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Haters, Players, and Dragon Slayers

by Linda Ballard

I’m quite sure it was Katt Williams who said don’t hate the player hate the game. Now that it is 2015 this saying needs an update with an additional frame. Let’s take it a step further. Don’t hate the hater the game remains the same. Hating the hater will leave you emotionally drained.   The Hater is a Hater because they are never willing to change. Learn from the Hater and never forget from which you came.

Haters:

Never willing to cooperate but always ready to isolate.

Moaners, criers, and complainers never believe their disclaimer.

No fault of Accountability lacking integrity and credibility.

Haters never care how you feel because haters are out for the kill.

Always ready to instigate, never ready to investigate, only to manipulate.

Who are the killers to the bone that wants to rule and rock the throne?

If you are doing well Haters will send you directly to jail or hell.

Haters information is neither beneficial nor reliable and will always be deniable.

Haters will never admit they are wrong?  Are you ready for the dance and song?

Corruption, Bribery and Lies, Haters thinks it can all be justified.

Haters Hate!

Players:

Players can take a different path strolling down the avenue.

We saw contenders called out as pretenders smeared with manure residue.

Are you a competitor of the game or competing for your own recognition?

A team player passes the ball and will not get caught up in blind ambition.

We thought the game was in the bag when Jordan scored 60+ points.  What did it cost?

The sportsman played one hell of a game and the Chicago Bulls still lost.

It’s okay to shut out the external noise and focus on one’s success.

Think about the changes you can make but do not exclude the rest.

Athletes, actors, entertainers, contestants are all players.

Are you ready to step your game up and become a Dragon Slayers?

Players Play!  Here’s a Shout!  Don’t get Played out.

Dragon Slayers:

Know This! If you must insist a Dragon Slayer never quits.

No more campaigns,  rolled the dice, won it twice, 2 years left, and I am through with the Bull sh…

Back in the day, it was called a quest.

In the year of our Lord, 2015,  it is called a mission and you know the rest.  Who was put through every test?

The Haters tried to sue me, jail me, impeach me to destroy my legacy.

Change the game, put down the sword, pulled out the pen to put an end to the Haters fantasy. Welcome To My Reality.

To savor the flavor of the food it is all about the sauce.

An organizer willing to compromise, equalize, governing/executing remaining for 2 years more and you know who is the boss.

Write the rules, update your tools, get new strategies and convey to the last players.

The pen has become mightier than the sword.  A tool saved for last by the Dragon Slayer.

Dragon Slayers Slay and handle the business of the day.  There is the twinkle in the eye, a smile on the face but he doesn’t play. Okay!

Are you a Hater, a Player, or a Dragon Slayer?

Thanks For The Memory__WordPress.Com

by Linda Ballard

I can’t believe this will be my 5th year at WordPress.com. My head had a totally different title for my anniversary story but the notification sent by WordPress is right on TIME. It kicks my story off perfectly and gives me hope that people do remember and they care. WordPress is a place where I could express myself and share knowledge.  Change is desperately needed to rethink how people in the world process their information differently.  An Inclusive Environment should be provided for people who are victimized and stigmatized. It has been the Supreme Court who has weakened and upheld laws discriminating against race, ethnicity, disability, gender, sexuality, religion, age and pay.  A very small light in the corner of my blog saying, “Happy Anniversary From WordPress.com” ignited a fuel.  I can feel my ears wiggling, my nostrils widening, and the passion running through my fingertips up into my brain. So now it can be written.

The clock was ticking and it was getting close to the new year. Finally, the bell tolled. Not one member of management got on the intercom to wish the associates a Happy New Year. Unbelievable! A member of management did get on the intercom to wish a support manager a Happy Birthday.  One person did matter.  Why? That is another story for another day.  I did get on the intercom to wish the associates and customers a Happy New Year. I am not considered a member of management but the enemy within.  I ask too many questions.  I just can’t follow Directives leading me to hell out of fear and retaliation. Directives that you never questioned no matter how wrong they are. It doesn’t matter if it cost them their job or their life.  Hell, I thought I had bigger fish to fry just surviving my adversities. My adversities are life threatening so I have a tendency to lean toward and respect the core belief of my tattered body. This respect puts me in a no fear zone of Walmart. It is a shame when management cannot wish you well for another single year. You will be lucky to get wished well for one day at Walmart.  Bottom line, if the D… disease did not kill me why should I let Walmart.

Coming into the new year you want to bring the positive energy and positive people with you.  Leave the negative people and the negative energy behind. In front of my face on an index card is the words spoken by Senator Daniel Ken Inouye from Hawaii, “It Is Your Duty To Disobey An Unlawful Order.”  Another strong beacon of light, Elizabeth Warren Senator from Massachusetts,  has been very encouraging. I hope she throws her hat into the contender’s rings in 2016. She called out Citibank for nearly destroying the nation’s economy. To the Knights of The Round Table, Krystal Clear Ball and all of y’all from MSNBC it is no longer the Behemoth, Snuffleupagus or the Big Elephant in the room.What you didn’t know you know now.  It is WAL-MART.  Walmart size does not matter.   Walmart ranks third from the bottom in customer service compared to 60 out of 100 stores. I think K-Mart came in last.

Walmart’s Core Belief is rotten to the core. I prefer Honey Crisp apples. If the core of my large juicy apple is rotten the size of my apple doesn’t matter. It was rotten.  There is absolutely no respect for the individuals. One of Walmart’s three basic belief shot down.  The mantra of Walmart is “No Excuses.”  Walmart makes all types of excuses for NOT providing the necessary means for the associates and management to do an effective job. It is called Accommodations. How can Walmart hold the associates or management ACCOUNTABLE to do their job when Walmart failed to provide the associates and management with the necessary tools?  Walmart did not meet the expectation of hiring individuals to run the store effectively throughout the year and the years before.  Task management is a disaster because there are not enough people hired to do the task. The back room is unremarkable. We have a store manager, Randall Addison who wants full control over that which he has not provided. Randall Addison thinks it is all the associates/management fault. Everyone works too slow. Forget about the fact Randall Addison did not hire enough people. Excuse me,  the blame will be placed at Corporates feet.

One of Walmart’s many excuses for not hiring applicants because they could not pass their drug test screening.  Can the associates/management inside the store past their 3-D screening?   This would consist of Drugs, Drinking, and Depression.  Walmart has stepped up the program by enlisting the 4th D which is purely Denial. Denial of associates vacations. Denial of letting the associates keep their overtime. Denial of the right to pay associates for half their shift when they come to work and told they are no longer needed. Denial of the right to pay associates the higher pay level when they work out of their area. These are protected rights. (Ex.-cashiers are level 3. If the cashier is constantly placed in Electronics they should be paid for the higher position which is electronics level 5. The Department Manager position is a level 7. Denial to pay the day and mid-shift overnight differential when associates work overnight. Good old fashion Denial and lawbreakers. Please, associates, read your CBLs and don’t just click on the box.

