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The real cost of war: 1st Lt. Derwin Williams, Illinois Army National Guard, Father and Husband.

Story from HERE

This is very sad and hard for me to write.

Though I did not personally Derwin Williams, I know his wife Felicia from our old hometown.

Derwin was killed in action in Afghanistan when a vehicle he was traveling in was hit by a roadside bomb in Kandu, Derwin was 41 years old, and also worked as a correctional officer with the Cook County Sheriff's office.

This is tragic, Derwin and Felicia have four daughters Vanecia, 22; Victoria, 18, and Derlysa, 9. He was due to come home in a month. I know that we all have been mourning Michael Jackson and other celebrities recently, and I am sure that we should to some degree, but this loss of life to me is much more real and symbolizes the real price that we are paying for these wars.

As a Marine, I know that war is a reality that will be with us, as a Christian I know that this will be until we are in God's Kingdom, nonetheless the loss to this family of a husband and a father is a tragedy. He did his duty he swore to do for our country as a soldier, we should do our duty and remember the REAL cost of the wars that we are in. Just saying....

Only in CHICAGO….(Part 1)

 

Chicago, great city. Except if you want to do any entertainment related business. Case in point:

 

Only in CHICAGO Could you run this ad:

 

Need someone to transcribe interview footage for our house music documentary. We have about 20 hours of interview footage. This is a non for profit project, we cannot pay but you will receive full credit for your work.

And have someone have the nerve to respond with this:

 

You're kidding right?

20 hours of transcription for no pay? I don't care if it's a not for profit project, but doing 20 hours requires about 40-50 hours of someone's time to type it all out at a minimum of $1 per video minute.

So that's my bid: 20 hours of transcription at $1 per minute, for a total of $1200.

 

Mind you, we already had about 6 people reply and have already selected the gentlemen we are working with. I know I should have been less irritated, but I responded in typical DJ Black Adam fashion (as you all know, insolence cannot be tolerated):

 

Well _________, I wasn't kidding.

Fortunately, we have found a person who is kind enough (and smart enough) to donate his time for this particular project.

What I felt no need to add in that little ad of ours, was that we are also working on a for profit feature that pays very well, and that I don't forget people who extend us favors in the spirit of networking or who slight us for no intelligible reason.

In any case, Thanks for responding.

 

So there it is, the basic attitude in Chicago, and basically this is the attitude that killed the movement of House Music in Chicago, that is: No business sense, no professionalism and a habit of burning bridges that you don't know where they lead and for no real reason to burn!

 

Now don’t get me wrong people, if I saw someone asking for “free” labor and talent I might think they were joking too, but I wouldn’t be stupid enough to reply back and say that, I’d just move on to the next ad. The Chicago attitude however, is to respond, as if the person is professional, showing a total lack of professionalism in doing so... I'M JUST SAYING....

What do the Marines get for the 4th of July? A long march in the Afghan sun!

*While we are eating our barbecue and enjoying the fireworks, we should remember these things.

FROM THIS STORY:

"NAWA, Afghanistan – Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Marines carry 50-100 pounds (23-45 kilograms) on their backs. But because they are marching through farmland on foot, they can't carry nearly as much water as their thirst demands.

Few even realized the date was July 4, but once word of the holiday spread through the company, several said they knew relatives would be holding lakeside celebrations — a world away from the strenuous task Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment was taking on.

"Happy 4th of July, dawg. Happy America," said Lance Corp. Vince Morales, 21, of Baytown, Texas said to one of his Marine buddies while resting under a tree during a break."

Wow. I remember when I was at MCT at Camp San Onofre (right before the 1st Persian Gulf war). Heck, I was in TRAINING on the 4th of July, they gave us the day off, but we only had liberty on Camp Pendleton. AND I WAS MAD ABOUT THAT. These guys and what they are enduring to help the Afghan people and capture or kill Osama Bin Laden, make me feel ashamed I had the nerve to complain during combat training.

A road march is a hard thing under normal circumstances (any Soldier or Marine and some Sailors and Airmen can attest to that), and these young Marines are marching into danger.

I know people are mourning celebrities like Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon, and we should, these people lead public lives and brought many people happiness and inspiration with their gifts and talents. However, I would hope that people become more aware of the real people from all over the US in ALL the branches of the armed forces that are risking and in some cases giving up their lives.

The Afghan war has gone on much longer than it should have, I hope our elected officials, the civilian appointees and employees of the defense and state departments, and the general officers do the right things and prepare the right plans for this to be over sooner than later and to keep casualty loss on all sides as low as possible.

North Korea launches MORE missles...

...o.k. Look, we need to let China know to either check Kim, or move out of the way while WE check him...just saying...

Palin Resigns? My prediction, scandal to follow soon!

