I think President-elect Barack Obama should choose an all Black cabinet. Why, you might ask? Here's why.

Out of all the 43 White Presidents the United States of America has had, all has had all white people in their cabinets. Not until the past 25 years or less, they have chosen a few Black tokens. So to have reconciliation we must have truth. And the key word in this is truth. Right? So why not have an all Black cabinet with a few White tokens? I can hear the uproar. And if you are in an uproar, you are a racist!

The other 43 Presidents did it, so I think President Obama should do it.

Now let's see how many so-called Obama supporters are down for that notion. Barack Obama would have never made it this far if he had chosen a Black Vice President by his side, now would he? Huh? Do I hear "hell no"? I thought so. His foot is in the door and he is stepping through. He is the President-elect. He can and should chose who he wants without the citizens getting mad or uptight. The citizens voted for him so that means that they should trust him. Right? If not, I sense some racism in you.

For the White people or Obama supporters have reconciliation with Black people, they will have to admit the truth about racism. That is something White people hate to do. Admit. And what better way to start it with the appointment of an all Black Cabinet. If not, you are racist. Enough said!

Whats good everybody. I just wanted to thank yall for letting me be apart of the community.

What has happened to MLF? Does anybody know? What happened to the days of teams having pride for showing up to a game even if they only had 15 players because they refuse to forfeit? What happened to guy’s car pooling and traveling across states just to make it to the game? What happened to the die hard players would sleep 10 to a room so everyone could afford to make the trip? I say all of this because I use to be one of those guys. I have torn up 1 vehicle, two transmissions, one marriage, and several thousand dollars playing Minor League Football but I just don’t see that dedication anymore, no where near it.

I can remember times when myself, Rome, Hakee, The Great Six, Dan Davis, H2, Mac37 and several others made a way to get to games (including the Philly Crew). There was no doubt we would be at the games, no matter what! We may have bitched for a minute about the location but after 10 minutes of bitching somebody was on the phone getting rental vans and taking shifts to get us there.

Had we been faced with going to Cali a few years ago when I was playing guess what? We would have been there! And contrary to popular belief I can only remember CPP taking a BUS 1 Time! It’s entirely too much bitchin about where you have to play.


I tip my hat to the “Road Warriors” who use to call MLF home and to the few who remain, and to the rest………………show some pride about yourself and man the hell up!

We ALWAYS made a way out of NO WAY! Maybe some of you should try it!
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***MrPerfect***

For awhile now (20 plus years), I have been trying to warn the general population (and others) about the situations that the United States have been experiencing as of late.

I'm talking about the home foreclosure crisis.

I'm talking about the rapid decline of the United States dollar. Correction. The Federal Reserve promissory note.

I'm talking about the manipulation of the stock market and Wall Street.

I'm talking about the manipulation of oil and gasoline prices.

I'm talking about the 911 PLOT and the Iraq INVASION by the United States government.

I'm talking about the Bilderberg Group.

I'm talking about the elimination of the middle class by the elite, the rich or upper class.

I'm talking about the immigration so-called problem.

I'm talking about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

All of these things that I mentioned above are leading to one thing... the New World Order and the AMERO.

Not too long ago in Florida, I witness with my own eyes, an AMERO ATM. Strange, huh? Not really if you know the deal.

Not too long ago, the Denver mint produced over 300 billion dollars worth of AMERO currency and shipped it over to China. Why is that? Hmmmmm.....

Not too long ago, the stock markets began acting retarded. Why? Because the dollar is about to collapse and nobody wants the United States dollar. It has little or no value. The banks don't want it. That is why these greedy CEOs are getting all the money they can. Why? The AMERO.

This is not just affecting our market but the global markets as well.

Here's the breakdown of what's going to happen.....

1. There will be a continuing economic breakdown world-wide until the dollar has no value left.

2. The stock markets will hit rock bottom. I'm talking about zero. Watch the suicide rate explode.

3. Jobless rate will sky-rocket. Businesses will collapse. Civil unrest will happen. Martial law will be implimented. That is why I have been seeing all these private-run prisons springing up all over everywhere. That is why the miltary has been doing "urban" warfare training in major cities across the United States.