It takes a lot to come into a job and clock on as an associate or a salaried member of management knowing no matter what you do it will Never be good enough or meet Randall Addison expectation. A man whose expectation is so unrealistic it cost his demise at store #1802 in Topeka Kansas only to be recycled to #2857 to destroy the associates and management who has failed to take a stand. Why? Pure fear of retaliation, intimidation, discrimination and the constant unnecessary surveillance. I guess this is HR solution for fixing the problem. The harassment,  surveillance, retaliation, coercion/force, and the most negative hostile environment is pervasive. Negative campaigns are used as a top strategy to get associates to turn on each other and later be fired.  A major strategy used is coaching to lock employees and management inside of the store so they can’t transfer. So here you have a manager town hall/ousted from one store and brought total RETRIBUTION upon store #2857 for his FAILURE. HR did not take responsibility to have this man ousted from the company. They knew of his track record but Randall Addison kept his job. Why?  Which one of his cronies gave Addison the Tap On The Shoulders. Cronyism at its finest.

Were the customers served? That would be a big fat NO. The second basic belief of Walmart is services to the customers. It was not met and the second belief shot down.  A hiring freeze was put on when folks needed the jobs and extra cash.  It is the Scrooge effect.  No more overtime was allowed.  If any of the associates didn’t cut their overtime they would be given a personal discussion. If the associate’s name showed up too many Times in the pool of overtime it ends up as a coaching.  Escaping to another store is out for a year.  It gives Walmart more Time to coach you for failure and you are now out the door. Coaching for failure and not for success is not striving for excellence. The 3rd belief shot down. Strange, Walmart was asking people to come in and work because Walmart needed the help.  The consequences rest on the heads of the people who needed the money to help their families and friends.  I can hear Janet Jackson singing, “What Have You Done For Me Lately.”  How can the associates serve the people when Walmart does not invest in its associates? Walmart failed to meet the customer’s needs. Who put Walmart on the map? Exactly!

Missouri is a No-Fault State.  So Walmart can never be at fault and can make up anything on their associates.  Countless of Times Walmart has been rewarded for their Intentional Behavior. Walmart receives the Rolex Watch Award.  Walmart’s No-Fault Attitudes, No Accountability, and No Consequences has landed them in the Hall Of Shame.  The Supreme Court upheld Walmart in their class action lawsuit  (WALMART vs DUKE) weakening the laws of Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. When this law was amended in 1991  The Roberts Courts shifted the balance of power and another tool was stripped away from women. The gap of sex discrimination began to narrow and Women rights to fair and equal wages are at risk of becoming non-existing.  The Roberts Court is the new strippers and pole dancers in town.   On many occasions, the Roberts Court ruled in favor of many landmark cases against women.  The Hand That Rocks The Cradle has taken control.  More power has been given to Big Banks and other corporations. This has left the Everyday People (a song written by Sly and the Family Stone) and Ordinary People (a song written by John Legend) out in the cold.  The weather outside is frightful and baby it is cold outside. I hope Sir Michael Steele of the Roundtable, also an analyst for MSNBC, understand how people get those Rolex watches. How About That, Charles Ellison?  Too much power is given and the person wants to show off their bling.  Who get’s busted every time after the photo-shoot? Exactly! Why is Clarence Thomas on any of these cases in regard to Women’s Rights?

Thanks once again WordPress for unplugging my memory.  I had to think of a very long word to connect the dots to CEO Doug McMillon on his YOUTUBE debate with an associate who was given a Tap On The Shoulders. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a no-nonsense word meaning fantastic or approval. The associate’s name was IWALANI JANANN MUIFA OPUPELE PSZYK.  I guess this was Doug McMillon initiation day to demonstrate how an associate of 2 years of Walmart could advance by the Tap on the shoulders. It is Time to sing Smiling Faces by Undisputed Truth.  Look at all the people who have been standing in lines for years. This was not fantastic nor did I approve.  Doug McMillon demonstrated how Walmart can make up the rules as they go.  All that power shifted to into the hands of Walmart by the Supreme Court. Has Walmart followed the laws? Is Walmart honest and fair? Hasn’t it been proven that Walmart has manipulated, misrepresented, abused and concealed information?   It was proven by a law firm hired by Walmart 6 years before Walmart vs Duke that men were 5 and half times as likely to be elevated to higher paid positions than women. Blatant discrimination but Walmart carried on their practices. How many Times has Walmart acted unethically? How many Times has Walmart asked an associated to do something unethical?  Walmart has violated every one of their ethical rules. Walmart can terminate an associate at any Time for no reason at all. There are many associates fired for Wrongful Termination. How ethical is that? The Store Manager and the 2 co-managers have earned their ROLEX WATCHES 3 Fold.

Jenny and Gabe, I am sorry you are no longer with the company. You were forced out and quit because you could no longer take the retaliation, discrimination, and the hostile environment. Forced out and wrongful termination is covered under constructive discharge. Brenda A., Russ, Beverly and the many associates who were also forced out of their jobs I really miss you. Exceptional Employees!   Randall Addison, Therese Renzetti, and Ben Abbatte complete the 3 basic beliefs of Wal-mart I don’t Trust or believe in. There are legal standards for establishing constructive discharge.  Employment with Walmart is on an at-will basis and you are free to resign at any time or for no reason unless you are FORCED OUT by an improper act of the company. Take a look at Constructive Discharge under the law. Don’t go quitting your job. Hang tough because it can get rough.  This has always bothered me. People who are hired as Temps and fired before, after, and even on their 90 days can be rehired by Walmart in 90 days avoiding the company from paying unemployment benefits. Hmmm! What happens when they are fired a second time and cannot be rehired.  It is Walmart and it is long overdue for the call out. Time for the old luggage to be dropped off and start fresh for 2015.  Sam Walton said you do not need to leave your store to start a new career. So if you left what was the reason. WHY?  Seek out an Employment Attorney for some down home good advice.  Thanks For The Memory__WordPress.com.

How About That!

by Linda Ballard

That’s not right! You are so wrong. Are we there yet? Let’s Roll! What do you Think? Can you believe that? Shut Up! I’m cool with that. Check this out. DUDE! It is MIGHTY MANTRA TIME. Why are you staring at me? It’s okay for you to repeat yourself and be ever so cool. When I start repeating myself it becomes a problem. What! I see how you are.  So if you are on the opposite end of the spectrum, mainstream, or the normal who really ain’t normal at all, your words become buzzwords and catchy phrases. Don’t give me that SH…. about a slogan. Slogan This! Now there’s a catchy phrase. 🙂 I could have added an extra word after Slogan This but I promise to stay on track, focus, hold my concentration, or even meditate to keep from going off the deep end. How About That!

