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The Quick Scan by Mike Ramey
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2023-11-18T02:10:32.000Z
2023-11-18T02:10:32.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>WILLIAM LYNCH VS. OSAMA BIN LADEN</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I happened to be checking out the national news one evening, when I heard an item concerning a letter written to America in 2002 by of all people—the late Osama Bin Laden. His letter reminded me of a letter written to America hundreds of years ago by the late William Lynch. The ‘uproar’ over the Bin Laden letter made me laugh because a generation of Caucasian youth are supposedly swallowing the ‘lies’ contained in the Bin Laden letter as ‘truth’—and older Caucasians are upset that their ‘babies’ are accepting the letter as written. Unfortunately, a generation of older Caucasians have been telling American society for years that the ‘truths’ contained in the Willie Lynch letter are ‘lies’—even though some of them have been used against Black folk in American society for generations.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Plus, the Federal government has NOT paid the promissory note due to the descendants of Black folk who were slaves who helped build America—even though other races HAVE been compensated with cash, land, or plain old respect. Democrats have been dancing around this issue for years while ‘counting on us’ for our votes… But I digress.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Let me set this up accordingly. Bin Laden was steeped in Islam and terrorism; Lynch was steeped in the lucrative market of international slavery…in part, bringing slaves to America and making them more ‘docile’ to Caucasian plantation owners and masters. Now, there ARE those that see the swelling of the Bin Laden letter ‘belief’ groupies as ‘poetic justice’. After all, America—to many people—has gone from a bastion of Christian liberty and morality to a land of oppression and opportunity because of a wide variety of her national sins on public display daily.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Including terrorism against a race of people who happen to be Black.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> A nation that has turned its back on God and Jesus Christ will suffer in many ways. We're only seeing the opening acts of what this nation is experiencing. One of those ways is that its youth will go a-whoring after strange gods and idols—such as the letters of William Lynch and Osama Bin Laden. Since BOTH writings are prominently displayed on the Internet, they are free for public consumption—and deception. It is advised for Christians to have their KJV Bible at the ready to accurately be able to separate fact from fiction—truth from lie. I would also add that BOTH writings should be read by parents to be able to ‘hip’ their children—and other youth—about the deceptions contained in each document.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I’ve got my copies for reference while I am writing my column this month. Interesting reading, to say the least. You won’t fall asleep on the dance floor with either one of these. Not to mention that the discussion period will be mind-boiling, to say the least.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> History is cyclical, folks. The protests that we see unfolding in our streets currently are the same types of protests that were going on during my younger years. Civil Rights. Vietnam. Kent State and Jackson State. America is STILL a free country, and protests are protected speech—no matter the cause. What the Grandparents did, their children and grandchildren will attempt to do. What the Grandparents have left unresolved; by the wayside, or ignored, their children and grandchildren will be ‘lured’ by the same shinny things. Lastly, what sins the Grandparents have perfected—including ignoring God, God’s Word, or God’s enemies will come back to bite not only the younger generation—but the older generation as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Sin always has sharp teeth. Until sin is repented of, those teeth will STAY in the offender.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> America has NOT paid reparations to the Black descendants of the slaves that helped to build this country. ALL other races abused by the Federal government have received compensation. IF this sin; IF the deception of Willie Lynch is allowed to ‘ride’, God WILL allow the deception of Bin Laden to ‘ride’. God has a way of punishing rebellion. Our two letters are only the beginning.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <em>Mike Ramey is a Retired Minister, KJV Bible Teacher, syndicated columnist and Bible Prophecy Specialist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “The Quick Scan” is one of a variety of his columns appearing and abounding in print and cyberspace, written from a biblical, business, and common-sense perspective since 1996. To drop him a line—or a whine—the address is still the same: </em><a href="mailto:mgmikeramey@yahoo.com"><em>mgmikeramey@yahoo.com</em></a><em>. ©2023 Barnstorm Communications International.</em></span></p></div>
The Ramey Commentaries (TM) By Mike Ramey
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2022-12-31T20:19:11.000Z
2022-12-31T20:19:11.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>SUICIDE: THAT STALKING SPIRIT!</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In the early 2000s, I served as a Probation Officer for my county Juvenile Court. One of the issues that I regularly ran into was <u>teen suicide</u>. Those teens involved in gang activity were especially at risk. Probation Officers received updated training in this area—especially those of us who carried high risk caseloads. Training was expanded to detention staff, social workers, and others who were involved in the field of juvenile justice. Signs that we were taught to look for in troubled juveniles during intake, office, and court interviews included: the ‘hearing’ of voices; unending depression, an overall ‘feeling’ of worthlessness, expressions of no one would ‘miss them’ if they were gone and a desire to ‘end it all’. Other ‘cues’ for young people revolved around occult involvement including types of music that the teen listened to that included suicidal themes; troubles at school, or major shocks to their system because of a divorce in their family, a suicide among their friends or loved ones, problems at school, drug/alcohol abuse, or mental health issues--including types of prescribed medication used in such mental health treatment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Never did I think that these cues—and others—would be involved in the suicides claiming many in the Millennial (Millies) and Generation Z (Zippies) ranks. It seems that teen suicides have increased, expanded, blossomed, and grown into <u>adult</u> suicides with the numbers increasing and expanding.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>THE SPIRITUAL SIDE IS NO JOKE:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> If you know your KJV Bible, you know that Satan and his demons are walking to and fro upon the earth, seeking whom they may devour. Based upon the rash of murder-suicides--or just plain suicides--I have seen on the news, I’d say that he was on his job. Whether or not you believe that the devil is real does not change the fact that he is on the hunt for souls. The first two chapters of the Book of Job, coupled with the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 4, give one all the evidence they need to be aware of the wiles of the devil. He is a stalker and has all the evil spirits under his control doing his bidding in watching for potential targets--EVEN Christians! No restraining order, search warrant, or court document will stop his murderous bent. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Suicide IS a spirit…period! It must be stopped by spiritual means.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As an example, towards the end of 2018, the public saw a variety of news reports on the suicide issue, from a variety of published and Internet sources. I’ll just provide a few brief, general highlights:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> *Federal authorities identified the top two killers of young adults for the year ending 2018 as the following. Number one is drug overdoses. Number two was suicide.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> *A well-established law enforcement magazine noted that there were more police officers killed by their own hand in 2018 than killed by any other means.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> *More and more instances of pre-teens committing suicide are making their way into the mainstream press. Over the last two years, we have read about children as young as eight and nine years old killing themselves--allegedly tied to school bullying OR gang recruitment activity. ‘Suicide by gang’ is becoming a dangerous trend.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> *Speaking of the mainstream press, a published report late in 2018 noted that the media profession, in terms of careers, had the THIRD highest rate of suicide among professions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> *In my neck of the woods a few years ago, A high school that I had taught in reported a female student had hung herself IN the school, <u>during</u> the school day. A few years before this, in a school district right down the road, several students had committed suicide in and around the school, during that school year. (We have been told that MORE counselors and psychiatrists in the schools would reverse this trend. WRONG!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> *Lest I forget this nugget from a few years back, the month of August is the WORST month for suicides—among Psychiatrists (and possibly other mental health professionals)!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> What brought this issue ‘back around’ for me was a friend of mine over the 2018 Christmas season was wrestling with the loss of an older son. Not having his son during the holidays was rough on him. With both of us being Christians, I went straight to the Word of God and reminded him through his pain that God had not forgotten him. In updating this column in 2020—and again in 2023--we ALL must keep in mind that nothing that has happened has caught Jesus Christ off guard. We might not understand it all now, but there comes a day that we WILL understand, and we must NOT get discouraged over what we may see unfold in front of us (Psalms 37 and 73 KJV).</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>BREACHED DOORWAYS INTO THE MIND MANIFEST IN THE SOUL:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I am not a ‘professional’ counselor, but I am a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ who--not by my knowledge or wisdom--have extensive training in spiritual warfare from the Word of God, just by living life. As the ‘old folks’ used to tell us in our youth: “If you DON’T understand it now--just keep ON living!” Being among the older set myself, I get what they were trying to tell me. Even as I update this column to include the high suicide rate in our post-pandemic world—especially among young adults involved in social media and the rap/hip hop genre—it all boils down to how mentally tough individuals are when Satan spins his web of lies, deception, depression, and hopelessness.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> One of the things that people--even Christians--fail to understand is how slick Satan and his demons are. Let us not forget two things: 1) Satan’s job is to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10 KJV); 2) his demons (spirits under his control) also know that there is one true God and tremble at the mention of him (James 2:19 KJV).</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Another thing that many--even Christians--tend to forget is that Satan spoke directly to Jesus during their meeting in the wilderness (Matthew 4 and Luke 4 KJV) and Jesus responded with the following: “It is written”. In other words, Jesus met Satan WITH the Word of God. Further, Satan and those who support him can transform themselves into an angel of light, meaning they can impersonate or counterfeit items from the scriptures.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> What does this have to do with the suicide issue? Suicide IS a spirit and must be broken by spiritual means meaning by the Blood of Jesus Christ. Since the devil is the father of lies, it is no small task for him and his demons to make their voices ‘sound’ like the voice of an intended target INSIDE of their mind.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I realize that this is tough medicine to swallow. However, I am reminded of what the Apostle Paul told the Galatian church when he had to give them tough doctrine: “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16). </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>HEAD GAMES AND DOORWAYS:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Again, there are those who ‘thumb their noses’ at the mention of Jesus Christ and the Bible. However, the same individuals—once trouble strikes—are quick to call upon the Preacher, the Christian church member or Christian relative to ‘bail’ them out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As sure as water is wet, there IS a satanic war going on. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It is estimated that some 90 percent of satanic attacks are directed at the human mind. Thus, one MUST be able to discern Satan’s voice--from their own. A great definition that I have heard quoted by Charles Spurgeon is that: “discernment is the ability to distinguish what is right, from what is <u>almost</u> right”. When one’s mental defenses are down or breached because of drugs, alcohol, depression, failure or other such maladies, a doorway is opened into the mind, will seep into the soul, and will eventually manifest in one’s flesh, or, in one’s physical body. It is VITAL that this spiritual weed be pulled by the <u>soul-utions</u> found in the Bible…and it begins WITH Jesus Christ!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Don’t shout me down when I’m coming straight across the plate!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Let me provide an example of one of these breaches. It has been said that marijuana is a ‘gateway’ or ‘doorway’ drug. Increasing use of it will lead the user to experiment with other, more potent drugs to maintain their ‘high’ for longer, and longer periods of time. What have we been seeing around our country at the state level? Right. Increasing approval of the use of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes by the states. At last count, there were more than 30 states and the District of Columbia where this issue has already been approved, in one form or the other. What are we seeing exhibited by athletes and entertainment wizards of cool? Marijuana use has not only increased--but it is being touted as not impacting these public figures in the performance of their skills and art. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Unfortunately, what one does NOT hear is all the misery and carnage left by such legalization--<u>including the rising numbers of suicides</u>. These numbers are often reported in the media by ones or twos, while the ‘official’ number crunchers are recording them in the tens and twenties. Let us not forget the fact that it HAS been documented that the more weed one uses, the more psychotic episodes arise—which leaves one open to suicidal manipulation from—you guessed it—Satan and his demons.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>ANOTHER DOORWAY BREACH—DELIBERATE REBELLION:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> This is going to step on more than a few toes. Remember Galatians 4:16 (KJV).</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Those who willingly and consistently engage in sins of the various types that are clearly against the teachings of the Scriptures; live in outright rebellion against authority, purposefully take to the streets to commit crimes and/or engage in rioting; achieve riches from others by either gambling or outright political/financial corruption, or live a lifestyle in which they insist on others to worship them instead of God are not only being stalked by the spirit of suicide…they are actually ‘egging’ that spirit on—daring it to strike.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It may strike, my friend, a lot quicker than one may think.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Let me move a little bit further down the road. Those who deliberately engage in attacks on, work to corrupt, or make a mockery of traditional marriage and the family are setting THEIR families up for that spirit of suicide. Marriage and the family were the first two institutions created by God. One who seeks to destroy or corrupt these institutions will likely have God himself to ‘move’ out of the way and allow the satanic host to take up residence in that offending life.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Do NOT be fooled. There comes a time in many a life that the mercy and love of God can be pushed away. Remember what happened when prayer and the Ten Commandments were taken out of the public schools by court decree back in the sixties. That decision ushered in major problems. When God leaves, the only thing that remains is the Devil and his satanic host—which includes suicide.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>STILL ANOTHER DOORWAY BREACH--THE OCCULT:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Satan does not have to shout to enter the human mind. For example, in the garden of Eden, Satan did not shout at Eve. He spoke in low tones and smooth speech.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Over the last five to eight years, there has been a marked increase in occult-related content on the big and small screens—even in many of the cartoons aimed at kids and teens. With the widespread use of the Internet, one can tap into their occult fantasies through several web venues and reading sources. In the music world, more and more artists have been paying tribute to the Illuminati, the Boule, or other such unholy deities through their practices of ‘spirit cooking’ or other demonic-laced items. We have also seen a few colleges allowing for the creation of ‘Satanism clubs’ on campus. This club system is now making its way into high schools and even elementary schools. Plus, a few state legislatures have allowed the building of statues ON state property which worship Satan.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Those practitioners of witchcraft have become bolder in their proclamations and pursuits. Soon after Donald J. Trump was elected the 45<sup>th</sup> President of the United States, published reports began to surface concerning witches of various ranks and powers attempting to place hexes and curses upon President Trump and his administration. THIS is the reason why we are to pray for our leaders (Romans 13). I’d like to add that prayer goes up for leaders, regardless of whether we like them or not. God put them in office for HIS glory, not ours.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> But wait, there’s more!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Halloween has recently been expanded to cover the entire month of October, with decorations going up in stores earlier and earlier each year. God says not to mess with the occult under ANY circumstances, as it will impact your spirit and physical body and that of your family members. Suicide IS one of the very real side effects rising from occult involvement (Heavy Burdens--Numbers 11:10-15; Sickness/Illness--Isaiah 38:9-20 KJV). Those who practice ANY form of witchcraft, in the end, if they do NOT repent, will become the victim of the satanic host.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>THE GANG SCENE AND THE OCCULT:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In the area of Modern Street Gangs occult activities are also on the rise. In Central and South America, transnational gangs such as MS-13 and 18<sup>th</sup> Street--among others--are known to have their own witch doctors and/or witches to cast spells <u>on behalf of the gang</u>. In Mexico, the cartels worship the demonic deity Santa Muerta (Our Lady of Death), carve her likeness on their weapons, and rely on her to ‘protect’ them from law enforcement. These groups have been known to cast spells on law enforcement agencies in their neck of the woods. As they have been illegally entering the United States, they have been bringing their own brand of witchcraft with them and teaching their occult ways to American gangs and gang members to use against U.S. law enforcement agencies. Is it any wonder that there has been a rising number of Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) suicides lately?