tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:53:10 +0000Raising FencesAfrican AmericanBrian Courtney WilsonIce CubeMarxDriven to DistractionmaterialPretty Women Never Get MarriedGiftsdeathSouljia boyMemorialabortionWomenDurban Review ConferencehellBlacksBoyz n Da HoodAchievement GapSlaveryKeeping up with the KardashiansGayDirty SouthSacrificeRihannaHenry Louis GatesSpike LeeMumbaiADHDHaiti Earth QuakeLil WayneSexGeto BoysOutliersFameBible AuthorshipHip-HopCondomsgreedConsumerismKingHPDTheologyLil Wayne goes to jailWorld Aids DayHateName it and Claim itApologizesstimulusGod's LoveLauryn HillpregnantRudy RasmusweepingTheodicyMichael Eric DysonSlumdog MillionaireMaco L. 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FergusonThe Gamehuman interactionAir JordanMusicMalcolm GladwellChristhianityBenjamin BanekercommunicationElizabeth GilbertIdentity crisisWatch The ThroneAnxietylifeJiggaTexasCosby ShowdreamsHealth careMadoffCorrections Corporation of AmericagodMichael SteeleapologeticsSean DelonasvoteRonald DahlPrayHarlem RenaissancePrisonKarl MarxWillie Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryPolitikal and Social Kritiques infused with themes from hip-hop and pop-culture, religion, theology, history, and positive mental thought. Also, a few personal stories from the life of Maco L. Faniel.http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)Blogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-4979604411481784715Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:39:00 +00002012-02-11T21:39:16.818-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/u00YQZo-Slg/dj-screw-we-will-always-love-big-poppa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/02/dj-screw-we-will-always-love-big-poppa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-3461800940772147315Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:01:00 +00002012-02-12T20:40:41.436-06:00 Free: is enjoying personal liberty, Possessing civil and political liberties, Exempt from external restriction, Able to do something at will, Clear from obstruction or obstacles, Not occupied or in use, Unaffected by something, Exempt or released, Provided without a charge, Not attached or tied, Loose, Lacking self-restraint, Generous or lavish as in giving, Not literal, At no http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/xRw58tTgz5w/free-is-what-i-want-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/02/free-is-what-i-want-to-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-2203502880165560880Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:00 +00002012-02-08T19:09:04.821-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/CHN46I5xtx8/what-byu-students-know-about-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-byu-students-know-about-black.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-2708532905468789000Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:11:00 +00002012-01-29T18:11:12.776-06:00I am so sick of seeing and hearing all of the protection of the POTUS against critiques of his presidency. He is the president of a free nation in which you can critique the president without fear of retaliation. I would rather protect the poor. or be mad about voter ID, and I would be trying to vote out these poverty pimps and corporate politicians who prohibit Obama's agenda. How many of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/2xuhU24gCtY/let-potus-be-critiqued.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/01/let-potus-be-critiqued.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-5310037012510918701Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +00002012-01-27T10:28:26.631-06:00Love Pusher from The Work Of The People on Vimeo.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/1mu5q9_B2sk/love-pusher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/01/love-pusher.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-459641162056001273Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:12:00 +00002012-02-05T01:33:42.991-06:00MLKPatriotismAmerican HeroMLK DayMartin Luther King Jr. Shortly after six p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee stood Martin Luther King Jr. saying his last words to saxophonist Ben Branch – "Play it real pretty." -a joking gesture after asking Branch to sing “Precious Lord” at their dinner scheduled for later that night.  After those words MLK’s mortal voice was forever silenced as shots (allegedly) fromhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/sBf6aDsy7Ao/mlk-flawed-american-hero-but-guide-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)1http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/01/mlk-flawed-american-hero-but-guide-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-6140186818447920494Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:00 +00002012-01-15T09:12:06.018-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/QxxQ-qtwLFM/martin-luther-king-jr-drum-major.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/01/martin-luther-king-jr-drum-major.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-5938486107263183985Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:45:00 +00002012-01-11T21:45:40.949-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/W5A4PvG-pko/why-i-hate-religion-but-love-jesus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-i-hate-religion-but-love-jesus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-992947155067482981Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:46:00 +00002012-02-02T12:39:40.035-06:00DivorceSpltFantasy LoveHollywood When I first heard the news of Will and Jada’s split, I was like “say it ain’t so!”  For a few months I had hope that it was a passing rumor, but then more reports came yesterday that Black America’s royal family is on the brink of divorce.  The Huffington Post shared a report from In Touch Weekly that Jada Pinkett Smith recently retained the legal services of Hollywood divorce attorney Laura http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/ffq_sbqlug0/will-and-jada-hollywood-split-lesson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)2http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2012/01/will-and-jada-hollywood-split-lesson.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-1502114142075693013Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:16:00 +00002012-02-23T23:53:10.249-06:00Consumerismschadenfreude African-AmericansAir JordanLast month,  Fox News Network in Houston aired an interview featuring young people who waited in long lines to get a pair of the re-released Air Jordan Concord shoes.  This video and others from across the country associated with the same event have gone viral– creating laughs for many and embarrassment for others.  Comments such as  “They just set us back 100 years,” or “pure coonery” touch on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/q5Se0m_L3ds/air-jordan-concord-re-release-why-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)3http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-jordan-concord-re-release-why-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-7265265895373358581Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:06:00 +00002012-01-16T14:49:01.018-06:00As I place things in perspective  I must admit that life for me has been pretty hectic. Yet I am blessed.  My blessings are enumerable. My God is so unbelievable. And it is foreseeable that this God will keep on doing the unbelievable.  It’s attainable, this dream that keeps me up at night. This dream that seems so loco. That I can be the real Maco. The one God made me to be. Unafraid of his on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/WgWW5lRx9qc/just-one-more-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/12/just-one-more-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-1969139950534168033Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:52:00 +00002011-12-11T21:52:02.982-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/TDp81P5Ab6Y/madam-thickness-as-michelle-121111.