tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249073442011-11-27T16:26:41.983-08:00This blog is created so that I and other curious and caring individuals can pontificate on matters we deem important to the black and larger world community. I will be blogging about various topics I welcome anyone with any point of view conservative, liberal whatever. I will tolerate no bad language, name calling or comments from outerspace right or left. I would like to promote a higher level of debate and understanding between people of different cultures and backrounds.markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01881999761526327887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24907344.post-8818266237421986442007-08-13T19:51:00.001-07:002007-08-13T19:52:08.446-07:00

All my life I have had a great love of music . That love transcends everything from Jay Z, Marvin Gaye, John Coltrane and Patsy Cline to many other diverse artist and forms of music. I have also had a great love for writing poetry, I remember in Junior high school my teacher given the class an assignment to write a poem and it was on that day that I discovered I had a knack for making words rhyme

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"The Imus situation was like the Arch Duke Ferdinand in a civil war between black people with common sense and black people without it." Gina McCauley host of What About our Daughters.Hot Ghetto Mess Gets a Name changed but only after a blogger named Gina McCauley got after their hind parts. The show now titled we gotta do better was originally called Hot Ghetto Mess until Gina McCauley ramed her

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Bronze Trinity has written a post about a current campaign to get the sponsors of HGM to pull their sponsorship of the show. Sponsors such as State Farm have started pulling their sponsorship of HGM. Bronze Trinity has illustrated what is going on in this post titled Stop BETs HOT GHETTO MESS Bronze Trinity has written a post about a current campaign to get the sponsors of BETs Hot Ghetto Mess (

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Last year during the Lebanese vs Israeli conflict I heard a Lebanese Sunni Muslim say he supported Hezbollah's (a militant shia organization) stance against Israel, but that the Shia were still fake Muslims. Now Id been hearing about the Sunni / Shia dispute over the last couple of years and I have been fascinated by some of the details Id been learning. To Someone like me who is committed to

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CONCLUSION PART 2 IS THE BLACK CHURCH GUILTY OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCEThe First part of this post was a very harsh critique of the black churches leadership on the aids issue. In it I argue that the church is guilty of criminal negligence, although the dialog in the comment sections didnt adrees that. Anyway here is the conclussion I came up with as a result of my findng the black church guilty as

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Religion is and has been one of my favorite topics for a long time. Talking about religion is something I have always enjoyed and usually find intellectually and spiritually rewarding as well. What I would like to do with this post is to promote and expand understanding amongst open minded religious and non religious people about what spirituality (not religion) is really all about. I would also

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Back in the early 1990's when I was in college (I never made it out) I was a very politically active young fellow. Their were several protest I participated in over my short lived career as an activist.During this time I was reading books about the struggle and my taste went from books about the panthers, Malcolm X as well as dozens of autobiographies of black historical figures (many of them

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A few months ago a blog friend of mine called NATIVE SON wrote a piece about Master P going clean that is how I first got wind of this story. In his post was a link to letter that Master P had wrote in response to some ignorant a@s comments Fitty cent had made. In the letter Master P took apart Fitty referring to him as Curtis Jackson and pointing out that he had been the one to finance fittys

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About 13 years ago was the first time I became acquainted with online communicating. I was introduced to it by a friend of mine who shared a lot of the same interest that I had. To be honest she was a lot smarter and more experienced than I was and her knowledge and skill helped me out of a serious financial jam. I mean if it had not been for her I would have suffered the loss of over 1000

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I have a question to the African American population. If way too many black men are going to jail, if the out of wedlock birthrate of african americans is over 60%, if our people/kids are out of control way too often. If black kids/men especially are often put into special Ed because of behavior problems, if way too many black parents do not support and fully participate in their childrens

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This morning I was running late for work. Because of this when got off the train at L'Enfant Plaza to transfer to the next one I quickly went up the escalator and sprinted to catch the train waiting at the platform going to Virginia from dc. Although I manage to catch the train, as I was running ten bucks fell out of my pocket. Fortunately for me their was a brotha who was running right behind me

