The Black Informant

Weekend Health Clinic: mo’ meat, mo’ problems

Eating too much Spam, hot dogs, sausages, red meat and pork can increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to University of Hawai’i researchers associated with the Cancer Research Center of Hawai’i.

However, more study is needed to determine what it is about meat — from processing methods to cooking — that is the cause, researcher Ute Nothlings said, adding it’s more likely that preparation techniques are the culprit rather than something contained within the meat such as fat or cholesterol.

By analyzing dietary data from 190,545 multiethnic people in Hawai’i and Los Angeles between 1993 and 2001, Nothlings saw an increased risk of pancreatic cancer among those who ate the highest levels of processed meat, red meat and pork. And she said that reducing one’s intake of all could reduce the cancer risk…more

Quick! Wanna know if you are at risk? Check this out:

The medical definition of “infrequent” bowel movements is “less often than once every three days.” Most physicians agree that a movement less often than once a week is not adequate….more

Grandma was very wise to give us that nasty Caster oil. We needed something to move that mess up out of us. Those that have infrequent bowel movements tend to get sick a lot easier.

As black folks, we know that a meal without meat just ain’t a meal. I am not going to tell you to chuck out all that beef chuck in yo’ freezer. Instead, try to incorporate more fruits and veggies in your diet. For example, at your next cook-out, try grillin’ up some mixed veggies (Red and green peppers, tomato, celery, zucchini, etc.). While they are cooking, brush some Catalina dressing over them periodically. I came up with this little concoction myself and I must say, it turned out very good. This is a good replacement for those chips you love to have with your hot dog or hamburger.

Once again, OUR politics supersedes racial pride

Accounts of the March 9 attack at Mifflin High School in Columbus sound like something out of Abu Ghraib. A group of boys took the girl behind a curtain on the auditorium stage, where one punched her in the face and threatened to have his friends beat her further if she cried out. Then at least two boys forced her to perform oral sex on them while others watched.

More than a dozen other students came running when they heard what was happening - not to help, but to watch. One is said to have recorded the assault with a video camera brought to school for a class project. He allegedly used the light from a cell phone to illuminate the scene. That means he had to be very close to what was going on. Other students viewed the assault from a window overlooking the stage.

The victim reported what happened to a special education teacher, who took her to the school office. There, school officials called her father, but not the police. The father later reported that administrators said they wanted to avoid media attention, and asked him not to call 911. He ignored them and called police…more

The above was an editorial, what follows is an excerpt of the actual news story:

Witnesses said several students saw a girl being punched and forced to engage in videotaped sexual acts with several boys in the Mifflin High School auditorium.

According to witness accounts given to school investigators, a 16-year-old developmentally-delayed student claimed she was dragged into the auditorium and was forced to perform oral sex on at least two boys, while more than a dozen other students were called to watch.

One student reportedly videotaped the sex acts, NBC 4’s Colleen Marshall reported.

“If you scream, I’ll have my boys punch you,” one student witness reported hearing an attacker warn the girl…more

Let me give you a hint: these boys and the school administration are not white.

Another report mentioned that when school officials walked in on the scene, this young girl was naked and a student was on top of her.

I normally do not blog on Saturdays, but this story really got me hot for several reasons:

# The mere fact that this girl was raped
#The mere fact that this special needs girl was raped
#WHERE ARE THE FATHERS OF THESE BOYS?????
#The attempt of the school administration to cover up the whole issue.
#The silence of teacher’s unions
#The lack of national outrage amongst most blacks

As we all know, had this been a case of a black girl being gang-raped by a bunch of white boys, all hell would have come loose amongst most black leaner-ship. Even groups like the NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, etc. would have called for a federal investigation into this matter. What is even more obvious is the fact that the media never identifies the race of the victim and the assailants. Normally, the media will go all out of its way to identify the race of individuals when it is a white-cop-kills-black-kid case. Why is race all of a sudden not relevant? If you think that I am about to break into a anti-Liberal-media-bias rant, think again. Mainstream media has already proven to benefit both sides of the political spectrum, so I do not concern myself with any political slant in this story.

