The Second Amendment Lives on!!

Many of you may not be aware, (I sure as hell wasn’t), that today in D.C., the Supreme Court was interpreting the true meaning of the 2^nd Amendment.  For those not up to par on their amendment verbatim, the 2^nd amendment states: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”  In a case brought to the Supreme Court due to Washington D.C.’s strict (and now struck down) 32 year ban on guns, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for citizens to be forbidden from owning a gun for purposes of self-defense. (more…)

It’s summer time, which means pool parties, beach days and scant attire for the men & women. Due to global warming, trans fats and our increasingly sedentary lifestyles its getting harder and harder to tear ourselves away from the TV or the computer screen to get in some quality physical time (online porn and the actions you do whilst watching it does not count; real life fucking, however, does), leaving many collectives waistlines more swollen than the Mississippi river. Fear not—as you all know, Nintendo, who, I suppose could be in part to blame for generations of kids being fats but with extra strong thumbs and great hand eye coordination, as my blogging brethren Mr. 88 pointed out, unleashed the Wii fit this year therefore allowing you to fight the fat within the comfort of your own home, in reach of your favorite bag of Doritos. (more…)

Salute to the big poppas who are holding it down working two or three jobs to feed their seeds

Salute to the fathers who are paying fir those ballet class, kung fu classes and T-ball lessons, knowing their uncoordinated little bit may never be the Tiger, Jeter or Serena, but still cheers them on anyway.

Salute to the baby-daddies who may have knocked some broad up at the club, hated her, but shows undying devotion to his kid.

Salute to all daddies out there who stood up and cared for a child who shared not his DNA, but nevertheless remains the apple of his eye.

Salute to those who wrap it up and avoid skeezy hoes, knowing he’s not ready to be a father.

To the Alumnah men who are fathers and father figures, Fux, BK, Phuque, salute. You are all gifted and intelligent, your children are lucky to have you. To the top poppas in our readership, Plug, cOLD, landLORD, icon,  ian, chea  and the rest of you. Salute to the blogfather eskay, for birthing a hell of a movement in this here online hip hop game, as well as nurturing his own youngun at home.

We live in a society where fathers are demonized instead of deified, where its become far to common to hear stories about trifling fathers, where the laws are stacked against a fathers rights, but on this day, props to the fathers out there. I have no doubt that there are far more of you holding it down than popular sentiment would lead the world to believe. Salute.