Wow…
This stuff just keeps getting more and more exciting everyday… 

Well let’s get right at it… 
Check it!!!
Politically speaking, Pres. Obama has got to make his decision about “boots on the ground” and “drones in the air” ASAP!!!  It is a matter of  “Stop panzie-ing!!!”  As a gentleman recently pointed out to me that he believes that it is just a matter of time before we will be hit again but this time it will make the first time look like kids play…  He then stated  “all gloves will be off  then…”  We will strike back with overwhelming ruthless force…  My question is why let it get to that point; lets be proactive instead of reactive… 

Time has long since come and gone for health care reform and Pres. Obama should get it done immediately…  It is crucial to our health and welfare as a nation…  So the President should not allow the hard noses on the right dictate to him what he know is right to do and take his majority vote to pass the bill…  I believe that is enough said on that…  History will forgive you Mr. Pres. for doing the right thing… 

Culturally Speaking, Spike Lee blasted Tyler Perry for making millions on the backs of  “Mad Black Women…”   One has to believe that black women are mad because look at the attention that these kinds of movies get…  I believe that Spike brings up a good point irrespectful of his motive; is that Mr Perry is accountable for the content of his films; “pro or con…” 
Culturally Speaking the black woman has always been the backbone of the black community as well as the world…  When the black woman is angry or mad it is directly reflected in the black community as well as the society at large…  Essence report(Sept. issue)  that black marriages are in a state of emergency…  The magazine reports that over 64% of all black women have never been marriage vs 57% white women who have wedded at least once( http://www.essence.com/relationships/men/black_marriage_congress_talks_state_of_emergency.php  )…  I believe this is proof positive that “Black Women are Mad” at critically alarming levels that has gotten progressively worse for over the last four decades…  Now we are at a state of emergency that demand some immediate attention to prevent a total “melt-down…”

Wow…   Prof. Miller Lucky Jr. (http://www.luckysoulattraction.com/id66.html) points out in his book “why you aint got no man” several of the issues that are the cause of  the “Mad Black Woman” syndrome…  More importantly he has offered a solution…   As a result of the “Mad Black Women” our families are suffering, our young men are being raised to hate themselves, and marriage is something our grandparents did…  I also believe that this phenom is the cause of so many boy-girls and girl-boys in our society…  All symptoms of  what happens when, as Tyler Perry so eloquently portrayed it for all the world to see, the “mad black woman” is the norm in our community… 

Wow…What does this mean???  I believe it means that the black woman is the problem and the solution to the ills of  our community and our society…  Yes, black women are angry, by their own admission, but (first big fat mad black woman but in the room) the reason why is the only things in question…  Prof. Miller Lucky Jr. says it is because of their lack of being able to effectively express themselves, “to just let it out…”  For so long the black woman has had to be everything for everybody and again she will have to do the same…  Angry or not, it is the black woman has held everything together while being raped by a slave master to being beat by broken man to raising umpteen kids to being to sole provider to visiting the prison to all the things that has made us what we are today…  It has been the black woman who has held it together…  In the last forty years her role has not changed but (big phat double negative but in the room) her position has changed which has been confusing…  When the white man-made the black woman the preferred employee in order to meet the federal mandates of affirmative action, the black woman began to become the primary bread-winner for the black family which intimidated most black men…  Whether this was by design or happen-stance the results were the same; a crippled black family…  Thus my statement, that the black woman is the problem and the solution…   I know, I am going to hear it for that statement…  But (big lets face the facts but in the room) the truth is the truth and now lets start an honest open dialogue as Prof. Lucky says in his book to heal ourselves of this critical disease that has cause the “Mad Black Woman” syndrome…  The flip side of this is the total destruction of the black family…  Is this what Dr. King dreamed of when he spoke of our “God-given rights???”  God forbid… 

So I believe that Spike and Tyler have only opened the floodgates to a real problem and it is up to all of us to “FIX It…” 

“Pres. Obama: The Audacity of a “Social Chauvinist!!!”"

