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UNVEILING OF MY NEW BLOG!!! November 10, 2008
I mentioned a few weeks back that I will be doing something new to my blog. Well it is my great joy to introduce my new blog titled DIVA ON A DIET. This blog is specifically for discussing things pertaining to weight loss. It will provided resources, recipes, tips, my experiences, etc on its page. I will keep treeiskeepingitreal but will soon transfer all of my files under a new blog title. Stay tuned! Until then check out my new blog www.divaonadiet.blogspot.com. I hope you like it. Also feel free to subscribe to my blogs.
Blessings,
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Healthy Food…In This Economy? October 11, 2008
Yes! Its possible:) I got the idea for this post while watching “The View” this morning. The ladies on were talking about how the market has really effected Whole Foods Grocery Store because people are opting for poorer quality foods and non-specialty items to save a dollar. The article below will provide you with information on how to save money at the grocery store during this tough economy.
Cheap Eats: How to Find Healthy Food During Tough Economic Times
by Leslee Dru Browning
(NaturalNews) Are you having a hard time stretching your grocery dollars during the current economic downturn? You’re not alone. But before you stop buying fresh fruit, meat, vegetables and other items often perceived as costing a lot, check out these tips from a University of Michigan Health System dietitian.Holly Scherer, R.D., says you can follow a few easy guidelines and still buy healthy foods, rather than switching to a diet of potato chips, macaroni and cheese, and a fast-food burger.
She suggests that you make your own coffee, buy fruits and vegetables that are in season, occasionally replace meat with protein sources like eggs and beans, and, no matter how tempting it is, skip the fast-food drive-thru window.
“Hard economic times don’t mean that you have to eat less well,” says Scherer, a health educator with MFit, the health promotion division of the U-M Health System.
“By planning ahead, shopping for sales and trying out those generic or store brands, you really can save a significant amount of money while also providing healthy, well-balanced food for your family.”
Fruits and vegetables:
Scherer debunks a popular myth: That produce is too expensive. Wrong, she says. In fact, if you buy fruit and vegetables that are in-season, the price typically is very reasonable, she says. Buying fruit or vegetables by the bag instead of individually also tends to be cheaper.
If the produce you want isn’t in-season, canned and frozen fruits and vegetables can cost less. They are just as nutritious as fresh because they are packaged at their peak of freshness.
If you’re feeling especially frugal –- and you have a green thumb –- try growing your own, she says.
“A great way to get fresh fruits and vegetables right outside your own door is to plant a vegetable garden, or, if you don’t have space, you can plant a few plants in a pot,” Scherer notes. “You may pay one to two dollars for a vegetable plant, but you’re going to get a very large amount of produce from that.”
Protein:
Protein can be a tricky thing to buy on a budget. Filet mignon and fresh lobster are probably out of the picture, but you can still find tasty meat for low prices.
First, Scherer says, it’s better to buy the less-prepared items. “You can season and marinate your own meat; you don’t need the store to do that for you,” she says. You’ll save money, and you can also find nutritious, low-salt ways of preparing meat compared with store-prepared items. In addition, buying chicken with the bone and skin can cost a lot less, and you can remove those easily to make a skinless boneless chicken breast.
And meat isn’t your only option. Consider replacing meat with a protein substitute a couple times a week. “You can pay sometimes three times more per ounce for meat rather than buying a substitute such as beans, eggs or peanut butter,” Scherer says.
Grains:
As with protein sources, buying less-processed grains is the way to go. Stick with the plain brown rice instead of boxed rice mixes. Buy big containers of quick-cooking oats instead of individual packets of instant oatmeal.
And it’s a good idea to buy bread, English muffins or whole wheat tortillas when they’re on sale and freeze any extras that you’re not going to use before the expiration date, Scherer says.
Beverages:
One of the biggest cost-savings can result from buying a filter for your tap water instead of buying bottled water, Scherer says. Also, buying the frozen juice concentrate instead of a large bottle or can of juice can save some money.
