Ballin' for books

So this post was inspired by two things: first, this 60 Minutes story about Sallie Mae. Secondly, while out to dinner, Wifey and me observed a 20-something guy trying to mack on near 40-year-old women. The guy and the two women left together after about 15 minutes of conversation.

The cost of a college education is ridiculously expensive these days and, according to 60 Minutes, Sallie Mae is making out like a fat rat on all of our student loans. The ablilty to go to college and afford it is more and more exclusive. This got me wondering: if given the chance, would most guys help put themselves through college:

by being a gigolo.

First off, I'm talking about fufilling the pent-up needs of female clients only.
As a gigolo, you can be picky and, what horny 20-something red-blooded American male wouldn't want to be getting laid in college? Now, Wifey mentioned that its always a question of losing your self respect. But realistically, if none of your actions cause you to lose respect for yourself, how can anyone else judge? The Duke Lacrosse scandal is a case in point. Though some people sought to dis the alleged victim for her career choices in helping finance her education and the lives for her children, if she feels she is putting food on the table without sacrificing her dignity, who are we to judge?

We know there's a lot of boot-knocking going on on college and university campuses. Now, if that partner was say -- an attractive businesswoman offering to buy your books, stock your fridge or pay that tuition bill balance for a little action, what would you do?


So, the question, my readers is this: do you think supporting oneself through college by using the currency of sex is right or wrong FOR YOU?
And the bonus question: what about the double standard of a woman who dates a "sugar daddy" in college. What's the difference?

Immigration Nation

Read this.

I visited fam in Houston this week. With much media attention focused on immigration rallies, I was hit by the reality this week. The reality is this: undocumented, illegal immigrants are overwhelming our civil services and we are footing the bill. Undocumented, illegal immigrants sneak into the country and, once here start familes so that their children are born as U.S. Citizens. Who would be so heartless as to send a child's parents back to the home country? Now in Houston, most (though not all) of these illegal immigrants happen to be Mexican or from Latin America. In driving around suburban Houston, at gas stations, highway underpasses and open fields, tens of tens of illegal immigrants gather, waiting, hoping to get picked by developers and taken to a shit job that still outearns anything they would make back home.

This is about class. This is about capitalism. This is about race. This is about hypocrisy.

The reality?
- millions of illegal immigrants who work, but aren't on the tax rolls
- millions of illegal immigrants who overburden the public schools and health care system
- millions or billions of additional monies Americans and legal immigrants must pay to compensate for the swell in public schools and health care
- a backlash of extremists in the culture war against immigrants
- the legitimate danger of a porous border's effect on homeland security
- a changing, voting demographic both parties covet
- growing unease in the Black community about eroding political clout
- growing class "war" between naturalized U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants
- corrupt developers and business owners fleecing contracts by hiring illegal immigrant workers, paying sub-standard, non-living wages and pocketing the difference
- hypocrisy of accepting some illegal immigrants (Cubans), while deporting others (Haitians, Mexicans and Latin Americans)

Where to begin?

Is one woman's misfortune another woman's big break?

Kim Roberts. Don't know who she is? Peep this. Roberts is the other stripper from the infamous Duke lacrosse rape scandal. Roberts has come out in support of the alleged sexual assault victim, saying she now believes the woman was raped at the party. But Roberts also is trying to cash in on her fifteen minutes of fame at the expense of the other woman's misfortune.

Think I'm kidding? I wish I was. Get the latest issue of Newsweek. Check this out:

Also Thursday, 5W Public Relations, a New York firm that specializes in "crisis communication," distributed an e-mail signed "The 2nd Dancer," and Roberts confirmed she sent it after learning the AP knew her identity.

"I've found myself in the center of one of the biggest stories in the country," she wrote. "I'm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as to how to spin this to my advantage."

Ronn Torossian, 5W's president, said he replied, but got no response.

"If this person is indeed who they say they are, I would be happy to speak with her," said Torossian, whose firm has represented the likes of Sean "Diddy" Combs, Ice Cube and Lil' Kim.

Roberts, like the accuser a divorced single mother who is black, took umbrage at the notion that she should not try to make something out of her experience. She's worried that once her name and criminal record are public, no one will want to hire her.

"Why shouldn't I profit from it?" she asked. "I didn't ask to be in this position ... I would like to feed my daughter."

Roberts said she knows what it's like to sit in jail, and that she would never wrongly accuse an innocent person.

"If the boys are innocent, sorry fellas," she said. "Sorry you had to go through this."

But unlike her and the other dancer, she said, they have money to hire the best attorneys.

"If they're innocent, they will not go to jail," she said. But, she added, "If the truth is on their side, why are they supporting it with so many lies?"

Roberts is bracing for an all-out attack, but said she's almost past caring.

"Don't forget that they called me a damn nigger," she said. "She (the accuser) was passed out in the car. She doesn't know what she was called. I was called that. I can never forget that."


I think old girl is wrong in trying to get a public relations company to help her sell her story. What do you think?