Why are mainstream media, and many bloggers ignoring one of the most obvious possibilities here? I could be wrong, but I believe a scandal is about to drop regarding Ms "You Betcha!". We'll see...

Sarah Palin says she can "out run" Barack Obama? Lady, he's half KENYAN!

Does she watch those marathons or the Olympics?

From this article: "What about in a race? Could you beat the president?

I betcha I'd have more endurance. My one claim to fame in my own little internal running circle is a sub-four marathon. It wasn't necessarily a good running time, but it proves I have the endurance within me to at least gut it out and that is something. If you ever talk to my old coaches, they'd tell you, too. What I lacked in physical strength or skill I made up for in determination and endurance. So if it were a long race that required a lot of endurance, I'd win"

She thinks she has more endurance than Barack Obama? Well he DID smoke, but I'd still bet on Barack!

And the Marines said: "Where we go we will stay, and where we stay, we will hold..."

...build and work toward transition of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces," Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson said in a statement (Story HERE).

I am glad that the Corps is doing what they do best, I pray they change the tide of this war with the Marine Corps mind set of adapting and overcoming. It saddens me that at least 1 Marine has died, and others have been injured. It further saddens me that others may die.

I hope that those people out there who claim to "support our troops" will support these (and all) veterans when they return.

Obama tells Ahmadinejad: "Apology? Yeah, Yeah, WHATEVER...."

Story HERE  See, I told ya. MY president said: "Obama said the United States and Germany share "one voice" in condemning the Iranian effort to crush dissent. He said Iran's leaders cannot hide the "outrageous" behavior of clamping down violently on their people. "We see it and we condemn it," Obama said.

Ahmadinejad Demands Apology From Obama? Aw hell naw....

Story HERE

O.K., damn, I am beginning to see why Bush dealt with Ahmadinejad the way that he did (I never was against Bush or Cheney in how they dealt with people like Kim and Ahmadinejad, I just felt there should have been less talk and more of a foot up their ...)

Anyway, what Ahmadinejad doesn't seem to quite yet grasp is that Barack is from the SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. I can tell you how this went down in the White House this morning, as Barack was having his Orange Juice, Coffee and bowl of Frosted Flakes.

Barack (as he picks up the paper): "Hmmm, that's too bad about Michael Jackson huh Michellle....(reading further) Oh HELLL Nawlll! Baby? did you read what this mark a$$ Ahmadinejad said?

Michelle: Oh Hell no, apologize? This fool done lost his mind

Barack: It's on.

Just saying....

CNN, get a grip, African Americans (for the most part) didn't expect a change in race relations because Barack was elected....

....The reality is that it was mostly White people and the White media who made such statements (Story Here). Race relations are better then they were in the 60's, for sure.

However; there is still much work to be done in this country before the social realities of race, white privilege, white superiority and by mutual implication black inferiority are finally minimized. Just saying...

Obama needs to b*$#@ slap Ahmadinejad…

I know he won’t, he’s to cool for that. He’ll just let Hillary b*$#@ slap Ahmadinejad. This guy is a real tool, seriously. Well, Barack can always say he gave it a go, now the Iranians can’t say anything. We gave a hand out in peace, Ahmadinejad slapped it back.

We need to make this guy a non issue. We can’t attack Iran (we could, but it would be a very bad idea). Suggestions anyone?

GOP hypocrisy, the REMIX, SC Governor who wanted to impeach Clinton for adultery, gets caught in...adultery!

As ususal. The part y of "family values" comes up short again (Story HERE). This guy was one of the GOP camp that pridefully rejected stimulus money from the Obama administration (money that would have extended unemployment benefits where there is 15% unemployment amongst African Americans).

This guy was one of the congressmen who were all over Bill Clinton for his "moral failure", yet again, caught doing the same thing, heck, worse, he went to Argentina and didn't tell anyone he was leaving to have his fling.

Fascinating. I guess this is why Jesus said: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone..."...just saying...

Obama takes on Insurance Companies (or should I say Health care gangsters)....

From THIS ARTICLE: “President Barack Obama on Tuesday squared off with the insurance lobby over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system.”

AND?

What if it did?

The current profit driven based system by insurance companies and HMOs has left millions of Americans uninsured and is not exactly the ideal system for the people who currently pay for it. It hurts employers and employees, and we get the cost for paying for the uninsured who avoid the doctor when the stuff hits the fan, as opposed to funding a system that urges preventive health care.

Insurance is the ultimate pimp game, think about it. IF I TOLD YOU:

Pay me $100-400 dollars a month just in case you get sick.

Let me invest your money and make on average a 15-25 percent return on your money, of which I pocket most of, and which you see very little if any return.

If You get sick and ask me to pay for your doctors visit and medicine then I ask you to pay them some of it and I’ll pay some of it, that is IF I determine I should pay at all?

You'd say I was crazy.

