MorpheusXNYC's Comments (119)

“"The haters were not the ones who elected you, and they can't be won over by abandoning the rest of us."

This needs to be tattooed on Obama's eyelids.”

“Don'tcha just love religion? Boy, it's done wonders for our scientific and intellectual advancement as a species...”

“Yeah, you know if someone drugged and raped my 13 year old daughter, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over the fact that they're finally in jail.”

“Well, it looks like we're getting the opt-out public option plan rather than the trigger, so I think we can breath ea small sigh of relief that that horrid trigger plan got the kibosh.”

“Desperate silly little lawsuit by a money grubbing small time director looking to get paid off of someone else's success.

She doesn't own the topic and she's hoping that ignorance of Black culture by some White jury will net her some Chris Rock money.

Boy, is she in for a rude awakening.

Alex Haley (of the book and TV miniseries "Roots" fame) doesn't own the topic of slavery, so when other movies like Sankofa and Amistad were made years later, he couldn't sue them because of the commonalities between the his and their topics.

Likewise he couldn't sue them just because they've seen the Roots TV series.

CNN could do a special on Black women and Black beauty products/hair care and the internalized Eurocentric beauty ideals and self-hatred experienced by Black women for centuries and then what?

Regina Kimbell expects them to cut her in for a piece?

The topic is not new, the experience is not unique and the story is all too common. She needs to quietly dismiss this suit and make no more noise before she 's bankrupted by Chris Rock suing counter-suing her.”

“LOL!”

“I don't have massive qualms about the way Bloomberg has run the city, but as a Progressive Democrat, his end run around term limits in contravention to the will of the people as well as seeing his stance on police brutality/profiling and his support for Rudy Giuliani for Governor, I'm pulling the lever for Thompson, even if it's a wasted vote.”

“We need an outspoken, inspiring and charismatic leader type to run for mayor - a Gavin Newsome-esque character - male or female.

New Yorkers are jaded by nature. You've got to really shake things up and inspire us in order to get our vote, or else the people will just keep voting in whoever they think will do the least harm to the city and keep it running just a little bit longer without major catastrophe as opposed to someone who will truly reform the system.”

“Sadly, he couldn't even pronounce it "terroristssssss". That was too many syllables.

He always said "terrace". lol..”

“Exactly.”

“Why stop at resigning? Why not commit ritualistic suicide seppuku style complete with with robe and Japanese blade?

I mean, seriously. He can do more good working from within than from without and given that Obama's quietly approved only 13K or so out of the 40k-60K troops that McChrystal wanted - and that those troops are to be used to train the Afghan forces as we ready to get the hell out of dodge - we can see that Biden already made a huge impact.”

“Well, what else did you expect? John Henrik Clarke on Black hair?

Did ANYONE here think that a mainstream movie would be released that truly tackled the hair issue in a substantive, racially accurate and critical way?

Please.. Chris Rock is a COMIC. I expect this to be nothing more than an extended skit from the Chris Rock show with a few "shake my head" moments of hot ghetto messes advocating for their brainwashed Madame C.J. Walker perspective on Black beauty.

Wake me up when public intellectuals like Cornell West and Louis Gates get together and do a documentary on the subject.”

“You know what? I've never fanned anyone, but you just became my first. (Please be gentle.. lol..)”

“Mamma4Obama draws out a brilliant point with her comparison of all the spoilers and critics of Obama's Nobel Prize win and Kanye West's spoiling of Taylor Swift's win.

When I heard Obama won, I was ecstatic. i immediately thought of everything he's achieved, everything he;s accomplished with his life, all the things he had to do to get to where he is, the incredible obstacles, the tough choices when easier ones were offered, his vision, his dreams, his goals and his mission and the amazing accomplishments he's managed to pull off within the 9 months he's been in office both home and globally were nothing short of breath taking.

And to do them with such grace and statemanship in spite of the belligerence and hatred of the low minded was the mark of true greatness.

