UNITY~DOES IT TRULY EXIST?

An Opening Message From The Administrator of The Black Fist Blog:

(This is a re-print of a blog I posted last year. Where I then I asked the question "Unity~Does It Truly Exist For The Black Community?" Alot of things have happened in the black community since I first posted this entry and as I look around the space for which I live I'm prone to revisit this blog entry and asked this question once more. I am still requesting answers.)

(I'm hoping the faithful readers of this website will [again] read my words carefully, understand what I tried to convey, expand your thought processes and feel free to honestly and forthrightly share your views and opinions about your perceptions of unity in the black community.)

(I chose to leave the comments from the original post for revisitation and I look forward to reading your comments of new. I take this subject matter seriously - very seriously- so any comments that are not on topic I will not publish. Please respect the boundaries of The Black Fist Blog's commenting policy and know I will not grant any exceptions to off-topic comments. This is The Black Fist Blog, a black militant website for black people to express themselves and I will not allow the foolishness I've been tolerating as of late. In other words, the crackdown is on! And if you don't like it that's too bad.)

THANK YOU FOR READING THE BLACK FIST BLOG!!!

"FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY"? This is the question that's been swirling around in my head for a very long time. "Unity~Does it exist for the Black Community"? It seems as though the further we as Black people here in the hells of North America progress economicially, socially, politicially, financially and educationally, the deeper we seem to sink into the absyss of self-hatred, self-destruction, treachery, deceit, deception, trickery, betrayal, mischief, devilment, falsehood, lies, hatred, jealousy, greed and envy. My question to the highly intellectual readers of "The Black Fist Blog" is..."Why"? Why do we do what we do? -and- Do we even know what we are doing? -and- Do we know how to stop it? -and- The biggest psychological question [I have] is "Do we really want to even try to stop it? The Black Community is in dire straights. There is no doubt about that. I have stated several times on "The Black Fist Blog" that all I want is "Peace & Unity" amongst my [Black] people, What I've found is nothing more than common "Disunity". Why is that? I addressed in my very first blog entry entitled: "Welcome To the Black Fist Blog" http://theblackfistblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/welcome-to-black-fist-blog.html exactly what we would be dealing with on this site and we have kept to that mission statement. It is time for Black folks to love one another, I know that phrase is commonly used by people all over the world in songs, in movies, in books, in poetry, in "The Holy Scriptures"...and a little bit of everywhere else but I will be the one here today, in this space of time to say it again..."It's time for Black folks to LOVE one another" if for no other reason than that is what The Creator Most High [God] would have us do. "Isn't that a powerfully enough reason right there"? We look outside the "family" for what we want, what we need, what we desire but it appears we never look to each other. We think we [Blacks] can't provide for the needs, wants and/or desires of other Black folk. And when I say "provide for the needs of", I mean there is nothing outside the Black family [Community] more precious, more worth fighting for, more worth defending and protecting than your OWN Black Family [Community] and the emotional well-being of the Black people within that sphere. I am talking to you and only "YOU" Mr. & Mrs. Black Man & Black Woman! The Original Family on Earth consisted of The Black Man, The Black Woman and The Black Child. You are the source of everything we have down here on this little bitty planet we called "Earth". The Black Man is "The King of ALL Civilization", "The Original Man on the Planet" to be valued, respected and protected. The Black Man's rightful place in existance is at "The Head of ANY place he so chooses to step and/or sit". The Black Woman is his Queen, "The Mother of ALL Civilization", "The Giver of Life" to be valued, protected and respected and to be "helpmate" to The Black man -NOT- to be HIS ruler but his helpmate. The Black Child is to be defended, cherished, nourished, nurtured and to always respect his/her elders, the ones who are to teach & lead the child. "What so difficult about the natural order of things that we can't follow what The Creator has deemed his "will"? Even the animals of the land, the birds of the air and the life forms of the sea follow the natural order of creation/existance. I suppose the questions in this blog will be answered by those of you out there who feel like I do, that time is winding down and we must find a way to move past whatever it is that's prohibiting us as a "Family Unit" to move our race forward. I am opening this blog entry up to whomever in the black family that feels what I'm saying is worth giving input too. I ask that serious-minded Brothas & Sistas answer the call to "Unity & Peace" and the rest of the black family listen up then proceed to follow suit. I am only one (1) Black Woman but in history [Black history] it only took one (1) to stand up and do what must be done to correct the incorrectness of whatever was the vile unjust