Wow… 
This is some exciting stuff…
As we face an insecure  world politico, we must be aware of the cultural issues that exist in the mist of it all…  If I were the Commander in Chief, I would have  a “Culturally Conscious” sensitive advisor at every meeting with people of a different culture…  This person would have great knowledge of the culture of the people we were engaging to advise what was said, “Really Means…”   You see the way a people respond to things has to do with the culture they come from…  For example, Europeans are less hung up on nudity than Americans…  I asked several Germans why this was…  Most said, that it is just the way it is or at least it is just the way they were familiar with…  When I asked an old educated German woman she told me the true reason was cultural…  She was taught from her youth that when the sun returned, get as much sun as possible, until it leaves again…   What was she saying???  In Germany the sun goes behind the clouds in late September and you really don’t see it again until late April… 
Wow…  So I had a greater understanding of how “Culture” effect a society…  Black women are no different…  Throughout our culture, it has been the black woman who has been the backbone of our society…  Now I am not just talking about the black culture, I am talking about all our culture, for it was the black woman who did the cooking, took care of the children, and made sure everything got done…  So we should not be surprised that if the “black woman” is angry,  then our entire society is out of “Kilter…”
Therefore the “Angry Black Woman” is a major cultural problem that everyone should be concerned with…  I am sure everyone is familiar with the Tyler Perry movies: “Diary of a mad black woman” and in theatres now, “I can do bad all by myself…”   The “mad black woman” problem goes much further than that… 
 Check it: As a black man, I have experienced the “angry black woman” first hand…  Our black women are angry by their own admission…  This issue became very real to me after I watched this video clip of ( http://www.digtriad.com/news/GMS/article.aspx?storvid=126279&catid=67  )Prof. Miller Lucky Jr.’s response to “Angry Black Women…” I could not agree with him more…  But, (Yes big mad black woman but in the room) I did not want to just depend on my opinion or the view points of Prof. Miller Lucky Jr., so I asked several black women their opinions…   I was surprized at their immediate responses and ruthless honesty to the question …  They agreed, with the fact that “Black Women are Angry,” except they differed greatly in their opinions as to why…  My unofficial survey was answered by black women from every walk of life and the common thread was exactly what Prof. Miller Lucky Jr. had stated, “Communications!!!”  Black women are very vocal, which is the one thing that most times turn black men off; therefore they retreat… 
Yes, black men have our issues too, i.e. high unemployment, racial profiling leading to more of us often in jail, and of course baby mama drama…  But Black women have a way of vocalizing the problems that a black man knows, oh so well, and does not want to be reminded of everyday by a “Mad Black Woman…”  Most of the responses I received, started off outlining all these things about a black man in only a way a “Mad Black Woman” could; underneath all of this though, most still wanted a black man in their life…  So Prof. Lucky Jr. is right that black women are angry, but (another big black but in the room) is communications the reason why a black women “aint got no man???”
Wow…
This is some exciting stuff…  Now you may say, what does all this have to do with US(a) as a people…  Well, one could look at the temperament of “Black Women” as a barometer of the “Cultural Climate” of our country…  I feel that it is the lack of “culture” that has caused “US(A)” most, if not all, of our problems as a nation over the last forty years…  For some, like Tyler Perry, this barometer is a commercial gold mine; yet ”Culturally Speaking” it could be a political mine field…  I feel that black women are just expressing their dismay of how bad our economy really is which is spilling over into their personal relationships…  Black women are the political ticker that if left unchecked will affect the entire community because black women voices will eventually become women voices, which is the majority voice of our nation…   Black women by their own admission are angry and demand to be heard or we all will experience the consequences…  I believe that a “Mad Black Woman” is a lot like a Nation…  If she is not heard you have hell to pay and she will keep steaming until you allow her space to let it out…  Even though most nations are run by men it is the women that actually has their finger on the Nation’s pulse…  This is a lot like the “Mad Black Woman…”  Even if she has a man it is she that determines the temperament of the home; War or peace if you will…  And when she is not cared for, not heard, and not appreciated she become very vocal and despondent until she is cared for, heard, and appreciated…  Tyler Perry has connected with this anger and in his film has tried, I believe to give ”Mad Black Women”  a voice…  I believe the only problem with his approach, other than he is getting rich exploiting a very serious ”Cultural” problem among black women; is that black women leave the movie without an “outlet to let it out,” if you can feel me on this…   And (Black) women around the world are not given an outlet to “Just let it Out…” 
If Mr. Perry would take Prof. Lucky Jr.s observation and give black women (and all women for that matter) an outlet to “let it out,” the drop in temporary could greatly affect global warming…  LOL!!!  (Sorry ladies and gentlemen, you know I had to go there… )  But (big phat angry black women need to talk but in the room) I am serious about the need for us to connect on a “Culturally Conscious”  level where we can freely, openly, and honestly; have a chance to “Just let it out”…  It will take some training for most of us to learn how to effective communicate as Prof. Lucky Jr. stated in his piece, which I believe is much needed…  So let’s hope the Tyler Perry’s and the Prof. Lucky’s and the Wendy Williams’s and all those with a platform that can allow “Mad Black Women” to vent; will “Just let them, Let it out!!!”  Culturally Speaking this is good advise for the powers that be, to allow women around the world, the platform to “Just let it Out…” 
I guess we will have to wait and see but (the last big mad black but in the room) this problem unaddressed will not go away…  Hmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Wow…
Can you feel me???
I know you can???
Let me hear you say, “Yes, yes, yes we can!!!”
“Pres. Obama: The Audacity of the “Mad Black WOman!!!”"

Wow…
This is some exciting stuff… 
Check it…
Let me start off by saying, Pres. Obama is doing as a good a job as to be expected with the heavy weight that he has had to carry to this point…  He has taken the challenge like the “young lion” he is and has not looked back…  Culturally Speaking, few presidents have come into office with such a load left for them to pick up and even fewer were able to do it with such a “swagger” as Pres. Obama…  So to you Sir, I say,
“Bravo!!!” 
Now that said, “with all the events going on in our country, our administration has got to find the one string that unfolds the answer to all our so many problems…”  I know this is asking a miracle, but (first big but in the room) a miracle it must be…  So what are we as people to do???  Culturally Speaking, we must first look back to be able to clearly see the future…  The few Pres. that have found themselves in this situation did the same thing; “they firmly secured military personnel and made military actions “secret” information…  Secondly, they pumped up a heightened awareness of “Cultural Consciousness” of the arts i.e. during Viet Nam it was ”R&B and rocking roll,”  WWII it was an up-tick in Jazz music, and during WWI it was the ballroom dance crave…  Soldier were instructed that their mission was secret and without a need to know, it should not be talked about ever…  Some old soldiers today have military secrets that they have never mentioned in over sixty years even though their war has been over for over a half century…  Their wives and families remember the dance crave or jazz tone of that day, which was a great balance of powers but (big military secrets but in the room) none remember ever hearing a military secret … 
“Culture is the sure answer for the quick recovery of a patient who has suffered such great trauma as our country has suffered over the last few years…  Once the bleeding is stopped, then it is the smooth cultural sounds of  a nice tune that the patient will remember when all the healing is done…” 
Pres. Obama, promised in his campaign that he would “re-energize” cultural consciousness into our communities…  I, as most of you know, am an advocate for “Cultural Consciousness” as a people…  By this we will reinvigorate the desire that most of us have to experience cultural awareness of not only our community; others as well…  It is culture that survived all of our wars and economical roller coaster rides…  It is culture that has broadens the minds of a people causing a wave of creativity and romance to flow over a nation; thus the baby boomer era of the fifties and sixties…  We need this new “Consciousness of Culture” as a people today to make it through these rough times without developing a mental problem that could effect us for centuries…  LOL!!! 
Wow… 
This is some exciting stuf…
With all that said, one major cultural problem that everyone is talking about and capitalizing on, is the “Mad Black Woman!!!”  I am sure everyone is familiar with the Tyler Perry movies: “Diary of a mad black woman” and in theatres now, “I can do bad all by myself…”   The “mad black woman” problem goes much further than that… 
 Check it: As a black man, I have experienced the “angry black woman” first hand…  Our black women are angry by their own admission…  This issue became very real to me after I watched this video clip of ( http://www.digtriad.com/news/GMS/article.aspx?storvid=126279&catid=67  )Prof. Miller Lucky Jr.’s response to “Angry Black Women…” I could not agree with him more…  But, (Yes big mad black woman but in the room) I did not want to just depend on my opinion or the view points of Prof. Miller Lucky Jr., so I asked several black women their opinions…   I was surprized at their immediate responses and ruthless honesty to the question …  They agreed, with the fact that “Black Women are Angry,” except they differed greatly in their opinions as to why…  My unofficial survey was answered by black women from every walk of life and the common thread was exactly what Prof. Miller Lucky Jr. had stated, “Communications!!!”  Black women are very vocal, which is the one thing that most times turn black men off; therefore they retreat… 
Yes, black men have our issues too, i.e. high unemployment, racial profiling leading to more of us often in jail, and of course baby mama drama…  But Black women have a way of vocalizing the problems that a black man knows oh so well and does not want to be reminded of everyday by a “Mad Black Woman…”  Most of the responses I received, started off outlining all these things about a black man in only a way a “Mad Black Woman” could; underneath all of this though, most still wanted a black man in their life…  So Prof. Lucky Jr. is right that black women are angry, but (another big black but in the room) is communications the reason why a black women “aint got no man???”
Wow…
This is some exciting stuff…  Now you may say, what does all this have to do with US(a) as a people…  Well, one could look at the temperament of “Black Women” as a barometer of the “Cultural Climate” of our country…  I feel that it is the lack of “culture” that has caused “US(A)” most, if not all, of our problems as a nation over the last forty years…  For some, like Tyler Perry, this barometer is a commercial gold mine; yet ”Culturally Speaking” it could be a political mine field…  I feel that black women are just expressing their dismay of how bad our economy really is which is spilling over into their personal relationships…  Black women are the political ticker that if left unchecked will effect the entire community because black women’s voices will eventually become women’s voices, which is the majority voice of our nation…   Black women by their own admission are angry and demand to be heard or we all will experience the consequences…  Tyler Perry has connected with this anger and in his film has tried, I believe to give them a voice…  I believe the only problem with his approach, other than he is getting rich exploiting a very serious problem among black women; is that black women leave the movie without an “outlet to let it out” if you can feel me on this… 
If Mr. Perry would take Prof. Lucky Jr.s observation and give black women an outlet to “let it out,” the drop in temporary could greatly affect global warming…  LOL!!!  (Sorry ladies and gentlemen, you know I had to go there… )  But (big phat angry black women need to talk but in the room) I am serious about the need for us to connect on a “Culturally Conscious”  level where we can freely, openly, and honestly; get a chance to converse…  It will take some training for most of us to learn how to effective communicate as Prof. Lucky Jr. stated in his piece, which I believe is much needed…  So let’s hope the Tyler Perry’s and the Prof. Lucky’s and the Wendy Williams’s and all those with a platform that can allow “Mad Black Women” to vent; will let them “Let it out!!!”  
I guess we will have to wait and see but (the last big mad black but in the room) this problem unaddressed will not go away…  Hmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Wow…
Can you feel me???
I know you can???
Let me hear you say, “Yes, yes, yes we can!!!”
“Pres. Obama: The Audacity of the “Mad Black WOman!!!”"

