Surgeon General

I rage though my house fighting "the lighter wars" due to the fact that almost all the lighters disappear..
And whats left for me? One camel.. not as harsh as Newport. but it does it's job.

PACPACMAN - f.l.i.p. pride ( something i've failed to have)

Man, finally the Philippines has something to be proud about!
You might have a better understanding of this video if you are Filipino but if your familiar with the Pacman vs. Hattan fight then you could probably relate to this too.

C.C.

Above you see a picture of Charles Cosby ( from the movie Cocaine Cowboys 2), OneBadColombian, And squeezed in like a salmon in the back is "pablo escobar jr."
( that name is a whole other story..jeeeez)

Anyways, I'm glad your bullet proof again. have a great time in L.A. CC!

and below you is the interview by wendy day. ( look her up, she's awesome)





Charles Cosby Interviewed By Wendy Day For 'Ozone' Magazine

Griselda Blanco’s Man

By, Wendy Day (www.WendyDay.com)

Charles Cosby was more than the star of Cocaine Cowboys 2. He lived that story. He lived the good life. Griselda Blanco was a notorious Columbian Drug Lord in the 1980s, known for her ruthlessness. It’s amazing that she was not only a woman who was able to keep up with her male counterparts, but surpass them in many cases. Sitting comfortably in my living room, Charles shared the details of his life with such openness and candor that it was refreshing. As a woman who has dated incarcerated men, and as a woman with some small degree of power who has helped men build their companies and empires only to have them move on afterwards, my first question was a bit personal—“did you love her?”

And even though Charles assured me that he did love her, it wasn’t until he put her son, Michael Corleone, on the phone with me that I realized just how much he did love her. Charles still has a warmth and a deep affection for Griselda’s favorite son, even after all these years of not speaking with her. Michael, who grew close to Charles when he was dating his Mother, looks to Charles as a father figure. And although Griselda has gone back to Columbia, or Rio, or wherever she is, Michael and Charles still have a strong familial relationship. The love is apparent on both sides.

Charles Cosby’s story was honest, but that wasn’t difficult for him. It was like therapy for him to get it all off his chest. Griselda was a caring, generous, beautiful woman, and Charles fell in love with the woman behind the image. And she loved him very much and he felt the love completely.

Growing up in East Oakland, known as Anthony or Dot by his friends and family, his goal was to be a lawyer. But selling drugs at 16 years old allowed the money to quickly replace the legitimate dreams. In 1984, Charles was a mid-level drug dealer controlling a handful of crack houses. After his original distributor was murdered in 1985, it killed his business and his mentor. Charles moved 150 miles south to Fresno, CA where he soon ran out of money.

Upon returning to Oakland, he returned to the streets. In the mid-80s, drug dealers were rampant, even more so than now. There were no mandatory minimums for sentencing, snitches weren’t an issue, and one could call up the local dealer on the phone and place an order, even if you weren’t known to him. It was a different era. In February of 1985, Charles saw a television news clip of the arrest of the notorious Griselda Blanco. He was amazed at who she was, her tremendous power, and what she had built—it was everything he was trying to build for himself. She was known as the Godmother of Cocaine and the fact that she was a shot caller as a female was outstanding to him. Six years later, Charles met a Panamanian lady who had worked for Griselda in the past. After striking up a conversation, Charles convinced her to make the introduction to Griselda in prison. Charles wrote Griselda a heartfelt letter, and although he didn’t expect a response from her, he got one.

They wrote back and forth for a year, and Charles went to see her in person (1992). When she came out to visitation, she was dressed to the hilt in a bright red suit with red pumps, while every other inmate was dressed in khaki. Griselda, at 50 years old, looked more like a socialite than an inmate. Their relationship was based on letters, phone calls, and visits. Almost immediately, Griselda became his distributor. By the time Charles got home from the visit, two cardboard boxes arrived at his front door by special delivery--filled with bricks of cocaine. The focus of the relationship was business, but it became personal.

Charles went from making $40,000 to millions of dollars in 4 to 6 weeks. His life changed drastically. He was 22 or 23 years old. Griselda was a great teacher, keeping him focused and his ego in check. He spread throughout the Bay Area and northern California and became the distributor for his friends and friends of friends. He also ran errands for Griselda by being exposed to her network in NC, OH, VA, NY, Los Angeles. He met with distributors and acted as a mouth piece for her. She trusted him completely.

Charles became close to 2 of her 4 sons: Michael Corleone and Oswaldo. Charles was 10 years older than Michael and 3 years younger than Oswaldo, but they were like brothers. Griselda and Charles were together until 1996.

