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Saturday, May 3, 2014

"It's a BARNUM & BAILEY World"??

Just as RACIST as it's Always Been?

Yesterday's BLOG, re: "BLACK-O-NOMICS" introduced the "Circus" Part of BIG SPORTS in the United States. This BLOG addresses the "Bread" part. Those of you who are readers outside the United States may not know, but Black American slang has, for decades, referred to Money as "Bread".

Well, "Bread" is in extremely short supply in the "States" today. Only the BIG MONEY boys have unlimited access to "Bread". They have more than they know what "to do" with! They have defaulted on Mad Ronnie Reagan's promise to poor whites to keep them tucked into the back of the bus for whites. Post 2008, Whites, middle class and below, have been thrown "under the bus" by Elite Whites. Republicans refuse to raise minimum wages, create jobs to replace those lost on their watch; while, working feverishly to limit the ability of the poor (whites and blacks) to vote, They are also working feverishly to cut all social spending, while refusing to raise taxes of any kind. Buzz-words like "inner-city", "poverty", and "Behghazi" , are pressed into service in our MEDIA, as a giant FIG LEAF to hide the raw racism that motivates every action of this "DO NOTHING" House of Representatives. They are pursuing a last ditch effort to halt President Obama's ability to lead this country, while doing everything in their power to inhibit the ability of the country to function.

My Grandfather ( a businessman who started his business in 1907, and survived until 1955) taught me that the true religion of the United States is that of "P.T. Barnum". It's First Commandment: "In the U.S., there's a "sucker" born every minute!"! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum

Stay Vigilant! As this Fall's Elections approach, Don't be fooled by the false drama over the racist utterances of a Franchise Owner! Watch the boys who are working feverishly to take Control of your Country!

Friday, May 2, 2014

"BLACK-O-NOMICS"??

What "WHITES" Don't "Teach"??

The NBA "Race" Scandal strikes at the very heart of what makes the United States "Tick", at this point in the 21st Century. If "Sports" is the new "Circus"" in the "Bread and Circuses" ; very old social and economic conditions that, we're taught, brought down the Roman Empire and Civilization; then, we're ALL at risk from this scandal!

Destroy the "Sports" Industry and you essentially bring down what keeps our economy "passive" enough for the BIG MONEY elites to continue running their games of Control?? Think about it!

Given the wide understanding that Martin Luther King, (unlike Malcolm X), was blind to the economic root of the racial integration troubles that surfaced as Lunch Counter Sit-ins in the deep South (until just before his Death, that is); it is all the more surprising that young black basketball players, from disastrously poor educational backgrounds, have stumbled into a position to change the entire economics of "Sports". Who will fill the vacuum, economically? Black Entertainment figures? Black Sports "Heroes"? Black "Ministers"? Some combination of Black and White "Conservatives"? or, "Liberals"? or NONE OF THE ABOVE?

W.E.B. Du Bois, in Souls of Black Folk ,(1903) told us that "LAW" in the United States (after the Civil War) became "anything the white man said it was". Plessy v. Ferguson, and Dred Scott, SCOTUS rulings in the late 1800s, told us two things:

Whites decide who is white and who is not (one drop of African ancestry makes a person "black").

No person who is not white has any rights to own anything that any white person wishes to claim.

Whites since that time live in dread of some proof that they have a "drop" of African lineage. Blacks, and other non-whites, since that time (and certainly before that time) had never been sure they could really "own" anything. These conditions persist today, as the United States tries to fashion a 21st Century "Reconstruction" to stop those Blacks who are pressing for more economic freedom, and those non-white immigrants who threaten the "Majority" Status of whites, always assumed to exist for whites. Whites have always spoken of the "American People" as whites only; it was simply understood that non-whites were permanently "marginalized" economically, socially, and legally. There remains a lingering question in the Cracker Mind as to whether people who are not white are "human"? The prevailing Christian Religions were the source and remain the institutions that enforce the Mind-Set. It dominates our Media, Education Institutions, and most other institutions. Our failure to seriously eradicate the impact of Laws and Court Rulings buttressing these prevailing beliefs, has set the stage for our current dilemmas with Putin and his dream of a "New" Russia.

