Monday, October 16, 2017

Random Reflections on Contemporary Issues: The USA in 2017 so far…..



Random Reflections on Contemporary Issues:

The USA in 2017 so far…..


With no iota of regret nor apology, 
one of my most admired President 
of the United States of America 
is #44 
Mr. President Barack Hussain Obama!


The bar was set so high in order for the first minority presidential candidate to actually become the president of the United States of America. Today, I wonder what standards are in place that orchestrates the emergence of #45. 

In my noble opinion, Mr. President Barack Obama epitomizes the idealism of America as a land of the free and the brave, where justice for all and the pursuit of happiness for all converged and became a reality. The separation of state and church was not in any way detrimental to either body, and in fact on the contrary, there was a clear quest for unionism and mutual respect and understanding.

The church was even free to opt out of the birth control provision of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Nevertheless and without doubt, the same church relentlessly undermined President Barack Obama in the same way that White Evangelicals treated him like a dog!
The emergence of #45 is therefore not surprising given the freedom that permeate the country and even to the extent that folks with different sexual orientations have the courage to come out of their closets and publicly showcase their divergence from the norm. This development even went as far as redefining the status quo of marriage, as not just between a man and a woman, but even people of the same sex can get married. In my opinion, this development informed the limitation of human understanding and the necessity of Christian values to supersede carnality.

President Barack Obama is married to Michelle and they have two daughters! I do not need to look any further, if I am looking for a family role model, period!
This #44 was a humble president, compassionate and kind toward all mankind and irrespective of the stereotypes about the people of color, specifically the Black man, President Barack Obama was able to debunk all the negativity associated with such folks and this without doubt, further irritated the racists, who hide under the disguise of Evangelicals, to even antagonized him the more! In it all, he bore his pain in a calm, moderate and idealistic fashion and I believe, he survived the 8 years in office by the grace of God.

As a pragmatist, nationalist and patriotic individual, President Barack Obama aligned his Christian belief with the necessity to be as diverse as possible, making room to celebrate with others who practice different religion. He was always an advocate of freedom for all.
In comparison, when I reflect on the prevailing National Football League National Anthem/Flag protest engineered by former Quarterback Mr. Colin Kaepernick via the use of #TakeAKnee demonstration and the aftermath of the barrage of criticism, insults and denigration directed at the players and specifically Mr. Colin to the extent, in spite of his capability, remained unemployed, in a country that is not North Korea, by #45 and his administration, I am shocked, appalled and disappointed, nevertheless, not surprised because, these folks are racists, period.

The definition of Nationalism is now authoritarianism directed by a supposed leader of the number one superpower nation, unfortunately clueless, dotard and a moron as severally described by those who are close to him.
These are not my words, but copied, since I do not know him as a person, other than what I see and hear in the media.

No matter my disappointment, I am nevertheless so happy that God is forever at work in my life. And it is a fact that no man can live forever without first transitioning from physical living to physical death, and then come the resurrection to life or death. This is a great consolation to me and a reminder that, all man are mortal and so is the administration they lead or rule over!
There used to be a King Nebuchadnezzar of the Babylonian empire, who is evil, arrogant and think himself to be a god! And through the intervention of the prophet Daniel, over and again, God made the evil king to confess that he is not god, but only the God of Daniel is indeed the true God that must be worshipped. Today, there is charade of evangelists; some are pure evil men and women that tolerate the nastiness and detrimental actions of the current leader and all for their selfish needs and ego too.
I believe God will deal with us accordingly, because, my God is a just one!


The standard of justice in the country is unfortunately two-fold, rather than unison!
If you are a European- American or White, the justice system applies the maxim, ‘Innocent until found guilty” and on the other hand, if you are an African-American or Black or a person of color, you are at a different spectrum of justice system defined as “guilty until proven innocent’.
This ugly justice trend is detrimental and hypocritical, but nevertheless not surprising, since it is simply the metamorphosis of slavery or slave trade mentality that treated some as properties rather than as a human being.

In our contemporary society, a mass shooting perpetrated by a White- American is hardly define as a terrorist act, whereas, a less shooting with less casualty by a person of color is immediately construe as an act of terrorism, especially when you factor in another dimension- religion! It is therefore safe to say with little iota of doubt that a mass shooter that is a white man with a Christian name is rather referred to as a lone wolf or mentally deranged and if he killed a cop, called a survivalist! On the contrary, even without casualty, the mere handling of gun by a Black man, simply burden the carrier with the proof of no allegiance with terrorism.

The police seem to be train to kill Blacks and go unquestioned or without prosecution, however, the same does not apply to Whites, who can kill police and the justice system is burden with the proof of guilt against them.

If you are a Black and a Christian, unfortunately, you are never Christian enough to the White Catholics and evangelicals, even they, many of them are racists that the Christian religion has failed to change their hearts.

Rev (Dr.) Jeremiah Wright, a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama was a veteran that fought for this country and yet, the system considered such an educated- minded personality as a militant and thug than a respected Pastor and a veteran! He is feared by the system that considers everything Black as a threat to their freedom.

Fast-forward, we have religious hooligans ministering to a man in the White House who in his bodily 70 plus years, act like a toddler. He is also so obsessed with #44 that, the only legacy he seems to want to achieve other than orchestration of dichotomy and perpetual racial discrimination and hatred, is the erasing of the legacy of Obama.  Well, any good legacy is difficult to erase because, goodness is a characteristic of God, and God can never be erased!
God is speaking to us through both natural and human made disasters and yet it seems we are not listening! And yet, #45 find the time to orchestrate the channeling of the national consciousness from the real issues such as #healthcare, #IranNuclearDeal, #ClimateChange, #NorthKorea, #Russia, #Hurricanes, #WidlfireInCalifornia, #CrisisIn PuertoRico, among others, to focus on irrelevant subject like #TakeAKnee and the Flag protest.

A forced patriotism is a fake patriotism, period!

I believe the uniqueness of the USA is in part due to the freedom that comes with self-respect, responsibility and nationalism and therefore make the country different from North Korea to say the least. Consequently, a leader, who intend to force her citizenry to perform an act of patriotism based on his own narrative and myopic perspective is essentially being un-American and in fact, expressing the Slave-Master relationship that has since been abolished, at least by words of documents, as contained in the emancipation of slaves.

Let it be clear, I, Peter Odeh without reservation completely support Mr. Colin Kaepernick intuition to use his platform as an internationally reputable athlete to showcase and fight against racial injustice and police brutality directed especially against the minorities, who happens to African- Americans. We have come to stay! This land, the United States of America belong as much to the Native Americans as it now belongs to all mankind, including Americans with ancestry from Europe, Africa and Asia and others.

Love is a battlefield and as long as we are strong, stay united and do what is right before our God, we shall overcome and come out triumphantly and to the glory of the Almighty, who created heaven and earth. Amen!

Peter

 BONUS EXCEPT:





Coach Popovich on DONALD TRUMP


October 16, 2017

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has made no secret of his opinion of President Donald Trump, but he took his criticism to another level on Monday afternoon. 

Trump held a press conference on Monday during which he claimed that many past presidents have not made phone calls to the families of military members killed in action. Whether he was just being astoundingly ignorant or was telling a massive lie, the comments made Popovich—an Air Force veteran—irate. Unsolicited, he called journalist Dave Zirin of The Nation to vent.

This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner—and to lie about how previous Presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers—is as low as it gets.  We have a pathological liar in the White House: unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this President should be ashamed because they know it better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all.

In addition to his military service, Popovich is now the head coach of Team USA. Luckily, his boss his Jerry Colangelo—not Trump. 


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