Violence not Terror!

I get a free subscription to the Wall Street Journal. Even though Fox owns WSJ nowadays there are still pieces in the Oped I like reading. Today, Douglas Murray wrote about the London Attack. Murray is associate director of the Henry Jackson Society, a London based think tank.
Every time something like this happens, there are thousands of opinions for what should be done or what the motivation is etc...The Oped posits that the US, UK and other western, predominately non-Islamist nations are in denial about the state of affairs going on around the world. I think I agree on some level. There is a cloud of fear from leaders in the US, UK, France and others to come out and just state the fucking obvious. ISLAM is a violent religion, period. This didn't just start with 9/11/2001; this has been going on for thousands of years.
What is happening in real time around the globe is that many third world countries such as we find in Africa and the Middle East have many millions who live in poverty. Many millions are illiterate and don't have any understanding for what is the cause of the state they find themselves in. It is the easiest thing in the world to blame the US, UK, France and others for their plight. Peoples who are down and out with no education gravitate to religion like humans have since the beginning of time. Islamic leaders inflame these masses into lashing out.
Groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda see the only path to inflict harm on "us" is to commit as many acts of violence until we can't stand it anymore.
I watched the youtube video of all this shit going on and one of the attackers was talking about the violence they have to see in their homeland everyday  and how they are just bringing it to ''us" so we can deal with the same kind of  (violence) as well.
When you think about the violence in Africa that just rages on and on everyday unchecked; you have to understand that at some point this shit will spill over. What the fuck are the functioning civil nations of the world going to do?
1. Get off this lame ass Terrorism bullshit label. These are violent thugs and criminals that want to commit mass murder as a way of acting out.
2. This is just criminal violence pure and simple.
3. We need a credible plan to engage with force at an extreme tactical level by engaging special teams that hunt and kill when necessary and this can't be 100's of thousands of troops but small teams of tactical units that can get in and get out and inflict maximum damage to the heart of these groups
4. We need national policies that go after heavy engagement in the governments of nations where these criminals operate to start shaping the economic landscape to bring these people into a more civilized reality based advancement and less religious focused societies
Problem is; not one leader in the US, UK or France or any other marginally civilized country is up to that task. Makes you wonder what the fuck huh? This is a complicated fucking world we live in. I don't know the answers but I have to write on it or I will just melt down. Keep thinking, write your Congressman or whomever is currently in a position to do something (I do, Wittman (R) Virginia).
Most important be prepared to fight if you have to. I don't see these violent Islamist going away anytime soon.

Mind and Body!

Getting back on here is not just a mental exercise. The physical is just as important and will enhance the thought process. So my challenge is to post some results of an exercise routine that I'm going to start tomorrow.
Yesterday I posted that I would be starting the Alpha Brain regimen. Coupled with that will be this short routine:
Jumping Jacks
Wall Sit
Push Ups
Crunches
Step Up
Goblet Squats
Chair Triceps Dips
Plank
High Knee (Running in Place)
Lunges
Push Up Rotation
Side Plank

This is going to be my core routine (some variations will work their way in) for the next 30 days. I will update         my status at the end of each week with what I've done in terms of sets and reps. This is supposed to be a 7 minute routine but I will likely add more time because 7 minutes seems like not enough but I guess it is better than nothing.

In any event this is the start of a reclamation project to be tight in both mind and body. As I firm up in body I will be embarking on more physical challenges.
My older brother mentioned to me last year that there is an over 50 Olympics. You can train for an event and qualify and compete. Not sure I'm in but is sounds intriguing as a way to set goals and strive to be better. Not sure I'm going to do it but this short routine could get me on a path to doing something big when my 50th birthday comes 5+plus years from now.

Scandal? I think not but who am I?

I'm not sold on anything in the nation's capital and am certainly not sold that this issue with the IRS targeting the Tea Party is that big a deal.
What makes it an issue? The Republicans have nothing better to do than look for reasons to hold hearings versus actually thinking critically about actual policy and legislating.
From what I've seen over the last three years since the 2010 mid-term elections is a new group of activists that have been submitting a large number of applications for tax exemption. So the IRS has a responsibility to make sure that they are in fact going to meet whatever requirements that allow them to be tax exempt. What is the evidence that indicates the IRS looked harder at these groups versus any other?
If Tea Party applications outpaced all other applicants then it could very well appear there was a negative bias but that is not what I'm reading.
I see desperate Republicans looking for any excuse to try and mar this President by any means necessary.
President Obama is not without blame! I fault him for not having a real plan post election. There seems to be this perpetual campaign mentality when a more focused, nose to the grind stone mentality and course of action is what is needed. If I were advising the President I would set up a meeting with the entire staff and lay down concrete bounds on expectations for the next two and a half years. Establish goals, let everyone know in no uncertain terms what that means and stop being so fucking sloppy. Everyone should understand that attacking Republicans, Tea Party or anyone is not the focus. Doing what is right for America is the focus. Pandering to any special interest whether right or left is unacceptable. Commitment to actual progress has to be the calling card. Fuck the media, fuck the naysayers, just focus and put forth intelligent proposals that can stand up to scrutiny and get some work done.
Congress on both sides have shown they have no intent on working with the Administration. The President needs to get a group of intelligent minds together and craft a framework for the future; put it out there and then engage directly with members of Congress on both sides to get shit done. No more fucking trips to Bumfuck, IA, or Bumfuck, SC or California fundraisers. Keep your ass in DC and put in work!

