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With all of the things that are going wrong in this world, it amazes me the being Gay seems to be at the top of everyone’s list. Something that has nothing to do with you, unless you are gay, has become the talk of the global world. And as usual, Black people the world over, are being used to spread the hate. Much like Blacks were crucified and vilified in California with the passing of Prop 8, the nation of Uganda is being used to take hate against Gay people to a whole new level!
 
A group called the International Healing Foundation is traveling the world stating that Gay people can be turned straight. This idea was presented to the Ugandan Parliament earlier this year and from that session, a bill calling for the execution of gays was drafted. Not only that, but if a person knows someone who is gay, they are required to turn that person in to the authorities or face prison time themselves. Renting homes or apartments to gays can also get you prison time. Doctors can be jailed for treating HIV/AIDS patients or gays. People with HIV/AIDS can be executed. Gay people period can be executed. Even Ugandans living in other countries can be executed for homosexual activity. WTF????
 
What is even more appalling about what Uganda is attempting to do is the silence coming from Washington. There has been no comment from any members of our government. But then again. What could they possible say without being considered hypocrites? The Defense of Marriage Act/DOMA and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell are still on the books. And as I said in earlier posts, if the United States federal government discriminates against Lesbians and Gays, why should states not follow right behind them? And if the most powerful nation in the world discriminates against Lesbians and Gays, why shouldn’t other countries take it a step further? And to top it off, many of the Anti Gay Hate groups in Uganda are being funded by the UNITED STATES!
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On a recent trip to Japan, President Obama bowed to his counterpart, Emperor Akihito. This act of RESPECT is being met with hoots and howls from conservatives who feel that was the wrong thing to do. They are saying that by bowing, Obama is making America “look bad.” Where have these people been the last 8 years?
 
The reason America looks bad ALL OVER THE WORLD is because for DECADES we have gone around the world treating people however the FUCK we wanted to. Then when and if anyone complained, they were met with “yeah and” attitudes. We force people who come over to this country to speak English and then when we go to their country, we expect them to understand English. We have bombed, financially raped, bullied, cajoled, and threatened, countries into attacking Iraq and Afghanistan with a lie about “weapons of mass destruction” and found NOTHING! The world is not safer and instead of making friends, or at least have working relationships with countries different from ours, we have created millions of enemies. According to conservative pundit, William Kristol, a bow is making us look “weak and overly deferential?” A Bow!
 
Most people feel sorry for bullies. Because they already know that the reason bullies act the way they do is because they have low self esteem. And they need to push other people around to feel superior. Sounds EXACTLY how America is viewed by most of the world. Yet this act of KINDNESS and RESPECT is bad “for America?”
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A known rapist who has hidden with the tacit approval of many of the top notch actors, actresses, and directors in Hollywood, was finally arrested on an outstanding warrant that was issued more than 30 years ago. Roman Polanski, whose wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson gang, was arrested in Switzerland after getting off of the plane to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award. That he was able to run from the long arms of the law for 30 years, and do so freely, is appalling. What is even worse, is that some people think he should be set free!
 
In 1978, Roman was arrested and PLEAD GUILTY TO drugging and raping a 13yr old girl. But he fled to Europe, France to be specific, before he could ever spend a night in prison. He was able to travel all over Europe without any problems. He worked with some of the most famous European AND American actors, actresses, and directors, all of whom knew what he had done. But to them, RAPE must not be such a bad thing. Because these poor excuses for human beings didn’t bat an eye about working for or with him. And now that he has been arrested, these same people want him freed.
 
