Bastard Galore in the State of Tennessee: Desmond Hatchett, Father of 21 AND HE'S only 29 YEARS OF AGE!

File this one under "Working people's tax dollars at work". I actually feel sorry for the people of the State of Tennessee, because they have become the defacto parents for the 21 children created by one man and 11 women.

I can't say that I feel sorry for the mothers of the bastards because most of them admitted to knowing about the score of children this man had created. In the space of 2 years Desmond Hatchett fathered 8 children. He works minimum wage and probably only keeps a job to keep from being arrested and sentenced to jail. The state of TN is limited in its ability to force Hatchett to get a vasectomy or even a better paying job. Under current law, the state can only recoup 50% of his paycheck to split among the 11 mothers and the 21 children. Some mothers receive as little as 2.00 per sperm emission. and many have had more than one child with him, which really speaks to their mettle as the strong, intelligent, and purposeful women they are!

I know father's day has to be a complete hoot because I am sure that each mother uses her welfare check and food stamps to have a "Baby Daddy's Day" cookout to commemorate the virility of Mr. Hatchett. Even worse is the fact the the sorry ass Hatchett believes that he's a good father because he know all of the names of his children, their birth dates, and apparently when their mother are ovulating. Asked whether he has decided to have more children, he responded, "It just happened". So while many of you will comment about how society has made him and the women the way they are, that the children are innocent, and that I shouldn't be judging him or them, please take this time receive from me, a heartfelt middle finger.

The state of TN better keep a close watch on these children as they grow and mature into adult liabilities that the state will soon have to care for as prisoners, welfare recipients, and other degenerates. I cannot feel sorry for or even defend the women because they knew that this man was a jackass. They still chose to ride his dick, and even worse chose to incubate his seed. The story is disgusting in every way. The only victim in this sad story is the state of TN. Because of the critical failure of 12 people to make good choices, 21 people will end up having to be raised by the state and you KNOW how great the state is at caring for children... especially black ones!

Young, dumb, and OBVIOUSLY full of cum. He's worth more dead than he is alive. At least if he were dead, the state could leverage funds against the SSI survivor checks the kids would get until they were 18. Some sociolgist needs to follow the paths of these various bastard children to determine how they will end up... although I already have a pretty good idea.

21, in this case is NOT a winning number.

Here's to the powerful sperm of Desmond Hatchett!

13 year-old Florida Boy, Raped and Beaten by Four fellow Football Team Members! Florida regains its preeminence as Gang Rape Capital

It seems that brutal gang rapes are a thing of normalcy in Florida. Many of you may not be aware of the Dunbar Village Rape Tragedy or the Florida Everglades gang rape. Tampa, not to be outdone by other Florida cities where rape and lawlesnnes. In Tampa, 4 boys kidnapped, physically restrained, beat, and raped a 13 year old boy with broomsticks and hockey sticks. The boys were 14 and 15 years old, hardly old enough to be that sadistic, unless of course you believe as I do, that people can be born without a soul. Some people are just born rotten and should be locked away to keep the rest of us safe.



*sigh*

Read more here. Read how everyone is so shocked and these boys were "well-mannered" and "sweet". Sociopaths are typically engaging and quite palatable to a person's sensibilities.

GET READY for the THRILLA! The EPIC Cultural War Debate!!! BLKSEAGOAT vs. ATTORNEYMOM

Please tune in as Blogging Titans, Shane (AKA BLKSeaGoat) and Shwana (AKA Attorneymmom) step into the fray of the Gay Marriage debate. The last we clashed was on Gina's blog over much of the same thing. This time, we decided to have structured discussion to clarify our positions on the subject. I'm sure sparks will fly, so join us!!!

Conservativeblkwoman (http://www.conservativeblkwoman.blogspot.com/) will host a debate between two very passionate and opinionated bloggers Blkseagoat (http://www.blacksapience.blogspot.com/) and Attorneymom (http://www.charactercorner.blogspot.com/). Each will state their very compelling cases for and against same-sex marriage.

Place: Blogtalk Radio
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Showtime: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
Call-in Number: (646) 716-6204
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LET'S GET READY TO RUMBBBBBBBBLE!!!

It's On and Poppin'!!! BLKSEAGOAT vs. ATTORNEYMOM - GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE!!! Hosted by ConservativeBlkWoman

Conservativeblkwoman (http://www.conservativeblkwoman.blogspot.com/) will host a debate between two very passionate and opinionated bloggers Blkseagoat (http://www.blacksapience.blogspot.com/) and Attorneymom (http://www.charactercorner.blogspot.com/). Each will state their very compelling cases for and against same-sex marriage.

