"12 YEARS" ?? ...or, "FOREVER" ??? ..

..a "Slave"; that is ..

Like a beneficent hand from the grave, Solomon Northup's story comes to us after more than a hundred years of languishing in a racial  "literary limbo".   One,  that has been scrupulously adhered to by our publishing establishment since our founding as a nation.  The first African slave in my blood line arrived on these shores in the 1760s.  While European immigrants have been busy obscuring their roots and "re-inventing" themselves in this country; they have left very clear records back to the importation of African slaves; due to the immense profits involved.  After viewing 12 Days A Slave.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film),  I have profound admiration and respect for all of those who followed in the wake of that first African ancestor.

It takes a very strong stomach to witness so much  "reality" of antebellum slavery in the Americas.  Whether in Mexico, where Las Casas and the Popes began this hideous system; or throughout Latin America, where Catholic Fascism has kept its vestiges alive to this day; "slavery" is very much "with us"!  Whether you consider yourself  black or white, or, "in-between", there is at least "one-drop" of African blood in the overwhelming majority of us in these Americas.  This film shows in excruciating detail the implications of that fact.  Whether you are black, or white, or "in between", that hideous ideology, developed, and promulgated, is very much with us today in our personal beliefs, our institutions, and our everyday lives.

The key point that everyone should get from this story is the answer to a fundamental riddle.  If Europeans were so convinced that persons of color were not "human", why did they invest so much brutality in "breaking" the slaves;  to remove any vestige of their "humanity"?  This must have occurred to Baron Charles-Louis de Montesquieu, who wrote in the early 1700s, in his Spirit of Laws :

         "It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would follow that we ourselves are not Christians"

Listen closely to the words spoken in the film.  Get "inside" the heads of the white men and women.  Get inside the heads of the "slaves" also, and you will understand today's black practitioners of those beliefs, habits and folkways that were so brutally "taught"!   You hear the same sentiments uttered today by those descendants of the Overseer class who dominate our national politics today (both parties).  "Pope-Too" has his work cut out for him if he thinks he can get even close to eradicating this human travesty (for all of humanity touched in any way by Catholicism).  The Protestant followers of Martin Luther, have succeeded extremely well in their long-term concerted efforts to mold a perpetual servant class of human beings in  the Americas.  A brief trip to the old South of the United States today bears this out.  The perverted Christianity taught over these past hundreds of years is indelibly etched into the bones of everyone born into what Senator Graham correctly calls those  "Hell Holes".

Stay Vigilant!  If you care about your country and this planet, see this film.
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"ALL THE KING'S HORSES; ALL THE KING'S MEN"??

Christie "Spills" His "Guts"??

Just when we thought this CRAP couldn't get any worse (or, better -- your choice); we wake up to a protracted "Soap Opera" playing out for hours in the MEDIA (real Government?, now)!!

The Trayvon Martin Trial has set a new pattern, it seems -- when you want to do something really bad, or evil, or illegal; and get away with it; run to the MEDIA and "try" your case before a stupid public!  You can't lose!!

Droning on for hours before a mostly sympathetic media, with Republican "Spin-Masters" interceding in media inserts, the drama proceeds, as the biggest PR Campaign for the Presidency of 2016 appears to "deflate" before our eyes.  But, 2014 hasn't even happened yet!  What the Hell is this really all about?  Hillary?  Obama? The other black guy who by-passed Christie and made it into the Senate?  Just how big is all of this?

Imagine this as a movie script (you guys who've been stealing my ideas, STEAL THIS!!  Suppose the BIG MONEY that runs the world now, really didn't want Romney in the first place.  What if, while Romney played to the SOUTH (Queen Anne morphed into "Miss Hilly"; Mitt morphed into the "Boca Fat Cats" of Flaw-ida); Christie played to the NORTH.  He embraced Obama, finessed Cory Booker, and positioned himself as a serious contender for Hillary Clinton.  He resides at the nexus of what is left in Organized Crime in this country - the border between New York City and New Jersey; the Port Authority.