4. Prostitution and the drug trade will be off the charts. So bad that it affects every person personally. Bad enough to almost legalize both vices.

5. The only way to curb the civil unrest is to accept the new currency....the AMERO! You might get one Amero to every 5 or 10 "old" dollars. But that's better than nothing considering that your old money is now worthless.

6. Canada and Mexico will agree to join the United States to form a new union... The North American Union. Their new currency... The AMERO! The borders will be gone. The states may possibly be gone.

7. The United States Constitution will be null and void. GONE! For all you people who love talking about your "so-called" rights... get ready to lose them. Your lives will be so painful that you will conform, fight or die. One of the three. I guarantee.

So what advice can I tell all of you? Check it out....

1. Get rid of your stocks, bonds, 401K, etc. Anything dealing with the United States dollar. Cash them out. Because they will have no value and you would have wasted your time or lifetime for nothing.

2. Buy precious metals. Gold and silver bullion or coins. These have been around since the time of Jesus, so you know it's good. It is accepted world-wide and hold it's own weight. Try to buy pre-1933 dated coins. They can't be confiscated by the government. They cost more but more valuable. Otherwise, just buy gold or silver coins to be safe. If the government do impliament the confiscation law of gold and silver, you will get the current market value of the gold or silver. Which will probably be so high that you will be glad that you did what I told you. Hell, I want my cut! LOL.

3. Keep at least between $1000 and $3000 cash on hand or at home. Keep $2000 or less in the bank or banks. Banks will also close and be affected. The FDIC won't mean squat. Buy one of them Wal-Mart safes (or two) and put your money and valuables there. Or hide it under your matresses. LOL. Hmmmmmm.....

4. Keep your jobs! Keep your JOBS! Hold on to any job as long as you can. This mess will straighten out sooner or later. Buy only what you need, not what you want. All this excessive spending must stop. If you just have to have it, you better buy it now. If you need major home repairs or car purchases, do it now. Times will be hard for EVERYBODY! That's why I didn't retire years ago. I saw this crap coming.

5. This will probably get a chance for families to become FAMILY again. Those who went away will return home because of financial difficulties. Families will become stronger because of this. Something I can speak on of the Black family structure in general. Everybody will be able to chip in and support the household and save money too by back home. It might be crowded, but at least you won't be out in the cold begging. Bite your lips because it's going to happen. Watch what I tell you. But this will be for the better until it gets better.

6. Plant a garden. WHAT!? Oh hell, some of y'all don't know what that is. You better learn quick fast and in a hurry. Food prices won't be nice. Oh yeah that reminds me....

7. Buy some land or real estate. That is what this is all about. This crisis. Ownership. Wealth. Buy any piece of land you can afford. People in the city, I will feel your pain. Country folks, have the right idea. Buy them acres. City people... it's time for y'all to leave that fast life and get country. Because when the landlord gets pissed at the crisis, you might be evicted. CYOA! (cover your own ass). Get with some relatives or friends that live in the country and see what they know about buying an acre or two.

8. Buy yourself a gun or two. Don't go out like no sucker! Crime is going to be a major problem. The government too if you ain't careful. I got a few repeaters but I prefer my blades. I'll cut ya from your ass to your appetite messing with me and mine. I'll go Dahlmer on you if meat is too high. LOL.

For those who think... IF Barack Obama gets into the White House, that he can divert what's happening, WRONG! He will have no choice but to go along with the program that has been set into effect. He will have to smooth talk the country into believing that this is the best solution for this crisis and for the country. He may have a better shot at calming the masses down. That could be a plus. IF John McCain gets into the White House, all hell is going to break loose. Mavericks don't play it safe, they play to win by any means necessary. And that ain't good. But the plan will apply to him too. It just will be impliamented more harshly.

There's not more than I can tell you. The situation looks grim and bleak. I've been waiting for this time for many years and i'm prepared. It's those who I tried to warned and shrugged it off that will still remain my friend or become a bitter enemy. CHOICES! That's what life is all about and you control your own fate and destiny. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED for the last time by me. The next time I talk about this subject, it will be just to say... I TOLD YOU SO, STUPID ASS! Later....

