Planned Disenfranchisement; Interdepartmental Communication
Conspiracy; Failure or A Simple Mistake?
Have you, your relatives, friends, or anyone that you know ever been dropped from college enrollment registration? Have you ever been
How many urban high school level ‘baby boomers’ have been discouraged from attending college and/or college preparatory schools?
I’ll probably never get the stats on that question. It goes without saying, many urbanite students; Black, White, Latino, Asian, and/or
Bi-Racial; that think and/or thought about reaching for the higher goal, have been systematically disenfranchised and/or discouraged
methodically by the powers that be; starting within the educational system. The systematic red tape and administration backlogs have
I have personally suffered that humiliation while attending high school. At the age of about 15, I entertained the thought of transferring from
the school I attended to a school of higher academics. One day during the end of the spring semester, I went to the counselors’ office at
school. I asked the counselor that was assigned to me, about transferring to the higher academic school. He gave me the once over and replied
without viewing my school records and history. "Son, you cannot attend that school or any school of higher academic level." "You do not
have the aptitude or the intelligence required to get past the test." I went along with that assumption primarily because I didn’t know what to
do or whom to go to for further advice. Sure, there were individuals that said, "Man, you can be anything that you want to be." That is easier
said than done, especially when you could do just great working in a factory or warehouse, in those days. That is what the counselor advised
me to do anyway. He said "son, go on down to the wood shop, metal shop, electric shop, print shop, and/or automobile repair shop, and learn
to work with your hands." "Your kind of people are always good doing things with their hands." The jobs were plentiful in the days of the 50s,
60s, 70s, and early 80s. The 90s started to show the outsourcing of American jobs and the beginning growth of Information Technology. It also
Discrimination is prevalent in Philadelphia, workers. Union and non-union, are fighting for construction contracts to work on the continuing
expansion of the Philadelphia Convention Center where white union workers predominantly man the jobs. Why is it that large cities and
corporations continue to espouse diversity and practice otherwise? Why is it that toy/doll manufacturers make white person-imaged
dolls with clothing that is fashionable and acceptable to the status quo and the dolls that replicate or imaged to portray people of color
as urbanomically correct, i.e., baggy pants with shirts and blouses that are oversized? Some people certainly would agree that the main
reason is control, power, and the continuing separation of "them that’s got it and them that don't." "And if you aint got it, you certainly
will not get it and we will make it difficult if not impossible for you to get it!" I've been attending college for about eleven years and
achieved three years of recorded formal college education. The one time that I was able to attend school, with the intention of securing
I was attending classes for the fall semester of which I spent the majority of the summer fighting to get into, only to be denied the
opportunity. The college neglected to inform PHEAA that I was enrolled and attending classes. PHEAA in turn, withdrew the tuition
and supplies payment due to the fact that my name was not on the schools' current enrollment listing. I was enrolled for classes at the
college. I was attending classes on the scheduled evenings (4 nights a week). I have also purchased the required textbooks and received
syllabi with course lessons. My participation was ongoing from the second day of classes in September 2007, until I was forced out at the end
of October. Several college officials and staff assisted me with my enrollment process. One of the officials issued an apology verifying a
mistake in its pre-requisite protocols. How do you think I felt after going through all of this red tape and bureaucratic non-sense, to not be
allowed to attend school? I have complied with all of the requirements set forth by the directives with the exception of making contact with the
They told me that I couldn’t handle academics. They told me that I couldn’t go to college. They told me that I couldn’t do a lot of things;
but I did. Be it as it may, should anyone think that I have given up on the paper chase, think again. I will be successful in my dream, my
This report is not intended to slander, bemoan, and/or discredit anyone or any corporation and institution. The sole intention is to
(The email IPs, College Titles and Names are mentioned primarily due to Publicly Accessible Listings and Information,
i.e., the free school catalog) Individuals who have been identified by name and/or positions, have not submitted permission to use
Distance Learning Course – DIS 43869-900-3 Business Math –Mngt.-111At the Main Campus: TR 6:45 – 9:05 P.MMarketing and Management Problems – 42840-001-3Marketing – 238the successful completion of these two courses will bring me to the earned credit level of 34. I would need just one more credit to complete
my endeavor. I suspect that I will have to take another three (3)-credit course to fulfill the obligation. The goal at present is getting enrolled. I would also like to apply to the “Waiver Option”, in order to confirm class enrollment via the PHEAA
I thought I'd take a small liberty with this contact. I am attempting to re-enroll at CCP for classes this fall semester. I have faced some
For the life of me, I cannot seem to be able to locate or retrieve information of this semesters Management and / or Business Courses
with the data of the CCP Web Site. Employment schedules and obligations prohibited the adventurous trek of running down to the Spring
All I would like to know is, what courses are available in Management / Marketing / and/or Business for the Fall Semester? Preferably, the
The Gov. has provided me with funds to return to school, and I am intending to add some out-of-pocket cash as well; hoping to get closer to
If you view all of my course work, you will see that my major is Management.
