DoNoMakeMenKneelInFrontofAnyone

Especially Other Men

By Vonia Martin

After giving much consideration to the problem I'm convinced that making a black man get on his knees, for any reason, is not the way to go. Not only is it degrading and painful it can be impossible for some men to comply. My perspective is going to be one of an abused child, sexually and mentally. I'll try to see it from a males point of view but I am a female so forgive me if I miss the mark. Not to mention I'm not black so I'm not even close to the problem, except that I am an orphan, which comes with its own prejudice. That's not what I'm adressing here.

It's the kneeling thing that is a problem for young black men. They are taught, by their fathers, uncles, friends, not to kneel for anyone. When all the adult role models in their life continually tell them this it sticks with them, up in to the time they get shot. All males that have been molested, raped, and/or sodamized has a problem getting on their knees in front of other males and possably females (in uniform or passing by) for what I would think are obvious reasons. If all the police are trying to do is keep them from running and/or hurting themselves and others, make them sit instead. It's not only respectful (they maybe innocent) it's less invasive to people with physical limitations. The police may want to carry one of those collapsable chairs, it couldn't hurt. Children that have been molested, even though they are grown now, will react to things for what seems like no reason but trust me they have every reason if it reminds them in any way of the act itself, so keep this in mind. There is a reason for the mental health epidemic and its not all caused by frontal lobe damage.

We need to rethink any organization that separates the girls and boys. This is the oldest stategy in the book; divide and conquer. Pedaphiles have been using this against us for millennium, it must stop. Why do you think women, no girls, have been trying like mad to get on the team? We have known this, subconsciously all along but its taken us this long to get physically capable of competing with men. It's funny how we evolve without even knowing we are. Women know this bastards have been thinning the herd for far too long and we've had it! No longer can any of us sit idly by and ignore these pedephiles because they aren't happy with the disposable people any more, they are coming after your kid next. What are you going to do? You may want to start talking about that now, with your kids so they know what you would and wouldn't do under the worst circumstances. Let me make myself clear, I have no children. Not because I couldn't but because I shouldn't. Short of having a husband with a good family my kids would have ended up in foster care if anything had happened to me. The odds of something happening to me where pretty good, so much in fact that I chose not to have any. 

Not having one person in the world on your side, no matter who you fuck, really, really sucks.

  

TRUCKERS

Should Get The HOV LANE!

By Vonia Martin

It occurs to me that instead of cars, even if they have passengers, except volunteer drivers, they can use the HOV lane also and of course buses. If we took semi-trucks out of the equation, at least in the more crowded areas where the HOV lane already exists, traffic might move more smoothly. That and companies need to stagger their employees, which would benefit them as well since there is a time difference and a lot of revenue could be made before the sun comes up here in America. Then keep bringing employees in every hour or half hour until fully staffed then send people home eight hours or ten even better four day work week. Anyway, this would help with traffic and pollution not to mention revenue and happier, less stressed employees. I call it a win, win, win and won. I'm just saying...

STREAM

Not Stem

by Vonia Martin

Stem just doesn't cover it, we need them all so it should be Stream for science, technology, reading & righting (righting all the wrong history), engineering, arts, and math.

Yes, I believe there is enough "wrong" history to warrent it it's own subject of study. We need to right this when ever and where ever we find it. Miss information and/or lies should never stand even if it's all that we know of a subject because lies only make it harder for the truth to get through. A whole generation may have to die before society can successfully tell the truth and we don't have that kind of time. 

Now, is the time for truth. Now is the time to embrace the truth because the lies are killing us. As a society we need to collectively choose something else and what else is left to us, but the truth?  We have, for what ever reason, spent the majority of the past two millenniums believing in all kinds of interesting things. The one thing they all have in common is that they are the only way to Heaven and God and those that don't believe the way they do will indur some awful fate to be suffered for eternity. Personally, I can't get my faith around believing that only those that believe the way I do can go to heaven. You know why? Because only I know what I truly believe and my beliefs don't follow or stick to any one practice or prejudice, if you will, they exist only to give me a reason to get out of bed in the morning and as long as that doesn't hurt anyone else I feel free to do so. My faith is a patch work quilt that is pieced together from my experiences in life and how I was able to navigate through it without even a life raft or compass.  The last thing you will hear me say is "Jesus take the wheel"! If anyone but God himself takes the wheel fight like hell to take it back! 

We need well rounded individuals that excel in all these areas not in just one or a few but all. Knowledge is the STREAM and we need to stop separating the subjects instead they need to flow into the other where teaching becomes fluid and flows, like the river, effortlessly. Thinking; should not be an option it should be a given. 

In order to truly free ourselves from prejudice and hate we have to drop the religion thing because it propels both. If it didn't we wouldn't be fighting. The one thing that cuts short any argument is the truth. You can't argue with it even if you deny it. You argue it's existence not it's reason for existence. Or it maybe the other way around. Shit, I've been thinking too much for too long. Time for some down time.

Suicide is For

Pussies!

By Vonia Martin

For some time now I have been trying to think of a way to stop orphans from killing themselves. This is not so easy when there is so little for them to live for. Especially when people that have families, education, careers, friends, and even money kill themselves over something as trivial as loosing their job. Seriously? No one with any, some, or all the above should be even thinking about killing themselves. I mean how can we get these kids with nothing not to kill themselves when people with everything are offing themselves? Veterans, police officers, native Americans, and kids that have aged out of the system have the highest suicide rates in the country. Veterans and police officers  are so riddled with guilt at having had to kill someone they kill themselves. Which, to me, seems ridiculous when they are just defending themselves and/or innocent people or are following orders. Even if someone accidentally dies from an officers bullet, don’t kill yourself over it. We need all the police officers that we can get! You are a special breed of human that doesn’t get nearly the credit you deserve. Accidents happen. Life is a risk and you put yours on the line for the rest of us so we can forgive you an accident on occasion. In the heat of the moment things happen decisions aren’t easy to make when bullets are flying. The fact that you value life so much that yours takes a back seat to saving the innocent and not so innocent is amazing. All lives matter, even yours!