It's almost the end of 2011, and the start of 2012!
And so much unfisnished business on my blog!
Now that I got time, I can finally blog on the stuff I wish I had time to write about earlier
1) Those who have Passed Away
I already wrote about the passing of Steve Jobs, possibly the most popular guy to pass away this year
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/12/steve-jobs-occuppy-wall-street-and.html
And I wrote about the death of one of my favorite singers from my teenage years - Nate Dogg
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/03/in-memory-of-nate-dogg.html
But there's more that I want to cover
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Andy Rooney - this was the guy who had his few minutes of commentary at the end of "60 Minutes".
"60 Minutes" usually 3 stories on serious topics (ie. war, disease, politics, racism, etc) for the first 50 minutes.
Then, at the end of the show, we had Andy Rooney!
Rooney usually made some humorous observations about things like shoes, cars, time, bag of potato chips, or whatever else he felt like complaining about that day!
Ocassionally, Rooney got serious at times, especially when recounting his memories working for the Army's newspaper during World War 2!
I didn't always agree with Rooney, but either way, he was funny as hell!
Though at times, Rooney did go too far! The worst was after rock singer Kurt Cobain killed himself! Rooney didn't think it was right that Cobain being honored after his death, and he insulted Cobain's fashion sense! Very bad timing!
The very next week, Rooney apologized.
Some people did react the same after Rooney died, if you read some internet commentary.
But I won't go there!
But I will end the topic with this -- Rooney's last commentary on "60 Minutes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKvRPh5QXUg
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Heavy D -- he was a popular rapper back in the 1990's. His songs had an R&B flavor and focused on the funner side of life.
His most popular song was "Now that We Found Love" from 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNEgUPKxk7A&feature=relmfu
But my favorite was from 1995 "Nuttin but Love" with a very funny video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEbfeG2oAE&ob=av2e
yes that was Chris Tucker and Busta Rhymes in the video, but they weren't that famous back then! It was about 1 or 2 years before they became famous pop icons! And "Nozcema girl" in the video? Totally forgot about her, until I saw the video again this year. She was always in the ads for a famous skin care lotion!
Heavy D also appeared on Micheal Jackson's "Jam"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHI1yI1Ndk&ob=av2e
ype, MJ the singer, with MJ the basketballer in the video!
and on Soul for Real's "Candy Rain"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAyCyETLT1o&feature=related
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Christopher Hitchens -- an author, a frequent talk show guest famous for his controversial, provocative comments.
As with many other pundits, sometimes I agreed with him, sometimes I didn't.
Though he was mostly a far-left liberal,Hitchens didn't hestitate to protest the hypocrisy of many Radical left-wingers. Many Radical Left-wingers were QUICK to call Republican presidents "fascists", but too many of those same people were either SILENT or TOO MIDLY CRITICAL about serious human right abuses committed by communist governmnents and Islamic Fascists!
However, Hitchens did go way too far at times! His book title "God is Not Great" was totally unneccessary! I mean, if you're an atheist, fine! But insulting many good people of faith, and comparing them to violent religious fanatics is ridiculous!
I also remember writing a blog post criticizing Hitchen's hatred of sports. Hitchens basically blamed sports for all the ills of society, and stereotyped all athletes as being like Micheal Vick or Mike Tyson!
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2010/02/attack-of-sports-haters.html
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Vaclav Havel -- started out as a playwrighter, but became a pro-democracy activist in the communist dictatorship of Czechoslovakia from the 1950s to 1980s!
After the communists gave up control in 1989, Czechoslovakia split into 2 countries - Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Havel became the president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003!
Havel passed away earlier this month from lung cancer.
To learn Havel's insipiring story , check out http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vaclav-havel-dissident-playwright-and-former-czech-president-dies/2010/09/21/gIQATAeD2O_print.html
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Osama bin Laden and Kim Jong Il ---- Terrorist leader and a dictator dead this year! Good riddance!
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Obviously, there's more who passed away this past year! However, these are the ones I have commentary for!
No offense towards those I didn't comment on!
However, feel free to share your list with everyone!