Wow…
This some exciting stuff…
So lets get right at it…
Check it:
Culturally speaking, we have come a long way to bridge the racial divide but (first big not far enough but in the room) we have not gone far enough…   It looks like Pres. Obama is getting a really serious “Jim Crow” education…  If Pres. Obama did not know the ethics of “Jim Crow,” those like “Jim CROW-ley and his co-harts” are  his instructors.  I don’t think Pres. Obama realized that the “Jim Crow” institution of higher racist education existed before becoming Pres., but (big “Jim Crow 101″ but in the room) for some  ”Jim Crow 101″  is a prerequisite to matriculate through the halls of Government… 

Wow…
Ok, this aint the sixties, this is the “zero years…”   Then why is “Jim Crow” ethics and philosophy still  mandatory courses for blacks (and Jews and Gays), even Pres. Obama; as former Pres. Jimmy Carter referred too??? 
I thought we buried “Jim Crow” with the “N-word…” 
Well, I guess “Jim Crow” is trying to be revived by the “Jim CROW-ley’s” of  America, who must have advance degrees  from the “Jim Crow” institute of Higher racism education…

So, what is Pres. Obama to do???
Does he take these courses; being the kind of student that he is, the will certainly get an “A!!!” 
Dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!  Or does he skip the courses and go straight to the exam????
Come on ladies and gentlemen, it is obvious that the faculty of the “Jim Crow” institute is standing in line waiting their turn to give Pres. Obama a new lesson in ”Jim Crow” ethics everyday…   Of course, Pres. Obama is trying to be bi-partisan therefore he is willing to take the classes and share a beer with his instructor afterwards to try to find common ground… 

Pres. Obama is a good student who is willing to sit through these classes in their entirety; unlike his good friend “Skip” who challenged the instructor (Jim Crow-ley) that “Jim Crow”  is truly dead therefore so is it’s effect…   Pres. Obama is willing to hear the “Jim Crow” revivalist out…  My question is why are so many good Americans trying to raise ”Jim Crow” from the  dead???

Wow… 
So is it because, even though  ”Jim Crow” is dead, the students of the “Jim Crow” philosophical ethics courses are not… 
Where there are students  the teachers will show up…  So the institute of “Jim Crow” ethics that we the people of the US(A) burned to the ground in the sixties is being raised from its ashes by a new class of student who wants all of US(A) to return to the “Jim Crow” way of  living…
Say it isn’t so, Pres. Obama, say it isn’t soooooooo!!!

Wow…
Pres. Obama, we the people of the UNited States of America have spoken in one loud voice with your inauguration!!!  ”The ethics of  living Jim Crow” are not in line with our constitution therefore the course is not required and has been cancelled…  As a matter of fact, it is unpatriotic to even teach them in any form or fashion according to our “bills of rights!!!”   So why are all these student sitting around drinking “tea” is beside me…

Either way, Mr. Pres. you do not have to take these courses – withdraw…

Wow…
We the people of the United States of America have moved far beyond the “ugliness of Jim Crow ethics!!!” 
Pres. Obama call a spade a spade and racism (As Former Pres. Carter stated) racism…   Those who choose to practice “Jim Crow” ethics are living in the distant past but ( another big but in the room) the past yet the same…
We are a nation of many different cultures which require US(A) to be all inclussive as stated in our constitution and not divisive as stated in the “Jim Crow” manual of racist ethics…   Richard Wright was right to leave this great work for us to never forget that  the lessons of “Jim Crow” are not to be carried forward into the 21st century…  We must embrace who we are as a nation; diverse, multi-cultural, salad of many colors, shapes, and sizes…   It is these characteristics that make us “O so proud to be Americans…” 

Wow…

“DO you feel me!!!”
“I hope you do!!!”
“Let me hear you say “yes, yes, we can!!!”" 

“Pres. Obama: The Audacity of a “Jim Crow” Education!!!”

Wow…

This is some exciting stuff…   It has been a minute since I had the inspiration to break you off a piece, but it’s time… 
Let’s get right to it,

“Check it!!!”

