Archive for August, 2008

Career choices - play Guitar Hero or be a comatose lemming

Written by Michael Vass
In-between the latest bit of ambulance chasing news of Greta Van Sustern (in my opinion), and the various spills of the Olympics I ran across the possibly most idiotic piece of new of the year (to date anyway). What could be worse than Greta reporting endlessly on news events that the majority [...]

Nancy Pelosi at the DNC - strike 2

Written by Michael Vass
Recently I mentioned how I felt that having Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak on the first night of the Democratic National Convention was a mistake. I felt it was a massive strike against Senator Obama.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi may look good to the women that only care about having a woman’s face in a [...]

Spain’s Olympic basketball team - Racism in your face

Written by Michael Vass
It really just floors me. At a time when the world is looking at China, as they hold the Olympics, and seeing the mixing of every culture on the planet we still get to learn about how insensitive humanity can be.
Racism, and insults based solely in race, is neither an American invention [...]

Georgia and Darfur - America picking which children should die

Written by Michael Vass
Over a decade ago I was living in Georgia, or Gruzya [rough phonetic version of the Russian name], as the nation went through a similar difficult struggle. During my time there I came to learn of the people and their daily struggles, and appreciate their strong wills and big hearts.
I went to [...]

Isaac Hayes, Bernie Mac - gone too soon

Written by Michael Vass
The past few days have been very sad on so many fronts. There was the surprising car accident that put Morgan Freeman into the hospital with a broken arm and shoulder. Then the Olympics were marred with the murder of an American father-in-law of the Men’s Volleyball Team coach. And now there [...]

AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

Written by Michael Vass
Over the last decade or so film festivals of all sizes have become quite popular. Cannes has long been the Super Bowl event for film festivals that the general public can name, though Edinburgh International Film Festival is the longest running continuous festival. But others like the Sundance, Tribeca, and Raindance Film [...]

Morgan Freeman recovering - respect is due

Written by Michael Vass
The news is spreading fast so I am sure that most have heard the news, Morgan Freeman was in a car accident. So far the news has been clear to point out that his injuries were not life threatening. The last I heard he suffered a broken arm and shoulder.
Of course I [...]