6 sentences....

that was all that was allocated to talking about Katrina and the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. That's nothing when he spent more than 30 min. justifying the war in Iraq and the U.S. bring democracy to these countries...oh but wait before he started his speech, he acknowledged the spirit, life and courageous life struggles of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, then without a doubt he began to go against everything that Mr. & Mrs. King's fought for.

throughout the whole speech i was disgusted because i wanted to know who are the 41% of people who still approve of him? i cant speak on this anymore cause my nerves are getting bad, plus like he said he is extending the patriot act...no not the voting rights act, to help guarantee the enfranchisement of Black voters, but prolonging the patriot act so that gov't can have the right to your most intimate conversations thereby leaving the first amendment completely null and void.

i love john legend's cover of nina simone's "don't let me be misunderstood" I saw a jadore commercial very recently that used ms. simone's version...i was very suprised. it's a trip because 2 years ago i had no idea who nina simone was but now i recognize her genious has influenced almost every piece of music i listen to. when i was working at a Black art gallery i met this teacher and we began talking about this piece that dealt with Black body politics and she began to sing this song:
"She does not know Her beauty, She thinks her brown body Has no glory.If she could dance Naked, Under palm trees And see her image in the river She would know.But there are no palm trees On the street, And dishwater gives back no images."

That song was in my head for like a month. I understood everything that Ms. Simone said about this woman, after all I just got was installing my dishwasher when i heard the song.

i thought this would be longer but in the words of ms. badu

"Steady on the grind Stead on the grind
‘Cause I got to make it happen
my family depending on me
Steady on the grind Steady on the grind
‘Cause I got to make it happen
‘aint nobody gone do it for me"