more often been associated with the former #4, rather than any Packer cornerback of late (if you don't believe me Google it). But you couldn't have said that this afternoon, so much for the trend of complaining about the secondary.

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So there's good news and bad news in Wisconsin sports these days, good news and bad new in the world in general. For instance there is still reason to believe in the averge joe's innate sense of humanity, but not a lot of reasons to think that this alone will swat away from human beings deep set prejudices that have spanned back to almost the beginning of recorded time, but that is more a topic

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Well now that was something wasn't it. AR not only silenced a lot of doubters and relieved a lot of worried fans, he did it in impressive fashion. 18-22, no picks, 1 touchdown, and lots of big plays including a long scramble for a first down (who said this guy wasn't very mobile). Oh, and no injuries:).Enjoy this Aaron. Talk shit, give your linemen noogies, snap Driver on the ass with your towel,

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So I woke up yesterday and my fiance' surprises me by saying she is going to the Chi for the weekend with her mother to visit relatives and is taking the kids with her, leaving me to an empty house and my own manly devices. So what did I do? Of course I plopped myself right in front of the tv and immersed myself in opening day of the college football season (very satifying btw to see Michigan

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In my surfing of the internet I often come across things that make me cringe in embarrasment for my peoples, black folk (I usually try to refrain from using the word 'race' because there is no scientific basis for this concept of classifying homo sapiens), most of which could be turned into fodder for whole essays/posts regarding a wide variety of topics. But because I'm a busy guy and this blog

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Well I know everyone is Wisconsin is feeling much better this week now that 'The Drama' involving He Who Shall Not Be Named is over and the Brewers and Pack showed that their not dead yet. Shall we . . .Packers. C+For their first preseason game. Pack won the battle against the Bengals first team in the first quarter, but after the starters came out the defense go notably softer except for a few

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So now on the heels of the unimaginable scenario we come to the inevitable decision.Packer 'fans' choose your side now, and choose wisely for I view this as being the defining moment for the fan base of this franchise.This situation has ripped the Packer nation asunder, turned brother against brother and thrown fellow fans into heated debates.I won't seek to rehash the events of the past few

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I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel by columnist Eugene Kane, so I feel the need to try to get some exposure to this topic (even though this blog seriously lacks exposure). The board that oversees the operation of America's Black Holocaust Museum decided recently to close the institutions doors permanently due to financial difficulties in funding it's

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I really was not feeling the wanking mojo this week. Not only is this stuff with Favre, but issues in my personal life, are sapping my fan enthusiasm levels to dangerous lows. But sports is supposed to be a metaphor for life right? The ups and downs, the righteous feeling of vindication that comes with a great performance in the clutch. So maybe this week's post could be my walk-off homer at the

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Hey do you mind if I speak directly to you for a moment. See I don't know you, but I feel the need to check you on something I feel very passionate about, but first let me give you a little background.I'm from Milwaukee born and raised. I grew up in the early 80's when the Packers sucked (a state or city's football team pretty much defines it's identity to the rest of the country), the Brewers

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It won't be long now before the newly assembled 'Dream Team' will be representing in Beijing, trying to bring that lately elusive gold medal home in basketball. The media buildup, at least in this country, has been kind of quiet to me compared to other Olympiad years. Usually we would be sick of NBC bombarding us with promos by now with the event only weeks away.But while you're hoping Lebron's

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Hello, once again all and any Wisconsin sports fans. It's been a real tough past two weeks in the land of cheese and honey, and by now a lot of us are probably sick of hearing the name of a certain quarterback, so let's try to shift the focus to some of our state's other sports teams (who happen to be doing quite well btw)Brewers. C+Crew is 3rd in the Central 6-4 in the last 10, which was aided a

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I first saw this story the other day over on Deadspin. I guess it's kind of a big deal, at least in Philly, I'm surprised I haven't seen it over on Field Negro or NOISB. But one of the things that struck me about the details of this incident when I read about it, was that it is kind of the epitome of what this blog aspires to be all about: exploring the intersections of race, politics, and sports

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Well it's been quite the eventful week, for Wisconsin sports in general and for yours truly. It's been so busy that I started to contemplate putting off this week's edition (it's not like anyone would notice). But though no one might really read this blog, I take great pride in repping my state thru this running series. So even if it means posting at 4:32am after working a 9 hour shift knowing

