I'm Livid - the Liar in Chief's Menial's Insult to Haitian Brothers and Sisters!
By now, most of us have heard the crap about our Haitian brothers and sisters spewed forth from the liar in chief.
I am even more livid because from 1968 to 1969 I lived in Haiti Cherie - with my then two year old daughter.
It was during the reign of Papa Doc Duvalier. Katherine Dunham had expatriated from the US
and had been living there for years. I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting her there, as well as
Papa Doc and his family. Some called him a tyrant. I call him a protector because he kept the caucasoids
from invading Haiti and doing there what they had done in other Caribbean countries. He was fully aware
of the horors of slavery in the US, and honored the memories of Dessalinies and the other heroes who
liberated Haiti from the French maurauders. I literally fell in love with Haiti and still do til this day.
Haitians are our heroes who are now being targeted by the Orange Faced Fool ("OFF" for short)
to rile his base of throwbacks. Of course thanks to Haiti, who was self liberated in 1804 - 220 years ago -
the French took a run out powder and sold the properties they had invaded to the US in what was called
the "Louisiana Purchase" - which included my home state of Oklahoma which was forbidden from
caucasoid settlement for nearly 100 years. We must never allow them to sully the memories and
heroism of our Haitian brothers and sisters. Whether it's the predator in chief, or the meanstream
mediocre media who will repeat the lies and accusations over and over again so that people begin
to believe it, while pretending they are debunking it - stand up for Haiti and the truth, just like we
have to do so when it comes to our own history -
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
GDW
You
know - I'm so glad I was raised when I was raised in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma - because our teachers taught us well. They made absolutely no
mistake when they said that "Education is a non-negotiable item!"
Because of them, I and my peers were taught to see through the
machinations of cretins like T-rump. We learned about Machiavelli,
Hitler, Musolini, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson and all
the other racists and oppressors down through the ages. Later in life,
as we matured, and faced our own real life racists in real time, it was
relatively easy to see that they played from the same racist handbook.
But
now, here we are dealing with the deliberate racist remarks to shock
and defy civility and rule of behavior to normalize the violation of
people's rights on T-rump's part. His "try and make me" approach is
along the same lines of Hitler's when he came back after his original
defeat, to deliberately intimidate and violate the rights of those who
he is walking roughshod over. This deliberate move is designed to
continue to curry favor from his racist rightwingnut supporters - those
of the back woods, trailer park trash mentality. He is showing them
that he does not respect the Constitution, or the rights - and neither
should they.
The fact that he was losing badly in the Debate with Presidential Candidate Vice President Kamala Harris - so he desperately dumped the lie JD Vance was circulating about Haitian
Brothers and Sisters eating pets, animals, demonizing them and casting
them in the role of barbarism is part of his "try and stop me" attitude
that is going well with them. He can do no wrong in their eyes. He is
their bad ass ersatz hero. He is a demented doofus who is being aided
and abetted by dark money that has no limits - unlike the money that
non-profits are embargoed from giving. These pariahs dig deep into
their pockets because they are determined to be part of the overthrow of
the government.
When I was a freshman at
Hampton Institute (now University) we were required to read a book
entitled "THE AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY." We studied the mentalities
of Hitler, Musolini, and others of their ilk who, down through the ages,
have deliberately and consistently abused, defiled, insulted those who
were weaker or less intelligent, or more ethical than they are, and forced them to commit
acts of oppression against those even weaker than they.
T-RUMP tried to paint a hostile, negative picture of Haitian refugees who are escaping oppression and coming to the US for asylum.
There
is a mentality - or a de-mentality that is part and parcel of who these
men are. The sick thing about reading and studying this book is that
during that era were living in real time under the mentality of
authoritarian personalities. It was the beginning of the civil rights
era. It was the beginning of the demonstrations. It was prior to the
appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black member of the
Supreme Court.
In the 1930s Hitler was
building his base of Nazis - who were taught to use violence,
intimidation, lies, aggressive destruction of homes, businesses,
libraries, and all levels of civility by open and unmitigated assault on
innocent people - using guns, fists and other beatdowns to the point
that they were intimidated and afraid for taking stands against them.
This
evile system is not new. The media is part and parcel complicit in this
aggressive stance. They not only are not exposing the perpetrators,
they are spending more time focusing on them than they do condemning
them, or calling for cease and desist. They are part of the problem.
