Today- D Day for Obama
January 30, 2008
Today is D-Day for Presidential Candidate Barack Obama. Tonight he debates fellow Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton; the last debate before ‘Super Tuesday’ (February 05, 2008) when most states will hold their Primary Elections.
- He showed better judgment from the start by not supporting the Iraq War (which cost the lives of thousands of brave Americans; not to mention the financial cost) while the experienced candidates overwhelmingly supported it.
- While his experienced opponents (including, but not limited to Hillary Clinton) continue to be bought out by lobbyists and special interest groups, from the start, he has pledged to never be their puppet.
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The experienced politicians are yet to solve the problems that exist in the Health Care System. Hillary Clinton has been talking about reforming the Healthcare System ever since her time in the White House in the 1990′s. Talk is Cheap, not having Health Insurance is expensive. While she has been talking, 45 million Americans do not have Health Insurance.
Considering the aforementioned, (among many other things) I would have to be out of my mind to throw my support behind an experienced candidate.
Sen. Ted Kennedy in his speech endorsing Obama for President:
Akhenaton
FREE Save Darfur Wristband offer is back!
January 22, 2008
Friends, thank you for your (overwhelming) support for the Save Darfur Wristband Offer last December.
The response was great; so great that I ran out of wristbands!
Now, more than ever, more voices need to be added to the pleading for a better life for the people of Darfur (and more
recently Kenya) and I am thankful that you have added
your voice.
Many are still not aware of the genocide that is taking place in Darfur right now. Sadly, our leaders continue to give nothing but
lip service while as many as 400,000 have been killed and 2.5 million displaced.
You and I can help end the genocide by taking small steps that can make a big difference for the people of Darfur. One of the
most effective ways to end the suffering in Darfur is by offering the tools necessary to take further action.
In light of that, I will like to offer for the second time, FREE Save Darfur Wristbands which means, no obligation on the part of anyone who accepts the offer.
I am offering this Wristband because I believe that it can serve as a visible declaration of your desire to bring an end to the violence and atrocities in Darfur. Moreover, the band will further awareness and education efforts by stimulating conversation on the crisis. This offer includes a free brochure with updated information about the crisis.
To order your FREE Save Darfur Wristband, please send an email to offer@pharaohsprotege.com with your contact information.
From my heart, to yours,
Akhenaton
mail@pharaohsprotege.com
NOTE: THIS OFFER IS NOW CLOSED. WRISTBANDS CAN CURRENTLY BE ORDERED FROM THE DARFUR STORE AT WWW.SAVEDARFUR.ORG. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
RESOURCES
Save Darfur Coalition Web site
I HAD a dream….
January 21, 2008
I remember the first time I stood at the steps of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial; the very place where Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
I recall asking myself what would be the subject matter if he were standing next to me that day, 45 years later, delivering yet another speech. Would he have said “I HAVE a dream” or would he have said “I HAD a dream and it came true”?
It has been 45 years since he delivered that speech. I think he would expect that by now, we would not be dreaming, but we would be awake to the realities of freedom, justice for all and equality.
The sad reality is that his dream has not been realized to it’s fullest extent. The unfortunate events surrounding Don Imus, Jenna Six and Hurricane Katrina testify to that fact; but progress has been made.
We see that progress in the successes of accomplished women like Oprah Winfrey and Condoleezza Rice, two of the most powerful women in the world and the relative success of Barak Obama in the lead-up to the US Presidential Election.
A lot yet needs to be done in realizing the dream of Marin Luther King, Jr. My prayer though is that we would reach that point where we would say ‘I HAD a dream that was realized‘ rather than I HAVE a dream. My prayer is that we would not only dream dreams, but we would wake up to the reality of those dreams some day.
Wishing you all a Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
From my heart, to yours,
Akhenaton
mail@pharaohsprotege.com
Another genocide on our watch?
January 3, 2008
According to popmatters.com, in the last year network
coverage on the Darfur Genocide averaged seven or eight
minutes. Coverage of Britney Spares (in comparison) numbered in the hundreds. It is no secret that the mass murder of blacks (especially on the African continent) is often given scant regard in the media.
Now I am not taking this article down the road of white over black disparities in media coverage; this is about another issue on which I will expunge later on.
I want you to know that I am writing about this not because of a feeling on my part of disappointment about the inaction by world leaders and lackluster attention given in the media on the mass murder of blacks; I am writing out of rage.
So what’s with the topic of this article? ‘Another Genocide…’? This article is about the disturbing happenings in Kenya over the last few days. What’s happening in Kenya? I’m glad you asked!
Time does not permit that I go into the details about what led to the current violence there; you can read it here. In summary, more than 100,000 people from the Kisi and other minority tribes have fled their homes, sometimes forced to leave the dead bodies of their relatives (at least 300 as of today), while seeking refuge in churches and police stations for fear of being killed by those of other tribes.
At the East African (Seventh-day Adventist) University of Baraton (link), according to telegraph.co.uk, close to 200 students and staff are currently trapped on the campus, fearing for their lives. Why? Outside the campus gates, tribal warriors lay siege.
So what’s the big deal about this? Yet again, I’m glad you asked! In 1994, close to 800,000 were killed in what is known as the Rwandan Genocide and as I mentioned earlier, 450,000 in the (current) Darfur Genocide.
Of what relevance is this to Kenya? The tribal killings there and more recent media ban has striking similarities to and seem to be heading in the same direction as that of the genocides in Rwanda and Darfur. This must not happen! This should not happen!
Martin Luther King, Jr. when he addressed moderates of the white South on the issue of slavery said “…history will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” I believe that the answer to the question on who is to be held accountable lies in that statement.
From my heart, to yours,
Akhenaton
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