I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM OF JUST TRYING TO ENROLL IN TWO COURSES AT THIS
INSTITUTION! I HAVE HAD TO LOSE A DAY OF WORK AND PAY BY HAVING TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL IN PERSON,
Ms. RINK, SHOULD THIS SCHOOL FAIL ME IN MY REQUEST, AFTER ALL THAT I'VE DONE TO ACQUIRE THE CERTIFICATE
OF MANAGEMENT AND/OR THE A.A.S. IN MANAGEMENT, I AM GOING TO COMPLAIN TO EVERYONE AND ANYONE WHOLE
WILL LISTEN. THIS INCLUDES THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL, THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PHEAA, GOVERNOR ED
HAVING TO BE A PRODUCT OF THE BRAIN WASHING ERA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN IN AMERICA, AT THE PRESENT AGE
The above message is the permission statement; to proceed with my request for enrollment into
Should a waiver agreement be required for registration and the implementation of my Pell Grant Award, please forward the necessary
Oct 4th is the date the aid disburses into paid rather than authorized status. Balance
checks will be mailed after Oct 16th your pell grant covered $490.00 of your tuition.
Your charges were $1293.00. You were dropped because the tuition balance due was not paid
HEREIN, IS THE FORMAL LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO PHEAA WITH COPIES FORWARDED TO SEVERAL COLLEGE
I am very angry at the way that Community College of Philadelphia has treated me. This institution has managed to derail my educational
pursuits. The responsible parties, i.e., the Office of Admissions, The Office of Financial Aid, and The Office of Student Records and
Albeit, I have received assistance and support from the office of Ms. Marian McGorry, Assistant Dean, Division of Business and
Technology, Community College of Philadelphia, 215.751.8737 – mmcgorry@ccp.edu Her assistant, Glory Izarry and Ms. Janet Liss of
the financial aid office have been the primary contacts during the situation at hand. Ms. Janet Liss has given her advice during my
registration process while suggesting the waiver clause of the financial aid process. The waiver that was supposed to be implemented
was to provide assurance that I could attend classes while awaiting the tuition payment from the PHEAA / PELL GRANT. This
implementation did not transpire. The end result was my being on record as dropped / not enrolled for classes. This action allowed my
financial assistance to be discharged. Therefore, even though I was attending classes, they did not count, according to CCP. I have also
followed the protocol of the class syllabus by purchasing the required textbooks and newspaper subscription that totaled more than two
Ms. Izarry personally went to the registration office and made sure that I was enrolled in the classes that I requested to attend. She even
supplied the hard copies via U.S. Mail as evidence. I was forced to continuously argue my position of qualification to get into one of the
The examination of the documentation attached to this communication will serve as proof of my enrollment and classroom participation
since the first day of class, 09.05.07. My last day of attendance was 10.04.07 after learning that I was not enrolled on the electronic student
enrollment list. My teachers had me enrolled on their temporary listing but not on the permanent one. Mr. McCasland investigated further,
as I did, and found confirmation of my enrollment to the school. It was a roller coaster ride. One week I was on the list while the next week
My teachers were as surprised as I to learn that I was not officially on the student enrollment list. Mr. George McCasland, the teacher for
Marketing / Management 238, offered his condolences regarding my not being allowed to attend class due to this financial dilemma, via an
email communication. The red flags went up when they, Mr. McCasland and Mr. Leonard Lebowitz, were not allowed to enter my grades after
an exam and quizzes were given. I immediately made contact with the Community College Business and Technology Staff Hierarchy, i.e., the
Dean, Timothy M. Sullivan, Ed D. and Ms McGorry via email. Ms. McGorry’s office was the only respondent along with the office of financial
aid. I have spoken with Ms. Izarry via the telephone on more than one occasion. The email communications also list other staff members of the
college that I have reached out to. The last message received from any of them was by Mr. McCasland, on Friday October 12, 2007. Adding
insult to injury, I received the letter of Cancellation from PHEAA on Saturday, October 10, 2007. The most recent correspondence from the
I did send a message to PHEAA via email, apprising them of my situation while seeking assistance regarding my class enrollment.
