Al-Qaeda Insults Black Muslims Around The World By Referring To Barack Obama As A "House Negro"!

Well, the "sand negroes" are doing some name-calling. They claim that Obama has rebuffed his Muslim roots by becoming a Christian. Then, they go on to say that Colin Powell,Condoleezza Rice,& Barack Obama have verified Malcolm X's assertion that there are still "house negroes" in America. Now, keep in mind that the speaker is, Ayman al-Zawahiri,an Egyptian. He's a "sand negro." So, he has just insulted himself as well. If you are not a black Muslim,I guess you must not be one of those "honorable black-americans" that he was talking about. I'm so sorry to tell you,but I would find that to be insulting if I were a black Muslim. Both Christianity & Islam has a history that is mired in slavery. So,I take great offense at this ignorant negro's ramblings. Yes,I said negro because if he's Egyptian he has black blood flowing through his veins.This just let's you know how convoluted their ideology really is.Here's an excerpt from BBC:

"Zawahiri also criticised Mr Obama - whose father is Muslim - for betraying the Islamic world.

"You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand in the ranks of the enemies of the Muslims, and pray the prayer of the Jews, although you claim to be Christian, in order to climb the rungs of leadership in America," he said.

Mr Obama was not an "honourable black American" like Malcolm X, he said, but an "abeed al-beit" - a word that translates as house slave but was rendered "house negro" in the message's English subtitles.

The audio was accompanied by footage of a speech by Malcolm X in which he distinguished between "field negroes" who hated their white masters and "house negroes" who, he said, were loyal to them." (END OF EXCERPT)Read the whole article here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7737710.stm

I Think There's A Simple Solution To California's Overpopulated Prisons!

The horrific conditions that California prison inmates have to endure are being addressed in a trial. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged before that the overcrowded prisons are a hazard.He shipped inmates to other states to try to reduce the prison population. Here's an excerpt from SF Gate:

"The state has about 172,000 inmates, including 156,000 in its 33 prisons, which were designed for just over half that number. Schwarzenegger and the Legislature agreed in April 2007 on a $7.3 billion bond measure that would add 53,000 prison and county jail beds. The governor has also transferred several thousand inmates to prisons in other states.

In the current lawsuits, however, inmates suffering from physical and mental illnesses argue that expansion won't bring the prison health system up to constitutional standards. They want the court to limit population of the 33 prisons to 104,000, which would require the release of 52,000 inmates - to county jails, treatment centers or parole - over two years."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/19/BAAV147D2S.DTL

My opinion is that they need to figure out how to get the real drug offenders.If we were really doing that,the drugs would never get smuggled in to the country in the first place.Why are there so many drug users in prison & petty dope dealers? I think it's because this is a booming business for America. There is no real interest in securing our borders & stopping the flow of illegal goods.The war on drugs has been ongoing for over 30 years now & it has only gotten worse. Are we really that inept at tackling the drug issue in America or is something more sinister at work?

In the video I posted, you have various hip-hop artists giving their opinion on the Rockefeller Drug Laws a.k.a. New York drug laws.We need to amend the drug laws in America & the "three strikes law." Doing that would go a long way in eliminating an ongoing problem with prison overcrowding. Here's an excerpt from speakout.com:

"Nation-wide attention was focused on so-called three-strikes laws in 1994 when California voters approved an initiative mandating prison terms of 25-years-to-life for defendants convicted of a third felony. The California law also doubles minimum terms for second time offenders. The vote came in the wake of the widely publicized 1993 murder of 12-year old Polly Klaas, whose killer was a paroled felon. Washington State adopted a three-strikes law in 1993, and 22 other states have followed suit. Congress passed a federal version in 1994.

In March 1999 the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to California's three-strikes law brought by a man sentenced to 25 years to life under the law for stealing a bottle of vitamins. The justices ruled that lower courts should rule on the controversial law before it is brought before the Supreme Court.

While some politicians hailed the three-strikes laws as the ultimate get-tough-on-crime measure, others criticized the laws for contributing to prison overcrowding. If a defendant is convicted of a third felony, judges in three-strikes states are required to issue a 25-year plus sentence, even if the third felony was a minor offense such as shoplifting. Also, studies of three-strikes laws have shown that African-Americans are disproportionately affected by the policy."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:
http://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1290b-1.html

It Ain't Pirates In The Carribean! The Modern Day Pirates Are In Somalia!

We've all heard of pirates. They have been quite a nuisance since the ocean started being used as a trade route. The problem really no longer exists in the Carribean Sea. You have to watch "Pirates of the Carribean" to catch a glimpse of that classic era of piracy. But, modern day piracy can be found off the coast of Somalia.The pirates sure aren't seeking buried treasure either. According to CNN:

"More than 60 ships have been attacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden this year, compared with about half that many in all of 2007, according to a report released this month by Chatham House, an institute in London, England, that analyzes international affairs.

The report found that the $18 million to $30 million in ransoms paid this year for pirated ships is helping finance the civil war in Somalia.Al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant group that is waging a bloody battle for control of Somalia, is reported to be among groups receiving ransom money from pirates."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.pirates/index.html

It's not just the fact that we are dealing with terrorism in these cases of piracy. It has also posed a huge humanitarian issue as well. There is some really great coverage on both of these issues in TIME magazine. Here's an excerpt:

"For Somalia, it was just another long weekend of mayhem. Shortly after midnight on Friday, Nov. 7, pirates seized a Danish cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden; on Saturday night an aid worker was shot and killed as he walked home from evening prayers in a village 270 miles (435 km) from Mogadishu; on Sunday, fighting between insurgents and African Union peacekeepers left at least seven dead in the capital, and a senior government official was killed in the south of the country; and in the early hours of Monday, bandits crossed the border into Kenya, where they kidnapped two Italian nuns. Somalia is not so much a failed state as a didn't-even-try one. It hasn't had a government since 1991, when warlords took over and embarked on a series of intractable clan wars that have produced one of the world's worst humanitarian crises: hundreds of thousands dead and 3 million people desperately in need of aid." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1858874,00.html?imw=Y&loomia_si=t0:a16:g12:r1:c0.292138:b19717065&xid=Loomia