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Saturday, January 04, 2014
Weekend News
Bill Clinton administered the oath to New York's new mayor Bill Bill de Blasio. The swearing in took place on the steps of the City Hall. A crowd of 5,000 human beings came. There were numerous celebrities that came also. Some touted the event as a new progressive era in New York City and all over the United States. De Blasio spoke in his inaugural remarks in an unique fashion. The speech was advertised as a refusal on the part of him to back away from the populist rhetoric of his campaign. “When I said we would take dead aim at the Tale of Two Cities, I mean it,” said de Blasio. Borrowing the phrase associated with the Occupy Wall Street protests of two years ago, he added, “New Yorkers see our city not as the exclusive domain of the One Percent, but a place where everyday people can afford to live, work and raise a family.” He made an interesting comment about trying to save and defend the profit system without fighting against it. “We are called to put an end to economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city we love,” he said. “We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success. We do it to create more success stories.” There should be an end to inequalities completely. Folks are dying and folks are homeless in NYC and throughout the world. New York has the world's largest concentration of billionaires and millions of the working poor. There should be no lip service to social justice, but action. De Blasio wants to have higher taxes placed on the wealthy to fund pre-Kindergarten universal education. This plan is to face opposition in the state capital. I have no issue with this plan. Yet, it would amount to less than $1,000 for those with incomes of up to $1 million. De Blasio worked in the Dinkins administration. He worked for Bill Clinton during his 2 terms in office during the 1990's. Clinton wanted welfare ended as we know it. Clinton executed policies that assaulted the working class. This was the decade in which the inequality that de Blasio is supposedly so angry about grew at its fastest rate in a century. This was when the repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act, with Clinton’s vigorous support, laid the basis for the criminal banking activities of the first decade of the 21th century. Clinton used triangulation or adopted the policies of the Republicans and use slick packaging as a means to convince the public that he could "feel your pain." The new mayor of New York never publicly opposed any of these measures. De Blasio managed Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. He worked in the City Council and as New York City's Public Advocate before his run for the mayoralty last year. His appointments of William Bratton, Anthony Shorris, and others have been troubling. Time will tell what his legacy will be. He has time to be either the Mayor of the people or the Mayor of Wall Street. The choice is up to him.
The following issue is unique. Gun violence against innocent human life is evil and wrong. We have decreased crime rates in America and in numerous large cities of America. Yet, we still have a long way to go in really ending the gun violence epidemic plaguing society in general. It is a complicated issue and solutions will have to be diverse. A one sized fit all approach will never work. There should be programs to address poverty, there should be education on conflict resolution and unique means to fight crime, folks should be educated on gun safety, our families should grow, and we should handle socioeconomic issues as well (we should condemn the bad policies of the central banks, the Federal Reserve, and Wall Street). The people should have the power and power should not be totally controlled by select, privatized central banks at all. Also, we should fight poverty in independent ways via community based programs including other solutions. Criminals should never own guns, but law abiding citizens have the right to own a firearm if he or she wants to. It is true that many human beings ignore the gun violence in urban communities. We should have just as much concern for gun violence in the urban areas as we do in non-urban locations. This process to fight gun violence will not be easy, but we fight not because things are easy. We fight because things are hard. Also, we should not only condemn and fight gun violence in our community. We should condemn and oppose the violence of imperialism, the violence of police brutality, the violence of assaults against any innocent human being, and other forms of violence done by the Powers that be too. The violence done by imperialists is truly evil. Yes, the Opium Wars situation was very real. At first the Chinese used all means to resist the offers from the British Empire. Later, the British Empire motivated by greed and a lust for power moved to cause the Chinese people to be addicted to Opium. It was a horrendous situation and multiple wars occurred. Also, America was involved in the Boxer Rebellion as well in 1900. Also, the black community has suffered as a product of the War on Drugs, discrimination, redlining, and other injustices. The Mafia, gangs, and other entities (including government entities) have worked together to harm much of the black community. The PTB used spying programs and other means to try to harm the progress of the Black Panthers and the rest of the black liberation struggle. One example is how the Chicago Police killed Brother Fred Hampton in cold blood during 1969 while he was sleeping. Drug addiction harms true revolutionary movements, so we have to be on our Ps and Qs when dealing with the agenda of the oppressor. We have the right to improve our lives, to help our community, and to be educated on the NATURE OF THE THREAT AS THEY SAY.