I find it difficult to conceive that after all of the years that my family and I have attended Community College of Philadelphia, I would be
considered not worthy of some latitude regarding tuition payment, especially when it was CCP that forwarded a letter of Tuition Payment
Assurance with the Scheduled Payment Date attached. I have listened to other students complain about the financial aid debacle were they
are concerned. I never thought that I would be joining the ranks of those that experienced financial aid difficulties and/or failures. My sister-in-
law, Ms. Charmaine R. Coulter, had recently experienced a major let down where this financial aid business is concerned. She had submitted
many hours of study in light of her personal (on-going) plight, the loss of her only daughter while struggling to hold onto a part time job, to no
I began studying at CCP in September 1996. I have never received financial assistance until I began studies at the Berean Institute College of
Technology. It was here, that I received and earned a Specialized Associate Degree in Business Administration and Computer Programming.
I earned this degree as a full time student in less than two years. I wonder why it is that I cannot achieve the credential (The Certificate of
Management) that I have been reaching for through Community College of Philadelphia. I feel as though the institution does not want its
students to succeed. I would have completed this goal by the end of the spring semester with the aid of PHEAA had this interruption not
The faux pas of this administration (CCP) is not mine. Therefore, why should I have to be the one who suffers for the blunder? I have complied
and submitted to every demand required. Without the needed college education, at my age, what employer is going to hire me? What employer
will grant me an interview? Rose International, a temporary employment-outsourcing agency, currently employs me as an Operational Accounting
Analyst. My assignment to Aetna Health Insurance Company in Blue Bell, Pa., is contracted for only one year. The ending date is April 4, 2008.
I have applied to several permanent positions within the firm, to no avail. Prior to this opportunity, I have made many attempts to gain employment
within my field of study. There have been interviews and the successful completions of test after test, but no permanent assignments. My only
option to gain full employment is a college education compiled with my life and career experience. The derailment of my collegiate endeavor with
This letter of protest is a direct request for resolve and assistance to this situation. For your examination, I have included the
Hello Fellow Voters:
Has this happened to You? It can! It happened to Me!
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9.3.8
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation
210 North Office Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-9933
Gregory V. Boulware
Philadelphia, PA 19144-2003
gvb1210me@yahoo.com
http://www.BoulwareEnterprises.com
Re: Voter Registration Data Submission
This is the third (3rd) time that I’ve been asked to submit documentation as to who I am as it related to “voter registration.” It’s the third (3rd) time that I’ve made the necessary and corrected submission of information as it relates to “voter registration.”
Now, “Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear!” – USAction, Education Fund, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and legislation, “I Am A Registered Voter!”
It seems that someone has not been doing his or her homework as it relates to “Voter Registration.” I have received once again, another form to be filled out and returned to the bureau. The correct data is:
1. Gregory Vernon Boulware, 50 East Walnut Lane, (12.10.52).
2. Gregory Stuart Boulware, my son of another address, his own home.
3. Gregory Stuart Boulware, Jr., my grandson of the address – same as his father.
Your internal records should reflect the same as the aforementioned. When conflicts of data are raised, I would think to research the info and compare the data. The continual receipts of “Voter Registration Applications” to my address with the name inscribed incorrectly raises the question as to how this keeps occurring. There is only one junior to my children. The latest addressee is identified as “Gregory V. Boulware, Jr.” No “Gregory V. Boulware Jr.” exists in my family tree.
The continued mailing of incorrect data does make me a bit suspicious. Should I be?
Regards,
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BEWARE OF VOTER REGISTRATION DISCREPENCIES!
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
by Gregory V. Boulware
8.17.8
Seeking employment? Looking for a job? Have you not experienced this - “applicants are subject to background check(s) - (drug screen, criminal background check, child abuse, and CREDIT CHECK)?
