Oh really???? Trust me y'all I looked for that road..... And all I saw was through the gates the homes of the over privileged on E. Broad St...... Million dollar homes overlooking the city. I guess that's the rewards of revolution. Huh?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Revolution?
I saw this sign in front of St. Mary's Church in Churchill Richmond, VA:
Oh really???? Trust me y'all I looked for that road..... And all I saw was through the gates the homes of the over privileged on E. Broad St...... Million dollar homes overlooking the city. I guess that's the rewards of revolution. Huh?
Oh really???? Trust me y'all I looked for that road..... And all I saw was through the gates the homes of the over privileged on E. Broad St...... Million dollar homes overlooking the city. I guess that's the rewards of revolution. Huh?
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Everybody is a model on Facebook!
It's gonna be a sad day in FB history when a dude logs on and is totally NOT moved by a females' photo of her exposing her body..... Ladies you have no idea how your desensitizing men to your alluring bodies. Men are visual and we get bored quick... And so once we've seen most of you goods online...(although it looks nice)... You are no longer a thrill and we may look at you like a jumpoff instead. Which leads to less respect and more dysfunctional relationships. Sometimes less is more... And you ladies w/low self esteem.... Explore the beauty that makes you worth something to the opposite sex. Not a big chest or ass.... Cuz if that's what attracts him to you..... Thats the same thing that will attract him to another.... Ladies wake up and stop pimpin yourselves.... The price you'll pay in the future will be astronomical!!!
And PS: A model is someone who sells a product.... Not their ass!! For the record it's cool to be SMART!
And PS: A model is someone who sells a product.... Not their ass!! For the record it's cool to be SMART!
Are Black Athletes and Executives Qualified?
Are Black Athletes and Executives Qualified?
BY DERIC MUHAMMAD -GUEST COLUMNIST- | LAST UPDATED: NOV 6, 2011 - 10:03:16 PM
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"Mama may have and poppa may have, but God bless the child that's got his own." -Billie Holiday
Lebron James is one of the finest athletes that the Black community has ever produced. He's also a budding businessman who keeps company with the likes of Warren Buffet and Jay-Z. He and other young, gifted and Black ballplayers appear to be looking forward to winning not only dunking contests, but winning thinking contests, as well. This thinking contest is critical to any professional athlete's future; personally, professionally and financially. While the vast majority of ball handlers end up broke, directionless and unprepared for life "after the game," this year's NBA lockout could very well be a sign of a potential paradigm shift for the embattled Black athlete in American sports.
The dispute between owners, players and the reputed ego-maniacal Commissioner David Stern has become such a "spectacle of disrespect," that veteran sports journalist Bryant Gumbel, known for the " safeness" of his opinion, accused the commissioner of acting like a modern day plantation owner. From his critically acclaimed HBO show "Real Sports," Gumbel accused Stern of talking to NBA players like they were his "boys." During negotiations, Stern has been documented as having put his finger in the faces of certain players, acting unnecessarily aggressively towards men who are clearly, physically, his superior. Gumbel's statement, to many, was like Clarence Thomas wearing an "I AM TROY DAVIS" t-shirt. When Bryant Gumbel makes a statement like that, it must be high time for change.
But, what will this change look like for Black NBA players and Black athletes, in general? Will it mean more money, benefits and less risks in THEIR league? Should we take a closer look at the term "owner" and why Stern's attitude is the way it is towards players? We all witnessed what happened when James opted to pursue what he believed was in his own best interest by leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and joining the Miami Heat. While Cleveland spent millions courting him to stay, the moment he made his decision they showed how they truly felt about him all along. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert derided him as a coward while the very fans who once professed their undying love for him threatened him and burned his jersey in the streets. If this happened to Lebron, any player who thinks it can't happen to them is two fries short of a "happy meal." In the NBA, you're only as good as your last bucket.
NBA players are paid millions. NBA owners are worth billions. Something tells me that if the owners were to acquiesce to players' legitimate and fair demands that the owners' lifestyles wouldn't be affected at all. And on top of that, anything they relinquish in negotiations they'll find a creative way to take it back. The great warrior civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer used to say, "If the White man gives you anything—just remember when he gets ready, he'll take it right back." Let us think over these wise words, for history bears witness to the truth that Sister Fannie Lou spoke.
