THOUGHTS ABOUT CONGRESSMAN BRAD SHERMAN'S TOWN HALL

THOUGHTS ABOUT CONGRESSMAN SHERMAN’S TOWN HALL – democracy is alive and politically awake here in Reseda, California Saturday 22 April 2017 2 pm to 4 pm was the date and time of this meeting; Reseda High School Auditorium was the venue. The auditorium is said to be one of the largest public venues in the San Fernando Valley. Reseda High School is within walking distance of my apartment, so I arrived about 1:30. A huge crowd had already gathered waiting for the doors to open; once the doors opened the auditorium quickly filled to its capacity. A colors guard marched in bearing our nation and state’s flags; all stood and recited the pledge of allegiance. I couldn’t forget the pledge even if I tried. However, as an atheist I don’t repeat the, “under God” phrase – I go silent for those words. My respect for our flag and love for our country does not come from the lies I was indoctrinated with in grade school but is self-imbued with the toil and sweat of my parents and the black lives and limbs lost in defense of our nation and its ideals: imbued by the thought of those black people still relegated to the butt hole of America and the world. Black people have labored and died too many for too long to give up our earned birthright, the right for reparations, before we have it well in hand. www.adolphusward.net

MY THOUGHTS ABOUT PREVAILING POLITICAL WINDS AND FORECAST

MY THOUGHTS ABOUT PREVAILING POLITICAL WINDS AND FORECAST – forecast, no change The very-rich and those on their way to that island of economic safety, sees government as an enemy – it, government, gets in their way of profit making. What is a little puzzling to me is that large numbers of the not-rich whites and those who have no hopes of ever being, also sees the government as an enemy – it, government, spends too much money on social programs and not enough on jobs and opportunity for them. Race is always a squall in these political winds. Few white people will admit it publicly but bad economic times always find a political balance with government assistance to black people. The supposed balance is a lie – a spin on reality by the very-rich, politician, media, and racists; but the lie still thrives as truth in our racist country. I have searched, in vain, for a comprehensive development plan with strategies for securing black wealth, political economic and social, self-defined, power. Yes, there are institutions, organizations, and community groups with mission statements designed to keep them in a self-sustaining mode – enough money and other support to stay alive for another year or two. Not only is there no such comprehensive plan but there is no organization, no forum, which could bring black institutions, organizations, and community groups together with the expressed purpose of developing a comprehensive plan to better the condition of all black people. This issue is dealt with extensively in Claud Anderson’s, “Black Labor White Wealth.” I agree with him: without a comprehensive development plan black desperation will continue in our racist country and world. www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ABOUT MY SOLO PERFORMANCE

THOUGHTS ABOUT MY PLANNED SOLO PERFORMANCE – not going to happen Thanks FACEBOOK for bringing memories back into focus. I did put together a solo performance with sketches of visuals, lights, and sound; a director would have enabled it to come to life. But that play will not be seen on any stage – at least not soon. The reason is caught up in the dispute between 99 Seat Theatres and my union, Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). In order for my show to be staged an Equity contract, requiring a minimum wage would be necessary – 99 Seaters have refused. I cannot work for nothing and ignore my union’s position – I don’t want to. I did a considerable amount of work for a 99 Seater under an old Equity agreement. That work gave me a lot of exposure. Love the theatre and its founders; but I can no longer work for nothing. The whole point of my solo performance was to promote and sell my trilogy of novels. My genre is Historical Black Family Fiction. The stories and characters are interesting and informing. I don’t need an equity contract to read from my books, with character voice, in front of college or university students. So like any creative person, I’ve reshaped my solo performance to a dramatic reading. All I need now is an invitation from college and university teachers and students, in the LA area, who have as interest in stories related to the African American experience. Go to my new website for more about my works and me. www.adolphusward.net

A GOD NOTION

A GOD NOTION God is really a subconscious projection to be God or serve one. We construct our God and code Him Her It’s nature as we perceive ours to be.