When applying to a job and/or career position, you can always expect the standardized “background check.” If you are hired to drive a vehicle, be responsible to care for and/or teach someone’s children, operate machinery, stock shelves, maintain a data base, mop a floor, fry chicken and flip hamburgers, wash cloths, wash windows, or whatever the hell else you’re applying to do, why is it so important to have a credit check? Albeit, if you are applying to work in a bank or handle funds of some nature, one can be expected to be investigated for fraud, stealing, robbery, and any other crime involving money!
But if you are doing a job while working on a construction project, i.e., laying bricks or knocking down a wall, driving a truck, or taking out the trash and mopping a floor (which is expected of many of us), why in the hell would anyone want to know if your credit is good or not?
I’ve applied to many job opportunities where this Claus is the application/hiring requirement. Have you seen the same? How many times have you applied electronically (internet application) and not contacted? How many times have you received a call from a potential employer (usually an HR Rep.), and he or she explained that if your credit score is not in a certain percentile, you will not be interviewed and/or selected for further processing? I received a telephone interview once where the interviewer literally stated that if your credit score were not acceptable, you would not get the job! The job position was “Administrative Assistant”, a job classification that I’ve worked for several years; the interview itself went pretty well up to that point. I never disclosed to the interviewer what my credit score was. I believe that “it’s none of your business!” They would also ask if you’ve had a bankruptcy or not. That one almost always indicates they don’t want to talk to you! I also understand that employers wish to evaluate the applicant’s skill set regarding responsibility, trustworthiness, and/or the ability to handle his or her personal affairs. The latter should not be invasive to the candidate’s personal life and/or affairs.
It seems to me if employers want to hire “legal American Employees”, they could make the process a bit more appealing and less stressful. The reports that I have seen on the major networks always mention the unemployment figures only to exacerbate the financial status image of the country and/or to benchmark their ratings. After filing out a long drawn out application, with multiple profile pages, answering all of the questions over and over again; taking more than an hour to complete, receiving the email that reads - “we have received your application, should we find that you are a fit to what we are seeking - a representative will contact you”. Only to not be contacted or interviewed is more than enough to make any potential job seeker say to “hell with this.” When your career accomplishments, scholastic achievements, are not being recognized and/or respected, it’s small wonder that jobs are not being fulfilled as expected (or planned).
Outsourcing, NAFTA, the hiring of so-called cheap-non taxable-uncontested-illegal immigrant labor has wrecked havoc on the nations’ economic stability. I can recall when one could walk out of one job setting and go directly across the street and get another job without blinking an eye - back in the day when the country was a powerhouse of manufacturing and self sustaining manufacturing qualities. Its people were proud to say “it’s made in America by Americans and we made it at our place of employment.” I can recall when fathers’ and mothers’ could tell their children stories of what they contributed to a certain product or what building they worked in and what building they helped to construct.
American workers of all races, colors, creeds, ages, and religions have bent over backwards to stay abreast of the changes in the work force. They and I have gone back to school, earned college degrees, endured new and continuous training in order to keep up and/or compete in the global and domestic job market. It seems to me, with all of the adversity that Americans face on a daily basis, we continue to listen to tales of economic woe. The companies continue to cry out “we don’t have enough qualified workers to fulfill our workforce needs.” How many Americans do you think buy that garbage? Especially when the vast majority of companies are making high profits - “hand over fist”, via offshore skill and labor. When do you think they will wake up and realize that they are part of the problem and not party to the solution? What ever happened to “skill and trade shop training in the public school systems? What ever happened to “on the job training and skill recognition?” If you are an older-seasoned worker, being respected or recognized for your life skills is a total joke! The higher food chain moguls seek ways to eradicate our pension(s), social security, job security and stability, and seek ways of putting us out to pasture. Some of their excuses are “your job skills are outdated, we need to introduce younger workers with fresh ideas and skills.” “We need new blood!” Do they remember who trained them in their jobs or whom it was that mentored them and made it possible to attain their current status?
