just Rondering

The Audacity of Norma "Roe" McCorvey to Pray for Obama

2009-05-18T04:36:00.000-07:00

I was but a mere 16-year old, stupid, uninterested in government punk when the Jane Roe v. Henry Wade abortion case made history.

In January 1973, the United States Supreme Court deemed that women had fundamental right under the Constitution of the United States to abort a pregnancy.

Norma McCorvey, a 21 year-old rape victim was Jane Roe and fought for the right for women to abort any unwanted pregnancies. She never had an abortion, opting to give her third child up for adoption.

Fast forward to May 2009. Norma “Jane Roe” McCorvey is now an anti-abortion crusader and founder of her own pro-life Roe No More Ministry. She has flipped the script. Nothing wrong with that. Women have always had the right to change their minds.

However, there she was with the likes of Alan Keyes and Randall Terry on television at the University of Notre Dame protesting a May 17, 2009 commencement speech by pro-choice supporter and U. S. President Barack Obama.

Again, nothing really wrong or unusual with exercising one’s 1^st Amendment right to peacefully protest, even if it’s against a private institution. Not until she opened her mouth.

However, I thought I would die when I heard her say she was praying for Obama’s soul because he supported the same right for all women that McCorvey had served as the poster child for 36 years ago. She thought it was wrong for him to speak at a Christian education center although the faculty invited him. If her audacity wasn't the equivalant of Rush Limbaugh praying for Amy Winehouse, I don't know what is.

It took every muscle in my head to not scream, “Bitch you’re the one who lead the fight to legalize abortion, gave up all three of your children, worked in abortion clinics, had drug and alcohol problems, and dabbled in bisexual relationships until your sudden conversion to Christianity. And you’re praying for Obama? When do you pray for yourself?”

But I didn’t. I aborted the thought. Then immediately directed my attention to God and asked him/her what became of McCorvey’s prayers for Obama.

I‘m still waiting for God to answer while hoping he/she continues to protect me from his/her followers.

Obama Takes First White House Poop

2009-01-21T19:05:00.000-08:00

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

At 5:53am eastern standard time, President Obama took his first crap in the presidential pooper. He used green floral print with Presidential logo, double-ply Charmin to wipe his ass.

His aides refused to disclose whether he folds or balls his toilet paper. That info will not be released until after his first 100 days.

Obama, fulfilling his promise of change, said he was humbled to be the first president to allow "the people" see him in his most vulnerable position.

Update. It has just been reported that a sample of Obama's stool sample has just been put on eBay. Starting bid...Priceless.

There is a winning bid. However, the winner's name has not been disclosed but is said to be a high ranking member of the Republican National Committee who wants to determine why it doesn't stink.

Obama the racist. Period.

2009-01-01T10:15:00.000-08:00

Obama campaigned hard on a race-bridging platform.

Oh, how we loved the story about his white grandparents and how Obama is the new, true face of Americana.

Pure, unadulterated bullshit.

Obama is a racist right up there with the likes of Trent Lott, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, and David Duke.

You're waiting for proof. Hold on a second. The proof is in the pudding.

First, Katon Dawson is campaigning for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. However, he has resigned from an all white country club after that fact was made public. Why did he have to do that? What is wrong with associating with your race-common peers? We use that argument when we select juries, don't we.

We have black only organizations like the NAACP, Miss Black America, Mr. Black Olympia, and other black only events.

Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency of the United States while still a member of one of the most racist organizations in America--The Congressional Black Caucus.

Obama hails from Chicago, one of our most blatantly racially divided, not diverse, cities, which has its own political Black Caucus. Ironically, an alderman with an over 80% black constituency was denied membership to the Chicago Black Caucus because he was white.

How dare we say we are moving forward from our hurtful history of white-only water fountains, sports leagues, and schools when we elect a man who belongs to a race based organization. If Bush belonged to the Congressional White Caucus, oh, wait, there is no such thing as a white caucus. That would be deemed racist.

The reopend conflict about the satire, "Barack the Magic Negro lives in DC," should not be a conflict at all. It should read, "Barack the Racist Negro supports the BCC."

Oh, the audacity of Barack to say he is a race uniter.

Please, no coments about blacks can't be racist.

My sister is the biggest racist I know, and she is black. And she is one of the biggest Obama fanatics, too.

Birds of a feather.

Why Not Ban Christmas and Marriage

2008-12-26T05:57:00.000-08:00

This is a Fox News report:

COVINA, Calif. — Stinging from an acrimonious divorce, a man plotting revenge against his ex-wife dressed up like Santa, went to his former in-laws' Christmas Eve party and slaughtered at least eight people before killing himself hours later.

Bruce Pardo's ex-wife and her parents were believed to be among the dead. Investigators planned to return to the scene Friday and sift through the ashes of the home, which Pardo set ablaze using a bizarre homemade device that sprayed flammable liquid.

A car that Pardo apparently parked near his brother's home, where Pardo was found dead, exploded Thursday evening and more ammunition was found in it, Los Angeles police Sgt. Francisco Wheeling said. She had no immediate details on what set off the explosion. No one was hurt.

Investigators seeking further information about Pardo's motives have begun searching his home in the suburban Los Angeles community of Montrose.

Pardo, 45, had no criminal record and no history of violence, according to police, but he was angry following last week's settlement of his divorce after a marriage that lasted barely a year.

"It was not an amicable divorce," police Lt. Pat Buchanan said.

I am just rondering here. The marriage didn't even last that long. Pardo(n) my cynicism, but how could he have killed someone he hadn't owned more than a year?

My big question is, if this had been a story about a gay man dressed as a woman who did this because of a relationship breakup, wouldn't we be hearing preachers(Rick Warren, John Hagee, etc...) calling for a ban on gay marriage and homosexuality? After all, didn't they suggest Hurricane Katrina was God's wrath against gays?

I was 50; she was only 8, but I fell in love with her

2008-12-20T04:31:00.000-08:00

Each year a few local organizations take children from area after school programs Christmas shopping.

This particular organization was a regional liquor association, a group of bars, taverns, saloons, pubs, liquor stores, restaurants, diners, etc..., had raised enough money throughout the year to give 250 kids ages 6-10 a $50 Christmas shopping spree.

So it was, 250 kids and about 50 adult volunteers on an early, blustery, snowy Sunday morning at Target. A 5:1 ratio was doable. At 15 minutes per five kids, we would all be done in less than 90 minutes.

I stood in the adult line waiting for the next kid to come forth, hoping it was a boy with an idea of what he wanted. Well, things do not always work out that way.

Next up was a cute, yet homely looking girl. She was just as afraid of me as I was of her. She waved bye to her daddy, who probably had his own doubts about me, and walked ahead of me.

I broke the ice. " Hi, how are you, and what's your name?

"I'm Cindy(not her real name) and I am fine."

"Nice to meet you. Do you know what you want to buy with your $50?"

"Well, my daddy said to buy some clothes."

Shit. Just what I needed. She has no idea what size she wears, and I ain't going nowhere near a dressing room with a an 8 year-old girl who looks nothing like me.

"OK. So do you have something in mind like shoes or jeans?"

"I don't know," she said, as we entered the girls' clothing section.

She picked up several things as I tabulated in my head, $7.99, $14.25, $22.80, $29.35. "You have about $20.00 left," suggesting she pick up the pace as it was now about 20 minutes later.

She then put everything down and had a look that said she was going to start all over. At the same time I'm thinking her dad must be thinking what's this guy doing with my daughter all this time.

Then she looked up at me with a confused, guilty look and asked, " Do I have to buy stuff only for myself?"

"Well, you were chosen for this trip because you earned it somehow. Probably because you are a good girl. So, I would say yes."

Her eyes told me I had disappointed her. The little runt was really starting to try my patience. It was now going on 30 minutes, and I had seen several other adults with their second and third child.

Looking up at me, she whispered, " I don't want anything. Do you think I would be in trouble if I bought my little brother something?"

Damn. Just that quick, this little brat had morphed into the most loving , unselfish, considerate creature.

"I'm sure that would be ok, but we need to hurry."

She picked up her step and marched over to the toy section, grabbing stuff at random.$5.99, $12.00, $21.00, $32.00, I calculated. "You have about $18 left," I warned her with the urgence of a referee's two minute whistle.

"OK, " she said, grabbing just one more thing, a big truck, "that's it."

Thankful my hour was almost up, I led the way to the register. Without realizing it, I traced our steps back through the girls' section. I found her previous choices on the floor where she had dropped them. I picked them up and headed to the event's designated register.

Before the clerk began ringing the items, I explained to her that I would cover the amount over the $50 limit. By my count, the total should have been almost $90.

She quickly scanned the items and said, "Wow, that's exactly $50. What a smart shopper you are," smiling at my little shopping companion and giving me a wink, pushing my $50 bill back into my hand.

I watched Cindy sprint to her dad with two big bags dragging the floor. He picked her up, giving me an approving smile.

Meanwhile, my wife, who had taken about four kids shopping during that same time, asked how things went.

"It was an adventure, " I said.

"Took you long enough. I thought you had met someone and fallen in love."

"I did," was all I could say as I watched Cindy and her dad leave the store.

I knew John McCain was full of crap

2008-12-15T05:19:00.000-08:00

If things had worked out differently, Sarah Palin would be on the verge of running this country in less than a month.

Oh, but it didn't happen that way.

Remember, oh, way back in September/October when John McCain said with full confidence that Sarah Palin was capable of assuming the role of president on day one should something happen to him in the interim? That meant on January 20, 2009, Mrs. Palin could have been sworn in as president with McCain's full endorsement, presumably from his grave.

Yet, now McCain says he can't say he would support her candidacy four years hence. He even mentioned a couple of other GOP governors (none from Illinois) that would make great candidates worthy of his support.

How is it that she was the best choice 60 days ago, but won't be in four years?

Help me. I can't think of the appropriate words to describe McCain.

War hero doesn't immediately come to mind.

Maverick, my ass.

4 year-old's Pledge of Allegiance to Obama

2008-12-01T07:11:00.000-08:00

Obama's got it easy

2008-12-01T04:31:00.000-08:00

Historic, yes. Precedent, yes. Difficult, no.

Much is being made of Barack Obama being the first non-white dude to be president. Unlike all the race barrier breaking heroes before him, Obama's task is much less daunting.

History is on Obama's side.

When Jackie Robinson broke the major league baseball color line, he had to be superior to most of his fellow white ballplayers in order for future black ball players to get a chance. He had to perform at or above the level of such names as Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter and many more. While doing this, he had to endure threats against his life without the benefit of Secret Service protection.

Obama's timely ascension to the White House finds him with less of a task at hand. Yes, the whole world will be watching. But Obama only has to be better than the worst white president, and fortunately for him, that is the guy he is replacing.

Create one new job. He is better than Bush. Tell one less lie to the American people. He is better than Bush. Keep one less person from his administration from being federally indicted. He is bettter than Bush. Keep our troops one day less in Iraq. He is better than Bush. Spend one dollar less on that same war. He is better than Bush. Don't hire Colin Powell. He is better than Bush.

Obama doesn't have to make the All-Star team or lead his team to the Super Bowl. Basically, Obama can do absolutely nothing and he will have accomplished more than Bush.

So, Mr. First Black President, just do your best. Whatever you do will be better than our last eight years. And whatever you do, don't try to be the best black president. Just be the best president you can be.

Hopefully, history will remember you as a great president more than it will for being the first black one.

We remember Jackie Robinson because he was great. Does anyone remember(without Google's help) the first black NBA, NHL, or NFL player?

What Obama's change really means to a 4 year-old

2008-11-28T07:52:00.000-08:00

Think we haven't been Obamanized?

This is my granddaughter's rendition ofThe Pledge of Allegiance.

Just to make sure I heard it correctly, I had her do it a few times.

Obama of a nighted State of America

And to the replug it

Which it stands

One nation

Under God

Indivis-a-gull

with liverty

and justice for all.

Is this the change Obama was talking about?

True story; I Found My Crown in The Crapper

2008-11-19T09:21:00.000-08:00

Contrary to what you may think, the title was not chosen to attract attention. I found my crown in the toilet is the whole story.

It began June 7th of this year. While eating a delicious pulled-pork sandwich, I swallowed my crown. Once I realized what I had done, I quickly drank two Miller Lites to wash it down.