They are not objective - they are co-conspirators. And we, the American
citizens are watching this madness in a state of shock - we are sitting
at home laughing at what we're seeing instead of being outraged about
what's happening to our own brothers and sisters.
J.D.
Vance is trying to make Kamala Harris a target for assassination. He
said that it is the Democrats fault that T-rump has been the target for
assassination but Kamala Harris has not - he is blaming her for causing
T-rump to be a target. His dog whistle might also be to make her a target as well.
THIS IS OUTRAGIOUS!
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! THIS IS RACIST AND DANGEROUS!
In
case you don't get the parallel to what is happening in present day,
and that this couldn't possibly happen to Black americans - please
disabuse yourself of any such thought. Because it most certainly
could. T-rump and his menials start with our Haitian brothers and sisters - Haitians who are
legal refugees seeking asylum here in the US, trying to provide for their families. He
starts with them because they are not too familiar with their rights.
They are the threshhold of the beginning of increasing condemnation of
Black people. As it becomes normalized there will be more and more
insults and inuendos leveled against "people of color." In fact, they
will see how far they can go each time - pushing the envelope more and
more until they reach a place where someone says, "Oh that's just T-rump
- you know how he is." And that's his and Vance's hate speech is no
longer reacted to, just something he does. Another, "Oh, that's just T-rump." And, of course with the minimizing of the T-rump transgressions, the media will make it even more normal, and most Americans will be hoodwinked into thinking it's not that serious. SMH
In
2015 I wrote about this same situation - it was prior to the T-rump
(s)election and ersatz presidency, Since he was neither elected nor
president, I can only assume there was some conspiratorial collusion
between him and the subprime court already in place. I can also only
surmise that those who were in the repuglycon party at the time were
well paid to go along with T-rump's agenda of evil, since some of the
same ones had denounced him prior to the Russian Ai's manipulation of
the votes, and the paying off those of the electoral college who were
fully well aware of the fact that T-rump did not "win" the election.
Between
the defeat of 2020, which thwarted T-rump's megalomaniacal march to
dictatorship on January 6, 2021, and the ensuing years when he spent his
time trying to figure out a way to divert President Joe Biden's
administration from carrying forward the plans to undo the trauma most
Americans experienced under the predator in chief. Kudos to Americans
who made sure T-rump lost the election of 2020, ushering in President
Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
However, most Americans
naively thought T-rump would fade into the background. They also
naively thought the committee that investigated the January 6 attempt to
overthrow the government would result in the perpetrators - including
T-rump - would be brought to justice, incarcerated, and punished for
their sins and transgressions. Most did not realize that over the
period of those year T-rump and his menials were either greasing palms,
or making threats of those who were either too greedy, or too
intimidated to take principled stands against the ongoing plot to over
throw the US government. It was even more complicated by the snaillike
pace the judiciary committee was taking in dealing with the criminality
and continued assault on America. As Dr. King said, Justice delayed is
Justice Denied.
Most were not aware of the complicity of
the Subprime Court in this usurpation of our rights. However, when they
knocked out a key part of our right to vote in 2013, during President
Barack Obama's administration, it was clear to me that they were hostile
to the President because they were then and are now pure D racists.
The fact that Mitch the "B-tch McConnell refused to consider President
Obama's Supreme Court Nominee - Merrick Garland, because as a repuglycon
senator who was in the majority, he didn't have to, it was clear that
there was the beginning of an onslaught against the Dems and Black
people. Though Obama was re-elected to in 2012, naive and lazy Black
voters did not do their job to get out the vote and return the majority
he needed to provide and keep promises he had made in 2008.
I
do wonder whether our African American brothers and sisters know how
serious and sinister these allegations against our Haitian brothers and
sisters really are, and how they also are leveled against us as well.
In fact, while they are trying to assassinate the characters of Haitians
- who are refugees from tyrants in their own countries and are seeking
asylum to protect themselves and families - they are also saying under
their breath, or by implication and insinuation, that African Americans
and Black people are doing the same as well? Do you not now realize
that this attack on one person of Color = BLACK - is an attack on us
all???
In like manner, the divide and
conquer tactics they are trying to use to sever us from Kamala Harris is
not new. They are really good in trying to make it look as though what
benefits one of us does not accrue to them. We've been through the
divide and conquer tactics before - and yet we still fall for the same
okey doke.
We not only have to stand up for our Haitian
brothers and sisters and call out the racists for who and what they are,
we have to strengthen our base, educate our children, stand with our
leaders, and learn how to understand and recognize who and what these
perpetrators are, and what kinds of lies, deceit and trickery they are
using against us.
