Political Prostitutes Hoping To Get Laid Into A Position Of Power!

94% of Huntsville's Afro-American leadership can justly be classified as political prostitutes. They run around jumping in bed with every organization and entity that has a lot of voters. They entice the leaders of those organizations to fool their members into giving them their vote. What they're hoping to do is get laid into a position of power. Once they get laid the community gets screwed out of economic empowerment. They prostitute themselves downtown and in Montgomery and then brag to us at election time. A close look at what they brag about reveals they were pimped for insignificant goals. This fact is open for debate to any leader who wishes to measure claimed accomplishments compared to economic and cultural empowerment. When I bring voices to power I will shut down these political hustlers, who instead of being strong voices for the community they practice a "blend in attitude" in local politics. Together we can stop these political pimps and prostitutes hoping to get laid. So do what you can do, get out, get registered and most of all stay informed. Once you're informed you'll never be inactive. Ask at least one person a day something about politics. I guarantee you that everyone has an opinion.

Conflict Is Good If You Recognize Its Inherent Creative Potential

The Five Main Conflict Styles

1. Pit bull: Argumentative, intimidating, threatening and competitive, the pit bull avoids concession and is most effective in a full scale war when compromising or backing down could mean defeat.
2. Golden Retriever: Accommodating and loyal, the golden retriever is a people pleaser and is most effective at team building.
3. Roadrunner: Avoiding conflict at all costs, the roadrunner never engages in petty disputes.
4. Cobra: The cobra includes others in the conflict rather than directly engaging the persons involved. They successfully build a consensus among the powerless.
5. Eagle: The eagle approaches conflict swiftly, impartially,and with precision.
*Here's how to tame your fear of conflict and learn to use it to your advantage:
1. Identify your own conflict style and how it defines your leadership and communication skills in conflict.
2. Don't take a stand. Instead, identify your needs and interests.
3. Avoid personality clashes and focus on problem solving.
4. Establish parameters and work within them to manage and resolve conflict.

In Honor and Loving Memory of George Seldes

I honor George Seldes a true activist whose life raised fundamental questions about freedom, fairness and diversity in the media, about power, public citizenship and democratic process! A voice like his at the grassroots level is severely missed and so I will try to fill the void. Local African-Americans must realize that we can't depend on our "so-called" black papers to investigate or talk about the corruption of our own. These organizations and entities are doing a disservice by drowning out new ideas and voices. This "political infratracide" is now under attack. To achieve cultural, financial and political empowerment we must rid ourselves of the corruption.

Apollolistic vs. Holistic Health Health Care- From: AWARD THE MANIFESTO

Apollolistic medicine is named for the Greek god Apollo. It came into practice that the problem in an area of the body must be treated externally specifically on that area of the body. However useful this was merely a small part of practiced medicine at the time but unfortunately since that time it evolved into the preferred format of the health care we practice today. Holistic practices began to be called 'preventive' when in fact if the type of money that's pumped into Apollolistic operations were placed within preventative educational endeavors the results would be far more effective than any new medicine. The body is designed to heal itself. Given proper encouragement it will prevent or overcome almost any situation short of the issues that have arisen due to our cultural encouragement of ignorance.

SOME REASONS WHY WE DISTORT AS WE LISTEN

1. Perceptual Differences
A person recieves a message and interprets it in light of previous experiences, values, or education. We have a predisposition to hear or not hear different messages that are sent (e.g. types of music.)

2. Selective Listening
An activity in which the listener blocks out a new message especially if it conflicts with previous information and beliefs.

3. Value Judgements
The reciever places a value on the quality or merit of a message prior to recieving the entire communication.

4. Source Credibility
A situation in which there is a lack of trust, credibility, or faith in the words or actions of the communicator. E.g. Being delegated an unusual task by a new supervisor whom you have never met, but have heard bad stories about.

5. Language or Jargon
A situation in which words, terms, or technical language may only be known by one party.

6. Time Pressure
If time pressure occur, communications are often shortened, or important parts are left out.

7. Status Differences
A situation in which there is a perception of threat on the part of someone lower in the hierachy which can prevent or distort communication.

*. Distorter
A situation in which one communicator distorts, omits, or adds to the original message, making it inaccuarte. E.g. a message is passed from person to person, and retains only 10-15% of othe original meaning.

