Vision Circle

Throw Away The Keys

Someone in the area knows the thugs who did this.

Someone in the area should be telling on those criminals who did this.

But, it appears, people are not telling the police.

There needs to be a round up.

Hatin' On Kwanzaa

This is to the people who write "anti-Kwanzaa" screeds this time of year.

• Kwanzaa is a made up holiday.

  1. Yes, it's made up. Karenga has said that from day one.

  2. Other "made up" celebrations include Mardi Gras, Mother's Day, Valentines Day, and St. Patrick's Day.

• Kwanzaa is not an African celebration.

  Karenga never said it was an African celebration. He said he took parts of different African cultures and created a "harvest festival" like celebration.

• Christians shouldn't celebrate it.

  OH, do you really want to go here?

  1. The birth of Christ, Our Savior, did not likely happen on the 25th of December. It was "created" to overtake the pagen rituals that occured during the time.

  2. How many Christians celebrate Christmas singing about Santa Claus and Rudoloph?

  
  

• It's a separatist event.

  1. I've been to one Kwanzaa celebration. I attended in Philly and Karenga was a speaker. At this point, I'll mention that there were a fair number of whites in attendence, and it wasn't just news reporters.

  2. Many people come from different parts of the country to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Did you know that there are actually 2 separate Mardi Gras parades happening at the same time? One done by whites, the other by Blacks? Did you know that until 2004, I think, they never even "greeted" each other?

• Most American Blacks have never even been to Africa

  1. Most American whites have never been to Ireland but does that stop them from celebrating St. Patrick's Day?

  2. Most Americans, period, have never left the country.

• Kwanzaa replaces Christmas.

  No, it doesn't. Some "Black churches" even celebrate both.

Take the Kwanzaa hating and step. Ya'll are just spouting nonsense.

For the record: I don't celebrate it. I'm just sick of the silliness the haters go through on trying to shut it down.

The Depths of Black Boogie Man Thinking?

I really don't like what I am about to do, but this is another moment, to me, where something must be said.


Again, off of this post, in the comment section:

But the question I really have for anyone is this:

Muslims in this country are recruiting blacks to come on board their religion of peace train faster than any other ethnic group. We have people like Mumia, Farrahkan, Muhhammed Ali, etc who have all climbed aboard the peace train in what they believe is a retaliation to whitey. Muslims play on black’s notion’s that whitey enslaved me and puts me down. What I find ironic is that Muslims were about 50% responsible for fueuling the TransAltantic Slave trade - Slaves breed in Western Africa were marched to the ports in the Sudan were they were traded for rum, tobacco and cotton. The Muslims were the ones who put Farrahkan’s ancestors on the boats that went to not only the US, but Cuba and South America. On top of that the Muslims were responsible for the death of over 128 African Slaves in their lands during the height of the Africa Slave Trade. The majority of these Africans who died were young girls and women sold as sex slaves throughout the middle east.

So why do blacks so hate America, but join the ranks of a Religion that did more damage (and is still doing damage today) to their ancestors and country than the US ever did.

Cowgirl

I'm sorry, but this is the sort of race baiting, making the Black Boogie Man garbage that I cannot let stand.

My response:

The supposition is wrong.

If Blacks hated America as you so assume, Blacks wouldn’t “disproportionately” join the armed services.

If Blacks hated America, those who did join the service and/or those who have clearances, would have a higer rate of espionage than can account for the general population of those who hold clearances.

The NOI Muslims make up 0.1%, that’s 1/10th of 1% of Black Americans. Black Americans, overwhelmingly, are Christian. The next largest group of Black Muslims are no more than 1% of the Black population.

So, you just created a boogy man of about 1.1% of the Black population.

So tell me why your comments should not be considered race baiting.

Upset About Happy Holidays

I'm really upset about the use of happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

This time of year is about Christmas which is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior.

If you are upset about people saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas, I trust:

• that you are upset that the commercialization of Christmas has led to some stores advertising Christmas before Thanksgiving.
• that you are upset about the fights and mayhem that happens on "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving.
• that you are upset that many stores need the consumerism of Christmas to stay in business.
• that you are upset of the near deity status of Santa Claus.
• that a mall Santa, coming late from lunch break, can cause a near riot. (I would not have believed it would be possible).
• that you are saddened by the rise in suicide attempts and successes this time of year.
• that you are saddened by the level of stress that results from people running around trying to buy gifts.
• that you are saddened by the debt that families find themselves in after Christmas?

If not...

My Take On Bill Bennett

I don't like doing this, but:

in·fer·ence

1 a the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment
considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from
that of the former

im·ply

2 : to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary
consequence rather than by direct statement

When I heard Bill Bennet's comments, I heard them in full context.