For the triple-iced-latte lovers among you, coffee can cost a lot less than $4 a cup. “Making your own coffee at home and adding a specialty creamer or something that makes it a little tastier is a lot less expensive than going out every morning for that specialty coffee drink,” Scherer says.
Single-serving snacks:
Instead of buying 100-calorie packs or individual bags of baked chips or pretzels, buy the bigger box and package them yourself in little snack bags. You’ll pay about half of what you would if you were buying the single-serve packs, she says.
General tips:
* Look for the generic or store brand.
* Look for bigger containers and boxes to save some money. To see if you are really getting a better deal, compare the unit prices of the bigger and smaller containers on the store’s shelf.
* Stock up on non-perishables when they go on sale.
* Avoid the temptation of the cookie aisle and the chip aisle. “Spend more time in the perimeter of the store, where the fresh products are, and really focus on the fruits and the vegetables and the lean meats and the low-fat dairy,” Scherer says.
* Use coupons, but only for things that you normally would buy –- not a lot of high-fat, high-sugar foods.
* Cook at home instead of going out to eat.
* When you do eat out and you know that a restaurant serves large portions, have them bag half the meal right when they serve it and eat the leftovers for lunch the next day.
Recipes:
Some quick and easy recipe ideas that are inexpensive include black bean salad, vegetables and scrambled eggs, and peanut butter and jelly in your brown bagged lunch.
For the black bean salad, cut up some of your favorite fresh vegetables, add them to a can of rinsed black beans with a squirt of lime juice and some cilantro, and serve in a tortilla or with some baked tortilla chips, Scherer recommends.
I would recommend frequenting your local growers for fresh fruit and produce. Many local farmers have road side stands filled with just-picked produce at a far lower cost than grocery stores.
For more information, visit these Web sites:
U-M Health System’s MFit: (
http://www.med.umich.edu/mfit/index.htm
)MFit nutrition: (
http://www.med.umich.edu/mfit/nutrition…
)Healthy dining tips: (
http://www.med.umich.edu/mfit/nutrition…
)Tips from the American Dietetic Association: (
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ad…
)Tips from the NIH: (
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/…
)Source:
University of Michigan Health System
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Pumpkin Patch Trip October 8, 2008
We had an awesome time at the Pumpkin Patch or should I say the kids had an AWESOME time while the adults were tired. Here are some pictures from our family day trip.
My dear hubby with two of our children.
Hubby with our son and our daughter is hanging out in the background.
My little girl. I wanted to take some pictures of the baby but my file was full so I had a friend take some. Hopefully I’ll get more pics to post.
Have a wonderful day!
Menu Planning Mondays October 6, 2008
Monday- Meatloaf Muffins, Mashed Potatoes, Corn
Tuesday- Lasagna, Spinach Salad, Garlic Bread Sticks
Wednesday-Leftovers
Thursday-Kalalou (Haitian Beef and Okra), Bean Gravy, Rice
Friday-Pasta Salad, Grilled Chicken
Saturday- Grandmother’s 85th Birthday Dinner (Cooking Day Off)
Sunday-Crockpot Golden Mushroom Chicken, Rice, Cabbage
To see more dinner plans click here.
Healthy Pumpkin Muffin Recipe October 3, 2008
Fall is here and I absolutely LOVE it! All of my children were born in the fall and it is my favorite season (so much so that my daughters names are Amber and Autumn). I love everything about fall the colors of the leaves the crisp cool air, and the harvest season. We have a tradition in my family and that is to go to the local farm to pick apples and pumpkins with the kids and have them enjoy the hayrids and the barn animals. Now I’m not a big pumpkin pie eater but with the right ingredients I can appreciate the taste of warm pumpkin muffins.
While searching on the internet to find a pumpkin muffin recipe that I can make for my kids Sunday morning for breakfast (since we are going to the pumpkin patch this Saturday) that will be both delicious and healthy I came across this recipe. Now I haven’t tried it yet but I’m the kinda person that can look at the ingredients to see if it “makes sense” then I will try the recipe. I will let you know how they came out along next week. I will also post some pictures of our trip to the pumpkin patch.