THOUGHT ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT'S TRANSPARENCY

THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT’S TRANSPARENCY – no attempt to hide raw naked ass Our beloved America is a hideously deformed democracy and has been since its birth. With hand on heart we pledge allegiance under God to freedom and justice for all: with piety smiling in our shinning faces we lie; we look our self-made God in his face and without fear of retribution boldly lie. As a writer of historical fiction, with a focus in the black experience, I explore and listen to the lives of black people since our African ancestors were brought here to be slaves. Although European founders and white citizens of this republic built tremendous wealth on the labor blood and death of slaves neither slave nor freeman was ever considered human; we were less than human and legally declared to remain so. A black person, slave or free, was neither to be considered fully human nor to have the same social economic or political rights as a white person – no mater his or her class. A black person was never to think him/her self as good as a white person. The reason why the American government, the States, the Courts and a large number of white citizens are adamant about any government assistant or reparation to black citizens is that assistance that reparation would elevate the social economic and political power of blacks to that of many whites; which would prove that blacks are in fact as human as whites and could no longer be treated with less respect and justice. An increase in black wealth is the path to an increase in justice and respect. www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ABOUT REPUBLICAN VOWS TO KILL OBAMA...

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S VOW TO KILL OBAMA – his legacy and its shadow – please share Rich white and powerful members of the party have stood and still stand on the head of Lady Liberty and Old Glory to exclaim before the world their disdain and disgust for the despicable Black American president, Barack Obama; vowing to stand against whatever he stands for and too bleach out whatever trace of his existence might be left, including his fowl animal odor. Many white citizens have joined these rich and powerful Republicans eager to replace a black man with a white one. A moment ago I finished watching a film title MICROBIRTH on Curiosity. Medical research is just beginning in this field and researchers have done a good job in simplifying what really is a complex field of study. I think I’ve got the essence of why research should, must, be accelerated if the human race is to be given the genetics equipped to avoid a worldwide pandemic; one which could lead to human extinction – this pandemic wouldn’t give a damn if your skin is white or black: all of us human beings would be fucked. The idea is that with the rise in asthma, diabetes, obesity and other health issues our immune systems don’t work as well as in the past; the idea goes on to say that our immune systems are automatically given the tools to fight off invaders at the moment of birth; the idea goes further still by asking the question how is the birth-process different than it was in the past: cesarean vs vaginal birth – breast vs bottle feeding, to mention a couple known. What prompted me to share these thoughts is the Republican demolition of Obama Care. Trump Care is still being engraved in stone on the mountain top; the white tablets will be delivered by a legion of little plump white cherubs. Their arrival will be heralded by the thundering voice of our white god – hail to our white savior. But I’m left to wonder; given all that white if there’ll be anything in T-Care for all black citizens. www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT I DO AND DON'T SEE

THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT I DO AND DON’T SEE – what I don’t see has and can hurt me If you believe some mystical hand in a fairy tale land is directing the lives of human beings you may not care to read any further in this brief essay. If on the other hand you believe that where humans are in their development is the result of choices made, you might find some interesting thoughts in what I say. When I was much younger I was most often guided by what I could see, or better put, what I was given to see. Here are a couple examples of my being blinded by what I could see. I had cashed my paycheck in a bar directly across the street from the factory. A huckster was selling glitzy items to any holder of fresh money. I had no interest in the pens lighters jewelry, but a watch did arrest my seeing. As if reading my thoughts he slipped it off his watch-clad-arm and onto mine; before I could ask the price he pointed to one of the fifty dollar bills in my hand – without him asking I gave it to him. My glitzy watch tic-toc for most of two days and stopped. Another example of my see only experiences was when I’d been introduced to a hustler who was said to be looking for a business partner in a startup. He drove to a small vacant store in a business district, a For Lease sign in its window. He casually informed me he needed four hundred dollars on the nine hundred dollar/month cost – I gave it to him without question. Never saw the hustler again; the person who introduced us boiled over with apologies but somehow his apologies never turned into four hundred dollars. My personal experiences give cause for me to look at what I don’t see in our new president’s promises to make America Great Again: he says we’ll have a new government, new army, new law enforcement, new healthcare system, new education system, new employment system, and happier Americans. What I see is Americans duped into turning against one another; public against press, traditional sex against alternative preference, race against race, religion against religion, citizens against immigrants, and haves against have not. I see most Americans continuing to pay the superrich more and more of less and less income for the Greater America bliss promised. What I see is our new government acting as primary broker enabling the super-rich to buy America’s public lands with its natural and productive resources and subsequently too enslaving ordinary citizens – the buyers are not all Americans. www.adolphusward.net