Revisions

Well I am back sorry for the long absence, But I have been busy with family stuff. Which brings me to what I want to post about today. I have been visiting family the last couple of weeks, and when families get together they discuss many things one thing they talked about maybe two or three time was that a new law had passed that made it illegal to sag your pants. The older members of my family were all in support of this. I Said nothing just listened to what they had to say, but the second time I had to speak out. I said "I don't like this law it is violating their first amendment rights, they can wear what ever they like. I got quick responses like I don't want to see it, or what if they try to get a job they can't wear that. We debated this for about two-three minutes then I gave up. See I do not sag my pants it looks stupid, and they are right you want get a job dressed that way, but to make it a law where you can't where your cloths the way you want is way more than the first step down that path I fear that this country is going down. What if someone made a law where you had to have your hair cut a certain way. No one would like that. I ask you how is this law any different? I tried to get them to understand my point. It was futile my mother and my aunt came to my side and that was it. I am not asking you to like it just to protect the rights of others. So through this I have a revised view of what some americans thinks of freedom. They think that freedom is the ability to do as they please and for everyone else also, as long as it fit in to their view od right and wrong. This is why we have so much division in this nation we all have different views on freedom. Freedom is the ability to do as you please as long as it does not violate anyone elses freedom. So I also now know that despite what many black people are registered as(dem) they are really conservatives at heart. so they vote dem to help themselves out when in actuality they should be voting rep. It seems what I have stumble on develves deeper than what I first thougth

Forever in a Day

Hello I have been a little busy, but I will try to post again soon. I hope to get back into my usual routine soon. Just please give me sometime, and please don't forget about me.

Serpent's Song

Well Louisiana is all over the news lately. Sen. David Vitter has been tied to the DC Madam. Now I do not care if Senator Vitter had sex with a prostitute, I don't care if he had sex with three prostitutes and a orangutan. As long as he does his job well I could care less that is between him, the law and his family, but it quickly becomes my business when he lies to get elected. He didn't lie about this situation, but he lied about what he stands for, he pushed conservative issues in congress. Then it turns out that he doesn't practice what he preaches. That makes him a hypocrite. I think he has refuse to answer any questions about the situation. Soliciting a prostitute is still a crime in this country. As a representative of the people he is answerable to the people, When president Clinton got caught up the right wing could not stop putting him down. Don't get me wrong I like Clinton he was a good pres, but he did lie under oath, I don't care what he and the intern did, but when your perjure yourself then I have a problem. Really when it comes down to it what my real problem is, is that this is a growing problem going on in politics hypocrites. Does anyone stand for what they say they stand for? I already have a problem with the legislature that conservatives push in congress, but I respect them. When you are caught flat out doing the opposite, it just makes it hard for me to still respect you. Can they even be trusted. What happened to honor? Honor you constituents, your office. Conservatives want to act so up right, and morally righteous. How can they justify their action from Foley to Newt Gingrich to David Vitter. The story that Senator Vitter is telling is the same old song I heard a million times before, I am sorry, my family and I are working through it, I've answered to God, This is a personal matter. I guess It is our fault we let them get away with it.

Unnatural Selection

A while back Mary(Get Your Own) awarded me the Thinking Blogger Award(http://getit4yourself.blogspot.com/2007/06/triple-tagged.html). I am very grateful for this honor. As apart of the rules that come with the Award I must award it to five other people.

1. The first Thinking Blogger Award goes to Enemy of the Republic at "Cruel Virgin". I am giving this Award to her because she and her blog are not closed minded. Her blog is full of ideas that honestly make you think. She is not dismissive, and willing to discuss the opinions expressed in the comments.
2. The second goes to Tim from "Finding the Truth". He is an honest blogger who only seeks to fight for what is right and speak out against what is wrong. He doesn't care what side the problem is from wrong is wrong.
3. Third goes to Remorji from "Sittin on the Big Porch". Here we have a blogger who is not only finding himself, but wants others to learn from his lessons. Knowing this blogger personally. I know how much he has grown an also know the lessons that can be gained from his stories.
4. The fourth award goes to X.dell over at "The X Spot" This blogger is one who discusses topics most are not familiar with and shines the light on them. He wants to educate people for their own good. The stories he tells will open your eyes.
5. Finally we have Urban Butterfly from "Urban Butterfly". She is one of the most unique bloggers around a blog full of poetry. Here you will find poem that express in great detail the things everyone goes through.The poems are great and enlightening. UB as she is called has a beautiful blog and soul. Definitely one to check out.

