Politics – Self Equanimity http://selfequanimity.com Current Affairs Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:05:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/selfequanimity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SE-Copy.png?fit=32%2C32 Politics – Self Equanimity http://selfequanimity.com 32 32 176655959 Would you buy gas for $2.38 ??? Do you feel it ???? http://selfequanimity.com/would-you-buy-gas-for-2-38-do-you-feel-it/ http://selfequanimity.com/would-you-buy-gas-for-2-38-do-you-feel-it/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:37:04 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1819 Looks like the racist who has been destroying our country is out of office, even though we keep hearing his name and the January 6th events. 

The sad thing is that people won’t admit that they voted their emotions and fell for the “feel good’ politics democrats tell us all the time, they won’t admit they didn’t like Trump as a Character and not his policies, fun fact when Trump was in office, gas prices were a lot lower, try $2.38 (This was the national average).  I got to give it to Joe, his pretending worked,  if people didn’t vote their emotions, if they did their homework and research, they would have found out that Biden’s racism was and is well documented.

Funny on the Jimmy Kimmel show, he said they have done a lot of great things but they just don’t know how to tell us. He still got away with this on national TV, he openly insulted the intelligence of the audience by saying, ” Oh we have done a lot of great things, we just need to communicate it better, ” Like saying we just have to simplify the language, you know you are not as smart as we are to understand what we have done “.

On that same show, he talked about a  lot more biracial couples on TV, he actually listed that as one of his achievements. I guess by his standards everything is fine!!!! Never mind gas, food, etc. Oh, don’t forget, if you want to drive for free, get an electric car!.

The Concept of inflation is a complex one and many don’t grasp that concept very well. This is why they can blame everything and everyone else with a straight face on national TV and get away with it.  I don’t want to bore you with the mathematical concept of inflation but what they are telling us is not true. Gas prices started going up before the war in Ukraine. Many economists predict a recession is just around the corner. Things are not looking good!!!!!!

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“Our House” http://selfequanimity.com/our-house/ http://selfequanimity.com/our-house/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 04:19:39 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1785 I have been watching and waiting for something to be done for black folks, weren’t we told that Joe Biden was better than Trump, and was going to do something for black folks,  for some reason black folks think that the one who wrote and passed a lot of racist laws will somehow do something for black folks, Trump was too racist to do anything for black folks, (That is the thought process).

      Let’s see how politically aware we are, it may or may not come as a surprise that the democrats can single-handedly pass anything they want now because they control both houses, they really don’t need republicans, even though they still try to blame Republicans for their failed promises. The midterm elections are upon us again, the question is will there be a shift????  Cause nothing has been done, from the lift every voice plan to all other plans they told us they were going to do. California has passed some sort of reparations committee, and this is just to study who should receive it, it’s funny,  I’m wondering why states like Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Virginia, etc. didn’t participate in that study. These states were directly involved in slavery.

      The midterms are fast approaching, things are changing although gas is still expensive, inflation is at an all-time high, things are not looking good for the Democrats,  but ever since Joe Biden has been in office, then he and his fellow Democrats have had the power to do so much without needing republican support, but pretending there is still some sort of resistance from Republicans. The republicans now don’t have an excuse, they control the white house to both houses of Congress, and according to some news sources, the president has signed 87 executive orders so far. Now as it stands they can pass anything they want, they can make all the changes they want, and more importantly, they can make the changes they promised black people, at least do some of the things that they outlined in the “lift every voice” plan.  Joe Biden has yet to surpass Trump on what he did for black people, I wouldn’t say he did much but at least it was something we can point to, Well with Joe we are being asked to wait, right ???  

  1. Expansion of enterprise zones
  2. More funds to HBCUs ( Executive order 13779)
  3. First Step Act
  4. Music Modernization Act

 To end this I said this and I will say it again, I like the Music Modernization Act because the music industry has treated black people, some died penniless, so I’m looking at this from a black perspective, but that is just me though.

Brothers and sisters all I can say is “be careful” with your vote, especially this mid-term election.

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Lift Every Voice?? How?? http://selfequanimity.com/lift-every-voice-how/ http://selfequanimity.com/lift-every-voice-how/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:53:23 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1755 Remember the lift every voice plan? I mean the plan Joe Biden had for Black America.. remember that ?? whatever happened to that ????? I was assured by everyone who didn’t share the same political view that Joe Biden, the one who wrote the 94 crime Bill (amongst other things) was going to put his plan into action, as soon as he got into office. Some actually said this is a way for him to make amends to the famous 94 crime bill, (which locked up a lot of black men). People were sure this was going to happen.

       Looking at the way everything is going I’m not sure this will happen it still remains to be seen.  Let’s take a look at the lift every voice plan according to what I read.