He may as well have just pushed the emergency stop button on the elevator instead of forcing me to stay there that night by having it plunge to and from its depths several times. I should have paid attention to the red glow of the arrow outside the elevator doors that informed me of its direction, but instead I chose to listen to the foreign voice from a familiar face that lied and told me that this very same elevator was on its way up. I never thought he had any reason to deceive me; José was one of the very first people I met when I boarded this ship destined for Mexico to reunite my large, extended family. He was a friendly Nicaraguan man, probably in his early 30s, and seemingly harmless. I was a naïve seventeen year old girl, excited to be on my first cruise ship, only interested in having fun with my cousins and friends I had not seen in a long time, or never at all. Once on the elevator, we exchanged a few words until another passenger entered and José fell silent, so I did too. He didn't have to speak; his eyes said it all. He stared at me like an animal waiting to attack its next prey, as if he wanted to attack my raw youth. He maintained this steady stare, only deviating from my eyes to my thighs—from my hips to my lips. I knew he couldn't possibly be thinking what I thought he was thinking. He didn't want me. I immediately dismissed that absurd idea and remained on the elevator to reach my destination.

When we were alone again something was different. It was as if he realized that I was nearing the end of my journey and this may have been one of the last times he saw me; it was as if he lost all inhibitions and fears, especially of losing his job on the ship, and was boldly refreshed—or just fresh. I wasn't expecting what happened next. In fact, it was so unanticipated that I fell right into his trap—literally. He approached me and because of either my unnatural fear of people or my intense fear of proximity, I backed away; I backed right into a corner. It was in this corner that José didn't understand why I—an American teenager very aware of the great distances between our ages, homes, and cultures—did not want to, at very least, kiss him. That certainly didn't stop him from trying. I restrained him long enough for the elevator to stop again and for the doors to glide open—a true deus ex machina. I immediately fled the elevator, narrowly escaping his lecherous attempts. Never before in my life had I welcomed the pungent, salty sea air the way I did that night as it embraced me and told me in a soothing voice that I was safe. I had reached the very top of the ship—the open deck—only to see José again from a distance before my trip was over. This was the first and most outrageous of two events that both occurred in that one trip which led me to the realization of the black woman's status in America, as well as in relation to the rest of the world.

The second incident occurred on my last evening on the ship. Saul, like José, worked on the ship consisting of employees and managers from various countries around the world. A native of Colombia, South America, he was the maitre d' for our section of tables every night. Each night he took extra time to explain the menu to me and make suggestions, while catering to my every need. I loved receiving the special treatment and attention so Saul kept giving it all the way through the last night. When the dining crew put on a festival and were vivaciously dancing around the room, I was the first person he called to join them in their fun. Then, when it was all over, I went to hug Saul goodbye and he gave me a kiss on the cheek. There was nothing inappropriate there; I was just amazed that he would do this. Why would any male, other than a black male and maybe not even him, want to kiss or even touch a black female? I couldn't understand. I lay in my bed that night reflecting on the actions of Saul, as well as the fruitless efforts of José. This is where I started putting it all together and realized for the first time in my life that I am black, and there is NOTHING wrong with being so.

As an African American child growing up in the United States, I was certain that I would never be beautiful enough, smart enough, or even good enough for anyone's standards—especially mine. What I wasn't aware of as a child was that my standards of beauty and excellence, and the standards I assumed everyone else in the world commonly shared, were not my own. Well, they were mine, but only because of what had been drilled constantly into my mind from my very beginning, not opinions I had formed myself through personal experiences and likes. The standards I held were forced upon me by white America by means of the media, public education, and the views of influential people who had already been misled. We were taught to believe that for a woman to be beautiful she must have fair skin, and thin nose, fine hair, and colorful eyes. This combination, preferred in the form of "blonde hair-blue eyes," left me and other black girls with no realistic way of attaining it, partnered with a self-contemptuous attitude and outlook that hinders emotional development to this present day.