9. Information Overload
When an individual is involved in multiple communication attempts at the same time and screens out the majority of the message. E.g. Problems at home, doctors report, two bosses calling within ten minutes of each other to give you instructions which are exactly opposite of what a third boss has told you to do and you have to show up for a hearing in five minutes.

Grassroots Muckraker and Proud Of It!

I know there's people close to Bob who call themselves "community activist." Well I'm back and I take issue with this assumption! Even the Huntsville times persons connected to corruption are "dubbed" as community activists. This is totally false because the activist they talk about only look for their own "selfish interest and those of the Commissioner not the community as a whole. These "so-called activists" need to answer why they try to silence the same voices they proclaim to represent. I'm a true grassroots voice and 98% of the others are LIARS and TRAITORS to the cause! When your household profits from corruption you lose your status as a community activist. You become "self activist and you're exactly who the enemy" wants to dub as a community leader. I'm a MUCKRAKER and true to form: I investigate corruption and then go after those that hurt the community with an unyeilding purpose like a crusader.

Ethiopia: Root Of Christian Blackness

By the fourth century, the Ethiopian Empire porfessed it's faith in Christianity and adopted the symbol of the cross as the most important sign of it's faith. Large processional crucifixes belong to monasteries and churches, while pilgrims carry pole crucifixes are the property of the priests who let the faithful kiss them for blessings. Some crucifix shows the cross bearing Adam and at the same time Christ who, as a second Adam, founded a new humanity. The rectangular base refers to Adam's grave on Calvary. Some priest also see in this base slab a reference to the legendary Ark of the Covenant which is said to rest in Ethiopia. *Numbers 12-Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Ethiopian wife, for he had married an Ethiopian. The handle represents the hope of rebirth, the resurrection from the grave. It also refers to the belief that the cross of Christ was cut from the Tree of Life. From the Coptic Christians in Egypt (who we recognize as blacks) Ethiopian and Christianity goes back to early Judaism. This is why, besides the common saints of the Christian church such as the archangles, typical Ethiopian saints of the Christian church such as the archangels, are also revered. Take the Ethiopian saint Tekla Haymanot. His portrait, like that of Gabre Manfas Qidolus, can be found in almost every church. Legend has it that the Tekla Haymanot once balanced himself on on leg between two spearheads in order to be able to keep the vow of eternal prayer. When the raised leg had died off after seven years, angels took it before GOD'S THRONE. There upon the LORD presented the saint with three pairs of wings. Also typical for the Chrisitian-Ethiopian art is the representation of Saint George, who mounted on a white horse, is driving his spear into the throat of a dragon. This picture can be found in every church on the left side of the main door to the sancturary. The counter part on the right side is usually an image of the black Virgin and Child. Christiantiy is a good thing so African-Americans should not let right-wing Americans pervert it to the point we forget or reject the ideals of being Christians.

Operation From The Bottom: Ethiopia: Root Of Christian Blackness

Operation From The Bottom: Ethiopia: Root Of Christian Blackness

Stereotype Threat

"Stereotype threat" is a problem that pervades American life, according to Claude Steele, an internationally recognized social psychologist and professor at Stanford University. In an insightful and engaging talk, Steele maintained that overcoming stereotype threat is key to achieving integration of our society that goes beyond statistics and "allows people to flourish in an integrated setting." Steele's basic premise is that a person's "social identity"- defined as group membership in categories such as age, gender, religion, and ethnicity-has significance when "rooted in concrete situations." Steele defines these situations as "identity contingencies"-settings in which a person is treated according to a specific social identity. As we all know when a person's social identity is attached to a negative stereotype, that person will tend to under perform in a manner consistent with the stereotype. This can be attributed a person's anxiety that he or she will conform to the negative stereotype. The anxiety manifests itself in various ways, including distraction and increased body temperature, all of which diminish performance level. Stereotype threat is not limited to historically disadvantaged groups, and that every person suffers stereotype threat in certain contexts. For example, a study testing stereotype threat among white engineering students. When the white students took a test after being told that Asians typically outperformed whites on that test, the whites performed significantly worse than they would have otherwise. While racism exists, stereotype threat is a far more pervasive barrier to a truly integrated society. A person's fear of being negatively stereotyped according to race-whites as racist, blacks as intellectually inferior, for example-creates a general level of discomfort in racially mixed settings. There is still hope because abilities are expandable and that there is no truth to allegations that a particular group lacks a particular capacity. Stereotype threat will continue as the "default setting" until steps are taken to counteract it. At an institutional level, we must promote "identity safety," implicit efforts to establish that diverse social identities add integral value to a setting.