matter(s) going on at that moment in time. General Nikki X is standing up today and have stood and I will never lie down not until "My" Black Brothas & Sistas are freed of ALL the wicked vicious "ills" that plague us and won't turn us loose. I know that may take the rest of my life but for MY people....That is what I have prepared myself to do. Nothing & NO ONE will get in my way or stop me! "What about you"? I can't save the entire Black race all by myself and don't pretend to say I can but I can speak out and ask others who love "B-L-A-C-K" to do the same. To start off by putting thoughts into words, words into deeds, deeds into actions and so forth & so on..... Today the "Unjustness" is disunity, disloyality, betrayal, sell-out-ism and all of the above mentioned "ills & diseases" that plague our people from the bowels of psychological slavery stemming from the 4oo plus years of physical, emotional, mental along with psychological enslavement here in the belly of the beast, this place called....America. We still suffer from what our forefathers endured during slavery. I don't give a shit what people try to tell us, it's just that simple. It's what my good friend, Queen Sista Supreme Shaharazad Ali so graciously bestowed upon us in her blockbuster often harsh but always with love truthtelling questionnaire in book form "Are You Still A Slave"? Brothas & Sistas, the devastating traumatic disease we as a suffering Black people are suffering from even to this day is called "Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder". It's real, It's serious, It's an illness/disease and dammnit it can be deadly. Look what happen when Our Dear Brotha Collin Ferguson snapped when he was pressed too damn far by the white folks in New York City back in the 90's, that's right in -the 90's-. He killed them white folks right there in broad daylight on a public train. Now I ask you, "Whose fault was it really that Bro. Collin just up & simply lost it"? Don't be scared to answer the damn question, Hell this is serious..."Whose fuckin' fault was it"?!?! My Dear Sistas & Brothas all of this is part of the one thing most of us deny but have constantly and continuously staring us right in our faces day in & day out, year after year....We deny ourselves the right to finally feel & deal with the "True Nature of Slavery" and what the hell it has done to us as a Black Unit, a Black Family, a Black Community...A Black race. Once we do that we can bring it all the way back to the subject of this blog and where we are today. So the question remains..."Unity~Does It Truly Exist"? Please, I ask of all you Beautiful Black Brothas & Sistas of Conscienceness, share your thoughts with our readership, Is your Sista General Nikki X off base? Am I just missing something? -OR- Am I hitting the nail on the head with my assessment and opinions on the root of black folks "fucked up-ism-ness"? If we as a Black nation [within] a white nation went before some medical doctor with symptoms of some sort of physical illness the following steps would be taken, We'd be assessed, diagnosed, treated and (probably) prescribed some kind of medication for whatever our "sickness" was then in turn (most likely) CURED. Well Brothas & Sistas, How can we be "cured" for the "sickness" that has gripped us for over 400 years when the wicked devilish "victimizer" and the sick, scared & afraid trembling "victims" are in what one would conclude to be "Complete and Total Denial" of what has been historically written & orally documented?!? What medicine do we take for systematic Torture, Abuse, Humiliation, Complete Degradation, Delirium and Total Dehumanization? And how do we keep those potentially "deadly" diseases from ever returning to our race of people? We here at "The Black Fist Blog" look forward to the interaction, comments, opinions and knowledge, I know for one will be be lively, educational and deep. I want to thank everyone in advance for participating in this conversation and I will try to response to all of your comments of "conscience" and I will delete any and all foolishness that would subsequently result in defeating the purpose of this enlightening discussion amongst "the BLACK family". We really have no more energy to waste on "blight & bullshit" so please take a moment or 2 or 3 or even 4 to think before you speak on this delicate highly sensitive entry...OK? I would hope this topic will be treated with the same care, concern and gentleness one would give to a family member and/or friend whom you just found out had a deadly life-threatening "sickness". I'd venture to say you'd only want to HELP the person~NOT~HURT the person! So, in saying all of that let's get down to the business of "problem-solving", "communicating", "listening" and "learning". I, for one am sooo tired of being "Disunifiably Sick"...."Aren't You"? Let's seek help together and we can do this with 100% understanding & compassion. Remember we are "Kings & Queens" and together, We can make anything possible! I leave you with the greeting established by "The Black Fist" as a "Unified Organization".... BLACK FIST, BLACK POWER, BLACK NATION....BLACK POWER, EVERY HOUR!!! (The views and opinions expressed by General Nikki X come from a heart & spirit filled with a deep hurt & sadness over the declining condition of a race of people who built the pyramids but who can not seem to find their way "HOME"...in every sense of the word. General Nikki X's only wish for her people is nothing less than perpetual "Unity, Peace & Blessings")