Fortunately, I do not hold myself to the same standards nor even consider these biased standards to be my own. I had a revelation on my trip to Mexico that helped me to accept my own true beauty—physically and mentally. I now know that women of African descent are favored all over the world, and I don't just mean the lighter skinned ones. Black women are held in very high esteem in other countries, unlike in America. At one time in America's past, white people thought of Black women as merely property or animals used for breeding. Things have changed very little. Unlike the past, it's now a lot of black men who primarily think of Black women as nothing other than "bitches and 'hoes,'" or see them as just plain troublesome.

So many women walk around not knowing their actual history or self, and as a result do not know their undeniable beauty and worth. Our foremothers were abducted from their homes in Africa and kidnapped from their thrones. They were forced to endure the long, treacherous journey to America, only to be sold as slaves. Black women were raped, beat, used and abused. Their children were snatched from their bosoms and sold right before their eyes. Many times they owned nothing, not even their names. These women fought for an end to years of torture, and also to obtain citizenship and status; they marched, bled, and died for civil rights. Black women did all of these things, and many, many more, all while raising strong families and standing firm beside their Black men. If we can go through all of that and still be breathing, America, don't you think we're here for a reason? It's time for Black women to step up, step out, and claim our rightful place in society as queens—and NOTHING less. :proud:

This is Your Nation on White Privilege
By - Tim Wise

For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

White privilege is when you can call yourself a "fuckin' redneck," like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll "kick their fuckin' ass," and talk about how you like to "shoot shit" for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.

White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.

White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don't all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you're "untested."


White privilege is being able to say that you support the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because "if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me," and not be immediately disqualified from holding office--since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the "under God" part wasn't added until the 1950s--while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals.


White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you.


White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto was "Alaska first," and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she's being disrespectful.


White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they do--like, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child labor--and people think you're being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in college--you're somehow being mean, or even sexist.


White privilege is being able to convince white women who don't even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because all of a sudden your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a "second look."


White privilege is being able to fire people who didn't support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt.


White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God's punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you're just a good church-going Christian, but if you're black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you're an extremist who probably hates America.


White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a "trick question," while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O'Reilly means you're dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced.


White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism is, as Sarah Palin has referred to it a "light" burden.


And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren't sure about that whole "change" thing. Ya know, it's just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certain…


White privilege is, in short, the problem.

Scandaelicious comments - Somebody give this man, Tim Wise, the nobel peace prize! This some of the "truest" ish ever to be spoken by a white man and not a "radical" or "un-patriotic" black man or black woman. Let the media tell it...

The biggest problem with relationships today is MOST WOMEN HAVE FORGOTTEN THEY ARE WOMEN BECAUSE MOST MEN AREN'T DOING THEIR JOB!



The fact that is most relationships women are taking the children to school, cooking, paying the bills, the insurance and house is in their name. In essence most women are running the household and when a their husband/man/friend wants to assert himself as the man of the house, a conflict arises. When a woman is tasked with the duties of the man of the house, so goes the responsibilities of the man, so goes the respect a man thinks he should get. If you are not taking care of your responsibilities as a man, how can you be the man of the house? Until most men (not all) get off their asses and take care of their homes we will always have problems in the household!
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At a rally in Nashua, N.H., a man in the audience told Biden how glad he was that Obama picked him over Hillary, "not because she's a woman, but because, look at the things she did in the past."

"Make no mistake about this," Biden responded. "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of the United States of America, she’s easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. But she’s first rate, I mean that sincerely, she’s first rate, so let’s get that straight."

Uhhhhh..... What kind of answer is that?! This remark by Biden makes Barack Obama look like he made the wrong choice for picking him for vice president. Questioning Obama's reasoning.

Personally, I didn't want Joe Biden in the position because he is a Washington insider and has baggage. I was hoping that he would have chose the Governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius. She would have covered the bases better than Biden.

In fact, Biden is looking weak to me. I thought he was this big "political attack dog" everybody was bragging about? He ain't showing me nothing but that he still bumps his gums with stupid comments. I think these people, Democratic politicians, don't want Obama to win either. The racism runs deep, don't it folks?

Okay so in the mean time Guy #2 has been calling me...

