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They’re calling Tiger’s divorce “the divorce of the decade”.  I’m actually surprised Mrs. Woods actually left him.  But I have  a strange feeling had the humiliation not been televised, she’d still be right there.  As the reports came in that the divorce was official, it amazed me how emotionally charged women around the world are about Tiger’s indiscretions and poor poor Elin.  But what amazes me more is this  feeling that a woman is ENTITLED to all or half of  her husband’s fortune because of a divorce.  I’m reading comments across the World Wide Web like “she should leave him penniless”, “she should take him to the bank”, “$10 million for each affair”.  Are you kidding me?  Elin didn’t swing a damn club or win a single Masters.  Furthermore, he was half a billionaire when she met him.   Why should she be entitled to half his fortune?  Yeah, so what she was his wife and took care of the kids.  Shit, that’s what she’s supposed to do.  Just like he was supposed to bring home the bacon.   Don’t get me wrong, I do believe she’s entitled to SOME money.  I do not believe the children should have to go to the poor house but neither should the husband who broke his back bringing home those millions.  I don’t care if Tiger slept with half the female population in Canada, Elin should not get half his fortune.

When Britney Spears went spiraling downwards and Kevin filed for divorce no one was saying “Kevin should take her to the bank!” As a matter of fact, he was being called a scumbag for getting alimony.  Why the double standard?  She’s the breadwinner so why isn’t Kevin entitled to half her fortune?

We need to stop crying about being treated as equals but when certain things happen we play the damsel in distress and use the “woman” aspect as a basis to support our claim.  If Elin gets half then so should Kevin.  I bet if we hear more about men talking half our fortune we’ll be singing another tune.

Since the airing of Antoine Dodson, I’ve been on NUMEROUS news sites and blogs, I’ve had numerous instant message conversations, I’ve had numerous debates on why I’m NOT embarrassed by Antoine Dodson.  I remember watching the video of “Soulja Girl”, the young woman in Atlanta that verbally assaulted and terrorized an elderly lady on a train and I watched in disgust as NOBODY WENT TO DEFEND HER.  All the men that were sitting in her surrounding seat, sat by idle.  It took more than half of the recording for someone to step in AND if you remember correctly, he only stepped in because Soulja Girl began to verbally attack him.  She said “wait a minute..you’re the one who raped me.”  Then and ONLY then did he get involved.  NOT because he was protecting this elderly lady.  Here you have Antoine Dodson, who probably weighs 95lbs with rocks in his pocket, protecting and defending his sister.  Although the clip is hilarious, all you that have issue with it have never ONCE mention the fact that a woman almost got raped.  That someone crept in this woman’s window and tried to rape her with her baby in the bed.  Antoine is more of a man than any one of those men that sat on that train and did absolutely nothing to protect that elderly woman.  Out of pure frustration and spending hours arguing with people online, I gave up on this situation.  Then one of the most brilliant women I’ve recently encountered on Twitter (@drgoddess) wrote everything I could think of but of course in a more brilliant way:

Our Fascination with the Antoine Dodson Situation by Dr. Goddess

So, I was trying to at least partially explain why Black people love Twitter and what we do on the medium when I decided to include the overnight sensation of Antoine Dodson.

Thus, I wrote the following:

Thus, if they can’t understand something so simple, then they wouldn’t understand why, even though we are really (really!!!) appalled by both home invasion and rape, we love the Antoine Dodson story and find he, his sister, Kelly, (and his other family members) so funny.

And if that’s the case, they REALLY wouldn’t understand why a remix (auto-tune) song was made of his rant, why Antoine has 13 Twitter accounts, a website, is selling T-shirts and has a hotline—all this from the attempted rape of his sister by a roving rapist in their Huntsville, Alabama, Lincoln Park neighborhood. America, gotta love it.

But I couldn’t let that be the end of my commentary on Antoine. His story, how and why he became an overnight sensation says so much about America, Black folks, race, class, gender and sexuality, so I HAD to write on it.

