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wrong side of the tracks

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10.28.2005 | Kulture

Used to be, movies were based on books. Actual books, written by men and women, with words. Then we got to recognize that comic books had some pretty cool ideas and concepts. Hence, movies based on DC and Marvel heroes. Batman. Superman. X-Men (so far, my favorite character ever is Wolverine).

Now we've come to the point where we have a movie based on a ghetto thug's "music", "Get Rich or Die Tryin." Apparently a bio-pic about a heavily tattooed rap "artist." Skin ink is a must for thugs these days; gotta get those 'tats to make it look like you're a real man who's served hard time.

Rap "music" hurts my ears, and the variety that this thug pushes is of the by-now cliched bitches and hoes and niggas variety. Very original. Not. Very stupid. Yes. And quite a drag on the socioeconomic status of blacks in this country. At least those who listen to this crap and think it somehow epitomizes what they should aspire to.

Look, let's be clear. It's just marvelous that the moron whose life is depicted here pulled himself out of being a drug dealer. BFD. Although, judging from some of the lyrics that the movie is based on (sample: "In the backseat fondling ya bitch nigga"), rap music is a step down from dealing.

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: Name: Jack Rich; Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States

I grew up in the Bronx, New York, on the wrong side of the tracks. This is my way of getting even. A blog on things great and small, religion, politics, culture, national security, you name it.

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El tracks in the Bronx I was born, grew up, and went to school in the Bronx, New York -- on the wrong side of the tracks. Got the chance to go to college, so instead of joining the NYPD (the obvious career choice at that time and place), I became an engineer. Spent some years designing things that go boom (or things that take things that go boom to their destinations...), principally for our military. Also took an interesting career turn and for some years was in charge of counter-terrorism for my agency...so I learned something about guns. And when to use them.

I am a believer, in God. Christian. My opinion of most denominations is that they seem to be more concerned with the collection plate and devising intricate rules as to who is in and who is out.

My politics are a mix of conservative and libertarian, as in live and let live. With one exception, I favor small government, maximum personal freedom, coupled with personal responsibility and accountability for one's actions. I also know that there are, and have always been, things that are true, and things that are not. Two problems: Being smart enough to know which is which, and having the guts to act on it. I make no claims...

The exception to small government? I favor a robust national defense, against enemies foreign, and domestic. Or, as Teddy Roosevelt should have said, "speak softly and carry a whole bunch of armored divisions."

This blog will focus on politics, culture, religion, national security. That's pretty much the same territory as the New York Times. Just that I will never label my opinions as "news."