What I am greatly concerned about is how we as a people have demonstrated over and over again our outrage against racism and destructive behavior when it comes from whites, Koreans, etc. But when it comes to stories like this case involving this child, most of us just skip over it while looking for the next white-cop-kills-black-kid case to use to bolster our claims of injustice in this country.

The more recent developments of this story mentions how community leaders are planing on getting together for (you guessed it) another summit to address the issues of violence in their community. In earlier days, I would have commend these individuals for trying to fix the problem. Today, I almost totally dismiss these actions as another way we use situations as a means to grandstand our own agendas. Granted, some summits do produce results, but a vast majority of them are nothing but show while the kids continue to shoot and rape each other in the streets. Holding the feet of Sharpton, Jackson and others on this case is pointless. It is time now for us (all of us) to shoulder the blame of these kind of incidents.

Until we adopt the mindset that these are OUR kids and not Bey-Bey’s kids, things like this will continue to happen while we continue to demand for justice in this country.

**Hat tip to both Samantha Pierce and Michelle Malkin

Weekly Wrap Up (Tupac Fo’ Sho’)

In an effort to further expand the views expressed on this website, I have asked black militant leader Tupac Fo’ Sho’ to report on the efforts of white people to take away the freedoms of black Americans.
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Once again, racism has shown its ugly face—white face–to the masses this week.This week the Catholic church selected a white pope over a black one. If anyone out there was holding there breath on this one, you are probably black as me by now. There ain’t no way the racist system is going to have a black man have his ring kissed by millions of weeping white folks. Do you really think that Italian-owned establishments across America would have replaced their picture of Pope John Paul II with a black man? Puhleez.

Oh, and what’s up wit the black smoke/white smoke thing? Only true sojahs know who was really behind that smoke. It was that black Cardinal cookin’ up some pork on the grill while the white cardinals did the real work. Like I said, racism has once again shown its white ugly face this week to us my brothas and sistahs.

On another issue, I was glad to hear from militant-in-training D. Scales. Finally, a true brotha that is willing to stand up to this Uncle Tom (the owner of this site) and call him for what he is. He repeatedly called him a Neo-Con and told him he needed to read more. I was cheering this young buck on up until the gun issue. He believes that gun manufacturers should stop making guns because they are too dangerous for black folks. Another young militant-in-training has made me shame to be a black sojah today.

Scales is another example of how the racist system has eliminated all knowledge of our true history in this nation. Never once did he mention Bobby Seale and the Black Panther party in his argument with this clown. He also never mentions how commonplace it was for blacks in the old west and post civil war era carried guns. We are pilgrims in this evil white nation, son. As long as we are here, we need to use any means necessary to make sure that the evil pig does not infiltrate our communities, our homes, our schools, our kids, our intellect, our socio-economic power, our pride, our women, and the black man. Even brotha Malcolm believed in using guns. You have played right in the hands of the masters of this country by suggesting that our people are to remain defenseless against the plot to destroy black America.

Sorry I had to spank you sojah with my intellect, but you got me a little worked up on that issue. I just hate to see young sojahs misguided.

Keepin’ it real for the black nation,

Fo’ Sho’

PS: Name calling on this site gets you automatically banded.

The Editor

More soul for the blogsphere!!

Site name: Tiffany & Co.
Web address: http://proactiff.typepad.com

About: Let’s see. So many opportunities to talk write about myself, I never know where to begin…and end. Almost 32-years-old, I am a petite five-foot-two-and-a-half-inches, lover of high heels and an occasional pair of comfy flip-flops.

I’m not a fan of the great outdoors or sports, except of course, on my way into shopping malls and centers, then I say, “Let the games begin!” I flunked tennis in college. I jammed my finger during volleyball and basketball during my formative school years. The thought still pains my fingers…Although my husband would beg to differ considering how much time I spend pecking away at this keyboard. I am proud of the fact that I am a self-taught swimmer. Everyone growing up in and around Florida or any coast for that matter should know how to swim. I was never given a lesson a day in my life, yet I swim like a fish. Just God’s will I guess.

I’m an early-to-bed-early-riser girl. I mainly get up early just to revel in being alone. This in part, due to being an introvert (only child) trapped in an extroverted (egotist) body.