The Reasons Why We Love Antoine And Think He’s Funny is Because:

1. His sister, Kelly Dodson, said she was “attacked by some idiot from out here in the projects…and it ain’t just ’cause I’m cute. I KNOW that! Okay, first, we all know an idiot in our community but we think it’s hilarious that she applied this term to an attempted rapist. Second, saying “in the projects” is just funny, period, probably because it’s unnecessary or maybe because it’s even funnier that she pointed it out. Third, because unlike the popularized notion that poor people who need public housing are synonymous with lacking intellect or reason, Kelly is here to let you know otherwise, hence the distinction—and we love it! Kelly also seems to have a very healthy self-esteem…

2. Antoine begins the (aired) phase of his interview with “Well, OBVIOUSLY, we have a rapist in Lincoln Park”. For me, it sounds like a retort to the reporter who, undoubtedly asked something akin to “So, what do you think about your sister’s attempted rape?” And, despite lacking media training, Antoine delivered (well!) what media experts say you should do, breaking down his thought into three main points:

a. They’re climbing in your windows
b. They’re snatching your people up
c. They’re trying to rape you

And then a call to action:
a. Hide your kids
b. Hide your wife
c. Hide your husband

With a repeated main point and public warning:
a. They rapin’ everybody out here!

3. Antoine is signifying VERY well. Not only does he know his multiple audiences, he is unafraid of the camera, so he tells the news reporter what is “obvious”, warns the community and then has a message for the rapist, while personifying and rolling up on and into the camera.

4. Antoine threatens the rapist with bodily harm, even though he looks like he weighs approximately 105lbs, soaking wet. Nevertheless, when Antoine heard his sister scream, he ran into her bedroom and fought off the attacker, who eventually got away The camera shots in the bedroom demonstrated some heavy physical activity in the bedroom, which shows that Antoine is a man of his word. Still, the footage was funny because it points us back to Antoine’s use of his lean, muscle mass.

5. Antoine produced an excellent soliloquy (in exactly 14 seconds) ending with, “cause they rapin’ everybody up in here”. How Antoine turned one home invasion and attempted rape into a maelstrom of kidnappers and rapists to inspire public mayhem is beyond me; but then, if there was more protection perhaps hyperbole wouldn’t be necessary. (Update: After I wrote this, I found out how real this statement actually was. Keep reading…)

6. We are a bit unsure as to where we should hide everybody. And, yet, we feel safe with Antoine. What I most appreciate about his soliloquy is that he holds marriage and the family unit in high esteem (hide your kids, wife, husband). It’s not the religious right, it’s Antoine that knows about family values!

7. Antoine exposed the utter lack of concern for security in “the built environment” of the projects by demonstrating how easy it was for someone to just to a “two-step” (garbage-can-to-ledge, ledge-to-window) climb up into a resident’s bedroom. It’s appalling, really—and yet shamefully funny when we laugh to keep from crying.

8. Antoine’s (lack of) faith in (or understanding of) the justice system that leads him straight to a declaration that is simultaneously inclusive of the police investigators (“you left your fingerprints and everything!”) and completely devoid of their further involvement (“we gon’ find you and when we do…”).

Do recall that “9-1-1 is a Joke” was a very popular song by the rap group, Public Enemy.

9. Although it would be easy to try to classify Antoine as one of the lesser visible “homothugs” in the Hip Hop music world, it is probably more accurate to simply acknowledge that Antoine is just a more “feminine” man and/or gay. He is also neither a rapper nor a musician.

10. Interestingly, in this interview, the newscasters revealed that they received some backlash at the station for airing Antoine’s interview. And we certainly know why, don’t we? Lazy news reporters usually find the first (and sometimes only) ignorant person they can find (usually with rollers in her hair or him only partially dressed) to interview about a story in the Black community, despite how many other persons are standing around that could offer a more articulate analysis (and a seemingly better representation of Black folks).

And in that context, they are most certainly right.

But herein lies the problem of what Cornel West calls “the white, normative gaze” and our seeming need to promote middle class sensibilities; because there is nothing wrong with Antoine. Or his story. Or how he chose to express himself. Kelly and Antoine were very clear…they live in the projects. They are also Southern…they live in Huntsville, Alabama. And they both had a right to be exceptionally angry about Kelly’s attempted rape. Yet, even in their rage, they exhibited more intelligence and articulated a sense of well-being than many of the persons who have been elected or otherwise appointed (and some self-appointed) to represent us.

Embarrassed by Antoine?! Please. We should be thankful he’s here. He may just force us to redefine our priorities and how we think we understand one another.

Antoine Dodson’s character seems to be better than most.