Place: Blogtalk Radio
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Showtime: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
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LET'S GET READY TO RUMBBBBBBBBLE!!!

BLKSeaGoat on Gay Marriage vs Religion

The below quote was a response to a posting on Character Corner in which Attorneymom asserts her disdain with Christianity being associated with bigotry.

Add me to the list. YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY LEGAL RIGHT TO EQUITABLE TREATMENT UNDER THE LAWS YOU'VE TAKEN AN OATH TO DEFEND AND PROTECT.

The same legal right that you have to enter into a binding contract with your husband, to legitimize and codify your partnership is the exact same thing I want. Period.

I want to be able to legally visit my lover on the ICU without too much legal wrangling.

I want to know that if anything were to happen to either of us, that NIETHER of our next of kin could exploit legal loopholes to usurp property purchases and survivorship rights if we have children.

I want my gay tax dollars that are currently being used to support ANTI-GAY measures to be just as valid as yours. I want to NOT BE FIRED for being gay (currently still LEGAL in many states, GA is one of them).

I want Christians to stop being so damned hypocritical when it comes to the selective application of their morality and tenets of faith. Congress made no rule respecting any religion; the influence of the Christian Church MUST GO!

Finally, Perez Hilton is a GOSSIP columnist. He sensationalizes everything. I wouldn't dare call Ms. CA a bitch for expressing herself. She is entitled to believe what she wants and practice whatever she wants. However, when the practice of that religion or belief is used to disenfranchise a group of people already marginalized, by many laws that clearly have a religious basis, it goes against justice and equality Shwana.

You cannot obfuscate the fact that the Bible was NEVER intended to be a policy document. That's why the Constitution was created.

Now regarding the release of those pictures, WHY would a moral and upstanding teenager take racy photos in the first place? Her photos are being used to undermine her by Hilton, in the same way that Hilton's tirade against her is being used by NOM to undermine him and the supporters of gay marriage.

Again, you have the right to practice your freedom of religious exercise, speech, and belief system. It shouldn't be used as it has in the past, to deprive groups of marginalized people equal rights. BTW, We can do that podcast if your ready to argue it from a legal and civil perspective. After all, your marriage was licensed by the State on NJ as a civil contract. It was consecrated as a religious sacrament by having your wedding in a church.

I'm working on a post about this now which completely reverses my passive approach to the gay marriage debate. Nationally, Americans support Gay Marriage 49%-51%, a significant gain from polling numbers in the past. As more states vote to affirm and courts uphold gay marriage laws, those numbers can only increase.

POPEYE'S Runs Out of Chicken and Niggas Act a Fucking FOOL!

Niggas... *SIGH* SMH

People drove all the way across various cities spending time AND gas money for an 8 piece for $5.00? What the fuck is this about? Equally important is the fact that besides the one lone Crystal Meth looking white woman, everyone else was fat and black.

Only in DC...

... Will people get on the bus and begin to trade braggodocious stories about how much crack and heroin they used to use.

Disney FINALLY creates a black princess - Tiana kisses a frog who turns into a Non-Black Prince. WTF?

Before you interracial dating advocates attempt to slay me for being a little pissed at Disney's newest heroine let me state emphatically, I don't care about who you love or even why you love them. Of course, I do have one exception. If your SOLE REASON for dating outside of your race is due to an unfavorable experience or set of experiences you've had while dating within your own race, then you have some personal demons you need to address. Being treated badly by a cadre of men/women with whom you share your ethnicity may say more about you than it does about them. I'll talk more about this later, but please be forewarned that this post will NOT be PC (As if anything I ever write ever is).

So Princess Tianna is DC's newest heroine. There is an interesting conversation happening over at What About Our Daughters? regarding this movie. I was going to comment over there about this topic, but since I respect Gina and her blog, I chose not to fan the flames of the small amount of foolishness being expressed over there. For the most part the comments centered around Tianna's portrayal of being this superwoman/princess, thus reinforcing the stereotype that all black women are strong, defeminized, invulnerable, and ALWAYS in survivor mode. I can see the argument that Tianna deserves to be just as "dimwitted", stupid, and damsely so that she can spend less time saving herself (and more than likely her prince) and more time looking like the frail damsel typified by the boy meets princess-boy saves princess story line. However, I think if Disney had portrayed its first black princess as a voluptuous Sambo, there would be hell to pay and black women would be decrying the mammification of Tianna. Disney obviously won't be able please everyone and I believe has no intention to.