PHIL'S FRIEND SHOWS HIS ASS!

This cartoon is way too funny!!! I've seen several cartoons from the artist who has drawn this very acurate depiction who calls himself, Bearman. But I beleive he's out done himself on this one! I Love This Picture!!! Based on the current situation that's been brewing between Republican rich spoiled crybaby and sitting Hamilton County Commissioner Phil Heimlich and his equally rich spoiled crybaby Democratic challenger David Pepper. Chris Finney is Heimlich's boy. And it's been said Finney has received plenty of money and a few contracts/jobs from repeatedly kissing Phil's ass. The Subject of Bearman's Cartoon: I've read Finney recently made a public fool of himself (again) by cursing out crybaby Pepper (;-) at some Commissioners debate then turned around under pressure and apologized (;-( to Pepper for the cursing out then his puppet master Heimlich balled him [Finney] out for the cursing out he [Finney] put out on his [Heimlich's] behalf! Wheeeew, did any of that make sense to you? Our good friends, The Dean of Cincinnati and former 2005 mayoral candidate Justin Jeffres have been on Phil's ass from day one. These two fine journalist fellows have been publicly asking the hard questions no one else seems to have enough courage to ask Phil Heimlich, for which we understand he's been shaking, running, ducking and hiding. Go to The Cincinnati Beacon website at http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com and you can become up to date on this subject. The Dean has provided text, blog entries and a couple of youtube videos for everyone to witness the sissified punkified responses or non-responses from silly punk ass Phil Heimlich. David Pepper is a bonafide crybaby bitch in his own right but this Phil Heimlich/Chris Finney deal is the topic of Bearman's cartoon today. And way more funnier than the Son of P &G..... AT LEAST FOR TODAY !!!!! ;-()

BLACK POWER!!!

BLACKWELL OR STRICKLAND: WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR BLACKS?

There is an Ohio gubernatorial race coming up in a few weeks. I've heard the back and forth rhetoric and I've seen and heard the commericals that are currenting being ran from two out of the four candidates in the race. The two more popular candidates are Republican Kenneth Blackwell and Democrat Ted Strickland. I have done the research on both of these candidates for myself. I am neither a republican nor am I a democrat. I vote independent. And I do my very best to vote smart. I listened to 1230 am WDBZ "The Buzz" this morning and from 10am-12pm, our dear brother Attorney Kenneth L. Lawson host of The Law with Lawson Show, had republican guru Marcus Jenkins as his guest. Ken's topic of discussion this morning was this upcoming gubernatorial race and the pros of voting for the current Ohio Secretary of State, who is Kenneth Blackwell. Whether or not you agree with Lawson and his guest in stating Blackwell would be the more qualified person to become the next governor of the State of Ohio can certainly be up for debate. However, it was a spirited show full of information and some of you may think misinformation. Either way, I'd like to ask the question and hear what your views and opinions are. Personally, I want a candidate that will do his best and what is in the best interest of the black community. Blacks are suffering in Cincinnati and in the entire State of Ohio. With that being said folks... "BLACKWELL OR STRICKLAND: WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR BLACKS?"