Melissa Harris Perry was very sincere in her apology. Other reactionary hosts like Beck and O'Reilly will never apologize in that fashion. Perry outlined details, information, contrite words, and tears. So, Melissa Harris Perry is a person who expressed real remorse. Mitt Romney's nefarious agenda is known for the world to see from Bain Capital to his other radical policy positions. Folks like Rush Limbaugh have said racist, misogynist, and other bigoted statements for years and they have issued no apologies. Kudos to Melissa Harris Perry for at least apologizing in a contrite manner and admitting her error. She has the right to move forward with her life and her career.
Some folks are right on the agenda of indoctrination of human beings (especially when it deals with black human beings). There are tons of propaganda shown by the media, TV, mainstream religious entities, and other entities (like the CIA using propaganda globally as documented by researchers) that try to advance militarism, compromise, and other forms of deception. Edward Bernays wrote about this issue. Certainly, it is our job to learn about bigotry and oppression, so we can FIGHT IT and be a living witness of the truth. The struggle continues and we have long work to do in our own lives as a means for families to be better and for our overall community to be BETTER. Also, the system of white supremacy has been fully documented by the great scholars & leaders of John Henrik Clarke, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Great Sister Trojan Pam, Paul H, and others. Also, we have that responsibility to improve our lives too. We should condemn the violence in our communities, we should look ourselves in the MIRROR and improve our daily lives, and we should not be naïve about our condition (in other words, we should be honest to accept the accurate good news and the accurate bad news as a means to improve our own conditions). Therefore, we should go out and be active to make a change in the lives of OTHERS (It can be working with the youth, working in educating human beings, assisting the elderly, working in independent, conscious organizations, helping the poor, being a mediator, etc.). We should never DEGRADE OUR PEOPLE too. We can have agreements and disagreements cogently without DEGRADING BLACK PEOPLE. Self reflection in our lives, accountability in our lives, and us fighting for JUSTICE for our people are great actions to adhere to. LOVE FOR OUR PEOPLE IS GREAT AS WELL. BLACK LOVE IS SUPERIOR TO BIGOTRY. OUR BLACKNESS AND OUR MELANIN ARE GREATLY RESPECTED BY ME. Certainly, we will continue in fighting for human justice in the world. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was right to oppose the Vietnam War. He was courageous, because many even of his friends abandoned him because he disagreed with war overseas that stripped necessary resources to rebuild areas in America. He wanted a peaceful settlement to the war and he wanted human beings to have the right to be a conscientious objector to the war. Dr. King realized that war deals with brutality, death, and violence. In the final analysis, we have to have peace and justice to live in a progressive fashion. Even today, we are still fighting for peace and justice. We are still fighting poverty in the world. Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton were very wise to advocate the opposition of imperialism and police brutality for real. They were greatly inspired by Malcolm X (who believed in justice and self determination. Not to mention that Malcolm X had an excellent knowledge of history. His speech on African history was amazing. Even after his Hajj, Malcolm X was still strong and militant. He advocated human justice and the right for black Americans to unite with Africa as a means to make necessary changes in the Earth). Every human being subsequently have the right to exercise self defense. That is a common fixture of human rights. Also, Bobby Seale is right that there are still injustices committed against black people. Bobby Seale said many great words from his interview during 1974, but his words back then hves a great relevance in our time of 2014. We are inspired to continue onward with the work of bringing true human justice in the world.
Our ancestors suffered unspeakable tragedies and built up heavily this nation from the ground up literally. So, our people have the right to advance our interests. It is not about hating them (which many falsely accuse us of. I don't hate any human being). It is about going out to believe in improvement and justice. Without black people, America can never reach its true potential and utmost creative essence. Black people have great value in the universe and our value ought to be appreciated. Our people fought greatly against Jim Crow, slavery, and other injustices. Their sacrifices and strong efforts should never be whitewashed or diminished at all. We have every right to condemn economic exploitation, imperialism, environmental harm, and debased genetic manipulation done by the powers that be. There is nothing wrong with harboring resentment against injustice, against racism, against poverty, against imperialism (including the war crimes that come with it), against police brutality and against any oppression. There can be no real solutions without understanding the problem, understanding who originated the problem, and understanding how to get the problem solved. There should be the love of the truth and the love of positive human endeavor as a means to make legitimate changes necessary to develop the lives of black human beings. The War on Drugs has been tragic to communities nationwide. The War on Drugs grew the militarization of the police, the growth of the violations of our human civil liberties. The CIA being caught backing the Contras (who smuggled cocaine to the States. We know of the evil policies of the CIA for decades including the FBI) for years exposes the nefarious, duplicitous nature of the War on Drugs. Many states are using alternatives to the reactionary, abhorrent policies of the War on Drugs (that treat non violent drug users as murderers and rapists). The law regulates the issuing of marijuana, so this law in Colorado is not equivalent to some random giving of marijuana to human beings at any circumstance. I do not believe in unlimited recreational usage of drugs by any human at any circumstance, but I don't believe that those who are non-violent and use drugs should receive punishments as high as murderers, pedophiles, rapists, etc. I have no issue with medical marijuana that is given to those that need it.