Why in the world if you are on FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART your buzzword turns into a big psychiatric disorder?  You find yourself on the DSM5 as a characteristic that needs to be medicated.  Shut Up!  People diagnosed with NLD repeat themselves and they have a CHANT or MANTRA.  So you think our words are meaningless. By now you know words can cause a WAR. Not understanding the person whose mouth it comes from makes another person feel the words have gone too far.  The OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM is chewing on their tongue. They think anybody that is not on their friend’s list and not trending today is permanently locked away in the film, One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Jack did escape.  So did Anjelica Huston out of a Rocky Horror Picture Show love affair.  Did you receive your oscar?  The FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART brought the curtain down with taking home a slew of academy awards.

Who said people who are diagnosed with NLD SYNDROME do not possess creativity?  It just takes TIME like a bottle of wine to savor the flavor with extra labor. Creativity will arrive on the scene. Development may take a little longer but can you see what TIME brings.  Repeat yourself too much and you will end up under the UMBRELLA. Sad to say you and your speech will be viewed as not stronger.  RHIANA’s song did have that ECHO of UM-BREL-LA LA LA LA.  For some people, Rhianna’s song may have been meaningless.  Start repeating yourself and you are viewed as DELAYED.  Strange how one person can be a sultry singer.  The other person will fall on the AUTISM SPECTRUM with echolalia and judge as low-grade.

Politicians use SOUND BITES to manipulate and give misleading information, to sum up, the real meaning of the conversation. Politicians shadow box all the TIME. Those SOUND BITES are repeated over and over again.  A person who is ECHOLALIA sounds like repeated SOUND BITES. The validity of their speech is misrepresented because they are parroting another person speech who may be very misleading and manipulative. Oh, GOD! SCRIPTED is even worse. Before you say anything look at the verse. The rehearsed verse makes ones terse. It sort of like plagiarism in vocal reverse. That would surely make me curse. How About That!

Look across the field at all the different shirts made up of slogans out of hurt and pain. Continue to march and work on your PEACE because there is so much to be gained.   The unrest of gun violence ran rapidly throughout our nation. Police turning their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio attempted to taint the movement of  “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” and the “I Can’t Breath” conversation. Stay on your path and give recognition to your manta/chant/slogan/buzzword indeed.  Indoctrination of police protection has to be weeded and re-seeded. Plow out the old and sow in the new.   Trust between the police, the people and their communities will take the removal of police brutality, removal of blood from all hands and removal of gunpowder residue.  From the Opposite End Of The Spectrum to the Flip Side Of The Chart it is Time to put our heads together and let’s get smart.   We must all do our fair share.  Let’s not react to negative situations on race, gun violence, and address mental illness to educate our nation to show we care. Start the Conversation. How About That!

I am cool with the mantra. It means on the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART we are being repetitive and mimicking the words and behaviors of people who we think have legitimate speech that might be meaningful and it won’t get our A… in trouble. Guess what!  We discovered the words and behavior of the so-called politically correct aren’t correct at all and is worthless as hell.  Such doubled standards!  The not so opportunity has struck and we are knee-deep in trouble. The OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM have high-profile jobs and get the opportunity to spit out their venomous mantras every day.  While the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART is labeled with pervasive developmental delays, locked up and the keys are thrown away. How About That!

We all seek help so our words may be repetitive. It is neither black or white or trying to be competitive. Standing at the crossroad where there is a great division. Our nation must find a way to prevent the Precision On Collision.  Turning one’s back fuels the flames of  NO MERCY. Showing disrespect lies in the lap of police controversy.  The echoes are the cries of the ones we mourn and wipe tears from our eyes.  The police disrespect demonstrates the frustration, anger, and the possibility of a decision someone else might die.  Repeat the mantra. It doesn’t matter what side of the universe you represent. Who cares if you are called crazy as long as we can diminish the murders and show the progress of less violence by a huge dent.  We have witnessed every race coming together to repeat the words and action for PEACE. Stop the violence and the murdering it is TIME for all to cease. How About That!

Dedicated to Bill de Blasio: Facing Forward! Moving Forward!

Precision On Collision

by Linda Ballard

It happened countless of Times. The door opens up and it is Time for the routine walk. You both make eye contact and the words are spoken. “I will stay on my path and I will be extra careful.” Of course, your son or daughter will do exactly what they set out to do.  Who are you worried about? You are worried about their life and the skin they are in. Whether or not if your child has a diagnosis of any type of syndrome/disorder it will always be Secondary.  This wasn’t for me but for you. All I could think of if the dots were being connected and the pieces of the puzzle were beginning to fit together. Will we get a whole puzzle? Will some of the pieces come up missing and the story will never be told correctly.

Wow! Mark Zuckerberg got up and put on his sweats and hoodie but he probably didn’t get stopped by the cops for looking suspicious. I had to make sure my son was not wearing a hoodie but there was no guarantee he would make it back home in one piece. He was not dressed to impress but for safety.  Guess what?  Is there such a thing as safety?   Throughout my child’s life, he suffered from asthma and the medication he had taken made it hard for him to lose weight. I don’t know if Mark was sleek all of his life. Mark was socially awkward but it never stopped him from reaching his full potentials. I bet Mark’s hoodies became more of a popular dress code than a non-verbal threat to his community.  It is a shame how the coin is so unpolished on the Flip Side Of The Chart.

There is something about a young black overweight male that is perceived as a gentle giant, a bully, or a huge Mandinka slave.  How did anyone derive from this perception? When my son was in middle school I noticed whenever he would become frustrated the teacher’s documentation read like a horror story. Not only that my son began to look more grown up on paper than his actual age. Something was really wrong with this picture. How can you be only in middle school but look like a full-size adult on paper?  Even at the manifestation hearings, I had to remind the superintendent, the principal, and the teachers my son was a child, not an adult. Was the school system documenting my child for the prison system or for an early grave?  Did the test scores of the schools and their triple-A rating mean more to them than the child? It must have meant something.  So much pressure was put on testing the school districts got busted for cheating nationwide. Many children fell through the cracks when it came to their mental stability. Who was going to be the first draft pick? It sure wasn’t going to be the children whom the school districts stigmatized for many years entering the small yellow bus with Special Education written all over it. Where in the hell does this concept come from when your child acted out he would immediately be thrown in a separate self-contained school better known as the DAY SCHOOL? Parents stay on top of your child’s documentation.

This is probably the hardest stories I have ever written. Knowing for years what the outcome was going to be before the barrage of murders had taken place.  Going from doctor to doctor and the doctors not addressing the race issue. Moving within your family and they didn’t want to address mental illness. Being Black an under attack spelled it in the story Got No Time To be Disabled. My son said it best. “They Can Kill Us With Impunity.” NLD will always be Secondary. Just as he was diagnosed with NLD, panic, anxiety, stress, and depression is Secondary to the original diagnosis of NLD.  This is not an NLD’s world. Inclusiveness instead of isolation is the key.   Having a diagnosis of NLD does not define the person he is.  He has to live in the skin that he is in.  Being Black is not a disability. He now understands he cannot exist inside a group’s thread but has to live with the reality of being Black.   Those prayers were just not for my son.  Knowing the Truth is tough. The Truth rides alongside consequences. The conversation has always existed and the doors of the church will always be open for change.

