Tuesday, September 8, 2009

WHAT SIZE IS YOUR HEAD?


So I read the transcript of the President's speech...thats what the right wing was all upset about? Stay in school and be serious about your studies? Follow the example of greatness as opposed to mediocrity? Oh - I thought the My Favorite Martian antennae would appear from President Obama's head and guide us to "the ship".

So I noticed that most of the opposition came from the White Right. I also know that many black people are upset with 44 for a number of reasons and all I can ask is, what size Tin Foil Hat do you want? Particularly to people of color, what in the blue hell is wrong with you? Go local black folks - we must think locally even for a brief moment so that our streets are secure and free of what the White Right operates on - FEAR.

The Republic almost went under during the Bush administration and every American was bracing themselves everyday under color coded cookie sheeted terrorist alerts while the economic stability of the US became questionable at best. The marching orders given to hundreds of American soldiers to basically fight a blind mission in the deserts of Iraq and the mountainous region of Afghanistan did not receive HALF of the hatred of the White Right like this speech to school children has.

18 minutes of your kids day - THAT'S IT! In 18 minutes your child would get something that is special within itself a message from the President that is certain to inspire at least one child to be a better person, a better citizen, a much better student. The parents of these children who are afraid that Obama will lead those kids into some sort of socialist melange are seriously warped and perhaps - LEAVING THE US would work better for you. The racism in this country is more abrasive that ANYTHING that the Obama administration could ever do to or for your children. In fact - get off the whole color thing yo! It's two thousand and fucking nine already. You had your moment now let's see if the man and his administration can actually do his job. I am not happy with everything he's done but I will say this, after the display of the racist White Right and angry blacks, I support this President MORE THAN EVER if for no other reason so that he doesn't fight alone.

Please admit that you have a fundamental issue with President Obama's pigment because clearly his policy does not bother you. He's done more in 7 months than Bush did in nearly 8 years. This Presidency is 7 MONTHS OLD what the fuck is wrong with you people? Glenn Beck and the rest of the traitors who short of death are wishing, hoping for the end of their ultimate nightmare.

Here is Glenn Beck who is making a career of scaring the shit out of the fear worshipers who love being scared out of their shit everyday. Glenn Beck is gathering all of the info he can to prove that President Obama is racist...hey Glenn, FUCK YOU! YOU are the racist and YOU are the fear monger and hate worshiper and you will remember how and why you failed. This President does not frighten people who know the difference between a melted Snicker bar and a pile of shit. Glenn, grab a box of Aluminium Foil and form it in the shape of a happy helmet, strap it on your obtuse angled head and stand in the fucking sun because that is where the fun is baby.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

I LOVE A PARADE

I know that this is going to upset many and among the "many" I'm speaking about friends as well but...it's time for an identity check. The 80th Bud Billiken Day Parade took place here in Chicago on Saturday and honestly - the parade embarrassed me. The sight of young women poppin' their cooter on TV was frightening at best.

If I learned nothing else from the parade I learned that a lot of black folks, more than I ever imagined have blond hair and
that I believed all this time was most impossible, a lot of our kids are obese but very limber, we are easily entertained by bad entertainers, our legends are tired, we will dance all over that ass, the back to school portion of what was once a great parade has been lost.

Don't get me wrong I embrace the idea of my people getting together and showing America how we get down. I just haven't witnessed the get down part yet. Admittedly I did not attend this years parade but I watched it on TV and you know what? I didn't see one book or backpack or anything related to school. I
did see SEX and plenty of it.

Earlier this week the Chicago Public Schools made the silly decision to ask the singer of the song Birthday Sex,
Jeremih to be the poster boy for the Back to School effort. Not only was this so horribly planned, it carried over into this years parade and sex is still selling. With the horrendous number of deaths of school aged kids this year alone, the parade would be better suited dealing directly with that issue and toning down the potential spike in the population based on Shaquinta and her limber vagina.

I know that this makes me sound like a cat that doesn't like fun - quite the opposite I love having a good time. But what does it say about the educators and parents of these children whose hormones are flying out of control not to mention many who have suffered as a result of unwanted
STD's and pregnancies. I'm saying it today: kill the parade for at least one year. Take that money to bombard the community that it surrounds with school supplies, health and wellness info and vouchers for uniforms if the school requires them. Let this 80 year old have a year of reflection so that we can be proud of what it represented for many of us for many years.

