This bad economy has a face, several faces in fact.  Especially the faces of children, those little ones, and the older ones too, who used to live in their comfortable homes, with all their toys, and computers, and each in their own rooms, with mommy and/or daddy working, providing for them.  Now they are in homeless shelters, because mommy and daddy have lost their jobs.  There are many childre who are out there worried that they will be next, their parents will b...

This is not just about the naysayers who continually bashes the leadership of this country.  It is for those of who don't think we will survive what is going on in our country right now.  It's toxic, it pulls us all down, it weighs heavily that so many have so little hope for us to get beyond the conditions our country is in now. Yes, I did use that tired old word "hope".  The word that so many spit out as if it was bile in their mouths.  It is a good word, without that...

I found a very interesting article written by Sandy Banks, a Journalist for the  Los Angeles Times .   It is about the choice of President-elect Barack Obama, the views of people both blacks and whites from her native city of Cleveland.   It was interesting to me because the views of the people she talked to were pretty much what a lot of Americans has been thinking and how they felt.     There were several things in the article that struck...

I keep hearing people referring to the outcome of this election as the biggest effect because of race.  It is not just because of the Black votes, although that helped, but let us not forget that the Black race is no longer the top minority in this country, in terms of numbers, even today.  It is also not because of the so called "White consience", though many like to believe this. Let us also not forget that the real reason the Republicans didn't have a sweep is because of what ...

We can all give a collective sigh of relief   Whew....that shit was close!   I can go out and buy a handgun...finally!   We won't get over Palin anytime too soon...more of her mug all over - YEAH!   We can all keep our jobs!   Black people can continue to retreat to the back of the bus!.....yeah...I said it...read it whatever way you want!   That Husseing Obama guy can go back where he came from!   Was that Africa or th...

The world as we know it will end! Run for your lives, Black people will be in charge!   OMG......we won't get rid of them!   OMGGGGG.....the country goes down the toilet!   The Muslims will come in and take over!   We all gonna lose our jobs!   People gonna have to stand on the street corners and give to the poor, freely and willingly!   Move over buddy.....your rights will all be gone!   Our country will be left o...

On my last blog, RedGloves made this comment: [\quote]Adressing the original post: I could not agree more completely, BUT, everyone needs to realize that race is not Obama's trump card. The more race is mentioned, the more it hurts him. There is more concern in our caucasian nation of Obama being racist than McCain. The only people that would really care if McCain was a racist would be the minorities, which Obama has already secured. Most Americans would be terrified if they thoug...

It is amazing to me the way some people think.  They cry that racism is being thrown about by some people (especially blacks), when they themselves are doing the very same thing.  They cry that the only reason why blacks do support Obama, is because he is in fact, black!    Is there any truth to the fact that blacks do support Obama, yes, there is.  If he is the candidate that they want to support, why shouldn't they support him?  If he is the candidate in t...

New York's Governor Elliot Spitzer has joined the long line of politicians who got caught in a scandal that has changed their lives forever!  He went to a hotel in Washington DC, under a pseudo name, George Fox, and had fun with a "very high class" prostitute to the tune of $5,500!  The question is was it public funds that was used to fun this little romp, or was it his own money? Another question is, if it wasn't public funds, and his own finances, should it matter to us that...

Although I was lagging around and behind on my decision I was not going to let this day pass without doing something. Without letting my little voice be heard as many of you probably already have by voting. I was sent this Email today and I'm even more inspired to go out and do my civic duty! I've never ever seen this information before and thought it would be interesting to share! Attached is a drawing of the first African American to ever vote in America. His name was David Strothe...

Tossing and turning, the debate goes on in my head of whether or not I will do my civic duty tomorrow. I mentioned my discord to someone and the response was, "Why bother?" I can understand the disillusionment because with the advertising Ad-War that has preceded tomorrow, and still going on even at the eleventh hour. In fact, I usually like to go out to vote early, that one-week period you have to go to a special designated area to vote, but kept putting it off because I wasn't sure wha...

Finally, it's November 2nd. I got up earlier so that I could make a headstart and go to the Polls before going in to work. Of course there was a long line, thankfully I only had to wait an hour and fifteen minutes. I've voted before in past Presidential elections. At the time I was in another state, there were no long lines then. There also was not such manic intense feelings four years ago - at least before the end results anyway. I'm a naturalized citizen of this country and I'm p...