The sharpness of my son’s tongue is Precision. It is always what he says make people so pissed off and angry. He does not recognize that he has insulted you are if a person thinks he sounds threatening.  There will always be Collision with people who do not want to hear or know the Truth. These are the people who act on their words. Not the ones who speak with a sharp tongue, Precision.  Collision will always turn their back, react, and attack.

Exercise For Life__PEACE

by Linda Ballard

Are you still eating the leftovers from Thanksgiving? Are you full up to your neck? I bet that conversation around the Gobble Gobble table got pretty intense. Here we go! You haven’t seen some of your Outlaws for years.  Now you know WHY.  Wow! You mean to tell me you had to sit at the table and have a grateful Thanksgiving dinner with UNGRATEFUL A… people. They never contribute to the dinner except for criticism. This is the same crew if a family member dies they got all of these, “If I Were You” but they never want to contribute to the cause. All that tension builds up over the years and when a real volatile situation occurs what happens. You go out and release the Beast instead of initiating PEACE. Sooo here’s a Brain exercise to help you lose some of the UNGRATEFUL LUGGAGE you have toted around for years. Stop saying PEACE OUT. Start saying PEACE IN. In order to initiate PEACE, you learn to control the Beast within. Deport the people out of your life that doesn’t supply you with constructive criticism or explicit advice. DEPORTATION ANYONE!

So today on this Cyber Monday and many more Mondays to come we will begin our new exercise of ringing out the OLD and bringing in the NEW. Run and get your paper. Make sure you have a good pen or pencil so we don’t run out of lead or ink and become frustrated. Sometimes it is the little things like this that can break your train of thought. Sure the conclusion of your story is about to go south.   Are you ready?  What we are about to do is take the word PEACE and make an acronym to give some of our viewers the CONCRETE INFORMATION needed to help them build on their life skills of PEACE. Here we go!

P-Purpose: I am on a mission Baby! What is your Plan? If it is about FERGUSON, Justification is where we stand. (Raison D’ etre)

E-Excuses are not allowed for the Execution of a young black man.

A-Abolish the laws that do not exonerate the innocent and the deceased.

C-Complex information/abstract English left several persons to their own devices to figure it out which rendered a major defeat.

E-Examining a volatile crisis can very easily IGNITE the Beast and EXTINGUISH THE PEACE.

What does your PEACE represent? Once you spell it out you can exercise those words into your life and practice new life skills.  Over on the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART, we process our information differently.  Some of us need a jumpstart to get us going in the right direction. A PICTURE IS NOT WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS especially if you do not have the rights words and the wrong information is given. This is WHY we get all the social rejection. We don’t get the picture especially not the WHOLE PICTURE.  Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego?  Where Is Waldo? I Spy. What are we looking for? Is there too much clutter to see what the PICTURE represent.  What happens when you cannot follow direction? Who is Carmen?  Who is Waldo? Who really is Michael Brown?  What happens when a person is left to their own devices. Can you draw the right CONCLUSION if it is not laid out CONCRETELY and EXPLICITLY?  What the opposite end of the spectrum did was INTENTIONAL and now we have FERGUSON. Did the Grand Jury get the right PICTURE?  Who does the Grand Jury Resemble?  Who IGNITED the Beast and EXTINGUISHED FERGUSON PEACE?

On the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART, we do not wish to be EXCLUDED.  It is hard to get the WHOLE PICTURE.  More power to you if you got a thousand words out of your PICTURE. Look what can happen to the PICTURE when you are misled. You will not see EYE TO EYE. When you look through your lens and view your PICTURE.  It takes a person’s life experience, exploring their environment, and developing friends/relationship.  Did we encounter a totally different PICTURE which affected our Decision Making Process?  It is the way one learns that will help a person not just retain information but help them understand the outcome or consequence of the situation. Wrong Words=Wrong Actions causes major INFRACTIONS. Refresh your memory and see what is the major struggle with people who are diagnosed with NLD (Nonverbal Learning Disability).

It just took one more thing after that TURKEY DINNER to take the E out of PEACE and made us EXPLODE.

Continue to build on PEACE.

P-Participate, Productivity, Positive, Power, Passion

E-Excellence, Explore, Excitement, Express, Expand

A-Acceptance, Accommodate, Advocate, Accomplish, Advise

C-Champion, Challenge, Conversation, Communicate, Change

E-Educate, Effective, Exercise, Eliminate, Explain

This is my Cyber Monday life skill lesson for today.

UnDisputed Truth__KCMO A…

by Linda Ballard

To all my listeners, the music in the background is by Undisputed Truth.  The Song rolling off your tongue is Smiling Faces Sometimes. Sho you’re right! Check out the hands. Beware of the handshake that hides the snake.  Smiling Faces tell lies and pretend to be your friend. Beware of the Pat On The Back. It might just hold you back.  Sometimes people who are unworthy of the Pat On The Back already know the deck of promotions is stacked.  Hanging out at the studio today is a Brother who threw down and gave you a big 911 Alert in the first paragraph of his Article, The Walmart You Don’t Know, Charlie Fishman.  Whew! Marking it Up with a BIG YELLOW PEN caught my lens. Yes, IN-DEEDY! This song is dedicated to all the folks who are too D. Greedy and has lost respect for the middle class,  the poor/jobless and NEEDY. Before I get into my Low Down Dirty Shame conversation with Charlie Fry, who is Fast and always in the presence of good Company, let me send a special SHOUT OUT to Sir Lawrence Knight of The Round Table.  Sir Lawrence is chowing down on some KCMO barbecue while on his break.  Sir Lawrence gives one hell of a REWRITE and this Brother is not fake.   Hold up! We will take five so I can go get Sir Lawrence a brew. Taking you downtown live in the studio with Kickin’ Mo A.., the Gate Sweeper, located at 1600 New Constitution Avenue. Rufus, the band playing behind Chaka Khan, is working her golden vocals inviting you to STOP ON BY.

It has been a while since I seen my buddy Charlie Fishman. Charlie got some PIPELINE answers.   This article will shine the light on some unanswered questions for one of The Knights Of The Round Table.  SIR ED A LOT wants to know if anyone is advising the POTUS on the KEY issue of Lets Go Get STONE PIPELINE.  Joe Cocker, the man singing Let’s Go Get Stone, would probably agree anybody playing Let’s Make A Deal has more than their share of drinks.  Bain and Co. were in boot camp trying to learn how to deal with the Smiling Faces.  SIR ED A LOT ears have perked up. I can hear SIR ED A LOT saying, “Naw! The company whose boss thinks that Corporation Are People.” My thought if Corporation were people you would think a corporation could sue for being taken out of the box for being an old company. How many OLD COMPANIES has Wal-Mart taken down? How many OLD PEOPLE have Wal-Mart taken down inside the company? I know OLD PEOPLE can file AGE DISCRIMINATION.  That is why I like the song SMILING FACES.  Smiling Faces tells lies and don’t tell the TRUTH. Smiling Faces tell lies and I got PROOF.  This song goes on to say your enemies can’t do you no harm.  When you know where they are coming from. Don’t let the HANDSHAKE or the SMILE FOOL YA! Take UnDisputed Truth advice because they are only trying to SCHOOL YA!  A dangerous hit from 1971 calling out the brothers who are burning up the AARP cards of today.

