"In the world of gods and in the world of man…

everything is impermanent."

I remember these last lines from a reading on the mythology of India when a woman begs one of the gods to restore life to her dead baby. He said he would if she were to bring him a flex seed from a home not recently visited by tragedy. After visiting many homes, the still grieving mother returned to tell the god she was not successful.

And there is this one….

He who pays the piper calls the tunes.

Pipers……
Phil Donahue
David Schuster
Helen Thomas
Juan Williams
Keith Olbermann

As always,
BB
P.S. My mother told us the world would be a crowded place if everyone lived forever.

Pelosi and Reid will stay! (Yikes!)

It appears Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are determined to make a liar out of Albert Einsteins’ wisdom regarding insanity. "This time will be really different, I mean really different!" Why don’t they take one on the chin for the sake of the Democratic Party and step down?

There are some people, myself included, who believe the midterm elections last Tuesday were a mere dress rehearsal for another bloodbath in 2012. With Pelosi and Reid remaining at the helm, optimism will be a Herculean task.

As always,
BB
P.S. This morning on C-Span there was a man who said that he had abandoned the Republican Party to join up with the TeaBaggers.

Pelosi To Run For Minority Leader [UPDATED]
Excerpt:
UPDATE - 1:05 p.m.: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will make a bid to be Democratic minority leader, she announced Friday via Twitter. "Driven by the urgency of creating jobs & protecting #hcr, #wsr, Social Security & Medicare, I am running for Dem Leader," she tweeted.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/pelosi-minority-leader_n_779281.html

Pow-Wow summit on November 16th?

In my opinion, one of the inherent values of having a meeting, conference or a classroom lesson and maximizing its effect is having a plan and exposing it in advance for all concerned persons to see.

If Pres. Obama has called for a meeting of the political chieftains, as he has, I think he could garner for himself un-presidented results by making public his rationale and his explicit agenda and what he hopes to accomplish; sort of akin to getting up, brushing himself off and starting over again. He should state these things himself and by his lonesome. In other words, the President should pull on his background as a college professor.

What could be the harm? Not only would the President be providing his supporters with advanced bragging points but also a subliminal notification that he knows what he is doing. The sooner he gets that information out to the public, the better for him.

Whether a proclamation nailed to a tree by a court messenger on horseback or a scroll read to the villagers by the town crier, it doesn’t matter. Let people know what you are doing and why you are doing it. Be honest. Be open. Be sincere. Just a suggestion.

There is a saying, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste". (Smile)

As always,
BB

Obama invites GOP leaders to meet on jobs, tax cuts (Author: Would love to see the invitation)
By David Jackson, USA TODAY
Excerpt:
WASHINGTON — President Obama is planning a conference in two weeks with congressional leaders, including newly emboldened Republicans, as both parties set down markers for the new political landscape created by Tuesday's elections.
Read more at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-11-05-obama05_ST_N.htm

And
Mitch McConnell Challenges Obama With Bold Speech
by CHARLES BABINGTON
Except:
WASHINGTON -- Barely an hour after President Barack Obama invited congressional Republicans to post-election talks to work together on major issues, the Senate's GOP leader had a blunt message: His party's main goal is denying Obama re-election.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/mitch-mcconnell-speech_n_779070.html

Beaten down!

It was painful watching Pres. Obama at his press conference yesterday. Painful for me and perhaps “Hallelujah!” moments for others.

I saw before me what appeared to be a broken man. A Black man who had been broken. There were flashback memories of Kunta Kinte being beaten within an inch of his life by his slave overseer due to the fact he would not accept his new slave name of Toby.

Just as Kunta Kinte would scream out over and over in agonizing pain, “My name is Kunta Kinte”, so has our President vowed to continue his dream for bi-partisanship.

I could understand if the President were to step down from his job. He can not win. He will not win. Not in racist America. Blood is now in the water and even then he will not change; he can not change. It is sad…… so very, very sad.

As always,
BB
Obama Takes Responsibility For Voter Frustration On Election Night
DAVID ESPO and JULIE PACE
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/03/obama-takes-responsibility_n_778302.html

Pres. Obama: Welcome, welcome my wonderful Republican comrades…

Thank God the midterm elections are finally over! Now why don’t we all just sit around, relax, hold hands and try singing Kumbaya again?

As always,
BB
P.S. (Why do visions of Albert Einstein come to mind?)