If Black athletes decided to "do for self" and start their own league, where would it leave the NBA? The NBA without Black players would be like a bicycle without a chain; going absolutely nowhere.
Sometimes when negotiations break down between two parties it is because the issue is no longer about fairness and truth. The issue becomes about power and control and the NBA's owners believe they own not only the teams but the human beings who make up the team as well. Mr. Gumbel was right. Human beings who think they own other human beings usually reside on plantations. There is only one real solution to this problem.
Point blank, Black NBA players and executives should pool their resources and organize themselves toward starting their own league. The slave mind will automatically compute this as an impossibility, but a free-thinking man and woman who has studied history only sees it as "returned independent behavior."
Rube Foster is an iconic figure in Black history that we should teach our children about. Acknowledging the accomplishments of Steve Jobs in this day and time is fine, but Black men like Foster did what many see as impossible today. He was a phenomenal pitcher who became the owner of his own team and president of the first successful Negro League, a thriving baseball association that created opportunities for Black talent when Whites would not allow them to play in the "major" leagues. Black people supported the league in droves. The "swagger" of Black athletes outstripped their counterparts with such class that even Whites became fans. The Negro Leagues became a competitive entity. The idea of integration proved to be the undoing of Negro League baseball with Black-owned teams. Now you can hardly find Black players in pro baseball and they no longer have the alternative of a league of their own. It is recorded that Rube Foster suffered a mental breakdown and mysteriously died in an insane asylum. He probably went crazy envisioning the future. He probably had nightmares of David Stern pointing his finger in the face of a Black athlete twice his size.
My point is if it can be done then, with less resources and technology, it can be done now. But who would have the courage, vision and testicular fortitude to make such a bold and independent move?
If Black athletes decided to "do for self" and start their own league, where would it leave the NBA? The NBA without Black players would be like a bicycle without a chain; going absolutely nowhere. Ticket sales would plummet right along with fan interest. While we undoubtedly have the athletic talent to suffice a league of our own, I submit with humility and confidence that we have the intellectual power among us to manage the executive aspect of such an avant-garde move, as well. Brothers like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bob Johnson and others are but signs of the boardroom greatness produced from our ranks. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad once asked if Black people in America were qualified to have a nation of our own. He answered an emphatic "yes" to his own question. I humbly submit that if we are qualified to build our own nation, then we must be qualified to start our own sports organizations.
NBA players and executives should wise up. As long as they are the owners and we are just players, they will see us no differently than plantation owners saw sharecroppers. The players may be well paid, but they fail to understand that the more they pay you, the more of you they think they own. Once an agreement has been made, you still have no choice except to return to their houses (NBA teams), because you have failed to see the writing on the wall. Once you have returned to their houses, they will craftily find a way to make you play by their rules. White people have been making treaties for a long, long time. They've been breaking them just as long.
It is a good thing to see players unite and stand for their own enlightened self-interest, but I say take it a step further. If you don't like the way your boss treats you, then hire yourself. Will opposing forces come against you? Of course they will. As a matter of fact it appears they already have. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recently reaffirmed for us that "Business is Warfare." It just makes sense that if you are already having to fight, you may as well be FIGHTing FOR YOUR OWN.
(Deric Muhammad is a Houston-based activist. You can follow him on Twitter at @dericmuhammad)
BY DERIC MUHAMMAD -GUEST COLUMNIST- | LAST UPDATED: NOV 6, 2011 - 10:03:16 PM
What's your opinion on this article?
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"Mama may have and poppa may have, but God bless the child that's got his own." -Billie Holiday
Lebron James is one of the finest athletes that the Black community has ever produced. He's also a budding businessman who keeps company with the likes of Warren Buffet and Jay-Z. He and other young, gifted and Black ballplayers appear to be looking forward to winning not only dunking contests, but winning thinking contests, as well. This thinking contest is critical to any professional athlete's future; personally, professionally and financially. While the vast majority of ball handlers end up broke, directionless and unprepared for life "after the game," this year's NBA lockout could very well be a sign of a potential paradigm shift for the embattled Black athlete in American sports.
