I see no issue with what
the First Lady Michelle Obama did. It was innocent, legitimate, and real. Some
folks need to be reminded that the Nigerian girls' dignity should be respected.
Empathy should not be limited by nationality at all. That is the point. As Dr.
King said, any injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We should care
about our kidnapped young people at home too. No one rational denies the fact
that we have to express concern for our domestic issues at all. There are many
organizations fighting against the kidnapping of people in America all of the
time. I don't agree with the White House on all issues, but I will never ally
with the agenda of reactionaries at all. Not to mention that people have the
free speech right to condemn theocratic terrorists kidnapping Nigerians
Sisters. We are living in an international world. Our people exist
internationally as Malcolm X said. Defending human dignity means something. I
think that one large Muslim group has condemned their actions too. In essence,
this organization is not truly Islamic. It is a reactionary, theocratic movement.
Another person was right to mention that the theocrats from Saudi Arabia fund this
ideology. Yet, Boko Haram perverts religion. Also, I am learning more about
this situation. In Nigeria, there is a huge economic inequality problem and in
Northern Nigeria, there is huge poverty. So, there are economic and other
factors influencing much of the issues in Nigeria. There is the AFRICOM angle
that deals with the West wanting to further exploit the oil resources in
Nigeria. We have to condemn any Western military occupation of Nigeria.
President Jonathan has been disgraceful in waiting weeks until making a strong
condemnation of the evil kidnapping of the young Sisters. Also, many protesters
have been jailed. I do believe that Nigeria should work with the international community
as a means to find these kidnapped girls. So, Nigeria has to address social
inequality since about 60 percent of the residents in Nigeria live in poverty.
I have researched this issue more. Anyone real wants the kidnapped young girls
to be brought back to their families. The young girls telling their stories are
brave people. The kidnappings are tragedies. The theocratic terrorist outfit
should not be respected at all. Any legitimate means of getting the rescue of
the girls accomplished is what I support. We should also see the complexities
of this issue. Nigeria is going through issues of economic inequality, Western
capitalist exploitation of its oil resources, and the spread of reactionary
theocratic terrorist groups like Boko Haram. We should learn about geopolitics
in the world. For years, Boko Haram has done kidnapping and other crimes. Many
of Boko Haram members’ relatives were detained by Nigerian forces. Also, the
West should not aid authoritarian figures (who violate the democratic rights of
African people) in Africa too. What we don’t need is a total Western military
occupation of Nigeria. AFRICOM’s agenda is fully known and I reject AFRICOM’s
agenda completely. Nigeria needs services from the international community as a
means for the international community to assist Nigeria in rescuing the girls
though. We have to care, because these girls are human beings. These girls are
our people and when we show empathy for our neighbors, we truly express true
human dignity for ourselves.
There are many valuable
lessons that the younger generation can learn from the older generation (like
strategies in bettering society, historical lessons, and their life experiences
in general). The older generation's reactions back then to oppression can be of
benefit to assist the younger people on how to adequately respond to situations
(that deals with issues from family life to other political matters). The youth
do need mentors and we have to care. Nothing changes unless we care. We can't
give up since no one wins when folks give up. I believe that groups of
dedicated, strong, and intelligent adults can intervene when some of the youth
act up. Not all of the youth are nihilistic. Some young folks are doing
excellent work in building in their own communities. Also, the younger
generation has the right to embrace their own creativity and their own unique
value too. WEB DuBois was not only a genius, but he actually care about black
people. He showed the word the truth that social and economic justice are necessary
ideals to advance in society. He passed away in the Motherland and certainly
the Motherland will be forever loved by me. So, parents, communities, religious
organizations, and a wide spectrum of groups will have to continue to encourage
the youth to be intellectually diverse. In other words, the youth at a young
age should learn about science, engineering, math, legal affairs, politics,
technology, etc. Also, learning is about problem solving too beyond random
memorization. Fareed Zakaria wrote a great article that described the lack of
education and training in many of our schools. He said that kids must have
strong literacy, numeracy proficiency, and technological proficiency as a means
for the youth to develop their skills more greatly. We have to grow a culture
of intellectual learning in a wide spectrum of fields. If we want to have a
smaller class size, higher graduation rates, and other real goals, then there
must be investments not austerity. Austerity doesn't work in Greece and it
surely doesn't work in America. A real investment is also about cultivating the
gifts or the strengths of what black males can do best. Some black people are
gifted in sports, others in art, others in math, others in legal affairs, etc.
Their gifts ought to be developed by the parents and the community structures.
So, the solution will have to be comprehensive. Many of the lessons from the
sports industry can be adjusted as a means to grow the powerbase of black
males. Thomas Piketty — the French economist and author of the 700-page
bestseller “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is a great work of literature.
He writes that we need not only economic justice like taxing the super-rich. We
need a greater diffusion of knowledge and skills, so inequalities can be
lessen. We have to acknowledge groups and organizations that are doing great
work too.