Stay Vigilant! The Color Line in the 21st Century has gone Global, and linked up with Ethnic and Tribal Lines, that, coupled with new "Social Media" technology, has set the stage for Civil Wars all over the planet.

SCOTUS, today, poses more dangers to our Constitutional structure than the Taney Court!!

Thursday, May 1, 2014

The LAST TIME: Blacks and Whites "WORKED TOGETHER"!

Can We "Do It" Again?

From the time I was born, until I was ten years old, (before 1949), my Dad worked for the Missouri Pacific and Katy Railroads, as a Laborer. In the 1930's, shortly before I was born, the citizens of this country were REALLY shut out of the economy by the MONEY BOYS of that day. Nobody had sh*t!! Most people were on the road, moving to find jobs. There were none!. To get off their asses, financially, black and white voters pressured President Roosevelt and got the Wagner Act passed through Congress. Although Congress, in those days, favored the Rich; they at least WORKED to solve problems the country faced. It was'nt easy, but the Unions were made legal; we got everything we took for granted after 1950: 40-hr work week, company paid health care, company paid career training and career paths, etc.

Cheny and Bush blew all of this up as they let their hooligans in Congress run amok and blow a hole in the floor of our national economy. Reagan, convinced the Archie Bunkers among our blue collar workers in 1980, that they did not need their Unions any longer. Reagan's "dog whistle" message to them was: "if they were white, they were automatically "Middle Class". The propaganda worked, and blue collar whites agreed to shun blacks as "welfare recipients", and did nothing while Reagan and his buddies worked to destroy Unions.

In the 1930s, because of Government-designed and enforced Segregation, the Unions set up separate "Union Rolls" according to the race of the worker. No white could be "laid off" before all blacks and other non-whites were "laid off". The good times, and "good" salaries from railroad work, disappeared for my father, around 1950. After that time, he had to catch any kind of job he could, for whatever pay was available. He always had a job, as I remember. So did all of us kids. We were allowed to work full time in Missouri; as young as eight years of age (for pennies per hour).

Economic "progress" turned whites away from cooperating with blacks to get legislation passed. The richer we got as a nation, the more the Federal Government gave "goodies" to whites only, such as Surburban housing (Levittown), and all the goodies that came with that standard of living.

Now that the Rich whites have screwed their poorer cousins, again, will the poor whites "wake up" and try again to work together with non-whites. Republicans, so far, show no interest in changing their ways, or cooperating with Democrats (the few who are willing) to "solve" the problems of citizens who are "shut out" of today's economy.

Stay Vigilant! Just a Note as to just how much this country has "progressed" since 1939.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

"MAN OVERBOARD!!" Who Remains "Onboard" in the 21st Century??

Mystery Solved??

The Good Lord continues to work in "Mysterious Ways"; as my Dad loved to tell us! We should all thank that deity for revealing Donald Sterling, and his knowledge of the way "White" Jews treat "Black" Jews.

Which one was Jesus? He didn't say.

Nevertheless, we now know how we can remain so racist in this country, as to put on the incredible show the Republican Party brought us since the rise of Barack Obama; and still be in a "Post-Racial" 21st Century! It was all because of the "Powers" of Donald Sterling! I guess there are none so "colorblind" as those who" will not see". But: Putin sees; Netanyahu sees!

Both are well along in their (separate?) roles, to undermine our "body politic" in pursuit of their national goals.

Dr Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser, (and Mika's Dad?) was on Morning Joe today chiding President Obama to forget about the NBA, and focus on the serious threat Putin poses to this nation and to the world. Dr. Brzezinski remains locked in the 20th Century, I'm afraid. Racism and Ethnicity are key players in the Foreign Policy of the 21st Century, ala Messrs Putin and Netanyahu, it seems. Jared Diamond, in his 2005 book, Collapse, cites Racism as a key factor in what past civilizations used to participate in their own collapse. We would all do well to read this book. Obviously, Putin and his KGB buddies are way ahead of us! We can see the evidence in places like Nevada (Bundy), and Oklahoma (white, female, racist(?), Governor; intent on killing blacks by lethal injection, despite her own Supreme Court rulings). Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) works with race, as well as with nukes!

