the military drawdown. will we sit and wallow or be called to action ourselves?

there are many provisions made for members of the guard. in the instance of this particular serviceman, he did not have a job that valued him enough to allow him extended leave. that should be a given for anyone who hires a protector of our country. they should allow them to come back to the job they held while protecting our nation. I do not blame the Obama administration for this specifically. this is the case always when we have military drawdowns. if we look at the situation with the funding cuts to our nations education system, the same turmoil has been created... dilapidated buildings low funding for key programs low test scores. what is worse for our schools is that we cannot start a war or join a conflict to raise the bar on the bottom of the heap educations our children receive in public schools; hence, charter, private and home schooled children are becoming the norm. war is easier to assemble for than to disassemble from. everything looked fine when the nation was at war. we have so much more to focus on within our own borders. we wanted them home... they are coming home... WE AS A PEOPLE have to make sure they are taken care of and honored for their service. unfortunately, GI (government issue) means that the government owns you and can toss you about as it pleases. it is a form of servitude, still voluntary, with the perks looking no less for wear as when young men were drafted for Vietnam in the mid '60s where does the way out of this begin? perhaps the way out begins in the minds and hearts of our nation’s people, young and old. we have a duty to support not only our military personnel, but also the future of our children, and the elders who have raised us. there is so much for us to do. so much more... Goddess
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Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms in Women

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'Barney Fife' vs. 'Nigger'?

i’m gonna put it out there just… like… this…. IMHO… Pawlenty called President Obama ‘Barney Fife’ because he couldn’t call him ‘NIGGER’! what the hell is up with all this name calling and shit? let’s pull it together my dear politicians. cut the crap and get down to business. i know cultures have names for everyone and everyone has their ‘nigger’ within their groups, but this is our PRESIDENT and he is at least owed the common courtesy you would give to a stranger on the street. political functionality has been replaced by political entertainment. I think it is time, fine time, that we at least revert back to mudslinging instead of the name calling. maturity is what you are looking for in a person who is to endorse your bid for the president. not a name caller. remember when we used to get in trouble for that shit when we were in school? time for some politicians to grow the hell up! Goddess
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Let the scales fall from your eyes and see the true threat of the Occupy Movement

So, when you connect the dots, properly understood, what happened this week is the first battle in a civil war; a civil war in which, for now, only one side is choosing violence. It is a battle in which members of Congress, with the collusion of the American president, sent violent, organised suppression against the people they are supposed to represent. Occupy has touched the third rail: personal congressional profits streams. Even though they are, as yet, unaware of what the implications of their movement are, those threatened by the stirrings of their dreams of reform are not. Goddess
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Seriously... We're talkin' 'bout a revolution.

