Random Thoughts on a Wednesday

--It's funny how Californians are now displeased with their governor...You elected THE TERMINATOR!!!!! Hello?????!!!! What the FUCK did you expect...I am officially demanding that all California residents SHUT THE HELL UP until his term is completed. You all should live with that FOOLISH decision....

--I find it truly fascinating and sad how our government has used race for the express purposes of supressing any kind of class consciousness in this country. Historically Republicans and Democrats alike have used this concept of race to create a dichotomy that divided the poor in America and created a battle over scarce resources while the wealthy continued to reap the financial benefits of the underclass' lack of 'unity'. Generally, what comes with whiteness is a nearly limitless social mobility and, henceforth, greater potential access to resources in society compared to their brown-skinned breathren who will undoubtedly hit the "glass ceiling" along the way. In short...there is a REWARD system for whiteness that makes it more beneficial (for wealthy whites and poor alike) NOT to form a class coalition with black folks. This is what Dr. King was inching towards at the end of his life...And we know how that story ended. The corporate oligarchs will do WHATEVER it takes to maintain control. Using race as a divisive tool has been one of the more successful tactics.

--I made the above point to basically say that not only does George Bush not care about BLACK people but he does not care about POOR people.

--Being successful in America has less to do with merit and ability and more with the network that one is connected to. GREATER access to resources = a larger potential network...The problem is that ones race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation all have SIGNIFICANT effects on the amount of access one can have. WHITE, ANGLO-SAXON, PROTESTANT, HETEROSEXUAL, MALES run the show and any deviation(s) from those categories places you at a disadvantage. Meritocracy DOES NOT EXIST.

--DAMN @ Trey Songz...The music aint that bangin but I could just look at him endlessly.

--Am I the only one that is neither excited nor thrilled about the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March. The fact that GLBT speakers are still not being allowed to participate in a more active role is troubling and hypocritical. How can we, in good conscience, make demands on our government for equal rights and protection if we cannot and will not allow all delegations of our people under the "tent." Just as minister Farrakhan has said numerous times about Black folk not waiting for or depending on a "Benevolent" White person to represent OUR best interests, "we" cannot wait for/or depend on a "benevolent" Black Heterosexual to represent the best interest(s) of the black GLBT community (which includes everyone from Queens to the lot of us that still occupy various spaces in the closet like myself). I suppose I will still tune in to the events on C-Span when it all goes down.

That's all that's flying thru my mind for now.....

PeaceLoveandEternity...

Q