February 10, 2015
Blogging, Philosophy, Quote, Society
freedom, liberty, quote, Szasz
Greetings fellow zobopians! What are your feelings about ‘liberty’? You like liberty for yourself, right? Do you like others having it too? It’s ironic, there are people in this world that want liberty for themselves only and not for others. Why? So they can enslave others.
Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation from others, and thus affords them the possibility of dignity. They loathe liberty because it throws them back on their own abilities and resources, and thus confronts them with the possibility of insignificance.”
February 5, 2015
Barack Obama, Black Americans, History, Philosophy, Prejudice, Race, Self Development, Society, Violence, zobop republic
Black History, history, race
Hello fellow world zobopians! Yep, It’s another Black History Month…2015 edition. And what do WE, (Negroes, Colored folk, people of color, African American, …etc., aargh), have to show for it? What have we accomplished? Please do not mention the election of Barack Obama as the 1st Black President! He’s not Superman.
With all the social unrest over the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and a Black man being choked to death in New York state and other places, we as Black people haven’t changed the perception, (to white people), that we deserve ‘Respect & Regard’ for our lives. Yes, I know “we as a people” have accomplished much. It’s in the arena of social perception that we have failed. White people are still afraid of Black people! It’s “cause & effect”. If people are still apprehensive of Black people (cause), then people will mis-treat us with deadly consequences (effect).
When non-Black people are are “still” afraid of…Black people, then Black Lives Don’t Matter! It all comes down to PERCEPTION. How does the world perceive Black people? Are we a threat? Other people are threats too.
In this world ALL LIVES MATTER. So this Black History Month we should learn as much about the history of a social group we sometimes call…the Black Diaspora. When you learn Black History you learn how the world really works.
Until neXt time…#BlackLivesMatter…
January 24, 2015
Blogging, Philosophy, Politics, Power, Prejudice, Religion, Society, zobop republic
Abraham Lincoln, fundamentalism, politics, religion, society, women
Hello zobopians! I’m all for freedom of politics and all but sometimes you have to “kick out the JAMS!”
In today’s rant I’m going to warn the world of fundamentalism. Political and religious. The G.O.P. (Grand Old Party) of today is not legitimate. The Republican party today belongs to the theocrats and the phony sanctimonious shameless power-seekers. Fear and bigotry are their watch words. You’ll hear a Republican claim that they are the party of Abraham Lincoln. Lie! The Republican party no longer adheres to its abolitionist founding, which was the pursuit of freedom for all its citizens. The G.O.P. has become a fundamentalist political party that pursues the restriction of freedom for certain members of our society like women and people of color, as well as the L.G.B.T. community.
I guess this is what happens when the next generation doesn’t pick up where the last generation leaves off. The next generation, in this case Baby Boomers, hijack a political party and go off in a fundamentalist direction. The previous generation of Republicans actually were for more equality for women but now they’ve been waging war against women since the 1970’s. That sounds like a 5th column of women and minority haters. Fundamentalism in any religion will set society back who knows how far.
Until neXt time…
January 13, 2015
Blogging, Business, Capitalism, Economics, Power, zobop republic
economics, finance, minimum wage, money, poverty
Happy New Year fellow zobopians! It took me some time to get my blogging juices flowing for 2015. And the best I can do is a photo opportunity. Anything for the topic of the minimum wage for the working poor. Let’s face it, anybody working at minimum wage is poor. That’s the way the “powers that be” want it.
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December 11, 2014
America, Black Americans, Economics, History, Literature, Politics, Prejudice, Society
Black History, economics, history, John Williams, politics
Hello fellow zobopians! So, what histories do you read? History or His, Story? Are Black citizens ever going to be a part of history or anybody’s story? We’re aware that the victors write the history. Unfortunately it’s not accurate. You know, “just the facts.” The losers or former slaves don’t get to write history. It’s no wonder people can feel like they’re left out, #BlackLivesMatter.
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“…What histories do you read, Gus? Tell me about the history of the American armed forces, and I can show you how important Negroes were to those forces; tell me about the history of American economics and I can show you where Negroes made up the bulk of those economies by being poor or left out of them altogether; tell me about the history of religion of America, and I can show you where, as long as there have been Negroes in this hemisphere, religion has been an absolute lie; tell me about the history of American politics, and I can show you where American politics would be vastly different today if Negroes had had a real voice in them…” –Chapter 24 from the book ‘The Man Who Cried I Am’ by John A. Williams (1967)
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*Note: We don’t use the term Negro anymore, it’s an old term from an old time. Until neXt time…
December 9, 2014
Blogging, Email, Internet, Privacy, Scam
email, phishing, scam alert, zobopian
Hello again zobopians! My next blog post came to quick for my taste. I like to mull things over before I post again. But this junk e-mail got me thinking. How can anyone’s Gmail account be over the limit when the limit is astronomical. Computer storage is cheap and expansive. Scammers think we’re all dumb!
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