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Here is another item traced to Modern Street Gangs. Because of the infusion of transnational gangs, and their occult/demonic leanings, it is NOT that much of a stretch to think that those gangs are--again--impacting and training domestic gangs. Since public schools have de-emphasized anti-gang training, teen gang recruiters have been plying their trade IN the school setting. Modern Street Gang recruiters have been ‘assigning’ recruits to place a timetable on how long it would take to have that potential member to ‘force’ a target to commit suicide <u>by any means at their disposal—including use of witchcraft</u>. Since there are few major laws that could be used to convict a juvenile of forcing another juvenile to commit suicide, the gangs have ‘skirted’ the justice system and ‘upped’ their reputations and threat to public safety.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The main issue is this: IF it is something that God is not pleased with, it’s time to ask for the Lord to deliver you from this spirit of death, this pit of sin, and surrender your life to Him. Only by doing this will one be able to have firm protection against Satan’s devices.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The ‘old ways’ of suicide prevention have not been effective. Check the rates.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>THE SOLUTION IS A SPIRITUAL ONE--FOR A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> All these items should be pointing the reader to a grim reality: the need for Jesus Christ. Without a <u>real</u> relationship with Christ, there is NO protection of the individual against the spiritual warfare waged by Satan and his demons. One who is NOT under the protection of Christ has NO access to the weapons of God’s warfare (Acts 19:13-20 KJV). The seven sons of Sceva found out the hard way that just ‘knowing about’ Christ when going up against demon-possessed people is not good enough. No God IN your life…no protection BY God OF your life.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> To fight suicide is to get IN Christ, get a new mind in Christ (Philippians 2:5 KJV) and to renew that mind in the Word of God, <u>day by day</u> (Romans 12:1-2 KJV). <u>Only then</u> is the person granted the protection of the Blood of Christ and the access to the armory of God and the armor of the Spirit (II Corinthians 10:1-6, 17; Ephesians 6:10-20 KJV). Only then can the person have the authority to tell Satan and his demons to ‘get thee behind them’.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Think getting tied up mentally is just a ‘happenstance’, or ‘bad luck’? I would invite the reader to check out the life story of Spurgeon. He regarded depression as a ‘black dog’ that seemed to trail him regularly--meaning that it was a SPIRITUAL attack. ONLY by the prayers and supplications of himself AND the prayers of others whom he trusted put that dog back in its cage and freed his mental faculties to worship and preach for Christ. IF Spurgeon knew the dangers of severe depression and its impact upon the mind--and he was regarded as the ‘Prince of Preachers’--what ills are stalking OUR steps; what members of Hell’s legions are reading OUR mail at our mind’s mailbox? What secret things are we into that are NOT pleasing to God. H’mmm?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> There is also a need to <u>repent</u> and <u>forsake</u> one’s sins. Thus, those who are involved in sexual deviance, the occult, the drug scene, Modern Street Gang activity, alcohol abuse, mistreatment of their husbands/wives/children, etc. must take EACH of these sins to our Lord, be aware of their spiritual ties, ask for forgiveness, and follow the direction of the Holy Spirit in breaking the bond that sin has upon one’s mind. As I have mentioned before, <u>suicide IS a spirit AND suicide is stalking people</u>. It MUST be broken by spiritual means--the means provided by Christ in His Word. Spiritual solutions for a spiritual problem.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>THE CATCALLS WILL COME—BUT CHOOSE LIFE:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I understand that there will be some who will read this and think that they don’t need Christ. All they need to do is go get some counseling, get a prescription, and life will roll on. All I can say is that it doesn’t take that much for life to change direction and roll right over you. This pestilence known as the Wuhan Virus came out of nowhere—with devastating results around the world. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Fear--unbridled fear and hopelessness—can also serve as a doorway to suicide.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Keep this in mind, and I’ll say it again: These are NOT usual times. When the counselors themselves don’t have an answer to this pestilence and are having problems themselves, best turn to your KJV Bible and start digging within its treasures. A great free resource I can highly recommend comes from Chapel Library.org. It is simply called “Suicide and the Savior”, chock full of Scripture and how Jesus Christ Himself faced off against Satan on the matter of suicide. You can either get the booklet or download the study from the website.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Friend, you have more to lose than you may think if you don’t grab the lifeline and get pulled to the lighthouse on the shore. Suicide IS a spirit, a stalking spirit. It must be broken by spiritual means, through Jesus Christ. IF you are a Christian and are having such issues, find your Bible and another Christian and get back into prayer and the Word. IF you are NOT a Christian, <u>find</u> a Christian and have enough wisdom and humility to ask the question that the Jailer asked of Paul and Silas in Acts 16:30: “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>AN UPDATE:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Now that the Wuhan Virus (aka Covid-19) precautions and mandates appear to be heading for the wayside for a variety of reasons associated with 2022, suicide rates—especially among young people—continue to be high. Rest assured that Satan (aka the Devil) is still on his job. His best trick is trying to make your past worse than it is, cloud your future, and dumb down God’s ability to help you in the present.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> If you want a real picture of how valuable you are to God, there are two places in the KJV Scriptures that will bear out his love for you. The first place is Job, chapters 1 and 2. Read what Job had to go through, both in the heavenlies, and right here on earth. The second place is John, chapter 9. A man who was born blind was miraculously healed by Jesus Christ. The pressure was on him from a variety of sources to not attribute the healing to Christ. In the end, the brother held on and worshipped the very Christ who healed him.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I have no idea what you are going through in the present, my friend. The virus took away a lot of things from a lot of people. We have a different President. The BLM/Antifa riots are in the rearview mirror as other things are coming to pass to add to the ‘doom and gloom’ some may be experiencing in the present. However, look through the clouds and at what Jesus has given us on the other side of this pandemic. A renewed appreciation for Him, for life, and for our family, church and friends.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Every generation of young people are measured by the times they go through, and how much of God and the Bible they have in their lives. Every generation also is introduced to God in a language they can understand. There are dozens of articles ‘out there’ on the issue of suicide. What makes this one different is that it ‘pulls the curtain back’ and shows how serious the fight is in the spiritual realm, and how important God thinks every human life is by offering himself as protection—for those who want Him.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em> Mike Ramey is a Retired Minister, KJV Bible Teacher and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “The Ramey Commentaries” is one of a variety of columns that Ramey has in cyberspace. To drop him a line…or a whine…the address is still the same: manhoodline@yahoo.com. ©2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Barnstorm Communications International.</em></span></p></div>
The Ramey Commentaries (TM) By Mike Ramey
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2021-03-12T18:44:43.000Z
2021-03-12T18:44:43.000Z
Mike Ramey
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<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“But evil men shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>--II Timothy 3:13 KJV</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em> </em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>“Give advice: IF people don’t listen, let adversity teach them.”</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>--African Proverb</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> One of the best quotes I heard to sum up modern liberals comes from Dr. Thomas Sowell, in his description of social justice. According to Sowell: “Envy plus rhetoric equals “Social Justice”. Think of this the next time someone (or something) gets ‘cancelled’ by the ‘woke’ generation. People are sooooo envious of another’s success that they do NOT believe that they can successfully compete on the battlefield of life. Modern liberals want success…but don’t want the risk and the work that goes along with it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In short? The modern liberal is double-minded and unstable in all their ways.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Remember the riots disguised as ‘protests’ during 2020? While watching one city going up in flames via the mainstream mess, I recall a statement I made as BLM and Antifa were burning down a town. In that city, they had burned down a local post office. I simply stated: “I wonder where folks are going to get their mail?” Of course, modern liberals who are a part of the mainstream mess (MSM) don’t want to talk about the fact that CNN actually MOVED their headquarters OUT of Atlanta after the rioters ‘turned’ on their building and started trashing their spaces. H’mmm…</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <u>MODERN LIBERALS: THE HIJACKERS OF LANGUAGE:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Modern liberals are ‘experts’ at hijacking language—IF you let them get away with it! Once upon a time, an ‘affair’ was ‘adultery’, a ‘substance abuser’ was a ‘junkie’, and ‘taxing the rich’ was increasing taxes ‘on the middle class’. This is one of the ways in which they cover up their evil deeds (which is modeled after the Fascist and Communist playbooks); change the definition of a particular act so to make it ‘appear’ to be what is it is not to the human eye.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Remember when Kanye West declared that he got ‘woke’ while President Donald Trump was in office? His definition of the word (which originated with him I believe) was that he was no longer willing to side with the Democrat party and stay on their ‘liberal plantation’. West went public to the music industry/entertainment mafia and informed them that he was not going to by their ‘liberal mind tricks’ and--as a Black man--was going to think for himself.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The modern liberal collective could NOT have this. Thus, a few weeks after Kanye went public with his definition of the word, the entertainment/media/music industry/abortion coven ‘counterpunched’ his truth with an emergency re-definition of the word. Thus ‘woke’ today has a different definition to fit the coven…not the truth. Kanye’s definition was quickly pounced upon, beaten, and shoved off to the side. So much for free though and free speech…especially if you are Black and want to ‘maintain’ your bank book on the modern liberal plantation.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The Ramey definition of ‘woke’ from my personal guidebook to the modern liberal zone is the following: <u>W</u>rong <u>O</u>bservations of <u>K</u>nowledge and <u>E</u>vidence. In short? The ‘woke’ crowd would deny water is wet, cancel it out…and drown in the nearest lake!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <u>BACK TO THE ACTION:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In our last thrill packed episode, we had the opportunity to examine modern liberals in America from a biblical point of view. The central thought? They are deceiving others into believing that they are ‘doing a good work’ for the country, and they are deceiving themselves by ONLY fastening their attention onto those who support them. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Those with opposing thoughts need not bother to talk to them—in their view. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> We also covered the eight marks in which to spot modern liberals. Modern liberals operate from a conflicted mindset with the phrase: “Do As I Say, Don’t Do As I Do” at their core. Thus, some can have large families and traditional marriages; then will push for society to have abortion on demand without blinking an eye. It’s all about making sure that YOUR children and YOUR family will NOT be able to compete, nor give competition, nor ‘show up’ modern liberals in THEIR willful ignorance.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Modern liberals demand the release of criminals from prisons BUT are quick to block efforts to build jails in their OWN neighborhoods (even though some modern liberal entertainers secretly own stock in private prisons). Some modern liberals have made millions in the entertainment field pushing their ‘own’ brand of ‘art’ but will NOT let their own kids partake of their offerings. But it is OK for YOUR child to pay for and listen to their filth under the guise of needing to be ‘cool’ and ‘with it’ in mainstream society. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Here’s the kicker: many of the children of modern liberals attend private, charter, or religious schools while other children--especially urban children--are not allowed to have the same option. Recently, in California of all places, the head of the Teacher’s Union in one part of the state was caught on camera taking HIS child to a private school. This happening while HIS union kept the public schools closed. The moral of the story? Video don’t lie. It shows hypocrisy—warts and all.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <u>MODERN LIBERALS: REALITIES AND FATAL MISTAKES: </u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The TRUE liberal belief structure is on full political display in these last days. They—and their supporters in the mainstream mess—have been partying down like the Philistines of old. It is their day in the sun. They seek to make sport of a large segment of the American people whom they think they have pushed into silence. What makes this drama even more sad is that there are people who ARE modern liberals and VOTED liberal and are ‘shocked’ that their taxes are going up, along with the costs of food and fuel. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Allow me to present two fundamental economic realities which are often overlooked by the lovers of liberalism. First, more than 70% of the economy is controlled by the American consumer. If the consumer does not have confidence in their ability to purchase goods and services, the economy quickly slows. Second, more than 75% of the businesses in our economy are small businesses, which also produce a major part of the jobs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> When liberal economic policies (high taxes, high regulation, more government spending, less economic opportunity, etc.) become THE policies of the land the people soon suffer. Especially some people of color—including poor whites. The Congressional Budget Office, earlier in 2021, estimated that IF the federal minimum wage is raised to $15 per hour, an estimated 1.5 MILLION jobs will be lost by 2025. The ‘working poor’ whom modern liberals claim to ‘support’ will also lose jobs as they too will have been priced out of the job market.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The run-of-the-mill liberals in the most recent election cycle were willingly deceived into thinking that they would be included among their successful liberal leaders by voting for those who backed this dangerous economic agenda. In truth, the modern liberal—and their supporters—have found out too late that they have been deceived! In the words of an old African Proverb: “Give advice: If people don’t listen, let adversity teach them.” </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Seems that there are a lot of modern liberals who are learning painful lessons—again!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The liberal class have made three fatal mistakes that will come back to bite them on God’s timetable. First, they have forgotten that God can see and hear (II Chronicles 16:9 KJV). Second, God protects those who belong to him (I Peter 3:12). Third, God will not tolerate those who take pride in committing and subsidizing abominations before Him (Proverbs 6:16-19). Add up this short list and one may see trouble appearing on the horizon unless there is genuine repentance; sorrow for one’s sins and forsaking of one’s sins—while there is still time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <u>MODERN LIBERALS—PROBLEMS NEVER SOLVED:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> A few years back, a drug rehab counselor whom I interviewed on the subject of drug addicts (also known as substance abusers to modern liberals) had come up with a rather unique way of dealing with his clients. In their first meeting, he would allow them to ‘spill their guts’ as to why they thought they were ‘hooked’ on drugs. At the end he would check with the client to find out IF they were through with the excuses/reasons for their addiction. He would then let them know that later meetings would ONLY deal with solutions to the problem, NOT with a rehash of the excuses.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Those of the modern liberal mindset are experts in keeping ‘the’ problem alive as long as possible. Social engineers are not about solving the problems associated with personal responsibility issues; they can make more money (and keep more people enslaved) by having individuals play the blame game. Liberal government policies are not centered in ‘knocking down’ high unemployment rates; they can make more money sharing the misery, expanding the bureaucracy, and giving out checks under the ‘illusion’ of solving the problem.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The modern liberal will never admit they have missed the mark on a social issue or a social problem. The real reason why homelessness has expanded in America? Many soup kitchens, street missions and homeless ministries are run by Christians. They stress Jesus Christ and the Bible as the means to solve the underlying issues of homelessness, which has to do with SIN. The modern liberal—as I mentioned in the first installment of this series—hates anything to do with Jesus Christ. Thus, in Democrat-controlled cities across the land—including mine--you have thousands of homeless people who have been allowed to squat on the streets because ‘they don’t want to hear about that Jesus stuff’.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>MODERN LIBERALS—THE HYPROCRISY FACTOR:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The liberal class and their supporters/allies are quick to show their love for bigger government and smaller individual free speech and property rights—until THEY are in need of help for THEIR families and loved ones. Then, look out! Faster than you can say “ruling class” they eagerly head for the things that they quickly deny for others.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It was reported by a major New York newspaper that a leading Democrat was frustrated in his not being able to get his Wuhan Virus vaccine shot in his home city of New York because of the snafus and utter inability of the medical officials there to get the vaccine out to the public. Our muckity-muck wasn’t going to stand for waiting. He—and others of his ilk—dashed down to one of the ‘deplorable’ states (Florida) and got their shot there and came back home to brag about it. Of course, Florida officials didn’t like this one bit. The incident made the media rounds causing the Governor of Florida to mandate that the vaccine IN Florida be restricted ONLY to the residents of his states—no outsiders need apply.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <u>COLORS OF THE MODERN LIBERAL RAINBOW:</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Liberals also come in racial flavors! Black liberal pastors and preachers who are ‘down’ with public education, but do not send THEIR children to public schools. Their children attend better schools in either well-performing districts, private schools, parochial or charter schools. Further, many of them do NOT live around their church members. Back in the day, your pastor was living in a parsonage. These days, some preachers have homes far away from their churches in better areas of the city or suburbs—with a STRONG police presence.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> What further complicates the picture is that these Ministers have the ‘illusion’ that they are doing so much good for God yet will not harken to His doctrine. Modern liberals are in our churches, Seminaries and Bible colleges. They enjoy their own company but will ‘cross the street’ in order to talk with those outside of their power group IF they have something which they need or a family member has to get out of a mess of which only the ‘cancelled’ have particular wisdom.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I have always found it amazing that modern liberals in churches have no clue as to how to pray, how to tithe and how to evangelize. That’s why they plot and scheme to put out gimmicks to lure church members and pastors from believing, conservative churches and poison them with their liberal orthodoxy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Modern liberals are the most dangerous as they—and their mindset--operate in communities of color. That is where we are going to pick up the commentary in the next portion of this series.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <em>Mike Ramey is a Minister, syndicated columnist and Modern Street Gangs Consultant who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “The Ramey Commentaries” is one of a variety of his written works appearing in cyberspace. To drop a line—or a whine—the address is still the same: </em><a href="mailto:manhoodline@yahoo.com"><em>manhoodline@yahoo.com</em></a><em>. ©2021 Barnstorm Communications International (2).</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></p></div>
