WHY YOU SO DAMN SELFISH JAVI?

In response to my “I don’t care about Darfur article.” I received many insightful comments… I want to post a snippet from jules- indigo also I will like to thank him/her for expressing thoughts on my article… I've also added my response(of course) Enjoy!

“to say that you don't care about what happens in Darfur is not right. There's a difference [between] taking care of self, and taking care of home, but there's also responsibility. Essentially we are keepers of each other. “

“Please read, "How Europe under developed Africa". What I am saying is, what we allow to happen to our neighbors (elsewhere, here) may someday happen to us. In the beginning Africans were selling Africans to Europeans, and then Europeans flipped it on them. Taking care of self, means that you are also taking care of each other. We shouldn't have to wait for the injustice to happen to us for us to know its wrong, "injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere".”
-JULES-INDIGO


I am not disputing that there are innumerous atrocities occurring around the world. Nor am I saying that these atrocities mean nothing. What I am trying to say…. At this point in time there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to fix these issues……And at the very least the attempt to help will cause an even bigger issue…. Let’s run through a very typical scenario. Shall we?

Somewhere there is a European occupied country in Africa. Due to decades of institutional racism, and segregation. The people of this country decide to revolt against their oppressors… but it doesn’t stop at removing the “white” man. The oppressed then turn their attention on those who were held in higher regard and privilege.( The “house slave” if you will.)

What happens then can only be defined as a snowball effect of terror and violence. People are executed, women are raped, children are left hungry, and dying, the countries economical infrastructure is either destroyed or used as the bank account for those in charge……

Now all we see here in the U.S is the after effect of this back story we see the poverty and the violence.. But we don’t see the cause….. Nothing we do from the comforts of our cushy western lives can fix this situation…. Yes we say we need to help our fellow man but which group do we help.. If we help one we neglect the other the cycle continues…. We need to realize the world is screwed up, because of generations of hate and ignorance.. It will take generations of the very opposite to fix this issue…. At this moment there isn’t one single government with the resources in place to fix this. Especially!! The U.S

Now if you want to personally fix these issues by all means go ahead. Just don’t tell me it’s my responsibility because it’s not. Personally I couldn’t tell you how happy I am that it isn’t.

JAVI

I DON’T CARE ABOUT DARFUR!

Yeah I said it. I can really care less about Darfur. As a matter of fact I can care less about Africa ( with the exception of Zimbabwe ..don’t ask) and any other damn country not named United States of America…..

” Oh how dare you not care about your fellow man and all their issues?”

I will definitely answer that question, but let me start by telling you a story …..

A couple of days ago a close friend of minds started going through something I can only explain as a nightmare come true.. The father of her child was diagnosed with H.I.V, and doesn’t have long to live due to the fact that he has contracted bronchitis, and has full blown AIDS…….Obviously three things went through her mind.

1. Does she have it

2. Does her child have it

3. How will her child survive without her

Now keep in mind, due to the circumstances of their relationship there is a very slim chance that either her or her child has the deadly disease. … “What’s your point javi?” ok ok I will get there just continue reading………….

Now ever so often her son’s grandmother would call explaining how bad the child’s father is doing. Telling her she should call him….. This would very much annoy her. Why? Will she has herself and her child to worry about. She needs to be confident that their lives are not in danger.. And once she is 100% in the clear she can be supportive if she so wishes, till then she has to be selfish… do you blame her?

Soo what does this story have to do with me saying “I can care less about Darfur, Burma, and other charity of the month locations”……. Everything.

How can we really expect to help these places when we on our own downward slope…. We owe trillions of dollars.. The dollar is losing value… we are fighting a war against an ideology…..

Yes the U.S is still the richest and most powerful country in the world… but we are slowly eroding from the inside out……

Why is it that we have so many issues internally? yet some of us can only think about what is happening outside our borders…. Don’t you know the more we spend out there the less we have in here….. In no way am I saying that we all (no matter what I still won’t care) should shut ourselves off forever. I am simply saying if the doctor is sick shouldn’t that doctor heal him/herself before working on dying patients.

javi

RAPED AT THE PUMP

As promised, i will attempt to shed some light on a problem that effects many of us on a monthly, weekly, and even daily basis.
OIL PRICIES!!!!( insert evil laughter and lightining)
When seen through the mostly ignorance fueled view point of our two presidential hopefuls. we have to either blame those damn liberal, bleeding heart environmentalists( so says mccain), or the evil heartiest Saudi's, and Bush's ( so say obama). looks to me like we have hit a snag. Someone has to be wrong or just straight lying. But if you believe in things like gravity, and the sky being blue. You would have realized a very long time ago politicians say things they believe people want to hear not necessarily what's true........ The best way to hide the truth is by getting people to think the it is way to much to comprehend or understand... In all honesty it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know when someone is screwing you over, you just feel it....soo lets try to look at this issue in a less bull sh##ty way shall we....

