The New Bobby and Whitney

My efforts to be the Black Trump resulted in my being out of town on Father's Day to work on my properties. That did not stop my family and friends from calling text messaging and emailing well wishes. Well it did not stop most of my family. One of my close family members, granted I am not her daddy but I expect her to call, did not bother to call. This family member is my sister. Prior to this day I had no idea that she was Whitney but soon you will see why.



Of course I was worried about her because certainly she would call. Anyway, on my drive back to Chicago 7Pm - 12 midnight I decided to give her a call and check on her. She doesn't answer so I leave her a message.



I did not mention that she had not called me on Father's Day but I did mention that I was disappointed that she mentioned a conversation I had with her to my mother. This was mainly because the conversation was about my mother. Undoubtedly my sister revealed this information to my mother to make me look bad.



As I have gotten older I have come to realize that my sister is jealous of me and will do anything to make me look bad. I remember when we were kids she would come into the kitchen while my brother and I were eating breakfast and throw our food on the floor. Then she would scream to our mother that we were having a food fight. These were the first signs of Whitneyitis. A disease brought on by heavy crack smoking.



Later, while I was still driving my phone rings and it is my sister screaming, ranting and raving about how she does not have a big mouth. But then proceeds to tell me why she tells everything to my mother. These are conflicting statements, another sign of Whitneyitis.



Next she proceeds to tell me that all my mother and I do is discuss "every detail" of my sisters life and then keep the conversations secret from her. This is paranoia and Narcissism, both signs of Whitneyitis.



At this point I am very fearful due to how upset and angry she is. Again, these are symptoms of Whitneyitis. I still had not put it all together until I heard a brother singing in the background.



"Uh don't be cruel
'Cause I would never be that cruel to you
Uh no, oh oh, noUh
don't be cruel
Uh girl,
you need to change your attitude
Uh no, oh
Uh don't be cruel"



It was her fiancee. A huge Bobby Brown fan. That is when it all came together. They are the new Bobby and Whitney. As she was yelling and he was singing a number of thoughts went through head. He is a truck driver who owns his own truck (I should have been a driver still might one day), but I have never seen the truck. Every time, I see him the truck is in the shop but he has a wad of cash and some new Nike's on. How can you make money if your truck is always in the shop. Can you say BOBBY THE DOPEMAN.

Come to think of it he doesn't even look like a trucker. No beer belly and no ass crack showing. I've never even heard him say breaker one nine. He ain't no trucker. He is Bobby.

More evidence that he is Bobby Brown. He paid for all the strippers, hookers and drinks at my cousins bachelor party.......Oh maybe I wasn't supposed to mention that.

Anyway back to Whitney. She is crazy! After all of that yelling she said that I ruined her Father's Day. Who the hell's daddy is she?

Then she says, "I was calling to wish you a Happy Father's Day but just forget it. Crack is Whack! I gotta go."

I guess after the wedding in a couple of months Bobby and Whitney will be back in full swing.


That's all I got!
I'm Out!
44 Black

It's On Us

Why is it that we as Black Men are having such a difficult time taking care of our own business? If seems more and more we don't take responsibility for anything. Especially the young men that are coming behind us.

68% of our children are born out of wedlock. If we could change that fact alone we could change the outlook of all of our communities. At one time I thought that it was just a lack of education about sex that led to this problem but it is not. There is a mentality among some of us that indicates that you are somehow more of a man if you produce kids no matter what the situation. So even if you can't or won't take care of the child you produce one anyway. Yes some sisters contribute to this but I am talking strictly about the men right now.
We need to collectively say "we take responsibility for ourselves our families and our communities."

If we could just do that we wouldn't be talking about how 32 kids in Chicago Public Schools were killed during this school year alone. Yes, I know there is racism, bigotry and institutionalized racism. Those things are all excuses when it comes to taking responsibility for ourselves. Where is our pride. It seems we don't care about anything especially ourselves. That is why we can kill each other so easily.

So If you are reading this ask yourself, "What have I done lately to help my community?" Then ask yourself, "What have I done lately to hurt my community?"

Remember, sometimes not doing anything is just as wrong as the crime that is being committed.

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I'm Out!
44Black

Medical Miracle?

Is 19 year old Greg Oden, R. Kelly's daddy?

Spurs Make it 'Do what it Do'

Well, say what you want but the Spurs just keep making it 'Do what it do.' Yes Tim is great but boring. Yes, Tony Parker is living a great life and yes, Bowen is dirty as hell. Let's face it, the East sucks and the King James is only 22 years old. He is not quite ready. I was shocked they made it to the finals in the first place. The east sucks but there is no way Cleveland should have been there. There are several other teams from the west who would have beat Cleveland.