I’ve been happily married for going on seven years to God’s gift to me. We have three cute kids–a girl, boy, and a girl (ages 7, 4, and 3). A former public school educator turned domestic homemaker, I am a liquid forced to do a “solid’s” job…I’m always moving, coming and going (clean home and all) and have yet to be the epitome of a STAY-HOME-mom. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. … Ah, the joys of being a “Proactiff” woman!

Site name: Devas T: rants and raves
Web address: http://devast.blogspot.com (he has another site - http://www.dontate.com)

About: I’m an illustrator living in Austin, Texas. I specialize in children’s publishing.

How long have you been illustrating?

I’ve been drawing since childhood. I was always the art kid in school. I was good and even at a young age I knew that one day I would become a commercial artist, just like JJ on the tv show GOOD TIMES. In a final episode of the series, JJ became a commercial artist. So yes, I was actually influenced by “Kid Dynomite.” Family, friends, and school instructors told me that commercial art was not a door open to blacks. I was encouraged to go into computer sciences or to become an architect. Something with a future. I never accepted these admonishments because I believed that companies would be more concerned about the color of my canvas, not the color of my skin.

I wasn’t confident with my other skills and my drawing talents always came to my rescue when I failed in those other areas. For example, since becoming a picture book illustrator I have been asked many times to speak and make presentations. I have always been crippled with shyness, so speaking at first was practically out of the question. After making a few presentations I learned to let my artwork do the speaking by keeping my presentations very visual. Again, my drawing talents saved me….more

Check out these blogs today!!!

**Thanks Tiffany for Don’s link

Note to white Liberals: Never question black folks

Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg cannot understand why she has become the target of such animosity.

“This was somewhat of a shock to me that someone would turn this into a racial or religious issue,” she says.

…But she was dragged into a political brawl in Newark this week, and suddenly, her religion and race were on center stage.

It began when Weinberg questioned the award of a $10,000 grant to an organization run by Newark Councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins, who is African-American. The money, we are told, paid for a party aimed at raising awareness about breast cancer.

Weinberg, a Democrat, had ample reason to question this one. The group that received this money isn’t registered with the state as a charity. And the grant came from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, which improperly used taxpayer money to cover part of the cost.

But Chaneyfield-Jenkins brought an entourage to the UMDNJ board meeting on Tuesday to object. That’s when the assault on Weinberg began.

“The black leadership is under attack,” she said. “Enough is enough. We have to understand that we are under siege.”

Sen. Ron Rice then singled out Weinberg, warning the largely African-American audience to beware the arguments of racial outsiders.

“It bothers me when black folks buy into white folks’ stuff,” he said.

Chaneyfield-Jenkins said she reassured him. “You know me, governor,” she recalls saying. “I don’t play the race card.”

[excuse me while I laugh for a moment]

So does she object to the comments made by her allies? Not at all. “You want me to criticize people who came to my defense,” she said.

…Johnson remembers the turmoil after a white police officer in Teaneck shot an unarmed black teenager in the back in 1990. Riots broke out, and Teaneck, the first town in the nation to voluntarily integrate its schools, was on the verge of splitting into hostile camps.

“It was Loretta Weinberg who stepped forward and tried to get both groups together,” Johnson says. “She held little meetings in homes, and had people to town hall. She got a dialogue going.” …more

Emphasis mine

If Assemblywoman Weinberg had a pattern of only questioning black organizations, then there may be a valid case here. However, Jenkins and the gang never mention this (according to the article).

Good news for our black youths

The murder rate for black juveniles has declined far more sharply than for Latino youths over the past decade — possibly highlighting racial differences in the behavior of street gang members, experts said Thursday.

The Chicago Police Department studied the killings of juveniles between 1991 and 2004, finding the murder rate steadily fell for African Americans under age 20.

For black youths between ages 17 and 19, for instance, the rate was above 150 per 100,000 in 1991 and below 100 per 100,000 in 2004, the study showed.

In the Hispanic community there were….more

Stay-at-home parenting–Daddy flips the script

Written by Penny Powell for www.celebratingchildren.com

“Although fathers have had a reputation over the years for primarily providing for their families, many of my childhood memories, over 30 years ago, include thoughts of my daddy joyfully cooking delicious dinners on a daily basis as well as assisting my mom with other household chores even though he worked outside the home — as did my mom! They were equal partners in work both out and inside the home, including spending quality time with my brother, sister and me.

