CREED OF THE BROTHERHOOD

THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES WE FIND OURSELVES ASSOCIATING WITH PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE EXACT SAME VIEWS AS WE DO. AS TIME GOES ON WE REALIZE THAT ALTHOUGH OUR VIEWS ARE THE SAME OUR PERCEPTIONS AND THE REASONS FOR OUR PERCEPTIONS ARE WHAT DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES FROM OTHERS. THIS IS DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT NO TWO PEOPLE ARE THE SAME AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE JUST AS DIFFERENT. NEVERTHELESS, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, A GROUP OF PEOPLE WILL ARRIVE TO THE SAME CONCLUSION WHEN FACED WITH THE SAME SITUATION. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT THE MORE TIME SPENT WITH THESE PEOPLE THE CLOSER ONE GETS THUS FORMING AN INSEPERABLE BOND...AND THE BROTHERHOOD IS BORN! (FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO GET MAD AT ME OVER GENDER SELECTION ISSUES, JUST REMEMBER...WHEN I SAY BROTHERHOOD I'M TALKING GENERALLY AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.) AS THIS COMES INTO BEING WE START TREATING EACH OTHER AS IF WE WERE OF THE SAME FLESH AND BLOOD. WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE ALL THE WHILE LIFTING EACH OTHER UP AND MAKING EACH OTHER STRONGER. IF ONE FALLS THE OTHERS ARE THERE TO PICK HIM UP. CONVERSELY, IF GOOD FORTUNE IS RECIEVED BY ONE, ALL WILL CELEBRATE AND SHARE JOYOUSLY IN HIS SUCCESS. WE SHARE IN EACH OTHERS' LAUGHTER, EVEN IF IT IS FROM ONE AND DIRECTED AT THE OTHER. RESPECT AND LOVE IS MUTUALLY UNDERSTOOD BETWEEN THEM AND THIS BECOMES THE REASON FOR THE ACTIONS THAT I JUST NAMED. IT IS ALSO THE CHARCHTERISTIC OF THE BROTHERHOOD THAT EACH OF ITS MEMBERS ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF OPERATING COMPLETELY INDEPENDANT OF THE WHOLE. THIS GIVES WAY TO THE NOTION THAT NO ONE IS DEPENDANT UPON THE CONGLOMERATE. NONE CAN BREAK NOR COME BETWEEN THIS BOND AND AS SUCH NO ONE WILL, BECAUSE IT IS THE DUTY OF EACH MEMBER TO REALIZE HIS GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND ORGANIZE THEM ACCORDINGLY AND LET NO ONE STAND IN HIS WAY WHILE STAYING TRUE TO HIMSELF. NO ONE MAN OR WOMAN, NOR AN ENTIRE ARMY CAN DISMANTLE THIS BOND IF ALL MEMBERS STAY TRUE TO THE BROTHERHOOD. THE PIONT OF IT ALL IS TO FURTHER THE PROGRESSION OF EACH AS A WHOLE. THE BROTHERHOOD WILL SEE TO IT THAT EACH PATH IS WALKED AND EACH DESTINY FULFILLED. EVEN IF IT IS ONE'S DESTINY TO RUN THE RACE OF WALL STEET, OR TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO PURIFY THEMSELVES WITH THE CALMNESS OF A STILL LAKE OR TO EDUCATE THE MASS' THROUGH MANY CHANNELS OR BY THE TURN OF A PAGE...OR IF ONE'S DESTINY IS TO HOLD THE LIFE OF A WORD IN THE PALM OF THE HAND. ANOTHER WORD FOR THE BROTHERHOOD IS GREATNESS. SO FOLLOW YOUR CREED AND GREATNESS WILL COME.
TO ALL OF MY BROTHER AND SISTERS...BE TRUE TO YOURSELF, STAY LOYAL TO YOUR BRETHREN, AND BE NOT AFRAID OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS...GO IN PEACE.
BROTHER AG-THE FUNKY BLOGGER