Government in this country today is really the MEDIA.  That's where all important decisions are made.  The Corporate Fat Cats who intend to take over Washington in 2016 only want it because that's where we send our MONEY!  North Carolina is a test case for these guys; showing just how easy it is to disenfranchise an entire State, while giving the voters little or no recourse.  Texas set an early pattern by showing how easy it was with help from a few friends in the White House to rob California blind through ENRON.  We seem to forget that happened before 9/11.  Just as Liddy Biddy Johnson relied on J.Edgar and his cronies in Organized Crime; Corporate Government cannot succeed without its criminal elements.  Think back, or read about the Bootleg Years, when the Klan and Organized Crime joined forces to run this country.

Stay Vigilant!  Marijuana is also on its way into the "mainstream". VOTE for your life in 2014!

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"CONTROL"(white); "COMMUNITY" (shared); or "CHAOS" ?

The "Americas"; at these "CROSS"-Roads??

If you missed it; check out Bill Moyers' reporting on the "takeover" of North Carolina!   http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/03/the-best-reporting-on-the-north-carolina-takeover/.

The disenfranchised citizenry of that state may be feeling a bit like the Germans in the early 1930s; when  moneyed and militaristic interests grabbed power in that nation.  With money squeezed from poor blacks over the better part of a century, one individual in North Carolina has effectively "bought" one of our "United" States;  to use as he see's fit!  Citizens of other states had better "wake up" before its too late for them.

California, under the skilled leadership of  Governor Brown, is beginning its "crawl back"  toward its glory days of clean, fair, and enlightened government.  Caught in the "Curse of Reagan" for decades, (the era in which the people of California distrusted and undermined their own government), that state appears to be throwing off that curse.  The people voted, against incredible money spent by the "controllers", to raise their taxes and to bring back good government.  Our nation continues to struggle under that "Curse", after  Reagan taught the nation to distrust, despise, and to undermine their federal government.  The people who followed Reagan and his Repoobs were not bright enough to realize that "government" is the tool by which people  "transition"  from tribe to civilization.  Even those miscreants in our House of Representatives and in the North Carolina State House value government; but, only when its powers lie within their "controlling" hands.  Such is the stuff of Fascism!

The disenfranchised citizenry of North Carolina have taken to "hootin' and hollerin" in the streets; in their efforts to regain their lost citizenship.  Those who stole their government from them did not use those methods.  If you look closely, those methods have NEVER worked (for long)!  By failing to stay alert, and allowing others to "vote for you"; you open the door to "Controllers"; at all levels! 

Stay Vigilant!  There are no media campaigns to inform you about the "Controllers"! 

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R There TWO "Golden" RULES ??

One for "Winners" the Other for "Losers"??

In our "New", 2014, REALITY, are there really 2 Golden Rules??  One that goes like: "Do Unto Others as you would have them DO unto you", and another that goes like: "He who has the GOLD makes ALL the Rules".  The Winners version is subscribed to by males (rich, white, privileged); the other taught by whites (in schools and churches) to  Losers: everyone else; especially racial minorities and women.

The events and Media messages of the past few years; from the Trayvon Martin Tragedy and "Trial" to "Pope Too"; make it hard for even the most naive to think otherwise!  Income disparities, "working" citizens who cannot earn enough to pay their costs of living; massively "unemployed" and "underemployed" segments of our population; tell us that something is "Rotten in this Denmark!!"  It is the "smell" of the Republican Party, and its FOX-den of ogres, fellow Propagandists, and the "Tea Party" monster they "hatched" over the past decades of their rule.

Not all minorities are "poor", of course: there are Condi; and "9-9-9"; and "Clarence", Scalia's lawn jockey.  Even Oprah was told by some foreign cracker just what the limits were on her ability to "spend" her massive wealth!  I learned that in 1962 in Waco, TX,  (where Lady Bird and Lyndon's Media Empire held sway), that my money wouldn't "spend" when I was not allowed buy a house like my fellow commissioned classmates from San Francisco State  (they were white, of course, and blacks and "Mexicans" had their separate "doors" to contend with).  Texas then;  and Texas in 2003; the last time I lived there;  "Delay and his gang of Repoobs were busy carving up voting districts and the Democrats in the Legislature!   Texas will always be Texas, I guess!

