Eazy Reader...

Television HAS been used as more of a learning tool---and we got the Footage! Thank you, Morgan Freeman. Grooovy, Man...

Morgan Freeman Gets Groovy on "The Electric Company" - watch more funny videos

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I hit the WEED, and hope to GOD I can FLY HIGH...

We burn it up freely in the Ghetto. We burn it up behind closed doors in the Suburbs. We set fire to it in automobiles with the windows rolled up tight. When we're at home, we ignite it, and then listen to our ecclectic mixes of Bob Marley, Beethoveen, Tupac, Enya, Miles Davis, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. We burn it in EZ Widers (Double-Wide), Dutch Masters [Washington, D.C.], Zig-Zags, Swisher Sweets [Texas], Psychodelic Glass pipes (w/the White Boyz), and Bongs (Economical Smokers). However it's smoked, we take instruction from Goodie M.O.B., and "put some fire on the azz end of that weed."

And though the American government has criminalized and regulated its use since 1937, for the last 73 years Americans have found ways to smoke Herb and find relaxation, spaces for meditation, recreation, and rejuvenation. As the RastaMan says, "It is the healing of the Nation." ...especially a Nation frought with as many problems as ours.

Though Men (and Women) have used it for ages, the brilliant mindz behind ghettoGEEKS made acquaintance with the Ganja approximatedly 12 years ago in College Station, Texas. As undergraduate students, with sincere philosophical interests about the world, we decided to see what the "hype was about." No risk--No reward. ;)

Pulling smoke from the chamber of the chalice, and recovering from thorough coughing fits, we lean back on the couch and enjoy a new appreciation for the music. Hearing "new" instruments hidden in the beats...sounds never heard before...Junior Gong continues to lay his vocals over them with relaxed precision..."Me Name Jr. Gong....Me tellin' ya...Young girls betta' run...Me tellin' ya." "Why is THIS illegal?" Don't quite remember what my HomeBoi's answer was...but, I know we had a good laugh about it.

I began to wonder what else in this world seemed to make no sense at all. One could say that the Marijuana was an organic catalyst for these Organic Intellectuals. The practice to critique society became more relevant and more valuable. The oxymoronic had never been further from "moronic." Alas, ghettoGEEKS....

So, the US government has decided to loosen restrictions on the use of Marijuana as states like California, Washington, and New Jersey begin to exercise Medicinal Marijuana laws. For the record, I'll just say, that I'm skeptical WHEN and IF the Government decides to LEGALIZE it. I just don't trust Phillip Morris...they might start putting RAT POISION in the Weed, too! TruWord. And, of course, money will be re-routed from "Mom & Pop" business into the hands of the Corporate Cronies that run present-day tobacco companies.

Not only would Legalization take money from the "people who've paid the biggest price" (through incarceration, and the like); Legalization would also take the "sexy" away, don't you think?

Scenario: You lose your contact(s) for whatever reason. You have to find a new "WeedMan." You flip through your cell phone. Who would know how to get some?....Who would know how to get some?....Not her...Not her...Not his ass...Definitely not her...SHE probably DOES...but you can't ask her, based on your relationship...HE definitely does...but you don't like his trifling ass.

**OK, you hit the street.** Who looks like they know?...Who looks like they know?...Not him...Not him...He looks he knows where the CRACK is...and he most likely knows where the Weed is, but getting ripped off by a CrackHead is not in today's agenda. Ah-hah! There he is. He knows. Gotta check the bag before it's copped...we don't smoke that DirtWeed...nothin' but the StickyGreen. *Be Cool.* *Check the scene for Police.* *Be Cool.* "Say, you got that, Dogg.?" Cool. "Is it that Fiya? Can't fuck with that BullShit." "Aight. Yeah, looks good....okay smells right." *Check the scene for Police.* "Let me get your number, Dogg...if it's good--be in touch."

Now, who wants to do without that dance?.....unless, you go to the University of Colorado (see below):



So, while the State [read: government] decides what stance to take in their overall hypocritical position regarding the "Kaya," we'll continue to practice our norms, traditions, beliefs and values. ...and yes, one of the cultural components of ghettoGEEKS is to produce large clouds of smoke and ponder upon things of more significance. Still Smokin'....

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Black MYSTERY Month

In celebration of Black History Month, ghettoGEEKS looked around...and then asked the question, "What the hell are celebrating?"

No matter where you are in America, or the world, chances are it's kinda rough....so, we've decided to commit ourselves to the interrogative posture and ask QUESTIONS this year for Black History Month. These are questions that may provide stimulation, motivation, education, or further interrogation...but in any regard, we hope that it may add value to your 2010.

Without further ado, here is our attempt to omit MYSTERY from the HISTORY:

1.) Why isn't John Griffin's Black Like Me required reading in American high schools?
2.) Why don't Historically Black Colleges and Universities implement more aggressive Study Abroad agendas?
3.) How much of an ACTUAL effect do the National Black Pan-Hellenic Fraternal organizations have on the lives of the Working Poor and the Destitute?
4.) When will White people collectively conquer "White Guilt" and honestly engage in meaningful "Buberian dialogue" regarding race relations?
5.) Why are Niggaz STILL Scared of Revolution?
6.) Why I gotta be a "sell-out" just because I gotta Asian girlfriend?
7.) Can Black churches start disseminating true/transparent fiscal reports to all their members?
8.) WHAT in the HELL is Sarah Palin talking about?
9.) Why don't we do away with the REPRESENTATIVE Democracy and the need for an electoral college, and use technology to garner in a POPULAR Democracy and cast ballots at ATM machines?
10.) How come the Tupac Shakur murder is still unsolved?
11.) Why doesn't Barack Obama have any sons? Would have still been elected if he had one?
12.) Would the legalization of Marijuana help improve race relations?
13.) Why do older Black people talk about the "wild, ignorant, ghetto youth" as if they are not related to them in any way?
14.) Why do too many Historically Black Colleges and Universities purposefully, strategically, and consistently under serve their student populations?
15.) Why do Democrats and Republicans fight and bicker publically, but they both manage to spend HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of dollars on unsuccessful wars over the last decade?
16.) The estimated costs needed to end poverty in America is 50 billion dollars; why not spend "war" money on this project?
17.) Why did General Motors "kill" the Electric Car?
18.) Why is it that Homosapien has been engaging in heterosexual and homosexual intercourse for millions of years without AIDS being a problem? Then, from out-of-the-blue, the 1980s gives us AIDS. And now, worldwide, why is AIDS a predominantly Black problem?
19.) What do Martin King, Malcolm X, Steve Biko, Bob Marley,and Tupac Shakur have in common?
20.) Why does the greater Black community continually tell Black youth to "go to college" as if a magical PromiseLand is waiting after they get degrees...when this is obviously not the case? What do the youth need IN ADDITION to the degrees?
21.) Why haven't you picked up your copies of Before Barack there was Tupac and Bustin' Gats through Spittin' Raps?



If you have any answers to these questions...or have any questions of your own, feel free to share.

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