Another Hypocritical US-Arab-Israeli & Palestinian Summit Is Afoot:

November 26-2007:

WORD-UP:

Another Hypocritical US-Arab & Israeli Summit Is Afoot:
Another ridiculous Pow-Wow of imperialist sympathizers and hypocrites, for a people who are still under Israeli occupation. Yes, this so-called Peace Conference in Annapolis is just another FARCE, that the US, her Israeli and Arab allies will be convening tomorrow in Annapolis, is just another one of those meetings where the Palestinians are being represented by a President, who does not speak or represent all Palestinians.

* A people that are currently divided by a political group that was elected in a democratic election by all Palestinians. Only to be deemed terrorists by the US, and her Cow-Towing allies in that region.

* These talks can never achieve anything tangible when Israel still occupies Palestinian territories.

* Still refuse to leave or remove her military supervision, hardware, and troops from Palestinian territories.

* When Israel has deliberately constructed a concrete wall that has enclosed tremendous amounts of Palestinian territories.

So how on earth could anything REAL or TANGIBLE be accomplished under these unfair and arbitrary advantages in Israel's favor?

No One Is Fooled By This Summit's declared intentions, except those who feel it will make a difference!

Derryck.
NYC.

New Immigration Rules For Debarring HIV Positive People From The USA:

November 24-2007:

New Immigration Rules For Debarring HIV Positive People From The US!

Source: The (D.H.S.) or Department Of Homeland Security Proposals.

Currently, there are some new proposals from the D.H.S that would debar HIV positive people from gaining permanent residency within the United States Of America.

Some of these new proposals are listed below:

1. Only thirty days or (a temporary visa) would be granted to anyone applying to enter the US for business or visitation. This visa will not be extended.

2. No permanent residency will be allowed to anyone who is HIV positive, and has been allowed to visit here within the USA, after his or her thirty days sojourn is over.

3. The HIV positive individual MUST also prove that he or she would not be a health risk to US nationals while staying within the USA.

4. He or she MUST also prove that he or she would be Self-sufficient in medications while staying here, and would not have to access the local hospitals or institutions for medical care for HIV.

5. And if so, must be able to show that he or she could afford to pay for those medications while in residence here.

6. Any HIV positive individual who is seeking asylum, and is granted one, MUST also give up his or her intention to apply anytime in the future for permanent residence status or the Green Card.

7. And if the HIV positive person is allowed to stay in the USA as per Asylum, MUST be able to PROVE that he or she would not be a financial burden, or MUST prove that he or she could afford to pay for all his or her HIV medications while in residence here.

CONCLUSION:

This monstrous proposal is just another one of those INHUMANE, MORALLY DEPRAVED, and PREJUDICAL attempts to debar HIV positive individuals from entering the USA, and acquiring permanent residence status here.
And what do these proposals have to do with Homeland Security?

It also shows just how much the Ronald Reagan mentality is still very much alive and well within the USA today!

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.
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Asian Cultures & The Groveling Mentality Within:

November 17-2007:

WORD-UP:

Asian Cultures And The Groveling Mentality Within!

I have observed time and again, the phenomena that is so obvious among Asians or those from that hemisphere. To seemingly grovel to the Caucasians or those in authority. This attitude can be seen on the job at several companies, delis, and factories in New York City and State. And I ponder this behavior with some disgust and repulsion.

I have also learned from my readings and personal experiences, that cultures that were former colonies tend to have this colonial vestige or behavior within. And even though most former colonies of Britain, France, Spain, The Netherlands, and Portugal, are now Politically independent countries.

This behavior is still ever present in every facet of their internal body-politic.
I also see Asians in New York City gravitate towards the Whites or especially White men, over their own brothers and sisters, for love, relationships, socialization, and sometimes even marriage. And I get the impression that it must be some form of inferiority complex that propels or influences them to make these choices.

I also learn from my readings of Asiatic cultures, the traditional internal classes, regional, and social stratification, that were endemic in those cultures from time immemorial. And still permeates these societies to this day.
For example, in Japan, the Japanese woman is not allowed to walk alongside her husband or male counterpart in public. This expectation is gradually changing today.

In China, it is the same thing there too. And women have less social regard, respect or value from men in these cultures generally also. Especially in the rural or agrarian regions!

Currently, China is rapidly moving ahead with internal economic development. Thousands are leaving the hills, and country areas for the jobs and wages to be gained in the cities. Even though most of these new arrivals and job seekers will never be able to settle in any of those cities, because their wages will not allow them to pay the rents of those lavish apartments and condos, that are being built in the cities.