He was a really laid back kinda guy ... divorced ... grown children...yada.yada.yada.

I asked him why he was divorced, I wanted to know (death, money, drugs, infedelity). He went through his tale of what happened and it lasted for 25 mintutes STRAIGHT. I just kept saying oh, okay, and really.

He really wanted to see me...I politely declined. I had told him that I had just moved and would be spending some time getting unpacked and set up in my house...He immediately offered to me my "maintenance man" and do some "work" around the house. :BS: I declined both...

He was nice and it was easy to tell him that he was not what I was intersted in right now. He talked WAAAAY too much for me about NOTHING.

Read...Letting them down...

Soo...I put on my jeans, sweater and jacket, some smell good and roll out.

I arrive at the location a few minutes early. I had called a girlfriend that lived nearby to tell her to be ready to rescue if things got ugly.

MISTAKE #1: I pulled into my parking space instead of backing in...so I couldn't see him when he rode by to see if I should leave.

Anyway...I am sitting in the car listening to Raheem DeVaughn and jamming...I look out the rear view mirror and see this BAD ASS Corvette go by...I LOOOOOOVE Corvettes so I am excited about possibly driving somewhere later... I look up and this guy is staring at me...he didn't look like the picture I had gotten so I thought it was someone else. Come to find out it was the guy it was an old picture.

MISTAKE #2: Ask for an updated picture with proof of the date.

He is dressed in a 2 piece club suit (you know the ones that the old dudes wear to the club) he had on matching shoes and told me he almost put on the hat...UGH...

I get out the car and speak and said you don't look like your picture...He had shaved off his beard (which was a nice feature) and had texturized his hair (it was now standing straight on his head as opposed to the nice clean look in the picture)...UGH...

There is a 30 minute wait at the resturant so we stand outside and chat while waiting to be seated. He is irritated because he has to take his meds by a certain time and it is getting close...UGH

While standing there talking he asked why my mother gave me my name, it was awful, he wanted to call me something else...(PROBLEM)... He got smart with me and my alter ego took over and my head started moving and I went into fight mode...I snatched off my earrings and was ready to slap the shit out of him. He try to convince me he was joking and promised to make it up to me...

We sit down and begin to order...I sat across from him and was facing some of the FINEST cops I had seen in a LONG time...I was pissed cause I am sitting here with gramps.

He begins to eat a boat load of food and I am thinking he is going to explode. He orders something with whipped cream for breakfast and thinks he is turning me on by eating it. I am thinking NOT you look stupid. All the while I am getting text messages from my friends asking me if I needed to be rescued ... UMMMMM ... YES...but I continue to move forward with the date because I am sure it is a life penatly that I am paying for because of some sin I committed.

Well the check comes...and he asks what else I have planned for him for the day...I said "I have some errands to run and I would talk to him later"... He said well can we go to the movies? I consent and proceed to the Fandango site on my phone to find the earliest movie so I can be rid of this idiot.

In the meantime, I remembered dude drove a Corvette so just to get my chance to drive I ask him if he wanted me to drive my car or drive his. I said "I have never driving a Vette and would love to." He said "Oh, I don't have one are we going to the dealership." I said "Didn't you pull up in a Blue Corvette" ... He said "No, I drove a Blue Ford ESCORT"... I felt my food rise up in my stomach.

He picks up the check as looks at it. He says, he will pay the check, but wants me to leave the tip. I look at him like he is crazy... I said you know what...how about I do it all cause I don't carry cash and I don't appreciate you asking me for anything. I gets up and beginning walking out.

He rushes behind me an apologizes and said please one more chance, I said we can go to the movies and then I am OUT.

We get to the movies, he buys the tickets (he better had) and then I wasn't hungry but I told him I wanted popcorn and a drink.

We sit down and this bama tries to get a case in the movies...tries to cop a feel and wants me to put my legs on his so he can rub my thighs...NOT....

Movie over and he still wants to hang with me...I go in Target and start walking to do what I need to...(Since I was driving, I REFUSED to be seen in an Escort). I am walking and turn around, this bama has a limp and can't keep up with me. I guess I didn't notice it when we were talking but it was serious. He had mentioned he had a slight limp from his stroke but I didn't know it was like that. UGH....now I feel bad...but not that bad.

