William G. McCray, III

OBNOXIOUS 04, 2006

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William G. McCray, III - MrMcCray@Obnoxious.tv

 


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America has some new Negroes and they speak Spanish!  There has been plenty of debate over illegal immigration into the United States.    Clearly this issue is an emotional and multifaceted one for American citizens and noncitizens alike; huge public demonstrations have been staged to pro-immigration advocates, while national-security conservatives are fixated on threats from terrorism, gangs, and other factors--have called for strict border controls and enforcement of immigration laws.   From a security standpoint, illegal immigration unquestionably poses certain risks to the   United States in context of cross-border immigration from Mexico, those could be from the jihadist or terrorist organizations like al Qaeda, the final concern is of drugs and weapons smuggling, which is a common practice of gangs like Mara Salvatrucha is known as MS-13. 

There are an estimated 12 million illegal aliens in the United States, who have come to the land of opportunity, where the ex-slave still struggles for equality and opportunity.  Clearly some illegal aliens see the new found land as an opportunity to continue criminal behavior as well.  America is under construction, every major city in the nation is exercising development.  Cheap labor is the bottom line to this argument.  Many of the jobs that others will not take at for such a low wage these illegal aliens will gladly accept.  Statistics from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) service are surprising.   During 2005 15,049 fugitive aliens were arrested and 9,100 were deported and of that number only 267 aliens were arrested in connection with terrorism investigations.  However, in a May 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)--which studied 55,322 criminal aliens in detention who had entered the country illegally 97 percent of those in the study population had been arrested more than once with a total of 459,000 total arrests within the group of 55,322, which is an average of 8 arrest per person included the following types of crimes:    Drugs--24 percent, Immigration violations--21 percent, Property crimes (such as burglary, larceny, theft, and vehicle theft)--15 percent, Violent crimes (murder, robbery, assault, and sex crimes)--12 percent, other offenses including traffic violations, weapons offenses and fraud)--28 percent.  Why did the Haitians have to go back?
Racial profiling on Capitol Hill may not be so far fetched of an idea.  Since 9/11 we have all experienced a security check that was a little more than we would have desired.  Why would the Capitol police put so much of an emphasize on a pin given to members of congress to be identified by security to enter and exit without having to be stopped; Well, how brilliant is that?  I will give my pin to the next person that wants to walk into the capitol to destroy our country.  Cynthia McKinney is right.  The Capitol police should pay more attention to her face and not something as simple as a pin that can be worn by anyone that may be seeking to do harm.    The officer may have gone a little too far for McKinney and she hit him to make him back off.  Does that warrant her to be arrested?    Hell no!  I am glad that she was brave enough fight back when she has been violated by and excited member of the capitol police force.  Cynthia has a voice that is needed in Congress and she is never afraid to speak out.  This is the same woman that has not been given proper credit for telling the world that President Bush had knowledge of a possible attack prior to 9/11.  Racism is a part of the fabric of this nation and will forever remain.  Tom DeLay had the nerve to call Cynthia McKinney a racist and he is a crook.  Do not be fooled people this is an election year and this event might be used to block McKinney from being re-elected.
Tood Smith , known as LL Cool J has announced he will publish a new book titled LL Cool J's Platinum Body .  The book contains the rapper's regimen for a "platinum body."  Well, he can speak on this topic as an authority.    The Lady's Love is known for being in great shape.  However, LL did get some help by his personal trainer, Dave "Scooter" Honig .  The book will feature a fitness program for men and women at a bronze, silver, gold, and platinum workout levels for individuals interested in shedding pounds and remaining fit.  "This workout program changed my life; both physically and emotionally," LL Cool J said in a statement.    "Now I want to share with others how they can achieve their own personal version of a Platinum Body."  Rodale owns and publishes a variety of health oriented magazines, including Men's Health , Women's Health , Prevention , Runner's World , and many others.  LL Cool J's Platinum Body is slated for publications in January 2007.  His latest album Todd Smith hit the stores this month. 
Damon Dash is finally telling the real deal about him and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter going their separate ways.  Damon goes into great detail in an interview in the upcoming issue of King Magazine .  "My best friend did some sh*t to me that I never thought in a million years he would do," Dash said about Jay-Z .  "It was straight war in there everyday.  Either you were on Jay's side or Dame's side."  Damon Dash and Jay-Z ran Roc-A-Fella before it was acquired by Def Jam in 2004.  Damon makes the claim that Jay-Z out witted him and eventually pushed him out.  The perception is that Def Jam bought Roc-A-Fella.    Jay's the president of Def Jam.  Dash does admit that he and Shawn Carter had a history making run while they were friends and business partners.
Drug Dealers and Killers Strike Again ...A 28-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting rapper Proof of D12 recently turned himself in.  Mario Etheridge of Detroit is being detained by the police for allegedly shooting the rapper during an altercation inside of the C.C.C. nightclub.  Etheridge was a bouncer at the club and the cousin of Keith Bender Jr., another bouncer that who was allegedly shot by Proof during a fight, which took place approximately at 4:30 am according to the police.  The altercation was rooted in a pool game when the two men began arguing and a fight broke out.  A shot was fired in the air, Proof allegedly pistol-whipped Bender, knocked him to the ground and shot him. Etheridge then allegedly open fire on Proof , striking him four times in the head and chest.  An investigation is ongoing, but the Detroit Police said that Mario Etheridge is cooperating with them.  Bender, a former Sgt. in the United States Army, is on life support and in critical condition.
Daunte Culpepper can start his career as a Miami Dolphin free of legal drama that could have landed him in jail this season.  The football player was cleared of misdemeanor lewd conduct charges stemming from a boat-part sex scandal in Minnesota.  At the time he was playing for the Minnesota Vikings accused of lewd conduct during the cruise last fall of Lake Minnetonka.  Well, let me give you the hot details.  Culpepper was accused of touching a dancer's buttocks during her performance.    However, he said he spent time on the boat shooting dice and turned down sexual offers from several women.    Moe Williams , who was also charged, was accused of touching a dancer's breast, testified that a woman danced near him, but he never touched her.    Both players had claimed that race was a factor in prosecutor Steve Tallen's decision to charge them, while not charging two white men onboard--including the captain of one of the boats--even though investigators found evidence the men both kissed a stripper's exposed nipple.  However, Cornerback Fred Smoot and Defensive Tackle Bryant McKinnie , were not so lucky their hearings are scheduled for the coming week.
Ricky Williams will meet with NFL officials in New York to beg that his suspension be overturned.  Williams obviously has a problem with drugs and has previously tested positive for marijuana, which he acknowledged using, but this most recent test showed a drug other than marijuana.  League officials will not confirm Ricky's drug of choice due to the confidentiality for positive test suspensions under league policy.  If the positive test is upheld, it would be Ricky's fourth violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy, which would result in at least a one-year suspension.  Williams had retired, but returned to the league and had to serve a four-game suspension at the start of this past season for this third violation of the drug program.  Clearly Ricky Williams is a drug addict that wants to beg his way back into the league.    I guess he needs the big money to support his habit. 
The deal was in place to film a reality show about Barry Bonds' quest to break the career home run record this season; the subject matter may have quickly changed for the   San Francisco Giants slugger.  The evidence of this was seen in the premiere episode.  Tears began to well up as Bonds said, "They can take me down.  I don't really care, I never cared...  Baseball, if they want to take me down, go right ahead take it.  Anyone who ever knew me knows I do not care.  But there are a lot of people depending upon me to stay strong." Bonds said.  Seems like he is not so strong and is finally breaking under all the pressure.    If Barry was not such an asshole then perhaps the media would not glee in the attack of his character and contribution to baseball. 
Divas Raising Hell ... Jennifer Lopez is suing her ex-husband Ojani Noa for demanding $5 million from her to keep their old baggage and private moments from being exposed in a tell all book.  J-Lo filed in Los Angeles superior Court, the lawsuit alleges that Noa violated a confidentiality agreement by distributing the manuscript of his book to publishers.  Lopez is also trying to obtain an restraining order to keep the manuscript from becoming public.  Karriene Steffans kicked up enough dust until she managed to make it to Oprah's couch to discuss her whorish ways of the past.  She wrote " Confessions Of A Video Vixen ," tried to make it sound like the men in the rap game used her, but they did nothing that she did not allow them to do.    I am not surprised that the very next day an adult video company announced the release of a film depicting her in a porn movie.  The scene features Karriene and Mr. Marcus for his " Cool Spot " DVD, which features the original footage and unreleased material from the shoot.  From what I hear the adult film shows that Karriene's nickname Superhead is well deserved.  Naomi Campbell has backed out on her friend Sean "P. Diddy" Combs new reality show with celebrities cooking.  It is not clear if her backing out had something to do with her recently being arrested for assaulting her maid Ana Scolavino.  The word is   Diddy is pissed with Naomi and the two of them may no longer be friends.    Sean Combs is known to hold a grudge.
According To My " Street Committee "...Now I am still working on collecting more information about this, but I have heard some serious rumors that Nelly was involved in a sexual assault of the singer Tevin Campbell .  Wikipedia has removed the story they originally ran that stated in some detail that Tevin may be claiming that Nelly sexually assaulted him.  This is not the first time that Tevin has been sexually assaulted or offered to perform sexual favors for men.    It is not clear if the singer was working in the studio with the rapper or what, but somehow the two connected.    Now it is well known that Tevin Campbell is gay and was arrested in 1999 after offering to perform a sexual favor on a male undercover police officer, and shortly after was sexually assaulted by four men outside of a gay club. Russell and Kimora may be having a more difficult time with their separation than what they originally claimed.  The soon to be split Hip Hop couple were in Miami at Trump's mansion for the Annual Rush Arts Ceremony .  The word I got was the two of them flew on separate jets to Miami and did not sit at the same table and did not speak to each other the entire night.    Seems Kimora is not pleased with Russell going public with their separation nor his being seen with his hot, much younger, new love interest. 