  1. Advance the economic mobility of African Americans and close racial income gaps
  2. Expand access to high-quality education and tackle racial inequity in our education system
  3. Make far-reaching investments and end health disparities by race
  4. Strengthen America’s commitment to justice
  5. Make the right to vote and the right to equal protection real for African Americans
  6. Address Environmental justice

These are only to name a few,  just reading this I know most of this is pure BS.   The man couldn’t even tackle inflation so how does he advance the mobility of African Americans and close income gaps, that will mean giving out a lot more free money which will result in inflation.

What are the far-reaching investments ??? anyone cares to elaborate????

Environmental Justice ???? why doesn’t he start with Flint Michigan?  With their water problem. This man wrote the 94 crime bill? Responsible for over-policing, and yet we expect him to somehow change all that???

At least when Trump was in office he said he was willing to look at Ice Cube’s plan, contract with black America, but Old Joe said, we need to wait till after the election, and we still supported him.

Most black people are saying to themselves, that once a racist is out of office we should be ok ,. we have good old Joe who is going to make everything ok..  as black people we are not that politically skilled to make sense of this and demand better things for ourselves, as long as we feel good about something we should be ok… The Democrats like to say hey we like black people, we gave you the first black person, first black female black (whenever she wants to be) or should I say a woman of color,  and we are about to give you the first black woman supreme court judge, we make you feel good, you should be happy. Republicans say we ain’t giving you nothing we are keeping everything for ourselves, the democrats say the same thing but they wrap it up in a “feel good” event.  We shouldn’t trust our politicians but yet we do.

     Now the main reason I wrote this piece is that I’m telling black people that they are going to tell us to wait…. why because they are bringing 100,000 Ukrainians over here, on our tax dime (don’t forget April 15th)  here is the problem with that,

  • They sent Haitians home, and they did that in style, by sending guards on horseback, people trying to escape economic oppression. Everyone said that look like slavery
  • You know the Ukrainians come first right ?????  somehow their oppression is far more important than others who just happen to belong to a different racial group of course I’m sure that is all a coincidence.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think the reason he even chose a name like that is because of our inclination to religion!!!! , still didn’t make us stop and think and go wait a min. The fact that he called it ” The lift every voice plan” is an insult.

Ok, black people let us tell ourselves before someone else says it, 4 years is not that far ….

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High Gas prices http://selfequanimity.com/high-gas-prices/ http://selfequanimity.com/high-gas-prices/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2022 01:46:03 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1685 Since this is the current topic everywhere, including the media, It would be unfair not to talk about it. Almost everyone is talking about this, (with the exception of me).  it never ceases to amaze me how many people just follow the media, regardless of history. Almost everyone is blaming the high gas prices on the war in Ukraine, In a way, they are right because oil is always involved. etc. but needless to say that is not the reason why there is a war in Ukraine, or should we say Russia attacked Ukraine.

     This shows that people do not care about history and only focus on the current times. The high gas prices were a problem even before the war in Ukraine, and I remember our dear president was asked about inflation, and what he intends to do about it, Of course, we all know his answer suggests that he doesn’t know what to do about it. Then came the crises in Ukraine (I’m very sure the Media was thankful for that conflict/war because they didn’t have answers to the question of high gas prices)

Now gas prices are so high because Putin is so evil, and no other reason but he is evil. As we know the media is notorious for turning every story into a human interest one. “Putin is evil and doesn’t like FREEDOM” In no way am I justifying war, I don’t like war, it kills both enemies and friends, war attacks the common man, therefore I cannot justify war in any way. That being said, it is important to understand what is going on and how it came to this, why it is happening. Now let us look at the political situation, history will tell us that Ukraine was part of the USSR, After the fall of the USSR in the 90s Ukraine signed a lot of agreements and treaties, needless to say, It didn’t honor all of them,  I cannot give a history lesson here because it is too much to type but the long and short of it is that Putin doesn’t want any of the NATO nations using Ukraine as a Military base while pointing missiles at Russia, just like the US didn’t like all those Missiles in Cuba, during the Cuba Missile crises.

     The thing is that we as a generation haven’t learned from that crisis,  President Kennedy and the leader of the USSR, Khrushchev were able to resolve this issue with a secret deal, without resulting in war. There wasn’t a single loss of life during that crisis.

     As black people, I think we should understand what is going on before we take sides.  We like to jump to conclusions and choose whichever side the media tells us to choose.  It is time we know about world affairs, and also understand that we cannot learn history from the media,  as far as gas prices, we should be asking our leaders why gas prices are so high, and not allow them to shift the blame to someone. 