I have known for many a year and had that thought further cemented after the election of president Obama, that big things are coming up in America's future. Here in these United States of America, we have the destitute and the filthy rich living in what used to be the land of the privileged. We have families who are homeless because of decisions of a few to get rich QUICK and get out of Dodge. It frightens me that we have lost our ability to care enough about each other enough to take time to reach out a hand and lift folks up from the bottom. I am not lost on the purpose of Occupy Wall St. I am not lost on the plight and desperation of many of my generation; buried in debt fearing for their future and the future of generations to come. I liken the Occupy Movement to a child who has no other way out of a damaging environment. This child wants it to stop. They have no one else to talk to about it. so they act out. but you don't always offer consequences. you look for the cause of the behavior. *takes a deep breath* **IMHO** America was founded by an oppressed people who brought their own oppression over on ships and oppressed the people already living here then went to another country and claimed some new oppressed folk. Through the oppression of others they presented themselves as superior, all the while taking the ideas that one such oppressed society used to manage a mostly peaceful nation and set the laws of the place we call America today. *breathes* I get really irritated when protests and demonstrations are brought down because someone uses their power to wrest control. In the case of OW and the branches of the Occupy movements in other areas, force has in some places been excessive. Maybe dialogue is still what is needed and not duct tape over the mouths of the public. Firing on a crowd of human beings........ *sigh* Rubber bullets are supposed to sting, like a cut section of hose on a dogs back. With humans and with dogs you have to be careful how you use the weapon. People are getting hurt because everyone is growing impatient. I still think that we need to do more for one another as a community than splitting each other off into groups. When you label and segregate, you lose sight of your goal. *sigh*. I'm not even going to spell check this rant but I'm not talking out of my ass when I say to check the history of our founding fathers introduction of "how to set up a nation" presented by the Iroquois. The number 13 for the colonies had to come from Somewhere and it was not a random number. http://www.lightparty.com/Spirituality/Iroquois.html Occupy Wall Street is not all about politics, it's about our lives and how our ability to manage them has been placed underfoot by the politics of our federal government. It's about people who own homes they are so far upside down on that they can't afford to keep a roof over their families heads. It's about the students who graduate college and can't find a job or jobs for that matter to allow them to live AND pay back their student loans (did i mention students are in school longer trying to specialize so they can find a good paying job when and if they graduate?). It's about the public education option that has gotten so far out of hand that students are having to borrow significant amounts of money to graduate from state college with nothing more than a useless piece of paper. It's about the bailout... The one in which the trickle down evaporated before it to to the bottom of the hill. It's about america for us. The 99% and not everything for them...the 1% regarding the blocking of the Oakland Ports The idea was to block the ports. The business in many cases should pay their employees but the choose to add to the flame. I am a college grad with no job, student loans rolling in, an unemployment check that won't cover my mortgage (which the homes made more affordable only lowered by TWENTY DOLLARS) and allow mento feed my family. There are so many people out of work that we can't all be put into the "lazy ass ahole" category anymore. I am trying to start a home daycare because I cannot get a job teaching preschool. I am a MASTER TEACHER! Why because all of the unemployed teachers who are getting tossed from the substitute roles because the retired teachers want to double dip because they either want more money (read:greed), or need to (read:necessity). Like i said, it's a tough call. Just tough all over. Our financial infrastructure is not a working design. It is currently a front that the banks have learned to manipulate with physics and lobbyists to make more money (1%) while many of us (up to the 99%) struggle trying to eke out a meager existence. I follow and support the protesters because I am afraid and want things to change. Traditional methods have failed. It's time for a change. I am sure during women's suffrage and the civil rights movement people thought those people needed something better to do, but this is what oppressed people do... They get up and get shit moving. That is what I feel is happening with the Occupy Wall St. and I pray that it continues in a positive light with benefits for all in need. Goddess
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OWS protesters interrupt Obama's speech (VIDEO) — RT

there is something that Occupy Wall Street Movement uses to communicate en masse, where one person shouts a sentence and the crowd repeats it like a human bullhorn. this “human megaphone” methodology, where one person shouts and everyone else chants what he or she is saying, works really well when used right. here, it did not. “Mic check,” a lone voice yelled during the president’s speech, which prompted a boisterous echo from other protesters in the crowd. A series of call-and-response quips ensued, overwhelming the president and causing him to momentarily stop his speech. “Mr. President: Over 4,000 peaceful protesters have been arrested while banksters continue to destroy the economy,”protesters proclaimed. “You must stop the assault on our First Amendment rights. Your silence sends a message that police brutality is acceptable. Banks got bailed out. We got sold out.” You can tell the President Obama tried to listen, but as soon as the unruly people started to chant "fired up etc..." he stopped. With dignity and poise, he thanked them for their effort to be heard and asked them to hear him out then he would listen to what they had to say. “We’ll be talking about a whole range of things today and I appreciate you guys making your point,”responded Obama. “Let me go ahead and make mine, alright? And I’ll listen to you and you listen to me.” The president added to the crowd, “You’re the reason that I ran for office in the first place.” i would like to hear what happened after his speech. i do not believe this should have been called "heckling" according to the press. they should have used the proper term for what they were doing... "human megaphone". now if this had worked out better, their "human megaphone" speech would have made it to actual media like the OWSers did with Michelle Bachman. have a listen: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-wall-street-protestors-interrupt-michele-bachmann-speech/
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Christmas sometimes depresses the fuck out of Goddess!!!

I know I have to put most off this shit in the proper light, but MAN! What I wouldn't give to enjoy a pleasant surprise every once in a while. Christmas has always been one of those holidays when I so look forward to that special day of food, family, fun, and surprises. I am a giver and i truly look forward to those special occasion when i am actually given something. well..... Perhaps my heart is broken and it was my own son who faced the responsibility of handing out broken hearts today. He has been working himself into a frothy mess trying to get his ass to BIG LOTS without me to buy a couple of items of interest. I was excited as most children are thinking i was going to get a cute little something my son really wanted to give me to show me how much he loved me and was into the christmas spirit. he came back with a hand-buzzer and a tube of green and orange Goop! not his fault. i have to lower my expectations of being treated in a special way the way i WANT to be treated. Goddess knows she set herself up for that but you know what i always say......it is a pain in the ass to suffer from an incurable case of HOPE. *claps hands* "that's it kids! Pity party is over. nothin' to see here!" Goddess.
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Shut the Hell Up! It's Christmas Dammit!