Who else is left onboard the Race Boat of the 21st Century? First, there are the black players who were "outed" by Sterling in their complicit roles of placating the Owners of Sports Franchises; then there are the white "couch potatoes" who depend completely on these black players to complete their "fantasies" of privileged inhabitants on the "Plantation" invoked by the entire stinkin' financial empire of Big Sports; then there are the other, "aversive" whites, who are scrambling to make sure neither "Magic", nor anybody else who is not white, winds up owning the team; then there are the "At Least, we're not BLACK folk, who want to remain safe in their "Middle" positions; and finally, all the "Spooks" who run to the TV to exonerate whatever "Aversive" whites who seek "absolution" from this mess.

President Obama, and any intelligent whites who can see the ties of the White Right to Racism in our politics; our Corporate hiring, firing, and promotion practices, Our worker pay practices; would be FOOLS to take the advice of someone like Brzezinski in this regard. It is right, however, to recognize the failure of our MEDIA to expose the seriousness of Putin's "Play", and its reach globally. Our MEDIA continues to fan the flames of impending collapse for this country!

Stay Vigilant! November inches closer, and "Independents" form the "base" for the Tea Party "base" of the Republican Party. Their Vote, and those of the old, "Bundy" white voters, must be over-ridden!

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

EXIT LEFT?? or EXIT RIGHT?? ...

Both "Exits" lead to SOCIALISM?

MONEY vs. "GUNS and BULLETS" ??

"John Wayne" is (finally) DEAD??

World Whites; (formerly known as "Whites" in the Americas); Eur-Asians; Putin's new ethnic cells dispersed across our planet; and Everyone else (Moslems, Blacks, Latinos, Hispanics, Native Americans, etc.), are defining the shape of our new, Tri-Sectored World emerging in this 21st Century. The "Everyone Else" group has been oppressed by, and defined by those who have traditionally been the "Whites". History is full of details, for those who care, of the atrocities inflicted upon the planet by the "Whites" during their dominance, that began roughly around 1450 A.D. The immense wealth and power of Europe arose since that time. Capitalism, as we know it, is not yet 300 years old. The Catholic Church, and the early Popes, were the engine for atrocities like the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the in-situ rape of Africa; all in the name of their white GOD.

The practice of slavery in the Americas, driven by Roman Catholic Christianity, and, after 1520, European Protestantism, (only a minor variant from the earlier Catholic system), is, by far, the most egregious atrocity performed by man upon other men, in the history of our species, since we "evolved" from the slime. Mr. Abbas' recent statement regarding "The Holocaust" is WRONG!! http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Holocaust-1.476773.

The pain and suffering in the wake of the Atlantic Slave Trade, concocted by Bishop Las Casas and the Popes of Rome, at a time when they held power over all the Crowned Heads of Europe, is far greater, and still wreaks havoc in the lives of all who have at least "one drop" of African heritage, or non-white skin color; anywhere on the planet!

Europeans and their clones (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States) are, today, raping Africa through the instruments like "Foundations", "Missionaries", and other "Proxies" buried within institutions left behind when Europe abandoned its presence within Africa in the 1960s. The Holocaust that took place in Germany during World War II, driven by Catholic Fascists, (Italy and Germany) has been the beneficiary of a well-funded global PR campaign since then, and everyone knows it! People of all faiths and colors react in fear, and aren't facing the facts! Look at the survival and spread of Fascism in the wake of the PR! Look at the re-definition of Israel since the death of Rabin, and the rise of the likes of Sharon and Netanyahu! Look at the alliance between U.S. "Corn-Pone Christians", and Netanyahu! Compare the numbers! Look at the lingering aftermath!! Why do we continue to give out-sized deference to the "minor" holocaust, while continuing to ignore the "major" Holocaust? How many more non-white youths will have to be "gunned-down" in our streets before the non-whites fully "Awaken"?? Then, there's what this coalition is inflicting wreak upon our collective "Environment"!

