44th President of the United States of America

 
PAYBACK IS A BITCH, AND THEN YOU DIE:
Black Men & Women are Engaged in a
Retaliate-To-The-Death Battle

Why are black women so hard on black men? Why do they believe that black men fit into one of three categories: gay, broke, or player? Why do black men believe that black women want one thing: their money? Why do they disregard black women as trustworthy companions, refusing to honor and to marry their women, even when the women are obviously achieved?

Black women didn't hesitate to speak out when Kobe Bryant, who married outside of his race, was arrested for raping 'yet another' non-black woman. Black men take great pleasure in portraying their women in videos as nothing more than the 'bitches & whores' the men rap about. Singer R. Kelly was barely successful in having child molestation charges dropped. Nonetheless, half of black America still believes it wasn't him, and the other half believes that if it was him, it was partly the young girl's fault.

This brings us to a second matter: the sexual issues plaguing blacks. Why do successful black men rape? Why do black women believe they have to sell sexuality in order to be valued by their men? Why do black men consider their women nothing more than a piece of tail? Why do both sides readily accept infidelity and out-of-wedlock children as the norm? 

Case in point: all the hype surrounding beautiful Sanaa Lathan's sordid affair with famed actor, Denzel Washington. Why would we as a people so easily accept this as the truth? Why would we be willing to accept that Pauletta Pearson, Denzel's wife of more than 20 years, would condone her husband's extra-marital affairs? For what, money? For their kids? Because she has a few 'secrets' herself? Or maybe because the three of them are involved in a realm of sexuality that most of us could never even imagine?

These are the true-to-life scenarios explored in Renee Alexander's debut novel, Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die (Big Kids Picture Books, an imprint of Amroad Publishers). 

According to the risqué publisher Alexander didn't bother shopping her well-researched, well-founded, and exceptionally well-written novel to the big houses. Reason being: according to the author, the only way to get at the truth and print it, is to get at the truth and print it yourself.

Hell Hath No Fury

If you haven't already heard, there's a new writer in town and she's not exactly welcome. Newcomer Renee Alexander's novel, Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die, is causing quite a stir (although probably not the kind of stir she had hoped for).

Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die runs the gamut from lewd, pulp-fiction type of graphic descriptions of gross-me-out scenery, to even more graphic descriptions of a teenager having sex with her boyfriend, and nonchalantly undergoing multiple abortions. The novel radically switches gears to underage girls performing fellatio on near strangers, to their encountering some of the most perverted sexual deviants imaginable. There's talk about the church being in cahoots with (and simultaneously being in opposition to) Satan and his earthly demons. Laced with crude profanity, sex talk and graphic sexual disclosures, Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die is the type of novel that will leave you wanting more (well, at least some of you).

Christian groups across the nation have denounced the novel as immoral, blasphemous, and a prime example of a non-believer "shooting off at the mouth". Says Reverend Jones of the East Coast Tabernacle, “Words can either hurt or heal, and the words Alexander chose to describe Christianity stung like hell.”

The Christian groups protesting the novel believe they have every right to be angry. While she doesn't single out a particular religion, Alexander overall has nothing nice to say about religion. According to Reverend Jones, "It’s one thing to write a book and present both sides of the story, but Miss Alexander has attacked Christianity without so much as offering a sound argument to justify why.”

The author disclosed recently that Renee Alexander is a pen name, and that she will continue to remain anonymous, "Until the controversy surrounding my novel resolves itself." Calling the denouncement of her book by Christian groups "an unjustified overreaction" Alexander has stated that in the end: "It will be me who has the last word."

Hmmm...

Only God knows what that word will be.

Praise for the Novel
Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die
Written by African American author Renee Alexander

You know the titles.  Provocative.  Thrilling.  Tantalizing.  All of these words describe the titles of the latest and greatest best-selling African American novels.  Then suddenly along comes Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die.

Stands out like a sore thumb, doesn't it? Not quite what you'd expect in an African American book title, is it? Well, I read this novel and I have to say Good God! And I mean that, Good God!  Because by the time I finished reading this novel, I had been taken through the minds of some of the most intellectually confused, sexually twisted, craziest, funniest, most pitiful and delightful characters I've ever encountered.  

