Faith, politics, you name it–from An African-American Perspective
This post will be short.
Who is surprised?
Really? Who?
If the Anti-Christ rears his head and President Obama can find his way to a camera, I believe he’ll be primed, pecked and ready to endorse the Anti-Christ while noting that he is a Christian.
Alarming! OMG! Yeah, but the beloved Black President can flagrantly endorse abortion and same-sex marriage and the blind Black Church still finds a way to endorse their President.
Nuff said.
MullOverThis
This is public knowledge, now.
Many are talking about the proper recourse for this gospel singer. Should she be penalized for being pregnant when she probably is no different that others in her shoes (music artists), or worshippers who fornicate anyway?
Well, the answer isn’t complicated. We don’t ever sanction an right response to wrong based upon what everyone else who is doing wrong is or is not enduring. We don’t decide whether a murderer–an extreme example simply to make the point–should be dealt with justly, based upon all the other free murderers who have not been busted and sentenced.
One common response has been, she hasn’t done any wrong that everyone else hasn’t done. Everybody does something wrong.
Let’s address that, too:
We stand before a Holy God, right now. And, when we have done wrong, we’ve got to be ACCOUNTABLE to God and to one another. So, yes, correction is appropriate. A fornicating pastor found out needs to SIT down and so does a public worshipper who can’t manage to stop fornicating. Period. The church is not refrained from its call to bring correction and maintain the standard that everything goes, cuz we all sin nonsense. Keep reading…we all fall short BUT because of Christ, we didn’t stay there. We have victory and should–at some point–conquer sin. And, if we can’t, put the mike down and work on doing just that. Be the testimony that we want to sing about.
For Le’Andria, she does depict God’s grace. God’s grace also includes His love and reproof. The charge for the church to bring correction and present leaders that can live what we preach and sing about must be upheld. I’ll love Le’Andria no less. In fact, I hope to love her even more. However, she needs to sit her behind down and figure out how to get enough of this foot stompin, Holy Ghost movin’ power to keep her legs closed until she is in a covenant relationship with a husband.
Amen?
Amen.
Please, don’t get me wrong.
Trayvon Martin will not know what happens to Zimmerman; he is gone from us and facing eternity. All of the rallying and calls for justice is to suit who? Those who want to know that a sick racist man cannot get away with killing Trayvon.
Who are the “those”? ‘Those” who are concerned about the Trayvons of this world?
“Lawdy, we are tired of injustice in the Black community!” Is this true or does worldwide action take place only when Trayvon’s get annihilated by non-Black perps?
“Those” are quite selective in expressing genuine concern for young Black males who are killed for no reason and before their time.
Those that watch the Trayvons just about every day and flip the channel when it is Black-on-Black crime.
Those that have the same kind of animus in their hearts towards the “kinds” of people they don’t like: homos, thugs, chinks, Puerto-Ricans, right-winged Christians, Arabs, drug addicts, and the list goes on.
“Those” who joke with the Zimmerman-types at work or at the bar.
“Those” protesters, spokespersons, justice-seekers, politicians and folks who want to see justice have every right to use their influence to make sure another Black male hasn’t been killed with a seal of approval from the US justice system. However, the same activists need to use their same influence to make sure the Trayvons that yet breathe and live will have the benefit of such concern to preserve and guard young Black males, even when it means we have to rally against our own in the Black community. Racism drove Zimmerman. A gang initiation, drugs, and sheer foolishness drives Black folks to cut and kill each other every day. Let’s put some hoodies on and talk about that.
Nuff said.
Mulloverthis.
Seems like Mr. Cain should have read my manual for politicians with game who think they won’t get busted.
Don’t run for office if you know you just ended a 13-year affair with a woman who had nothing to lose. Homegirl is on television, admitting she is so low to the ground that she can kiss ants in the mouth. Is Herman Cain an ant? Only da could-be mistress, God and Herman Cain know. If he is an ant, a crawler who lives low to the ground and you can’t get much lower than that, Mrs. Cain ought to know. Thirteen years is a long time to not have a clue.
Who brags about being a woman good enough to stay in the closet for a man for 13 years? Who? Clearly, MullOverThis needs to supply every aspiring and veteran politician with this manual.
As the vermin gain on Mr. Cain, it will be interesting to see if he drops out, or not. Although things smell a bit fishy, dirty campaign tactics-to dig up and supply the public with all sorts of unethical pants down with the oopsy in places where it’s not supposed be allegations-ought to backfire.
