No one is Coming To Save Us

Why am I up? Idk? My spirit is disturbed. Watching George Floyd murdered in cold blood was disturbing. I'm watching this program on MSNBC. It's called “Hope & Fury - MLK, The Movement and the Media.”
I said the other day that I felt like I woke up in the damn 60s. This s**t is crazy. My child asked me last night if we were "in Revelation...?" I had to say "yes, we very well may be..." Of course he meant are we in the end times, right?
Folks, I'm hardly a Bible scholar. My leanings are much more towards Spirituality. Fully recognizing that it's ALL from the Motherland and it's all a variation on the same philosophy.

But I digress... we are definitely living in uncertain times. I once witnessed my dear mother ask a white person "why do you HATE us so much?" I don't remember what the answer was... I would venture a guess that it's only partially about visceral hate, it's probably more about power and privilege. I remember another discussion with my mom when I told her that once they were done with us after we built this country on the backs of the FREE LABOR provided by our ancestors, they couldn't figure out what to do with us. You see, the original police departments were SLAVE CATCHERS. The laws were never written to be equitable for us, BLACK PEOPLE. If we recall, BLACK PEOPLE were considered three-fifths of a person. I could go on... I won't.
I don't know where we go from here? Is this going to be the "tipping point" that elicits meaningful change? I have my doubts. There is no motivation for those in power to upend the status quo. If you are in a position of power, why would you change anything? We can elect folks who claim to represent our interests but how's that been working so far?
This Orange Idiot right here...

Waking up every day and trying not to live in fear is hard work and “hella” stressful. I have my recordings that I listen to daily and nightly; it helps. Prayers and meditation always help. God help us all…because no one is coming to rescue us.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Keeping Your Sanity in the Era of the Orange Orangutan

Let me begin with a disclaimer. I don’t hate anyone but I intensely dislike the Orange Orangutan With Tiny Baby Hands who is currently occupying the Oval Office. I will NEVER refer to that vile “human being” as President anything.  For all the noise, the monkey made about President Obama being illegitimate, Donald Trump is the most illegitimate, unqualified individual to ever hold that office. Okay, now that the formalities are out of the way, how DO you keep your sanity? First, sometimes you must take a break from social media, television, even print media. Those nubby little fingers are usually quite busy and the media eats it up. Thus, he’s everywhere. If you’re anything like me, the mere sight of him of or the sound of that voice is a trigger but for our sanity, we must let it go.   I was quite vocal on Facebook immediately following the election. My friends were certain that I was going to blow a gasket. I assured them that I was okay but I had to let it go. So, in terms of
Read more

Things in the news that annoy and irritate me

Well the government is now back open for business.   The troubling part is that it never should have been shut down in the first place.   A small group of Republicans (the Tea Party faction) basically threw a temper tantrum that’s going to cost America $25 billion.   I don’t know about you but when my child behaves badly there is always some type of consequences. As a parent, I don’t reward bad behavior.   If they want to behave like spoiled children I say we treat them as such.   I have heard the word sedition (1) thrown around.   At the very least, these folks should be required to repay the money. These idiotic, racist “tea baggers” hijacked the entire federal government and caused needless human suffering and now have nothing to show for it.   I think Ted Cruz’s name should be at the top of the list. In their efforts to make President Obama look bad, they have made America the laughing stock of the entire world.   Let’s be perfectly clear.   The reason these idiots are so u
Read more

Countdown to the Weekend

You can actually start your weekend early this Wednesday evening with Cocktails and Conversations.   This weekly event takes place at Ember.   This is a lovely venue and the atmosphere is chic and relaxing.   Are you looking for something a little more serious?   Well, Michael Baisden is going to be at Draft for a grown folks conversation.   Doors open at 5:00pm for both events. Tomorrow, Thursday, you can head out to the Gaylord Palms Resort for the kick-off of The Tom Joiner Family Reunion.   Janelle Monet will be starting the weekend off right with a free welcome concert.   If you still have any energy left, you can go downtown to the One80 Grey Goose Lounge for Cl9ud.   This is a beautiful venue with a breath taking view of the Orlando nighttime skyline. Besides the concert associated with the Tom Joiner Family Reunion, there is the Grand Opening of Ono downtown; Orlando’s newest nightspot for the grown and sexy.   Lance Gross will be in the building so ladies, you definit
Read more