WorldstarHipHop… Cops

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• You have the right to remain stupid.
• Anything you post can and will be used against you in a court of law.
• You have the right to consult an attorney before risking your freedom for cyber popularity.
• If you cannot afford an attorney, Sah Dah Tay.
• Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to keep being sheep?

 

I’m sure this website is not new news to anyone under the age of 35 by now. The site where all random cellphone video captured fights, “ratchet” chicks dancing and your favorite thug artists are doing drugs, drinking expensive liquors and various other parole violating activities to show their fans how “Real” they are. Idiots. It seems to me ignorant Hip Hop artists utilize “Free Speech” as a method to rid themselves of this basic human right that was once a luxury to even have in the first place which is why Hip Hop Culture even exists right now in the first place. Irony at its prime.

 

I know a couple times on my blog I seem like a conspiracy theorists but I study people, all the time. And you know the dumbest way to enforce your authority over someone? With brute force. Think of all the cultures that used all out force to attack, subdue and control their enemy… what ALWAYS HAPPENS? Revolution, Anarchy, Collapse. But what if you remembered this simple universal truth, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexuality… Ignorance is Bliss. Why even tell people they are enslaved? Hear me out…

When you have a group of folk and oppress them, they bind together to overcome ignoring differences to unite and fight against a common evil. Every.. Single.. Time. When you get your back to a wall eventually you have no choice but to fight to survive. Too much to gain with seemingly nothing to lose, Anarchy.

Now when you are too lax in authoritative force you get a group of the few that feel they can do a better job than those in power, and start a militia to overthrow in a lust for absolute power. Too much to gain with seemingly nothing to lose. Anarchy.

But what if you, the one in absolute power, instead created a system in which the oppressed feuded with the oppressed? Where the people with nothing to lose constantly kept each other from uniting without as little outside influence as possible? What if a overseer simply injected hot topics and influencers that people with nothing who craved power chose to revolt against that while giving others power and the immense desire to not give up the little power they did have?

How does this all relate to sites like WorldstarHipHop? Lets see, you have hood rappers with nothing who did everything possible to hide their drug empires from cops in order to provide for the people around them, using their stories to create new lanes that accomplish this goal, legally, and are now in positions to inspire others to do the same as them but celebrated when they get caught doing the very thing in their lyrics they wrote to make money to stop them from needed to do said illegal activities in the first place. Confused yet? lemme simplify.

If you were a cop, your goal could be to get an undercover in training willing to risk their life, start him/her from the bottom to weasel his way to the deepest levels of the criminal empire gaining pertinent information with wiretaps, video surveillance along the way so that they could eventually testify after years upon years of work to bring down the head boss. OR… you can just make it “cool” to tell on yourself by filming your self doing so and submitting it to a public forum voiding any expectation of privacy and use a persons own words/actions against them.

Like I said, I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but if you are a real Hip Hop fan, of the culture, not just the music.. what part of the game is encouraging your “idols” who made it out the hood to get caught doing stupid stuff to get wrapped back into that life? Sounds like undercovers to me. Or maybe I am crazy and if this were true there would be TONS of evidence pointing to this actuality… in unrelated news, peep the below quote.

 

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist.” ~Charles Baudelaire

 

 

I’m gone.

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48 Laws of Power Explained

I've been reading, well studying these guidelines to power written by Robert Greene in 1998, It's pretty impressive. At first I thought it was some random collection of common sense google tweets someone turned into book but it is far more in depth than I'd imagined.

Oddly enough, not to sound conceited, but many of the things I read so far in the book are things I naturally do but never really took time to notice why I do them, or why they work so seeing them laid out and explained gave me a lot of insight as to why I succeed in the areas where I do and am seen as a leader and somewhat intimidating to others even upon first meeting.

I'm gonna be posting some random laws I find notable to events I see or experience depending on the days they happen so stay tuned and you might find out some stuff to help you understand or even reform your actions to gain more power in your everyday life. Won't give you all the secrets though, you gotta read for yourself for all that... (That's Laws.. Nah, can't give yall too much too quick) Stay Tune, first post in 30minutes; Law 18: Isolation is Dangerous.

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What Are Your Thoughts: Mandatory Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients

 

In Florida, as of July 1st, any adult applying for State/Federal aid will have to take and pass an illegal drug screening, at their own cost, before receiving their funds.

As of now their are two main arguments but I want to get everyday peoples thoughts on this matter. A few key points:

Families who paid and did not test positive for drugs will be reimbursed the funds they spent

Testing Positive does not disqualify you from receiving funds, you will simply have to name another person, who tests clean, and will agree to take responsibility for the Benefits.