MullOverThis
Give me a break. No, give Stacey a break. Ridiculoidity, once again.
Laura Prudom joins the rank of flimsy journalism in her article questioning the authenticity of ‘X Factor’ star, Stacey Francis’ claim that she has been unemployed for the past 12 years. This here foolishness is idiocy served with whipped cream on top.
Paris Hilton’s career depends upon gossip. He is supposed to stir up controversy, be messy, and get plugs for his contribution to the world, while doing so. Other serious folks should at least chime in on issues with a degree of sobriety and authenticity.
Here’s my comment to Prudom’s article:
“Okay. This is the most insidious media coverage I’ve seen in a while. Perez
and others ought to be put on the sullied bench for this one. Does anyone think
that sporadic appointments equals a career, or a job? Struggling artists get
gigs every now and again, [and] put them on resumes so they can get more gigs. If
Stacey went from Broadway show to Broadway show, or toured with a group/artist
for six months, then we’re talking liar. Otherwise, we’re talking, generally,
unemployed.”
Touring with Madonna is completely different than performing as a background singer while she’s doing a few gigs. Touring typically requires a contract and is a real job. Calling upon top-notched background singers to back an artist up is a gig. Industry folk know gigs are too few and far between on a regular, consistent basis. A landscaper who performed 5 seasonal clean-up jobs in one year ought not to tell people he is gainfully employed, when he is not.
My suggestion: Leave Stacey alone, and get a life.
MullOverThis
Today, eight human beings were murdered and at least one other was critically injured at the hands of a Caucasian male mass murderer at Seal Beach, California.
Why?
Why?
Obviously, this guy should not have gotten custody of his children.
How many other people paid the price because a man lost a custody battle?
And to think, some people seem to think that Black people should model themselves after White people to move up a few notches in family values.
Mulloverthis.
This is a good question. Being that breakfast, arguably, is the most important meal of the day and the saying goes, “You are what you eat,” I’d like to know what Koffler ingests each morning. This man surely has some balls. He probably has a private chef that prepares him iced coffee, an oat bran/fruit medley parfait infused with whitey privilege hormones, a slice of whole multi-grain toast, and a slab of beef served rare.
Anyone outside of the fashion industry who takes time to sarcastically report that Michelle Obama sported a $1,000 handbag and wants to claim he is a veteran White House reporter has done one of two things:
1. Re-defined what we the people should expect from a White House reporter. We expect the reporting of significant facts or even the spin and skewed slant a veteran reported should provide on newsworthy stories. Being that gutter-ball reporting is now commonplace, the White House Dossier has complied with such standards and made non-issues an issue. Example: Previous First Ladies wore St. John’s knits like we change undergarments; because Michelle Obama is more fashionable than any First Lady we’ve seen in quite some time, along the likes of Jackie O., her consumption choices are questioned, handbag and all. It’s hard to just view the First Lady and smile when her expensive handbag is affixed to black arms/hands.
2. Revealed he is inflicted with Whitey Syndrome. Whitey syndrome is a complex condition, only when viewed from the vantage point of whitey-possessed people. Whiteys believe they are rational, level-headed, all-inclusive or reasonably exclusive, good-ole patriotic Americans who are at least 1/99999999 bars shy of registering as racists on the objective racist meter. They do a good job of being undetected while white folks are in power, are the figureheads, and wear the expensive gear. They love Black people-they adore Black folks and always have a best friend who is Black-so long as Black people do not prove to be superior and receive corresponding recognition, advancement and success that far outshines them. They remain undetectable in manifesting symptoms until they must confront their greatest fear: Today, Black people are just as brilliant and accomplished as white folks, even in the context of institutional racism and other adverse historic factors, and don’t need Whitey Syndrome infected people to do a darn thing to get where we want to go. So long as Black folks don’t get ahead, or stay a split-hair behind whitey, Whitey Syndrome characters remain aloof. Everything is fine, so long as Whitey does not have to look at President Obama and call him, “Massa.”
Mulloverthis suggests that the WHD get some Whitey Syndrome treated bi-focals, in the form of a right-winged African-American conservative reporter, to pre-screen his so-called White House concerns. Whitey is incapable of being unbiased, particularly if his diet includes elements induced with whitey hormones. Mr. Koffler needs to change his diet to include anything that kills white privilege so that we don’t have to anticipate any more bogus articles where he is least qualified to report on what Black caucus members say, the relationship African-American leadership has with President Obama, and presume as Whitey will, that of course President Obama will get most of the Black vote in 2012. What Koffler should spend time dissecting is this “all-in-the-family” branding as used in a Politico post he referenced:
Prominent black leaders — fearing Obama is not only taking them for granted but avoiding them in public — have turned up the heat on the nation’s first African-American president, transforming all-in-the-family concerns into open criticism of the president . . .