I would probably make two batches. The other batch would have to be modified to fit my son’s gluten free diet. If you make the muffins before I do, feel free to comment about them.
| 1 large | egg |
| 2 Tbsp | light spread (like Promise Buttery Spread Light or Smart Balance) |
| 1/2 cup | canned pumpkin |
| 1/2 tsp | pure vanilla extract |
| 1/2 cup | Splenda |
| 1/4 cup | dried pumpkin seeds |
| 2 Tbsp | golden seedless raisins |
| 1 cup | all purpose white flour |
| 1/2 cup | whole wheat flour |
| 2 Tbsp | wheat germ |
| 1/4 tsp | salt |
| 1 tsp | baking powder |
| 1/4 tsp | baking soda |
| 1/2 tsp | ground nutmeg |
| 1 tsp | ground cinnamon |
| 1/2 tsp | ground allspice |
| 1/3 cup | non-fat buttermilk |
| 2 tsp | light brown sugar |
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Using a whisk, cream together the egg yolk and light spread. Add the pumpkin and whisk into the mixture until well blended. Add the vanilla extract and Splenda and blend. Fold in the pumpkin seeds and raisins.
Sift the all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, wheat germ, salt, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice in a sifter and sift into the mixing bowl.
Gently fold the creamed mixture together with the flour mixture until smooth. When blended the mixture will still be dry. Whisk the egg white until it is white and foamy (about tripled in volume). Fold in the egg white.
Fold in the buttermilk and when the dough is just blended together stop.
Line a muffin tin with muffin papers and fill each muffin paper with an equal amount of batter. Place the muffins in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1 muffin | Servings 6
Calories 206 | Calories from Fat 52
Amount Per Serving (% Daily Value)
Total Fat 6g (9%) | Saturated Fat 1g (7%)
Monounsaturated Fat 2g | Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 36 mg (12 %) | Sodium 288 mg (12 %)
Total Carbohydrates 32g (11%) | Sugars 5g
Dietary Fiber 3g (12%) | Protein 7g
Vitamin A 72% | Vitamin C 2 % | Calcium 8% | Iron 17%
Vitamin K 8 mcg | Potassium 237 mg | Magnesium 64 mg
This and That September 24, 2008
Today’s post is to keep all my readers updated with the happenings in my life. So here it is:
-Started the Core Plan on Weight Watchers and I love it. I love the freedom of eating healthy foods without having to write EVERYTHING down. Just love it. I actually lost 1.8 lbs this week.
-Planning my girls birthday party. Its going to be a blast. Some of the items for their items came in the mail and my older daughter was soooo excited that she literally talks about her birthday daily.
-Hubby just bought me a new cell phone. Hands down the best cell phone I EVER had. It has GPS, Internet, and a whole bunch of gadgets that I’m just not going to attempt to understand, RIGHT NOW. Perhaps in a few days.
-Hubby is trying to start up a voter registration for our community. Real proud of him.
-Hubby started school again. I’m trying to find a good school for Natural Health so that I can start school up again.
-Hubby and I attended the PTA meeting at my son’s school so that we could be a voice for the autistic population that is at his school. We are very pleased with the PTA leadership and have signed up for many upcoming projects.
-Went to Back to School Night yesterday. My son’s teacher said that he is doing well. He is actually going to a regular preschool class a few hours out of the day so that he can better adapt to a normal classroom. He is doing well with his reading. His teacher (who is also a reading specialist) says that he is reading very well, “Well above his age.”
-My older daughter loves her dance class so much that I decided to put her in the church’s praise dance ministry. She will be dancing in front of the congregation this Sunday with all the other little girls.
-My son’s swimming instructor is absolutely wonderful and my son loves his swimming class. He is on his to becoming a great swimmer.
-Hubby and I are planning a Valentine’s day getaway.
