Coming from another perspective, I saw this all the time growing up. I went to HS at a predominately black school, I grew up in a predominately black county and I witnessed this everyday.  I have always wondered why people are ignorant enough – white and black to not get over their discrepancies and help one another when help is needed in the community.  I supposed my views are jaded because I grew up in a suburb of DC and I always thought maybe we were the only area that had issues.  But it is obvious to me now that we are not.

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I like to think that I do my part in helping with cures of things.  I am a very big advocate of fundraising and running for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society; however I would not mind branching out and helping in other areas.  I have been involved in this group for approximately 3 years now and it such a great motivational force to know that any little bit helps.

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It is good to know that I am not alone in my thinking that while I have this life to live, I am going to take part in whatever I can to make a difference for generations to come.

Had the people in our past been consumed by their fears, we would have no experiences to learn from? Our world would be split into two groups, with one doing whatever the hell they want and the other just letting it happen because they are too afraid to do anything about it.

Thanks for coming through, it is always a pleasure to see you in my blogs!

i fell you boobie but on the real you know whats good out there. not tryn to say anyting f'd up but they dont want us to have that type of power they have. im in richnmobd va and this is slave city. blacks here do what they do cause they owe us. the hood will always be the hood and they gonna leave it there for us to die in........................

word up

well i feel ya, but i dont care what THEY want. as long as there is breath in my body, i'm gonna do what im gonna do and that is spread as much knowledge as possible. if in the hood is where people choose to die, then so be it, but they need to accept that it was their choice. no matter how hard things are, you always have a choice and one thing with some people today is that they dont want to struggle if they dont have to. if there is an easy way out and they can just get by, then that's the life that they live. that's not me. if i have to struggle and in that struggle i am acheiving things that are beyond what i was even going after, then that's the better pay off to me. and at the end of the day i will be able to say that THEY had nothing to do with it but inspire me to do better.

Hmmmmm, well, I will admit firstly, that I have VERY unpopular theories about AIDS, its induction into society and its management.  Then again, the most unpopular ideas seem to be the ones that actually had merit...I'm sure the Wright Brothers felt that way with their "flying machine" and people laughed at them, and ridiculed their ideas.  Same with "crazy" A.G. Bell...talking to people that weren't in the same area...LOL

But, I am pretty sure that AIDS in being transmitted through venues other than sex, transfusions and needles.  Global studies with compromised immune systems.  I know for a FACT that chemtrails are biological agents sprayed over entire areas on a daily basis in the name of protecting the planet from cosmic rays and weather modification, although TRUE, that is not all that is being perpetuated.  HAARP has a lot to do with that as well, and it goes beyond the book, Angels Don't Play That HAARP...or something like that. 

As for community reaction, that is a lil combo of mind control and misinformation.  Fairly easy to execute based on past scenarios.  Division.  Then again, I have been studying the advent of global domination for YEARS...decades actually, and I am amazed to watch everything come to pass like clockwork.  The truth is, that AIDS is simply a condition where a person's immune system is so compromised it can't fight off your average illness...where common colds become pneumonocystic carinii...things of that natrue...KS (Kaposi's Sarcoma)...Shingles...I mean, average, common livable illnesses become life threatening to those with HIV infections.  Now, where I ask is the stigma in that?  The stigma came with the media propaganda machines as to HOW that condition was acquired.  Promiscuity, homosexuality, religious beliefs or lack thereof is some cases, economically defect countries, just shit to shift the global consciousness to those that would be considered "expendable", or leeches on society, those that some would consider the world would be better off without.  Easy for the mainstream to detatch because they are homophobes, have money and want more, supposedly the oh so righteous Christians, etc.  How often do you have news interruptions during your favorite TV show to tell of some scientist that found a link between HIV and proteins and their theory as to how to utilize that info?  NEVER!  But you will be BOMBARDED with who Anna Nicole Smith's baby's DADDY is.  Or, Angelina Jolie's pregnancy (as if she is Mary Magdalene herself).  Amazing when you stop and think about WHAT is important to the media moguls.  BULLSHIT, that is what they find important, and that is what the feed the masses (sheeple I call them...sheep people, content to LIVE in that self induced bubble of bullshit and lies).  Everything is killing immune systems..toothpaste, deodorant, household cleansing chemicals, you name it, it has some altering effect.  Imagine what must be going on in some minds when with the advent of the AIDS hysteria, more sex was being promoted than ever before.  On ONE hand, you are telling people to abstain, protect, but what do you see?  Indiscriminatory sex with various partners.  Adding fuel to the fire if you ask me.  Sex ed classes being taken out of schools, just a trainload of bullshit.

