Friday, August 31, 2007

She's Not Your Sister!!!!!

Man, why didn't I think of this before? I think I might have one of the reasons why black men and women can't get along-we keep referring to them as sisters. I know that seems trivial, but language is truly powerful. If you continually tell yourself something, eventually it can come to bear. Whatever you say can manifest itself into being-especially if you say it enough time. So then we're in agreement that their is power in words? So how then have we affected black male and female relations by calling each other brother and sister? If you think about it, we've actually been feuding like immature siblings. Not behaving as a unit, but like two members of a family competing over resources, attention from parents, etc. Sit back and really think about it. The real question is, who decided that we should call one another that? Was it black people themselves? It wasn't us who decided to call ourselves Negroes or African-Americans. In fact, I don't think we've named ourselves since we stepped off the slave ship. Furthermore, the whole brother and sister thing came about at one our most pivotal and revolutionary times during our stay here in America-the 60's. If there was truly a time in history that we could have instituted change it was during that period of black love, black pride, unity and revolutionary spirit. I, for one, am a revolutionary baby-I was born during that period and it has been the foundation of my beliefs as far back as I can remember.
Anyway....

We both know that anything Massa gives us ain't worth a hoot. He fed us the least healthy of the food. Gave us the raggediest clothing he could get his hands on-he could have sprung for some uniforms...come on, even a prisoner gets a uniform. He gave us the least desirable housing quarters. Broke up our families. He wouldn't let us read and gave us what I consider the most damaging element to our community, his useless, watered-down version of religion. So what makes us think that in this day and age he is going to give us anything worth having? I'm not sure where those silly terms brother and sister came from, but we truly are acting like immature siblings toward one another. Our sista's, like most sisters do, even go tell on us. That's right, go poll some of those young men sitting their asses up in jail, you'd be surprised how many of them up there because their sista went and told on them.

I don't want to sound like Malcom X, jr. but the one thing that white people fear the most is a unified black community. There's no competing with an awakened black people. The trickery runs so deep, do you know that in America if you're born with one drop of black blood you're considered black. But in any other part of the world, especially North Africa, if you have one drop of white blood you're considered Caucasian? Yes people...this is true! Ethiopians are considered Caucasians. Those Indians like Veejay Singh (golfer) that have that jet black skin but straight black hair? Caucasian. Yes. So then, what really is a Caucasian? And why the two different standards? The point that I'm trying to make is that there is power in language and something so subtle as calling your God-given mate your sister has to impact us negatively. She's your mate, not your sibling. And the majority of black folk I know highly detest incest. What is it doing to your mind to call this woman you have carnal knowledge with sister?

They are our women-let's drop the brother and sister schtick-especially since we can't really say where it came from. Perhaps if we start calling one another something else, something more appropriate, we might begin to see a change in how we relate to one another. I've got it....allow me to greet you all, my Black Queens.....

Gotta get to work.

TPOKW?

P.S. And ya'll gotta stop calling us worthless nigga's (I don't care how you spell it-it's got to stop). Deal?

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

The Gay Agenda. What's Really in their Closet

Those who are closest to me know that I've been kicking around this theory regarding the gay agenda and the cession of power that will undoubtly be yielded by non gays if the agenda is pushed to the forefront. I need to inject this caveat, lest someone accuse me of being homophobic. I am not, nor have I ever been afraid of gays (should I be?). I've had gay coworkers that I would spend time with (in group settings...watch it now), outside of work. I've had gay neighbors, and I even have a gay brother. Doesn't necessarily make me a supporter of their agenda, but it definitely should illustrate no ill feelings on my part toward them.

With that said, I've been wondering what the hell's been going on with our society. Several years ago a close friend of mine said that he recognized a feminizing of the American male. I didn't quite understand what he meant, but I filed it away like I do most things I don't understand with the hopes that some related stimuli will retrieve it at the appropriate time (happens this way for me all the time). I've noticed that their has been, over the years, a subtle attack on the heterosexual male. Think about how his image has been portrayed over the past couple of decades. It used to be he was a dedicated father (i.e. Father Know's Best and The Brady Bunch to name a few). Fast forward to the 90's and we have Homer Simpson and Al Bundy. The male as head of household has been reduced to a neanderthal whose limited intellectual ability always has the family in hot water. Whose image is this of the American male head of household? It isn't the heterosexual American male's image of himself-this much I can assure you. There are very few positive images of fathers on television these days. My Two Dads has me deeply concerned. The title itself seems like a primer. Once you get used to the title, even though the two characters in this sitcom are hetero, how easy would it be to portray two gay males as father types in the future (Six Feet Under anyone?)-you're already comfortable with the phrase my two dads.

Again, I'm not a homophobe, I just have to say that when an agenda is pushed to the forefront, power has to be ceded somewhere and it is usually ceded at the opposite polar end of the emerging agenda. This is why white's were up in arms during the civil rights era-they knew that any gains realized by blacks would somehow impact their social and economic standing. If a gay agenda is pushed to the forefront, heterosexual males would have to cede position in order to make way.

This isn't the first push in this direction. In my opinion, the Women's Liberation movement was a front for the gay agenda. First of all, most of the rights that the Women's liberation movement in the 60's pushed for (equal pay for equal work, bra burning (what man in his right mind would be against a bra-less woman), financial autonomy etc.), most women are silently retreating. Women have discovered that the work place isn't necessarily where they want to be and have started a slow, but steady migration back into the realm of homemaker. The Stay At-Home Mom's or SAHM's are proof that, to some women, the grass wasn't greener on the other side and that the pressures of dealing with the work place for some outweigh the benefits. What's been lost in the process is a generation of children who have been raised on fast-food and MTV.

Furthermore, I believe that the Women's Lib movement of the 60's and 70's was also pushed to the forefront to minimize and diffuse any gains that might have been realized by African-Americans during the civil rights era. The biggest benefactors of the civil rights era were white women. Definitely not black women and most certainly not black men. Most of the the jobs that went to white women were jobs held by black men. When there's an influx of workers into the workforce, more jobs aren't created, and if they are, they are created by bisecting the duties and the pay of one job description to make another.

My suspicions were further confirmed when I analyzed the last election, and once I share this with you, you might see the brilliance shrouded in the deception-I for one have come to admire it. Before I go forward, again, I have to say this is all theory and supposition on my part. It's my independent analyses of facts. It is neither scientific nor is it backed by any intense primary, secondary, or tertiary research-just my analysis of factual data. If you ask most Christians in this country about their experience with the 2004 election, they will probably tell you that they witnessed a demonization of gays. They won't call it that, but ultimately that's what it was. From what I understand, the republicans made their way to churches across the nation, showing them images of gay pride parades and festivals and warning Christians that if they voted for the liberal Democrats, this is what they would be voting for. No Christian in his or her right mind is going to vote for that which is considered an abomination by their religious doctrine. Now here comes the trick, and I'm basing this solely on the recent homosexual revelations that have taken place in the Republican party: Gays used anti-gay rhetoric to convince those most vulnerable to their rhetoric to vote for them....in droves! Brilliant!

Again, I was reminded of this this morning when I discovered the following revelation regarding Senator Larry E. Craig, Republican of Idaho. The Senator was arrested June 11th for solicitous sexual behavior in, of all places, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport men's room. An undercover sting operation was being conducted by local law enforcement after reports of sexual activity in the men's restroom. It is reported that the Senator brushed his foot against a plain clothes officer's foot several times and waived his hand under the stall, reportedly a known signal to engage in lewd sexual activity. Allegedly, the Senator repeated this behavior until the officer, situated in the adjoining stall, showed his badge under the divider. The Senator claims that the officer misconstrued his intent. I don't know about you, but if someone behaved this way in the stall next to me, I'm not sure exactly what, other than you being deaf and needing toilet paper, your intent would be but a proposition of some sort.