To my brothers and sisters of Haiti Cherie - we've got your back!
And, guess what folks:
If the shoe is on the other foot, and we end up electing the jackass in
chief back into the white house, there will be no place we can go as we
try to escape the racist onslaught that he and his henchmen will
unleash against us. I am going to share with you a paragraph from
history during the rise of the Nazis in Germany in 1938:
The violence of Kristallnacht served notice to Jews worldwide that
Nazi anti-Semitism was not a temporary predicament and would only
intensify. As a result, many Jews began to plan an escape from their
native land.
Kristallnacht marked a turning point toward more
violent and repressive treatment of Jews by the Nazis. By the end of
1938, Jews were prohibited from schools and most public places in
Germany—and conditions only worsened from there.
During World War
II, Hitler and the Nazis implemented their so-called “Final Solution”
to what they referred to as the “Jewish problem,” and carried out the
systematic murder of some 6 million European Jews (along with, by some
estimates, 4 million to 6 million non-Jews) in what came to be known as
thee Holocaust.
At
each appropriate point, substitute the words "Black", "DEI." Also
realize that the bookburnings and bannings, and the closing of
libraries, closing down shops, banning of employment are not only being
carried out by the T-rump machine, but Ron Insanity in Floriday, the
ersatz governor of Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Saunders, Lousiana (also speaker of the house), and
in so many subtle and not so subtle ways.
It
is the true indication why we cannot allow ourselves, our families, our
associates, our friends, our people to be neutral, or derelict in
their responsibilities to vote DEMOCRAT = BLUE NO MATTER WHO.
America
is in the grasp of leviathan. The news media and T-rump are part of
the same club - the media and T-rump are part of the same union. T-rump,
like Ronald Reagan, were both lousy actors, but great deviants who were
able and willing to use their "celebrity" to hoodwink a gullible
society into believing that their fame somehow accrued to some sort of
positivity. It makes me want to puke every time I hear some one trying to sanitize the "gipper" - who increased interest rates, who discontinued service to those who are in mental hospitals; increased interest rates on mortages to 20%, who caused farmers to pour their milk into the soil, and who fired airline traffic controller personnel who were on strike for better wages.
T-rump is playing from his handbook, as well as that of Hitler's! WE MUST VOTE THIS CRETIN OUT!! OVER THE
WEEKEND T-RUMP CAME UP WITH ANOTHER ERSATZ ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE - THIS TIME AT HIS GOLF COURSE AT MAR A L- THE PLOT
SICKENS AND THICKENS AS IT IS NOW INCUMBENT ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
PROVIDE SECURITY FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD NEVER DO THE SAME FOR HIM IF THE SHOE
WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT! HIS MENIAL INCOMPETENT, VANCE, HAS SOMEHOW TRIED
TO ASSERT THAT ERSATZ ATTEMPTS AGAINST T-RUMP ARE THE FAULT OF VP
HARRIS - WHO "HAS NEVER HAD AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST HER." THE SUBTEXT IS THAT HE IS CALLING
FOR HER TO BE A TARGET. A dog whistle for his fanatical trailer park trash followers to do the unthinkable.
PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKE HEED!! - REMEMBER THE NATURE
OF THIS CRETIN!
President Biden: Now
is the time to issue executive orders that make it a criminal act
punishable by a fine of $25,000 and 10 years in prison for anyone who
tries to stop fully registered voters from voting, either by closing
down ballots, refusing to count or certify the votes, or by any act of
intimidation. President Biden now has the same privilege the subprime
court gave ersatz president T-rump - immunity and protection for
whatever he does as president. He has to use it as well -he is doing us a disservice to say that he will not do so - we need him to make bold moves in our behalves - if he does not, then
he will see the repetition of history that took place in Nazi Germany,
when the intimidation of Hitler caused them to step back and allow him
to ride roughshod over an entire country. That would be an extreme
disservice to KAMALA HARRIS, TIM WALZ AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
We
are in it to win it! And that means the whole enchilada - NOT JUST THE
PRESIDENT, BUT THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - IT REQUIRES
TAKING BOLD MOVES AND FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE!! WRITE THAT EXECUTIVE
ORDER AND PUT IT INTO ACTION!! IF THE SUBPRIME COURT TRIES TO STOP IT,
IT WILL BE A SIGNAL TO ALL AMERICANS OF HOW UTTERLY CORRUPT THEY ARE AND
HOW THEY NO LONGER REPRESENT THE CONSTITUTION OR THE RIGHTS OF
AMERICANS.
NOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
VOTE VOTE VOTE - VOTE BLUE -
NO MATTER WHO!
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Dr.
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Honoring
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It's
January 3, 2022 and I'm looking at all we have before us to make this a
year of continued winning - at the polls (you'd better vote and make
sure all your cousins, brothers, sisters, friends, enemies vote - we
will not allow the repuglycons (republicans) to have any more majorities
in the House or Senate, regardless of what the meanstream media is
trying to brainwash you into believing - there will be NO REPEAT OF THE
TEABAGGER BACKLASH THAT STYMIED PRESIDENT OBAMA - GOT IT???!!! GOOD!
(So sorry, I digress - I have to make the points, though, when they come to mind!)
And
what better way than to look back at some of the accomplishments of our
ancestors who made it possible for us to be here today, or who
contributed to the continued quest for self knowledge, mastery, and
independence. And that's exactly what BEPAA - Black Education for
People of African Ancestry - by hosting a day long tribute to two great
scholars: Dr. John Henrik Clarke, born January 1, 1915; and Dr. Yosef
Ben Jochannan - born December 31, 1918. These two men were my personal
heroes.
Dr. John Henrik Clarke and Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannan - Great Black Men of Wisdom
I had the distinct pleasure and privilege of attending Dr.
Clarke's classes "Free Your African Mind" in Harlem - wow what a
treasure trove of wisdom and information. I was also a UN Correspondent
at the time they honored Dr. Clarke for his contribution to the wealth
of information on African and African American History, Life, and
Culture. By that time, unfortunately, he had lost his eyesight
completely - but his mind was as sharp as always.
Though
I was not able
to participate in Dr. Ben Jochannan's Egyptian Excursions, I had the
privilege of interviewing him and interacting with him on many
occasions. I used to see him at Sylvia's Queen of Soul Restaurant in
Harlem, when musician, Onaje Alan Gumbs would pick him up from the
nursing home he was residing in, so that he could continue to interact
with his friends. He was always lucid and prepared to discuss any
aspect of African consciousness you dared to embark on. These two
wonderful Black men shaped the standards for
research on African life and history - and deserved to be acknowledged,
saluted an emulated.
But
even more significant in the minds of many Black Americans was the
HAITIAN REVOLUTION OF JANUARY 1, 1804 when Haitians kicked the French,
Napoleon, and all other intelopers out of Haiti and declared their own
independence - which they have continued to maintain to this very day,
despite the efforts on the part of the caucasoids from France and the US
to deny and then punish them for it.
How
dare these Black men and women kick their caucasoid butts so soundly
that France retreated entirely from the area, sold all their lands to
the US - better known as the Louisiana Purchase (Included the Territory
of Oklahoma, among others), and relinquished all rights and possessions
included in those areas. It showed them to be the racist cowards they
really were, and also showed that Black people, when we stick together,
can defeat any predatory racist oppressor.
January
1, 2022, marks the 218th Anniversary of the HAITIAN REVOLUTION. Of
course, every level of racism and punitive action has been leveled
against Haiti Cherie since the day they walked through the fire the
french had set to try to burn them out. However, to this day - despite
earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and a few overthrow of governments
(including Bush's kidnapping of President Aristede from his palace under
the guise of "protecting him") Haiti still stands strong and valiant.
Long Live the memory of 1804!
Long Live the memory of 1804! Carlito Rovira
NOTE TO ALL BLACK PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR:
We
must never become so assimilated into a society or a situation that we
deny or forget our heritage and those of the ancestors who suffered,
struggled, sacrificed and died so that we could live. We are more than
the cell phones and modern technologies we enjoy; we cannot turn our
back or a blind eye to the fact that even today, in 2022, there are
still racist forces of evil moving against us - hell bent on denying us
our rights - voting rights! economic rights! rigts to a decent
education! rights to decent health care! rights to decent, affordable
homes! rights equal protection under the law! rights to life, liberty,
happiness (notice I omitted "pursuit") - we deserve to be happy - we've
been pursuing it and at the same time we've been being pursued by those
who are jealous, envious, and down right hateful to because because of
our very innate resiliency and courage under levels of prejudice,
racism, physical and mental abuse and hatred that would have wiped out
people of lesser integrity and inner fortitude.
