DR. UMAR JOHNSON MILITARY SCIENCE...WHAT'S THE HOLD UP?

Dr. Johnson I hear you.  I agree with you on the strategy. I love the idea of creating economic stoppage if protest is to be affective in this society.  What I am wondering about is the battle field. Why wait to implement your strategy? There are many many Trayvon Martins dying every day, not by the hands of a so called white man but, by the hands of someone that looks like Travon.  Why not begin NOW??? In the town where I grew up, there was a large Naval air station that was close by.  We would watch the F-18's and E-2 Hawkeyes as they practiced touch and go every day, off and on all day long.  They would practice night landings.  These pilots would practice touch and go to hone their skills for landing and takning off of aircraft carriers. 

There are no soldiers or marines on this planet, there is no sailors or airmen on this planet that do not practice their craft.  Why then wait until an issue arises that will pit black against white to put into action your strategy?  There are great opportunites to help clean up black people by implementing your strategy now.  There are small skirmishes taking place in every major city in these here United States.  Why not implement immediatly as a kind of touch and go practice.  Put into action now, where so called black people are killing themselves and their women. Put it to work now.  There are enough bodies in the morgue to implement and start by saving us from us. 

Yes, Dr. Johnson, this is a great strategy but, we don't need to wait for another Trayvon incident to happen.  Do it now.  Get in the practice .  Your strategy can be put into play, honed and this way you can work the kinks out.  The by product will be an improvment for black people.  When the next white on black killing occurs, and it will happen, there will be a greater chance for success.  Otherwise, it does really sound like a good strategy. 

The Rebirth Of Black Radio

Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report often laments the death of Black radio.  Most radio stations today are owned by huge corporations such as CBS/Viacom, Gannett, Clear Channel and Radio One.  I know, you say Radio one is a Black owned company, owned and operated by Kathy Hughes.  However, in today's climate Mrs. Hughes must play on the same field as the other larger corporations.  The field is daunting.  Just take note that NBC is owned by General Electric and I have already mentioned Viacom.  This leaves little room for Radio One to act all uppity and still maintain a presence on the air.   Kathy Hughes must maintain a position not too dissimilar of that of Oprah Winfrey, or even President Obama.  Be Black, but don't get too Black.  

Just as the Black Blogsphere is holding strong as a voice crying in the wilderness, so too Black internet radio is increasingly filling the void left when Black owned stations were replaced with "urban" radio.  "Urban" radio is the equivalent of the minstrels of the past.  Black faces and voices airing the agenda of non Black people.  Airing an agenda of mediocrity.  Much like the infamous and much maligned statement of a mentally deteriorated Rodney King at the beginning of the L.A. Rebellion "can't we all just get along?"

But, there is a re-emergence of true Black radio.  Radio that addresses the concerns of Black people on the next evolutionary level of where we MUST go.  Radio that concerns issues of Black people and really the population in general.  Internet radio is providing the stage for the return of Black radio.  Radio similar to that which emerged during the tribulation of the 1950's and 1960's that sought to educate, inspire and uplift.  You will not find this on your AM or FM dial (with the exception of WRFG 89.3 Atlanta.)  Just as it is with the strength of the growing Black blogsphere, so too is internet radio emerging as a force.

Listening to programs like Know The Ledge Radio hosted by the Twin Pillars, the Blue Pill and The Red Pill.  The Moreland twins have been like a breath of spring air.  These brothas host one of the most prolific programs on the internet.  Not only is Know The Ledge Radio entertaining, lively and very well balanced, it's one of the most informative programs on the internet, with guest such as Dr. Sebi, Dr. Phil Valentine, Annette Thomas, Bro. A.A. Rashid and one of my favorite programs with Minister Enki.

For serious astute intellectual information on finance, politics and history, RDB radio featuring Dr. Torrence Stephens and his co-host Kelso in Panama City, Panama is fantastic and explore the power of world wide radio.  Packed with down to Earth knowledge, wisdom, Rawdawg Buffalo Radio is replete with what we need to survive the coming storm.  Last, but certainly not least, I must mention Center Stage Radio bringing guest like Dick Gregory, Lindsey Williams and many more.  Black radio is re-emerging along with the Black press currently called the Black blogsphere to bring you, lets not say the alternative but, truth to be told as it should be.  There are many more I could list, but if you should visit these programs you will find the rest.  Let's support the new Black radio and Black press, this is our greatest weapon to combat the ignorance we see and hear daily.

Don't Eat That!

Promoting Hip Hop not Sh*t Hop.  Sista Sa-Roc

Tilapia has, over the last decade, become a popular meal time food source.  It's everywhere.  On the menu of most local dives, and you make a healthy choice by selecting the grilled Tilapia instead of having the burger.  Or, so you think.  Tilapia is a very old fish.  Mentioned in Ancient Egyptian texts more than forty five hundred years ago, cultured in ancient China as far back as three thousand years ago, and also known as St. Peter's Fish based on the story of St. Peter catching a fish with a gold coin in it's mouth.  Tilapia are indigenous to Africa and the (so called) Middle East.  The Nile Tilapia and the Mozambique Tilapia are the original indigenous fish.  However, Tilapia raised and sold in the U.S. are classified as Nile Tilapia, but in fact are not Nile Tilapia, but something else.

Blue Tilapia

Between 1973 and 1986 the "Nile" Tilapia was being "reared" in fish hatcheries in Arizona and by 1986 a single Tilapia fish was found in the Saugahatchee Creek portion of the Yates Reservoir, in the Tallapoosa drainage of Mobile Basin in Lee County, Alabama turns up on January 12th, 1986.  This fish was introduced "experimentally" into the wild in the southern part of Arizona.  This doesn't explain how the fish ends up in Alabama and are now a large part of aquatic life in the southeast United States.  This is not a true Nile Tilapia, and actually cannot be identified.  It is a strange fish that hit U.S. market, selling at a very low price.  This fish is being sold as low as $1.49 per pound at a time when people are being told that eating of fish will improve their health.  But is this true concerning Tilapia?

Tilapia are herbivorous.  They eat primarily the vegetation in lakes, rivers, and creeks and have been used in some water treatment plants.  Most Tilapia sold in the U.S. are farm raised, though I have seen wild Tilapia sold, that is a rarity.  Farm raised Tilapia has been found to be more detrimental for heart health than eating bacon or a hamburger.  Wake Forest University Researchers have published in the Journal of  American Dietetic Association that "Tilapia have higher levels of potentially detrimental, long-chain, omega-6 fatty acids than 80-percent-lean hamburger, doughnuts and even pork bacon."  And yet, Tilapia is the number five biggest selling fish in the United States, projecting the selling of 2.5 million tons last year.   Beware, other transgenic fish are in your market including Trout, Salmon and Carp.  For my contental West African people and Memphis people that love Buffalo Fish, hate to tell you that Buffalo fish is in the Carp family.