Quality time is exactly what work/stay at-home father Derek Felton is committed to giving his 1-year-old son, Caleb, and soon-to-be-born son, Joshua. He and wife, Chasidy, both in the graphic design business, operate their company, Red Sea Creative, from their Hampton, VA, home. Although one of Derek’s main motives for becoming a work-from-home dad was to expand his family business, he knew it would keep him centered in his son’s life, too. It wasn’t his goal to simply work at home while leaving Chasidy to tend to their son’s needs. Derek is as much a part of the child-rearing side of the household as his wife. Life is pretty much 50/50 in the Felton household…”more

Yes Faqueeta, there is a such things as black outdoorsmen

From the website: www.blackoutdoorsman.com

On the Fly

Allen Brown and I met several years ago at the Hollifield railroad crossing as I headed home from work on a spring afternoon. Allen had just finished a day of fly fishing the Little Patapsco River for stocked rainbow. I had developed an interest in saltwater fly-fishing at the time, and wanted to consult with someone who knew proper casting techniques and choice of fly patterns…what a coincidence. I couldn’t help but notice Allen’s Titley hat and the two 1 to 11/4 pound rainbow trout he had carried along his waist. If the hat wasn’t proof of experience, the fish convinced me. Allen, a local angler who has fly-fished Maryland ’s streams, marshlands and tributaries introduced me to the art of fly fishing. Eager to share information, Allen became a resource guide for me as I ventured into the world of fly-fishing. Although we kept in contact for years, it was hard to believe we never found the chance to accompany each other on a fishing trip. Well that day had finally come.

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The future of Africa is not China (Chippla Vandu)

The African-Asian summit kicks off in the Indonesian city of Bandung. So much emphasis these days is placed on the growing economic ties between China and various African countries. While it might be anticipated that the future of this relationship would help spur much needed economic growth on the African continent, I seem to have a different opinion.

China’s main interest in Africa is raw materials. Driven by the need to satisfy its humongous population with the trappings of a modern life, China seems to be stretching out its tentacles all across the globe grabbing markets. The Chinese have found a way…more

[INSERT BLACK FACE HERE]

Aurora - Eight months after contentious racial comments by an Aurora Mall leasing agent were made public, mall officials have made good on a promise to hire a black mall manager.

James Grant, 54, of Aurora started his first day of work Monday as an assistant mall manager. He was formerly a store director and manager at an Albertsons grocery in Aurora. He was not available Monday for comment.

Hiring an African-American manager was a pledge the mall’s parent owner, Simon Property Group, made to local black leaders after the company became embroiled in a race-based controversy.

“We just want to reduce the negative, um, aspects of the center - one of them is the young, black customer,” Valerie Hutcheson of California is recorded as saying.

Her statements set off threats of protests by the black community and calls for Aurora to rescind $15 million in tax breaks. It became a matter for the city’s Key Community Response Team and Human Relations Commission….more

I commented on this story some time ago on this site. If you do a search, you should find it.

As a former resident of the Denver area, I can tell you that this whole thing was a farce ON BOTH SIDES!

For starters, the Aurora mall is a crap mall that very few people go to because of its poor condition. It is usually a spot where gang activity is visible. When you walk through the mall, it feels very empty. No doubt, it is in the mostly black/Hispanic section of town.

What Hutcheson said at that meeting was definitely uncalled for and she should of been disciplined for her actions. On the other hand, the Denver Post fails to point out that most of the crime that takes place in that part of town is committed by US. If we are creating most of the disturbances in that area, how do you not target blacks? Many black business owners are faced with this same issue. If there is random targeting going on, then of course that is dead wrong.

Many blacks go to Park Meadows mall which is minutes away from this mall. Needless to say it much newer and has much better stores–and it is located in the mostly white Highlands Ranch area.

(Side note: There is a very nice mall in the Atlanta area [The Gallery At South Dekalb] which is located in the predominately black area of South Dekalb county. This mall is still fairly new and as far as I know is doing well. So no, I do not believe that all malls in mostly black areas are crap [for the racially sensitive]).