Jim DiEugenio has made a
great review of the Oliver Stone Untold History series. One positive about the
series and the book is that it can provoke debate and discussion about American
history. From the life of Henry Wallace to the present realities that we
witness from the 21st century, we can learn lesson from the past. In that
sense, we can further develop the political and economic realities for the
future. History is complex at times. One part of the documentary that I
respected was how it showed how brutal war is. War has been glamorized, but war
does result in the deaths of civilians all of the time as found in WWII, the
Vietnam War, and the current war on terror. If we want to get anywhere as a
nation, we have to embrace a rational foreign policy and take care of the
general welfare of the people domestically. Oliver Stone’s work exposed
America’s bloody price for power. We know that the American political system
has been dysfunctional. We know that reactionaries advance false narratives about
their agenda and we have the right to counteract this counterrevolution
(supported by FOX News, the Koch Brothers, and other dubious characters). We
have the right to question conventional wisdom, so independent solutions can
flourish in the world. We know that one of LBJ’s biggest mistakes was the
military escalation in Vietnam. Even appointed Defense Secretary Clark Clifford
saw that America could not win. That is why on March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson
came on national television and announced a bombing halt over North Vietnam.
Soon, the North Vietnamese agreed to peace talks and wanted to end the war.
North Vietnam agreed to begin the talks in Paris in that summer. The problem
was that the Republicans knew that if Johnson was successful in a negotiated settlement
that would aid the Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey. Nixon could lose, so
Nixon said that he had a secret plan to end the war. So, Nixon sought to derail
the peace talks to negate any political advantage that might accrue to
Humphrey. His plan was to use China Lobby leader and anti-communist activist
Anna Chennault to urge South Vietnam to sandbag the talks. This was done
through contacts with South Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Diem and President Nguyen
van Thieu. Johnson considered Nixon as doing treason. Johnson buried the
controversy and Nixon won the election. If this information was out in public,
Nixon could have lost the 1968 election. Many Democrats go easy on Republicans
to advance non-partisanship, but many Republicans still exploit silly
controversies which only polarize the nation (and weaken the powerbase of
Democrats). As time goes on the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush (both Bushes) Regimes
have done crimes, corruption, and other controversial policies.
Exercise and healthy
living are commonsense ways for human beings to feel better not only
physically, but emotionally and socially. You just feel good after a strong
workout. Exercise is not monolithic, so performing a diversity of exercise
routines is a great benefit for anybody. Racism is still a serious problem in
the world. I don’t agree with Kim Kardashian on every issue (folks know the
issues). She did made many interesting points on this issue. To fight it, we
have to not only condemn it. We have to live our daily lives in treating our
neighbors as ourselves and educate people on the truth that there is nothing
wrong with the diversity among the human race. Racism and intolerance are based
on fear, misunderstandings, hate, and other insecurities that ignorant people
have. Many have not taken racism seriously until it affected them directly.
This situation will take a long time to solve fully. The evil system of white
supremacy ought to be opposed by us. We have to have honest, real discussions
about this issue. We have to continue to be in solidarity with oppressed
peoples and we have to stand up against evil too. If someone is being
mistreated based on their race in public, then we have every right to stand up
as a means to defend the human rights of that person. Children should be taught
early on about their great human value and that hatred against fellow human
beings based on skin color is wrong and immoral. We have to deal with ending
discriminatory prison industrial complex policies, and we should have continued
enforcement against discrimination. Love is superior to prejudice. At the end
of the day, the truth will prevail. That is why we have to reject any
propaganda from the media and realize that no human is superior to the black
man or the black woman at all. For us to be free, we have to appreciate our
BLACK IMAGE. Yes, we should respect our black African phenotype. Our features
given to us from birth are beautiful. Black is Beautiful without question.
Also, we are not worried about the black female haters. They are insecure and
use deception. The truth is that black females and black males have great value
and deserve dignity & respect. Also, a Sister's beauty, intellect, and
strength ought to be respected.
The words from Coughlan
about Melissa Harris Perry were immature, ignorant, and disrespectful. White
privilege and white racism are evils that we ought to oppose firmly. Cursing
someone out has nothing to do with authentic political discourse. It is one thing
to mention dissent about Melissa Harris-Perry’s policies, but Coughlan was just
plain wrong. Also, there is nothing wrong with embracing the power of the
community in raising a child. Parents raising a child should be respected.
Parents have the responsibility to care for a child, but that doesn't mean that
the community has no role to help a child. No one is an island. Not to mention
that there is power in the individual and power in the collective. There should
be no contradiction in respecting the individual and the collective. There is
nothing wrong with parents and the neighborhood looking out for children at
all. That view is not controversial from Melissa Harris-Perry at all. Now, we
should clean up our house. We have to recognize both the positive and negative
statistics in our communities, so we can be honest to find ways to solve our
problems. We need to strengthen our families and deal with poverty. If folks
want to see a reduction in poverty then we should end QE including big bank
bailouts (and use that money to invest in our infrastructure, in our education,
and in our legitimate social services). There should be an end to abusive
credit practices and make sure that consumer disclosure of financial entities
is enhanced. Repealing all of the Bush tax cuts can be a benefit to society
too. There should be an elimination of unfair tax breaks (i.e. ending offshore
tax abuses by the super wealthy. I have no issue with a speculation fee on Wall
Street speculators too. There is nothing wrong with ending subsidies for Big
Oil) found among big corporations. There should be more programs to expand
access to health care too. Voters have the right to use their voice to prevent
Coughlan from gaining public office. The same racists talking about worshiping
the GOP ignore the criminal actions of Wall Street and how not one Wall Street
banker have been convicted on serious financial crimes at all (in violation of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Great Recession taught us that the markets must
have legitimate regulations since the markets are not omnipotent at all.