Many have to commute for long distances to get to their city jobs, then travel back to the country at weekends if possible. This can be a very costly exercise. So thousands stay in shelters or hostels that they can afford, for weeks on end, until they have accumulated enough money to return home in the country areas.

During the time the men are in town seeking work or working. The women or wives have to care for the children, care for the vegetable garden, livestock, or any other needs while her husband is busy trying to make a living in the cities.. So children cannot be properly brought up, is unlikely to get a real family upbringing, or education.

Meanwhile, China's communist government goes ahead with it's economic revolution, at the expense of millions of it's human resources that will never be able to participate or enjoy much of these changes or benefits.

Derryck. S. Griffith.
New York City.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.
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Did The Troop Surge Really Made A Difference In Iraq?

November 12-2007:

Did The Troop Surge Really Made A Difference In Iraq?

Today there seem to be a LULL or decrease of suicide bombers, IED's, Sunni & Shia killings, and mayhem. Was it the result of the troops surge?
Or Sunni leadership in several villages and townships, to work or co-operate with the US forces in seeking out and destroying Al Qaeda insurgents in the country?

* The lull in violence between Sunni and Shia in Iraq, has dramatically reduced currently.

* US soldiers deaths have dramatically reduced since the troop surge.

* There seem to be relative national security/safety felt by many Iraqis in the streets and villages currently.

Taking into consideration the above situation in Iraq currently. Just let me make a few remarks on this phenomenon.

Firstly, I believe that the troops surge had little to contribute to the lull in national violence. The Sunni Tribal leadership realized that Al Qaeda was reeking havoc, in terms of wanton killings of Moslems from both sides in this conflict. And Al Qaeda Mujadeen Arab fighters are all foreigners, who came to Iraq to implement their own agenda against the US, The Shia, and anyone they deem anti-Moslem or the infidels. These wanton and irresponsible killings created an atmosphere where no one felt safe anywhere. So the Sunni and Shia rift became blurred in this scenario of wanton killings.

So when the Sunni leadership decided to work with the US forces against the Arab Al Qaeda Mujadeen fighters. The situation took on a different flavor or face. Thus paving the way for more co-operation between all parties involved in national security, and possibly national re-conciliation.

However, let us not forget the social, administrative, and infrastructure problems that face Iraqis generally. Especially the Sunnis, who are not equally represented in Parliament. And whom do not share equitably in the national administrative departments or ministries.

Until some equitable situation or agreement is reached for governmental administrative supervision and representation for these two principal groups. There will continue to be strife and more political conflict ahead.

Derryck.
NYC.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.

WORD-UP BULLETIN SCROLL-24:

November 09-2007:

WORD-UP:

A Floating Prison For Immigrants In The Netherlands!

In the Netherlands at this time is a Floating Prison that sits of one of it's many canals or waterways. The motive for building this prison on the water, (says the Dutch government), is to send a message to illegals, that should they be caught, they will be sent to live there, until they decide to return to their respective countries.

This reminds me of ALCATRAZ. The only difference is that Alcatraz is on an island, and the Dutch prison is floating in a canal.

However, should the US consider this measure as one of the solutions to it's Illegal Immigration problems. This method of quarantine is uncivilized, and ridiculous in intent, and to even suggest that prisons of this kind will be accepted by the American people, is preposterous!

And where would such prisons be placed.

* Would some be placed on the Hudson River, the Mississippi river, the Pacific ocean, or in the Hawaiian island's waters?

The Netherlands was once considered to be the most favorable country to immigrants (illegal or not), some time ago.

Not any longer!

Derryck.
NYC.
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November 08-2007:

WORD-UP:

Choose Senator Barack Obama In 2008-Or Lose The Opportunity For REAL National & Political Re-conciliation Forever!

Senator Barack Obama is the person that providence has bestowed upon America at this time. Failing to recognize him, and nominating him as the preferred Democratic candidate in 2008, will never be allowed to re-occur in this lifetime.

Opportunities like this one, comes once in several decades for any nation or peoples. And failing to recognize his talents, gifts, and political resourcefulness, that is now available for exploration, will be the gravest error any nation could make.

Om Shanti.

Derryck.
NYC.
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November 07-2007:

WORD-UP:

For Those Of You Who Love War:

Have you ever seen a soldier shot, fell to the ground, and a TANK roll over him thirty seconds afterwards.

What was left of that soldier after the tank rolled over him was the following:

* A flattened slab or mush, that looked like a Slice of Pizza, that was rolled over with a Rolling Pin, and left there for Toppings.

* Or a Buddy that you chatted with in a fox hole, who just pushed his head upwards to see what was approaching you in that hole.

