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Hypocrisy!

So, I wake up to 45 bombing a airbase in Syria. I saw the chemical warfare against the Syrian people by the Syrian dictator. First what kind of man kills his own people? Another story for another time. If President Obama had bombed Syria in 2013 like 45 did yesterday, republicans would have been in a uproar, ready to impeach him. 45 bombed the airbase, bombed Yemen, murdering how many and not one word from the congress because "republicanism" is a crazy religion. Now congress is ok with 45 being off the reservation, even people in the Obama Administration have turned back into the people they have always been.

In my opinion, it was a game, a farce, a distraction to get people off the Russia connection on 45! A hypocrite president

Most days I can't!

I have decided that I will use this blog as my therapy. Hopefully, I will give some advice, knowledge or another view.

On April 6th, 45 tweeted for then President Obama NOT to go into Syria more than 10 times. August 2013, President Obama had been seeking Congress approval for military intervention in Syria because of chemical warfare and the republican congress did what it had been doing for 6 years which was NOTHING! I remember 45 said he would kill the families of ISIS, all I've heard is what the Obama administration didn't do, will that make 45 voters FEEL better? Let's blame the black guy cause they hate black/people of color. Which I will address racism & privilege later. When will the blame game be over?

3 Branches of Government, if you didn't know!

There are three branches of government; the executive branch, legislative branch and the judicial branch. Three separate branches with different functions….to have checks and balances.

The Executive branch is the president, vice president and 15 cabinet departments.

The Legislative branch is the Senate and the House of Representatives, known as Congress.

The Judicial branches are the United States Supreme Court and federal courts.

Now you know!

First post since 2012!

Well I haven’t written anything since 2012! I can’t believe so much time as passed. I guess Facebook and twitter have taken the place of my blog; giving short responses have taken its place…….but I’m back!

The long and disturbing presidential election is almost over. The year of the woman (the most hated white woman in America) Hillary and “the Donald” (a bigot, sexist and racist) are the candidates. There are people that will write in Bernie Sanders; or vote for Gary Johnson or Jill Stein as a protest vote. Which absolutely means nothing in reality, those votes will not make one those three the president.

I’ve had many heated discussions with Millennials (Generation me) rightly named, about voting in general which many have said they would not vote because the vote doesn’t matter, the elections are rigged, they can’t vote for the lessor of two evils etc. Which disturbs me greatly; many times my response without being mean spirited is “don’t vote, don’t complain”. Then enviably someone will give a response like, “this is a new day, not our parent’s day”……so then all I can say is this, in your "enlightenment", you shit on the people who came before you, who's backs you stand on, you blame them or ridicule marching, boycotting, protesting and civil rights movements of the past. Have you studied the 13 point plan of the Black Panther Party? How can you thumb your nose to that? You have no respect for the ancestors that made it possible for you to be arrogant. I believe one of the biggest cons about elections today is black millennials believing their vote doesn’t count. Who told you that lie??? If it didn’t, the republicans wouldn’t waste time trying to KEEP you from voting. Wait, if you couldn’t vote at all you would have a problem with that. When asked, what is your plan to change the condition of our people……you hear nothing.....haven't created 1 job, haven't run for one political office, haven't/won’t supported black businesses.....The next generation will have something to say about Generation me, that sat and complained…….just saying

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I Declare War on the 2nd Amendment!

The second amendment: A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed

For much of American history there were few regulations concerning firearms ownership.

The settlers of colonial America were distrustful. (They had to be, look at their history in America to this point)

The need to defend settlements against Native Americans and the armies of other European powers led to the deputizing of the entire white population. Colonial statutes required all white men, with few exceptions, to both keep arms and bear them in militia formations. The American Revolution strengthened the traditional.

The few firearms regulations that did existed were primarily statutes in the slave states prohibiting African‐Americans from possessing firearms.

In the Reconstruction era case of United States v. Cruikshank, (1875), the defendants were white men who had killed more than sixty black people in what was known as the Colfax massacre and had been charged with conspiring to prevent blacks from exercising their right to bear arms.

The Court dismissed the charges, holding that the Bill of Rights restricted Congress but not private individuals. The Court concluded, “for their protection in its enjoyment, the people must look to the States."

It is clear to me that this amendment was a “legal justification” allowing Europeans to kill…..each other and us.

They brought disease and a killer mentality with them to America, using God and the Bible (religious freedom) to justify their misperception, conversion, intimidation, war, murder, enslavement, and treachery. They seduced the Indian leaders with alcohol. Their methods have been used over and over all over the world. Alcohol was used in Africa to enslave us and that shit has had us going; alcohol, drugs, more drugs and new drugs been pacifying us for years making us crazy!