This is what led me to delve further into his story. I had written all of the above before talked to a girlfriend who sent me to this NPR news story. I like it and agree with it. It just did not go far enough for me. When I found Antoine Dodson’s YouTube Channel, I watched an NPR Interview.

What I Learned from Antoine’s Interview on NPR, August 11, 2010:
1. The damage done to the room in which his sister and he fought off her attacker was much worse than what we saw on television.

2. His sister, Kelly and her mother were so afraid during the attack that they both urinated on themselves.

3. Before calling the police, they called six friends to help and for support.

4. After telling the Housing Authority officer, she just laughed the situation off and never took it seriously.

5. The police “eventually” showed up and opened an investigation.

6. It was Antoine, his sister and friends who were infuriated that no one was taking the situation seriously, so they started calling the news stations themselves. They did not receive an answer. They called WAFF first.

7. To their surprise, WAFF News showed up and Antoine and Kelly willingly gave interviews because they wanted everyone to know what happened to them and what could potentially happen to others.

Unsurprisingly, some people wondered if Antoine was acting, to which he offered a negative and said, “I was so mad, I wanted to choke the camera…” and when he was asked whether or not the perpetrator had been found, he answered:

No, they haven’t found the guy, yet, that’s why it’s still not safe to bring the kids out… hide your kids, hide your wives and hide your husbands…but when he do get caught, we will let the world know.

Just remember, Antoine, that catching the perpetrator is not your responsibility.

Now, I enjoyed The Gregory Brothers’ AutoTune The News Remix and heard it, for the first time, driving down the highway in Los Angeles. I, too, was shocked by the popularity of the “bed intruder”. And by the time you have read this post, Antoine Dodson will have been viewed 10 MILLION TIMES.

In response to his newfound fame, Antoine offered the following and as he shared his story, it forced me to spring into action:

I went to bed a nobody. Woke up, all of this happened. Woke up again the next day and it’s like, bam, Antoine Dodson, everybody knows him.

We wanted our stories to be heard so, be careful what you ask for… ‘cause now the whole world knows and now I’m glad because I want the whole world to know. You can’t sweep situations like this under the rug… and it’s been a lot of complaints…and even before my sister [was] attacked, there was a lot of people complaining about how people [were] getting raped in the projects…and people would just sweep it under the rug and not talk about it.

The next day [after] that happened, a lady came to us and was like, “There was a man standing at my window but I called my boyfriend, he went to the window and the guy left. Same projects, the very next day. So, I’m like, are you serious, you know what I’m saying? Like, what do we need to do as people to keep our community safe?…You know what I’m saying like..’cause nobody’s talkin’ about it now, I mean, the world knows but here, locally, here in Huntsville, it’s like, okay, it’s a joke, everybody’s takin’ it to be a joke, it’s funny to them, you know what I’m sayin’… I’m makin’ their city look bad, I’m makin’ their community look bad, you know what I’m sayin’ so, I guess…?

Stupid interviewer guy sweeps that issue under the rug (even after Antoine told him earlier that Kelly WAS hurt in the struggle) and reminds Antoine that “thankfully, no one got really hurt…it was an intrusion, you intervened…everybody’s okay, people need to watch out for this guy who’s on the run…but I mean, as far as how you’re dealing with it now, as someone with a celebrity status…”Can you believe it? He goes right to Antoine’s newfound fame on the internet. Darn you, interviewer! Darn you!

Antoine thinks the Gregory Brothers’ Remix is quite funny, also. It makes him laugh and since it doesn’t seem as though Antoine is a singer or a rapper, he seems to enjoy the part-fantasy of himself as a singer. But Antoine is not so blinded by his fame that he ignored the central issue nor abdicated his responsibility to articulate what other community members have shared.

So, I have a different message for Antoine because Kelly and his family are VICTIMS and although I appreciate their resilience, the interview makes it clear there is a pattern of disempowerment, disengagement and even disbelief that these issues keep being “swept under the rug”.

Kelly and Antoine Dodson, I just sent a letter to Mayor Battle and Mr. Michael Lundy of the Huntsville Housing Authority on your behalf because I am a concerned citizen and can’t just sit back and laugh at the hilarity of the videos on YouTube and then not do something to assist you all.