Some Jim Crow Laws

Intermarriage: All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent, to the third generation, inclusive, or between a white person and an member of the Malay race; or between the negro and a member of the Malay race; or between a person of Negro descent, to the third generation, inclusive, and a member of the Malay race, are forever prohibited, and shall be void. Maryland

All marriages between ....white persons and Negroes or white persons and Mongolians...are prohibited and declared absolutely void...No person having one-eighth part or more of negro blood shall be permitted to marry any white person, nor shall any white person be permitted to marry any negro or person having one-eighth part or more of negro blood. Missouri

Child Custody. It shall be unlawful for any parent, relative or other white person in this State, having the control or custody of any white child, by right of guardianship, natural or acquired, or otherwise, to dispose of, give or surrender such white child permanently into the custody, control, maintenance, or support, of a negro. South Carolina

Militia. The white and colored militia shall be separately enrolled, and shall never be compelled to serve in the same organization. No organization of colored troops shall be permitted where white troops are available, and while white permitted to be organized, colored troops shall be under the command of white officers. North Carolina

Promotion of Equality. Any person...who shall be guilty of printing, publishing or circulating printed, typewritten or written matter urging or presenting for public acceptance or genera information, arguments or suggestions in favor of social equality or of intermarriage between whites and Negroes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fine or not exceeding five hundred (500.00) dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both. Mississippi

Africans Also Share a Blame in Slavery!

Americans are not the only ones who should apologize for slavery. I want an apology from the descendants of corrupt African chiefs who swapped our bodies for rum. To Africa the traders brought rum and it corrupted and destroyed us like the Native Americans. We were taken to the colonies, the West Indies, Cuba, and Brazil and used as currency to buy molasses; the molasses in turn was taken to the distilleries of New England and battered for rum, which formed the basis for another slave voyage. We millions of black folk who live in this land were born into Western civilization of a weird and paradoxical birth. The lean, tall blond men of England, Holland, and Denmark, the dark, short, nervous men of France, Spain, and Portugal, men whose blue and gray and brown eyes glinted with the light of the future, denied our human personalities, tore us from our native soil, weighted our legs with chains, stacked us like cord-wood in the foul holes of clipper ships, dragged us across thousands of miles of ocean, and hurled us into another land, strange and hostile, where for a second time we felt the slow, painful process of a new birth amid conditions harsh and raw.
The immemorial stars must have gazed down in amazement at the lowly of England and Europe, who, with hearts full of hope, pushed out to sea to urge rebellion against tyranny and then straightway became engaged in the slave trade, in the buying and selling of our human bodies. And those same stars must have smiled when, following the War of Independence, the Lords of the Land in the South relaxed their rigid slave code ever so little to square their guilty conscience with the lofty ideals of the rights of man for which they had fought and died; but never did they relax their code so much as to jeopardize their claim of ownership of us.

Causes For the Turning Point

A small minority, both north and south, felt outraged at a system of human bondage that nullified all they had so ardently striven to build, and many sensitive men grew violent against all government and went up and down the land propounding the principles of passive resistance and civil disobedience. In an atmosphere of such tension, the whites began to distrust each other. Therefore, when the Bosses of the Buildings suggested that we blacks be deported and colonized, the Lords of the Land rose and threatened to resort to a wholesale breeding of slaves in order not to be deprived of our living bodies. And, on the other hand, when the Lords of the Land, afraid of our growing numbers and increasing rebelliousness, suggested that the entire nation be taxed to raise money to deport us, the Bosses of the Buildings declared that such a course would destroy the capital of the nation, stifle productivity, and crush the poor whites, who were already being smothered in the slave atmosphere. But as we blacks continued to multiply and spread, our population would never exceed that of the whites or grow so great in any one area as to constitute an insurrectionary danger!

Turning Point in Relations

In the latter part of the eighteenth century the conduct of most of the Lords of the Land began to alter toward us. To evade the prevailing Christian injunction that all baptized men are free, and to check our growing record of revolt, they culled from the Bible a thousand quotable verses admonishing us slaves to be true to our masters. Thereupon they felt that they had squared conscience with practice, and they extended Christian salvation to us without granting the boon of freedom. This dual attitude, compounded of a love of gold and God, was the beginning of America's paternalistic code toward her black maid, her black industrial worker, her black stevedore, her black dancer, her black waiter, her black sharecropper; it was a code of casual cruelty, of brutal kindness, of genial despotism, a code which has survived, grown, spread and congealed into a national tradition that dominates, in small or large measure, all black and white relations throughout the nation until this day!

HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF

STOP ALL CRITICISM. Criticism never changes a thing. Refuse to criticize yourself. Accept yourself exactly as you are. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive.
DON'T SCARE YOURSELF. Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. It's a dreadful way to live. Find a mental image that gives you pleasure and immediately switch your scary thought to thoughts of pleasure.
BE GENTLE, KIND, AND PATIENT. Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself as you learn new ways of thinking. Treat yourself as you would someone you really love.
BE KIND TO YOUR MIND. Self-hatred is only hating your own thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having the thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having thoughts. Gently change your thoughts.
PRAISE YOURSELF. Criticism breaks down the inner spirit. Praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every little thing.
SUPPORT YOURSELF. Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is being strong enough to ask for help when you need it.
LOVING TO YOUR NEGATIVES. Acknowledge that you created them to fulfill a need. Now you are finding new, positive ways to fulfill a needs, so lovingly release the old negative patterns.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY. Learn about nutrition. What kind of fuel does your body need to have optimum energy and vitality? Learn about exercise. What kind of exercise can you enjoy? Cherish and revere the temple you live in.
MIRROR WORK. Look into your eyes often. Express this growing sense of love you have for yourself. Forgive yourself looking in the mirror. Talk to your parents looking into the mirror. Forgive them to. At least once a day say "I love you. I really love you."
LOVE YOURSELF. Begin it now. Do the best you can.

ROADBLOCKS TO COMMUNICATION

Ordering: You must.....You have to.....You will.....
Threatening: If you don't then..... You had better or else......
Preaching: It is your duty to.....You should......You ought.....
Lecturing: Here is why you are wrong..... Do you realize......
Providing Answers: What I would do is..... It would be best for you......
Judging: You are bad....lazy!......Your hair is too long.....
Excusing: You'll feel better........It's not so bad......
Diagnosing: You're just trying to get......I know what you need....
Prying: Why?.....Why?....What?.....How?......When?......

What Can You Do?---AWARD

Most people will joke and tell you not to have sex or wear a condom, be safe out there, and other on demand simple useless answers. I suppose this will anger some more people. Oh well. What we can do has to be a complete and total purge of the weak element of our society. Bridges burnt and mine fields laid out. The most powerful ability humans have is communication and those who lack self respect will only attempt to spread poison in the forms of hate and deceit. They will perpeturate ignorance and attempt to destroy knowledge because they feel as if they're already without hope. They believe you don't deserve the best. That you should settle for less.
They are friends, teachers, coworkers, pastors and parents. We must attack ourselves in a cultural civil war waged within the minds of ourselves and the following generations. You must educate in every exchange of communication. You must remove yourself from all negative people and places. Any person in a negative situation is solely responsible for themselves. There is something they haven't learned yet and they will continue to drag themselves through the mud until they learn their lesson in this life or the next. You can help them but you should not support them. Give them knowledge, give them power.
The battleground for the freedom of tomorrow is to be fought within our bodies, over our blood, no knife, no rims, or bunch of friends. If you stole your significant other from another person then in turn they'll probably be stolen from you. If you have a friend that steals from others then they'll steal from you. If you lie to others then you're going to lie to yourself. If you know someone committing negative acts, then eventually that person will act against you once it becomes in their best interest.
If you love this person even more than you love yourself, then you must let them go, let them see you grow. Be inspiration to another person. I push over ladders and burn bridges on a daily basis. All I need to keep me company is my faith in The Most High and my determination to succeed. So find a group. Make allies, map out goals and strategies. Leave the deadbeat behind. Tomorrow is waiting to behold your legacy.

