JUSTICE NOT BLIND -- IT'S FLAWED

JUSTICE IS NOT BLIND – IT IS FLAWED Some elected politicians, their appointees, and the folks who elected them have, throughout history, blamed victims for their own death or a death of their kind. Not just African Americans, but women – still struggling for a lead voice in shaping their own future, also those who chose a different sexual preference, and other people of color, or people of a different nationality – you can add others. The written or spoken blame generally contains the statement, "But for the actions of the victim he/she/they would still be alive." It is inferred if not plainly stated, that we should tell our sons, daughters, men, women to conduct themselves in a more appropriate way and no more of us need die. Some politicians go so far as to admonish the grievers to accept blame for the death of a victim and demand they commit to changing the behavior of their children, and their brothers and sisters. Some survivors of victims have been forced to their knees to ask God's forgiveness for their neglect. Is the American Justice System blind? Hell no! The Founding Fathers of our Constitution were all flawed individuals – it follows then that our constitution is flawed. Individuals who write our laws are flawed – it follows then that our laws are flawed. Individuals who make up our Judiciary are flawed individuals – it follows then that court judgments are flawed. Individuals who enforce the laws are flawed – it follows then that our law enforcement is flawed. Does this mean that Americans would be better off without a constitution, lawmakers, judiciary, or enforcement – hell no! What we have beats nothing by far. Change in what we have is obviously necessary for all citizens to be equally protected before the law. The big question is how do we accomplish that short of a revolution – a complete overthrow of our present system? An even larger question is what do we replace it with?

A NOTE ON RACISM

Racism is a visceral part of America's mythology – it's like the brain and heart in the human body. America would not exist without it. Some people believe that America is a melting pot – that the skin color of American's will eventually be a range of Brown Tones. This misguided thinking is thought be a solution to racism. Not all people will meld together no matter how long America cooks them. I tend to divide our country into two areas of concerns – the 1st is People-Concerns and the 2nd is Political-Concerns. People concerns have to do with providing for one's self and one's family. Political concerns have to do with who gets what, when, where, and how. When people have the things they need, race is not a problem – most don't give a shit what color another person happens to be. Politicians, the policy makers, on the other hand do care about race and which one has the most influence. Because resources – land, water, food, fuel, jobs, education – are always scares, policy makers grapple with who will get those resources. It has always been and continues to be the most powerful individuals, in terms of wealth, physical strength, and political power, who set the policy as to how scares resources will be divided. At present those individuals are white and they intend to maintain their positions of power.

A SALUTE TO DEATH 19

I cringe whenever I think of the number 19. With the number comes the thought of the firemen who gave their lives trying to keep flames away from the lives and property of others. I don't talk about it a lot but I have a deep respect for those who serve and protect the rest of us. Whatever uniform or duty they are a special breed. Politics will often distort and fuckup the honor due them – but they are a special breed. My best thoughts of thanks and peace go especially to those who are directly affected by Death 19.

INCOME DIFFERENCE AND POLITICAL POWER

INCOME DIFFERENCE AND POLITICS I'm just sharing my thoughts about income disparities and political power. As I look at the political landscape in our country my sight informs me that the superrich have more political muscle than the rest of us. Don't jump to the conclusion that I dislike rich people – I don't. I'm an independent writer and actor – I decide what materials I write and make available to prospective buyers; I decide which producers I allow to rent my acting talent. I select and pay professionals to help me in my efforts to make a profit. My bank balance doesn't show it yet but I like to make money – I like deciding what I do, when, where, how, and who with. The superrich continue in their efforts to privatize anything that has the slightest chance of making a profit – they're buying up public resources, they're stripping the government of any regulatory powers while diluting existing policies designed to enhance the economic growth of others. With their money they're shaping the future of ordinary citizens by controlling the pathways to economic wealth – education, jobs, mobility, taxes, investment, etc. The verbiage of the superrich is laced with belief in a god. It implies that they have been chosen by god to set the economic lives of everyone else. There is fervor in the talk that almost convinces me god actually ordained them to be my economic savior – if I did believe in a god they may have had a convert. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/adolphusaward

PHONE OR NO PHONE

I've been listening to those ins and outs of government intrusion into the nature of our telephone communications. I'm convinced that our government's reach – when added to credit card companies, large retailers, corporations, and think-tanks – into our lives is well passed the fragile membrane of chastity protecting our privacy. Our vocal concerns are well behind the Nano speed of super computers – data is already retrieved and now being correlated. It's a done deal. The only decision left for us citizens is to determine how much intrusive pain is more than we can tolerate. We could give up our phones or do what we usually do – shut up and bare the pain. http://twittercomadolphusward.blogspot.com/

POLITICAL FRONT GROUP TAKES IRS TO WOODSHED

POLITICAL FRONT GROUP TAKES IRS TO WOODSHED As an American it's really encouraging to see our democracy at work. It isn't every day that a political-front-group can take the IRS to the woodshed and blister its behind for doing its job. What's a little confusing, though, is that same front-group applauded the IRS for taking the NAACP to that woodshed and looked on while the NAACP received a Taliban-Caning for daring to do what it – political-front-group – does. More confusing is that Americans are asked to be outraged at the insulting pain inflicted on the sensitive behinds of the front-group. No such lamentations were even hinted at for the long suffering guardian of social justice – the NAACP. I don't give a shit if your eyes are cocked to the right or left: our nation is sinking deeper in the bogs of hypocrisy. Adolphus A Ward

ASSADA SHAKUR to be killed

ASSADA SHAKUR okay to capture or kill A few days ago I wrote a short piece on FB that suggested the ease at which we as Americans and the American Government seem to be able to take a human life – it is true in other parts of the world as well. I thought and still think that human life is losing the value once embraced by most Americans. Where murder used to be whispered about after the fact, it is now boasted about before the fact. It seems that Americans have decided that Assada Shakur's life has no value and that she should either be imprisoned or executed – by any one.