Only to be shot in the face, that instantly severed his head from his body. And as you sat there, his head rolled over your feet, and settled in the corner opposite

where you were both sitting.

Yes, these are just some of the GRAPHIC realities of WAR, that so many of you Cherish and Advocate for in IGNORANCE.

Derryck.
NYC.
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November 06-2007:

What is Nostalgia?

Definition: Longing for something past:

Today, I was listening to the radio station wbai.org, a program titled 'Talk Back.' And the discussion was on the feeling of NOSTALGIA that so many of us experience differently. But is so very familiar to many of us, at various times in our lives.

The host of this program's name was Ormando, and he dealt with this subject quite intelligently, sensitively, and humanely. He even cited some of the original thinkers and coiners of this idea or theory. But by and large, he stated that to be nostalgic, is basically to recall some experience or experiences, personal in nature, that we may have enjoyed or loved at some point in our life. Be it childhood, adolescence, or early years in our home or homeland.

Some callers phoned in to give some of their personal experiences with nostalgic longings in some of the areas above mentioned. Some identified certain types of music that is able to catapult them mentally, into some past time or event that they enjoyed or lived. Some cited the sixties and seventies discotheques, and attitudes that those young people seemed to have generally lived and portrayed.

The freedom of expression, sexual experimentation, and political advocacy that was all part of the socio-political climate globally at that time. That so many of us who were young or younger at that time, felt a part of.

This brings to mind my own feelings of nostalgia sometimes, since I am also from another culture and homeland. Sometimes I feel a longing for some of those feelings, smells, attitudes, intimacy, and collective camaraderie that I felt during the sixties and seventies in Guyana, my homeland. And coming to the USA when I was already at the age of 39 years, fully matured, mentally and psychologically fixed in most of my ways and feelings of who and what I am, and what I expect from life.

This new cultural experience can sometimes be very aggravating, impersonal, un-friendly, and egocentric for my accustomed view or life and human relationships.
Finding true friendships in this new culture, has not happened for me. Finding True Love has not happened either. And being able to have discussions on world or global affairs with some objectivity, coherence, and meaningfully in this culture, could be a tiresome and un-stimulating experience for me.

So nostalgia in the sense of feeling disconnected from, belonging to, or being able to establish true or genuine friendships, have not materialized thus far, in this adopted culture.

Derryck.
NYC.
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November 05-2007:

WORD-UP:

Current Violence Against Police Authority?

Police Chiefs nationally, and the local media are pondering and speculating about the spate of assaults on Police on duty currently. And wonders whether it is a deliberate attempt at targeting the police as personal or organized vendetta.
However, I still cannot understand why these incidences come as a surprise to these two groups.

If they have been monitoring carefully, the rate of Police brutality and killings of innocent or suspected civilians on the streets, and in their private domains. Then at some point in time, these actions will come home to roost.

Tit For Tat or Action & Re-action!

Derryck.
NYC.
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WORD-UP:

Serve In Iraq Or Else!

US Foreign Office staff were told that they must be prepared to work in Baghdad if necessary.

Some cry 'FOUL.' But isn't that what the Foreign Office of any country expects from it's people?

This type of service is like 'The Foreign Legion,' except they do not carry guns, or salute their superiors.

God help those who refuse when ordered to do so!

Heads Will Roll!

Derryck.
NYC.
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English is NOT America’s Official Language!

According to These 38 Senators - Election Day is Coming….Traitors!!

38 SENATORS VOTED AGAINST MAKING ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF

HERE THEY ARE:

* Akaka (D-HI):
* Bayh (D-IN):
* Biden (D-DE):
* Bingaman (D-NM):
* Boxer (D-CA):
* Cantwell (D-WA):
* Clinton (D-NY):
* Dayton (D-MN):
* Dodd (D-CT):
* Domenici (R-NM):
* Durbin (D-IL):
* Feingold (D-WI):
*Feinstein (D-CA):
* Harkin (D-IA):
* Inouye (D-HI):
*Jeffords (I-VT):
* Kennedy (D-MA):
* Kerry (D-MA):
*Kohl (D-WI):
* Lautenberg (D-NJ):
* Leahy (D-VT)
*Levin (D-MI)
*Lieberman (D-CT)
*Menendez (D-NJ)
*Mikulski (D-MD)
*Murray (D-WA)
* Obama (D-IL)
* Reed (D-RI)
* Reid (D-NV)
* Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
*Schumer (D-NY)
* Stabenow (D-MI)
* Wyden (D-OR)

REMEMBER THIS THE DAY YOU VOTE.

None of the above deserves elected office in the United States.
copywrite 2006 - Barry G.
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WORD-UP SCROLL-23 & New Orleans Un-finished Business!