There are a great many things i would like to clear out this Christmas season.... Nitpicky Grammar Nazis Jealous Lovers Whining Children Weak Drinks Want for Necessities can we put all that mess in a brown paper bag and set it afire for Christmas? the kids will be thrilled to see FIRE and the adults will be too busy putting marshmallows on sticks for the kids to roast to talk about anything but Christmas cheer. it's too damned close to Christmas to act like fools, be cheap, be without, and run around correcting folks grammar....Now if anyone wants to send a gift my way, i am sure to find some unfortunate folks in my side of the world to make happy during this holiday season of spending TIME and not necessarily MONEY on family members. Goddess
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Shut the Hell Up! It's Christmas Dammit!

There are a great many things i would like to clear out this Christmas season.... Nitpicky Grammar Nazis Jealous Lovers Whining Children Weak Drinks Want for Necessities can we put all that mess in a brown paper bag and set it afire for Christmas? the kids will be thrilled to see FIRE and the adults will be too busy putting marshmallows on sticks for the kids to roast to talk about anything but Christmas cheer. it's too damned close to Christmas to act like fools, be cheap, be without, and run around correcting folks grammar....Now if anyone wants to send a gift my way, i am sure to find some unfortunate folks in my side of the world to make happy during this holiday season of spending TIME and not necessarily MONEY on family members. Goddess
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The Power of "No"

Black Woman Blogging: The Power of "No"


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Black Woman Blogging: Got Sou-Sou?

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misinformation

If you allow misinformation to drive your actual policies, that's not really smart policy is it? If you have your facts straight say them loud. If you don't know what you are saying, sssssshhhhh! -referring to 'death panels'. there is no need to remove the opportunity to discuss with a doctor YOUR end of life medical options from any health care reform bill because misinformed 'sheeple' are louder than you.











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Don't bully the Presidency

My dearest Americans,

We have to take into consideration the fact that some may be disappointed that Obama is president, but we have to stop shitting on the Presidency. I have never in my life heard more shit talk and bull about the agenda of the government. What agenda? The one where the good of the American people is at the heart of many genuine debates as well as the focus of legislation?

When did America become so stupid about what goes on in this country?
Do these naysayers actually think that things are going to get better if they bully the healthcare reform packages and bills out of existence?
No one is out there to brainwash your kids. If you don't want them being a part of a televised program with the President, for the love of Pete, please don't sign the permission slip.
For fucks sake folks, it is time we stop tring to create an agenda around the fact that we have a Black man as president. I really feel this is where much of the 'concern' comes from. There can be no way that this many conservatives have come out of the wood works to address the threat that the president (this time around, a Black man) is to them.
I honestly think that it is time for President Obama to stop playing Mr. Rogers and bust some balls. Things are NEVER going to change if you try to work with people who refuse to budge. Mind you, there are some people who are willing to compromise and work on changes to our nation but the home grown "God as my witness" gun toting people at the town meetings must find a better way to get their point across.

I get the feeling that there are many people who would love to see our President as dead as all 4 Kennedy brothers , but where will we ever grow as a nation if we cannot find a better way to reason our our differences?
It makes me sad to know that in a country as great as ours, we cannot get together to discuss politics (and politics ONLY) without it turning into a shouting match.

It is fine time that America grow up,keep religion out of politics and listen to the common sense that comes from the people in office at this present time.











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Overstepping the Boundaries Protest

A famous Bollywood star gets held up at an airport in the US and some Indians are burning American flags but not yet Barack Obama in effigy....... film, at 11!





My dearest people of India,

Protest, but please allow for some wiggle room.

Sometimes I wish Americans would go of like some of the people of India did when Shah Ruhk Khan, one of the most popular Bollywood actors ever was held up for a short spell in an airport because his last name was Khan. In fact he was in the US promoting his new film that addresses the very issue of racial profiling Muslims.