Today, they still love guns, they have a calendar of dates for animal hunting season from the alligators to squirrel and NOW we love guns too. Oh and there's open Season on Blacks......
We have taken on the traits of the slave master; we feel powerful and in control with a gun in our hand. We allow our emotions to run wild with no self-control; to control others, taking what someone else has.

Three of my sons have been shot, one was shot in the foot while riding a bike in East Orange, yes he was on a street he should have not been on, in September, 2006 my 17 year old stepson was murdered, shot in the back in Newport News, VA. In November, 2006 my son was shot 3 times in the legs in Newark and it is only by the grace of God he lives.

My heart goes out to Trayvon Martin’s family & friends.

This post is not to be disrespectful in anyway and yes I believe we should be outraged!

What I’m really wondering why the outrage for this case? Is it because he lived in a “gated community” and that’s not supposed to happen there? Is it because a “white or hispanic man”killed him? Is it because the person who killed him is not in jail?

Would it have been different if it was “black on black” crime?

I’ve been enraged and hurt for a while now, been praying for the families of people I know/don’t know because of the senseless deaths from gun violence alone.

I haven't seen us outraged since the Newark schoolyard killings.

Here are just some names of people who were killed since then, these are fatal gunshot victims only, and I couldn’t name them all. The circumstances of their deaths, whether they were a bystander, “gang banger,” the victim or the perpetrator and it does not matter.


I post their names in memory; maybe we’ll get outraged just by the number!

Quian Christmas, 29; Hameek Thomas, 18
Antonio Collins, 28; Ahmad Wilcox, 33
Mikhy Robinson, 2; Dechania Edwards, 23
Kenneth McLean, 45; Basil Walker, 27
Vincent Owens, 17; Michael Johnson, 39
Brandon Ellis,25; Anthony Davis, 19
George Knox, 47; Frederick Smith, 24
Dwayne Brown, 47; Frank Caroselli, 34
Joaquin Moton, 26; Jesefy Keita, 24
Tyreah Easterling,31; Al-Aziz Stewart, 15
Dujohn Hartwell,30; Tariq Walker, 27
Lamar Scott,26; Debora Ferreira, 32
Calvin Fisher Jr., 22; Reginal Laloi, 54
Johnny L. Bivins, 20; Orlando Barrett, 34
Raymond Barnes, 22; Dante Young, 13
Latisha Brown, 26; Latoshia Murray, 23
Daniel Rivera, 19; Anthony Williams, 20
Rashawn Butler, 35; Medardo Trujillo, 42
Katrina Owens, 37; Faron Kelly, 45
Marquis Robinson, 24; Leonard Johnson, 33
Idris King, 33; James Wilson, 28
Nahaaj Hunter, 22; Sharrone Hill, 35
Officer William Johnson, 45; Joseph Rossi, 58
Stephon Bailey, 27; Darius Foster, 33
Arlene Fields, 42; Anthony Howard, 24
Jamal Robinson, 30; Ahmad Rabb, 36
Antoine Rogers, 21; Antonio Collins, 28
Breyon Williams, 24;
Hasson George, 12;
Khalil Williams, 16;

My hero, Brooklyn mom Zurana Horton, 34, a pregnant mother of 13 children, was killed. She was seen hovering over several children to protect them as the shots were fired. Outraged?

Tayshana Murphy, 18, was shot in the head by a gunman in a hallway of her home, a housing project in Harlem, was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, mistaken for a boy who had gotten in a fight with men from a nearby housing project. It was reported that "she was pleading for her life" saying "No, please, I don't have nothing to do with it." ok, outraged?

Al-Tariq Harris, 21, there was a hole the size of a half-dollar between his eyes where the bullet exited. There is nothing left in his head. His brain matter leaked out on the sidewalk, his skull is empty — lying in the street covered by a white sheet. If this one doesn't do it........

Dawn Reddick, 29, third grade teacher, graduate of Arts High, I believe, just came home for a visit, outraged yet?

Candes McLean, 40 - Talia McLean, 18 - Zakiyyah Jones, 18, Latrisha Carruthers-Fields, 13
Killed together in 2008 in Irvington, house set on fire to hide the bodies

Karen Cunningham, 55, It hit her arm then entered her chest. Caught in the crossfire she stumbled into her car, and police didn’t discover her body until morning. At this rate, outrage isn't enough!