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Yeah the title doesn't make any sense does it? Well neither does this shit between Favre and the Packers.I didn't hear about this until I came into work this evening when some co-workers aware of my infamous sports loyalties gave me the scoop: Favre is coming back. There must be something to it I quickly deduced because the local station is currently interviewing Scott Favre, Brett's

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I haven't really posted on the subject of the acquittal of R. Kelly on child pornography charges stemming from the infamous sex tape that's been circulating for some 10 years now (I know people who still have their copy). Perhaps I haven't posted because I feel (as I do so often) that many of my brothas and sistas in the afrosphere like the field negro, What About Our Daughters, Aunt Jemima's

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Bucks. B-Just above average performance for the Bucks during and leading up to the draft (let's hope they're not done dealing yet) in my opinion. Understand that the Bucks ultimately come up winners no matter how you slice it just for making Bobby Simmons and his cumbersome contract go away and actually getting a veteran All-Star who has been to the Finals in return (some say Jefferson's game is

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So we knew something would happen tonight, but did we as Bucks fans expect this exactly? So much for Yi being the only untouchable player on the roster. Like the commenter on the Brew Hoop post, my first reaction to news of the trade was "Whaaaaa!!!???". But the more I consider it, the more I guess this could be good for both teams. Unloading Simmons was going to be a chore so Hammonds deserves

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Packers.First mini camp of the season concluded last Thursday. The JS Packers blog has a good account of the particulars of the last practice. Some things that stood out to me: I like the players attitudes, especially the rookies in the two lines. There's an aggressiveness with these guys that seems to be generating some real good competition going on at almost every position (something TT was

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I am way late with this congratulatory posting on the Boston Celtics winning the NBA championship the other night, but I guess I wanted to take some time to reflect.Even though I grew up hating the Celtics and loving Magic's Lakers (I really claim no absolute loyalties to any but Wisconsin sports teams) I found myself very pleased with the Celtic's victory for a number of reasons.First and most

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Brewers. C+Crew is holding position in 3rd place in the central, 5-5 in their last ten. You know I only really started paying real close attention to how the Brewers are playing when I started this blog, specifically when I started this running weekly rant/roundup so about a year now, and I must say it's like keeping up with a soap opera sometimes.Russell Branyan, who got called up recently

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The redneck Democrats in Tennessee who pass for respected politicians are trying to subtley distance themselves from Barack Obama's candidacy. Having lived down there for 10 years it's not really surprising to me that they would not only have but openly express viewpoints like this. They are probably still trying to wrap their minds around the fact that a black man is very close to being the next

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They are really showing as we enter the home stretch of this election cycle. There is a black man running for the presidency of these United States as the nominee of one of the dominant political parties in our country, and the undercover, in the closet white bigots are figuratively running for their lives.You know they say their haterism of Obama doesn't come from his ethnic origin, in fact

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BucksBucks are just beginning to wind down the pre-draft workout formalities before they pull the trigger on a player they hope will be a building block (if not cornerstone) in the future of this franchise in a couple of weeks. Brew Hoop has the skinny on how last weeks workouts went. I'm still sold on the suggestion of Alabama's Richard Hendrix, but I am beginning to be more and more intrigued

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I saw this article yesterday on my iGoogle homepage under the day's top stories, clicked on it and got a surprisingly good read from The Washington Post. It's all about other countries reactions to Obama securing the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States. The stated reactions are interesting (especially how Kenyan's are so enthused), but what most interested me were

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Let the wanking resume. . .Brewers. C+They're 7 games back, but they've won seven of the last 10 no longer dead last in the NL Central. Been a whole lot 'o roster moves since I last wanked, where to begin? Well Bill Hall's been demoted to platooning with Russell Branyan who got called up (again) last week (I'll speak more on that in a minute), with Gagne on the DL the Brewers have been trying

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I saw this over on Afronerd. It's video excerpt from another sermon given at Barack Obama's church. . .but not by Reverend Wright. I like how this guy rebutts the typical conservative white blog commenter's view that society is suffering from 'reverse racism' practiced by blacks who 'can't let go of the past'. Of course the typical conservative white blog commenter will disown this guy quicker

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Not quite so weekly the past two weeks I know. Last week I almost went my first week without posting a Wank since I started them recovered in the 12th hour and then totally missed the window this week. If you have glanced at this blog before you may remember that I am the tired father of two young, endlessly energetic children under the age of 3 as well as an IT professional, the kind who

