DIAMONDS AND PEARLS

.An Insane Slavery Tactic! Are we slaves and have we been enslaved into a system that has been designed for the sake of greed? In the movie Con-Air, Garland Greene a mass murderer (played by Steve Buscemi) said after being called insane by Poe (played by Nicholas Cage); “Now you’re talking semantics! What if I told you that insane was working 50 hours a week in the same office for 50 years after which they tell you to piss off, ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet in time. Wouldn’t you consider that to be insane?” Maybe I’m talking semantics! What if I told you that using a credit card when you have cash available to pay for an item is insane! Okay, say you make $8,000 a month and after every bill for this particular month has been satisfied you see a Bose stereo system for sale that will only cost you $600 dollars plus tax. You decide to use your credit card to purchase it instead of using the cash you def...

Your Time Is Now! As we approach this crucial juncture concerning the future of our nation, before you pull that lever and select the candidate of your choice, you must ask yourself two questions. What are the Presidential Nominees selling and what are you looking to buy? Whenever someone is soliciting your patronage, they will present you with all kinds of information to persuade you to purchase what they are selling. Now your responsibility is to filter the facts from the none-facts so that your understanding of the product is exactly what you want. Will it do, can it do, what guarantee do I have, can I trust the seller, what kind of track record does it/they have, will it satisfy my exact need, are the questions you must consider. If you don't investigate their claim then you could end up with something that has no advantage to your situation or need. I will say, a lot of times word of mouth works for many of us when it comes to should we or shouldn't we, but that system has...

Believe this or not Issac Hayes was my first teacher in how to rap to a woman. I know the word "rap" isn't one we use anymore but that's what we said back then. In order for you to travel back in time with me, I must ask you to think of the late 60s and imagine a young black kid seeking guidance to approach a young girl he likes. Then maybe you will understand the reason I share this story. As a very young fellow who found women to be the object of my desire I needed some communication lessons. Without a male figure around I really wanted to ask questions. I waited patiently for the day the teacher would arrive. Little did I know that my class was about to be in progress and it would come from an unsuspecting source. One night an older friend got the keys to his father Buick so that we could hear this song he heard earlier on his father's 8-track player. (don't laugh) I didn't mention my age but I did say as a very young fellow. You remember the 8-Track ...

"Are There Any Good Men?" That Was the Question... Yes there are good men! There are good men who are single, there are good men who are taken and just for the record there is no shortage of good men. The question isn't are there any good men out there. The question is would a good woman recognize one and would she be willing to be that good woman for him no matter what his station is in life at the initial encounter? You see some good woman judge a man on his present station in life, never taking in consideration that if he's a good man his station and situation will change. That's how some good women miss out on good men. The funny thing is, everybody hasn't always been who they are, where they are and what they are. Anyway...I'm sure with all of the playa-playa mentality as well as the pimp attitude and the down low brothers it is difficult to identify a good man just on appearence sometimes, but we do exist! The pressures of our jobs and responsibiliti...

I know we can't but if we could return to a date four hundred years in our past and listen to one fervent prayer of one native African, listen to the communication between a scared, confused, wise, proud person and his Creator, we wouldn't marvel at the success of our people today. We would be so grateful! We would hear a prayer filled with faith. Faith that there is a Supreme Being. Faith that this Creator, this Supreme Being would fix what appears to be going so wrong. Faith that whatever this evil is, where ever this evil person came from, this evilness will be eliminated. Today when you evaluate the success of the African-American in reference to the efforts made by the non-black person to keep us down, beneath, separated, submissive and a mentality of inferiority, we haven't done so bad. True, there are still some, OK many barriers that are still placed in our path. Yes we still have to be twice as good as our non-black counterpart. We can't complain, get up set or...

I haven't been around a very long time and I'm surely not a genius so my limited knowledge is just that, limited! Saying that to qualify the following statements maybe somewhat unorthodox but give me a little credit for at least being that honest. The more days I get to spend on this earth the more I believe and trust in the Creator, the more I believe that only He can make my after life comfortable, the more I believe that we are in a spiritual warfare. That a battle is going on to win soldiers to one side or another. Why? Well lets take a few questions to put how great, yet limited we are as human beings. Question one! How many hairs are on your body, better yet, how many are just on your head. You may say that's not a fair question but if you been alive for as long as I have then it would appear that you have some idea as to how many. But we both know you don't! The Creator knows the answer to that question! What does that question have to do with anything. Just fl...