Social Commentary

It seems that tin-foil wearing conspiracy theorist will have a field day telling everyone how we are on the path to a Big Brother state and how can I blame them?

The Houston Chronicle shed light into “a state-funded Web site that allows people to monitor footage from surveillance cameras along the Texas border.”

The website went live about 1 month ago and boasts over 21,000 “virtual deputies” while getting over 5 million hits. The program allows anyone with an Internet connection and time to kill ... the ability to monitor 13 cameras for suspicious activity along the southern Texas border with Mexico.  Read More »

The Holidays are upon us and times are busy. I am traveling back and forth between Houston and Austin to spend these holidays with loved ones. I hope you have a Merry Christmas tomorrow. With love and best wishes your friend ... David Ortez.

If you want to be rich, take notes ... like any bank robbery, you must plan it and most importantly execute it with little mistakes.

First, you want to be a bank, preferably in the United States. Second, you want to start giving away all your money so that the Government has to step in to give you some more money because you messed up pretty bad the first time around. Finally, take the money and when anyone comes around snooping around asking questions about what you did with the money ... plead the fifth.

Pretty simple, right?

The Associated Press reports:  Read More »

Would it matter to you? If you supported or voted for Barack Obama, would Michelle Obama's race play a factor in your decision to support or vote for him?

Seems like a trivial question, right? But ... not really since this is a topic of discussion amongst African-Americans and it seems from reactions that I find on the blogosphere- It Does Matter!

Now let's be clear. Michelle Obama's race would not play a factor if you are any other race but African-American. Although, I have not seen any blogs out there that entertain this question but more importantly would provide a sample large enough from Caucasians thus, I can not rule out that they would be opposed.

So, we shall discuss what we do know. And ... we know that African-Americans would not support/vote for Barack Obama if Michelle Obama were Caucasian ... at least preliminarily.  Read More »

Sometimes I stumble into some pretty interesting things that make me think twice about how I discovered them. Case in point … a conspiracy that claims that Facebook is a front for the CIA to collect data from millions of Americans (and World citizens) in order to aid in their surveillance.

I would like to take credit in coining this new Orwellian term as Big Brother 2.0 where social networks and the Internet are used to spy on people. I do not know exactly how I came around to this conspiracy but it reminds me of the one my friend has about the iPhone being used by the NSA as AT&T being their cover to collect data on American citizens.  Read More »

Merriam-Webster has announced its 2008 "Word of the Year." The winner is "Bailout," which "received the highest intensity of look ups on Merriam-Webster Online over the shortest period of time."

Bailout has been used by the media ever since Bear Stearns collapsed and the Federal Government rushed in to save it. In this context Merriam-Webster defines it as "a rescue from financial distress." The top ten words of 2008 are as follows.  Read More »

I fancy myself as a great driver but your personal perception on how you drive and the actual way you drive may be totally different. I stumbled upon this website where you can take a test on the way you drive.

It is pretty quick and simple. You will have to answer 19 short questions. The best thing is that you do not have to submit your email or a blood test to get back your results.  Read More »

There are two Americas according to Chris Hedge. And ... NO, it is not the Haves and the Have Nots that he is talking about. Hedge claims, "One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth."  Read More »