YOUR STYLE IS LIKE DYING IN MY SLEEP...I DONT FEEL IT

WHEN WILL THEY LEARN

It's been a minute but it's going down in a major way...Lets Go

Every One of the 3 Major Religion has some point or another deemed Pigs as nasty un-eatable food. Yet our ignorance and un-justifiable use of religion for our own personal use has continued to live hand in hand with the other white meat......DAT PORK.

Jewish and Islamic Views-http://www.bamfield.eu/religion.php
The Jewish and Islamic religions view pigs as unclean, prohibiting not only the consumption of pork products but contact with the animals. In Leviticus 11.1-47, there is a range of dietary rules and specifications concerning forbidden animals, birds and fish/shellfish. Only meat from animals with split hooves that chew the cud could be eaten. Pigs were excluded explicitly because they did not chew the cud (Lev.11.7). Other unclean animals include camels and hares, blood-based products, and shellfish, eels, bats, birds of prey and seagulls also cannot be eaten.
For Muslims, pork, fanged beasts of prey, blood products, and some types of sea creatures are regarded as impermissible. Unlike Judaism, camel can be eaten. For both religions, there are issues about the way meat has been sourced and prepared, the purposes for which this has been done, and necessary rituals, non-observance of any of which may make its consumption impermissible.
There have been a number of different views about the reasons why these religions have deemed certain foods, including pig, as unclean or impermissible. The dietary rules can be seen purely as divine laws, which need no explanation or logic and emphasize our subservience: this leaves open the reason as to why specific items have been deemed are impermissible. Items like pork or shellfish may cause health problems in hot climates and it may seem logical to forbid their consumption to reduce any risk to health. It seems more likely that the rationale involves the food chain: pigs and seagulls forage and one can never know precisely what they have eaten.
The Christian View of Pigs
Leviticus, Chapter 11http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/leviticus/leviticus11.htm
“The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
the hare, which indeed chews the cud, but does not have hoofs and is therefore unclean for you; and the pig, which does indeed have hoofs and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud
and is therefore unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their dead bodies you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.

There it is in bold text for you faux religious cats who scream there keeping it real. So what do we do.....We continue to eat and mangle with the beast and.... Bam The Swine Flu thing drops. We usually don't learn before it too late, do you real think it a coincidence that the religeion ban swine...Hello Moses lived to be like 900....Think About It.!!!!Now I'm sure Swine Flu is being over hyped sort of like a 1998 P-Diddy Birthday Bash but the impact is still huge. So keep your sanitizer and soap close and don't eat at Taco Bell and you will be fine.

Stop Sleeping on Me!!
I send this dart directly to my good buddy Mikey P. Whenever you try to get him up before 2pm, it an epic un-yielding vigorous exercise in futility. But maybe we were wrong all along, according to this articl~http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090423.wsleep0423/BNStory/Science/: Smug early birds take note: Night owls actually have more mental stamina than those who awaken at the crack of dawn, according to new research. It kind of makes sense but I still like to get up early and finish early and be able to watch the 90210 and Melrose Place block on the Soap Net but that just Me!!!!!

Think BIG
I was listening to The Herd this week and one of his guest was the great Malcolm Gladwell http://www.gladwell.com/blink/index.html- for those still stuck only on Hip-Hop Magazines and Zane books, he wrote The Tipping Point, Blink- and The Outliers. In a sense he's a Forward Thinking Cerebral Guy who ultimately thinks the brain works on split second decision rather then long drawn out judgments which are usually fueled by Fear and Doubt. While his way of thinking is being debated and reviewed throughout the Intellectual World, found a new book that looks interesting and engaging- The Think Big Manifesto by Mike Port http://www.thinkbigmanifesto.com/bigideas.html. The most weighty and salient quote I got from the website is: “When we think big, it is contagious. But beware: When we, or others think small, the influence is that much more virulent. As much as we influence others, so are we are at risk of catching others’ values and actions, of coming under their influence. If we surround ourselves with small thinkers, we will think small”.
I intimately and utterly agree with that statement and I think that's one of the biggest quandaries of the African American race and why I figure it will be hard(not impossible) for me to find a long-term mate in my race. I'm gonna get blasted on this but how long can we fake the funk. Have you ever noticed why the people with most vexatious(look it up) attitude have the biggest egos yet are the smallest thinkers. They stick to the roots of there same true and tried methods-same style, some routines, same area to live in, very rarely venturing out of there comfort-zone.....most confuse the comfort for strength but in reality it's Fear. I think that Fear is the biggest clogging and retardation issue of the under 50 African American Race and especially African American Woman. Think about what AA woman are mainly known for----Attitude's. Now lets also be real here, black woman go through the most shyt out all cultures and thus one can understand why they have to have a little edge to them, but some of this stuff goes way above and beyond. For someone like me who is a Big Thinker and Forward Thinker, I cant seriously think that being around someone with a Huge ego yet think Small be beneficial to either side. Hey Blame it on my Parents!!!!