At my wife's urging, nice word for bitching, I went to the hospital to get an x-ray. By the way, you can't just walk into the hospital and tell them you need an x-ray. Tried that. They looked at me as if I had walked into Burger King and ordered a McFeast.

After the obligatory family history questionnaire and insurance verification, the tech took pictures of my chest. There it was, turned sideways just under my left nipple. I saw the metal post looking like a small penis, so I said, "Aw look, I am having a boy. "The tech didn't find that comment funny, either.

The doctor on call told me to just go home and it would pass in five-seven days. He also gave me a shit kit. That is a plastic sombrero looking thing that goes over the toilet for me to collect my deposit. It also included a dozen or so throat compressors. No instructions provided or necessary.

I searched daily at 6:00 am, as thoroughly as an archeologist looking through centuries-old shit for a prized artifact. After 30 days or stirring and gagging and mistaking undigested, bloated corn kernals for my tooth, I gave up.

Well, November 18 arrived. After doing my bodily business, I flushed. I flushed again. Still, one of those cling-ons wouldn't go down. I flushed a third time. Bingo.

A few minutes later, my wife screams, "Oh shit." It was one of those, "Damn, I dropped my eyeliner down the drain." type screams, so I paid little attention. Then she said, " You're not going to believe this. I found your crown."

Sure enough, there it was in the toilet. She reached in, pulled it out, and handed it to me. She's a great wife. It was intact. Beautiful. I put it in a baggie for safekeeping.

Then we laughed because just the day before, we had been haggling with our dentist about who was responsible for the cost of replacing it.

Now, I have to call him back and tell him where I found it. Five months, 11 days later.

Moral of this story, don't ever take shit for granted.

Led Zeppelin Must Die

2008-11-15T11:26:00.000-08:00

My grandson is almost seven years old and has been performing with his dad as Michael Jackson impersonators since he was three. Whenever he is not the "Gloved One," he also performs live as a rock-n-roll star.

His favorite song to sing and play guitar to is Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. Performing the song with his Gigi's (short for grandmother in denial) band backing him for three years, he thinks of the song as his.

It started out innocently, as Whole Lotta Yuv. Working the stage and handling the mic like a seasoned pro, he delights a crowd. Big friends (his words for adult fans) love him. Although he can't really play the guitar, he knows all the words and moves. From a distance, you would actually think he is playing it.

For the small price of a bag of Skittles, he gives a true performance, jumping up and down to the beat, putting every little grunt he can muster into the "unh, unh, unh, unh, whole lotta yuv, whole lotta yuv." Even when he makes up his own words like "I wanna bring you back around, and give you everything of my love" it is a pleasant surprise to not hear him say, " I wanna be your back door man and give you every inch of my love."

As I said, he is almost seven and is paying more attention to detail. One night before a recent performance, I found some vintage 1973 Led Zeppelin on Youtube.

He watched it intently as I tried to explain that those were the real guys who wrote and still own the song. After it finished, I couldn't wait for his impression.

Quite proud of myself, I asked, "So, what did you think? Did you see how they really rocked the guitar?"

"Those guys made that song?" he seemed somewhat puzzled.

Sensing his loss of ownership, I said,"Yes, they made that one and a whole lot more. But you can still sing it when you want to."

" Well, those guys are really old. So, if they die, then it can be only my song." sounding so matter of fact.

" That is not how it works. If they die, then their kids get to keep the song. "

Pondering for a bit, out came, " Then they just gonna have to die, cuz that is my song. And you can give his kids my Skittles."

That interaction was back in August. Since then, he has written two of his very own songs:" Cool Jam" and " Help Me." They are, in his own words, the best songs he has ever heard.

They should be available at a store near you in 2020.

The Obama White House in blackspeak

2008-11-13T04:22:00.000-08:00

"Yo, yo, yo, Ron. We in da house, my man." the jubilant brother said, as he put up his fist, awaiting my return dap. " Barack did it. You said it wasn't gonna happen."

"Actually, Rico(not his real name), I said I hoped it wouldn't happen because I don't want another JFK story." I corrected him.

"Aight(pronounced ah-ite), aight. But you know what it means, though."

"It means we have a new president and another positive, much needed footnote to our history." the diplomat in me responded.

"Yo, Ron. Stop being all political and stuff. Save that for your column. Times gon' change, man. I'm telling you, they already changed. Now, when I walk into any place, they gotta recognize me as a black man." he proclaimed.

Slipping into "hood- mode," I said, " Yo, Rico. On a national and hopefully international level, I hope Obama generates a lot of change. But down here with you and me, the only change we'll see is the change we make. Just because a black man is president, that doesn't change your credit score or anything on your resume. And it won't make you be on time for work, help you pass a pre-employment drug screen, or guarantee you free cable."

"I see what you on, Ron. I'm out." sounding dejected as he walked away.

Then there was my girl, Suz. One of the most wonderful creatures God put on this earth. She's close to my age, and has more common sense, compassion, and giving spirit than anyone other than my stepdad I have ever met.

"Good morning, America," she shouts everytime she sees me, regardless of the time of day.

"Sup Suz." is always my brief greeting because I know what's to come.

"I'll tell you what's up, my nigga. Michelle Obama in the White House. She's measuring drapes, changing the dinnerware to styrofoam, and putting plastic all over the furniture. It's a new day baby. Ok, Ron. I'm just kidding.

"Look, Suz. If she just learns how to dress, I will be happy. She can't be wearing bright fire-engine red everyday. She has to accentuate those hips. You know I'm a butt man. And a lips, boobs, and ankles man, too. So, she's only batting 25 percent with me."

"Naw, seriously, though." she went on. "Michelle gonna be a classy bitch. She gon' bring up da hoodwinks and heffas to a new level, baby."

Interrupting her, " You know what Suz? You talk just like Michelle Obama."

"The hell I do. That woman is educated. I heard her talking on television. She speaks very well." Suz added, with an uppity tone to her voice.

"Exactly. And that is what I hopes she takes to da White House.

White Folks Say Darndest Things To Me, by popular demand

2008-11-12T07:03:00.000-08:00

Actually, only one person suggested I share this, but I have always wanted to say something of mine was requested" by popular demand."

While going to college supported by the G I Bill, I worked for a L.A. Times newspaper distributor to supplement my lifestyle. Okay, I delivered papers seven days a week from 2am-6 am in North San Diego County. One of my additional duties was to train new drivers.

One morning while driving around a newbie, we passed a snow ski equipment and instruction business. It had a mechanical training slope outside the front door.

Breaking the silence, my white trainee spoke out. " Now that's my sport. I love the slopes. Only thing I don't like is seeing blacks on the white stuff. They belong on the courts, not the mountains."

"Never desired to ski, although it looks like fun," I mumbled, just to see where the chat was going, but never letting on that I wasn't the Hispanic, Greek, Iranian, or whatever he assumed I was.

The conversation returned to the task at hand for the next couple of hours. I worked with him for two more days, and he was on his own.

Then one morning sometime later as all the drivers were tying up their papers and loading their vehicles while engaging in idle chatter, someone made a reference to my ethnicity. Speaking as the authority on all things black, I noticed the former trainee look up at me with an "Oh, shit!" look on his face. This was the moment I had been waiting for.

After his route, he aproached me. "Ron, dude, I'm sorry. I didn't.. I didn't know you were black."

"No problem. Lots of folks don't know that. It doesn't matter anyway." I tried to convince him, but he continued.

"It's just that you don't look black. I thought you were Mexican or something, and you don't talk black. You talk liberal."

I cut him off." And I show up for work on time, too. And I go to college, huh?"

We talked for a few minutes. I did my best to assure him that no harm was done. I cut the conversation short as I had to get home to shower before class.

"I'll see you in the morning at two," I said.

He stuck out his arm to offer a handshake, " Ron, you're pretty cool, dude."

"Duh. I 'm black." I smiled.

Marriage is like baseball..Pre Prop 8 prediction

2008-11-11T12:18:00.000-08:00

California'a Prop 8 hate ban caused me to return to my achives.

I have long been an advocate of marriage. From Brittany Spears's 55-hour union or marriages of death row inmantes, marriage is marriage is marriage.

This is from July 2003.

Marriage as we know it is a great institution. Even with its fifty-plus percent failure rate, it’s still a revered part of our society. Marriage is a like another great American pastime, baseball, where the best hitters fail two out of three times.

Marriage is commonly defined as a legal union between two people of the opposite gender that is sanctioned by God and/or the government. That means any legal age male and female may marry.

To demonstrate how wonderful marriage is, two drug addicts, two alcoholics, two people with AIDS, or two obese people may get married as long as one of them is a male and the other is a female. A young twenty-something woman may marry a very wealthy man in his nineties who has less than a 30-day life expectancy. A free, educated woman may marry a man on death row. A couple in their 90's in a nursing home may marry. Even two really stupid people, as long as they are of the opposite sex, can marry. And I thought the seven ways a batter can safely reach first base without getting a hit was strange.

Imagine the shock and awe felt by marriage traditionalists when the US Supreme Court ruled that homosexuality was no longer a crime. The ruling was actually protecting our right to privacy. The case involved two men in Texas who were arrested for being intimate in their own home. It is now legal for two men or two women to show the same affection as a man and a woman might show each other, as long as it’s done in private. Public passion is still a no-no for everyone.

There is now unfounded mass hysteria that homosexuals will someday be allowed to get married. Efforts are now underway to propose a constitutional amendment to ban homosexual marriage in the United States(was I ahead of my time or what). Gay marriages are legal in Belgium and the Netherlands, with Canada soon to follow. The last time America witnessed such an uproar was when the designated hitter was instituted in the junior division of Major League Baseball.

How dare our highest court override God. How dare the court open the door of possibility for two people of the same gender, who love and cherish and promise to be faithful to each other until death do they part, the right to the same benefits and privileges as normal people. Doesn’t the court know that decriminalizing homosexuality can only lead to gay marriages? What next? Will gays want to get an education, own businesses, teach, preach, vote, pay taxes, run for public office, serve our country in the military, and God forbid, move into our neighborhoods? Wait. They already do those things and the world hasn’t come to an end.

Yep, marriage is a lot like baseball. When the rules were changed to allow other players to bat for pitchers, some purists said God was angry. Many are speaking for God now about the threat to life as we know it. Of course, God only allows heterosexuals to speak for him.

There is some historical precedence for changing long held traditions. According to some, at one time God said slavery was okay. He changed his mind about that, didn’t he?

Or was that another Supreme Court undoing?
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Post Election Ignorance and Fear

2008-11-11T08:29:00.000-08:00

It was the day after the world stood still. In other words, it was the 5th of November. Barack Obama had been annointed the president-elect of the United States of America. A day I'll always remember. Okay, I admit, I stole that line from the Temptations.

What does that mean? It means discomfort.

Contrary to the election blowout, there is still an overwhelming number of Americans who are uncomfortable with a "nigger" being president.

In an attempt to guage the attiudes of those in my little rural community just 50 miles south of Obama's hometown of Chicago, my wife and I went to a couple of local hangouts.

We stopped at a bar and grill that is well known for its serious meat pizza. It just happens to be located on the West side of town. Unwritten code word for white/staunch Republican side of town. The bar owners know us as former bar owners and me from my weekly column. Their regulars do not.

We ordered our pizza and watched the headline news that was being shown on about three flat screen TV's. As highlights of Barack Obama's historical election played, one patron voiced his opinion of our future.

"We (meaning whites) will all be picking cotton now," he said to the dismay of his seven other tablemates. "What?, ain't no blacks in here," he said in defense.

He was almost right. Normally this establishment has about two blacks that frequent it on a regular basis and both those men have white spouses or girlfriends. But they were not present. And most whites never suspect that I am black.

I could write a big book of the things whites have volunteered to me about blacks. And a sequel of their back pedaling when they learned I was black. God does have a sense of humor.

This guy's comments caught the ear of my wife, who is Cape Verde and looks Hispanic and is as fiesty as she is beautiful. She shot a stern look of disappointment in his direction. He ended his conversation.

I stuck a big piece of pizza in my mouth and began to pray.

Oh, what are black folks saying? That is a whole 'nother blog.

Chicago kids should move if they want to live

2008-10-28T11:43:00.000-07:00

Seven year-old Julian King was found dead in an abandoned vehicle on the west side of Chicago. He had been shot in the face.