It is not American paranoia. It will continue to be a genuine fear until someone can get a handle on how we can keep all passengers on American flights safe after 9/11.

*For those of you who are conspiracy theorists out there, I feel your pain. perhaps 9/11 was constructed by the American government, but I digress... *

There will never be a win in the war on terror until we all learn to accept that our own nations are not at the center of the universe. Until we do that, we cannot even begin to think that we can allow everyone to ride willy nilly on our friendly skies.

American superstars have fans and critics, but you serve your fans because that is what you do when you are a mega superstar and they fill your bags with gold. Madonna sang on a holy day in Poland. Hell, it was her birthday. I haven't seen any news clippings or stories with Polish people burning cone bras and American flags yet.

What was said about Mr. Khan's detainment was "Khan later downplayed the incident. "I think it's a procedure that needs to be followed, but an unfortunate procedure," he told reporters Saturday in suburban Chicago.

It is unfortunate but for the time, a safer one than allowing airliners to be flown into the Twin Towers. Two empty planes at that. WTF??????? If Mr. Khan was killed in a terrorist attack - domestic or foreign - they would have been outraged by our lack of security and lax security measures.

Can't win for losing...

*Ahem, sorry conspiracy theorists, I will have to soon write a 9/11 conspiracy blog but we are talking about Shah Ruhk Khan one of the greatest actors in the WORLD if you are in India or Pakistan*. Two countries who can't even share a toilet, let alone governmental policies.*

Riiiiiiiight! not everyone knows about Bollywood, but for those of us who do here in America, we were not outraged because we do not look up to him as near god.

Here in America, many of us tear down our super stars and dig into their private lives like pigs at a trough. We want to see them fail. Is that so that we can say we don't idolize our stars like India does?

We will not be able to empathize with the Indian public and their outrage a the 30 minute detainment until we learn to hate America.

* yes conspiracy theorists, we might be getting there, but it is going to take some time.*

So pop in your newest Bollywood film or go dig up "Veer Zaara" and enjoy what irritating national security allows us to have.


Goddess




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I HATE YOU!!!!!

*WARNING*

If you are truly a 'baby daddy' in all matter of that term, DO NOT read this entry. You might read some shit about yourself that you might not want to hear*


Granted, the mere title "Ramblings of a Single Parent Goddess" might be a reason why I have no male followers, the note above might be for naught but it is what it is.


I will be the first to admit that I fucked up royal by having a child with you. On the other hand, I will never be the one who is first accused of being immature and childish. I love my son with everything that I have and I realize that being a single parent with minimal help and relief time is not the most exciting thing to do and if I could have it another way, I would.
That being said, if I had to do this ALL over again and not have my son, I would choose to stay right where I am... Mad as Fuck!

This is why I need to get this out of my system today and now and forever. For my sanity's sake:

Today, I must say that I hate you with all that I have.
As a mother, I have come to the decision that my son comes first. Before everything, I must think of his safety.

Downside is that I married your stupid ass and just getting off the phone with you is something that has me clawing at the walls whenever I must speak with you.

There comes a time in a person's life when they have to own up to their mistakes and move forward with a new way of thinking.

I am more than aware that you did not willingly choose to have children and I am more than aware that you feel you are forced to do your job as a parent. I also understand that you feel that your life is over (if it ever actually began) when God gave you this beautiful child and you chose to spit in His face by calling the child's mother out and stomping your feet and begging her to have an abortion when she could have and to give him up for adoption after it was no longer an option.
You never saw that this girl you called yourself "dating" was maturing before your eyes and was looking at you like a madman and having difficulty looking at herself in the mirror trying not to see the victim that she had become. By the time your son was conceived (albeit not on purpose, not in an "I'm going to trap him with a kid" kind of thinking) I, the woman you had controlled all those years, was done with being controlled. The mere thought of raising a child in the life she was living was not going to work and I planned for a year, and left you when the boy was only 17 months old. I was not going to stick it out with your crazy ass and have my son grow up watching without an ounce of respect for others.

I was unaware that at the age of 19, I would meet a man who at 37, should have known that there was something almost criminal in dating someone my age. You, if your mother had raised you right, should have been able to recognize that the woman you had added on as a 'friend'(at least that is what you told your girlfriend I was) was young enough to be your fucking daughter.

Shame on you for searching out women and girls with not the best self esteem so you could be the man of the house and run their worlds.

