Also, I wrote this prior to his election. He was not the President and I could not have been disrespectful to the office in reference to him since he did not hold it at that time. We agree race does have nothing to do with it, which is why I made no mention of what race Obama is.

I did start to read Common Sense once, but I didn’t make it all the way through.

I am going to open a meeting next week with that piece. I’ll try not to get emotional and choked up as I read it.

Thanks. You ARE free!!

As far as smoking, it isn’t that he smokes (although the left really tends to demonize smoking but won’t dare mention Obama smoking), it’s that most people were not aware. Same goes for the amount of time he spent being raised outside of the United States. I mean, at one point his ambition was to be president of Indonesia. I wonder how many Americans are aware of that?

As far as you inferring racism, congrats on that, obviously my issue with Obama is his race. You don’t know what race I am, you know virtually nothing about me but obviously I don’t like Obama because of his race, right? That’s such pathetic idiocy. Let’s put aside the fact that I’m taken more time on this site to praise black people than to demean them, the notion that anyone who dislikes Obama is racist, is in and of itself prejudiced! There’s nothing more non-racist, nothing more pro-equality than the ability to judge a person on their merit rather than their race. You’re the one making an issue of his race… and I’m tired of racist people being unaware that they are. We could do nothing more beneficial to people of all races than to treat them as we would anyone else, including voicing our disagreement. If you treat people differently, pro or con, because of their race than that makes you the racist.

I don’t listen to music much, so I haven’t listened much to The Jokerr, but let’s consider what I got from first glance. Thematically, he entered into similar territory as ICP. Coincidentally, he’s white. He wears makeup… ok, yeah those a big coincidences considering you could round up 100 rappers and unless a self proclaimed juggalo is in the mix you’re unlikely to find that combination. But, from what I listened to, he was stylistically similar to ICP.

Now, he’s definitely got a medieval faire quality going on, but then again ICP mentions the Dark Carnival over and over so, I’m not sure who gets the most nerd points in that regard. As far as that goes though, hip-hop has gone soft. ICP was always a laughing stock, but they embraced it fully. I don’t see any other way of responding to The Jokerr’s gimmick without thinking it was an attempt to break out of the box that most talented, but unknown rappers find themselves in. The hostility for juggalo rappers is more telling than anything else, I’ve seen numerous closet juggalos try that to cover their tracks.

It’s a waste to me though. There was no need for his gimmick to be that over the top, there was no need to go that far into the whole cosplay, nerdy outcast, Assassin’s Creed (by the way I saw someone trying to sell a Altair costume on craigslist, he might want) thing. In terms of ability he’s better than ICP. His level of polish and professionalism is stellar. I have been eternally frustrated by the half-assed nature of a lot of artists. They might do something well and then find a way to screw it up by doing something else half-assed.

He’s just so damn silly (another ICP similarity) and there’s a lot of immaturity. He’s kind of funny, but it’s like trying to watch a kids show with good writing. Even if you enjoy aspects of it, there’s no getting over the fact that it’s for little damn kids! If this guy had just dialed things back a little, had he taken a more subtle, less literal approach I think I’d be placing him up there with the elites. I’m amazed and somewhat perplexed by his level of quality. This guy puts out a diss track (which by the way, a guy in a jester’s outfit has a lot of trouble pulling off) with a video that outdoes 99% of the videos put out within the sub-genre. It seems like a monumental waste, but I’m too lazy to look into things further. I’m tempted to try and contact the guy just to try to figure out what his angle really is to be honest.

I’m not sure if this is more than a cosmetic issue, but it’s highly irritating as if this crack didn’t already exist prior to shipping (a possibility given that the USB charger came damaged) only a modest amount of pressure could cause these cracks. In other words, the act of holding the device might be enough to crack the plastic around the speakers as it’s basically just a hole they cut out thing plastic with no housing to strengthen it.

So, I have to figure out how best to resolve this as a return is out of the question and last time I talked to support I had a nice lady that not only could barely speak English but had a habit of repeating what I said in a completely jumbled up manner (she’d switch letters around and stuff).

Having said that, was it worth $100, even in it’s current state? Absolutely. However, people that bought this full price or anything over $200 are either unhappy now or will probably be in the future. While a port seems promising, it’s not likely to work as well as a fully supported device and the WebOS app store still thinks it’s September and probably will for as long as it continues to exist.