To the folks who aren’t around to read this:
Thank you.
To the rest. Remember WHY this is a day…..It ain’t about a long weekend, nor the barbecue/cookout. It is a day of rememberance.
And since some folks sacrificed, you have the freedom to ignore this post.
I guess it depends on the day.
“Truth” as defined by Facebook depends on the day…or when they have to admit to reality, or when their censorship becomes too obvious.
Then: “Today, following consultations with leading health organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), we are expanding the list of false claims we will remove to include additional debunked claims about the coronavirus and vaccines,” the company said in February, listing “COVID-19 is man-made or manufactured” among the claims that would be banned.”
Now: “In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that COVID-19 is man-made or manufactured from our apps,” the company said on Wednesday. “We’re continuing to work with health experts to keep pace with the evolving nature of the pandemic and regularly update our policies as new facts and trends emerge.”
So they tried censoring the truth (or at least people who questioned the accepted claims of the Chinese government) and when faced with reality, they caved.
In his book “A letter to my white friends and colleagues” Steven Rogers tells us how whites have always treated blacks poorly (including himself, a Harvard graduate, oddly enough…he seemed to do well, didn’t he?), and Basically, we should give them money, invest on their banks, support reparations, and otherwise make up for “hundreds of years of mistreatment” by giving them our wealth….and always blame whites and never the black people that fail to succeed because of their culture….and that is really the reason that they fail….culture. Same reason lots of whites and others are poor as well…see the folks in Appalachia for another example of culturally poor.
So: Here’s a few things that the Black community (and pretty much anyone) can do to stop needing handouts from successful (white) people: (hint: most white people have to follow these same rules to gain some modicum of success)
Wealth: Stop being stupid. Want wealth equity? Spend your money wisely. Don’t buy more house or car than you need immediately. Don’t buy expensive fashions that have no value. Flashy shit is expensive: Showy car: You can buy a new Toyota for the same price as a 4 year old Lexus, and they both get you to work. The brand doesn’t mean shit except to show off…. Tattoos: Just don’t. Expensive jewelry? Not until you can spare the money and have 6 months’ worth of expenses in savings. Don’t do drugs. Don’t waste your money. DON’T be short sighted. Try saving some cash instead of eating out or buying that flashy dress, thos expesive sneakers or that sparkly chain. Don’t spend it as fast as you make it.
Kids/Young adults: Don’t do drugs. Don’t break the law. Don’t break the law. (again, DONT BREAK THE LAWS!) Ladies: Don’t have a kid at 15 or 17. Men: “Wrap that rascal”. Don’t break the law and end up with a record. (this is good advice for kids of every race, BTW).
Free or greatly subsidized post-high school education: Use that money to get yourself a degree or certificate that will let you make money….don’t waste it on a bunch of useless, bullshit (these apples to everyone, not just black people) degrees…Finish the degree or certificate program. Don’t do drugs. If you have no skills, don’t expect high pay (again, this applies to everyone, no matter what their race) so you can get a skill that you can earn money with. Education, skills, a work ethic, and the ability to speak understandable english will get you a long way towards prosperity.
Jobs: Use the above certificate or degree to get a job. Show up to work every day…be on time. Don’t expect special treatment because you have more melanin. Don’t do drugs. Don’t have a chip on your shoulder because you are black. Don’t assume that someone got promoted over you because of racism. Don’t make everyone afraid that you will see every joke, every word, as a slight or insult and as some sort of discrimination with which you will make trouble with them at HR. Be able to pass a drug test at any time. Don’t play up your “Blackness” or other differences with outlandish hairstyles or dress. Be kinda like your co-workers and fit in.
Other advice: Don’t buy a huge house. Don’t waste your money until you have enough to waste. Build some savings. Don’t do drugs. Don’t do illegal things so you have hassles with the police. Don’t break the law so you end up with a warrant. Follow the laws of the land and society and community. Follow the rules like everyone else. Pay your property taxes, parking tickets, speeding tickets, other fines, license fees, etc.
If you end up interacting with police, don’t fight, don’t try to run (this is good advice for everyone, no matter what their ancestry), don’t get belligerent….But try not to give the police a reason to fuck with you. If you do a crime, expect to pay the price….Don’t run or struggle and you won’t get shot. This is true for all people of all colors and races. People who don’t follow these rules, no matter what color they are, have issues. You just don’t hear about it in the news when a white guy goes down that path and gets shot by the cops.
Fix your society so other races don’t think less of you. Figure out how to make your part of society as law abiding and decent as the rest of the country’s society so the rest of the country doesn’t assume (often with reason) that you might be a criminal….(Crime and drug use don’t exist in levels elsewhere like they do in predominantly black communities…why is that?) Stop demanding more and more money when your society has gotten trillions of dollars already from white people and failed to fix itself. Stop making excuses for your society and culture’s failures and start fixing your issues. Stop looking for racism where none exists. Face your own failures.
