The Almighty Dollar

The Almighty Dollar. In the recent conditions of the nasty economic windfall most retail stores are down.....Target is getting smashed like Whoppi Goldbergs hot comb (love ya whoppi). When money gets tight, I go to the Dollar Store. Not just any Dollar Store, the most official Dollar Tree. Your probaly thinking all Dollar Stores are created equal....and that a huge lie. In the same shopping center we have 2 different Dollar stores. One is a Dollar Tree and the other is Dollar General. Since dollar general was closer I went to it first. Now I only went in there for some Toilet Paper, Paper Towels and Hand Sanitizer. 3 simple items, a 5min and $3.15 trip right......WRONG. I scoop my items and head to the register. A fly mamacita scans and tells me the Toilet Paper is 2.79........The Paper Towel is 1.89 and luckily the hand sanitizer is 1.00. How in the hale do products at a dollar store cost more then a dollar. That damn near $5 for those 2 items, I could have gone to Giant for that. So I calmly lied and said I forgot my wallet and hauled ass up to the Dollar Tree. Awwww the sweet sound of hearing your dollar stretch. Dollar Tree is so UBER. It's 'ucking traded on the NYSE- the stock is actually one of the few discount retail stores to stay up and steady at $40 a share. So after I pick up the items I needed, I cruise the store and admire there awesome snack arsenal. The holy grail of snack world has been found. Your talking all the Hershey family- the 8pack mini butterfingers, baby ruth's, snickers, goobers, snocaps, 4 pack of the regulation size Keebler animal crackers and rice krispie treats. They got the 4 pack of fruit- rollups and granola bars. These are the same granola bar that I love and sell at Giant for 4$. Ohhhhhh Mylanta, If I was a Stoner, this would be Munchie Heaven. Non Stoners don't fret, they have awesome cleaning supplies, flowers, house goods and even picture frames. I love this place!!!! Dollar Tree is the place for Me!!!!

I was out celebrating my homey Mikey b-day last weekend. It was a stone cold evening celebrating with all my brothers and friends. I was rapping with my good buddy Butter and his lovely wife Jess (why u do that to Mikey). They have been 100% organic for some time now and we was going over the benefits and options. I was doing some more research on healthier foods and ran into this article about SALT.Damn, this is one of the most shocking and compelling articles I ever read. The read is uber long so i'm gonna paraphrase. The author starts off with saying “Sugar and Salt are the most used drugs in the World” He then goes onto to talk about the Salt we uses is not natural-”What is salt? Salt is a drug! God did not make salt, contrary to what you may believe. Because God did not make salt, your body does not require salt. However, your body does require sodium. There is a difference between salt and sodium. They are two completely different substances and that's what is causing the confusion today that leads to certain health problems today such as high blood pressure.” So Salt and Sodium are two different things---Who Knew. Aww man this story gets deeper and deeper...help you reach the....So where does Salt come from.....good question. “When oil workers are digging for oil in the earth, the digging leaves a flaky residue. Piles of it! It would actually cost the petroleum or oil industry millions of dollars to dispose of this toxic waste product, but the Rockefellers bribed the food industry and the federal government into allowing them to convert it (crude oil extract) into a chemical food additive called table salt. So instead of losing millions of dollars by dumping this waste product, the Rockefellers and their oil industry actually make or profit million of dollars.” Rockefeller Ya'll. That is in-genius idea and execution. So in a sense table salt is bleach waste. It's a compelling and deep read. Maybe a second thought when you reach for the salt shaker.Full Article http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfxb52wg_20fh68w4d8

Interesting Slide Showhttp://www.medicinenet.com/salt_shockers_pictures_slideshow/article.htm

Funny when fat people get on health kicks but I got one more nugget. Men's Health comprised a list of the most un-healthiest restaurant. Surprisingly the list consisted of more sit down spots then fast food. In fact McDonald received a B+ while Baja Fresh got a D. Why Baja...why did you have to do it. Baja is/was one of my fave spots for lunch. When I worked in Bethesda, me and my good buddy Marble would get the Burrito Ultimo Chicken. An incredible tortilla concoction of grilled chicken, lettuce tomatoes and salsa verde topped up with some pico da gallo. An instant party in your mouth but then you read this review

D-
Baja Fresh
It's a surprise Baja Fresh's menu has yet to collapse under the weight of its own fatty fare. About a third of the items on the menu have more than 1,000 calories, and most of them are spiked with enough sodium to melt a polar icecap. Order the Shrimp Burrito Dos Manos Enchilado-Style, for instance, and you're looking at 5,130 mg sodium—that's more than 2 days' worth in one sitting!

