Dr. King's Birthday ...we are still hurting.

Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Born on January 15, 1929 he is 81 years old. Sadly, this day is no longer celebrated by the masses. As a national holiday in America, we recognized his birthday this coming Monday. For better or worse, like Presidents Day, & Labor day, MLK JR Day has become just another three day weekend, but wait.

On his birthday, today in 2010, we are awaken by the total destruction of the country of Haiti. Just three days after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the heavily populated capital of Port au Prince. Hundreds of thousands of people are feared dead, and millions of people are homeless, without power, water, food, shelter. Sleeping side by side with neighbors, friends, & enemies, in open spaces as they can't return to homes deemed unstable due to the numerous aftershocks. Many homes in the capital city and surrounding areas, including the Presidential Estate were fattened. Simply reduced to rumble by the force of this quake. The dead lie in the street. What is left of morgues and hospitals, are outdoor triage centers and overflowing. Aid has yet to arrive to all. As relief on the ground or en-route. There's a bottle neck at the airport and ports. I've been riveted to news networks CNN and MSNBC. The images are surreal and something I can't ever remember seeing in my lifetime.

So, on this King's Birthday, I'm reminded of how fragile we all are as humans, but how strong, resilient and of faith we are. My love, heart, prayers, thoughts, time and money go to the people of Haiti, and to many of my Haitian family and friends living here in the US and around the world. May we all find comfort in knowing somewhere in this universe there is peace for all of us, past and present.

We are all hurting on this day Dr. King. however your legacy, vision, determination continues enlighten and uplifted a nation of people. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday!

Greetings,

End of a decade, well not so fast. December 2010 will be the end, but for many anxious people the end of 2009 couldn't have come any faster. It's been the year of change of me. Finding new diggs, renewing old friendships, and open for new a relationship.

Money, Money, Money, let's make it! Education, Education, Education, let's get it. Spiritual, Spiritual, Spiritual, let's maintain it.
Let's build. Let's love, let's listen and let's live.

God give me the strength to make the right decisions. Yield to temptation and judgement. Love like a new born.

I miss you all that left us.

Time is flying

So much has happened this year. I'm a total slave to a job that use to be just extra money to satisfy my love for tech toys, and my bar tab. I removed myself from part of the industry I've worked in for many years. Sold a bunch of my stuff. Moved to the Queens borough with a friend. We both are feeling the financial crunch, so we've come together to work it out by sharing a living space. Boy, that hook up could not come through at better time. Thank the lord, I'm not homeless. In fact, I feel a bit guilty. They crank the heat in this place so hard, i constantly have a window cracked, sometimes open. i've come to find out this is a trend in apartment building. What a waste of energy. With that said, it's already November 2009. Where did it(time) all go.

Kick him when he down?

I was duly corrected this week. It's not money, but the love of money which is the root of all evil. Never a worshiper of money, however it does afford me to do some of the things in life that i love. Number one on the list is sharing. I'm the first, and I'm happy to see my nephew is as gracious, to pick up the check when amongst friends. There's nothing like a good meal, beer and service. Out on the town with the ones I love. Like J D said, money ain't a thang!

I wonder if Bernie Madoff always picked up the check when out with family, friends and fellow thevies. Seems like from his guilty plea to numerous felony charges; money laundering, bank and mail fraud to name a few, that he could afford it. Hmm, I wonder how it feels when you know you have billions of $$$ at your exposure at any time and place in the world. It's no wonder why he pleaded guilty. He the real king of New York.

So, he, his wife, family and cronies have been living the high life of deceit, snobbery and greed. It's now time to kick the man when he's down.

Rush

Politics, the game is at an all time high. The republicans, after taking a brutal beating in the last presidential election is already campaigning for 2012. The problem is, they don't hve a legitimate candidate with any brains. So they've allowed the conservatives with big balls, including Sarah Palin, who out of the bunch clearly has the biggest, to take a shot at the premature election race. One would think that they would lay low for a minute. Nah, black man in the white house is enough to keep their constituents on edge and ready for the take over.

Rush is the latest to rear his head. Form your own opinion, but I beleive Al Franken was right.

It's been a minute...

Hey you'all. Sorry, i been a bit occupied with life. As the year is winding down and life challenges seem to continue. I realize today that I missed writing. So, here we are. I promised to do something more often, even if it's a short post.

R.I.P. Odetta, Miriam McKever, Mc Breed....

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Mickey for President!

On the eve of the end of the democratic primaries with what seems like a historic evening in the history of America. I can't help but reflect for a moment on a convo I had with a friend just a couple of days ago. It sort of went like this.

Said friend was a little worried because he felt that democratic front runner Barack Obama couldn't win the general election against John McCain.

Wow, here's my thoughts, simple and to the point. If Mikey Mouse was running against John McClain, I'm voting for Mickey. How can anyone who has lived in this country be happy with this administration and it's policies. It's been 8 eights years of buffoonery, blunders and bad karma. The fleecing of America by this administration is historic. J. Mc, 40 years of public service, and ideologies held in the Reagan/Bush playbook breed war, recession, drugs and the destruction of the middle class. It the republican way.

Now, I'm not here to say that Democrats are flawless. Obama or Hillary, it's up to you to make that decision. However, if it was Mickey Mouse vs J. McCain

Mickey for President, Goofy for Vice-President