The secret to this "Golden Rule" gig is the ability of whites to control "education".  Blacks gave them a huge "gift" in the 1960s when they gave whites the right to continue their control over the nation's education; and to "mind-eff" generations of children to believe that "racism" was a thing of the past, and that their "education" was going to save them in the future.  We, of course, failed to distinguish between what they taught, and what they practiced!  These past several years and their treatment of the first black President of the United States should make it clear to every human being on the planet what their true beliefs are.  They see themselves as "winners" and everyone else (including POOR WHITES) as LOSERS in this world of 2014.

Unless we pull our "heads out" and learn to organize effectively; I guess they're RIGHT!

Stay Vigilant!  Decide who is against YOU as you vote in 2014!!

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has 'REPUBLICAN' become 'UN-AMERICAN' ??

Do we see a "MEAN-Retreat" ??

White folk hating, and cheating, and otherwise abusing non-whites is "As American as Apple Pie".  Also is not letting non-whites or women vote, or,  have access to good medical care; etc., etc.  But when a political party leads an effort to "dump" poor whites under the "economic bus"; that's down-right "Un-American"!!  (REMEMBER: the majority of POOR in this country are WHITE today -- 50 years after the War on Poverty!)

The Cheney child that is most like Dad and Mom tried to float her mean-streak in her current run for a seat in the United States Senate.  She withdrew today; citing "family health" problems.  Details were not provided, but Dad just got a new, young, heart and has been  on T.V. saying his health has never been better!  So, go figure.

Romney clearly is planning some kind of U-Turn politically, with his newly-released PR pic featuring a tiny black child on his knee.  Perhaps he remembers Daddy Bush introducing his "little brown one", years ago.  As I remember, "W" benefited from that with record Hispanic votes, some time later.

Boehner is feigning "surprise" that his captors in the Republican Party were not "serious" when they recently shut down our federal government (Repoobs are doing quite well in State governments).  He, too, is signalling "retreat" from the mean and evil stance he has held against  Obama's Presidency (not clear yet about his feelings against the man in the office).

Pope-Too is busy trying to erase the filth and slime spread around in this country and abroad by this crowd  and their fellow-travelers, since the advent of Nixon, and Reagan, who kicked this crap into higher orbit some seven years later.  In the wake of those two "Republicans", we have seen the bankruptcy of the country, both fiscally and morally; a deep division that defies our ability to pretend we're "United" in any way; and poor whites crying as they have to give up their pick-up trucks because the Republicans cut off their unemployment checks!!  Now that is down-right UN-AMERICAN; no doubt about it!

No matter what the Repoobs do at this point, Obamacare is the law of the land, unemployment still reigns; as the Republicans reneged on the "JOBS" they promised in 2010, and November 2014 looms!

If we finally have the "Repoobs on the Run", let's ALL get together and FINISH THE JOB in November.

Don't let ANY of the escape retribution!  Any white voter who thinks their salvation lies with any aspect of this bunch has their head "up and locked" in a place where the 'Sun Don't Shine' !!!

Stay Vigilant!  DO THE JOB in 2014, and look hard and long at ANYONE vying for 2016!!

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The "AMERICAS"(2014): Religion; Race; Poverty; DEATH??

"Pendulum" Swing??

Glory Be!! There are stirrings that Boehner may be ready to crawl out of his hole and become a functioning Speaker of the (whole) House of Representatives!!  Could it be that the "Wack-Jobs" from Dixie have pushed this country beyond some limit and it is now ready to take retribution on all those who have impoverished, looted, "trashed", and otherwise made this nation "dysfunctional" over these past 40 years or more?  We can all pray it is so!

With the Inauguration of Mayor Bill de-Blasio in New York, and the first stirrings of real "Progressive-ism" in this country in the 21st Century, a new day may be dawning.  From the posture taken by the Clinton's at their appearance at that affair, we might suspect they smell "something is up"!  It reminded me of the look on Hillary's face when Obama gave his famous Convention Speech some years back.

I recommend two books for those who follow this trend:  Americas, by Peter Winn, and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.  In 1830, De Tocqueville noted that the fate set for Blacks and Native Americans by the founding leadership were DEATH: the Blacks through life-ending toil; and Natives through Extermination; as the early settlers confiscated their lands.  Read up on President Andy Jackson and his cronies; the likes of Houston, Austin, and Boone.  