Now remember: The investigation on most of the above victims is ongoing and anyone with information should contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force

Random Thoughts:

After slavery; there were prisons built, Eugenics, Planned Parenthood, Syphilis experiments, Project MKSEAECH, Cointelpro, crack cocaine and now guns are in our neighborhoods, the drugs we have/are using are producing a generation of sociopaths; defined as having early behavior problems (so they can give another drug Ritalin); manipulative and conning; grandiose sense of self; pathological lying; lack of remorse, shame or guilt; shallow emotions; incapacity for love; (one reason for black on black crime) irresponsibility/unreliability; with promiscuous sexual behavior/infidelity (HIV). Do you see our demise?

On March 15, 2012 police seized 22 guns: 14 handguns, 6 assault rifles and 1 shotgun. The police have confiscated 2 AK-47 with ammunition in Essex County, NJ, Really!!?!?!

Are they selling assault rifles and AK’s at Wal-Mart in the south? Arms manufacturers made enough for the US armed forces and extra for the inner city youth. They’re covering all the bases……do you see it?

I have a son & nephew who have done more than 1 tour in Afghanistan & Iraq; a war zone, they came home alive & well!

At the end of this rant, I have come no closer to an answer to what moves us as a people, what I do know is the devil is busy…..and I don’t believe our condition is God’s will.

She left Us 12

Bound with love, pain, joy, and spirituality, She Left Us 12 is a reflective search for peace and understanding as seen through three different lenses. It tantalizes the senses, stimulates the brain cells, and caresses the lover in you.

Shawn A. Jones, Leslie M. Williams, and posthumously Bernice B. Jones have compiled a collection of twenty-four poems based, in part, on a traditional aesthetic of African American poetry that is sure to generate introspection, and lively dialogue.

Leslie sums up her love affair with poetry in her biography like this: “My poetry has always reflected the struggles and triumphs of people of African descent……Many of my girlfriends wrote poetry and we encouraged each other. We had long, reflective conversations sitting on the front porch, which has directly influenced all of us today.”

She Left Us 12 is available at www.blurb.com/books/2577613

Debt ceiling debate? Stalemate?

Many “progressive” caucasians voted for President Obama, many “delusional” blacks did not. Do not get me wrong, all people have the right to vote their own conscious. But I could write on those blacks that did not vote for the first Black man to run successfully for the presidency but that is not my focus.

Many Americans did not vote for McCain because he was old and did not present his self well. His choice in a vice president running mate nailed his coffin. Those that voted for him even with his choice of running mate believe in the republican ideology. Sarah said it best; “Let’s take our country back!”

Then the local elections rolled around and the focus became more about the “me” aspect of the government meaning closer to what affects me and my household. Let me use New Jersey as an example and what I think happened across America. The democrat voter dropped the ball, many were angry with Corzine over his cuts; no raises and furlough days that they did not vote (which is a vote) or they crossed over the line and voted for Christie. Christie is combative with a narrow vision, the big “I” little “u” syndrome and the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. NJ Republican voters came out in full force. Once elected Christie immediately hired his cronies, expanding his government with paid committees and then came after the people who really serve the people of the state.

A segment of American people voted for tea party candidates that have an ideology that would take America back to 1773, slavery and a civil war.

Is this a stalemate or hostage situation? AMERICA HAS PASSED THE TEA PARTY DAYS!

It becomes this plain:
If you have bills totaling $200 and your paycheck is $140. Do you have enough? NO. What would be the solution? #1, see what you could do without and 2nd try to make more money.

"Bush" tax cuts did not, does not, WILL NOT create jobs.

Change the tax code.

Repeal most, not all of the NAFTA policy.

Manufacture something in the US.

The people we have elected are creating a climate; one which our 1st Black president fails and they hope to overthrow, hold hostage and ransom the government.

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The Tea Party

I went to jury duty and the only channels were CNN & ESPN. I chose CNN. The focus was the Tea Party and their politicians. First up was Christine O’Donnell, she was not very interesting. She only said what most Republicans say, limited government, less taxes and repeal the healthcare bill. Later, I saw part of an ad that starts with, “I’m not a witch”. Wow, not a witch? Did someone call her a witch? I didn’t hear that because the media would have made a big deal about it. Is that her religion? Does she practice witchcraft? If so would Republican “Christians” vote for her? She certainly would not “share their values”. Maybe it doesn’t matter but then that would make Republicans hypocrites.