The Washington Post ran an article about the movie which is slated to be released in December of this year. Tianna, is actually a young lady who has a dream of being an awesome chef and owning her restaurant in what appears to be NOLA. She kisses a frog, turns into one, and then her journey begins as she battles Louisiana swamp and marsh creatures to visit an evil voodoo queen to get a cure to be turned back into the "Skrong Black Wummin" she is. Sounds like Heaven, huh? She has cascading black hair, pulled back into a bun and typical black animation features: white, with brown skin and eyes. But for the brown skin, it's very apparent that Tianna could have easily been a white doll with hazel eyes.

Then comes the foolishness! So Tianna is the first black princess, where is Disney's first black prince to accompany her? While I can understand that premise of interracial dating and love seeing no color, I am completely troubled by the fact that Disney saw NOTHING wrong with it's latest minority princess not being able to find love with a prince who looks like her. What's wrong with Tianna being able to find love with a black prince? Jasmine had Aladdin, Ariel had her white man, Pocahontas had her John Smith (only because the Disney story adapted the "true" story), Mulan, Belle, Megara from Hercules, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Anastacia, etc. All of these princesses had boy toys who looked like them. They lived happily ever after etc. What is Disney REALLY attempting to say to black women and girls about their prospects for relationships if those same black girls desire to be with black men? This problem isn't just limited to Disney animation. Entertainment media has been on a non-stop mission to negatively portray healthy and loving relationships where both people are black. With the exception of the Cosby Show in the 80's, there has not been a program with such broad appeal that has made a deliberate attempt to demonstrate that black people aren't prone to bad relationships.

There is a definite misstep here and one that involves the further vilification of black relationships. This is where I disagree with the handful of commenters on WAOD who hate black men and make no bones about it. One commenter in particular, is an ardent lover of white men and and enthusiastic hater of black men, who is also a NON-AMERICAN black. She wears the hell out of me with all of her vitriol for black men, but she comes off as bitter and kinda stupid, but hell... it's her torn up life so I believe in letting people who are ignorant stay blissful. From the tone inferred by their comments it's a wonder if any man would date them, black or white. Being bitter, angry, and hateful of black men because your experiences with the ones you've chosen to date and fuck is YOUR problem. It does NOT mean that an entire race of men can be indicted for the shortcomings of your suitors. It also doesn't mean that white men, asian men, middle eastern men, etc. are more appreciative or more protective. The last few weeks and HISTORY should demonstrate that equal amounts of evil exist in all men regardless of race. The failure of some black men does not constitute the failure of all black men.

How Disney finds it so convenient to exclude black men from having romantic relationships with black women is offensive. I will NOT be watching the movie.

It's been a long time... I shouldn't have left you.. Without a dope Blog to read to...

I am on my way back, but I've been busier than a beaver! Of course you know that I have an opinion about some of the latest bullshit that's been happening, from Burger King's subliminally pedohilic kid's meal commercials to the blight of the Somali Pirates, to the scores of people killed by loved ones in murder suicide rages.

I'll be going out of the country tomorrow and I'm probably gonna unplug for the vacation, but I'll be keeping a journal.

I'll be bringing the fire whenI get back!

Special Cross Post from Can We Be Frank (canwebefrank.com)

A Black Male Feminist’s Guide to Anti-Misogynist Black Politics
(AKA: Why We Can’t Support Chris Brown)
By Frank Leon Roberts

Plain, Conversational Responses to Misogyny:

Misogynist Myth 1:
“Chris Brown is a good kid. Something must have really pushed him over the edge. He does not deserve to be dragged through the mud like this. Black men are always being represented as extra-sexist, which isn’t fair. Overall Chris Brown is great role model for black men. ”

Whenever we dare to critique black male sexism or misogyny, we are immediately told that such critiques are "wrong" because they run the risk of representing black men in a "negative" light. The time has come to move beyond these sort of Clarence Thomas politics. When black men---regardless of their class, sexual orientation, or profession----abuse a woman, it is intolerable, unacceptable, and must be aggressively denounced. Period.

We know this story all too well. When Clarence did it, it was “Anita’s fault.” When O.J. did it, it was “white people’s fault.” When R. Kelly “did it” it was those “jealous hoes’ fault.”

When will be allowed to denounce black male misogyny without fear of losing our Blackness membership card?

Misogynist Myth 2:
Rihanna must have “Provoked” It. She “asked” for it.

