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  1. The opening skit was funny......lol. This song has a nice 70s funk feel to it.
  2. Krazy Alexander #2 said: "You don't have enough time to get you lie together. It takes time to deceive, the right way." Well........ When it comes to lying and deceiving, YOU of all people should know, lol.
  3. Cynique How can you not comprehend that the above statement by Kalexander proves what i said about him being "honest and self aware" ??? I comprehend it well. He's admitting that while he'll lie to another person he won't lie to himself about who he really is. With that said...the fact is he still admitted that HE WILL LIE TO OTHERS. Infact, he even ADMITTED to being a liar outright: "True, we're all liars but I'm not so stupid as to....." https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/5221-a-great-career-choice-for-black-folk-with-criminal-records-why-not-a-black-supremacy-emergence-from-within-white-supremacy/ But atleast he's an "honest liar".....lol. I don't engage him in conversation that much because i am not provoked by what he raps about. Yeah right..... That's an understatement. You don't engage him because he's KANYE WEST KRAZY....LOL. And you know that despite his articulation and SEEMING intelligence....his thinking pattern is clearly disordered and any attempt at dialog with him would end up frustrating and confusing....lol.
  4. The 2 traffic changes I see going on the most in my community are: 1. Bike lanes being installed 2. Round-a-bouts being installed to take the place of traffic lights at intersections I say the people get the government they deserve. AfroAmericans and poor and working class people in general have the right and in most cases the ability and opportunity to go to city hall and pitch a bitch about the changes that are occuring in their community but most of them refuse to do so and many end up suffering as a consequence. On multiple occasions I've gotten things done and changed on a local level simply by complaining and encouraging others who've noticed similar problems to complain also. Detroit is getting HAMMERED right now with all types of taxes and fees that they're levying on the citizens from "water drainage" fees (gutter taxes) to extremely high car insurance rates that run into the HUNDREDS of dollars a month...and only a fraction of the people are actually mad enough to write letters or go to Lansing or Downtown to do anything about it. The majority just suck it up and complain under their breath or refuse to pay and end up getting their cars or homes confiscated...which was probably the plan all along. We're not totally helpless; but AfroAmericans need to do like Puff Daddy said and "get their mind right"....or else they'll continue to be victims of circumstances.
  5. Krazy Alexander #2 Your source is still wanting. Same as you. The only thing I'm "wanting" from YOU...is an APOLOGY. ....and you WILL apologize in BOTH of the threads that she was insulted in instead of just one. Troy Umar's views on the LGBTQ community are no different than those of your garden variety Christian. Dr. Johnson's views on LGBTQ are consistent with the anti-homosexuality views the African communities both here in the United States as well as around the globe have HISTORICALLY had for hundreds if not thousands of years. Except for millenials......in most cases when you find African communities that accept homosexuality it's because they were FORCED into accepting it by White authorities who had some sort of power or influence over them. It's not like we as a people sat down ON OUR OWN and reasoned that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are a part of our community and we will take a vote and decide whether or not we'll accept them and their lifestyle. It's usually a case of....if we want to keep our good paying jobs or keep getting that GRANT MONEY from the government we BETTER accept it...lol. That's not very honorable and it's basically having a set of morals FORCED upon you. I may not agree with all of his views on homosexuality, but for anyone in the medical/scientific field to publically take the stance that Umar has taken on homosexuality takes courage and integrity.
  6. Cynique said: "Ofcourse YOU wouldn't take the things Kalexander says seriously because you are in denial about your addled mentality, and the truth hurts. At least he's honest, " But Krazy Alexander HIMSELF said: "I learned to lie a very young age. Got good at too. Enjoyed both advantage and suffered retribution for those lies. And I'll lie to you, but not myself. And, definitely, not live it. " https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/5155-the-cult-of-r-kelly/?page=3   The man's a known and self-admitted "lie-o-phile".....lol. Defend him all you want, but I notice you don't engage in conversations with him much....lol.
  7. Krazy Alexander #2 said: Lol....speak for YOURSELF Krazy Al. I'm not a liar. Man, how can an ADMITTED liar question anyone else's credentials???? I'm busy this morning and don't have time to clean up the #2 mess your making Krazy Al So I'll let this article from the Huffington Post sets it straight: Dr. Umar Johnson........ Graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (7/31/2009) with MBA in Clinical Psychology Continued graduate education with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine to receive his Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (11/14/2012) Administrative | Principal PK-12 (1115); Issued (8/1/2008); Continuing Education Status (active); Credentials Status: Valid for 5 years of service *Educational Specialist II School Psychologist PK-12 (1875); Issued (3/1/2008); Continuing Education Status (active); Credential Status: Valid *Educational Specialist I School Psychologist PK-12 (1875); Issued (6/1/2001); Continuing Education Status (active); Credentials Status: Converted   Under the Department of Education Dr. Johnson has been issued certifications, issue dates, continuing educational status, and credentials status to legally practice. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/in-defense-of-dr-umar-johnsons-credentials_us_5a4ff99ce4b0cd114bdb331b So despite the rumors, gossip, and induendos....the man is legitimately licensed, degreed, and certified. So Krazy Alexander #2..... Stop lying, get your FACTS (not rumors) straight and stop doing a #2 all over this board with your nonsense....lol.