Since YOU were the ones that were proactive about the lack of proper safety in Lincoln Park and having your needs taken seriously, please make sure you follow up with these persons and please pass this information on to every single one of your neighbors. You all do not have to be silent and, although the auto-tune song is funny, all of you all’s claims need to be taken seriously. So, please use this information as you see fit and I will encourage everyone else to do so as well. Your story has only just begun, Sweethearts!

Please keep us updated and I’ll do the same. We have to hold these people accountable.

Your City Housing Authority Office is:
Michael O. Lundy, Executive Director/CEO
His Email
200 Washington Street • P.O. Box 486 • Huntsville, Alabama 35804-0486
Phone: (256) 539-0774 • Fax: (256) 535-2245
Assisted Housing (Section Fax: (256) 539-5982

“Growing community one family at a time.”

Your Mayor and Boss of the Housing Authority is:
Mayor Tommy Battle is on Twitter!
@TommyBattle  (<—Tweet Him!!!)
@huntsvillecity
Email
Facebook Page

Your City Council Representative is:
Dr. Richard Showers, District 1, Huntsville City Council
308 Fountain Circle
7th Floor
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
256-427-5011 Tel
256-427-5024 FAX
His Email
Assistant

Your Regional HUD Office is:
Cindy Yarbough
Field Office Director (205) 731-2617
Fax (205) 731-2593
Email Region IV
Atlanta GA

Birmingham Field Office
950 22nd St North
Suite. 900
Birmingham, AL 35203-5302


Your State Representative is on Vacation but can be found here.


Your Congressional Representative is:
Congressman Parker Griffith, 5th District of Alabama
He doesn’t have a regular email address and only wants to hear from Constituents.
Others can contact him here:

Huntsville District Office
2101 Clinton Ave. W. Suite 302
Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone: (256) 551-0190
Fax: (256) 551-0194

Antoine, I want you and Kelly and the community of Lincoln Park to have “the last laugh”, so here is a letter any of your supporters can use to contact the Mayor and the President of the Housing Authority. I sent a longer one already that I will email to you for your records. Your supporters should feel free to change this letter or write their own. Let’s make sure they take care of the issue and protect the community.

August 13, 2010

Dear Mayor Tommy Battle and Mr. Michael O. Lundy:

I am writing out of concern for the safety and quality of life of the Lincoln Park residents residing in the Huntsville Housing Authority properties, in general, and Kelly and Antoine Dodson’s family, in particular.

When I looked on the Huntsville Housing Authority website, I observed that, “the mission of The Authority is to eliminate the negative influence of poverty in public housing.” I am inspired by your mission but troubled by what appears to be the lack of application of your mission by one or more HHA employees. When I listened to Mr. Dodson’s interview, I was struck by his narrative (outside of the hilarity of his flamboyance and the creativity of the two brothers who created the song now popularized on the internet) because it pointed to a particular failure on Housing Authority officials to take the home invasion and subsequent attack upon his family members seriously. They did what they were supposed to do. They called the police and reported it to the Housing Authority.

According to Antoine Dodson, despite his internet fame, no one is addressing the issue locally and his story is treated as more of a joke and an embarrassment to the community and the city, as opposed to the real threat of public well-being that their horror demonstrates.

I am writing this open letter to you because the situation is already out in the open and by the time you read this, 10 MILLION people will know about Antoine Dodson, his sister Kelly and the attempted rape in the Lincoln Park projects in Huntsville, Alabama. As you know, being poor does not have to mean being a perpetual victim and never heard. This is why we love Kelly and Antoine Dodson, are proud of their heroism, resilience and outspokenness.

The only thing embarrassing about this situation is the manner in which the Dodson family has been dismissed by the very persons who are supposed to represent them and help provide for their well-being.

I would appreciate hearing back from you and wish you and the community the best as you seek to resolve this issue and further empower your residents to live in a safe and wholesome environment, “Growing community one family at a time.”

Sincerely,

INSERT YOUR NAME

UPDATE: Both @happybrowngirl and @Wakandan_Knight sent me this video of North Carolina A & T’s band playing the Gregory Brother’s Auto-Tune “Bed Intruder” song:

This is amazing talent and I love it.