It is inane once you think about it. Bottom line, Health care reform in this nation is encumbered by our nearly religious belief in "market forces" and "the spirit of capitalism"... this is what stands in the way of us solving this and many other problems.

The fact is, the false choices that are being parroted by the neo-cons and the rest of the right is “our current flawed system” verses “other flawed systems in Europe and Canada” thus a false dichotomy of “Socialism” vs. “Capitalism”, when neither is the solution for the problem.

If the insurers get run out of business by a government plan that uses the profits to ENHANCE the system, to research for cures, to lower cost, etc. then I say the healthcare companies can go the way of the dinosaur. Just saying…

Russ DePass of the GOP, reason number 163,898,211 I am NOT a Republican.....

The GOP and the Conservative sycophants that trumpet the party (in particular BLACK Neo-Cons) stand quiet once again, when racial slurs and insults come from within.

Russ DePass commented that an escaped gorilla in South Carolina was: "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors - probably harmless." to which he offered this attempt at an apology: "I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest."

Oy Veh, not the "If I offended anyone" inane rambling. IF? You claim to be an educated man Russ, you DID offend quite a few people, and I am sure you know it. Fact is, you continue to exemplify the bigotry and white supremacist mind set of your party. For this reason I don't understand Blacks, no matter how conservative they are, who support people like you and your party. I'm just saying....

One of the flaws in Islamic doctrine regarding JESUS...

I wrote a blog entry about that here. Take a gander when you have time.

Blogging While Brown 2009 - June 19-20, 2009 - Chicago, IL... In Chicago? What no e-mail, no invite, no memo?

Here is the information

Dang. I just found out about this event. In...

 

Chicago no less? I will assume I was not INVITED because I have not made it clear that I AM IN CHICAGO! Let's see: House Music references, check, Chicago Pizza References, check, Chicago Skyline references, check, Mayor Daley References, Check, Chicago Public School references, chcketc., etc. hmmmm.

Verily, I will not take this affront personally (generally I do not suffer insolence, as per the Dr. Doom essential megalomaniac’s hand book chapter 3 page 117) and assume this breach in etiquette was unintentional. lol

Seriously, I would like to meet some of the other Chicago bloggers since most the folks I meet on-line are east coasters. Unfortunately my filming schedule isn't allowing me to attend most of the event, I might try to stop by on Sunday before a meeting I am having up north. In any case, I am sure they will have a successful conference. Any of my Chicago or Detroit peeps attending? Get me a t-shirt darn it!

CASE IN POINT: "Gingrich Says Obama’s ‘Already Failed’"...

I just finished writing about why I am not a Conservative, this exemplifies why. Newt said: (from HERE):

"Bureaucrats managing companies does not work, politicians dominating the economy does not work,"

O.K., here is the obvious (or should be obvious) logical fallacy here: Bureaucrats didn't screw up companies, MANAGEMENT DID, and politicians didn't dominate the economy CORPORATIONS DID (particullarly financial services companies), unless you want to blame the politicians and bureaucrats for not regulating the economy during Gingrich's time through Bush's time (and yes that includes CLINTON'S time) in an intelligent fashion which caused the problems we have today.

What makes this inane is that Gingrich can claim Barack is a failure after less than 6 months in office and was incredibly silent during the 8 years that Bush was in office and the 6 years that his party had a majority in the congressional houses.

I'm just saying...

Why I am no longer a "Conservative" and cannot be a "Liberal"...

There was a time, when I actually considered my political position to be "moderate -conservative". Why? Well, I advocated the position of personal responsibility in a society. As an African American observing some of the problems within parts of the African American community, I began to become frustrated with the "Civil Rights Hustlers Leaders" like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, hogging camera time with their often times inane rambling.

Moreso, the pastors and community leaders who echoed their out dated "Civil Rights, hold a march and a vigil" paradigm on what needed to be done to fix some of the problems in the areas of the African American community that have these problems.

Now I am not saying "race" or the sociological problems that "racism" has caused have disappeared with the election of Barack Obama. Even if there is a Black President, racism still and will continue to exist in this country, as long as there are humans who are citizens. The problems in the United States regarding “race” has not been "racism" per se, but that of an inherent attitude of White superiority and by mutual implication Black inferiority.

Now, I will be the first to admit, our nation has come a long way from the 1960's in that regard. However, the damage done by such a sociological mindset still endures in many areas and affects Black and White people in America. The solutions, I'd have to admit, are conservative in nature and start within the affected communities.

What has clearly happened is a serious paradigm shift; the Civil Rights model is not affective in dealing with the remaining problems in Urban and Rural areas regarding certain parts of the African American community. What needs to happen NOW, is that community leaders need to focus on raising the community standard in education and values. When I say values, specifically in regard to basic respect for self and others, and expressed intolerance for those who bring violence and the like to the community. What the greater society can do is understand that many of these problems now are predicated on fiscal realities in those areas and not as much race. Liberals seem to understand this dynamic, but approach solutions in a sometimes patronizing and other time fiscally irresponsible manner, whereas Conservatives seem to believe a tax cuts solves every problem.