Now one could raise the point that maybe this company simply allowed the mall to “go down” due to the fact that it is in a predominately black/Hispanic neighborhood. A very valid point indeed; however, it is not the mall’s responsibility to control “out of control” kids that we won’t take care of. I do not recall hearing of any protest against the gang activity around the mall and in that area in general.

This all leads to my final point. Where do we get the notion that by placing a black face in the midst of this debate that everything will be made ok? If the mall management is in fact racist, then why are we placing a black face in the midst of that craziness? If the staff of this mall is racist, then has anyone thought of what a typical work day will be like for this gentleman? Either they are going to be too scared to say anything to him or just continue their racist ways.

This guy is nothing more than a black prop for a gang of few. And you know how we can be, the very people that got him in that position in the first place is not going to ever let him forget what they did for him.

When the typical person goes to a mall, the race of the management is not on the forefront of the shopper’s mind. Prices and quality are the main concerns of any shopper. Hair products are sometimes sold in shops where in some cases the Asian owners despise blacks–we know this and still give them our money.

Although I am glad that Grant got himself a job, I for one do not envy his position.

Afro-centric hairstyles slowly finding greater workplace acceptance (Tannette Johnson-Elie)

Like many African-American women, I have longed to experiment with a more natural hairstyle - such as locks or braids - but always was afraid that my naturally kinky hair might cause people at work to think that I was wearing my identity on my head.

My stylist, Hosea Bates, owner of Showing Off By Hosea , 2742 W. Highland Blvd., for years has tried to convince me to give up harsh chemical relaxers. Nevertheless, whenever the roots of my chemically treated hair become wavy and thick, I rush down to Bates’ salon for a relaxer, knowing in my heart that I am growing tired of the hassle and expense of maintaining my straightened hair.

The struggle for straight hair has been going on for at least a century. Older generations straightened their hair for survival - to blend into white society. Quite frankly, no one would hire us with kinky hair.

Those of my generation, who benefited from the civil rights movement and were able to attain…more

This does not apply to my dear chocolate brown sistahs that wear a platinum weave that should of came out of yo’ head weeks ago (the evidence is your naps have outgrown the weave). You can’t blend that in a corporate environment :). I know you are trying for that neo-soul look, but I’m sorry sis, loose it and let it go!

The lessons of Liberalism that we just don’t seem to get

Continuing on the subject of the importance of absolutes (something I discussed recently), here is a example of the importance of having some moral boundaries in our culture.

Liberals here in the United States are quick to recite the 1st Amendment when it fits their needs:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

But when this freedom of expression backfires on blacks, Liberalism seems to bounce the very people that have given the most to its cause.

Recently, at the University of Cincinnati, a group of white students referred to as the National Alliance posted flyers on campus that target African-American students.

The flyers read “Don’t Have Sex With Blacks - Avoid AIDS”. The flyer was seen all over campus, and was even featured in the school newspaper as an advertisement.

…National Alliance is an on-campus group of white students that attend the University of Cincinnati, and are known for their racist teachings and messages.

Black students at the University say that campus administration is well aware of the group, and does nothing about them. In fact, one white staff member said that “everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and can post their messages freely on campus.” …more(emphasis mine)

If we use the First Amendment as the basis of our free expression, how then can we justify our complaint calling for this kind of racist behavior to cease? Looking at the whole picture here, we will in effect be asking the state to revoke this racist group’s right to free expression/freedom of speech. Under the First Amendment, what rights does a pro-black/anti-white group have that a group of Klansman don’t have if all they want to do is march down main street?

Please don’t get me wrong here, I hate all forms of racism. All I am doing here is pointing out an inconsistent ideology that always finds it way kicking us in the pants.

…and we are the ones that proudly wear the “kick me” sign.