Vicarious living!

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We all have a reason to wake up and KU Jayhawks basketball is mine. These cats excel all day everyday. I love sports. What else can give you hope like this except that the sun rises everyday? Think on this!!

Are you Serious?

So what the fuck? What is the possibility that Congress gets a deal to fix the debt. Zero Chance!
We are not active enough as citizens. Reasons? Well for one, we are distracted with the day to day of just fuckin living you know. Goddamn, where is the time to engage with our reps in DC? I don't have it. They have us focused on so much mundane shit of just fucking living that when do we have time to really engage? Reality TV, MMA, NFL and all that trivial shit. What is the real shit?
Companies and big time money is focused and on Capitol Hill writing legislation in their favor everyday while we the little people just sit back and take the big dick of Congress doing absolutely nothing for the masses everyday.
Don't get me wrong...I love the USA. We are the best nation on the planet. We have our flaws but I would not want to try my hand as a black man anywhere else. It took a long ass time for these motherfuckas to actually give me my due and let me thrive but I'm here and doing my thing.
I want more though. Who doesn't?
I think we should get with the Old Testament and declare Jubilee.
Jubilee is a concept that says all debt is erased. It's like a universal bankruptcy!
Own up the fuckin fact that there is absolutely no way we are coming out of this $16 trillion in debt and just start the fuck over.
New IRS code and new blank slate...
Why not?
Better than all this doom and gloom and pretend bullshit where the fucking Federal Reserve prints worthless paper at a clip of $85B a month.
And FOR GOD'S SAKE STOP THE INEPT WAR ON DRUGS...REALLY!!!!!!

The Healing Powers of Hip Hop

I haven't been on here for awhile. Part of it is that I was taking MBA courses. Trying to keep my mind honed and frankly just trying to keep myself marketable and current with my current salary. Anyway the other reasons are personal and I was depressed or just not feeling it or whatever. You go through funks sometimes. Nothing serious just life...you know? So I'm back to opine if you will and see what the fuck is up.
I can say that during this little sojourn I'm listening to real underground hip hop. New York University Radio has the show called Halftime Radio. YouTube it.
It's crazy good and got me through some tough times. Also True Wine Connoisseurs with SADAT X. Brilliant shit.
All this shit kept me going and provided a diversion. I'm not true hip hop because I don't smoke weed, which seems to be a prerequisite to be all the way in. I just can't do it. It's illegal, my job don't allow it and since alcohol is legal and if done in moderation, pretty much good for you. '
Nonetheless I love real hip hop and not the radio, T-Pain, Drake, Kanye West variety. Basically whatever you hear on a regular radio station is not getting it done.
Give me Big Shug, Marco Polo, PaceWon, SADAT and others. This is the real shit. Keep it coming baby!!!

Been a long time; what the fuck is up

Some times I just don't know. I've been absent because I just haven't felt like discussing anything and I'm not sure I've had anything to say. I'm going to try and be more diligent and get back on here and talk critically about shit I see everyday. Some of it won't be critical at all just stuff I observe, read or come across that I feel should be spoke on.
I'm about to try this shit called Alpha Brain from Onnit.com...I will definitely post and see how it goes and report on my new found focus and mental acuity. Maybe this shit will help me be more creative.
In the meantime I have been chilling listening to shit like The Artie Lange Show on DirectTV Audience Channel and this crazy ass podcast called The Church of What's Happening Now.
Cat named Joey Diaz!
Crazy as fuck.
You know something?
I've been holding back for fucking years with my language for some stupid ass reason. I love to cuss. I don't have any motherfuckin idea why I just think it helps me flow easier. What do you think?
Who else likes to be free in your mind and just say what the fuck comes to mind?
What gets me is, I go on some sites just to see what society is doing. I signed up for BlackPlanet.com
That is some crazy shit. One brotha on there posted some shit like "I'm bout to lay back on the couch get some lube and bang my shit to some big booty black porn...what else is a ugly brother supposed to do?"
What the fuck is that about? I can't believe somebody would post that along with their picture. This is the world we live in.