Can a CORPORATION/COMPANY file AGE DISCRIMINATION? Since CORPORATIONS are people stated by the BAIN BUSTER himself. Let me see if I got this right. Vlassic was a classic who got their A.. kicked for the price of 15 minutes of fame. Consequences were high on their bailout which was the name of the game.   Vlasic took a beating and was put to shame.  Lovable Bras, a company since 1926,  got reduced to an A cup. That was pretty D.. vicious.  Wouldn’t you say to PULVERIZE a company with  88 years of longevity is pretty D.. malicious?   Levi Strauss was no longer the boss.  Hooking up with Smiling Faces got them tossed.  The quality of their merchandise will go down in history as low-cost. The honeymoon was over and 75 years of dignity lost.   A company well rooted since 1887 got involved with BIG SMILEY and landed in bankrupt heaven. Huffy got stuffy and the bicycles got served.   Do you think The SQUEEZE was layered on and Huffy got what they deserved?  It’s a crime Huffy is singing Prince song, 1999.  HUFFY’s last bike manufactured in this country was at that time.   Who is next on the block to get KNOCKED OUT. What! You mean to tell me another company who is 75 years old whose product works without a doubt. Shut Up! I’m shocked it is MASTER LOCK. Carolina Mills was rocking a deal. Another 75-year-old company BIG SMILEY thought was over the hills.  Dial does a lot of business with Wal-Mart.   Dial will lose their smile and realize it may not have been smart.  Losing  28%  of business could break Dial’s heart.   Is it just me or can you see?  SNUFFLEUPAGUS SMILEY BABY is knocking off all the COMPANIES and ASSOCIATES flashing AARP. Hey, I thought you said these were the MOM and POP stores being taken down by BIG SMILEY MART.  These are serious BIG OLD COMPANIES. Can I have SIR KORNACKI and SIR CHRIS H. help me out on all the BIG COMPANIES taken down and left with frowns?

I have a special request coming in from MO-EISHA aka LIL MOMO. Girlfriend said she has waited up all night for JARON to come home. JARON stepped through the door and she took one look into his eyes and it was all over. LIL MO MO ran into the bedroom and gathered up JARON’s clothing and next she was the star of WAITING TO EXHALE. You think LIL MO MO cared about going to jail.  She ran outside and threw his clothes on the ground and transformed into Madame Torch. Girlfriend was ready to KICK MO A.. all the way through March.  JARON broke for the door and you can finish the story with GONE WITH THE WIND.  He left his wallet, his iPad, and the rest of his gin. LIL MO MO sat on the couch and pulled out her bottle of Champaign. JARON is the BROTHER who must be totally insane.   She is the Queen of her Castle without the hassle.  LIL MOMO, a lot of people can relate to this song.   Especially when love goes South and the Brother is dead wrong.  You heard it first live.  Kickin Mo A..,  you are hanging out with the Gate Sweeper at 1600 New Constitution Avenue to the sound of BACK STABBERS by the OJAYS. They smile in your face all they want to do is take your place, “The BACKSTABBERS.”

The TRUTH is in the EYES and the EYES don’t LIE. Yes, we are down to jealousy, misery, envy and you can’t see behind Smiling Faces.  Look what happens to people who can’t read facial expression. My friends on the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART really become frustrated. The manifestation of one’s behavior breaks into the song and dance mode of I Feel Like Busting Loose.  Jump on board and ride the tracks with Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers.  Expressions are deceitful,  emotions are displayed, and cannot be identified by people on the opposite end of the spectrum.  Guess what?  Take it to the bridge but don’t jump off. Go ahead and get into the grind and bust loose.

Charlie Baby Fry has captured the Smile turned upside and the little man backed into the corner.  The Wally is bouncing off the walls and putting a SQUEEZE on the Vendors. Little Man is about to get PULVERIZED.  Charlie gets the REWRITE of today and the Last Word. BABY! On the opposite end the of the spectrum the words are Rolled Back and Clearance out the door. Sho Your Right!  The companies and the vendors are tight-lipped. The associates are tired of being shoved around from place to place. Forget about the tight lips.  Transfers to other stores are at record high.  The Associates, especially the ones 40 plus, get it.  There can only be so many age of 40 plus associates offered maintenance or door greeters.  It is getting very crowded at the door.   The Vlassic jar of pickles has moved from the shelf and have heard this song and dance before.  Who will be left to pull off BLACK FRIDAY?  It’s quite difficult to redesign oneself or re-invent the pickle when you are limited to products.  Yes, aging is pure vinegar on the body if one does not age gracefully.  For D.. sure I will not look like Joan Rivers at the age of 81. This was Joan’s quality of life and it worked for her. R.I.P.

Keeping the customers focus on quality and not quantity will reduce a company down in size. If you take the customers over to the medical side of the chart it will change their mind about bigger is better. What the customer will find there will not be a BIG OPERATION, either way. The risk is too great. The least invasive procedure first.  Last but not least the most aggressive procedure.  BIG SMILEY hands are no longer invisible. The most aggressive procedure has taken shape.  Flour has gotten on Wal-Mart’s  hands to reveal who has helped accelerate the loss of American Jobs to low wage countries.  Who has kept low wages within their company to reduce the quality of life of the people? Quality outranks Quantity any day. I will take you over to the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART and show you no person in this zip code wants to be set up for FAILURE.  No one in this zip code would INTENTIONALLY demean, demoralize, ruin another person life by reducing a person to a job level just to force them out of the company.  I presumed resignations and retirement are voluntary. We will go to break and put Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On and make sure you have proof you are not being deceived by your Company. Taking it to the streets with the Transformers and breaking it down with the beats of the DECEPTICONS. Live at 1600 New Constitution Avenue,  Kickin Mo A…The Gate Sweeper.

Charlie Baby Fry Fishman did I get it right.

Sure, different technique, crazy style but it works.

Your LAST WORD Charlie

I hope this ain’t my LAST WORD. When you get a chance swing over to FAST COMPANY. Check out my article, Walmart: How The Worlds’s Most Powerful Company Really Works And How It Is Transforming The American Economy. Time for a Refresher Course. Where is SIR LAWRENCE? I hope he got some ribs left.