Sometimes I wonder how black people would respond if white people suddenly started offering “justifications” for our antebellum, slave ass-whippings. I can just imagine it now, “Well Kunte actually deserved that bloody lash because I told his sneaky ass to stop stepping out of line in the cotton field!”

I’m being dangerously facetious here, but my point should be well taken. There is no such thing as a “justification” for an act of sexist violence. In the moment that a man’s hands come down upon a woman’s body, they are immediately rooted (even if inadvertently) to a longer history of sexism and misogyny; to a history which has systematically preconditioned us to believe that physical violence is both a sane and natural way to put a woman “in her place.”

If we are to move beyond the cults of sexism and misogyny that run rampant in many black romantic relationships, then we must free ourselves from the egregiously problematic notion that casual male violence against women is ever “justified.” Particularly when it involves a 6’2, 180 pound man against a 5’8, 120 pound (a size “2”) woman.

Misogynist Myth #3:
Well, both of them were in the wrong. Why are we focusing exclusively on Chris Brown’s wrong-doing? Clearly this man needs help. Should’nt we be trying to support Chris Brown and make sure that he gets the help that he needs?

Any politics of social justice that does not begin with a concern, first and foremost for those MOST disadvantaged (i.e. the BATTERED rather than the BATTERER; the ABUSED rather than the ABUSER; the VICTIM of Violence rather than simply the Perpetrator of it) is misguided, and surely doomed for failure. I continue to believe in the utility of a "bottom's up" approach to social justice.

Therefore, we should refuse to let our "concern" for Chris Brown's "needs" silence our outrage, disgust, and/or disapproval of his misogyny.




Can I get a womanist, feminist Amen? A Witness?

5 Million Dollar Marriage Education Initiative to Go Forth and Confuse More People; Ummm No Homosexuals Included Though

So the Federal Government has gone back into the business of invading people's person relationships in an attempt to dictate how they should act towards each other. Given the sorry state of our economy, the Feds have figured that there's no better time to launch its Healthy Marriage Initiative to persuade folks to get together to save money. This initiative is going to cost 5 million dollars and was actually authorized under Bush's now defunct administration. President Obama thought it might be pretty cool to continue the program I suppose. They even have a neat little quote from his book, The Audacity of Hope strategically placed on the home page for the initiative.

Now, I am allfor people being taught how to be in relationships because many folks don't know how to relate to other people. HOWEVER, I am miffed at the fact that this initiative is inherently discriminatory in that it completely ignores any monagamous, mutually exclusive relationship that isn't heteronormative. The proponents of this program cite benefits such as economic security and family stability as evidence that marriage works. If that's the case, why not extend that same benefit to gays? Why use gay taxpayers' money to fund an initiative that selectively excludes them because of moralism?

If one were to carefully examine all of the programs implemented by the previous administration influenced by the shallow morality of conservative ideologues, one would conclude that those programs are ineffective. Abstinence only, marriage education, promise ring type faith based programs which received federal funding, HAVE NOT WORKED. Supporters of these program lament about them not having enough time to work, when they have had ample time to work and be evaluated. The data obtained from multiple evaluations is the same. More teens are still having sex and some are still getting pregnant. Black girls are still getting STDs at rates higher than whites and the GOP, the party of the moralists, had to embrace teen pregnancy as a "normal American Family Value" during Palin's rise to national prominence during the Presidential campiagn. Probably the most important statistic to demonstrate that moralism fails is the National divorce rate... it's still OVER 50% and has remained that way for a few decades.

So what are gay, tax paying americans to do? It is completely disrespectful that my taxes are being used to push an ineffective agenda that will no doubt result in people getting married to each other who will undoubtedly end up divorcing each other. Fifty percent is an "F" and a really bad one. I'm not an opponent of heterosexual marriage. Coversely, I an opponent of ANY program that discriminates against a group of people whose taxes are being exploited to further the oppression of another group. This case is no different.

The Nigga Church - a Pictorial Tribute to Coonin' for Jesus

SIGH. Sometimes I literally have to pinch myself just to make sure that I am not trapped in some sort of astral projection mode. Unfortuantely, when I do the pinching the sensory cells on my skin fire the messages back to my brain to confirm that I am not dreaming. What I am witnessing with my own two eyes is indeed reality. It may be utter foolishness and nigga behavior raised to a google power, but this is no act.

Below you will find pictures of the fallen prophetess and new face of marketing domestic violence as a way to sell her poorly written self help books that haven't been much of a help to her.