See it isn't the parade that is the problem, it's how my people act when that spotlight hits us and I feel qualified to say that we could use some "
how the fuck to act in front of 25 million people" lessons. I can only hope that the many will stand in front of the few and see what I and many others are seeing. Before anybody gets all messed up in the head - I am from the "hood" and I converse with these young folks daily. I will pass my thoughts on to them and listen to their opinion and I already know that they won't like what I am saying to them.

But I can't look at
Shaquinta and her cooter on TV anymore...thank God the parade doesn't include a pole. The Chicken and Hennessy Parade is not a good look...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE SHOW WENT OFF THE AIR?

So here is Thursday's radio show - nftse

hope you enjoy it knowing that most of the city DID NOT HEAR IT! Pass it on freely...

peace power and progress

M

Thursday, July 16, 2009

QUICK HITS

Peace

I will have a bigger statement on the Burr Oak situation as soon as I find out if my people are in there...craziest thing I have ever heard of in my life and I totally mean that...soon come with commentary.

SEARS TOWER

So at 10am this morning the name of Sears Tower changed to Willis Tower. Outside of my instant outrage at corporate name changes, I think this is a chance to really support a really dumb-assed idea. Hopefully the good folks at Willis thought about the reaction of locals when it comes to landmark name changes.

Grant Park was fine but then Mayor GimmeYoMoneyThe Olympics Are Comin' put a park IN THE PARK THAT WAS ALREADY A PARK - Millenium Park. Comiskey Park (as evil as he may have been - Comiskey that is) is now US Cellular Field...no more Chicago Stadium - Standard Oil Building...shit like that makes Chicagoans blink and twitch.

Now don't think for a second that the local TV networks won't run the Willis name in the ground - oh you KNOW they will. If (man I hope this doesn't happen) a major disaster or another Spiderman like character decides to make the Tower his backdrop, the media will call it Willis Tower. COUNT ON IT.

I won't cause Willis Tower is Arnold's brothers building given to him when Mr. Drummond died...what? Conrad Bain is dead? Oh man...

SOTOMAYOR AND THE MAN

I really hope that soon to be Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor gets Lindsey Graham and Senators Jeff Sessions and Tom Coburn...hope she gets the pictures of them in Powdered Wigs and lipstick kissing each others ass while they dance and pee on pictures of each others wives and the flag - fucking hate those guys...good luck Sis. Sotomayor.


SCOREBOARD UPDATE

GO WHITE SOX! Go away Cubs.

The Bears start Training Camp in a few weeks...if you are over 6 feet tall and have good hands, the Bears need you at Wide Reciever.

The Blackhawks will fire you even if you do well...that McDonough is no punk - just ask the Tribune Co. and the Chicago Cubs. I think the Cubs asked him to leave because he called a lot of people out for being inept. Too bad Cub fans - if he would've been able to do his job you might have a series by now...HA HA HA HA no you wouldn't.

See you on the radio - whpk.org 2pm (Central) Thursdays - News From the Service Entrance the radioshow.




Tuesday, July 7, 2009

MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON pt 2


If you didn't get a chance to catch it last week on WHPK here is the tribute to MJJ.

Friday, June 26, 2009

MICHAEL JACKSON


When I was a little boy, one of the first albums I remember being absolutely hypnotized by was the ABC album. Five kids on the cover and three gigantic letters and that album would become a cornerstone in my learning to read. My sister would play the album for me and I clearly remember asking her to replay ABC over and over again and she would tell me about other songs on the album and for a long time I would listen to her and smile…I only wanted to hear ABC.


The first time I played an album on our record player without adult supervision was a Jackson 5 album. I tried to be certain to pick the needle up on our Zenith carefully so I didn’t scratch the LP but I was scared to touch it anymore than I had already and I was forced to listen to an entire side of that great album. Now understand that was before my life would change completely and totally and Michael and the brothers were friends of mine…at least in my mind. We had adventures together and they provided the soundtrack. I didn’t know anything about love but I knew that Michael was letting some young lady know that the love you save may be your own…their music remains so important to me that I am honored to have been around when they were fresh and unfettered.


