Well, while I may not be the most environmentally conscious person on the planet, today’s post is dedicated to someone who is: recent nobel prize winner, Al Gore. Gore has become the mouthpiece for the environmental movement via projects such as his documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Some feel environmental issues such as global warming is nothing but gloom-and-doom nonsense. Others embrace the message wholeheartedly. And still others, like me, fall somewhere in between. Wherever you stand on the issue, Gore has kept the environment (not necessarily popular topic) in the spotlight, which is a good thing, no matter what side of the fence you sit.

Thanks.

I could get behind a call for BET to evolve, improve their content, etc., but Adrianne Curry’s rant calling for a boycott of BET is a bit uninformed:

Yes, I get it. Black people were slaves here once. You know what? That does suck some major balls, however, it is time to move the fuck on. Do we hear the Jews crying that they were made slaves for thousands of years? Do we hear them whine that they should OWN the pyramids in Egypt because THEY broke their backs making them? Do we hear them bitch and moan about Hitler, etc? (my hubby is a Jew)Nope, we dont. It’s time for us to UNITE AS ONE. I do not think that singling out one race, giving one race opportunities to go to college (I know a TON of poor white.asian, indian, american indian, etc etc that could use that too!), giving one race the EXCUSE to blame things on others for being whatever nationality they are, is a good way at making sure we NEVER kill racism. source

It was great that she dared to rant about the issue. She spoke from the heart even if she spoke without knowledge. What opportunities for Blacks is she discussing, because the last time I checked we are facing tremendous disparities. While they may be a few token handout programs, those exist for everyone. Stop making Black people the poster child of undeserving handouts. But it was really disappointing that she didn’t engage her readers who gave some fairly thoughtful responses. Instead she simply called people names and shut down. A missed opportunity to accomplish her goal of uniting.

Uniting is not easy. You can’t grandstand and tell people my way or no way. You especially can’t call them whining good-for-nothings and other unmentionable names. If you truly want to unite, listening and understanding of all perspectives is necessary.

Here’s my list in no particular order:

• The Color Purple
• Tap
• New Jack City
• A Soldier’s Story
• Hustle & Flow
• Devil in a Blue Dress
• Vampire in Brooklyn
• Hollywood Shuffle
• Def by Temptation
• I’m Gonna Git You Sucka

I’m sorry but I’m not down with the idea of turning over my cell phone to a movie desk or being searched (heaven forbid) to make sure that I don’t have a cellphone. Most of the bad behavior in movie theaters that I have observed is not cell-phone related. It’s mostly screaming babies, if anything, and usually the mom or dad ushers the baby out. Because I typically go to the movies in the afternoon, I think maybe folks are better behaved compared to the evening or late-night crowd. (just wondering)

I have never believed that you can legislate good behavior. You can definitely do things to encourage good behavior, like the reminders to silence your cellphone, which always get me to check my phone. But these knee jerk all-or-nothing solutions that infringe on the rights of non-offenders never do any good.