Children Learn What They Live

IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH CRITICISM,
THEY LEARN TO CONDEMN.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH HOSTILITY,
THEY LEARN TO FIGHT.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH FEAR,
THEY LEARN TO BE APPREHENSIVE.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH PITY,
THEY LEARN TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH RIDICULE,
THEY LEARN TO BE SHY.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH JEALOUSY,
THEY LEARN WHAT ENVY IS.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH SHAME,
THEY LEARN TO FEEL GUILTY.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH ENCOURAGEMENT,
THEY LEARN TO BE CONFIDENT.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH TOLERANCE,
THEY LEARN TO BE PATIENT.
IF CHILDREN WITH PRAISE,
THEY LEARN TO BE APPRECIATIVE.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH ACCEPTANCE,
THEY LEARN TO LOVE.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH APPROVAL,
THEY LEARN TO LIKE THEMSELVES.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH RECOGNITION,
THEY LEARN THAT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A GOAL.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH SHARING,
THEY LEARN ABOUT GENEROSITY.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH HONESTY AND FAIRNESS,
THEY LEARN WHAT TRUTH AND JUSTICE ARE.
IF CHILDREN LIVE WITH FRIENDSLINESS,
THEY LEARN THAT THE WORLD IS A NICE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE
IF YOU LIVE WITH SERENITY,
YOUR CHILD WILL LIVE WITH PEACE OF MIND.

7 Things To Ponder

1. Every man is limited by three things which are the knowledge in his mind, the strength of his character and the principles upon which he is building his life.

2. The words you speak are the most important aspect of life changing behavior, for words spoken into the mind become ideas, and ideas held become attitudes and attitudes held and maniested become behavior.

3. Physical hunger is to the body as spiritual hunger is to the mind or intellect. True success is to the spiritual harmony as healthy food is to a sound body. As appetite precedes eating, spiritual development precedes accomplishments.

4. If you have an appetite for true success, you must focus on education, attitude and time. "EAT" for success.

5. Once belief in self is attained, the problem is 50% solved because the greatest obstacle in solving problems is the psychological barriers you create from past failures.

6. To develop life-sustaining attitudes and thoughts that are developed into positive action, we must police and discipline the words we speak and hear.

7. Development of self, not material gain or self-aggrandizement, must be the ultimate quest of every individual.

Alabama

The Alabama Ethics Commission has five members with jurisdiction for ethics oversight for all state and municipal elected officials. The members are nominated by the Governor, Lt. Govenor and the Speaker of the House and confirmed by the Senate. The Commisssion must include one member who is African American. Public official, candidates and lobbyists are not eligible to serve on the commission. Members serve a five year term and cannot serve a second consecutive term. The commission has the authority to launch investigation and determine administative sanctions where warranted. Findings of potential criminal violations are referred to the Attorney General. Complaints can be filed by "anyone with knowledge." Complaints filed against any of the commissioners are reviewed by a three judge panel appointed by the state Supreme Court. Ongoing investigations are kept confidential, but all final decisions, whether sancitons were made or the case was dismissed, are made public. Of of the 224 complaints filed, the commission referred nine to the Attorney General, issued 12 administrative sanctions, and dismissed the rest.

Study finds drug rehab effort beats jail

Pilot carrot-and-stick program hailed for success in Brooklyn

By: Devlin Barrett
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON--A pilot program to take nonviolent drug dealers out of prison and put them into rehabilitation and job training programs has a much higher success rate and costs far less then throwing them behind bars, a new study has found.
The program was begun in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 1990 after the 1980s epidemic of crack cocaine and other drugs deluged the court system with drug suspects.
A five-year study by Columbia University's Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse found the rehabilitation-job training program is a far more productive and less expensive way than jail time to reduce drug activity.
"It makes a phenomenal difference," said Joseph Califano, chairman of the Columbia center. "What it shows is you don't have to write anybody off. Given the right carrots and sticks, it will work with people even as deeply into drugs as these people are."
The Columbia study released today, compared 280 program participants with 130 drug offenders who served prison terms. It found those dealt with under the Brooklyn program were 67 percent less likely to return to prison.
Graduates also were 3 1/2 times more likely to have a job after they went in, the study found.
The program, known as Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison, was developed by District Attorney Charles Hynes and made available to addicts who have repeatedly sold drugs but have committed no violent crimes. The concept is to force addicts to see treatment through, with the ever-present threat of being sent back to jail if they fail out of the program.
More than 1,700 addicts have gone through the program. Its average student has been arrested five times and served about four years in prison. Suspects can be eligible if they have sold drugs repeatedly have not been convicted of a violent crime and are facing mandatory prison time. The 15- to 24-month program includes treatment, counseling and job training in a strict environment designed to instill self-discipline in its students.
To enter the program, a prospect much plead guilty to a felony, knowing that dropping out of the program removes the guilty plea from the participant's record. The cost of placing an offender in the Brooklyn program runs about half that of incarceration, the Columbia Center found.