Charles met a woman named Amber in the visiting room of the prison. He began sleeping with her. When Griselda found out (she was still incarcerated), Charles was attacked with 12 warning shots which were intended to end his life. Oddly, it made Griselda and Charles closer, and made Charles realize how much Griselda loved him.

When Griselda had 18 months left of her incarceration, new murder charges were being filed against her and they were trying to put her on death row. Griselda was shook. She felt no Columbian had ever gotten a fair trial in the US. Her plan was to kidnap John F Kennedy, Jr. and Charles was not with the plan. Although speculation is that Charles rolled on her, he says that if his goal was to have her incarcerated, there were crimes he knew about that would have put her away for life, he didn’t have to expose a kidnapping plan.

Griselda was moved from California to Florida and Charles was subpoenaed to testify against Griselda. He wasn’t helpful to the prosecution because he felt she had done so much for him and his family. A secretary for the prosecution, on the day of his deposition, came to Charles’ hotel room and had sex with him. It came to light later on in the trial that this same secretary was having phone sex with the star witness against Griselda, thus disabling the Prosecution’s case. Griselda was offered a plea bargain and took it.

In June of 2004, Griselda was released from prison and deported immediately back to Bogata Columbia. After the statute of limitations passed, the directors of Cocaine Cowboys approached Charles to tell his story. He saw they were at the top of their game. Cocaine Cowboys 2 has been released into 52 countries and is available in WalMart, Target, etc, unlike Cocaine Cowboys which was a bit harder to find.

It took 15 months to put Cocaine Cowboys 2 together (Mark Cuban financed the movie), and it made Charles a star even though he’s remained humble. He’s not comfortable with the notoriety. At the screening of Cocaine Cowboys 2, the main question the press was asking Charles was didn’t he fear for his life that Griselda would have him assassinated. At that point, Charles introduced Michael Corleone as his special guest. If Griselda had a hit out on him, it wasn’t apparent.

Charles has written a book along with his biographer—an investigative journalist. Charles spends his time traveling between Los Angeles and Belize. His focus is on speaking to the youth. He doesn’t want them to follow his path because they will end up dead or in jail. He sees the danger of peer pressure in this materialistic society, but the penitentiary comes with those trappings of success.

I didn’t ask Charles if he snitched on Griselda. He volunteered the fact that he was subpoenaed and he had to go to Florida to testify—not a snitch move. Griselda received a copy of the film before anyone else saw the movie. Her only complaint about Cocaine Cowboys 2, according to Charles, was that it showed her murdered son, Oswaldo, in his casket.

When asked if he had any regrets, Charles thoughtfully said he wished he had continued in school and gotten his law degree. The idea of a white picket fence and a country club membership are looking real good to him now. But he’s thankful that he has a story to tell that might stop one or two people from going down the same path he chose.

Charles Cosby is an amazing and interesting man. And he’s sooooo much more than just Griselda Blanco’s (former) man.

WhAtZ Up?!

ImAgInE If I PoStD' BloGz LyKe ThiZ?

i think you all would hate me.

Oye!!!

No habla espaniol? Neither do i, and living in this "culturally diverse" city is become more frustrating everyday. When has it become a way of being dismissed as an english speaker because i cant accommodate (fully) to the spanish speaking populous? For some reason, in Miami, it's almost a fact that they expect you to speak spanish. Publicly, riding the bus, working, i'm approached by a spanish speaker that automatically thinks that i'm part of the "click". When i finally let them finish their sentence, i respond.. " sorry, i dont speak spanish." So most of them RUDELY frown upon me, like i'm SUPOSED to understand what they are talking about. I want to be able to get in their heads, I know so many that has agreed to the fact that spanish speakers come to miami for the luxury of not having to learn the english language.

why is this city so cut by fine lines? lol

Thanks Arnold!

So i was just on the Miami Herald website and i saw an article called " Schwarzenegger says it's time to study legalizing pot."
http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/1033893.html

It's time to take clouded matters out of the shadows into light.
Let's start the discussion.


Personally, I love the way he approaches the subject that faces the public's opinion ethically or morally ( where ever your opinion may have you). That it's not about the campeign to officialy Legalize cannabis for recreational use. But for the fact that a political figure has spoken up. I have to admit that not only the fact he's a political figure but almost everyone knows about Arnold Schwarzenegger! He would be the first best advocate to traffic opinions and support for the RESPONSIBLE use of marijuana. Plus, i think another $1.34 billion in tax revenue will do us some good. Lets just hope it goes to the right places!