On Line Book Reviews By Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/on-line-book-reviews-by-mike-ramey
2019-10-31T01:22:41.000Z
2019-10-31T01:22:41.000Z
Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MikeRamey
<div><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> There have been a host of negative and nasty events surfacing against many colleges and universities of late. Thus, it has become imperative for parents to not only secure the right college for their children, but to make sure that any possible lasting debt associated with a college degree is minimized.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Have heart dear parent and student as help is on the way! There are remedies and avenues out on the horizon where one can enter college or university and exit with a degree…and no staggering debt. “Debt Free Degree” by Anthony ONeal contains the tools and examples needed in order to provide a blueprint for financial and academic success (2019, 196 pages, Ramsey Press).</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Right up front, the issue of preparation from a Christian perspective is brought to the table. Far too many young people (and their parents) seem to forget that getting into a college or university is a marathon--not a sprint. For students, preparation begins in middle school--meaning the sixth or seventh grades. Also, ONeal brings the twin terrors of budgeting and standardized testing into clear focus, with a lot of practical tips. The author makes it clear that he has ‘been there’, so some of his lessons have a twist of humor and a sprinkle of ‘A-ha’ moments. In addition, there are scripture references and website addresses for parents and students.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> “Debt Free Degree” also includes a forward from sage financial expert Dave Ramsey. In the book itself, chapters include: “How To Pay Cash For College” and “How To Be Successful In College. The bonus? Several chapters which cover each of the four years of the college experience, some of the pitfalls, and the victory paths available for the student in each of these years. Author Anthony ONeal has provided a work that is right on time. You can secure this work from your favorite electronic book source, or through Ramsey Press.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. He brings current and lesser-known titles to light to re-kindle a love for reading and thinking in a sea of modern technology. Feel free to reach him via email at manhoodline@yahoo.com. © 2018, 2019 Barnstorm Communications.</span></p></div>
Ramey's Guide To Elective Office for Men, Part 4
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/ramey-s-guide-to-elective-office-for-men-part-4
2019-06-30T02:24:14.000Z
2019-06-30T02:24:14.000Z
Mike Ramey
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MikeRamey
<div><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Before we get started with our next installment of this series, I wanted to drop in a few key books that will help men keep sharp during their venture into the political arena. The two books that I have on my radar involved Black conservatives, how politics impacted their lives, and how their families remained strong during their political careers and public visibility.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">One book is J. C. Watts’ “What Color is a Conservative”. The second is Sheriff David Clarke’s “Cop Under Fire”. Both are great political books for the brother of color who is considering a run for elective office, and will ‘fill you in’ on some harsh realities about politics…both on the opposing side AND your own.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Of course I recommend reading books on the office you are seeking. You MUST be prepared in your public office pursuit. However, it helps to read books by those who have ‘been there’, and that their faith in God that has seen them through the political storms of their office.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Furthermore, IF you are a Christian, DAILY KJV Bible reading is essential! God will feed your spiritual man, and give your natural man the wisdom and the eyes to sidestep the traps that your enemies have in store for you on the campaign trail.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">LIKE IT OR NOT--FAMILY IS FOREVER:</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Political campaigns and offices come and go, but family is forever. Family is also the ‘Achilles’ Heel’ of many an up-and-coming candidate. Thus it is crucial that the brother who is seriously considering enter politics MUST make sure that he has a strong marriage, and a strong home life. It also helps IF your wife has had experience in the political ranks, and has a clear standing of the politics of YOUR party. Lastly, you must have a wife that believes YOUR party is OUR party, and share much of the same political beliefs that you have. All one has to do is look at several high-profile marriages involving politicians over the past few years. The spouse that is in the public eye is of one party, and the other spouse is of the opposing party. The mainstream mess likes to cover the fireworks between the couple…and it makes for scandalous copy.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">If I may, godly, married men, with strong marriages and strong homes, are held to be in order when it comes to seeking the office of Pastor. This subject is covered in great detail in the books of I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus in the KJV Bible. For a church to consider selecting a man who does not meet God’s standards for leadership of His church is a recipe for disaster.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">This is probably why many churches are NOT growing in our present age.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It is much the same thing in politics.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Show me a candidate who has a strong faith in God, a strong home life, a loving wife, and obedient children and I’ll show you one who is bound for political success…regardless of what the social media pundits may click on their keyboards.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, keyboards do NOT vote. Further, it has been proven that ONLY 10 percent of the ‘keyboard clickers’ generate some 80 percent of the content for social media. Like I said, keyboards do NOT vote…and neither does social media.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">But, they MAY cause some problems for a godly candidate.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The impact of social media is not as big as one may think. Further, with more and more of the social media platforms declaring their allegiances to the Democrat party, and other liberal points of view, those who are on the godly side of the street may expect to have their content censored…if not downright blocked by those who are on the inside of the electronic landscape. Further, expect your on-line footprint to be thoroughly examined back to when computers were invented, JUST to track down any ‘dirt’ or ‘questionable’ internet posting activities.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The GOOD news? People STILL want to vote for candidates that have good family qualities--even IF you have stumbled. Party workers want to work for and contribute their efforts toward electing Men of color with these attributes. Sure, you are NOT perfect…but you MUST be heading in the right direction.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">If one can manage their OWN home, he can be trusted--for the most part--with the keys to an elective office.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> I not only had the support of my wife in my political efforts, but…should I decided ever to get into the ‘ring’ again, I know who is going to be watching the campaign contributions--and finances! She has my back, and God has both of us.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">One more thing brothers--WEAR your wedding band at ALL times! People want to ‘see’ what you believe. People WANT to be reminded that you ARE married!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Here’s another one for you. Younger voters are amazed with those who have been married fifteen years or more! I know, I know…this is small potatoes for those who have been married over twenty years or more. However, the millennial voter wants to meet those running for office who have set a distance, happiness and time benchmark in their marriages. It DOES make a difference!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me also share, in closing, the sage words of Pastor Tony Evans: “If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, she won’t become a nag!”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ‘MARRIAGE’ THING:</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> There was a Country Western song a few years back by the title of: “All My Exes Live In Texas”. Well, for those of us who have suffered through divorce, child custody, child visitation and child support, some of our exes live in the same town.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Make peace IF possible.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">A candidate will certainly get a lot of questions on his home life from the press and media. He will get even MORE questions on his home life IF he has a divorce or two in his past, and has NOT made the efforts to make peace OR keep your child support under control. Plus, you can be sure that some reporter that (hopefully) has done his or her job will make an effort to talk with your former spouse--just in case--there is some dirt that is hidden under the hallway carpet that is ready for public consumption.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me put this down in front, brothers. Do NOT disrespect the mother of your children. It WILL have long term consequences BEYOND your current campaign. Do NOT do it, no matter how many ‘shots’ she may throw at you in private--or public. Further, IF you happen to be estranged from your children--even if they are grown and have been in the custody of the custodial spouse for a number of years, this might be another sticky area of contention.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Brothers, we are not perfect. Each of us has flaws, shortcomings and failures. Even a Christian man has a closet with a few sets of skeletal bones. However, the advantage the Christian man seeking political office has is that IN Jesus Christ, he has help in rendering those bones ‘deceased’. This does NOT mean that some ‘exes’ will go quietly into that good night without taking a pot shot (or two) at you…especially IF you have a successful new marriage. Christ will stand by you in this matter when others are pointing fingers at you.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">This doesn’t mean, though, that you won’t get ‘dinged’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">There are some exes out there that are just plain mean. Furthermore, some of them go to church every Sunday and keep sipping on the Bitteraide, while ‘pretending’ to be a Christian woman. Some may say that you can’t judge people. Oh? Read the Scriptures. IF There is no fruit of the Spirit (Galatians, chapter 5 KJV) in some exes, no matter what they say, they ARE not Christians. This is the biblical standard!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Some exes will stay mad you continually. Others have poisoned your children against you. No matter what you do to better yourself and be civil ‘for the sake of your children’ that she has custody of, she ain’t buying it! You could be elected President of the United States, and she would be on Capitol Hill pushing for your impeachment! All the while saying--in public--“Who…ME?”</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">In fact, President Trump made peace with his ex!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Here’s a tip. Hopefully you’ve tried to make peace. However, if this doesn’t work, then you are going to have to make a choice…prayerfully ask for the Lord’s help in making peace, sacrifice your political office dream and aim yourself in helping others with better backgrounds to ‘make it’ to elective office, or, look the press in the eye and run anyway, warts and all!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Every candidate and campaign needs a good ‘top kick’ to get things done along the political trail. You may be that person. However, a bad marriage, vengeful ex, and non-appreciative children won’t stop a bid for public office…but it could slow you down, even IF you have a solid marriage and family life in the present. Go WITH your faith in God! I’m not hating, I’m just stating; just pointing out the realities of the landscape, brothers. I’m not writing about what I don’t know, or haven’t experienced. Experience is a great teacher, but, sometimes is also a cruel master IF you don’t learn from the lessons brought before you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">WINNING THAT FIRST RACE…NOW WHAT?</span><br /><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Back in the day, when the polls closed, and the results came back, I won my first race my first time out for the office of Precinct Committeeman in the GOP. Of course, I got the formal attention of downtown, the local press, and my wife and family. It wasn’t a big office…but it was an important office. It put me on the map within my party, and got me ready for the hard work that lay ahead.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">But first, let me explain what the office I won signified in the political process.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Every city and municipality has a political party in charge (major party) and the other political party is in a lesser position (minor party). In Indianapolis, Indiana for a lot of years, the Republicans held sway. Only in the last five years or so, Democrats have captured City Hall and the top county positions. This wasn’t such a shock, considering the fact that Marion County (Indianapolis) has been majority Democrat for a lot of years.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">You see, among the things that those interested in politics need to understand is the lay of the local political landscape and why things are the way they are. Yes, Indianapolis has had more registered Democrats than Republicans--this has been true for a number of years. BUT the Democrats in the county--for the most part--voted for Republicans because Republicans knew how to campaign AND knew how to govern. When the Republicans did NOT govern properly, nor put forth decent candidates…guess what happened? Right! The political script was flipped.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Let me drop this in here as well. People will NOT vote for a ‘carbon copy’ of one candidate over another. There is no such thing as ‘Democrat lite’, or ‘Republican easy’. IF you aren’t willing to line up with your party’s platform, DO NOT run for elective office. This doesn’t mean you can’t come up with stronger ideas on some of the issues than exist in the platform. However, you DO have an obligation to ‘dance with the one who brung ya!’ Stay loyal. Voters respect this…and so does your party. If you can NOT be loyal, then switch to another party WELL before you run!</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">To me, there is just something ‘cheap’ and ‘cowardly’ about a man who runs and wins under one party, but who secretly supports another party, and THEN decides--while in office--to switch parties.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">The Bible calls this person a ‘Traitor’.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The party bosses won’t respect that man…and neither will the voters.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">While the Republicans are currently the minority party in my home county, the Democrats in positions of power KNOW that they have to govern LIKE Republicans (not getting rabidly crazy like the national Democrats) otherwise, they will be put OUT in the next election by what I would like to call ‘the little old lady’ army. If the little old ladies that work the polls are NOT happy, there will be a high body count for the party in power come primary and/or general election time.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Precinct Committeemen are responsible for their assigned precinct. They are the first lieutenants in the field. They are responsible for being the conduit from the poll workers to downtown when elections take place. They are also responsible for making sure households and individuals are registered to vote, and have their voting rights protected. They are also the best representative face of the local political organization.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Precinct Committeemen are the Ambassadors for their political party. These are ALSO the people whom you must impress and ‘court’ if you plan to get into the political arena. It helps--I say again, it HELPS--to have served in this position.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">More to come, next month!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:12pt;">Mike Ramey is a Minister, Modern Street Gangs Specialist, Political Consultant and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Ramey‘s Guide To Elective Office For Men” is one of a variety of columns that Ramey has in cyberspace. His address is still the same: manhoodline@yahoo.com. ©2019 Barnstorm Communications.</span></p></div>
"BLACK LIVES MATTER" AND BLACKS MUST SAVE AND PROTECT BLACK LIVES!