SURVIVAL STRATEGY: Unless you're comfortable stuffing 110 grams of fat into your arteries, avoid the nachos at all costs. In fact, avoid almost everything on this menu. The only safe options are the tacos, or a salad topped with salsa verde and served without the belly-busting tortilla bowl.

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No the most appealing ringing endorsement. So lets wave goodbye to Baja and all there goodness, Hello to more Spanish and Apples.

Notes and Ish'

One of the biggest casualty of my Comcast War is missing Eastbound and Down. It the new show by Will Ferrell. It stars Danny Mcbride (Red from Pineapple Express) and some new bad'ass honey name Katy Mixon. When I say bad'ass.... I mean baaaaddd'asss. By far the funniest show on tv and i'm gonna go in a limb and say she has the Best Rack on Cable-

The Picture's dont do 100% justice but watch the clip(1:18 mark is Nirvana)-
I've been catching up on the new season of Making The Band. One quick solution to there problem is to kick Que to the curb. He slow, lame and a girl....put him Danity Kane but in brighter MTB news some of the alumni have dropped new vids. Peep:
. Speaking of Mtv, The Best and Most consistent reality show is the RR/RW Challenge. OHHHH i cant wait....Peep the Trailer.....this is gonna get Funky-

RW/RR Challenges: The Duel 2 - MTV Shows

Weekly Bangers

As my UNC Heels embarked on there historic journey to cut the nets down in March Madness. I thought a song that would unite and unify the team to focus on one common goal.....The Chip. I had to dig deep. I was thinking Movie songs that get me pumped up. My Top 2...Inspirational Movie Songs.

• Classic...makes me want to whip some Cobra Kai Ass

• The Undisputed Come'Up song. This song rings out after Tony kills Frank and all the Coke comes sliding in. He gets married, crazy cash and even a frickin Bengal Tiger. This song oozes kilos and cheap floral silk shirts.....I love it

March Gladness

PEACE TO ALL

In memory of March Gladness, I wanted to get back to basics and do a Huge Sports Edition. Well with NBA heating up, March Madness and the ever omnipresent NFL off season it's a good time to build and destroy the Sports Industry.

March could be the most special month in the whole calendar. Think about it, from an Historic standpoint Julius Caesar coined the phrase “Ides of March” predicting his own bloody assassination http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0311_040311_idesmarch.html. BTW, one of the best books ever. I have to thanks my 10th grade English teacher..Mr. Rosen for really breaking that glorious book down on deceit and dis-trust even amongst friends. In today's times, March represents the most purest and fluid sporting event known to man....NCAA Tourney. The tourney is huge....massive. CBS recently re'upped the contract to broadcast the tourney for an astounding 6.4 billion.......Billions son. Big Business son!!! BTW, I'm going to say son after important statements to more solidify my points....okay...son!!. There's no denying that the overall product of NCAA is down. When I was growing up in my teens the ACC was king of all kings. I'm a huge UNC fan and huge Duke hater, back in the day you had so much balance and good players and teams. You had Timmy Duncan, Childress(best 3 games I ever seen someone play- he was like Teen Wolf , Rodney Rodgers etc., UVA had Curtis Staples, Howard Deane and Junior Burroughs, Clemson had ballers, MD had ballers, the league was thick. I remember faking being sick to stay home and watch the Friday games...thanks Mom. But like anything that goes up, money will bring it down. Once the one and done rule of the NBA came into play, the overall level of continuity dropped. There's not many players one can grow up and follow religiously sans Tyler Hans. In saying that, I think my beloved Tar Heels will cut the net's down in Detroit. There hungry, there deep, tall, poised......it's all or nothing. BTW, it always good to see the ole alma mater in the tourney. That's right The Mighty Morgan Bears have made the tourney as the 15th seed. They will play the #2 Seed Oklahoma team. Im gonna be 100% honest,they have a legit chance to beat them. I'm fully aware that they have the number one player in college basketball, they have major holes in there team. Plus, it's not like Morgan hasn't played legit major basketball teams,they convincingly beat the Terps. Peep Coach Bozeman and the Bears story- http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-te.sp.bozeman18mar18,0,7089652.story. Go Bears...
The true beauty of MM is not about the die-hard fans like moi' but the science of filling out brackets by casual to non-caring fans. In that vein I created a bracket challenge for all Da Wicked fans to engage in:
http://wecakinup.mayhem.cbssports.com/brackets, I can send you an invite if you would like. Good Luck and Enjoy