On the View, hostess Whoopi Goldberg, who I HAD much respect for, stated that it “wasn’t rape-rape.” HUH? He was 37 years old, she was 13, he plied he with drugs and alcohol, and then ANALLY and ORALLY PENETRATED HER! And he NEVER spent one day in prison for that crime! I’d like to think that in hindsight, Ms. Goldberg has come to a different decision. But I always go with the first thing that comes out of someone’s mouth. Because that is usually how they really feel!
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As I wrote in my post on July 1, 2009, “How old are you, anyways“, I spoke about the NBA requirement that players be at least 19 years old and a year out of high school before entering the league. Since most players entering the league are African American, I positioned that the rule was racist and prevents MEN who are old enough to die for their country, from being able to support their families. Recent events have given further proof that racism is alive and well in the NBA!
 
The next “great white hope” to enter the NBA in a few years is a kid named Ricky Rubio. He is from Spain and is supposed to be Magic, Nash, and Pete Maravich, all rolled into one. At 17, he played for the Spanish National Team and is said to have held his own against the United States team. At 18, just a few months ago, Rubio was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. And needless to say, he isn’t very happy about it. The wolves have been AWFUL since the “Big Ticket“, Kevin Garnett left a few years ago. And the Wolves are pulling out all of the stops to get Ricky to come to Minnesota. But isn’t he only 18 years old? Wouldn’t that be against the NBA rules?
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I worked for a Teen Drug and Alcohol abuse center for five years. I have done interventions, enrolled teens into the program, ran groups, and conducted Urine Analysis testing. I have read and interpreted Drug testing results, and Behavioral analysis. I believe, without a PHD, that I was able to be a part of a great Petrie Dish experiment where I learned a lot about human nature from both a clinical and hands on point of view. So when I read that a professional tennis player, Richard Gasquet, tested positive for cocaine, it didn’t shock me. But when I read his excuse, and that the Governing body actually believed it, that did shock me. Gasquet said that he tested positive for cocaine because he “French Kissed” a woman in a nightclub!
 
Gasquet withdrew from a tennis tournament because of an injury. He and some friends decided to go to a nightclub to hear a French DJ spin. Sometime during the night, a woman named “Pamela” French Kissed Richard. And since the club is NOTORIOUS for drug use, that must have been how he got minute traces of cocaine in his system. The fact that “Pamela” was never tested, never came before the board, and whose whereabouts are unknown, seem unimportant. I guess when facing a two year ban, you become very “creative” when coming up with an excuse to save your ASS!
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Political LOUD MOUTH Bill O’reilly recently stated that the late Michael Jackson was not a “Black Icon.” His reasoning was that while MJ talked about saving the world, “he spent money lavishly” and that should make any clear thinking American “nauseous.” Since when did o’reilly, lower caps on purpose, become the the arbiter of ANYTHING BLACK?
 
I can remember getting up on Saturday mornings and while eating my bowl of Captain Crunch cereal, watching the Jackson Five cartoons. And after going through one of their adventures, they would usually sing one of their hits. Which could be considered one of the first “music videos.” At that time, the early 70′s, there were very few shows that featured African Americans of any age. For a Black show to be on tv at all was an event. And the Jackson Five cartoon was on EVERY SATURDAY! And it aired on the network channel so everyone was watching it. That in itself is iconic!
 
For people of a certain age who were in high school when MTV first came along, we remember watching the channel and seeing few African American artists. And when we did see them, it was usually after 10:00pm. Initially, MTV refused to even run videos by African American artists. It was Michael who broke the “MTV color line” and whose videos aired on MTV hourly! And don’t think for a minute that MTV “made” Michael. He was a star long before MTV came along. MTV brought Jackson into the homes of white teenagers and reminded their parents of the talented performer they grew up listening to and whose cartoon they had watched! I wonder how many kids rode with their listening to Mike? How many parents were able to start a dialog with their kids on important issues, that began by having a mutual like for Michael Jackson’s music? Did MTV create an icon? NO! MTV rode on the coattails of an icon. And that icon is named Michael Jackson!
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One of the things President Obama stated in his inaugural speech was that he was going to reach out to enemies and try and make them friends. After years, if not decades of animosity, this will be no small feat. Iran, North Korea, and even Venezuela, are now countries that we would like to bring into the global family. So when President Obama visited Venezuela, it was with the intent to open dialog with a country that has long said that it will not bow to U.S pressure on anything. From most accounts, the meetings between Obama and Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, went well. So I found it funny that there are certain segments of the press, the right wing nut jobs, who are focusing on something like a handshake.
 
