Saturday, June 4, 2011

Down With...

'Reality TV'
Diet soda
Blurry lines between cable programming and porn
Anti-intellectualism
Making men look stupid on commericals
Gangster rap
More than 110 channels
Executive orders as means of government
'Yo mama' jokes
Slam poetry
Rape
Cronyism in the work place
Miseducation
High fructose corn syrup
Shock commedians
child pageants
Claiming your religion is superior
Hidden bank fees
Doing it because everyone else is
Bragging about how much you spent for something
Sending manufacturing jobs over seas
Privatizing everything
Inflated college tuition
The Real Housewives
Thinking that a new contraption will motivate you to loose pounds
Cursing in public
Sexual innuendos during family tv time
Political correctness to the point where you cannot debate anything
That E-tade baby (He's not cute anymore)
Vilifying black athletes for having an opinion on topics outside their sport
Bombing people to death
Comparing black students to white students in order to make a point about education
The Kardashians
Human trafficking
Anti-development policies for Africa
Jay-Z, Snoop, and Sean Combs

Gil-Scott Heron - RIP

Re-Ron

Pieces of a Man

Messenger

Champion

Struggler

Deep

Blues man

Musician

Sane

Compassionate

Poet

Integrity

Artist

Teacher

Leader
Inspirational
Follower

Intellectual

Common man

Patriot
Spirits
Defiant

Black man

Human

Living in the bottle

Rhythmic

Literal

Women
Lonely
Musical
Men
Historian
Johannesburg!

Educator

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Thank you, Gil-Scott Heron, for a full legacy for us to appreciate.