When I was in high school in the ‘80’s, I was caught in the middle of Michael Jackson fever. It was CRAZY! Imagine that every day on TV, Michael’s face or song or dance move or glove was being imprinted on the world. Please make no mistake – Michael Jackson set this planet musically on fire. No human being will duplicate what he did in the music industry simply because they don’t make LP’s anymore…he was paramount in revolutionizing the “music video”. He was on the verge of being the most recognized human being on the planet but we loved him too much. We got upset when we felt he failed us. We turned our back on him and made him the centerpiece of our jokes and now we are reflecting on how he played a role in our lives. We are all guilty of it whether we want to admit it or not.


This is one of those “do you remember where you were when” days like 9/11, when Reagan was shot, when you first saw Thriller – see what I mean?! Michael Joseph Jackson has made his transition and even though in coming days his life will be relinquished to the public and pundits to scrutinize and analyze and dissect…I want to remember the great comfort I took as a little boy in the ‘70’s and as a teenager in the ‘80’s…as a grown up now, I want my sense of recall to continue to be amazed that I saw it. I saw Michael and his brothers literally change the attitudes of the world during difficult times and prosperity.
I am probably going to write more about my feelings. I’ll certainly write a poem or two...I will certainly make it my business to listen to my MJ downloads since we naturally continue to move forward and rely on our sense of recall… rest in peace brother and know that you changed the world for a little while. We hope to live long enough to see the likes of you again.


Peace Michael Joseph Jackson – rest.

Friday, June 19, 2009

HOW MUCH IS A CITY'S SOUL WORTH?


Get ready Chicago...the Olympic smack down is coming. Whether the actual Olympiad makes it to Chicago is out of the United States Olympic Committee's hands but don't tell Mayor Daley that. In what is quickly becoming the beginning of the end for the once unbeatable albeit unchallengeable Mayor Daley, the Olympic pursuit and the slush fund known as the Parking Meter Fiasco/Olympic Fund may prove to be too much for Hizzoner II.

In a magnificent blog written by Greg Hinz for Crain's Chicago Business, he makes the case that what the Mayor did in Switzerland is being questioned by the Alderman and other members of the city and state government. Well that's special considering that when and as all of this was building, no one cared. Support the bid or face the Mayor's wrath. Mention any problems with the CTA or the Chicago Public Schools or the spike in the city's violence and you could miss out on the Olympic cash cow when it gets here.

And in a stunningly stupid move, Mayor Daley goes to Switzerland and sells the future of this city for two weeks of cha-ching. By guaranteeing over $1Billion in "taxpayer free funds" and this came after he said that it wouldn’t cost the city more than $500 Million, and after he stomped his feet and proclaimed that he would NOT sign the International Olympic Committee’s standard host city contract, he all but sealed every citizen in Chicago's fate. The future is up for sale and if 20 or 30 years from now we still aren’t paying for it, I would be surprised.

Property taxes, city sales tax, whatever tax that can be devised will propagate this huge financial mess. Potentially we (Chicagoans) lose from the jump and don't believe the hype and the hot-air coming from the City Council. Those are the same folks who decided that they didn't care about those parking meters and the Mayor selling the rights to them for the next 75 years and underselling just to get that cha-ching! They began to care once they started getting tickets on their cars.

Well here is the truth - fuck the Olympics (and in this age of social network background checks, I'll probably never be invited to work for this great city in ANY capacity), this is about the gentrifying of communities and the ability to make money. In the short term those folks who live along the King Drive corridor and near the old Michael Reese Hospital and the rest of the "urban" areas affected by this wet dream of a two week international sporting event will lose. They gotta go baby! We got kiosks to build and fresh new faces to replace the historically overlooked people who live in the way of progress.

Mayor Daley wants the Olympics - BAD and you do too let him tell it. The money that the Mayor is asking - oops guaranteeing could be used to restore the Chicago Transportation Authority, repair the HORRID educational system and assure that years from now the citizens aren't still paying for the Mayor's fantasy. Chicago isn’t Japan or South America or Spain. They are COUNTRIES not a city like Chicago…the United States isn't financially "backing the bid" - FUCK NO! In insuring that the city’s liability won’t exceed $500 Million, who pays for that guarantee?

Mayor Richard Michael Daley is going to make us pay and go down in history as the man who bankrupted Chicago.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

CAN'T SAY WE DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING


The murder of Dr. George Tiller and the shooting at the Holocaust Museum today should NOT surprise ANYBODY. The spike in gun sales after the election of President Obama shouldn't surprise ANYBODY. The ugly head of racism has never stuck its head in the sand and the games have just begun. The excuses that we may hear over time will range from the election of a black president (he's black when it's something diabolical like this and multi-racial when its Disneyesque), the horrid economy which was destroyed by the Bush Administration, or just good old 'oh shit here comes good old rooted in the fabric of the nation' RACISM. Or maybe its just hatred or stupidity or lack of history?

There is a novel thought...lack of history. Knowing the history of the US, the REAL history of the United States would flip anyone's wig and apparently it has. The alleged shooter in the case of Dr. Tiller and the Holocaust Museum share a common bond, they contribute to hate groups. Listen I don't care what your belief system is, killing someone because you don't get down with the way a person or people think is wack. It makes you, if you think that way-mildly retarded and furthermore you need a tune-up. Your chakras aren't aligned properly.

The latest in a long line of elderly wackjob white supremacists is this man - James W. Von Brunn a real zippity doodah American. He doesn't like me or you for reading this. If you ever watched a basketball game or listened to a Motown record he doesn't like you, ever had inter-racial "relations"? DON"T LIKE YOU. Got mixed race children or like sweet potatoes - you can hang it up. Think thats something, he has been calling for the death of humans for most of his 89 years on Earth. 89!!!

He waltzed into the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC determined to carry out his dream of killing people and was shot by police but not after killing two people AND HE STILL LIVES! Carrying the banner of JESUS and telling anyone who will listen that GOD hates you, Mr. Von Brunn will live to be a million because his blood is deliciously tainted with history. He knows the real history of this country. It's fueled by racism and hate and confusion and misinformed white folks/black folks and soon to be added to the list eager Latinos who have been watching the powers that be spin everything from water hoses and lynchings to Mr. Von Brunn.

No surprises however from me. I've lived here my whole life and my voice though small carries...I see you Christian right and no I ain't comin' to church on Sunday...you kill people in the name of GOD. My God does not roll like that.


Thursday, June 4, 2009

OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO


                                                                                                          6/04/2009

 

Peace.

 

My name is Mario Smith. I am a 3rd generation Chicagoan and what I am seeing is frightening. In this great city there are too many families, friends and acquaintances who are suffering because their loved ones have been victimized by the horrid and needless to say utterly senseless violence that has gripped our city. Chicago is a town that has always been associated with violent reactions to challenging conditions. The time has come to look within ourselves and ask why. Really ask yourselves as I am doing – why?

 

We monitor our “wealth” by our children's happiness. Their smiles have been replaced with blank stares and mischievous smirks. Some of them have lost the will to continue and we aren't talking about hardcore grownups - these are indeed children. Their happiness has been co-opted in exchange for sexual promiscuity, open air marketing and disrespectful behavior. The latter coming from disrespectful parents.  Alarming numbers of Chicago Public School kids murdered.  That must come to an end. Within the past week in a 24 hour period 7 lives were lost to violence. This is unacceptable. Lives being turned upside down for what? The citizens turning on the police making an already difficult situation heighten to an unfathomable end.

 

This letter is for those of us regardless of ethnicity, financial standing or level of competency, this moment in our city's history is very telling. What must be done to improve the conditions of our citizenry so that we can see these numbers dwindle? This isn't a time for quibbling over who started what but a time to examine how it will be stopped.

 

Chicago, Illinois is the center of the universe right now. All eyes are on the men, women and children who reside here. Our inability to speak is getting people killed and at some point before this gets much worse the people in this town must do something. If you are reading this then you have the ability to promote peace. There is no middle ground in this venture. 

 

The foundation of our existence is grounded in a peaceful way of life for everyone who desires it. Peace cannot be co-opted nor can it be attained by ruthless means. It can be demanded however and I as a citizen of the city I love more than anyone can imagine will use my pen and my voice in that call: the demanding of peace on the streets of Chicago.

 

I am glad that I can say that violence hasn't played a major role in my life...unfortunately there is a city full of people who can't say the same. If for no other reason this is why we must demand an end to the ridiculous violence that is making life in my city tough for everybody.

 

M

Sunday, May 31, 2009

OH I DIDN'T FORGET



So when one decides to commit a robbery, does that individual think about why they are going to do it? The consequences of doing it? The chance that someone could get hurt in the act of committing a crime? Yeah okay...let's assume that everything comes up yes. What in the SPECIAL FUCK would possess someone to rob somebody after a car accident. In that same vain WHY IN THE SPECIAL FUCK would you rob a policeman who has just crashed his car into a light pole? HUH?!