I honestly thought this was a drag queen for a brief moment. The fact that Essence Magazine publishes stuff about this woman... these pictures included, solidifies my belief that its existence is to undermine the aesthetic and image of black women. Chitlin' EATIN' Negress, Juanita Bynum though it was necessary to take these god awful pictures as a way to memorialize her 50th birthday AND show her wife beating ex-husband how great of good thing he missed out on.

My personal favorite out of these few pics of ridiculousness is Juanita's interpretation of Black She-Ra! I can hear her saying now, "By the Power of Grayskull!!! I Have the Power!!!" "Now come forth Swiftwind, my trusty steed and help me cut this cake!!!"

You dummies who support her as a minister are deserving of having all your cash separated from you as this phenomenon is common for people who are fools.

Enjoy!!!

I am She-Charlatan, Defender of Confusion, Purveyor of Lies and Deciet! All will bow before me OR I am going to cut myself a very large piece of cake!

You may view the rest of the foolishness here.

The Nigga Church: An Introduction

First things first.... Happy New Year! A month late and a dollar short... yadda, yadda, blah, blah, blah. I know. I have been dealing with a number of vexing issues regarding family, friends, work, life, and love. As I stated in my previous post, withdrawing is my way of compensating. So instead of venting and whining about every little thing in my life that hasn't turned out quite the way I planned it, I simply decided to limit my communication with the outside world. I am emerging from my cocoon... slowly, deliberately, albeit surely. I won't call this particular emergence a cathartic phase. Truthfully, the last several weeks have been incredibly overwhelming and at this point I think the best thing to do alleviate some of my anxiety is to write.

Even as I type this post, I feel myself becoming a little less frustrated and slightly less lethargic. Yes, I experienced the enormity of this past week and yes, I am absolutely thrilled that we have a president in ofice who has a little swagger, looks like me, and seems to have absolved himself from that youthful awkwardness that plagued him during impromptu press conferences and the debates during the primary. I digress though.

For the past 6 weeks I have been reading several books that discuss the American Black and the Black Church. Many of you might remember me mentioning that I was writing a post, The Nigga Church, in which I explore the relationships of American Blacks to their most revered institution, The Black Church. I had put the finishing touches on the post and was going to publish it around the end of December, but relented. I recognized that some of the language might offend some of you... especially you gullible folks whom I consider friends. So instead of starting out 2009 by alienating many of you I hold near and dear to my heart, I decided to revise the post. As a matter of fact, The Nigga Church will contain many of the same ideas I wanted to discuss in the peppery first draft, but I am tempering my language for that "reaching more flies with sugar/honey than vinegar" effect. In addition, I'll be discussing my own path to spiritual enligtenment and how it does not include the contamination of the Black Church. The Nigga Church, the post, will be developed over a series of smaller blog entries.

Finally, I think it's fair to assume that I'm going to piss a number of you off anyway, no matter how diplomatic or ecumenical my ideas seem to be. They are my ideas and before you get your panties, boxers, G-Strings (or clothing for those of you who always go commando), remember that. Don't come on my blog quoting pages of scripture that you don't have the theological expertise to interpret. As a matter of fact, I would hope that the lot of you who call yourselves believers would be smart enough to realize that an eternal, omnipotent, omniscient being - who happens to be the creator and sustainer of everything that exists (if you believe that) wouldn't be limited to some 66+ books of subjective inspiration used as a foundational basis for your faith system.

Welcome to 2009.

On Hiatus...

Life Happens. So what do you do when it does? For me, I cut back on much of my extracurricular activities and that includes blogging. I'm coming back though and stronger than ever before! Be Ready. In the meantime, enjoy my pics from the Inauguration.

Random Musings About Everything and Nothing

Hey blogosphere! Perhaps it may be the holiday season that's swiftly approaching or the culmination of an incredible year, but I'm feeling a bit introspective today. I've changed the layout of the blog and I'll probably be taking it through a few more changes before I'm settled on how I want my layout to look. This post is going to be hard to follow because I have too many thoughts going on that I want to write about. It won't make much sense to most of you unless you know me, but I still thank you for taking time to read nonetheless.

Get Ready for the Gayness!!!

I'm starting another blog on blogspot, Black, Male, and Gay ... In That Order, that will be dedicated to gay issues and of course MY perspective on those issues (wink).

When I started blogging it was in response to a call for activism. That blog will serve as my sounding board to keep my readers abreast of the happening in gayness and how those happenings impact gays of color.