Then there's the case of the Republican Governor of New Jersey, James McGreevy coming out of the closet and annoucing to the world that he was a gay American. There's Republican Representative Mark Foley's announcement of the same ilk. There are also rumors, all though none confirmed because no one wants to go on record regarding the matter, of the Republican Governor Rick Perry being gay. Again I have to reiterate the last entry has been reported as simply rumor, there are no factual data substantiating the claim. However, it has garnered enough attention to run in the Austin Chronicle.

I attribute many of these revelations to that bigoted, racist, pornographer, Larry Flynt-a man I for whom I have much admiration. He may have ran some seriously racist pictorials in his day, but make no mistake, Mr. Flynt is no friend of the U.S. government. And after offering a reward of $1 million to anyone who had proof of sexual improprieties conducted by Republicans, he opened a can of worms that leveled the playing field and made everyone's sexual misconduct fair game. In comparison, these revelations make indiscretions of former president Bill Clinton, who received a blow job in the oval office, seem like a college frat boy prank. In my opinion, we're sexual creatures and regardless of what our sexual orientation is, we're going to act on impulse. One has to decide what they consider more an abomination-engaging in a heterosexual act with a woman other than your wife in the oval office, or soliciting sexual favors in the men's room at an international airport. I think this one's a no brainer for Christians and non Christians alike. Of course both are considered sins in the bible, but if you had to pick a leader who indulged in either of two evils, which would you choose?

I think the attack on heterosexual males not only by mainstream media, but by the judicial system as well, indicates a hidden agenda that can, in my opinion, be directly linked to a perpetuation of a gay agenda. Who else poses a threat to the gay agenda? Certainly not women. (Most) women embrace gays-if you ever see a heterosexual woman with a gay male, you'd swear they were kindred spirits. There's a certain sisterhood that occurs between the two. And subconsciously I believe that the heterosexual female begins to wish that her mate was as sensitive and understanding as the gay male. She doesn't fully realize that for her husband to espouse any of this individual's behavior, it would make him less and less male. Furthermore, the survival of the species depends upon him being who he is. Never mind that-she needs a shopping buddy and My husband just doesn't understand.

Historically, if you've wanted to infiltrate a people, the easiest access is through their women. You can alter the blood line biologically and alter the social system through mental manipulation of a woman's inherent susceptibility to propagated stimuli. It is my belief that this is why the American man is having so many problems with his woman. She's been co-opted. The only time she has a problem with the gay male is:

A. When he's after her man and
B. When he's duped her into believing that he's hetero when in fact he isn't.

Other than that he's a pleasant distraction.

I'm not advocating the elemination of any group. In fact I believe that gays, lesbians, transgendered, and bi-sexuals should enjoy the protection under the law as any other citizen. I just have a problem with them seizing power and altering the very basis on any civilized society, the natural family structure. Make no mistake about it, the family structure as we've known it in the past is under attack! Women are encouraged to buck the system and behave counter to what would be considered acceptable in a family setting. She, almost sanctioned by law, can attack her husband and then have him arrested for spousal abuse. Women have used the court system time and time again to exact revenge on men and it seems obvious that this is their intent but the system somehow still allows this type of behavior. I don't think women even realize that they've been co-opted by a group of individuals that have but one use for them-reproduction to keep the species alive and flourishing.

Imagine this, and I have to admit this is some War of the Worlds stuff but here goes: Let's say that what I've detailed is true and the gay agenda is total domination. Gays have no use for heterosexual males so kiss them goodbye. And what would become of our beloved women? Well they would be held in captivity and used for breeding purposes only. They could be artificially inseminated to produce offspring whose males are indoctrinated into the lifestyle and whose females would be remanded to breeding camps. Scary? Now this is totally a figment of my imagination, but is it beyond the realm of possibility?

You decide.

TPOKW?

