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The Case of Troy Anthony Davis; An Injustice!
Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled to die on September 23rd 2008. He is accused of killing a police officer in Savannah, GA. August 1989. Officer Mark Allen MacPhail was moonlighting at a Burger King on the night of his murder, a murder Troy Anthony Davis maintains he did not committ. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole have denied a plea for clemency for Mr. Davis despite an enormous amount of doubt in his case. They issued the death warrant for Troy Anthony Davis even though last year the Pardons and Parole Board said they would "not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused."
As we have witnessed daily our governments and other associated institutions care little about the sanctity of human life. All witnesses in the Davis case have recanted in sworn affidavits that they were coerced or pressured by the police with the exception two people, one man, Sylvester "Red" Coles a principle alternative suspect , according to the defense maintains his version against Mr. Davis. There was no murder weapon tying Troy Anthony Davis to the murder, no powder burns on Mr. Davis, or any other physical evidence against Mr. Davis. The case against Troy Anthony Davis is built entirely on witness testimony which contained inconsistancies even during the trial. The attorneys in the Troy Anthony Davis case working on getting the case before the U.S. Supreme Court before this Tuesday. You to can help please send a letter to;
TAKE ACTION-send a letter to The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole.
I had to chill for a few!
I had to take a minute and observe. This presidential election, the ecomomic fiasco, and the state of our minds that seem to be deteriorating along with the economy. The marketing tactics of the elections are playing to the lowest mentality of the people. The images of Sarah Palin on the front of Newsweek magazine holding a shotgun over her shoulder, is surely playing to the lowest mentality of a certain group of AmeriKKKins who were not going to vote since they couldn't see themselves voting for an African American, will almost certainly vote for the person that APPEARS to be one of them.
Sadly, most Black Americans are voting for Barack Obama because he is highly educated, articulate, good looking and most of all he is an African American. Yet, his brilliance somehow does not allow him to move forward on his game, but to play the McCain/Palin game of personality/image politics that his campaign most certainly used against the Clinton machine.
What a shame!!
We Must Change Our Thinking About Our Women
Prolific writer and attorney Khadija has posted a most enlightening article as a guest writer at Black Women Blow The Trumpet entitled Why Black American Muslim Women Follow Muslim Ike Turners hosted by Rev. Lisa Vasquez. Her post brought eye opening information concerning the maltreatment of Black American Muslim women. Khadija assesses that “the core problem is Black women’s idolatry. Instead of worshipping God alone, some Black women are worshipping God + the Black man they want to be/stay with + Male Clergy/Religious scholars…” I agree with her assessment, I can feel it when I am watching T.D. Jakes doing his pork chop strut across the pulpit/stage entertaining his mostly female Christian congregation/audience. Or Rod Parsley showcasing his watered down imitation of a Black country minister extolling the virtues of prosperity to his mostly lower middle class to poor Black and white female congregation/audience. Khadija mentions a case of a Muslim wife killing her husband just as a case of murder that was uncovered in the Christian world on July 30th this year. Anthony Hopkins, so called Evangelist, is accused of murdering his wife, cutting her up and storing her body in a freezer in the house for the last four years! Obviously, this male (obviously he is not a Man in the image of The Most High) has serious mental issues. Could his religion have influenced his thinking however warped it may be?
Khadija’s post hit a chord in my mind, something I see as the base for the problem of a male centered and dominated form of worship. Not only am I talking about Islam, but Christianity and Judaism and any other male God centered religion. We can safely say the male God image came into prominence approximately 8,000 to 10,000 years ago,when Sun worship began to be the major influence on humankind. Eventually the worship of the feminine was supplanted by the Hebrew Levites naming Yahweh (YHWH) as the God of Creation. Dr. Yosef Ben Jochonan teaches us that religion is culture deified, and can be witnessed in the cultural life of the people of the so called Middle East, where women of the times were in fact treated as chattel property, and not too differently today. Thus, we have adopted such backwards beliefs as the “male carries the seed” when we speak of reproduction, the male is the “head of the household”, leaving women to defend themselves by saying they are the neck turning or "manipulating" the head. The symbolism of this alone gives us the image of the male on top and the female on the bottom with the female as manipulator. All these symbols and images play a damaging role in the individual psychology and make up of the society. It also speaks against nature. The human brain does not function on an upper and lower hierarchy, but functions within the ebb and flow of left brain-right brain. Day does not seek to struggle against night, nor does the sand stand against the tide but, all work in a systematic flow with their natural function. So, men and women should function within our true and natural state. As long as we, men and women continue to call upon Him and exalt Him alone, the road to abolishing the idolizing of the Black man that she wants to be/stay with will be a long and rocky road.
Still misleading the people
Attorney & Talk show host Warren Ballentine
Talk radio programs have become a part of the American fabric here in the U.S. Black talk radio listenership is increasing by leaps and bounds due in part to the increase of Black talk radio show hosts. Yet, we have to be aware of what we are listening to and who is guiding your thoughts. Thats right, these talk radio programs help to guide and influence how you think. But, you and only you are responsible for your personal education, your personal uplift. I am not advocating that radio talk program hosts should not be responsible for the content they are putting over the airwaves I'm simply saying you should discern what it truth and what is an untruth. An untruth is defind by Meriam-Webster as 1archaic : disloyalty 2: lack of truthfulness : falsity or : something that is untrue : falsehood, such as this Attorney Ballentine has just committed on his show today, not more than 5 minutes ago.
Ballentine, was speaking on history repeating itself and he gave an example of the war in Iraq being similar to the quagmire in Viet Nam during the 1960's and 1970's, which we can draw similarities to each conflict, neither were or are wars declared by the Congress of the United States. But, what I object to is, using his talk radio program to mis-educate rather than educate. During this segment about history repeating itself he says that "they IMPEACHED Nixon, and they tried to impeach Clinton", referring to the 1974 charges filed against former president Richard M. Nixon. But wait, was Nixon impeached? Warren Ballentine is an attorney. Warren Ballentine is a talk radio program host. As an attorney he should know that Law.com defines impeach, impeached, impeachment as n. the charges brought (filed) to impeach a public official. In regard to the President, Vice President and federal judges, the articles are prepared and voted upon by the House of Representatives, and if it votes to charge the official with a crime, the trial is held by the Senate.
History shows in fact former President Nixon resigned in 1974 to avoid impeachment, to avoid the trial. And, in fact former President Clinton was impeached in 1999 by the U.S. Senate and he prevailed, won his case. Ballentine, as a talk radio host and attorney should know the difference in the cases of Nixon and Clinton. I'm inclined to believe as an attorney he does know exactly what he is talking about, but has become the one that misleads rather than leads his listeners into the light. I am concerned about what appears to be a little "somthing", because it appears to be a symptom of a larger issue. We have people with the power of the microphone that misuse and abuse the lack of knowledge of the people.
[Victor Amenta]