The dispute between owners, players and the reputed ego-maniacal Commissioner David Stern has become such a "spectacle of disrespect," that veteran sports journalist Bryant Gumbel, known for the " safeness" of his opinion, accused the commissioner of acting like a modern day plantation owner. From his critically acclaimed HBO show "Real Sports," Gumbel accused Stern of talking to NBA players like they were his "boys." During negotiations, Stern has been documented as having put his finger in the faces of certain players, acting unnecessarily aggressively towards men who are clearly, physically, his superior. Gumbel's statement, to many, was like Clarence Thomas wearing an "I AM TROY DAVIS" t-shirt. When Bryant Gumbel makes a statement like that, it must be high time for change.
But, what will this change look like for Black NBA players and Black athletes, in general? Will it mean more money, benefits and less risks in THEIR league? Should we take a closer look at the term "owner" and why Stern's attitude is the way it is towards players? We all witnessed what happened when James opted to pursue what he believed was in his own best interest by leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and joining the Miami Heat. While Cleveland spent millions courting him to stay, the moment he made his decision they showed how they truly felt about him all along. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert derided him as a coward while the very fans who once professed their undying love for him threatened him and burned his jersey in the streets. If this happened to Lebron, any player who thinks it can't happen to them is two fries short of a "happy meal." In the NBA, you're only as good as your last bucket.
NBA players are paid millions. NBA owners are worth billions. Something tells me that if the owners were to acquiesce to players' legitimate and fair demands that the owners' lifestyles wouldn't be affected at all. And on top of that, anything they relinquish in negotiations they'll find a creative way to take it back. The great warrior civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer used to say, "If the White man gives you anything—just remember when he gets ready, he'll take it right back." Let us think over these wise words, for history bears witness to the truth that Sister Fannie Lou spoke.
If Black athletes decided to "do for self" and start their own league, where would it leave the NBA? The NBA without Black players would be like a bicycle without a chain; going absolutely nowhere.
Sometimes when negotiations break down between two parties it is because the issue is no longer about fairness and truth. The issue becomes about power and control and the NBA's owners believe they own not only the teams but the human beings who make up the team as well. Mr. Gumbel was right. Human beings who think they own other human beings usually reside on plantations. There is only one real solution to this problem.
Point blank, Black NBA players and executives should pool their resources and organize themselves toward starting their own league. The slave mind will automatically compute this as an impossibility, but a free-thinking man and woman who has studied history only sees it as "returned independent behavior."
Rube Foster is an iconic figure in Black history that we should teach our children about. Acknowledging the accomplishments of Steve Jobs in this day and time is fine, but Black men like Foster did what many see as impossible today. He was a phenomenal pitcher who became the owner of his own team and president of the first successful Negro League, a thriving baseball association that created opportunities for Black talent when Whites would not allow them to play in the "major" leagues. Black people supported the league in droves. The "swagger" of Black athletes outstripped their counterparts with such class that even Whites became fans. The Negro Leagues became a competitive entity. The idea of integration proved to be the undoing of Negro League baseball with Black-owned teams. Now you can hardly find Black players in pro baseball and they no longer have the alternative of a league of their own. It is recorded that Rube Foster suffered a mental breakdown and mysteriously died in an insane asylum. He probably went crazy envisioning the future. He probably had nightmares of David Stern pointing his finger in the face of a Black athlete twice his size.
My point is if it can be done then, with less resources and technology, it can be done now. But who would have the courage, vision and testicular fortitude to make such a bold and independent move?
If Black athletes decided to "do for self" and start their own league, where would it leave the NBA? The NBA without Black players would be like a bicycle without a chain; going absolutely nowhere. Ticket sales would plummet right along with fan interest. While we undoubtedly have the athletic talent to suffice a league of our own, I submit with humility and confidence that we have the intellectual power among us to manage the executive aspect of such an avant-garde move, as well. Brothers like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bob Johnson and others are but signs of the boardroom greatness produced from our ranks. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad once asked if Black people in America were qualified to have a nation of our own. He answered an emphatic "yes" to his own question. I humbly submit that if we are qualified to build our own nation, then we must be qualified to start our own sports organizations.