Lately, for those of us living within an hour's drive from Chicago, it is not shocking to learn that a child has been murdered on the South or West side of the city. For the better part of almost two years, it seems criminals have taken the NO Child Left Behind mandate seriously.

At last count, more than 30 Chicago Public School kids have been killed in the past year.

But Julian's death has made national news. See, he wasn't just another happy-go-lucky Chicago kid. He was the nephew of an Oscar winning actress and rising star in the music industry, Jennifer Hudson. Sadly, Ms. Hudson's mother and brother were also found murdered a couple of days earlier.

It hurts even when God takes a child's life without any explanation. It is worse when a child's life is taken by others. It is more sad when that child's death is given more attention only because he or she may be related to a popular public figure. It is most sad when the life expectancy of a demographic is directly correlated to the neighborhood they live. Who wants to tell a child that to live a long life, you need to move? No one does, but it's a reality.

Yes, many of us may have been told to go away to college, see the world, learn a lot. But not just to make it to see your 18th birthday.

Kids in Iraq have a greater chance of living to voting age than some Chicago kids. That's because we're spending billions of dollars to protect their neighborhoods.

Make a dollar; call United Van Lines; move out. That is the key to survival.

Look at the gangsta rappers. They don't live in the hoods they rap about or depict in their videos. No, no. And they don't marry the girls in their videos either.

Not even the mayor of Chicago will admit that moving out of some parts of his city is the only way to survive, and he has been the mayor of his city longer than any other man. He works harder to maintain better relations with a sister city in Ireland than he does with certain parts of his own city.

By the way, Julian's former hometown has a ban on private citizens owning guns. Go figure.

How's that bull crap working, Mayor Daley?

Here is an interesting stat to chew on. Over 100,000 black kids will be killed in Chicago before the Cubs win a World Series.

I Ain't A Nigger; My Kids Are.

2008-10-23T09:01:00.000-07:00

"Let me tell all ya'll something. I ain't no nigger, my kids are. Now, one of ya'll better light my cigarette and bring me an ashtray."
My beloved mother, a mix of Irish and Cherokee, alcoholic, hurt and confused person, and all around troublemaker, uttered those famous words to my siblings and 13 year-old me.
Surprisingly, since it was said during a state of sobriety, we couldn't chock it up to her mere drunken honesty.
From that day to this one, I've been OK with who I am. Had it not been for my step-dad, a wonderful, honorable, caring, blue-black(code for very Miles Davis-dark) man, I could have let that label define me.
From birth to age 12 (less the 3 years, 31 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes, and 2 seconds spent in a couple of foster homes) I knew my mom only as a drunk. A loving as much as possible drunk, but a drunk nonetheless.
Growing up in a small community with well-defined racial boundaries, I often found myself stuck in the middle. The same black buddies who would share my bolgna sandwich would quickly turn on me and call me a halfbreed for no apparent reason or accuse me of talking white. Some of the white buddies who taught me to play hockey would not hesitate to remind me of my Jackie Robinson nigger status in this white man's game.
Yes, there was the that period during the early 1970s when I had to prove my "blackness". I grew the biggest and best kept afro(hairdo), had two girlfriends at all times, and could say "come heah bitch" the way it's supposed to be said, and spoke ebonics when out of my mother's hearing range.
So it was with mama's famous words and a few examples set by my step-dad that liberated me. I adjusted. I could go anywhere, hear anything, and work with anybody and not let their opinions of me bother me.
If I was just a nigger to my mother and she loved me in her own special way, then it didn't matter what others thought of me. Yet, ironically, it mattered to her what others thought of me.
Like the time a white 8th grade peer called me a nigger and we ended up in the principal's office. In the most mother-hen like manner, she spread her wings and climbed upon the white principal's desk and said, " If anybody in this school calls my son a nigger again, I'll whip your white ass all over this school."
Sitting back, proud but confused and in "shock and awe," I wanted to yell out, "but Mama, I am a nigger, remember, you're not."

Sarah Palin spends $150k on clothes in one month

2008-10-22T11:04:00.000-07:00

Talk about sharing the wealth. The RNC has doled out $150 thousand for GOP VP choice Sarah Palin to shop for clothes in the past Month.
Because none of it was my money, I guess I should be very careful in my observation. My step-dad always said, " Don't ever tell a man what to do with his own penny or his own penis." Actually, he said a man's dollar and his ..., well, you know what he said.
The RNC got this money from its little donors, of course. And they spent it on its leadership, Sarah Palin.
That's not Socialism, that's Communism.
Are we to assume those donors didn't know that expensive costume changes were in order? And couldn't Sarah Palin have gone to Wal-Mart in some of those little towns where she says "real Americans" live and shop? No, no. She shopped in Denver, CO and Minneapolis, MN.
I am pert near 52 years-old and I have not spent half that much on clothes in my life. And I lived in Denver for a while and have been to the Mall of America in Minneapolis a few times. Then again, I am a male. What do I know about fashion? Nothing. Seriously, just ask my wife. I know nothing about fashion and very little about much else.
I've worn the same belt for four years. Only had to put a couple of new holes in it. I own five pairs of shoes that include two pairs of very worn, cheap gym shoes.
What does $150k mean to folks in my little "real Americans" town? Well, you could probably purchase two really decent sized homes for that amount with some change left over to furnish them. That's providing you shopped at a discount furniture outlet. And maybe get a couple pairs of jeans at Wal-Mart.
Oh, and my non-profit after school youth program serving 60 kids per day, could run at break even point for five years on what Palin spent on clothes in one month's time.
Remember Joe the Plumber that McCain and Palin speak of too often? Couldn't he have used that $150 to make a 60 percent down payment on that business he wanted? Sure, McCain, Palin, and even Obama can relate to us. Sure they can.
I got it. This is why Obama wants a higher tax on folks making over $250k per year. So they can't go on extravagant shopping sprees.
What I would really like to know, did Tina Fey spend the same amount buying replicas of Palins wardrobe?
Change we need. Can you spare some Sarah Palin?

Fox News vs Any Cable Network

2008-10-19T20:46:00.000-07:00

The same story, different spin. You decide.

Ever notice the very different spin Fox Network puts on every story? Well, here is an example.

Hi, this is Andy Coolson, welcome to ANN Right Now.

AC: We open tonight with a heart wrenching story. Thanks to one of our regular I-nosey phone camera reporters, we have some very revealing and troubling video. Be warned, this not for the weak kneed.

As you can see, Sen Obama is speaking to a crowd somewhere in Central Arkansas when he is suddenly surrounded by a large group of people wearing white robes and hoods. Some are carrying torches or what looks like burning crosses. Notice as the camera focuses on Obama, you can see the obvious concern in his eyes. But let's listen as he is speaking. Here we go. Listen carefully.

Sen Obama: "Look, let me make this clear."

AC: Now he is pointing his finger at one of them, saying, "Now, take you and your lovely family, I want you to have health care in case you suffer a severe burn on your person or white garments while you are celebrating Labor Day. Thats my plan."

AC: Wait, what was that inaudible sound from the back. Play it again John. John is our producer.

Sounds like some one yelled, "Hey, figure, you get out of here." And now Obama can be seen looking for his security.

We'll be back with more on this disturbing turn of events. Please stay tuned.

Now same story reported on Fox with Shunny Habbitty.

SH: Good even folks. We start our show tonight with some proof of a grave injustice to Americans. Thanks to one of our great American conservatives out there, we have some very troubling video. Let me warn you, you have to see this to believe it, and so do your kids. Go ahead guys, run it.

See, look at this, Sen. Barack Obama, a proven friend of terrorists is speaking about something .Then this group of fine conservative, patriotic Americans move in closer to hear what the senator is saying. Lets listen in.

Look, immediately, Obama starts pointing his finger at them saying,

"Look you idiots, you can't wear white after Labor Day. I'll make sure of that"

SH: My friends, that is unacceptable for a US senator to insult fine Americans like you and me. Is that the kind of person you want leading this country? No, it isn't.

Lets listen a lil more. Wait, there is someone yelling from the crowd. We cant be sure what he said but it sounded like the southern gentlemen said, " Honorable Sir, get bigger government out of here.

And we agree with that. Oh, brother. Now look, Obama has his security from P Diddy bum rushing the Great Americans who are just expressing their constitutional right to protest and assemble. Is this what we can come to expect from an Obama administration? I'm sorry to say, but yes, it is and probably worse.

We'll be back in moment. Don't go away. There is more disgusting video. I'm Shunny Habbity. Thanks for tuning in tonight.

Ban cigarette and political ads from TV

2008-10-19T05:27:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time there were some pretty cool cigarette ads on TV.

Are you old enough to remember when it it was better to fight than switch and the smokers had the black-eye to prove it? The beautiful White Owl girls? Ever wish to go to Marlboro Country? How about the one cigarette that "taste good like a cigarette should"?

Then one day while on the way to the gas station to buy mom a carton of Kool for less than $5.00, the ads disappeared from television.

Doctors began to notice an increase in lung cancer and that correlated with increase in smokers. So, who did the doctors blame and target? The smokers? Nope. They targeted television ads. And they put their findings in the Reader's Digest. Oh, my God, the Readers's Digest.

Yes, the Reader's Digest, a publication that had at one time more clout and readership than Perez Hilton's blog. Ten years after that story ran, all television cigarette ads disappered, people quit smoking, and lung cancer has disappeared, too.

What we learned almost 50 years ago was that if something can be determined to make us sick, we should just remove it from television. We never learned that removing anything from TV worked, though.

Actually, that line of thinking has proved to be effective in some cases. How quickly was "Frank's Place," "Lateline w/Al Franken," "The Magic Johnson Show," and other short-lived television shows removed after viewers got sick?

So, the process can work. Which leads me to ask, why don't we ban political ads from TV? They make me sick. They don't promote anything remotely healthy or beneficial. And only the dumbest of the dumb even buy what they are selling.

I'm hoping for a committee to prepare a study of the correlation between sick, angry, depressed people and those who watch political ads and those who actually vote for the liars in the ads.

Maybe they can pitch that report to the Readers's Digest blog.

James T. Harris first Fox Network Negro

2008-10-16T18:08:00.000-07:00

America could see two barrier breaking brothers by January 2009.

We all know the Barack Obama story. As he edges closer to becoming America's first black president, another precedent is in the making.

James Harris, the latest black media darling is poised to become the first black person to host a show on Fox Network. Sorry, but Tiki Barber and Juan Williams don't count. After becoming an overnight sensation by appearing in the front row of a John McCain rally, Harris is in high demand. He is loved by more white people than O.J. Simpson(before the murders).

Harris, a self-decribed black conservative radio host from Milwaukee, is a hot commodity. His national emergence began after "begging" John McCain to stop the Obama train in its tracks. By begging, I mean he opined like a black man in a gasoline-soaked toga at a Klan rally.

Since he spoke those words, he has appeared on Fox Network with aplomb. He is comfortable there, unlike his CNN stint where he walked off the air because of unflattering dialogue.

If Fox ever wanted a black host, James Harris is "that one." They love him at Fox. He may look like Armstrong Williams, (don't all black conservatives look alike) but sounds like Sean Hannity, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Bill O'Reilly dubbed into one voice. He can spew the conservative mantra better than Steve Ducey can deliver the weather.

It's inevitable and just a matter of time before the premeir of the Fox Network's new "Fair and Balanced and Black Show with James Harris." Conservatism with a tinge of color.

Tune in to the James Harris Show tomorrow when President Barack Obama and James discuss what it's like to make black history in any month other than February.

John McCain is no George Wallace, he's more a

2008-10-14T05:01:00.000-07:00

It was wrong and highly inaccurate for fellow congressman John Lewis of Georgia to compare John McCain to the late, reformed racist George Wallace.

After tiring of the McCain campaign for targeting Barack Obama with consorting with American terrorist Bill Ayers, Rep. Lewis went on the defensive accusing McCain of being a racist comparable to the despicable segregationist practices of Alabama Governor Wallace in the1950s.

Yes, Wallace had a history of staunch racism. His segregation now, segregation forever policy changed over the years. At least publicly. It's amazing how a bullet can reduce a person to the lowest common denominator- human frailty.

It is more accurate to compare McCain to his dear friend(hell, everybody is McCain's friend), former fellow Republican congressman and avowed racist Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Helms went to his death being a racist. His most formidable adviser, Charlie Black now advises McCain. Helms never wanted a Martin Luther King holiday. McCain held that same posture making his home state, Arizona the last to honor the national King holiday.

