NaNoWriMo!!!

Hi,

I'm sorry I've been inactive for a while. I found out about a wonderful event called NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month. The event is billed as a contest and it's goal is to get novelist writing. To win the contest, a writer has to write at least 50,000 orignal words of prose. The event is not quality drive. It is content driven. The creators figure that if a person writes 50,000 words, he should be well on his way to writing a novel.

I have written approximately 13,000 words, so I'm well on my way. I wasn't planning on "winning" the first year, but at this rate, I might be able to pull it off.

To keep up with my progress, visit my by using the following steps:

1. Click on this URL: http://www.nanowrimo.org/modules/xoopsmembers/
2. A page displays allowing you to select an author, type in my name: teejexposed

Wish me luck!

September 11: 100 years in the Making

I have often wondered how the USA and the Middle East became such great enemies. If you have these thoughts, I suggest you see a documentary called Road to 9/11. The documentary is simply fascinating. It tracks a century of relationships between Irag, Britain, USA, Germany, Palestine, Israel, and others. These relationships lead to Sept. 11.

The documentary also gives you a glimpse into the USA/Israel and Palestinian conflicts.

So, if you are one of those people whose world was shattered by what appeared to be a random act of hatred Sept. 11, 2001, check out this documentary. After seeing it, I wondered why I hadn't learned more about these relationships in the media and in my history classes. I was also stunned that it took 100 years for the situation to escalate to the Sept. 11 bombings.

I'm not going to sit here and say I agree with the violence. What I will say is that after seeing the documentary and watching the years of conflict, I have a better understanding of why it happened. I also have a better understanding of why the USA is hated by many of the middle eastern countries. The conflict didn't begin with Ayatollah Khomeini, Quadafi, or Saddam Hussein. It dates way back, even before WWII.

I also understand why Israel and Palestine continue to fight. I had been led to believe the fighting was due to the ancestral relationship of the Jews and the Muslims. Both groups are descendants of Abraham and as such are heir to his belongings. The fighting is much more complex than that. If you look at a map of Palestine and Israel, you will see that the placement of Israel makes it virtually impossible for the two to separate themselves. Their boundaries flow in and out of each other.

If you really want to understand what happened September 11, 2006, check out the documentary.

Republican Party puts on "Black Face"

Today, I read a really interesting article in the in The New York Sun. You need to check it out. Here's the information: "Republican Group Chides Democrats With Abortion Ads--Aim Is To Win Minority Voters, But Democrats Cry Foul" by By JOSH GERSTEIN. You can see the article at http://www.nysun.com/article/41648?page_no=1

Apparently, the Republican party is creating and running ads designed to attract African American (AA) voters. From my read of the ads, it looks like the Republican party has stepped into the realm of Black Face.

Here's an example of the dialogue from one of the ads:

BLACK MAN #1: "If you make a little mistake with one of your 'hos,' you'll want to dispose of that problem tout suite, no questions asked."

BLACK MAN #2: "That's too cold. I don't snuff my own seed."

BLACK MAN #1: "Maybe you do have a reason to vote Republican.

I have to say, I find this ad comical. As an AA, I can honestly say, I don't know anyone who refers to females as "hos". The term appears to be part of the entertainment lingo. It's not how anyone I know speaks. I also love that the guy who refers to women as "hos" also drops a French phrase in: "tout suite". I don't think that a person who is sophisticated enough to use "ho" would follow it with "tout suite". Too funny!

What I see here is a group of racists that is so removed from AAs that it can't even mimick BVE (Black Vernacular English). What's even funnier is the group has put on its "Black Face" in an attempt to impress us! The group apparently believes we are so ignorant, we can't identify ourselves! It apparently thinks we are so stupid that if you put a black face in front of us, we'll believe anything that spews from its lips!

Here's my response to the Republican party. I'll speak to them in their form of Jive talk--just to make sure they understand:

"Well, Mizta Repulikans, Is so sooree to bustyo bubble, but I don quit talkin lik dis. I don learnta talk lik you. Nes time yous wantin to be talkin ta me, you can use anglish. You should specally talk anglish ta me ifin you be wantin to get mi vote."