Why the big jump in personalities, you ask? Simple. Because Alexander engineered her novel that way. Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die has something for everyone. Whether it be a spiritual awakening.  Whether it be hot, steamy sex. Whether it be a little mild horror.  Whether it be just a good goddamned wake up call for all the millions of Americans suffering from fixable psychological trauma, drama, and abuse.

The title of this novel tells you nothing and yet it tells you everything. Think cliché. And then think of all the possible clichés you've ever heard. Then think of the most twisted twist you can put to those clichés. Then put them all together and you'll have a 41 year journey of a girl who meets a boy who meets another boy, etc., etc. Of an older girl who meets an "older" man who meets another "older" man, etc., etc. Of a young lady who meets a who meets a young man who meets another young man, etc., etc. Of a woman who meets a man who meets another man, etc., etc, etc. 

And sensational so forth.

The funny thing is that you almost have to read the novel in its entirety before you even understand its message. And even then, you may have to read through it again to fully appreciate how Alexander was able to bring so many diverse themes together so eloquently. Yes, I checked up on her. I checked up on Alexander. Because I wanted to know that I hadn't been cheated. And so I took my own advice.  

I went back through the novel and double checked to see if the ending matched up with the events that had taken place throughout the novel. And the answer was yes. The answer was YES.

Payback Is A Bitch, And Then You Die is unlike anything you've ever read. Trust me. I know. I've been there done that. Read the novel, that is. And once I came back to earth, I have to tell you, I was humbled. Because if what heroine Shari Dawson finally discovers is even close to the truth, it is past time for me to start praying.
         

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Bill Cosby - George W. Bush - Tina Turner - Al Gore - Pam Anderson - Natalie Portman - Sammy Davis Jr - Cameron Diaz - Barack Obama - Young Jeezy - Oprah Winfrey - Jennifer Hudson - The Rock - Britney Spears - Michelle Obama - Condoleeza Rice - Katie Holmes - Beyonce Knowles - Halle Berry - Woody Allen - Usher Raymond - Pope Benedict XVI - Diana Ross - Michael Jackson - Jennifer Aniston - Mariah Carey - Christina Aguilera - Lil John - Jessica Simpson - Lindsay Lohan - Snoop Dogg - Nicole Ritchie - Marion Barry - Paris Hilton - Will Smith - Hillary Clinton - Bill Clinton - Jennifer Lopez - Fabolous - N Sync - Queen Latifah - Prince

***Why No Christian Woman Should Join Order of the Eastern Star***


CELEBRITY DEVIL WORSHIP, SATANISM, ILLUMINATI, NEW WORLD ORDER, SCIENTOLOGY

Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove (Alex Jones Video)

Rapper Prodigy Speaks On Satanic Worship

The Devil Demands a Sacrifice: Aaliyah, Biggie, Tupac (G. Craige Lewis Video)

Geraldo Rivera: Satanic Ritual Abuse & Recovered Memories

Hollywood, Satanism, Scientology and Suicide

Movie Symbolisms (Video)

Jay Z Exposed as Servant of Antichrist (G. Craige Lewis Video)

A secret Satanic cult and the Hollywood movie industry

The Truth Behind Notorius BIG (G. Craige Lewis Video)

Occult Secrets of Jay Z, Kanye & Nas (Video)

G. Craige Lewis Exposes WuTang Clan (Video)

Rocawear Logo is Satanic (Video)

Nas and Jay-Z [Satanic] Ritual (Video)

Scientology Recruits Hollywood

Hulk Hogan links devil-worship to Chris Benoit murders/suicide

Will Smith's Charities Include Scientology

Explosive New Tom Cruise Biography Slams Scientology

The Truth Behind Hip Hop (G. Craige Lewis Video)


MAINSTREAM LINKS, DEFINITIONS & EXPLANATIONS

The Peace Sign and Satanism

The Truth About the Hexogram - Pentagram (G. Craige Lewis Video)

The Law of Fives

The Law Of Three - Threefold Law - Rule of Three (Brief Video Explanation)

Wicca Casts Spell Over College Students - Fox News

AnExplanantion of Wicca for Non-Pagans - Ohio State University

Wiccan Ethics - Rutgers University

Definition of Paganism - The University of North Carolina Greensboro

Christianity and Wicca: A Comparison - Michigan State University

Are Wicca and Witchcraft the Same Thing? - Iowa State University

Wicca--More Than Spells and Curses (Scroll to Page 4) - Des Moines College

10 Big Myths about Paganism - State University of NY Buffalo

Wicca Overview - Boston University School of Theology

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THE DARK SIDE OF CELEBRITY LIFE

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National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-800-656-HOPE
Free - Confidential - 24/7

"I Am A Victim Of Sexual Assault.
What Should I Do?"