CNBC host Larry Ludlow was INCENSED that President Obama and President Hugo Chavez greeted each other with the “Boyz in the Hood” handshake. For those of you who don’t know what that means it’s when two people shake hands but instead of grasping each other’s full hand first, you grasp each other’s thumbs first. The venom with which Ludlow voiced his opinion speaks more about him than it does about President Obama. Ludlow stated that the picture of them shaking hands “bugged the hell out of him and really pissed him off all weekend.” A HANDSHAKE did all that? He does admit that they “greeted each other warmly.” But that is the point DUMBASS!
 
Those people in the “know” are aware that you greet friends, family members, co-workers, and business associates differently. Friends and family members call each other names that they would never say to anyone else. I’ve seen Black, White, Asian, and Latino people great one another and their own race in this manner. It is a greeting of LOVE and RESPECT, PERIOD! The greeting between Obama and Chavez was that type of greeting. Two people who have a mutual respect for one another.
 
People of African descent have never done anything to anyone on the same or similar levels as to what was done to them. And that is a reason the world was euphorias when Obama was elected. Because the hope is that instead of blowing into countries and pushing our military weight around, we will be able to sit down with people FIRST and try and come to an understanding. And the “Boyz in the Hood” handshake was just that kind of understanding. The problem is that Larry saw something that he didn’t understand and to deal with it, he lashed out at it.
 
Ludlow should be glad that President’s Obama and Chavez didn’t break down and have a “dance off.” Or do the “fist pound.” Or a “chest bump.” Because he might have had a heart attack!

 
 
 

Lost behind all of the bullshit rhetoric about Same Sex Marriage is the fact that REAL PEOPLE and REAL PEOPLE’S LIVES and HAPPINESS are at stake. That the unfairness of it all seems to be lost when people try and defend “traditional marriage.” And what is even more galling is that other than them making these two statements “it’s against god/the bible” and “because marriage is between a man and a woman” they never put forth any other argument. Relationships whether Gay or straight are the same. The only difference is sex. Just like there are striaght marriages that have been together for 20, 30, and 40 or more years, there are Gay marriages that have been together 20, 30, and 50 years or more. The late Del Martin and her WIFE Phyllis Lyon were together over 55 years are were only able to get married during that brief period in california when Lesbian marriages were legal. Let me repeat that. They were together 55 YEARS and were only able to get married in 2008 during that brief period when Lesbian marriages were allowed in california. I would hope that even those people whose underwear get in a bunge when Same Sex Marriages are brought up would see the utter travesty in a situation like that. If you think being in a relationship with someone for 55 years is not a marriage then you don’t really know what a marriage is. And more the pity for you!
 
We now have another situation where the fact that Lesbians can’t get married is affecting REAL PEOPLE’S LIVES. Shirley Tan and her WIFE Jay Mercado have been together for 23 years. They have twin 12 year old sons together. Shirley is from the Phillipines and is facing deportation. She came here seeking asylum because she was shot in the head as a result of an inheritance dispute. If Jay were a man, she could have, YEARS AGO, sponsored Shirley, and she would have already become an American citizen. But because they are both women, that is not possible. How can ANYONE say this situation isn’t just WRONG????
 