Next was Carl Paladino, he does not approve of abortion in any circumstance and would change the law to stop the Mosque from being built. Every time he opens his mouth, something comes out that should make people say, humm…….He attacks Cuomo parenting skills, and extramarital affairs, which has some merit but attack his professional record first. Better yet since Paladino has a “love child” (out of wedlock), he should really keep quite about someone else. When I saw him go at it with someone from the NY Post, he made a terrorist threat. He reminds me of a bully.

I find it interesting when Congress gave then President Bush a blank check for war…..where was the Tea Party? The Democratics in Congress didn’t say NO. President Bush, a Republican didn’t care about limited spending or fiscal responsible but now those same Republicans/Tea Partiers don’t want to help responders of 9/11. Serving your country has its drawbacks.

The purpose of this movement is to stop what “they” view as wasteful government spending, limited government, excessive taxation and regulatory bureaucracies.

“They” believe the health care legislation passed in March is one of those wasteful government spending! If a person does not have insurance and goes to a hospital, the taxpayer still pays the bill down the line.

I never really understood the limited government argument. Do “they” mean limited laws or limited jobs in government? I don’t think its limited laws and if “they” mean limited jobs that’s a crock, New Jersey’s new governor hasn’t reduced his administration in fact he has added countless committee positions, all of which are paid positions. I would be impressed if a Republican got in office and then reduced the staff. Maybe limited government applies only if you’re a Democrat.

The excessive taxation argument is another one of those things that makes you say did you take an economics class, ever? Let’s recap recent history; President Clinton left office leaving America with a surplus, President Bush and his Republican House and Congress repealed regulatory laws, allowing the financial institutions to do whatever they wanted and he declared war on Iraq and then had to start borrowing from China. (short version)

Side note: China is another story, for another post but let me say, what “they” are doing in Africa needs to be stopped. What can America say about China’s abuse in our motherland?

At some point, America’s debt will be due. The GOP voted against stopping companies from shipping jobs overseas. Was that good for America? People are not working and not paying taxes so there is limited income to the government. …..I hate to say this but EVERY ONE NEEDS TO BE PAYING TAXES, THE MORE YOU MAKE THE MORE YOU PAY! I’m sorry. That’s the way “they” designed America. “They” came from Britain, killed the Indian already here and rewrote history that “they” discovered America. “They” participated in the slave trade, killing countless numbers of Africans and those Africans left alive where used for free labor. “They” profited!

In a recent poll; 88% of tea partiers supported the immigration law enacted in Arizona. The complexion of America is changing, whether legal or illegal the people in question are people of color and that is a problem. 25% think the administration favors blacks over whites. A seven state study found that Tea Party movement supporters within those state were “more likely to be racially resentful”.

Tea partiers are fearful, and maybe some in the party believe in the wasteful government spending, limited government, excessive taxation and regulatory bureaucracies but mainly “they” hide their racial hatred with their opposition in “policy difference” even when those policies would benefit the majority of them. When “they” say they “want their country back” “they” mean back in the hands of someone white. “They” are marching in direct response to the first Black president and to them; a black man doesn’t have the right to be president. Period!

Open Letter

The new Gov. Christie is the wrong person for New Jersey at this time.. First, he did not have a mandate from New Jersey residents because he won by such a small margin. The other side of the coin is the people of Essex; Hudson and Camden counties alone did not cast a vote.

I believe many people did not go to the poll because they did not like the democratic choice or they felt they did not have a stake in how the state would be run. For me, a black woman in America it was a choice between the lesser of two evils as it has been for most of my voting years.

Gov. Christie’s agenda is to utterly destroy the inner cities by cutting the services to poor people. Remember, he did not want to fund food pantries when he was governor-elect.

Every cut to the budget affects the poorest in the state, while reducing income tax on those who can afford it.

Show me the “shared sacrifice”.

Let’s go through it:
Reduce earned income credit***affects the working poor and their children
Cut Family Care***working poor and children
Cut prescription drug subsides and property tax programs***hurts the seniors
Education across the board
Cut to Breakfast & lunch programs
Drop childless adults from Welfare***making another class of homeless people.

Then let’s eliminate the Public Advocate office which is the voice on behalf of the people of NJ. He does not want to be accountable to you, the people.

He proposes to cut the maximum weekly unemployment benefit for future recipients from $600 to $550 and to institute a week waiting period for the recent laid off.

Exactly who does this hurt? His reforming Affordable housing means dismantling the COAH.

Christie used the scare tactics of the Republican Party – one example is teachers taking a pay freeze or your property taxes go up. Even if that is not how it was said, it was implied, many voters thought it and it was his ultimatum. The Governor told you to vote "no" on any board election that did not have a teacher wage freeze in it (and most of you did) but when asked how he voted in his town election, he could vote his conscience. The sad thing about this wage freeze for one (1) year will do very little and next year your property taxes will go up. Your rebate check as already turned into a tax rebate.

