It's been a while send I wrote in this blog but after looking there the post of herbs I decided to add my 2 cents about what I know and how herbs have affected me. Over time I have use attempted to use some different herbs to heal myself so I'm going to share some of my findings with everyone else. The herbs and natural medicines I have used include lemon, ginger, mullein, eucalyptus, frankincense, garlic, peppers, slippery elm, cumin, water, honey. There is a probably more but I can't think of it now. Those herbs and natural substances are the ones I'll talk about of thing 4 part series. I try to learn the old way of doing certain things because the old way may be more effective and efficient. I'm not the kind of person who wants to do things...

It is a commonly held belief that Booker T. Washington was sold out. It's funny that's the commonly had view of too many of our leaders. Too many of the REAL sell outs are paraded as celebrities, but I will not name names. Please don't ask me too either but if you are really interested in who's a "sell out" and etc check out the thread SHUT UP! in the Contest Zone you may find what you are looking or this one called drop squad. Anyways back to the topic at hand, Prof. Washington.

I too once believe Prof. Washington was a sell out because I was ignorant and foolish enough to listen to others without doing research on a matter. Then I heard a lecture by the Master Teacher Dr. John H. Clarke. In this lecture he talked...

AIG: Leopards Don't Change Their Spots!

Bailed out insurance company AIG ask employees to voluntarily return their 165 million dollar "retention bonuses". In a funny conversation with an associate about the bailout of AIG and their "retention bonuses" he asked, "aren't bonuses supposed to be performance based? If they are a failing company, their performance must have been bad." I replied, "they performed pretty good to convince the Obama administration they needed to be bailed out." Though we both laughed this is a serious matter. What is serious is not the bonuses but the hypocrisy being shown by the Obama administration. It was stated plenty of times that the economic downturn was caused...

I just saw another t-shirt, poster, and calender with Obama and King on it... ARRHHH! Stop comparing Barack Obama to Martin L. King. They are not remotely same and political they are opposites. They do share one thing though they both are Black. Ok, they share two things, they both have Black wives but that is where the bus stops. Now passengers please watch your step as you exit. Simply put, King was a revolutionary, Obama is a politician. King forced political change in America, Obama hopes for change in America - a change in skin color but not policies. Before he was killed King’s last hope was the end of capitalism. How many racist think this automatically made him a communist but this was not the case he was against that too. He recognized...

If you are Black do you really HAVE to vote? The answer is no. This may be a shock to many Black folks but we don’t have to do anything but stay Black and die – remember Joe Clarke in Lean on Me. I don’t try to convince people whether they should vote or not anymore but when I did, I’ve heard the craziness things. If you are like me you’ve heard this before many times, “What! Your ancestors died for the right to vote!” Or how about today with the Barack Obama celebrity fan base, “We’ve worked so hard to get a Black man who can become president you talking about not voting!” It’s always funny to me when I hear these things. Why? Well first who worked so hard? But let’s break down the #1 statement used to convince Black folks to vote for some...