My first post will be dedicated to motivating gays of color to be active participants in the gay civil rights movement. I'll include a short reponse to the Prop 8 brouhaha, but I won't spend too much time on it, because so many others have already weighed in. I'll also be reviewing a couple of papers addressing homophobia and the black church, as well as laying the foundation to offer my own intellectual analysis of why I chose my blog title. The blog will also offer ideas on shaping a new gay rights movement as the current strategies adopted by the larger, mainstream organizations have proven to be ineffective. Expect the first post in the next two weeks.

Jesus Was Born at a Car Show in Day-Twat!

I'm sure by now everyone has read, posted, or heard about one of the most superfluous, self-aggrandizing displays of Chtilin' Eatin Negro behavior in the history of the Chitlin' Eatin' Negro. The "big 3" of the U.S. Automotive Industry, from execs, to UAW reps, to the workers, got together on Sunday Morning in an Oliver Twist inspired church service to BEG baby Jeezus for some hot, stankin' bailout lovin'. The whole idolating spectacle was captured in both print and video media. It should come as no surprise to you folks who were present during the service that when the day of judgment comes, God's gonna post these clips to his/her myspace and facebook pages to broadcast them to you during your burning in hell.

I really feel sorry for those people in that church and in the black church in general, but I digress. Not to worry though; I'm working on a post called the NIGGA CHURCH which shall not disappoint those who share my views about the relevance and usefulness of the black church.

World AIDS Day - Critics say AIDS Ain't REALLY That Bad, Right?

December 1, 2008 was the 27th Annual Worlds AIDS Day. After all the money devoted to HIV/AIDS research, members of the scientific community would like to divert funding from the global AIDS intiatives to other worthy diseases that devastate people's community by killing so many people. According to AIDS funding critics, the disease hit a plateau in the 90's and should no longer be considered an epidemic - except in Africa where so many black people are still geetting infected and even more are dying.

This position dangerously assumes that HIV infection is under control in places where the occurrence if the disease is always under-reported and in some placeS not at all (think India, the Middle EAST, and CHINA). Most of these place are traditional hetero-normative societies and they still relegate AIDS to a disease that gays and prostitutes get and spread. Since NONE of those types of people live ANYWHERE in those places, it's not a real problem. For example, 2 years ago China reported less than 1,000 HIV cases total and then later admitted that there might be more. However, lack of a competent surveillance model, as well as rampant denial, attributed to the errors in reporting.

My take: The international community (dominated by white scientists) only cared about AIDS when whites were the face of the disease. Now that black people comprise the majority of HIV/AIDS cases globally, there's no need to continue funding AIDS research at the levels (which have remained flat) we have in the past. I realize that other diseases are emerging as serious threats to developing nations, but AIDS is still serious. Don't believe me? Come visit me in DC, where the city has the dubious distintion of being number 1 in the rate of HIV infection. 1 out of every 20 or 5% of DC residents live with HIV. See, you don't have to go all the way some parts of Africa to see an epidemic! You can come right here.

*SIGH*

Christian + Insanity = Stupid Negros Supporting Rapists, Predators, and Charlatans

It's been nearly 3 weeks since my last post. I don't have a very good reason for having nothing to write besides being too lazy to sit down and put my thougts together for a post. I could use work for an excuse and although I've been busy, I just haven't felt like writing much of anything.

That brief hiatus ends today. So many of you have been visiting my blog quite frequently to read a series of posts I wrote in February of this year discussing the failures of the Black Church and its leaders and layity. One post was about Bishop Frederick D. Kelley in the COGIC being convicted of molesting and raping his foster daughter. From that sexual impropriety (that his wife was complicit in hiding) a child was conceived and Kelley and his wife took the child from their foster daughter and reared it as their own. Kelley was sentenced to 35 years in prison and is serving out his sentence in a Georgia State Correctional Facility. I'm sure someone is busting that ass wide open as we speak!

I went to the Georgia Department of Corrections website just to verify that this man of the cloth was incarcerated -- and as it turns out, he IS! He will not be eleigible for parole until 2043. Don't you just love that?

Recently, Mr. Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III lost his church for refusing to pay his bills. He was approximately 400K in arrears when the Gwinnett County Sherriff's deputies came to evict Weeks' and his flock. They apparently interrupted Weeks from his weekly "Fleece the Flock and take advantage of the Greedy and Stupid" meeting, AKA Church Service. Regrettably, no one in Weeks church took the hint from God to stop supporting him. People in his church still stood in line at a rented ball room in a Holiday Inn Express to give him money. How irionic is that? I thought being at a Holiday Inn Expess made people smarter, not gullible... Bless their stupid little hearts and even tinier brains.

