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I'm just sitting here shaking my head. I know what white supremacy is about for sure. I see it every day, but to see it spewing mess such as the nuttiness from Buchanan. Donald Trump needs a berth in a state mental hospital. Unbelievable. It does seem like a draw. There is so much being revealed, or brought out again but in bolder relief. The excitement Obama continues to inspire in black folk despite his unwillingness to "go there" with our toughest issues is so full of both heartache and struggle. Any one of us who came up in urban communities in the last fifty years or so--sixty in my case-- probably knows folk who didn't make it or ain't making it, and some of them are our relatives. I'm one of those black folk in academia with only a paycheck and no generational moolah backup. All that and who's gonna be first to reduce his/her carbon footprint? I wear a size 13 in some shoes. & the older you get the more thermal clothing and heat you need, especially in Boston where racism can easily go to 100 below everybody's zero. If the president can come out snorting and say Herman Cain was wrong--poor people are not poor because it is their fault, if he could stand up from jump street for folk who are being crushed, it would be a beginning...a battle for sure but with some clarity and fortitude that would inspire folk.

BLACK PREACHERS GETTING BLACK PEOPLE TO THE POLLS.WHAT DO THEY GET OUT OF THIS.....AFTER THIS THEY CAN TAKE ON DRUG DEALERS, GANGS AND PIMPS. THEY WANT. THEY ARE NOT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ..GREED MOTIVATES PREACHERS I HEARD BLACK POLITICANS GIVE PREACHERS MONEY.....

It may be over, but it ain't done as the media and the internet are still abuzz with post mortems about the result of the presidential election. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel minced no words in a Fox News interview, when he told Sean Hannity to "shut the f**k up, you lost!". My kind of guy. Another one of the more interesting reactions was that of a FaceBook poster, who opined: "While Romney lost, the Republicans outperformed in the Congressional elections. One would have expected many more losses with a victorious Democratic President, but there were basically no "coat tails" to Obama's victory...the Congressional Republicans are, if anything, more "conservative" than Romney tried to be. This seems to imply that it is not the policies that were rejected, but that Romney was rejected personally, or that people personally like Obama, even as they disagree with some of his policies and, thus, elect a Congress designed to thwart him. This election, in my view, does little to tell us about policy, as it was, essentially, a draw." A thought-provoking article that appeared in the Daily Currant on November 7th. "Conservative political pundit Pat Buchanan stoked controversy today by claiming that Barack Obama's reelection has 'killed White America'. The paleoconservative nativist is no stranger to racial controversy, having previously been accused of writing books with racist and anti-semitic undertones. But the former Nixon advisor was more explicit on the G. Gordon Liddy Show this morning. When asked for his reaction to Obama's victory, Buchanan replied brazenly: "White America died last night. Obama's reelection killed it. Our 200 plus year history as a Western nation is over. We're a Socialist Latin American country now. Venezuela without the oil." Stunned by his clear racisim, Liddy tried to walk his guest back from the ledge: "With what you just said right there...You seem to imply that white people are better than other people. That's not really what you're saying is it?" "Of course that's what I'm saying," Buchanan replied "Isn't it obvious? Anything worth doing on this Earth was done first by white people." "Who landed on the moon? White people. Who climbed Mount Everest? White people. Who invented the transistor? White people. Who invented paper? White people. Who discovered algebra? White people." "And don't give me all this nonsense about Martin Luther King and civil rights and all that. Who do you think freed the slaves? Abraham Lincoln. A white guy!" "But we're not led by Lincoln anymore, we're led by an affirmative-action mulatto who can't physically understand how great America once was." "I cried last night G. I cried for hours. It's over for all of us. The great White nation will never survive another 4 years of Obama's leadership" Liddy tried to reason with Buchanan, reminding him that he shares similar positions with the President on Afghanistan, Iraq, and relations with Russia: "Of course I agree with half of what he does," Buchanan answered, "He's half white! That's not the half I'm worried about." Buchanan served as a speechwriter in the Nixon White House. He was fired as an MSNBC analyst this year following the publication of a book many considered to be racist." A side bar of the presidential election. The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, a four-star general who led U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and was thought to be a potential candidate for president has once again raised the question as to why men disgrace themselves, sacrificing everything, career, reputation, family, future just to sample a different brand of nookie... Power and prestige cannot stifle the primitive urge of the male of the species to lust after a female. Some can resist consummating their desire. Others can't. So long, Dave. Hope our esteemed President Obama fares better than you and can declare that he has "99 problems, but a bitch ain't one of 'em."