Republican Kenneth Blackwell and Democrat Ted Strickland. Both are running for the November 2006, Office of Governor of Ohio.

BLAMING HIP-HOP FOR ALL SOCIAL ILLS?

Twin white supremacist brats, Lamb and Lynx Gaede, from the white supremacist rock band, Prussian Blue.
(Check out the Adolph Hitler tees. What's next? Cute lil pink tees depicting black lynchings?)


THEN YOU NEED TO READ THIS...MUSIC TO HATE BY IS ALIVE AND WELL FOR BUDDING WHITE SUPREMACIST!!!!!

This is a story for any and everyone who blames BET (Black Entertainment Television), HIP-HOP/Rap music and young black children/youths for all the social ills on the face of the planet.

This news report come straight from our dear brother, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, written September 21, 2006, in his nationally acclaimed "The Hutchinson Report."
Published at www.blackamericaweb.com and posted here for all of you.

Check this out. I can't wait to read the comments on this one...

Last October, ABC News profiled 14 year-old twins sisters Lamb and Lynx Gaede and their white supremacist band Prussian Blue. It branded them the new musical spokes kids for white supremacy. That ignited rage and disgust in their hometown of Bakersfield, California. The pair's mother said she wanted a whiter place to live and moved to Kalispell, Montana. That didn't quiet the furor. A group of enraged townspeople are now circulating flyers headed, "No Hate Here" and demanded that the family pack up and leave. That may or may not be a good thing.

After all, as odious as their hate message is, the twins and their mom have the right to say and sing what they want. But even if they were given the swift boot from town, their music and the influence they may have over some impressionable, naive white 13-to 19-year-old teens, which is their target audience, can't easily be booted away. Prussian Blue pumps their music through a 24-hour Internet Radio White, and other sites, which feature more than 5,000 youth-oriented, white supremacist songs through record labels and websites.

The twin's cleverly mix personal, introspective, giggly teen chatter in their lyrics, along with patriotic appeals to fight for freedom to a stomp down, toe-tapping rock beat. That appeals to the musical tastes of many youth. The songs can easily be slipped into an MP3 player and listened to away from the prying ears of adults. In "I will bleed for you," for example, they make a plea for pride and dignity: "Have you no pride in your heritage, and no pride in your name? I'm glad that I'm not like you. I know my children are proud of me. Mine will always stay free."

White supremacist groups quickly spotted a good thing in Prussian Blue. A critic on the National Vanguard website gushed over the release of the group's second album, "The Stranger." He hailed it as the first white nationaist album that appeals to young white girls. The potential tap of the mainstream alternative rock market potentially could translate into millions of listeners and thousands of sales.

The twin's lyric deception is crucial in order to sale their race baiting ideology to teens. Much of the public frowns on the crude racism and anti-Semitism against minorities, women, gays, and feminists are considered publicly impolite. And white supremacist groups have adjusted to the times. They borrow the technique politicians perfected during the past quarter century to win white votes. They use racial and gender-inferred double speak, code words and code concepts.

In the 1960's, it was law and order, crime in the streets, rampant permissiveness and out-of-touch federal bureaucrats. In the 1970's, it was high taxes, crime and OPEC. In the 1980's and 1990s it was heavy-handed government, welfare cheats, drug dealers and gang-bangers. The federal government is an omnipresent force for Americans. White supremacist groups have transformed the government into an evil instrument that wrings hard earned tax dollars from the shrinking incomes of the white middle-class. The money, they rail, goes to subsidize welfare scamming women, crime prone-blacks and Latinos and assorted social and gender deviants. Many white males are gripped by the ultra-paranoid delusion that the government conspires with minorities, women and poor to marginalize them.

Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh punched all the code buttons in angry letters in 1992. He railed against crime, high taxes. corrupt politicians, goverment mismanagement and the "eroding American Dream." McVeigh made only passing comment on race and nothing on gender. It wasn't necessary.