As for what we can do?  I am truly at a loss.  I guess for people to take stock of what is REALLY going on in our world, they have to self educate, and it seems that no one has the time, or the desire to SEE.  It is easier to live with your eyes wide shut in truth, but it is devastating the entire species.  I have SEVERAL people that are admittedly not interested in my ponderings..LOL..and I have LOTS of them.  Don't let me say global government, EVEN as the new broadcasts that the USA is soon to become the NAU (North American Union) by merging Mexico, N. America and Canada...hmmmm...now what does that do with all the hubub about immigrants and illegals?  So, what was all the fuss about in the first place?  I have been saying that shit for years..and folks just roll their eyes and shake their heads, and say..Blaze, you and your CONSPIRACY THEORIES!!!  I already LINKED the Atlanta Child Murders to AIDS research YEARS ago, and STILL people can't see the writing on the wall.  Either that, or they simply refuse to acknowledge the obvious.  We are under attack, and all I can do is pray that enough people see it, and spread the word before the global population consists of 13 world dominating families..and I know who THEY are too....

B.

GIRL

It took me a minute to read this!! I would read part of it at work and I am finally getting to read your intense comment as a whole...

I will just summarize my thoughts... I am inclined to think after reading your response and some messages from others, that the "unpopular" beliefs and "conspiracy theories" that we speak of have some extreme validity to them. I mean, I wouldn't be led to think this if only one person was shouting it. But the things that you have mentioned, I have heard from numerous people, however I fear that they may not believe their own words since they are not bold enough to speak out on them.

As for community reaction, that is a lil combo of mind control and misinformation.  Fairly easy to execute based on past scenarios.  Division.

THAT statement alone, speaks so many volumes and sums up what I guess can be the naivety (sp?) in me because with my whole heart and God as my provider, I want that to change. I want people to start thinking for themselves, stop relying on what they see in black and white, or what they hear out of the thin-lipped government officials, pharmeceutical reps, and media. Gather the information and form your own damn opinion. I will admit that I have not dove headfirst into the information highway, but I have no problem using what I do know to think for myself and not be blindly guided and led to a lifetime of behaving a particular way because I was told to or led to believe that's what I had to do. Despite this country's twisted system of beliefs (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness), I am thankful that I do live here so that I can type a blog such as this and not worry about my door being knocked down and all my possessions and loved ones being stripped from me. At least for now - because no one can guarantee me that it can't happen. Especially with what you speak on with this NAU... this is the first I have heard of it, so I thank you for bringing it to light.

Forgive me if this sounds crass you know, but I get annoyed when I talk to people about my health and all they walk away with is that "She's ok". Because then they have lost a little bit of that fear in them. Let me see if I can explain this better... people lose their reason to be alarmed when everything is viewed through rose colored glasses. I am not one to walk around looking like death and defeat, but I want people to be like, it's not cool to have this virus, it's NOT ok and I dont want it. NOT... oh, well if she's ok, then if I get it, I'll be ok too. Shit. That defeats the whole purpose of me putting myself out there and educating people man. I want people to have a fear in them that will keep them better protected. I think there is a thing as healthy fear and to inhibit that fear can keep your mind open and your soul safe because you are always on your toes, and aware of your surroundings.