Anyone heard about this yet?: "In the wake of last week's presidential election, thousands of Americans have signed petitions seeking permission for their states to peacefully secede from the United States. The petitions were filed on We the People, a government website." http://news.yahoo.co...-190210006.html All I keep thinking about are those "oh, they mad? they mad..." banners that were circulating on Facebook. smh.............like some people say about slavery, "get over it"...

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PRESIDENT REELECTED DESPITE THE NEO REPUBLICANS... WHERE IS DONALD TRUMP HE WAS TALKING LIKE HE HAD PROOF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED..HE WENT TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION........ NO ONE HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER OF FLORIDA YET...........WHERE IS NEO ROCKER TED NUGENT.NUGENT SAID IF THE PRESIDENT WAS REELECTED HE WILL BE DEAD OR IN JAIL...IS TED NUGENT PLANNING SOMETHING.....//////

THEY ARE COMPARING HURRICANE- STORM SANDY TO HURRICANE KATRINA....UNLIKE BUSH THE PRESIDENT SEEMS CONCERNED.. LIKE NEW ORLEANS SOME PARTS WHERE STORM HIT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BOMBED.. HOUSES DESTROYED, HIGH WATER IN THE STREETS, CARS ON TOP OF CARS... NOT RICH BUT MIDDLE CLASS STATEN ISLAND, WHITE PEOPLE ANGRY ON NEWS, FEMA , RED CROSS SLOW..NOT AS SLOW AS NEW ORLEANS WITH HURRICANE KATRINA....RICH BUSINESS ,CORPORATIONS, WALL STREET SLOWED DOWN...RICHEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.. DID NOT SEE PEOPLE ON ROOF TOPS WAITING TO BE RESCUED, SOME PROBALY WERE...............SEE IF THINGS WILL BE QUICKER IN THIS RICH CITY, THAN THE POOR IN NEW ORLEANS.////////.

Unless you're blind and deaf it's hard to avoid life's little aggravations delivered to you on a daily basis courtesy of the media in all of its forms. This is the motivation for me letting my pet peeves out of their cage. The top 10 things that make my eyes roll upward The gloating eagerness of celebrity moms to reveal how quickly they’ve regained their slim figures after relieving themselves of the baby bumps they were equally anxious to show off to an indifferent world. So called “right-to-life" zealots who don’t realize that, by applying their warped standards, a female’s expelling of an unfertilized egg every month is the equivalent of an abortion. ( An example of what can be concluded when one group imposes its beliefs on another.) Black Americans who wear the synthetic Rasta dread locks that are exhibitionist rather than significant. At least weaves are indigenous of the ghetto-fabulous culture. The food nazis who take the joy out of living by telling you everything you like to eat is bad for you, hoping to turn you into a stomach-growling label reader. Or worst yet, a smug vegan. Making a big deal of coming out of the closet. Who cares how you prefer to “get it on”? It’s not as if straight couples can’t make-out in bed the same way as Gays do. The way public officials regularly embezzle huge amounts of taxpayer’s dollars, living lavish life styles until they are caught and given a slap on the wrist. Because they are perpetrators of white collar crimes they are apparently deemed less guilty than petty drug dealers doing 10 years in prison for selling weed. How boring wedding dresses all look. Brides nowadays seem to have no more imagination than to choose the same style of wedding dress as everyone else; a sleeveless, strapless gown designed to show a lot of skin while featuring the requisite heart-shaped bust-line that squashes your bulging boobs. Dufus comedian Steve Harvey’s limited range of common knowledge that is exposed every time he’s surprised when a contestant’s answer matches the survey on Family Feud. Angelina Jolie, who looks like a poster girl for anorexia, concerning herself with world hunger and needy children while dragging that rag-tag brigade of waifs around accompanied by a deer-in-the-head-lights-Brad Pitt. Politicians instructing God to “bless America”, the implication being that this be done while kicking the rest of the god-damned world to the curb.