The new breed white supremacist groups are also helped by the storehouse dodge tactics many Americans employ to mask racism. They accuse blacks of always "making an issue out of race." They avoid having any physical or personal contact with blacks. They get angry or defensive when racial issues are raised. They resist programs for ostensibly non-racial reasons that they perceive directly or indirectly benefit minorities.

The immigration reform battle has created a fertile new field for white supremacy groups to slip in their race-coded bigotry and corral new recuits. They play on the anxiety and fears of many American over illegal immigration and cloak their message of white purity in a call to defend the borders and halt an alleged alien invasion. The Southern Proverty Law Center, which tracks 700 hate groups, in its latest Intelligence Report notes a jump in the number of threats and outright physical attacks on Hispanics. The Klan, Neo-Nazi and racist skinheads have also staged anti-immigration rallies and marches. The twins appeared at one of those rallies and sported "Stop Immigration" t-shirts.

Prussian Blue's disarming lyrics and soft-sell marketing has touched off warning among the Anti-Defamation League and other groups that monitor the hate groups. They warn school officials to be on the alert for sneaky efforts by the hate groups to recuit youth through catchy rock songs. The popularity and deadly innocence of two 14-year-old singers give the warning even more urgency.
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Earl Orfari Hutchinson is the author of Emerging Black GOP Majority (Middle Passage Press, September 2006), a hard-hitting look at President Bush and the GOP's courting of black voters.
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Well folks, these two white racist brats are making records and making money singing about white supremacy. Now I'd like to hear where some of today's more hardcore rappers such as 50 Cent ever made a record talking about killing the white man and his babies?
I haven't heard of the record if I'm wrong please enlighten us all.



These two white supremacist brats were featured on ABC News 20/20 and got such a negative response from the viewers (probably 99.5% were of the jewish faith, the white-controlled media doesn't give a damn about what or how the black man feels) the whole racist Gaede family went into hiding!
I noticed in the story there were mention of the twins mother but not their white father. OOOOhhh could this be a case of a white single mother not knowing how to raise her children right - so now they've turned into two 14 year old out-of-control devils? What's wrong with the white man that he can't stay in the home to raise his own children? Is he out smoking crack or shooting horse in his arm? OR is he an unemployed slacker whose out making a bunch of other lil racist devils in other ungodly unwed situtations?

All of the above questions are some of the same questions the white man in his 'high and mighty authorative do no wrong so-called position' asked when the black community has problems and issues it needs to deal with.

These two brats need to be redirected in their thinking before they get a rude awakening from some black person or person of another race (they sing about hating) and it gets ugly.

Am I shocked at this story? Hell No!!! I already know what time it is in AmeriKKKa.
And the faithful readers of this blog, I believe by now, know what time it is too. Now the question(s) of the day is "How do you feel about these two white racist brats cutting records about hating and killing blacks and being supported by their white mother in doing so?" -AND- "Is this a form of child abuse?" They are only 14 years old so they had to learn this shit from their mother and maybe other family members.

I'll let the Jews, Latinos and those "minorities" on their blogs deal with what they feel about these tworace-hating brats. Here at The Black Fist Blog, we want to know how the BLACK MAN & THE BLACK WOMAN feel about this shit.

Do you agree with Bro. Earl Ofari Hutchinson? -Or- Do you think this is just a bunch of hype to pump up the sales for Prussian Blue records/CDs? Don't get me wrong now, Prussian Blue has every right in the world to love their own race and sing about it till the cows come home but when they cross the line and sing/"giggle" about exterminating blacks and etc. Then oh no, fuck that shit, they are planted firmly on The Black Fist: White Racist To Watch List!!!
And we are in deed watching!!!


This should be a lively discussion and we look forward to your comments. White racism is alive and well in 2006 and for anyone to think it is not is in sheer denial and/or most likely a racist him/ or herself.


On A Personal Note: I watched the entire ABC 20/20 News segment of these two brats and quite frankly it was disgusting, racist and sickening to see how the host catered and babied them lil racist. While I can remember watching The 2006 MTV Awards and hearing the black rapper, Chamillionare (who'd won an award that night) in his acceptance speak, talk about the news program 20/20 offering him to come on the show to be interviewed about racial profiling then having that offer retracted. Chamillionare was upset about that and then went on to say, "The MTV awards have given me this award and they won't take it back."