The Minimum Wage (Neoperspectives.com)

The rational for these laws arise from the government’s premise that the citizens of this country are too stupid and greedy to know what to pay each other for an hourly wage and so have decided to throw employers in jail if they pay their workers less than the government, in it’s infinite wisdom, arbitrarily decides. Some interests groups (unions) make money when their competitors have to raise prices due to their artificially inflated labor costs and so these unions generously donate a portion of their ill-gotten money back to the corrupt politicians who passed the unconstitutional laws. Of course, a minor side effect is that many employers don’t find it particularly advantageous to hire people to work for them at inflated costs. Luckily, most people, notably white male professionals, weren’t directly effected by this as they tend to make more then minimum wage. However, these laws had a huge effect on poor unskilled people, teenagers, and especially poor unskilled African American teenagers in inner city neighboorhoods, who, already being ravaged by the destructiveness of government inflicted welfare, were even further devastated by these policies. In 1954 the minimum wage laws were changed to apply to all sectors of the economy, not just manufacturing, and were soon drastically raised…

…Yet some 90% of African Americans apparently didn’t view the transfer of wealth from their youth to union members as terribly problematic and so continue(d) to vote for Democratic candidates. In fact, the NAACP, National Urban League, and National Council of Negro Women, along with almost every major black political leader, fought to raise the minimum wage in the 1990s…more

Article also includes plenty of graphics!!

Elton gives his 2 cents on R & B/Hip-hop of today

Rocker SIR ELTON JOHN has caused outrage by branding the current black music scene “hugely disappointing”.

The 57-year-old ROCKET MAN has turned his vitriol on R+B, hip-hop and soul music, because he believes contemporary US stars have ruined the musical legacy of their black predecessors. (more…)

Before some of you conclude that he is a racist, think about what he is saying here for a moment. The only thing that I would add to what he is saying here is that todays music in general has greatly deteriorated.

The other day I was talking with a friend of mine and we were talking about why we do not like listening to top 40 radio stations. Much of the music of today sounds very identical with very little originality. Artists of today do not come close to groups like Earth, Wind, and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Isley Brothers, etc.

What is scary is that I remember my parents saying the same thing. We’re gettin’ old y’all :).

Deborah Mathis and her gun-control beef.

Actually, I belong in a special category because the gun control I propose would be total and absolute. Under my plan, the number of Americans with legal possession of guns would be reduced to a few thousand, if that.

The truth is, I despise the guns and, increasingly, the people who defend their accessibility. Not even the “just for hunting” and “just for sport” arguments sway me. As a citizen of the most homicidal country on the planet –- and, not coincidentally, the highest per capita ownership of firearms –- how can I justify the human tragedies as a fair trade-off for the right to stalk game or shoot at targets?

As usual, I have much to say (especially on this topic). I will do my best to keep it short. I’ll let her continue…

Despair, rejection and aimlessness may be the motivation behind the black-on-black killing spree that has bedeviled black America since the 1980s, but, too often, guns have been the implement with which to carry out the anger, revenge and fear that flow from those deprivations.

You see how she associates every black on black murder with a gun with “Despair, rejection, and aimlessness”?

Naw sis. For starters, I would not categorize both killings of Biggie and Tupac as acts of despair, rejection, or certainly not aimless. I am only using the Biggie/Tupac case because it got the most media attention. There are thousands of cases like that one that happen every year. Mentioning the shooting of Jerome and Keith will not be of significance here because most people do not know them.

Without providing you with all of the sad statistics, I think it is fair to say that most black on black killings with a gun are not done on accident. Sure, there are the cases where a firearm was dropped or discharged by a small child who did not know any better; however, we have to admit that the greatest culprit here is immaturity (which falls back on family structure–not government rules).

Mathis goes on to make the following comment:

“The NRA claims gun ownership is not only a right but, to some degree, a responsibility.” (emphasis mine)

Naw sis, they (gun rights advocates) are not claiming anything here. They are simply stating the Second Amendment:

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

If you want to read the rest of Mathis’ rant, click here.

If you have not guessed by now, I am pro gun rights. Not only that, I am just pro- Bill of Rights, Constitution, and any other founding document of this country.

Just recently, I did a search online for convicted child molesters in my community (check for the Megan’s law website for your state) and I shocked to see just how many there were WITHIN A BLOCK FROM EACH OTHER!!!!