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Now see that's the shit I'm talking about. How the fuck do the Bucks drop to the 8th spot in the draft when we were all lined up to be 5th or better!!?? And then the Bulls of all teams jumps up to number 1???!!!! Is it bad karma for hiring their ex-coach!? Maybe some of those Bill Simmon's draft conspiracy scenarios are true after all.So long sure fire help, hello another mediocre draft pick/

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Hey Fox News, Tim Russert, Brit Hume, Sean Hannity and all of you other right wing dingleberries while you are still busy analyzing Obama's relationship with Rev. Wright and trying to put a negative spin on anything he says regarding any demographic of voters can you ask Mrs. Clinton why she is so proud of winning votes in a state where the majority of it's population is openly racially

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Thought I was slippin' didn't you?Packers.Packer Pundit has a good run down of the draftees official bios. I think the pick that will produce the most, meaning become a starter, the quickest (obviously besides Jordy Nelson) is TE Jeremichael Finley. The official bio likens him to Ram's tight end Randy McMichael, but from the description I'm reminded of Keith Jackson, one of the historically great

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Please check out this post from diaspora blog Voice of Somaliland. Not too many blogposts make me say "wow" out loud but this was one of them. The thing that caught my attention is that this is Pat frickin Buchanan saying this.

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WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE HIGH ASS GAS PRICES MR. PRESIDENT!!!!???? I THOUGHT WE WENT OVER TO IRAQ TO LOWER THIS SHIT!!! SO HOW COME IT IS STEADILY INCREASING????For real this shit is breaking a brother.Technorati Tags:gas prices, ranting, president dumbassGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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Because you don't want to be a person of color in the former Soviet Union right about now. By way of Black Looks.Technorati Tags:russia, russian immigrants, skinheads, neo-nazis, racism, sworn enemiesGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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Got this post from my soon to be blog partner here at TheRogueHour JG aka General Baghdad. If you have small children, will be having a child soon, or take care of children for a living read this and feel free to repost.MDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone... Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews, grandchildren or friends with children. This will pertain to you

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Haven't really heard much about the guy since he infamously turned down a contract offer from the Timberwolves commenting that he "had to feed his family". Spree's always had a bad rep in the league and media circles ever since the P.J. Carliesemo choking incident, but I've always had a soft fan spot for him being he is a Milwaukee native and isn't ashamed to let people know that.Then he made

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If you've never seen the movie 'Idiocracy' with Owen Wilson and (fine ass) Maya Rudolph you really should it was one of the funnier movies of 2006. I have a feeling it will turn into a cult classic.For the uninitiated a quick synopsis of the plot is that a guy gets frozen in time and ends up like 400 years in the future where he is literally the smartest person in the world.At the end of the

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Meaning the business of this blog. As anyone who has taken time to go thru this sites archives will know, the original main focus of this blog was to be as kind of a political forum with smatterings of commentary on the beloved sports teams of my native state. But as my blog has evolved, due to time constraints and other factors I have kind of drifted away from that center (in fact the two

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Packers.Packers concluded their first mini camp for the rookies last week and by all accounts there was some great talent there. Everybody (meaning the media) is seeming to really like the picks now and lots of people are convinced that Ted Thompson is a genius. . . almost totally opposite from the sentiment the day of the draft. Patrick Lee's play was as advertised, physical coverage with

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Packers.I would rather not say anything about this whole 'Leroy Butler says Brett doesn't want to retire' thing. I'm not going to be jerked around by anymore of this rumor and innuendo. But I suppose I have to since this is a blog that is in part themed around Wisconsin sports. I'm just really surprised that it is Leroy Butler of all people who is the source of this latest one. He has always

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On Aunt Jemima's Revenge and just had to post on it.Hilarious!Technorati Tags:hilary clinton, closet racistsGenerated By Technorati Tag Generator

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After thinking the draft was still coming on at around 10, 11 o'clock and subsequently wading through the 4+ hours over pre-coverage. The actual event is under way. I wouldn't call this a live blog of the draft though, just me posting while I'm watching. Strictly gut reactions, I'll leave the in depth analysis to Boomer and crew. Couple of thoughts so far.Brandon Albert, an offensive tackle

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I wasn't even going to write a post on the acquittal of the three NYPD police officers accused in the shooting death of Sean Bell. So many other blogs and sites have done a great job analyzing this whole thing. But the picture of this little girl, same age as my daughter (and we were going to name her Jada too until a last minute change of mind by her mom) compelled me to add my two cents thru