It appears to me our new governor has a personal vendetta with the NJEA and Unions as a whole.

He has demonized state/public workers and divided the state by tapping into the fears of people who are trying to keep their homes, the real middle class and the wealthy.

As I read the news on nj.com and reviewed the long lists of cabinet members, transition teams, board reviewers, task forces, reviewers to review reviewers, I wondered were all these people working for free. Does not sound like smaller government to me. I read the report on his payroll is about 2 million more – the 11 billion budget gap has to include his new government, he has appointed his "old mentor" and four (4) others to look into merging NJ colleges again....paying them to do something that was done already – so much for out of hand spending.

The thing that bothers me is the logic in layoffs of 1300+ state workers to save money, all there will be is 1300+ families in New Jersey with no health insurance with a need for food stamps. How do closing Motor Vehicle stations help? How does closing the parks and beaches help?

I need to take an economic class because I do not understand how laying people off helps the economy. I believe that the country as a whole has financial problems but I also believe people who run these companies and the people who run the states are taking advantage of the situation and taking it a step further. Using this to get ahead, not hire when they could and need too, all to save money.

The last straw for me is the dismissal of Supreme Justice Wallace. The only black person on the Supreme Court in New Jersey is an open and blatant display of racism and dirty politics. Justice Wallace (Democrat) is being replaced by a white woman (Republican), how often have I seen that happen in my lifetime.

Brace yourself although there will be quite a few wealthy residents that make out well, for the majority of us……..we are in trouble. THERE IS NO SHARED SACRIFICE. NEXT ELECTION, GET OUT AND VOTE OR JUST BEND OVER.

The Sudan

“We are the only people who permit people to stay in our house without pledging their allegiance to us. One must be either loyal to the African house or leave it.” John H. Clark


On Saturday, April 18, 2009 my girlfriend and her husband hosted a “Save Darfur” awareness program. Her goals were small; a campaign to send three hundred (300) postcards to President Obama in order to place a moral obligation on the problem.

Being the person I am, as I sat watching the video, questions came to mind. Who are the players in this genocide? How long has there been a conflict in this region and why? Who started “Save Darfur,” who controls it, how much aide has gone to the victims and what does this organization feel would stop the genocide? Once the campaign to send postcards to the President is over then what? How do we (who have become involved emotionally & spiritually) gauge progress? What would be the next step? I soon found out that the questions I had were not going to be a part of this forum.

I went home and began my research of Darfur which produced more questions. There are many wars/conflicts throughout the Motherland and I think they should be looked at country by country to see the worst perpetrator in the destruction of a continent

INTERJECTION: Many people of African decent do not identify with Africa; I believe it is because many of us are brainwashed to despise the richest continent on the planet. If we do not identify with the Motherland, then anything can be done to her and its people, which leads to another topic that I will have to investigate one day.

Here is a brief summary of the history of Darfur, which is in no way complete but if you need a complete history you will have to study it on your own. I have tried to condense this study for an easier read.

The first recorded history, the Daju, appeared to have been the dominant people in Darfur in the earliest recordings. The Daju Dynasty was replaced by the Tunjur and Islam was introduced around the 14th century. Arabs were nomadic cattle/camel herders. There was peaceful coexistence between Africans and Arabs partly because there was intermarriage and Darfurians are now of mixed ancestry. The Keira Dynasty and was responsible for Islam becoming the religion of the state.

INTERJECTION: The African people have “spirituality!” African people have religions. My study shows that in Sudan which is now mainly Muslim then why haven’t Arab nations condemned the attacks on Darfur?

In the 18th century, a Khartoum businessman, Al-Zubayer Rahma began operations in Darfur by trading slaves and ivory with Egypt and North Africa. Al-Zurbr redirected the operation to Khartoum and the Nile. In 1820, Turkey and Egypt conquered the Sudan. The British invaded the Sudan. By 1899, Darfurians were resistant to British-Egyptian rule/colonization. In 1899, the new Anglo-Egyptian Sudanese government, lead by Ali Dinar, was recognized for a annual tribute of 500 British pounds. The resources were still going to Khartoum and the Nile, leaving the rest of the country undeveloped.

In the 19th century defeat of the Keyra Dynasty spurred local armies to terrorize communities. The Islamic “Maddist” forces were fighting British Colonial control of the region. Ali Dinar fought British forces for about six months before being killed. In 1917, Darfur became a part of the British Empire and the Sudan.