Massive deregulation and privatization have contributed to the BP disaster in
the Gulf Coast and the mining disaster recently in West Virginia). Many of them
lecture on family values, but they advance an economic agenda dealing with
neoliberalism (via austerity) that will harm the family. There is the Jackson
Rising Movement advancing cooperatives (in local communities), which I support
too. Charlie Crist should be a political independent in my view. We should have
a saving and investing strategy (including an emergency fund that has been said
that the financial expert). You are right on that point. In the final analysis,
a lot of the extravagant matters are not worth buying or consuming. With the
conditions in our communities, we should not waste our resources. This process
will be easier for some and more difficult for others because of variety of
reasons. Regardless if you agree with capitalism or not, we should proficiently
learn about financial literacy. There must be a more cooperative society.
By Timothy
2 comments:
If you want a cooperative society, the co-creation of that co-operative society starts with every individual's decision to:
A. Determine what you want.
B. Evaluate whether what you want is reasonable (if you want people to co-operate with you, it helps if what you want is not to exploit them; but to enable them to also get that which you want).
C. Clearly ask for what you want, including evidentiary justifications, allowing for constructive criticism feedback from those you are asking for cooperation to clarify errors in your evidence, to justify denying you their cooperation, as fair minded honourable persons.
Personally it is my experience and opinion that 99% of the planets citizens are absolutely and utterly clueless and totally cognitively incompetent:
1. They don't know what they want.
2. They refuse to allow themselves the honestly ask themselves what they want (too addicted to intellectual, psychological, religious and cultural mindfuck Political correct bullshit scripts about what they 'should' want.)
It is not possible to engage in a sincere, serious consensual co-operative endeavour with people who don't know what the fuck it is they want. An individual who does not know who they are, who they want to be, is incapable of knowing what they want; to sincerely and honourably co-operate with others who want the same thing.
You could psycho-acad-spirit-cult-militarily bash them over the head with a two-by-four with some pointed nails, to see if you can drill some holes in their thick skulls and 'make contact' with the dumbfuck identity or whomever is inside their head; if anyone; to ask them:
1. Who are you?
Are you an individual with personal desires, or are you a reptilian cockroach brood sow/sperm donor on viagra for some culture, tribe, race's elite's resource thieving practices?
2. Why are you here?
Are you here to be an individual to find out who you are, who you can be, to struggle to be that individual, based upon your own individual honourable identity; or or are you here to be a reptilian cockroach brood sow/sperm donor on viagra for some culture, tribe, race's elite's resource thieving practices?
3. What do you want?
Do you want to be an individual to find out who you are, who you can be, to struggle to be that individual on a planet with an Ecology of Peace social contract that encourages you to be an individual based upon your own individual honourable identity; or do you want to be a reptilian cockroach brood sow/sperm donor on viagra for some culture, tribe, race's elite's resource thieving practices?
For example: these citizens know who they are, know what they want, and ain't afraid to honourably and sincerely ask for what they want: an Ecology of Peace social contract.
Overview of Birth Certificate Licensing Slavery:
Once a state has registered a birth document with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Department notifies the Treasury Department, which takes out a loan from the Federal Reserve. The Treasury uses the loan to purchase a bond (the Fed holds a purchase money security interest in the bond) from the Department of Commerce, which invests the sale proceeds in the stock or bond market. The Treasury Department then issues Treasury securities in the form of Treasury Bonds, Notes, and Bills using the bonds as surety for the new securities.
This cycle is based on the future tax revenues of the legal person whose name appears on the Birth Certificate. This also means that the bankrupt, corporate U.S. can guarantee to the purchasers of their securities the lifetime labor and tax revenues of every citizen of the United States/American with a Birth Certificate as collateral for payment. This device is initiated simply by converting the lawful, true name of the child into a legal, juristic name of a person.
Legally, you are considered to be a slave or indentured servant to the various Federal, State and local governments via your STATE-issued and STATE-created Birth Certificate in the name of your all-caps person. Birth Certificates are issued so that the issuer can claim exclusive title to the legal person created thereby.
Excerpts: Birth Certificate Truth: Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and Vatican Canon Law, of the Roman Canon Law foundation for birth certificate slavery. | You don't own yourself; the Federal Reserve does | US Citizens & Their Property Collateral for US Debt | Chronology of Debt Slavery legislation: 1776 - present: including US citizens as 'enemies of the state']
-- Excerpt from Aex Amicus Application to Florida v. Michael Dunn
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