Oh Happy Day...

It is nice to be with those who love you and you loving them..

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Friends no more....

When decay, decadence and failure visits your world and compels you to consider those who were a conduit for your misfortune it becomes incumbent upon you to have the courage to no longer share a bond with your allies of the past..

Wives must leave their husbands...Children must break the bonds of parenthood...Friends must reject their peers...

The poor must liberated themselves from hopelessness and despair...

After the Storm...

Instead of paying attention to the talking heads in the media both print and electric I woke up after the mid-term elections and stared at myself in my bathroom mirror affirming once again that I define my existence and reality...

I also realize the most important forces and influences in my orbit are those I allow into my circle of life. Political candidates are human scripts whose voices read words that are meant to solict votes nothing more but votes...

My life is shaped by how I define what is progressive and worthy. I am still going to respect my elders, mentor the youth, love my family, speak to my neighbors, feed the birds and love this wonderful thing called life...

The storm is a good thing reminds me of many things that are important

Color Me Crazy

The Juan Williams saga has surfaced a series of significant issues and observations from a number of concerns and considerations in various Black venues of America. I have no reservations about the nature of Juan's comments from my vantage point as an activist his words were blatant bigotry and troubling given a nation like ours with a tortured legacy of negrophobia of late frequent incidents of islamophobia.

Just as troubling as Juan's words were the remarks of Vivian Schiller NPR's CEO her comments that Juan should consult a psychiatrist were as lethal as the hate speech uttered by Juan Williams. Yet I have yet to observe the Trotter Group or the African -American Online folks challenge, confront and/or publish any commentaries regarding Schiller's venom.

The Trotter Group and the AA Online summit folks both have allowed the Obama white house to used them as conduits in outreach ventures now that Obama's is in a meltdown and the midterm elections are on the calendar YET when Black activists and others are under siege by the character assignations on our mental faculties I have observed nothing but silence and avoidance from the collective clout of the Black media outlets in particular The Trotter Group and the AA Online summit folks.

In the area of civil rights and economic initiatives Black activists have always been on the vanguard and suffered every measure of venom and inhumanity from the majority culture. Our roles have produced as much progress and accomplishments as any sector of the Black community in America.

Again I reiterate why the silence from Black media outlets when whites demonize Black men who dared to have an opinion. When can Black activists expect the Black media to come to our assistance as they did for Obama?????

We hurt too when the hurricane of venom and ridicule rains on us 24/7.

The ARTISTRY of WORDS

Oral adventures begin with the museum of words... The landscape of a person with a wonderful vocabulary is as thrilling as any computer generated movie..The artistry of a well told narrative luminates the canvass of silence....

Words that enter the conduits of our ears spoke speak to the essence of our being...Portraits created out of the artistry of words are masterpieces without a canvess....

May I have a word with you.....Listen to this.......

MY BOOK is Titled: How to Live in an Urban Venue

It will be a guidebook on essentials of how to survive and develop in an urban place. The book will cover parenting, food, work, crime, friendship, depression, happiness, religion, health, life..

The book will provide details, insights, short stories, lists, poetry, business plans, advice, menus,directories,instructions, philosophy, music, book reviews, endorsements, solutions, recommendations, tips, ....

For the folks in the city from babies to seniors.....

To be published 2011.......

A Nation of Clusterfucks

One of the disturbing themes which seems to inflict every region of the country in both the private and public sector is the breath and depth of incompetence from the oil spill in Louisiana to the local meltdown of the recent meeting in the city to discuss downsizing Detroit. Of late in our nation , state, region, workplace, school districts, playgrounds even there seems to be a pathology of incompetence and failure nothing seems to work nor operate on time per directions or instructions.

Excuses and failure are the new normal in the post industrial America. This common and collective set of behaviors is the new American pastime. Instead of our nation progressing with all of its latest hi tech digital gadgets we seem to be skipping along while rugs slip under our feet and chairs collapse under our weight when kids are left in cars and grandparents are forgotten during electrical shortages. We need to stop look and listen to what is happening to our nation. There is one common generic symbol we can rally around and become flag-wavers and patriotic about...Getting our stuff together.