I have been constantly pained by other stories as well. While I am completely against the "gay panic" defense, a COGIC pastor was murdered by one of the victims he molested. As you'll see in the video contained in this post, another pastor raped and sexually molested the church's secretary and of course who can forget about the Apostle "Jesus loves Coochie and Spankings" Sherman Allen of Irving, TX? How about Donnie McClurkin's support of a man accused of sexually assaulting at least a score of black women over the course of the last 20 years? And Christians, PARTICULARLY BLACK ONES, have the nerve to be pre-occupied with Gay Marriage and abortions? WTF? You wanna protect the sanctity of heterosexual marriage, but turn a blind eye and issue forgiveness to sexual deviants because they have a collar around their neck?

Any rational person would ask, why do we continue to support these types of people? However, I don't think that's the question that should be asked anymore. Let's allow the stupid and greedy to "get got". The question for those of us with common sense should be, "How long will we allow these bloodsucking leeches to exists?" It is apparent that not even church folk can depend on other church folk. christians, believers, etc. to keep them from being victimized. Truthfully, I group all of them together until I can see a clear distinction among the "wheat and the chaff". I don't see more black christians being involved in advocay groups that raise awareness about abuse in the black church. What I see is excuse making and passive aggressive acquiesence. Many of the self-professed "true beleievers" will acknowledge the shortcomings of the black, but that's it. They do nothing the keep the experiences of the victims of the black church from happening to other people.

They typically twist scriptures to justify their apathy and sloth. They incorrectly apply the "judge not, lest ye be judged" idiom to relinquish their responsibility to their fellow believers to question the egregious conduct of their leaders. I get it, No one wants to be responsible for the implosion of their church or denomination. The cost of preserving a traditionalist institution that relies on blind faith and complete abandon of critical thinking, far outweighs the far reaching impact that spiritual mutilation has had on the lives of many parishoners/believers.

Those who choose to do the opposite of the true believers are ridiculed, condemned, and are often the objects of vicious personal attacks and vitriol... all from the hands of true believers.

This video embodies the unpopular view of the black church. It emphasizes the experiences of the victims over the lives of leaders and the foundations of churches. (Hat Tip to Kevin AKA NotYourTypicalNegro on youtube)




What say you? I must warn you though, if you come to this blog expecting to defend the black church's foolishness, be very ready to be torn a new one. I will only allow such stupidity to be displayed in one or two comment posts at the most.

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA From Alice Walker

Nov. 5, 2008

Dear Brother Obama,

You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the Southern United States. You think you know, because you are thoughtful, and you have studied our history. But seeing you deliver the torch so many others before you carried, year after year, decade after decade, century after century, only to be struck down before igniting the flame of justice and of law, is almost more than the heart can bear. And yet, this observation is not intended to burden you, for you are of a different time, and, indeed, because of all the relay runners before you, North America is a different place. It is really only to say: Well done. We knew, through all the generations, that you were with us, in us, the best of the spirit of Africa and of the Americas. Knowing this, that you would actually appear, someday, was part of our strength. Seeing you take your rightful place, based solely on your wisdom, stamina and character, is a balm for the weary warriors of hope, previously only sung about.

I would advise you to remember that you did not create the disaster that the world is experiencing, and you alone are not responsible for bringing the world back to balance. A primary responsibility that you do have, however, is to cultivate happiness in your own life. To make a schedule that permits sufficient time of rest and play with your gorgeous wife and lovely daughters. And so on. One gathers that your family is large. We are used to seeing men in the White House soon become juiceless and as white-haired as the building; we notice their wives and children looking strained and stressed. They soon have smiles so lacking in joy that they remind us of scissors. This is no way to lead. Nor does your family deserve this fate. One way of thinking about all this is: It is so bad now that there is no excuse not to relax. From your happy, relaxed state, you can model real success, which is all that so many people in the world really want. They may buy endless cars and houses and furs and gobble up all the attention and space they can manage, or barely manage, but this is because it is not yet clear to them that success is truly an inside job. That it is within the reach of almost everyone.

I would further advise you not to take on other people's enemies. Most damage that others do to us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. We must learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise. It is understood by all that you are commander in chief of the United States and are sworn to protect our beloved country; this we understand, completely. However, as my mother used to say, quoting a Bible with which I often fought, "hate the sin, but love the sinner." There must be no more crushing of whole communities, no more torture, no more dehumanizing as a means of ruling a people's spirit. This has already happened to people of color, poor people, women, children. We see where this leads, where it has led.