Details: Wednesday evening here in Chicago a veteran Chicago Police officer (and by the way, I am not saying that I am an advocate for the cops in fact QUITE the opposite) was responding to a burglary in progress when an 85 year old man crashed into the cops car critically injuring him. His spine was fucked up do you get what I am saying? In the midst of this injury with a cop clinging to his life some industrious black folks decided to rob the cop. That's right go into the cop car and rob him. When I first heard this I thought it was a joke but you will soon see it was no joke at all.

Here is the problem, the police do not hold special keys to the shit black folks need. They can't buy us food or get us a car off the lot. They can't get someone to stop by and mow our lawns or any of that stuff. The police have a challenging job as it is and to ask them to do more is kind of crazy. To rob a man when he is critically injured is a whole new box of BBQ. The cop was turned over by a group of people BLACK FOLKS who decided that he must have something of worth...after all he is a cop by all accounts a BLACK COP so instead of saying, oh my God we gotta call 911 they said fuck him - he must have the keys we need.

Here is where the shit gets all Barney Miller-ish right? One of these stupid fuckers took the cops gun. His address is posted on this site right here along with his name and his face...take a good look at him because THIS IS THE FUTURE IF WE DO NOT WAKE UP. The idiot took the gun from the cop. When this story hit the news and the gun thief figured the heat was on him, he tried to turn his self in. He brought the gun into the police station with a pencil through the trigger part so he wouldn't get his prints on it - like on TV. He tried to say that he found the gun but what asshole forgot - THERE ARE CAMERAS ALL OVER THIS BITCH! You cannot go anywhere in the US or UK without your image being captured by somebody...

Of course the Mayor was upset...I mean with a parking meter system that rivals Al Capone why wouldn't he be upset? The heat is on him and he knows it so anything that can be a distraction is valuable to him right about now...and having said that the Mayor is absolutely correct he should be upset - what the fuck Mayor Daley was right!...can't believe I said that either...

I am going to make a plea on a few fronts really quick...

85 yr old people SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE - I don't know how long I have been saying that shit...get our Seniors a driver.

The cops do not have the ticket out of our malaise black people - STOP THAT STYLE OF THINKING? WTF!? If you see a cop pinned in his car - call an ambulance because out of that uniform that is a human being...he or she may be uber fucked up in their human being clothes but c'mon? Robbing a cop? You are extra crispy stupid.

The police officer is paralyzed as a result of the robbery. Had they called an ambulance instead of rolling him over to get his wallet, he might not be paralyzed.

Stop acting stupid y'all - people are watching us...all the fucking time.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

On Behalf of TROY DAVIS


Let us begin by stating this is not unfamiliar territory. It fucking disgusting. Today May 19 2009 is a Global Day of Action on behalf of Death Row inmate Troy Davis. He has been on Death Row in Georgia (no seriously Georgia) for over 17 years. If this sounds a lot like Mumia it has its parallels in that the refusal to look at evidence is MIND BLOWING.

Amazingly and to be quite honest with all of you, I am just hearing about this brothers plight in the last two months...how many more men are sitting on Death Row in the United States that should be retried? In Illinois January 2003 then Governor George Ryan commuted 156 Death Penalty cases because the state unfairly interrogated, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced these men. The cases were worthy of being reopened and the state has shelled out MILLIONS of cha-ching to unfairly convicted men. Men whose trials were reopened based on DNA evidence - SCIENCE ! By the way the majority of these men were/are Black or Latino.

Here is what's frightening about the case against Troy Davis...NO EVIDENCE - NONE at all. I encourage you to get the details for yourself today. You can get information here and here. You can Google Mr. Davis' name and find out what activities are taking place in your city. But if you think that this is just another case of Black folks and progressive White people and determined Latinos being upset - you would be correct.

This post Obama love fest is on the verge of losing it's bloom if Troy Davis is executed, same goes for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Do something on behalf of these two men and the unknown numbers of others who are languishing on Death Row across America. I'll say it for you, this is fucking disgusting.


