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I’m Just Sayin Notes from Beth# 78 Well I Think “The Supreme Court” Put the Final Nail in the Coffin of the Justice System in America!

I have never seen anything so blatantly as bias and as intentionally as injustice as I have witnessed in the decisions of our Supreme Court, than has transpired in the last decade! It has become more corrupted and has allowed political alignments to be the core of their agenda. I can’t believe how they- the conservative judges have succumbed to being manipulated and have consequently made decisions they know are obstructions to justice and the preservation of our democracy! I know the founding fathers of this country are turning over in their grave! The coffin that holds the integrity, ethics, rule of law, and the scales of a balanced and fair justice system has been encased in greed, supremacy, and racism. Well, all the hard work that was intended to make this country a more perfect union have intentionally and systematically been dismantled right before our eyes!

How did this happen? Were we in a coma? Were we drunk with apathy? Were we hypnotized? Were we complicit in this deceit and master plan to destroy our country and unravel our democratic government because we were complaisant and uninvolved? This foolishness has got to be called out and the other political parties in this country had better step up to the plate and get to the voting polls!

Today the Supreme Court conservative judges tried to seal the coffin! We have to take the lid off that box and act like we have some sense! Yes, we better hurry up and get “WOKE”, before we waken to the trauma of living in an authoritarian government that stifles the life of freedom and justice we have been trying to sustain. We cannot allow the conservative rich with this hidden agenda to dismantle and destroy our country and the dreams for our life and the lives of our children!

  1. We have to return Biden to the White House for another 4 years while we groom the next person for the Presidency.  

2. We have to be more vocal and visible on both the local and federal level of our government.

3. We have to appoint more Justices to the Supreme Court on state and federal levels!

4. Teach our children about civic responsibility, and what the value of a democratic system of government is in comparison to other forms of government.

5. Teach our children about their responsibility to hold their representatives, right up to the White House, accountable!

6. Teach our children about the purpose and value of “the rule of law”, and that no one is above the law!

This teaching our children can only be done by practicing right before their eyes, our active engagement in upholding the values, morals, respect, compassion, and willingness to work in harmony with everyone at the table that is hosting our democracy! We have a “Constitution” that is found on democracy. Our system of government is clearly defined and must be the compass for all our decisions!

We have about 4 months to get our government back on track! Somebody get a hammer and pull those nails out of that coffin that our Justice System” has been locked up in! We have way too much to lose in the current scenario the conservative element is openly and fragrantly pushing down our throats.

Enough is enough! Wake up my fellow Americans! Wake up! Speak up! Stand up!

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I’m Just Sayin- Notes from Beth #66 Black History Month- “The State of the Culture”!

We lift up our praise and admiration for those ancestors that came before us and met the challenges in this land so that we and our children from generation to generation will not just survive but have the opportunity and support to thrive.
We must know our past to know where we are going now and in the future.

I thought that it would be appropriate to discuss the relevance and importance of the “hot” topic in our country right now in respect to “teaching Black History in our schools”.  There has been so much push back, effort to discredit the historical significance of our contribution to this nation, myths of how it would make other children that are not Black Americans feel, and the treat of the contextual revelation that –“We as Black Americans have played an important part in all aspects of creating and sustaining what should be “the greatest country in the world that professes the principles of being a “Democracy”.  This in itself is perhaps one of the greatest feats that mankind can strive to establish, protect, and maintain.  It requires the input and contributions of all its citizenry.  It is not an “I” accomplishment, it is a “we” accomplishment.  Recently, I engaged in a conversation on social media about this topic.  I was disappointed at some of the comments that were being said, and at the same time encouraged by the enlightenment of others.  This is not a closed topic until we come to the realization that our history must be rewritten to highlight the contributions of all the ethnicities that have worked to make this country what it has the possibility of being. We are a nation that must be inclusive not exclusive!  

