Stevie Wonder Sings... For The Trayvon Martins...

While many were Shocked and Wondered what drug Stevie was on, when he declared that he would not perform in Florida or any other state that has those destructive laws such as the 'Stand your ground' law, one only has to listen to his 1970's song, "Heaven Help Us All" to get the answer.

Stevie has been to this play before, he has seen this scene acted over and over again by some excellent actors of the times...all very good actors...all deserving of encores, flowers and standing ovations... on their graves.

Stevie Wonder's heart broke that day... again, when Trayvon died. It broke for the thousandth or probably the millionth time. He has seen it before, he has heard it before... and he has sung about it before. He sang about it, about him... the boy who won't reach twenty one... and the man who gave that boy a gun... he is sick of hearing it, he is sick of seeing it and he is saddened and broken hearted again about it.

This is why he has chosen to take such a powerful stand against laws like 'Stand your ground' and states where they give permission to men who as their actions show, are uneducated in life itself...in the beauty of life, in the value of life and even in the very reason or purpose for life.

Men like George Zimmerman live to regret their actions...but they live, unlike their victims who have all seen the curtain close on their maiden performance...they have seen their final curtain close, long before their final show was due...there have been many Trayvon Martins...and there will surely be more, as education is expensive and ignorance even more so...

Stevie has now been joined by Kanye, Jay Z and Madonna.

This is a beautiful video of Stevie performing live, introduced by none other than the late and great Johnny Cash, who was himself, a lover of life. 





                                                             "Heaven Help Us All"

Heaven help the child who never had a home,
Heaven help the girl who walks the street alone
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall,
Heaven help us all.

Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day,
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away,
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl,
Heaven help us all.

Heaven help us all, heaven help us all, help us all.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call
Oh, yeah!

Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one,
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun.
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall,
Lord, Heaven help us all.

Heaven help us all, heaven help us all, heaven help us all, help us all.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call.

Now I lay me down before I go to sleep.
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep, keep hatred from the mighty,
And the mighty from the small,
Heaven help us all.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
Heaven help us all.

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Would Republicans Still Be OK With The Verdict If George Zimmerman Was A Muslim Or An Illegal Immigrant? Remember The Ten Commandments?

Since the not guilty verdict handed down in the trial of George Zimmerman for his controversial killing of Trayvon Martin, the media world has been inundated with opinions for and against the decision. One fact has remained amazingly clear though, politically, those for and against the verdict are as opposite as night and day, Republican and Democrat, or in this case...black (victim) and white (killer.)

The self proclaimed white shooter George Zimmerman is after-all an average American who is not out of the ordinary when it comes to looks or anything else you would imagine. His character leaves a lot to be desired apparently as he plainly did not see the invaluable potential of any 17 year old that he might otherwise encounter as he did not think twice to shoot the last one he saw on that fateful night... point blank in the heart.

One glaring but not unexpected fact is that the majority of Republicans expressing their opinions have so far overwhelmingly taken the not guilty verdict as acceptable and correct... in sharp contrast to their Democratic counterparts across the aisle. 

Most Republicans/Conservatives are Christians who I hope pride themselves in following the good word... well, used to pride themselves, because they broke the commandment when they started this ridiculous support of Zimmerman. He killed and broke the commandments that Christians hold sacred... he killed unnecessarily and they support him and his crime, they are now accomplices in the eyes of their religion... they are cursed to go to hell, in their religious teachings.

Even though most Republicans are so vehemently and publicly against Muslims, immigrants and for the most part non whites, they remain glued to foreign owned Fox News, which has at least two majority owners who are both not of American origin. 

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian businessman who is a majority owner of Fox and his biggest single co-owner is a Saudi prince. From one of my previous pieces..."The Saudi Prince in Question is Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, the same guy who after 9/11, offered then Mayor Rudy Giuliani $10 million and the offer was at that time refused. This Prince is a large investor in companies like Goldman Sachs…a staple in America’s Financial Empire.
This Saudi Prince has recently been outed on Fox News, as being a key Donor of funds for the Mosque being built at it’s current approved site two blocks from Ground Zero, by the Prince’s  Kingdom Foundation. He funds Charities who make “Donations” to Suicide Bombers’ Families. " 

Knowing that the majority of Republicans are anti Muslim, anti sharia, anti immigrant, anti gay, anti free thought, anti abortion, anti women's rights and largely anti social to anyone but their own hypocritical types, I am still waiting to see who will be the first Republican brave enough to be anti party-line, break Republican ranks and come out against the controversial verdict. 

Republicans are famous for circling the wagons when opposed and they seem to be doing just that around Zimmerman, but as my title suggests... I wonder what they would have done if the shooter was a Muslim or Illegal immigrant... makes you think doesn't it...