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/black-lives-matter-and-blacks-must-save-and-protect-black-lives-3
2016-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
2016-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
Tziona Yisrael
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<div><p align="center" style="text-align:left;">When I was in elementary school, I couldn’t find history books on Slavery. Regrettably, I was left to imagine what Slave life entailed on plantations in the Big House and in the fields of burning hot sun - the places where Black captives, stolen from the shores of Africa, endured their lives and their fate for generations. </p><p>It’s hard for people to believe that it was GOD’s WILL for enslavement such as ours to fall on a “race” of people who became proverbs and bywords in the “Four Corners of the Earth”. However, this is very true and poignant. Europeans rose up, determined the value in pillaging and plundering, conquering and dividing, and taking the spoils from one nation after another as a means to gain wealth, riches, and Slaves. They thought that it was their power and genius that enabled them to take control of another race of people - Blacks found on the continent of Africa.</p><p>European SLAVERS refused to fathom that the CREATOR GOD would cause HIS own Chosen and Covenant People to endure such an inhumane enslavement as this world-wide Slave Trade that ethnically cleansed the Blacks who were forcibly migrated from off the continent of Africa. If GOD’s People were indeed among these scores of Black groups taken from Africa, how could HE allow and watch the abuse and heinous inhumane crimes be committed against these people upon whom was affixed a painful yoke and who now permit a complete brainwashing of their own souls.</p><p><b>YET AND STILL SOME OF THESE BLACKS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN ACCURSED COVENANT PEOPLE, AND THERE IS NOTHING POWERFUL USURPERS OF HIS LAND CAN DO ABOUT IT!</b></p><p>It must be made perfectly clear to the world that GOD cursed HIS Chosen People for forsaking HIM and for rejecting HIS Righteous Book of the Law. And because of the disobedience of the Children of Israel, GOD left HIS Place in Jerusalem and returned back to HIS Place in the Heavens until HIS Chosen and other peoples decided to accept HIS Way of Life. <b>Unfortunately, too many people still have not done the research required to know and understand GOD’s HAND in these days that effect us all.</b></p><p><b><i>“The LORD said unto him [King Solomon], I have heard thy prayer [I Kings 8:15-53] and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.</i></b> <i>And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. <b>But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:</b> And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, <b>Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because <u>they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil</u>.</b><b>”</b> I Kings 9:3 - 9</i></p><p>Our GOD of Israel had our enemies horde our forebears onto ships from Hell to scatter us throughout the world to serve our enemies that HE called “heathens”. </p><p><b><i>“And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.</i></b></p><p><b><i>“And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.”</i></b><i> Leviticus 26:33,38</i></p><p><b><i>“<u>The LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. And there ye shall serve gods</u>,</i></b> <i>the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. <b>BUT IF FROM THENCE THOU SHALT SEEK THE LORD THY GOD, THOU SHALT FIND HIM, IF THOU SEEK HIM WITH ALL THY HEART AND WITH ALL THY SOUL. WHEN THOU ART IN TRIBULATION, AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE COME UPON THEE, EVEN IN THE LATTER DAYS, <u>IF THOU TURN TO THE LORD THY GOD, AND SHALT BE OBEDIENT UNTO HIS VOICE</u>;</b> (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.” Deuteronomy 4:27 - 31</i></p><p>Do not these verses suffice to prove that Slaves were enticed to worship the god of heathens? Read the above passages again, because that is precisely what has happened to Slaves stolen off the continent of Africa:</p><p>To prove how asinine our forebears were, they learned nothing from GOD making them OUTCASTS and sending them into exile specifically for turning to other gods. They learned about the White Man’s man-god and without hesitation were quickly enticed to worship the god of their deplorable heathenish CAPTORS! How utterly dumb was that. </p><p>During Slavery, our forefathers watched the White Man’s disdain for Slaves and his cruelty and merciless attacks on their people, and they had no power to retaliate. What the Hell were the Slaves thinking to see this barbarism and still desire to worship the god of their tormentors? And today, literally, nothing has changed. Descendants of Slaves witness the deplorable acts of the powers-that-be, but still the last thing on their minds is to question the divinity of those who have the control and who savagely provoke us from one generation to the next. The White Man’s god has not helped us or saved us out of this miserable captivity, so, why worship his deity? Worship the CREATOR GOD of this Universe, as was taught in the “Old Testament” until White so-called “civilized” Whites rose up and changed HIS Ordinances with their own man-made “New Testament” and its White man-god. Surely, we can connect the dots and comprehend that the Most High GOD of GOODNESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS is not happy with this world and is in the process of bringing all this evil and wickedness to an end.</p><p>This world is a disaster, and war and violence are the order of each and every day. The US, with all its military might and weaponry, seems exempt from turmoil and any attack, but don’t believe it. The US thrives on exploiting and strengthening the hands of corruptors, and there are many countries very disturbed because of the exploits of the United States of America. Many nations are thoroughly against US intervention and meddling in their affairs. Bombing nations that do not cooperate with the will of the US and putting sanctions on impoverished countries are coming to an end. Bombing countries as the US razed Vietnam and Iraq will cease. And the reason is that the ruling world, powers-that-be have made their run, and now, even for them, the handwriting is on the wall. Sooner rather than later the CREATOR GOD will end US and all aggression and Israeli control over HIS Land, and at that time, we can honestly say that the CREATOR GOD is taking back HIS Universe and HIS Covenant People and returning the SEED of the Children of Israel to our heritage. HE first chose us, and now, before it is too late, we must return back to HIM.</p><p><b><i>“OUT OF HEAVEN HE MADE THEE TO HEAR HIS VOICE, THAT HE MIGHT INSTRUCT THEE:</i></b> <i>and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. And <b><u>BECAUSE HE LOVED THY FATHERS, THEREFORE HE CHOSE THEIR SEED AFTER THEM</u>, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;</b><b>”</b> Deuteronomy 4:36,37</i></p><p><b><i>“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?</i></b> <i>Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. <b>ONLY THE LORD HAD A DELIGHT IN THY FATHERS TO LOVE THEM, AND <u>HE CHOSE THEIR SEED AFTER THEM</u>, EVEN YOU ABOVE ALL PEOPLE, AS IT IS THIS DAY.</b> Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. <b>For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:</b></i></p><p><i><b>“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.</b> Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.” Deuteronomy 10:12 – 17.19 - 22</i></p><p>Although we are GOD’s Chosen, HE yet embraces all peoples, nations, and tongues who will take hold of <i>HIS</i> Righteous Covenant to live and do it in Truth.</p><p><b><i>“Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer:</i></b> <i>their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.” Isaiah 56:6 - 8 </i></p><p><b>Today many Blacks know our true identity and know that Our GOD is the GOD of the Black Hebrew Israelites that calls HIMSELF the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and also JEHOVAH</b> (Exodus 3:15; and 6:3), but still lay claim to JC. The man-god, JC, is not called by either of these Names, but rather he is called JC and to his chagrin cannot in any way, manner, or form be compared with the Most HIGH GOD of Israel.</p><p>(It must be noted that Israelites are forbidden to mention the names of other gods: Exodus 23:13.) </p><p>If Our GOD of Israel cursed us and scattered us from the Land of Israel <u>for worshipping and serving other gods</u>, then it makes perfectly good common sense to return back to this CREATOR GOD that made us HIS Covenant People and that brought all this HELL upon us. When GOD said HE is a JEALOUS GOD, doesn’t that speak volumes? Then know of a certainty HE will not hear our prayers nor save us out of this hopeless captivity so long as we call on the god of these evil and wicked cruel CAPTORS.</p><p><b><i>“Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.</i></b> <i>Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. <b><u>Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength</u></b>:</i></p><p><br /> <b><i>“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.</i></b></p><p><i><br /> <b>“O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.</b><b>”</b> Isaiah 26:2 – 4,8,13</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><b><i>“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”</i></b><i> Isaiah 25:9</i></p><p><b><i>“The LORD hath taken away thy judgments,</i></b> <i>he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: <b>THOU SHALT NOT SEE EVIL ANY MORE.</b> In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. <b>THE LORD THY GOD IN THE MIDST OF THEE IS MIGHTY; HE WILL SAVE, HE WILL REJOICE OVER THEE WITH JOY; HE WILL REST IN HIS LOVE, HE WILL JOY OVER THEE WITH SINGING.</b> I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. <b>BEHOLD, AT THAT TIME I WILL UNDO ALL THAT AFFLICT THEE:</b> and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and <b>I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.</b><b>”</b> Zephaniah 3:15 - 20</i></p><p><b>It was always the CREATOR GOD that SAVED HIS COVENANT People, the Children of Israel, out of Egyptian bondage, fought their battles to secure the Land of Israel, and saved them countless times from their enemies after they had lived many years in their Land. So, why should we turn to another god and least of all the god of our oppressors?</b> We have got to wake up out of this brainwashing stupor or forever serve our cruel and heartless enemies. From GOD’s WORD, we should know that all is not lost, for the GOD of Our Covenant would not let that happen. Though the CREATOR GOD has enabled the true identity of HIS Chosen People to be revealed, still we have not gathered together as ONE under the umbrella of HIS LAW. For this reason there will only be a Remnant returned out of this horrific captivity.</p><p><b><i>“</i></b><b><i>Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.</i></b><i> For <b>I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.</b><b>” </b> Jeremiah 30:10,11 </i></p><p><b>THE BLESSING: AND THE CURSE:</b></p><p><b><i>“The LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail;</i></b> <i>and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. But it shall come to pass, <b>if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day;</b> that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:</i></p><p><b>AND THE CURSE (Leviticus 26<sup>th</sup> and Deuteronomy 28<sup>th</sup> Chapters):</b></p><p><i>“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and <b><u>he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck</u>,</b> until he have destroyed thee. <b>The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand</b>;” Deuteronomy 28:13 – 15,43 – 49</i></p><p><b>Wisdom is abandoning the man-god of SLAVERS and returning back to the GOD that put these curses upon us.</b> We had it so good when we inhabited our own Land. Our GOD of Israel satisfied our forefathers with all their needs and supplied us with a true Land of Milk and Honey, gold, silver, brass, iron, and anything they thought they wanted. GOD even gave King Solomon wisdom and knowledge second to no man, and HE made him the richest king of all times. This was a Black King whose patriarch (Abraham) came out of “Ur of the Chaldees” – Ancient Babylon – a once great nation and Empire that was inhabited with Black people of the Seed of Ham. You aren’t told these things in church or school. Abraham came out of Sumer in Ancient Babylon. I am so proud to say that Abraham was a Black man who believed in the CREATOR GOD with all his heart and soul, and he obeyed HIM to follow HIS Way of Life that HE set forth in The BEGINNING when HE Created the Heavens and the Earth. (And you thought the JEALOUS GOD of the First Commandment has something to do with this White man’s blue-eyed god.) Our only genuine alternative is to SEEK after this GOD, and I cannot stress enough that HE is obviously Our ONLY HOPE.</p><p><i>“Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, <b><u>HE THAT SCATTERED ISRAEL WILL GATHER HIM, AND KEEP HIM, AS A SHEPHERD DOTH HIS FLOCK</u>. For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.</b><b>” J</b>eremiah 31:10,11</i></p><p><i>“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; <b><u>Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God</u></b>, in truth and in righteousness. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.” Zechariah 8:7 - 9</i></p><p>Can you imagine what all plagued the Slaves at the time of the births of each one of their babies? I can, and I think about it often. Their babies were born into the world beautiful and completely oblivious to the misery that awaited them. Mothers and fathers watched their children grow, some, not all to the age of five or older when they too would slave in the fields or be taken from their parents and sold off to another SLAVER never to be seen again. And those children who would become adults and stayed with their parents would suffer greatly, also from watching their precious offspring beaten, abused, and forced to commit despicable acts that would take their childhood, as well. Surely they cursed the day they brought their babies into the world and deeply regretted the day their babies had babies. They, without question, wished they had never had to live to see the Hell brought upon their children. But that’s not all. They also had to witness the insane immoral and vile acts committed against their parents, especially their mothers. <b>Life as a Slave was Hell, and this life as a descendant of Slaves can be just as disgraceful, as well. </b></p><p>Today, descendants of Slaves are in the news like never before, even more than in the days of the Sixties when Blacks did Sit-ins and bus boycotts, which didn’t last too long because these acts hit the White Man’s pockets hard and hurt his economy. Thus, the worst of the racist acts diminished. </p><p>The “Black Lives Matter” Movement came into being because of White racist cops murdering Blacks to the tune of one Black dead every 48 hours without prosecution. More and more there are accounts of Blacks speaking out one way or another about the demeaning and oppressive lives we must live and the injustice we face at every turn. A Black Brother, Colin Kaepernick, now sits or kneels to the US National Anthem, and many others are joining him in an effort to call attention to the oppression and injustice Blacks face in the United States. THANK GOD, we are supporting Kaepernick in this endeavor because the “Civil Rights Movement”, per se, is dead!!!</p><p>Even given a Black President, Barack Obama, in place, who will soon have served eight years in the White House, witnesses atrocities against Blacks but has done nothing and nothing has changed for Black Peoples. And as a matter of fact, race relations in the United States and in other countries involved in the Slave Trade have worsened. That which is most disheartening is that our Black President Obama is on record favoring Whites over Blacks, though Blacks banned together to put him in office. Politicians have questioned the President’s reserve to act in favor of African Americans, especially since he claimed before the election to be a “President of All Americans”. </p><p>During President Obama’s term in office, the young innocent Black children have been left behind in every respect even farther behind than when President Bush W. was in office for eight years. The deplorable and inferior schools in Black communities no longer exist or classrooms are severely over crowded if they exist at all. Being Black, President Obama should realize that at the time of Slavery, the SLAVERS were determined to classify their Slaves as chattel, out of the realm of education and illiterate, and uninformed about their past lives, their ethnicities, cultures, languages, and their countries of origin. This was ethnic cleansing at its best. There was only one thing SLAVERS wanted of their Slaves, and that was for them to be seasoned ignorant Slaves kept dumb as nails, and to be made a laughing stock. </p><p>However, when Slaves were so-called “emancipated”, by law the racist government had to provide Blacks with educational systems throughout the country. However, these racist powers-that-be of Black Michelle Obama’s “Greatest Country on Earth” were determined to provide Blacks with the worst deplorable and inferior school systems ever, and Chicago, Gary, and Philadelphia schools head this list, and most other inner city schools with high crime follow. If teachers are not qualified to teach and classrooms are overcrowded, how are students expected to learn, especially if they do not have the appropriate academic textbooks? Black Congressional Representatives are well aware of this dilemma and have not made this enough of an issue. And that, too, is deplorable, as they are supposed to represent their constituents, but instead they are in place to manifest policies for the very people who sustain oppression, suppression, and regression in this wholly racist American society. </p><p>Just as the Slaves mourned their children as they watched their suffering at the hands of merciless and hate-filled SLAVERS, Blacks today watch their children despondently, also, and still cannot do one thing about it. Blacks have tried to demonstrate against this biased and ethnocentric society and captivity, and for years demonstrated against discrimination and racism even since the end of Slavery, but to no avail. </p><p>I watched my daughter who was at the time an honor student in elementary school and never got a “C” on her report card compete in a folklore contest. She won in her classroom, in her building, and then competed in her district. I listened to her go up against one White male kid who spoke all right but his delivery was clearly not as good as my daughter’s. I just knew my daughter had won because she had spoken with expression and mannerisms and had not made any mistakes, but when the announcement claimed the winner, I don’t know who was more surprised – the boy’s parents or myself. The White child won, and his parents came over to me to say that they just knew my daughter had won. Given all they shared, I felt they were telling me that my daughter should have won. </p><p>Our Black children are unsung heroes who will never be recognized on a broad scale by the powers-that-be in this country or in any of the countries that took us captives. Whites even get nervous when Asians score high on SAT’s and qualify for the top universities in the country. Whites not only want to break the spirits of young Blacks, but they do not want Blacks to excel and compete with their kids on the job market. They do not want Black doctors, scientist, professors, and engineers standing with the best of them. And to make sure this does not happen, they put drugs in our neighborhoods to enable Blacks to sell drugs and be drug addicts, and it worked. Their hope is that Blacks will forever live in environments of vice in projects, especially, that preclude decent lifestyles, as their aim is to reach the little ones, so that they become school drop-outs, as well and perpetuate the decline and destruction of Blacks. </p><p>If Blacks remain complacent about this grave perplexing dilemma, then matters will only exacerbate for Black children and for the gangs with guns in the Ghettoes. We have to act or none of us will be safe. Being descendants of Slaves, those of us who wish to leave out of this racist country, must demand our FREEDOM to Exodus and be resettled elsewhere with Reparations. If Blacks prefer to stay in the US, then demand that the infrastructure in the Ghettoes be upgraded and the schools’ faculty be certified to teach elementary and high school math and all the rest of the curricula. And it is imperative that our Black teenage drop-outs be taken off the streets by providing them funds to return back to school and or funds to learn a trade. Blacks on drugs would be required to go for rehabilitation. Those not on drugs would be encouraged to spend time in pertinent vocations so as to be sure of selecting the right trade of interest. Allow the student to decide his or her own vocation to study. To also get Black teens off the streets and out of gangs, it should be required that they attend classes to discuss social issues that might be troubling them with male and female members of their community who are admirable and reputable members of their society.