Monday, August 27, 2007

The Greatest Divide (exists between black men and women)

I don't quite know the numbers like I used to, but the average African-American home is headed by a single mother. The last figure I read was 35-44% but don't quote me on that. I was searching for a more accurate figure but I'm downloading a episode of "Weeds" from iTunes and it's a bandwith killer. But I won't let that belabor my point.

Quite frankly, I think that it's probably time we start entertaining alternative social systems because it's become evident that the present one simply does not work. At some point we are going to have to scuttle our thoughts and ideas surrounding the family structure and adopt something that benefits everyone involved-not just selected members.

As it stands now, my sisters, you've been awfully selfish. Most of what you want is extremely self-centered and doesn't work in a familial setting. You've become Americanized. Now I want touch on this subject a bit. In the men circles I travel in and around, one of the key concerns with importing a bride is her becoming Americanized. There has to be something to that word. It's truly a concern of most men and I think what that translates to is becoming self-centered and pretty much worthless. An Americanized woman benefits no one but herself-and even in that endeavor she loses. I know very few men interested in a woman who won't care for his kids, won't care for the household, and will destroy the entire foundation for her own selfish desires. I'll give you a couple of true life examples but the names have been changed in order for me to speak on it but still adhere to my tacit confidentiality agreement with the vicitms.

Lita, aged 40-something, is the wife of Shawn and mother of 2, William and Lena. Lita decides to take out a home loan unbeknownst to Shawn. She then throws the money away (I won't say how because that would betray my confidentiality agreement but suffice it to say that throwing it in the trash would have been a more honorable fate for the cash). She then hides any record of the loan from Shawn until one day he gets a phone call from his mortgage company explaining to him that his house will soon be in foreclosure. I won't go into detail any further but Lita isn't to be considered a Lone Ranger. There's Barbara.

Barbara, aged 40-something, the wife of Nathan and the mother of a single child. Barbara gets a personal credit card and charges a whopping $8000 with an accumulated interest of $4000-grand total $12,000. She then decides not to pay on said card for well over a year. Nathan is home one day watching pre-season football and receives a phone call from a collector who proceeds to tell him that a lien is about to be put on his house because Barbara done lost her goddamned mind.

I don't have to tell you that the future of these two women as wives is extremely shaky. What selfish motivation would cause these women to jeopardize the solid foundation of both their families and their homes? I'm neither of them so I couldn't tell you, but needless to say, both Shawn and Nathan had to pony up cold hard cash to save their homes. Now I would like to pose a question to you sista's out there: What should Shawn and Nathan have done? Should they have:

A. Sucked it up and take it like a "man".
B. Immediately filed for divorce and let the chips fall where they may.
C. Administer corporal punishment to their wives.
D. Allow their assets to be seized and let the well run dry.

Before you write to me and tell me that Shawn and Nathan picked the wrong women, I want to remind you that they picked "you". Not you per se, but you in general. Black women, black queens, sista's. And keep in mind that if this isn't outright you, you all know women exactly like this who run in your circles. You know that they are out there doing black men wrong, but you say nothing and you continue to befriend such people, which is considered implied consent. By not speaking out against these women, you are basically saying "There's nothing wrong with what you are doing."

I once knew a woman...let's call her Mandy (because that's her f*cking name-no need to protect this lower life form). Mandy was dating a U.S. Airman who was stationed in Korea. The Airman came home on leave for 30 days and had what I'm assuming was raunchy unprotected sex with Mandy. The Airman then went back to Korea. While he was away, Mandy was screwing several young men, one of which eventually died of AIDS. When the Airman returned from Korea, he came home to the awaiting and loving arms of Mandy who had led him to believe that she was pregnant with twins. Mandy wasn't pregnant. At the time I was dating Mandy's best friend (what an idiot I was), and I overheard the conversation about how she was going to fool the fool. When the Airman returned, he and I took a ride to the bank to pick up some cash. He was lamenting over how hard it was going to be to raise his twins and I just couldn't take it anymore-I spilled the beans. He was in shock, disbelief, horrified, and to top it all off, feeling pretty stupid. I knew I'd stirred up a hornet's nest. I then told him that Mandy had actually gotten pregnant by the young man who eventually died of AIDS but had gotten an abortion in his absence.