The wish list of one Barack Obama

He wants to be Senator from Illinois..

*All: Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.

He wants to be President of the United States of America...

All: Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.

He wants sixty Democrats in the Congress….

All: Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.

He feels he can work best with more Republicans in Congress….

All: Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.

All: And now, Mr. President, I ask you most sincerely; Where. Is. My. Pony?

As always,
BB
*BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
FROM "MACBETH", Act IV, Scene I
http://www.october-country.com/wychingwell/ww-bard.html

Hell had an "Open House" today (Update)

I have to report it my way. I have to record the impressions it made on me my way. I have to run’n tell it my way. For, I know of no other.

Today we Villagers were taken on a guided tour through the long, narrow and massive entrance hall of Hell. On each side of the passage there were real life scenes, cameos if you will, of past accomplishments of the owner. After what seems like hours, we arrived and saw proudly displayed accomplishments depicting two days before the November 2010 midterm elections. They were horrid! 'Putrid' maybe a better word. To say they were bone-chilling would be an understatement.

The most prominent display and the one garnering the most attention was the display of Keith Olbermann. The twisted and grossly disfigured characters depicting TeaBaggers frightened the children and it is reported more than one adult did vomit while others showed other visible signs of nausea and disgust. There were some who aborted the tour at that point and the remaining ones braced themselves to continue, for whatever reason, for the tour had only begun. We were only in the entrance hall.

Today, In my opinion and two days before voting, the commentary from media pundits making efforts to influence the midterm elections were surreal. Who would have imagined our media was capable of such manipulative atrocities? If today was any indication of what we will see tomorrow, I can only pray for divine intervention.

As always,
BB

(Update)
Keith Olbermann: Jon Stewart Jumped The Shark At Rally
Excerpt:
Cable news was a common target for both Stewart and Stephen Colbert during the rally; they both played several montages of anchors and pundits on both sides of the political aisle -- including Olbermann -- engaged in what they described as extreme or fear-mongering rhetoric. During his closing speech, Stewart homed in on the press, saying that the media was a key factor in poisoning the current political climate:
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/01/olbermann-jon-stewart-shark-rally_n_776829.html

American Oligarchy sweating Beads of Nervous

Beads of Nervous are a continuous flow of red DNA droplets of anxiety, hysteria and paranoia; a special kind of sweat, if you will.

These were the droplets pouring out from all pores of the Oligarchy last election night on November 2nd in 2008. As it were, whenever the votes from voting precinct were analyzed, the announcer would always tell us the percentage of white males who voted for Obama and the outpouring of droplets would begin anew. Over and over it went, a copious flow of droplets with each announcement of the percentage of the white male voting for Obama. It quickly became apparent to me there were warm feelings directed towards those white men and very soon afterwards, Glenn Beck hit center stage with chalkboard and megaphone at hand to bring them back into the fold followed by Dick Cheney, Carl Rove and Dick Armey with rolled-up sleeves but, alas, to no avail.

For it seems old trusty Joe Six Pack had begun drifting his attentions in the direction of the TeaBaggers and the wrath of the Oligarchy could no longer be contained. TeaBaggers had to be discredited by any means necessary. They had to be infiltrated by the “Get the job done Neocons” who were quickly spotted and thrown under the bus and the poster carriers trying to make TeaBaggers look like ‘Nigger haters’ were also identified and thrown under the bus. TeaBaggers were people of no nonsense. “We're on a mission from God” they were known to mutter and in defiance, “We‘re gonna take our country back!”

“This can not continue,” cried the obviously Beads Nervous Oligarchy, “woe is me!” Their media and television pundit were ordered to always show TeaBaggers in a bad light. If you have TeaBaggers on your television show, they were instructed, do not let them talk about their agenda. Be aggressive in interviews with them. Poo-pah everything they say and highlight the trivial. We‘ll show’em!

“I know what to do” said another. “Let’s get Pookey and his wife Shamika to help us. Let’s shame them into voting. They don’t know what’s going on,” he says wiping droplets from his face and balding head, “they’ll make up for those fancy, smancy white boys!”

This pronouncement made the whole room erupt in joyous celebration, “Long live the (Negro, African-American, Blacks, Niggers, Colored people)” they garbled in questionable unison. The conference ended in the chaos in which it began and they all left the conference room feeling good, last man turning out the lights.

Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB