WHY THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

Gil Scot Heron taught us many years ago that the revolution will not be televised.  We sang along with the tune and believed what brotha Heron sang about was certainly true.  We all came to our own conclusions as to why the revolution would not be televised, but we all agreed it would not be shown to the public.  When I first was able to comprehend the song (since I was too young to fully understand what was being sung when it was released) I concluded that the U.S. government would be so brutal in its response to smash the revolt that it would not want the world to see it's brutality.  Others in my circle believed that the government would block the televising of the revolution because they felt we would be winning and to spare the embarrassment, they would block the world from seeing their demise.

Both viewpoints were probably driven by the era we were living at the time.  The song was released in the 1970's and we didn't really come into comprehension until almost a decade later.  Still young and dreaming, we believed there would be a revolution and for whatever reason it would not be televised.  Our imaginations, built on the images of the Black Panther Party, were that there would be actual combat in the streets against the front line of the government starting with the police department.  The San Diego Police were (and probably still are) one of the most brutal police departments in the country and we believed this is who the first battle would begin with and of course the same would occur  in every city. The police, we believed, would be the first to receive the primary volley of combat.  Yet, the government and big business had a trick for us all.

By the mid to late 1980's the $.99 menu began to appear first at fast feed restaurants.  You could save a bunch of money by getting a meal for as low as three to four dollars.  Heck,  you could feed a family of five with 10 bucks.   Some chains resisted the pricing, but later fell in line.  As more and more chains gravitated to the new low pricing the "news" picked up on it and cleverly reported that the new low prices at fast feed restaurants was a temporary measure to rebuff Ronald Reagan's recession (depression for the rest of us.) Little did we know this was the first volley in the war against the U.S. population.  We were so caught up in the belief that we needed to be prepared for conventional combat that we never saw the war begin.  

Oppression and destruction have taken on it's most heinous form. Attacking the senses. Combat is taking place against you and you never knew it.  The assault on us was is so subtle that we do not realize we are at war.  Each day we are assaulted by the enemy, blind sided and yet we don't respond.  No response from the population.  All of the most revolutionary brothas are preparing for physical combat and yet losing the war.

Thoughts From an Evolutionary Perspective.

2012 portents to be a year of changes. Changes to our economy, and subsequently changes to our way of life. We shouldn’t be surprised at how the cost of living will rise because the U.S. dollar is becoming worth-less. It’s value is slowly plummeting. We see it now and most certainly feel it’s effects. Some are predicting the actual death of the U.S. dollar. Not that its going away, but it’s death, it’s worthlessness. For many, race, and racism dominate their thinking. The oppression of people of color dominates their thinking on several fronts. From the victim mentality level to the level of those that would subscribe to out right revolt against the whole system. I am supposing the whole system would range from whites economically oppressing people of color, to Africom increasing it’s influence in Africa, to the “dominant culture” not providing fresh fruits and vegetables for stores in the hood. This on the outset appears to be correct, noble, and seemingly in the right direction but, may be misguided in this era. In fact the real war is right in their faces yet they cannot see.

Ephesians tells us “

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” If this is accepted as a truth, then would we be correct in looking at something so obvious as what we can plainly see is imperialistic expansion, racism, sexism or obvious economic oppression? Should we not be looking for the most hidden, devious works by princes, governors and powerful people? We can see that what is obvious cannot be who is making war on us and what weapons they are using to war against us. If the verse in Ephesians is correct it would be foolish for us to take our fight to what is obvious. The weapon in the fight against us is not Africom. It is who and what Africom is sent to protect. This is what is in darkness, the who, the what. Our war is on the cellular level.   And the loss of control of our health and bodies is what is being prosecuted against us.  It’s a war for and on your mind.  The imbalance of hormones and lack of proper intake of minerals and vitamins is the assualt being wroth on us. How this assault   takes place is with what you put on your plate.

Subscribing to revolt against the system in the mind of the revolutionary is to fight the obvious, that which most of us plainly see. Fighting the scourges of racism and sexism, and economic prejudice are noble and should be addressed. But, should not be addressed as if racism and sexism were eradicated this would be the end of our problems. It would not. Our fight begins internally, in the heart, soul, mind, knowledge and wisdom. That which we fight right at this moment is an assault on our physical bodies by way of our mouths.

Evolutionary thoughts in a Revolutionary World

Fast Feed Restaurants Are Killing You

Obesity is a problem in the U.S, no doubt.  Papers have been written in medical journals on behavioral habits contributing to the detrimental affects on one's health.  I wonder how many medical papers examine the influence of food itself on one's behavioral habits.