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Congratulations D.L. Hughley! You’re Now #BannedFromEWR!

You know, I thought that people would have gotten the memo by now. First, we had to put Barry Melrose in the penalty box. Then, Conan O’Brien got yanked off the stage. After that, we gave a technical foul to Magic Johnson. Now, D.L. Hughley has the temerity to run his mouth about Newark.

            After returning from a trip, he tweeted, “Whew!! Just landed in the U.S. from Qatar! Glad I made it back safely! But I landed in Newark so u was probably safer there!”

            Of course, Mayor Booker used his prolific Twitter skills to strike back in the good name of the Brick City. He tweeted, “NO DL! U didn’t just dis Nwk!”

            After Hughley replied with “wassup HERO,” Booker countered with “Thats just wrong. Beating up on a city working hard & making progress just for a cheap twitter joke, your better than that.”

            Okay, here is the deal. First of all, Darryl Lynn Hughley’s “contributions” to humor are well…limited at best. Here is a bit of his dossier: He was once the voice of the “Gadgetmobile” and was in the movie “Soul Plane” (People say that I am fortunate NOT to have seen that movie.)

            Sure, this “comedian” was the original host of “ComicView,” but his jokes were more based on insulting the audience rather than any decent material of his own. Also, he was with a group that had the nerve to call themselves “The Original Kings of Comedy.” Look man, unless your last name is Pryor, Carlin, Rock, or even Chappelle, you ain’t the “King” of anything! (He has me so livid I actually used “ain’t”.)

            You think this guy couldn’t get any worse? Think again. He has the honor of having the show “The Hughleys” canceled by not one, but TWO networks! Naturally, ABC got rid of him after a while, but UPN? You mean to tell me you weren’t good enough for UPN?!

Come to think of it, pretty much every show he has been on has gotten canceled. “ComicView” no longer exists, and UPN itself is gone.

            Last but not least, if you still don’t believe that DL Hughley is the “kiss” of death, guess what his resume also includes. A radio show on KISS FM…ENOUGH SAID!

            Hey D.L., now you can add all of your flights to and from Newark Liberty International Airport to your inexhaustible list of cancelations!!!

Beyond The Hoodie: Guns and the Law

Travon_Martin1The Travon Martin case is one that really has people in an uproar. Travon was a 17 year old who was unarmed and shot and killed in Sanford, Florida on February 26, 2012 by George Zimmerman, who was conducting a neighborhood watch.

The neighborhood where the fatality occurred was a gated community, and Travon was there visiting the house of his father’s fiancé. Travon Martin is from Miami, Florida.

Now I was not there, so I cannot tell you what happened. But after listening to the many accounts and versions of the story, I can say this: something terrible went wrong, and a young life was taken away.

George Zimmerman has been interviewed by the Sanford Police Department, but has not been arrested.

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Response to NJEA Boss, Vincent Giordano

Dear Editor:

It wasn’t long ago that the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) could be relied on to rail against the inadequacies and inequities suffered by the state’s poorest school children.

But now there are lingering questions about who the union is actually fighting for these days.

I join in condemning the offensive attitude displayed by NJEA boss Vincent Giordano, who simply dismissed the critical needs of poor children in failing schools by saying “life’s not always fair” – the modern-day equivalent of “let them eat cake.”

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How to Make Newark a Real “College Town”

Sam_Roof_shot_5-20With 60,000 students and faculty at six colleges and universities, Newark has the fifth highest concentration of higher education on the East Coast, after Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Yet most people in America, let alone New Jersey and maybe even in Newark, don’t think of the city as a “college town.” In fact, Newark was recently named in the top 10 of least desirable college towns in America by the Princeton Review.

With Gov. Chris Christie proposing major changes for UMDNJ and new leadership at Rutgers University-Newark, Essex County College and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark has a historic opportunity to rethink how these institutions of higher education can enhance the quality of life for Newark residents and how the city can make life better for college students.

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Add Magic Johnson to Newark's No-Fly List

First, Barry Melrose made some insipid comments about Newark. He was the guy dropped by the Tampa Bay Lightning just a few games into his tenure as their head coach. Then, Conan O'Brien mouthed off, sparking a feud with Mayor Booker. O'Brien would eventually be dropped by NBC. Now, Earvin "Magic" Johnson has chimed in with an insult. 

During a pregame show on ESPN, the Hall of Fame point guard was giving his stance on the New York Knicks and their struggles. In those remarks, he would say something to the effect of: "If they keep playing like this, they should have to move to Newark." What?!

Now, why in the world would Magic Johnson - a respected African-American in the community - have to say something so asinine? You don't hear people from Newark cracking insults about Lansing, Michigan do you? You also don't hear people from Newark complaining about how bad "The Magic Hour" was, right? (Maybe the reason that people don't complain about it is because nobody bothered to watch that abstruse program.)

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