My take on the matter was to think that if all Black babies were
aborted, some fraction of those Black babies would turn to crime. I
never assumed the statement meant ALL Black babies would become
criminals. And, statistically speaking, I'm right. In fact, most won't be criminals. But for those that would turn to crime, since they wouldn't be around, the crime rate would have to go down.

The same applies if Bennett used whites instead of Blacks or if he said male babies only or if he said if we somehow removed all males between the age of 15-30.

In looking at the responses to Bennett's remarks, there seems to be a
strong thought that states Bennett meant all Black babies aborted
would have been criminals. No where do I see that in Bennett's remarks.

However, going further, it seems to me that Bennett's comments are not what's making the racists feel comfort, it's the replies that confirm the idea that most Blacks are criminals.

Maybe I've missed it, but the fact that most Blacks are NOT criminals, is being lost, to me, with the knee jerk reactions.

That's what is giving comfort to the racists.

Watch Who Gets Dogged

Watch who gets dogged.

Will it be the functionally illiterate single mother, whose family has a high incidence of illiteracy, who was raped when she was 15 and then became wild, she says, because of a loss of self esteem because she was raped?

Or, will it be the drug addict mother, whose family took her child away from her because she was an addict, who, when placed in a dire situation, offered meth to a criminal?

Who? Me a cynic?

Paradox_Cruel Irony

You can't make this stuff up. There is no doubt that if July or August had been National Preparedness Month, FEMA would have been just as unprepared. While the Washington Post has framed the practice of positioning incompetence as long-standing, the contradiction is presently unbearable for a "regime" beyond the point of rhetorical collapse. The consequences for stealing the election in 2000 have yet to be visited upon W...maybe the Democrats can conjure up a bit of spine (wishful thinking for them hoes, but hoes gotta eat too).

National Preparedness Month is here and the abject lesson of what not to do has been demonstrated to the tune of thousands of lives lost, $150 billion in damage and the prospects for ongoing ecological disaster.

Paradox of Prejudice

The story that will emerge from the aftermath of Katrina and the abysmal relief effort of the government includes poor black and white folk. The numbers of poor white folk in and around New Orleans are not known - and the images in New Orleans are mostly of black folk...the images of Mississippi and Alabama are mostly of white folk. These depictions are not accurate and are misleading. Still, the number of poor white Americans unable to rely on their government is significant.

What of the consequences? Will this energize and galvanize white separatist movements who have stridently rejected the increase of government powers through the Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act? Will this energize coalition builders across 'racial' lines to collaborate on innovative strategies to assist our poorest citizens. Will Katrina serve as a referendum on Republican lip service to national interests?

If Slick Willie can be impeached for a 'lil knob-slob, wither Bush of the fabricated war and the unnatural disaster that is Mike Brown and FEMA? Can white America, which has distinguished itself from its government in many significant respects during this crisis, stay in the mix long enough to sustain this moral imperative? Can the fat American middle class, of all races, stay in the mix long enough to lose some WEIGHT and gain some heart? How long will the love abide? How long before we go back to assuming the worst before giving our best? How much could we achieve is we judged after the fact - not before the finale?

The limitations of government accountability must be painfully clear to most Americans now. Certainly, those affiliated with the victims at Ruby Ridge are as aware of this as the progeny of the BLA and AIM. And those in the middle recognize that from health care to rising oil prices to corporate pardons for fleecing retirement funds, the government is little more than a kakistocracy.

Will the American people claim the revolution - through the ballot or otherwise - that is the inherent right of the citizenry? Will they follow their heart or fall into the trap of the paradox of prejudice?

Idiots abound over West and Katrina

Here's the thing about Kanye West's statements.

THEY ARE EMPIRICALLY FALSIFIABLE.

With all of the blather about this coming from people with traffic high enough you'd think they would know better...I think some enlightenment is in order.

Take Dean's statement about Harold Washington, and how whites in Chicago didn't like him because Washington "hated whites".

All of Washington's actions as mayor are on record. Find me one line item on a budget where black people received more of a resource than whites that was not pegged to their need.

West's statements about Bush, CAN ALL BE EMPIRICALLY FALSIFIED.

You don't think they're true? Don't give me definitions about a concept you can't quite wrap your head around.

Give me some data that shows they are false.

And then while you're at it, put up some loot as collateral.

Lost Humanity

Low Down and Foul is what I wrote about Michael King's short piece on Corretta Scott King.

Now I read that she had a stroke and heart attack and is paralyzed on one side.

In my opinion, if someone who you don't like has something bad happen to them, the best thing to do is shut your trap and show some class and humanity.

IMO, this is an example of what happens when the partisan crap gets out of control.

What happened to praying for the well-being of the family?

"Just damn".

[Update] An apology.

But first, let me take a moment to apologize to anyone who I offended with my comments regarding Mrs. King the other day. They were harsh, and stepped a bit over the line.

Well done.