All that I ask is for all of you reading and all of you making pictures and T-Shirts and all of you posting & RT’ing the videos and sending it on your phones (and that makes about 11 MILLION (!!!) of you now, PLEASE just take 10 more seconds to post this blog, email a letter and RT this message:

Petition Mayor @Tommybattle to protect Kelly and #AntoineDodson and the Lincoln Park Comm. http://act.ly/2aq RT to sign

Please remember there are Human Beings and a Horror Story behind this great curiosity and explosion of creativity. Taking a moment to help Kelly and Antoine Dodson and the entire Lincoln Park community will make all of you as genuine a hero as they are. Let us support their resilience with a piece of ACTION to end the nightmare.

I say this especially to all of you White people and Black college students on the internet and the Brothers and Sisters in the hood on their cell phones. You don’t realize how influential you really are. Take 2 seconds to tweet the Mayor by signing the petition on Twitter.

Poor people deserve civil and human rights, too, no matter what they look like, no matter how they sound, no matter how much or how little education they have had.

And often times, we as young people, as Black and Brown and/or poor and/or White and poor, rarely understand how policy decisions affect our lives and how we can live as empowered beings.  You have a voice. Use it. Antoine and Kelly did, so follow their great example.

Sincerely and With Love,

Dr. Goddess

(Special thanks to my Twitter family for keeping this story alive, RTing the blog and adding to a great discussion. Follow the hashtag: #AntoineDodson)

Please check out her blog:  http://drgoddess.blogspot.com/

Singer, Fantasia Burrino, has been reportedly admitted to an North Carolina hospital for an overdose of aspirin and a sleep aid.  This “alleged” suicide attempt they’re calling it,  is from the overwhelming media pressure about rumors of her having an affair with Antwuan Cook,  a married man and being sued by Paula Cook, his wife.  Apparently, North Carolina allows the wives of cheating husbands to sue the MISTRESS.  Before I get into why I’m irritated about this whole thing, I pray that this girl is ok and recovers physically and emotionally.

Now that Alicia Keys and Swizz are married, those rumors of her dating him while he was still married are obviously true.  Now this rumor with Fantasia.  Alicia just so happened to luck up and get a man who ACTUALLY left his wife.  I’m so sick and tired of hearing the same old song from bishes who date married men.  “I’m not happy at home” and “we’re seperating soon” is the biggest excuse and lie these men use.   Do you value yourself that lowly that when he tells you “yeah, I’m married but we ain’t happy”, you can’t say “well when you actually LEAVE your wife, give me a call.”?   WTF is wrong with you chicks?  Yes the men are trifling too but I’m not talking to them because if chicks weren’t readily available to reduce themselves down to being a mere side bitch or having their hands out to take sloppy seconds, then these men wouldn’t have the opportunity to cheat.   At least let the divorce papers be filed and he’s living outside the damn house!

What irritates me even more is when we act like we don’t know.  All the red flag are waving in the air like they’re in the middle of a hurricane.  You don’t have his home number and you only hook up at your house or hotels.  He still lives in the damn house!  You believed him when he told you that he sleeps in a different room?  You believed him when he told you they weren’t having sex anymore?  LOL!  Come on now.  Don’t be a stupid bish your ENTIRE life.  Or what about when chicks use the excuse ”well, if the wife was doing her job” or “I’m not responsible for breaking up the marriage..it was already broken”?  Is that how you convince yourself that dating a married a man is cool? 

Brian Dickens, Fantasia’s manager, says in a statement on Monday, “she will weather this storm with dignity and grace.”  Dignity and Grace wouldn’t have got her in this position from the beginning.

I probably will lose followers and readers behind this but that’s why I blog and don’t write for the NY Times so I can control what goes from pen to paper. Well in this case,  fingers to keyboard.

I’m not going to go down memory lane.  We all remember 9/11.  Before 9/11 most ignorant people (before you get your panties in a bunch, there’s only something wrong with being unaware and uninformed when you chose not to become aware and informed) had a negative view on Islam and Muslims.  You were never forced to learn anything about them so you were ignorant to the culture.  Then there are you IGNORANT ones who want to know nothing about the culture so you can keep up with your hateful mindset.  The media, western media that is, also played a good role in keeping you scared.  All the media and the people who breed hate needed was 9/11 to solidify their stance in their hatred of this culture.