NBA players and executives should wise up. As long as they are the owners and we are just players, they will see us no differently than plantation owners saw sharecroppers. The players may be well paid, but they fail to understand that the more they pay you, the more of you they think they own. Once an agreement has been made, you still have no choice except to return to their houses (NBA teams), because you have failed to see the writing on the wall. Once you have returned to their houses, they will craftily find a way to make you play by their rules. White people have been making treaties for a long, long time. They've been breaking them just as long.
It is a good thing to see players unite and stand for their own enlightened self-interest, but I say take it a step further. If you don't like the way your boss treats you, then hire yourself. Will opposing forces come against you? Of course they will. As a matter of fact it appears they already have. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recently reaffirmed for us that "Business is Warfare." It just makes sense that if you are already having to fight, you may as well be FIGHTing FOR YOUR OWN.
(Deric Muhammad is a Houston-based activist. You can follow him on Twitter at @dericmuhammad)
Friday, November 25, 2011
The Power of -I AM-
The Power of "I AM"
When the individual says "I AM", he is using the Creative Attribute of the Godhead and announcing Creation at his particular point in the Universe.
The vibratory action of the Word "I AM", either in thought or spoken word, is the Release of the Power of Creation; and whatever quality follows that Decree is instantly imposed upon the electronic substance in the ethers. This being the only substance and energy in existence whose nature is to be qualified in some manner, it must outpicture the pattern within the Decree.
If the Decree be always for Perfection, then the experiences in the individual's world express the Fullness of the Plan of Life; but if the individual does not send forth that Decree, it is impossible for that Perfection to outpicture in his experiences until the Decree is released into the ethers in which he lives.
Every individual can think Perfection at every instant, if he only will, and it takes no more substance and energy to build Beautiful, Perfect Forms and Experiences than it does the imperfect; but if the individual wants this Perfection expressed in his own world, he must use his own energy to utter the Decree which will release that Perfection unto him. Such is the Law of his Being.
When the individual says "I AM", he is using the Creative Attribute of the Godhead and announcing Creation at his particular point in the Universe.
The vibratory action of the Word "I AM", either in thought or spoken word, is the Release of the Power of Creation; and whatever quality follows that Decree is instantly imposed upon the electronic substance in the ethers. This being the only substance and energy in existence whose nature is to be qualified in some manner, it must outpicture the pattern within the Decree.
If the Decree be always for Perfection, then the experiences in the individual's world express the Fullness of the Plan of Life; but if the individual does not send forth that Decree, it is impossible for that Perfection to outpicture in his experiences until the Decree is released into the ethers in which he lives.
Every individual can think Perfection at every instant, if he only will, and it takes no more substance and energy to build Beautiful, Perfect Forms and Experiences than it does the imperfect; but if the individual wants this Perfection expressed in his own world, he must use his own energy to utter the Decree which will release that Perfection unto him. Such is the Law of his Being.
Black Friday Should Be Banned!!!
It's crazy how this materialistic society can make total fools out of people. It seems as though on Black Friday... The stores are filled with poor people spending their last or entire paychecks on marked up, low quality, products. Products that are limited to a few per store, but marketed and advertised to millions of shoppers. Seems like an all to well hustle to me..... Trying to catch 100 fish with one worm! I really liked this quote when is saw it. It made so much sense..... "He who buys what he does not need steals from himself."------
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Difference in rappers from one generation to the next!!
They are slowly taking the manhood out of hip hop. Pay attention and watch as the revolutionary music we once created becomes instructional music for pop culture. In the words of NAS "HIP HOP IS DEAD"
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Empty Rhetoric
Abdul Aziz
In the world they're talkers and then they're doers!!! Facebook is fostering a whole new generation of TALKERS. But similar to religion, you have to get beyond the word to reach true salvation. #Putuporshutup
In the world they're talkers and then they're doers!!! Facebook is fostering a whole new generation of TALKERS. But similar to religion, you have to get beyond the word to reach true salvation. #Putuporshutup
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Something to think about.