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Man it's been a long week folks. Not really much new going on in the Wisconsin sport scene this week, so this will probably be a pretty short wank. Plus I'm feeling lazy this week as I have finally taken the first extended vacation from my job in almost 3 years (not really much of a vacation though when you have two kids under the age of 3, but that is a digression for another blog). Let's see

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Marquette University men's basketball.Regarding Marquette let me first start off by publicly stating a very belated congratulations to the Marquette women's team for winning the NIT Championship. Yeah I know women's basketball but hey there is no chauvinism here during The Rogue Hour. Besides I must say cautiously that I am starting to feel a little more positive about the onset of the 'Buzz

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The Bucks have made a competent decision. After being initially rebuffed the Senator redoubled his efforts and convinced John Hammond, Joey D's number 2 guy in Detroit, to sign on to be the Bucks new GM!! This is great, excellent, unexpected news in the wake of rumors about Billy Knight and John Gabriel. A couple of weeks ago Bucks Diary succinctly summed up the solution to the Bucks problem

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Marquette University men's basketball.If you are a Warrior it has been a tough week. First the coach who returned the basketball program to national prominence some 25+ years after they won their first and only national championship jumped ship . . . for Indiana of all places. After the initial shock had time to sink in you began to rationalize, and you start thinking this could actually turn

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I am African-American by descent, native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I had a very sheltered childhood. Thru high school most of my closest friends were white. I attended college at Tennessee State University, a HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee. Those were some very formative years for me. The people I met and things I experienced during my time (about 10 years) in the Dirty Bend did a lot to shape and

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University of Wisconsin men's basketball. A+ After the finality of UW's loss to a once in a generation Davidson team slowly sank in Friday night and Saturday morning, I realized that the Badgers accomplished a lot this year. This was a team that had lost their two top scorers to graduation (one NBA first round pick Alondo Tucker) and had no clear leader or go-to scorer to speak of. They were

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That's it. As of the last commercial break there is 5:29 on the clock and UW is down 19 against Davidson. Everybody is acting like Curry is too quick to get a hand in his face and he is draining jumpers effortlessly. I dread games like this. As a fan you have a feeling about the outcome in the corner of your mind. It won't go away. And after your team makes a few crucial errors and gets the

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Brew Hoop hipped me to this video from the Bucks game at Atlanta the other night (of course they lost). Bogut turned in a good effort in a blowout, as he has been doing all season, (avg. 20 and 10, 61% from the field) but as you can see in this clip it looks like the losing and team turmoil may be starting to get to him.This worries me a little. With his strikingly more consistent play this

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So I was over on fellow Blogger site Afronerd the other day and saw this video of one of the last interviews given by former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In this general discussion of the political climate in Pakistan and the outlook for her return, she casually mentions the name of one Omar (Oma?) Sheikh and describes him as "the man who murdered Osama Bin Laden". Interesting. . .

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A lot of commenters on Wisconsin sports fan sites have been complaining about the fact that UW coach Bo Ryan does not get enough credit for being the NCAA leader in winning percentage among active head coaches with more than 20 years coached and his .721 winning percentage since coming to Wisconsin. Here it is.Technorati Tags:bo ryan, winningest coaches, ncaa coaching leaderGenerated By

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Bucks. DBUT, while most of us were caught up in the Madness the Bucks beat the Cavs Saturday night, go figure. They take the four season series 3 to 4. For some reason recently the Bucks always play their best against the Cavs, it just doesn't carry over when they play the rest of the league. Big news with the Bucks this week is the firing/stepdown of Bucks GM Larry Harris. While he was our GM my

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Pictured here is the cover of the latest issue of Vogue magazine. Notable for the fact that LeBron James is only the third male ever to appear on the cover of Vogue. In this image of one of the premier athletes on the planet and one of the premier supermodels I see a lot of messages being conveyed on a couple of different levels. Males are rough and animalistic, females are sophisticated and

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When I was finally able to watch Sportscenter on a regular basis (my family didn't have cable growing up)Keith Olberman was one of my favorite anchors. I enjoyed his witty back and forth with Dan Patrick and Rich Eisen and his signature deadpan call on three's during basketball highlights, ". . .from waaay downtown. Bang.". I always thought that his move from the WWL in sports to a sweet deal at

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Sooooo. . .I guess Saturday's fan exercise in free speech was kind of a reality check for Herb. Being on the Hill most of the time maybe the Senator could not quite appreciate the level of fan dissatisfaction in southeastern Wisconsin. But once he had guaged the situation first hand you can clearly see from his expression at the end of this clip that he knows action is needed.And so a reason for

