tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21956649573404225482012-01-24T13:55:21.987-05:00Legend has it that Prometheus was bound on the peak of Mt Kaukasos for giving fire to humankind. As Prometheus re-bound...it is intended that likewise perspective can be delivered to the masses...Kevin Rhodeshttps://profiles.google.com/111669652787531603473noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195664957340422548.post-55098613439687991712008-08-21T08:08:00.005-04:002008-08-21T10:44:05.459-04:00

Look Ma... No hands!!!" is on occasion, an exclamation that accompanies declarations of independence from children who've gotten the hang of riding a bicycle without the support of a teaching parent! Some mom's upon hearing this declaration recognize it as that inevitable and ceremonious "flying of the coop" for their children. A second and final "cutting the cord" if you will... the first

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The brilliance of Spike Lee's Mo' Betta Blues never shone more brightly for me than this morning as my wife and I discussed relating to people.Our discussion covered a plethora (she likes that word) of topics; from Steve Urkel's "String to my heart" line on the old "FAMILY MATTERS" sitcom and it's influence on our relationship... to a deeper understanding of the philosophy of Yin/Yang.

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Kermit the Frog laments in song: "it ain't easy being green...but today corporate strategies all suggest they're in tune with the environment and most have done this quite simply by slapping the color green on their brands. A tacit assertion of earth friendliness, easily done. A sleight of hand or wave of a digital wand to reinvent themselves overnight. Automobile manufacturers too are

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I like the sincerity with which Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show debunked the non-issue du jour that was Senator Obama's comment about "bitter, clingy people in small towns in Pennsylvania". He said, 'matter of factly' that if the office of president was supposed to be occupied by people who didn't have an "air about themselves"...well; (and I'm paraphrasing here (okay!!

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In Langston Hughes' poem "Dream Deferred" he opines their fate as withering up from neglect like the proverbial 'raisin in the sun'. I am amazed that in a country where we preach, clergy and lay people alike, that "children are the future"...we are quite content to allow the travesty that is: No Child Left Behind! Signed by the 43rd President of the United States, George Bush in January 2002..

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The results of the Iowa caucus last night seem to represent what the President's coalition could not. According to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Senator Obama won 37.6% of the vote against 29.8% for Sen Edwards and a somewhat surprising 29.5% for Sen Clinton.All indications are that Sen Obama's win was made possible by democrats, independents and republicans alike. The common denominator

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Begging your pardon in advance, but I need to get off my chest issues which many of you, by now are sick of hearing about. This past Monday, on almost every channel of my idiot box...artist's renderings of Michael Vick in court for sentencing were in heavy rotation! It's as if they were intended to reinforce age old stereotypes of the African man as "uncivilized" or as Mumia Abu Jamal noted in

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Since I can remember, I longed for a relationship with my father. There were stand-ins, but there was never that uniquely blood borne relationship.The relationship that was my foundation through seventeen years of life was with my foster mother/ blood cousin. That relationship was severed as I grew into my independence longing to see the world outside the comfort zone of the south side of

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A conversation I recently had about this blog went from: why I wrote about "American Gangster" to why Denzel would do another bad guy role?In both regards the answer is simple. There is a duality of man that is undeniable. We are all...at once; both man and woman, happy and sad, evil and good, hot and cold. The dominance or rather; prevalence of one aspect over the other is dependent upon any

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The title of this post is inspired by the ability of poets to ignore minor requirements of grammar for poetic effect. And while there are subtle differences in meaning; this term has over time been used interchangeably with dramatic license, artistic license and license. In keeping with that trend, and for the purposes of this discourse, poetic, dramatic and artistic license are one and the

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