Government Agenda: What Secret KKK Members Being Exposed Means

 In the mid-2000s I got into a verbal altercation with an Henrico County police officer; which led to him assaulting me and me getting booked.  During the ride to the jail, the cop and I figured out we had close mutual friends, even partied together, and we were both in error.  He continued this attitude even in front of the magistrate, where he advocated on my behalf as much as he could.  I was released hours later, feeling better than a person would after fighting with the cops about his upcoming court date.  When that day came, the officer was dressed in plain clothes and in great spirits.  We dapped each other up and met with the commonwealth attorney to discuss the case.  She, however, was trying to burn me; wanted to give me years for supposedly assaulting a police officer.  The officer himself tried to talk her out of that, and she wouldn't relent until she received further advice against it from her team.  At the time I couldn't help to think was there a secret plan to take me down, orchestrated by a secret organization.  I wasn't anywhere near the "voice my consciousness" person I am now, so I figured it was all in my head.  Today, a possibility of my assumption has been verified.

How Godliness Exposes Insecurity

Every now and then I'm confronted with reminders of a past lifestyle.  None of it is flattering, none of it makes me reminisce about 'the good 'ol days', none of it is anything to brag or even talk about (which is why I won't here); all of it is pretty embarrassing, foolish, and sad.  I could go all cliche' and say it made me the man that I am today, but the truth is that it didn't...not in a positive way.  I actually could've been the positive man I am today much earlier by listening to the people...both positive and negative...I was surrounded by.  But like every adolescent and young adult...and these days not-so-young adult, I had to do me.  Doing me hurt people, though.  Doing me was dumb.  So when I see young men going about things the way I didn't; much better, much smarter, much more respectful....I feel wonderful.

Million Man Anniversary: When Blaming Media Coverage Goes Wrong

The demands laid out by Minister Louis Farrakhan and the #JusticOrElse team for the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March I believe were well thought out, clear, and impactful...well at least to them...and maybe to some others.  We won't really know until the 30 year anniversary.  That would be the only fair mark to when their can be assessment.  And it's also the only time when it will be in my mind significant news.

Gun Control: The Latest American Issue That's Always Been an American Issue

Another high-profile [alleged] shooting...another bipartisan picket about gun control.  I think we're close to seeing around one shooting per quarter now; and if the consistent news coverage about violent crime isn't enough, hearing about lethal violence in public, or on the job, or in the classroom ensures a presence of fear.  And I'm not sure if there will ever be a numbness to these occurrences like there is to other crimes, because as long as people can buy guns the sensationalism of gun control will forever be thrust upon us.

Are Political and Religious Identities the Same?

There's noble, brave, unwavering, and solid.  And then there's dishonorable, unsteady, compromising, and flighty.  To many conservative Christians, county clerk Kim Davis would embody all of the former traits with her stance against issuing marriage licenses to same-sex partners. From this act she's apparently earned the reputation to have the real character of an American follower of Jesus.  She's got that grit and determination to not move an inch from her beliefs.  She's the image of standing on the Word of God.  It's political drama at it's most mediocre.