Jesus Take the Wheel-Fighting off Discouragement During Discouraging Times

Happy Belated Mother’s Day to all the Sugar Mama’s reading this blog! I failed to post this yesterday because I was spending the day with my own Mommy and Grandmother (who asked me not to ‘write on that computer’ as part of her gift)

So this blog was intended to be a “one stop shop”; a voice for those of us who normally do not get a lot of media coverage on issues we care about, or are used to hearing about the news that effects us months later. Now as I constantly seek to carry out the goals of this blog, I spend a lot of time scouring the news, small town news, local news, entertainment news, big major news sources, etc. A lot of the time it’s not all good. There’s only so much you can read about the economy falling apart, the election, police shootings, beating, abuse, discrimination, rape, and all out ignorance before you really start to feel the weight.

BLACK WOMEN MATTER!!!- NYPD neglect leads to Lawsuit

The last time I read something this disturbing was the Dunbar Village case. In 2003 a young college student was kidnapped off the busy streets of New York, raped repeatedly tortured and beaten to death. She was bright, smart, dependable, conservative, shy and a good student. When she went missing, her mother practically begged NYPD to search, call a press conference, investigate, and look for the daughter. Instead she got this response.

Levert Family Asks FBI to investigate death

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The Levert Family is petitioning the FBI to investigate the death of Sean Levert.

And the Walls Came A Tumblin’ Down-3

Looks like this is going to be an ongoing story unfortunately…
Attorneys for Randy and Paula White, Without Walls International Church, and Paula White ministries have turned in the financial documents that were requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.

The Levert Family issues an official statement

Gerald and Sean Levert

This is sad day for R&B lovers everywhere, the Levert Family has consistently provided the music world with so much talent and quality performances the family has released this official statement

Another Levert death!

In Entertainment news, I’m really sad to say that Eddie Levert, Lead Singer of the famed O’Jays and father to the Late Great Gerald Levert has lost another son.

Who in the Hell Left the Gate open- Pat Buchanan edition

Pat Buchanan felt the need to mouth-off and post a rebuttal on Obama’s speech about race. I am sickened by some of the garbage this man has to say… like this little jewel of racial harmony:

First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.

News Bits- Quotes and Sympathy from the Republicans

There are some new sympathizers in the Obama/Rev. Wright/”damn America scandal…. Republicans

Black and Mad!

I read this in my local daily paper (TBT), and I thought it was an excellent piece. It originally ran in the LA Times, But I found it online on the Baltimore Sun Newpaper website. Here it is

Black and mad
The controversy over Obama’s pastor reflects white fear of African-American anger
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
March 20, 2008

I’m mad. Let me qualify that - I’m black and mad.

The mad I’m talking about I inherited from generations of black people before me. I learned early in life that this mad is not curable (not yet) but that I could manage it. But sometimes I get flare-ups of anger that defy management.

News Reporter Attacked

As I was trolling the internet I saw this attack and it hurt my heart! This woman is a professional news reporter, just trying to do her job and was brutally attacked by four crazy women.