I tell him that I needed to do a few things and that I was taking him back to his car. He said he could ride with me. I said no thanks, I needed to do somethings alone. I was going to see my dad at work and to my sisters...I DID NOT need a tag along.

I take him back to his car...I give him a hug...and keep it moving...

Read...WHAT HAPPENS NEXT...

So...I had last left you guys hanging....my bad...THIS IS GOING TO BE LONG....

Here we go...

After I had reviewed his file and seen he has some issues going on, I was a little leary about going out.

Conversations continue and dude becomes ANNOYING...how so you ask...he didn't work ... so he would sit home and call me at work all day... at my desk...on my cell...if I didn't answer he would call back until I picked up...Caller ID is a mother... He didn't have a computer at home so he would go to the library about a 20 minute drive to send me messages. At first I was flattered but it just started getting on my nerves.

After I convinced him that it was okay to leave me a message until I called him back, he began doing so, but then he would call me and tell me that he left me a message on my phone at home. Or he would call me at work when I was at home. UGH...GET A LIFE. But I was still being patient to see if it would change.

So one night he called and asked me what I wanted from a relationship and I told him some stuff to see if he was listenting. Since I had to be to work in the morning and he had no where to go I had to end the conversation. He asked what time I needed to get up I said 5. So we ended the conversation, I rolled over and went to sleep.

My alarm goes off at 5...I hit the snooze a couple of times before I actually grumble and get up. At 5:04 my damn phone rings...out of one eye I look at the caller ID and begin to curse...it's this MF calling to help me start my day...He wanted to tell me that I was his first thought and he was hoping I was his. He wasn't my first thought was do I really want to go to work. I kept trying to get him off the phone so I could get started, he wanted to talk. I entertained that for about 5 minutes. I told him when I wake up doesn't mean I want to talk, I am really using that time to talk to God about why I have to continue going to work. I told him I would talk to him later. He said okay and by 8:15 he was calling my damn cell to see if I had made it to work and to tell me what he had for breakfast...ARE YOU SERIOUS? Now I know why his ass was divorced.

I knew the only way to get rid of him was to actually go out with him at least once. He kept trying to get to my house. I kept telling him I didn't roll like that on the first date.

He said to me that he had some things that I would really like based on our conversations...I said what...he said he had an extra long tongue, long thick fingers and was a freak...I said okay...Then he said he would have to bring this big dildo with him because his penis didn't work because he had health issues (triple bypass, weight challenges, asthma and diabetic)...PROBLEM.

Stupid me, bum magnet still says yes to a date under SEVERAL conditions, we had to meet somewhere, it had to be in the morning and he would NOT come to my house.

So we agreed to a Saturday morning breakfast at a very public and crowded place. I picked a place that if I didn't feel safe I would at least be surrounded and could get away.

The night before he asks me what I was going to wear, I said jeans, boots and a sweater (it was cold outside). He asked me if I would wear a dress or something to show my legs...I said NO. I dress up all week... jeans and a sweater was all he was going to get. He tells me that he is going to call before he leaves his house because he doesn't have a cell phone...but won't tell me what kind of car he has...

Read HELL DATE....

What the hell is wrong with the Republican party?

Why in the world would John McCain pick Sarah Palin to be his running mate? The excuses have varied from the Republicans and their talking heads.

1. She's the governor of Alaska and has executive experience.

2. She's a maverick like John McCain.

Hmmmmmm... only two talking points. And those are suspect even to this former Republican and others.

a. She's the governor of Alaska. A state that not that populated. She's only been on the job as governor for what... a year or two? Ironically, Republicans have hit Obama on not being ready to be president, not ready to be commander in chief, because of his limited national experience. But Palin has only been governor of Alaska for less than two years and will surely face questions of whether she would be ready to step in as president. Of course, Republicans will point out that the difference is McCain and his experience are at the TOP of the ticket.


b. She's was mayor of a town in Alaska. Population what? 9000 or less?