Now I am not saying that we need to shoot down every molester that we know about in the name of “purifying” the city. That would be way out of line and unlawful. On the other hand, if I am awakened in the middle of the night by the muffled screams of one of my children and I later discover that some creep is in their room trying to stick his nasty penis inside them (just keepin’ it real ya’ll)–the gun will be used, PERIOD!!

People like Mathis want to take my RIGHT to bear arms to protect away while at the same time call for more police in the city WHILE at the same time be one of the first to call the same police officers racist if one of these police officers (who may be white) enforces the law or in cases where a cop (again, only the white cops. How many times have you seen activists raise hell about black cops who do the same thing?) has been charged with using excessive force on a black person (something that does not happen everyday as some would have us to believe).

Guns are not the problem, it is the people that use them improperly. Why should a man in a state like Wyoming have his RIGHT to carry a gun taken away from him that he uses for sport (gaming) if Jamaal of East Orange, NJ decided to use his illegally purchased gun to take someone down because of an argument? What Mathis and people who share her view refuse to acknowledge is that most guns used in black on black crimes are non-registered. That means that they were purchased illegally! Why should the people who are following the law suffer?

If Mathis and the gang wants to blot out a right of the people, then I will have no problem with the 6th Amendment being done away with as well (…the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury). While were at it, let’s just bring back the Jim Crow laws. Removing one of these rights invalidates the entire founding document. We cannot pick and choose which laws we deem appropriate.

Back in the day, black on black crime was almost unheard of. Today it is commonplace. Are we to blame founding law (which generally does not change) with cultural trends?

Mathis says something else that takes this whole issue way over the top:

In return, I asked him what the NRA was doing to help black Americans secure their right to bear arms with proper maintenance and training. He had no answer. Appropriately so, since the NRA has no such program, no such outreach and, I dare say, no such passion about “educating” the black community and improving our marksmanship.

I guess this was supposed to me a low-blow question. oooooooooooh.

Earth to Mathis: NEGROES DO NOT NEED TO BE EDUCATED ON HOW TO HANDLE A GUN. Just pick up a newspaper to see the reality. First we need someone to hand-hold us through the election process, now we need “the system” to show us how to use a gun…

Just another example of how Liberal Negroes are playing into the hands of those that want to make the US a Socialist state (Think China, the former Soviet Union, Cuba, etc.)

Weekend Health Clinic: How Obesity and Sleep Debt Are Linked (Dr. Joseph Mercola)

A study I posted several months ago tied one’s lack of sleep and obesity to his or her leptin levels. Also, the lack of sleep raises one’s levels of grehlin, a chemical that spurs the urge to eat. Meaning when you’re more alert, you probably aren’t so hungry.

Yale researchers have traced another link to sleep debt and obesity to the hypocretin/orexin cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain that are easily excited and sensitive to stress. As neurons become over-activated by stressors in our daily lives, scientists believe that activity could be sustained for longer periods, triggering insomnia and overeating.

These hypecretin/orexin neurons …more

Weekend Health Clinic: The Wonders of Echinacea (Laura Perry, MSNH for the Black Vegetarian Society-www.bvsga.org)

Due to a much needed break spent dozing on the beach in San Diego while the kids played, I am posting a late-edition of the weekend health clinic. Normal posting will continue as usual tomorrow.

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What is hard to pronounce, still listed as a weed in most gardening books, and now the most popular medicinal herb in the U.S.? Echinacea! (Say eck-i-NAY-shuh). This lovely purple coneflower, one of North America’s native wildflowers, has been used medicinally for centuries by Native Americans as well as European settlers. Now it is available commercially in many different forms.

Echinacea is one of the safest herbs in use today. There are three main species of echinacea available commercially as herbal supplements. The most common of these is Echinacea purpurea, the “standard” purple coneflower. The other two species are Echinacea angustifolia, also a purple coneflower, and Echinacea pallida, a pale lavender version.

The root of Echinacea angustifolia loses is potency quickly when dried, so it must be used immediately after digging or made into a tincture while still fresh. Capsules and teas are, by their nature, made of dried plant matter, so stick with the E. purpurea and E. pallida species in these forms. Tinctures that include E. angustifolia should note on the label that they are made with the fresh (not dried) root for the greatest potency. Preparations containing ….more

Whenever anybody in our household catches a cold (which is rare), the two things that we do are: #1. cut out all sugar, #2. amp up on plenty of vitamin C and Echinacea. It takes a up to a few days, but it works every time!