This was after the 20/20 airing of the Prussian Blue story.


My Point? The point is 20/20 can highlight these twin racist (I'm glad they did for now we know the who, what, when and where on these two lil brats) but they [20/20] will retract an offer to a top selling black rapper like Chamillionare to talk about his own personal experiences (rapped about in his song lyrics on his top selling debut CD) regarding the very very real ill of racial profiling by the police?!?


NOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE FOLKS?


BLACK FIST, BLACK POWER, BLACK NATION!!!

REV RUN'S NEWBORN DAUGHTER DIES

Rev Run of Run DMC fame

Another sad story in the world of black entertainment straight off the AP wire.

The newborn daughter of Run of the 80's rap group Run DMC fame has died shortly after born.
This story has been out since September 28, 2006. The Black Fist Blog apologizes for not getting this story out to our readers sooner.

Better late than never. Read this...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. - A daughter born to rap pioneer Joesph "Rev. Run" Simmons and his wife, Justine, died shortly after delivery last week, an MTV spokeman said Wednesday.

Simmons issued a statement through the network, which airs his reality show, "Run's House," saying his wife "is doing fine." He thanked his supporters for their prayers and condolences.

"On Sept. 26, 2006, Victoria Anne Simmons for some unknown reason chose to come early and unfortunately did not survive," his statement said. "We must accept whatever is there and once you accept unconditionally, then everything is beautiful. Every pain has a purifying effect. So whatever comes your way, just be thankful. We see the life in death and believe in the celebration of life in death."

The baby was delivered at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, according to MTV spokeman Graham James.

Simmons, brother of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, has five children. He was a founding member of pioneering rap group Run DMC.

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Our condolences to the Joseph Simmon's family on the lost of their newborn daughter.


BLACK POWER!!!

CLEOPATRA JONES DIES

Our dear sistah and one superbad black woman has died. Miss Cleopatra Jones herself, Tamara Dobson passed away on October 2, 2006, when complications developed after she contracted pneumonia. She was 59 years young.

Funeral services are pending.

I'll have more on this sad story later on today.



BLACK POWER!!!

ANOTHER HIGH PRICED SLAVE CENTER?

Oh boy! here we go again...another slave center story...


This story come straight from the Associated Press check it out and tell us what you think.

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - Bill Cosby called on each American to contribute $8 (6) to help build a national slavery museum amid the battlefields of the Civil War.

Cosby, who already committed $ 1 million (780,000) to the project, joined Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder on Friday in launching a new campaign to raise $100 million (78 million) toward the Fredericksburg museum's $200 million (156 million) price tag.

"The incentative is that they would join in with the rest of the United States of America in saying yes, as an American, I gave $8 (6) to help build something that tells the story," he said in a teleconference with Wilder.

In a nation of some 300 million people, even a tepid response would surpass the $ 100 million (78 million) goal, Cosby said.

He admitted this kind of campaign "generally fails badly." "But I'm going to try again because I'm going to present this national slavery museum as a jewel that's missing in a crown."

The campaign marks the lastest attempts at fundraising for the U.S. National Slavery Museum, a project in the works for more than a decade.

Wilder struggled to find a location before settling on a site near the Rappahannock River, a region where many Civil War battles were fought. For Wilder, $8 (6) has symbolic significance in a campaign to create what is billed as the first national museum dedicated solely to telling the story of American slavery.

"The figure 8, in shape, is both of the shackles, which is the symbol of slavery," Wilder, a former Virginia governor and the grandson of slaves. He thought up the museum concept during a visit to Goree Island, the infamous slave shipping post in West Africa.

"If you turn it on its side, it's the symbol of infinite freedom," he said.

Wilder said the museum has about $50 million (39) on hand.

