HOPE and VICTORY

"Unacceptable" is a powerful word. However, it appears that Putin and the Russia army has devolved into doing select battles and show no clear path for  implementing a vision that sees Syria's territorial integrity stays intact. This is no small observation.  As illegal invaders attack and kill its allies' (Syria) soldiers and citizens - with the prime suspects being the U.S, Israel and Turkey - their capacity seems to have hit a brick wall as the attackers seems to be having a field day. The most curious thing to me is that even as Russia's foreign ministers wax poetic and give persuasive arguments on the facts at the UN and to all parties concerned, it appears that (at least) they have not learnt nothing from modern history - as their own country seems to have elected the strategy of 'hanging in there'.  While sanctions  after sanctions are leveled, their geography has been encircled with belligerent parties, and even their posture appears to be begg...

I just submitted The Honorable Barbara Jordan as someone (among many) worthy of memorial, and especially for our commercial-related  'Black History Month'.  Yet, I am also persuaded to reiterate that we shouldn't just salute a 'tree-lined and predefined worthy  persons street'  where you will those known for their success according to what the system allows - but we should boldly began to go down a less beaten path whereas beautiful black people like Sandra Bland and Trayvon Martin (and many others) are part of a growing list of unlikely heroes whose lives were prematurely (and it continues) snuffed out by racist acts.  I challenge all black people to start thinking outside of the box (that we've been put in) and give some (more) overdue reverence to the persons and events that may even supersede at some points the importance of some who [we] have identified as 'famous'. Try to critically elevate to different contexts.   If you can expand, you wi...

Well in hindsight the U.S., Turkey, various Arab and Western nations, ISIS - as well as the Kurdish  and  Israel, all are illegals on the sovereign land of Syria - they all share a commonality of being invaders. All came to the table with some similar motives,like wanting to  to overthrow, steal and illegally possess the land.    Too bad their blind greed for Syria's resources, land,  and dignity has indeed turned them all of to  murderous zombies.  So, It's hard recognize another article out of many that fails to recognize that they all are in error.  By skirting the core issue that that primarily targets overthrowing Assad and claiming his land illegally is not acceptable journalism (to me). All of the aforementioned have attempted to hide their nefarious intentions by either supporting or joining with terrorists, Israel even nurses them back to health so they can return to the scene of destruction. There common bond is ISIS.  All...

    Texas, here is my first submission for Black History Month 2018. Yes Barbara Jordan was awesome (Also, her sister, Ms. Cresswell, was my music teacher at Crispus Attucks Jr. High was awesome). I was too young to know who she would become when she made a speech at our school, but when she spoke there was something magical in her mastery and articulation of the English language.      Without black heroes like the late Dr. Jordan, the core and the hope of America's soul would be at-risk.  For those who get and understand this before time turns against us because of the allowance of racism can be like 'life and death'. Barbara Jordan Delivers Keynote Address - HISTORY.com Audio In July 1976, as the first African-American to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, Rep. Barbara Charline Jordan speaks about a… HISTORY.COM

Being stuck in semantics that seem to be lost somewhere in time [not today's] really can be a drag of progressive human development where all of our actions and decisions are based on what we have been taught to accept - with no questions asked.  We were taught to deduct and analyze things in order to optimize our contribution to that world in which we live. These phrases, for instance, can and have become problematic in the forms of phrase, labels and/or titles.  Take a look at this small sample: The Unemployment Rate -  This is an outdated label, not because of the words by themselves, but because citizens are conditioned to believe that it is representative of all able-bodied Americans who are capable of working, hence being employed.  It has failed us simply because of its limitation in scope - many Americans are indeed employed and accounted for in this equation - yet may more are not accounted for (those who have dropped out of the labor pool, for instance...

You got this one right Push.back.us.  Of course, it's not that blacks have disappeared, but in reality they've lost power - thanks to the systemic degradation that is now pervading many black inner-cities (Atlanta immediately comes to mind, as well).  On a recent visit, some of my worst fears were affirmed as not only there are many black faces, but there are many hispanic faces - both  seem to be sparring for the crumbs.   The again having the statute of Dr. MLK in the Capital Mall and there are still being black culture (food and stuff) that the gentrifiers love to feast on, the black visual will continue.  Moreover, who has time to protest when the need for food and shelter have virtually displaced liberation-thinking folk? The system is working - at least for the the gentrifiers. Now make no mistake, there are blacks who are doing well in DC, but apparently not enough to change much - at this time.  Plus the sports circuit do offer a diversi...