-I almost forgot…Baby girl is walking just in time to perfect it by her birthday:)
-Busy lives but fun and rewarding:)
Willie Lynch Letter: The making of a slave September 22, 2008
I believe that history is a wonderful teacher. Many people would like to know why African Americans behave “the way they do.” Why is it the African man is different than the African American man. Perhaps this letter will help you better understand how slavery had an effect on African Americans afterall the “slave trainer” Willie Lynch designed his plan to be a full proof method of destroying any pride, esteem, and humanity that the slave had. And he guaranteed that it would work for 300 years. Maybe this would help people of all races get a better understanding of the struggles we as African AMericans had to endure just to get where we are right now. A strong people. Yes I would say so:)
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This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712. Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there. The term “lynching” is derived from his last name. [beginning of the Willie Lynch Letter]
Greetings,
Gentlemen. I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, I shall thank you, the gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to help you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies, where I have experimented with some of the newest, and still the oldest, methods for control of slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my program is implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King, whose version of the Bible we cherish, I saw enough to know that your problem is not unique. While Rome used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies along its highways in great numbers, you are here using the tree and the rope on occasions. I caught the whiff of a dead slave hanging from a tree, a couple miles back. You are not only losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, you suffer occasional fires, your animals are killed. Gentlemen, you know what your problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems, I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them. In my bag here, I HAVE A FULL PROOF METHOD FOR CONTROLLING YOUR BLACK SLAVES. I guarantee every one of you that, if installed correctly, IT WILL CONTROL THE SLAVES FOR AT LEAST 300 HUNDREDS YEARS. My method is simple. Any member of your family or your overseer can use it. I HAVE OUTLINED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SLAVES; AND I TAKE THESE DIFFERENCES AND MAKE THEM BIGGER. I USE FEAR, DISTRUST AND ENVY FOR CONTROL PURPOSES. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South. Take this simple little list of differences and think about them. On top of my list is “AGE,” but it’s there only because it starts with an “a.” The second is “COLOR” or shade. There is INTELLIGENCE, SIZE, SEX, SIZES OF PLANTATIONS, STATUS on plantations, ATTITUDE of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine hair, course hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action, but before that, I shall assure you that DISTRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST AND ENVY STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT OR ADMIRATION. The Black slaves after receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self-refueling and self-generating for HUNDREDS of years, maybe THOUSANDS. Don’t forget, you must pitch the OLD black male vs. the YOUNG black male, and the YOUNG black male against the OLD black male. You must use the DARK skin slaves vs. the LIGHT skin slaves, and the LIGHT skin slaves vs. the DARK skin slaves. You must use the FEMALE vs. the MALE, and the MALE vs. the FEMALE. You must also have white servants and overseers [who] distrust all Blacks. But it is NECESSARY THAT YOUR SLAVES TRUST AND DEPEND ON US. THEY MUST LOVE, RESPECT AND TRUST ONLY US. Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them, never miss an opportunity. IF USED INTENSELY FOR ONE YEAR, THE SLAVES THEMSELVES WILL REMAIN PERPETUALLY DISTRUSTFUL. Thank you gentlemen.”
LET’S MAKE A SLAVE
It was the interest and business of slave holders to study human nature, and the slave nature in particular, with a view to practical results. I and many of them attained astonishing proficiency in this direction. They had to deal not with earth, wood and stone, but with men and, by every regard, they had for their own safety and prosperity they needed to know the material on which they were to work, conscious of the injustice and wrong they were every hour perpetuating and knowing what they themselves would do. Were they the victims of such wrongs? They were constantly looking for the first signs of the dreaded retribution. They watched therefore with skilled and practiced eyes, and learned to read with great accuracy, the state of mind and heart of the slave, through his sable face. Unusual sobriety, apparent abstractions, sullenness and indifference indeed, any mood out of the common was afforded ground for suspicion and inquiry. Frederick Douglas LET’S MAKE A SLAVE is a study of the scientific process of man-breaking and slave-making. It describes the rationale and results of the Anglo Saxons’ ideas and methods of insuring the master/slave relationship. LET’S MAKE A SLAVE “The Original and Development of a Social Being Called ‘The Negro.’” Let us make a slave. What do we need? First of all, we need a black nigger man, a pregnant nigger woman and her baby nigger boy. Second, we will use the same basic principle that we use in breaking a horse, combined with some more sustaining factors. What we do with horses is that we break them from one form of life to another; that is, we reduce them from their natural state in nature. Whereas nature provides them with the natural capacity to take care of their offspring, we break that natural string of independence from them and thereby create a dependency status, so that we may be able to get from them useful production for our business and pleasure.