The only difference between Helms and McCain is that Helms was honest and forthright about his disdain for blacks and others. McCain is not. It is easy to respectfully disagree with the likes of Helms. You knew where you stood with him.

With McCain, you don't know anything. It's day-to-day or poll-to-poll with him. If he could denounce all blacks citizenship to win this election, he would. Only to name a black person to his cabinet after elected.

Recall the black radio host from Milwaukee who begged McCain to stop Obama? Well, Helms would never have used a black man just to get votes.

The biggest difference between McCain and almost anybody else is consistency. The only thing McCain is consistent with is his well documented POW experience. An era he seems to be stuck.

McCain is no George Wallace. And in a sad way, he is no Jesse Helms, either. He is just a sad, pathetic, old geezer who doesn't realize that even with having a younger wife, his prime has passed.

Cheaper gas is killing me

2008-10-13T05:21:00.000-07:00

Have you noticed the price of gas lately? The national average for regular gas is $3.39 per gallon. It's $3.10 in my neighborhood.

Guess the financial crisis and Hurricane Ike failed to do us in. We should be happy, but for some reason the cheaper the price per gallon of gas, the more I suffer.

Time is money according to Benjamin Franklin. I guess if you're a head doctor it is. Or if you are a food server who has to deal with bums hanging out in your section drinking coffee and not tipping.

But the cheaper the gas, the more pain I suffer.

See, I get my gas at one particular neighborhood convenient mart. I like the people there. It's a clean joint. I purchase my wares and can be gone on a matter of seconds. But now that gas is cheaper(not cheap, but cheaper), I find myself spending more time at the pump.

It takes longer to pump $40.00 at today's prices than it does at $4.00 per gallon. At $4.00 p/gallon, I am at the pump just time enough to say to my fellow pumper, " Hi, how are you?"

Now, as gas cost less per gallon, I have time to not only say, "Hi, how are you," but I have to listen to," Hey, did you know another alien space ship landed just outside of Moscow, Idaho. No kidding. I read about it in the National Stargazer." Or, What about those Cubs. This is their year." "Did you know that REO Speedwagon is coming to town?"

Folks, REO Speedwagon is not coming to my little farming community south of Chicago. Not even for cheap gas. And the Cubs were eliminated, losing in the first round in typical Cubs fashion, 3 games to none.

Spending $40.00, for 10.7 gallons and two minutes at the pump is not too long. Now, it's $40.00 for 12.9 gallons and another 45 seconds to listen to some nut job.

What a trade off. Less dollars per gallon of gas, more nutty conversation.

Ask yourself. Do we really want to see $1.00 per gallon of gas again?

Hockey Mom is a pit bull, Too

2008-10-10T19:07:00.000-07:00

We know she can hunt, but it looks like she can also witch hunt. And now we know the hockey mom from Wasilla, Alaska knows how to throw a hip check when things get personal.

Alaska governor, GOP vice president nominee, media darling, and Tina Fey wannabe Sarah Palin was found to have violated her public trust and unlawfully used her authority as governor when she tried to have her former brother-n-law fired from his job as a state trooper .

Like a pit bull, she didn't want to let go after she bit into her sister's ex- hubby's career.

An Alaska state legislative panel of seven republicans and four democrats found the governor to be in violation of state ethics laws. She used her public position for personal gain.

Will this hurt the McCain/Palin ticket? That remains to be seen, but she appears to fit the Dick Cheney mold and that unscrupulous mole has been in office eight years.

If she conducted herself unethically while running the smallest populated state in the union, what would she do in the second highest position in the country? Or when McCain kicked the bucket, as the highest authority in the country?

Sing along to the tune of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name":
Sarah Palin you're to blame. You give blondes a good name. Sarah Palin, you should be ashamed. You give blondes a good name.

The Queens of Music Brawl

2008-10-10T09:39:00.000-07:00

So, the Queen of Soul and the Queen of Rock have never simultaneously shared the same castle. Amazing.

Seems they don't share a mutual admiration, either.

In particular, Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul appears to want the exclusive title of music queen. That ain't gonna happen. The music world has many thrones for its queens. Aretha needs to learn to "Respect" that.

While the 68-year-old Tina Turner is still out there kicking up her 20-something looking legs, Aretha at 66, looks like she ain't "Never Loved a Meal" the way she loves a buffet.

Is it me, or is it very sad to see Aretha looking like one of the multiple overweight characters in an Eddie Murphy movie? Or did Aretha star in the movie, "Norbit"?

Recalling her hits, it's obvious she was singing of her fascination with food. While standing in line at the buffet, she found the inspiration for, "I Knew You Were Waiting," "Jump to It," "I Dreamed a Dream," "What You Eat is What You Sweat," " Dr. Foodgood," " Save Me," "Chain of Foodstores," "The Weight," and "Gravy I Love You."

Furthermore, who is her fashion consultant that allows her to wear spaghetti strapped dresses? Can't they see that the spaghetti straps sink into her flesh and make her look nauseatingly nude? Someone needs to be slapped.

There is definitely room for multiple music queens, but Aretha has physically outgrown her throne.

Did Magic Johnson Fake AIDS

2008-10-10T07:40:00.000-07:00

Although I uttered it back in 1991, no one listened to me or made a stink about it when I said NBA legend Magic Johnson did not have AIDS. I said he had contracted a serious case of "Favorite National Negro Envy".

But now, some 17 years later after two radio jocks from KTLK (100.3FM) in Minneapolis have put it over the airways, it's a big controversy.

Chris Barker and Langdon Perry of The Chris Barker Radio Show stated publicly that they believe Magic Johnson faked having AIDS. Now everyone and their mother is outraged.

Look, back in 1991, the NBA was going through a transition. Two of the league's greatest players and ambassadors, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were on their way out. The league's heir apparents had arrived. One in particular was taking over not only the league but the world. Michael Jordon of the Chicago Bulls was the "new sheriff " in town.

The Bulls had just won their first NBA Championship in 1991 and no one doubted this franchise would become the next sports dynasty. Magic was being relegated to the "thank-you-so-much-has- been" category. He was still a decent player, but his status as America's favorite negro was being usurped by Jordan.

Jordan not only took over the league, he took control on Madison Avenue. He took over the marketing world, formally held in part by Magic. He ruled the court and commercials.

What better way for Magic to reclaim that lost public prominence than to claim to have contracted one of the most devastating and misunderstood diseases, HIV/AIDS.

Magic did that. At the time the disease was miscontrued as a homosexual affliction, Magic claimed he contracted the disease by having unprotected same-sex intercourse. He retired from basketball. He became a spokesperson for the cause. Then he returned to basketball, including playing on the USA Olympic Basketball Dream Team. Then he retired again to coach. All while being the new face of AIDS.

But that soon faded as he said he was cured. Yes, Magic was the first and only person cured of AIDS by God. Johnson also credited his miracle to exercise and some new, powerful , expensive medication.

Magic's response to the jock's recent revelation was to condemn the jocks by accusing them of making light of a horrible disease suffered by millions of people. Magic is wrong. They did not say anyone else who claimed to have the disease was faking it. They said only Magic was. Magic is cowardly trying to win more Negro sympathy by lumping himself in with the millions of real HIV/AIDS sufferers. Stop, Magic, please. Call a timeout.

Magic was one of the best at leading a NBA fast break. He should do the same now and fast break back into sports obscurity. Do some real magic, Magic. Make yourself and that fake ass smile disappear again.

Selling My Vote On eBay

2008-10-08T21:29:00.000-07:00

Alaska governor Sarah Palin put the state jet on eBay. American manufacturers can sell their pollution rights. Women in Nevada can sell their bodies. Hell, parents can sell young teenage girls to R. Kelly. A San Diego college student put her virginity up for sale. Chicago is selling airports and toll roads.

The government even sells tax stamps for illegal drugs. This means you can't sell illegal drugs, but if you do, you have to pay taxes on sales. In other words, you may get probation for selling illegal drugs, but you could get life without parole for not paying taxes on the illegal drug sales.

So, why can't I sell my vote? I am not really enthused with either major party candidate. Actually, I have never voted for a Republican or Democrat for president. Just wouldn't be prudent to give my vote away to Obama or McCain. It would be a waste. My waste could be someone else's treasure.

Voting for Obama or McCain would be like giving money for food to a drunk on the street.

Sharing with an acquaintance my disdain with the limited quality of candidates this election and my opting to sit this one out, her advice was do not waste my vote.

So, in order to not waste it, why not put it on eBay and see what I can get for it? Any revenue received would be donated to my favorite local charity.

Illegal? You bet. But buying votes has been a part of American politics since voting began.

To raise additional money, why don't we take all lost voting rights of say, convicted felons and put them up for bid. Hell, with the one-half billion dollars Barack Obama has raised, he could buy enough repossessed votes to win. Then again, Cindy McCain could buy a lot, too. Then Oprah could buy more for Obama. Talk about a fund raiser. We could raise enough money from selling votes to find a cure for cancer and take care of Jerry's kids.

Again, all money generated from vote sales would go directly to charities. Or in case of votes bought from prisoners, any revenue generated would go towards their cost of incarceration.

I am an independent. All political parties welcome to bid. Minimum bid: $10,000. Any takers?

Only you can prevent my vote from being wasted.

I'm not your friend, John McCain

2008-10-08T05:45:00.000-07:00

"My fellow Americans" and "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" stand out as great political terms of endearment.

However, when John McCain over uses his insincere, condescending, "My friends," I want to cover my ears.

Number one. I am not his friend. I don't hate him, but he is becoming more unlikeable each day. He is becoming less presidential each time he utters the same tired, "My Friends." Then again, he could make a great president of a senior citizen home.

Number two: After suffering defeat in 2000 at the hands of George Bush and his negative, false campaign ads, why would McCain resort to the same tactic? Or would that be a strategy? McCain lost to Bush in the GOP primary partly do to false rumors claiming McCain was homosexual and that he fathered a black child out of wedlock. Dirty, dirty, dirty. Now McCain is approving similar type ads against Obama.

McCain may not be as dumb as Bush, but his campaign is starting to look a lot like the 2000 season.

If you emulate Bush to get in office, you will duplicate Bush when you get there.

If McCain wins, he will be just like Bush; Not my friend.

Palin's "dumb bitch" legacy

2008-10-07T05:06:00.000-07:00

I know it's just politics, but some things shouldn't be said by some people.

For instance, Sarah Palin's last programmed speech included some misleading accusations that Barack Obama hung out with an American terrorist. Obama lives in the same Chicago, Illinois neighborhood as Bill Ayers and served on a community board with him a few years back.

Bill Ayers is an admitted anti-American rebel. His radical anti-war group, Weather Underground targeted government buildings in the 1970s. Charges against him were dropped in 1974. Obama was less than ten years-old when that happened. Sarah Palin was maybe four years-old. Ayers is now a professor at University of Illinois-Chicago.

Political associations are different than personal ones. You, the average Joe, and I can choose our friends and acquaintances. Politicians cannot.

That being understood, Obama is fair game for smear tactics. However, the attacker must be above approach. No politician is. Sarah Palin is not.

While she spouts off with authority Obama's brief post-rebel dealings with Ayers, she is leaving herself open for a few questions. In particular, how does she know so much about Obama's "palling" around with a terrorist, but she was unaware of her teenage daughter's "palling" around with a teenage hockey player? A young, horny, sexually active, self-described rebel. And this happened while she was a "hockey mom".

Sarah should stop pretending to know what others were doing thousands of miles away, years ago, when she was obviously unaware of what was being done right under her nose,in her own governor's mansion, just a few months ago.

Don't choose Obama's "pals" when you didn't scrutinize your own daughter's "pals". Stop letting those "old Washington insiders" put stuff into your head that you and only you will suffer the consequences.

When it's all said and done, those "Washington men" will move on and Sarah will be left alone trying to defend her "dumb bitch" legacy.

Dear Sarah, here is a new twist on an old saying. "Let her who lives in an igloo strike the first match."

Sarah Palin is a Post Turtle

2008-10-06T04:47:00.000-07:00

I cannot take credit for this one. It was sent to me. But bless him or her. Now we know what a maverick does.

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President.

The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.

The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.

'You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.

"Author Unknown"

Just spreading that rare political truth whenever and wherever I can find it. Please tell all your friends.

