We all like President Obama because he is smart, a broad thinker. He tries to bring people of opposing sides together. The compromiser is what so many people call Obama. The problem is that Obama does not compromise correctly. He is just a little off of center. Obama needs an artist of compromise in the White House.
Obama seems to believe that if you have opposing sides, that you must take ideas from both sides, bundle the ideas together, and solve the problem. This way sounds good on the surface. However, this approach may not always work. One side may not have as many good ideas as the other side, so you cannot always take equally from both sides. Sometimes one side may not have any good ideas. You should not embrace ideas just to make someone feel better.
When compromising, you have to hear all parties involved. Once everyone has presented their ideas or sides of the story, you should take the best ideas given. If each side gives 6 ideas, you take the best of the 12 ideas and implement them. One party may have 1 good idea while the other has 4 good ideas. It is completely fair to use those 5 good ideas in a way that makes sense. That is the art of compromise.
If we had skilled artists of compromise in high places, oh what a society this would be. We would have real health care, good schools, an energy plan, and a humane foreign policy.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
The World As It Is
Neither men nor women care
Satisfy me, no do me
Carnal acts are what they share
Children fear those who made them
Parents wear children like blocks
The future looks fairly grim
Wooden planks guard empty homes
Citizens wander here – there
Your tent city’s not alone
We start out like exposed nerves
No longer sure to awake
Nature’s fed up with our words
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Satisfy me, no do me
Carnal acts are what they share
Children fear those who made them
Parents wear children like blocks
The future looks fairly grim
Wooden planks guard empty homes
Citizens wander here – there
Your tent city’s not alone
We start out like exposed nerves
No longer sure to awake
Nature’s fed up with our words
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The Back End of Life
It is all behind me now
Most of what we call a life
To slay the beasts is allowed
I fought battles from the womb
A drunk and cheat brought me through
I feel good about the tomb
Battle after battle waged
I won many of those fights
Now great powers are enraged
My back is straight, chin is strong
My weapons are few, but sharp
I have brought some friends along
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Most of what we call a life
To slay the beasts is allowed
I fought battles from the womb
A drunk and cheat brought me through
I feel good about the tomb
Battle after battle waged
I won many of those fights
Now great powers are enraged
My back is straight, chin is strong
My weapons are few, but sharp
I have brought some friends along
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Don’t Stop
March on children of the north
Prisons no longer make us shake
We know what our lives are worth
March you children of the south
The heat favors the first beings
Our foes can’t stand to stay out
March you children of the east
You were here long before them
Their land leases have now ceased
March you children of the west
Mild weathered days are past tense
Shove blades into hallow breasts
Prisons no longer make us shake
We know what our lives are worth
March you children of the south
The heat favors the first beings
Our foes can’t stand to stay out
March you children of the east
You were here long before them
Their land leases have now ceased
March you children of the west
Mild weathered days are past tense
Shove blades into hallow breasts
Saturday, March 6, 2010
SIBLINGS
Here we are,
On the way to the shelter,
My siblings and I.
Different fathers,
But that same mama.
We are on the train
With bags in hand.
Guarding our hand-me-downs.
Given to us by mama’s bosses.
You know, clothes to good
To turn into cleaning rags.
We quietly eye each other
With extreme caution.
We will only give enough
To receive at some later date.
Such is life with a family
That lives hand to mouth
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Friday, February 12, 2010
“Bills To Pay” Standard
The problems in the black community are overly discussed. All of the same issues are analyzed on panels and in books. My own understanding at the end of it all is that communities that do well have a great standard that anchors them. Black people did not have a standard, or so I thought. It became clear to me that black people have embraced a standard after all. It is called the “bills to pay” standard.
The “bills to pay” standard is simple. We are supposed to do whatever it takes to earn enough money necessary to pay our bills. Rent, car notes, clothing costs, etc. take top priority in our lives. Every other principle or activity is secondary to our bills.
This is liberating. I have always been one to fight for the larger principles like justice, freedom, equality of opportunity, and wisdom. With our new standard we do not have to protest when a police officer shoots an innocent person. That officer has bills to pay. We do not have to criticize prejudice employers. Those employers have bills to pay. We do not even have to be angry with Wall Street bankers who indulge in criminal activities. They too have their bills. With this new standard no action is off limits. We have finally arrived at the moment where it’s all good.
The new “bills to pay” standard is a savior. We have now been set free. We can sit back, throw our worries outside of ourselves, and watch as our humanity disappears.
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The “bills to pay” standard is simple. We are supposed to do whatever it takes to earn enough money necessary to pay our bills. Rent, car notes, clothing costs, etc. take top priority in our lives. Every other principle or activity is secondary to our bills.
This is liberating. I have always been one to fight for the larger principles like justice, freedom, equality of opportunity, and wisdom. With our new standard we do not have to protest when a police officer shoots an innocent person. That officer has bills to pay. We do not have to criticize prejudice employers. Those employers have bills to pay. We do not even have to be angry with Wall Street bankers who indulge in criminal activities. They too have their bills. With this new standard no action is off limits. We have finally arrived at the moment where it’s all good.
The new “bills to pay” standard is a savior. We have now been set free. We can sit back, throw our worries outside of ourselves, and watch as our humanity disappears.
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Friday, February 5, 2010
What Would King Think?
At a recent economic summit hosted by the Rainbow Push Coalition, a fatigued Jesse Jackson hobbled toward the door of a room where a panel discussion was about to take place. He stopped to look at finely dressed black men rubbing elbows. A slight look of disgust flashed across his face. It makes one wonder, what would Martin Luther King Jr. think about our country today?
What would King think about spending money to rent the 53rd Street Sheraton for the purpose of discussing how poor the majority of our citizens are?
What would King think about the fact that there are more social programs for former inmates of prisons than there are for children?
What would King think about President Obama’s concept of just wars?
What would King think about a memorial being built in his honor at the same time that the homeless are living in tent cities?
What would King think about New York City having a 28% illiteracy rate?
What would King think about a 40% unemployment rate among black men?
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What would King think about spending money to rent the 53rd Street Sheraton for the purpose of discussing how poor the majority of our citizens are?
What would King think about the fact that there are more social programs for former inmates of prisons than there are for children?
What would King think about President Obama’s concept of just wars?
What would King think about a memorial being built in his honor at the same time that the homeless are living in tent cities?
What would King think about New York City having a 28% illiteracy rate?
What would King think about a 40% unemployment rate among black men?
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