It’s estimated that 25%-30% of this world’s population is Muslim.  It’s the 2nd largest religion on the planet.  But yet throughout history, since our existence, most wars/religious wars and evil were done behind what religion?  I’ll let you figure it out, but it wasn’t Islam.  But I won’t even go there.  The point I’m trying to make is that the media has portrayed the religion and its followers as a religion of evil.  9/11, suicide bombers, the cover picture of the new Time Magazine with Muslim lady whose nose is cut off, Bin Laden, Hussein and all the other images used to brainwash and convince the masses to think a certain way is not even 1% of the Muslim world population.  That means the rest of the 29% of this religion and culture are law-abiding, good, loving, caring, Allah fearing, human beings.  They are not walking around with bombs strapped to their jock strap.  They condemned 9/11.  They were anti-Saddam.  They all do not hate America although we have not been truly that great to them.. but I won’t go there either.

Pay attention to the protests and what you people who are against this are saying.  Listen to your statements.  There’s a church that’s organizing a “Burn a Qur’an Day”.  Really?  Burn a Qur’an Day?   Most of the arguments I’ve read on blogs, online, watched on TV, are based out of pure ignorance and hatred.  If you don’t want a Mosque at ground zero then you think that all of Islam is to blame for ground zero.  How is that logical or fair?   Aren’t most of you the same ones that cry “We weren’t slave owners. We didn’t lynch blacks. Stop blaming us for something we didn’t do”?  Isn’t this the SAME exact thing you’re doing now?  You have grouped almost 2 billion people and linked them to the act of 8 people on those planes and the dozen of so on ground that helped them pull it off. You let news outlets dictate what you will learn.  Ground Zero is the perfect place for this community center because it can debunk your ignorant thinking.  What else is a better way to conquer ignorance?  What else is a better way to conquer hate and racism?   By informing the uninformed.  By educating the uneducated and the MISeducated.  A community center will raise awareness and open eyes.  Go in there and sit down and actually have a conversation with someone of that faith.  I bet most of you have never even said “hello” to a Muslim but you have an opinion of the entire religion.  Turn off CNN and Fox, go to a library and pick up a book on Islam and READ.  The Muslim family that moved next door to you, introduce yourself.  I guarantee that you will learn that Muslims have some of the same faith-based beliefs that you practice: not to murder, not to judge, to serve a higher being, to love their neighbor, to walk in line with a higher being.

Even if there are 1 million Islamic extremists on the planet, that leaves one billion five hundred sixty-nine million Muslims left over that are not.  Come on people.  I dare you to educate yourself.

Oh wait.  One more thing.  So should churches not be allowed to be built anywhere in the U.S.?  Their folks brutalized, tortured and murdered blacks and Native Americans all in the name of Christianity in every city for hundreds of years.

One more wedding and people will think this is a marriage blog.  But how can the Bomb Squad here forget about the most important wedding, our favorite former President (please note I’m being sarcastic) baby girls big day?

Because I care less about the Clintons and their homely looking daughter, I never paid attention to anything regarding Chelsea let alone who she’s dating.  But I do remember saying to myself back when EVERY news station reported their engagement, “dang, his last name sounds familiar”.  Naturally with their wedding being the “wedding of all weddings”, hearing his name again made me look him up and I was right, his name was familiar for a reason.

Chelsea’s beau, Marc Mezvinsky, is the son of Edward Mezvinsky, former Iowa Congressman and convicted felon.  See, Ed, scammed over $10 million from people using the good ole email method.  His defense was *drum roll* “I was suffering from a mental illness.”  HA!  Good one. 

I guess birds of a feather flock together *shrugs*

They actually do look very happy and mark this in your calendar, but I think she looks absolutely wonderful.  Vera Wang and Burberry never looked so good together.  Here are the new Mr. and Mrs. Mezvinsky:

Costs: Rumored to be a $5-10 million dollar wedding.  I wonder if any of that $10 million Ed stole helped?  Let me stop and leave these love birds alone.  I don’t want to take away from their beautiful day.. I guess

When I hear reports of 60,000 barrells of oil are spilling into the ocean a day, it pisses me off.  Our water, our wildlife, our citizens well-being is out the window.  What pisses me off even more are the lies.   I was born on a Tuesday… but not LAST Tuesday.  I hate being talked to like I’m Boo-Boo the Fool.  How we went from a couple of thousands of barrells to now 60,000 is beyond me.  Actually, it’s not.  They merely just lied.   Everyone who jumped on the anti-Obama wagon because of his initial response to the spill negated to hold BP responsible for the information, well the lack of, they gave the Obama administration.  Let us also not forget that the Federal Government’s job on regulating this industry has been disasterous WAY before Obama got into office.   The same people that make sure this industry is lucrative are the same people that make sure what takes place is done ethically.  Talk about a god damn conflict of interest.

