Happy Friday … yeah … there I said it. I’m trying to mean it but I need a little help … perhaps … from my “friends”. Now, don’t take it wrong ’cause I’m not possessive. Yet, if you are a friend of the “universe”, you’re a friend of mine!! So, TGIF … Y’All!
When I came up with the title for this piece, I had been focused on the horrific situation in Ukraine and Putin’s sickness of his need to exact dearth and death on innocent women, children … and senior citizens. Surely there is a place in hell for this demonic rogue! Then … BAM!!! Right out of Michigan … again … this time in Grand Rapids … an unarmed African man seeking asylum from his wartorn country is executed. Patrick Lyoya, 26 a Congolese refugee living with his parents in Grand Rapids experienced a fatal traffic stop after being accosted, tackled face down, and shot in the back of the head …by a police officer!! Why?! Because he ran away from the officer and had the officer’s taser which had been fired twice by the officer and missed the mark!! You might remember a situation in which an African American man was shot in the back of the head while shopping in a Krugers with a young boy … Now we have a freakin’ cop losing control because a man would not drop a freakin’ taser (and he wasn’t strong enough to take it away!) as he lay face down on the ground … who then removed his weapon and shot this man in the BACK of the head “execution-style”! Of course, the police department didn’t want to release his name … hmmm … (Can you say “de-escalate” officer “no-name”??!)
I’m sure many of us may remember Marvin Gaye and his famous hit “Make Me Wanna Holla … Throw Up Both My Hands …”. Well, he was ahead of his time with the lyrics … and we can see all of the destruction and death, dishonesty and hatred, jealousy and envy traveling around the world!! (Oh … yeah … I forgot to mention GREED!) It might be just that … we ALL need to holler … throw up our hands …. then get back to work saving our Planet! Do you have something more important to do?!? It definitely does look like a “ball of confusion” and some folks, unfortunately, like to contribute to mass hysteria and chaos. Yet, from this, WE positive energy and vibration spirits must recover … Yes, it’s a tough job but somebody’s got to do it! I’d rather go down “fighting” against evil than join those forces. Be a positive influence in somebody’s life today! Maybe even start with your own life! “Free your mind … and your ass will follow!” – Geo. Clinton
Peace,
John I. Cook, Director
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