REFORMING GOVERNMENT. **is..ok

OK!

you spoiled little LA girl

Priest Shoes

So the Catholics did it again! And to think growing up in a Catholic school and raised by a Catholic family would shelter my mind against all wrong allegations against the catholic church. But nope, you can call me an exthiest.

Father Alberto Cutié, media savvy Roman catholic priest, also knows as "Father Oprah", stepped down today after photos were released of him embracing a woman at the beach/bar.
"Father Oprah" was known for his media hosting and relationship advice (i guess "priesting" is something he did part time, because fame obviously got to him)

Thats what caught me dead right there. Relationship advice? How can we even rely on a priest's advice for relationships when they're not allowed to carry (romantic) relationships in the first place? What advice does he have to offer me when it comes to the bumps in the road between me and my signifigant other? The whole "Father Oprah" things seems a bit shady in the first place. But atleast he's added a new scandelous spark in the catholic church.
I guess he was more daring than scandelous accusations of raping adolecent boys.

It's still a dirty Miami.

There is no doubt that Miami is a destination hotspot. Images derived from movies, television, music, and more appeals to people all over the world for individual purpose. From the reputation of this city such as South Beach to University of Miami are just classic examples of the amenities Miami has to offer. But take a look inside our city and its history. Miami is divided by fine lines that are visible between the good, bad, glamorous, and just plain ugly. Fallow the waves and see our city in current times.

Welcome to the city of Caine

From private high society parties to your local households, cocaine culture is here to stay. Miami has been the major entry port for cocaine in the United States for over 30 years. No longer considered a “rich man’s drug”, coke money still floods our streets as a cash crop for those that can keep a low profile. Even with today’s struggling economy, cocaine still sustains a high value versus supply and demand. Miami still holds a reputation for the infamous amount of money that was laundered throughout our city streets in the 1980’s and is responsible for the development of Miami as an international banking center. The large amounts of money from illegal cocaine trade called for the necessity of a larger and more sophisticated banking network. And even back then, Miami’s banks were receiving more than fifty times the average amount of cash than the rest of the country. Cocaine built our city’s skyline behind the blood of wars due to the infatuation of cash. And even today, our generation that extends from the past caries the same principal, get money.

“Hit me up with a D.P. of that White bitch” is just another way of saying “give me $10 dollars worth of cocaine”. And in a struggling economy, ten dollars can go a long way. But not as long as how much ten dollars of cocaine can get you, in one sitting. In other words, the amount of cocaine you receive for ten dollars can be sniffed faster than the obnoxious way of getting it in the first place. Plus, the quality of cocaine has diminished with more use of “fifty fifty” such as baking powder and Tylenol capsules. Yes, those are just two of many ingredients that are added to cocaine sold in order to dilute purity for more quantity. But that doesn’t stop locals or foreigners to risk penalty for such a fine “grade A” drug.

“It’s the sensation, the RUSH” is a feeling that isn’t always kept private. The more places you go, the more cocaine users you find. And when you are involved in that community, nothing stops you from finding something better than what you already have. “It’s my fulltime job” something common if you have gathered a good reputation and social network. “I cater to Homestead police officers and government officials.” My subject (name that I cannot state for obvious reasons), sells cocaine for a living. Full time, always on the road delivering his goods to customers from Florida City to Aventura. “It pays the rent, the bills, and then some...”. The temptation to live a comfortable life by the influence of cocaine as an income sounds like an easy proposal with a penalty. “I slang all day, every day. I make as much as five to maybe… seven thousand dollars a week. But I’m up almost 24 hours a day. If I want to make the money I need to live a comfortable life then that means …I have no life. Because I’m always on the streets. There’s no breaks if you want to keep a strong network because they can always find someone else. Remember, this is Miami, the City of Caine.”

blogging? not important

so as you can see, i'm pretty new at this.. I guess you can say that i go back to the Live Journal days and Invites. Gimme a break, because it's people like me with all the time to waste to entertain you!
Awesome, you'll get to know me soon enough.

- D

William Leonard Roberts II

It's obvious that your a fake.
You stole a name that gave you fame.
It's bad enough we had to laugh,
About your occupation from the past.
Because it doesn't look like your hustling everyday
It just the fact you got your way.
With the image of The Boss.
We call Rick Ross.

(That one was for you freeway Ricky. much love and respect always!! sorry that some retarded wanna be rapper took your name..)


0.0 LOL

*contains the controversial photo of Rick Ross as a correctional officer ( please dont whoop my ass rick ross. please!)