November 03-2007:

WORD-UP:

Remember New Orleans & Louisiana-Hurricane Katrina's Disaster Un-finished Business:

* Trailer Homes were given to many Blacks after the hurricane to live in.

* These trailers have been known to be infected or polluted with harmful chemicals that can cause cancer.

* Black residents of New Orleans after the disaster, were taken or forced to board buses, and taken to different locations forcefully by Black Water Guards and the National Guard.

* Some of these residents were not allowed to have their children with them on the same bus, when they were taken away.

* This obvious quarantine and separation has had severe consequences for Blacks who were poor, illiterate, frightened, and felt hopeless after this tragedy.

* Those Black residents who owned or rented homes or apartments at the time of the disaster, and did not have adequate flood insurance coverage to compensate. Are unable to get financial help from F.E.M.A., and other agencies to rebuild their homes and lives.

* Thousands of Black New Orleans residents would be unable to vote come the next national elections, because they were scattered across this nation deliberately.

* Our political representatives in New Orleans and Louisiana MUST be made to account for this situation. And petitioned to explain PUBLICLY, what efforts are being made to re-locate, or return those former residents who want to return to New Orleans and Louisiana.

These are just some of the major issues that are still not being fully addressed by the authorities in Louisiana & New Orleans.

Derryck.
NYC.

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October 31-2007:

WORD-UP:

What Does Halloween Mean?

I typed this question on my Browser, and what came up in the menu for answers, still does not adequately explain this American festivity.

* Some answers or most answers claimed, that it is a time when children go from house to house collecting Candy, Chocolates, and other treats, all dressed up in costumes.

* It is celebrated mostly by children historically in many forms. But mostly portrayed as Dead or Frightful beings or Apparitions of the dead, the Crypt, and the Under World.

* But basically most answers claimed that Halloween celebrates the Dead or Deceased.

In some cultures like Japan and Mexico, it is called Ancestral Worship or Ancestral Celebrations.

However, whatever it was or currently is, New Yorkers have been celebrating it via A Road Fiesta or parade, with costumes that portray most or all of the above mentioned aspects. It starts in Greenwich Village-New York City, and ends at 21 St Street in Chelsea. This parade movers along 6th Avenue in West Village-New York City. And each year it seems to attract more revellers who are very creative.

Some of these costumes surely does not reflect the True intent or Theme of this parade!

But that doesn't seem to matter to the organizers or the public spectators either. So long as the costume designers maintain some "Family Friendliness" or Concern, with the styles and amount of SKIN that is exposed.

Derryck.
NYC.
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October 30-2007:

WORD-UP:

The Advent Of Religion Or Religious Doctrines!

Do you know that from time immemorial, Sages, Gurus, Shamans, Monks, Spirit Healers, & those who profess to have magic, supernatural powers or insight, indulged in the following practices:

* Most smoked or inhaled Ganja, Hash-Hish, Opium, or some other Mind Altering substance.

Under the influence of any Mind Altering drug or substance, the Brain gets confused or is heavily compromised by this intrusion, and the following results.

* Weird experiences with so-called Demons, Gods, Super natural experiences, the hearing of voices, seeing things or people.

* And very often, the feeling after that experience, that you were chosen to prophesy, go on a pilgrimage, teach, protect humanity from their Evil deeds. And to warn humanity of some future Natural destruction or ARMAGEDDON.

Under these circumstances, most religions, or religious philosophies were born, coined, practiced, and promulgated. And many of those who had experienced these things were either castigated as Devils, Evil Doers, Spiritual Healers, Faith Healers, or Saints.

From these scenarios emerged overtime, institutional religious practices, and doctrines.

Derryck.
NYC.

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WORD-UP:

Whoever Controls The African MIND-Controls The African MINES:

Quote: from Historian Prof. Jeffries-NYU.

This quote basically is saying that today, Africa and African peoples worldwide, must RE-TAKE their Lands, Natural resources, Economies, and Self Image.

These were and is still being bought, cheated, stolen, and bargained for by the Caucasian bankers, entrepreneurs, swindlers, and cons, throughout Africa, The Caribbean, Central & South America, and elsewhere.


A case in point is the following:

* South Africa's Debeer's Diamond mines are still owned and managed by South African European Jews, from the days of APARTHEID.

Derryck.
NYC.

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Some Points To Ponder:

Charlie Brown said the following about being a campaign organizer.

* We do all the work like making the posters, knocking on doors, giving publicity, e-mailing supporters and avery one that matters. All with the intent to make our candidate for elective office look good.

Then the Candidate goes and says something STUPID, and BLOWS away all our collective efforts and hard work.

Derryck.
NYC.