Talk about a bad sports city. I live in Chicago and we have our problems with our teams and fans are periodically suicidal. Luckily, we have winners and champions in Chicago every so often. At this point I am beginning to wonder how there are any Cleveland sports fans left alive. So, who is to blame for Cleveland turning into this sports hell hole?

I say Art Modell is to blame for Cleveland's mess. Back in the 1965 they had just completed two straight trips to the NFL Championship Game with Jim Brown leading the way. I love watching the old film of Jim Brown dominating the gridiron. In fact Jim Brown's last game was the 1965 NFL Championship game against the Green Bay Packers. The Browns were a dominate team. If you were the owner of a dominate team wouldn't you do all that you could to preserve it?



Jim Brown was an activist in the civil rights movement and an emerging film star. During the off season Mr. Brown went to Europe to film the Dirty Dozen. Due to no fault of Mr. Brown the filming ran over and was going to cause him to be late reporting to camp. Art Modell took a hard stance with Brown who was already contemplaiting retirement. He threatened to heavily fine arguarbly the greatest player who ever lived. This threat forced Brown hand and he decided to retire. Jim Brown decided he had given enough blood, sweat and tears to the game. He retired after only 9 years in the league.




That was the beginning to a legacy of losing that may be far more significant than "The curse of the Bambino" or the lovable losers that are the Cubs. Boston and Chicago have had many other champions. But Cleveland is a different story. Art Modell, ushered in a curse, a disease, an epidemic of losing that was so horrid that he had to leave the city for Baltimore.




I feel your pain Cleveland. I was a Brown fan (second to the Cowboys) for both 'The Drive' and 'The Fumble'. That was all I could handle.



The Drive, The Fumble, The Shot, and now The Sweep. I have officially crossed Cleveland off of my places to live list.

Next Blog - The New Bobby and Whitney





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I'm Out!
44Black

I Hate 'The Soprano's'

Yes, I have been in hiding. Going 'Ground' as Silvio put it. Witness protection, watching my back, what ever you want to call it I haven't been here writing like I should. But there are certain things that will bring a man out of witness protection even if it means his life.


The ending to the Soprano's was uncalled for. Who breaks up with someone like that????? What the hell did I do to get disrespected like this? No DVR or VCR (old school) for me. I would watch it twice every Sunday night. First watch the East Coast Feed then the West. When Tony was stressed at the end of the show, I stressed for the next week. If Tony had to watch his back on the way to 'da Bing' I would watch my all week. If Tony screwed the receptionist at the sanitation company......


OK, I didn't go that far, but the point is that you don't do your people like that, not after we've been watching and waiting for the end for so long. It's like this girlfriend I had. It was my first real, serious type of relationship. She used to tell me how good the sexin' was until the end when she screamed at me from the parking lot in front of my house that the sexin' sucked (as she held up her pinky finger) and then dumped a full bag of potting soil in my car. My neighbors talked about that drama for months. I'd wave at my cute female neighbors and they would wave back....with their pinky. Yes, there was a car chase and a case! Crazy Trick didn't have to go there but that is what happens in the end. They don't respect you and they do you wrong (the pinky is not accurate!!!!) Maybe I'll blog that full story one day.


Anyway, I loved Tony and Paulie Walnuts so much that my sister had to talk me into watching the last episode. I told her I couldn't bear to watch Tony and Paulie die, not after watching Silvio get it last week. I could care less about Bobby even though he grew on me a little. Compared to what I got in the last episode I would have taken Tony and Paulie getting their brain splattered all over Jersey.


I will never love another show again. Why should I give all that I have to someone who will just disappear, go black, at the end? What's in it for me....not a damn thing but questions. Is Tony, alive or dead? Is the family alive or dead?

Oh, and if you think you are going to suck me into a Soprano movie or another season somewhere down the road, 'forget about it.' My divorce attorneys are seeking the return of 8-10 years of HBO payments I made to keep this relationship alive. I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS THERE WAITING THOUGHT THE NEARLY 2 YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN SEASONS. I WAS THE ONE WAITING AT HOME WITH THE LIGHT ON. WAS I OUT WITH OTHER SHOWTIME SHOWS????? NO!!!! I'M JUST A SUCKER!!!!!! I GOT PLAYED, I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY!!!!!!! I'm sorry, I am yelling. This is just too fresh, and too bitter.


I have to change my life. I can't go through this again. I am going to break up with Ari and the gang at 'Entourage', dirty ass Vic from 'The Shield' is out of my life and so is the complete whorish crew at 'Grey's Anatomy.'


I am crushed. They say the ones you love are the ones that will hurt you first and hurt you the most!!! I must agree.

That is all I got!


I'm Out!


44Black