Steal life, go free; steal own property, get life.

2008-10-05T04:40:00.000-07:00

My mother went to her grave convinced that O.J. Simpson had nothing to do with the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.

Obviously, she wasn't alone in that thinking. Simpson was not found guilty of murdering Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. He was allowed to go free and live to taunt the families of his victims. That is until now.

Simpson is now in jail awaiting sentencing. Possibly a life sentence. Did he kill another? No. He was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery, and and assortment of other acts he committed while trying to steal his own property. That's right. O.J. may be going to jail for life for attempting to steal his own property. Yet, our dubious justice system set him free after he stole two lives.

That is the way it goes in America. Property has a higher value than human life. You sell a million dollars worth of drugs and fail to pay taxes on it, you could do some serious jail time. Sell a million dollars worth of drugs that ends up killing someone, well, you could face some serious probation and a stint in a outpatient drug program.

Of course, Simpson's legal team will file an appeal. That may drag on in the court system for another few years.

Word to the wise: Thou can kill and get away with it. Thou shalt not steal your own stuff.

Cell phone kills 25 people

2008-10-03T04:31:00.000-07:00

Cell phones killed 25 people in Los Angeles last month. In Florida, a cell phone killed a school girl.

A southern California Metrolink commuter train wreck left 25 dead including the engineer. It has been determined that the engineer was texting just before the crash. It has also been reported that the same engineer had sent or received 57 text messages during his last shift.

In Florida, a truck driver ran into a school bus killing one student. The truck driver was on the phone at the time of the accident.

Since second hand texting resulted in these 24 train deaths, will it take cell phone related deaths to equal alcohol or smoke related deaths before someone calls for a ban on cell phones?

Probably not since American cell phones are probably protected under the 1st Amendment right to free expression.

Death by cell phone category will soon be added to death certificates.

Is your cell phone safe? Has your cell phone killed anyone?

Color doesn't matter is a big crock

2008-09-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

It is amazing how some can take completely out of context what is so simply expressed.

For example, I wrote in an earlier blog about three black football players who had been shot and resulted in very little outrage or fanfare. One coward, anonymous idiot misconstrued and twisted my only point.

That point being that because black on black crime is so rampant in America it has become acceptable to most. Obviously the coward has not lived in a major U.S. city. Or in a small quasi-rural community like mine where blacks make up at least 50 percent of the population.

I have lived in Chicago,IL; Denver, CO; Oakland(my favorite city) and San Diego, CA. I have also visited several major cities with significant black populations. I have also studied blacks for almost 52 years. In other words, Ize know what Ize talkin' about when it comes to black on black crime.

But hey, don't take my word for it. Look up the FBI stats on same-race crime.

The turning point occurred about 40 years ago. Although I was not at the civil rights meeting back in the early 1960s, I heard about it.

It went something like this.
Leader: Look here. We must stop the white man from killing us. We must put the KKK and the government out of the killing business.

Attendee: So you mean we gots to take matters into our own hands?

Leader: That is exactly what I mean.

And from that day on, blacks began killing each other more frequently and better than white ever did. Lynchings declined exponentially.

Whereas the white man would kill blacks for wanting to learn to read, earn an honest living, go to college, own a home, or God forbid, to vote, blacks began killing each other for gym shoes, rims, an Escalade, "talking white,"or an errant glance. With the stakes set so low, it's easy to see why the death rate of blacks by blacks surpassed those of white on black deaths.

Now, some idiot dares to say color doesn't matter. It matters a lot. I spend most of my waking hours seven days a week working with black kids who would think nothing of gang jumping an innocent kid from their own hood. And for what? As I am commonly told, " Cuz the nigga was in my face."

In less than two years, almost 60 Chicago Public School students have been killed. Most of them black. In Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama's home town,why have there not been 60 marches? Yet, how many people marched in Jena, Louisiana? Need I say more?

It matters too damn much when blacks sit idly by as innocent deaths happen daily. Yet, when a white person is involved, it becomes a hate crime, a national issue. Then it's time to march and protest. If there was real concern about the proliferation of senseless black deaths, especially young black deaths, Nike, Converse, New Balance, and Adidas combined could not make enough shoes to cover the soles of the necessary marchers.

Don't ever tell me color doesn't matter. When a 13-year old black girl tells me that it was a good thing that her incarcerated favorite uncle killed a black man because if he had killed a white man he would have gotten a longer sentence, color matters.

It is sad that a child can see color matters, but adults can't or won't see it.

Chris Rock said nigger how many times?

2008-09-30T05:56:00.000-07:00

How many times in his latest HBO special, "Kill The Messenger" did Chris Rock say the word, nigger?

And how many millions was he paid for this?

And Don Imus lost his show because?

And Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have called for Rock's firing?

The NAACP is outraged?

The black community is aghast?

That's all, folks.

Don Imus, who's shooting NFL players?

2008-09-30T04:46:00.000-07:00

In less than two years, three National Football League players have been shot. Two were killed; the third has lost one leg, suffered a spinal injury, and will never walk again.

Sean Taylor was killed in his home during a botched burglary. Darrent Williams was shot and killed while riding in a limousine after a New Year's party. The latest victim, Richard Collier was shot 14 times while sitting in his vehicle.

Three young men cut down in the prime of their careers garners very little attention outside the sports world. And just a smidgen within it. Unlike when a player dies from steroids, the shootings don't appear to spark any national outrage.

If three active players announced that they were gay, it would shut down the league. We would see a congressional committee investigation larger than the one looking into the current financial collapse.

Even to the non or casual sports fan, this should be alarming. But it's not. It ho-hum. There has been no decision made by the National Football League or the NFL Player's Association on what number of shootings of its players will constitute an epidemic or even a real concern. Torn ligaments, bruised throwing shoulders, and minor concussions that lead to loss games played are more newsworthy than off the field deaths.

Why? Well, in the immortal words of Don Imus, "What color are the victims and the suspects? There ya go." Of course the Iman wasn't referring to these incidents when he posed the question, but it is most fitting. Someone should be asking that question. Then again, it would be redundant because we already know the answer.

If the victims had been white, this would have been a bigger story. Or if the suspects had been white, it would have drawn more attention. But because three black guys were shot by blacks, it's no longer a story in America. Black victim shot by black suspect? Duh!

Black on black crime has become an American tradition as apple pie, hot dogs, and steroid-laden baseball. It's here to stay. Let's celebrate it. Have a black on black crime national holiday. Showcase the victims during Black History Month. Absurd? Yes.

Saying nothing? Ridiculous. Doing nothing. Inhumane.

Dumb Republicans still love Sarah Palin

2008-09-29T04:33:00.000-07:00

Hey, don't hate me. And don't do as the title of Chris Rock's latest comedy special, Kill the Messenger suggests.

I am just passing on the latest developments.

It seems that since Gov. Palin's Katie Couric interview and the subsequent parody of it on SNL, the republicans are becoming a house divided.

According to a few conservative pundits, Palin is becoming almost unbearable to watch and outright embarrassing. Some have even suggested she "bailout" for personal reason. One political analyst called these dissenters the "intellectual republicans." Meanwhile, her stock among the nonintellectual republicans, code words for "dumb republicans," is rising. To the delight of millions, the lipstick wearing, hockey mom tag is still working.

This isn't all bad news for Palin since there are obviously more dumb republicans than intellectual ones. Hey, who do you think elected George Bush, twice.

There is another great debate coming this Thursday between the VP nominees. Or should we call it the Saturday Night Live fodder buffet? Shucks, watching Palin could make anyone a great comedy writer. Just mock the hell out of her.

Oddly through this Palin debacle, the dumb democrats have been extremely quiet. I bet they probably recall their own successful Sarah Palin of a few of decades ago. Only Jimmy Carter didn't wear lipstick and Georgia hadn't discovered hockey yet. Nope, it was peanut farming and dog fighting time back then.

And I think you can see Cuba from Atlanta on a clear night.

Beavis and Butthead debate SUCKED

2008-09-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

The first McCain-Obama debate is thankfully behind us. It had as much fireworks as the Republican National Convention minus Sarah Palin.

What an over hyped waste of 90 minutes of my life. This debate had about as much excitement and enlightenment as an episode of Oprah Winfrey's Big Giveaway. A three episode marathon of Beavis & Butthead would have been a better use of airtime.

To their credit, both candidates were polished. But so are a pair of spit shined boots sitting on top of a locker. Their responses were too predictable, and Jim Lehrer should not have been left alone to decide the questions.

Equally disturbing were the post debate spins by the candidate's supporters. Fox, full of bull, news declared McCain the clear winner, something they would have done if McCain had not even showed up. CNN, the most trusted bull crap on cable, had a bevy of political analyst pronouncing Obama the winner.

Besides causing me to nod off intermittently and scratch myself periodically, the whole thing had me longing for a Sarah Palin interview.

Let me remind you. There are two more scheduled debates between these two. Can somebody please put together a line dancing class on those nights?

And think, McCain wants to have ten town hall meetings with Obama.

Sarah Palin needs prayer to speak

2008-09-26T04:47:00.000-07:00

Ever seen an on the street news report where the reporter seeks out the most ignorant, inarticulate, maybe even intoxicated person on the street for an update?

Reporter: Excuse me sir. Can you tell me what happened?

Street Person: Yeah. See, like I was just standing ova by da dumpster when dis here truck pulls up, see.

Rep: Ok, what did you see?

SP: Well this dude gets out and starts walking dis way. I jumped back out da way like John McCain dodging a debate. Next thang I knows, she standing in the street talking to herself, the man with the gun sittin' in the bed of his truck with a gun to his own head, and you standing here askin' me some damn silly questions.

Rep: Yes, but sir, what happened? How did this end up like this?

SP: See, I'm tryna tell you. I was just standing right next to everything. He asked her a question about foreign policy. She starts talking and the man went nuts.

Rep: Did you know the victim?

SP: Like I said. I knows errybody in this hood. And errybody knows me. Don't nuttin' go on 'round here dat I don't know about. I sees errything that Stevie Wonder can't. Hell, I can see Russia from right here.

Rep: Thank you sir. This is Joe Reporter on the street where the woman talks people insane. Back to you in the studio.

And so it was, the first non scripted, hand held Sarah Palin interview. Is she a bumbling idiot or what? How anyone can watch and listen to her talk without dropping to their knees in prayer is beyond me. This woman trying to speak on anything foreign sounds worse than a crackhead trying to explain the Monroe Doctrine.

Please pray for Sarah Palin. She needs it. Hell, we need it. Pray that she is not ever asked to speak without practice. Pray that we won't have to listen to any more impromptu interviews.

That African preacher needs to do another exorcism. Pray that she discovers a logical thought process. Someone needs to cut the pull string off this mis-talking doll. She left Alaska is such a hurry she forgot to turn on the Northern Lights.

No wonder she is such an adept moose hunter. She can probably talk to them. Or maybe she freezes them in their tracks with her stupidity, then she shoots them. Here moosey, moosey. Bang! Poor thing. Not the moose. I mean Sarah.

Back to you , folks.

Bipartisanship my ass

2008-09-25T07:25:00.000-07:00

Remember the last time our honorable representatives joined hands in a bi or nonpartisan show of unity? Well, I recall a few years back a great photo-op of politicians singing Kum Ba Yah or some crap on the steps of some building in Washington, DC.

This was supposed to be the start of something new. They were all in support of finding the perpetrators of September 11. Sometimes I wonder if Osama bin Laden was the photographer that day.

Look where that unified front did for us us. Locked in Iraq, not Afghanistan. Some seven years later they are scratching their genitals trying to find a way to distance themselves from it. Too late. We have photos.

Now they want to do another joint venture to rescue us from financial Armageddon.

Our status as the world's financial leader was symbolically destroyed when the Twin Towers were destroyed. That void has yet to be filled. Now our twin towers of ineptness, Republicans and Democrats have destroyed any actual financial strength we may have had. That's a much bigger void.

There are almost 300 million Americans whose security and way of life rest in the hands of less than 600 men and women. Are the 299,999,400 of us really as stupid as the 600 think we are?

It hurts to admit it, but history says we are.

McCain has Alzheimers or is full of bull

2008-09-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

GOP presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain is suffering from the initial stages of Alzheimers or he is completely full of bull. I think it's the latter.

With the first presidential debate scheduled for less than 48 hours, the senator has called for a cancellation.

