This sniper business

I wonder if white people gave a sigh of relief like when black people do

when we find out the person who did some repugnant shit is white? I know

when I found out it was a black guy I was like “Fuuuuuuuuuuck!”.  I totally

get this from my mother.  Whenever we would watch the news and some crazy

shit was happening, she would always rumble under her breath, “I hope it’s

white folks doing that crazy shit.”  I know that’s why I’m thinking about

this in this way and in a sick and twisted way, I’m kinda disappointed that

he was caught so easily if it is him. All that work, to get caught sleeping

at a rest stop??



I'm saying, the cops didn't accuse him or charge him, didn't even name him,

yet Mr. Muhammad and a minor's name is all over the news. Ok, so it

"leaked".  But this whole thing begs the question, do I honestly care more

that they are black than that the people doing this are caught?  Or, would

it be better to be under the belief that the ‘white sniper’ is still out

there.  I’m glad if this crazy is off of the streets, but on some sort of

larger scale, I wonder if I would rather have the latter.



The reason I say this is that already, people are saying and only seeing it

like this: Black + Muslim = Farrakhan = add the Nation of Islam and American

blacks to the axis of evil.  It might be a stretch, but is it?  What’s

next?? Bean pie crumbs in the backseat of the car??!!  But actually, all of

the ‘I am God’ talk fits right in with the theories and philosophies of the

5%ers.  So there you have your link to the NOI…..



First it’s Jesse Jackson and his love affairs, next it’s Al Sharpton and the

crack he bought in his pimp days on video... although it's 15 years late. 

Now you have the government with their eyes on the NOI and the Five

Percenters??  There aren’t too many black groups or leaders to go after are

there??



And I wonder if the 2 people arrested were white, with the same

circumstances, military background etc… then would it be another case of ‘he

had mental problems and lets blame it on his childhood.’



There is an interesting editorial on MSNBC’s website about how Bush didn’t

get involved because the NRA helps so many Republicans get elected, that he

couldn’t risk having their money and support pulled.  …. Very interesting.



Now, why have a good number of the big domestic attacks are committed by

ex-military Persian-gulf vets? (Tim McVey et al)  Everyone I know from the

military has some issues.  Maybe this whole post-war counseling thing should

be taken more serious.  Maybe it’s the whole preparing people to integrate

themselves back into society after they’ve been in the military for a while.

…..



…….now look at ME!!!, I’m finding myself already convicting these men and

they haven’t even been in custody for 24 hours….



all the while, the US prepares to quietly take a war resolution to the UN

for a private vote while we're all wrapped up in this sniper business....



Damn shame…………………..



-c



CD of the moment: Ron Trent - "Musical Reflections - Electro-funk-jazz:

past, present, future"

black people love us

"Sally's always saying: "You go girl!" while "raising the roof" to

mainstream hip-hop tracks at cheesy bars. That's fun! I relate to that."





http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/index.html

future chronicle ideas..

Some random topics I want to cover in future chronicle writings..... feel

free to comment.  I might listen to you..... or I might not, depending on my

mood and what it is you have to say. :)



- Black role models on a national level.  Where are they?  Who do we have?

Al Sharpton? Jesse? Farrakahn?



- Kids don't know shite.  So why do we act like they do?



- The new Beck album.  This cat is on some different shit.



- The state of black music today (or lack thereof)



- 'Racism' in the workplace and why no one else sees it except black folks.



- Being broke.  The last 3 books I've read have been about becoming rich. 

Now I have to figure out how to take the steps to get there.



- "Good" vs "Interesting"



- The sniper is a New Urbanist.  They are making the statement that the

suburbs are no safer than the inner cities.



- Voter turnout, democracy, & protest.  Does it matter? Then why does it

seem like Congress does whatever the fuck they want?



- Internet pop-up ads and why I hate them.



- Would having an MBA from Harvard really make a difference?



........ just a few of the things I've been thinking of writing about...



-c



CD of the moment: "Red, Hot & Riot"

the man's foot on my neck

I was all set to write up a big thing about how black people are too damn

mad.  I was walking down the street and all the black folks I saw were just

looking ANGRY.  Mad at the world, chips on their shoulders, looking all

oppressed and shit.  But then I start thinking, are black people really too

mad?  Or are white people just too damn chipper?



