Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon is a great novel for 2010. Toni Morrison uses her novel to connect the past, present, and future with the flow of a large stream. in a time when people treat life like it just appears out of thin air, Song of Solomon reminds us that we all have ancestors as well as traditions that affect who and how we are. Morrison's Song of Solomon gives us clues to the solutions of our current problems like why some communities are so violent. For the answers, which seem to escape our leaders, look at the decades or centuries that precede us in the here and now. Morrison also shows us that we cannot escape our past, no matter how hard we try.

New World Order

Most people think that a new world order run by secret societies is ominous. I do not belong to any of these societies, I like to share, but I do not see anything wrong with our best and brightest controlling society outside of the reach of the silly opinions of the masses. It is obvious that the old world order is dead. The pain that most of us are suffering comes from the fact that we are trying to live our lives in psycho-social vacuums. If our most illuminated people are not going to lay down different foundations, then who? Do you really want the leading politicians to guide us? Or perhaps you would be comfortable with our leading clergy. These people would not know scholarship if it bit them on their buttocks. Of course we could all decide for ourselves how we are going to live. But the average person is only capable of doing what they are told at this point in our empire's history. I love enlightenment, so I want the brightest of each community leading us into the new world order of the 21st century.

Why Black People Suffer

African people in America suffer almost every social ill there is to suffer. Most of the analysis on our suffering deals with the consequences of our sickness, but never gets to the reasons why we suffer. I will give a few reasons why African-American people suffer. The first problem that we have is that as a group we have embraced a hatred for intellectualism. Most African-American people frown on thinking as an exercise for personal improvement. We have become the only ethnic group that does not support its intellectuals. If you ask the average African-American to name 5 intellectuals, they will struggle, or name some popular people that are smart. Every smart person is not an intellectual. Intellectuals think about situations as well as concepts completely in order to provide understandings of these things to their group. This brings me to the second reason why African-American people suffer. We do not measure each other on a proper scale. We asses each other’s value based on the amount of physical things that we amass. We do not factor in any intangible characteristics of a person. We do not even factor in the quality of what a person produces. The third problem of the African-American is that we do not view time properly. We reject any proposition that does not provide instant gratification. African people have been on earth for millenniums. African people have been traveling to this territory now called the United States for centuries. Yet the modern African-American cannot seem to think beyond the date of the next pay check.

50 States or 1 Country

From the very beginning of the formation of the United States the ruling class has fought over whether it would be a system with a strong federal government or a group of strong states. The U. S. has gone back and forth in its life time. The U. S. is now in a cycle of strong states. New York has reinstituted slavery through its prison industry. Texas has created its own version of history in its school system. Arizona has created its own policy to deal with immigration. Washington DC is too impotent to react. The leadership of the nation’s capital all talk tough, but they refuse to pass any legislation that benefits the masses of the citizens. We have to shift our thinking. The governors, mayors, and city councils are all more important than the president of the United States. For the foreseeable future our lives literally depend on our local officials and leaders.

Faith Can Wear Thin

We are living in some of the hardest times since chattel slavery. If you are a believer in the God Force, your faith may be wearing thin. I personally have wondered if God had turned away from me altogether. In the past that thought would be followed up by guilt. How could I be so short sighted and forgetful? The God Force keeps everything maintained despite human kinds destructive attitudes. But we really should not feel guilty for thin faith, especially since Abraham’s faith was paper thin several times. Abraham had enough faith to leave his family or clan to seek a place of greater spirituality. Abraham, bursting with faith in the beginning, sent his wife to strange men’s beds because he feared for his life and did not trust God to keep him safe. Abraham also abandoned his first born, which he loved, because his wife told him so. If Abraham’s faith can wear thin, why can’t ours?

Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most amazing pieces of cinema ever made. Each part of the trilogy takes time to watch, but they are not drawn out. These films will stretch your mind and plunge into the depth consciousness all while entertaining you completely. The fight scenes, mystical creatures, and the ever watching evil eye will allow you to escape into a world of fantasy. This world is called Middle Earth. Though Middle Earth sits outside of our reality, the residents of Middle Earth are struggling with the same issues that we are battling here in the real world. The issues are basic: How much industrialization is too much? Can the uncorrupted beings work together in order to defeat the corrupted beings? Can we overtake our inner evil enough to accomplish positive goals? The Lord of the Rings trilogies are perfect films because every type of person can enjoy them for many reasons.

It Is Time To Grow Up

The overwhelming majority of the citizens in the United States are suffering. We all know about the economy and the poor state of our institutions, but these are consequences of the problem, not the cause. The reason that we suffer so much in this country is because we are trapped in a state of childhood. We live too much of our lives based on concepts and ideas that the average six year old knows is not true. We still assess people based on physical characteristics and style of dress and wonder why so many incompetent people are working while brilliant people are unemployed. We follow what reports say and ignore what actual happens in our communities and wonder why our neighborhoods are falling apart. We still believe in our elected officials, most of which do not have a thoughtful bone in their bodies, and we wonder why our government has become harmful. It is time for the majority of us to face reality in its entirety. It is time for us to grow up.