Why? Only two reasons. He has forgotten about it because of his advanced age or he is totally unprepared because it takes older people longer to mentally challenge themselves.

Of course, he gave his poppycock reason of wanting to deal with the current financial crisis. Hello, Mr. Wannabe. We have a president. It's George Bush's responsibility to find a quick fix to the problem and postpone it until the next administration steps in. And unless McCain has forgotten, we have 98 other senators and 435 representatives to assist in handling this current crisis.

McCain hasn't spent much time in Washington over the last almost two years. His presence is not required.

Own up, John. You know Obama is going to blow your ass out of the water with his intelligence during the debate and add to his current nine point poll lead. That is the only reason you want to delay the debate. Be honest man. We are the American public. We're not your first wife that you could lie to. Stop playing the American people for total idiots.

This charade of duty is a most dishonorable act. He is surrendering. It's highly unbecoming of a veteran.

Diversity training or Reversity training

2008-09-24T04:54:00.000-07:00

Has diversity training followed the path of the Hula-Hoop, the Macarena, or the Back Street Boys? As in gone for good?

Remember not too long ago when diversity training was all the rage? Or was it just something implemented to thwart civil lawsuits against businesses? Often lawsuits of discrimination resulted in the implementation of diversity training being mandated by the accused.

Diversity training was touted as a means to inform employees how to be aware of the culture differences of its peers. Differences such as age, race, gender, religion were thrust into corporate mission statements.

Had these sessions been voluntary, it may have worked. But, no. This type training or psychological programming became mandatory as a drug test. Employees took the training and its often narrow minded, paradigmed presentation or faced the threat of losing their job.

Too often these diversity sessions were conducted by a person who fit the disenfranchised demographic. In other words, you didn't find too many white men conducting diversity training. The gist of diversity training became, " Look at me. I am the Black, the female, the Hispanic, the Asian, the worshiper who you have discriminated against. It's me that you hold down. I am here to make you embrace me and my needs to advance."

With that tone, diversity actually turned in "reversity". Diversity sanctioned minority preference as opposed to equal opportunity. It's premise was that those who were, real or imagined, demographically discriminated had to be acknowledged and embraced just because of their differences. If you were not a part of their coalition of victims, you should be ashamed of having personal desires to succeed in the work place. Your personal goal should be set aside in order to facilitate their progress.

Diversity was all about "letting the perceived victims treat others as they have accused others of treating them. Go to the back of the bus white guys and let us take over based solely upon our differences. Our difference is the only qualification necessary. When we walk into the workplace, you must stop and immediately acknowledge that I am here and that I may have concerns. Put your selfish needs aside. It's all about us."

That reverse discrimination didn't work. Yes, it may have prevented a few lawsuits or outrageous fines. But it didn't lead to great leaps and bounds for minorities in the workplace. It raised and reversed the level of resentment.

Only when we stop reversing racism and discrimination will we stop worsening racism and discrimination.

Sarah Palin is qualified

2008-09-23T05:47:00.000-07:00

Just one final thought on the highly debated qualifications of the GOP VP nominee, Sarah Palin.

Yes, she is qualified. PERIOD.

What are those qualifications? She is a native born American and she is at least 35 years old.
That's it, folks.

Is she the best choice? That's your individual call to make in November.

You don't need common sense, education, world travels, or to speak foreign languages to be president or vice president of the United States. You can be a complete idiot and be our president. Need I submit evidence?

There is one reason a whole list of seemingly great attributes were left out of the qualification equation. The qualifications to vote a person(man) for president were dumbed down to just age and citizenship because if we set the bar too high, we would be leaderless. Actually, we have been leaderless lately.

The presidency is the highest office in the land, not the smartest.

The greatest thing about America is that idiots can vote and serve.

Three people I would love to talk to

2008-09-23T05:40:00.000-07:00

It's one of the most asked rhetorical questions. What three people would you like to have dinner with or just talk to?

Most answers tend to be people far out of our reach. Either they are dead, too famous, rich, just not interested in meeting us, or have no idea of our desire to meet them. If they are alive, it would take Dear Abby or Oprah to arrange such a meeting. If they are dead, well, depending upon your beliefs, you may or may not get your wish granted.

But, hey, we can pretend, huh? My three, all dead by the way, in this particular order are: O.V.,my stepdad, Jesus Christ, John Gotti.

My stepdad is still the most wonderful person I have ever known. He said very little, but what he said, he stood behind. I never knew him to be a coward. Even when he admitted that if what he said or did was not right, he said it was part of him. He was just wrong, not ashamed. He was a genuine, giving person. I never knew him to criticize others behind their back. And if he didn't agree with something or someone, he distanced himself from it or them.

So, if I could have that once last Budweiser with him, I would ask him where I stood in trying to walk in his shoes. Or how much more toilet paper I need to stick in the toes to fill his loafers.

Then, there is my long wanted chat with Jesus. If only I could ask him a few things. Like, Jesus, how in the hell do you think of forgiving anyone at the very moment they are killing you? Or, what did you put in that water to make that wine, and what brand is it today? If you had been wearing a pair of Nike Air Force Ones would the Roman soldiers have been able to catch you? And finally, Jesus, are you really coming back and why? If so, when? I can keep a secret. I promise I won't put it in my blog.

Then there is my man, former mafia boss John Gotti. I wouldn't have a lot of questions, but rather a few observations. Of course I'd address him as Mr. Gotti. Then I would tell him how much I appreciated the true mentoring part of his organization. It's remarkable how they literally stick by each other til death do they part. In a sense, his organization had stronger bonds than most marriages. And, finally when he was forced to spend his last years in confinement, he didn't squeal like a bitch. He didn't rat out his organization.

While I don't agree with everything written, known, guessed, or made up about them, these three men, in my opinion, were the epitome of manhood. They stood behind their words, beliefs, acts. They didn't take anybody down with them. The were the antithesis of COWARD. They were not politicians. In a crowd of weeds, they stood out like a flower.

In my daily search, I am looking for a living person of such stature to have dinner with. Until then, I'll eat alone.

Cops shoot dogs; question owners

2008-09-22T06:09:00.000-07:00

Chicago cops shot and killed two pit bulls after the dogs attacked and mauled a sever-year old kid. One dog escaped.

The report said the officers were forced to shoot the dogs after other means of stopping the attack failed.

The child is recovering in a Chicago hospital.

After the attacks, the police questioned the dog's owners.

That leaves me rondering. Shouldn't the cops have shot the owners and questioned the dogs?

We don't close churches that PREY on children

2008-09-21T04:43:00.000-07:00

Well, it's not a big surprise, but another American church is under investigation for sexually preying on children.

Which brings the question: why do we close down and destroy child care centers at the slightest possibility of child endangerment, but allow the religious organizations that have been found guilty of committing severe child abuse to continue?

If a child in the care of a day care business so much as gets a scratch and it's not documented properly, the government can take away that business's license and impose fines. If the childcare industry had a sexual abuse scandal as we have seen in the Catholic child sex scandal, would day care centers still exist?

There are government policies for running a child care center. There is none for churches.

If an employee of a child care facility runs afoul of the law, the entire business is scrutinized. If a leader of a church sexually abuses a child or several children, the church is allowed to continue as if nothing happened, unless the church is a Former Latter Day Saints affiliate.

Why does the American government allow churches to sexually abuse our children and still exist?

The government took the right to PRAY out of school, but it didn't take the opportunity to PREY out of churches.

So much for separation of church and state.

Women, try guns, not Orders of Protection

2008-09-18T21:41:00.000-07:00

Sofia Garcia was a mother of three sons and a wife. Now she is a dead woman brutally murdered in her own home. Police suspect her estranged husband. While police are searching for Benito Casanova and Sofia Garcia’s three missing sons, others are searching for answers. Unlike the other recent murder victims in Chicago, she was living with a false sense of security.
Ms. Garcia, like so many other battered women, put her trust and security in an Order of Protection, that legal document issued by the court to help protect individuals from abuse or harassment.
While the intent of an Order of Protection is good, it is very flawed. Its biggest flaw is that it’s free. We all know that we get just what we pay for. It’s comparable to that free first 30-minute legal consultation. The second defect is that it’s too easy to obtain. The third is that it doesn’t really protect anyone.
Should a person, and in most cases those seeking such protection are women and children, want to get an Order of Protection against someone, they merely just have to ask for it. Some cases require the filing of a police report to prove such a threat exists. A temporary Order of Protection may be obtained without a high level of proof. This ease leads to a lot of frivolous Order of Protection filings. A jilted woman can claim threat of abuse and receive an Order of Protection. Only a judge can rescind an order. That doesn’t prevent both parties from violating the order after they have reconciled.
According to domestic abuse experts, women are abused many times before they call the police. Some experts also say on average a woman will file, then drop charges against her abuser up to seven times before finally following through with a complaint. It’s at that point of no return when women are most vulnerable to the greatest harm.
No government, social agency, nor individual can prevent a woman from being abused by a significant other. The sole person responsible for her safety is the woman. Therefore, I propose some changes be made when an Order of Protection is sought.
If we are really in the business of protecting abused women and children, make the Order of Protection more difficult to get. Put a price on it. Say, $100. That would curtail some of the frivolous filings. Some may argue that asking women to pay may be a financial hardship. If it’s done many times, that may be true, but anyone can find a few friends and family in time of real need. It’s not an insurmountable amount. And it’s a lot less than the bail some women come up with to free their abusers who have been arrested.
Include with the order, an application for a Firearm Owners Identification Card, commonly known as a FOID card, and the additional $5 application fee. Then require the filers to take gun-safety training. Rather than have police destroy guns that have been turned in for debit cards, police agencies could rent a firearm to battered women for $10 per month to protect themselves in their home. Of course, if the woman is an Illinois resident, she is on her own in public because she cannot get a Concealed Carry permit unless she is an elected official or “conservator of the peace.”
Should the Order of Protection be requested only to be rescinded, there should be a fee for that, too. If six to seven times is the average Order of Protections are filed and dropped, the court should reap the benefit.
A piece of paper, even one with a government stamp is not going to protect anyone. Protection orders are like red octagons, they only work when the individual has some respect for the law. Give women the real tools to protect themselves. Any male who knows that his potential victim has a FOID card but still gets within that predetermined boundary in a woman’s home will soon learn that FOID stands for found on inside dead.
There is an old saying, “there is nothing like a woman scorned.” We can add to that, “There is nothing like an abused woman with a FOID card.”

Why, Black Women, Why?

2008-09-18T21:36:00.000-07:00

The police blotter section of the newspaper reported that two women aged 29 and 32 were arrested for beating a third woman. The age and name of the victim was not released. The mauling took place at a Little League baseball game in front of several children, including children of all three parties involved. One of the attackers was also charged with child endangerment and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
The story also stated that the two women attacked the victim because she was having an affair with the 32 year-old’s husband. Without mention of race, I knew then that at least one of the women was black.
As it turns out, all three women were black, but had that information not been forthcoming, there was a dead giveaway in the story that one of the attackers was a black woman. Black women who find themselves betrayed by their men will always direct their most venomous revenge at the other woman while letting her man off the hook.
Yes, the black woman will scream, cuss, cry, and holla’ at her man. She may merely threaten to have an affair herself. She may even attempt to get him fired or burn a few of his clothes. She may even scratch his car with keys, but she will save all her physical retaliation for the other woman.
Why? The other woman did not make any promises to her. Even if it’s a best friend or relative, women don’t promise not to sleep with each other’s man. Black men make promises to love, cherish, honor, and obey their women. Should he violate those promises, he is readily forgiven.
The other woman will undoubtedly suffer forever. Long after the affair has been replaced with hugs and kisses and roses, the man is forgiven. However, the other woman is not. She is forever the home wrecker. She is accused of breaking something she never put together. She is the one who made the husband betray his wife. She is the one who will be called all the FCC-forbidden words.
Black women who have been cheated on will look upon the other woman as if she raped the man, not as the other victim who was manipulated just as easily as she was. The other woman will be attacked like a farmer would a fox caught in his chicken yard. And every time it happens, the black woman tends to act as if it’s the first time her man has done it.
The black woman who has been cheated on reacts like the parent of a bad child. She will immediately place all blame on the teacher. In most cases, the men in these situations are still like a child.
I have never understood how black women take the story from the Bible and apply it today. The story was about an adulterous woman who was about to be stoned for sleeping with a man, but there was no mention of stoning the male counterpart who was just as much an adulterer. Men have been getting away with stuff for a long, long, time.
Lawd. I am so glad I am not a black woman, or the other woman, or any woman.