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Hello folks this post is about nothing important. Just a post lamenting my severe annoyance and distaste about comment moderation. I have found that comment moderation kills any kind of debate one may try to engage in. You see a nice juicy vulnerable comment that you would like to address you type in your comment and then the comment moderation label comes up and says this comment is waiting

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OK folks I found this you tube video of an incredible battle between buffalo, lion and crocodiles. First buffalo come down to the lake for nice cool drink of water, where they are spotted by some hungry lion who then chase the herd and manage to knock a baby into the lake. As the lion are attempting to pull the buffalo out of the lake a crocodile grabs hold of the buffalo. After a short battle

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I was listening to NPR a few days back. Their was a story about Ruth Graham the late wife of the Reverend billy graham. Ruth Graham was born in 1920, in china to parents who were medical missionaries from the Presbyterian church.Mrs Graham remained a Presbyterian even though she was married to one of the worlds most influential baptist of all time. Now what I cant understand is this, why didn't

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A while back I heard a story on the news about a Washington dc African American judge suing a dry cleaning business for millions of dollars because the dry cleaners lost his favorite pair of paints. The dry cleaner which has signs up stating satisfaction guaranteed first offered to replace Judge Roy Pearson pants, an offer which Pearson refused, the dry cleaners then offered Pearson $12,000 to

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Quincy Jones “ I worked with the best singers in the business and everyone thought Ella was the best their was.” That is a quote from a show about Ella Fitzgerald that came on PBS about a week ago. Of course since Quincy is 0ne of the greatest producers of all time it carries weight. Please remember that Quincy Jones worked with Ray Charles, Dinah Washington and Michael Jackson. So Quincy knows a

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A while back, me and my buddy created this hypothetical scenario. Here's how it works for whatever reason you can commit any act you want and if you clap your hands twice within thirty seconds of the incident and say do over the incident is erased and you are transported back to the time and place you were, just before you went buck wild.This is the scenario my buddy came up with. If given this

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A long, long time ago, during the early 1990's I found myself walking down the road on my way to a job interview. I had just gotten off the subway and If I remember correctly I was running late. Anyway I needed to get to the interview and I didn't know if I had enough time to walk or if I needed to pick up the pace, so as I walked down the hill towards my destination I saw several people passing

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I started watching football back in the early eighties. Back then, Walter Payton was the man. I remember watching him break the great Jim Brown's all time rushing record. I remember his last play against the redskins. Over the years I have heard people debate who was the greatest of all time. Some say Jim Brown, some say Walter Payton and many believe it was Barry Sanders.Well I too am in the

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OK if you read my blog enough then you know I have this huge antagonism towards all religion's of the world. One thing that irks me, is the proclamation that all people are going to hell except the followers of that particular religion. What makes my antagonism flow into the hatred side of things (at times) in particular is this. Black people 90% of whom admit to being Christians make up roughly

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I have been blogging for slightly over a year know. In that time I have learned a lot about people and human nature. Although I am on the net to enlighten myself and to network with like minded folks I have found that some folks are only interesting in spreading propaganda. The propaganda comes in various forms some of it is racist, some of it is black men and women bashing each other, some of it

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The Tunne InnOK folks I blogged about this activist citizen before. Now she has struck again with this you tube video of an inexcusably dirty bath room. The offending bathroom is located in a Restaurant called Tunes Inn. This restaurant is located in the Capitol hill section of Washington DC about a 5 minute bike ride from where I sit blogging this. Although this Lady hasn't been blogging very

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I believe that we black folk can fund a cure for aids or at least move the process along a whole lot quicker than it is currently moving. I have no idea how long it will take but it cant hurt to think on such ideas and if they are workable, start planning them. I also believe that such an initiative could bear fruit that could save millions and millions of black peoples lives and protect the

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I remember during one of my first jobs I worked with a gentlemen named Mr. Chin. Mr. Chin was all that one could hope for in a human being. Mr. Chin was a strong black brotha although you couldn't talk that African stuff to him cause he'd say something like I ain't leave nothing in Africa. Mr. Chin use to tell me stories of the black community in DC during the 19 thirties, forties, fifties and