Some how at that time I thought you were good for me (because I wasn't thinking) and I sure as hell know better now.

When I get on the phone, I want to scream and yell at you because I know you are still stalking girls now old enough to be MY daughters and that makes me sick.

So when I ask for a slight modification in the schedule, reply via email because you will have a monster on the end of the line until I decide in my head that I choose not to hate you anymore.

Please don't look for a miracle to happen any time soon. I took 13 years of your shit and I make no estimation as to when I will stop hating you. It is my turn to dish out what you gave me and if you are thinking clearly, which you more than likely are not, you wouldn't want to call me for shit.

I will make every effort to be civil, but know that the sound of your voice is more than I can tolerate at this point in my life and I would be more than satisfied if I NEVER had to hear your squeaky upstate NY accent ever again.

Thank you for calling me as I was writing this, so I could tell it to you personally.



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leave him alone

If he tries anything different, the powers that be will shoot him down again. There is a reason why the Dems have the majority. He is thinking of the American people and what is best for the middle class (which is a majority of the people who truly have no voice). And it is just not the president. It is many others. He didn't write the health care bill. It was written by Ted Kennedy and some other guy. Last time someone spoke up for the people, they had him and his brother assassinated. Think about that.
It's not the President with a bad plan, it is the corporations afraid of getting up off a little money and their ability and willingness to do WHATEVER they can to keep their status quo.
it's not about the presidency... It is about the special interest groups. Climb out of Obama's ass America!
I say we can't argue this plan into the ground. Don't get me started. Change was not meant to make everyone happy and I wasn't meant to satisfy all. Change also was not meant to be easy. Life will never be what it was before this last financial crisis. We have forgotten how to depend and lean on one another. Our legislators and politicians need to stop thinking about their bottom line and start thinking about the single parent homes and seniors eating cat food and the fact that nothing is free, but things should be affordable. There is no love in this battle just a bunch of cock blocking and posturing. I think it is utter BS
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"I'm the secretary of State MoFo's!!!!!!!"

I am not sure I would be happy if I had to compete with my ex husband of a president if I was the Secretary of State.

I am very proud of Hilary for making a statement defining her position in the American government. The question that was asked of her could in no way have been misinterpreted.

Peep this!
"The student's question, according to the State Department translation, went like this: "Thank you. Mrs. Clinton, weve all heard about the Chinese contracts in this country. The interference is from the World Bank against this contract. What does Mr. Clinton think through the mouth of Mrs. Clinton and what does Mr. Mutombo think on this situation? Thank you very much."

Son's of bitches!!!!!


I would have been a bit peeved too, if someone - even in the Congo- thought they had to ask me my husband's opinion on world policies.

I say you go girl to Hilary. She handled it in the best way possible. She may have tarnished her reputation a bit, but in a country where women and cattle rank about the same, who gives a flying fig newton.

*pumps fists*

You go Hil!

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More to Love

There is a tv show out there that chaps my hide...

It is a reality dating show that centers around an overweight, single man looking for love among a pool of plus-sized women.

I am not happy with this setup.

First off, the Bachelor seems like a bit of a pig (and y'all know I ain't talking about his waist size). Just looking at him size up (yeah.... pun intended) the women as they came to meet him at the entryway of the mansion where the contestants were to stay had me thinking that he looked like a very hungry dog who just came across a tasty bit of road kill.

The difference to me seems that the slimmer women on the other shows have a whole lot more confidence (or it must be harder to find bigger women willing to be in the nation's living rooms) than the women on this show they all seem so broken and most of them have managed to break down while talking to the date cam.

I hope they have a therapist and have learned after the Susan Boyle incident that we have to treat all contestants like they are human beings not ratings.

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Where is my beer President Obama?

Dearest President,


How is it that the two men who behaved badly and one man who perhaps said something that the public didn't like have the opportunity to have a beer together at the White House?
Don't get me wrong, Mr. President, but I think there are a lot more people who would love to have you as an audience with regard to things we WILL change. With your help, so many things can change sooner and not later.

Take for instance, I want to have a Boys and Girls Club opened in my neighborhood. Do I have to?
Break into my own house?
Be arrested by a white cop?
Cause a national scandal by having you say the cop was acting stupidly?
Only then would it be possible to have the opportunity to slurp suds with you at the white house to get things done?

Make mine a Guinness draught.

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