Too Early To Call It a "Relationship" - Darren W. Alexander's MySpace Blog |

Too Early To Call It a "Relationship" - Darren W. Alexander's MySpace Blog |

Normally, I wouldn't talk personal business here at this blog. But I never did follow any rules- I don't think there were any (at least in the days when this blog was called "The Alex Chronicles" and "The View from Planet Alex").

Recently, I began a new relationship- even though it's only three days, for all intents and purposes, I suppose I can call it one. I won't divulge much at this point, and any updates will be on my blog at MySpace.

So, go ahead and read the entry. It could last- or I may be looking for someone new. Only time will tell.

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Comcast Buys Watchtower

On Thursday, Comcast- who is already buying a majority stake in NBC Universal- announced that it has bought the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, the corporate arm of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith. The deal was approved by government regulators last week.

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and Watchtower president Don Adams (no relation to the late "Get Smart" actor) jointly announced that with the power of Comcast behind the Watchtower name, the quest for world domination is fully within reach. "Who better to reach customers than the Jehovah's Witnesses?," Roberts said. "They knock on doors, and sell Watchtowers and Awakes- now part of the Comcast stable. and now, they also will tell you when you cable bill is late. It really saves us from mailing those pain in the ass notices."

Adams went on to say that with the deal, "This makes the (Watchtower) Society more open to everything. Every idea. Every person we reach."

Among the proposed changes the new Comcast-Watchtower deal are:

•  allowing women and openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and crossdressing persons to lead congregations,
• changing the names of the two main magazines: "The Watchtower" will keep its name, but will drop the "Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom" subtitle. The Watchtower symbol will also feature the NBC peacock  prominently inside the symbol. Also, the format would change to that of Comcast cable listings and profiles on stars on the NBC Universal TV networks. "Awake" would become "NBC Awake", and would feature stories from NBC's "Today" show,
• congregational meetings will become more entertaining, and the religious aspect would become optional, as opposed to the stiff and formal settings that now take place.
• Many of the Kingdom Halls would be renamed "Comcast Halls". several others will keep the "Kingdom Hall" name, except now, the Kingdom Hall name is trademarked by Comcast. Furthermore, some Comcast/Kingdom Halls will serve as broadcast facilities, mainly for NBC news programs.
• At the 2010 District Conventions, across North America, big name pop stars, such as Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, and Taylor Swift will perform at several venues (of course, venues and dates are still being negotiated at this time). Also, "Today" will broadcast from at least two convention sites.

Except for making programming better, there should be no noticeable changes, Adams says. Adams will be vice chairman alongside Roberts, and is in the running for running some of the NBC Universal networks and NBC-owned TV stations.

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Who Wants To Be a Viral Rapist?: Controversial Game Causes Uproar

There is a video game that's on the viral sites that allows players to sexually assault young teenage girls, and even their mothers and female siblings and other relatives. It's called RapeLay, and- understandably- womens groups are up in arms over this. What kind of message does this bring to players- and those who are registered sex offenders, and even those who are suffering from sex addiction? Obviously, the manufacturers of this game didn't stop and think about the unintended consequences, otherwise, the thought would have never occurred to them to release it.

You can say that this game goes too far- and I think that it does. Unfortunately, however, the manufacturer is within its rights to create this-although Japan censors sexual content (genitalia is obscured), themes and ideas are left unregulated. Here in the U.S., I have to wonder if the gaming industry would allow such a game- such as RapeLay- to be released (even in adult media stores, such as Fantasy For Adults, a local adult novelty store chain here in Portland, Oregon, for example). Even if that's not the case, it can be found found online- one can just Google it, and find a list. It's pretty damn troubling to find that a game like this exists, but what more can feminist groups do? If they force the game manufacturer to stop release, these same womens groups could run the risk of getting sued by the game makers. On the other hand, stopping the game may help stem the tide of sexual assaults around the world. But as with everything, there is no easy answer, is there?

To see the CNN story, just click on the title.

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Obama- Not Just a Target of White Supremacists, Chapter Two

Obama's Safety: Hate Groups Thrive Amidst Town Hall Health Care Debates - ABC News

You would think that we as Americans would care about our health. Here in Portland, Oregon, where I live, we're fucking health nuts (well, many of us, anyway). Everywhere I go, I can't walk one-quarter of a block- let alone a mile or two- without seeing someone jogging or riding a bike. Hell, you can even ride your bike on three of the four Interstate highways (5, 84, 205, 405) in town (the Stadium freeway- I-405- is the lone holdout, though who knows? Perhaps they'll find a way to build bike paths on that 3-mile stretch. Of course, they'd have to negotiate some engineering on the double decker Fremont Bridge...). Anyway, I'm straying from the subject at hand.

It appears that the passage in the House of the Health Bill has gotten a lot of groups riled up. Of course, this vitriol against the 44th president has went on long before he decided to work on health care. Our friends in the white supremacy movement think that having a "nigger" in the White House will cause the sky to collapse. What with their Second amendment rights seemingly under threat- at least, according to them, anyway- and the fact that he's running the country (in the ground, they think...), their racial existence is under threat. Then there is the tea party movement, which reportedly welcomes the neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, and John Turner society types. They see the health care reform as something that come from Russian icons Lenin and Stalin. Hell, they even have the audacity to make Obama look like German chancellor Adolf Hitler- as if Barack is Adolf's long-lost brother (of course, Barack had hidden from the Aryan public for awhile- lest Dolfie-baby's message gets lost over the fact that he would have a black sibling born 16 years later...). Cue the Russian national anthem (Cold War-era version).

You'd think that in the 21st Century, we'd be long past the racial arguments, and that everyone would get along fine. Of course, that could only happen in the Andromeda galaxy, because it sure as hell isn't happening here in the Milky Way. I'm not one to play the race card, but I'm beginning to wonder if race relations have really evolved- or are some of these factions are making attempts to regress back to the 1950s America. Some folks are upset because blacks, Asians, Arabs, and Latinos- and in a large sense, women- are in position of power politically, industrially, and even financially. Some are upset that these aforementioned groups are doing well, mainly through hard work and persistence, while these complainers and haters aren't going anywhere. I don't know if the people who play the blame game have simply given up on their dreams, but perhaps if they would just stop their bitching, and start chasing their dreams and making them into reality, maybe we wouldn't have this conversation.

Of course, all of this is lost on the white power and tea party types. Let's find H.G. Wells, so we can send these folks back to the 1950s- just so they can leave the rest of us alone.

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Obama- Not Just a Target of White Supremacists

I've wrote in a private entry this morning that white supremacists are reportedly jumping on the tea party bandwagon. After all, the change that President Barack Obama is working to bring is apparently too much to stomach.

But in an article on the website, News One- which deals with news and issue involving African-Americans- one man, Jay Martin- who (like this blogger) is African-American- thinks that Obama should be assassinated. I wonder if every white supremacist in America is reading this (I have the link to this story. Yeah, I'm running the risk of tipping those knuckleheads off, but the rest of the world deserves to see the story, too...). Martin apparently wants to shoot the president himself over accusations that Obama is part of a "new world order". Hmm...sounds like a term tea party types and white supremacists use quite obsessively. But Martin used Twitter to rant, and I looked at his page (thanks, News One), he mentions that he was frustrated. Aren't we all, sometimes? Yes, the president sometimes frustrates me, but I criticize him in a constructive and rational manner. Unlike the two aforementioned groups, I must say.

But I'm sure that a few tea party members are seeking to recruit Mr. Martin. After all, they do need to make the tea party movement a bit more "colorful", I suppose.

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