From Chaos to Order

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."--Nicolo Machiavelli



There's an ominous cloud hanging over Madison County District Six. This cloud precedes the Commissioner being forced out of office! We've constructed our determination with a sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy and dedicated our actions to an unswering singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusander so he and his supportere beware! There can be no fairness and equity in District Six as long as this man stays in office. Im going to tear his political machine to shreds! Commissioner Robert "Bob" Harrison fits the profile of a leader in trouble: 1. Has a poor uderstanding of people. 2. Lacks imagination. 3. Passes the buck. 4. Will not take a risk. 5. Has no team spirit. 6. Fights change. 7. Feels secure and satisfied. 8. Flies into rages. 9. Is insecure and defensive. 10. Stays inflexible. The Commissioner is not an effective leader. To be an effective leader of people authentic leaders must first discover the purpose of their leadership. If they don't they are at the mercy of their egos and narcissistic impluses. This is exactly what happened in the case of the commissioner. Authentic leaders know the "true north" of their moral compass and are prepared to stay the course despite challenges and disappointments. Commissioner Robert "Bob" Harrison is lost. Authentic leaders are more concerned about serving others than they are about their own success or recognition.

Message To The Grassroots!

The problems that we face in this community can only be solved from the bottom up. This solution has been offered in talks, sermons and personified by grassroots activists and community voices who speak out against corruption and all forms of "isms." Obama stated from the beginning of his run to the White House that change happens from the bottom up. Those of us at the grassroots level are engaged in this continuous fight to uplift our people while at the same time dealing with blacks in power who have forgotten where they came or "Safe Negros" as their actions define them. It's not enough to just register to vote. Young people should run for office if not the "old corrupt guard" will continue to decide behind closed doors who will lead us. It's time to take action because almost all our local organizations refuse to change. When I say change I mean giving the youth a bigger voice and training of how to lead and to have forward thinking. One the things that need to change is the way Alabama A&M University conducts itself when it comes to the election cycle. Every 4 years A&M students have done a good job of helping the community by voting and these candidates fight for these votes not just at A&M but all local colleges. Local politicians continue to fool students into thinking they will bring them into the political process. By the term(4 years) a politician's repeat the lie only because the majority of them will have graduated and thus allowing these outdated politicians to repeat the lie.

From Chaos To Order

There's an ominous cloud hanging over Madison County District Six. This cloud precedes the Commissioner being forced out of office! We've constructed our determination with a sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy and dedicated our actions to an unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader so he and his supporters should beware! There can be no fairness and equity in District Six as long as this man stays in office. I'm going to tear his political machine to shreds! Commissioner Robert "Bob" Harrison fits the profile of a leader in trouble: 1. Has a poor understanding of people. 2. Lacks imagination. 3. Passes the buck. 4. Will not take a risk. 5. Has no team spirit. 6. Fights change. 7. Feels secure and satisfied. 8. Flies into rages. 9. Is insecure and defensive. 10. Stays inflexible. The Commissioner is not an effective leader. To be an effective leader of people authentic leaders must first discover the purpose of their leadership. If they don't they are at the mercy of their egos and narcissistic impulses. This is exactly what happened in the case of the commissioner. Authentic leaders know the "true north" of their moral compass and are prepared to stay the course despite challenges and disappointments. He's lost! Authentic leaders are more concerned about serving others than they are about their own success or organization.

Robert "Bob" Harrison (How Did This Happen?)

In 2004 I was a member of the Alabama New South Coalition/Madison County chapter. I was part of the screening committee that endorsed Peter Proctor, Jr. in 2004. The leaders of Alabama New South Coalition at the time met a couple of days later where they brought in members that I never seen before to overturn the "screening committee's endorsement." On that night the hand (ANSC) that held the dagger struck it into the back of democracy! It's this type of underhanded crookedness that propelled him into office. In December of that same year ANSC had another trick: Membership increased with college students and others with the idea of changing the guard. ANSC changed it's voting day to after over 12 new Alabama A&M University students went home for Christmas Break. This is a FACT that ANSC Madison County Chapter can't hide from. This African-American organization is unfit to represent the people so I quit. Alabama New South Coalition can be bought just like Speakin Out Newspaper!