THE RULES:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.

2. Link to the original post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme. (there’s that word…)

3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.

Point of No Return

I was interviewed by Betmo from Life's Journey. I really enjoyed the experience and would love to do it again if asked. Hope you enjoy as well.


1) As a young blogger, who tackles pretty heavy topics- what are the reactions of your peers to your posts, and do they have much input? Actually many people in my social life don't know about my blog or this side of me, but when people do find out about my blog they are intrigued. In high school all I heard was "that's cool" or "your into that". In college it is a different story they ask questions, read my post. Many times we become better friends because I realise that they think about the same stuff and vice versa. We end up having long discussions about politics and the world. As far as input no my blog is all me, but they do give me inspiration.

2) Your generation is going to have many messes to clean up- if now is any indication- how do you see America and the world being in 20 years? 20 years, well I see American rights being stripped away under an ever increasing power of the Executive Office, a Supreme Court who will not challenge any conservative president, and if attitudes don't change a Congress afraid of the Executive office. America will be even more divided. The rest of the world will follow suit. The big mess my generation will have to clean up is the political structure of the entire world. The economy is going to be horrible, the U.S. is going to be isolated from the rest of the world Europe particularly. After the collapse of the middle east chaos will ensue dragging more European nations into the fight far deeper than they would like. Latin America may be a third world region once the U.S. ignores them in favor of the Middle East issue. This is what I see unless we get some policy makers in office who see this problem and are willing to correct it.


3) Reading your blog over the past months- it seems as if you are looking at issues and learning from them as you go along. what was the inspiration for you to start blogging? The inspiration to start blogging was a two part thing. Starting with the 2000 elections I had been very interested in politics, but I had no one to talk to about it. So I learned and quietly observed on my own, keeping my thoughts to myself. Then my father called me one day telling me to check out his blog, Sitting on the big Porch, I did and when he explained what it was to me. I knew I had found what I needed. An open forum of discussion on issues that meant a lot to me. I feel that a lot happens in the world and as long as I speak out I have made a difference.

4) If you were running a candidate's campaign for president, what would be your advice to him/her for a platform? Glad you asked. I often feel like candidates are selling a product with fine writing saying "results may vary". I would tell them to be honest and tell them what you plan to do, don't sugar coat it. Talk to the average man/woman, the people you intend to serve like they have some intelligence, don't baby them. Absolutely no Smear campaigns. If you are honest about your intentions the people will see what you are really about. If you win then you won fair and square, no tricks. If you lose, at least you ran an honest campaign. I think that liberal, conservative, or moderate we are all tired of fake, dirty, dishonest politicians

5) Many of us out here in blogland take up many causes- but we have one pet cause we champion (mine is the environment)- do you have one? and if so, what is it? My cause is equality. It encompasses many things, equal rights racial harmony, and many more, but I want us all to be equal, because we are. So it may seem my passions vary, but it all boils down to equality. I can't let our rights be violated. I believe humanity has so much potential, but we can only live up to it once we are all free. I am afraid of what will become of us if we allow corruption and the centralization of power to take over our world.


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It's Good to be King

Well, surprise surprise President Bush commuted Scotter Libby's sentence. It is not a pardon so he is still guilty. I asume that this is Pres. Bush's attempt to satisfy both sides. This logic makes no sense. I could see if he had served some of his jail time. What if we reversed this logic if you pardoned a man before he went to jail, but he still had to serves his time. Don't get me wrong if the position were reveresed I would love a commuted sentence, but I thought we lived in a country were justice was blind but I guess every now and then she peaks under that blind fold just to make sure it isn't one of the President's buddies. Honestly who didn't see this coming. I am not going to pretend that Pres. Bush is the only President to do this, but that doesn't make it anymore right. What is wrong with the president going over the sentences of the average man and finding one where he evidence was sketchy or where they were obviously innocent,and pardoning them or commuting their sentence. I guess you would need a President more in touch with the people. President Bush's administration seems to be out of his hands I doubt that this decison was completely his. Why, of all people should Scooter Libby get a "get out of jail free card"? This is a complete miscarrige of Justice. I am more than a litte bothered by this. Which is strange since I saw it coming maybe a part of me just hoped for more. So a friend of yours leaks the name of a U.S. undercover agent then lie about it and you can get them off. I guess it is good to be king.