That does not excuse those of us who know better, but fail to teach our children the truth. All of the many Public Relations efforts to sway "hearts and minds", (like the one in our Media yesterday in Rome, for example) are bits of the same piece of Propaganda shaping the new era.

Back to Putin; perhaps he knows that the "Asymmetry" posed by Media in this Media Age, is one in which PROPAGANDA is the weapon of choice for waging warfare. Guns, Bullets, Bombs (even nuclear ones) are relegated to be more and more ineffective in gaining power and prominence in the world that is emerging. Groups like American Blacks, Caribbean Latinos, and Mexican Hispanics are beginning to awaken to their current fate, and realize what they need to do to educate and protect themselves and their children in the economy and political environment that are unfolding. "Conservatives" and Israeli interests are doing everything they can to slow or halt the progress of the "Awakening" among non-whites. They want us to remain hooked on the PR image of "John Wayne", both in myth and in the reality of U.S. foreign policy.

Cheney/Bush spent our "reserve" for this option. Only Putin seems to be able to play the "gunslinger" card, so far, on the planet in the 21st Century. We had better hope that President Obama succeeds in countering Putin with Dollars (U.S. Dollars, "Petro-Dollars", "Euro"-Dollars").

Stay Vigilant! The trick is to get the outcome WE NEED; while remaining FINANCIALLY SOLVENT!!
Vote out Gerrymandering! Vote Out Big Money Corruption! Vote Out Republicans!

Sunday, April 27, 2014

TIME FOR "SERIOUS" POWER-SHARING??

"Color/Ethnicity" and POWER on the Planet

"Cloven" Bundy may have done the "Conservatives" in the United States a great favor! He has provided an unmistakable, and clear view deep inside the Cracker-Mind, for the entire world to see. The white-frocked "miracle-workers" gathered in Rome today should pay heed? Both Popes need to beg forgiveness for themselves and their forebears for all the pain and suffering that flows from their color-based institutions and teachings; designed to advance power and greed among Europeans in the Modern Age (since 1450). The planet suffers mightily today;from their practices; perhaps none more than the non-whites on the Continent of Africa, and those of us whose presence here derives from an African slave.

The "Conservatives" in our national politics must now face the fact that they have no where else to go; now that the color and race-based foundation for our national politics, since the days of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, have run their course. They are exposed and have no "cover" left! Presidential tape recordings of Johnson and Nixon reveal the extent of the raw racist beliefs both of these "leaders" held. Nixon was the architect of the five "racial" boxes for identifying all citizens of this nation. He was also the architect of the race-based "Southern Strategy" that re-defined the Republican Party. After the escalations of Atwater/Rove, Reagan/Bush/Clinton, the race-string has played out in 2014. The crippling of our ability to manage our affairs, both domestically and internationally, is obvious to all, except for those most determined "white-supremacists" in our media and in our Legislatures at both the national and state levels. CNN is now designating the NEWS, as either "Red" or "Blue". Beware of the old Southern Strategy to turn to "White women" if and when all else fails in their long war on persons of color. That was discussed as their rationale for inserting "women" as a "Minority" into the Civil Rights Legislation of the 1960's.

The White Right is now preaching open rebellion; and has done all it could to prevent repairs to our economy. The First Black President has had to act without Congressional support for everything, from fiscal policy to basic government operations. The scum even travels abroad to undermine our foreign policy and to provide aid and comfort to the likes of Putin.

The problem: a suicidal drive to make sure there is no effective power-sharing across color lines. Its just that simple! White, male "talking heads" in our media continue to dominate, and spin their "codes" for what passes for "public discourse".

Netanyahu seems to to be aping this behavior in the Middle East, as the Israelis run their own version of this strategy inside Israel. Obama is "hemmed-in" at home, by a Democratic Party that vacillates between its own fears of the Republican "base" that dominates our Congress. Netanyahu has announced the termination of Secretary Kerry's peace negotiations. He has been in bed with our "corn-pone" Christians in the South since he hooked up with Falwell.

Stay Vigilant! Putin is flexing his muscle by showing his ability to manipulate ethnic/racial groups, world-wide. Cheney/Bush "depleted" the value of armed conflict as a remedy for our problems. Diplomacy is the only "weapon" that remains.