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Fox News... Where Dusty Hate-filled Men Go To Wither In Shame...

Megan Kelly made liberals proud yesterday... she made me proud too, when she smacked down what was an obvious continuation of the Republicans' 'War on Women,' perpetrated by none other than one of the dirtiest most hateful and now uncloaked misogynists on television, Lou Dobbs.

For those who don't know him, old Lou is a decrepit fool who just loves to stir up hate and disgust among his Republican zombies who faithfully follow his rhetoric against anything they are told to.

 This hateful man honed his crafty and snakelike skill on CNN where he had a twisted, yet mediocre existence... until they found that their employ of his hatred was not getting them any new viewers, after which they let him go.

Of course there is only one graveyard of and for the failed... that is Fox News, where he was put high on a pedestal of the bodies of immigrants that he has so vehemently fought against during his many years of delusion. He fit Fox News like a hand and glove.

His latest stint in the limelight of hate and deception was a well planned attack on women and their circumstance of being single or married and working, suggesting that both scenarios are leaving them and their children lacking in some way that could be easily remedied with them getting back in their corner like a caged animal... that corner being the tawdry old idea that women belong in the kitchen, barefooted and pregnant... with duct tape on their mouths to keep them quiet. Yes, I think he is the duct tape type.

On yesterday's show, old Lou teamed up with RedState.com's editor Erick Erickson to defend their earlier misogynistic comments as they continued their war on women. Quite surprisingly, host Megan Kelly seems to have come to her senses briefly and actually took them down to the surprise of everyone, as she has not been seen often if at all, defending women against these dusty old farts whenever they attacked women over the last number of years... remember the aspirin between the legs comment by that other old fart, Congressman Ron Paul... or Paul Ryan's 'rape is rape' defense.

To her credit she showed what an educated woman versed in Law and Journalism and having a love and respect for life,  could do to decrepit haters on their daily rounds... if she chooses to. I was elated to hear this live exchange of ideas and ideals yesterday, though I am wary of her continuing liberal defense of women and wait with bated breath for her next brief escape from under the Fox News rock... maybe they can even finally realize that they lost an election now because they did not even know this on election night.

Her crowning achievement was reminding Erick to "tell that to Barack Obama"..., who was her strongest defense for a woman's success in the face of a misogynistic Republican Party. (8.00 on the video).



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Alleged Car Thief...Alleged Arsonist Issa Not Concerned About Jobs... Just Dogging The Black Man...

It is no secret that Darrell Issa has a vendetta against the President and indeed against the American people at large. He is the richest person in public office and he is bent on destroying America from the inside out. But being from the old school, I was taught to see the forest... and the trees. Actions speak louder than words and the act of not leading his fellow Republicans in any efforts to grow jobs just shows that he and they are not concerned about jobs for their fellow Americans... not for fellow Republicans nor Dems.

Old school says you don't judge a book by its cover, but you have to look inside, so lets take a look...

From Wikipedia...

'Issa dropped out of high school, and on his 17th birthday he enlisted for three years in the Army.^[9][14] He became an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, trained to defuse bombs. He said his unit provided security for President Richard Nixon, sweeping stadiums for bombs prior to games in the 1971 World Series.^[15] A May 1998 investigation by Lance Williams of the San Francisco Examiner said Nixon had not attended any of that year's World Series games. His unit did perform security sweeps for the World Series. The investigation said that Issa was transferred to a supply depot after Issa received poor ratings and after the World Series. According to Issa, the Examiner reporter misunderstood an anecdote he had related.^[9] A fellow soldier, Jay Bergey, said that Issa stole his Dodge Charger in 1971, and that "I confronted Issa...I got in his face and threatened to kill him, and magically my car reappeared the next day, abandoned on the turnpike." No charges were ever filed. Issa has denied any theft.^[9]

After receiving a hardship discharge in 1972, because his father had a heart attack, Issa earned a General Educational Development(GED) certificate.^[9] Twice that year, he was arrested. In the first incident he was indicted by a grand jury for an alleged theft of aMaserati, but prosecutors dropped the charge.^[16] In the second incident, he was stopped for driving the wrong way on a one-way street, and a police officer noticed a firearm in his glove compartment. Issa was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. He pled guilty to a charge of possession of an unregistered firearm, and was sentenced to six months' probation and a small fine.^[9][16] '

'After leaving the military, Issa and his second wife, Kathy Stanton, moved back to the Cleveland area. They pooled their savings, sold their cars, and borrowed $50,000 from his family to invest in Quantum Enterprises, an electronics manufacturer run by a friend from Cleveland Heights that assembled bug zappers, CB radio parts and other consumer products for other companies. One of those clients, car alarm manufacturer Steal Stopper, would become the path to Issa's fortune. It was struggling badly, and he took control of it by foreclosing a $60,000 loan he had made to it when its founder, Joey Adkins, missed a payment. Adkins remained as an employee.^[9]

