Today’s comes from Bree Jones, the League for Young Voters, who wants me to help her spread the word about ending gun violence:
Hi there,
Do you think you could share information about the No Guns Allowed: Disarming Violence in Our Community roundtable hosted by Snoop Lion (aka Snoop Dogg) and Executive Director of the League of Young Voters Dr. Rob "Biko" Baker? The panel also includes rapper T.I., Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and other community thought-leaders who will weigh in on a much needed discussion on gun violence and how it affects our society. The panel takes place on Saturday, June 29th at 4 pm PT at JW Marriott, LA Live during BET Experience.
Also, please let us know if you can share Snoop's video discussing the importance of non gun violence below.
Below is the flyer and press release with more information on this powerful initiative. Thanks so much!
— This was followed by a press release, a portion of which I’ll share here:
“I am humbled by the opportunity to have this important and necessary conversation with such influential people,” said LYVEF Executive Director, Dr. Rob “Biko” Baker. “This is just the beginning and I am thankful that Snoop Lion is helping us kick it off the right way.”
In response to the rising incidence of gun violence in the community, BET Networks developed the DISARM campaign, which kicked off with a special initiative called Moms On A Mission Against Urban Gun Violence done in partnership with the National Action Network. DISARM is a multi-platform initiative designed to promote peace and alternative outlets to violence.
“We are always excited when we are able to partner with artists who use their considerable reach to bring attention to important social issues,” said Sonya Lockett, Vice-President, Social Responsibility, BET Networks. “The problem of gun violence is so pervasive in our community that it will take the voices and actions of every sector to make an impact and we are happy to marry BET’s DISARM campaign with the efforts of Snoop and the League of Young Voters.”
Additional NO GUNS ALLOWED x DISARM partnership initiatives will be announced in the coming weeks.
To attend the free No Guns Allowed: Disarming Violence in our Community roundtable discussion on Saturday, June 29, at 4 p.m. at the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live.
Join the “No Guns Allowed” movement now by taking a pledge against violence andsubmitting personal stories and photos to describe how you’ve been affected by gun violence using the #NoGunsAllowedhashtag today.
My response was fairly succinct and to the point:
Dear Bree,
Are you serious?
My advice to you is that if you're going to be anywhere near that panel of thugs and loons, you arm yourself. Be especially careful about Maxine Waters: she has those crazy eyes, and at any moment she's liable to fly into a fit of pique, accuse the liberal Jews who show up of being Zionist double agents, and begin gouging people's eyes out with a salad fork.
You're welcome.
Sincerely,
Jeff Goldstein
The only gun violence those in power care about is the kind that could be used against themselves. Otherwise they don’t give a damn.
Snoop Lion (aka Snoop Dogg) and … Dr. Rob “Biko” Baker
What’s with the nomes de guerre? Why did the “Snoop” go from canine to feline? How do you get “Biko” out of “Robert”?
Effing poseurs.
Magnificent response, BTW.
Your boundless compassion never ceases to impress. I’m sure Bree never imagined how lucky she’d soon be when she penned that plea.
Because he went from gangsta to rasta when he decided he was the reincarnation of Bob Marley, despite his having been 9 years old when Jah Bob died. *
Emperor Heile Selassie could not be reached for comment.
No Guns Allowed?
Ask Chicago how that’s workin’ out for ’em.
– Waters likes to threaten people with “Nationalizing”, particularly anything to do with oil because every race bating snake-oil salesman or woman knows that’s where the moneys at, or in this case salad oil.
Nationalizing = fascist overlords.
We’re supposed to take advice on the 2nd Amendment from Snoop Lion, gangsta rapper, pornographer, and uber-pothead. And it’s the Boy Scouts and the Catholic church that are the bad guys, huh? Up is down, black is white, yada, yadda, yadda.
“I get emails”
The “smackabitch” response was nice. So you that going for you.
“uber-pothead”
Is there nothing the whacky weed can’t do. That would include a minimum loss of eight IQ points, if you are over 15, more when younger.
So you GOT that going for you.
It’s the reefer madness, Gulermo. Snoop done smoked out his brain cells.
And what’s wrong with referring to him as simply “Calvin Broadus” anyway?
eCurmudgeon, I like to read the celebrity gossip online for mental bubblegum. There are a few sites devoted solely (souly?) to black celebrities and the slang is so weird that it needs a glossary. It doesn’t seem to be part of an actual language at all.
The names are always in evolution, too. Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, Diddy, et al. It’s just retarded. I mean my son’s name is Robert and we call him Bob, not Papa Wheelie.
The ‘Biko’ may be a tribute to Steve Biko anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Wikipedia:
He believed in ‘Scientific Socialism’ [sur-f’ing-prise].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_People%27s_Convention
Although, Leigh, he might like that name.
“Every name’s an alias in case somebody squeals.” — Glenn Frey
Is there nothing the whacky weed can’t do. That would include a minimum loss of eight IQ points, if you are over 15, more when younger.
I’d point out that the median black person only starts with an IQ around 85 pts, and maybe they should try extra hard to hold on to what they’ve got — but that would just be terribly racist, and I’d be publicly denounced by Rich Lowry and Jonah Goldberg… so I won’t. Who needs that sort of abuse.
The IQ tests are obviously racist. Racist.
…is it something on how the Roman legions could rack up an impressive kill rate?
It’s actually the name of his production company, Spiny.
Rappers against gun violence. BWHAHAHA.
How about addressing a real problem, rappers- hood rats listening to your music and then deciding to shoot some of their fellow african-americans, with illegal firearms.
Biggie Smalls and 2Pac Shakur could not be reached for comment.
I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry when I read something describing Maxine Waters as a “thought leader.”
Jim, think of her as a “leader” in the same sense as used in film and/or tape: a worthless object defensively placed in front of something more valuable, meant to be mangled, thrown away, and replaced as needed.
See also Cynthia McKinney and Carol Moseley Braun.
Or, alternatively, every single member of the current administration not named “Barack”.
Maxine Waters makes more sense than Sheila Jackson Lee… and a good reach on her with that spork ( damage from Ms. Lee’s spork would be cushioned by Paula Dean’s Butter fried Mac and Cheese.)
By the way, that Paula Deen must be a damn good cook, because the Rev’s. Sharpton, Jackson all seem to be willing to give her a pass on the whole South Carolinian dialect negro kerfluffle thing as long as she keeps giving them free food .