Shaun White's Awesomeness Olympics 2010

USA won one of its gold medals yesterday when celebrated snowboarder and super-duper-dope-all-around-guy Shaun White won the gold in his first run (wonder if the lil' homie listens to hip-hop?). The sick ride was good enough to get him on the top spot on the podium, but he still took his second ride, impressing the judges and the world with his double Mctwist 1260 move. It was wicked awesome! Check Shaun White's performance at the Vancouver Winter Games 2010 here.

Obama health care plan .............

President Obama made his move today, unveiling his own comprehensive health care plan.

Now comes two more days of back-and-forth, as Republicans and some Democratic members of Congress chew on Obama's proposal ahead of Thursday's big health care summit.

Among the things to look for in the week ahead:

The summit itself: Negotiation or negation?

Republicans generally blasted Obama's plan, calling it the kind of big government contraption they opposed last year as the House and Senate passed their separate bills.

"The president has crippled the credibility of this week's summit by proposing the same massive government takeover of health care based on a partisan bill the American people have already rejected," said House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Boehner has not RSVP'd to the Thursday meeting, but other Republican invitees plan to attend. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said his party "will continue to offer the kind of step-by-step reforms to lower costs that our constituents have been asking for."

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called the Obama plan a "starting point," and challenged Republicans to come up with specific ideas to increase insurance coverage and lower health care costs.

The key to a successful summit is "the willingness for both sides to sit down, discuss common approaches to dealing with the skyrocketing costs, to dealing with insurance abuses, and finding a way, as we have said, to take those good ideas and put them into legislation," Gibbs said.

NAACP chooses successor to Chairman Julian Bond

New York (CNN) -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the oldest civil rights groups in the nation, announced the successor to Chairman Julian Bond on Saturday as the organization strives to prove its relevance and influence to a new generation.
NAACP Vice Chair Roslyn Brock was selected to fill the seat left by Bond, a civil rights leader who has held the post since 1998. Brock, 44, is the youngest person to ever serve in the position.
Brock has worked with the organization for more than 25 years in various roles, including as a youth board member and president of its Youth and College State Conference, according to the NAACP. She is also a vice president at Bon Secours Health Systems in Marriottsville, Maryland.
"We're looking at a generational shift in our communities," Brock said in a statement posted on the NAACP Web site.
"We have a 48 year old President in the White House, an NAACP President who was 35 at the time of his election, and a 44 year old Board Chair. The wisdom of those who stood the test of time got us to this point, and the youth will lead the future success of our movement."

Quiet On The Set...Lights, Camera, Action!

Its 2010 and I dare we say the resolution thing again? I say forget the resolution, let's treat this next decade as your chance to star in your own movie "The Revolution"! Quiet on the set…Lights, Camera, Action.

Are you in control of your destiny or are you just another pawn on the chess board of life or maybe an extra in someone else’s blockbuster movie.

I was recently on a plane with one of my good friends and they responded, Kev, "All of the above", when I posed these very questions. Truth be told, in many ways I don’t disagree. You see we should play different roles for the people we love. Some need our supportive role. Some need our inspirational energy and most importantly all need for us to be truth sayers and faith prayers. But at the end of the day, we all want to be free, so bet your life I’ve chosen to take control of me. So Quiet on My set…Lights, Camera, Action.

Making the most of your life starts with you. It's time for you to direct your own movie. 2009 should have given you every reason to "Press Reset" and stop being an extra in someone else's film. Again, Quiet on the set…Lights, Camera, Action. But before you start directing, have you written your script? Have you screened your cast? What roles are permanent, what roles are just supporting members or actors/actresses, people of the past? Sequel, prequel or independent film? The great thing about your life movie is the choice is yours again. Some people get written in, some people get written out. Sometimes pre-production takes way to long, sometimes we say forget it, I’m going to do without. The choice is yours.

Another decade is upon us and I’m tired of seeing the same old people, doing the same old things. Just because you're comfortable or everybody knows your name. Where is the risk or innovation? The uncomfortable feeling and the pain? What got you to where you are in the first place was something different from the same?

So, Quiet on Your set…Lights, Camera, Action! Your job is not your movie, it is just another scene on your set. Don’t forget, your friends and foes are just characters on the set that you direct. Your family keeps you grounded in a way, but never should they limit your scope or creativity on who, what, when and is your next shoot day. Ask my friend Norman Lear, What made "Good Times", good times or inspired Alex Haley’s "Roots"? Why Spike Lee said “Do The Right Thing” against all the hate. Why it took Denzel Washington and Oprah to show us our first “Great Debate”. Tyler Perry created his own lane and never let there be doubt. Why some chose to show America the beautiful, he chose to show our America without. Without the glitz, glamour, fame or money. He chose to show family first and preferred rainy days, before they got sunny. No blockbuster budget needed, just everyday honesty and truth. You see a play could make for a great movie if the director is afforded the opportunity to get his "Foot Loose". Showing those who didn’t believe at first, that sometimes we are really our worst, enemy that is.

Not willing to step out on faith. Yeah, we all should have had our “August Rush” discovering something that was truly meant to be. "Krush Groove", "Cadillac Records" or simply the "Dream Girls" that came in three.

So, get inspired young America, lets show the world what we got from India to China, to South Africa and Haiti.... it's now our time to plot.

So Quiet on Your set...Lights, Camera, Action!

There's another "Invictus" or "Slumdog Millionaire" movie that has not been made, there’s even "Seven Pounds", a "Blindside", or an "Avatar" and shows like "Apprentice" and/or "Page". My partner James Dubose said, "Reality, Scripted or a docu-series, whatever it is...Make It Happen"… It’s 2010 Quiet on Your set, I'm calling for Lights, Camera, Action!!

God Bless Hip Hop and God Bless Young America.

-Kevin Liles

Pioneers Who Have Paved The Way For Others

Radio head: weird fishes - music video

Throwback video of the day......Enjoy!

Great Inspiration from Tiger..............