{THIS IS NOT A PHONY PIX..LOOK AT THE SPELLING ON THE JERSEY---WE CANT DO ANYTHING RIGHT}

I know this is little old but I took my dad to the Nats game 2 weeks ago against the Florida Marlins. Beautiful Sunny day, baseball with your Pops is an American Pastime. Now to preface how messed up the Nats situation is, one most do a little digging. They came to DC amid high hope and aspiration, the city built a 660million stadium just before the economy slowdown and while half of all DC students were below level in reading and math. All in all they had a hard time getting 20k to there home-opener and are avg. about 13k for home. They set the record for lowest attendance at a new stadium last season. Add it up and there a mess and we haven't even touched the field yet. They have lame to just below avg. players, sorry pitching and shoddy defense...these are things a fan who just got over Swine Flu could see...eww there so not Fluid. Ok enough of the bashing back to the game-so as me and my dad are enjoying are our Peanuts that we got from Giant @ 2.00 per pound rather then the Nats Stadium 6.00 for the same pound, we deiced to leave in the top of the 9th with the Nats up 3-6 and one out. There no way they could lose—you could honestly roll the ball to home plate and not lose at this point. As we hop on the Metro to go home, a fan tells us that there in the 11th inning....The look on my Pops face was priceless—WTF. So we hop off the Metro and got in the car, turned the game on just in time to hear the the Marlins hit a 2run homer to win 8-6....The Joys of being a Nats fan.

Notes and Stuff

• I saw the movie Cadillac Records this week, pretty good. The gem of the movie was Jeffery Wright-he of Peoples Hernandez and Martin Luther da King fame. Look at the range of this guy to from Puerto Rican Thug to the King. Beyonce played the tormented trouble soul singer Etta James. She did a nice job which leads me to the potential she had in her new movie. If she ever wants to be known as a credible actress and not just a pretty face she gotta play an edgy role. Now in her new movie she should have played the slutty role. Think how Will Smith from Fresh Prince to playing a gay snob in 6 degrees of Separation. So to Beyonce PR team, next movie think Slutty.

• When I need inspiration I either watch a lot of Porn or watch the Wire season 3. As I have said on the blog numerous times, it's the finest most unrivaled-unequaled-unsurpassed tv show ever. The scene that really stuck out to me “This is some Assassination Shyt”. The beauty of the game is it has rules, and playing both sides is very high on the list. Learn-

• With my on-going battle with Comcast, My news ritual is going to my local watering hole and watching the games. Luckily it's baseball, hockey and NBA playoff time. I'm really getting into the whole Caps thing. There a very good team and has a lot of fan support. Ohh boy, at my watering hole they even dye the beer red for the Caps! To be honest I'm thinking about calling a truce with Comcast. What makes it messed up is the fact there is no other alternative, no Verizon, no Cox (that felt weird typing) nuffin, they got the cable corners on lock. There the Marlo Stansfield of Telecommunications.

Thoughts on the NBA Off's

• Lakers need to ratched up the intensity. There so good and so fluid that they feel they can coast and chill. Round 2- Lakers will sweep the Rocks...Lakers will Sweep!!!!!!

• Bos-Chi was fluid theater. Both teams played with a hunger and focus rarely seen in a 2-7 match-up. Game 7 was anti-climatic compared to the others but good nevertheless. One person who has gotten on my good side is Rondo. He a scrappy sneaky lil' dirt ball, he could play on my team....he's avg a trip double and like 4 to 1 assist to turnover ratio.

• Dallas will beat Denver.....Simple. I like the match-ups for Dallas. I think this will be the most competitive and engrossing match-up of the 2nd round. Look for a hard Dampier foul and some static between Cuban and Jr Smith.

• The L'eastern Conference is a waste of time, I wont spend another second thinking or talking about it.

Weekly Banger

I was in the Barnes and Noble and picked up the latest XXL. On the cover was the Gr8 Marshall Mathers. Now I'm a big Em fan from back in the day, I still remember the 1st time I really heard him- it was on the Classic Sound Bombing 2 on Rawkus (which peaked the whole underground movement but that's another thought). The song was called Any Man and the way he puts his lines together and the flow is just sick. Really Lyrical Genius. Rawness and Pure Dope..” YOUR STYLE IS LIKE DYING IN MY SLEEP...I DON'T FEEL IT”.........