On The Net: U.S. National Slavery Museum, www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org

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1. Do blacks in America need a National Slavery Museum?
2. Are you willing to send $8 or more towards this national museum?
3. How do you feel about that struggling money sucking white appeaser we have right here in Cincinnati called The National Railroad and Underground Freedom Center?
4. Is Bill Cosby the person/face to raise the kind of dough needed to pull it off?
5. Do you think it would better serve the black nation as a whole, if people like Bill Cosby, L. Douglas Wilder and others (of like prominence) raised money to fund economic and educational centers for black people to better themselves, their families and their respective communities?
6. Do you beleive this national museum, if built, will tell the REAL story of BLACK slavery in America any better than the white appeasing shack we have here in Cincinnati?
7. Or will it be just another: The white man WAS and IS the black man's savior so shut the hell up 'bout any and all ongoing and future talks regarding that reparations crap and move on Knee-grows type deal?

These are just a few questions I'm throwing out to you, the faithful readers of this blog to ponder over then comment on.

Well, come on what do you think?

BLACK POWER!!!

FARRAKHAN SERIOUSLY ILL: GIVES UP DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS

Minister Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader.

This very sad article was written by Sophia Tareen with The Associated Press. CHICAGO -- Minister Louis Farrakhan said in a letter to followers this month that he is seriously ill, and he asked the Nation of Islam's leaders to carry on in his absence to make sure the movement "will live long after I and we have gone." Farrakhan, 73, said he began suffering pain earlier this year similiar to 1998, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery. He said doctors discovered an ulcer in his anal area during a visit to Cuba in March. Since then, he has dropped more than 20 pounds while battling "serious infection and inflammation," Farrakhan said in a letter dated Sept. 11 and published in the Nation of Islam's The Final Call newspaper. Officials at Howard University didn't return a phone call seeking comment on Farrakhan's condition. A man who answered the phone at the Nation of Islam headquarters in Chicago said the organization had no comment on Farrakhan's condition. Farrakhan said he will work hard to recover "because I do not believe my earthly work is done." He said he asked his executive board to solve problems during his recovery. Farrakhan liked his situtation to that of Fidel Castro, who temporarily relinquished power because of illness. "While many rejoiced_believing and thinking that if Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution expired they could move Cuba and the Revolution in a new direction_ his absence from the helm only proved that Cuba will not fall apart over the absence or passing of their illustrious leader, "Farrakhan wrote in the letter. He also warned followers to be "ever watchful for any smart, crooked deceiver and hypocrite who would create confusion over my present condition." Experts said Farrakhan's death could seriously alter the future of the group. "Through the organization's history, the death of a leader has meant a number of divisions," said Lawrence Mamiya, a professor of religion and Africana studies at Vassar College in Poughkeepisie, N.Y. "Whether members of the Nation will follow aboard is up for grabs." After the death of Nation leader Elijah Muhammad in 1975, the organization split. Since then there have been several smaller divisions. **************************** The Black Fist Organization would like to first and foremost extend our prayers and warm wishes for a speedy recover to our dear brother, the minister, Louis Farrakhan. We'd like to see him back on his feet, in full health and back at the helm of the Nation of Islam as soon as possible. Secondly, to ALL THE BLACK MEN who read this blog: A MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN: Please get regular prostate check-ups and follow-up by seeing your doctor on a regular basis! You are the head(s) of the BLACK NATION, you are our fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, cousins, husbands, lovers and friends. The Black woman needs you and the black nation as a whole needs you more. We love you Black man, and your health, wealth, well-being, safety, emotional and mental stabilities and overall physical health are of our natural concern. Please don't delay-- make an appointment to see your doctor as soon as possible, take all the necessary test and follow-up test, eat right, exercise daily, pray and live life to the fullest. I will encourage every black man I know and those I do not know through this blogspot, to do this not only for yourselves but for those in your life who need and depend upon you most and for the continued survival of the Black Nation! Because EVERY nation has a leader and you, Black man are OURS! Black Man, You are the original man of the planet Earth, You are a special King! Take care of yourselves and know that we here at The Black Fist Blog love and care about YOU! Black Power AND Peace Be Unto You!