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I believe the creativity and brilliance of one person can have an atomic explosive type of effect on large groups of people. I believe that great changes amongst a people, nation or even the world can be brought about by a small group of committed, serious people/activist. To be totally honest I believe it is possible for one person to bring about great change in the same manner.I believe that if

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I am a lover of history (specifically black history). I have a passion for the stories of black americans. You know Nat Love, Frederick Douglass ect. About a year ago I found this excellent website with with dozens of slave narratives on it for free called Documenting the American South. Since I love reading black history anyway I figured why not recorded them onto my hard drive and then upload

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About a week ago I came across a story on the news about an activist called the lavatory lady. This activist is a regular citizen with a family and responsibilities just like the rest of us. I guess in the context of here daily life she got sick of restaurant's and other public establishments not respecting their merchants by keeping the bathrooms clean. This is especially unfair to ladies who

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I remember when I was growing up my parents had friends Washington DC who they had grown up with. During the summertime we would spend 2 weeks there every year. These folks were named the William's. Now I loved spending time with the Williams in Washington Dc because we could do things we never could do at home in Maryland. I mean it was great Im talking about adventures traveling through the

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I always liked these girls. My buddy had the album and I remember listening to it with him one night over beers and chess. I remember thinking this is good but I didnt think they were anything special. I did think they were gifted because I knew they had wrote that song Butterflies which was hot once upon a time. So you could say I liked Floetry but I didnt love them. Anyway that is before I saw

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Ok Folks when I got home from yesterday I did the thing I did usually do when I first get home, which is to get out of my work clothes and then slip into something more comfortable. Anyway after that I continued along my usual routine if I have bought a six pack ofbeer I put 5 beers into the fridge where they will be safe and protected and took one out of the pack for immediate self medicating. I

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THE LADY DAY WILL NEVER DIEFOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTANDAS MUSIC PLAYS IT ALSO CRIESTO LIFT THE SOUL OF MANTHE BLUES SHE SUNGWITH TEARFUL EYESFOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTOODAND LIKE THE SUNHER VOICE WOULD RISEAND MAKE US ALL FEEL GOOD

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Please, Please, Please JOIN THE AFROSPHRE FORUM. After you sign up you should get a confirmation email shortly after, if you don't receive a confirmation email please register under a different email and password and you should then receive a confirmation email. We are starting a recruitment drive to bring in new members I say lets bring in 100 members within the next 2 months. Their are low

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IF you read this blog then you are familiar with my annoyance with all religions of the world. To be honest I consider them to be fairytales. However I do think great and good can be done and is in fact done everyday by christians, Jews, Muslims ect. So I can deffinately see a public benifit to the existence of religion (even if I think all of them are bogus)and they are a powerful tool in the

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Good After noon folks. I was watching the Tony Brown show this morning (channel 32 in dc). I was interested by some of the things this cat ( Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr)was saying about reform in black america. Now this dude is Preacher which one strike against him, but hes also a republican which is another strike against him but he was saying some things that made sense. Now I dont care for

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This post is about a group of people who have always annoyed the hell out me. Im talking about folks who are always trying to freeload and get over on people. Let me give you an example of what Im talking about. Ten or so years ago at one of my various jobs over that time period, I was employed on a job with about ten brothas and sistas who were very similar in backround to myself. None of us

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This is a paragraph from a letter addressed to President Bush asking him to show leadership on the Dafur issue. This letter is endorsed by some very prominent and high profile black leaders some of which are preachers. “Mr. President, we request that you demonstrate authentic leadership. Among the strategies you should pursue are: 1) immediate deployment of a robust UN peacekeeping force; 2) a

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OK folks, this topic right here is something I have been wondering about for a long time. One night during my clubing days (after have a good time) I and my boys hopped in the car to head home after a night of partying. Of course when I first got in the car I had to use the bathroom a little bit but I figured I could hold until I got home. Anyway along the way someone else had to use the

