Greensboros' deceptions, illusions, and reality...

I know the title of this post sounds like a title of a soap opera..that exactly what we have as our representation in Greensboro a soap opera. I'm going to break down and explain our government in it's simplest form..


1.

de·cep·tion (d-spshn)n.

1. The use of deceit.
2. The fact or state of being deceived.
3. A ruse; a trick.

At the city council meeting on 041908 the deception was that the council members were at odds against each other on decision that broke along racial lines. I personally find this hard to digest.. What better way to divide your people other than racially. We have seen the method of divide and conquer time and time again. While in the background it's all good, lets continue to bamboozle them out of those tax dollars..

2.
il·lu·sion (-lzhn)n.

1.
1. An erroneous perception of reality.
2. An erroneous concept or belief.
2. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief.
3. Something, such as a fantastic plan or desire, that causes an erroneous belief
or perception.
4. Illusionism in art.
5. A fine transparent cloth, used for dresses or trimmings.



re·al·i·ty (r-l-t)n.

1. The quality or state of being actual or true.
2. One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: “the weight of history and political realities” (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).
3. The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
4. That which exists objectively and in fact: Your observations do not seem to be about reality.

The reality is that five people lost their lives on Nov 3, 1979. Here we are in 2005 and we are still fighting our demons here in Greensboro. Yes we should bring closeure to that day so we can make an effort to go foward, without skeletons in our closet. We not only should take a look at that day , but also take a momment and look at what is going on today. We have our kids dieing in the streets, our men and women dieing in Iraq, HIV and Aids are destroying our coumities, the cost of inflation does not match our wages, the unemployment rate is at all time high,we have babies having babies, a large present of our black males are incarcerated, our black kids are being expelled from schools in records numbers, we have illegal drugs all over the place...I could go on and on, however I don't have enough time..While all of this is going on our government is getting paid in full. I 'm aware the our city council elections are coming up in Nov 2005, This is my advice to you get involved in the political process get out and vote in order to make the changes that are much needed..Don't allow the media to control your minds. Corporate Media's Threat to Democracy.
"Whoever controls the media, controls the peoples' minds."

On the bright side, after the day is done and gone, all we can do is look back at it and invision a way not to make the same mistakes that were made the previous day, because we cann't go back and change them, however today is a new start..ThatsWhatzUp.