You Bring Me Joy (Live) – Anita Baker

Dedicated to StarChild – Truly a Free Spirit

For a season or more, I’ll always cherish this moment. I would have never thought that looking at your from a distance that I would ever get this close to you.

Just Because – Anita Baker

Unconditional.

No One In This World – Anita Baker

Not Fair & Definitely Misleading!

Once again the web of deceit and distraction is being spun by the ultra-right press against the President.  It’s not a surprise anymore, but I do feel disgusted at the acts and levels that these groups will resort to despite their own houses in disorder.  Faux News, unfair an unbalanced coverage of Rupert Murdoch’s scandalous wiretapping is a sham.  They barely covered their boss’s problem but ran all other negative news’ coverage in the ground.  Here are a few examples, Shirley Sherrod and the black farmers, ACORN, the President’s birth certificate, Air Force One, and everything and anything about the First Family.  The media is deliberately misleading the public and some of us are gullible enough to believe everything we read and hear.  And of course, no one will refer them to FactCheck, an independent, unbiased group, because someone might get the truth and see how the ultra-rights and Tea Party Reps are making intentional misstatements.  I learned long ago that you don’t throw rocks at people when you live in a glass house.  Taxing the rich and our health care law are not job killers.  Economists found out that the wealthy were not creating jobs and that small business would not have a major impact.  Somebody turned the lights on and the haters are running for cover.  Their hiding in the darkness has affected their thinking and all they care about is staying in the muck and keeping things as they were.  Now we’re hearing about the President playing more golf than Bush.  President Obama is playing more golf than Bush did, even though Bush took more vacations.  It doesn’t matter because the things Bush did wasn’t under the microscope as Obama.  There’s probably somebody, somewhere counting how many times the President has passed gassed.  Why are some of these people so intense on destroying this country and blaming the black man?  Maybe, they just feel that this black man forgot his place and it’s somebody duty to remind him that he’s getting a little uppity and forgetting his place.  Civil discourse, courtesy, and respect are not the order of the day.  Let’s play rough until one of us gets hurt.  Then we can pick up our toys and go home.  Our elected officials sure have a lot of growing up to do.  Pray for these people, pray for this nation and pray for each other.

We Pledge Allegiance to Grover Norquist Not To The American Flag!

This is a very interesting commentary written by the Times Daily columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I wonder if this article got national attention. I don’t think so. Which partisan group controls the media that believes in pledges and feels that big government regulatory policies impede progress?

Grover Norquist has Republican politicians and candidates signing pledges in the midst of a national crisis. What does he have on these people? They were elected by the people and now forget about the majority and cater to the minority that has the money.

Here’s the pledge:

I _____ pledge to the taxpayers of the state of _____ and all the people of this state, that I will oppose and vote against all efforts to increase taxes," reads the version of the pledge signed by Republican lawmakers.

According to the United States Flag Code, the Pledge of Allegiance reads:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.

“One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.”  That used to mean something.  It seems not that the “For all” stands for those that have the money that these politicians will fight for now.

Pitiful Me

I got through yesterday and tomorrow was overdue.

I’m bruised from the problems of today’s news.

I built this wall, this fortress of distrust. I had to do it before I got lost.

I wished that our forever would have last,

instead it became another sore spot in my soiled past.

I kept looking for another you, substituting my loneliness just won’t do.

Torn pictures in my mind keeps dragging out the hurts left behind.

I can’t see ahead because I ignore the signs.

I wanted to be needed, but always got used.

My attempts at love always ended with me being the abused.

The wall I have is as strong as steel, I don’t trust the love that I feel.

I fall in love instantly, not considering the path it’s leading me.

I have so much about love to learn, I guess that’s my reason for getting burned.

Take it or leave it, I hate being alone. I failed as so many others have done.

No more pointing fingers, no one to blame, no more it’s your faults,

no more calling each other names.

The ripples of hurt are smooth as silk, yet they are deep and cut to the quick.

How can I pursue the future still caught in the past?

How can I go forward if I think love won’t last?

Where is my faith, what do I believe in?

Lord, send me someone that will love me again.

A Part of Things ©

Matters Of The Heart - Tia D.

Another glimpse of Tia D's heart!  As always, thank you, Tia!  I appreciate you.

Matters of the Heart

Some things are never clear

until the crystal breaks

Sometimes you never know

until it's all too late

Yet here I am afraid to move

and just as scared to not

A catch 22 with lessons learned

and wisdom being taught.

None of which I've asked for

as easy they are not

and in the most unpleasant way

much pain at times they've brought

Once again I’ve jumped heart first

And left my head behind

So afraid to miss this “chance”

That I became so blind

Ignoring flags and past mistakes

Again the roles confused

I left my heart wide open

Emotions, thoughts diffused

Here I am my heart wide open

Emotions gone astray

Denial fails me yet again

These thoughts won’t go away.

God, please guard my heart and mind

For I can’t find a way

Free me from all false control

Lord, that is what I pray!

7/8/2011