Find a safe environment —
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Ask a trusted friend to stay with you for moral support.


Know that what happened was not your fault
and that now you should do what is best for you.


Report the attack to police by calling 911.
A counselor on the National Sexual Assault Hotline at
1-800-656-HOPE can help you understand the process.


Preserve evidence of the attack —
don't bathe or brush your teeth.


Write down all the details you can recall
about the attack & the attacker. Ask the hospital to conduct
a rape kit exam to preserve forensic evidence.


If you suspect you were drugged
ask that a urine sample be collected.
The sample will need to be analyzed later by a forensic lab.


Even If You Know That You Will Never Report:

1. Get medical attention. Even with no physical injuries, it is important to determine the risks of STDs and pregnancy.

2. Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline operated by RAINN for free, confidential counseling 24 hours a day: 1-800-656-HOPE

3. Recognize that healing from rape takes time. Give yourself the
time you need.

4. Know that it's never too late to call. Even if the attack happened years ago, the National Sexual Assault Hotline or the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline can still help. Many victims do not realize they need help until months or years later.

Source: http://www.rainn.org/

I shuddered recently while surfing the net and I don't shudder often, mainly because I don't bother to absorb what I happen to read on the net, on any given day. But one particular photo article caught my eye (literally), and made me question whether we, parents, are negatively influencing our children.

The photo article featured Nicole Mitchell Murphy (Eddie Murphy's ex-wife), and their young son, Miles, sharing a day out together—along with Nicole's exposed breasts.

RHETORICAL QUESTION ALERT: How are you gonna step out of the house with your teenaged son and have your breasts popping up outta your shirt for the entire world to see—including HIM?

I shuddered. I shuddered because it dawned on me: THIS is why young men have absolutely NO respect for women. It's because they're being TAUGHT that women LIKE being viewed as sex objects, and they're being TAUGHT this by their own MOTHERS.

Now, I know the naysayers will tell me that it's not Nicole's fault she's a sexy mom. Well, I say to the naysayers that "sexy mom" Nicole should realize that there's a time and a place for everything, and while hanging out with one's son is NOT the time to be sexy. Nicole should realize that her son has eyes, and that it's not HIS fault what she exposes his eyes to.

Don't get me wrong, dads are far from perfect. Miles has his father teaching him that it's okay to knock a chick up and then leave her for another chick while the first chick's still pregnant, and then deny the kid's yours in the hopes that the first chick'll go away, but in the event she doesn't go away take some friggin blood tests PUBLICALLY, and then—and ONLY then—if the law says that you've gotta pay, then you've gotta pay (gosh friggin darn it).

This is, of course, assuming that what we've read in the media lately actually has an ounce of truth to it (rolling my eyes). Nevertheless, it wouldn't be the first time Mr. Murphy has taught young men how to sling game, seeing as how he fathered another son (pre-Nicole) who he never even friggin talks about (rolling my eyes even harder).

But I digress. This rant is about Eddie and Nicole, and all the other mamas and papas, who don't seem to understand one very important and fundamental rule: CHILDREN LIVE WHAT THEY LEARN.

If you teach kids that it's okay to walk out of the house with their private parts exposed, they'll walk out of the house with their private parts exposed. If you teach kids that members of the opposite sex like to be viewed as jerk-off toys, they'll treat members of the opposite sex like jerk-off toys.

I fear that it's a never-ending cycle: Women are taught by men that their sexuality is more important than their intellect. Boys are taught by women that women's sexuality is more important than women's intellect. Girls are taught by boys that girls' sexuality is more important than girls' intellect, and so on and so forth.

I'm sure you get the picture, but let me sum it up for you anyway:

1) Breasts are private; they are not to be shared with the world, and they are certainly not to be shared with one's teenager.

2) Babies are precious; they are not to be exploited by the world, and they are certainly not to be exploited by their own father.

3) Children are impressionable; they are not smart enough to form their own ideas about the world or how they should morally relate to others.

