The Recession Hits Home

The Recession Hits Home

April 20, 2011  |  Cody Blog, News, Politics, TGL Blog  |  No Comments  |  Share

I want to first say that this is a real article from Yahoo.com, and the only think that I can think about is the fact that race is such a big issue in this country that people are trying to find slants on everything. My only problem is that you

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Whats Your Motivation?

Whats Your Motivation?

April 12, 2011  |  Cody Blog, Lifestyle, Pop Culture, TGL Blog  |  No Comments  |  Share

I was sitting up writing and working, and I stopped to think about what exactly is my motivation. When you think about it, it can be as complex or as simple as you like it to be. Some people are working strictly for the dollar, while others work for the

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The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

April 6, 2011  |  Cody Blog  |  No Comments  |  Share

There has been an all-time low reached in this country just as everyone is thinking how things could get worse for the have-nots. Its seems that there are more African American men in prison, jail, or on probation that were enslaved in 1850. The number of people that are in

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Chris Broussard talks

Chris Broussard talks “Uncle Toms” and Basketball

April 4, 2011  |  Cody Blog, TGL Blog  |  No Comments  |  Share

A couple of weeks ago, there was a lot of conversation about the comments that Jalen Rose said about the black Duke players that he faced while he was in college. The 19 year old Rose called them "Uncle Toms"  in the ESPN documentary about the Fab 5 and the

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Gifted Review: Return of 4Eva by Big K.R.I.T.

April 1, 2011  |  Cody Blog, TGL Blog  |  No Comments  |  Share

This week Big K.R.I.T. released his free EP "Return of 4eva" the follow up to his first mixtape "K.R.I.T. wuz here." At first listen it sounds like that classic south sound that I grew up on and people everywhere wouldn't be used to hearing. That is exactly the reason why

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The Bruce is Loose

The Bruce is Loose

March 30, 2011  |  Cody Blog, TGL Blog  |  2 Comments  |  Share

It's been about a week now since UT made an exit from the NCAA tournament and promptly fired their coach Bruce Pearl. It took me a little time to put this post (series of posts) together because as a fan of University of Tennessee I needed to let this initial

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