With everything you said, one can be led to feel as a total loss, but in that, I am taking the initiative, the courage, the BALLS, to pick up the slack for the people who won't make the time to self educate. I'll do the research and not just leave it there for you to stumble across when you are wondering why you are now living with HIV or AIDS, I am getting in your face and screaming it so that you will notice and remember my ass. And if you turn your head and try to ignore me, I will say a prayer and keep talking.

Girl thank you so much for coming through. I guess we will be two conspiracy theory believin divas!!!

GREAT TIMING!!!  I figured it would take you a minute to read that one..sorry so wordy some times, but as you can tell I am VERY passionate about SEVERAL subjects..LOL.  I do feel you too...folks get the misconception that you look just FINE..and you really DO...and that everything is OK..when in fact...there is a LOT more to it.  I came across a vid that must have been added to my conspiracy video playlist on my page..LOL...either THAT or I overlooked it...but here is a lil more proof of what I am talking about..and YES...you keep your faith in GOD and humanity and not so much the powers that be, because they do NOT have our best ineterests at heart..this isn't long, but says SO much!!!  Huggz baby..  Myspace spaz..I'll be BACK to post it under this message...LOL

B.

A minute?? Girl, my Easter weekend has been off the chain on myspace thanks to our dialouge and I love it. I wish I could devote more time to be as in depth with my responses, but that will come with time.

I have to remember in all of this that as much that angers us and makes us call issues out... this too, the evil behind it all.. is a part of His intricate design.

I was just talking to my mother because she is ex military and I was laughing because I never in a million years thought that I would be so out spoken about the government, the World, whatever. She says it comes with being a mother because you see the world through a different set of eyes now and you are watching out for everyone...

I digress, I will check your page and the link below and get on with responding to your other comments. Thank you so much for the love, I dont think that I can thank you enough...

And the powers that be can kiss my grits. No one's power is greater than HE who hung the sun and moon in the sky and keeps us from flying off this planet as we spin at God knows what speed! (Science and astrology are NOT my strong suits)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg-52mHIjhs

I HOPE this is the right one!!!  It wasn't myspace..it was EXPLORER..surprise surprise..whenever I get on my SUBJECTS!  LOL

B.

THIS IS UTTER BULLSHIT!!! ABSOLUTELY POSTIVELY 100% BONE CHILLING BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! Girl, you've fired me up this Easter!!

Our Congress are just in this shit for their egos, power, and a fucking paycheck and WE have to pay for it. Our children are paying for it.

ok, here is the damn link since the video won't show up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg-52mHIjhs

YAY..just checked, that is the one.  Now imagine if THIS came out in the mainstream media..what is going on that the REFUSE to report to us?  Self education is our best bet, and it seems to ME as if you are MORE than a little hon.  I'll keep you posted on stuff I come across too.  I will TRY not to blow up your blogs...LOL...well, with unrelated matter, but if it is along the venue of your discussion, I'll just post a link here if applicable...Much love..

B.

I shouldn't be in disbelief, I reallly shouldn't. But at the same time, I am glad that I am not numb to this shit. But I know the reason they refuse to show this in the mainstream is because there would be a widespread panic and paranoia. People would stop taking medications altogether and Lord knows that FDA can't have that shit. They'd be sittin somewhere, sweating out their silk ties and shit saying, "Where is all my money going?" Hey, chalk it up to another way for the United States to keep the population regulated....

Okay. YES. My personal opinion is that it is our history.

Ever notice how black cops (at least here in Atlanta and Dekalb County) are much more combative and agressive towards black people than they need to be? That's our history at work. Its that damn 'Overseer Mentality'. They're wearing Massa's clothes, so that makes them better than the average black person when most often they are worse to the core.

Black people are still wearing that stigma of "I have to look better than you - Even if it means I eat Raman noodles this month". I often joke about how when I'm talking to a white man he could care less if I was motoring a scooter around town, yet when I'm talking to a black guy, my car is the first thing he notices and I am immediately categorized by it. I could speak volumes on the self image and self hatred issues that are so deeply rooted in the black community, but its exhausting to even bring up sometimes... and that is sad.

