SATURDAY
hello world, wrote this in a washington post comments section
its amazing to me how many folk are still enthusiastic supporters
of hillary clinton:
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i use to respect the clintons
and its so unfortunate that they have proven themselves so politically venal under pressure, its really unfortunate
obama, for all his flaws, has tried to keep this race on a higherplane
something other than the politics of personal destruction that have so crippled america both domestically and in the world
hillary continues to try to drag it into the dirt as her only chance of winning
but what would she be winning if she wins by dragging the party into the dirt, by stirring its racial polarizations and resentments
many of the posts here evidence an eagerness to go racial that hillary has fanned
a politics of resentment that will poison relations for years
what is she doing to the party, what is she doing to america
when she was the anointed leader she fought fair - but when times got hard she got win at any cost dirty and tries to spin it as somehow commendable
the clintons have dusted off all the politics of personal destruction the republicans used on them and turned them on their own
my daddy use to tell me never wrestle with pigs, you only get dirty and the pig enjoys it
but in this case obama doesnt seem to have much of a choice - clinton efforts show that in american politics 2008 down and dirty still has agency - according to them always has been always will
that might be so
but can the presidency be worth the damage she has done to her lifes work in politics
somebody who would win by tearing us apart
hillarys had a lot of detractors over the years but we progressives
have always defended and loved and stood by her
now everything positive that shes stood for all her life has been trashed
not by her enemies but her own actions - she has become one of them
and 8 years of resentment politics is enough
is that what weve learned from republican rule
its just so unfortunate
i hope when its over that obama and democratic party and all the folk who
depend on it can forgive her (and bill) work with her (and bill)
at this point I don’t know that I can
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i really dont
rdoc
FRIDAY
hello world: almost done, i got about one class and two
manuscript/conference obligations, not accepting anymore - nada
and if asked i will speak truth to the students - im done
im thru, its woodshed time for a desperate man
and look here, somebody that ought to be done - whats with reverent wright, hes embarked on a campaign to explain himself w/explanations like:
"He's a politician. I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences. And he says what he has to say as a politician. I say what I have to say as a pastor. Those are two different worlds. I do what I do, he does what politicians do. So what happened in Philadelphia where he had to respond to the soundbites, he responded as a politician."
i was hoping this man would keep his mouth shut and his profile low, or that he would come out grown - but him suggesting that obama just a politician macking is not good
i wouldnt be surprised if wright turn out to be a clinton mole
on the other hand that terryadkins bessie smith thing went well
i will probably put it up under presentations at some point
but today im thinking a rickydocs top ten list, was wondering
what do i think are the 10 most significant issues in the world today
in no particular order lets say
1 recent rise in hunger
2 the war in iraq
3 iranian nuke efforts
4 fundamentalism both american & islamic
5 darfur
6 israel/palestine et al
7 american election 2008
8 somalia
9 islam and the west
10 global health educ & welfare
what about 10 blackworld issues
1 darfur
2 somalia
3 congo
4 haiti
5 obama
6 zimbabwe
7 global development of black countries/communities
8 empowerment
9
10
lets say 5 most important to me personally
1 saving the blackworld
2 getting humanity off the planet
3 the geas of rickydoc as vision and legacy
4 enhancing/shaping human destiny
5 rest for the weary
okay, i will have to come back/refine both these lists later
right now feeling fidgety, i need to clock some pages today
goal this week - full rewrite of 70 page endgame
its all endgame
all my love
rdoc
WEDNESDAY
okay, hillary is stil in it, what else is new - be different if this was a
real race but its not, its like the clintons are some kind of republican demons
that have been inflicted on the democrats, who have gotten this far by splitting the democrats on race, its just amazing
also i notice latest report that americas prison population is the highest ratio in the world, what else is new - feels like more of the same at this point
also apparently darfur deaths underreported by a 100,000 or so, what else is new
apparently hunger is rising around the world, i think this is new
well at least angola said no to the chinese arms ship still searching for a port - im prouod to say the south african dock workers union said no
then mozambique and tanzania said no, now angola said no, just as proud of them as i can be
big up in the great black book of generations
kofi annan checked in: "the question which has been posed is: where are the africans? where are their leaders and the countries in the region, what are they doing?"
kofi playing a role here similiar to what he done in kenya - voice of a continental/global africa
to whom african heads of state defer - could this be nucleus of true continental africa
a real african union instead of the fake one
dream on rick
a luta continua
rdoc
TUESDAY 12:03 AM
hello world
so mccain is in alabama at the pettus bridge making noises about the civil rights movement
aint no blackfolk fooled by mccain okeydoke, his bush lite minstrel show
everybody know he dont care bout no blackfolk, he just
trying to hoodwink the independents
spare me, and our history of struggle from repub okeydoke
i have finally put my website back up after 6 months down - the text is dated and some of the links are shot but its good to be back in that saddle
i will try to fix it over the next couple of weeks
mostly updating that text
1st thing i did was started working on some of my
geo hunt short stories - finally - just to get started
me and george gon do this project, his works, my words
i call it the hoodoo tales: beale street talking
i get the images off sites selling his work online
so first thing i did was check to see if any new ones
were up and found keepers like this one - and the sojourner one - gon use this one somewhere, i love georges work
feel blessed to know him, collaborate with him
felt good to finally start that project
i figure it will take me a good decade to do it right
patience puppy - all good projects take time
felt good to be working my website again
at one point almost lost the domain name,
made me realize how much i appreciated it - snatched
rootwork.com back in the early days of the internet
gon keep it till the day i die
or fumble
all my love
rdoc
MONDAY 2:38 AM
hello world, i keep getting angrier and angrier about zimbabwe
i do not like it when folk in power take advantage of my people
having them living under repressive authoritarian conditions
abusing my people, piss me off
got folk like this zimbabwe woman w/child trying
to escape the prision zimbabwe has come
i do not like it when folk in power take advantage of my people - folk like mugabe, bashir et al - tyrants of any sort, on any level
do not fuck with my people
times like this i wish i was some kinda magician/sorceror/prophet from the storybooks -
able to right wrongs with the wave of my staff - the power of my mind
times like this i wish folk feared me for the sorceror that i am
two head man working
w/both hands
it aggravate me that my power so weak in the world
most hoodoos satisfied being folk magicians and hedge wizards
i want i need the power to affect social change as necessary -
destinywork - long and short game - some
secret society = work of the hand calculation
been trying hard to manifest hoodoo in a 21st century sensibility so as
to regain the tribal respect hoodoo once had in the community
if necessary the fear
project hoodoo power into the world
bring mugabe down - whatever need to
be done, until then
i can only dream of
rickydoc trickmaster
would be prophet
of the hoodoo way
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