As soon we got off the plane in Denver, you could feel that something special was about to take place. There were people holding signs of all types. We talked to delegates from all over the country. What was more, there were people in town for vacation or to visit,...
Here are all the means of communication that I plan to use while I’m in Denver next week. It’s going to be fast and furious, but everything will feed into Dallas South somehow or another. FriendFeed – http://friendfeed.com/shawnpwilliams Utterz – http://www.utterz.com/shawnpwilliams Twitter – http://twitter.com/shawnpwilliams Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnpwilliams/ YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/shawnpwilliams...
According to the New York Times, Senator John McCain was not in a “cone of silence” on Saturday as Senator Barack Obama, took questions from Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in California. McCain was in his motorcade on the way to the church while Obama was questioned. Prior to the...
I haven’t watched as much baseball as in years past, but I happened to be watching when Texas Rangers “closer” C.J. Wilson made two Busch League moves. The latest came Tuesday night when Wilson showed blatant disrespect for Rangers manager Ron Washington in the team’s 8-6 win over the...
Senator Barack Obama talked about no win situations some last week. Most recently this came up in relation to the never ending assertion that Obama is Muslim. If he vehemently denies all the rumors that spread then it can be viewed as him dissing Muslim Americans. But as a Christian...
By Earnest Gates As your daily politics watcher, it is my responsibility to raise concerns that are of interest to you. Since that is the case, I would like to pose a question: Why are poor, uneducated Whites called blue collar workers? It is interesting to me that poor uneducated...
We have talked quite a bit about the lethal nature of tasers here at Dallas South. Most recently the device also known as a “stun gun” was in the news due to the death of Baron “Scooter” Pikes. Pikes was shocked nine times with a Taser in the town of...
If there was a blogging conference and no one from the mainstream media covered it, did it really happen? Of course it did. This weekend, 60 bloggers gathered in Atlanta for the inaugural Blogging While Brown International Conference of Bloggers of Color. The event was produced by Executive Director Gina...
By Jazzy Education and hard work are the consistent mantra that permeates the essence of the American Dream. Education, as we know, is not created equally nor is it extolled equally. Schools in lower socioeconomic areas are rife with underperforming curricula, in desperate need of updated teaching materials, and innovated...
Some of you may remember that the issue of tasers aka stun guns has been a hot topic at Dallas South in the past. Last December, the Dallas Morning News reported the details of a Waxahachie man (African-American) who was tasered by police after calling 911 (in April of ’07)...