When the young Airman returned to Mandy's location, he asked that he speak to her in private. My girlfriend then asked me what was going on and I told her that I told the Airman the truth. My girlfriend then came unglued but I handed her the necessary adhesive and told her to put herself back together and quick lest she suffer the fate that I was most certain would surely befall Mandy. She complied. Mandy and the Airman came back inside and announced that they were leaving-then Mandy looked at me as though I'd just told the Airman that she was really a man and said, "I'm getting someone to kick your ass." To which I replied, "That's just an ass-whipping I'm just gonna have to take, now isn't it? Now go handle your business."

The couple departed and we didn't hear from them again until early the next morning. It was about 8 a.m. and I was still in bed when I heard the knock at the door. My girlfriend looked out the bedroom window and could see that it was Mandy and the Airman-together, as a couple, in love-IDIOT. She let them in and I could hear whispering between Mandy and the Airman, "You said you were gonna kick his ass-what you waitin' on." I could hear Mandy mumble.
"I am, just wait." said the hesitant Airman. She had brainwashed this fool into thinking I was his enemy. Didn't matter to me what shape, size, or previous affiliation an enemy came in-an enemy was an enemy and in order to administer this ass whipping, he was going to have to bring all that he had. The young Airman walked into the bedroom and I sat up in the bed. He mumbled "What's up?" and raised his hand to hit me but I could tell his heart wasn't in it so as he came forward, I grabbed his wrist, threw him off balance and pinned him on the bed while still sitting.
"Hey what's up, I was just saying what's up?" he said.
"Yeah, well next time don't raise your hand so high." I said as I let him up.

I knew that he didn't have it in him to do what she had convinced him to do but he was torn. Poor soul he was too high strung-I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear. I'll give $20 to first person who can tell me what movie that line is from.

When are our sista's going to stop this nonsense? I'm most certain the Airman wasn't an angel, but to intentionally mislead and betray the man's trust in such a foul manner is just unconscionable. We black men have been declared your enemy and you see fit to do whatever you can think of to us. You'll lie and tell us we've fathered your child knowing full well that the daddy was some louse you screwed on one of your loose nights (without protection). You'll invoke law enforcement into the fray knowing full well that we're their official pinata's. You'll turn our own children against us because we wouldn't stick around to endure your foulness. How did we become your sworn enemy? And how do we convince you that you have become instrumental in the demise of our people. We truly need you to realize that in this wilderness called America you've truly lost your minds. And we need you back in order to rebuild what was once great and beautiful and full of promise for the future. Perhaps none of us here have ever experienced this world that I speak of, but that doesn't mean we can't create it. But we, both men and women, have to decide that this future is worth the sacrifice. Think of it, we could be the generation that goes down in history as the people that changed the course of our people. What a noble and righteous goal to strive to achieve!

And ladies, do not despair. I will get right in the men's asses too! They are not without areas that need improving! There's no excuse that we treat our black women like ho's, bitches, or outright idiots. They know we have an affinity for other women, it's our nature. We have to stop lying about it and be honest. It's deceptive to mislead a woman into believing you're going to only be with her when you know that's not what you plan to do. Many of us know men who have a woman on the side and that woman knows that the man is either married or in a committed relationship. If a woman will get with a man under those auspices, where is the incentive to lie? We all know men who date several women at a time and those women know that he dates other women-where then is the incentive to lie? Toni Braxton had a song called, "Just Be a Man About it" and I think for too long our sista's have been asking us to stop pissing on their heads and telling them that it's yellow rain. Be a man about it. If enough of you blokes man up, perhaps sista's will accept you for who you truly are-or not. But nothing beats a failure but a try. Those old women from yester-year; the ones that were my grandmother and some of your great-grandmothers knew that a man was going to be a man. They would tell a woman, "Chile, let that man alone. He'll come home when he ready." And he always did. Those older women knew that a man's place was out in the world, not at home. His very nature is to go out and piss on as many fire-hydrants as he could and mark territory.

