Aide for America

I have an issue with the so called Philanthropists in the Afrikan American Community. I see a lot of organizations and programs set up to help Afrikan students and the current situations on the Continent. This is a noble cause and by all means it is needed. My issue is a simple on indeed but I feel it needs to be voiced, well lets be honest the only person that reads any of my rants is myself so I am doing it for self edification. I was listening to people sing the praises of Oprah (sigh) talking about the 40 Million dollars she donated to help students in Afrika. This is sweet, but Ms. "I love me some me" has seemed to over-look the millions of children in this country who suffer from inadequate schools. Apparently she or her people supposedly interviewed students and she wasn't impressed with the ethics of the students in the US. I do not know if this is true or not so I will not comment on the remark. But I do know this to be a fact, there are thousands of kids in this country who want to learn and want to better themselves but are not able to because of lousy environmental conditions.



My gripe is this, Why do we continuously look to Afrika and want to save her. I mean I have nothing against that but I feel that we should at least have a blueprint to work from. Why can't we put the time and resources into building a better Amerika for our children. Someone told me that Black Amerika is a figment of my imagination because it does not exist. I believe it does not exist because of that mind set. We need to build our place here in this country and ensure the future of our children. Once we have a proven Blueprint then we can spread out and help Afrika. But as it stands now we can't even help ourselves so why do we think we can help others. The key to improving or situation is by improving the school systems in Urban areas. We need to put pressure on the school boards and make them teach our children the things that they are going to need in order to succeed in life. We need to make sure that our children have the proper books and resources in order to get the best education they can. Why not build an organization that will basically serve as an over-site committee for education in our cities. And when a school system is severely lacking then making money available through donations in order to get AC, Books and in some cases heat into the schools. While we are at it lets bring the arts back to our schools. The children are suffering because our politicians always seem to make the first budget cuts in the schools. So how can we expect the children to learn?



An outline should look this way, we put our initial focus on the elementary school level. We should raise the expectations of our children at this level. By expecting a higher standard level we then prepare the children for middle school where the bar is yet raised again. That way when they get to High school there is no problem teaching at a higher level. We can not raise the bar without first preparing the children. The other thing is we need to get away from this no child left behind BS. In all honesty some kids need to be left behind because it only takes one to bring down an entire class. When I was in school if you had trouble learning you where put into a class where the subjects where taught at a slower pace. Why hurt the learning of the students who are capable because of the one or two who aren't.



this all I have to say on this for now. But I will be back, believe that.

Today's Specal: A Slice of Devil's Pie

Good morning, as you have read in the title today we are serving up a slice of the Devil's Pie. Over the course of my break a lot of things have come up so I actually have enough ammunition to keep it going for a few days. In today's segment I am going to speak on something that will offend a lot of people and if they read it get a negative reaction from the family. But here it goes.



Ok here it is, If you are a newly found Christian or even a seasoned Vet please read more than the weekly scripture before you look to criticize others around you. I had a discussion with a friend not too long ago whereas they asked me how can I speak about God or Jesus when I have never had a relationship with either. Of course this sent me off into a descending spiral of mixed emotions. But then as I pulled up out of my nose dive and I realized that I had been to this place before. So instead of getting bent out of shape I decided to correct the statement and to deal with it at it's core. Cult leaders, religious zealots, and the like please control your flock until they have proven a propensity for the sect. Allowing just anyone to run around spewing rhetoric is detrimental to the cause. Oh yeah it also looks bad on the rest of you.



The comment that my friend made offended me simply because, this is a person that I know all too well. I know things about this person that I shouldn't know. I have watched their life as if it was a television program going in and out of one chaotic even to the next. But yet now this person sees fit to question my beliefs. The same beliefs that tried to get them to see the destructive nature in which they where living their life. The same beliefs that whilst I was following them they looked at me and said that I was boring and uneventful. As I pointed out to this person during our brief discussion I have had a relationship with God for many years now and just because they can not understand my relationship does not mean that it does not exist. This problem is not with my friend but instead with Religion. Religions all over the world teach you that anyone who does not believe as you believe is wrong and should be persecuted. This no matter how base or vile is the truth. The Christians and all of their divisions feel this way. The Muslims feel this way. The Jews also believe this. You know if you look at this through the window it tells you one thing. According to the multiple interpretations of the scripture Heaven will always be empty and we are all damned.



It is my humble but pointed opinion that Religion is the extension of man trying to rationalize God. Man has devised a way to use God as a regulator of man and as a means to enforce laws and wills. The spirit behind the religions I believe with out reservation or doubt but the religions themselves I have no taste for. Religion has long kept people divided. As a black man this is very apparent, we suffered through the civil rights movement because the leaders who where Christian refused to work with those who weren't. Thus causing us as a people to lose out. It was because of religious persecution that the first settlers came to America. It was in the name of religion that the Medieval Inquisitions took place. It is in the Name of religion that the Muslims fight with the world today. All in all the only thing that Religion has brought us since it's inception is war and death. But yet no one will acknowledge this fact.



So I say again please lock up your new converts until they are better suited to speak for your religion because if they cross my path I will shake their faith.



Have a good day.





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