c. She fought to get the oil pipelines through Alaska. Sounds like she's connected to big oil companies to me. Her husband is too.

d. She's pro-life. That don't sit well with Democrats. Especially the women.

e. "A legislative panel has launched a $100,000 investigation to determine if Palin dismissed Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire the trooper, Mike Wooten," the AP wrote earlier this month. "Wooten went through a messy divorce from Palin's sister. Palin has denied the commissioner's dismissal had anything to do with her former brother-in-law. And she denied orchestrating the dozens of telephone calls made by her husband and members of her administration to Wooten's bosses. Palin said she welcomes the investigation: 'Hold me accountable.'"


f. She also is a former beauty pagaent contestant for Miss Alaska.



I tell you this....

McCain and the Republicans are desperate. The media is lying to the public by running false poll numbers. Why would they choose a "NOBODY" to be a vice president?

1. They hope to capitalize off the Hillary Clinton supporters. The feminists. They would be very stupid to vote for Palin just because she is a woman. And she's pro-life too. It would play to the racist fact that these women just don't want to see a BLACK man as president. Plain and simple. As bad as they got on Obama's case of being inexperienced?

2. They hope to get the white male vote by having an attractive woman running. Some men are just dumb-minded like that. They trust a big butt and a smile. They will pull the lever for her even if she was going to cut all men's balls off. Just as long as men can fantasize about her doing the nasty with them, they don't give a damn. Sad but true.

3. Since when does the Republicans support AFFIRMATIVE ACTION?! That is just what Sarah Palin is. An affirmative action pick. She was chosen because she is a woman. Just like the Republicans said Obama is. Because he's Black. Ain't that something?

4. And for her to be against pro-choice... She had the choice to have her last child because the doctor diagnosed the baby with Downs Syndrome. the doctors gave her an option. That's choosing, right? But she apparently don't want other women to choose. Hyprocrite!

This is the last resort for the Republicans next to Bush going to war and declaring martial law. The media (which is majority Republican owned) is trying everything to hide John & Cindy McCain's dirty laundry. Now they are going to do the same for Sarah Palin and family.

Women... don't fall for the okey doke. Do your damn homework.

But then... that's what i'm here for. I'm like Folgers in your cup!

Growing up I never really understood what was meant when people use to say there is a "War Against The Middle Class." Since graduating college and having a family I have truly realized what people were talking about.

Being Middle Class by no way means you are rich, to me it means you are able to pay all your bills on time and have a few things that you want each month. I first noticed the shortcomings you face when making a Middle Class Income when we purchased our home. There were tons of programs out there that would give us down payment assistance and property tax credits but there was one problem "I made too much money!"

I couldn't believe it, so had I NOT been making a decent income then they would help me buy the same house I am in but since they feel I make enough to pay for it now I don't require any assistance. So, I paid the 15k out of my pocket and the lady two doors down paid $0 down and doesn't have to pay property for 5 years!


Whooooooooooohoooooooooo way to stick it to the Middle Class! So this summer I take my son to the YMCA for summer camp and because they use your income to determine how much you pay (Most Places Do That in DC) I ended up paying $300 every two weeks while some parents on pay $75! You have to pardon me because I am HIGHLY pissed at the moment.

At this rate, by the end of the month, I will be broke just like the people with the Low Income (Not That I have anything against them or them receiving help)