I can't make up my mind.



I've been having these weird dreams about getting robbed.  I hope it's not

some type of deja vu or some shit.  I never have these thoughts when I'm

walking home cutting through alleys after dark on my way home from work,

just when I'm in the safe confines of my own home.  Is it a reflection of

some sort of fear?? Fear of losing what I have (which isn't much.), fear of

some sort of physical abuse being afflicted upon me, fear of having to

cancel all my accounts, credit cards, etc... I'm not quite sure.  I never

usually remember my dreams, so that makes this extra specially weird.



No one get shot by the sniper today, so that is a good thing.  Maybe he/she

will just stop at 10 and call it a day.  (and yes, I believe it might be a

woman!)



This work shit has got to stop...... I need a plan that will allow me to

stop working in about 10 years.  If anyone has any great ideas, let me know.

 I'm thinking there has to be some sort of great mathmetician that has

figured out some sort of probability statistics for the lottery.  If you

know of such a man, give me his number.



The CD I've been waiting for all year is coming out tomorrow, Red Hot &

Riot.  It is a tribute to Fela Kuti by all SORTS of folks.  If I ever highly

recommend a CD, this would be it.



These MF's around here want to pass a brotha up for the important tasks and

try to stick me with the stairs and shit, I'm about to make some waves

around here, because this shit can't become a habit.  The boss is in

tomorrow, so he'll have to be the one to receive my wrath.  I don't want to

make too much noise because bonus/raise time is right around the corner, but

these folks have got to KNOW!!! I am more than a stair and elevator guy, I

deserve better and won't accept anything less.



Sometimes I think they just do that shit without thinking... 'Hey let's give

the boring, production task to Curtis because he'll get it done fast and all

the design thinking tasks to these guys who are younger than him and have

less experience than him, yeah that makes sense.' .... my ass.



-c

frequent flier miles

. so this MF was smoking a Swisher Sweet cigar on his smoke break…. (you

know the ones with the white plastic tips)… since when did cheap cigars from

Walgreens become the recreational smoke of choice?



… and did you hear that they turned down Snoop Dogg’s request to be on

Sesame Street?  Apparently, they were all set to let him do it, then the

word got out and folks protested PBS and got their way.



… Who protests against PBS anyway??? I mean, Snoop is not #1 on the list of

people I’d like reading to my kids, but still…..



I signed up a year ago for this joint program between Spring long distance

and Northwest Airlines frequent flier miles and forgot about it.  Well since

I’ve had the service for over a year they gave me 10,000 miles, plus I

received 5,000 6 months ago, and 5,000 when I first joined, AND 1 mile for

every dollar I’ve spent on long distance in the past year.  So when I found

out yesterday I have enough miles for a free ticket I was pretty surprised.



The list of places for me to go is currently the following: Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil ; Buenos Aires, Argentina ; Switzerland ; Barcelona, Spain ; and

Peru.  So I have to somehow come up with a way to choose.  All of the south

America locations are pretty cheap once I get there, so it won’t be much

money out of my pocket.  I’ve been to Spain and Switzerland, but want to go

back.  I really need a vacation too, so this couldn’t have come at a better

time.



If anyone has some vacation time coming and is interested in doing a little

globe-trotting, let me know.



-c



CD of the moment: Djinji Brown – “Sirround Sound”

The world is crazy right now..

Crazy shit going on in the world:



-Snipers in MD / DC / VA killing whoever the hell they feel like.

-One of my best friend’s birthday presents was the death of his father.

-Another one of my best friends recently lost his grandfather.

-A guy I work with had one of his good friends die.

-My brother’s girlfriend has West Nile Virus (she’ll be all right though).

-I woke up this morning and it was 43 degrees outside (good ole Chicago)

-I’ve been at work for 11 hours on a Monday.

-No new ass in sight as I settle in to the idea of being celibate for a

while.

-My brother hasn’t done the dishes in so long there is shit growing in the

sink (I don’t think he’s learning the lesson I’m trying to teach him on this

one.)

-I have a corn on my big toe, a pimple on my ass, and am in need of a root

canal.

-I’m stuck doing boring ass stair details at work on this project with 5

different stair types.

-and Bush is still trying to bomb the rest of the world up.



What the fuck is going on?



-c



CD of the moment: “The Best of Donald Byrd”