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/12/madam-thickness-as-michelle-121111.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-4105152612340537628Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:48:00 +00002011-11-03T09:48:44.648-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/cs-VmQeVnuI/left-of-black-season-2-episode-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/11/left-of-black-season-2-episode-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-9034054107012032035Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:30:00 +00002011-10-27T16:31:54.906-05:00I feel your pain, No really I do.Somehow your pain leaps into me from you.When I see you cry,I want to cry too.When I see you angry, I somehow get angry too. When I see you hungry, I want to feed you.Cause, I have been hungry too. Though, I look like I got it all togetherI am jacked up just like you.I just play my part well.Cause I am honestly more concerned about you. We are caught up in a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/yA6_Tgj_WYo/i-feel-your-pain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)1http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-feel-your-pain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-6613751632450196065Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:14:00 +00002011-10-24T14:14:33.303-05:00“We must come to see that the Christian gospel is a two-way road. On the one side it seeks to change the souls of men and thereby unite them with God; on the other , it seeks to change the environmental conditions of men so that the soul will have a chance after it is changed. Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and not concerned with the economic and social http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/JN1wH80u8ME/how-religion-can-become-opiate-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-religion-can-become-opiate-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-6327613368991387103Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:09:00 +00002012-01-16T14:48:18.192-06:00Harvard SchoolRonald F. FergusonAchievement GapEducation If you don’t know it by now, America is in the midst of an EDUCATION CRISIS!  Our children, generally speaking, are not being prepared to compete in a national or global economy. And only a few are receiving excellent educational opportunities.  Hence, there exist achievement gaps amongst the races and between economic classes.  Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson has some reasons and answers for our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/Z-RqRxGIfS0/interview-wdr-ronald-f-ferguson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/10/interview-wdr-ronald-f-ferguson.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-3557962400660680408Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:08:00 +00002011-10-13T20:08:39.320-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/wrgoi1JEPz4/bob-dont-let-me-fall-official-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/10/bob-dont-let-me-fall-official-music.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-2615771148904803878Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +00002012-01-16T14:49:43.823-06:00TheodicyGod's LoveFrom an early age I had an antipathy against evil. In particular, I hated when bad things happen to good people. I also hated to see people taken advantage of or made invisible. I don't know if I hated evil because I was on the receiving end of it most my elementary and middle school years, or if I was just born an advocate.  My antipathy for evil became challenging to my faith in my early http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/lOOkfZe7UxY/answer-to-evil-in-this-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/10/answer-to-evil-in-this-world.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-5306932986255647877Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:52:00 +00002011-09-17T13:52:42.456-05:00HoustonHip-Hop"The veil must be lifted from the eyes of outsiders and natives so that Houston’s hip-hop contribution is validated, venerated, and celebrated. And more than lauded, the culture must be studied for what it tells us about the human past – specifically how people from marginalized and squalid conditions express themselves and attempt to live the American Dream!" ~ Maco L. Fanielhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/3ZUFG9xNOTY/impetus-for-study-of-houstons-hip-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/09/impetus-for-study-of-houstons-hip-hop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-8610265406574318891Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:55:00 +00002011-09-13T22:55:09.768-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/GcGo555fAUU/texas-wobble-flash-mob-official-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/09/texas-wobble-flash-mob-official-video.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-6122006830538453912Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:00 +00002011-09-10T13:51:28.574-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/e7pvJdhJ8AA/war-by-edwin-starr-original-video-1969.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/09/war-by-edwin-starr-original-video-1969.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-4097055464006545712Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:27:00 +00002011-08-30T03:27:34.999-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/hjOlRdKHP7U/black-men-united-u-will-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-men-united-u-will-know.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-8552917776046069978Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:25:00 +00002011-08-15T12:25:33.121-05:00Jay-ZKanye WestWatch The Throne After one week of exclusively listening to "Watch The Throne" below are my Top 5 Kuts from the album. Made in America (feat. Frank Ocean) - This appeals to my research interest and also I love the ode to Martin, Betty, Coretta, and Jesus. The story of marginalized citizens making it in a country and world that did not accept them.  New Day - Two men tell stories of what of the lives they wanthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/mVGqGGvMTMI/watch-throne-top-5-hits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/08/watch-throne-top-5-hits.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-2813463624763436962Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:30:00 +00002012-01-16T14:50:36.585-06:00 I’m getting older, but I wanna be forever young. Cause getting older is only a state of mind. I aint  god, but I seek to master my time. Feel younger today then I did ten years ago, But then I was trying to run so fast from my past That I often bustsed my ass Seeking to rise in this caste Skipping pass some needed class But lessons I learned When for old age I yearned And then it came,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/AvgZgwFh30E/31-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/08/31-years.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358669367666279161.post-2324177740821204103Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:34:00 +00002011-08-02T00:34:56.906-05:00My birthday is on Thursday. My 31st birthday is on Thursday, and I have a simple birthday with: Instead of sending me a text message or posting “Happy Birthday” to my Facebook page, I am asking you to help end Homelessness, Hunger, and HIV in Houston by texting at $10 donation to the Bread of Life, Inc.  Text STJOHNS to 50555, and a $10 charge will be billed to your cell phone bill to support thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/WWSV/~3/ChxZeAAh1lc/my-birthday-wish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maco Faniel)0http://macofaniel.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-birthday-wish.html