What determines the cost of fuel?
It sounds crazy that 68% of all oil in the world is controlled by ten company's YES i said it TEN. So there you go if Oil comes from these guys why not blame them? Not so fast! Just like coffee and pork. Oil is something we like to call a "publicly traded commodity". Sure the oil producers can slightly change the price of oil by being d*** and saying we lost our drills or we gotta take an extended lunch break(not really) but you get what i am trying to say (i hope). "BUT" In all actuality it is really the world markets that determine how much we pay at the pump not prince Abdulla, he really can care less, even if we pay 10 cents a gallon he is still gonna be able to get one of these.

Now lets get an idea of how exactly "world Market" effects our wallets at the pump:
within each market we have a group of people called "Oil Traders". These traders are essintaly investors who speculate(ie guess) the value of oil and make a s**t load of money buy "buying" oil cheap and selling it at a higher price. yes i know supply and demand does play a role in speculating fuel cost, but there is also alot of "what if" involved. acording to
http://fuelfocus.nrcan.gc.ca/fact_sheets/oilmarket_e.cfm

"Buyers and sellers also factor in what they expect will happen to prices in the future. If buyers think that supply might be lower in a few weeks or months and the price could go up, they will want to stockpile some oil now and might even be willing to pay a premium today to protect against a higher price in the future. Similarly, if buyers think that the supply of oil will increase in the future or that the price can be expected to decline soon, they will delay their purchases as long as possible or demand a discount on the price."

The problem with this system (in my opinion) there is way to much "factors" involved ,that can get these guys upping the price. including their own greed.

Now that we have an understanding of what determines fuel cost at a global level, lets see what effects prices at a more local level.
Unfortunately the price increases dont stop at the world markets.. more cost gets tacked on as they enter our beloved country. why? well your senator has to eat too.
the average American pays 62 cents per gallon in state taxes alone......
SO now what!
There is no quick fix . I honestly believe the only way to create change is by focusing our attention on those truly responsible. the thing is if we don't know where to direct that attention we have no hope at all.
looks to me like the issue of rising gas price go far beyond the band aid policies Mccain and Obama try to feed us... thanks for reading
Javi

DAMN YOU CNN!!!!!! THAT WAS OUR SECRET!

So CNN decided to let the cat out the Bag. How dare they tell all those other "people"?! what its like being a Black Person.? now every body's going to start eating fried chicken, dieing of diabetes and high blood pressure. I hate you CNN. HA!




For the most part this wasn’t just an exercise in feeling sorry for ourselves....My issue with this program and many others like it, whether they mean to or not. Feed the idea that a Black American should be categorized separately from other Americans. When will the time come where there isn’t a need to classify people by their skin color, but rather their citizenship, or better yet their character. That was MLK'S dream and my hope..... But I must reiterate this point: as long as we get programs like this emphasizing our lives as black Americans we tend to forget about our lives as human American..
Javi

ELECTION REFLECTION

My loyal readers deserve an alternative to the bull we call mass media so we at I.C.I.B will strive to give our very VERY!! biased yet truthful coverage of todays events. I will start this hopefully ongoing piece with covering the day to day exploits of dumb and dumber I mean Mccain and Obama

So the hero of our story the great and mighty Obama decided to take a world tour. That's cool I guess. Its just that when I get my check this week what percentage of that goes to Obama's travel arrangements.... scratch that I already have enough reasons to hate the man, do I really need another. soooo... after Obama's visit to Afghanistan he decides that moving a few thousand troops from Iraq to... guess where......you got it Afghanistan is a great idea.... CHRIST! what happened to getting our troops home. At least they will get free health care when they get back home some time in the year 100000.

Meanwhile somewhere deep in the wilderness of America, underneath a heavy rock shaped like a charismatic half black man. Old man Mccain has released the funniest video I've seen in a long time:

Poor little John " no body wants to talk about me" Mccain ..pitiful! is this guy relevant anymore. Damn Obama is like Jordan in his prime..straight smashing the competition,,,

So between traveling the world (Obama) and crying (the old man) the two monkeys found the time to talk about the gas crisis . More on that in part two this Friday.... JUST FOR THE RECORD I SUPPORT RON PAUL:

OH FATHER!!!!