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A COLORED WOMENS LETTER TO THE CRISIS (NAACP'S MAGAZINE) AFTER THE 1919 RACE RIOTThe tale of lynching, riots and other forms of racial oppresion were well established into the american culture by the 1919. The overwhelming majority of this intimidation was focused at black people and aimed at keeping them in a social condition that was a close to slavery as possible. Any reaction by individuals

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THE FOLLOING TALE IS AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MARK BEYLast century way back in the mid 1990's I became aware of the work of Walter Mosley. I remember purchasing A Devil in a Blue Dress with great reservation. You see, I didnt like mysteries and Devil in a Blue dress was a mystery. I didnt want to buy a book I wouldnt like but my interest had been sparked by Walter Mosley

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PRAISE BE TO GOD! BLOGGER HAS INCORPORATED AN AUTOMATIC SAVE FUNCTION TO ITS SOFTWARRE. TO SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO HAS LOST PROBABLY 10 PERCENT OF EVERTHING HE HAS WRITTEN TO INTERNET CONNECTION ISSUES OR INTERUPTIONS THIS IS A GODSEND! THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL TO YOU BUT TO SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO HAS LOST A FINAL EDIT DUE DUE TO THE REASONS LISTED ABOVE THIS IS A GIGANTIC DEAL. IT MEANS, THAT

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The first time I can remember hearing Etta James is during a commercial break while watching the movie Fried Green tomatoes. I remember it was an ad for a car commercial and the song was At Last. From that point on I have been an Etta James fan. After that movie (great move great book by the way) I began my search to get that song. The problem is I didnt know the name of the song or the Artist so

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Have you ever spent an evening curled up with a good book and been in heaven. It cant replace a women or seeing Reggie Bush destroy people on football field. But in terms of creating joy and pleaser for humans books are right up thier with love, sex, sport and music. Oh and let me be up front right now although I love basket ball, foot ball, boxing ect. I do have some nerd tendecies such as my

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Today My blog friend Native son has posted an article on his blog Titled R. Kelly please go away. I really cant stand that guy I think he is a rotten role model for kids. I mean the hyper sexuality that has been a trademark of his music is 100% foolishness when you take into account the issues of out of wedlock children black folks have been dealing with and when you factor in the aids statistics

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Plan to Rebuild New Orleans Update #2 5/17/07 . This post is another aspect of an idea on how to possibly help rebuild New Orleans. Abouot 3 years ago I went to see a play at a Recreation center in Georgetown Washington DC. This play was A Christmas Carol performed by the students at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Duke Ellington is a school for performing art students. Anyway the play

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Ok, tell me if you can understand were Im comming from on this one. I am a lover of music I literally can spend an evening with anything from JayZ to Bessie Smith and totally enjoy myself at least from the music stand point of things. About 17 years ago I purchased a video cassette of Malcolm X speeches and other video clips from his life. Featured in this video was one segment accompanied by

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Ok here is the outline of an idea to bring enormous pressure on the record companies to clean up the content of hip hop music. Heres how it would go down. We could find out exactly who to contact in these companies who can change the offensive content of rap music. Then lets start to create and send them and the executives and all guity parties petition after petition suggesting that they

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Plan to Rebuild New Orleans Update 5/12/07After writing a post titled Plan to Rebuild New Orleans I recieved some terrific feedback in the form of comments. This post will be a continuation that will evolve into plans then plans into action. This post will also be an evolving post and will continue from time to time updating progress and plans made on this project. One important principle of

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I just would like to say happy mothers day to all of the mothers out thier and thank you for all that you do.

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Hello Folks thier is now a forum were concerned african americans can go to brainstorm ideas that will make a positive difference for the world black community. This page which was the brain child of a Blogger named Bronze Trinity has been created specifically bring folks interesting in making the lives of black people better. So to all of my blog family interesting in comming together to bring

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D. L Hughley is not only an asswhole but he is a pure coon. Here is a quote taken from a blog called " What about our Daughters" which has a you tube clip of him on the Jay Leno show calling the women on the Rutgers team nappy headed and ugly. " There were some nappy headed women on the team and those are some of the ugliest women I have ever seen in my life.” DL HUGHLEY on Jay Leno."Although D.

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" Ron Pettaway and his brother, Roy, were both shot by Fulton County (GA) Police officers on the evening of April 15, 2007 outside the Frozen Palace nightclub in metro Atlanta. Both men were unarmed. Ron Pettaway died as a result of the shooting. As you can imagine, the family of these young men are devastated."This is a Case that been has blogged about by several different Afrosphere bloggers

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A very talent and committed blogger named Bronze trinity has been putting together resource page for bloggers of african heritage to network and brianstorm with. She has really been putting in some serious work on this project could probably use assistance from like minded bloggers to take the resource page even further. It is already a powerlful and helpful tool in our (black peoples) need to

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" Single Mothers’ Village. It’s difficult for single mothers to raise children alone. There is an African saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Single mothers can get together and share houses and apartments together with their children to share the childraising and foster community support".The above passage is another Quote from a blogger name Bronze Trinity. This quote is taken from

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Passage 4: " Convict Workforce. Hire ex-cons who no one else will hire and have them fix up Black communities in return for food, shelter, clothing, recommendation letters, and help finding another job. Employ them as security guards and construction and maintenance workers. Make it so that those who want to change can find rewarding work that can help our communities. "The above passage is taken

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Audio narrativeThis lady right here is one of the all stars of black history. In fact I have a bit of a intergenerational time travelers crush on Mrs. WElls. Ida B Wells was 1 billion percent lady and 1 billion percent women. Her investagations and writings chronicle the tale of lynching in the American south especially. Because of her work a very strong case can be made against the Federal

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First off let me say that Don Imus is a weasel,his producer Bernard McGurk is an even bigger weasel so his departure will be not be missed by me one iota. However when the people started contacting politicians and sponsors, when the sponsors started to pull away from Imus that opened up the same treatment to black radio personalities and artist. IF a white person or orginization dosent like some

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In a hard hitting but truthful accessment titled " The Prophets of Negrology" about the intellectual inconsistency of black leadership speicifically those in westerns societies. I have often and loudly spoke out against the hypocrisy demonstrated by far too many black leaders including those in the church. A blog friend of mind has so elegantly put into this post many of the things I have

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For the last few days I have been paying attention to this Don Imus business. Apparently Mr.Imus who claims he is not a bad person, insist that he only said a bad thing. Well Imus has a history of saying racist, insensitive and hurtful things as well as allowing his Racist sidekicks to say them. His worm of a sidekick Benard McGurk is particualary offensive and racist so much so that on an

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THE SUMMER YOUTH JOB ENRICHMENT PROJECT (SYJEP) Washington DC is a city in need of many services that cost money. For example the streets, parks, rivers and forest need to be cleaned up, the plastic, glass and aluminum containers scattered all around the city need to be collected and recycled.Thier are many historic african american

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I dont usually write about the news although I listen to it most of the day via, radio and internet stream. In fact the majority of my time is spent either watching or listening to the news. However one day in my daily quest for knowledge I found myself over at the Electronic Villager's "Village" enjyoying one his post about the Congressional Black Caucuses dummy move to host two debates

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Thier is a new movement amongst progressive bloggers to create a movmement/forum called the Afrospear. From my understanding this is supposed to be forum where we can exchange progressive ideas and information as well as strategis to implement the ideas that come out of that brainstorming process. The beautiful and powerful thing about this idea is we (the progressive black bloggers) can benifit

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Over the last few years or so, thier have been many efforts all over the united states of america to push legislation that would require different commenwealth's all over the country to apologize for slavery. Most of these folks requesting such apologies are either black politicians or activist groups such a the Naacp, ect. Personally I have a couple of serious issues with these folks

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Ok Friends I apologize for not blogging more but I have been very busy working on a website I am trying to put together that well focus on social issues. Anyway part of what I have been busy working on is a audio black history website , it is my goal to make black history available to the world to download on thier computers or Ipods to listen while going about thier daily routine. Once we have

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NPR : Tracing African-American Genealogy: Why It Matters. Henry Louis Gates originally presented a series during black history month of 2006. This year he has presented a addition to that featuring Oprah Winfrey's ancestors.