Late Addition: I was watching the UNC-FSU game at my local watering hole and I came up with a theory....Well call it the Down Go Frasor Rule. If your slow and white and can't shoot free-throws you shouldn't be playing major college basketball. This rule was created after watching the 7yr senior Bobby Frasor play against FSU. Now to preface how sorry he is, you have to understand he's only still on the team cause he gives Tyler Hans' the most fluid Tugjobs on the team bus. Seriously, he played so damn bad it was painful to watch. In the last 15seconds of the 1st half, he turned the ball over then came down on defense and fouled a 35foot jump shooter. Final stat line: 33mins, 2 pt 4 fouls 1 ast. Need I say more........One assist, honestly...you can accidentally get one assist. Plus he missed 2 free throws.

The confetti is falling, tears are flowing....the crowd noise is deafening. The champs are waiting for there championship trophy....OK the commissioner is making his presentation. “I'm proud to present this trophy as the 2008 Off-Season Spending Championship to the Washington Redskins”. I don't want to beat a dead horse, but something needs to be done with the overall ineptness of the Skins front office. There a hierarchy in every business model, usually a President, VP, Controllers, Workers etc. No different then in a Professional Sports team- Owner-Gen. Managers-Players. Most of the NFL is setup like that....well except one......The Skins. We have a ambitions and hungry owner Danny Boy but no General Manger. Our personnel guy has no real title..Vinny Cerato ...whose name sounds like an extra from Good fellas. I never knock anyone getting money,like Hov said “Cant knock the hustle” and I don't. The problem is not regulated to one person, it's the organization of the the Organization( if that makes sense). Right now there no one held accountable for horrible moves, who to blame for the Adam Archuleta deal. Do you blame the man writing the check or the guy who asked for him. Accountability is the base in any positive business relationship. Now lets dissect some of the moves they have made this off season. In a nutshell they spent 72 millions on Haynesworth, Hall and Dockery.
Haynesworth is a monster there no doubt about that. He 6'6 300plus 2x all-pro defensive monster. His last 2 years were the most productive as his former team the Titans dangled the golden carrot( one year contract) in his face. Now that he's got the Golden Egg and the Goose, he still going to be motivated and hungry to stay in pristine condition. My gut tells me yes, at least for 2 season but Riddick Bowe said it best “it's hard to get up and and train when your wearing silk pajamas”. I couldn't have said it better. More on the Haynesworth deal
Year Signing Bonus Option Bonus Salary
2009 $5 million $6 million
2010 $21 million $3.6 million
2011 $5.4 million
2012 $7.2 million
Totals: four years, $48.2 million.
Lets see some of Big Al's Highlights

BTW, if you see Big Al hauling ass down the Beltway, watchout!!!!
"Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was indicted Thursday on two misdemeanor traffic charges stemming from a December accident in Tennessee in which another driver was seriously injured.A Williamson County, Tenn., grand jury handed down the indictment on charges of reckless driving and having an expired registration. Reckless driving carries a maximum punishment of six months in jail and a $500 fine, and Haynesworth could receive another 30 days in jail and $50 fine for the other charge, according to the district attorney's office.
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D-Hall is a solid to good corner back, but corner backs are like getting premium gas in a 87 Escort. What the point to give him 22.5 million. That the rub with the Skins, there bidding against themselves.

Now I'm not into banging & hating on the Skins, I'm looking for solutions! One should be:

Absolutely no more trades. Just look what the Jason Taylor trade. He played in like 10 games, got like 4 sacks cost 8mill and cost some draft picks. In the sake of trying to renegotiate his deal this year, he basically quits and walks out on 8mill cause he doesn't want to train in DC over the summer. Yes he walked out on 8mill cause he didn't want to run and lift some weights in DC. I think I hate all professional athletes......... The point being now were out of draft picks and 8 mill for 4 sacks. Not much ROI (return on investment). When the Haynesworth deal went down, I got a call from my good high school buddy LA. His justification for such a deal was “we spend money, that what we do”.
Build from the ground-up...Drafting is where your money is made. Think about the most consistent team's in the NFL. Steelers, Pats, Eagles and Giants(that hurts)