</p><p>These discussions should be patterned after AA Meetings and should focus on matters concerning the lives of these young men and women so that they will realize that life for them and everyone else is meaningful, and that they do have a reason to improve their lives and not give them over to gang-life, drugs, alcohol, and death. This is an approach for Blacks and Hispanics, as well, that both groups unite and strive to better their communities and improve relations between the groups. Sports, science competitions, drama and sewing classes, choir and dancing classes, farm visits and chores, cooking experiences, cosmetology, music lessons, and chess and other board games are all positive activities to bring young adults together. Rather than let our young people waste away in jails and on drugs, die from Black-on-Black crimes, and remain illiterate, these suggestions are worth contemplating. Whites do not tolerate Black lives, do not appeal to government to end the injustice and oppression in the Ghettoes, and most of them would prefer that Blacks be out of mind and out of sight – preferably dead or in jail rather than pay to ensure our children are provided quality education and afforded admirable extra curricular experiences to supplement the academics. </p><p>Given the plethora of churches in the Black communities, it is a travesty that clergymen and Evangelists have not reached out to the government that gives them tax exemption and demanded that Black Youth be helped and saved out of these troubled and deadly times.</p><p><b>REGARDING REPARATIONS FOR DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES WHO CHOSE TO EXODUS:</b></p><p>The plan is simple and is easily brought to fruition by the Slave State. The Exodus, Reparations, and resettlement would all be facilitated by the Slave State. And Blacks should be confident with this movement, for as we know Blacks were extremely successful in the past with their own Black Wall Street, and it did wonders for the Black community. They wanted to give their children an opportunity for a quality education and decent living arrangements in order that they be far from hostilities, violence, and racism. They wanted to be sure of giving their children an environment of reputable Blacks who believed in themselves and wanted the best for themselves and for their children. It did not end this way, but that does not mean we should give up and abandon having our own communities. We have to step up to the plate and establish the necessary “CHANGE” that would make it possible for Blacks to be economically independent of White control over us and void of oppression and injustice. The Blacks of the Black Wall Street in Tulsa did all that they had to do to become a wealthy Black-owned entity and successful economic leading-edge venture for all Blacks to adopt and mirror because it can be done.</p><p>With Reparations Blacks can establish communities, school systems of our own making, farms with non-genetically modified produce, banks, supermarkets, clothing, shoe stores, and our own manufacturing companies abroad and not in the United States. </p><p>Though some Blacks may be against such a venture, we owe it to our Youth - our children - to save them out of this despicable life in the United States that is either killing us slowly, suppressing us, and or directing us to fail. We are not beneath White People, but rather, we are intelligent human beings and a people to be reckoned with. We are of a genius to desire life in a fun-loving peace and in a better world. This is not the objective of White World Leaders or of the rulers in the US government. The US’ Chief concerns are war and suffering of others and touting an American Dream that in reality is not for descendants of Slaves or for Third-World countries. Of a truth as long as there is a White World Order, there will never be a dream fulfilled for Blacks, as a group, but we must do better than what is before us until the CREATOR GOD of this Earth takes back HIS Universe. </p><p>If Blacks want to live in a decent environment, it won’t happen in the United States or other Slave Nation for as long as these people control our lives. We will have to make our own Dream Society for our own children and grandchildren and raise them in such a way that they will love their lifestyles and themselves to sustain it a land of prosperity and promise for all of our future generations. We would be fools to suffer under this oppression if we can do better. We have to make justice our human right and demand that this government that forced our people to these shores manifest our return and resettlement – be it accordingly with Reparations or by another means. Just recently Congress gave consent for families of the victims that were killed in the 9/11 fall of the Twin Towers to sue Saudi Arabia. Well, where is Congressional consent for the long awaited restitution due to descendants of Slaves. We cannot allow double standards to deprive us of our rights and desires to establish better environments, living conditions, and educational systems for our progeny so that our generations for years to come will be able to live without fear of police brutality and without the control of rulers and a government that have no regard for our wellbeing.</p><p>In closing, Blacks have no other options in this “<b>Black Lives Matter and Blacks Must Save and Protect Black Lives”</b> issue. This horrific and deplorable nation of despair, oppression, and suffering of descendants of Slaves is a life of unending Hell. This racist country is now touting and commending the handicapped individuals in wheelchairs who stand to the US National Anthem in opposition to Colin Kaepernick and others who won’t because of the injustices Blacks endure. Under these abominable conditions Blacks are doomed to fail and will, therefore, let’s end this subjugation and total dependence on descendants of SLAVERS who believe in the survival of the fittest. We are smarter than this. Therefore, we must participate in a revolutionary movement to end this oppression of Blacks that has gone on for far too long, or we can succumb to this predicament and await our demise. </p><p>Desperately Blacks need the help of the ALMIGHTY GOD, or we haven’t a prayer. HE has said to Trust in HIM and CLEAVE to HIM and obey HIS VOICE for Righteousness’ Sake and live in HIS Peace. We never did before, and now we have no choice but to trust in HIS Mercy. We have to give HIS WORD a chance to prove its worth! Therefore, call upon HIM and obey HIS VOICE.</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><b>“Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;</b></p><p align="center"><b>neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and thy seed from the land of their captivity;</b></p><p align="center"><b>and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and none shall make him afraid.<br />For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee:</b></p><p align="center"><b>though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,</b></p><p align="center"><b>yet will I not make a full end of thee:</b></p><p align="center"><b>but I will correct thee in measure,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.”</b></p><p align="center">Jeremiah 30:10,11</p><p align="center"><b>“The LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and the kings of the earth upon the earth.</b></p><p align="center"><b>And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.”</b></p><p align="center">Isaiah 24:21,22</p><p align="center"><b>“O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;</b></p><p align="center"><b>for thou hast done wonderful things;</b></p><p align="center"><b>thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.</b></p><p align="center"><b> </b></p><p align="center"><b>“For thou hast been a strength to the poor,</b></p><p align="center"><b>a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm,</b></p><p align="center"><b>a shadow from the heat,</b></p><p align="center"><b>when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.</b></p><p align="center">Isaiah 25:1,4</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">Hear me, My GOD of Israel,</p><p align="center">For your Holy Name’s Sake,</p><p align="center">for your Glory and Praise,</p><p align="center">and for your Righteousness Sake,</p><p align="center">Take back your Universe</p><p align="center">Destroy the wicked,</p><p align="center">And establish Peace and Happiness</p><p align="center">For all Peoples who Seek to Worship YOU</p><p align="center"> According to your LAW, WORDS, and COUNSEL</p><p align="center">In Truth and in Righteousness.</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><b>“The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and the poor among men shall rejoice</b></p><p align="center"><b>in the Holy One of Israel.<br /> <br /></b></p><p align="center"><b>“Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham,</b></p><p align="center"><b>concerning the house of Jacob,</b></p><p align="center"><b>Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.</b></p><p align="center"><b>But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands,</b></p><p align="center"><b>in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.</b></p><p align="center"><b>They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.”</b></p><p align="center">Isaiah 29:19,22 - 24</p><p align="center"><b>“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:</b></p><p align="center"><b>I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:</b></p><p align="center"><b>That they may know from the rising of the sun,</b></p><p align="center"><b>and <u>FROM THE WEST, THAT THERE IS NONE BESIDE ME.</u></b></p><p align="center"><b><u>I AM THE LORD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE</u>.”</b></p><p align="center">Isaiah 45:5,6</p><p align="center"><b>“SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND,</b></p><p align="center"><b><u>CALL YE UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR</u>:”</b></p><p align="center">Isaiah 55:6</p><p align="center"><b>“</b><b>Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength:</b></p><p align="center"><b>even to him shall men come;</b></p><p align="center"><b>and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.<br />In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.”</b></p><p align="center">Isaiah 45:24,25</p><p><i>.</i></p><p align="center"><b>***</b></p></div>
THE BLACK VOTE: BLACKS JUST DON’T GET IT!
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/the-black-vote-blacks-just-don-t-get-it
2016-02-23T05:18:05.000Z
2016-02-23T05:18:05.000Z
Tziona Yisrael
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/TzionaYisrael
<div><p><span class="font-size-4">February 22, 2016</span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b>BLACKS JUST DON’T GET IT!</b></span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b>THIS EMPTY RHETHORIC OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNERS</b></span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b>IS DECEIVING BLACKS <i>AGAIN!</i></b></span></p><p align="center"> </p><p><span class="font-size-3">Here we are again voting in a presidential election and looking to the descendants of our SLAVERS, nonetheless, to improve the lifestyle of descendants of Slaves with their ubiquitous promises of greater opportunities to equality and an end to racism. How the heck can these candidates program the racist minds and hearts of our enemies to end race hatred when they are just as guilty? Our GOD has even made mention of the excessive cruelty of our captors:</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.” Isaiah 47:6</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Those of us who are the wiser know for a fact that for sure, this election like all others will at the least provide Blacks with a handout of a few crumbs that fall from the benefits of Whites, and at best will be nothing more than a voice denouncing racism and admitting to the truth of the Black Plight. The “Black Messiah, Obama,” did even less, so how can Blacks be so naïve to perpetuate hope in a ballot fraught with corruption, when we know for a fact that it will only manifest greater suppression, oppression, inhumane acts of cruelty, and continued impoverishment? When the US Justice System and the US Supreme Court should act in our behalf to be a voice for us and to command our rights, these entities are silent or are “investigating” matters of prejudice that have been swept under the rug. This, too, is clearly the cycle of racial injustice Blacks have to contend with in this country of so-called “Freedom”. Not only should the racist culprits be held accountable but so also should the systems in place that are retained to end oppression and injustice but fail to do so. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Blacks and other people of color who have no recourse for ending our Hell in this country should learn the truth of the matter. We are not in another man’s land serving him for naught. The curses upon Blacks throughout the world are really for good reason. Yes, I kid you not. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">I was talking to a Sister a couple of months ago, and she was telling me how she had prayed to God and asked him what had the Blacks done for HIM to cause us to suffer as we do. That was a good question, and shortly after that the CREATOR GOD led her to the answer.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Blacks are the most gullible peoples on this globe. When under the power of your enemies they will lead you to think and believe exactly what <i>they</i> deem necessary in order to keep you in a state of ignorance and under their control. And because we are not in positions of control and are not the wealthy with the power, we have no authority. Though Blacks are in office, they know not to make waves, or their seat will go to another Black who will play the game. Otherwise, Black Congressmen and Congresswomen would be more vocal about racial injustices and Reparations for descendants of Slaves. This dilemma is just another reason to look unto the CREATOR for answers that would end Black-on-Black crimes, White-on-Black crimes, Black servitude, Black suppression, and Black impoverishment and brainwashing that has enabled our CAPTORS to do horrendous harm to Black humanity.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">SLAVERS told us any and everything that would keep us in the dark. They would not allow Slaves to retain their names, customs, or culture. And at the end of two generations, these Slaves would know nothing about their heritage or their nationality. Moreover, Slaves would be too focused on wanting to be just like their captors. Thus, it was easy for the SLAVERS to convert their Slaves to Christianity and have them worship a beautiful, blue-eyed White man with straight hair called JC – the one invented by the Romans. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">SLAVERS did not want Blacks to know that the “Old Testament” was all about GOD’s love of HIS Chosen People, Hebrew Israelites - who were Black with wooly hair. SLAVERS did not want their Slaves to know that GOD cursed HIS Black but Beloved and Covenant People for their sins and abominations. SLAVERS did not want their Slaves to know that the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the True and Living GOD, and that HE is the SAVIOR of the Black Hebrew Israelites. SLAVERS did not want the Slaves to find out that the CREATOR GOD designed a Righteous Way of Life at the time of CREATION (HIS Book of the Law), that HE Commanded of HIS Chosen People. SLAVERS did not want their Slaves to know that this GOD cursed HIS Beloved People because they would not live according to HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments that HE Commanded should not be altered but rather lived for as long as they live on HIS Earth (Deuteronomy 12:1). But most of all, SLAVERS did not want their Slaves to find out that this GOD of Israel hated the worship of any other god (The First Commandment), and that HE had told HIS Beloved People that if they did not OBEY HIS Book of the Law and forsook HIM for other gods that HE would scatter them from the Land of Israel to serve their enemies. The GOD of Israel did not lie. HE fulfilled HIS every WORD to bring HIS Chosen to nothing (Leviticus 26<sup>th</sup> and Deuteronomy 28<sup>th</sup> Chapters) in the lands of the heathen who have surely unmercifully punished us for our great sins against Our GOD that gave us a Land of Milk, Honey, gold and silver in abundance.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">”…and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.” Leviticus 26:33,37,38</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:” Deuteronomy 28:14,15</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth..” Deuteronomy 28:20,21,25</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.” Deuteronomy 28:29</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.” Deuteronomy 28:64</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:” Deuteronomy 32:26</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">It is important to read both chapters to get the full impact of GOD’s curses upon HIS People. The good thing is that once reading these passages, people admit that they are prophesies about Black so-called “Negroes”.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Although Our GOD cursed us into the hands of our enemies, HE has promised to SAVE us out of this captivity. Therefore, we need not vote for anything in the lands of our enemies but rather simply turn to Our GOD that Delivered our forefathers out of Ancient Egyptian captivity. The reason is that HE has PLANS to do so AGAIN!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:11,12</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.” Isaiah 49:25</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:” Jeremiah 30:6 - 8</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. or I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.” Jeremiah 30:10,11</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.” Jeremiah 31:10,13,16,17</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">JC has not turned our mourning into joy and nobody else’s, either. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:” Jeremiah 32:21 - 23</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.” Jeremiah 32 40 - 42</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.” Jeremiah 46:27,28</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.” Zephaniah 3:19</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.” Jeremiah 29:11 - 14</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Since Blacks were able to vote (1965) the Black Vote has helped no one but the dominant race. These are facts that cannot be disputed, and Blacks who want to end this subjugation have no choice but to turn to the same GOD that caused our enslavement and captivity, for HE is our ONLY HELP! </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.</b> The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.” Isaiah 10:20,21</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” Isaiah 25:9</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.” Jeremiah 3:23</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.” Jeremiah 24:7</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.” Jeremiah 35:15</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.” Hosea 13:4</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” Exodus 3:15</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.” Hosea 14:1</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?” Malachi 3:7</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Our GOD ALONE Created the Heavens and the Earth, and HIS HAND is not shortened that it cannot SAVE! All that is required is that we OBEY HIS Book of the Law and love Our GOD with all our heart, soul, and might (Deut.6:5). And then HE will hear our cries to be Delivered out of this Hell that we endure in the land of our enemies, and that without question, entails the USA and all Slave Nations.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: <b>in their affliction they will seek me early.</b><b>” </b> Hosea 5:15</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The JC Fraud has worked exceptionally well for our enemies whose absolute desire is to keep their shackles around our ankles <i>and</i> our brains – all for one reason: As soon as we return back to Our GOD of Israel, the sooner HE will SAVE us out of this captivity and end this wicked world order. Therefore, vote for that which makes sense. VOTE for the GOD of our SALVATION.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>“Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.”</b> Jeremiah 3:23</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Surely you’ve heard that White folks declare that Blacks don’t read. I am inclined to agree with them. Nevertheless, take the time to read the Hebrew Scriptures (“Thus Saith the LORD” in the “Old Testament”) because therein is favorable prophecy for the Black Hebrew Israelites just waiting to be fulfilled by Our GOD and ONLY SAVIOR.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thus-Saith-The-LORD-Book/dp/1494928035"><b>http://www.amazon.com/Thus-Saith-The-LORD-Book/dp/1494928035</b></a></span></p></div>
Are American Police following an implied agenda to kill Blacks?
