After reading Enola’s entry outlining the outrageous and baffling comments by a lawmaker, reasonable people could feel nothing less than sadness, despair and heart stopping fear for the degraded condition this society has settled itself into and gotten comfortable in. Her entry outlines a defense attorney’s horrific comments as he discusses child rape and the death penalty. The YouTube presentation is one that I personally will remember. His words are here: “I’m going to make sure that the rest of their life is ruined, that when they’re 8 years old, they throw up; when they’re 12 years old, they won’t sleep; when they’re 19 years old, they’ll have nightmares and they’ll never have a relationship with anybody.” Clearly he has never heard of the ideals behind the Decleration of the Rights of Children or it’s amendments. If he had any idea at all what it means to do the right thing he would have kept his mouth shut. If he had any listened to himself just once he would hear himself go against every single idea there is behind caring for and loving our children. Continue reading ‘Declaration of the Rights of the Child’
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I think the bad weather cleared up enough so that this weekends festivities could go on. So much is going on in Indy this week end it’s not even funny. There’s the Jazz Fest, the Pride Fest and the Juneteenth celebration which all took place yesterday. I wanted badly to go to the Juneteenth celebration but there were just too many people. I wanted to go for the history of it cause well, I’m a history buff. All the festivities took place downtown where there was no major flooding that would take weeks or days to drain and dry. The area I’m in is getting better. I really hope we get at least today without rain. That would be very nice.
A major concern in the city right now is an increase in child abductions and attempted abductions. Right now we have a man on the loose who has attempted to snatch 2 girls off their bus stop. The man was described by both girls with really close descriptions. Both girls fought hard to get away and both got away without being harmed. They were brave in that they went to their mothers who in turn called the police to report the crime. Everyone is on edge about our schools now, not just because of abductions but because of recent health issues such as meningitis and TB break outs in our schools. It seems going to school isn’t safe on any level. Now we’re worrying about sending our little girls on the bus stop basically in front of the house. I don’t know if there’s a person in this city so fed up with crime and so fed up with hearing how unsafe our children are on many levels.
The perpetrator in this crime held a toddler by box cutter during a police standoff. After the police went in and safely removed the child they found the remains of another child who they believed to be a child missing for some two years. The child missing is the perpetrator’s child. The very next night’s news came on and said the identity of the remains is the child missing. I stopped to listen as the reporter went on to tell us that our criminal served time for child molestation as well as battery and a whole host of other crimes. Of course viewers were ready for justice. I mean come on, we’re about to take a child molester off the street again and we’re going to get him on murder charges. We’ll never see the likes of this guy again. The cornier then came on and said that the way the remains were stored mummified the body making cause of death easier to detect. He said it was heart wrenching to know the remains he examined belong to a child. Next they cut to the reporter who rattles off all the charges on the perp. He then said something that floored me. He said 100% accuracy for the identity of the child could take up to 2 weeks. The news report ended. Continue reading ‘Convicted In The Media’
Your article on the death of poor black child turned football player is only partially correct. While statistics do point to the fact that a black man pulled the trigger and statistics do show that violence between blacks is high you seem to have overlooked a strong point concerning this “black on black violence” or as you said the “Black KKK.” I find the term “black on black” violence to be rather strange. I find it odd that the study of black on black violence even exists and that people try to prove their own little points with those statistics. Let me ask you this? How many times in the US news do you hear the phrase “white on white violence” “Hispanic on Hispanic violence” “Arab on Arab violence”? You don’t, those phrases don’t exist. You might be saying, it’s because they don’t kill each other at the rate we do. My point is this, when you use phrases like “black on black” you single us out as a group saying that our biggest enemy is us, that stats say we can’t turn our backs on one another, that our biggest concern in life isn’t morally based but colour based. Our own people are the ones we should worry about. Such phrases as “black on black violence” are set up as morale killers and are also part of the whole propaganda scheme our people continue to stay in an uproar about.
You, sir, are as guilty as others when it comes to propaganda but yours is quite subtle. It appears to be for racial unity and advancement but when you toss in your stats and your quotes like “Does Soulja Boy want an education?” and “Black KKK” you find yourself guilty of pressing forward the idea that we as a racial group have ourselves to fear and have ourselves to blame for falling behind as an ethic group.
My other concern with your article is this, you said that students back in the 60’s risked their lives to go to school but we can’t get our kids to go now. Shame on you for saying such a thing. What has been handed to them on a silver platter has not been handed to them without conflicting ideas of trust and equality. Changes in the books doesn’t mean trusting that any real changes will come in their life or that they’ll have an equal chance on a leveled playing field. Might I remind you that we as a people have only recently begun to have open freedoms that we don’t lose our life for? For instance, as an ethnic group we were not legally able to vote until 1965. For 42 years we have LEGALLY been able to vote, voting SAFELY didn’t come for years upon years later. My point is that things change on the books but public life and private life changes take much longer. A person can legally be given an opportunity but privately see that opportunity as a threat or a waste of time because its real benefit might be undermined by others. I can vote legally but can I vote safely and equally and have it count, be worth something? Private influences and change on a private level prevents people from accepting silver platter opportunities. This phenomenon of change and acceptance without influence crosses all ethnic boundaries.
Sincerely,
Austin of Sundrip Journals
“Where two or more usernames are gathered, that’s where my spirit will be.”
Evidently the scripture has been re-written so that people can justify going online to punch in their confessions. I’ve heard of all sorts of religious gatherings but this one takes the cake, for now. Tomorrow there will be some other faster track or to quote Ann Coulter, some other “Fed Ex” Christian way of doing things. It seems the upset isn’t that people are confessing online but that the online confession sites aren’t secure so people’s secrets and sins are getting out. You mean to tell me people that go online to confess actually believe the site is hack free? If government sites can be cracked why wouldn’t a confessional have the same and more security risks? There is nothing sacred, nothing completely safe from hackers on the net. So now people’s secrets and sins are out and they’re mad. Resisting the temptation to hack into an online confessional proved too much for some, but no worries, they’ll go to a different site and confess their hacking sins.
The problem, you guys, isn’t the security of such sites but how people want things easy for them. My thought is this, if you can spend 2 hours at Starbucks you can drop by to confess. If you can spend a few hours at a basketball game or a football game you might be able to find a bit of time to drop by for a quick confession. Continue reading ‘Online Confession’
Stuff that’s not usually free may be free today because of Martin Luther King Jr Day (born January 15th, 1929) Check your local TV stations on-line and your local newspaper. Today in my city the museum of Native American art is free, the Children’s Museum is free, Paramount Theater, Indiana History Ms, Indianapolis Ms of Art, Victory Field, NCAA Hall of Champions and a host of other places are free today but for limited hours. Check your local papers to see what’s free in your area. I know for a fact the cheapest thing here listed to get in is Victory Field at $7 unless its community day then it’s $3.00. The others are crazy high on days with no specific observance.
Even if you care nothing at all about what day it is at least take advantage of the free stuff going on. Heck, there are also MLK Day sales at clothing stores the same as during President’s Day and other days meant to appease the masses and give the appearance that government officials give a rats ass about that person or community.
Celebrations To Appease The Masses
Continue reading ‘Day of Observances’
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