Bow Wow is not well liked by Master P nor his son Romeo .  According to a recent interview of Master P on K104.5 FM in Dallas Bow Wow was not well spoken of by the rapper; Sounds like he challenged him to a fight on the behalf of his son.  Speaking of fighting Tyson Beckford got assaulted at Wet Willies in Miami.    A man tired to rob the former model for his chain.  Not sure if they got it or not, but I hear that Tyson is not the best fighter.  Trey Songz was arrested over at   Clark   Atlanta University; Seems that he was holding up traffic while passing out his new CD out of the window of his car.  Well, Trey was stopped and taken in when he got smart with the police officer for the university.  Trey was thrown to the ground and taken into custody.  Tina Brown cannot be stopped; the sister-in-law of Whitney Houston now claims that Whitney is a sometime lesbian.  However, that is nothing knew.  Whitney was reported to have been romantically involved with her former manager Robin, who left Whitney prior to her life going down hill.  Well, according to a former barber for Gary, Whitney's brother, who is also on drugs and--all this stems from a very dysfunctional childhood.  My source shared with me that Gary told him during one of his many haircuts that their mother Cissy had three children by three different men.  The source went on to say that Whitney and Gary have another brother, whose father was Cissy's brother-in-law at the time he was conceived.  You got it the source says that Whitney's momma was hot back in the day and got pregnant by her own sister's husband.