CARDINAL PRINCIPLES FOR MAKING A NEGRO
For fear that our future generations may not understand the principles of breaking both of the beast together, the nigger and the horse. We understand that short range planning economics results in periodic economic chaos; so that to avoid turmoil in the economy, it requires us to have breadth and depth in long range comprehensive planning, articulating both skill sharp perceptions. We lay down the following principles for long range comprehensive economic planning. Both horse and niggers [are] no good to the economy in the wild or natural state. Both must be BROKEN and TIED together for orderly production. For orderly future, special and particular attention must be paid to the FEMALE and the YOUNGEST offspring. Both must be CROSSBRED to produce a variety and division of labor. Both must be taught to respond to a peculiar new LANGUAGE. Psychological and physical instruction of CONTAINMENT must be created for both. We hold the six cardinal principles as truth to be self-evident, based upon following the discourse concerning the economics of breaking and tying the horse and the nigger together, all inclusive of the six principles laid down above. NOTE: Neither principle alone will suffice for good economics. All principles must be employed for orderly good of the nation. Accordingly, both a wild horse and a wild or natur[al] nigger is dangerous even if captured, for they will have the tendency to seek their customary freedom and, in doing so, might kill you in your sleep. You cannot rest. They sleep while you are awake, and are awake while you are asleep. They are DANGEROUS near the family house and it requires too much labor to watch them away from the house. Above all, you cannot get them to work in this natural state. Hence, both the horse and the nigger must be broken; that is breaking them from one form of mental life to another. KEEP THE BODY, TAKE THE MIND! In other words, break the will to resist. Now the breaking process is the same for both the horse and the nigger, only slightly varying in degrees. But, as we said before, there is an art in long range economic planning. YOU MUST KEEP YOUR EYE AND THOUGHTS ON THE FEMALE and the OFFSPRING of the horse and the nigger. A brief discourse in offspring development will shed light on the key to sound economic principles. Pay little attention to the generation of original breaking, but CONCENTRATE ON FUTURE GENERATION. Therefore, if you break the FEMALE mother, she will BREAK the offspring in its early years of development; and when the offspring is old enough to work, she will deliver it up to you, for her normal female protective tendencies will have been lost in the original breaking process. For example, take the case of the wild stud horse, a female horse and an already infant horse and compare the breaking process with two captured nigger males in their natural state, a pregnant nigger woman with her infant offspring. Take the stud horse, break him for limited containment. Completely break the female horse until she becomes very gentle, whereas you or anybody can ride her in her comfort. Breed the mare and the stud until you have the desired offspring. Then, you can turn the stud to freedom until you need him again. Train the female horse whereby she will eat out of your hand, and she will in turn train the infant horse to eat out of your hand, also. When it comes to breaking the uncivilized nigger, use the same process, but vary the degree and step up the pressure, so as to do a complete reversal of the mind. Take the meanest and most restless nigger, strip him of his clothes in front of the remaining male niggers, the female, and the nigger infant, tar and feather him, tie each leg to a different horse faced in opposite directions, set him afire and beat both horses to pull him apart in front of the remaining niggers. The next step is to take a bullwhip and beat the remaining nigger males to the point of death, in front of the female and the infant. Don’t kill him, but PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN HIM, for he can be useful for future breeding.