As for the Tuskeegee Airman, I find it rather odd that they were finally honored JUST LAST WEEK! on the capital rotunda. My father is a retired, career military man and pilot and my family has more than repead the benefits of that. Yet, I know few people that trust the US gov't less than he does. I've heard horror stories about the government treatment of its own soliders. While there are laws in place to prevent Tuskeegee from happening again, it didn't prevent the government from exposing Gulf War soliders to an experimental drug during the first Gulf War conflict. Worse, they were told it was a vaccine against local disease when they were in fact simply guniea pigs. We've all heard the horror stories of the disfigured and mutated children born to soldiers that returned home and concieved. My own uncle, who was in the navy lost his taste and smell due to a benign tumor that developed in his nasal cavity due to the chemicals we now know soldiers were exposed to.

We can look back as recently as the Walter Reed Hospital controversy. Or maybe even the fact that our soliders in Iraq have to improvise their own armor while Halliburton makes billions in profits. Or what about the LA Times story that broke a couple of years back saying that the gov't purposely and directly introduced crack cocaine in seveal black communities? The government, especially this administration, has fostered an environment of mistrust that will be rooted for generations to come. So, yeah....its easy for people to believe that the government would expose people to disease simply to study them, even in 2007.

As for the pharmaceutical talk, I think its awesome that you're updating people to the tests and studies, but at the same time you're correct about the blinders people put up. Most people..... won't hear you. HIV is a hard issue to discuss and the majority of people won't talk about it - hence the reason why it is decimating the black community in such a horrifyingly silent way. The best thing about your open and frank talk is that a handful of folks WILL hear what you're saying, they will let your words effect future behavoirs and actions and they will make a change. That hanful will have a domino effect because a handful of people will then hear them out, too.

I'm not sure that there are still people out there that believe that HIV is a gay, white disease and if there are they need to crawl out of that mid-eighties cave. But there are people out there that prefer to ignore the issue. Hopefully, your information is changing people, or at the very least making them think, as I type this. I know it has positively affected my thoughts on HIV in the black community.

Kudos to you, Kamaria.

(sorry about the blog-esque comment! I'm friggin' passionate! Ahaha!)

No need for apologies... I thank you for coming through to share your infinite wisdome on some matters that I was unaware of.

Except the whole "slave mentality"... when are we going to let that go? Seriously? That is an albatross that seems to willingly be placed on people. I refuse. Yeah, it can be a sore spot in topic when people are ignorant and dont know what they are talking about or which end they are talking from, but then it is also something that I choose to look at as a thing that strengthens me. What kind of people would we be had we never gone through that? I honestly hate to think of it. I dont even like to think of what kind of life I would be living had I not been born in this country.

AND about this country. People have gotten so caught up in "Fighting the struggle" and equality that they have lost sight in what either mean. I listen to my mother talk on a regular about how a woman of a light complexion, raised her, worked for a Jewish family. Although she didn't look like a Negro, she still had to enter their home from the backdoor. While my mother was dressed in the finest clothes for a young black girl in the fifties, they were the hand me downs of the children from the Jewish family because they were no longer good enough for them. So inside she is feeling worthless. And you know what the neighborhood children thought of her? That she was stuck up and thought that she was better than them becuase they didn't know where the clothes came from. They were going by appearances and their insecurities. WE STILL DO THIS!!! WHYYYY!!!!!?????

Then as you mentioned, the military... Lord have mercy, the military and what our soldiers are exposed to terrifies me to my core. Most are out there thinking that they are fighting for the greater good, some are out there to have money to send home to their families... all have signed the dotted line for their lives to be played with like guinea pigs. It is a shame that some of our biggest medical breakthroughs come from experimentations to the unknown. I feel like a guinea pig. Everytime I go to the doctor and they start rambling on about this pill and that one, I always key into the damn side effects and realize that my chances are better with a lot of prayer and no side effects. God hasn't failed me yet. I pray that more people had the faith I do.

