He Is Who We Thought He Was...

Here at SSD, we always try to uncover the truth about situations. I understand politics is a dirty game and most politicians promise to do many things to get elected. President Obama is one president that actually delivered on a promise.

The way I see it is simple. Obama did exactly what he said he would do, which is get the health care reform issue signed into a bill from Congress. We as a country voted for him to do it and he delivered.

What does that mean exactly? It means that America can once again be considered a super power seeing as other countries have provided health care for their citizens for years.

What the future holds now, I have no idea, but at least we can rest knowing that all US Citizens can have affordable health care.

I do have to do more research of what this means to have affordable health care because I remember having affordable health care but actually being IN THE HOSPITAL when my insurance cancelled on me. Which is another issue Obama has discussed.

I mean for real, I paid my premium and they didn't hold up their end of the bargain. WHAT!!!? Sorry, side vent.

Anyway, congrats to President Obama for realizing yet ANOTHER dream come true. Mr. Pres should be an inspiration to people all over the world consistently overcoming obstacles to achieve his goals.

Forgive me for gloating, but I'm PROUD to be from Chicagoland area... JOLIET!!!!...

I leave you with a clip that should remind you all that people from the "cold windy Chi-City" ARE who you Thought WE are! The ISH!!!!!

"If you want to crown him then crown him, but he is who we thought he was..."

They are who we thought they are!!!

Remember to always believe in yourself no matter what!
Have a great day everyone. Keep ya swag turned on!

We Love Short Shorts...

I might be showing my age, but "who likes short shorts? I.$.H. loves short shorts." Remember the Nair commercials. Ha. At the beginning of the summer, I hosted an event with the short shorts summer fashion fair theme.

Recently, First Lady Michelle Obama was spotted wearing shorts which apparently may or may not have been too short for some people depending on who was viewing.

I do have to mention that no matter who you are, if you are in the number 1 spot, you are a target and scrutinized for every little thing you do, so being the first lady, Mrs. Obama pretty much was an open target. In the past, most First Lady's have not been viewed as younger, beautiful women, but older, more mature, motherly... some even grandmotherly types. `HEY, this site is called stop selling dreams for a reason, where we call a spade a spade!

I could see you having a fit about your grandmother wearing short shorts, but what about younger mothers with youth and flair, are they supposed to wear turtle necks now because they have children. I'm not saying they should go out and wear tacky, tasteless outfits but let's be real, we are talking about shorts in the dead heat of a desert, humid summer! It just seems like the media is reaching for any type of news to post these days.

I guess it was cool for the Nair Promo Models to use the product and show their legs but if the first lady shows her legs off especially since it was in the hot, humid desert, national security is in an uproar. To be honest with you, I don't think its a problem. It is 2009 and believe me from this picture, I can truly say that I have definitely seen shorter shorts than these that still exude good taste.

Years ago, for a woman to show an abundant amount of skin was an unacceptable feat regardless of her age. But now, I think the country is evolving into a younger, cooler, society hopefully becoming less judgemental. My hope is that we will stop viewing our future first lady's less as "old maids" but more as respectable, beautiful, independent women not ashamed to show off their inner and outer beauty. Maaaaan, SSD! Really, the shorts aren't even that short...

I can't wear skinny jeans, because my money clip wont fit...

Trends, Trends, Trends. What is a trend? Do you follow trends? What's the newest trend and how long will it last. Recently President Obama was criticized for apparently wearing Mom Jeans to throw out the first pitch at the 2009 MLB All Star Game. Personally, I have an issue with trends and don't care to keep up with them. Why, because it means you have to conform and follow the masses in order to be cool. SSD!!!!
When I was about 14, the ONE and only time I tried to keep up with the Jones', or for me the Brooks was an epic fail. One of my best friends to this day, KB always had the latest and greatest of the trends. The newest video games, the newest Jordan's, Timberland boots, first down goose puffy coats, I mean you name it and he had it. He was one of the cool kids. I wasn't jealous, but I did indeed look up to him.

I begged my mom to buy me these specific Jordan's and some in style jeans, goes to show what I care now, I don't even remember what the name of the jeans were. They aren't in style anymore anyway, TRENDS ha! Anyway, after weeks of begging, she finally caved in and bought me these jeans and shoes. I was geeked to finally have one up on my friend KB!

So here it is, the day comes and I'm ready to debut my new trendy style. I'm wearing my shoes and my kicks to school and the first thing I notice is KB has on a NEW pair of shoes! S0 I asked him what shoes he had on and he replied, "Oh these are the new Jordan's that just came out this morning." WTF!...so KB says to me, "Yo man, why are your jeans so TIGHT?" I didn't know what to do. Growing up TIGHT jeans was Not acceptable.

Here I am busting my butt to get these shoes and jeans which turned out to not even be the cool thing anymore. From that point on, I said I don't care about TRENDS, I'm gonna do, wear, and think HOW I want to and not care about anybody else's trends.

Fast forward years later and KB says to me, "Hey You know I never told you this but I looked up to you." I'm like WHAT, Why? He said, "because you had the courage to be yourself at a time when it wasn't cool to stand out or do your own thing." He used to call me casual man for getting my grown man on at age 14. ha!

So I said to him, "Man, I looked up to you and your brothers because you guys always had the hot stuff." He said, "Man, I got that stuff because I liked it, not because it was trendy. I could care less about what's cool, you're the one that had all the important stuff, like a car, especially a car like the James Bond old school Mercedes at 14! We used to all love to come over YOUR house because you had the coolest stuff at your house."

Now I really fast forward and look at people talking crazy because OBAMA does NOT wear skinny...wait...let's erase the hype... SSD... TIGHT jeans! I can not see a grown man wearing tight jeans...maybe when you're 14...but the president has other issues to deal with besides what a trend says is cool but wont be next week. Next week none of us may have a job, because Obama DID choose to go purchase some skinny jeans instead of signing a bill or doing his JOB...ha ha ha. Real talk, be true to yourself and do your own thing, this trendy thing will be out of style tomorrow anyway...what's Ed Hardy again!? HA!