THE BREAKING PROCESS OF THE AFRICAN WOMAN
Take the female and run a series of tests on her to see if she will submit to your desires willingly. Test her in every way, because she is the most important factor for good economics. If she shows any sign of resistance in submitting completely to your will, do not hesitate to use the bullwhip on her to extract that last bit of [b----] out of her. Take care not to kill her, for in doing so, you spoil good economics. When in complete submission, she will train her offsprings in the early years to submit to labor when they become of age. Understanding is the best thing. Therefore, we shall go deeper into this area of the subject matter concerning what we have produced here in this breaking process of the female nigger. We have reversed the relationship; in her natural uncivilized state, she would have a strong dependency on the uncivilized nigger male, and she would have a limited protective tendency toward her independent male offspring and would raise male offsprings to be dependent like her. Nature had provided for this type of balance. We reversed nature by burning and pulling a civilized nigger apart and bullwhipping the other to the point of death, all in her presence. By her being left alone, unprotected, with the MALE IMAGE DESTROYED, the ordeal caused her to move from her psychologically dependent state to a frozen, independent state. In this frozen, psychological state of independence, she will raise her MALE and female offspring in reversed roles. For FEAR of the young male’s life, she will psychologically train him to be MENTALLY WEAK and DEPENDENT, but PHYSICALLY STRONG. Because she has become psychologically independent, she will train her FEMALE offsprings to be psychologically independent. What have you got? You’ve got the nigger WOMAN OUT FRONT AND THE nigger MAN BEHIND AND SCARED. This is a perfect situation of sound sleep and economics. Before the breaking process, we had to be alertly on guard at all times. Now, we can sleep soundly, for out of frozen fear his woman stands guard for us. He cannot get past her early slave-molding process. He is a good tool, now ready to be tied to the horse at a tender age. By the time a nigger boy reaches the age of sixteen, he is soundly broken in and ready for a long life of sound and efficient work and the reproduction of a unit of good labor force. Continually through the breaking of uncivilized savage niggers, by throwing the nigger female savage into a frozen psychological state of independence, by killing the protective male image, and by creating a submissive dependent mind of the nigger male slave, we have created an orbiting cycle that turns on its own axis forever, unless a phenomenon occurs and re-shifts the position of the male and female slaves. We show what we mean by example. Take the case of the two economic slave units and examine them close.
THE NEGRO MARRIAGE
We breed two nigger males with two nigger females. Then, we take the nigger male away from them and keep them moving and working. Say one nigger female bears a nigger female and the other bears a nigger male; both nigger females—being without influence of the nigger male image, frozen with a independent psychology—will raise their offspring into reverse positions. The one with the female offspring will teach her to be like herself, independent and negotiable (we negotiate with her, through her, by her, negotiates her at will). The one with the nigger male offspring, she being frozen subconscious fear for his life, will raise him to be mentally dependent and weak, but physically strong; in other words, body over mind. Now, in a few years when these two offsprings become fertile for early reproduction, we will mate and breed them and continue the cycle. That is good, sound and long range comprehensive planning.