Money that is utilized to strengthen education, child care and medical services within lower income communities regardless of the race of that community, would go far; however, proper oversight and accountability are required to make sure that those who do need help in these areas are helped, abuse in minimized and corruption where a few pen pushers and their political cohorts are not getting rich while people continue to suffer.

Conservatives and Liberals both have ideas that an help change not just the African American community but the greater American community for the better, I cannot identify as either until BOTH start to realize that they need to work together for the greater good. I’m just saying…

It is the 39th Birthday of His Royal Majesty, DJ BLACK ADAM!!!

Send gifts and glad tithings! Attn: DJ Black Adam, PO BOX 511, Flossmoor, IL 60422!

Preferably a copy of Action Comics #1 or keys to a Lexus or at least a Kia Sedona!

BTW, visit me on FACEBOOK sometimes folks!

David Carradine found dead...

I used to watch Kung Fu with my grandfather and my dad. I always liked him. Especially his part in Kill Bill. Story HERE. I don't know, suicide? I do not believe that. I think foul play is involved. Thoughts?

Abortion may be murder, but killing Abortion Doctors DEFINITELY is murder!!

Well, once again a pro-lifer has taken a life (story HERE). The logical fallacy in itself is telling of the fundamental problem we have going in our country regarding the discussion about abortion. Personally, I am against abortion, I am also against killing doctors.

Let's be plain, most pro-life people wouldn't kill a doctor, but some follow the presupposition that they are preventing someone from killing children.

In that logic, you can see how things like this can happen. In this case, the doctor performed late term abortions, which in my opinion should be categorically outlawed. However; this killing is reprehensible. Thoughts people?

Sonia Sotomayor is President Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

I believe Obama made a pretty good selection here, shrewd would be an even better way of putting it. A Latina from Urban America would be a great leap in the diviersity department. I believe the high court should be representative of the population.

Unlike my friends on the GOP side, I do think that a judge has to some degree bring a human face to the law, and unlike my Democratic friends, I believe that laws should be written pretty clearly for judges to interpret. Anyone know about this judge's record?

Obama, Cheney plan dueling speeches?? Cheney need to sit his mark @$$ down....

Seriously (Story from HERE). Come on man, this mark hadn't treated the American people with any courtesy and with basic underlying contempt for the last 8 years, all of a sudden Cheney want's to talk? Just saying....

U.S. to Expand Immigration Checks to All Local Jails...

From this article: "The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails. In four years, the measure could result in a tenfold increase in illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and identified for deportation, current and former U.S. officials said."

Problem?

Pedophilia "IN ACTION" is a CRIME not a "Sexual Orientation" (or "H.R. 1913 does not protect pedophiles!")

I see there is some controversy regarding hate crimes legislation (again).

Some people are forwarding the intellectual fraud that somehow "pedophila" is considered a "sexual orientation" and protected under hate crimes laws. This comes from right wing idiots like Sean Hannitywho twist truths to create fictions to scare the unformed and feeble minded.

The problem it appears, is people need to know how LAWYERS TALK. Supposedly Rep. King out of the great state of Iowa wanted verbiage in HR 1913 to exclude pedophiles as a protected class and the Democrats voted his motion down. If this is in fact what happened, there is a legal reason why it happened.

If you exclude pedophilia as a “protected class in sexual orientation” it is to first presuppose that pedophilia IS a sexual orientation which you are choosing to exclude. Pedophilia is NOT a sexual orientation and thereby cannot be excluded as a sexual orientation PEDOPHILIA IS A CRIME not a SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Say it with me people: “PEDOPHILIA IS A CRIME not a SEXUAL ORIENTATION” to exclude it from being a protected sexual orientation would define this HEINOUS CRIME as a SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Do we follow along people? Or do I have to suggest the next TNT or USA Network Law and Order marathon to the Sean Hannity fan club so that we can all at least get an idea on how legal language works? Just saying... AMENDED to add: "Sexual Orientation has a FEDERAL DEFINITION you can find HEREWhich reads:

And I quote:

 

“Nothing in this section creates a cause of action or a right to bring an action, including an action based on discrimination due to sexual orientation. As used in this section, the term ‘sexual orientation’ means consensual homosexuality or heterosexuality. This subsection does not limit any existing cause of action or right to bring an action, including any action under the administrative Procedure Act or the All Writs Act [5 USCS §§ 551 et seq. or 28 USCS § 1651

 

Again: “the term ‘sexual orientation’ means consensual homosexuality or heterosexuality”

Operative word: “CONSENUSAL”, minors CANNOT consent

Just adding...