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/are-american-police-following-an-implied-agenda-to-kill-blacks
2015-04-14T02:30:00.000Z
2015-04-14T02:30:00.000Z
Rudwaan Lumumba
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/Rudwaan
<div><div class="page-header"><h1 class="single-title"></h1></div><div class="media vertical-align"><div class="media-body"> </div></div><div class="col-sm-10 clearfix" id="main"><p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-709681" alt="Rudwaan" src="http://rollingout.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Rudwaan-640x469.png?e1e675" /><br /> This is a question we must confront, given the most recent executions of Black men at the hands of American police in different states and cities across America, we cannot ignore the possibility that an implied agenda may be in the works. Let us briefly consider some facts that led to the cessation of physical bondage of Blacks by Whites.</p><p>1. The overt exploitation of the kidnapped and forcibly enslaved Afrikan grew too unmanageable to the enslavers, contributive to this is the successful rebellion of Ayiti against her enslaver nation, France.</p><p>2. the burgeoning uprisings of the enslaved Afrikan against the European enslaver on many enslavement prisons (plantations) by the likes of the Honorable Nat Turner.</p><p>3. England joining the push for abolition chiefly as a political tactic against France’s growing wealth attributive to the enslavement of the Afrikan. (</p><p>4. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation as a political move against the rebellious Southern States, these four areas combined would lead to the political decision by Whites to end the physical exploitation of Blacks.</p><p>At this time, America, unlike many Caribbean nation states is politically and militarily under the domination of the White invaders from Europe, who are confronted with a difficult problem: “What to do with all of these former enslaved Afrikans who have every right to turn on us and kill us all with righteous indignation.” I submit that many Whites live in fear of this very possibility because they know that if the shoe was on the other foot, they would do the same.</p><p>I further submit that America at both the federal and state level has been attempting to answer this question and appease the fears of Whites by implicitly and, in some cases perhaps, explicitly implementing the genocide or culling of Black people on these shores. I propose for consideration that the Federal Government was deliberately slow in responding to the lynchings and outright murder and intimidation of Blacks at the hands of extra and intra-judicial Whites especially during the Jim Crow, and civil rights era to allow for the eradication of as many Blacks as possible before finally responding with federal laws and physical protections. How many Emmett Tills were there that went unrecorded?</p><p>Execution of Blacks by police began on enslavement prisons (plantations) where bounty hunters and armed overseers had cart-blanche rights to shoot to kill any Black person for any reason. This atmosphere of outright murder was supported by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 passed by the Congress of the United States. Today, if you visit the website <a href="http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/roll_call">www.usmarshals.gov/history/roll_call</a> you will see at least two such “slave catchers”/police (Edward Gorsuch and James Batchelder) who are being honored for their service to their country for hunting Blacks and or preventing the rescue of Blacks who refused to be forced into enslavement.</p><p>Mumia Abu Jamal was a radio host and writer who frequently exposed the agenda that the police in Philadelphia seemed to be following due to their frequent executions of Blacks, for this he was undoubtedly framed and falsely convicted of the murder of a police in 1982, he still sits in prison to this day, the Federal Government refuses to intervene in this blatant injustice, perhaps because there is an agenda at work. This is just one of many such cases in which the Federal Government may be complicit in the hunting, and confinement of Blacks where the reasons given are highly questionable. The case of Assata Shakur is also such a case. The question I am raising is ‘are American police following an implied agenda to kill Black men?</p><p>The most recent killing of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, who was shot multiple times in the back while running away unarmed, by Officer Michael Thomas Slager; and the killing of Philip White mauled by a police K9 dog as he lay helpless and possibly unconscious on the ground after being kicked and punched by police, must give Blacks reason to seriously consider that we are being hunted and executed by police acting on an agenda.</p><p>It is an easy task for a corporate environment, where there is an hierarchical report structure, to influence the rank and file to follow an agenda without forwarding memos to that effect. I bear witness as a former employee of a major Corporation in which the sales-force, which counted in the thousands, was implicitly following an agenda to cram products unto customers’ bills who had not ordered the products, in an effort to offset the churn of that product, the sales-force crammed at least 4,000 orders per month for several years before the company was forced to halt the behavior, at which point the higher management was able to claim plausible deniability because there was no paper trail of evidence tying them to the knowledge and orientation of the illicit and illegal practice, the rank and file would then be on the hook and punished for not following written company policy. Since the overall agenda had not yet been fully achieved the company simply switched to another form of exploiting its customers to satisfy the ‘books’ and sustain share-holder confidence, which I also bear witness to. So I can say firsthand that agendas can be implicitly given to those who have the inclination to follow them.</p><p>Consider that we all know that there is a “blue code” among police officers all across this nation, this code invariably forbids or frowns on police officers ‘snitching’ on other police officers, that they must back up the badge, but I bet you dollars to donuts you will not find that written down anywhere, so how is it that practically all police officers observe this code? is it because it is an ‘implied’ code? I know it is so.</p><p><br /> It doesn’t matter that we have a Black president, or Black mayors, governors, lawyers, doctors etc., what we must remember is that it has been determined that by the year 2050 there will be more Blacks in this country than Whites. What I ask of every Black person to consider is that the plan for population control is mainly targeted to the dominant gene people, Black people, it is we, who according to Whites “multiply like roaches.” We know that their population is experiencing zero-growth; look to the “Royal Commission on Population” by King George VI in 1944, who do you think they are looking to limit the growth of? Look to the “National Security Study Memorandum 200″ by then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, whose population do you think they are trying to limit? Consider that the HIV is a virus that is a manufactured weapon of population control, whose population?</p><p>So this is my question to you, Black America: Are American police following an implied agenda to kill Blacks? And if so, does it matter if we had a “kinder and gentler” police force? does it matter how many “sensitivity training” they undergo? Does it matter if there were “civilian review boards,” does it matter if the police lived right next door to you? We must consider that this agenda comes down to them from their command structure, and if we as Blacks cannot comprehend and admit that there has always existed a need to limit our population then we are in deeper trouble than even I care to admit.</p><p>I am of the conviction that American police are following an implicit agenda to target and kill Blacks before they are forced to stop. My solution to our problem is our demand for reparations and outright separation from under the rule and domination of Whites, it is the only way to ensure not just our survival but our right to live.</p><p>–<em>written by Rudwaan for The Lions Tale<br /> <a href="http://www.thelionstale.com">www.thelionstale.com</a></em></p><br /></div></div>
With its Decision on Affirmative Action the United States Supreme Court raises its racist head
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2014-04-29T18:30:00.000Z
2014-04-29T18:30:00.000Z
Tziona Yisrael
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<div><p> </p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-4"><b>THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND ITS DECISION ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION</b> </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Once again the United States Supreme Court raises its racist head making clear its convictions and principles for White supremacy and White superiority over Blacks. We even have a Justice Thomas and his ilk in place to prove it. This decision on Affirmative Action to uphold a ban on Affirmative Action for any reason rings true that Blacks have no voice in this so-called system of justice and much less representation in the White House to speak for the oppressed and repressed in in this country.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Justice Kagan, President Obama’s appointment, “sat out of the case due to conflicts of interest”. So, how do you like that!!! (<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/apr/22/us-supreme-court-michigan-affirmative-action">http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/apr/22/us-supreme-court-michigan-affirmative-action</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Justice Kagan can’t understand that in matters of equity and discrimination that fairness and ending racism against an oppressed people should take precedence and, therefore, must be addressed immediately and not left to chance. If she cannot understand that it is paramount for the US Supreme Court to act swiftly and to deal with such matters objectively, then she is in the wrong appointment.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">We can thank President Obama for his appointments to the US Supreme Court. Among other things, he, too, shows a lack of foresight with his decisions. He may think he has a worthy legacy given that 7.1 million people (out of 300 mil.) enrolled in Obamacare (Affordable Health Care Act), but it is obvious that this low registration for AHCA is too little to factor in as an impressive legacy. And his decisions on military warfare in other countries (e.g., ammunition to Israelis for their apartheid state) overshadow anything he’s done that can be determined admirable. Not even his own Justice Department under Holder is a voice for the oppressed under his watch, and that would render President Obama’s eight-year legacy a real disappointment. This Black man is one for the books of major disappointments. I had no idea his work in office would be so diminished for the impoverished and the repressed who have no voice in this “Good Ol’ U.S. of A. called “America the Beautiful”.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">What would it take for Black folks to rise up against the White Man’s hatred of descendants of Slaves other than the HAND of GOD upon them? How much more needs to be done against Blacks before we come together in mass to demand FREEDOM, REPARATIONS, and an EXODUS out of this Hell? </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">It’s been a long time coming, but another Black Wall Street has to be established for Black independence and for our self-determination because it will never happen in these United States. We know this because time and time again the racist US Supreme Court is in place to inhibit our prosperity and to foster our demise. Has this court ended racial profiling and police brutality, the death of innocent minorities, inferior and over-crowded schools in the Ghettoes, or unfair employment practices? Let’s not forget that the US Supreme Court supports the same Constitution that promoted Blacks being 3/5 a person. Yes, this clause was amended, but the fact that it was in place rings true of the reality that the United States, this US Constitution, and the US Supreme Court still operate to sustain the subjugation of Blacks and other minorities.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">By the way, forget using the ballot for your endeavors, as the election of a Black President was a waste of time, and Black public servants know that if they make waves, then their election will be short lived. If we must vote, vote for the CREATOR GOD – not this White Man’s blue-eyed man-god, because he, too, is just as useless as is this racist US Supreme Court! </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Since when has the White Man given the Black man anything that would manifest our prosperity? Even giving Blacks welfare (pocket change), instead of decent employment was for a reason, which is to sustain Ghetto life and impoverishment. Likewise for the White Man’s Christianity; it keeps Blacks in darkness about the CREATOR GOD. If White Rulers in countries that enjoyed the wealth of the Slave Trade had truly wanted to advance Black intellect, enterprise, education, and inclusion in political and economic affairs, then they would have done so rather than keep us a repressed people and make racist comments against Blacks. In that regard Donald Sterling, Clippers owner, who has the mindset of Slavers, is a perfect example of Whites who put themselves above Blacks and who sustain the negative status quo of bywords and evil thoughts about Blacks – no matter how much money Blacks make for them. </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">When we finally realize that it was and still is people like Sterling who wish Blacks to believe they are good and honest people by sending their Christian Missionaries across the country and throughout the world to promote a god that does not profit anyone, not them and certainly not Blacks, then we certainly can understand that Whites have ulterior motives – least of all that we find the Most High GOD. There motives are to deceive, keep Blacks ignorant to GOD’s Spiritual Truths, and to sustain White superiority. </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">The White Man has completely changed the Walk of Life that the CREATOR GOD designed for living in peace, harmony, and happiness on HIS Earth. The White Man’s world order is self-serving and imposes his philosophy and culture upon the masses, especially the have-nots, that they believe the religion of his choosing. One cannot reach the CREATOR until he/she calls upon HIM, and our captors have us calling on the wrong god. Hence, we are still under the White Man’s control. One good example proving that Slavers and descendants of Slavers have tampered with GOD’s Ways is that the White Man’s religion has changed GOD’s Holy anniversary of CREATION, which HE “hallowed” as the Seventh Day that must be observed as the day of HIS REST after HE Created the Heavens and the Earth and all things therein. It was the CREATOR GOD that Commanded this day be kept “for a perpetual covenant” (Exodus 31:16), and nowhere can it be found that Thus Saith the LORD changed HIS Fourth Commandment: </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. <sup> </sup>Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: <sup> </sup>But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: <sup> </sup>For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:8 - 11</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">An even more serious tampering with GOD’s WORD involves belief and worship of a blue-eyed man-god enabling fulfillment of the White Man’s scheme to deceive the “Elect”. We’ve been lied to, and the White Man’s Christianity keeps us out of the “Old Testament” wherein is written “Thus Saith the LORD” for a reason – so that we, descendants of Slaves, will not learn GOD’s EVERLASTING TRUTH!</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and <u>maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord</u>.</b></span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is</b>.” Jeremiah 17:5,7</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“<u>Look unto me, and be ye saved</u>, all the ends of the earth: for I <i>am</i> God, and <i>there is</i> none else.”</b> Isaiah 45:22</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“<u>Then shall ye call upon me</u>, and <u>ye shall go and pray unto me</u>, and <u>I will hearken unto you</u>.” </b> Jeremiah 29:12</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. <b>Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.</b> <b>And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.” </b> Jeremiah 29:11 - 14</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“<u>Call unto me, and I will answer thee</u>, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not</b>.” Jeremiah 33:3</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Nevertheless, Blacks continue to believe in and worship the god of the Slavers, the very people who mercilessly treated and still treat us like animals and who have no concern for our wellbeing or the state of our plight in the Ghettoes they control for our demise. That being a given, why on Earth do we choose to have faith in anything they establish for descendants of Slaves? Looking for their sincere and honest help is like looking for and hoping in JC’s suffering so that those who believe in him won’t have to. Wake up, “Dry Bones” before it is too late and seek for the ONE TRUE and LIVING CREATOR GOD! HE ALONE is our HELP in the time of trouble!</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“But the salvation of the righteous <i>is</i> of the LORD: <i>he is</i> their strength in the time of trouble. </b></span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b>“</b><b>And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: <u>he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him</u>.”</b> Psalm 37:34,37,39,40</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">“<b>But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.<sup> </sup>But the salvation of the righteous is of the</b> <b>Lord</b><b>: he is their strength in the time of trouble.<sup> </sup>And the</b> <b>Lord</b> <b>shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.</b>” Psalm 37:38 – 40</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">How long are Blacks going to be gluttons for punishment under White Rule? When will Blacks stand up and take charge of their own lives to ensure that descendants of Blacks will cease to be third-class citizens in White societies? When will there be “Black Wall Streets” across the globe setting standards of <i>admirable</i> ideals of true justice and honest prosperity that will surpass the evil works of those who discriminate against us?</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">A few months ago I was in Ghana, and I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to see Black people in charge of their industries: television, radio, the markets, construction, etc., etc. Ghana has come a long way and still has a long way to go, but the wheels are in motion for Black prosperity and Black wealth on the continent of Africa that would enable Black peoples in the lands of Slavers to rise up and out of captivity. I can also see how Ghana will lead the way and set examples for other countries in Africa to follow. Blacks stolen from the continent of Africa were of many nationalities, and those who are directly descended from “Africans” can be proud and return to their mother lands to take part in the development of their homeland so that Blacks can be established and compete with the best brains in the world in the fields of science, math, and in all disciplines of engineering, as well as in education from elementary to secondary and higher educations of learning. We can do this, and we will be successful if we will only stop being the instruments of White People and following their corrupt ways that harm us and keep us in darkness.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Read Leviticus 26<sup>th</sup> and Deuteronomy 28<sup>th</sup> Chapters to learn GOD’s WORD on exactly why there was a Slave Trade and why Blacks are in this dilemma and do not prosper in the United States or in any countries that grew wealthy off the Slave Trade. </span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">(<a href="http://www.thelawkeepers.org">http://www.thelawkeepers.org</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><b><a title="http://www.thelawkeepers.org/DEUTERONOMY 28TH CHAPTERandPICTURES.Adoc.htm" href="http://www.thelawkeepers.org/DEUTERONOMY%2028TH%20CHAPTERandPICTURES.Adoc.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thelawkeepers.org/DEUTERONOMY%2028TH%20CHAPTERandPICTURES.Adoc.htm</a></b></span></p></div>