WARNING: POSSIBLE INTERLOPING NEGATIVES
Earlier, we talked about the non-economic good of the horse and the nigger in their wild or natural state; we talked out the principle of breaking and tying them together for orderly production. Furthermore, we talked about paying particular attention to the female savage and her offspring for orderly future planning, then more recently we stated that, by reversing the positions of the male and female savages, we created an orbiting cycle that turns on its own axis forever unless a phenomenon occurred and reshifts positions of the male and female savages. Our experts warned us about the possibility of this phenomenon occurring, for they say that the mind has a strong drive to correct and re-correct itself over a period of time if it can touch some substantial original historical base; and they advised us that the best way to deal with the phenomenon is to shave off the brute’s mental history and create a multiplicity of phenomena of illusions, so that each illusion will twirl in its own orbit, something similar to floating balls in a vacuum. This creation of multiplicity of phenomena of illusions entails the principle of crossbreeding the nigger and the horse as we stated above, the purpose of which is to create a diversified division of labor; thereby creating different levels of labor and different values of illusion at each connecting level of labor. The results of which is the severance of the points of original beginnings for each sphere illusion. Since we feel that the subject matter may get more complicated as we proceed in laying down our economic plan concerning the purpose, reason and effect of crossbreeding horses and niggers, we shall lay down the following definition terms for future generations. Orbiting cycle means a thing turning in a given path. Axis means upon which or around which a body turns. Phenomenon means something beyond ordinary conception and inspires awe and wonder. Multiplicity means a great number. Means a globe. Crossbreeding a horse means taking a horse and breeding it with an ass and you get a dumb, backward, ass long-headed mule that is not reproductive nor productive by itself. Crossbreeding niggers mean taking so many drops of good white blood and putting them into as many nigger women as possible, varying the drops by the various tone that you want, and then letting them breed with each other until another circle of color appears as you desire. What this means is this: Put the niggers and the horse in a breeding pot, mix some asses and some good white blood and what do you get? You got a multiplicity of colors of ass backward, unusual niggers, running, tied to backward ass long-headed mules, the one productive of itself, the other sterile. (The one constant, the other dying, we keep the nigger constant for we may replace the mules for another tool) both mule and nigger tied to each other, neither knowing where the other came from and neither productive for itself, nor without each other.
CONTROLLED LANGUAGE
Crossbreeding completed, for further severance from their original beginning, WE MUST COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE THE MOTHER TONGUE of both the new nigger and the new mule, and institute a new language that involves the new life’s work of both. You know language is a peculiar institution. It leads to the heart of a people. The more a foreigner knows about the language of another country the more he is able to move through all levels of that society. Therefore, if the foreigner is an enemy of the country, to the extent that he knows the body of the language, to that extent is the country vulnerable to attack or invasion of a foreign culture. For example, if you take a slave, if you teach him all about your language, he will know all your secrets, and he is then no more a slave, for you can’t fool him any longer, and BEING A FOOL IS ONE OF THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF ANY INCIDENTS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SLAVERY SYSTEM. For example, if you told a slave that he must perform in getting out “our crops” and he knows the language well, he would know that “our crops” didn’t mean “our crops” and the slavery system would break down, for he would relate on the basis of what “our crops” really meant. So you have to be careful in setting up the new language; for the slaves would soon be in your house, talking to you as “man to man” and that is death to our economic system. In addition, the definitions of words or terms are only a minute part of the process. Values are created and transported by communication through the body of the language. A total society has many interconnected value systems. All the values in the society have bridges of language to connect them for orderly working in the society. But for these language bridges, these many value systems would sharply clash and cause internal strife or civil war, the degree of the conflict being determined by the magnitude of the issues or relative opposing strength in whatever form. For example, if you put a slave in a hog pen and train him to live there and incorporate in him to value it as a way of life completely, the biggest problem you would have out of him is that he would worry you about provisions to keep the hog pen clean, or the same hog pen and make a slip and incorporate something in his language whereby he comes to value a house more than he does his hog pen, you got a problem. He will soon be in your house.
Additional Note: “Henty Berry, speaking in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1832, described the situation as it existed in many parts of the South at this time: “We have, as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light may enter their (the slaves) minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, our work would be complete; they would then be on a level with the beasts of the field and we should be safe. I am not certain that we would not do it, if we could find out the process and that on the plea of necessity.” From Brown America, The story of a New Race by Edwin R. Embree. 1931 The Viking Press.
Menu Plan Monday September 2, 2008
I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend! The months really flew by…well here is my menu for this week.
Monday- Steak, Rice, Salad
Tuesday-Chicken Parm, Pasta, Salad, Dinner Rolls
Wednesday-Crockpot Roast Beef, Yams, Green beans
Thursday- Meatloaf Mash Potato, Peas, salad
Friday- Chili, Salad, Crackers
Saturday- Arroz con Pollo, mixed vegetables
Sunday-Turkey, Mac and Cheese, Asparagus
African American Greeting Cards August 4, 2008
I came across this website while trying to find customized invitations for my girls birthday party and I thought the cards were very cute.