A good model of how to "work with the enemy" internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet. Because, finally, it is the soul that must be preserved, if one is to remain a credible leader. All else might be lost; but when the soul dies, the connection to earth, to peoples, to animals, to rivers, to mountain ranges, purple and majestic, also dies. And your smile, with which we watch you do gracious battle with unjust characterizations, distortions and lies, is that expression of healthy self-worth, spirit and soul, that, kept happy and free and relaxed, can find an answering smile in all of us, lighting our way, and brightening the world.

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

In Peace and Joy,
Alice Walker

FINALLY.... Congratulations Mr. President and First Family

It's TIME.... Let's DO THIS! GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE LAZY AND TRIFLING: Get up off your Lazy Ass and VOTE!

I hope you didn't think that I was going to be anything but "polite" about this year's election season. Your votes make a difference between who wins and loses and in this case, whether or not we progress or remain stagnate.

I am not naive enough to believe that Barack Obama's election will act as a magic wand to right every wrong in the world, but I do think that he is the best candidate to lead our country at this time. If you can still vote early, PLEASE GO DO SO NOW! If you cannot or if you choose to vote on tomorrow, please be prepared to wait more than the 2 hours allowed by Federal Law. It's very likely that you'll be waiting in excess of 3 hours. Many jurisdictions have elected to not extend polling place hours, but if you're in lined by the time the poll close, you must be allowed to vote.

If you are black, spare me the faux soul searching and subliminal self-hatred that compels you to stay at home because you don't believe that Obama is "black enough" or that he hasn't laid out an agenda for black people. No other politician, black or white, has done so either. I never read about Clinton's agenda for blacks, nor have I seen ANYTHING that the Congressional Black Caucus has done to move black folks forward collectively.

If you are white and lacking self-awareness about your racism that compels you not to vote for Obama, would you vote for him if he were white?

The bottom line is that if you are a Democrat, Progressive, Liberal, or just plain tired of the last 8 years, vote for Obama. To do the opposite means that you have been paying attention and that you shouldn't be voting at all.

If you don't know where your polling place is, please visit your County Board of Elections website or go to the Vote For Change website here.

If you have already voted, sign up to volunteer, make phone calls, or drive people to and from the polls. We need everyone out in full force. The lead in the polls ISN'T accurate. We must do all that we can to ensure that Obama and the Democrats are victorious on November 5th.

To inspire you just a bit, I am reposting a piece that I wrote for another blog that I used to run before blogspot became so popular.

Today is November 7, 2006; the day of decision... the day when we as a country can take back the broken system of American politics and replace it with the same idealism that compelled our ancestors to die. Sound romantic, doesn't it? If only our democratic republic were so pure. The fact of the matter is that Americans have no real choice. Each major political party is greatly influenced by wealthy special interest groups and an elite ruling class. The myth of one vote, one voice is outdated and probably never existed anyway, but it sounds so good, huh? How else would one explain the founding of a democracy by men who thought it was their right to deprive other men of those same rights? I'm not a cynic; contrary to what I used to believe about myself, I'm quite the idealist. However, my vote this election cycle is based on practicality more than idealism. Like me, countless Americans who consider themselves independent are typically forced to choose the less worse of each party as a candidate.

My grandmother's saying rings true today as it did when I voted for the first time in 1993. She said that, "What it really boils down to is what white sons-of-bitches get to fuck us better. As long as this [political] system stays the way it is, we are always gonna have to choose the less evil of two lessers." Of course, she would talk to me about these things after taking a shot of Glen Fiddich and dipping some snuff. One thing I gleaned from that bit of drunken southern wisdom was this, she ALWAYS voted... even if she felt like both candidates were awful. Like her, I sometimes feel the same way, but unlike her, I have hope.

The following excerpt came from an essay written to inspire the electorally apathetic (can I even use that term?). Although its factual basis is bogus, it romanticizes our democratic republic and the wonderful right and privilege we have. Even if you feel like your vote would be wasted, I challenge you to put your apathy aside and head to the polls to choose the less evil of two lessers.

• In 1645, ONE VOTE gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.
• In 1649, ONE VOTE caused Charles I of England to be executed.
• In 1839, ONE VOTE elected Marcus Morton governor of Massachusetts.
• In 1845, ONE VOTE brought Texas into the Union.
• In 1868, ONE VOTE saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment.
• In 1876, ONE VOTE changed France from a monarchy to a republic.
• In 1960, ONE VOTE change in each precinct in Illinois would have defeated John F. Kennedy.

Okay, I'll leave the soapbox now.