I believe he deserves the award more than anyone is giving him credit for.”

“Actually "marriage" is ancient but is not a religious rite. It was about the union of two tribes or clans in order to pool together their resources, augment their ability to defend themselves and their property and increase production.

Then it became about uniting kingdoms, so the prince and princesses of different kingdoms would wed.

Hell, King Solomon supposedly had over 700 wives, most of which were just to unite their lands under his kingdom.

But marriage was never a religious thing UNTIL religion decided to get into the act.

Think of religious marriage like saying a prayer before you eat.

Humans have been eating since the species began, but then religion came along and decided to add their own crap into a common every day ritual, throwing their fairytale deities into the mix so that when religious nuts eat, they are compelled to say a prayer or else they go to hell. lol”

“Yeah, umm.. Sorry to break it to you, but you're all alone on this one.

You know what? Screw it - Obama DOES deserve it.

For those that say he hasn't done enough let's just run down a few of his accomplishments (remember, the Award is NOT for his presidency, but for him).

1) Became the first non-White male to win the nomination of a major political party in the face of a political storm the likes of which few other candidates have ever withstood.

2) Became the first non-White male President of the United States

3) Gave the most groundbreaking and courageous speech on race this country has seen since MLK and began a national dialogue on race.

4) Gave America hope about the future, shattered the calculus of apathy built up by the previous 8 years and soothed the world after the nightmare of the Bush administration's unilateralism and jingoism.

5) Mended the burned bridges with the international community (we were just voted #1 most admired country by the world)

6) Slowed, halted and reversed the collapse of the U.S.bankin­g and financial system and staved off the total collapse of the U.S. auto industry.

7) Is fighting for affordable universal healthcare as best he can

8) Is actively working towards nuclear disarmament

I could go on and on an on.

My question is - what have any of his detractors done that compares to those things?

What did they get up and do today?”

“Without a doubt, sexual harassment happens in the workplace but I think reframing Letterman's daliances as "sexual harassment by a man in power" is rather premature and unfair absent the details of the relationship.

But more importantly, there are some HUGE issues being overlooked.

The first is that as numerous studies prove, the #1 place where people today meet and fall in love with their future partners is AT WORK.

When you work in close quarters with someone for upwards of 8 hours a day, you get to know them, bond with them and get comfortable with them. This can lead to affection and attraction and that feeling is sometimes mutual, so romance blossoms.

This can happen with bosses just like coworkers.

Now, what if it the boss happens to be a famous, rich, powerful, intelligent, deeply funny and charismatic man?
Is it impossible to imagine that a young woman might find that package of qualities attractive and working in such close quarters during such long hours with such a man, begin to feel deep attraction for him and begin a romance with him?

Granted, David Letterman is no Brad Pitt and he's not young either, but neither is Jack Nicholson, Keith Richards, Gene Simmons or any number of older icons of their respective milieus who can still snag young hot chicks for just being who they are without having to bribe, sexually harass or rape them.

Please, let's use some reason and rationale here and not cry wolf.”

“Look, neither the Russians nor the Brits could do it and we've been there for 8 years and haven't ben able to do it.

The post Afghan war's window of opportunity, where the Taliban were driven into exile and military, humanitarian and infrastructural intervention could have reshaped the face of the country and it's culture has closed. It's come and gone and now we have only an assortment of bad and worse options to chose from.

Yes, the U.S. is "responsible" for the ramifications of our invasion of both Afghanistan and Iraq, but when we're drowning in debt and financial dire straits and desperately need the money we're pouring into resources for those wars for us to stay afloat, the Obama adminstration is going to have to do what the rest of us have to do when we are broke and have bills to pay and things we'd like to afford but cant - prioritize, make tough calls, pay what you can and cut what you can't afford.