Introducing Tupac Fo’ Sho’

In an effort to further expand the views expressed on this website, I have asked black militant leader Tupac Fo’ Sho’ to report on the efforts of white people to take away the freedoms of black Americans.
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Fo’ starters my misguided uppity Negro, I will be reporting on the never-ending-struggle of the black nation against the evil plots of the white devil and his deceptive system that is destroying our people and our struggle for justice in this wilderness that he created full of his diseases and injustice further deteriorating the phycnocisis of the intellect and inner-strength of the power that resides inside our black kings and queens. You feel me, brah?

Anyway sorry ya’ll, I just had to take the time to straighten out this brotha and kick him some knowledge on our struggle.

A’ight, here it is–The National Baseball League is a racist organization that is keeping black people out of this game that we helped make famous throughout the years. Check out what MSNBC had to say on this issue:

In the NBA, 78 percent of the players are African-American. In the NFL, it’s 64 percent. In Major League Baseball, however, just 9 percent of the players are non-Hispanic American blacks.

There are two teams that have no African-American players on their active rosters: The Baltimore Orioles and the Houston Astros. (click here to get more knowledge…)

You see how that devil is using the system to keep us down? Don’t get it twisted, there is a conspiracy.

One more thing, there are some of you that will bring up the point that this league has many Black Latin American blacks that are in the game. Don’t fall for this wedge trick that has been birthed from the white man. Real black souljahs know that black Latin folk ain’t real black folks.

Take a good look at these black Latin players who ain’t keepin’ it real. We know what time it is!

This is Fo’ Sho—

One love

(Editor’s note: Mind you, this is just from two baseball teams!!!)

Pastor Reverend Doctor Bishop Elder so-and-so

From my personal files entitled: Some of the reasons why my family and I stopped attending church but continued being Christians.

One of these days, I need to sit down and tell you why I no longer attend church. This is something I have been wanting to talk about in its entirety for a long time, but it would pretty lengthy for this blog. I promise, I will give you the whole scoop in the future.

Here is another piece from Darryl M. Erkel entitled “Church Leaders & The Use of Honorific Titles”. I have provided an excerpt of this article below, but when you get the chance read the entire piece.

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Jesus is not denying functional differences and roles within the church; nor is He suggesting that it is wrong to term one’s biological parent “father.” Rather, He is prohibiting the use of self-exalting and honorific titles of distinction among those who have chosen to follow Christ. While conferring honorific titles upon prominent religious authorities may be the way of the world, it is not the path that Christ has called us to pursue.

Yet, in spite of the clarity of Jesus’ command, Christians have historically ignored His words. We continue, for example, to address our church shepherds as “Reverend,” “Doctor,” or “Minister” and, unfortunately, far too many of them are glad to receive such flattery and even love to have it so!

…Christian magazines are filled with advertisements for books or products recommended by “Doctor” so-and-so; and churches continue to promote their ministries led by “Reverend” so-and-so. The Christian world, it seems, is consumed with exalted and honorific titles for those in positions of leadership or influence. Some pastors, in fact, are rather offended when their congregational members address them by their first name or simply as “brother.” It is thought by many to be disrespectful or unbecoming to address a Christian theologian in any other way than “Doctor” or “Professor.” (more…)

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Some of the greatest “Pastors” that I have ever known never went to some theological seminary (not knocking them…completely), never had a formal church building, wrote books, went on conference tours, etc. –none of the typical stuff that you would expect. Instead, the men and women that I am thinking of taught me with their day to day life how to LIVE as a Christian. Through the example of their lives I was able to see how real marriages work, how men are to treat their wives and vice-versa. These dear friends of mine were just your every typical people who just took the time to show me how to be a Christian and not just talk like one. You can’t get that from a Sunday morning sermon!

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Duane Brayboy
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This man began his pioneering work with blood plasma during his tenure as the first black surgical resident at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Because of his concern about the difficulties involved in transporting and correctly matching highly perishable blood, he took the preservation of blood’s properties and the uses of plasma in postoperative work as his field of research.

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