maintain: a luta continua

FRIDAY

hello world, foot still bad, tried walking on it yesterday, no fun
still havent gotten back into the saddle work wise, bummer

and just what is what is the deal with blackfolk and r kelly
might need to be some soul searching going on there

south africa going thru (more) soulsearch behind anc youth league leader malemas recent call at big rally to "take up arms and kill" for zuma if coming court case

does not go zumas way, zuma spoke after him and did not reject and
rebuke - south africans protesting that they live by rule of law now

zuma has been forced to denounce, that was the word i was looking for

but you get sense its not sincere, his theme song is still 'machine gun'

revolutionaries unable to make the transition to democratic
struggle are the mold from which mugabe is cut w/his

threat to go to war if he lose the election next week
how silly he say that a voters x replace the gun

a luta continua

for those who dont know, a luta continua is portuguese for
the struggle continues

it was the slogan of the angolan revolutionaries when they won their
colonial war, they said now the real struggle begins

a luta continua

it became the slogan of my political generation
back when i myself was a headstrong young turk

full of unrexamined rhetoric, probably why im kinda hard
on the hard black left now, it was a struggle breaking free

of that absolutist headset and still is, constantly trying to grow up
as a force, be more effective, more flexible

while maintaining struggle (ie not selling out) or something
along these lines, its a real fundamental understanding

all committed professionals go thru but i will
have to phrase it better

suffice it to say that being true and effective lifelong force
in the struggle is important to me

a luta continua

rdoc




THURSDAY 2:20 am

okay, another day gone, didnt do a lick of work yesterday,
palf took it all, okay, lets try it again...

i hear michelle did good on the view yesterday
say she got what fox called the 'terrorist fist bump'

from the young campaign staff, its the new
high five she say,

you can tell she dont know what she doing cause of that thumb up like that but still its kinda cute

i think of it as the rasta respect fist and i like using it cause it mean you dont have to shake hands w/folk and get germs - im funny that way

respect respect

i hear the mississippi acting up and flooding
i grew up on the banks of the mississippi

or rather on the bluff, black south memphis is high above
the miss and not subject to its whims and

sitting at the mouth of the delta like it do memphis is
like the guardian at the gate

during the war it was called the city of sanctuary
cause it got captured early and became a union garrison

slaves get to memphis and they were home free

memphis still think of itself as the guardian at the gate
city of sanctuary and defender of the delta

and when the mississippi start to acting up
the ol delta conjureman get concerned

i once wrote a flood scene in another good loving blues that
embarrass me now that ive actually lived thru a flood

nothing like what i imagined it would be
hope i dont have to intervene on the one

traveling down river now

in struggle

rdoc




WEDNESDAY  5:05 am

hello world, no work yesterday - foot getting better (thank god)
us diabetics got to be real careful w/foot wounds

but still no work

been about 4 days now, anybody know
me know thats unacceptable, check back

w/you later today, i got to crunch some pages
paragraphs, words, something, tired of being

stuck on this last 20 pages, focus rick
step by step, inch by inch, word by word

focus




TUESDAY 3:45 am

hello world, in depth analysis and commentary on BAR
regarding influence of obamas community organizing background

 in his campaign dynamics, probably a little too in depth, i ended up scanning it

a little too insular maybe but still fascinating information, as always

its the commentary that got interesting, one back and forth w/author talked about how obama is a politician in final regard and electing him is just

the first step, got to try to keep him as honest as possible once he in
though i myself wouldnt trust the hard left to be judge of that (think rev wright)

i suggest rickydoc for that task

obamas recent bit on black fatherhood not really addressed to black fathers
but to independents & clinton democrats who would like to make such statements themselves

slick move on obamas part -  see the advantages of a blackman in authority, i can say this
rickydoc approve of slick moves,

as a missing black father myself i accept the rebuke as sincere
i judge this pander to be benign

dont know about hiring patty doyle, otherways of sending that no way VP message
to the clintonites w/o riling them up (if thats possible), also i notice

clinton working her heart out for the nominee is on hold i guess
but ima give her benefit of the doubt, id need a little R&R too after that battle

bush notes:
- army supervisor of kbr in iraq says he was fired when he challenged billions in kbr billings
- senate panel says torture policies started at highest levels of administration no matter what they say
- judge says admin doesnt have to account for millions of missing emails regarding war

but all this isnt really news is it, just more bush admin governing stylee that mccain mean to maintain
probably better use of my time getting a little work done

sometime you do these posts and you feel like youve said something essential
and sometime you feel like you just spinning your wheels, today i feel like im spinning

wheels, im outta here

i miss being part of the hoodoo world, been off the hoodoo
grid since my computer crashed back in january

buried in this novel and thats
where im gon stay til its done

but i be wondering whats going on, dont
like being out of the hoodoo loop

also got this plan to organize black writers from memphis
but ima have to put that on hold too

finish this novel, get some respect, make my vision clear
it will make everything easier, folk think

community organizing is challenging
try organizing writers and hoodoos why dont you

but as a literary hoodooman thats my turf and i believe
two of the most powerful pieces on the board

get the writers and the hoodoos organized and i will
be satiified that was a nice little contribution

to have made to the struggle
speaking of which, i gotta go

gotta clock some pages before i get on
that PALF plane to ghana in 10 days

wont be able to print out so it will be all redpen
for that i want a clean manuscript, a new draft

still struggling w/that last 20 pages
can you believe that

gon lose my whole summer messing
around with 20 pages -

that aint gon fly
all my love

rdoc

MONDAY

hello world, got a taste of the blues
so ima keep this tight and right

chad and sudan have gotten into a two step, each one supporting each others rebels, both militaristic

repressive governments, both islamic, but chad seem
to be more africanist than sudan and fewer africanist issues

chad got drawn in supporting

darfurs rebels, whose activities of late have riddled their credibility

speaking of credibility mugabes repressive policies have become farce in their intensity, he has ruthlessly attacked his population

in order to intimidate them and human rights observers before election on 27th
say he defending the revolution against british colonialism - well

intensity of intimidation ensures no chance of opposition winning this election, you
got to admire their courage, their determination, and hope they prevail anyway

of course history tells us they are likely to be no different if they were
in power, but one does what one can, what is is

meanwhile back at the ranch

other day obama say if mccain bring a knife he gon bring a gun
mccains campaign jumped right on it, make sure everybody heard that

that black man said gun

(chill down big o - dont scare the whitefolk - wait till you get
in before you get to bush talking)

clinton delegate to national convention say
she is now supporting mccain, so be it

after some confusion, she was expelled from state delegation
cause we aint got time for that, you wanna go, go - rest

of us saddling up, folk who jump ship now will regret it later

mccain dismissal of supreme court decision on detainees is indicative
of that authoritarian vision of usa that bush/cheney exemplify

mccain has expressed intent to gut roe wade et al and
approved/abetted an expansion of executive authority

most of us find excessive
is that what you want

bet mugabe, mccain and bush/cheney got a lot in common
and whoever told mugabe that little hitler mustache was cool i wonder

or is that charlie chaplin, whatever, he gotta go
mcbush too  -  and so do rickydoc

aint done no pages last couple of days, stepped on a nail
and been laid up, feeling sorry for myself

look like i got the blues today, trial and
tribulation wear you down sometime

im tired im weary

sometime the hammer stun you, you get hit 3, 4 times
before you get your feet back under you

a luta continua

rdoc

 

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