Those who disagree feel that requiring drug tests on people, without probable cause, receiving governmental aid will inevitably spread to anyone receiving Financial Aid or Grants up to and including college students, science labs and elected officials.

On the other side, People for this revision feel like people are abusing the Food Stamp assistance to receive funds and trade them for cash for drugs while the kids suffer further with no progress for the families.

I want to know how you all feel about this Law that has been enacted as a Drug Deterrent and if it is worth the precedence set allowing the invasion of privacy to tax paying citizens.

Full Article: http://on.cnn.com/jkYUOm

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What Are Your Thoughts: US Food Stamp Program

 

 

I've always thought we need to take care of those less fortunate so I fully support the existence of the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) which many know as Food Stamps. I do have family members on it and they truly need more help then we are able to provide them as a family. What I have noticed is that the amount of people going on it is increasing faster than unemployment. Below I have researched and compiled some basic facts about the last 5 years of benefits paid along with basic rules to become eligible.

ELIGIBILITY

As the amount of people in the household increase the amount of Gross income allowed to be considered for Benefit payouts will at a rate of about $406 per person per month starting at $1174 ($14,000/year Gross).

 

Able bodied Adults without dependents in the house will only be allowed to receive benefits between 3months and 3years depending on specific income and situation. This is typically the plan College students will be on to supplement Food Plans and temporary solutions for people laid off or in between jobs needing a helping hand.

 

BENEFIT ALLOTMENTS

The minimal monthly benefit paid is $200 and raises slight for every dependent member of the household (rises approximately $143 per person on average). This number is based of the estimation that people spend about 30% of their net income on Food & Nourishment a month.

The National Average of benefits received per person is approximately $133 per person ($289 per Household). This is 140% of what it was in 2006 (a huge 22% jump occurred between 2008-2009 while the rest was a steady 1-6% increase year over year). 

Average Benefits Paid (per person) Per Month by State (2006 - 2010)

Average Benefits Paid (per household) Per Month By State (2006 - 2010)

 

I'm interested in a discussion so please comment and subscribe to the article so we can collect and share ideas.

Additional Facts:

• In Washington D.C. & Mississippi more than 20% of citizens receive benefits
• As of Nov.2009 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 4 children are using the Food Stamp Program
• Over 20,000 people per day apply for benefits 
• Number of People Participating has increased more than 4 million from Previous year. Chart of Rise of Members Receiving Benefits
• Benefits Paid to qualifying members has increased 214% since 2006 from 30 to 64 Brillion (Paid for with your Taxes) Benefits Paid Out (2006-2010)

 

So, now armed with the data, how do you know feel about Food Stamp Benefits? Answer a few questions in a sentence or two:

1) Do you feel the amounts paid out For Food Items are more or less than necessary for a typical household? Are they more or less than your own grocery bills?

2) Do you think the current time frame of 3 to 36 months encourages dependency on the program for unemployed able bodied adults?

3) Do the payout amounts & Income limitations per person/household indirectly encourage people into having more children/dependents and/or not seek better paying jobs?

What Are Your Thoughts?

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Does Your Vote Matter? Will it in 2031?

 

Did you know that in 2006 you, as a minority, could very easily not have the right to vote in some states? The Voting Act of 1965 that outlawed restricting Voting Rights based off Race/Color (due to slavery) has to be Renewed and I didn’t know that… until today.

Your boy, George W. Bush Jr, was actually the one to renew the Act during his second term in office to renew the act for another 25years, until 2031, so I guess he did do something right while in office. I will have to amend my thoughts on thinking he was worthless. Now I am not entirely sure as to why this law is even up for debate personally but I do have a few questions…

1) Why has there been no Amendments for it to cover all States?

2) Why is it to be renewed every 25years instead of Permanent?

3) Why was it brought up to vote if the timeframe could be lowered from 25years to 10?

The Acts text doesn’t specifically state the answers to these questions but there are some things I have deciphered from it that make logical sense (doesn’t make them fact by any means, but plausible). As you see from the Picture above, the Dark Blue areas are the areas affected most by this law that can not change this act without Federal Approval. Granted these were all slave states Pre Civil war, but we shouldn’t forget that the north oppressed slaves too, they just didn’t make them work on fields. And furthermore this isn’t the case today so why hasn’t it changed? Something I noticed after reading the act limits the ability for state Ballots limit the languages without Federal Approval… why are all the states/areas affected also where the highest levels of immigration into the US are recorded? Coincidence? Are the seeking a way to make it harder for people who don’t speak English as a primary langue to vote? Maybe even English speaking people of lower education levels as they did in the 60’s to restrict slaves from understanding the Ballots? Seems so.