Steelers- Big Ben, Hines, Willie Parker, Holmes, Harrison all drafted by Steelers
Pats- Brady, Bruschi, Cassel, Vrabel(recently traded), Wilfork all drafted
Eagles-Mcnabb,Westbrook (4th round) all drafted
Gints- Eli, Osi, Tuck all drafted
The proof is in the proverbial pudding. Players are younger, hungrier and cheaper when you draft them. Then you can always re-sign them when there proven there worth. The only way to the win consistently in anything is depth. The Skins like most teams need depth, there defensive line, offensive line, special teams....everything. I think the Haynesworth move will be good but at what cost. Let's put it in lament term's. The Denver Broncos and The Skins are very similar, both are 500., young franchise Qb's and very ambitious owners. On the surface there headed in the right direction. Wrong---Wrong. This off-season, the Broncos( signed 12 free agents for 39.52 mill & have 9 draft picks. On the other hand the Skins signed 3 players for around 65mill and have 4 draft picks.........Here's a funny Redskins FreeAgent Flow Chart-http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/86200/SkinsChart.jpg”HEY WE LIKE TO SPEND MONEY, THAT JUST WHAT WE DO”!!!

One of my wet dreams is to create/run a network that covers sports fairly. The biggest problem I have with the stinky giant known as espn is there racist coverage. For instance, Jags WR Matt Jones who was caught and charged with sniffing half a Peru last year was arrested last week for parole violation-

"WR Jones violates probation: Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones was jailed Monday after violating terms of his plea deal in a drug possession case by testing positive for alcohol. Jones was booked into the Washington County Detention Center on Monday night on a contempt of court charge after a random drug test in February showed he violated a rule against using drugs or alcohol. Jones was charged with one count of cocaine possession in July, when a Fayetteville police officer saw him inside a parked car allegedly cutting up cocaine. He was later suspended for the last three games of the 2008 season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He's subject to another suspension for violating that same policy once more, and it could be longer than three games. Jones' agent, Dave Butz, said the drug court's judge pointed out that Jones has been very respectful and compliant during his time in the program. "The only issue was Matt admitting to the court that he drank a couple of beers while playing golf last week with his friends," Butz said.
(Updated 03/10/2009)

Let's say this was a marginal player like Pacman Jones who did that. The story would have been lead story on the 6pm SC.*****He was finally released by the Jags on 3/15/09***** There no way around the unfair coverage to black athletes. Another example is TO and Jay Cutler. Most of ya'll already know the TO story but maybe haven't heard of Jay Cutler story. Cutler is who a young all-pro QB is quite upset with his new coach for trying to trade him. He has refused to sit-down and talk to his new coach or ownership. While this story has gotten a lil buzz, could you imagine if let's say........Donavan Mcnabb would have pulled a stunt like that. He would be called a Malcontent, Team Wrecker etc. Lastly, how in the hale is Byron Leftwich still not signed. Racism still alive, they just be Concealing It.

The NBA is winding down or should I say heating up for the playoff push. The usual suspects are gearing up for one of the most historic playoff push...Lakes, C's and Cavs. Of course my personal fave and consensusly most hated Lakers have the best record in the league. I like to nudge my friends and say there full of Laker Hate. It's a sad sickening disease, it a chronic disease that makes them text you when the Lakes lose and never answer there phones when the Lakes destroy the Spurs and other teams. The worst case of Laker hate was in the 2002 WCF against the Kings. After the final horn rang and the Lakers won, my good buddy Mikey got up and left in a tizzy. That not really the bad part...the bad part was he was gonna leave my other good buddy Holla (who's is a laker fanatic and fact we were dubbed Shaq and Kobe from our friends) who he drove with. He was so upset and full of Laker hate that e was gonna leave his good buddy over the Lakers win....no other team evicts that much hatred....we'll maybe the Cowboys.
As far as the MVP race.....there is none to me . Although I feel Dwade and King James are putting up Lakers v. Celtics 1992 Sega Genesis-Bird in the corner type numbers, there no Kobe. I call it the Blind Theory, if I was a blind and you read off all 3 players numbers, I would say damn Kobe is the 3rd best out of the bunch. After watching them play, you clearly see Kobe is the best, he exerts only minimal energy and is a stone cold killer out there-. He's like Yoda out there, while the other two are young Padawans still establishing there coolness. Another reason for my Kobe love is is focus and ability to block out distractions and just play. My respect grew from his Rape Trial period, when he would go to court, fly back and go out there and score 30pts. The pressure and stress he was under was immense but he has the ultimate power of focus. Think about how lame A-Rod is handling his adversity. He gets caught, has a lame'ass press conference (with fake tears and all), show 's up to camp...mysteriously gets hurt and decides to rehab in Colorado instead of NYC. Then these picture spread drops
He's a lame on all accounts, awesome ball player but I don't have respect for him as a competitor. Like my Dad always says, “Everybody good when there up by 10, real character comes when you down by 10......sink or swim.”