TRENDING SOON: BLACK FRIDAY

Alpha We Have Landed

by Linda Ballard

Be careful make sure you don’t cut yourself. It’s going to take some TIME to clean up this gigantic mess. Have you ever seen a mirror this large? I wonder what happened to make it shatter. The reflection of so many images that were not held accountable.  All the lies and cover-ups told to save the image of the CDC and the APA. This feel likes a huge bowl of alphabet soup. What does the APA have to do with this story?  Hold your NARNIES I am getting there.  Did anyone get cut? There were so many cuts. Would you like to take a visit to the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART?  Why are we going there? The Opposite End Of The Spectrum did not hold up their end of the bargain plus they are the ones carrying the Ginsu blades. I will let my dawgs explain it to you.  Who is running the Opposite End Of The Spectrum? The REAL CRAZIES who needs to be examined by the  NATIONAL INSTITUTE  OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH),  which is one of the many agencies connected to NIH (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH).  Both NIMH and NIH received many stab wounds from the REAL CRAZIES.  Now we can compare and contrast the two agencies alongside the other alphabet soup the APA (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION). These agencies got some war wounds to share.

Have you ever heard of a mental health epidemic? The last TIME I recall nobody on this planet broke out with Schizophrenia, Aspergers, Bi-Polar, Nonverbal Learning Disability, Autism, and the other exceptionalities. Did you know Oprah is asking questions about who has ADHD? Do you think she is trying to figure out what the REAL CRAZIES  diagnosis would be?  By the TIME she gathers that information she would have started her third network. Anyway, none of these syndromes/mental disorders are contagious.  The way people react toward people with this diagnosis you would think this is EBOLA on the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART.  Has anyone with special suits come out?  Sure, if there is a disturbance by a person who has a mental disorder the police comes out suited up,  armored tanks, and ready to kill. Whoever did not get hit by a stray bullet can be arrested.  What did we learn about people who have mental disabilities? Only 4% are actually violent. When a bad incident occurs you know who has to take the blame. This is not a solution.  It is ab-so-lute-ly mistreatment.

Did you hear the layout of questions? Yes, I did. What an educational moment! Where did it start on the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART?  It starts from home to school.  The conversation has not been initiated properly nor has this topic on mental illness reached out to certain communities. There is so much shame and guilt felt.  The budget cuts left no room for integrating children with unique abilities into the mainstream. Many Children were stigmatized.  After the massive budget cut, the children were placed in separate self-contained school. Excessive suspension and expulsion was not a solution. That’s right, your kid is about to get documented up and ship off to prison. An arrangement was made from SCHOOL TO THE PRISON PIPELINE.   What happens to the middleman?  Are we prepared if a mental epidemic breaks out? How many psychiatric units are available to treat an outbreak? Are there any psychiatric units available with proactive/productive programs to actually treat the person, respect the mental disorder, and communicate effectively. No, Melissa because after the budget cuts the only solution left is the prison.  Has anyone come up with a plan now that we know jail is not an effective treatment program for people with mental disorders?  How sad! Find me some top psychiatric treatment centers that are not for the rich only. I sincerely hope people who have mental challenges will not be given their medication, released from the hospital and told take all the medicine. If they wake up in the morning they passed the SUICIDE TEST. Come back and see us. Only to be shipped off to prison to die on lockdown. I got to find some New Wave Physicians.

Since mental health affects the person or persons for many years you get more medication, counterproductive treatments if any, a jail cell and no monitoring.  Will it be a healing process? What suit will the person with the mental disability get the opportunity to stare at? I guess Orange will be the New Black.  Is this quarantine? Is there any hope for the individual to ever receive a get out of jail card?  What is the survival rate of a person with a mental disorder in prison? What is the survival rate for this person if he ever gets out of prison?    The mirror was under so much pressure and no one has stepped up to take responsibility.  Do you remember the story The Truth About NLD And Who It Can Resemble? Twenty plus years have gone by for me and I find it very hard to trust the decisions of the APA (American Psychiatric Association). Hey, I know this plight has been an uphill battle. Let me ask you a question? Do you trust the CDC? So who do you resemble? Are you looking at me? I’m  I looking at you.  Your fight has just begun. Trust is so hard to restore when you disregard a human life.  We are now leaving the Mental Health Side.

Alpha We Have Landed. Whoa!  This stained glass is not from the SISTINE CHAPEL. Is this the same planet?  TRUE DAT! The REAL CRAZIES have been here.  This is the mark of ZERO because ZORRO doesn’t write this bad. ZORRO helped people. ZERO did ZERO. Even my girl RUTHIE was UP ALL NIGHT writing her dissent on the havoc the REAL CRAZIES are causing.  Do you remember the show UP ALL NIGHT?  RUTHIE produced the show.  COUSIN  POOKY is going to be mad because he got off his couch early.  POOKY found out the REAL CRAZIES are running the same old game of yesteryear which activated his drinking. Don’t worry POOKY will be out POLL DANCING  today. It’s all good. He always had a crush on RUTHIE.   Has he had a crush on RUTHIE the person or RUTHIE the DOG? Get the F… out of here. Did you just drop the F. BOMB?  You better be glad I did not tell you what NARNIES are. WORDPRESS may try to shut me down. I’m keeping it decent. 🙂

Where is TRICKY RICKY?  No one has mentioned this CHARLIE MANSION need to be locked down forever crazy. My girl, Beyonce song FOREVER YOUNG. DANG! Who wants to be FOREVER DUMB? This Brother here is DANGEROUS. He can’t remember anything. TRICKY RICKY has no answers. He is a big TIME science denier. TRICKY RICKY got 230 kills under his belt and never questioned the innocent of these people.  Did you see the look on his face when he was PRETENDING to be a CONTENDER DOPE-FUL?   TRICKY RICKY is rocking the list big TIME. This dude is like DOCTOR DEATH before Halloween.  Visiting TEX-AS is like singing Dr. John’s I Been In The Right Place but it must have been the wrong TIME.  He took Dr. John’s Mack The Knife and turned it into Jack With The Knife.  TRICKY RICKY prefers something more LETHAL. What type of Serta mattress does he sleep on? TRICKY RICKY sleeps on the same bed Uncle Fester of Adam’s Family slept on. The SPIKE BED and this is not a SPIKE LEE JOINT product. Do you think TRICKY RICKY found another way to get his thrill on? AB-SO-LUTE-LY! This EBOLA crisis is on TRICKY RICKY’S watch of kills. Whooo! I’m glad I am not running the campaign ads. Talking about CREATIVITY! My brothers and sisters on the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART would not have to ever worry about flexing their minds and coming up shorthanded. I got this covered.

Next TIME the REAL CRAZIES try to mess with JOEY B. and his family they will answer to COUSIN POOKY and me. We know who is trying to roll JOE because he is rocking the flow. All of a sudden this ad appears on JOE’S son. It changes nothing. To add to the list of BS and TEX-AS dirty laundry, since you went looking for WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION I guess it found you. See what happens when you use GAIN detergent. You GAIN something you didn’t want. You do not swim against the TIDE you RIDE THE TIDE. Change your detergent, keep it sterile, and help save lives. TRICKY RICKY, step out and take responsibility for the broken glass. Tinted mirrors will not hide the mistakes, miscommunication, and poor judgment of your FECKLESS A…The lights shines DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS. WHY?  TRICKY RICKY is truly RECKLESS.

