Morphological Confetti

"...the blues has always been totally American As American as apple pie As American as the blues As American as apple pie The question is why? Why should the blues be so at home here Well, America provided the atmosphere" Source:   Lyrics from the song, Bicentennial Blues (Album:  The Mind of Gil Scott Heron)

This is funny. You know, the media has a great time depicting Hillary Clinton as a blood thristy, raging, power hungry white woman. Even though I am a supporter of Barack Obama, I'm leery of how others are presented to me by the media whether it is favorable or not. This is especially true when it comes to politics. Yes, I was also leery of Obama in the beginning. He seemed too good to be true. Plus, I felt like many who thought that America would never, never, never place a person of African descent on a believable path to the White House. Now, I'm just anxious to see how all of this will pan out. Is America finally ready to start the healing? Are we ready to turn the pages of history and start a new and inclusive chapter? Perhaps. Photo Source: news.yahoo.com/edcartoons/bensargent

"...The information we get today is just whack But ask yourself, why is that? The age of the ignorant rapper is done knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone The stereotype must be lost that love and peace and knowledge is soft Do away with that and understand one fact For love, peace must attack And attack real strong, stronger than war To conquer it and its law Mental pictures, stereotypes and fake history reinforces mystery And when mystery is reinforced That only means that knowledge has been lost When you know who you REALLY are Peace and knowledge shines like a star I'm only showin you a simple fact It Takes A Nation of MILLIONS to Hold Us people Back Which is whack, but we can correct that Teach and learn what it is to be Black Cause they're teaching birds to be a cat But ask yourself, why is that?" KRS-One/Boogie Down Productions Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop (June 1989) Lawrence "Krishna" Parker is an author, emcee, and Hip ...

Good afternoon! I thought that I would share part of my everyday life with you today. I spoke to my father last night. It’s always good to talk to the reverend these days because we have more to talk about since I’ve become an adult. We have similar interest. What are our interests? Let’s see, we talk about books and books and…well, more books. He reads a lot about African politics and religion, but he is especially interested in South African politics. He travels there occasionally and Cape Town is his favorite vacation destination. So, you can imagine his surprise last year when he found out that I was getting married to a woman from the RSA. He was so delighted that he paid a visit to my new mother in South Africa to seal the union! Nowadays, he is intrigued with my renewed interest in writing. This is something that he encourage me to do when I first graduated college in 1994, but I had other things on my mind like a JOB. *smile* So, now that he knows that I am writing he calls me...

Source: The Examiner, Washington, D.C. Wednesday, Februrary 2, 2005 Cartoon by: Nate Beeler I first posted this cartoon in 2005 after seeing it in The Washington Examiner. Unfortunately, more lives are being lost as I post it again. Please click title to find out the latest news in Sudan. Peace~