Prodigal
Altar Boy Blog
13
February 2012
Movie Work
TQ Update:
Spoke
briefly with TQ on Saturday. The thrust
of the conversation was “keep editing that movie.” ‘Nuff said.
I will keep marching.
Edit Work:
A
few emails back with Karen Everett on a special consultation rate on my rough
cut. Even the discounted fee is out of
my range, but I will find a way.
Music Work
Dies Irae
Getting
more familiar with the piece played on the Annihilator guitar. Moving the emphasis from seated playing to
playing standing up. The new strap helps
adjust the guitar’s position for [laying standing up.
Notes
WHERE IS THE
NAACP?
I read
“Common Prayer” yesterday before church, and the lead off reading was:
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established on February 12 1909,
after a race riot in Springfield, Illinois.
Some of the founding members included W.E.B. DuBois, Ida Wells-Barnett
and Oswald Garrison Villiard. Over the
years, it has become one of the most influential justice organizations in the
United States, leading movements against lynchings, segregation,
discrimination, and race-based violence.
A
nice thumbnail description, but my question is, “Where is the NAACP now?” It seems that not long after celebrating the
election of the first African-American President, the NAACP has been all but
absent except to carp and complain about President Obama not paying enough
attention to them.
Where
is the NAACP in the face of the GOP’s racially tinged attacks on the
President? Where is the NAACP when more
than picketing and angry sound bites are needed? What mindset does the NAACP employ to think
that when candidates talk about a “food stamp president,” distance themselves
from remarks such as “giant negroes “ ready to attack whites, or that the
billions Republican Super PACs raise to “defeat the President” has more to do
with mainstream African-Americans than President Barack Obama? Face it, NAACP, if President Obama loses this
election, his fortunes will likely increase, while African-Americans (and the
poor, and the LBGT community, and Hispanics, etc. ad inifitum) will surely
suffer.
So
again, where are you NAACP? How much more
misinformation, vitriol and divisive speech will you allow the GOP and their right-wing
conservative benefactors spread like so much manure before you stand up against
what could be for you, a bitter harvest?
I
hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on
every side! Denounce! Let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the
watch for any misstep of mine. Perhaps
he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take out revenge on him.” The Lord is with me, like a mighty
champion: my persecutors will stumble,
they will not triumph. In their failure
they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. (Jeremiah
20:10-11)
Come
on NAACP, let me hear from you!