Enough is enough….  
Pres. Obama, it is time for change – no more talk – change!!!   “We the people of the United States of America” are expecting  you to do what we voted you in to do  -

“Be a  Change Agent!!!”  
Wow…
I am back in school for the first time in 20 years, getting a new degree to prepare myself for the time when the jobs return…   I am thankful for the opportunity to be able to do this but (big fat I did not want to have to do this but in the room) I had no choice… 
The jobs went away, unemployment lines are  way too long, and the pink slips are still coming… 
Had I not lost my job, I probably would not have had to go back to school; it could have been by choice… 

Either way, I felt like you ”Mr Pres.” was  going to be the jolt in Washington’s political  arm that the country needed to turn things around… 
Sir, you started off well…   
You hit them hard and fast…  
You had them on the ropes with several early one-two combs but (big phat you got to keep giving it to them but in the room), you slacked off…  
You gave them time to breath now they have regained their footing…
Why, Pres. Obama, have you let your foes off the Hook…  FDR never did…
Johnson didn’t either…
You have history to draw from…   History is shouting you down…
“If  you are not decisive and definitive, your enemies will take you out…”  

Sir, do  you need some “B.N.d. H. 101″ followup training???  

Wow…

This is some exciting stuff…  I am at a  NHBU in Greensboro NC…  This city has several blacks in leadership positions, but (big fat what are they doing but in the room) what are they doing…  Yes, a black man as Pres. is change in and of itself, but (another big phat you got to do it change but in the room) change is a verb not a noun…  It aint enough to be in the position to constitute change, you must “do something that cause something to change;”

that constitutes change…  

Wow…

Greensboro is hiring another black leader for city manager, which makes this small city top heavy with black people in leadership position…  This act in itself  only gives the pictures on the wall in city hall  a   similar look, but (big phat need a bigger flash but in the room) it doesn’t change anything “on the real…”   If these brown and black faces don’t do something to cause true “change” for all of us, then it is just a bunch of  “gaudy mumbo jumbo politics!!!”  

Ok, let me break it down to you like this, at the end of the day, either you do the job you were hired to do or you will not be there in four years…  
Dahhhhhhh!!!  
I hope that was plain enough…

We the people hired you to shake some things up from the top down…  
And Sir we did not ask you to be nice about it…  
I believe the sentiment around the country is that Washington is “One big broken mess” and you “Sir” have excepted the position of  the “Clean up man…”  
“Get to the cleanning…” 
Check it!!! 
When you clean house you have to first throw a lot of  “crap” out…  I think we expected for you to go in there and throw the bums out… 
Yes, we want bi-partisanship, but (big phat only if it is working but in the room) only if it is in the process of accomplishing the people’s business… 

Wow…

Now that said, I must applaud you for the things you did get done…   I believe that most people feel as I do that substance is very important…  I believe that “Health Care Reform” is an issue of substance that can turn this country around in the most positive way…  The now pasted lion of the Senate has passed the torch to you “Sir” to get this job done and you can’t let US(A) down… 

Do you feel me!!!
Let me hear say, yes!!!
I know you do!!! 

 ”Pres. Obama: “Don’t just talk change, make change happen!!!”"

Wow…
This is some exciting stuff…
I know it is as hard to swallow  the words “Jesus” and “Bitch” in the same sentence as it is  to imagine “Bishop Eddie Long”  in full “ Hip hop gear…”  Well ladies and gentlemen it is no imagination, so  swallow… 
Let me start off by saying that Jesus was a real person who walked this earth as a man…  He knew all the customs of the Jews…   Therefore when one day a woman came to him and said master “I am hungry…”   Jesus said to the woman, “the children’s bread is not to be cast to dogs…” 

 Wow… 
Now that is some heavy stuff… 
With only a little deduction it is obvious that Jesus has cast a terrible insult on this woman by referring to her as a female dog;

  A “Bitch!!!”  

 Even today,  this is still one of the worst insults that one can use to  refer to a woman…  Now the rest of the story is one of great resolve when the “Bitch” turns to him and says “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the Master’s table… 
Wow… 
Yes  Jesus had to relent and respond  to the faith of this woman, but (first big bitches rule but in the room) he never took back the insult… 
It leaves us to ponder exactly what this exchange was about??? 
Now what does all this have to do with Bishop Long???
Bishop Long has gone Hip Hop…  
What is that about??? 
The words Bitches, Hoes, and Dogs are commonly used to refer to men and women in the Hip Hop genre…   Now question remains who is getting the crumbs that fall from his table…   We may never know the answer to that question, but (a big phat  Jesus had mercy on the least of us but in the room) there are countless dogs and bitches on the street that are desperate for the crumbs….  Someone said to me why don’t I leave the church alone???   I say, I spoke with a homeless woman as the  Central Library closed  yesterday and she would rather any of the Pastors from any church to call her a “Bitch” then do as Jesus did,  than to be “Homeless!!!” 