  8. Krazy Alexander #2 said:   "Rumor had it that Umar did not have a psychology license, which he reportedly does. However, what’s in question are the credentials he used to obtain the license" There goes Krazy-Ass-Alexander spreading RUMORS again......lol. I thought I told you numerous times already....STOP LYING on people. You don't know if the man is licensed or not. You know nothing of his creditials because you haven't bothered to research them. Hell, you even ADMIT that what you're saying is merely RUMOR yet still get on here and....in big print....shamelessly spread lies and rumors with little facts or research to back them up. No wonder you have #2 in your name....it's what comes out of your mouth....lol.
  9. Now to show people how on point I am about what we need to do............ About a week ago I said: "Educated and wealthy AfroAmericans SHOULD be using their money, talents, and influence to EMPLOY other AfroAmericans who need it. Too many of our people have this "I got mine you get yours" mentality that keeps BOTH of us looking for Caucasians to help us out and support us. Instead of deriding and beating up on AfroAmericans with criminal histories and low or no education pushing them to go to school and get more eduation and clean themselves up ect.......... It's better for wealthy educated AfroAmericans to just START BUSINESSES in the ghetto, make sure they're highly secured, and start employing our people with SIMPLE jobs that pay decently and don't require education or skills. So if you're a successful AfroAmerican writer or publisher and you're know other successful AfroAmerican writers and publishers..... STOP going from school to school giving lectures and patting kids on the back telling them to start writing so they can be the next Zora or Langston. START building 4 wall buildings where your books can be published and stored and START employing Black men and women from your local community and pay them a DECENT WAGE to: -help maintain the building -mop the floors -set up chairs and tables for special events -cook the food -keep the lawn manicured THAT will help put more money in the pockets of AfroAmericans who need it than al the motivational speeches, pats on the back, and columns in the Huffington all put together! " And lo and behold, just today I was listening to Dr Umar Johnson speaking on a show and HE comes out and says.............. The solutions are there.....if people really seek them.
  10. Krazy Alexander 2 said: "It's hard to take you and anything you say serious because you're still hiding behind your masks of multiple deceptions. I really laid waste to your last attempt to deceive, didn't I, the image of a spiral, that you're nothing like the symbol suggest? You took that down after what, two-days. I've eviscerated your brand slogan you use on every post" Lol, let me get this straight....... The reason why I changed my avatar from a picture of someone who was NOT ME....to a spiral....and then to another picture of someone who was NOT ME......was because of you? And all this time I thought I had a spiral in place of a picture because I hadn't decided if I wanted to use a picture of Booker T or a picture of Marcus Garvey . I guess you....Krazy Alexander #2......set me straight about my REAL intentions.....lol.
  11. There's a difference between the end of the Earth and the end of the World. I believe this planet is billions of not trillions of years old and has gone through many "worlds" and civilizations that have sprung up, flourished, and ended. I also believe that many of these civilizations were far more advanced than what we typically call "Western civilization" today. But it's hard to PROVE history.....so it's just a belief.