In 1935, Darfur had four schools, no clinics, no railroad or major roads.

Independence was achieved in 1956. A major power base that emerged was the Umma Party; a secular Islamic Centrist Political Party.

In 1962, the first civil war was mainly in the Christian/African parts of the Sudan. The emergence of the Democratic Unionist party in the East, and the Darfur Development Front along Umma in the West had discussions that included a proposed Islamic Constitution. The Constitution was perceived as a ploy to consolidate their dominance. There was an attempt to split the Africans from the Arabs in the 1968 elections. The distinction between “Arab” and “African” in Darfur is defined more by lifestyle than any physical difference: Arabs are generally herders and Africans are typically farmers. The two groups are not racially distinct.

By 1978, large deposits of oil were found in Bentiu, Southern Sudan, and it became an important factor in this dispute, defining the conflict as a resource war. Then in 1983, with a shift towards imposing political Islam on people, along with the discovery of oil, Darfur had various conflicts raging around it.

The underdevelopment and political tension added to the cross-border instability of Chad. The FROLINAT (a guerilla movement) tried to overthrow Chadian President Tombalbaye while Premiere Al-Mahdi allowed them to have bases in Darfur. FROLINAT killed many people in Darfur, which lead Sudanese President Nimeiry to expel the group. The new Libyan President Al-Gaddafi was obsessed with creating a Sahelian nation that was both Muslim & culturally Arab. President Numeiry was removed from power and Omar Al-Bashir and the Islamic Front seized power. His fundamentalist Islamic government declared a holy war against African groups – the Dinka, Nuba & Neur peoples.

INTERJECTION: African Sudan should have NEVER let Arabs migrate into Africa with their religion, and intermarriage. Now, centuries later, they want to separate blood lines; “African” and “Arab!” If the majority of the country is now Islamic, why would color/nationalism come into play? The expansion/invasion by Arabs into Africa was done to spread Islam. (This is not a history lesson on Islam, but the story in the Sudan has to have a side note). In fact all the major religions believe they have a monopoly on God. If you are not doing what they do, then you will not be saved. One of those things I think Satan did well – religious confusion.

In 1998, the USA launched a missile attack on a chemical plant in Khartoum assumed to be developing chemical weapons in cooperation with the Al’Qaeeda terror network. The Sudanese government denied the link to terror and chemical weapons. Starting around 1999, Sudan started exporting oil with the assistance of China, Canada, Sweden, and other countries.

Late in 2001, it was reported that 3 million people suffered from hunger and famine. From the years of late 2001 and early 2003 there were peace talks, and continued warfare. By 2003, the rebel groups that represented the African population started to rebel against the government by protesting against neglect and suppression. Peace negotiations were based on sharing oil resources. Between Dec. 2003 and June 2004, the government army struck down an uprising in the Darfur region in the Western Sudan. It was seen as ethnic cleansing in Darfur. UN officials reported that systematic killings of villagers were taking place in Darfur. The UN failed to take action. Even the African leaders refused to take action on the problem. A historic peace agreement was signed, but the situation in Darfur remains unchanged and extremely critical. By 2005, 1.5 million people had lost their homes since the conflict began. The United Nations Security Council agreed to send 10,000 peace keeping soldiers to Southern Sudan, but they did not cover the Darfur region. Darfur is part of an oil driven crisis in northern Africa. Racism and ethnic cleansing play a part in this conflict.

INTERJECTION: Africa has been torn apart for slaves, ivory, mineral, gold, diamonds, (and I could go on) and now in 2009, we can add oil to the long list.
On August, 2006, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 1706 which called for a new 26,000-troop UN peacekeeping force called UNAMID to supplant or supplement a poorly funded and ill-equipped 7,000-troop African Union Mission in Sudan peacekeeping force. Sudan strongly objected to the resolution and said that it would see the UN forces in the region as foreign invaders. The following day, the Sudanese military launched a major offensive in the region.
In March 2007, the UN mission accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in "gross violations" in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.
On July, 2008, prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed ten charges of war crimes – three counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity, and two of murder – against Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir. The ICC's prosecutors claimed that Al-Bashir "masterminded and implemented a plan to destroy a substantial part" of three tribal groups in Darfur because of their ethnicity. In March 4, 2009, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for president Al-Bashir, without the genocide charges.[21]
In February 2009, Darfur's UNAMID tried to persuade the rebel group, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and the Sudanese government to sign a peace agreement.
INTERJECTION: Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. The violence and killings continues in Darfur and though the conflict is, in reality, genocide nothing is being done about it. China blocks any decisions in the UN and it appears the world is not applying the necessary political pressure on the governments of the Sudan and China.
What is the answer to end this conflict? Shall we just continue to condemn the fighting? Shall we allow China to continue to protect a corrupt government? Wait a minute; did I say China is protecting a government in AFRICA that migrated from Saudi Arabia? In my limited view, that is the problem.