Message To The Grassroots

The problems that we face in this community can only be solved from the bottom up. This solution has been offered in talks, sermons and personified by grassroots activists who came together to stop the fleecing of District Six. Obama our new president stated from the begining that change happens from the bottom up and not the top down. These local African-American leaders would have us think that if we only just elect them then our problems will be solved. It's not enough to register to vote. Young people should run for office if no the "old corrupt guard" will continue decide behind closed doors who leads us. It's time for those of us in the grassroots to take actions because our outdated organizations refuse to change. Many but not all of our local African-American leaders feel a sense of entitlement. When a common person or young person tries to speak out or seek office they quickly start efforts to silence that voice. I've been a part of the local African-American structure. I saw the corruption first hand. I know all the political players who're protecting those who hold us back.The local grassroots movement have been hijacked by the same voices that proclaim to fight on the behalf of and its clear. The result is some have inferred that they shouldn't think for themselves. The Commissioner is like a bucket of cold water that's dampened enthusiasm and drowned the fire of activism. I'm the spark that the Commissioner can't extinguish! I'm a political and journalistic mercenary on the hunt for those who our community. I'm on a mission and no corrupt black organization, lying two-faced local politician or street thug going to get in my way! No Damn Retreat, No Damn Surrender!

Change Has Arrived

There's hope after all. These political prostitutes will be: 1. Smoked out 2. Put on the run 3. Brought to political justice! This old guard will not go down without a fight. Some things they've been accused of or might try are but certainly not limited to: Payoffs, financial threats, physical threats, blame game, racial tension, etc. This local political phenomenon is the direct result of our black organizations refusing to change. District Six will change at the moment we decide that we will no longer hold onto ineffective leadership! It's time for change District Six and that starts with getting Robert "Bob" Harrison out of office! I'm the voice that will not go away!

Commissioner Harrison Has Let Us Down

The Commissioner is trying every trick in the book to stay in his seat. This desperate attempt is useless once the citizens demand that he explain himself. The Commissioner can't spread rumors this time that someone is doing this for the white man. That is so ridiculous! Commissioner Harrison should address what he has done to hurt the taxpayers of his district. When will District Six get real leadership and not be a political dumping ground for the Robert "Bob" Harrison types? Bob Harrison should know that I'm not going away. He will not outlast my grassroots pressure! He must consider the toll this is having on the district and beyond. The Commissioner is corrupt from his thin outer shell down to the marrow that's in his bones! This is a grassroots movement against corruption and it will proceed with a PURPOSE! District Six had become like a dirty diaper and all I did was try to change that $#!# for the people.

Safe Negro-If The Shoe Fits Then Wear It!

Definition of a Safe Negro is a black elected officials, President/Chair of an organization, Pastor of a church, Minister and grassroots leader who do not question or have anything to say in a public meeting as it relates to the problems within the black community. One who feels he/she has arrived. (Arrived=forgot from whence they came and because they have a little something they look down on other black folks.) One who knows and sees racism but try to act as if it doesn't exist. One who will follow Racist White Folks around by believing in what they say without doing their homework. One who will sit on boards and will not vote for positive change that will affect the black community because they do not want to rock the boat. One who will get in the (real black leaders) lane because they want to tell others about their role when they don't know their role or the rules. One who say they want to groom us blacks to be leaders when all they want to do is use them. One who talk about (real black leaders) who are actively engaged in community issues, know the issues and speak out in public. One who is jealous of the (real black leaders) who will speak truth to power by confronting racism and other isms that exist while the Safe Negro benefits. This is just me throwing some miracle grow on the grassroots effort.

From Chaos To Order

"There's is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."-Nicolo Machiavelli

There's an ominous cloud hanging over Madison Co. District Six. This cloud precedes the Commissioner being forced out of office! We've constructed our determination with a sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy and dedicated our actions to an unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader so he and his supporters need to beware! There can be no fairness and equity in District Six as long as this man stays in office. I'm going to tear his political machine to shreds! Commissioner Robert "Bob" Harrison fits the profile of a leader in trouble: 1. Has a poor understanding of people 2. Lacks imagination 3. Passes the buck 4. Will not take a risk 5. Has no team spirit 6. Fights change 7. Feels secure and satisfied 8. Flies into rages 9. Is insecure and defensive 10. Stays inflexible. The Commissioner is not an effective leader. To be an effective leader of people authentic leaders must first discover the purpose of their leadership. If they don't they are at the mercy of their own egos and narcissistic impluses. This is the case with the current commissioner district six. Authentic leaders know the "true north" of their moral compass and are prepared to stay the course despite challenges and disappointments. He's lost! Authentic leaders are more concerned about serving others than they are about their own success or recognition. Judging Bobs actions with an extensive paper track leading back to his GREED!