Drug test before welfare checks

2008-09-18T21:33:00.000-07:00

Generally, when I receive stuff by e-mail it goes directly to the recycle bin. But this particular e-mail made me think. The following was forwarded to me by a friend, but the author is unknown.
“Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem. What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test. Shouldn’t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their BUTT, doing drugs, while I work. … Can you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check? Pass this along if you agree or simply delete if you don’t. Hope you all pass it along, though. … Something has to change in this country – and soon!”
As interesting as this is, and although I fully agree with the position, I didn’t forward the e-mail to 15 people because it didn’t say I would have bad luck for 17 years or that my nonexistent pet would die in three hours. But the unknown author, who probably had to remain anonymous to save his job, does make a very convincing argument. If drug testing is necessary to earn a paycheck, it should be necessary to receive one.
The author who could be from any state and work for almost any employer, private or public, speaks for every law-abiding, hard-working, income-earning, taxpaying citizen. Most employers require a pre-employment drug test and many also have random testing clauses as a condition of employment. Just as the e-mail stated, you have to take a drug test to be able to earn a paycheck. So, why not require public aid recipients to take a drug test to receive a free check and health benefits?
The writer made it very clear he or she was not opposed to helping fellow Americans in need, but was annoyed that the individuals who have the initiative and desire to work to contribute to the national economy is put to a greater scrutiny than ones who merely reap benefits. Understandably, it is a little troubling that those receiving public assistance can’t be forced to work, and they aren’t mandated to be drug free.
We could even take the drug testing issue a bit further. To register to vote, you must submit a urine sample. To run for political office you must secure a predetermined number of signatures of registered voters who passed a drug test and you must do a drop, and do a subsequent drop before every primary. How about requiring candidates to submit a urine sample after making stupid comments during debates? If the comment by presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich that he believes in UFOs didn’t warrant a drug test, nothing should.
It’s not like anyone is suggesting welfare recipients must study a 600-page manual before taking a drug test. The drug test is one of the easiest tests to take because no study is involved. There is no pressure to get an “A” since it’s a pass/fail grading system.
The process to earn a paycheck is similar to getting a free check. Both require completion of an application followed by an interview. Upon mutual agreement, more times than not, the potential wage earner must take and pass a drug test before working for his or her check and contributing to the government. Upon approval, the potential public aid recipient merely begins receiving benefits.
Drug testing in the workplace came about as a safety issue. Working around dangerous equipment, flying an airplane, or performing surgery while mentally impaired could lead to personal injury or death. Because we are such a litigious society, drug testing became an even greater necessity in every industry. If someone fell on a business property and the business had not drug tested the custodian, there could be dire consequences. Some slick lawyer would find a way to show the employer’s failure to drug test the employee was the direct cause of his drunken client’s fall resulting in a swollen big toe that turned into a life-threatening injury.
Since most public aid recipients are responsible for children, shouldn’t drug testing be necessary to ensure the safety of those children?
In a nutshell, to earn a check you have to be drug free; to get a free check you can be drug-test free. Something is not right with this system, and not one of the current campaigning “agents of change” will address this issue.

My two freinds, the racist and the homophobe

2008-09-17T21:57:00.000-07:00

Momma always said, “Be careful who your friends are.”
I know a couple of people over forty whom I consider friends. One is white, one is black. One is male, one is female. One is racist, one is homophobic. Now before you get yourself all worked up, let me explain.
I meet a lot of people. What they do for a living, if they believe in God, who they sleep with, or how they vote is never a concern of mine. As long as they treat me with respect, we can get along.
Take the white guy I know. He keeps it no secret that if his daughter were ever to date a black man, he would disown her. That’s not a problem for me. I don’t want his daughter, nor do either of my two sons. His rationale is that black guys, especially those his daughter’s age, have no desire to be anything other than thugs, rappers, or drug dealers. But get this. His biggest concern is what his interracial grandbaby would have to endure from other children. The classic ignorant reply.
I’m a product of mixed race intercourse. The only problems I ever had came from ignorant adults, both black and white. Older blacks knew no shame when they would remind me that “somebody in your family was the Mastah’s favorite.” It was always a white adult that would let me know that, “you're still a nigger.” It’s adults like my buddy who produce offspring and teach them to have a problem with other children different than themselves.
Take my black female buddy. She is a staunch supporter of equal rights and reparations. She is educated and has traveled the world extensively. She has seen injustice and discrimination. She is just as adamant an opponent of same-sex marriages. She is so against the “immorality” of homosexuality that she wouldn’t want a gay teacher to teach her son.
How a gay teacher would teach her son anything different than two plus two equals four is beyond me. When offered that she sounded like the pre-civil rights era racists who didn’t want blacks to have the same rights as whites, she was taken aback. She was offended that I would compare her to white people who thought their lifestyle was superior and more blessed by God than that of black people. She believes God made man and woman to marry and that gays will bring negativity into the institution of marriage. As if spousal abuse and divorce in heterosexual marriages ain’t negative! I pointed out that folks used God to sanction slavery, too.
Although she knows my marital status and the number of children I have, she questioned if my support of gay rights was due to “borderline” sexuality. When I said she sounded like whites who accused other whites who worked on the Underground Railroad of being niggers, she disagreed.
I was left pondering how in this century two seemingly intelligent people could sound like Strom Thurmond in 1948 when he said there were “not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the Negro race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches.”
Strom Thurmond died in 2003. Ignorance lives on.

Jesus is not qualified to be president

2008-09-17T07:12:00.000-07:00

The presidential campaign has become a big useless fuss being made about the lack of qualifications of both non-white male candidates, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. No one is questioning the qualifications of John McCain or Joe Biden.

Granted, the two elder statesmen have been in federal politics longer than most of Obama's enthusiasists have been alive. The most compelling debate has to do with the limited and very different paths Obama and Palin have traveled.

He, the young, educated, energetic inner city organizer, black Christain; She, the small town mayor, small populated state governor, and white female Christain. Obama's church leadership doesn't have a high opinion of America's foreign policy and it's white citizens. Palin's church doesn't think much of homosexuals and wants to convert them straight via prayer.

Obama's experience has been compared to Jesus Christ, the famous community organizer. Palin's experience has been compared to Pontius Pilate the governor who was given the responsibility for carrying out Jesus' execution. Will history repeat itself?

Ironically enough, as wonderful a character that Jesus is portrayed, he would not be qualified to be first of second in-command of the United States of America.

Yes, JC could perform miracles that we so desparately need after eight years of hell. He alone could take care of our universal heath care issue. Think about it, he could just lay hands on the unhealthy. No paperwork, no insurance hassles, no costly prescriptions. He could solve our hunger problem, too. If he fed thousands with a few fish and bread, just imagine what he would do if we gave him a bakery and access to our national fisheries. A biscuit and sardine on every table. Remember that place he went away to in order to prepare a place for us? And that house of many mansions? Well, there goes our housing problem and an end to foreclosures. The economy, you ask. Well, remember he told the inquiring minds to give Ceasar(the goverenment) what is his/theirs. If he became our goverenment, consider that he never had money. So, we would not have to pay taxes. Thus, all our income would be disposable since he would have taken care of our food, shelter, and healthcare.

Still, the great JC could never be elected president. Never.

For starters, he was not 35 years-old. And because he was never officially married, well, can't you just hear the rumors? "He ran away from home at age 12. He doesn't own his own house. He never had a woman. He hung around with 12 guys all the time, moved around a lot, and he never had a job."

And what about those 18 years(ages 12-30) when he disappeared? That is almost 55 percent of his life that we know even less about than we know about Sarah Palin.

But most importantly, he cannot be president because he was not a naturalized born American citizen. Because Hawaii didn't become a state until less than two years before Barack Obama was born there, many ignorant people from the mainland states don't consider him a natural born citizen.

For all the goodness associated with Jesus, he had his shortcomings. Barack Obama, if he really wants to be president, may want to think about being more like Mike.

And Sarah Palin, well, can we say Delilah the strength sapper.

For all you youngsters out there. The last time we put a JC(Jimmy Carter) in the White House, he nearly destroyed this country.

Be careful what you pray for.

Hey Young people, you are at work

2008-09-17T05:02:00.000-07:00

Upon entering the establishment, the only customer service representative was on the phone. The young lady may have noticed me as I walked past her to the coffee dispenser. Then again, she may not have as she was so enthralled in her "very personal" phone conversation.

By the time I had my coffee and newspapers, she had made her way back behind the counter continuing her chat about her obvious disappointment that her boyfriend's whereabouts were unknown. "I don't really care. I ain't worried, either," she admonished the person on the other end of the phone. Meanwhile, I am standing there with money in hand. Waiting. And waiting.

Without looking at me, she glanced at my purchases and punched in the keys. Feeling invisible while waiting to hear my total, I glanced at the front page headlines. Suddenly, there was a tap on the counter, then as if I was hearing impaired, a finger directed my eyes to the green digital readout as she continued her conversation. I thought maybe I should have apologized for inconveniencing her. She stuck out her hand and took my $5 bill, made correct change, and placed it on the counter without taking her attention from her phone conversation. I gladly picked up my stuff and walked out, thinking this is why security cameras were invented. I could have committed a crime and she would not have been able to identify me.

What happen to on-the-job-training? Who is writing current customer service manuals? With the economy so bad, why don't we have more mature workers?

Something has to give. I am getting tired of young kids giving me extra attitude to go with my shake.

All I want is my order to go. I don't care about your bad experience last night. Oh, that broken fingernail, please play with it while on break and away from my food. And please tell Ray-Ray and 'nem and all of your non-purchasing posse to step away from the counter so paying customers can give you their business.

Small business owners and managers, I realize you need some time off, but if your best replacements are young, uninterested, I-am-only-here-cuz-I-need-a-new-cellphone-or-Air Force Ones, attitude having punks, I will spend my money elsewhere.

And after dealing with all that, my coffee is still not hot or fresh.

Oh, by the way Mr. Manager, I won't be filling out a customer comment card to let you know what you already know... you need to terminate half of them.

When cowards comment

2008-09-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

It is a beautiful thing to be able to disagree with others. It is very respectful when those who disagree will also share their identify just as openly as they do their arguments. But that is not always the case.

To the anonymous cowards that hide behind their computers, without a photo, or a means to receive replies, it is those of your ilk that I dispise.

Sending a rebuttal to a blog/comment without allowing the well identified author to rebut your butt is about as honorable as waving an American flag while wearing a white sheet over your head.

The internet already provides a certain degree of anonymity. Be it right, wrong, controversial, factual, or mere opinion, high praise for the individuals who stand by their correspondence and is not afraid of feedback.

Blogging is not a source to solicit blind faith followers. It is a means to share thoughts with the masses and to receive an array of critique. You are not expected to agree with or enjoy everything you read. Like that perfect book, that blog hasn't been written.

Disagree and respond respectfully. That is the rule of common decency.

The childhood playground rule also applies: Be a man or woman-always. Don't dish it if you can't take.

Some missed white privilege

2008-09-16T04:41:00.000-07:00

By now you have probably read and forwarded the This is Your Nation on White Privilege, by Tom Wise. It's a race baiting, Sarah Palin hating manifesto.

While it is an interesting read, Tom's personal slant is obvious.

So here are a few white privileges Tom left out:

White privilege is when a white man shoots a black man in self defense, it's called a hate crime. When a black man shoots a black man over a piece of crack, it' called the effects of poverty.

White privilege is when a white man sells a kilo of pure cocaine to a black man and it's called genocide. But when a black man takes a kilo of pure cocaine and dilutes it with chemicals to make 10 kilos of crack to sell in the black neighborhood, including to black kids, it's called entrepreneurship.

White privilege is when a white man shows up late for work, it's called being late. When a black man shows up late for work everyday, it's called CP(color people) time.

White privilege is when a white cop shoots a black man, it's called an investigation. When a black man shoots up a whole neighborhood, it's called the lingering effects of slavery.

White privilege is when a white man speaks correct English, it's called speaking English. When a black man speaks correct English, it's called "talking white."

White privilege is when you throw a party to celebrate your child's college graduation. While a black man throws an entire block party to celebrate his son's third release from prison.