Issa soon turned Steal Stopper around, to the point that it was supplying Ford with thousands of car alarms and negotiating a similar deal with Toyota. But early in the morning of September 7, 1982, the offices and factory of Quantum and Steal Stopper in the Cleveland suburb of Maple Heights, caught fire. The fire took three hours to put out. The buildings and almost all inventory within were destroyed. An investigation of the cause of the fire noted "suspicious burn patterns" with fires starting in two places aided by an accelerator such as gasoline.^[9] Adkins said that Issa appeared to prepare for a fire by increasing the fire insurance policy 462% three weeks previously, and by removing computer equipment holding accounting and customer information. Adkins said that he thinks Issa set the fire on purpose. The insurance company was suspicious of arson and paid only about one-tenth the insured amount.^[19]'

This guy stinks to high heaven... 

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The Truth According To Betty And The Bible...

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Thank You Sarah Palin !

Well, it has been quite a while since I tuned in on our old friend Sarah... and I must admit I had not thought about her at all. Her last stint with the spotlight was covered here in fine detail while she erupted with the force and clueless direction of a volcano... spewing dribble and shit-for-brains drabble all over the last CPAC convention. I must add that the term 'drabble' usually means a work of fiction of 100 words but this lady seems to spout her fictional escapades in well more than 100 words.. to everyone's delight. I say 'seems' because some of her dribble aren't actual words... again to everyone's delight!

In Sarah's latest brush at attempting to creep out of the shadows of oblivion in a nonsensical way, she tweeted yesterday that the White House Correspondents' Dinner was a disappointment to her obviously twisted sense of rationale. She never ceases to amaze her ardent supporters of which I must admit I am one... she is the closest I can come to attending a traveling comedy tour without actually paying for a ticket.

True to form, she was able to piece together verbiage in slightly more numbers than her brain cell count, to form this tweet..."That #WHCD was pathetic. The rest of America is out there working our asses off while these DC assclowns throw themselves a #nerdprom"

I am truly grateful that Sarah Palin is out there working her ass off. It has been an established fact in all  successful societies such as this one that humor is much needed to take the edge off as we go through our daily trials... heck they even had jesters in the Kings' courts back then. Good old 'Mama Grizzly with lipstick' has come out of hibernation for a spell to mangle a few words and it is good to see her as I don't think Ted Cruz is able to sabotage and destroy America or the GOP all by his lonesome.

"Mama lipstick" also posted on her Facebook, "While America is buried in taxes and a fight for our rights, the permanent political class in DC dresses up and has a prom to make fun of themselves. No need for that, we get the real joke"... to which there was a generation of voices and comments on her page the likes of which I have only seen when a million flies are disturbed in a dumpster.

We look forward to her sporadic appearances on stage at a forum...or  a stable near you...

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The World's A Better Place, Because Of Grandmothers...

I am so disappointed with the lacking treatment of Grandmothers. They are the epitome of love, tolerance and understanding. They are the nurturing center of the world. They are really the essence of what life has to offer to the young ones coming into this world.

Grandmothers have seen it all, they have lived it all, they have been it all...and lived to tell about it. They are a wealth of information that must not be wasted. They still love when they are pushed aside, they still teach when they are ignored, they still hold on when there seems to be no hope.

Grandmothers alive today have seen wars, have fought wars, have lost and won wars...literally. They are still alive after all the wars past, even WWI which started in 1914... They have seen their share of death and destruction. There is no better teacher of the young as a Grandmother is, she can be the anchor that gives a perspective to a growing mind that few have the capacity to be.

Grandmothers have always been the backbone of a family and no family was complete without one back then... even in the movies...remember Johnboy and the Waltons? 

Today's grandmothers take on a seemingly different role in this modern world...mostly one of staying out of peoples' way as they go about the hustle and bustle of modern life, without much concern for the caring and special person being pushed aside... the grandmother. To many unenlightened folks, they are just a burden meant to be endured...to wither until they die.

To the modern politician, the grandmother is just a tool to use, abuse and eventually to squeeze the life blood out of by cutting their Medicare and other social services. 

No society can thrive without the warmth and understanding of a grandmother. No society would have grown to be what it is without the strength and evenhanded wisdom of the grandmothers, who have guided mankind from behind the curtains... upon the wings of destiny to make a better world, by the young minds they inspired, then and now. 

Many of us still remember our grandmothers with fond memories of her cooking when we were little, with fond memories of her cuddling with us, with fond memories of just ...her.

So please, don't sweep grandma under the rug. Grandmothers are indeed a measure of society, a testament to its greatness or its defeat. Grandmothers are a staple in our own children's lives... they are the living breath of a world gone mad...

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