Lastly, I'll leave you with this and I've written it many times but I think it can't be said enough. Nature intended man to be with more than one woman and I can prove it. Take 100 men and 1 woman and put them on an isolated island-come back in 100 years and you'll have 101 corpses. Take 100 women and 1 man and put them on an isolated island-come back in 100 years and you'll have a burgeoning society. I challenge anyone to factually dispute that which was just said.

TPOKW?

Friday, August 24, 2007

Tagged!! (Damnit)

My dear friend Peculiar Virtue has dragged me kicking and screaming into this 8 things you should know about me but I shouldn't have to tell you game and being a sport, I'm going to participate. But I'm letting the jury know that I should be considered a hostile witness.

Thing number....

1. I'm a talented song writer and when I write a song I like, I listen to it over and over again until I tire of it (listening to one now)
2. I love Q-tips! I liken the experience to sex! Ok, maybe not that good but pretty damn close
3. I once had sex with a Chinese woman that spoke absolutely no english and I speak no Chinese (go figure)
4. Most of my friends are from other countries-Americans annoy me
5. Most people who meet me for the first time think I'm 20 years younger than I am (could it be a behavioral association?)
6. I have a haunting fear of needles and snakes-I'd prefer to cut myself and give blood than have you stick me with a needle
7. I'm in touch with my feminine side but I'm as heterosexual as a male could be
8. I'm truly a mama's boy and won't ever be much else

There-I hope you're satisfied Peculiar Virtue. You Virgin Islanders always get your way ;-)

I'm going to hit One Whirl, Syscovison, Rlawrence, BBGG13, Jade123 ('cause she's hot and a great actress), RIPrince ('cause he's my son and I love him like the air I breathe), and I'll think of some other unfortunate souls to annoy.

Ciao Bella!

TPOKW

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Michael Vicktim

I cannot stand the hypocrisy that exists amongst the American public. I know that dog fighting is cruel and humans should not exploit animals, but the outcry that has resulted in M.V.'s indictment is a bit ridiculous. People are sending Vick's jersey to different animal rights societies in protest.

But where's the public outcry for all the animals used in product testing? All the apes that were infected with terminal diseases in medical testing-who's jerseys are they sending in to protest the cruel and unusual punishment to those animals? This so pathetic. I'm not defending him, I'm just commenting on how this Vick thing is a blip on the screen and I don't know why Animal Rights societies don't speak the truth about this case-tell the public how major corporations with their product testings and medical research companies with their barbaric experimentation are far more guilty than Vick could ever be.

As far as the case goes, no one likes a snitch and Vick had a posse of them. These guys betrayed him to save their own skins. Not one supported him-they all turned. What a sad and disappointing testament to unity and kinmanship. I have to honestly say that in no way could I knowingly be involved in illegal activity and roll over on my cohorts. I put emphasis on knowingly because when you involve yourself in criminal activity, you know that their is a possibility of doing time should you get caught. Everyone knows that. Armed with that knowledge, how could you sell out your comrades to save your own hide? This is one of the main factors that keeps me away from criminal activity-I DON'T CARE TO DO THE TIME! These goons accepted the reward, but wanted no part of the risk. I have more contempt for them than I have for M.V. If M.V. was a crime boss, those guys would be sleepin' with the fishes, and rightfully so. How can you not be a man and own up to your own involvement? Let this be a lesson to you young men out there, there's no honor amongst thieves. The boys in your hood will most likely sell you out if their necks are on the chopping block.

