Is it something I didn't say?!

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1. The inability to produce a summer beverage that retains it's flavor profile in the presence of ice is grounds for my mother to ban you from the kitchen. It doesn't matter if it's Kool Aid, Iced Tea (bag or powder mix) or iced coffee. Waste a gallon of water making something refreshing that tastes like tainted water in the presence of ice and you'll be banned from the kitchen until soup production season.

2. Summer brings out my sweet tooth like no other season. Lemon Meringue Pie, Peach Cobbler, Apple Pie just about any concoction that involves fruit, dough, and sugar is fair game. I may even try my hand at dessert production this year.

3. Chocolate City is looking less chocolate these days. Much to my dismay, I suspect this was going to happen when I returned 5 yrs ago.

4. This Oscar Grant verdict reads like salt in an open wound. The jury acquits, Gov. Schwarzenegger tells the Mayor of Oakland that the state of California, which is in record breaking debt, has the resources available to maintain peace & order. Translation: The Riot Squad ain't nothing but a phone call away. A woman's son was unequivocally murdered because a transit operator can't distinguish a taser from a gun. Why again does a damn train operator need a taser AND a gun?? Say what you want, but I've yet to see a news story about a non-African American Male being killed by a public servant. It's not the race card, it's the facts.

5. I don't have any children of my own (yet, Amen!) but my heart is trouble every time I hear of a child kidnapping case. I'm getting quite upset with little white children (girls mainly) making national headlines and the morning news shows. If you're going to report on missing children, tell the whole nation about the missing brown babies as well. Don't just tell us about it when the story is something sensational.

6. It's ridiculous that illegal immigrant is code for person of Hispanic Heritage. Truth be told, I'm sure their are more illegal aliens in the Tri-State Region than there are in the state of Arizona.


7. Freddie Joachim is heavy on my summer playlist & he should be on yours as well

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