On August 15th, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Ben Stiller are set to star in Stiller’s latest comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’.

According to reports, Downey Jr. plays a white actor who takes a role originally written for a black actor and dyes his skin to play the role as a black man. His character does all this in hopes of winning an Oscar. Frankly, I like Ben Stiller’s comedy so reading about ‘Tropic Thunder’ I am laughing out loud and queasy at the same time.
Here are two of my favorite …

I will be attending a hearing on election problems during the February 5 presidential primary.
If you are in the LA area, here is the information you’ll need to attend:
Friday, March 7, 2008
1 p.m.
Auditorium of the Ronald Reagan State Building
300 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles
Please spread the word by forwarding the following link to your friends, family and neighbors:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/hearing
I’ll let you know how it goes.