Since this is the Sports Entry of all Sports Entry.... I wanted do Holy Trinity of the most influential sports figure of my life ( 27years). The criteria is pretty straight forward, you have to have dominated and performed in my era of watching and understanding sports plus have some edge to y'all...so no Tiger and too easy to put Jordan on it. Here we go!!

1. Shaquile Oneal- what can I say that hasn't been said. He was the 1st NBA player to really to be hip-hop. Some are going to argue that Jordan was, but Jordan used hip-hop but he wasn't hip-hop he still very r & b smooth. Shaq was power, strength, force of nature. 1992 was like the renaissance of Black Culture. You had Martin (the TV showed that saved Black People), You had the WU, Nas, Snoop and Biggie saving and changing the face of Rap and you had Shaq Diesel take the stuffiness out of the NBA and make it fun to be yourself and not so scripted.... and by the looks of just winning the 2008 All- Star Game MVP and being the 3rd oldest player to score 40pts, he movie is still playing.......He's Shaq-tastical

2. Mike Tyson- nothing has came close to the excitement of a Tyson fight. He was hip-hop personified. Brash, edgy, bold and 'ucking scary. He was a masterful 10 car wreck, you just had to watch. Mike Tyson Punch-Out- was an incredible game and became one of the top selling vid games of all-time. I love to watch the floyd's and roy jones fight but nothing like a Heavyweight Fight.......no jabs and going to the scorecard....America's love Knockouts....ask Hiroshima. His meltdown is legendary and poetic, it the perfect blend of sadness and greatness. Not many stories end up with everybody lives's happily ever after. Here's a trailer for a dope new Documentary on Iron Mike.

3. Allen A.I Iverson- brash, unapologetic not giving an 'ish, plus the white kids wanna be like him. Let me be the first to say I've never been the biggest AI basketball fan- he's a one dimensional high-volume scorer who doesn't make the necessary sacrifice to win games. Saying that, I love the man!!! From the moment he splashed on the scene as G'town after getting in trouble as a high school kid to being the 1st pick in the draft, AI was unapologetic. Biggie and Mef said it best “Uck the World , Don't Ask me for Ish”. If the saying is true, style defines you, then AI defined his own style. The Cornrow movement was uber and changed the game. Im going to say at least 70 percent of the Black kids my generation had cornrows, hell when David Becks got them I knew we've arrived. AI was so big, the NBA adopted a Dress Rule for him. He changed the Game. I could only imagine the faces of the parents when there kids would say 'MOM I want to be just like AI” Now that what I call Crossing Over


These are some of my fave sports commercial's of the last decade




Extra Goodies
I was talking with the guy in the bar during the Cuse'- L'ville game and he told me to check out this comic named Mitch Hedberg. He's pretty funny, some wont get it, but I do....Stoner Comedy is so funny.

Speaker of Stoner, some of the best Stoner snacks are late night Milkshakes. After watching this tho......I new they were trouble when if you leave then out and you comeback the next morning you could see the chemicals separating....EWWWW

Weekly Banger
Aww 2001 was such a crazy year, 9/11 popped off , Jordan comeback and Ghostface was going to drop his 3rd opus—Bulletproof Wallet. This was following his 1st 2 classic Ironman and Supreme Clientele so the buzz was extremely high. The 1st teaser from the classix Dj Clue mixtape “Live at the Stadium” was this classix freestyle . I remember clear as day, rolling with my good buddy LA, bumping this joint like 13x str8. The way Ghost and Rae trade verses is fluid.....”You Spray Hairspray”. Next is the seminal classic Good Times. True Ghost fans remember this joint. The beat is a straight chop'up of the Good Times Theme , this is the beauty and pureness of real hip hop......”I got the George Jeff Walk” Sadly this joint never made the album, due to sample clearance and other hang'ups., but Ghost still is delivering Good Times.......Ain't You Lucky we got them!!!