Yet,
here we are - STILL STANDING! And now under the pressure to suppress
our history because it shows up the duplicity and evil of caucasoids
who, by contrast, can't even come near the level of evil we've endured
and continue to survive!
If
we don't tell our children, our family, our neighbors; if we allow them
to dumb down, eliminate and edit ougt the truth about who we are and
what we've accomplished, and continue to do so - because of and despite
of - their evil and oppression, then we might as well go and get the
shackles, chains, and other devices of slavery and put them back on.
For indeed, if we don't stand now and fight - legally, as well as
morally, physically, spiritually and mentally for our right to be
respected for all that we've done - take the dirt nap now - because GOD,
THE LIVING SPIRIT ALMIGHTY will have no use for those people who do not
love and stand up for themselves.
Truth
crushed to earth will rise again - and is rising now. They may call it
"critical race theory," but I say it's still they same issue it's
always been His-Story vs The Truth! When it comes to discovery and
inventions, it's always been the case of "We Did It! They hid it (or
tried to claim it as theirs)."
And
when it came to the issue of attrocities against us - rape, lynchings,
burnings, discrimination, etc., it was and is a case of "They did it,
then hid it!"
Now
that modern technology is beginning to unearth the hundreds of years of
atrocities committed by some of those who had been labled "heros" in
the US's past, and they're not looking so heroic - in fact, they're
beginning to look like the depraved, inhumane characters they really
were, the caucasoid majority wants to suppress and deny and eliminate
the studies and information altogether. And we, AS BLACK PEOPLE, cannot
and must not allow that to happen - even if it means starting our own
African America Educational Centers, or Saturday Schools like our
Japanese brothers and sisters did; or Yeshivas, like the Jews have done -
we have to ensure the ongoing education of our children from this day
forward and into the future.
And,
believe it or not, there are so many individuals and organizations who
are already doing so, individually and collectively - so much so that we
really could start our own GLOBAL AFRICAN/AMERICAN EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS - ensuring they/we not only get our history but other
educational advances that have been held away from our children.
That
said, we've so much to be proud of - and it's our responsibility to
express that pride and reverence to each other and those who are not so
well educated. Not in a snobbish, arrogant way - but a statement of
fact and pride. Teach our kids teach each other teach the world.
Kudos
to Dr. James McIntosh, Sister Betty Dopson, and venerable loving elders
Drs. Leonard and Rosalind Jeffries, Regent Adelaide Sanford, Baba Ron
McCoy, Dr. Charles Blockson, Prof. James Smalls, The Honorable Jannie L.
Blackwell, The Honorable Stanley Straughter, Bro. TaNaHisi Coates and
so many others for keeping for their wisdom, knowledge, understanding,
and love.
Hope
all is well with you all. I am sharing this important message with you
from AFRICOM-PHILLY.ORG in reference to our own form of GIVING TUESDAY!
Now
more than ever, Black people here and on the continent have to band
together.
I heard with gread disdain and anger, the president's ban on
People from SOUTH AFRICA to enter the United States - when most of the
carriers of Covid are from European/caucasoid communities. In the
interim, I'm also cognizant of the boost in the favor to Afghanistan
refugees, while Haitian and others who likewise deserve asylum and
assistance are being ignored, or denied altogether. This means that if
anything is going to be done for us, it has to be done by us - joined
together, and with a focus on our own self sufficiency - not waiting or
depending on the approval or disapproval of others.
So
I am sharing this with you from brother Eric Edi of AFRICOM - It is
essential that you pitch in and give what you can on GIVING TUESDAYS -
The details are below.
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria DULAN-Wilson
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represented by Emily Rubino, Executive Director of Peace Action New York
State. See the programme.Check it out, and take time this weekend to participate on Zoom.
Covid Crime: A one act play by Lionelle Hamanaka Featuring: Sachiko Parker, JR Carter, Dominique Xi, Beth Griffith, Dylan Omori McCombs Directed by: Howard Pflanzer. More Info: Crosswaystheatre.org
Speakers: Shirley Ng from Asian American Legal Defense, Jackie Wang from Welcome to Chinatown. Q&A follows with Audience Participation.
Location: Richard Tucker Park, Columbus Ave &, W 66th St, Manhattan.
Please wear masks and observe social distance protocols.
Join the growing movement to close Guantanamo and
to end the policies which have allowed our country to hold people
without charges or trial for indefinite periods of time. Get more info
from ACLU's website Close Guantanamo.