Prince has entered Jesus General territory by declaring as robustly as he could his raging heterosexual love to football. He creatively took one for the team, the Minnesota Vikings, and penned the aural Purple and Gold train wreck you have above this text.
I've often said I never really declared myself a feminist until I came to this country. In Latin America izquierdismo has always been defined in terms of your political commitment to either socialism or communism. Even in Puerto Rico we would never describe the pro-commonwealth party (which it's equivalency in the Democratic Party) as being of "the left". The socialist and independence parties were the Left in our country and the closer you were in your political tendencies to communism, the most likely you were in circles that adored Mercedes Sosa.
Mercedes was an unrepentant communist who had to flee Argentina during the years of the dictatorships that brought infamy to the country with its laundry list of Desaparecidos. As a Tucumana, she was a powerful voice for South American First Peoples. And In an odd way La Negra tucumana was cultural, political and social counterpoint to the other Negra I'd listen to for inspiration, Celia Cruz.
Just as Celia, Mercedes Sosa lived life at it's fullest, never backed down from what she believed it. She had an integrity to her ideals and values that was absolutely fierce. When I think of "Wise Latinas", Mercedes Sosa is right up there on my top ten.
La Maza which is the song she is singing here with Shakira, was a fixture of her repertoire and one she made popular with Sylvio Rodriguez (another fixture of my youth). The song is about the meaning of engagement: What good is it to live if you had no reason for it?
What's beautiful about this song is how engagement is define: "If I didn't believe in" all the things she outlines, she wouldn't have just a reason to live but the foundation, La Maza, to lead a life worth living. She would be a blob of meat and tendons; a tool for showing off with nothing worth seeing behind it; a supporter of idols in decline (awesome reference to Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols").
I wish I had the time to translate it right now, but I'll leave you with the beat, the heart and the soul of Mercedes Sosa. more this way»
Lest I am accused of not forewarning people, you may find yourself mildly attracted and/or aroused by the naked photograph of Tigerhawk. And let me be frank, I can't believe a Republican can be that hawt when they have "leaders" that look like Rush Limbaugh and the Pillsbury Doughboy.
So here it is: in an effort to advance the concept of civil discourse, and to protest the lack of it in this case, I will post a naked, but tasteful picture of myself. Ironic, huh? I stand in naked solidarity with you, Carrie Prejean, so that you can express your views without being attacked personally, even if I disagree with you -- especially if I disagree with you.
I am not going all Code Pink here, since I have no intent to disrupt any kind of official public proceeding with shouting and nakedness.
Yes, I understand the argument that she is now in the public eye and therefore has a target on her back, or front, or whatever, and is fair game, and yes, I understand that she will do fine financially as a result of her new-found fame. But honestly, can you even remember the name of any other runner-up to any other beauty contest? It was her answer to Hilton's question that put her in the limelight, and she answered it straightforwardly and almost apologetically, then stands behind her response, and for that she receives a media colonoscopy.
Please do not lose any weight. Not one ounce. Not one milligram. You look perfect just the way you are right now.
Seriously, you make ME want to lose 40 pounds, cover myself in leather and tattoos and totally go butch for a night of good lesbo love for you.
Did I say I am a het?
Yet gurl, you got it going on after those twins. It's why I can't believe the rumors that you've been falling on your anorectic tendencies because you feel fat and ugly.
You know I don't have to tell you EVERY SINGLE WOMAN goes through that after giving birth. Don't knock yourself down woman. You look perfect. Eat more a couple of hamburgers a week and splurge on that pizzas you like.
'Cause, child, you make a het woman want to go totally bi for you. Am thinking if I want to hit that with you ten thousand ways to Monday, I'd have to find it in my heart to entertain Brad. Anyhow, you look lovely and perfect and healthy.
Harlem4Obama (H4O) fundraising event. Double-decker bus tour embarks from Times Square, and ends at Harlem's famed eatery, Sylvia's Restaurant.
Tickets: Advance $35, or $50 at the bus.
Meet CD15 delegates for Obama: Michelle Cruz & Michael Washington. Michelle began LatinasforObama, and Michael headed up HarlemforObama. We need to get them to Denver!
I have just wasted almost an hour of my life following my sons recent obsession. LOL!
This post wouldn't be complete if we didn't include the original code monkey. I give you, Steve Ballmer --Microsoft's Monkey Boy-- The Remix : more this way»
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In the Beltway’s eyes, Markos leads a movement of progressives in the blogosphere. But this is inaccurate, and Markos would be the first to tell you so. Markos doesn’t lead the movement. He stands in front of it and is symbolic of it, but the movement’s direction and interests flow directly from the people who compose it. The movement is a bottom-up thing, not something that a guy leads from the top.
It’s probably comforting for Democratic politicians to believe that Markos leads the movement in the progressive blogosphere. That being the case, all they have to do is soothe the savage breasts of Markos and other rabble-rousing bloggers and then get back to business as usual. That’s why Democratic politicians are so unfailingly solicitous of the liberal bloggers.
Please do not lose any weight. Not one ounce. Not one milligram. You look perfect just the way you are right now. 