Is this the right coordination? Has everything been decontaminated?  Please check your gear. If you see any shattered mirrors you know we are near.  Roger That!

ALPHA WE HAVE LANDED

Shaken

by Linda Ballard

You heard the word popping up in every conversation.

It is easy to Diminish FEAR through education.

Listen up, it TIME for you to know the TRUE DEAL.

FEAR is only False Evidence Appearing REAL.

Don’t feel alarmed because your name is listed on a medical chart.

Regular visits to a doctor would have been sho-nuff smart.

So now you are scared, stressed out, and it has rattled your cage.

Let’s pray whatever the diagnosis,  it has not begun to stage.

Are you SHAKEN?

Reduce your intake of salt, avoid sugar, lay off too much bacon.

Don’t be mistaken.

The EBOLA situation is here to alert and awaken.

Do you find it hard when the TRUTH is placed upon your head?

A LIE was more acceptable considering you are not dead.

Can you believe all the people who are in total shock?

Visit your clinic on a regular basis so you’re not afraid of the DOC.

Roll out the calm, handcuff the frightened and undermine all the mass hysteria.

The nation’s plate is full shuffling between the crisis of ISIS and diverting from Syria.

Gather all the TRUTHFUL information and tune into the KNIGHTS OF THE  ROUND TABLE.

So if a surgeon general is absent the media is keeping you from becoming blind, crazy, and disabled.

Are you SHAKEN?

Do not panic, become unglued because you have not been forsaken.

Don’t get hung up in the chronic BS of FRIGHT NIGHT or you’ll get taken.

Stop listening to the suckers who haven’t kept it real and are faken.

I can think of a lot of medical issues that can cause pure alarm.

When you’re not getting your checkups you did your D… self-harm.

Who denounced science and got caught up in all of their LIES.

Denial is a crime and you’re out of alibis.

The TIME  has come to look inside your heart.

When the ticktock stops, close down the medical chart.

Who informed you there is a medical epidemic?

The lack of education of one’s mind is purely systemic.

Are you SHAKEN?

Reality is on the scene for Life’s break-in.

Faced with the TRUTH now you feel threatened.

A foundation built on LIES only weakens.

Dedicated to the KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLES___MSNBC

Is Doctor M.E.D. In The House?

by Linda Ballard

I haven’t forgotten about the story you shared with your brother. I don’t mind sharing. I think this would be a great life lesson for the FLIP SIDE OF THE CHART. In my day it was called TOUGH LOVE. Every child did not get the same program. For some odd reason the elders I was surrounded by could read your behavior. In my TIME the elders or the much older generation was highly respected and you listened to what they had to say.  The elders would state every child cannot tie their shoes.  So if the child couldn’t tie their shoe you would either look for another way to help them or get a different shoe.  Assume nothing, ask the questions and teach everything.  The elders would always say, “Every child cannot look and hold cheek and tongue.” This meant give eye contact, smile, and hold back their words. There was a strong sense of Mother’s Wit/humanness and the elders put out a lot of love and Time.  The frightening experience would be the elders would tell you something and it would appear to always happen.  Look out Nate Silver, Nate Cohn, and Sam Wang! The elders possessed an intuitiveness of Confident. Know yourself, Be Sure of yourself and Be really proud of yourself and this would help you climb the ladder of success. If you thought it was all about your IQ then you were wrong. The higher you climb the ladder of success one day you could wear PRADA and dress to impress. Going straight forward with IQ leaves you empty, scripted like a robot and staring down the throat of boringness. Would you like to be accompanied to the next Christmas party by the Untold Story Of The Prince Of Darkness?

On the opposite side of the spectrum, it is called Emotional Intelligence. Yeah, baby, all those people out there packed around their HARVARD, YALE, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY degrees along with all the other IVY LEAGUERS who were regarded as an expert. Hey, don’t get me wrong. I love the IQers when they can mix it and wear grey stuff.  Why was it so hard for all the Brilliant IQers to not have the decency or common sense to be a real D… human beings with feelings and emotions? What is wrong with kicking it with your friends and causing a commotion?  One cannot always be socially appropriate.   How in the hell did these people ever get promoted to the top of the class into high-powered position?  For some reason, they don’t know when to fold their deck of cards. Who committed an act of treason? Bite the bullet baby.  Who will be tough out of luck? We got real human beings coming on the scene. All of these contenders are rocking the BIG EI (Emotional Intelligence). Who said you couldn’t have your cake, ice cream and the rest of the pie. Smooth Operator revealed to the world IQ+EQ makes one well-rounded. It helps with your characteristics/traits and keeps you grounded.  Okay! Go ahead and go to the party with Putin. Dance with Mr. Stiff  Starch Shirt who never appears to cry. The next time Putin ask you out I’m quite sure you will think of a lie.  Contender Time!

JOE is definitely not out of date. Whooo! Did you see the BLING BLING in JOE’S eye?  We get this and we know WHY?  The way the Mack steps out the car and you know he enjoyed the ride. When loose lips fly people can truly relate. What bounces off of JOE’s lips it isn’t synonymous with HATE.  This Brother is representing the United States. Confidence is pouring all over the place.  JOE has chosen to throw his shoe in the race. Did you think EI (Emotional Intelligence) was trendy or just a waste?   IQ leaves a person very black and white. Time out of your job, leave the conversation behind, go grey, and have a date night.   Brother Bernie is a man who definitely gives credit where credit is due. Bernie has made it clear if you bash the Commander-in-Chief make sure Bush and Cheney get sued top with a cherry and jailed too. Bernie will let you know if you haven’t got a clue. The crisis with ISIS was dropped by the whole shoe. That’s right Boo, Bush and Cheney have the stench, poison and all of the residue. Sooo what do you think is true? I’m convinced there’s a hell-of-a-lot of evidence so our nation never needs to wonder or filter through the suspense.   Elizabeth comes on the scene as the wrecking ball bank crushing queen machine. She has a true heart, very spirited, and almighty self-esteem. Elizabeth comes off as the mom and nanny of next door. Pay attention to her glide and strut across the Senate floor. If Elizabeth weighs in it would make a huge dent. Her soul does not rock the leisure of ENTITLEMENT. In the Blue Hall Of Fame, there are many contenders with EI (Emotional Intelligence) game. Step up to the plate throw your hat into the ring and let the world know there is no fear and no shame.

Jonathan altered the game on the street. He said it was stupid to say I’m In It To Win It which only reveals the person true agenda. Winning is everything to the person and Emotional Intelligence goes on hiatus. What is so wrong with showing you care?  The IQ puts the person back out in front to once again get picked off while the analyst is saying there is no stronger contender than Hillary. The contender could use the other half of the equation. Will the nation arrive at the destination of another Iron Lady? Who really has the appeal of a grandmother? Who really takes on the face of the Iron Lady? Can you be a true leader without the combination of both? Will the people be able to relate?  Strong-willed is cool. I’m quite sure it would be nice to lean back in one’s easy chair and see the twinkle in the contender’s eyes and feel the calmness of chamomile tea every once in a while.