We need to give the Afghan government 3 month's notice that we are withdrawing and only leaving a small residual force to train help their military and execute tactic, surgical, drone-based strikes against Al Qaeda encampments, then we get the hell out and repurpose the billions being spent on a lost cause back into propping this flagging economy up and creating new jobs here at home.”

“Nobody's putting a gun to your head forcing you to watch and there are hundreds of other channels you can turn to if you have standard cable.

But more importantly - are you insane??!

That show ROCKS. It's one of the best shows on TV period and almost makes up for the colossally lame, terribly unfunny and dumbed down show aimed squarely at the 40% of illiterate adults and children educated during the Bush generation years named "Two and a Half Men".”

“You know, I've been proselytizing the gospel of an alkaline, green veggies based diet as the cure for cancer, obesity and most of the health problems that plague us through out various posts on Huff Po and have been swarmed by people defending the surgery and chemical based drugs approach to wellness and health.

I hope those same people read this and begin to get an education about how the body works the way it was designed to and heals itself when it's given the right nutrition.”

“In brief, I lost 21 pounds in 12 days, within a week my blood pressure went from so high the doctor wanted to put me on meds down to 110/70, my bad cholesterol dropped 50 points, my eyes turned bright white, I started sleeping better, became more sexually virile (partially due to the weight loss as well, I'm sure), my skin became nicer, my breath was fresher, I was free of colds, flus and general sickness and I stopped having migraines or even regular headaches in general, my digestion improved massively and I became super regular - going to the bathroom 3 times a day, my energy level was high and sustained throughout the day, my mood became more serene and I handled stress better.

And that's the SHORT list! I'm dead serious.”

“(Sigh).. I'm going to say this, even thugh it's going to fall on deaf ears and I'm goign to be overwhelmed by those that insist that nature screwed up and that pumping your body with chemicals and toxins is the only way to deal with hese abnormal health statuses but, here goes nothing:

EAT AN ALKALINE DIET!!!!

Eliminate the acidosis from your body by eating an alkaline, water rich diet heavy in dark, leafy green vegetables. You'll alkalize your body's pH, removing the acid and eliminating the primary cause of cholesterol creation and build up in the body - acidosis.

i have put you on the path. What you chose to do with the information is your own business from here on out. Take it or leave it.”

“There's one possibility not considered: that movie going audiences don't WANT to see conventioanl straight men anymore. They don't want to see liveliness counterbalanced by dull orthodoxy and subtlety.

Maybe it's because the straight man has been redefined over the last few decades by incredible performances by actors who bring gravitas to the role and deliver straight men who emote more deeply with penetrating stares, knowing looks, gravely voices, cleverly turned phrases and occasional bursts of pathos heretofore unseen in traditional Hollywood straight men.

Who said the straight man has to be Clark Kent all the time?”

“LMFAOOOOOO­OOOOOOO!!!­!!!!

That's why I love Bill Maher soooo much.”

“I don't think it's related to your "progress" necessarily, but maybe the expectations and demands that your progress has placed on ALL women, rather than just the ones that want to experience professional growth and expansion and compete in the corporate rat race and business world as their full time lifestyle.

Now, please understand - I'm pro-feminist, so hear me out:

Women give birth to children. Men don't.
Women have provided the nurturing, protective and loving environment for raising children since time immemorial. Naturally, they've had to be home with the children in order to do so.

That's the natural social order for our species. Men labor at hunting and gathering while the women labor at caring for the children. Genetically, we are designed for those roles.

Now, not all men and women want that lifestyle.

Just as advances in technology have enabled us to overcome nature's design limitations (flight, cooking, etc.), advances in social engineering and industry have given men and women a broader range of lifestyle choices.

But genetic programming and purpose still remain.

The point is, you've redefined what it means to be a woman, though nature has not. Maybe for many of you, your bodies and psyches are saying, "Something's out of balance here. ".

I'm just saying, find your feminine core and nourish it from time to time.

You're not men. No need to pretend that living like one all the time equals fulfillment.”