As a heteosexual man, and maybe a woman, I can go to a website and ask for a catalog to be sent to me. In this catalog there will be young women from different continents like Africa, Russia, Asia, Europe, and South America, who are willing to marry any SLUB who will bring them to America and make them citizens. And this is COMPLETELY LEGAL! Yet two lesbians who have spent 23 years together in a loving, crying, playing, fighting, bill paying, in sickness and in health relationship, getting married is ILLEGAL. There is something very wrong with this situation. And if you can’t see how WRONG this is, ALL THE MORE PITY FOR YOU!!!
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Ain’t that a bitch. We finally have a First Lady that we all can be proud of, regardless of the color of your skin, and we have people verbally beating her down damn near on a daily basis. In the last week there was a NUT CASE name Tammy Bruce who called Michelle Obama “trash.” Then there was a commentator, Bert Prelutsky, on a supposed “Christian” radio station who that racism doesn’t exist in America because if it did, Oprah, Will Smith, Colin Powell, and Denzel Washington would be serving Mint Julips on the plantation. He also called Michelle a bitch! Seems like there is a segment of America who is fighting “tooth and nail” against the idea that a country that is less than 200 years past slavery is now being led my ancestors of those exact same people! Well get past it! A Black man is the leader of the free world! And his Black wife is the First Lady!!!!
 
The capper is that a Republican Congressman from the assbackwards state of california, Darrell Issa, is sponsoring a bill that would make it a crime for First Lady’s, read Michelle Obama, to do any “substantive work.” WOW!!!
 
Let’s break this down. We just got rid of the worse president probably in the history of the presidency in george w bush. (lowercase on purpose). His wife, Laura Bush, was omnipresent on TV talking about being a big brother or sister. She spoke and advocated for women’s rights both here and Internationally. Yet NO ONE said anything about what she was doing. But when Michelle, who has only been in office for a little longer than 2 months, begins to put her stamp on the First Ladyship, a bill is sponsored to have her sit her ass down. I’d hate to say this was racist, but it is beginning to smell that way!
 
Bottom line is this. For the first time since the 60′s, we have a President and First lady we all can identify with. Two people who, if politics were taken out of it, we could see ourselves being friends with. There is hope for this country like never before. Even with the recession. And if the saying “behind every great man, there is a great woman” is correct, the last thing we want is for Michelle to “sit down.” If Michelle can help polish our tarnished image both here and abroad, I say, “do yo thing sista!!!!!”
 
Issa has more things to worry about. Like a california economy that is in the tank. An unemployemnt rate that is at or near the top of the list. He also needs to remember that this issue was settled in 1993 when the role of the First Lady was clarified when Hillary Clinton took an active part of creating a Comprehensive Health Plan.
 
So Darrell, relax. Barack and Michelle “Got this!”

The American workforce lost almost 600,000 jobs in January 2009 alone. Reports have said this is the biggest job loss since 1974. Yet the people responsible for this fiasco are continuing to collect fat paychecks and BONUSES into the BILLIONS of dollars. The worse part is that many of these “titans of industry” were able to get those BILLIONS from the taxpayer bailout. And to add insult to injury, some of the companies who received bailout money, Bank of America to name one, spent millions of dollars hosting Super Bowl parties. And Wells Fargo had planned a huge “company party” to Las Vegas only cancelling it when news of the event went public. These clowns just don’t get it! Brother, can you spare a Billion?

After hearing reports that many of the executives who received taxpayer dollars were given billions in salary and bonuses, President Obama stated that there will be a cap on the amount of money executives can make. And unbelievably, the uproar has been harsh and swift. WTF!!

You can bet the people making the most noise didn’t vote for President Obama. Because only a fool, an idiot, or a REPUBLICAN, would have a problem with putting a cap on the salaries executives who receive taxpayer dollars should make. Is President Obama putting a cap on the salaries of all executives???? NO! He is putting a cap on those industries that get taxpayer dollars. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE! If you are asking for a governmental handout, you OBVIOUSLY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Only a fool and a sucker doesn’t see, or want to see, the difference. Taking money from taxpayers isn’t capitalism. You are not a capitalist if you get money from the government. And you shouldn’t get billions of dollars in salary from the taxpayers either. SEE HOW THAT WORKS!!!!!!

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