A Liberal In The Midst

I am writing today about my recent adventure in voter registration.  I've had some recently developments in my life that necessitated a change of address.  Change of address, same US Congressional district, meant updating my voter registration.  During the process I was reminded of the suppression games of Mississippi in voting.  Many automatically think Voter ID when I write, suppression games, in the South ID is the least of the ways of suppressing the vote.  My secretary of state, Delbert Hosemann, touts the ease of voter registration in Mississippi.  His favorite is  using the online method, http://www.sos.ms.gov/Vote/Pages/default.aspx.  I used this site, waited 7 days, and then call my new county to confirm.  Shocker of all shocks, I am not on the rolls.  We have less than 3M people in Mississippi and only 1.8M are registered to vote, my desktop can process those numbers. All things being me,  I confirmed with a voice at t...

I am typing a few quick thoughts today.  This thought is about White people being real.  When I returned to Mississippi in 2002, I had planned to only be here two years.  I didn't wish my kids to be in the oppressiveness of Mississippi too long.   I like other young Black people left this state before the ink was dry decades earlier.  When I returned in 2002, I was to learn of a silent change in the state, White folks waking-up.  They are sadly still not the majority in 2017 but they are growing daily.  Trump has helped many White people face the mirror no longer able to deny the truth.  They are now facing the results of hate without the filter of Confederate glasses.  Mississippi is a wreck and holding on to a divisive symbol of hate, our flag.  Centuries of hate in the state has left the state destitute to the point even White people are leaving in large numbers.   Those now leaving are exporting hate to other states ...

Well, it seems I have hurt someone’s feelings.   My governor has blocked me on Twitter.   He said something about HB1425 and I did a quote of it.   My quote was something about one should check whatever my governor promotes.   I am thinking really?   He is really mad because I stated something about legislation?   Then I remembered I pasted his reaction to Jeff Sessions’ confirmation for AG every opportunity I could find to do so.   I mean seriously he is my governor and he is saying these things.   Also Mississippi has not exactly been making the best deals lately so yes I question legislation when he is pushing it.   We should always question legislation.   I use http://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx to skim the bills. I had no idea this man who likes to pose with guns and law enforcement was so sensitive.   He is the last I would think would be a snowflake.      Perhaps it is my...

I’ve felt the last few months I’ve done nothing but repeat myself.   I would tell to my children, “I gain no joy repeating myself.”   My blog postings have suffered greatly for I do not like to repeat myself.   I have been saying the same things since 2000, yet Trump is what it has taken for folks to wake to the mess.   Today, a young woman made a statement that got me out of my seat to dance for a few minutes, “black savior”.      I dance for I had said something offline similar to a friend girl of mine during my evening walk. We were discussing how Black women got what others missed.   Somewhere in the discussion we talked about excuses from Black men.    I am was a single parent and excuses from Black men, not having it.  Black men were on that same Good Ship Stupid as White people when it came to Barack.   They were expecting Obama to be Jesus for Black people. When the BP oil spill happened in the...

If I don't  roll with  hate in any form, why would  I  give Trump  a chance  to  legislate  hate?   I don't  accept  hate no matter  how  low  key  it may be. 

Today, I learned grifting isn't as easy as it seems when the GOP folks do it.   I offered, on my Twitter feed, moon rocks for sale to all who had faith in the GOP doing right.  Sadly I've not sold one moon rock. Say what you want but GOP folks have it down to a science.  Sarah Palin to Donald Trump have separated more folks from their money and minds than the Tilt-aWorld at the county fair. Grifting isn't my life work it seems.  I shall continue to do what I do, call out bull shit daily. People we need a plan of action and we need one now.  The Democrats in office playing rollover.  I am not here to appease anyone who allows the American people to be played.  Do your jobs folks. 

Friday, January 6, 2017 Congress had an opportunity to contest the Electoral College vote.   Yet only 7 people out of 535 stood to challenge the vote.   I call them the Magnificent 7: ·         Sheila Jackson Lee(TX) ·         Barbara Lee(CA) ·         Maxine Waters (CA) ·         Pramila Jayapal(WA) ·         Jim McGovern(MA) ·         Raul M Grijalva(AZ) ·         Jamie Raskin(MD) These people out of the 435 total members of the People’s House and of the 194 Democrats in the People’s House stood. We had 187 Democrats to remain seated and to not challenge the Electoral College vote.   They pleaded with someone from the Senate to stand with them.   In the Senate not one of the 46 Democrats stood.   Ber...