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Thankful I dont say it enough but I am truly happy to have the oppurtunity to live and exist the earth at this time. I believe that with the access to information that todays technology affords can be use to create movements that are positive and strong enough to make fundemental change in people and nations. Or to be honest even the world. I am thankful to have grown up and existed in Prince

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Click the above link to see Lions and elephants get it onI have always had a great love and interest in wild life. Over the years I have spent many years learning about animals from Pbs nature, Marty Stouffers wild america, National geographic magazines and the encylopedia brittanica.Now I had been aware for years that lions would take out baby elephants as well as sick adults. But until Id read

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Credit Must be given where it is dueThis is a young man from Africa with a tumor growing out of the front of his face. Below is a picture of the same young man after his surgery. Now I have seen even more hideous tumors such as one the size of a basketball growing out of an old mans face and neck, or a tumor that was growing out of a mans eye that hung down to his stomach and to tell the truth

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IDEAS ON HOW BLACK PEOPLE CAN FUND A CURE AIDSBy Mark BeyI believe that we black folk can fund a cure for aids. I have no idea how long it will take. But imagine this, what if some progressive group of black folks as well as our social organizations got together to educate black people totally and thoroughly about aids. How is it contracted and how to protect ourselves from it? For those already

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VOLTRON......... THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYSIf you are between the ages of 36 -29 you will probably remember the cartoon Voltron. As for me Voltron has got to be one of my 5 best all time cartoons. If you once enjoyed Voltron (or still do thru cable) as a kid then check this link(http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=79377825960546335&q=voltron ) out and let me know what you

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WHAT IF THE WORLD RETURNED TO THE WAY IT WAS 2000 YEARS AGOFor a while now I have been wondering what would happen to human beings if we were stripped of all technology and the world returned to the way it was 2000 years ago. Here’s the scenario we would exist under. The population would be decreased to lets say 100 million people, thier are no books, or any other human inventions we take for

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Start a Job program in AfricaThier are many things that the continent of Africa needs that its Human Capitol can provide. Africa has great mineral, animal as well many other types of resources. The resources can be used to manufacturer products, that the people on the continent need. The labor, time, investment and effort put into producing some of the products ( things such as Corn, Oats, Oil

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THESE GUYS OFFEND ME ON GENERAL PRINCIPLEAlthough I know they serve a purpose (Shiver)Im not talking about the fish Im talking about that god awlful worm in his mouth. To be precise its scientific name is Cymothoa exigua and it is an Isopod an undersea crustacean closely related to wood lice ( Potato Bugs) . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse This particular parasite is the only known

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WHY I DONT BELIEVE GOD AS PRESENTED BY CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM/JUDISISMCount your blessing every single day.When I was a kid I use to lay awake at night wondering why some people didn’t have enough food to eat. I use to wonder why some kids weren’t loved by parents, who were there to guide and protect them. I’m talking about Parents who take thier kids to movies and museums every so often provide them

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Lawd Have Mercy It Be Hot PT III One night in early August of the lords year 2000 and 6, for the 3rd time in a month the good people who live on 16th and C streets N.E Washington DC lost their power once again(including yours truly). The only difference between this time and the other 2 times was the heat. Although it was hot on the prior 2 occasions this time the power went out on the hottest

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I'm BackHello Blog Friends and family I am sorry that I have not posted anything lately, but I have been suffering from bloggers block. Yeah I know it’s a sad thing to admit with all of the juicy tidbits of interesting news going on all over the globe, but it’s the truth. Well to be honest its at least part of the truth, the other part is that I have been intellectually lazy and uncommitted to

