At Play in the Fields of the Lord

When I started this blog awhile back, I wanted to do something different. There are a lot of blogs in the blogosphere that concentrate on politics and they do it quite well but, I didn't feel the need to add another one. Besides, these political blogs are brutal places to hang out. Field negro comes to mind when writing this. This man must be one of the most level headed and calmest individual on the Internet. Nothing fazes him.

Anyway, like I said, I wanted to do something different, but the mind is a funny thing. If you've read some of the stuff I write about, it would seem that I'm stuck in "slavey time". It didn't start out that way, but in my opinion, I think that a majority of our problems can be traced back to that period in time and all the way up through the fifties and into the early sixties, which is just forty some years ago. We didn't get our groove on until the middle and late sixties. But something went horribly wrong. Some one put a couple of sticks of dynamite under that bridge we were crossing and blew it the hell up. A lot of our leaders at the time fell by the wayside or were just outright killed.

Because the MSM told us so, we believed that we had arrived. Kinda like today with a black man in the White House. The MSM felt the need to invent the phrase, "Post Racial America" to lull us into thinking, once again, that all was well and would be well, because the people of America had spoken and it was official: racism was dead. All the clouds would fade away and the sky would open up and the Lord himself would come down and bless each and every one of us and "those children got so happy- they just went struttin' right through the fire. Just a laughin' and a talkin' bout the power of the gospel." That was a lie... and thankfully a short lived one, because no matter what you might think of the kids today, they ain't stupid. They are more connected and informed and aware than we ever were and it doesn't take them long to see through the shit that's being shoveled at them.

But I digress. See what I mean? I get side tracked easily. (Sometimes I go away, but then I come back.) I thought very hard for a handle that I could use. Mad Dog2020 came to mind almost immediately. Luckily it was taken or unluckily. It depends on your point of view. But there were a lot of questions on my mind, mostly of a spiritual nature, but just observing the day to day activities of black people and where their priorities lie, sometimes drive my mind in a totally different direction from where I started out. Herman Cain is another name that's popping into my head now. But I refuse to do political commentary.

I will have another post tomorrow. Strangely enough it's a short story about, yep, you guessed it. Slavey Times. Carry me cross that river Jordan. But I also, in my limited way tried to explain the enmity between black men and black women. I thought a story format was the way to go. It's an important subject that black people can't quite seem to wrap their heads around.

I would like to apologize ahead of time if it upsets anyone who reads it, but we need to talk about this stuff to each other. We need to get it out in the open and air it out. This is just my awkward way of doing it. I wanted to know. I still want to know.

Back in the medieval days, the fool was the only person in the court who could say dumb shit to the king and keep his head. Oftimes, when the people took the time to think about what he said, it wasn't all just dumb shit.

I hope I can have the same outcome and keep my head in the bargain.

Ya Think?

This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be, but please read the entire article.

The article below is completely neutral, not anti republican or democrat.

Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day.
It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!


545 vs. 300,000,000

EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.

Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.

545 PEOPLE -- By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.... . The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace
545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..

If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power..

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this article now that you have read it......... Is up to you.



Sales Tax
School Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Excise Taxes
Property Tax
Cigarette Tax
Medicare Tax
Inventory Tax
Real Estate Tax
Well Permit Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Inheritance Tax
Road Usage Tax
CDL license Tax
Dog License Tax
State Income Tax
Food License Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Social Security Tax
Service Charge Tax
Fishing License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Building Permit Tax
IRS Interest Charges
Hunting License Tax
Marriage License Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Personal Property Tax
Accounts Receivable Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax


Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the world happened? Can you spell 'politicians? ' I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!
YOU can help it get there!!!
GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

Make of this what you will. Ruminate on it with an open mind. Then ask yourself: What does it mean to be an American?