No disrespect to Steve Jobs. Because I truly believe he was a genius & humanitarian. I'm an apple owner myself, but I'm just saying! 
Our Duty
Abdul Aziz
Our duty on this planet is to learn ourselves fully, in doing so we learn who God is and how to exist within his/her atmosphere peacefully. Life is anti-material & pro-spiritual..... Tap into the truth & not the false!
Our duty on this planet is to learn ourselves fully, in doing so we learn who God is and how to exist within his/her atmosphere peacefully. Life is anti-material & pro-spiritual..... Tap into the truth & not the false!
Young Parents
Abdul Aziz
Note to young parents::: "Your children have no place in grown-ups problems... Allow your kids to be kids. Deal with your own problems alone and away from your children! Don't put your burdens on their young shoulders..... Cuz that just makes them stronger than you. You're supposed the be the parent......!
-www.RBradioXL.com
Note to young parents::: "Your children have no place in grown-ups problems... Allow your kids to be kids. Deal with your own problems alone and away from your children! Don't put your burdens on their young shoulders..... Cuz that just makes them stronger than you. You're supposed the be the parent......!
-www.RBradioXL.com
Occupy Wall Street
ATTENTION:::::!:!:!:!:!:!:!: All those participating in Occupy Wall Street or Occupy any financial district in protest. Please be advised and informed on the issues, demands, timing, and expectations of this movement. Remember the devil is playin chess not checkers... and he thinking four steps ahead of us...(or so he thinks). Don't fall for the classification of righteous and active minds for the empty rhetoric of Michael Moore and Russell Simmons. Although these issues are important and we do need change..... There are different ways to do it.... Tired of all the marching and protests!!!!! It's almost 2012..... Action is in order!
Negative Thoughts are Cancer
Abdul Aziz
Negative thoughts are like dominoes.... When you set the first one in motion it's follows suit through your negative words, to negative emotions, to negative actions. Get sum positivity in your life soon.... before all those bones are laid down to rest!!!
Negative thoughts are like dominoes.... When you set the first one in motion it's follows suit through your negative words, to negative emotions, to negative actions. Get sum positivity in your life soon.... before all those bones are laid down to rest!!!
Death of Gaddafi
Sad day for the Libiyan people.... For African people.... For righteous people. Gadhafi may still be alive, but the media will kill his spirit. All because he was building his own satellite and AMF(African monetary fund)... So Africans could be independent from the world telecommunications wise & financially. The U.S. is TOO GREEDY
http://rt.com/news/airstrikes-libya-russian-military/
http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4777
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27760.htm
http://rt.com/news/airstrikes-libya-russian-military/
http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4777
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27760.htm
Michael Jackson Death Verdict
For the record: Conrad Murray is not guilty of the murder of Michael Jackson. He was the fall guy for a bigger conspiracy that involved top record execs like Tommy Mottola and those at RIAA, Billboard, & Nielsen Soundscan. The music industry is as crooked as the LAPD. Please do your homework before y'all speak out against fallen angels.
Great Thinkers
Great minds are limited in this day in time. Most conversations are reminiscent of tht old Atari ping pong game..... Create energy and build nations though constructive debates on topics that have true value...... Petty minds lead petty lives!!
Manhood
Note to young men::: Please be advised that "REAL MEN" are a dying breed.. And you are not helping by involving yourself in the following activities. 1) Wearing jeans as tight as ur GF. 2) Trickin on a female when you have kids to take care of. 3) Not spending time w/ur children 4) Using your car, clothes, & jewelry to make-up for you lack of game. 5) Sitting down to piss. 6) Acting w/ more emotion than your mom. 7) Shooting a nikka cuz you scared to fight. 8) #liarsthieves&unloyalmf's...... SN: If this applies to you.... quietly remove yourself from my page... And look out for my book coming soon.... "STREETS OF GOD"!!!!!!
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