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WHEN THE LITTLE PEOPLE STRIKE BACK(sometimes the wretched do get satisfaction)I have always had soft spot in my heart for the little guy. It has always felt good to me when I believe that justice has been served. We as a race (human) and people (African Americans) know what its like to understand the good, bad and all things in between. So it is in this spirit that I document a few instances of

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JULY 12 POWER GOES OUT AGAINLAWD HAVE MERCY IT BE HOT PT IIOn the night of July 12, somewhere in N.E Washington DC, shortly pass 2am the power went out for the second time in 8 days. As I and others peacefully slept, bothering no one and quite contented the entire block on 16th street lost power. I was not happy, In fact I think its safe to say that no one my street was in good spirits. This time

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THE HISTORY DETECTIVES WHAT A GREAT SHOWOne of my favorite shows over the last 2 years is a show called The History Detectives which is a show produced by PBS. I have a deep and fundemental love for history (especially black history). I am very happy there is an African American male on the show, his name is Tukufu Zuberi. This brother is a very smooth , intelligent and articulate dude who

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Plan for getting kids reading and writing on their correct grade levelI believe that if a woman signs up for Welfare, her kids should have to pass a reading, writing , ect test. If the mother cant read well enough to assist her children, there should be tutoring lessons available. These lessons would be given by tutors , volunteers, interns and staff. I would love to make this a military run or

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JUST A COUPLE OF IDEASI’ve got some thoughts , I’m thinking that if a women has kids and she signs up for welfare. She should also sign something saying her kids will be reading and writing on their correct grade level. Look I’m not knocking welfare or people who need help. But their are a whole lot of people getting over on the welfare system. Not everyone but too many people for my taste and

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Happy 500th hit to ProgressHey folks I just reached my 500th hit here at Progress. I have only been in the blogging game since April, and already Ive joined the 500 club. Anyway I would like to thank all my fellow bloggers for their love and support. Thanks for rolling with a brother. Peace. Mark Bey

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Fourth of July Power Outage (LAWD HAVE MERCY IT BE HOT) Hello fellow bloggers. I was on the Net blogging early Fourth of July morning when I decided to make a pilgrimage to 7/11 to cop goodies. So after accomplishing my mission (unlike G Bush), I hopped back on my bike and I’m back on my street in about 10

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Kings Legacy for Sale $$$$$A couple of weeks ago while listening to Npr I heard a story of how Dr. Kings children were planning on auctioning his papers. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5511144, These papers included handwritten drafts of his I have a Dream Speech, A letter from the Birmingham jail and his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with hundreds of

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Bad NegroesI have always been inspired by black men and women of past times who stood up and risked life and limb to protect themselves, their children and property. As you may or may not know the criminal justice system was rigged in an obvious and most offensive way against black folk.Their have been numerous accounts of whites walking into town and murdering black folk in broad daylight never

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JuntheenthOn June 19 1865 General Grangrer (http://ngeorgia.com/history/granger.html) read General Order No. 3 announcing the abolishment of slavery for all times in the United States of America. Although some slaves had been freed earlier in the war, in that part of Texas slavery was still the way of the world for African Americans.President Lincoln

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SMOKING WEED IN FRONT OF KIDS MUST BE ALRIGHT WITH BLACK (SOME FOLK)I have a question. I live in N.E Washington DC. Over the last 4 years I have been noticing that people mainly youth are smoking weed right in public. Now I don’t want to argue over the morality of smoking weed right now, however it is illegal and young black people are breaking that law every single day. In Washington DC this is

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Mrs. Linda(The tale of how a pushy woman can drive a brotha into the arms of golf)When I was a kid, my parents would sometimes send us to Ms. Linda's when they went to Mississippi. Mrs. Linda and my parents went way back and knew each other from Natchez, Mississippi. You see I was raised in Oxon Hill Maryland. My parents are from Mississippi and so are Mrs. Linda and Mr. Bob. When my parents went