ON THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL, A DOCUMENTARY ON NEGRO SOLDIERS.SEEMS ALMOST EVERY WAR THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN, BLACK SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN IN...SHOWED CLIPS OF BLACK SOLDIERS FROM WORLD WAR 1..WORLD WAR 2, TUSKEGEE PILOTS, ALL BLACK INFANTRY, A BRIEF CLIP OF BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, LATER IN TIME BECOMING GENERAL...AND SOMETHING NOT TALKED ABOUT MUCH. BLACK WORLD WAR 2 SOLDIERS HONORED BY THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE..IT WAS INTERESTING...../

EX COACH SADUSKY GOT OVER 30 YEARS FOR CHILD MOLESTING AT PENN STATE.WHY HAS BISHOP EDDIE LONG NOT BEEN CONFRONED BY, THE NAACP,BLACK CHURCHES AND BLACK POLITICIANS FOR BEING SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH YOUNG BLACK BOYS.////...CHURCH IS AS BAD AS PIMP AND DRUG HOUSES..///

This is what I wrote, Nah Sun: "I'm beginning to think that discriminating readers are people from all walks of life and are, arguably, born, not made. Which is to say that cultural and parental sources may wield some influence, but their input is secondary to the core personality of someone who naturally developes into a well-rounded reader possessing an imagination that stimulates their curiosity about different genres, while others just won’t venture outside the comfort zone of what they are familiar with." Sorry if you can't make sense out of that. You obviously can't process "writergirl's" name either, since you keep calling her "winter girl". Troy, I liked some Rap. I was always appreciative of the cadences of it and how clever the lyrics were and how the rhyme patterns would use 2 words to rhyme with one. I also like the zeigeist of that era, and one of my favorite magazine covers was the Rolling Stone one with Ice-T posing in a cop's uniform and one of my favorite samplings was the inclusion of "it's a hard knock life" from "Annie" in one of Jay-Z's songs. I appreciate Kanye's "haikuesque" verses and also the puns of Little Wayne's who is a genius in his own right. I have always recognized that Rap was an art form and that it would eventually take its place in American music annals. To me, it was comparable to word-jazz because of its improvisational aspects.

LOL! TOTALLY IN GOOD SPIRITS & GREAT FUN! TROY, I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW I'M A COOL DUDE! I'VE NEVER MET NAH'SUN & THE OTHERS HERE, BUT THEY ALL SEEM TO BE POSITIVE FOLKS AS WELL. YET, EVEN WITH ME BEING DOWN TO EARTH, NO ONE HERE HAS ANY IDEA WHAT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OTHERS IN THIS INDUSTRY, ONES THAT I'M SUING: EVEN THOSE I CLAIMED AS FAMILY, EATING AT THEIR TABLE, SLEEPING IN THEIR PLACE OVERNIGHT & SELLING MANY UNITS FOR, I HAVE TO SUE FOR NON-PAYMENT; ONE HERE PROMOTING A YOUTUBE CLIP ON YOUR WEBSITE.... BESIDES THE EVER-CHANGING DYNAMICS OF THIS INDUSTRY, & THE MESS MANY HAVE MADE THAT I'VE CLEANED, THIS ORDEAL HAS BEEN ANNOYING, YET I WILL PREVAIL, TRUST ME.... EVERYONE, CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR QUEST, TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS THOROUGHLY: & KNOW THAT "ALL CAPS HICKSON" WILL NOT LET UP ON THE CAP LOCK BUTTON! HAHAHAHAH! :0) ONE LOVE!

Human Beings First: A Historical Examination of the Non-Bizarre Delusion of Biological Race takes an in-depth look at the "cultural artifact" of race. Although human beings, regardless of phenotype, are members of the same species, there has been a concerted effort by many to separate people into groups based on physical appearance. This book will discuss the fallacy of such efforts and how they have often led to tragic consequences. Available for Nook at http://www.bn.com at http://www.kobobooks.com at http://www.diesel-ebooks.com at http://ebookstore.sony.com https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/152608

