A Gift for Obama

So far President Obama has not completed any agenda items and is almost half way through his first term. He has not done anything to stimulate the economy. Obama has not given us real health care. He has done nothing to improve the environment and has no immigration policy. Obama is extremely fortunate because the Tea Party Movement and the Militia Movement are against Obama for who he is and not what his policies are. When left with the option of voting for Obama or his opposition, many unsatisfied citizens will be forced to select Obama. President Obama’s enemies are his greatest gifts.


The Tea Party Movement claims that they are being taxed without representation. They often say that they want their country back. They do not want the country back from the way that the government is behaving because nothing has changed ideologically. They want the country back from Obama, a black man. Obama has forgotten that he is black, (according to the 1 drop rule) but those who believe in white male rule have not forgotten. Tea Party members call him a socialist and a fascist and a liberal. He cannot possibly be all of those things. Ron Paul recently had to correct the racist by informing them that Obama is not a socialist, he is a corporatist. Paul received few applause for this fact. Hate does not care about facts or truth.

The Militia Movement has always been here. They believe that the wealthy elite are working together to create a one world government. Militia members think that Obama is the enemy because he is charming everyone into volunteering to live under this one world government. Their solution is to train and stockpile weapons in order to wage war on the U. S. government. The Militia Movement also focuses on Obama’s personality.

President Obama is sitting pretty because he has been given the gift of a hateful opposition. Most voters know that if they choose hate, the empire will die a painful death. The worst part of it all is that Obama is not that good of a president thus far and his policies are unsound.

Toni Morrison's Beloved

Toni Morrison’s Beloved is one of the great American novels. Beloved looks beneath the surface of the plantation life. Morrison lets everyone see the horrors of life for African-American people as chattel slaves. She also exposes the horrors for African-American people living in reconstruction. Beloved could easily extend out to Jim Crow living or 21st century living of African-American people in the United States. Beyond the social statements that beloved makes, there is the quality of the literature. Morrison is a world class literary figure that takes the reader on an exhilarating ride through the characters and time in the Nobel Prize winning Beloved.”

NYC Crime Reports

Let us shine a light on crime! Recently in New York City crime has been on the rise. At least this is the claim. After years of drops in crime across the board, we seem to be headed in the wrong direction. The news is troubling. What is really happening? Well, crime is probably not much different than it has been for the last few years. The difference is that it is now being reported. In the old days, before gentrification, the members of such neighborhoods as Bedford Stuyvesant and Brownsville did not like dealing with the police, so they did not always report crimes. Police do not like to deal with this population, so even if crimes were reported, they were not taken seriously. The new population that has moved into these neighborhoods report crimes and expects the police to act. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a paper man, if it is on paper it is real to him, anything else does not exist. We have all gone along with this foolish notion. Now the realities are closing in around us. Add to that the economic depression put upon the working class and you receive a spike in crime rates. By the way, this is only the beginning of a rise in crime that will probably last for a number of years.



Personal Statement

When I see 3 black women who are pregnant I think that one of their children will end up in the criminal correction industry. When I see 5 black women who are pregnant I think that 2 of their children will never learn to read.

Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf

     We are living in a cycle of extremism. People have lost their faith in governments as well as institutions. This is nothing new. People have also lost their faith in any great intangible being(s). It is times like these that the masses turn to certain kinds of leaders. They embrace leaders who give them simple solutions to problems without explaining the details. These leaders never tell the truth when they list the facts of the cause for the despair of the masses. They divide the masses into a them and an us. After that these leaders turn the them against the us, the us against the them. Prosperity comes immediately. However, leaders like this always lose control and end up destroying the very people they swore to empower.
     We would do well to read Mein Kampf because it was written by such a leader at the beginning of his march to ruler ship. The United States does not have to follow in Germany’s footsteps. We can read Mein Kampf so that we will be able to recognize who not to follow. It took Germany fifty years to get over the damage left behind by Hitler. The U. S. is too fragile of an empire to withstand an Adolph Hitler at this point in time.

Tales From Tim by Timothy Conerson

“This books is special to me because I actually know the author. The book has 11 short stories of varied interest. In the first story, which can be read for free on amazon.com, called "Our nana" is about a matriarch of a community that draws a young woman into the sisterhood of the community. The book has stories that are as short as one page and as long as eleven pages. The thing that I love is that the stories are simple on the surface, but become richer as you dig deeper. If there is one thing that does tie the stories together, it is that they are urban. From "Our Nana" to "The People's Republic" which shows a population creating a nation after America falls to China.”

Man is Not Alone by Abraham J. Heschel

Man is Not Alone explores what may be the largest question of a believer's life, What is God like? Heschel says that there is a God and presents an idea of what God may be like. More importantly Heschel discusses what kind of attitude people must develop in order to have a relationship with God. Even an atheist will find this book beneficial because Heschel lays out a standard for how people should treat each other. He also makes it clear how we must view and treat ourselves. God is a force that is always here for humanity in this book. Heschel proposes that the task for us is to reach the highest level of humanity.

Facing Reality

The medical industry is going to change in major ways. Local governments will be making deep cuts in funding schools, programs, and agencies. New York State alone faces an $18 billion deficit. This means that we will all have to face reality.


With limited resources every person cannot have quality treatment. We will be forced to spend what resources we have on the most deserving among us. The brightest children will receive an education. The dim thinkers will receive some training or apprenticeships. People with terminal, irreversible illnesses will not receive the most care that hospitals can give. Large churches may have to combine. Small churches will disappear altogether.

Programs that we all take for granted will now vaporize. We will all be wise to create survival kits equipped with: batteries, candles, matches, small radios, canned goods, first aid kits, tents, etc. Emergency services will not show up. Learn all you can about home remedies because neighborhood clinics will be dead to us.

Reality is standing above us like a wave of a tsunami. We are on our own now. We have to regain that communal spirit if we are to survive this national down turn.