White privilege is when a white man uses the term nigger, he gets fired for being a racist. When a black man uses it, he gets a $40 million contract for being the King of Comedy.

It's time to wise up America and realize that we all have a special privilege, being an American.

We are all created equal, but we're not all born equal. We can observe and embrace our differences while promoting and protecting our commonality.

A McCain Win is Better for America

2008-09-15T04:10:00.000-07:00

I will not vote for John McCain; I will not vote for Barack Obama. Yet, I do realize one candidate is more favorable for a more tranquil nation.

There is absolutely no difference between Barack Obama the politician and John McCain the politician. Certainly, there are subtle philosophical differences. However, outside a few issues such as women's reproductive rights, the Iraq War, national economic stimulus, or affordable health care, they are basically the same candidate.

A politician is a politician is a politician. Just as an outhouse is a stinking place regardless if it is painted Democrat blue or has Republican red aluminum siding.

All things being equal, John McCain is the better choice for America. Not the better president, but better for the domestic tranquility of the states. There is an almost certainty that we will have a presidential funeral during the next term. John McCain is old. Should he win, at his advanced age and poor health, he cannot withstand the physical and emotional toll the position will require. You don't have to be a political analyst to notice that he looks like one of the walking dead.

On the other hand, the younger Obama could probably deal with the physical demands of the office. But because of the historical implication his election would provide, it would also make him a historical target. Becoming the first black president would make him the first black president assassinated. Because the phenomena known as black on black crime knows no limit, Obama could become the first president killed by a black man. Two more footnotes for February's Black History Month. America doesn't need another John Kennedy or Malcolm X or Marcus Garvey.

So, the voting issue becomes not which politician's policies you most align, but what type of national mourning would you prefer.

McCain's demise in office under natural causes is far better for this country than an Obama funeral. Not only for the country but for his small children.

Besides, if McCain died in office, Sarah Palin would assume the office. She would be a hell of a lot better to look at than Joe Biden on a daily basis. On second thought, McCain could have picked someone who looked like Janet Reno. He deserves some credit for not doing that.

Vote for a safe America.

Which candidate do you want to see naked

2008-09-09T19:47:00.000-07:00

Let's be honest. There is not really much of a difference between the two major party tickets.

The Democrats have one old geezer and one young different whippersnapper. The Republicans have one old geezer and one young different whippersnapper. The winning team will make history by having a team member being the first of its race or gender ever to hold that position.

Neither party is really talking about issues that will affect our lives. It's become a popularity contest.
So, what should be the one question everyone should ask that separates the candidates?

Here comes the honesty part. Since there is not any real significant difference, go for the obvious one.

As you follow the campaign, turn down the volume and rely on your visual. Then ask yourself, for the next four and possibly eight years, which party member would you want to see naked.

OK, throw out McCain, unless you're a really sick pervert who happens to buy Playboy hoping to catch a glimpse of Hugh Hefner in the raw. Might as well toss Joe Biden out, too. He's got nice hair, though.

That leaves Obama and Palin. Obama is young, but he was never a beauty pageant contestant. And after seeing him riding that bicycle looking like Steve Erkel, seeing him naked wearing a helmet doesn't conjure up any pleasant desires. Therefore, Sarah Palin is the obvious choice, which is why she was chosen.

The eyeglasses and hair pulled back into a bun both serve a purpose. By design, she is portraying the "porno" movie librarian or fourth grade teacher type that fuels fantasies.

The glasses come flying off. The hair flows down her back as she sits adorned in only a two-piece American flag patterned bikini atop a moose while holding a shotgun across its back.

Think about it.
Has there ever been a presidential team member you have thought about seeing naked?

Cast your vote secretly and honestly. No intelligence required.

Palin Church Converts Gays

2008-09-08T07:04:00.000-07:00

GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to convert independent voters and Hillary Clinton's Pantsuit Brigade to his camp. It's early, but she may be making a dent with the Indie's. It's too early to tell how she will fair with the female group.

It seems converting is old hat for Gov. Palin. Her church,Wasilla Bible Church which is an independent or non-denominational church, is promoting a conference to convert gays and lesbians to heterosexuality through prayer. This may rival the "task from God" explanation she offered for the divine sanction of Iraq that she gave to a group of young church members.

Sarah Palin has every right to belive that God doesn't like homosexuality. She can oppose other adult women's right to reproductive rights. She can even discriminate against civil unions. But to belong to an orginazation that outright condemns personal relationships of consenting adults based on a narrowminded, bigoted, doctrine is very dangerous.

Converting gays is not a big concern for most Americans. The economy is number one. Healthcare is a strong second, even for those who do not believe the way Palin believes. Then comes national security. I don't recall any sane individuals announcing homosexuality as a threat to our domestic tranquility.

Sarah Palin is as dangerous as she is sexy. Should her membership in this church be any less troubling than Barack Obama's connection to the Universal Church of Christ under the leadership of Jeremiah Wright? Hate is hate. There is no difference in Rev. Wright's hate America speech and Palin's denomination's hate gays mantra.

Anyone and everyone that opposes equal rights to every American citizen is a danger to us all. Homosexuality is like golf. If you don't like it, don't participate. But don't spew that crap that God prefers your personal, sexual, reporductive choices over billions of others.

While Palin is at it, why doesn't she and her church convert young teen girls to safe-sex practice or abstinence? I'm sure there is something in her religious dogma that talks about the "sin" of premarital sex even for the children of goverenment officials. And getting married(especially a shotgun wedding) after the fact doesn't change the status of a bastard child.

The pray 'em straight event is sponsored by the national fundemental religious organization, Focus on the Family.

Obviously, focusing on her own family isn't what Palin has been doing lately.

Furthermore, trying to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals through prayer makes about as much sense as trying to convert Sarah Palin's daughter to virginity.

Obama is man of his word about terrorists

2008-09-05T06:27:00.000-07:00

Remember some time back during the Democrat primaries when Sen. Barrack Obama stated that he would use diplomacy and talk with terrorists without pre-conditions? Remember the flack he took for that?

Well, it seems Mr. Obama is a man of his word. No, he has not had any reported secret chats with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez or Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or North Korean Leader Kim Jung II. However, he did appear on Fox network's The Factor with Bill O'Reilly.

I can hear you rondering, " What's that got to do with Obama's word?" Well, contrary to popular American propaganda, all terrorists are not from the Middle East, they don't practice Islam, they don't all have dark skin, and they don't all hate America. Actually, some terrorists claim to love America. Some terrorists are American. Oh, they won't say they are, but their sexist, racist, bigoted, conservative, judgemental, divisive ideologies are characteristics of terrorism.

You're probably thinking Timothy McVeigh, the troubled young man who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. Can somebody say, Bill O'Reilly and his elitist spiel fits the criteria?

There is no bigger, bigoted, oft-leaning, divisive character with all the inalienable rights of every American citizen, save for maybe Sean Hannity, than Bill O'Reilly. Bill is not the upfront kind of terrorist. He won't come out and say it like Osama bin Laden. He projects his evil in a subtle manner. Cloaked in patriotism, he brands individuals or groups who oppose his elitist, out of touch views as un-American and traitors. He hides behind the 9-11 tradegy.

So, without question, by his mere dignified appearance on the O'Reilly Show, Obama has proved that he is a man of his word when it comes to talking with terrorists.

Politically P-R-E-Y-I-N-G on kids

2008-09-04T06:12:00.000-07:00

In a perfect world, we could leave families, especially kids, out of politics. But that feat is about as possible as separating religion and politics. In other words, it won't happen during this presidential campaign.

Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP nominee for second-in-command is in the inexplicable position of trying to keep her new, young, exciting, innocent, and targetable family out of the campaign. We hardly know the candidate, and we may not. After announcing that her 17-year old daughter is five months pregnant, that has become the story.

Being a teen mother to be is not a new American phenomenon. It happens everyday. But it doesn't happen to families running for the highest office of this country. It normally happens to poor minority girls who allow us to learn of their plight on the exploitive televison shows like The Jerry Springer Show, The Montel Williams Show, or The Maury Pouvich Show. We make fun of them. We label the teen moms losers, call the parents of the teens unfit, and the teen fathers to be, we call them"baby-daddies."

However, when this happens to the daughter of a history making, vice-presidential nominee, we call her just what she is, a young person who made a mistake. And we call the young father to be, a fianance or boyfriend. We even invite him to be on the national stage in front of 40 million TV viewers. Yet, we say we want to protect these kids from the public scrutiny. No we don't. And, no we can't.

It doesn't help that the history-making mother has been a staunch opponent of sex education in public school. It is obvious she was also against sex education in the home. The abstinence only policy only works when the parents are in the same room as the hormonally excited teens.

At this point, we don't know which ticket will make it to the White House. Should the Republicans succeed, good luck. We know that there is no sex education taught there. Actually, one former president took it upon himself to teach safe sex to a young, albeit adult woman. Should the Democrats win, the Palin family will definately be offered their own reality show.

Bristol Palin may replace Brittany Spears as the next young person to be publicly destroyed. And we will watch it like we would watch a National Geographic documentary on predators. And her self-proclaimed redneck boyfriend, Levi Johnson could become the second most famous redneck since Jeff Foxworthy.

America is a praying country. However, too often when it comes to our youth, we spell it P-R-E-Y-I-N-G.

P. Diddy is the "N-word"

2008-09-02T09:17:00.000-07:00

Comedian Chris Rock once remarked, " There are black people and there are Niggers."

Without question, P. Diddy, P. Daddy, Puffy, or P. Dummy is the latter. What a stupid, divisive, wealthy idiot.

Diddy is proof that you can take the dummy out of the ghetto, but you can't always take the ghetto out of the dummy.

Check out his latest ignorant blog about John McCain and his VP choice from Alaska. Without fully reiterating Diddy's blatant stupidity, he said there were no blacks in Alaska, no crackheads in Alaska, and no crime in Alaska.

He babbled on, making no sense, threatening to mobilize millions of "yoof" to vote for Obama on November "forf." Just what Obama needs, a bunch of rap influenced parrots exercizing their right to vote without studying or thinking.

Blacks across America should be outraged at P. Dummy's remarks. Had this been a white man so stupidly denouncing Obama, hell would break loose.

For the record, there are many blacks in Alaska; Alaska has long had a crackhead population and a "hood" with a criminal element.

Maybe P. Dummy should fly his personal jet to the 49th state and learn something. Or P. Dummy should spend some of his millions to learn to speak English and stop insulting the human race.

Nah, educating oneself is not what stupid people do. They just attract more of their kind and multiply.

Fortunately for Alaska, there is no Diddy there.

Only McCain's wife should question his VP choice

2008-08-30T08:34:00.000-07:00

McCain's choice of running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is very interesting, yes. But why should any of us be concerned or surprised? We shouldn't.

As a presidential candidate, it's the biggest decision he will make. However, to those who have followed his career, it's not a big surprise that he picked an attractive woman after only one meeting.

His history tells us that when he sees a woman he wants, he gets her. It was at his first meeting of his second wife Cindy, that he knew he had to have her.

What does Mrs. Palin bring to the table? Well, she is a looker. McCain likes good looking women. And she appears to have natural good looks, unlike the obvious expensive manufactured looks of McCain's current wife. Remember, he left his first wife after she lost her looks.

So, who should be alarmed? It's Cindy McCain, and only Cindy McCain. The rest of us have nothing to lose. Well, maybe Mr. Palin may have some concerns.

Remember. You can't teach an old maverick new tricks.

Real cost of reparations.

2008-08-28T13:17:00.001-07:00

How often have we heard that America needs to pay reparations for slavery? Too many. And how many times have we asked for an exact figure? Too many.

Well, I have arrived at the minimum cost of reparations so adamantly sought by a select few black Americans who desire such a monetary payment. The total minimum cost is $1.6 million. That's it.
I know. You're probably rondering how I arrived at that precise number.

Well, to once and forever settle the reparations argument, all America has to do is elect Barack Obama president of the United States for one term. At $400,000 per year that's $1.6 million total, give a few thousands for benefits. Not per black person, but total.

Once America has a black president, that will end all talk about a glass ceiling for blacks. It will remove every black excuse of the lingering effects of slavery.

In one full swoop, the Jesse Jacksons, Al Sharptons and other race peddlers can be silenced without any personal gain, which is the real motive for reparations.

Then, and only then my friends, can America move forward, united as one strong country.