Weekly dispatches

So I was up past midnight waiting for the Weekly's online version to hit the Web, which didn't happen until about 10 a.m. this morning.

Andre Coleman is at the helm of the main column, this time writing about the lynching flier:

The tragic fact is, between 1882 and 1968, 5,000 African Americans were horsewhipped, drowned, hanged and stoned for simple things like drinking from the wrong water fountain or attempting to vote. Undoubtedly, thousands more lynchings went unrecorded. In the South, many African-American family members simply disappeared, never to be heard from again, like my great uncle Albert who went to the store to buy a loaf of bread and never came back.

With that said, I believe it's about damn time all of us stop trivializing racism and exploiting it for our own interests and get honest about ourselves and our community.

My other observation after refreshing the Weekly's site several times last night? I never want to see that picture of phyical trainer Joey Dowdy again. And Carl? I'm all for self-improvement, but maybe we could just incorporate your current weigh-in into "The Count:"

08-23-07
As of Tuesday, day 1,617 of the Iraq War…

3,705 American service members have been reported killed.
27,506 have been reported wounded in action.
70,182 is the minimum number of civilians killed in Iraq.
32 are the pounds shed through awesome dancersize by Carl K.

Since the last Count…

17 more American service members have been reported killed.
97 more American service members have been reported wounded.
848 more Iraqi civilians have been reported killed.
2.3 pounds were reportedly gained after The Carl's Bodytude suffered a lapse in Carl-fidence brought on by the mainstream, corporate media.