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What an Interesting world!!!! http://selfequanimity.com/what-an-interesting-world/ http://selfequanimity.com/what-an-interesting-world/#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2021 03:44:02 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1470 We all know slavery was a very barbaric and gruesome Institution. Anyone or Everyone should be against such a gruesome institution. This part is for the Christians, Slavery can actually be traced to the Bible, but we all know it was before that. Most people do not want to talk about the presence of slavery in the bible but when they are confronted directly about it they talk about indentured servitude, which Is the very definition of slavery. They will go on to say that with indentured servitude, there is a time limit to which you release the individual paying off their debt, what they forget to tell you is that if an individual put his freedom in the hands of another individual, he/she is a slave, and it’s up to that individual to make them work more years or release them. Don’t believe me, lets go to one of my favorite people in the bible, Jacob.. when he went to work 7 years for his  wife, his father in law changed the terms at the very last minute, they always leave out this part don’t they ??? Anyone who reads the history of slavery will agree with me that slave masters made promises they never kept, . Another interesting point is that all cultures are guilty of slavery, and no royal families sold their offspring into slavery unless they lost a war. Also, slavery became a lucrative institution. There is a lot I can go into when it comes to slavery but we as a species have come a long way but still have so far to go. As human beings, we should be against slavery wherever it is but sadly slavery is still going on in 2021.
One of the Richest countries in Africa, or used to be one of the richest countries has one of the largest slave markets. One can buy a male slave today for $200.00 at a slave auction in Libya. Oh let me say this most being auctioned are black men!! . Although there is a new name for them, they are called MIGRANTS!!!!

According to Google, these are the types of slavery:

1. Sex Trafficking
2. Child Sex Trafficking
3. Forced Labor
4. Forced Child Labor
5. Bonded Labor or Debt Bondage
6. Domestic Servitude
7. Unlawful Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

Makes you think right?

By Anthony Mills, Published by Jesus Kotei

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Blind Forgiveness!!!!!! http://selfequanimity.com/blind-forgiveness/ http://selfequanimity.com/blind-forgiveness/#respond Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:18:51 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1341 This is to my black brothers and sisters…. I would like to ask this question, is Trump really the worst president, a lot of my black brothers and sisters seem to think so ……. I was surprised at how much “we” think    Trump might just be the worst president in US history, I asked why would “we” ever think so ????? I went to a  place where all of today’s great men go for knowledge, GOOGLE!!  A lot of articles came up that confirm this, ( someone’s opinion). This confirmed to me how much we make decisions, based on slogans and emotions.

I’m going to bring a subject that is sensitive to us black people which is reparations for slavery, not to mention slavery itself, the question is do we really “feel” the way we claim we “feel” about slavery? if so then Trump would be far from the worse presidents.  What is the biggest “wrong” that was done to black people in this country? most black people will say SLAVERY!!!!!!!!!! not only will slavery come to mind but most people will put slavery at the top of the list. Then Jim Crow, followed by discrimination, Police Brutality, racism etc, the interesting thing is that most people will agree with me that everything can be traced to slavery. One must stop to ask the question, arent’ we being told what to feel at any moment? As someone who studied most of the presidents, ( if not all of them) I would hardly rank Trump as the worst president in history. Let’s take a look at why I said that. These are presidents who owned slaves, ( legally, picture of them on the featured  image)

  1. George Washington
  2. Thomas Jefferson
  3. James Madison
  4. James Monroe
  5. Andrew Jackson
  6. Martin Van Burren
  7. William Henry Harrison
  8. John Tyler
  9. James Polk
  10. Zachary Taylor
  11. Ulysses S Grant.

 

All these presidents owned slaves, in fact, George Washington received his first slave at age 11, kids want toys or a  bike for their birthday, well young George Washington got a slave, that should tell us how he viewed black people, etc….. he got a slave on his eleventh birthday…

Yet we are being told that Trump is the worst president in history?   but if we claim what we claim about slavery, Trump should be the last person on the worst president list, are we so forgiving that we are willing to forgive all these presidents, for their role in slavery just to put Trump on that list ??? This is insane!!!!

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Q & A Time!!!!!!! http://selfequanimity.com/q-a-time/ http://selfequanimity.com/q-a-time/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:06:59 +0000 http://selfequanimity.com/?p=1094
  •  Which one of these men knew someone personally who owned slaves???
  • Which one of these men took pictures with a known Klansman???
  • Which one of these men knew someone personally who called black people an inferior race ???
  • Which one of these men praised known racists for being good men????
  • which one of these men said, the reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home is because some Black woman was able to stack the grocery shelf,
  • Let us see how many people get these questions right ????

    After all, this is said and done I will want people to look into the is the southern manifesto? there was a particular table that Joe Biden got as a gift, a Trophy that is of particular importance to this.

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