3 regulatory changes were made within 24 hours before this disaster.  One of them being approved within 5 minutes of the request.  There were corners being cut, period.  This in itself is criminal negligence.  If I decide to drive 100 mph on a 55mph road all to get to work 20 minutes earlier and in that process I run over and kill 17 people, take out the fire hydrant, Fido who was taking a leak at that hydrant, a park bench and bus stop stand, how am I not criminally responsible for those deaths and that damage?

The failure to use reasonable care to avoid consequences that threaten or harm the safety of the public and that are the foreseeable outcome of acting in a particular manner.

That’s the legal definition of “criminal negligence”.

But what boils my blood even more is the money that our government is spending behind this mess.  As tight as we are on cash, we now have to spend money on a man made disaster.  A disaster rooted in greed.   Obama is making BP set aside $20 Billion but that’s not enough.  We will pay for this even more in the long run someway.  Whether it’s skyrocketed oil rates, oil rich countries benefitting, operational cost..whatever.  These douchebags at BP should not only set aside the $20 Billion, but they should payback whatever we’ve already paid, future damages and future future damages.  If that means BP collapses, oh-f*cking-well!

Then there’s the smoking gun:  BP and Goldman sold off 35%  and 44% of their shares before the explosion.  POW! 

FU BP!

And F all of you still going to their gas stations!

Where do I even begin?  We’ve all heard by now the rumors of Lebron James mother, Gloria James, having sex with Lebron’s teammate, Delonte West.  Just typing that foolishness makes me break into laughter.  I initially just blew it off but to many “official” people are confirming the story.  Not to talk about this man’s mother, but I can’t wrap my mind around why this young man would want her *ouch*.  Yeah, that was foul but I said it.   He has the baddest groupies in the world clinging to his sac and one night he says to himself “forget that bad ass 21 year-old who scaled the wall of my hotel and snuck into my room.  I’m gonna f*ck Lebron’s mom!”  It doesn’t make any sense.  Then I thought of the Destiny’s Child Syndrome, DCS.  Yes, I gave it an acronym.    Kelly and Michelle practically were seen as backup singers.  I remember watching them on the red carpet and a camera man called Kelly by the name of one of the former members!  He didn’t even know Kelly’s name.  I don’t care what anyone says, Kelly and Michelle spent nights in envious fury trying to find a way to take B out.  But you see where I’m going with this?

You have a team of players that are non-existent to the world.  They are the Kelly’s and Michelle’s of Beyonce’s Child I mean Destiny’s Child.  How much more can a rich, young, immature man take playing second fiddle?  King James this. King James that.  Antawn who? Lebron AND the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Lebron is the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Delonte who? The only man on the team that counts is Lebron James. MARSHA! MARSHA! MARSHA!  I can SO see Delonte sleeping with this man’s mother out of spite, envy and jealousy.

“Yeah, you’re the King but I f*cked your moms.”  There’s nothing that tops that.  She has completely emasculated Lebron.  But if this is true, I’m almost not as mad at Delonte as I am with Gloria.  Come one Mama James?  Delonte West?  Really?!?  You couldn’t have picked maybe one of the cute ones?  Just kidding.  This whole things stinks to high hell.  She has to be the most evil or the most stupid  bish in the North Central region of the United States.  Just like I can’t wrap my mind around him wanting to sex her up, I can’t wrap my mind why she would do it.

I can see it now.  Lebron is on the court playing and fouls someone.  Words are exchanged and then all we hear is “that’s why Delonte effed your mother!”

Lebron is caught by the paparazzi and gives them a hard time about taking pictures…”that’s why Delonte effed your mother!”

Lebron is at Wal-Mart and tries to make his entrance and exit as discreet as possible.  He’s almost clear until 10 year-old Billy Bob catches him at the exit.  “Hey Lebron! Can I get your autograph?”  Lebron apologetically declines because he doesn’t want to cause a scene.  “That’s why I effed your mother!” Billy says.

Do you see how ugly this can get?  Lebron will be 73 years-old and that will still be the running joke.  Lets hope this is truly just a rumor.  What a #epicfail if it’s not.  SMGDH!