 Wow…

It is a disgrace that our churches are not stepping up, during these hard economical times, to get the homeless off the street…  Maybe Bishop Long   will do better as a Hip Hop personality to show the love to the least fortunate as Jesus did…   Jesus gave that  “bitch” the crumbs  that fell from his table which he blessed.  We know that if Jesus blessed them,  they  will multiply 30, 60, and a 100 fold…  So what is the reason we have so many homeless and so few churches giving their best to minister to them…  Some people use the verse, “the poor will be with us always” as an excuse…   Other use the scripture, “if a man does not work then he should not eat” as an excuse…   I have also heard that it is not the church’s responsibility as an excuse…  Well regardless of the excuse, the Jesus could have sent the “Bitch” away empty handed, but (big fat “we know what  Jesus did” but in the room) He didn’t…  

 Wow…

Culturally Speaking, we as a people have always had to be there for each other…  I remember my mother would always cook more than we could eat, because she would say someone might come by that’s hungry…  My brother took a guy in that was down on his luck for over a year…  We as a people have always given our tithes and offerings to the church so as the scripture says that there might be “meat” in my house…  I guess the question is “where is the beef,” to borrow a phrase… 

The church is referred to as a Sanctuary…

I guess most pastors have no clue what the word means…  Well Webster says  a sanctuary is  “ a safe place;  a refuge…”   Isn’t “a safe place and a refuse”  what the homeless need???  I have been to churches that have built a new sanctuary (now that’s a play on words) and the old church is empty…  That church could be used as a sanctuary for the homeless…  I would be willing to wager that if the pastor became homeless for any reason, his (dog)  tail would be living there, so why can’t the homeless…  

Throughout the biblical history,  we have seen where the church has been used to house people to keep them from harm and danger…   So what is going on with all these churches we have, in the riches nation in the world,  not being able to do what God has called them to do – have meat in his house???

 Wow…

Let’s see where the “beef” really  is…  
Most of the Pastors live very well…  They have big houses, really nice cars, and lots of  bling…   What happen to the “servant” thing???  Even Jesus said, “Foxes have holes, birds have nest, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head…”  So Jesus understood the homeless which allowed him to feel their pain…  I guess the modern day pastor can’t feel the pain of the homeless…  I find it hard to believe that these pastors are not hearing from God about the homeless in these terrible economical times…   Times are hard and everyone knows it…    The homeless are forced to live on the street without any shelter from the heat or the cold…  The “woman” that I met at the Central Library was also handi-capped…  She had a short leg and walk with a cane…  She seems to be  very embarrassed of her situation…   So I say again, “how can the church not reach out and provide assistance for these people who call the street home…  

 Wow…

OK, since the church will not do the right thing on their own, what can be done to encourage them or should anything be done…  
I say, “Yes!!!”
I counted on one block square,  here in this beautiful college town, seven churches…  I also saw a homeless guy sitting right in front of one of them…  There is probably at least as many or more churches than homeless people in this city of almost  250K…  If in order for a church to maintain their “tax-exempt”  status they had to house and provide for at least one homeless person, I believe there would not be a homeless person on the the street… 

 That’s the solution to this problem…

I believe the church would realize very quickly how easily and inexpensively they could accomplish this task…  I also believe that the church would find their purpose and those that didn’t would be force to pay taxes in order for the government to pick up their slack…  The flip side of this is for the government to just outright tax the churches and provide the necessary care for the homeless themselves…  The important thing here is that the homeless are giving the necessary care that the riches nation in the world should be able to provide…

 Wow…

Do you feel me???
I hope you do!!!
Let me hear you say, “yes, yes, yes we can!!!”

 “Pres. Obama:  “What does “Jesus” have to do with a “Bitch!!!””” 

Wow…
This is some exciting stuff…
I am getting all types of responses from this post…  
Check out this “Black history fact according to Steve…”

A new comment on the post #96 “”The Audacity of the “House Niggers!!!”"”
http://culturallyconscious.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/the-audacity-of-the-house-niggers/

Author : Steve (IP: 68.52.32.41 , c-68-52-32-41.hsd1.tn.comcast.net)
E-mail : s_inman@comcast.net

Comment:
What about the black slave owners?  You know, the free blacks who owned slaves.  What kind of nigger was he or she called (Yes, there were free black women who owned slaves, too)?  What about every black’s ancestor who sold or traded ALL the blacks into slavery?  What kind of nigger are they called?  You see, too many blacks today don’t even know their history but yet they speak out in anger against whites as if whites invented and are solely to blame for slavery.  Many think that most whites owned slaves when in fact the majority of whites did not.  Some whites owned blacks, Chinese and Indians, too.  Some blacks owned blacks and some Indians owned blacks and even whites.  So, being angry at just whites is extremely misplaced and ignorant. In actuality, you should be most angry with all of the black Africans who originally sold and traded you into slavery.  That is if you are still upset with being in America as opposed to remaining in Africa.  You are glad that you’re here instead
of there aren’t you?  Then act like it, however, you got here.  My point?  If you choose to be angry then you should spread your anger around to all who were at fault.  In other words, be more objective, honest and realistic – hate every body who contributed to slavery, not just the white man.  Or, learn form the past but don’t dwell on it.  The mere fact that blacks live in the past and spend so much time trying to blame others holds them back more than anything or anybody ever could.  Look for the positives. If your ancestors hadn’t sold you into slavery then you’d be living in Ghana or Somalia or Nigeria or some other war torn part of Africa where you’d be walking around with bloated bellies and flies crawling all over your face.  Where your biggest dream would be to escape from all that misery and come to some place like America!  So, keep dwelling in the past and remain stuck there, angry….or look to the future and move on.  Success or failure begins in your own mind and is
your own responsibility not someone elses’ devious plot to keep you down.  What you call a house nigger is just someone moving on.  He or she made it on their own like most everybody else does.  They weren’t sitting back looking for the proverbial handout. They actually are helping your communities by setting the example for the rest to follow.  Same as every other racial or ethnic community.  Blacks are the only group, however, who consistently expect somebody else to help them instead of individually doing it own their own like everybody does.  If one of them figures it out and becomes successful then he’s called a house nigger or uncle Tom instead of observing what they did then emulating that same behavior.