  12. Mel Heh, Heh, heh.... Dang girl....you laugh like Eddie Murphy....lol       Cynique which is why you are perfect target practice for Kalexander Lol.....@ "target practice". How can the insults of some half-demented coward who ran away from America to hide out in Israel be taken seriously???? BTW, do you have to use viagra when humping your blow up doll? Speaking of my blow up doll...... Tell your 72 year old "beef cake boyfriend" to make sure he returns it to me when he's back from vacation. He figured you'd get on his nerves and he'd end up sending you back home early so he asked me if he could borrow it before you all left......LOL. ((Lol...everybody is laughing at that one but they aren't gonna admit it))
  13. Kalexdander probably doesn't like Curtis Mayfield because he says "nigga" too much.....lol. I didn't care too much for Superfly or The Mack but I DO have a lot of respect for many of the movies that are commonly called "Blaxploitation" today. Infact, I was watching Sweetback's Baaaaadass Song the other day.....LOL. Gimme some Foxy Brown...some Dolemite.....Three The Hard Way.....!!! I can watch them all night! Say what you want about those low budget films back then but atleast you got STRONG Black males who not only were the PROTAGONISTS in the film but kicked ass and got the women. And unlike many interracially casted films in Hollywood, Black people were usually the PROTAGONISTS in those films. Except for Django Unchained and a few others, most of the movies out of Hollywood today rarely show a powerful Black male lead who kicks ass, gets the women, and survives in the end. And they REALLY RARELY portray White men as the "bad guys" like they did back in the 70s. Another thing I liked about those films in the 70s is the large amount of naked Black women! It may sound strange coming from a gay white mason but if you I still remember the Pam Griers, Gloria Hendry's, and Lola Folana's and those nice round brown hips and boucing breasts...lol. The beauty and sensuality of REALISTIC AfroAmerican women is rarely seen on the big screen today, but in the 70s you saw plenty of it and I think it did a lot to improve the esteem of most Black females. Finally you had dark skinned and brown skinned Black women with curly and kinky hair on the big screen getting naked with all their curves and Black men loving them up and down. When was the last time you saw a DARK SKINNED Black women naked in a movie that wasn't about slavery? I still remember the Pam Griers, Gloria Hendry's, and Lola Folana's and those nice round brown hips and boucing breasts...lol. I think the 70s was a far more realistic time in Hollywood than today not just for AfroAmericans but for ALL Americans in general because if you look at the movies the people were typically portrayed looking and behaving like they actually did in society.
  14. I've met several "Zakia"s over the years......and every one of them I can think of were female. Although I don't believe THIS POSTER is a female the way he's going after feminists. Probably just using a female name as a cover. Kind of like how YOU'RE using the picture of some dude standing wide legged in white pants and a flowery shirt and shades as a cover for who YOU really are....lol.
  15. One of them is still running, although I haven't taken much time to maintain it. I've started and shut down many depending on what business or project I'm working on. Since me and most of those I associate with are usually not skilled enough in building a huge professional website from scratch, I usually use the do-it-yourself website builders with already established templates that charge a yearly fee. Infact, I believe YOU posted on one of them. It was back a few years ago when I was working on a project for Flint and the water problems they were (still are) having up there. But whatever I'm working on, I'm SURE not gonna promote Facebook and force people to get an account with them in order to do business with me....lol.
  16. Krazy-Alexander "[f]eel" says it all, is nothing more without evidence. I've supported my argument with scholarly articles that the term 'race' has no biological bases and is therefore meaningless when describing, referring to different people. I've asked before, to no avail, post an argument contrary, if you can. For every article you can produce stating that race DOESN'T exist, I can produce several scientific articles where RACE ITSELF is used as a factor. Again, my argument with you ISN'T about whether race exists or not..... It's about your COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. Your claiming that race does not exist while at the same time focusing on it in damn near every discussion.     No, exact words only, in numerous posts you alluded to the idea Blacks would be better off seeking servitude opportunities instead of education; that (most) Black folk doesn't have what it takes to succeed in school, etc. Is exactly what you've said.  I NEVER said that Blacks would be better off in servitude. Although if we were SERVING EACHOTHER......servitude probably wouldn't be so bad. What I HAVE suggested and still suggest is that AfroAmericans would be not only wealthier but in a better socio-economic condition in general if we focused more on mastering skilled labor, agriculture, and other trades instead of focusing so much on what YOU are calling an "education" but what is REALLY just useless training at White institutions. Education teaches you to think for yourself. What most Black students get at White institutions is TRAINING. My integrity entail what I know to be true, can, and have proven with reasonable, sound support by science; that Black folk are capable of being better than Whites, can do anything a Whiteman/woman can do. Which greatly contradict your disbelief in science and your White ideas that seemingly aim to further disenfranchise Black folk as you support Black marginalization. Everone is not like you. Please, get a legitimate life, stop posting avatar after avatar whenever you're called out, under the guise of privacy. And this is EXACTLY what I mean about your COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. First you claim that science dismisses the idea of race....THEN you turn around and claim science supports that Blacks can do the same as Whites, which establishes a racial difference between the two. Please, get a legitimate life, stop posting avatar after avatar whenever you're called out, under the guise of privacy Man if you live way the hell over in Israel and are so lonely that you have to resort to trolling Black websites all day and all night.....because you NEVER seem to take a break....perhaps YOU'RE the one who needs a "life". Almost everytime I post, you seem to be on it and respond in less than a hour.....LOL. What the hell do you DO all day? Sit around smoking cigarettes and sipping on hot coco while monitoring this site for my responses??
  17. Should I tell you NOW or wait until you're back from your break? Maybe I'll wait..........lol.
  18. BUSTED!!! If you didn't know Zakia....why did you refer to her as "they"????? Multiple people...and YOU'RE one of them....lol. BUSTED!!!