You know...there need not be any poor people...if every multibillionaire - multimillionaire sponsored every poor person in the world by providing food and permanent shelter forever, they wouldn’t lose a dime! They already have more money than they’ll ever need in a lifetime. Their children for generations will never see a hungry day! Many of these people always talk about giving back to the community...”we gave to charity organizations”...”we belong to the 4-H Club”...is this the most viable and touchable way to do it? Think about it? If every person had a place to live, food in their refrigerators...do you think there would be a need to commit a crime? Yeah, there will probably be criminals...but the majority of people just want to live! They want to have a place to call their own...they want to be able to eat on a daily basis...and to live in peace. If every rich person gave a person who has nothing, a house and a food source...that is truly giving back to the community. The thing is, greed and control has a way of destroying what GOD has intended for his people. I don’t understand why people need to feel better than others...have more than others...feel the need to control and/or enslave others...why is it rich people cannot share the wealth? Many of them prospered on the backs of others.
“View My Resume and Qualifications and Tell Me That I am Not Able to Perform the Job at Hand!” What in the hell does my credit record have to do with the performance of career duties? Did you not think that something drastic happened in my life to cause a bad credit history? Did you not think that illness or the separation from employment had something to do with a less than perfect credit history? Do you think that people like me wish to remain indebted? What are/were you thinking when you see my credentials? The sacrifices, determination, and hard work that it took in order to get a better job to sustain my family, pay my legitimate bills/debts, and live a better life? Everyone cannot be an entrepreneur, albeit we all are when we barter our services to employers, companies, and corporations that require and/or have need of our skills and labor! Would you not wish to see a better country...a better world?
Long ago, chaos ruled the world. Peace and happiness was nowhere to be found.
After the boy became a man, a Rabbi, one of the elders present when the man was a boy of twelve, recalled the question and answer meeting. He recalled the statement that was made of this man when he was a boy. "I am about my fathers' business." "I am the son of God." The healing of the sick and bringing sight to the sightless were among some of the deeds that he was said to have accomplished. The man met his demise with mistrust, envy, jealousy, fear of progress in the right direction, and betrayal. He brought peace to the heart, soul, and mind with "just words."
Today there is chaos, wars, starvation, greed, envy, betrayal and mistrust among the populace and the nations of the world. It is said by many, the prophet shall surely return to this world.
There is a young man, today, that has moved many hearts, minds, and the spirit of many. This young man continues to move the mind and heart with "just words." He has been accused of using "just words" that promise to deliver peace and happiness to the world. Many would not agree with such men.
Yahshua, Mahatma Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King, and many other men of peace, that were sacrificed for the good of the many, accomplished deeds with "just words."
Fritz Lang: "Metropolis 1923"
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, became flesh and blood and dwelt on earth to bring salvation to Israel and all Gentiles later to be joined with her. In Hebrew, the word for salvation or saves is SHUA. That is why the angel told Joseph, "she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Yahshua, for it is He who will save His people from their sins" (Mt 1:21). ...
Jesus descended from the line of Shem; His lineage from Noah through Abraham is shown in Genesis 11:10-27 and Luke 3:34-38: Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Cainan, Salah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram a.k.a Abraham.
Jesus' human paternal genealogy after David, mainly as shown in Matthew is: [7] Solomon (1Ch 3:5), Rehoboam, Abijah, [8] Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, [9] Uzziah (Ahaziah 1Ch 3:11), Joash (1Ch3: 11), Amaziah (1Ch3: 12), Azariah (1Ch3: 12), [Matt 9] Jotham, Ahaz, [10] Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, [11] Josiah, [12] Jeconiah, Shealtiel, [13] Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, [14] Azor, Zadok, Akim, [15] Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, [16] Jacob, Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus.
Jesus' maternal genealogy after David, as shown in Luke 3:23-31: Nathan (1Ch 3:5), Mattatha, Menna, [31] Melea, Eliakim, Jonam, Joseph, Judah, [30] Simeon, Levi, Matthat, Jorim, Eliezer, [29] Joshua, Er, Elmadam, Cosam, Addi, [28] Melki, Neri, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Rhesa, [27] Joanan, Joda, Josech, Semein, Mattathias, [26] Maath, Naggai, Esli, Nahum, Amos, [25] Mattathias, Joseph, Jannai, Melki, Levi, [24] Matthat, Heli, Joseph, Jesus.
