(Akiit.com) Sitting on the porch today, I couldn’t but stare at my beautiful surroundings… Living in the country has it’s perks, as I’m able to observe even the smallest movements when it comes to animals, etc… Still I forsee myself later in life moving to the coast, as Wilmington real estate seems to be at market value… If not already, it would be a good time for anyone to purchase a house, etc… I’ve already visited SeaCoastRealty, and look through the properties they have listed… If you happen to be wanting to get a new place, do visit such a site soon…

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(Akiit.com) As I watch my wife exercise I soon realize many americans are letting themselves waste away… Women especially are giving into temptation and the pounds are gradually adding up… Also many are now being affected, and coming down with diseases such as fibromyalgia and so on… I hope people will literally wake up and not take one’s health for granted anymore… On that note, if your wife, female family member, or friend seems to be slowing up, and always fatigue, do get them to visit UltraPms… There she shall find useful information when it comes to womens health, etc… In summary, live well, and care free…

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(Akiit.com) The Karibu Books chain, based in the Washington, D.C., area and one of the few remaining retailers to specialize in black books, is closing after 15 years.

“We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your patronage and support,” Karibu CEO Simba Sana wrote in an e-mail to customers. “We are optimistic that our mission to empower and educate through a comprehensive selection of books by and about people of African descent will continue to resonate within the communities we proudly served.”

Karibu has five stores, one of which has already closed. All will be shut down by Feb. 10.

Like other specialty retailers, including gay and feminist bookstores, black bookstores have suffered in the past 10 years, partly because of the rise of superstore chains and Internet sales, but also because of the growing popularity of black authors. With superstores and online retailers now offering large selections of black books, at lower prices, black stores have had a hard time competing and many have closed.
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(Akiit.com) Have you ever tuned in to VH1’s “Flavor of Love” or its spinoffs, “I Love New York” and “Flavor of Love: Charm School”?

I sure have and I must admit these programs, as well as many other “reality TV” shows, were downright hilarious.

However, afterward I would always go back and converse among my female friends. We were always baffled at the stereotypes of black women. At one point, I remember asking a friend, “Is this what people think we are like?” You know, booty shaking, potty mouthed, lascivious women.

If you are ignorant of the African American culture, I would presume that based on the media’s false representation of black women, you would think that all, if not a great majority of these women were like this. I know I would be — especially if I came from another country and this is what I saw on television daily.

Recently, a boycott was launched against VH1 to protest network executives who perpetuate negative portrayals of black women. Supposedly, a reality show that involved professional black women actively involved in or seeking interracial relationships was scrapped because the show would not sell.
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(Akiit.com) I noticed this past week that the strategy of nuance and divisive politics has raised its ugly head once again. I’m actually old enough to remember the politics of the 1990’s, and it’s devastating effects on the Democratic Party. The slash and burn Clinton’s we knew well in the 1990’s, have returned “back from the future,” with a vengeance. Every democrat that remembers this political re-run, has to wonder whether the Clinton’s are trying to re-destroy the new Democratic Party in 2008. The political team that now claims to “embody” “change,” is seemingly very comfortable using their same old strategy of divisive politics to reclaim their throne in the White House. Anyone truly interested in the future of our Democratic Party has to be very alarmed.

The Clinton’s political strategy of slash and burn will serve them well now, but the eventual cost to the Democratic Party will be devastating once again. The same strategy of half-truths, nuance, right-winged conspiracies, and divisive ideological battles, that won the Clinton’s the presidency in 1992, and a subsequent New York Senate seat, will cost our national and local party seats in the 2008, upcoming elections. The last time we allowed the Clintons to lead our party, we suffered historical political losses, never seen before in American politics. The net result of the divisive, self-serving Clinton political machine of the 90’s, shrank the Democratic Party base, and cost the party control of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. The sad result of the Clinton politics, and continuous scandals, eventually empowered George W. Bush past the setting incumbent vice president, Al Gore in the 2000 presidential elections. As a result the republicans have took firm control of the Supreme Court, appointing 7 of the last 9 justices currently serving.
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