  

Wow…
There you have it… 
I only have one comment to Steve, “if you read this post it is talking to US(A) –  African Americans about US(A) – African Americans… 
This is one time,  I was not venting any anger toward your white ancestors…  
Dahhhhhhhh!!!

At least Steve did not correct my misspelled words, but (big fat get the facts straight but in the room) thanks for reading this post…  
“Steve, would you like to sit down and have a beer???”

“Do you feel me???”
“I know you do!!!”
“Let me here you say, “yes, yes, yes we can!!!”

“Pres. Obama: “A Black History Fact According to Steve…”"

Wow…
This is some exciting stuff…
As we discuss the racial ramification of  the Professor Gates/ Jim Crow-ley saga, we see several different points of  view…   Please allow me to say that I was struck by the following comment from a white gentlement from the hills of Tennessee…  
Check it out:

regionarrington Says:
July 25, 2009 at 8:12 pm e

 

I am speaking to you as a white man, a white man living in the hills of East Tennessee. I am speaking to you as a white man, living in the hill of East Tennessee who wore a Deputy Sheriff’s badge for eighteen years. When you hear these words I just wrote, what comes to mind? Racist!!! I would not be hurt if you said, Yes. I understand your point of view, I can not understand where you come from, because I have not lived your life. I am a very strong supporter of President Obama, I understand also that some in MY community HATE him. They say he was not born here, ” He is an illegal immigrant.” It is not his status as an American they question. it’s his status as a human being and his right as an equal American. As I said, I understand your point of view, because I care and nothing more. I can not understand, ” living black in America,” because I am living white in East Tennessee. I can only say, yes there is a such a thing as Police abuse, cross burnings, hate speech. I have seen it and been near it, but not a part of it. I can only assure you of one thing, not everyone is as they appear. I am retired from Law Enforcement and not by choice. A fifteen year old girl stabbed me near my spine and retired me, she did not appear to be who she was either. I can assure you that I respect and honor President Obama as President Of The United States and do not question his authority as such. I can assure you, I understand your concern for the African American community and I hope and pray the election of President Obama has a positive effect. I can only assure you that I for one respect people from the inside out and think we can only fully evolve as human beings, when we start seeing each other as equals. Each with the same rights as the other, and yes, this includes being President.

 

There you have it… 
The one thing that really sticks out to me is this man’s admission that “I can not understand, ” living black in America,” because I am living white in East Tennessee. I can only say, yes there is a such a thing as Police abuse, cross burnings, hate speech.”  
Wow… 
These are very powerful statements…  It speaks volumes about the mood in the country about this terrible incident around “Racial Profiling…” 
No, I don’t expect a white person to understand how I feel “living black in America,” but (Big phat unfair treatment but in the room) I do expect them to understand how it feels to be treated unfairly…   I believe this gentlemen can feel me on this point…   Mr. Arrington, I salute you for your bravery to speak “truth to power…”

“the urgency of now…”  

“Pres. Obama: Comment from “The Audacity of “the Signifying Monkey!!!”"”

Wow…
This is some really exciting stuff…
So the hottest topic on the net right now is the Pres. meeting with the Professor and the Policeman over a Beer…  The Pres. calls this a teachable moment…   I guess a lot of people are questioning

- “who is doing the teaching???” 
Or “what is on the lesson plan???” 
Or “who will grade the final test???”
All of  this is barley for the critics to chew on for days,but (big phat what’s in a beer but in the room)  what does it mean for the rest of  US(A)???

Culturally Speaking, we as a people have always been willing to sit down and talk out our differences, but (another big fat talk is cheap but in the room) nothing has ever come from it…  In these situations where it is obvious to US that we have been wronged over and over again, talk is not an end all…  If Dr. King had sat down with the bus company over a beer what would have come of it – they would have labelled him a drunkard…  I am afraid this is the only thing that will come out of this little sit – down as well… 

Pres. Obama is a true African American and can really relate to both sides…  He can refer to his grand father who probably drank bud and then he can relate to his father who probably drank an Ale…  Either way, what is the psychology of a beer???  I guess we will have to wait and see…  

I will say this,

“the only teacher in this situation is Professor Gates… 

It is obvious that Professor Gates was not feeling officer ” JIM CROW-ley…” 
I wonder why; could it be something to do with his name???   
“JIM CROW-ley…”
“Hummmmmmm!!!”