"BOSTON – A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation......Genevieve was accused of attacking another teen in 1981 in the back room of a church during an overnight trip to Boston to celebrate the boy’s confirmation." associated press

"The Rev. Robert Campagna, provincial minister of the Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception in New York said a board of church officials will review Genevieve's case. The worst punishment is that he will be "restricted to a monastery the rest of his life," Campagna said."You can't go anywhere, can't do anything." Boston Globe
(Ok for the non Catholic Christians who read my blog there is something I need to say in regards to this. if you believe the catholic church is doing wrong by allowing priest accused of rape-ing little boys to stay in the catholic church I urge you to read the bible specifically the parts with jesus, then try your hardest to figure out what he would do)
ok now that's out the way! lets get to it

Lets compare the issue with the horny priest to this one shall we:

Vatican: Excommunication for female priests

Ok so you are telling me if a woman wants to become a priest she gets kicked out, BUT a male priest who likes to....... ah lets just say enjoy his lunch before 12 (pun intended) just gets put on time out. Wow!!!!!! I'm all for respecting the cultures and beliefs of others, but this is some old bullsh#% talk about screwed up priorities........ sorry catholic people sometimes these things happen...actually...

RESPONSE TO N WORD ARTICLE

A good friend of mines shared her opinion on my N word article where she brings up some great points so here it is (i also added my response cause i love having the last word):

" I strongly disagree with you. The N word should not be a word that blacks use. It is just a "word" but with that being said, it was used to put blacks in their place and makes us feel like second class citizens, so it is not "just a word". Words hurts and the N word, was used to demoralized blacks and put us in our place. Too many people dies fighting for us not be described by that word, so I think it's a slap in the face of all those that die so you can be allow some of the freedoms you have today to used that word. Being a asshole is okay now and then but somethings are just not joking matters. I get sad every time I hear one of us use this word to describe ourselves."

Rufie*

HI, Rufie

I definitely understand your argument, and you bring up a lot of key points.... But.......I think when it comes to our disgust of the N word we need to ask ourselves this.... was it the word that held us down? Or. Was it society that held us down?

People didn’t die to stop being called the N word. They died to gain the right to vote, the right to be considered a citizen, to be equal. That’s what they died for...I can’t say you are wrong to feel a certain way...but...

The fact that this word can affect you and many others in such a potent way. Shows that we as a people still have a long way to go. The only way to take the sting out of the N word is to do just that “take the sting out of it”. It exist, its here nothing we do can erase its existence. The fact its okay for some black people to use this word and get so fired up over anyone else using it, stinks of hypocrisy. Since the ones we claimed died fighting this word, actually died so we all black white Spanish whatever can all do and SAY the same things.

Javi

OBAMA OR MCCAIN?

Hmmmmm? let me think.... neither.

So according to CNN, ABC, FOX NEWS, NBC, CBS, YOU TUBE... I apparently have to choose between jesus' grand father, and Osama Bin laden's cousin..sshhhhh that was just a joke.(no one said i was gonna be funny)

But seriously these are my choices? are you F'N kidding me i wouldn't want either one coaching a special Olympics soccer team let alone the country i decide to call home....

let me start with Mccain. really what has this guy done, that shows he can lead this country?.... yes i know I KNOW.. he served this country and was a prisoner of war..sure thats great but the mentally unstable guy who doesn't wear a shirt, and knocks on your car window while asking you for a dollar most likely went through the same thing mccain did.. should i vote for him too? I personaly don't think someone who is a member AARP should be running for any type of political office.

as for Obama. What the hell. where the hell did he come from.
things i know about Obama: he is black or half black or whatever
he can play Basketball
he is a nice dresser
his wife is a borderline B.I.T.C.H(got a problem Email me)
his kids are cute
he doesn't like war
and he can put together one hell of a speech
What i dont know about Obama: What the F$%^ is his plan if and when he becomes President trust me i looked. all i heard was a bunch of pretty words.......but no content of any reasonable relevance soo if you want to enlighten me before i totally smash your view of the man please let me know at MY1OPPINION@GMAIL.COM

"ALL THIS FOR NIGGE....I MEAN THE N WORD"

Soooooo apparently the great minds at the view decided to..hmmm shall we say "intelligently?" discuss Rev. Jesse jackson's use of the N word lately.
for your viewing pleasure:

When I hear people argue about the use of the N word whether they are black or white i feel like ripping my face off.

Here is your typical N word argument:

white guy: what up n***a
black guy: hey you cant use that word
white guy: but u used it
black guy: cause i can
white guy: why
black guy: cause i am trying to take away the power of that word
white guy: ????
black guy: i thought so n****a

Don't worry white guy I am confused too(and if you are white and claim to understand you really need to stfu) it makes no sense... sooo anyways...
The only way this crap can finally end is if people calm the f*** down and stop being so damn sensitive. its just a word. i personally think everyone should say IT at least twice a day to someone not in their same color range everyday for at least a year......why do this? you ask.
well.... its not what you think... I just want to make the blond chick from the view cry again i hate her.
Javi