By Timothy
Thursday, January 02, 2014
Important News in January of 2014
There has been a rash of bombings in Southern Russia. Folks have
debated about these occurrences. These back to back terrorist bombings have
transpired in the southern Russian city of Volgograd. It killed at least 32
human beings and 70 plus have been wounded. These things transpired in less than 24
hours. A security crackdown has transpired all over the country as a result of
these bombings. The first of the 2 suicide bomb attacks took place on Sunday at
Volgograd's main train station. It killed at least 17 people and wounded over
40 more. The attack was timed for the peak travel period on the eve of the New
Year which is Russia's most important holiday. Authorities said that the bomb
was detonated in a crowd in front of the station's metal detectors. The Moscow
Times identified a suspect in the suicide bombing as Pavel Pechyonkin. He was a
paramedic with an ambulance service. He converted to Islam and left home to
join the Dagestani Islamist militants. Monday's bomb ripped through a trolley
bus during morning rush hour. The bombing scene had shown bodies and body parts
including clothing onto the city street. 15 people were reportedly killed in
the second bombing with nearly 30 human beings injured. Vladimir Markin is
the spokesman for Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee, told the media
that the two bombs appeared nearly identical, suggesting a common source for
the attacks. Referring to the trolley-bus bomb, he said: “Like the bomb at the
railway station, it was packed with shrapnel. Since the strike elements are
identical in the two bombs, it confirms the theory that the two attacks are
linked. It is possible they were prepared in the same place.” No group has
claimed responsibility for the 2 bombings. The suicide bomber identified
in the train station attack had declared his allegiance to the Caucasus
Emirate, an Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group active in Chechnya, Dagestan, and
North Ossetia and elsewhere in the region. The organization has claimed
responsibility for previous mass terror attacks, including the March 2010 Moscow
metro bombings that killed at least 40 people and the February 2011 suicide
bombing at Moscow’s international airport that left another 37 dead. Volgograd
was the place when a woman from Dagestan blew herself up on a bus, killing
seven people. This occurred in last October. Dokka Umarov is the self-declared
emir of the Caucasus Emirate. He issued a video in July wanting his following
to derail the Sochi Olympics with a new round of attacks. The organization
wants to have a separate Muslim state in the North Caucasus. The region was
harmed with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the restoration of
capitalism in 1991. Since then, it has seen two wars in Chechnya
(1994-1996 and 1999-2006), which claimed the lives of some 80,000 people, most
of them civilians. Volgograd was once called Stalingrad. It was the city that
turned the tide against Nazi Germany in WWII 70 years ago. The city is in
lockdown now. Fireworks displays were cancelled in Saint Petersburg. There is
still anti-Muslim and anti-agitation in Russia. Police dispersed Russian
nationalists. Pravda.ru quoted a former colonel in the Russian Federal
Security Bureau as saying, “We need to do what Americans do. We have to keep
tabs on each and every person. This technology that Snowden exposed—prevention
and control—has a real effect.” Some want to kill those accused of organizing
terrorist attacks. These terrorist attacks are evil, but Russia should have
civil liberties too.