Menace

*First off I would like to make a correction no one died in the Jena incident. I received bad info

North Korea is testing more weapons. N. Korea is going to be a real threat I watch a lot of of Sci-fi and drama shows and one thing that they have in common is that close to the end of the season things begin to build up until the climactic season finale. I am afraid we are reaching the end of our season an old enemy returns and is gaining strength(N. Korea). The main characters are getting a new leader(U.S.'s election is coming). The main enemy's devious plot was foiled leading into their next big attack(London terror attacks). At the end of the season it will all come together. Now that was just a little fun I was having with the current situation, but the truth is that N. Korea is a real threat. It seems to me that no one else seems to care very much unless it is on CNN or Fox News. We as a people need to start prioritizing what we need to do. Iraq is too far gone and we are in too deep to just pull all out now. We do need a gradual pull out of Iraq and start dealing with N. Korea. I am not saying we do what we did in Iraq, because we all know how that went, but North Korea is a real problem that the U.S. and other nations need to address. We need to address them soon before the Season end with us caught by surprise.

The Broca Divide

I noticed something yesterday. Recently around here the watercooler conversation is the Jena situation, more commonly known as the Jena Six. I learned that it had taken own national coverage. It was in a Chicago newspaper, and a radio show. So Since this happened in my backyard basically. I felt it was right to go with the theme that my blog has been taking the last couple of post, Racial harmony. What happened is there was a tree that some black students wanted to sit under, but it was reserved for white students only. When the black students sat under it the next day nooses were hanging from the tree. Racial tension was increased in the city. Fights broke out and eventually led to the deaths of some students who are now on trail. Why is it so easy to tear apart a community solely on the basis of race. I have been to Jena a couple of times and my high school played them in homecoming a few times. So this extreme case of racism feels too close for comfort. I know racism exist. It exist in my hometown, but this is just so extreme. White only, this is not the 1950's, it is the 21st century. The bond that I spoke of in my last post is there, but acts like this make it hard to see. I grew up in the south race is apart of everyday life, not always negative. Just always there. Now the trial has come along and less than half of the people called to jury duty showed up. Do people not care? I think that if we fight hard enough that racism can be reduced. Can it be destroyed? I don't know, but I wish that it could. Humanity is so divided it really makes me feel sad. I really hope that we can mend this hatred among us. From the middle east to US-Mexican-border to Jena Louisiana human beings seem to be at odds with each other over seemingly superficially things. We are all humans, we breathe the same air, drink the same water, live off the same ground, live on the same earth. Why are we so divided?

The Ties That Bind

Natalie Halloway, Elizabeth Smart, Jessie Marie Davis these women are a long list of women who have gone missing. I am not saying that these things are not sad, but does anyone remember Phylicia Moore, Alexis Patterson, Rilya Wilson, Judy Cajuste, or Sharonda Parker. When a person is abducted it is always sad I am not saying anything to the contrary, but the media has it's pick and choose of the stories it airs/prints. Why is it that the stories that get the most attention are about white people. All missing people are important regardless of race there is a racial divide in this country. We as a people should care regardless of race. I don't have much too say I just wanted to give you all something to think about. What are the things that bind us race nationality or as I hope Humanity. I believe that as human beings we share a bond that goes beyond race, religion, nationality. Sometimes it maybe hard to see, but I have no doubt that it exist I really hope that in this millenium that all that hold people together is not race.

Unending

Today I am talking about the middle east situation. Recently Hamas has taken the Gaza strip. This is a Major event. It changes things to say the least. So I am going to talk about Middle east politics instead of our own. Which to be honest is becoming harder to seperate. I read that the number of refugees coming out of Iraq is increasing. Iraq is, like I have said plenty of times before, a mess. Now with Hamas having taken the gaza strip we will probably see an increase on attacks all over the middle east. I hope that a peaceful resolution to these problems could be found, but with stubborness coming from all sides I don't see who would be willing to agree to that. It would seem that aggression is something rooted in the human being so deep no matter how advanced we get or how holy we get it can never be erased. The middle east has been a hotbead of war, terror, and aggression for sometime now. It is not all their fault. European fought over it, religions fought over it. It is not limitied to the Middle east either look at Latin America, superpowers of all generations. Ancient Greece had a city state the was all about military, Sparta. Rome's goal was to conqueor the world and they used military might to get that job done. Great Britian in it's hayday fought many Wars I couldn't name them all. The U.S started out in a War and in the twentith century has had it's hand in major miltary action for every generation of that century. We will continue to try to stabalize the middle east, but sadly there will always be war if not in the Middle East then elsewhere on this blue marble of ours. Yes it war is inevitable infact it is.....

This post and the next nine post, their titles all have something in common as a tribute.