Kass, I PRAY that the domino effect that you speak of is taking place. I mean, I can just look at the response to this blog in general. As I type, there are

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I wouldn't call myself an activist, because I haven't physically gotten off my ass to do anything. I am just a girl with a passion to make a difference and I happen to have a lap top so I can run my yapper about it. My change is coming soon though, best believe. I have things in the works.

These trends wouldn't be so disturbing if people werent misguided. The more you know about a given situation, the more aware you are of what can take place and you are more inclined to do something about it.

And you are right about conspiracy theories. I am a firm believer in that when you see movies about government issues or even science fiction... that shit has already happened. this isn't just from some producers imagination. it has already occured and been made a secret, but the government allows it to be portrayed as entertainment to keep people confused. it works. and it works in all realms. from nuclear wars, supreme court decisions, pandemics across the world or even UFO's... some people cannot form a solid opinion because they are bombarded with fantasy, construed to represent reality.

so, uncle sticky... while these thoughts are scary, that is a good sign because the truth usually is extremely scary.

I wouldn't call myself an activist, because I haven't physically gotten off my ass to do anything.

Girl, puhleeze!!  You ARE an activist, in more ways than you will possibly EVER know.  Don't you realize that giving people something to think about, it makes you an activist.  Maybe SOMEONE that reads your blogs and doesnt' feel worthy to comment or don't think they have anything to add, might be out pounding the pavement because of your words and courage.  NEVER take that away from yourself.  I have found that lately, a LOT can be accomplished my sittin' on your ass...on the NET!!  Imagine how many people you can reach as opposed to holding a local rally?  These machines are GLOBAL!  Hell, you wanna do more, just create your own video about yourself and what you are trying to accomplish!!  I posted a vid I found on a site called Invisible Children...about the plight of homeless children in Africa and what they are running from on a daily...and I recently checked..and the vid had over 4,000 views..only been up a little over a month I think.  So, that is 4,000 people that may not have known SHIT about what is going on!  Think about it.  You are one of my FAVORITE activists lady!!  MWAH...

B.

Your words echoed in my head as I tried to get sleep this morning... I am an activist.

Wow.

I guess I dont look at it that way because I am not thinking of myself but just making an impact on someone who may have a louder voice than me or more connections than me. I look at what I am doing as a type of Pay It Forward effect. I spread the word to "x" amount of people, they in turn spread the word, so on and so forth. The only thing is I dont want shit lost in translation, that's why I am glad that everything I stand for and everything I believe is right here in pink and black and whatever else font color you want. My words will never be twisted. They can try, because they will (when I say "They" I mean those that can't comprehend the truth and it scares them to point that they have to dispute it... ) Anyway, you are so right, I am making a global movement from my couch in my soft fuzzy slippers.  I will be to your page soon to check out the video... oh Lord I hope it doesn't make me cry... but that just means more truth has been absorbed, so the tears have to escape.

I'm glad a fave girl!! Thanks for all the love!

I don't have a lot to say on this matter, but I want you to know that I am overwhelmed while reading this...one, because it's incredibly deep and two, because I am so proud to watch you walk in your calling. Mighty Kam!

I know I suck for not having any deep thoughts or long paragraphs and paragraphs of info to include. I am just a fan of yours.

Amy, you do not suck for not having deep thoughts or long paragraphs of info. Do you know how long its taken me to write this blog? Three hours. That is the longest amount of time I have ever spent on a blog and I still dont have all the information included that I wanted to. The theme of it remains in my head, but brings up so many issues that I wasn't sure I was ready to address, but alas, here I am...

It IS overwhelming and in that I will probably not write one this deep for a long time, just because I want to keep a clear head and not be bombarded by so many different thoughts and perspectives... but this has been wonderful to learn while teaching and grow while giving birth to new thoughts... it is a wonderful experience, so wonderful that I sometimes sit back and ask myself where did all these thoughts come from?  Who would have thought that I had all of this in my head to put out there??

