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Then a woman said, speak to us of joy and
sorrow.
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the
selfsame well from which your laughter rises
was oftimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,
the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup
that holds your wine the very cup that was
burned in the potters oven? And is not the lute
that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was
hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart
and you shall find it is only that which has given
you sorrow that is giving you joy.
And when you are sorrowful look again in your
heart, and you shall see that in truth you are
weeping for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,”
and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone
with you at your board, remember that the other
is asleep upon your bed.
Verily you are suspended like scales between
your sorrow and your joy. Only when you are
empty are you at a standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh
his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or
your sorrow rise or fall…………..
LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT.
IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN..
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.
IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET
1 – A JOB,
2 – A DRIVERS LICENSE,
3 – SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
4 – WELFARE,
5 – FOOD STAMPS,
6 – CREDIT CARDS,
7 – SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
8 – FREE EDUCATION,
9 – FREE HEALTH CARE,
10 – A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON
11 – BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE
12 – THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
13 – AND YOU CAN VOTE.
As we begin 2010, I hope that you reflect on your Spirituality, Mentality, and Physicality’s.
We always say, we will do better next year, but ya know tomorrow is not always ok never
is promise. So why not begin today anew, with small goals each month, and go from there.
Always tell somebody or an animal you love them, they will know and appreciate who you are.
You matter and never forget that! No matter what the day or night may bring you are a special
being, blessed by the universe, and the Highest Good, and know that I LOVE YOU!!!
DC Cop Pulls Gun In Snowball Fight. An amateur videographer captured what seemed to be a D.C. plain clothes detective brandishing his gun during a snowball fight. But, then it appears from Detective Baylor’s side of the story, walkers were throwing snowballs at the passing cars … including his and he was hit with a snowball. If you don’t live on the East Coast and have not been a part of this massive snowstorm, you may not realize the danger simple snowballs could present. First of all, D.C. has small streets, lots of cars, and plenty of walkers. During a snow storm, it is absolutely unfathomable that people are actually driving rather than catching the subway. On an average day in D.C., the driving experience is scary and dangerous, but to add snow and folks throwing snowballs at the cars … NUTS! The other ironic circumstances is how this scenario is playing out amongst the people. The cop, Detective Baylor, is black. The people involved in the snowball throwing (that instantly became protesters) are white.
Limbaugh Says Blacks Don’t Believe In Obama Anymore. A few days ago on his radio show, Rush Limbaugh implied that the black community doesn’t have any love for Obama anymore. His claim is that the black community doesn’t think that the President is doing his job … for us. He was ranting about how black people’s minds aren’t right and that we are depressed. He went as far as to say that “Tiger’s choice of women weren’t helping in that area either.” What area would that be Limbaugh? What the hell are you talking about? Oh, but there’s more!
BLACK LAWMAKERS IMPATIENT WITH OBAMA: Congressmen want president to address disproportionate unemployment rates. Black lawmakers say their patience with the White House is wearing thin when it comes to addressing the minority communities hardest hit by the recession. While still careful about criticizing President Obama publicly, they appear to be fed up after a year of watching him dedicate trillions of dollars to prop up banks and corporations and fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while double-digit unemployment among blacks crept even higher, the Associated Press reports. “Obama has tried desperately to stay away from race, and all of us understand what he’s doing,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. “But when you have such a disproportionate number of African-Americans unemployed, it would be irresponsible not to direct attention and resources to the people who are receiving the greatest level of pain.” The 42-member Congressional Black Caucus took a stand last week when 10 of its members held up a financial regulation bill backed by the administration until leaders agreed to add about $3 billion in foreclosure relief for struggling homeowners. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., later added $1 billion for neighborhood revitalization programs. During the stalemate, the lawmakers issued a statement saying they would no longer support public policy “defined by the world view of Wall Street.” “Policy for the least of these must be integrated into everything that we do,” they said. And earlier this week, the all-Democratic caucus responded to Obama’s proposal for a new jobs package by saying it would insist on initiatives targeted to minorities. Pointing to outsized percentages of African-Americans losing their jobs and homes, caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said Obama must live up to his campaign talk that racial disparities cannot be ignored. “The facts speak for themselves,” Lee said. “The gaps are very real.”
OBAMA GRADES HIMSELF: ‘A good solid B+’If you were watching ABC’s “Oprah’s Christmas at the White House” special Sunday night, you saw the Prez matter-of-factly answer Oprah when she asked Obama what grade he would give himself for his first year in office. “A good solid B-plus,” the President answered, and went on to explain how he arrived at the mark: “I think we have inherited the biggest set of challenges of any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We stabilized the economy … We are on our way out of Iraq. I think we’ve got the best possible plan for Afghanistan. We have reset our image around the world.” “And” Obama concluded, “I think that we’re going to pass the most significant piece of social legislation since social security, and that’s health insurance for every America.” OK, so why only B-plus, Oprah quizzed? “B-plus because of the things that are undone. Health care is not yet signed,” the president smiled and said. “If I get health care passed we tip into A minus.”
POLICE KILL MAURICE CLEMMONS: He was suspected of slaying four officers. The man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a suburban coffee shop was shot and killed by Seattle police early Tuesday, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Maurice Clemmons was shot to death in a working-class south Seattle neighborhood after police tracked him down using possible hiding spots supplied by Pierce County investigators, said Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the county sheriff. Authorities suspect Clemmons, 37, of killing the four Lakewood officers at a coffee shop Sunday morning in Parkland, a Tacoma suburb about 35 miles south of Seattle. Police said they aren’t sure what prompted Clemmons to shoot the officers as they did paperwork on their laptops. Clemmons was described as increasingly erratic in the past few months and had been arrested earlier this year on charges that he punched a sheriff’s deputy in the face. At the scene, a couple of dozen police officers milled around, shaking hands and patting each other on the back after one of the largest manhunts in the region’s history. Clemmons had stayed on the run for nearly two days with help from a network of friends and family who gave him places to stay, medical aid, rides and money, police said. On Monday, officers detained a sister of Clemmons who they think treated the 37-year-old suspect’s gunshot wound. “We believe she drove him up to Seattle and bandaged him up,” Troyer said.
A heavenly ad is turning hellish for Axe.
The deodorant brand has seen its latest campaign banned in South Africa because its depiction of gorgeous angels falling from heaven offends Christians, the Daily Mail reports.
Carrying the tagline “Angels will fall,” the 60-second commercial sees models sporting wings and halos crashing down from the sky as a man walks down an Italian street. The smitten angels then throw their halos down as they chase after their fresh-smelling prey.
Following a complaint from a male Christian viewer, who said he was upset by “the suggestion that God’s messengers could literally fall for a man on the basis of his shop-bought fragrance,” the country’s Advertising Standards Authority moved to ban the ad on the presumption that other viewers would also be offended.
“The problem is not so much that angels are used in the commercial, but rather that the angels are seen to forfeit, or perhaps forego their heavenly status for mortal desires,” the ASA ruled.
“This is something that would likely offend Christians in the same manner as it offended the complainant.”