4) This world is ours, for better or for worse; and this world is going to hell in a hand basket, with the quickness, because we're allowing it to.

The recent, sensationalized comments made by Don Imus were an unnecessary, personal attack on the black Rutgers basketball team players. His comments were MEANT to be derogatory. It is irrelevant whether the ladies consider themselves to be "nappy-headed hos". Their self-perception is also irrelevant.

Then along comes D.L. Hughley, who somehow believed it would be in good taste to co-sign Imus' ignorance (on national television, nonetheless). Hughley's exact words, while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, were as follows:

"[Imus] called them nappy-headed hos and they weren't hos. But there were some nappy-headed women on that team. Shut up, I'm gonna say it. I don't give a damn if you all like it or not. You know it's true. They were some of the ugliest women I've seen in my whole life."

One would have expected Hughley to defend the black woman's honor, not emulate an out racist with a dropped jaw and a series of weak jokes. He missed a prime opportunity to simply disregard the bigoted comments uttered by Imus, and uplift black women. Hughley could have said that he embraces the texture of his black hair, and fully embraces his beautiful sisters who possess the same. But no, Hughley did the exact opposite and disrespected those talented women with a derogatory epithet of his own.

But what gets me is that Hughley then goes on to display a serious lack of courage, by failing to apologize for supporting Imus' attack on the players. In a statement directed at black leaders and citizens who opposed his buffoonery on The Tonight Show, Hughley had this to say:

"I believe that freedom of speech is a zero-sum proposition. Too many times I have watched clowns like these pretend to speak for the masses. I can only speak for me. Isn't there a child you can help teach to read, a war to help stop, an unjustly accused man you can help out of jail? I will not apologize for telling a joke about the world as I see it."

How is it that Hughley's mother giving birth to him, and his grandmother standing tall in the face of twentieth century racism--along with other strong black women such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Ida B. Wells--wasn't enough to stop him from choosing his "career" as a comedian, and therefore money, over the black women who made him?

I do not have time to try and figure that man out, nor do I plan to "forgive" him during my lifetime. D.L. Hughley has shown black women, two times in close succession, that he is no longer a black man. He stands amongst the ranks of Imus, the media, and the slave masters of yesteryear. The only person who can help him now is Jesus, and that's assuming he's smart enough to want help.

While technology is extremely important, and I am extremely grateful for it, I have to admit that it is causing us to pay less attention to more important things. Driving while talking on the phone is hazardous, especially with kids in the car, whether we use an earphone or not. A guy in a white Acura pointed that out to me when I almost sideswiped him last week. ("Get off the phone, you're gonna WRECK!")

Overusing our cells seems to be a widespread problem. I've witnessed parents chatting away on their phones while ignoring obviously bored, young children. Cell phone email is great for quick communication, and for keeping in touch with loved ones living far away. But I absolutely cringe when my God children receive spam mail on their desktops laced with sex messages like, "Last longer and BE longer for her."

It should come as no surprise that kids at least 13 years old (yeah right) have MULTIPLE email accounts. Heck, ever since that doggone Al Gore invented the Internet, kids would much rather spend their afternoons and evenings updating their MySpace profiles, versus learning how and why they came to live in this great country of ours in the first place.

Computers have become a basic life necessity, somewhere on the level of having a telephone and nutritious food in the fridge. I, myself, having come from the mainframe generation, give MAJOR props to modern computers. They can easily handle tasks ranging from balancing your checkbook to sending a daily, automated "I love you" message to your mother.

In fact, with the way computers have evolved, until recently I considered talking via video IM equivalent to having a face-to-face conversation. I talk on the computer a lot, and I too am guilty of tuning my children out while doing so. Luckily, my daughters are 22 and 24, so the impact isn't as severe as it would be for younger kids.

However, I found myself at odds the other day when my 22 year old sent me an EMAIL message about an important financial matter. It dawned on me, right then, that she felt the need to go through my COMPUTER in order to get my attention. She's a computer science major, and so she understands about technology taking over people's minds, and running their lives, and even acting as their significant other during times of severe loneliness.

We were able to resolve the financial matter very quickly (via computer I might add), and all was well in the household; no harm, no foul. Nonetheless, that otherwise insignificant incident was a wake up call for me--her mother--to give my fingers a well needed rest, and to give real life a chance.

Or at least equal time.