The Twelve Tribes of Israel:
Jacob fathered 12 sons. They are the ancestors of the tribes of Israel, and the ones for whom the tribes are named. Each occupied a separate territory (except the tribe of Levi, which was set apart to serve in the Holy Temple). One of the important results of the end-time events that lead to the return of the Messiah is the reunification of the "lost tribes" of Israel/Ephraim with their brethren. "All of Israel" (the entire twelve tribes) cannot be saved unless they are all brought back into a unity (echad). It is necessary for those of Israel who are "lost" among the nations (Ephraim, the "fullness of the gentiles") to come back in, and only then can this happen. This is the point of the "mystery" of Romans 11:25.
A great teacher appears once in a while. Several centuries may pass by without the advent of such a one. That by which he is known is his life. He first lives and then tells others how they, man live likewise. Such a teacher was Gandhi. Gandhi's life was rooted in India's religious tradition with its emphasis on a passionate search for truth, a profound reverence for life, the ideal of non-attachment and the readiness to sacrifice all for the knowledge of God.
He lived his whole life in the perpetual quest of truth: 'I live and move and have my being in the pursuit of this goal.’ A life which has no roots, which is lacking in depth of background is a superficial one. There are some who assume that when we see what is fight we will do it. It is not so. Even when we know what is right it does not follow that we will choose and do right. We are overborne by powerful impulses and do wrong and betray the light in us. 'In our present state we are, according to the Hindu doctrine, only partly human; the lower part of us is still animal; only the conquest of our lower instincts by love can slay the animal in us.' It is by a process of trial and error, self-search and austere discipline that the human being moves step by painful step along the road to fulfillment.
God is the common bond that unites all human beings. To break this bond even with our greatest enemy is to tear God Himself to pieces· there is humanity even in the most wicked. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law-to the strength of the spirit.’ Gandhi was the first in human history to extend the principle of non-violence from the individual to the social and political plane. He entered politics for the purpose of experimenting with non-violence and establishing its validity. 'Some friends have told me that truth and non-violence have no place in politics and worldly affairs. I do not agree. I have no use for them as a means of individual salvation. 'For me, politics bereft of religion are absolute dirt, ever to be shunned. Politics concerns nations and that which concerns the Welfare of nations must be one of the concerns of a man who is religiously inclined, in other words, a seeker after God and Truth. For me God and Truth are convertible terms, and if anyone told me that God was a God of untruth or a God of torture I would decline to worship Him.
Therefore, in politics also we have to establish the Kingdom of Heaven.' We must hate the sin but not the sinner. 'For me patriotism is the same as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. In the present nuclear context, if we wish to save the world, we should adopt the principles of non-violence. "Unless now the world adopt non-violence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind".' In any future conflict we cannot be certain that neither side will deliberately use nuclear weapons. We have the power to destroy in one blinding flash alt that we have carefully built up across the centuries by our endeavor and sacrifice.
By a campaign of propaganda we condition men's minds for nuclear warfare. Provocative remarks fly about freely. We use aggression even in words; harsh judgments, ill will, anger, are all insidious forms of violence. We live in an age, which is aware of its own defeat and moral coarsening, an age in which old certainties are breaking down; the familiar patterns are tilting and cracking. There is increasing intolerance and embitterment. The creative flame that kindled the great human society is languishing. He who wrongs no one fears no one. He has nothing to hide and so is fearless. He looks everyone in the face. His step is firm, his body upright, and his words are direct and straight. Plato said long ago: 'There always are in the world a few inspired men whose acquaintance is beyond price.'
Gandhi's Talisman:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
Source: Mahatma Gandhi [Last Phase, Vol. II (1958), P. 65].
The man was a "Drum Major" for "Love and Peace". He requested that no mention of his awards and honors be made at his funeral, but that it be said that he tried to "feed the hungry," "clothe the naked," "be right on the (Vietnam) war question" and "love and serve humanity."Dr. Martin Luther King has been reduced to what the Rev. Michael Eric Dyson of DePaul University calls a “safe Negro,” a romantic dreamer who doesn’t make White people uncomfortable. In his book “I May Not Get There With You,” Dyson explains that King was much more than a dreamer. The real King, according to Dyson, was far more radical than the one served for holiday dining on the third Monday in January. America wants, as it did in King’s day, to maintain social order. Schools lead the charge by teaching a mild-mannered history lesson that seeks to pacify instead of inspire. “They won’t teach about the revolutionary King who hung out with Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), loved Marcus Garvey and admired the Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” said community activist and King lecturer, Steve Cokely. And of course, not to mention, meetings and conversations with Malcolm X. “Schools will never teach that about Dr. King. It’s our responsibility to fill in the blanks for what Dr. King stood for. The essence of that is hidden in the reasons why he was assassinated.