Racial Differences When Raising Sons
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2013-06-20T15:47:50.000Z
2013-06-20T15:47:50.000Z
C. Lynn Williams
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<div><p>If you have raised or are raising a son, this article’s for you!</p><p>I have a series of questions for you. The first question is: Are there differences between raising a son that is Black versus White, versus Hispanic versus Asian? Would your answer be yes or would you answer no? I would answer yes. As a Black mother raising Black boys, society’s rules are different when it comes to my sons. If my sons get stopped for a traffic violation, they are more likely to be harassed. If they are in unfamiliar cars or neighborhoods, they are more likely to be stopped. If either son makes the mistake of using drugs, he has a higher chance of being convicted than his White counterparts. As author Marita Golden says in her book, <b><i>Saving Our Sons</i></b>, “…there is always the fear that he will make a fatal detour, be seduced, or be hijacked by a White or Black cop, or a young predator, or a Nazi skinhead, or his own bad judgment…”</p><p>Does a Hispanic or Asian mother face the same concerns when raising her son? Quite possibly, but it’s how society’s rules and the legal system handles them that can make the difference in how that son is handled. Stay tuned for part 2 of this series on racial differences when raising sons.</p><p> </p><p>C. Lynn Williams, #MsParentguru</p><p>Author & Parenting Coach</p><p><a href="http://www.clynnwilliams.com">www.clynnwilliams.com</a></p></div>
Egypt Land of Blacks
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2012-07-16T15:00:00.000Z
2012-07-16T15:00:00.000Z
Kemet Travel
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<div><div class="description"><p>Kemet (Egypt) is the oldest country in the world as it has at least 6000 years of recorded history - Kemet (Egypt) is centrally located in relation to other concentrated population centers in Europe, Asia and Africa for that Kemet (Egypt) set in the middle of commercial, invasion and migration routes . When we look at the map of the world we can say that Kemet (Egypt) occupies the northeast corner of Africa or the land between the Red sea and The Mediterranean Sea. Its existence is bound up with our Nile Nation’s river, so because of Nile River Kemet (Egypt) is a vibrant country with 85 million inhabitants,in the words of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus *Egypt is the gift of the Nile* . The Geographic Of Egypt land can be divided into five regions: The Nile Valley, The Nile Delta, The Western Desert, The Eastern Desert and The Sinai Peninsula. In all Kemet Travel program either the study program or the adventure one, we will notes this geographic remarkable notes especially in adventure to let our clients combine or blend on the itinerary according to their holiday’s days. The Nile River enters Egypt from Sudan, to the south but its headwaters lie in the lakes of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Tanzania and in the Ethiopian Highlands. It is the longest river in the World; it has long eased the transport of people and goods in Egypt and part of Sudan . The Nile Delta lies along Egypt `s northern coast , where the river empties into the Mediterranean sea. A widening flat area totaling some 8,500 square miles (22 thousand sq.km ) it has been built up over time as the Nile deposited sediment near the river `s mouth . The Western Desert constitutes more than two – thirds of Egypt `s total land area, the western desert is an extension of the Libyan Desert and hence the easternmost part of the Sahara.The population density of Egypt `s deserts is about 1 person per 2,5 Square miles (6 sq.km ) . The Eastern desert does not resemble its western counterpart .The western and the northern hills contain lower , limestone plateau . Its mountainous south is closely related to the Red sea hills.The southern Sinai is especially renowned for Jabal Katrina (Mount Saint Catherine, the side of the famous Greek orthodox monastery of that name) <strong>.</strong></p><p>So if It can be said that nature plays favorites, then EGYPT was her favorite Child. There are several geographical features which combine to make this a unique land.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">1-An isolated land Ancient Egypt</span></strong> was isolated from the rest of the world by its Topography. To the west was a vast desert. To the north was the Mediterranean. To the east was the red sea. There were only two points of entry into Egypt aside from sea Routes. A. The south. The Nubians to the south of Egypt often proved to be troublesome, but they were rarely a match for the more advanced military of Egypt.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>B. The Northeast.</strong></span> Most of the invaders who came against Egypt Moved down through Palestine and then across the northern section of the Sinai Peninsula. To counter this threat, the Egyptians built a line of fortresses along the western edge of the Sinai. 2. The Nile River. The Nile is the longest river in the world. It flows from three Branches: The Blue Nile, The White Nile and the Atbara. They join far south of Egypt to become a single river a mile wide. Just as the surrounding deserts and oceans gave Egypt Security, so the Nile gave Egypt prosperity. The Nile was almost wholly responsible for Egypt economy.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>A - It made Egypt an agricultural nation.</strong></span></p><p>The Nile River flooded on a regular basis each year, depositing rich sediments on the plains. Crops were planted in the fertile soil as soon as the river had receded. The result was a full harvest.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>B - It determined all real estate values.</strong></span></p><p>The value of land was determined by how close to the Nile it was located and whether or not it was flooded annually.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>C. It provided transportation.</strong></span></p><p>Ancient Egypt was made up of a long narrow strip of land over 700 miles long and only a few miles wide. The Nile was the unifying factor of Egypt. It provided the best means of north-south transportation. This factor led to the political unity of Egypt very early in her history. The Nile might have also served as a path for invading forces from the south, had it not been for the many waterfalls to the south of Egypt.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3. The climate of Egypt.</strong></span></p><p>Because of the warm climate and the rich, fertile soil, the Egyptians were able to take life rather leisurely .This gave them time to engage in philosophy, religion, and Developments in architecture, astronomy and mathematics. Egypt sees very little rainfall. Its water comes from the mountains of central Africa, many hundreds of miles to the South. This dry climate has brought the added benefit in the preservation of thousands of monuments and papyrus scrolls. Many archaeologists used to mistakenly believe that the People of Palestine were mostly illiterate. The truth is that, except for a few areas around the shores of the Dead Sea, papyrus has a very short life span in Palestine due to its high humidity. The absence of papyrus documents in Palestine is not a sign of illiteracy, but only the lack of longevity in the documents. Egypt did not suffer from this problem. The dry climate was perfect for the preservation of papyrus. It is for this reason that some of our oldest copies of the Bible were found in Egypt. We have already contrasted the geography of the Mesopotamian river valley with that of the Nile, but it would be well to repeat some of those points of contrast.</p></div></div>
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BIG JOB SPEECH New Analysis
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2011-09-09T16:38:29.000Z
2011-09-09T16:38:29.000Z
H. Khalif Khalifah
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<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S BIG SPEECH</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong> WITH JOBS ON HIS MIND</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>- NEWS ANALYSIS</strong> –</span></p><p> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">By H. Khalif Khalifah SEPTEMBER 9, 2011</span></strong></p><p>NAT TURNER LIBRARY, DREWRYVILLE, VA – The eagerly awaited big speech to cure the ill United States economy was delivered in standard, grand, convincing style by President Barack Obama.</p><p><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em>“The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy,” he said.</em></span></strong></p><p> If Barack Obamas’ reference to “we” meant his own staff and democratic party, the answer to the question would be a resounding yes. But the adjective in the sentence of circus fit squarely on the face of the Republican opposition. Yes, the democrats, with their coalition of Union workers, women, White liberals and Black Boolays, would definitely do something about unemployment. If it meant spending more tax money, so what?</p><p> Unfortunately this still would not address the main problem that the United States of America face in its relatively short history: I’ll tell you why! But first let’s examine more of the remedy proposed by President Barack Obama. From a philosophical historical perspective.</p><p>While, as a Blackman first, I see the “words, acts and deeds” of the President and his Co-Rulers of the U. S. Empire, as “white folks business;” sadly because enough of us are not taking care of “Black Folks business,” we are captured, or captive to the net worth of the detriment of “white folks business.”</p><p> So disabuse yourself of the notion that a President of the United States of America can, or will be about “Black Business.” This will not happen. White business, without a doubt for anyone who cares to measure it properly, is a problem of how to survive the GROSS mismanagement of the greatest wealth and technology in the history of mankind.</p><p> Black people were/are the “stock” in their market. And like all “stock” in the U. S. Stock /Market, its value rise and fall according to the demand for it: What White former owners of the commodity called Black people want this stock today? why?</p><p> <strong>BLACK BUSINESS AS THE “STOCK”</strong></p><p><strong>IN THE WHITE SUPREMACIST STOCK MARKET</strong></p><p> <em>Please don’t take exception to the term calling Black people the “stock” in their market. If you are not aware of this fact, please do your own research vs Wall Street; Stock Market & etc.</em></p><p>Since we were the original stock that drives the White Supremacist based U. S. market/economy, it is not difficult to see Black people in the light of what happens when some “hot” popular “stock” hit the White Stock Market. Everyone wants to make a capital gain by buying the stock; or selling the stock. But once that stock is no longer useful to the Buyer or the Seller, it ceases to be valuable and in demand: so what happens then? <em>They sell it for whatever they can get for it.</em></p><p>In the beginning of America, Black people as “stock” were the hot commodity. Our capitivity generated enormous wealth, I have said elsewhere, for <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">every fortune that was owned by the likes of Rockefeller, Mellon, Carnegie, Biltmore, & etc. it is easily traced back to slavery. And when you trace it up, you find that without the underpinning of Black slavery, Microsoft, Apple Computer, Google, Yahoo, facebook, my space & etc.</span></em> would not have been possible.</p><p><strong>SO WHAT IS BLACK BUSINESS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF</strong></p><p><strong>WHITE BUSINESS AS THEY TRY TO SURVIVE</strong></p><p><strong> THE GROSS MIS-MANAGEMENT?</strong></p><p> If the reader is following this brief examination of the White Supremacist dilemma; as they try to survive the Gross mis-management of the wealth of the country, you’ll see that eventually their Black people as stock went into a steady decline, in their marketplace.</p><p> But since this particular “stock” is both <strong>original, human, resilient, brilliant, dedicated, resourceful, determined and spiritual at its base</strong>, it could not be done away with. So we as “stock” never declined in the “conscious” Black Community.</p><p>The value of Black people ONLY DECLINED in the minds of the ignorant or traitors amongst The National Black Community. Within this fact is found a <span style="color:#ff0000;">bright light,</span> giving a job description of “Black Business” in the White Supremacist based U. S. Market.</p><p>The job description is, Educate the ignorant (especially babies and black youth), kill the traitor. And after they are educated, lead them to productivity that is in their own best interest: not the best interest of white people, though sometimes our best interest do coincide.</p><p><strong>BLOWN CHANCE BY WHITE PEOPLE</strong></p><p><strong>TO TAKE CARE OF WHITE BUSINESS “ OPTING US IN”</strong></p><p><strong> WHEN THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN US THE CHOICE TO “OPT OUT”</strong></p><p> Rather than making it possible for Black people to “opt out” when they had a chance, white rulers forced us to opt in.” This was done by passing the 13, 14th and fifteenth amendment to the U. S. constitution; this was in the 1860’s.</p><p>Furthermore, they knew if “opting us in” had a chance to work, consideration was given to the only way this could happen: <span style="color:#ff0000;">the payment of REPARATIONS</span>. The remedy was “40 acres and a mule.” This was a proposal to pay for stolen Black wealth without paying money. However, it would have started the healing process.</p><p>But it didn’t happen because enough White people didn’t see this as in their own best interest, in the “White Business Sector.” They still don’t. Time and Black people handling our own, “Black Business Sector,” will tell.</p><p>JOBS IN THE BLACK BUSINESS ECONOMY</p><p> WITHIN THE WHITE MIS-MANAGED U.S. ECONOMY</p><p>The above <span style="color:#ff0000;">identifies</span> one other job description for “Black Business” in the U. S. economy. The Great Issue of Reparations is the remedy for the criminal (U.S.A.) and it is the remedy for the Victim (Black people). The only way that the criminal will pay reparations, without being forced to, is if he realize the ill of his ways and fear the consequences if he doesn’t do something to heal the injury that was caused when he and she committed the crime.</p><p>This is basically where the Reparations Stagnates today: appealing to white sense of morality is not working very well: the search is on to find, or apply the remedy that our Ancestors convinced some of us is necessary. But working as we do, would be a credible remedy IF we could appeal to his morality or conscious.</p><p>Or if he’d abide the three books: 1) the Bible 2) the Holy Qur’an 3) the United States/United Nations rules of law. If appealing to the criminal does not work, herein lies <span style="color:#ff0000;">another job description</span> in Black Business in the White Supremacist based, U. S., Barack Obama economy.</p><p>Black people ourselves must do the job of, first educating our people (should be included in the above). Then we must work to put White people in a position where they fear not paying us Reparations. N’COBRA and the Self-Determination of Robert Brock, Queen Mother Moore, Imari A. Obadele, etc. have taken care of the first part. The second part is where the critical part of the Reparations Demand is today: What work must we do to cause the White people to give into our demand?</p><p> Whether the workers in the White Business sector allow Barack Obama to apply his solution for their “white business” is important. But it is not the most important aspect about the Bad U. S. economy from the Black perspective.</p><p>The most important thing for us is to work to amass power to back up our demand for Reparations. Our Ancestors have left many instructions on the proper kinds of work to get the job done.</p><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">One</span></strong> is to never give in and never give up; <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">two</span></strong> is to enjoy the process of working in Black Business; <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">three</span></strong> don’t expect anyone to do Black Business work EXCEPT committed Black people who are grounded in the principle Self-Determination.</p><p>We are not monolithic so don't expect he or she to be looking like a Black Muslim, Black Christian, Black Jew, Black Kemitian: just examine the work to determine who, or what people benefit the most for their labor - <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">AWAY FROM THE WHITE ENVIRONS WHERE THEY MAY BE EARNING SOME MONEY</span></strong>. How and what do they spend it?</p><p><strong>H. Khalif Khalifah served in various capacities for N’COBRA during the build up and educating of Black people, during the 1990’s. He is the author of 15 (fifteen) books, Founder of The Nat Turner Library, The Khalifah Kujichagulia Village (<a href="http://www.livinginblack.com">www.livinginblack.com</a>), Senior Tour Guide for the Nat Turner Trail, and Senior Partner in the recently opened Books & Things Plus Complex in Newport News, Virginia. He can be contacted vial khalifah23844@yahoo.com or <a href="http://www.natturnertrail.com">www.natturnertrail.com</a></strong></p><p></p><div style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;"><strong><span class="Apple" style="text-transform:none;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font:16px 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;white-space:normal;letter-spacing:normal;color:#000000;word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></strong></div><p></p><div style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;">REPARATIONS CONVERSATION, Saturday morning at 11 am <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nat-turner-library/2011/09/10/reparations-conversations-a-forum-for-pro-statements" title="This external link will open in a new window" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-decoration:none;">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nat-turner-library/2011/09/10/reparations-conversations-a-forum-for-pro-statements</a></div><p></p><div style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;"> </div><p></p></div>