ACROSS AFRICA'S CONTINENT, RISING IS THE SUN..AFRICA'S PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAKENED,A NEW DAY HAS BEGUN..HEARD,ECHOES OF ELEPHANTS AND LIONS ROAR..PREPARING TO FISH,ARE TRIBEMAN AT THE SHORE..TRIBE WOMEN TEACHING ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS TO THEIR YOUNG..WITH THEIR CHILDREN ANCESTRAL SONGS HAVE BEEN SUNG..UPON AFRICA,AFTER CHASING WILDEBEEST AND ZEBRA ON THE SERENGHETI..A MOTHER LEOPARD, TAKES HER PREY TO HER CUBS UP IN A TREE.A LIONESS,PREPARING TO POUNCE,SILENTLY CREEPING.OBSERVED BY GAZELLE,THEY QUICKLY BEGIN FLEEING..LEADING THE FEMALES AND BABY ELEPHANTS IS THE MATRIARCH ELEPHANT MOTHER...BABY HIPPOS WITH THEIR MOTHERS AT THE CONGO RIVER.YORUBA AND ZULU TRIBE WOMEN WEARING THEIR COLORFUL BEADS..TEACHING THEIR YOUNG HOW TO MAKE MASK AND BASKET WEAVE..THE SERENGHETI,MOUNT KILIMAMJARO AND VICTORIA FALLS AMONG AFRICA'S BEAUTY GRAND..THE BUSHMEN TRIBE WANDER ACROSS THE KALAHARI DESERT SAND...THE ELDER TRIBE LEADER SPEAKS NOT THE WHITE MAN'S CHRISTIANITY,BUT THEIR ANCESTRAL SPIRITUAL TRADITION..RITES OF PASSAGE,YOUNG TRIBE BOYS PREPARE FOR THEIR CELEBRATION....SENSELESS WARS,ACROSS AFRICA,HAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEEING..AFRICA . GENOCIDE THEIR PRESIDENTS AND LEADERS NOT SEEING..DIAMONDS,OIL,ANIMAL POACHING,GREED OF THE WHITE MAN...BEAUTY AMONG CHAOS,UPON THE OLD DARK CONTINENT,AFRICA OUR MOTHER LAND.......

DAY DREAMING,THE BAHAMAS,ALL IN MY MIND..IN MY MIND I CAN FEEL THE SEA BREEZE.. OBSERVING NATIVE GIRLS DANCING UNDER PALM TREES...FEELS CLOSE, BUT THE BAHAMAS IS FARAWAY..THE BAHAMAS DREAMING,ON A CONFINED GHETTO WINTER DAY...SIPPING ON A NON ALCOHOLIC DRINK,HELD IN MY HAND..WALKING BARE FEET UPON THE ISLAND WHITE SAND..WATCHING THE SEA BIRDS AS THEY LAND THEN FLY AWAY... THE BAHAMAS DREAMING, ON A CONFINED GHETTO WINTER DAY...LOOKING OUT INTO THE OCEAN, HEARING THE ROAR..WATCHING THE PELICANS AND SEA GULLS WANDERING UPON THE SHORE..PEACEFUL MEDITATION,AS UPON THE ISLAND GROUND I LAY..THE BAHAMAS DREAMING, ON A CONFINED GHETTO WINTER DAY.....WITHIN BLUE OCEAN WAVES, SWIMMING ARE BOTTLE NOSE DOLPHINS.UPON A FISHERMAN'S BOAT TRYING TO CATCH LARGE BLACK MARLINS...BENEATH BLUE SKIES,HOT, FEELING THE SUN'S RAYS. THE BAHAMAS DREAMING , ON A CONFINED GHETTO WINTER DAY...SNORKELING CLOSE TO SHORE, NOT DEEP BELOW THE OCEAN.HIDING BEHIND KELP,OBSERVING SEA ANIMALS IN MOTION...UPON SHORE WATCHING THE ISLAND CHILDREN PLAY..THE BAHAMAS DREAMING, ON A CONFINED GHETTO WINTER DAY...ISLAND REGGAE MUSICIANS, WITH THE CROWD DANCING...THE BAHAMAS PEOPLE, AFRICAN DESCENDANTS,AS THEY SPEAK THEIR CULTURE HISTORY I BEGIN LISTENING...SEEMS THE SPIRIT OF THE ISLAND IS BECKONING. GROWING DESIRE, I SHOULD LEAVE TO THE BAHAMAS TODAY..THE BAHAMAS DREAMING, ON A CONFINED GHETTO WINTER DAY........

This is one I definitely want to read. The title refers to the place black slaves believed the dead went to find peace. Haitian slaveowners deliberately worked their slaves to death because it was cheaper to replace them than to give them enough rest and food to survive. Allende says Haitian slave women would kill the children they bore -- sending them to the "island beneath the sea" -- to spare them the agonies their parents were experiencing. NPR: Allende talks about why she chose to write about slavery in Haiti.

You know the gal who starred in Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It"?