My engagement in the conversation:

I am Inspired to participate in this social media conversation and to get a feel for where we are as humanity in our evolution.! I profess that there would not be a need for African American History classes if throughout our educational curriculum American History was based on the truth of what was and what is, instead of the lies and omissions of the truth of life in America! Every ethnicity that has contributed to the fabric and content should have their story and contributions reflected in what children learn. If not with social media access and the power of the “pen”, the time has come that the truth will prevail! You see when you tell a child they cannot have something and you deny them access to something, that’s when they become curious and seek it out for themselves! These children we have now are “indigo children”! They come here to enlighten the world. Their brains are wired differently, and their souls are more advanced! They are disappointed that we as humanity have not evolved to the point where we are able to host them and create the world that they were expecting! We have failed them and for so many their frustration has turned to violence and self-destruction. We have wasted their gifts! They see this world for what it is and they see no future! What a mess we have given them. We have got to turn this around if humanity is to not only survive but evolve and thrive.

I like the new response to all of the rhetorical myths about the history of this nation! To be sure- Black history, the diverse Asian history, the Indigenous people of this country, diverse ethnicities of Spanish origin, people of European descent, OMHG! America is the history of all the people that have lived, worked, raised families, and died in this country. All of us have made an impact on the history of this country and to deny any of us from being represented in this country’s history is merely fraudulent myths that are no longer sustainable in a society that has awakened from the designed and implemented illusions of supremacy and control. We are awake and will never slip into a coma of deceit or invalid perceptions of what is in fact the “TRUTH”. Ashe! Ashe!

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I’m Just Sayin-Notes from Beth #50 -Re-posted The Man-The Legend -The Legacy

This was Celio in 2018 at age 4 when he woke up and found out it was Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday.  His grandpa asked him if he was going to church and he replied, “No, Grandpa! Don’t you know it is Dr. Kings’s Birthday?”
Well, I guess this is proof that-
“The Man, The Legend, The Legacy, will prevail throughout the test of time!

This is going to be a short and to the point blog.  Today we are celebrating and acknowledging the life and “work” of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There is a lot of activity today across our nation and even in other countries that have subscribed to the principles of his “Life’s work”.  what we must realize is that as others did who worked side by side with him, is that we are intricately connected to his work.  It is about bringing to mankind’s consciousness that equity, racial, religious, political justice, is the core element of a functional humanity. 

We cannot live in isolation from one another.  We cannot think we are immune to the critical issues that people in this country and globally are facing every day. We must be truthful that being connected to the conditions of humankind and the other species that we share this planet with is now more critical than it might ever have been. We don’t have the latitude of just passing the responsibility on to others. Each of us are born with an ingredient that is like an invisible umbilical core that connects us spiritually to each other.  It shows up as love, compassion, empathy, and understanding.  Sometimes these ingredients are stifled, buried, or tainted by our life experiences but we can always regain these elements when we are awakened to the relevance they play even in our own existence.  So today I say my friends,” Wake UP”! Let us, each of us look within our souls and recapture the essence of this important ingredient that connects us to the core of our humanity.  We can with this level of consciousness change the whole texture and conditions that are plaguing and dissembling our world. 

I grew up in the times of Dr. King. My father who also an activist, knew Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.  I grew up knowing the sacrifices my father made throughout his career as a minister and how that impacted us as “preacher’s kids”.  I was taught how to protest and to stand up for myself and others from childhood.  I remember all my father’s stories of the dangerous encounters he had from his youth and even after he retired.  You see, once you are known as a “troublemaker”, it stays with you your whole life. I am proud of him being the “non-violent, liberation doctrine-based theologian that he was. 

We must make sure that our children know the history of the people that sacrificed their lives for us.  Yes, for us! If the stories are not infused in the history of this country then we as parents, family members, and educators must take on the responsibility.  We have to go back to the old fashion culturally based ritual of “telling story”. If we don’t start sharing our “Truths”, our children will not be able to move forward and complete their individual “assignment”, that completes our forefathers’ dreams! 

Don’t worry Martin!  We see your dream and have awaken from our slumber!

Oops! I thought this was going to be short and to the point! I guess I am wide awake!!!