Here is a hint: I never owned any slaves. Nor did my father, nor his father, nor his father nor his father nor HIS father…Same on my father’s mothers side. My Mother’s side also never owned slaves…in fact they were all immigrants. My family NEVER owned a black man. Never. No one alive today was a slave. You were never a slave, nor your daddy, nor his daddy, nor his daddy. (although my Maternal grandfather DID pick cotton for low wages, but that isn’t really important, is it? Similar stories can be told of my Father’s father, who worked shitty jobs and built upon his successes.as well…) Stop using the past as an excuse to beat whites…stop using it to make excuses for YOUR failure, your society’s failure and your community’s failure. I would state that Wite people have done more for Black people that Black people have done for other Blacks.
Success happens when you are smart, forward thinking, and learn from your mistakes. Failure happens when you are short sighted and and unwilling or unable to learn from your mistakes. “Generational family wealth” requires a FAMILY. Your culture doesn’t have families as we define them for the most part. Oddly enough, where the Black nuclear family exists, so does success. Funny that. .
Hint: Black people are not the only race of humans who were downtrodden in this country, who were looked upon as lesser, who were discriminated against. The Irish, the Poles (we still make “Polack” jokes today), Serbs, Chinese, even Jews. All were once considered as lesser races and discriminated against. They did shitty jobs and took a LOT of shit and worked hard and saved their money and grew their wealth and made a place for their people in society. Your folks can make a similar place as well. Except you don’t. Instead, you blame everyone else for your failures your culture and thought processes engender.
I’d be willing to bet that Mr Rogers follows many of my suggestions…and his life is better for it. He may have decided to jump on the Race Baiting wagon to make a few bucks, but I’d bet he lives (and has lived) a smarter lifestyle than many of his fellow Black citizens.
Lest you say that I am racist…well, this is as racist as the book that is being promoted. I blame most problems in the black community on black people. Your guy blames it on whites. If I am racist, then I ask: Is there a double standard?
ETS: Then there is THIS to consider
Despite what Fauci says, more and more evidence points towards the Wuhan virus NOT being spread by a bat or other animal, but rather from the workers in the Wuhan lab, some of whom sought care in a hospital in October or November of 2019.
And the World Health Organization has been covering Chinas ass in the same manner, expressing doubt that the disease came from a lab.
So has Fauci been lying to us? Or is he incompetent. (perhaps both?)
Note that the Trump folks said this, but it was squelched by the Media until now.
I never believed that it came from eating bats from 200 miles away, desite what Fauci and China and Slow Joe might tell me.
As of noon on Sunday in the South Side of Chicago:
and all on the South Side, so the majority of the “vivtims” are black (I.E. of African descent)…..as are, likely, the perpetrators.
Several were one crowd arguing with another part of a crowd that led to someone shooting. One was a party. (Those victims were black).
Know how many people (of any color) cops shot?
We had a total of 14 people show to clean up the range…
Which is actually pretty good, close to 10%.
We didn’t get everything done, but most of it.
At least it looks like someone cares.
Dude couldn’t just say “Thank You”.
So on my way into town Friday afternoon, for a quick errand, I passed a guy with his trunk open pulling out the jack and spare.
25 minutes or so later, as I was passing back the other way, I see the same dude in the same place, so I turned the truck around and stopped behind him with the flashers and strobes on and ambled my way up to him. I figured he might be missing a jack handle or something…
He was struggling to get two of the 5 lugnuts loose.
As I had the cordless 1/2 inch impact with me, I offered to help. He allowed as that might be a good idea. So I pulled a set of metric sockets out, found the right size and got the lugnuts loose (they were REALLY tight) and he pulled the flat off and began to put the spare on.
He looked up at me and said “I’m surprised you would stop and help a black man”. I was stunned for a minute. Then I got angry.
“Well, brother, when I passed you going into town, I assumed you were competent and able to change a tire…when I went past 20 minutes later, and you were still there, I figured you either had an issue or didn’t know what you were doing…..So I stopped to help. The color of your skin didn’t enter into the equation….Sorry if my help was too “white” for you…..I noticed you didn’t mind my lilly white ass helping you… Probably gonna affect my decision to help the next guy with skin darker than mine though. I saw a man needing help..Your color didn’t matter to me, sorry mine mattered to you. Have a Nice Fuckin’ Day”.
With that, I picked up my tools, turned around, tossed ’em in the truck and left before I said (or did) something bad.
WTF? Godammned racist jacknoodle couldn’t just say “thank you” ? Nope, it had to be, somehow, about color. I’ve just about had it with this attitude ..that ALL caucasians are inherently racist….This attitude towards whites is getting to be bullshit. Gonna backfire too.
I’m still angry 16 hours later.
The first work party at the range today.
Cleanup and some dirtwork. Fixing the ravages of winter and all that.
Gonna be sunny and hot. Hope enough people show up.
That is targeting Asian People.
Funny how that part is ignored by the press, innit? They find Rce everwhere else, but they ignore (or hide) the fact that well over 85% of the crimes against Asians are done by people of African Descent.