I haven't really written here since all the horrible events in New Orleans. I figured there was enough being said and done and that I would refrain from writing any scathing indictments of the Government. You can turn on the TV for that.
Instead I am writing about the more insidious damage this tragedy has wrought.
1) Why is there no one among all the wealthy black public figures addressing the fact that Black men completely left the saving of black women and children to the government? Where weren't all the adult black men at the Superdome getting organized and at least trying to protect the innocents there? Why were little kids allow to be raped and killed and their ankles broken so they could not walk? When CNN interviewed a heliocopter commander and asked him what the biggest impediment to airlifting folks to safety his response was "The men. They were practically fighting each other to get on first, leaving the women and babies and sick to wait." They had to actually turn guns on them to force them off so they could load the others. The scope of this tragedy was huge and everyone was hungry and scared. But what the fuck was the point of shit like the Million Man March if all black men are going to do is snap and leave us to die? We had to look to white and latino faces to show us compassion while half of our men stole guns, drugs, liquor and TV's, raped babies and shot at the people sent there to help them, and the other half too scared or old to check them. The thug is alllowed to run free in this country because other black men don't have the guts to come together. They will kill each other over some dumb shit they said in a mediocre song, but when real tragedy hits and we needed them, they lost it and there is no one to step up and hold them accountable. I was so angry that I thought of cutting my locks, joining the National Guard and picking up the gun. If I see any black man with a gun in his hand and his dick in a child, he's getting mercked before he even knew I was watching him. If ya'll won't do it, then sistahs will also regress into our animal nature and hunt you down like a pack of armed lionesses. WORD TO THE IG'NANT BRUH'S: The future may bring you no other choice but to fuck white and asian chicks cause no black woman worth her salt is going to trust that she'll be safe with you and look elsewhere herself.
2) There are folks out there using the hurricane and misery to push their agendas and religion on others in some weird doomsday plot to get everyone ready for god. I have an ex-friend so haughty, narrow minded and bored after a not so special reunion between us where I called to reconnect with her, she basically told me she has to pray to god first before she can make a decision to see her and that I must first prove my self worthy of her company now that she dwells with the Lord. After I tell her no thank you and that it was a mistake, the psycho sends people on her mailing list the following:
"Loved ones,
Hurricane Katrina has started a trend: Reunions. As we watch with tears of joy in our eyes families losing and finding their loved ones, we feel drawn to reach for our own telephones and mouses to reconnect with those we've not heard from but often think about. Although I live in a part of the South that has not been touched by this devastation (except for our hearts), my phone has been ringing off the hook. I love and appreciate that people are thinking about me. It warms my heart to be cared about by people I've neglected or whom I wondered if I'd ever hear from again. I, too, am reaching out. I've been on the phones and computer to just about all of my California pals. Some I haven't spoken to since 2003 when I left California. I love the way the Lord works. What Satan means for evil (Death, destruction), God makes good (Reunion, Revival, Repentance). Here is a prayer for anyone toying with the idea of hosting a long lost pal or family member -- be they victims seeking shelter from the storm, old flames trying to worm their way back into your heart/bed, or just a well-meaning friend digging through the rubble of burnt bridges:
LORD, REVEAL THE TRUTH OF (PERON'S NAME)'S CHARACTER TO ME. OPEN MY EYES TO SEE HIM/HER AS YOU SEE THEM. IF I AM ABOUT TO GET INTO AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE, SHOW ME. I WANT YOUR FAVOR ON EVERY PART OF MY LIFE. PROVIDE ME WITH AN OUT IF I NEED ONE.
God is our father. For some of us, He's the only father we've ever known. Let Him protect you like a good father does. Consult God often."
So don't have unconditional love for anyone who is seeking to connect and build a bond or who may be searching for a refuge. No, hold them at arms length while you ask god how he sees them so you can have an excuse to judge them and therefore have a way OUT of helping them if they don't suit you. The fact that she used the tragedy of the hurricane and suffering to make that point makes me so sick that I even thought of her at all, and sad that she has a child that is going to grow up with a self aggrandizing hypocrite fraud with no original thoughts of her own, co-opting god as a means to her own importance. This is just as bad as Richard Simmons going on National TV to have a breakdown about the safety of his brother from the hurricane when it is documented that his brother got out of NO days BEFORE the storm and was safe all along. You should have seen the shameless way that idiot broke down, and his brother playing along in front of the cameras after having said "You knew we were out of harm's way before.."
3) Anyone who is suprised that the goverment is unprepared and run by morons should be shot.