Richard Dieter, of the  Death Penalty Information Center http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Bio-PicRCD2.pdf  was featured on C-Span this morning.  It seems that most thinking whites; in religion, government, and politics, are still struggling to rid themselves of the stains of their "original sins" against the peoples they dragged here in chains and those they found here occupying the lands they coveted.  The Death Penalty is dying a slow death in this country after hundreds of years.  They seek mightily to get rid of the "root", while maximizing the "loot"; it would seem.  Only deeply religious and racist Hell Holes below our Mason-Dixon line seem to hold fast to the Death Penalty as a method of "crime fighting" in this country.

Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma (where the Natives were ultimately consigned to die) are the top three states still using the Death Penalty.  In addition to racism and Religion, these regions remain stubbornly poor.

"Progressive-ism" in 2014, in this country has both a Liberal, and a Racist-Conservative "Wing".  "Pope-Too" has appeared to breathe some amount of "Liberalism" back into Catholicism.  "Papa Duck" of the Dynasty serves those deep-South racists, who, in 2014, still have problems with Catholics and Jews.

Both Progressive "Wings" are struggling with POVERTY!  Both seek redress that involves an increase in MONEY for their followers.  Northern Progressives seek hikes in the minimum wage; Southern Progressives seek ways to "distance", "suppress" and otherwise marginalize blacks and other non-whites.  Catholic rulers in Mexico in the 1700s developed elaborate systems to racially categorize the inhabitants of those lands, for purposes of exploitation.  The Planter class in the early American Colonies, adapted and expanded the system of racializing slavery and servitude.  

Stay Vigilant!  2014 will determine whether our citizenry has had a "belly-full" of this crap!

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BUILD!!; Don't "BURN"! : Don't just "BITCH"!!

A 2014 "New Year Resolution"  for ALL??

As 2013, and the years prior, recede into History, it should become obvious to all of us by now what the "real" dimensions of our problems are.  It is obvious to many, by now, what we must ALL DO to work our way beyond the dysfunction of the past and build toward a safe and sane future.  Our Congress, the Hard Right factions across our planet, and the world's religions have all left us with a sad reality:  White Privilege, in all countries and regions, has an incredible staying power.  From new Royal babies, to a "Pope-Too", to "Tea Parties" and "Duck" Dynasties, and various "Tribes"; elements of those among us who profit most from White Male Privilege (first inflicted upon our planet in 1492) are entrenched, powerful, and unwilling to share power outside their own "interests".

Those who don't benefit from these factions, or the wealth and power they wield, have only one option:  BUILD groups that reflect our "interests".  This long after the Presidential Election of 2012; it is clear from the actions of these factions that they will not yield or share any of their wealth or power -- not even with duly elected (twice) U.S. Presidents, if they are the "wrong" color.  They do so when they know their numbers are dwindling:  they cannot overcome the destiny portended by demographics!  The past several years have revealed the depths to which they will stoop to make this message painfully clear.  Our economy, our social contracts, our values, our support for our Constitution, have all been permanently compromised by these factions.  The amount of wealth they have been able to extract from us and transport abroad in the past two decades is beyond belief!

In spite of it all, it is still possible for all people of good will, and sane values, to come together to build and protect a new economic and social structure.  That will continue to isolate those who hold and abuse power today.  We have to scrupulously avoid reverting to religious and tribal practices of the past.  Syria makes it extremely clear how fast and thoroughly economies and wealth can be destroyed!!  Racism, prejudices, and tribal allegiances can exact an unbearable price.  South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Israel are examples.

Stay Vigilant:  Old attempts at "reforms" have been directed toward making the "excluded", "exploited", and "suppressed" feel more "comfortable" in their "Place" within the global social and economic order.  Such an attempt, yet again, must must not succeed this time!   "Pope-Too" and "Papa" Duck are current attempts to reassure "whites", and make them "less insecure" in their fears and suspicions of non-whites.  These old factions will continue to hog the world's microphones, cameras, money, fire-power, and political power. Whites will be told that their "Charity" and "Foundations" will  "make the past evils go away".  Non-whites will be asked to relax and leave everything to the whites.  This will not work!  Non-whites have to find ways to enforce their own controls; discover their own voices; their own images; and build and protect their own wealth!  Employ their own children!  Technology makes this possible today.  Learn to Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate, and trade directly with one another.  Only by doing this can non-whites learn to trust each other and put an end to the exploitative old ways!

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