DR. M.E.D. this is where it gets really kind of sticky. When the Brother on the street looks just like Tricky Dicky. When charm and charisma float through the air. When you are In It To Win It and you really don’t care.  Did you peel back the banana hull to see if the person was sincere?  Was the person using their IQ advancing as the player of the year?  Lack of Emotion without Devotion just another grand old scheme. Trust was stolen, hearts were broken and only lies left to be redeemed. We have been down this path before and yes it was an ugly scene. The question is always asked, “Are you better off than four years ago?”   Many changes were made. The balance of IQ+EI  gave the nation hope. When you are looking through the lens of faulty perception you are dangling from a rope.   The opposite end of the spectrum has the opportunity to choose.  Struggling with Emotional Intelligence On the Flip Side Of the Chart can be the beacon of light to show a great leader who lacks this characteristic of EI will determine what they can lose.

I knew a young man who had it all. IQ, EI and straight up GQ. In this moment and TIME, he could have been  Eric H. or Barack O. I remember when he first got in trouble and he went to jail. I thought his incarceration would buy him TIME to get his act together and stay out of hell.  Well, this is what I was told. You spent your money and it will not redeem my soul.   Stop trying to cover up my dirty sins.  You keep reminding me of all of my wonderful qualities and traits. You just haven’t learned I can’t  hardly wait. To rob people of their dreams for believing in me.  As I looked over my shoulder I realized what a rotten person this Brother turned out to be.  He lived for danger, excitement, and intrigue. Hide your stash there goes your weed. To all the folks I just want you to know do not connect the last sentence to Barack O.  I could not understand for the life of me why this Brother had everything and he let it all go. He pointed it out I wanted him to change. He was happy being ruthless and running a criminal game. Life provided this Brother with all the skills to conquer and lead. Instead, he used his skills to make the hearts of those who trusted in him bleed.  Why didn’t this Brother want to succeed? He said it was his choice and he was quite pleased. The greatest lesson I had to learn was to peel back the hull and stop getting burned. Showing love and all the concern one must let go because you have exceeded your term.  Is DR. M.E.D. In The House?

 

Trenches

by Linda Ballard

I listen for many years to the media hype and BS. I would constantly think about if it was only some kind of way to reach these people and let them know the Sh… you are reporting is what we are living. Get your A… from behind your desk and get into the TRENCHES and find out the TRUTH.  Well, I guess some of the media found that out with Ferguson. The story is not flowing like you are reporting it. What comes next was absolutely wonderful. Thank You, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST, and the many social network sites. Now I could reach out and express how I felt about the tired butter glazed A.. that sat on the couches too long and called themselves the media. I was so sick of that old George Will and Corky Roberts set up. The Knights of the round table who couldn’t tell if it was day or night. There were three letters in the alphabet I really did not care if my children learned and that was ABC. I thought George Will was the most prejudice, insensitive commentator ABC ever had. Now George Will is RECYCLABLE to FOX NEWS.  You know what is disturbing to me, I don’t want to ever see that frozen look on any commentators face like Corky Roberts had in fear she may lose her job if she challenged George Will.  Fox News Media outlet never gets from behind their desk and seek the TRUTH.

Mika Brzezinski ain’t no way  Rachel Maddow, Melissa Harris-Perry, Joy Reid, Krystal Klear Ball, and Karen Finney would let Joe Scarborough get away with the comments he gets away with on the Morning Show. Don’t you become a Corky Roberts?  Let Joe Scarborough know this is not  Scarborough Country. Get in Joe’s grill and get out and into the TRENCHES  so you don’t look so passive or despondent. James Brown said It Is A Man World but he was like Ike Turner’s brother. ABUSIVE! Here we go with the Knights of the round table whose A… need to be checked at the door by one of the above commentators. Bill Kristol got to go. Get an update. To MHP this is my answer to the Angry Black Woman Comment. The jokes are no longer funny nor cute. What female commentator will try to stroke one of the men who come off like a total A… hole? That would be you, Joe Scarborough. This is the only part of the MSNBC format that I don’t like. It is not because these guys are Republicans but are total A…  While it is on my mind Mashable came out with a really good article on Sunday written by Heather Pool. Check out 35,000 Feet: Where Sexual Harassment Can Still Get A Pass. No! Ray Rice does not get a Pass Regardless if he told the TRUTH. Social Media or TMZ  put a big dent in Ray Rice career. Why do you think people hate the TRUTH? It does not make a ship sail smoothly because one tell the TRUTH. People prefer a LIE or MIT.

Where is Jane Skinner? Jane Skinner is the wife of Roger Goodell. I haven’t seen here come out and stand by her man or does this signal a different viewpoint.What Is Happening Now With Jane Skinner? How is it earthly possible to live with a woman who doesn’t know anything about domestic violence?  Don’t you find that a little strange?  She was a commentator for FOX NEWS and you mean to tell me this subject has never come across her desk in all the years she was on FOX NEWS. If Jane Skinner had gotten out in the TRENCHES and learn about the abuse that women have gone through for many years maybe Roger Goodell wouldn’t be scrambling for help.  Roger Goodell could not find one African-American Female On The Road To Recovery. Shut Up! Is it just me?  Do people who become so filthy rich detach themselves from the outside world, turn a blind eye, and say their money will make it go away?  The rich sure don’t resign from their jobs, do they? I wonder what kind of answer Ann Romney would give on domestic abuse. Hey! I’m just saying.

Roger Goodell is the poster child for breaking the cycle of TOO BIG TOO FAIL. He failed miserably. Get into the Trenches with me. He wheeled all the power and made money for all of the Billion Dollar Babies.  Goodell is not along. J.P. Morgan and Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bill Simon, Lee Scott, Mike Duke (RECYCLABLES of Walmart), all the governors, senators, congressman, judges (Mark Fuller especially)  and a host of major players who keep their jobs and refuse to resign or step down. What a culture! Why can’t the cycle of abuse start at the top and not at the bottom?  Can we just get started?  What messages does this send to women and children?  Is it okay to beat the hell out of a woman and child because people like  Roger Goodell made money for their owners and they are fully vested in their culture?  I guess in this case old habits will die hard. These habits need to die.

Civilization has evolved. Abusing women and dragging their bodies around is very uncivilized. Beating children until their body look likes a grill rump roast doesn’t fly. INTENTIONAL behaviors had been inflicted on many women and children. Who tried to mask the behaviors?  What happens when denial is part of your game plan? How much psychological damage is done? How many years will it take?  How much trust can you put into a culture which only has the players and top money dawgs interest as their first priority?  In the African-American community mental Illness, domestic violence, rape, child abuse are very hard topics to talk about to people.  I am African-American and I will gladly spin out a story on what happens when you start talking about Mental Illness.  Get into the TRENCHES with me for now.