Thank you for being a fan and supporting me. I love you for it!

OMG! This is great! Good Job!

To answer the question of WHY...black people have been exposed to HATERATION from the slavery days. The darker skin slaves in the fields were jealous of the light skin slaves in the house and thats how it started and trickled down to our generation. You would think that because we went through so much during those times we would be united by now but no....there's no excuse for ignorance. The cure for ignorance is to get educated about the unknown and make a change! Everyone doesn't see it like that! We hate on each other skin tone (as if it mattered), we hate on each others accomplishments, we hate on each other hair type, we hate on each other weight, It's a damn shame if you ask me because WE (black people) come in all shapes, sizes, and tones and to be this diverse is a beautiful thing to me!!!!!!!!!!

To comment on the HIV issue this requires the help of one race the HUMAN RACE!!!!!!!!!!!! when are children are being effected by this awful disease and entire villages in Africa are being knocked off one by one we must do something, WE (everyone) can start by protecting ourselves. Its small, its free, and its a start!!!!!!!!!! Get involved with HIV/AIDS organizations. I was a part of a mentoring group in NY that gave seminars on HIV/AIDS to high school students. It starts at home. Parents teach your children about these deadly diseases and about race...whatever happened to "it takes a village to raise a child"?

Your statements are right on point!! We need to work on us and educate ourselves about what it is about each other that makes us hate so much. This is for the people that in one breath are talking all the "Power to the People" but out the side of their mouth, they are talking junk about a co-worker cuz she's darker than her or has "better hair". What is that? It's self hatred and it must stop!!

As for HIV/AIDS... you are so right. What it takes is so simple, but people are afraid to get involved because when you open your heart and mind to issues that are on such a grand scale as this, it makes you look inside yourself at some point. It makes you look at the type of person you are and eventually you will see something  you dont like, and then it will eat at you until you do something about it. People dont like that process of self evaluation. They dont like coming to terms with themselves when they think its just easier to ignore issues altogether. And it will be those people looking dumb when the world passes them by and they dont have a clue how to catch up.

Thank you for your insight to the blog girl, I love the passion and education that is flowing through here!

 but people are afraid to get involved because when you open your heart and mind to issues that are on such a grand scale as this, it makes you look inside yourself at some point.

Also..there is the fear of mortality!!  For some reason, AA families shy away from that, no matter WHAT the illness!  I have been tested several times for my peace of mind, but there is the belief in some that if you don't get a test, you won't come back positive, and therefore you are negative.  Sad, but true.  Hell YEAH it is scary, I am the FIRST to admit that.  You start thinking about stupid shit, everyone you ever let drink from your cup, everyone you ever kissed...had sex with, just enough to make a sane person go NUTS, and that is where the self education comes in.  Once we can remove the STIGMA attached to having a condition, I think it will be a LOT easier on those that are positive and the network of support and love can grow limitlessly (is that a word?  LOL)..but you know what I am saying.  HIV does NOT care about color or financial status..we are ALL affected whether we have it or NOT!!  It is that simple.  To know there are potential friends, lovers, even potential lifemates for my children that are suffering causes me EXTREME distress..but that is the life of an Empath..and I guess that is my lot in life...passion.  I love you for what you do, and who you are.  Your condition?  What about it?  I think people that have diarrhea of the mouth with nothing to say are more detrimental to the world than anyone that has a compromised immune system.  All that means is when I have a cold or a flu, I need to contact you by phone, 'cause a visit could be detrimental...same thing with newborns...it is a human courtesy!

B.

DAYUM! Myspace! I could have sworn I left a comment to this already!! BLAST!

All in all I think I said, that's why I have coined the phrase, "I AM THE FACE TO ERASE THE STIGMA". I chose this so that people will look at me as an example that I am "just like them" and LIVING not dying from HIV. I am a person, a mother, a daughter, and a damn good friend. I am doing this for the people who are inflicted with diahrrhea of the mouth, so they can chug on some real ass Pepto and get a grip. Peace.