  19.   That's the same language, idealisms White folks harbor about Blacks. It isn't surprising you feel the same way. If you'd hop the next flight out of Israel and come to the United States and SEE FOR YOURSELF what Black folks are saying and thinking.....perhaps you'd realize that I'm not the only one who feels this way. And I didn't blame ALL poor people for their condition.....or even most. I said MANY. Thinking Blacks should focus on servitude jobs and such, you might also believe that Black folk were better off as slaves. It's okay to admit it, a great many Whites feel that way also. It's your right! Black folks weren't better off as slaves, but we DID do a lot better as a community RIGHT AFTER slavery when we had a stronger work ethic and more manual labor skills. Directly after slavery Black folks with hammers and saws went around this nation building entire cities with houses, schools, churches, post offices, markets, ect.....with their own hands. Today AfroAmericans have traded in their hammers and saws for business suits and college degrees....and what have they built to show for it???? The only thing being built is more debt. Because it's means of communication, the verbage people understand. It is possible to make use of something, rhetorical terms and disagree with it's validity. In other words..... You'd rather propagate a concept you actually believe is FALSE just to help the conversation flow easier??? Man, that says a lot about your integrity.....or lack of it. But since you're a die-hard true believer go on and believe race is something more than a word, that's why White folks gave it to you Lol..... Uh.....don't you mean that's why I gave it to MYSELF?????
  20. YOU have posted too many red flags to keep count of. Hell, you even ADMITTED that being offensive was pleasing to you.....and that's the very definition of a troll, lol. Why are you being so defensive, is Zakia your girlfriend or something?
  21. Sure running a SUCCESSFUL business is hard work and takes a lot of time. But as I understand it, for most Black people one of the main reasons for starting a business in the first place is so that you can be YOUR OWN master and have total control over your operation without having to be beholden ot anyone but your customers (and the IRS). So it makes no sense to me why a proud independent Black business would SUBMIT themselves to the authority and restrictions of an institution like Facebook. There are people who's entire business pretty much operates through Facebook or Amazon and if they for some reason are banned or dropped from these sites....they're through. My question is, why would you even allow yourself to be that vulnerable and dependent on something you have little control over? I've built and operated several websites before. They take a little time and creativity but they aren't THAT hard.
  22. only White folk woman is that sexually disreputable and promiscuous ???????? It REALLY HAS been a long time since you've been in the States, hasn't it....lol.
  23. Troy Lennon was killed by a Caucasian man. The fact that this "Zakia" character blamed the NAACP and Feminists for his murder was a HUGE red flag.....lol.
  24. Queen I don't consider myself poor but I'm lower middle class....working class. But having worked with and around poor people for decades I believe that many poor people absolutely are responsible for the poverty they're in. Now some people are poor because of circumstances that aren't their fault...... Like not being smart enough to start a business or get a degree. Or not having a talent or skill to market and capitalize off of. Some people have disabilities that limit their income and ability to generate wealth. These things many people can't help. But many others suffer from povety as a DIRECT result of the same habits: Spending what little money they DO have on cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, and the lottery. Relying on family and friends to help them out instead of properly preparing for the future Jumping from job to job cussing out the bosses and not showing up to work on time. Engaging in activities like fighting and getting drunk and high which keeps them in and out of jail or the hospital. Legal and medical fees will DRAIN you if you're not careful. K2 sorry, the racism within me, I'm constantly trying to check, need to throw 'White or Jew' Which is why I said on another thread that your CLAIM of believing race doesn't exists was a FALSE and DISINGENUOUS one. How can you truly believe something DOES NOT exist when you yourself are constantly referencing it in every other converstation?
  25. Troy So Pioneer Ariens like conflict huh. I'm an Aries as well. Maybe that is why I always understand where you coming from and have no problem disagreeing with you I don't now if all Ariens LIKE conflict, but I do believe based on my experiences and observations that most tend to be aggressive. I'm not sure if it's one of those "self fullfilling prophecies" that you start behaving like people claim you should behave....lol. I still take you at your word that you understand where i'm coming from because you too are a Black male from an urban American environments so we share similar upbringing and observations. Astrology has little to do with it....lol. C-word one who possesses no credentials to judge the women he speaks of Speaking of being "possessed"...... Lol....who CONJURED you up????? I thought maybe you and your 72 year old (73 now?) stud-muffin were off somewhere on a Carribean Cruise trying to see the bottom of a bottle of blue pills. You must have gotten on his nerves and he sent your worrisome ass back home...lol. Mel I haven't been absent from the discussion board I said THIS forum. I'm not into Poetry and fiction so I don't visit the other forums on this site much and don't know what goes on there or who posts what. THIS is my neighborhood...lol.

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