Making some additions over the weekend

“Judge not…”

Matthew 7:1 is one of the most quoted scriptures in the Bible these days. Even people who do not subscribe to the teachings of the Bible will quickly whip out that passage of scripture and use it as a speed pass to cancel out any criticisms regarding their moral failings. The very Bible that most people today try to dismiss as "out of date", not relative for today, or not to be taken literally is the same Bible these individuals use to deflect criticism of their behavior. Now let's read versus 1 and 2. "Do not judge, or you too will be ...

Finding and losing history

History found Records of freed Va. slaves placed online History possibly lost (suburbanchicagonews.com) "A property once covered in unique objets d'art and so renowned even the Smithsonian Institution took notice now is slated for demolition. Kane County officials this week took further steps toward tearing down the long-abandoned African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veterans Archives in Aurora Township by approving an application to the Circuit Court for demolition of 'dangerous and/or unsafe building.' 'This is the very beginning stage' of the demolition process, said Mark VanKerkhoff of the county's Development Department. It could be three to four months before the building actually is torn down, ...

Here we go again with another social experiment

TV One to begin Sunday show aimed at blacks NEW YORK (AP) — Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network. The "Washington Watch" program aims to tap into a new interest in politics and government due to the election of President Barack Obama, said Johnathan Rodgers, TV One's president and CEO. It debuts Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. ET, and the show will be repeated each week at 5 p.m. Martin, who is also a CNN commentator, will interview newsmakers and members of the Congressional ...

LA the hard way

When Antonio Villaraigosa ran for Mayor of Los Angeles a few years ago, most of his platform was based on the fact that he would be the first Hispanic Mayor in 133 years. Question his record beyond the historical narrative and suddenly you found yourself framed as one of "those people" who dislike all Hispanics. Well guess what I saw in the store the other day? That's right! The one time golden child for the Left who was gonna fix Los Angeles just by showing up is now being called a "failure" by a major publication. Just back in 2006, the ...

Why the rush to make Michael Jackson a “Christian”

On the days following the death of Michael Jackson, I read from two sources so-called accounts from Christians that Michael Jackson was in fact a Christian. Now I found the claim quite interesting because I know that MJ had also claimed to be a Muslim, Jehovah Witness and I believe that he also embraced Judaism to some extent. But how was it that all of a sudden folks were claiming that MJ was actually a Christian. Here was the first claim I came across. David Pack for purposedriven.com (The article was removed or moved to another link. But here is the ...

One of the purposes of this website is to shed light on those issues that have been in the dark for too long and are longing for us to deal with them once and for all. Although I do enjoy reading and promoting our successes on this site, I also realize that I must also address those things that we have been neglecting in our community. To some, this automatically makes me a race hater because I do not take the usual “blame the white man” or “blame the system” approach. To others, I hope this site serves as a wake up call that will mobilize you to action to help rebuild the values that our grandmas and granddaddies have vested into us so many years ago.

This weekend, I will be doing some “clean-up” on this site. For starters, I will be reviewing all the links to your right to make sure they are still working and worth the click. Another thing I will be doing is adding links that will focus on issues that have not been getting enough attention in mainstream media. I will start with two areas: Elder care, and Foster care ( I would love to see blogs done by us that discuss these particular areas specifically. Hopefully someone will run with that.) . In addition to these link topics, I will be writing more on these topics to bring more attention to these very important issues. As always, if you wish to submit your writings and/or related links on these topics and others, please feel free to do so.

I have grown tired of swatting flies. Now it is time to start removing the dead carcases of politics and endless debate that have been lying in our community for years.

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Posted by Duane On August - 5 - 2005

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Yvette Says:
August 5th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
A little off topic here but when are you bringing the Food Topics and Recipes back?
Duane Says:
August 5th, 2005 at 6:23 pm
Good suggestion! Stay tuned this weekend. Maybe I can make that into a once a week thing. We’ll see.
Keith Says:
August 8th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
You wrote: “I hope this site serves as a wake up call that will mobilize you to action to help rebuild the values that our grandmas and granddaddies have vested into us so many years ago.”

To me, as a white person, this site serves to provide me some insight I otherwise may not have access to.

And as I’ve said before on your site, your site. it’s articles and many of the readers comments simply confirm to me that we (black, white, brown, etc…) aren’t as different as many would have us believe.