Girl, type it Word first... copy/paste, breath!!

YES a little goes a long way. Your one movement, your one choice can cause a ripple effect to others around you. It may not be immediate which is a lot of people's problems. They want the change to happen in the blink of an eye and that is hardly the case, especially dealing with shit that took forever to come full force.

What can you do? Educate yourself, which I feel you are doing because you are ALWAYS full of questions which is one of the things that I absolutely love about you. Then ask yourself who in your eyes needs more education or what situation just needs a little more attention. Gather information about that issue and begin to talk. It's that simple. Opening my mouth has been a life changing experience. I didn't even set out to be an activist of any sorts, I was just tired of hearing about all the people living with HIV/AIDS feeling as though they had no one to talk to or no where to go. no one should go through this shit alone. While we are surviving this disease, there are some out there that are not and are afraid to want  to live longer because they feel that no one understands. I am that understanding person, so I opened my mouth. Point blank.

Turn your frustration, your pain, your misunderstanding into an educating experience and that's how you can make a difference.

You speak with rich wisdom and truth. You are extremely right in that it is more effective to help those that help themselves, I personally have to reach further than that. Not to bombard people to make an impression. Quietly at first, because I feel as though an impact can be made on all if you reach an understanding on their level. I am only one woman and I know that I cannot do it all.

And man!! You are right in that we dont seem to make productive moves until another force comes and suggest that it is a good idea to make us a better people. What do they know? Really... Ha, I said "they"!! (That's a whole 'notha conversation). It is troubling and while I am out helping the ones that will help themselves and yearn to make a difference, I see the answer to your question. I may go to my grave without an answer, but the Lord and the world will know I never ceased in keeping an eye for the agent that sells us out to whoever or whatever. For you have made a very chilling point in that without these agents, WE could perhaps think more for ourselves as a whole...

Thank you for blessing my blog with your insight, you've given me yet another perspective to the whole issue and some others.

Peace

My knight and shining armor. You speak truth in your statements as well...

And just a sidenote, the reactions and emotions I post when angered by news, are my immediate, not lingering or permanent reaction to the information given. The simple fact that things can be twisted out of focus as they easily are is what boils my noodles!

I think the best thing you said was that it IS irrelevant how the disease got here or by what means. Its hear and people are dying from it. You are so right. At the same time, people want answers to those questions whether they change things or not. They want a way to keep it from happening again instead of worrying about what is already here. People don't like having the wool pulled over their eyes for lack of a better phrase and when given information no matter how valid or invalid it is, they want to know where it came from, who compiled it, so on and so forth. By the time they figured it out or not, they have exerted a tremendous amount of energy to undo something that can't be undone...

I say all that rambling really, to say thank YOU for your input as a person living with this virus, and has seen first hand the changes it brings about politically, emotionally and physically. I am glad that I am friends with you, as I have been called a newbie to this disease, I have a lot to learn regarding it.

and many share your feelings on the matter, i myself understand them; however should that be the case, i feel justified in feeling that the only and main concern be prevention and knowledge. if everyone would just practice the means of prevention, surely you'd think that the virus would die out, be a think of the past like leprocy... wow, what a strange comparison i made.. or is it?

anyway, while some may feel that this is impossible to achieve, i am a believer that all things are possible; however they come in due time when our Creator allows it to, not when Man deems is ok.

black people need to get a grip of their egos and let go of not wanting to be passed by when it comes to monetary wealth and assist the one or two that may be in a social standing behind them. im one for that movement immediately. black, white, purple or striped.

thank you for coming through!! and be as militant as you want. i say never apologize for who you are...

Oliver

Dear friend, thank you for recognizing where I am allowing God to guide me... the the togetherness and truth of us as a whole. Thank you for your kind words and thoughts and being open minded to see that I am not out to make a politcal statement or convince humanity that they must see things my way. You recognize where my heart is and what I am using these blogs for, so thank you...