Feminists...where the hell are you, now? That is my question.
Michelle Obama has been attacked and the feminists haven't said a word. Gloria? Geraldine? Hillary? And all of you Bra-burners?
Michelle Obama has been called everything but a child of God and now the feminists are taking a backseat. Why? I know why. And it's for several reasons in my opinion.
1. Because Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic primary. The feminists are angry and bitter. They are mad at Barack Obama (a man), so they are taking it out on his wife.
2. Because Michelle Obama is a strong, Black woman. She doen't sugar-coat or fluff answers when the media interviews her. She's married. Most feminists are not. She stands beside her man. Most feminists want to be up front and on top. She and Barack are showing the world that Black people do have family values, morals, and can be successful with hard work and perserverance. Which leads to the last one...
3. Because the feminists trump RACE over feminism and party loyalty.
What do I mean? Check it....
Back when women's sufferage was occurring back in the 1900's, the white females or feminists want support from the black females. They got it. Back during the civil rights era when white women wanted fair and equal work and wages, they asked for the support of the Black women. They got it.
But Black women, y'all need to realize this....
As long as the black woman didn't upstage the white woman, it was all good. As long as the black woman stayed in the kitchen or raised the white woman's children, it was all good. As long as the black woman didn't get the job that the white woman wanted (even though the white woman might not have been more qualified), it was all good. As long as black women stayed in their place, it was all good. And there lies the problem with white people with the "supremacy complex" in general.
Michelle and Barack Obama are going against the old politics, old money, and old way of thinking. The Obamas are setting a new trend. Starting a new era. An era where Black children will be proud to be Black. Proud to go to school. Proud to know where they are going in life.
The Obamas are out to prove that Black people are not all about "bling-bling", cadillacs on 22's, "slangin' drugs", shaking their booty, and being disrespectful to each other as a race. They are trying to change the thought patterns of White America and the world of Black Americans. They are attempting to level the playing field where EVERYBODY has a chance and opportunity to make good here in the United States.
Feminists.... if you got beef with Michelle Obama, you might find in the long run that you will have beef with the Black population in general.
But that's what's wrong with the people of the United States. Everybody has been culturely conditioned to believe that "white" is superior and "black" is inferior. And the manifestation of that culture conditioning is that Black people are often under-valued, under-estimated and marginalized.

There used to be a group called the Manhattans. An early 70's group.
This group had one of the smoothest tenor lead singer of all time. His name was Gerald Austin. The groups hit song was entitled "Let's Just Kiss and Say Good-bye." It was a song about a break up between a couple that had been together for a long time. Many of you old-heads may say, "What do you know about that song boy." Well mom and dad used to play it a lot on the record player, we had it on 45!! Some of y'all know what I'm talking about.

When I thought of the lyrics of the song it made me wonder about a kiss.
"I had to meet you here today. There's just so many things to say.
Please don't stop me till I'm through, this is something I hate to do.
We've been meeting here so long.....etc....Please darling don't you cry, Let's just kiss and say good-bye! Powerful lyrics. But why a kiss?

A kiss is a term of endearment. A kiss is something that is the seal of approval. Guys always felt that getting the first kiss from a young lady was the start of something. A kiss is usually how you greet your wife. A kiss is how you say good night to your children. A kiss is what you share when you want to let a person know that you love them! So why in Luke 22:47 did Judas betray Jesus with a kiss?

This gives a whole new meaning for a kiss! Jesus had 12 friends that we know as disciples. He chose his disciples Himself. The bible says that he knew one of them was the devil. So for 3 years of Jesus' life he walked, talked, and had breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a man that he knew would betray Him. Some may wonder, why didn't Jesus expose Judas for what he was? Why did Jesus allow Judas to continue on with Him. The answer is simple. Jesus knew that prophecy had to be fulfilled.
He knew he had an ultimate purpose in life. So in order to fulfill the promise, Jesus had to let someone he didn't necessarily care for as a person tag along to keep Himself focused on the purpose.

Here goes....Get ready to SHOUT! There are people in Your life that are there only to bother you. These people are in your life to keep you on your knees. These people are in your life because they are a part of the problem and the solution. These same people will help catapult you to your destiny!
When Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, he opened our eyes to the fact that a kiss is not always what we intend it to be. Be careful who you let put their lips on you. When I say lips it's not always in the kissing form.

Be careful of who speaks well of you. Be careful of who always has an answer. Be careful of the ones that seem to like you but it's just something about them that you just can't put your finger on.

Everyone in your life is not meant to stay in your life. Let's just kiss and say good bye. You can't carry everyone with you. There are some places that God wants you to go that only you can go. Learn to love, leave, and live your life as God intended! Next time you're betrayed by someone you THOUGHT was a friend, just remember "Let's Just Kiss and Say Good Bye! Jesus already knew the betrayal was on the way.

So get over it, step on it, but don't live your life Wondering Why...