tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224610112024-03-06T23:38:04.093-05:00plezWorldThis is but a tiny thread pulled from the vast tapestry that is plez's World.plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.comBlogger842125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-56274703461647676362012-07-10T21:35:00.000-04:002012-07-10T21:35:58.055-04:00Georgia's Gov. Deal Names Lackey to Key Transportation Post
In one for the ages, Georgia's Gov. Nathan Deal tapped a long-time Republican operative to head up the state's important transportation department. The transportation planning director basically picks the projects that get funded from large parts of the state’s $2 billion gas tax budget! What follows are excerpts from the AJC.com article:
The Senate Transportation Committee on Monday voted plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-8191390622835984282011-09-11T14:50:00.000-04:002011-09-11T14:51:43.225-04:00plezWorld Remembers 9/11
It was a bright sunny Tuesday morning, I had taken the week off from work because we were bringing the newborn SugarPlum home for the first time. My wife had gone into the office in downtown Atlanta to grab a few things and then were going to get our daughter at noon.
plezWorld saw something on the television about about a plane flying into the World Trade Center in NYC and decided to plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-65964830482135213982011-01-05T00:14:00.002-05:002011-01-05T10:29:19.642-05:00Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity - 100 Years of AchievementKappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on January 5, 1911 on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.Re: Official Statement on Founding of Kappa Alpha Psi Today,we celebrate the vision of ten founders, who recognized the need for college-trained men to countermand the vestiges of racial discrimination at the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, that mirrored the plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-37822392923053709512010-10-19T00:14:00.005-04:002010-10-19T00:14:00.072-04:00Unemployed African-Americans Need to Redefine the Game - Randal Pinkett, Ph.D.Unemployed African-Americans Need to Redefine the Game, Says 'Apprentice'-Winner PinkettBy AMACOMWith the latest Department of Labor statistics indicating 16.1 percent of the black population versus 8.7 percent of the white population face unemployment, "The Apprentice"-winner Randal Pinkett offers clear advice for business success -- stop playing the game and start redefining it."plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-35736908648317185542010-07-21T00:14:00.002-04:002010-07-21T00:14:00.364-04:00Tea Party & Birthers Say, "Racism! What Racism?!?"plez sez: it is, what it is!oh no, don't say plezWorld is gonna start bloggin' again!plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-80994634181166784372009-10-30T21:14:00.001-04:002009-10-30T22:07:09.772-04:00Georgia Tech QB Josh Nesbitt for the Heisman TrophyJosh Nesbitt leads a deadly triple option oriented attack for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The video below highlights how Nesbitt (and the Tech defense) dismantled No. 4 Virginia Tech to take the ACC Coastal Division lead.To: All Heisman Trophy votersFr: Brian McMahon, PhD; School of Psychology; Georgia Institute of TechnologyFor Your Heisman Consideration: No. 11 Georgia Tech QB Josh plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-19652169364039232812009-10-28T21:14:00.003-04:002009-10-29T22:16:22.583-04:00Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT - Movie ReviewplezWorld and the family just got home from watching the World's Greatest Entertainer's final dance... this was Michael Jackson as you have never seen him before!Excerpts from the press release on michaeljackson.com about the movie:CULVER CITY, CA - Commenting on the announcement, Kenny Ortega, director of and Jackson's creative partner on the THIS IS IT concert, said, "This film is a gift to plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-63697012666221384912009-10-14T00:14:00.001-04:002009-10-14T00:30:42.459-04:00Hampton University Homecoming Queen ControversyIs it me, or does it seem like a fair portion of this homecoming court is not happy?As my business partner would say, "Whoa, Nelly!" And plezWorld has exclaimed, "What the...!" when the situation warrants... well this is one such situation.Hampton University, the alma mater of my oldest brother, has taken to a peculiar way of finding the winner of their homecoming queen, Miss HU, she is selected plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-62192399542792007852009-10-13T00:14:00.002-04:002009-10-13T00:19:44.013-04:00"This Is It" by Michael JacksonTo coincide with the upcoming movie with the same name, "This Is It" is the first recording by Michael Jackson that has been released posthumously. I imagine this is only the beginning, since there are probably hundreds of recordings that have never been released... enjoy!~ ~ ~plez sez: ...it's as though he's still with us!i like this song... and i'll be going to the movie when it opens later plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-16644414025166822372009-10-11T00:14:00.005-04:002009-10-11T00:43:32.235-04:00Chris Rock's "Good Hair"When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head! Director Jeff Stilson’s camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-84937253928604349252009-10-10T00:14:00.002-04:002009-10-11T00:54:35.091-04:00President Barack Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace PrizeIn a SHOCK to everyone, except those five Norwegian voters, President Barack Obama pulled off what will probably go down as his biggest upset win ever... this is bigger than the caucus and primary wins in 2008 over Sen. Hillary Clinton, this is bigger than the win over Sen. John McCain (that race was over before the Democratic National Convention), and even bigger than his stimulus packages! plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-74285748522134880752009-10-09T00:14:00.001-04:002009-10-09T00:14:00.072-04:00SF Muni (Public Transportation) FightThe video speaks for itself:~ ~ ~plez sez: ole girl should've known something was up when the other woman put her stuff down and took off her bag!now... how in the HELL are you gonna throw the first punch... and then get your ignorant ass whooped?!?i laughed sooooo damn hard, i couldn't believe what i was seeing.note to plezWorld: don't ride on MUNI through chinatown and start no sh*t... 'cause plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-59635135821642402172009-10-04T20:14:00.002-04:002009-10-04T21:01:38.508-04:00Dr. Andrew Manis: “When are we going to get over it?”I tried, but plezWorld is unable to authenticate the origin (date or publication) of this editorial. I received it as an e-mail message that claimed it was written in the Macon Telegraph, but my research did not bear this out. I've also seen this article included in a blog written in December 2008, before Obama was inaugurated.What follows is an open letter to white people from a white person plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-76508651856277844262009-09-08T00:14:00.001-04:002009-09-08T00:14:00.368-04:00Southern University Marching Band - Michael Jackson TributeOn Saturday, September 5, 2009, Southern University played Louisiana-Lafayette in football. They were blown out by a score of 42-19. But the Human Jukebox, also known as the Southern University Marching Band wowed the crowed with a thrilling Michael Jackson tribute:
plez sez: that was a nice show, but why didn't they show the score (a Human Jukebox tradition)?!?plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-73223661291962958892009-08-14T00:14:00.001-04:002009-08-14T00:14:00.441-04:00Michael Vick Lands with EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles have signed former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick to a two-year deal, Eagles president Joe Banner confirmed during halftime of the team’s exhibition game against the New England Patriots on Thursday evening. Published reports say that Vick will receive $1.6 million for the first year, with an option of $5.2 million for the second. Vick will return to the NFL after two plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-85340388261250083952009-07-05T00:14:00.000-04:002009-07-05T00:14:00.166-04:00The Jackson 5 - The Cartoon (1971)Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson leads The Jackson 5 in a 1971 Saturday morning cartoon. This episode features the story about how they met Diana Ross; she brought them to Detroit to meet Berry Gordy of Motown... and the rest is history!Part 1:Part 2:~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: and you can bet a young plezWorld was plopped down in front of the RCA tv at the plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-24874508076725668652009-07-04T00:14:00.004-04:002009-07-04T19:03:49.794-04:00Sarah Palin to Quit as Alaska's GovernorSix short months ago, I thought I'd written the last posts on the fading political career of Sarah Palin. Well, folk flocked to plezWorld on Friday to get the skinny on the latest from Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) (more than 400 visitors dropped by on Friday). CNN and all major news outlets have been buzzing all afternoon about the latest from the Great White North: Palin has decided that she should plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-57908460113060652322009-07-03T02:14:00.001-04:002009-07-03T02:23:50.006-04:00Quincy Jones Reflects on Michael JacksonThe following Q&A was featured in men.style.com shortly after the death of Michael Jackson:WISEGUY Q&A: QUINCY JONES' FONDEST AND WEIRDEST RECOLLECTIONS OF MICHAEL JACKSONBy Jeff GordinierQ: How have you been holding up since Michael Jackson's death?A: Oh, man. It's surrealistic. I went to Shanghai for the movie festival over there—I took Halle Berry—and then went back to Luxembourg, and in threeplez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-35597103885199961052009-07-01T00:14:00.001-04:002009-07-01T00:14:00.785-04:00The Jackson 5 - "Dancing Machine"Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson leads The Jackson 5 (with recent addition Randy Jackson) in a lively rendition of "Dancing Machine" in 1974 on the Merv Griffin Show (alright everybody, "1 - 2 - 3 - clap!"):~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: uh oh! plezWorld is doing the robot!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<!-- Site Meter --><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-7949993897619818792009-06-30T00:14:00.002-04:002009-06-30T00:16:31.756-04:00Michael Jackson - "They Don't Really Care About Us"Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson video of "They Don't Really Care About Us"... I love the drums:~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: A Tuesday Tribute to the King of Pop from plezWorld.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<!-- Site Meter --><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-22004514878544508692009-06-29T02:36:00.001-04:002009-06-29T02:36:02.218-04:00The King of Pop at 10th Anniversary of MTVMichael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson performs "Black or White" and "Will You Be There" live:~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: MJ was the greatest entertainer... EVER!!!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<!-- Site Meter --><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-7131242249141000592009-06-28T02:26:00.000-04:002009-06-28T02:26:01.039-04:00The King of Pop on Sunday MorningMichael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson performs "You Are Not Alone" live in Korea in 1999:~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: Good Sunday Morning with MJ & plezWorld.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<!-- Site Meter --><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-60259304472472061182009-06-27T14:26:00.001-04:002009-06-27T21:42:41.849-04:00The King of Pop at MTV Awards (Year?)Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson performs "Dangerous" live:~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: 'nuff said... i think plezWorld will just feature a few Michael Jackson videos for the next week or so... 'cause MJ was BAD!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<!-- Site Meter --><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-20099140427354495662009-06-26T00:14:00.002-04:002009-06-26T01:14:38.135-04:00plezWorld on The King of Pop (R.I.P. Michael Jackson)Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009.Michael Jackson anchors the Jackson 5 at the tender age of 10 years in 1969:~ ~ ~Practicing "Beat It"... he is better practicing than most performing:~ ~ ~The King of Pop at the 1988 Grammy Awards (he tears up "Man in the Mirror"):~ ~ ~The King of Pop does "Smooth Criminal" live:~ ~ ~ ~ ~plez sez: on yesterday, the world lost the plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-72073544530034854482009-06-23T00:14:00.002-04:002009-06-23T00:16:58.775-04:00Voting Rights Act (Sort of) Upheld by SCOTUSThe New York Times article about the recent near-unanimous decision concerning the Voting Rights Act of 1965:WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a central provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, declaring that there was no need at the moment to decide whether that provision was still constitutional in light of the fundamental changes that have swept across the South in recent plez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com0