Barack Obama, 46, the current United States Presidential Candidate.
His father, born of the "Motherland, Kenya - Africa." His mother, born of the "Heartland of the United States of America, Kansas." Barak serving as an Illinois state senator for several years, and in 2004 he won a seat representing that state in the U.S. Senate. His speech, the keynote address before the Democratic National Convention in June 2004 brought him national prominence. He is currently the leading contender for the nomination to represent the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election.
Obama's parents: Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black man from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white woman, from Wichita, Kansas. Barack Hussein Obama (Senator Obama's father) was born on the shores of Lake Victoria in Alego, Kenya. They met and married while they were both attending the University of Hawaii. Their son, also named Barack Hussein Obama was born on 4 August 1961 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Senator Obama wrote of his mother's religious views:
My mother, organized religion too often dressed up closed-mindedness in the garb of piety, cruelty and oppression in the cloak of righteousness. This isn't to say that she provided me with no religious instruction. In her mind, a working knowledge of the world's great religions was a necessary part of any well-rounded education. In our household the Bible, the Koran, and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology. On Easter or Christmas Day my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites. But I was made to understand that such religious samplings required no sustained commitment on my part. Religion was an expression of human culture, she would explain, not its wellspring, just one of the many ways — and not necessarily the best way — that man attempted to control the unknowable and understand the deeper truths about our lives.
In sum, my mother viewed religion through the eyes of the anthropologist she would become; it was a phenomenon to be treated with a suitable respect, but with a suitable detachment as well. In his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope, Obama elaborated on his early schooling, explaining that he attended both Catholic and Muslim schools in Indonesia — not out of any particular religious affiliation, but because his mother wanted him to obtain the best education possible under the circumstances: During the five years that we would live with my stepfather in Indonesia, I was sent first to a neighborhood Catholic school and then to a predominantly Muslim school; in both cases, my mother was less concerned with me learning the catechism or puzzling out the meaning of the muezzin's call to evening prayer than she was with whether I was properly learning my multiplication tables.
At the time of his death, my father remained a myth to me, both more and less than a man. He had left Hawaii back in 1963, when I was only two years old, so that as a child I knew him only through the stories that my mother and grandparents told. (Barrack’s only other childhood contact with his father occurred when he was eleven years old, and his father came to visit Hawaii for a month at Christmastime. The elder Obama died when Barack Jr. was twenty-one years old.) The beginnings of Obama's relationship with the church were described in an April 2004
Obama is unapologetic in saying he has a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ." As a sign of that relationship, he says, he walked down the aisle of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ in response to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's altar call one Sunday morning about 16 years ago. It began in 1985, when he came to Chicago as a $13,000-a-year community organizer, working with a number of African-American churches in the Roseland, West Pullman and Altgeld Gardens neighborhoods that were trying to deal with the devastation caused by shuttered steel plants. "I started working with both the ministers and the lay people in these churches on issues like creating job-training programs, or after-school programs for youth, or making sure that city services were fairly allocated to underserved communities," he says. "And it was in those places where I think what had been more of an intellectual view of religion deepened. "I became much more familiar with the ongoing tradition of the historic black church and its importance in the community. And the power of that culture to give people strength in very difficult circumstances, and the power of that church to give people courage against great odds. And it moved me deeply."
Who are the men of peace? Are they the men that Yahweh has degreed to lead the people of the world? Is peace such a dangerous tool?
Why is more power and control over the lives and minds of the masses, the land, and natural resources of the world so desperately sought after by the few people who currently represent the "powers that Be?"
Gregory V. Boulware, ASB/CS
www.BoulwareEnterprises.com
Student of Business Technology and Management, The Berean Institute College of Technology and Business Sciences, Community College of Philadelphia, Temple University - PASCEP via MK Enterprises, Inc.
Research sources:
Hebrew Research
Fritz Lang: "Metropolis " (1926)
S.Radhakrishnan, New Delhi, 15 August 1958, "Ghandi."
Urban Legends Reference Pages: "Who Is Barack Obama?"