M.V.'s not really a victim in my opinion. When you get a $190,000,000 contract, what in God's name are you doing dog fighting? Surely, this couldn't have been Vick's idea solely. And if it was, what part of $190,000,000 didn't you understand? At 6% annual interest you're earning $11,400,000 a year (before capital gains taxes which would reduce that amount by about 40%). You can't live off $11.5 million (gross) a year. Let me break that down for you:

Per second- $.33
Per minute- $20.04
Per hour- $1202.53
Per day- $28,860.75
Per week- $202,025.32
Per month- $865,822.50

He earns in an hour, what it takes some people to make in 30 days. Per day he earns what most people make in a year. Explain for me the need to fight dogs? I know the average football career is 3 years (if you're lucky), but dog fighting, which he had to have known would not sit well with dog-loving white folks, could only shorten that football career. Way to maximize, Vick.

TPOKW?

Monday, August 20, 2007

Unguarded Flank

I think I've finally figured America out. I really hadn't given this aspect of the country much thought, but I've been able to see beyond the veneer lately. First of all, this place was founded by some not so nice guys. Or at least guys who could say all that all men are created equal nonsense but justify slavery. If that doesn't give you insight on either a mental illness or a duplicitous mindset that can't be trusted, I don't know what does.

America is a country that has laws against people who are here to be preyed upon. The laws are to keep us commoners from doing what is necessary to those who are exploiting us (i.e. whip their naturally lazy asses). That's why when a crime is committed against you-for instance your wife steals $5449 from you, or your ex-girlfriend steals $15,000 of your video editing equipment, the law has nothing for you. In neither of these instances was anyone arrested nor charged with anything. Aren't these crimes? If I stole $100 from 7-11, wouldn't they stick me under Bubba who's under the jail? If I steal a candy bar from Stater Bros. I'm charged with a misdemeanor and sentenced to something. Yet an individual can experience a loss that is 10,000 more than the cost of a candy bar and all they will hear from Law Enforcement is, "Well sir, that's a civil matter. Ain't shit civil about that!! Arrest somebody, damnit!

I going to have to read more up on that citizen's arrest thing. From what I understand, you can make a citizen's arrest and have somebody's narrow (or wide in the case of most of my dates) ass arrested on the spot. You all better be careful. I'm gonna citizen arrest just about everybody who looks at me sideways! "Officer, arrest that man!" I can see it now. They'll have to build jails to accommodate the folks I'm throwing in the slammer **News Flash!!** GREAT BLACK CITIZEN MAKES 100TH ARREST! HE'S ON A ROLL!!

Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself here. I guess the point I'm trying to make is I've never gotten much help from the police when a crime was committed against me, but ohhhhh....don't let me look sideways at someone else... it's the matching bracelet hour. This place is so crazy, I don't think we even see how nutty we've become. It's because we use us to measure us. Great corporations benchmark against other great corporations-they don't compare themselves to themselves-that's stupid. You'll always look good! We need to benchmark our social programs, economic programs, our political systems and systems of government with other progressive industrial nations. Not find something about them we don't like and say, "Oh those British pay almost 50% of their income in taxes." Not realizing a lot of the money goes into social programs to keep people healthy. Opposed to what we do here..dumping our indigent populace on skid row.

I guess I've ranted enough-time to head to the gym and punish myself.

TPOKW?

Quiet World

As many of you know, my wife and I separated the beginning of this month. I had planned on it being a smooth transition with all of the "i's" dotted and the "t's" crossed, but she had something else in mind. Something that involved law enforcement, false statements, and outright thievery. I don't understand people these days, but suffice it to say that no matter what you do with an individual (and I put emphasis on individual because we've allowed ourselves to be reduced to crabs in a bucket), when there is a parting of ways, you have to protect yourself like never before because people will outright defile you in the name of vengance. I can't speak candidly on the subject, but once all is done, I will give details.

The one shining moment in all of this is I've finally gotten settled into my new place and it is an old familiar Quiet World. I remember this place and can't recall why I would have ever disturbed its inherent peace. I don't think I'll ever allow myself to throw it away again. Sure there's no one around to talk to, but recalling the caliber of conversation I recently left, that should be a blessing. I know I chat with the TV a lot more now, but that's to be expected-it's the only thing in the house that talks.