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DINOSAURS, AND SABER TOOTHS AND WOOLLY MAMONTHS OH MYWhen I was a kid I use to have a major fascination with dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. I remember checking out every book in the school library on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. This world consisted of ancient lizard, snakes, turtles, bears, horses as well as hundreds of other now extinct animals. Over the years I have even

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OPEN MINDNo group, person or religion has a monopoly on the truth, righteousness, intelligence, nobility or morality. No man or women is inherently more value than any other man or woman. We are all unfinished works or works in progress as I’ve heard some say. I believe that growth stagnates when folks just assume they know everything, or they know best all the time. Same goes for religion, when

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MUCH LOVE TO MY BLACK PEOPLE I just wanna say for the record that I have a deep love and appreciation for my people. That love is universally extended to all righteous people worldwide. All throughout time, in all human civilizations, kings, queens, nobility, public officials right on down thru the family and community level have all settled into thier prespective status quo's. That status

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IF WHITE FOLKS WERE DOING ITOver the course of my life. I have spent much time agonizing about the problems and conditions that black people find themselves in. The crimes committed by white america against her black population are well documented in the annals of american history. Fortunately for black americans we no longer live in daily fear of white people lynching, mudering or beating us.

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Bike Ride in Oxon Hill MarylandWhen I 12 I got a ten speed bike for christmas. I was so happy I couldnt wait to go exploring around my nieghborhood. I was so excited I just had to take her out that day. It was pretty cold but that first ride was good and exhilirating . From then on I was rarely wihout my bike. I would imagine I probably rode my bike 5 days a week. Eventually a friend of mine

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Clown WatchThis post will be ongoing and from time to time updated . In order to be listed on Clown Watchone must either do someting exceedingly stupid, hypocrital or trifling. Make no mistake about C watch is for those deemed guilty of "HIGH COONING". Trust us one must truly do something they could never have any justification for to make an appearance on the watch. All parties listed on the

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WILL CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM JEFFERSON PLAY THE RACE CARDAccording to information release by the FBI congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) who has represented Louisiana's 2nd Distric since 1991 is being investigated for bribery and other charges of corruptions. According to an Affadavid the Congressman who has been under investigation since last summer was allegedly recorded on video tape putting a

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The Plight of Black MenThe Issues mentioned in the article about the plight of black men are things that I have been thinking about for a while now. It seems to me that black people as a group have lost their way. And as much as it pains me to say this black men have in no way shape or form have held up their end of the bargain as it relates

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YOUNG MALE ELEPHANTS GONE BUCK WILD ( And the corresponding tale of fatherless boys)Im not trying to justify any negativite or anti-social or self destructrive behavior. Cause that aint my thing. But it is a well known fact that young men who grow up without fathers are more likely to participate in anti-social behaviour than those with a father. If you look at the statistics what becomes crystal

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How to get Young black Youth Reading and Writing on thier correct level.I beleive that education is the most expiedent tool for salvation and advancement that has ever been created. It is truly the great equalizer. As it stands today even poor people can get access to a universe of knowledge via the internet. Most people in america rich or poor have a better quality of life than 99% percent of

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IS THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT SUFFERING FROM MORAL AMNESIA?Is the Christian right suffering from amnesia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia) or even selective memory when it comes to morality? If abortion is wrong then what about the death penalty? Are not people who've been sentenced to die god's children as much as anyone born? Has god ever expressed the idea that one of his children's lives is

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CHANGING THE UNHEALTHY ATTITUDES OF YOUNG BLACK MENAlthough young black men do not have a monopoly on bad attitudes. It is my oppinion that too many black men are suffering from personal,family and spiritual damage. In my oppinion part of the reason for this can be traced to the unhealthy attitudes that so many of them have. Some of the end results and manifestions of these attitudes are a 70%

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Black Authors Should Get More LoveI am a black man who loves to read. Im not sure what sparked my interest in reading, however I do remember reading the encyclopedia brotanica series we had as a kid. Reading has had an overwhelmingly positive affect on me. When I was a kid I read the whole 40 page chapter on the civil war in the encylopedia. I learned that Union soldiers were called Billy (yank)

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