Since my initially the meeting was a “Save Darfur” event I also looked at the organization itself. I would like to learn what the postcard campaign will produce. What they recommend will stop this war.

The Save Darfur Coalition has built a worldwide movement that has brought the crisis in Darfur to the world’s attention. It has advocated for increased pressure on China to ensure that they, as the Sudan’s predominant diplomatic protector, does all it can to end the crisis in Darfur.

This organization was founded at the “Darfur Emergency Summit in NYC” on July 14, 2004. Started by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the American Jewish World Service organized this event at CUNY in Manhattan. This million dollar organization does not provide direct aide to the people of Darfur. So, taken from their website:



How does the Save Darfur Coalition help the people of Darfur?
We utilize media outreach, public education, targeted coalition building and grassroots mobilization to pressure policymakers and other decision-makers in the United States and abroad to help the people of Darfur.

Do you accept clothing and food donations?
We only accept monetary donations, as we do not provide on the ground humanitarian services.

The coalition has grown into an alliance of more than 180 religious, political, and human rights organizations committed to ending the genocide in Darfur. It is headquartered in Washington, DC with a staff of 30 professional organizers, policy advisors, and communications specialist.

On January 12, 2006, they launched the “Million Voices for Darfur” with the goal of collecting 1 million postcards to be sent to the president to support a larger, stronger, multinational force to protect the civilians of Darfur. On April 30, 2006, a “Save Darfur: Rally to Stop Genocide” took place on the National Mall. It was a call for the withdrawal of any objection to a UN peacekeeping force, better humanitarian access to refugees, adhesion to existing treaties, and ceasefire agreements.

The movement has been accused of distorting the situation in Darfur by depicting the conflict as a dispute between “Arabs” and “Blacks” even though the population is predominantly Arab Muslim. There is criticism that “Save Darfur” avoids any path to a political settlement among the Sudanese and leaves only the road of US military aggression.

On June 2, 2007, the NY Times ran “Advocacy Group’s Publicity Campaign on Darfur Angers Relief Organizations,” which addressed that “Save Darfur” spent 1.5 million in 2006 and none of it went to aid groups on the ground and that “some relief agencies said they were horrified when ads in February reported that international relief organizations” among others, had agreed that the time for negotiating with the Sudanese government had ended.”


In closing, my study has brought me full circle. We are the only people who allow others to come into our country; exploit, steal, kill, rape, and control the politics and resources. Even though the Sudan is comprised of mainly Muslims, my thought is this: those that consider themselves “Arabs” and have not pledged allegiance to Africa; those who want to turn the Sudan into something other than a country in Africa should be forced to move to an Arab country. There will not be any peace in the Sudan until an allegiance has been made for the whole country. The revenue from oil and other resources should be controlled by the Africa, not China or India. The money should be used to build the infrastructure of the country; schools, medical facilities, and roads. I thank “Save Darfur” for making me aware of the continuing crisis, but I would not give money to a group that does not represent its goals clearly or gives direct aide to those who need it.

Memories of youth

Memories of youth are slipping away
My friend, menopause has taken hold of me
and won’t let go.

I feel like a 25 year old most of the time
till I try to get up from a chair, I’ve sat in too long.
What I liked then I like now, the music, the men and the food.

I use to enjoy listening to the old folks tell the stories of
their youth and could imagine the Cotton Club, The Savoy
Harlem and Newark.

Now I want to tell someone about my hay day and there’s no one
to listen.

Children 10 and younger think I was a slave and beyond that I’m
just old. Relics aren’t suppose to talk – old people should be seen
and not heard and they really don’t want to see you.

So here I sit alone with my memories, aging gracefully

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BARACK

The FIRST black man, first African American to win the nomination of a major party.

I AM PROUD OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
I AM PROUD THAT AMERICA'S PEOPLE ARE CHANGING!

I had said I could not vote for Hillary if she won
when I look at.........





OK, SHE WOULD HAVE GOT MY VOTE!!!

Creating a Climate to Kill!