The Importance of African Americans Researching Our Family History & Ancestry
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2011-09-05T20:51:15.000Z
2011-09-05T20:51:15.000Z
Roger L. Asterilla
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<div><p>For as long as I can remember, I have had an intense interest in my paternal grandfather. You know the drill, who he was, what was he about, how was he raised, etc. Fundamentally, the reason was that he had died in 1938, which was approximately twenty years before I was born, and when his oldest child (my father) was ten years old. Although I was consciously curious about his life by the time I was seventeen, and began to inquire into his biological roots and the origin of his surname, I met with continual frustration in my pursuit until recently.</p><p> </p><p>Now, I am not writing to bore you with my family history. I am certain that this information has little or no importance to anyone save my family members. However, I am writing to share a little of what I found along the way . . . with the hope that it may encourage other people of color to engage in a similar pursuit. This pursuit is nothing more than to <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em>shorten the gap</em></span> between our known and unknown personal histories. I believe not only is this necessary, but required, if we are undue the socialization process that was effected by the phenomenon of slavery.</p><p> </p><p>Often, I wondered about the psychological impact of slavery upon our ancestors, especially how the process altered the African self-perception. It is generally known that a negative self-concept was the result . . . in contrast to the self-perception of the social and economically dominant ethnic group in America. Yet, even when what was the African self-perception was somewhat readjusted with newly found historical evidence regarding the contributions of Africa, it didn't strike me that circumstances for people of color had changed all that much . . . even with an African Americans President! This is where my family history came to my rescue.</p><p> </p><p>Since the fourth grade, I have maintained an interest in philosophy and science. In retrospect, I really didn't known why, since education really took a back seat to survival early on in my family, i.e., survive first, study later was the message. Yet, I was drawn to the subjects mentioned above. I pursued these topics in various colleges, but without any real satisfaction . . . I felt there was something more, something deeper. I didn't really know what it was, but I was hopeful that I would someday understand what was obviously missing, and that I could not quite put my finger on. All of this came to a head when I began researching my family history.</p><p> </p><p>Since each person is the genetic product of four grandparents, and since I could not find any definitive information regarding my grandfather, I decided to research my other three family lines. The first thing I had found out was that I came from a long line of Masons, Eastern Stars, and Odd Fellows. This was even partially known among my immediately family, who decided not to carry on the traditions. Also, all those who were Masons and such, had been long deceased. I even found out that we have a family cemetery in North Carolina that is filled with ancestors who were Masons and Stars.</p><p> </p><p>The reason I found all those Masons interesting is because my interest in philosophy led me to inquire into ancient knowledge, which revealed a Masonic connection, and its roots in Central Africa. In addition, I traced my ancestors in two other family lines genetically back to West/Central African. And, finally, searching for the origin of my paternal grandfather's surname led me through Greek, Sumerian and African (Egyptian & BaMuti) mythology. What all of this has accomplish is that it help me overcome is a place I became perceptually stuck. I wanted to see beyond the Judeo-Christian Worldview, which is essentially the Western world's perception of reality, and I saw a need to go beyond it. The reason was, if I was to understand the psychological transformation that Africans underwent in becoming African slaves, and then onto becoming African Americans, I believed I had to understand how Africans perceived reality before Judaeic, Christian and Islamic influence. Ironically, it was the Masonic family link that help me achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>Once I saw the profusion of Masons in my family history, I immediately wanted to know more specific information about them and their origins. As I have implied, they can be traced to Africa, but I found out that many make the mistake of stopping at ancient Egypt. Although they were not called Masons then, they can be traced deep into the pre-dynastic history of Egypt, and beyond what is called the Great Flood. More importantly, what I am seeing as the key to the knowledge they pursued, were familiar with, and protected . . . is not anything "secret." In fact, it is not knowledge at all, it is more a "<em>being able</em>", or a preparation to personally pursue an "esoteric" happening! It is an experience that cannot be conveyed in words, or written down in other than symbols.</p><p> </p><p>But like I said, it is an experience that one has to prepare for, and the methodology for this experience is coded in the <strong>Pyramid Texts</strong> and the <strong>Book of the Dead</strong>. These works are the foundation of most (if not all) religious texts. Further, these works are conveyed in astronomical mythology, and in the Egyptian Eschatological symbology. It is here that I am finding my way beyond the Judeo-Christian worldview, and have recognized that two modes of thinking exist, the "<em>cerebral thinking</em>" that we have been conditioned to use, and what the Egyptians termed the "<em>Intelligence-of-the-Heart</em>."</p><p> </p><p>Now, I am not asking anyone here to run out and join the Masons, Eastern Stars, Odd Fellows, Alchemists, etc., or adhere to anything they may have to say (<em>there are a lot of charlatans out there, and this is very true</em>). The fact of the matter is that you can pursue this knowledge on your own . . . without belonging to any such organization. One need only get their hands on the books mentioned above. In fact, although an interest in them were found by members of my family lines, I have chosen a different path, similar, but different. Yet, I am not sure if I would have found these insights if I had not taken an interest in my family ancestry, although I guess something could be said regarding genetics.</p><p> </p><p>The bottom line is this, although the descendants of African slaves have gone through a major psychological transformation, which has separated us from experiential knowledge of Nature, our ancestors really did leave us a genetic, historical and psychological path back home! KNOW THY SELF! Thus, my message is simple and that it begins with our families . . . <em>regardless of the effects of slavery! FREE YOUR MIND!</em></p><p> </p></div>
The Wealth Gap Widens
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2011-04-18T17:23:42.000Z
2011-04-18T17:23:42.000Z
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<div><strong>From the Ramparts</strong><br /><a href="http://comcast.net" target="_blank">Junious Ricardo Stanton</a> ~ <br /><br /> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>“Incomes and wages are not the only places we find staggering inequality. Wealth—also called net worth, measured as assets less liabilities—is skewed heavily, not only to the rich, but to the richest of the rich. Starting with the bottom fifth of the wealth distribution is a group that has negative wealth (in other words, on average, the least wealthy 20% of people in this country owe more than the value of their assets). From there, wealth increases dramatically by wealth class. By any measure, household wealth is far higher for whites than blacks. Within each group, comparing the median—i.e., the mid-point of the wealth distribution—with average wealth illustrates just how skewed the wealth distribution is. A relatively small number of people with very high wealth at the top pull the overall average upward, often masking the far lower wealth of the typical household.” </em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The State of Working America Economic Policy Institute <a href="http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/articles/view/11">http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/articles/view/11</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br /> One of the features of a genuine banana republic is the great wealth, comfort and life style disparity between the elites and the masses. By wealth I’m not talking about salaries, wages and compensation although that is one small measure; by wealth I mean assets, what is owned and controlled. In the US real wealth, material assets: land, property, factories, utilities, stores, banks, stocks, bonds, ownership rights, patents and intellectual property are in the hands of an extremely small few, while the rest of the population’s assets are meager in comparison. For example in an article entitled “Who Rules America” G. William Domhoff points out the glaring inequities of wealth and power in the US. “In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively few hands. As of 2007, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 34.6% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional, and small business stratum) had 50.5%, which means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 85%, leaving only 15% of the wealth for the bottom 80% (wage and salary workers)... In terms of types of financial wealth, the top one percent of households have 38.3% of all privately held stock, 60.6% of financial securities, and 62.4% of business equity. The top 10% have 80% to 90% of stocks, bonds, trust funds, and business equity, and over 75% of non-home real estate. Since financial wealth is what counts as far as the control of income-producing assets, we can say that just 10% of the people own the United States of America.” Who Rules America Power in America Wealth Income and Power <a href="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.htm">http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.htm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /> By this reckoning most of us are not rich nor do we fall into the category of the truly powerful in this country. Even the high profile ballers and entertainers although they may earn lots of money from wages as jocks and showmen and women, are not owners nor are they powerful in the sense they can dictate policy. While these Negroes are well off, and that’s relative, the fact of the matter is we’re really not in the game. Much of the flash and bling for most of us is due to credit, the ability to acquire material goods now, based on a promise to pay (with interest) in the future. When all is said and done people of color are still no where near as wealthy as whites. “In 2007, the average white household had 15 times as much total wealth as the average African-American or Latino household. If we exclude home equity from the calculations and consider only financial wealth, the ratios are in the neighborhood of 100:1. Extrapolating from these figures, we see that 70% of white families' wealth is in the form of their principal residence; for Blacks and Hispanics, the figures are 95% and 96%, respectively. And for all Americans, things are getting worse: as the projections to July 2009 by Wolff (2010) make clear, the last few years have seen a huge loss in housing wealth for most families, making the gap between the rich and the rest of America even greater, and increasing the number of households with no marketable assets from 18.6% to 24.1%.” ibid.<br /> The giant housing market Ponzi schemes, the Wall Street and financial industries’ criminal shenanigans and the insatiable appetite of the military industrial complex have drained most of the savings, equity and capital from the lower classes as they lose their homes, jobs and are put on the hook for trillions to bail out and enrich the very people whose policies and criminal activities are robbing, looting and raping us. The reason no one goes to jail (Bernie Madoff was not the subject of a government investigation, he turned himself in) is because the people who sit at the controls of power in this country work for and do the bidding of the super rich not us! The people who rule and run America are the people who pay for and dictate to the Congress, Obama and courts what to do to enrich themselves at our expense ! The system is rigged against us just like a casino or a crooked dice game.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /> The media which is owned either directly or indirectly (via stocks, interlocking corporate directorates, loans etc) either works on behalf of their owners or is dependent upon advertising from the companies and corporations owned by these people. This is why there can be no really honest of radical black media that depends upon white corporate support. They are not going to advertise on these types of stations. That’s why independent media is so important. It is the media that creates and perpetuates a false reality to make it seem as if we have some say or we are part of the operations of this country when clearly we are not. Their job is to keep the charade going at all costs, keep us duped and discombobulated while the rich steal even more of our money and rig the game even more in their favor.<br /> The so called debate on the US budget is a classic example. Anyone who has worked on a household budget knows you cannot keep spending more then a you take in without dire consequences. If you borrow to get over the hump but you still keep spending more than you bring in eventually you will go bankrupt. This is the shape the US government is in. It is broke and yet they keep spending on programs and policies that benefit the rich. The media and the puppets in Congress would have us believe the government is broke because of social programs like aid to families and children, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Rubbish ! The real reason the government is broke is because of corporate welfare, huge give a-ways to the rich, subsidies and tax breaks and policies put in place by useful idiots working on behalf of the rich like: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bu$h, Bill Clinton, George W. Bu$h and Barack Obama and he Congress critters to wage class war on the rest of us. “Between 1977 and 1999, the average after tax income of the wealthiest one percent of households went up 119.7%. The bottom fifth of households lost 12% and the middle fifth lost 3.1%. Today the top 1% of income earners 2.7 million people receive 50.4% of the national income more than the poorest 100 million people.” Economic Apartheid In America A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity by Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel page 39<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /> The fact of the matter is the rich are winning the class war. “In the United States today, the wealthiest one per cent of the population owns more than the bottom 95 per cent. The United States has the greatest disparity of wealth in the entire industrialized world. That fact is a national disgrace, though it is largely invisible both in the media, and in the endless accolades about the wonders of capitalism. While America seems to be enjoying a banquet of unbelievable richness, most Americans do not get a full plate, and a remarkable number go hungry. In the last quarter of a century when the United States moved from global power to global behemoth, a quarter of a century in which American corporations reaped huge profits while spreading their power and influence all over the globe, American workers made no gains. None. The wages of American workers have, since 1978, been flat or declining.” Economic Inequality in US by Huck Gutman <a href="http://www.commondreams.org">www.commondreams.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /> The situation is getting worse but the corporate mind control apparatus virtually ignores this reality in favor of crime shows that desensitize us to the sanctity of life, mindless celebrity gossip, shows like dancing with the stars , sports and a myriad of other distractions while the education (propaganda) system teaches nonsense about free markets, upward mobility and opportunity. Wake up, the markets are rigged on behalf of the rich who own them. 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