http://www.thesuperspade.com Black Thought at the Highest Level Mon, 12 May 2008 03:46:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, I found myself watching "Tribal Odyssey" on the Discovery Channel for a couple of hours.  What struck me is how the children had skills at an early age.  They were trained on how to fight, the festivals and how to provide for each other.  I started to wonder, "What ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/747/ I am so mad these primaries are happening the week of the Michigan Policy Summit happening May 10th at the Lansing Center. Chris Matthews just broke it down as to how Hillary lost the Democratic nomination. He said that 'change' worked in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles because people were ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/how-hillary-lost/ What's up fam, I look forward to writing after the Michigan Policy Summit is over, whew! I wanted to let the fam know that I will be on the radio tomorrow from 11:00am to 11:30am on 101.9 WDET talking to Craig Fahle about the Michigan Policy Summit. You can listen ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/brandon-q-on-wdet-tomorrow-morning/ I'm looking forward to discussing further why we choose to interact with the environment the way we do, but an article I came across yesterday got me thinking even more and more about the impact of our consumption habits specifically those that lead to obesity. http://www.thesuperspade.com/how-to-save-gas-money-dont-be-fat/ Some of you may have noticed the ad that displayed on the left side of The SuperSpade over the past week. That ad was from MoveOn.org, the first advertiser ever on The SuperSpade, and we thank them for looking to us to communicate their progressive message. There may be other readers, ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/advertising-on-the-superspade/ Like many of you, I am outraged that the three detectives were acquitted of killing Sean Bell. Sean was 23 the night he was set to be married the next day and though he was unarmed, the cops thought him dangerous enough to deserve being killed. And Sean wasn’t just ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/sean-bell/ I don't usually write on stuff like this, but I was struck last night and got to thinking about whether talent is enough, or whether the right person always wins. And in the event that the wrong person is winning, is there a way to correct that? I saw two of ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/american-idol-shows-why-we-need-an-electoral-college/ Today is Earth Day, and as I walked out of my work cafeteria this afternoon, I realized why so many "environmentalists" annoy me. It's not because they're bad people or because they I disagree with their ideas, but it's because I really think that they go about promoting their cause ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/earth-day-is-about-more-than-being-nice-to-the-environment/ H/t to my folks at Jack and Jill Politics for featuring this video of Michael Pfleger, a Catholic Priest based out of Chicago. When I wrote earlier about Black silence on Jeremiah Wright, I wanted to hear someone break it down like this. Enjoy and please watch the whole video. ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/standing-up-for-black-liberation-theology/ What’s up fam, I know folks are like dang, what happened to the Spade? By way of updates, Steve is a newlywed so he deserves time to enjoy his wife and Garlin is probably busy creating a new business venture. I for one am up to my neck in the ... http://www.thesuperspade.com/mass-transit-in-detroit-and-where-you-been-bqw/