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With the eve of the best weekend in sports upon us I thought it would be appropriate to once again rehash everything the local news, sports radio, and newspapers have been saying about the outlooks and hopes for our beloved Wisconsin teams in the NCAA tournament.We got two teams in this year (which is pretty damn good compared to Wisconsin teams of my childhood), UW and Marquette. Not happy with

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I've come across several blogs and sites lately that mostly just hand out free advice to newcomers to the blogosphere, which I like very much in that I have been blogging for less than a year. One of the best I have come across so far is linkbacklink.blogspot.com. The concept is simple link to him and he links to you. Good way to maybe get a little more traffic going on your site for bloggers

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This is very late, but I stumbled upon this on this website while going through the blog roll of this ratings widget website Blogorator. Seems as if Chris Bosh was desperate to drum up some votes for the NBA All-Star game just played recently in New Orleans. So desperate that he made this 'commercial'(?). I know it's supposed to be funny like a parody, but it kinda comes off as just weird and low

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So I'm finally getting around to posting a wank. I've been really busy lately so forgive me if you look for an installment of this running series on a semi-regular basis (I have been noticing my SiteMeter numbers rising lately, why I can't say. Not that it's going to my head.) Lots to talk about what with championship week in full swing and the Madness right around the corner. And suddenly we're

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Fuck. How did I know somehow that Marquette would lose on the road to a Syracuse team that seemed all but dead in the water. Because Boeheim is a Hall of Fame coach who always seems to get a rise out of his teams just when people write them off. Cracked Sidewalks breaks the loss down best. Once again Marquette had difficulty with the 2-3 zone. Doesn't look there is much realistic hope for the

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Saw this article over on Diary of An Anxious Black Woman from a couple of days ago and just had to post on it. This is an example of a proposed (?) PSA poster that will be circulated in the Milwaukee area. The point of the ad is supposed to be that older men having sex with underage teenage girls, no matter how mature their bodies might seem, is legally and morally reprehensible. Of course with

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Want to draw your focus for just a second to the CLICK THIS section of my side bar. Lately I have been finding out or stumbling upon some great Wisconsin oriented sports blogs. I've been so busy favoriting them and trying to find more that I have neglected to take time to link to these fine sites. But now I'm all caught up (mostly) so you should check out some of the new links to sites like

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As I have been blogging for less than a year and haven't really been noticed I didn't feel like it was my duty to immediately post on this. My initial reaction is best described by My Official Green Bay Packer Blog. I just wanted to take some time out, try to gather my thoughts and experience this totally from a fan perspective.The mood is almost like Favre died, you would think he did from some

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When I first met my fiancee' let's just say I was not very impressed with my perceptions of her level of intellectualism. Later I found out that she was a deeper thinker than I thought but had learned to hide that part of her personality because she did not like to be over talked by overzealous militants who think they know everything. So lately we've really been cultivating our intellectual

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Marquette University men's basketball. A-The Golden Eagles (ugh) have turned it up a notch on the effort level these last couple of weeks. Since the loss at Notre Dame they have won 6 out of 7 the only loss coming at home to 10th ranked Georgetown. Only game left is away against a reeling Syracuse team that probably fell off the bubble last weekend. That should be a win also (should be but never

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The pain of a Super Bowl loss. Yes on some level there is a way that some Packer fans might have been able to feel a twinge of sympathy for New England fans (not me I'm just saying), for we too have known the pain of losing a Super Bowl in which we were heavily favored.It's been over ten years now since that fateful evening in San Diego when Denver's John Elway won his first Super Bowl in

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I see lots of white folks like to use that word. Anyway that might be the perfect description for Buck's owner Herb Kohl's actions, er, inactions as the wee hour of the NBA trade deadline approached. The Bucks were offered the Holy Grail, a trade with Knicks GM Isiah Thomas that would have enabled the Bucks to dump 3 garbage contracts and acquire a consistent inside scorer. Kohl said no dice.

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Good night for Wisconsin as the Bucks (whoa!), Badgers, and Marquette all won. Plus a little bit of gossip on the Brewers and Bucks. Read with me! (anyone with young children might get that reference) Bucks. D+Bucks win over Detroit tonight is a slight abberation to the way things have been going lately. The continued losing is taking it's toll, Krystowiak is losing his control over the team.

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