Now I have not yet found why every 25 years was the listed time frame 45years ago but that’s besides the point, the fact that it is trying to be lowered to 10years shows me an intent that I am not looking forward to. Why else would this Act even get enough steam to be brought to the floor to be voted upon, even though it lost by 2/3rds vote, 5 times since 1975? Obviously there is a want to change this Law and with the lower and lower voter turn out year after year it seems some people in government are trying to capitalize on the “My Vote Doesn’t Matter” babies that mainly High School/College Drop outs have adopted as an excuse not to make it to the polls. Things hitting’ home for you yet?

Since History seems to be cyclical, how long do you think it’ll take before someone gets oppressed yet again? Whites had their turn in the past and typically own most of the capital in the US… Hispanics are gaining in numbers and expected to be the Majority within the next 30years, which means their voting numbers will increase drastically… if Blacks keep adopting this Catch22 logic: My Vote wont bring change, so I wont vote, not voting means the government cant cater to the change you want, therefore change wont happen, then we will quickly become new age slaves once again by our own doing.

Even if you choose not to vote, please stay in your ignorance alone and encourage others to learn and find their own path. The US Government is 3 Branches, if you only participate in 1 you have to understand that you have not done nearly enough to bring about the change you are seeking.

United States Department of Defense: Voting Act of 1965

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G.A.Y.S. Campaign (Part 2)

G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) Part 2 from Thomas Lennon

 

 

Part two of the G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) Campaign released this month to assist in the repealing of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Practice.

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G.A.Y.S. Campaign (Part 1)

G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) from Thomas Lennon

 

The first Satirical installment of the G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) is aimed at repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Law against openly gay/lesbian members serving in the armed forces. Comedians, Actors and Actresses of all races and genders are teaming up to get the word to the public to support repealing this long standing prejudicial practice.

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Obama Got Jokes

 

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On Sept 23th Barack Obama spoke at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting and borderline clowned Bill Clinton to his face. The underlying jokes to be made here are Hilarious but it's all in good fun and for a better cause.

 

The Clinton Global Initiative is a Worldwide Organization started by Bill Clinton in 2005 to gather multi governments along with Social/Economic Leaders around the world to address our most pressing Health, Environmental, Educational and Poverty problems. Members include a wide array of people from Celeb Athletes like Lance Armstong to CEO Billionaire of Microsoft Bill Gates and President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, all with the common goal of the Betterment of Society.

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Proposition 23: Jobs Or Health

Have you guys heard of what's going on in Sacramento?

In Nov there is a vote going on to suspend a bill (Global Warming Act of 2006) that voted to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions back to the levels of 1990 by 2020. That is an INCREDIBLE accomplishment with all the industrialization that has occurred in the last 3 decades. Right now Sacramento is one of the Top 5 cleanest cities in the US and they aimed to created 100,000 new "Green" Jobs in promoting a better Health Living Environment to its citizens and the Smog free landscape the Local Governments are proud of. So why is this being brought up for debate?

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Justification in Hypocrisy?

How do you feel about Hypocrites? Seriously, take 10seconds and say out loud what you really think about people who give advice they can't take and make rules they don't follow. Got it? Now apply all of that feeling toward yourself because there's at least a 99% chance you are a Hypocrite too. Most of you probably just IMMEDIATELY disagreed then made an excuse as to why it's okay when you do it... Ironic huh? Lets go through a few examples...

 

Death Penalty vs Commandments

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Park51 (Mosque at Ground Zero)

Now I have to admit the 1st time I heard "Mosque at Ground Zero", as someone whose father worked in the Twin Towers, I almost flipped out out of Pure Ignorance... but once educating myself I was able to be more understanding. Moral: There are 3 Sides to Every Story, What He Said, What She Said and the Truth.

Controversies

1) "Mosque At Ground Zero"

How the heck you going to make a place for Religious Worship at the site where people of that faith killed thousands of people? It seems as if it is a tribute to their Accomplishment.

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The Oscar Grant Story...

For those of who have not heard of a man named Oscar Grant, he was a 22year old African American who was partying with his friends on New Years in 2009 in Oakland, CA and while handcuffed, face down on the pavement, with three cops on his back, he was shot and killed by a 28year old Police Officer with 2years on the force who "mistakenly" grabbed his Gun instead of Tazer. 

Can You Tell The Difference?

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