There is the evil of the Fukushima
radiation disaster. Some believe that the radiation from the Fukushima a power
plant is decimating wildlife in the Western portion of North America. We now
have seals, seal lions, polar bears, bald eagles, sea stars, turtles, king and
sockeye salmon, herring, anchovies, and sardines all suffering from mysterious
diseases. These animals are suffering mysterious diseases and killing many in
the West Coast of North Carolina. There are bald eagles dying in Utah. 20 have
died in a few weeks alone. There is no conclusive evidence on why these things
are transpiring. Officials at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
have their own theories. Some point to radiation from Japan after the
2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Buz Marthaler,
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah co-founder: “It’s just hard to
have your national bird in your arms, going through seizures in a way it can’t
control — when you can see it’s pain but don’t know what’s happening to it. As
a human being, you just have problems with that. And when you lose one, it just
grabs your heart. [...] In an average year, we might get one or two, but we’ve
received nine so far, and five of those have died. The other four are still in
our care. [...] We aren’t
ruling out anything.” We know that the American and the Japanese
governments are doing everything that they can to cover up the severity of the
Fukushima disaster. We know that anytime the government or big corporations mess
things up, the government works to cover it up instead of actually trying to
fix the problem. We have issues in Detroit too. There is the battle of
the people against the tyranny of corporate rule in Detroit. Detroit should not
experience some free market utopia that is corporate ruled totally. Detroit has
been heavily privatized and gentrification is going on in the city as well.
Detroit entered bankruptcy and their resources are being stripped. Detroit has
slightly less crime than 1987, but Detroit is having huge economic problems.
Governor Rick Snyder the emergency bankruptcy Kevyn Orr handles much of the
power of controlling Detroit's finances. For years, the right-wing
Mackinac Policy Center has advanced the idea of privatizing government services
in Detroit and across Michigan. They have called for the sale of assets – like
electrical utilities, water/sewer, and public electricity. Now the city's
electrical grid is on its way to being sold to DTE Energy. The emergency
manager will also put up Detroit's trash collection for private bidding. So,
Detroit's mostly African American population is being exploited for the sake of
corporate exploiters that want sports facilities, outdoor markets, and restaurants.
So, the struggle continues.
Bill De Blasio is finally the new Mayor of
New York City at January 1, 2014. He was sworn in by former President Bill
Clinton. This represents a new era in seeing that this is the first Democratic
mayor of New York City in over 20 years. The ball is in his court to do what is
right. He is the 109th mayor of New York City. de Blasio is famous of his
"tale of two cities" that describes about economic inequality and how
the poor are oppressed by the system of the super-rich. Many folk who are low
wage workers, who are against the stop and frisk policing, and who are against
economic inequality voted for Bill De Blasio. There are issues in minimum wage
issues, climate justice situations, workers’ rights, and other important
issues. He can either be a revolutionary or another "liberal
enforcer" of the 1 percent. Time will tell. One time, de Blasio made the
disturbing comment that he called himself a fiscal conservative. The stop and
frisk architect Bill Bratton should not be the police chief. There is a Goldman
Sachs executive who claims to fight inequality. The mayor has signaled that
mega real estate projects would be approved with less public aid. Folks should
learn from the strengths and weaknesses of the Occupy movement as a means to address
inequality from the bottom up. Power should be fairly sent to the 99 percent.
It is interesting that the City Comptroller John Liu wants to increase the
citywide minimum wage to $11.50 an hour, raise $15 billion in new revenue through
progressive fiscal and tax policy, and builds 100,000 units of affordable
housing in four years. So far, de Blasio is silent on the plan for his primary
opponent John Liu. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthy to fund universal Pre-K.
The future for New York City will be interesting. De Blasio has the
responsibility now. He can be either part of the status quo or part of the
solution. The choice is up to him.
The Federal Reserve being exposed for its
corruption and nefarious policies are a great thing to do. The Bank of Israel's
Governor Stanley Fisher is nominated as the Federal Reserve Vice Chairman. It
is obvious when you have select central banks controlling an inordinate
influence in the world, then that is wrong and problems will occur. When the
government is dependent for money on the bankers, then the government leaders
can never totally control the nations. Many financiers in real life have no
loyalty to patriotism or decency. The Federal Reserve just commemorated 100
years of financial terrorism. In mid-December, President Barack Obama nominated
Stanley Fischer as the Federal Reserve vice chairman. If she will be confirmed,
he will replace Janet Yellen. Yellen will soon be the first woman to be the
Chair of the Federal Board of Governors. She will replace Ben Bernanke. She
will become the Fed Chairman in the end of January. From January 2005 through
June 30, 2013, Fischer was Bank of Israel governor. He holds dual US/Israeli
citizenship. He was involved earlier with the Bank of Israel. In 1980, he was a
visiting scholar. In 1985, he was Reagan administration advisor to Israel’s
economic stabilization program. During that time, neoliberalism just grew.