I thought about Hillary Clinton’s comments about why she was staying in the race. Many say she miss spoken. Dick Morris and others like him claim Hillary is not a racist but I submit that most who are racist, do not think they are. Moreover, look up the meaning then compare.

USING CERTAIN WORDS; MAKING SUGGESTIONS; SETTING A TONE OR PATTERN…….creating a climate for someone else to plot, plan and implement a lynching, that is what Hillary Clinton and others are doing. You Need To Wake Up and Recognize!!
RACISM starts with the assumption that there are taxonomic (classifying) differences between people.

Those “hardworking white folks” Hillary talks about, those not educated, beer drinkin’, gun totin’ white folks have always had misplaced anger against blacks. Why are we so hated and despised? All of you that think you have arrived and you are accepted think again.

Senator Obama has had to have secret service protection from the very beginning; in 2008 racial hatred is alive and well and did not need help but…….

1. Bill downplayed Obama’s win with this “Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in ‘84 and ’88, trying to minimize not only Jesse’s candidacy but Obama’s bid. He marginalized both men as “the black candidate”.

Side note: This is who and what John Lewis and Andrew Young are/where supporting, I am ashamed of them. I voted for Jesse.

I might not have them in order but you will get my drift.

2. They (the media, you tube) played Rev. Wright over and over again for weeks turning into months as he spoke to people who understood what was talking about. Most black churches “speak truth to power”, you know the truth will set you free. White ministers do it to and……..Rev. Wright and his message was played over and over to make an impact on “Hillary’s white folks”. Most do not know anything about slavery or the Tuskegee experiments or Eugenics, all they know is they did not have anything to do with it.

3. Then along comes Ferraro out of the woodwork “I think what America feels about a woman becoming president takes a very secondary place to Obama’s campaign to a kind of campaign that it would be hard for anyone to run against. If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position, and if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”
What concept? She said the same type of thing about Jesse but below is the root of her problem. Older white women will always be just angry.

In 1869, Frederick Douglass tried to persuade the white woman suffragists that voting rights for blacks must be won immediately, while women could afford to wait. "When women because they are women are dragged from their homes and hung upon lampposts, then they will have the urgency to obtain the ballot," said Douglass. One of the white women in the crowd cried out, "Is that not also true about black women?" "Yes, yes," Douglass replied, "but not because she is a woman but because she is black." White women in the audience were not convinced by Douglass's argument, and some of them even spoke out against black suffrage. “Life after the 13th Amendment, http://www.history.rochester.edu/”

4. Here’s Hillary citing an Associated Press analysis "that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me," she went on to say: There's a pattern emerging here."

The pattern emerging is exploiting racial divisions. Oh Maya, do you have a poem for that…….I am so dismayed by you. Was it loyalty because your recited a poem at the inauguration?

5. Today, in Dover, Francine Torge, a former John Edwards supporter, said this while introducing Mrs. Clinton: “Some people compare one of the other candidates to John F. Kennedy. But he was assassinated. And Lyndon Baines Johnson was the one who actually” passed the civil rights legislation

6. "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California," Clinton said in a meeting with the editorial board of the Argus Leader, a newspaper in South Dakota.

This is the reason she’s staying in the race till JUNE because Obama may get assassinated in JUNE! All you that say she did not mean it……STOP WITH THE BULLSHIT!

7. The text of what Huckabee said: “That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He’s getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he … he dove for the floor.”

8. While commenting on Hillary's RFK gaffe, Liz Trotta on Fox News Channel first referred to Barack Obama as "Osama" and then laughed that they should both be killed.

The last four comments are bluntly spoken “a call to kill”!

I am amazed that 10% of you are still behind Hillary or McCain. Why? Are you brainwashed? Do you think the only people in the United States that can run it is someone white? Are you suffering from post partum slave syndrome? Please do not tell me it’s because you a woman. Black and white women have had a love hate (mostly hate) relationship. Barack and Hillary’s record in the senate is not that much different except for this major fact she voted for the war and he did not. In my life time we have not had a serious black candidate. I am not discounting Chisholm and Jackson because they tried but for the most part we’ve only had white candidates for president and we vote “the lessor of two evils” or just whoever the democrat candidate is, so what is the problem this time. Side note, there are more black men and women in the military, so the war maybe not be that important to most in this country according to the news, my opinion is the WAR is on the same page as the economy.

For the record, I am also disappointed in two of our elected officials Nia Gill and Donald Payne (who just recently changed is position) because maybe they forgot how and why they won. When the time comes, neither of them can have my valuable vote again.

In closing, please add Barack Obama to your prayer list. The devil is busy……..
Peace till the next time.