Another thing I like is that it's a lot easier to keep the place spotless. I'm almost anal about it since living with my wife and her two kids. They weren't the most versed in domestic duties. I remember taking plenty of those deep breaths to calm the old nerves. And when I tried to talk to her about the proper way to clean or maintain something, you'd think I'd just ask her to give me bone marrow. There are plenty of positives that are now taking the place of what should be a mourning period. Perhaps I was in mourning the entire 5.9 years. There is a certain sadness that creeps in from time to time, then I think about the $10,449 she cost me in less than a week and all of a sudden, that sadness feels like weakness and I immediately get rid of it. Compassion should only be reserved for the innocent; hang the rest.

TPOKW

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

____'s the New ____ (Fill in the Blanks)

Who coined this phrase? I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, 40's the new 30, white's the new black, etc.. A psych major would immediately recognize the mental illness behind this way of thinking-it's called denial. First of all, 40's always just going to be 40. It can't be anything else. Secondly, why is 30 better than 40? This is just a way to never really accept who and where you are in life. Women are notoriously susceptible to this game. I know women who've been 28 for the past 10-15 years. And I'm not talking about women who look their age (whatever that means), I'm talking about women who look damn good regardless of if they were 20, 30, 40, or 50. Quite frankly they look so good, the older their actual age, the better one could say they looked.

Why have we allowed whoever to tell us that there is something wrong with just being who we are? If you're 40, saying you're 28 doesn't make you 28, it just makes you confused. It also forces you to neglect the natural gifts that come along with being mature. A 40 year old woman who has matured well and refused the forever young nonsense has absolutely no reason to fear a less-mature, still wet-behind-the-ears 28 year old female. I have a secret I'd like to share with you so lean your ear closer to your monitor: YOUNG WOMEN LACK SO MUCH CONFIDENCE, THEY SECRETLY WISH THEY WERE YOU!! So in essence, most of you go through life never really accepting who you are. When you're young you wish you were older and when you're older you long for the days when you were younger. STOP LETTING THEM DO THIS SHIT TO YOU!!

Real men prefer older women (to a certain extent). I don't know what age it was that I realized I had absolutely nothing in common with a woman in her 20's but once I became aware of the fact, I don't care how perky their tits were, I had difficulty with younger women. In fact, I like the natural sag and sway of a mature breast-it says something to me that the new-to-puberty perky breast hasn't figured out how to say yet. Sadly, I've discovered that my contemporaries are so obsessed with being forever 21, they neglect the natural gifts that come along with being 40, 50, or even 60 in some cases. I once met a 58 year old woman who looked like she was about 35. Once I discovered her age, I was immediately attracted to her and she was 15 years my senior! She had this quiet sexuality that wasn't overtly on display. In fact, it wasn't on display at all-she was dressed casually, but conservatively. She had this arousing confidence that just permeated the air.

This society is a disposable one and we throw away our elderly. We render them unnecessary and most mope around for years, awaiting that fateful visit from the reaper, instead of ignoring conventional wisdom and just enjoying life. Well let me be the first to say, I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT.

I believe there is an explanation for this phenomenon of denial, but I won't go into it at this time. There are those who say I'm a conspiracy theorist and I don't want to bring those types out from the baseboards during daylight. They aren't fun people-they have thick, impenetrable skulls and ears that are strictly for cosmetic purposes. Suffice it to say if you're constantly running away from who you really are, then who are you really? (I'll let you marinate on that one for a second)-insert final Jeopardy song here. I hope that hit home.

TPOKW

Monday, August 13, 2007

Michael Vick and His Dog Trick

I'm sure by now you've heard all about the Michael Vick dog fighting scandal. I don't have much time to write about what I really think but I have one question: If Michael Vick gets suspended the entire NFL season for his involvement in dog fighting, how long are we going to suspend President Bush for his involvement in man fighting?

'Nuff said.

TPOKN?

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Jesus and the Electric Chair

If Jesus had died via electric chair, would Christians have adopted it as the symbol of their church?