Louder than Hell
Yeah, just stating the obvious. Some music is even better when you play it loud. When played quietly it loses its power (and please note the correct spelling of loses. I hate it when so many ignorant internet jackasses spell it looses.) Case in point: This morning I found myself in work about 10 minutes early. I guess that sobriety thing is a cure for hitting a snooze button 5 times. Anyways, I am at work in the area by myself so I decide to unplug the headphones from the speakers and turn up the music. I have anywhere between 10 to 30 minutes to crank something up. So I get some Tesla going, followed by Motley Crue and Guns n Roses (has anyone else seen they are doing a gig together in Europe? Will Vince and Axl finally have their fight?). Things are nice as I get through my emails.
Then I notice another person has arrived early. Damn. So I turn the music down. A minute later I realize that it just wasn't the same. The push I was getting was gone. It was like a kick to the gut. Reality set in and I realized it was going to be just another day.
Oh well.
But some day I will be here cranking out some profanity laced song, just banging my head in time to the music. See, I am not asking for much.
Milwaukee held a "state of black Milwaukee" summit last night. From what I heard on the news, it was not their fault for the state they are in. It was that the cops go after them more, there are two different health systems that favor white people and that the schools blacks go to are inferior. The Journal article isn't as bleak but not that good either.
I do like how Spencer Coggs (D- Milw.) got in a shot against shooting down the idea of showing an ID to be able to vote. What that has to do with the state of black Milwaukee is beyond me. Does it say that most black people are felons but should be allowed to vote? I still do not understand why it is so hard for someone to show an ID card to prove who they are. If anyone wants the system to work, then showing an ID to vote would be the logical step to making sure your vote does count. Coggs is wrong that it hurts minorities, the elderly and students. If it is true, then someone needs to prove it to me. Hell, students have IDs and organizations would get them IDs so they would vote.
If I needed to go somewhere to get a special ID so I could vote, I would do so. Voting should not be considered a spur of the moment idea. It is not something anyone should be doing on a whim. Is Coggs saying that the black community cannot handle this responsibility? I think it is rather insulting to the community he represents.
What I would truly like to know is what the black community is going to do to improve their lives and what they expect from the white community? Actually is quite sad that that we cannot be considered to be just one community.
posted by StB at 7:07 AM
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The "leadership" of the black community has never made it out of the gates. The stand around and bitch about things, but never seem to do anything. The problem is no longer a lack of opportunity or racism. It's their own attitude. They are keeping themselves down by relying on Equal Opportunity to "level" the field. In reality, it makes it an uneven field where they don't have to work as hard to get what they want. A community built around laziness is bound to fail. And the community doesn't see it.
I hate it when you are at work by yourself and someone comes in scaring the hell out of you.
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