Category: Commentary

Kaitlin Nootbaar, High School Valedictorian, Denied Diploma For Saying “Hell” 0

Kaitlin Nootbaar, High School Valedictorian, Denied Diploma For Saying “Hell”

Kaitlin Nootbaar graduated Prague High School in Oklahoma as the high school valedictorian but won’t receive her very much earned diploma. During the graduation speech she said, “How the hell do I know?” regarding the often asked questions of pending graduates about what they will do after graduation. Nootbaar graduated from Prague High School with a 4.0 grade point average, her father, David Nootbaar, told KFOR-TV. But school administrators told him that Kaitlin would have to submit a written apology in order to get her diploma. – yahoo.com High school valedictorian denied diploma over ‘hell’ speech says she won’t apologize Nootbaar had went...

Serena Williams’ Gold Medal Is Still Greater Than Crip Walk 0

Serena Williams’ Gold Medal Is Still Greater Than Crip Walk

Is it just me or is this year’s Olympic games full of a lot of so-called controversy? Tennis superstar, Serena Williams kicked all kinds of butt this year to take home Olympic gold for her first win in the singles tournament. Following that win, Serena teamed up with equally amazing sister Venus to take home the gold medal for the doubles round. Congratulations you deserve it. Serena admitted that she’s always wanted to take home a singles win in the Olympics. Her excitement was clear when, after beating rival Maria Sharapova, justifiable joy manifested itself in a huge smile and a...

Gabrielle Douglas’ Hair Is Beautiful 0

Gabrielle Douglas’ Hair Is Beautiful

Source: keepingscore.blogs.time.com via Joanna on Pinterest   Gabrielle Douglas is now a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the first Black woman to win gold in an all-around event. First and foremost, congratulations to you Gabby. Regardless of those amazing feats, some in the African-American community, mainly black women, took to social media to display their ridiculousness. On Twitter and Facebook, black women shared their disapproval of Douglas’ ponytail, the same hairstyle all of her teammates sported. It appeared unkempt to some, didn’t have enough gel for others and a few demanded a chance to make over her style. – NPR.com...

Chris Rock: Happy White People’s Independence Day 0

Chris Rock: Happy White People’s Independence Day

Comedian Chris Rock stirred up the dander of the Internet on July 4th with an Independence Day tweet. “Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks,” – Chris Rock As can be imagined, people had things to say regarding Chris’ comment. Some took it as a joke from a comedian albeit with some truth to it. Others were upset and took it as an unpatriotic statement. Of course people aren’t going to agree on everything that’s said by anyone. In this case though a couple things need to be looked at. One, Chris...

Trump On Obamacare 3

Trump On Obamacare

So with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), more commonly known as Obamacare, being upheld in court the debate is going to escalate. Unfortunately so is misinformation, divisive vitriolic rhetoric, and many unfortunate insults; like the quote accompanying the image on Facebook that reads “the Donald………..calling Obama’s Trump card! or is he Just calling a Spade………..A SPADE???!!!!!”. Let me get this straight… We’re going to be “gifted” with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don’t, which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000...