(An aside: Did Koffler assume that Presidents Bush and Clinton would be elected because most white people would vote for them?)
Nuff said on this one.
Mulloverthis.
The very next time you have any reason to argue with your husband, wife, mother, father, teacher, boss, cousin, crossing guard, grocer, child, friend, enemy, spiritual leader, Judge Judy or your favorite political pundit, do yourself a favor and observe the main character in this video. Upon completion of watching this video, adhere to the following directives.
Insert the person with whom you are about to have a potential heated discussion or argument into these formulas:
If video subject’s insanity > potential arguee’s sanity, leave the arguee alone. You have no problems. Take a cool or warm drink and go to bed. Tomorrow, things will look much better.
If video subject’s insanity≤ potential arguee’s sanity, leave potential arguee alone. You are dealing with a bonafide nutjob and you won’t be able to win your argument, or persuade arguee to a point of reason or compromise. Your safety is more important than the argument. Take a cool or warm drink, and go to bed. In the morning, you’ll be glad you woke up another day.
You have just discovered a 100% fail-proof way to rationally avoid all arguments for the rest of your life.
Mulloverthis.
Pastor Zachery Tims is deceased and news reports have mentioned the presence of a white powder on his person, which is being tested. So, the implication is that drugs may have been involved. Additionally, news reports have succinctly described Tims as, “…pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida who divorced his wife over an affair with a hooker…”
I definitely have a firm resolve concerning Pastor Tims and the type of preacher he represents: the man who loves God and does all that he can for people to improve their lives. “The man” is where the murky area lies. Regardless of one’s religious convictions or beliefs, at some point, we have to decide what is good. I do not have the power to, or would even be willing to toss Tims or anyone like him to the dogs; some people do have a conscience but don’t realize how their decisions will affect them until it is too late. God’s grace is sufficent to cover any one of us, even at the last minute.
Mulloverthis:
Is it possible to be a “good man” when you are unfaithful and dishonor your wife even in public?
Is it possible to be a “good man” when your decisions make your children fatherless?
Is it possible to be a “good man” because you have done so many great things for every one but the ones whose lives rely upon your “goodness” the most?
Does a “good man” direct donation money to support a drug addiction?
Does a “good man” pay for hotels and flings to accompany him with church money?
Can a man be a ”great man(d) of God” if he’s not even a “good man”?
Does the crackhead who steals from his family but helps an old lady across the street become a poor soul who is a good person?
Are we allowed to really draw the line between good people and not so good people anymore?
Do the concepts of CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, RELIABILITY, THOUGHTFULNESS, AND CONSIDERATION for people other than oneself mean anything?
Nice people do not necessarily translate into good people.
Good people often have to do things that are not nice.
What a man does, speaks much louder to what is really in his heart, than mere words.
The sum total of one’s acts does not outweigh or define the essence of a man’s character.
Good will and good intentions can kill in the absence of good character.
God certainly uses people who have not always been good. But, I haven’t seen one instance where God used people who did not turn away from their non-goodness to become more like God. The admirable thing about Zachery is that even in all of his struggles, he had enough faith to try and help others. Ultimately, there is no point in representing a Christ who cannot give us the power to live a good life, especially when we plaster our faces on signs as leaders qualified to show you the way. ZTims is not isolated in this troubled preacher identity. We do not need ANOTHER man, who cannot live a good life, to feel more for people than to seek care for his own life. The Kingdom of God is not a crutch for preachers’ issues and does not belong to preachers. Preachers, SIT DOWN. TAKE A SEAT. You are not that important to the world. No, you are not. God can use anyone else to do what you do. Go somewhere and sit down until you can be restored. No one can blame “the church” for a man’s destructive choices. Ask every drug addict who now lives in victory. We are not going to gloss over mess and memorialize it as something good to make people feel good. We have too much in Christ to continue in sin, and think church leaders should live just like men who do not KNOW God.
If there need not be any moral distinction and culpability for the kinds of ills that one man’s life exudes to become a plague in other people’s lives, and lead without adherence to the standard of what is good and right, then we owe Bin Laden an apology.
Mulloverthis.