WHAT TO BE THANKFUL FOR...KIDS...MAYBE

TO MOST, THANKSGIVING IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT MAKES PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH DO WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES: GIVE THANKS...THAT'S A NO-BRAINER, RIGHT? BUT FOR ME, THANKSGIVING REMINDS ME OF THE TERRIBLE HARDSHIP THE NATIVE AMERICANS SUFFERED ONLY TO SIT DOWN AND EAT WITH A BUNCH OF GUN-TOTING "RED-NECKS" WHO STOLE THEIR FOOD IN THE FIRST PLACE...BUT THAT'S JUST ME. ALTHOUGH ITS CONCEPTION WAS PRETTY ROUGH AND GOREY, ITS SPIRIT AND OVERALL MEANING HAVE TRUE MERIT AND RELEVANCE. BUT WHAT IS THERE TO BE THANKFUL FOR? MOST PEOPLE USUALLY SAY FAMILY, FRIENDS...SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY LET'S ADD ONE: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO STILL HAVE A JOB, BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED THOUGH IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...THE KIDS, TRULY. THE CHILDREN ARE THE PHYSICAL PROOF OF THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. THEY ARE TRULY THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD AND IT IS UP TO THEM TO SECURE OUR PLACE IN THIS WORLD. SO WHEN YOUR FEEDING YOUR FINICKY TODDLER OR TRYING TO CALM YOUR LOUD AND ABRASIVE TWO-YEAR-OLD KEEP THIS IN MIND: THOUGH THEY TRY TO TEST YOUR PATIENCE WITH THEIR TANTRUMS, FOOD THROWING AND PERSISTANT NAGGING AS YOUR OFFSPRING, IT IS THEIR JOB TO CARRY ON YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, LEGACY AND TRADITIONS...THAT'S A BIG JOB. FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T HAVE THEM WE ARE SORELY MISSING OUT ON THAT JOY, ALTHOUGH WE DO MAKE UP FOR IT WITH MORE SLEEP, LESS EXPENSES AND (FOR SOME OF US) LITTLE BLUE SPORTS CARS...WE DO WELL SO IT'S NOT ALL BAD. FOR ONE TIME AND ONE TIME ONLY I'M GOING TO BREAK MY TRADITION AND WISH ALL OF YOU JOY, HAPPINESS AND LOVE THIS THANKSGIVING. MAY ALL OF YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS COME TRUE...AS YOU "SLICE" YOUR TURKEYS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE JOBS OR YOU WERE RECENTLY LAYED OFF, DON'T LOSE FAITH. KEEP DOING YOUR THING BECAUSE GREAT THINGS WILL COME TO YOU. BE SURE TO SEND OUT YOUR RESUMES TO EVERY COMPANY AND IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR RESUME PLEASE SEND IT TO
ABLACKMANSVIEW@GMAIL.COM ATTN:YOUR NAME, RESUME. MAY THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS "HAUNT" YOU ALWAYS...IN A GOOD WAY!

AG-"THE FUNKY BLOGGER"

A 70'S SITCOM

FROM THE JEFFERSONS TO DIFFERENT STROKES TO 212 OR 213 OR 223 OR WHATEVER THE HELL THAT SHOW WAS CALLED, THERE IS A RECURRING THEME THAT HAS BEEN FANTASIZED BY MANY OF US WHO WATCHED THESE SHOWS: WE WILL GET THERE. ALTHOUGH BACK THEN THIS DREAM SO IMPOSSIBLE THAT EVEN IF IT DID HAPPEN, NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE IT. AND JUST TEN YEARS AFTER THE TRADGIC DEATH OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WHO CAN BLAME US. BUT TODAY IS A NEW DAY, AND FOR A VERY SPECIAL "SON OF CHICAGO", MOVIN ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE TO A DEELUXE...MANSION (THAT STRETCHES AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK) THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SKY, IS MORE OF A REALITY THAN A THEME SONG. FINALLY!!! NOW THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS GO TO THE HOME DEPOT, GET ALL THE BLACK PAINT THERE IS AND GIVE THE "WHITE HOUSE" A LITTLE MAKE-OVER...SOME COLOR...DARK COLORS...BLACK! IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A PLACE OF RESIDENCE REFLECT ITS INHABITANTS...RIGHT? BUT, EVEN THOUGH WE WATCHED IT ON TV, THIS ELECTION WAS FAR FROM FANTASY...IT IS HISTORY...OUR HISTORY AS A PEOPLE, AS A CULTURE AND AS A COUNTRY. WE GOT OUR FORTY ACRES (LITERALLY), BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON OUR MULE...OR MULES FOR THOSE OF US THAT NEED MORE THAN ONE HELPING.
THUMBS UP!!!
AG

P.S. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THAT SHOW. IT'S BUGGIN ME OUT RIGHT NOW...PLEASE HELP!!