The death penalty, matters of life over death.

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By Briana Booker

Before our class discussion on the death penalty, I never thought about having an opinion on whether it was an unjust or just action for the state to kill people legally. But now, I am no longer neutral, I believe it is unjust. I do not believe any person should voluntarily take the life of another person, unless necessary for survival. As the readings we did on the death penalty implied- A life can not be replaced. I do not care how short or long a life time ranges, the memories, thoughts and actions can never be exactly replicated. We all take a variety of journeys. We all have distinctive spiritual and physical traits. We all are made unique enough where another “us” can never be exactly copied.

I can understand the anger and bitterness families hold realizing their loved ones died at the hands of a murder. But I do not understand how two evils can make a right. I do not see the victory in seeing another person die. A person is not getting justice when the state approves of a death penalty. A person is getting a temporary bandage on a wound that might never heal. It is not healed because of the difficulty to find peace in an outcome one felt helpless, lacking control of the situation.

 I have never met anyone on death row. Any one can end up there, whether guilty or innocent. The criminal justice system is not flawless. Nothing in life is without error. I may not know what it feels like to kill another human being, but I do know that we all feel pain. We all make mistakes.                                                                                                                                

  I recall for an introduction to criminal justice class I took my junior year of college, I visited a Montgomery county prison. If the prisoners were not in jump suits, I would have not notice that they had made some ‘wrong’ in society’s social system. They were acting and thinking like “normal citizens.” Who am I to judge them?

I have no right to judge, although I can think I do. The only presentation that made me pause and think otherwise that people that chose killing did not deserve to die was when I heard the story of Lucy. A young and innocent child’s life cut short, and for what?

There is not a real explanation. It was just another verification to me we live in a cruel world where loving people perish at the hands of those emotionally and mentally unstable.                   

Why hurt because you have been hurt? I can never understand that. I feel if I physically inflicted pain on another person intentionally, my action would disturb me. I hope it will halt me before I did too much harm. But then again, what is too much harm? Is harm in itself too much? Does it matter, the degree of pain we inflict on one another? Pain comes in all forms and levels. It leaves visible and invisible scars. It allows horrible cycles of cruelty to continue and be accepted as a way of life and not a choice of life. Our oppressive roles to another allow this continuous cycle of suffering. But I wonder is it out of habit? Can we change? Can we stop inflicting pain if we try? I do not know. I just know a life is a life, and it should be valued.

Lohan crocodile tears and anger! Lesson to know before jail: Protect the booty.

By Briana Booker

This is for Lindsay Lohan. I know they have computers at jail! It is crucial for each person to know how to defend his or her booty.




The crocodile tears Lohan displays in court will not get her very far in jail! Good acting...Lohan stills has it!




Few hours later...Lohan tells her friends Judge Revel  is a " Fucking Bitch," but she does not mean to disrespect the Judge. Proof. But on the side of Lohan, no one really gets more than 30 days for a probation violation such as her violation. The system may be wrong to do so...but oh well. What is fair is foul; what is foul is fair.


See how Lohan reacts on July 20th...


but check out these cool Lindsay Lohan products!

Basic: Michael Steele and Lindsay Lohan bore me.

By Briana Booker


 Now, I am not going to lie. I loved actress Lindsay Lohan when I was growing up! I loved her acting in the Parent Trap and I definitely loved her in Mean Girls. But since she started doing drugs and disrespecting herself...my love for her has cease. Lohan just looks nasty and cries for attention too much these days!


By now, Lohan hand should be sentenced to life...not 90 days in jail for the basic and immature crap she does everyday. She does it because of the fact she has gotten away with it for so long.  That is why people do basic shit...no one stops them.


 To be honest 90 days in jail is not good enough. It is not going to change her for the better. But being someone's bitch might...oh wait, she probably like that. Lohan needs more of a military camp plus a pimp hand to get her remotely in shape to be a real adult.


What is a real adult? Someone mature and responsible in action and in words. But who really wants to do that? That does not sound fun.


But what is worse than Lohan is Michael Steele! He makes me want to vomit in my mouth, swallow it ,wait for it to retrace to my mouth, then fully vomit on him in one sitting. Steele is purely basic.


Not only does he make-up political facts, but now all of a sudden he wants to be a Black person.  Steele goes " I'm street," like that makes you Black. It does not...it makes him look stupid.


Black people are far from dumb and far from simple! You do not have to be poor, ignorant or self-absorbed to be a Black person. I just want to throw a shoe at Steele. He is not only disrespecting himself right now,but his own ethnicity by looking foolish on television.


I cannot believe his foolish ass said President Obama started the Afghanistan war! Are you serious? Really Steele? I think Steele is smoking whatever comedian Dave Chappelle was smoking on the plane ride from New Jersey that was supposed to land in Ohio. Emergency landings happen( I love you Dave)!


Just for you fools out there that believe that the Afghanistan war was not in place before President Obama set foot in the White House, this war has been going on for awhile. But I am sure Ku Klux Klan members are smiling, clapping, and laughing at Steele's commentary. I know I am!


It sounds like  Michael Steele has a case of hatorade, just as Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. , American civil rights activist and Baptist minister had a year or so ago. Neither Steele or Jackson will ever be leaders to take  extremely seriously, because they both get jealous of a man of their own race trying to be a good leader. Trying to unify the people,and not just unifying Black people.

"See, Barack's been, ahh, talking down to black people on this faith-based... I want to cut his nuts out."-Jesse Jackson.

Note: Jesse Jackson was expressing his disappointment in Obama's Father's Day speech chastisement of Black fathers on FOX news of all places!


I am sorry Jackson, but some Black men are not there for their children. Why do you think the Black community has been crumbling? It is called sticking together.




My words to Steele and Jackson are as followed: Take the poles out of your asses and get a grip! Be productive and stop putting your egos before the progress of your own people,and more so, the American people.
Check out my favorite man Jon Stewart, from the Daily Show segment on Steele! It is classic and from July 5th! I could not stop laughing! Stewart never lets me down...ever!

Cops: What Badu gonna do when they come for her?

Now there are rumors that the Dallas police are contemplating whether to charge Erykah Badu, R&B and Soul singer, with indecent exposure in her recent music video Window Seat. Authorities, fans, and Badu haters alike are unsure what the exact message Badu was trying to reveal in her music video. Some believe the message was political, while others believe it is a publicity stunt. Nobody knows the truth but Badu.

What are your thoughts? To charge or not to charge?

-Fromgirltogirl