Professor Gates, has the opportunity to teach several lessons here to all of us…  
One – “we have a right to be rude in our own home…”
Two – “If you are not invited in to my home, stay at the door…”
Three – “If you want me to entertain you (Police Officer), Forget it, the days of dancing for your approval are over…”
Four – “Because there are still racist police officers out there, we need policy to give structured guidelines against racial profiling…”
Five – “And finally, Enough is Enough!!!  We will not wait for the next policeman to kill another black man in the name of Law Enforcement…   You can’t drop the charges on a dead man…

  

Wow…
This is some exciting stuff…
There is a saying, “If  a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one around to hear it; does it make any noise???”  
This situation is the “tree…” 
Professor Gates is the only one around to hear it…
Police Officer “Jim Crow-ley” is the man holding the ax…

Wow…
This is really exciting stuff…
 Now the jury is still out on the Professor Henry Louis Gates vs Jim Crow-ley case…

 But (yes, big fat too sensitive to be a police officer but in the room) it is obvious to most that Jim Crow-ley is very sensitive…
According to one report, Professor Gates could have told Jim Crow-ley to “go F_ _ K himself” and not have broken any laws…

“In contempt of court, you get loud and abusive in a courtroom, and it’s against the law,” says Shane, now a professor of criminal justice at John Jay who specializes in police policy and practice. “With contempt of cop, you get loud and nasty and show scorn for a law enforcement officer, but a police officer can’t go out and lock you up for disorderly conduct because you were disrespectful toward them.” The First Amendment allows you to say pretty much anything to the police. “You could tell them to go f–k themselves,” says Shane, “and that’s fine.” http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1912777,00.html

 It is also obvious from the news conference yesterday that Jim Crow-ley, an 11 year veteran of the Cambridge Police force,

“is Stupid…”

  
 His own defense was from a legal professional that stated this eleven year veteran did not have full understanding of the legal ramifications of the crime “disorderly conduct” in the field… If anyone works in profession for eleven years and don’t have a firm grip of his/her discipline, that person could easily be considered stupid…
You can become a brain surgen in eleven years…
Dahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Let’s look at where supposely Professor Gates was being disorderly???
Let me see the reports says:  

“According to the Cambridge police report, Gates exhibited “loud and tumultuous behavior, in a public place” that “caused citizens passing by this location to stop and take notice while appearing surprised and alarmed.” The issue of whether or not Gates — first in his home and later on his front porch — was in a public place has sparked plenty of debate…” http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1912777,00.html

Now the general public must be very alarmed at the fact that according to Jim Crow-ley,  ”your own home is a public place…” 
Now technically, you can’t be naked in a public place…
Opss, we are all breaking the law each time we go to the restroom…
Wow…
That means that according to Jim Crow-ley an officer can walk into your home uninvited, charge you with disturbing the peace, and drag you off to jail…
Oh least we forget, he can make a commotion on your front porch which causes unknown people to rubberneck then use these unknown passer byers against you…
Now that’s what I call a “badge bearing, gun totting, “Privacy Pirate;” to the N- Degree…

General Public beware, your rights of privacy, even in your own home, according to Jim Crow-ley has all been wiped away…
Oh did I fail to mention that all this comes without a “search warrant…” Hummmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Oh and that’s not all, you do not have the right to ask any officer, according to Jim Crow-ley, for their Identification…
Now ladies and gentlemen, here is where the jury is not still out…
Failure of Sgt Jim Crow-ley to render immediately his identification when asked is illegal…

As a public servant it is the right of the citizen to ask and be given this information upon request…
I hope this point has not fallen on deaf ears… When the inmates control the jails then there is lawlessness… Therefore just as it is illegal for a citizen to not provide proof of identification to a law enforcement officer the same goes for the officer…

Professor Gates, should sue the Prestigious Cambridge Police dept for False detainment, harassment, pain and suffering…
If Professor Gates does not follow thru with a “law suit” against this rogue-filled police dept (must be all rogue police officer because they all back “Jim Crow-ley), he is letting all the rest of us law abiding citizen down… Without check and balances Police officers will walk right into our homes, shoot us down, handcuff us, call for back up, then charge us with disorderly conduct as we lay there bleeding to death on the floor…

The jury may be hung for now, but (big we aint stupid but in the room) eventually it is going to become very clear that if this matter is not properly addressed and the prestigious policeman Jim Crow-ley is not harshly reprimanded;  he will set the precedent that all of our homes are public places and our constitutional right of privacy is forever gone…  I can see lawyers using this precedent to get police officers off on countless cases where an officer say he use the Jim Crow-ley judgement rule to enter a woman’s house – who just happened to be in the tub…
Oh, let’s  not forget that said officer will pull her out of the tub, handcuff her, and charge her with disorderly conduct in her own home…

Wow…
The Jim Crow-ley rule is one we can live without…
“Do you feel me…”
“I know you do!!!”
“Let me hear you say, “Yes, yes, yes we can!!!”
“Pres. Obama: “The Audacity of a “Hung Jury!!!”"”