Friday, May 8, 2009

untitled


Things have been quite interesting in the US the past few weeks. Of course being centered in Chicago (aka "the middle") my perspective is different - naturally. I am in awe of the way people treated the swine flu situation a few weeks ago.  With all respect that can possibly be due to those who were affected by the disease, Malaria has a running tote of 350 plus MILLION cases every YEAR. Over 1 MILLION people die from Malaria...I ain't sayin'...I'm just sayin'.

By definition a pandemic is -  occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population <pandemic malaria> .

With that in mind here in Chicago we are under the throws of a Pandemic. 36 children and teens have been murdered in Chicago. One crazy murder this past weekend and as I write this I am certain that there is a kid someplace in this city who is scared out of his shit thinking that he might get killed tonight. Roll that around in your mind. 36 kids murdered and it's only May. Scary stuff huh?

I tried to find stats for other US cities and their Teen Homicides but that is a hard find because Chicago is NUMBER ONE BABY! Somehow I do not feel like partying. I actually feel like crying. The usual suspects who seemingly appear with one poectic solution or a permed out hair-brained scheme to "stop the violence" are silent this go around. No noise from the afflent folk...too busy worrying about Olympic bids and the like. Even his honorless the Mayor is telling everybody to shut the fuck up! Olympics bitches...keep your mouth shut! 

Could it be because those 36 kids who died are of color? I'm not sayin'...I'm just sayin'.

It is so bad in Chicago that at one high school the students stay in the building until 6pm or later just so they can feel some form of safety. This is a pandemic too and it requires some attention too. Maybe if the number reaches 40 then people will care. Maybe if somebody dies in one of the mansions on the North Shore or downtown in Streeterville maybe someone will care, if something were to happen to an Aldermans son or daughter maybe then someone will care.

The biggest news out of Chicago this week? Oprah hooked up with KFC and gave away chicken dinners...which followed a low level riot around the US when Popeye's Chicken RAN OUT OF CHICKEN. 

Chicken is the new black...you dig?

pray for this city and its people.

Monday, April 6, 2009

A Luta Continua

I've been off the blog and out of sight to some degree for a month but here we go again...Thank you to everyone who extended their kind words after the transition of my sister. She was an excellent woman and I love her dearly. I cannot begin to articulate my feelings...but thank you for the kind words - I will not forget them...I've been off of my radio show for a month but this week marks a new era in the lore of NEWS FROM the SERVICE ENTRANCE and I am excited to welcome my friend 'Chat Daddy' ART SIMS and the author of the new book "City Kid: A Writer's Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success", noted journalist and filmmaker NELSON GEORGE and songstress DEE ALEXANDER!

If you are in the Chicago area check the show out every THURSDAY at 2:30pm (Central) on WHPK 88.5 FM. If you are at the gig check the show out online at whpk.org.

I really want to thank my man Gary Tyson for totally holding the show down through a really tripped out time.

the struggle continues as do I...

until such time

Monday, January 19, 2009

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE




This marks the first post of 2009 and that is by my own design. I am still trying to find the adequate words to convey my feelings about the days to come. I am inspired, a bit cautious. The Inauguration of Barack Obama is a major milestone in the history of the United States but it is just one of many major milestones to come. Many people want to canonize the new President, I will not. The victory that is to come is incumbent upon the people. That whole we the people deal is not so distant right now. Our country is in serious trouble both economically and socially. We suffer from the worst kind of jet lag. Eight years of fear and uncertainty of the highest order.

George W. Bush and his minions made every conspiracy theorist right. They destroyed the already thin faith of the citizenry and did everything possible to disconnect the citizenry with a predisposed dream. History will examine the 43rd President far more harshly if the people don’t get behind the idea of the clean up serving as a rescue mission. Those who sit and watch and not serve are as bad as those who don’t vote but complain.

Service is what will make the change that we now scoff at. Chuck D said something years ago and it is truer now than it has ever been, “this government needs a tune up…” And so do the people. The moment of history that cloaks the 44th President of the United States will not fade quickly. It should be celebrated and cherished. The work that needs to be done is heavy work. It will require extraordinary acts of human strength and mental fitness and if we drop the ball this time…

Congratulations to the 44th President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama. I wish he and his family protection, health and clarity. I also hope that those who have trouble dealing with a Democrat being in the White House and who have a serious fundamental issue with a man of color serving in office – I hope that you will remain protected as well and that you enjoy good health and clarity. It is going to take everybody to get this thing back on track.

peace power progress