Knesset members amended the Bank of Israel Law. It prohibited it form printing
money for industrialization, full employment, and immigrant absorption. Israel
embraced transformative change for the worst. Power began shifting from various
government agencies to the Finance Ministry and Bank of Israel. It’s similar to
how America was financially dealt with. In 1985, Israeli policy included budget
deficits reduced to near balance. Inflation was dampened the wrong way. Wages,
public pensions, and other social benefits were cut. The shekel was debased.
Unions lost power and workers were exploited. The Arrangements Law established
an emergency Economic Stabilization Plan. Doing so sidestepped normal
legislative procedures. Knesset members were prevented from
debating its socially destructive provisions. A race to the bottom followed. It
continued throughout the 1990s. It did so under Fisher. It does so today. In
Israel and America we have mass privatizations. We have welfare and social
benefits cuts. There is wealth disproportionately shifted from ordinary Israelis
to corporate interests and super rich elites as well as other so-called
structural adjustments. Fischer studied in England and America. He was an
University of Chicago associate professor. He became an U.S. citizen in 1976.
He worked in the IMF before. He was in the Group of Thirty by late 2001. We see
neoliberalism as part of much of U.S. economy policy. Israel today gets
billions of dollars in annual aid, the latest weapons and technology,
unrestricted US market access, benefits afforded no other nations, and much
more. It does so in violation of the 1961 US Foreign Assistance Act. He
supports regime change in Syria. He worked to arrange the 2008 bailout of
Citigroup. QE reduced the money supply. It did so “by sucking up the collateral
needed by the shadow banking system to create credit,” said Ellen Brown. It’s
an “asset swap.” Assets for cash reserves “never leave bank balance sheets,”
she said. Doing so is counterproductive. It’s self-defeating. It constrains
economic growth. It doesn’t create jobs. It benefits Wall Street. It does it at
the expense of Main Street. When you have money used wisely in the economy,
then growth can come. The QE policy benefits the banks not the workers or most
Americans struggling at all. We need true economic populism without
neoliberalism.
Many are right on this point. In order for
us to fight, we have to know what we are up against. How can we fight and we
don't know what do we have to fight? We have to fight the evil system of white
supremacy and other ills in our community. We have to teach children from birth
that they are somebody and that they are special (including the fact that white
supremacy must be replaced with justice. Our children should be told that THEY
ARE BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL). We should learn from the mistakes of the past, so we
can have a better present & future. We should learn the lessons of the
past. We learned about compassion from Brother Martin. We learned about
strength from Brother Malcolm X, Sister Harriet Tubman, and Sister Sojourner
Truth. We learned about organization from Sister Ella Baker. We learned about
pride in ourselves and in our common heritage from Brother Marcus Garvey &
John Henrik Clarke, so many others. Therefore, we need to both have individual self-reflection
and collective collaboration (for one individual can't do it all alone. When we
UNITE as a GROUP and fight for our interests and justice, things happen.
Helping the poor, being a mentor, helping our families, being an upright
individual, etc. are all great things to do as well). We have to be
psychologically prepared. Also, we need to activate independent, UNIQUE
solutions, because we live in a new generation. This is a new century, a new
year, and a new decade. We should never embrace a leader worshipping complex
(for one individual), because fundamentally we can be leaders in our own
community. We are leaders. Not to mention that we have to focus on self-improvement
and self-determination, which are key portions of our cultural ethos. Altruism
is important too since we are our entire Brother's and our Sisters' keepers. We
have to be accountable for our actions and we should hold the PTB accountable
for their crimes too. We have every right to fight discrimination and any
injustices that harms the fabric of our black community. WE WILL FIGHT AND WE
HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. An important thing that we must do is
that we should embrace LOVE. Without having LOVE for our people, nothing
changes. I AM HUMAN, SO I WILL LOVE. I love the Sisters with a great romantic
and social love. I respect the Brothers doing what is right too. LOVE IS
SUPERIOR TO HATE and when we have love for the truth, then solutions can come
about. WE SHOULD FIGHT AND WANT THE SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION ENDED AND BE REPLACED
WITH A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE AND TRUE LIBERATION. Beauty is diverse and it is found
in all of our skin tones as Black people. Colorism is always evil, no question
about it. Black is beautiful. I am sick and tired of this light vs. dark
nonsense myself. Regardless if we are light, brown, or dark, we are all black
and beautiful. We should be concerned with racial profiling, crime, our
families, the criminal justice system, HIV/AIDS, and some real issues too. We
are all black and we want the same goal of the liberation of our people. The
more folks realize that, the better off that we will be as a people and as a
community.
By
Timothy
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