Boujee and Burke: rough edges and refinement, side by side. Welcome to BoujeeBurke – a space for ghetto patriots, truth-seekers, and everyday Americans who want to stay in-the-know without drowning in the noise. Full disclosure— because I can’t (and won’t) ever deny where I’m from. For 30-plus years, I was ghetto to the max. As a '70s baby — I grew up before the web swallowed everything whole. I was raised between Queens and Brooklyn, the seedy parts. If my story was a soundtrack, it’d be that 50 Cent bar: “It’s a big rich town… I just come from the poorest part.” That’s my truth, and it shaped how I saw (& now see) the world. America, rather.

The hood will teach you how to survive, yea, but it doesn’t teach you how to thrive. And that’s where my perspective flipped: once you’ve tasted something outside of that cycle, you're always gonna be hungry for it. You realize there’s more to chase than just scraping by, more to learn than just street smarts, and more ways to grow than the world you were born into ever showed you. So, that’s the core of BoujeeBurke — craving prosperity and refusing to settle for scraps.

That’s what this site is about. Back in the 90s, before the worldwide web, finding information was a mission. You had to hoof it to the library, chase down street-sold black market editions, or cling to whatever old public-school textbooks you could salvage. Now? We’ve got FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, NPR, and GovTrack.us at our fingertips — but with history books constantly being rewritten, it’s still on us to decide what’s worth remembering and what’s being conveniently erased. Either way, you'll be up to date with the most reliable info for anything, including scientific or weather related. Moving right along. . .

Here at BoujeeBurke, you’ll find links that matter. Want to know what your elected officials are really up to? Senate.gov and House.gov got you. Curious where campaign money flows? The FEC will show you the receipts. Need clarity on issues? OnTheIssues.org lays it out, while Law.Cornell.edu makes legalese digestible. If you’re into prepping, politics, or just plain perspective, even InfoWars has its place — because being informed means knowing all the angles, even the loud ones.

And since life isn’t only politics, there’s plenty more: cook with whatever’s in your fridge at MyFridgeFood.com, measure recipes with The Calculator Site; getting ready to travel? Head on over to this currency converter check consumer complaints at ConsumerAffairs.com, as well as the BBB. Run numbers like a genius on WolframAlpha, peek into the obscure with Atlas Obscura, or explore forgotten gems on Archive.org. Heck, if the world gets too wild, you can even simulate dropping a virtual nuke at NukeMap (strictly for laughs…and maybe even more useful data like radiation cloud perimeters and thermoneuclear fallout).

Bottom line: you may not be able to stop all the muck out there, but you can stay ready. BoujeeBurke.com is about balancing street smarts with book smarts, and hood roots with high standards — making sure everyday patriots stay sharp in a world that moves too damn fast. Welcome home.