Video For Thought:

This is a typography project for the Citizen Cope song Let the Drummer Kick.  The songs speaks volumes in itself but add the animation and it really brings life to the words.



-International DA

Waiting for "Superman" Trailer

Jon Stewart vs. FOX NEWS vs. The 'Ground Zero' Mosque

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Extremist Makeover - Homeland Edition
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

Artists and Social Responsibility

Did You Hear the One About the Iranian-American?

Comedy can break down walls.... This is good stuff!

Be Like Mike: In The Zone!

POWER.

I think that even today, we are approaching a new age of identification conflict; The prospect of "becoming" or our state of "being" is in a sense dependent upon our environment. Sociologically, for one to be self actualized, the full potential of his/her character must be unraveled. In seeking answers to problems that are at this moment products of causality, we must undoubtedly embrace the 'questions' which have eluded us [or us them] so. Questions like 'how do me and my surroundings affect the one another', or inquiries such as 'who I am' are linguistic veils which are discoverd in the establishment of our sociopolitical identity. However, in a world that is becoming increasingly synchronized, neither the role of the identity nor its path to self awareness coincide directly with the interests of a modern day unified, clandestine empire. This new found crisis of awareness lies as a resultant factor of a systematic expansion on a global scale. Before we delve any further to view the juxtaposition of identity and power, The contextual meaning of power from a philosophical standpoint, can generally be derived from Hannah Arendt's definition of power and strength:

"...Power corresponds to the human ability not
just to act but to act in concert. Power is never the property of an individual; it belongs to a group and remains in existence only so long as the group keeps together. When we say of somebody that he is "in power" we actually refer to his being empowered by a certain number of people to act in their name. The moment the group, from which the power originated to begin with (*potestas in populo*, without a people or group there is no power), disappears, "his power" also vanishes. In current usage, when we speak of a "powerful man" or a "powerful personality," we already use the word "power" metaphorically; what we refer to without metaphor is "strength,"

*Strength* unequivocally designates something in the singular, an individual entity; it is the property inherent in an object or person and belongs to its character, which may prove itself in relation to other things or persons, but is essentially independent of them. The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence. This almost instinctive hostility of the many toward the one has always, from Plato to Nietzsche, been ascribed to resentment, to the envy of the weak for the strong, but this psychological interpretation misses the point. It is in the nature of a group and its power to turn against independence, the property of individual
strength..."

The definitive structure of the persona is inadvertently connected with the aspect of strength, whereby strength is an intrinsic property derived from the individual. As power is only conditional, it is only natural for it to reach a state of unified equilibrium. Whether or not we see it as a continuing process through globalization, or an already overt structure in the form of the esoteric mean little in the grand scheme of things; for the conditions of true power are met through one governing body, one governing law, so on and so forth.

Hypothetically speaking, if we were all part of a unified government right now, the idealistic view of the "person" would then be considered defunct, as inner strength seeks to naturally be absorbed by the constant coagulation of power. The constant need for power to be in concert as an infrastructure of people, or systems, compels it to either destroy, or assimilate the 'identity'. In such, as the true "self" is contrived of behavior; it is also composed of the potential action that person would commit in his or her future. Of course, there could be a lot of argumentation that challenges the definition of identity; but if the real world actions of the self are not actions of the 'self'...would that person still be a person?

History has shown many times over that actions which are manifested behaviors of real, individualistic thought is generally met with opposition if it does not appeal to the agenda of a global power. Leaders, terrorists, heros, villains; are all determined by their position as it plays in respect to a moving agenda. In conclusion, the self/system conflict of consciousness is a battle which must not be lost if we are to herald in a new stage of life for our future sons and daughters, as it leaves us today to define our "todays" not in terms of "the powers that be", but in the words of our own.

THINKperiod, Eric D.

Black People = Natural Geniuses

Comparison of African and European Pyschomotor Development

1. Two (2) days old, with head held firmly, looking into the face of the examiner; the European child (8) eight weeks.

2. Seven (7) weeks old, supporting herself in a sitting position and watching her reflection in the mirror; the European child twenty (20) weeks.

3. Five (5) months old, holding herself upright; the European child nine (9) months.

“The Black man being the first man to walk this earth, to establish civilizations, to build institutions, governments and so forth, I think it’s still genetically represented in the Black child.”

~ Amos N. Wilson (author of Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children)

What you see above are some of the results found in a study on the development of black and white children. If the three comparisons that I posted don’t paint a certain picture for you, I’ll go ahead and paint the obvious one.

What’s obvious about the research revealed in this study is that black babies develop faster than white babies showing the possession of natural genius. Now, isn’t this something wonderful to hear? I think this is great news … but wait! Black people are natural geniuses, and we compare ourselves to our white counterparts for evaluation. Why do we compare ourselves to people who are naturally inferior?

Examining yourself on a scale that’s beneath your full potential places you on a scale for failure. We shouldn’t compare our intelligence to that of others because their best is less than what our best could be. We need to develop standards that do not include or compare to white people. If not, we’ll always fall short .

Last note: If we’re natural geniuses, you must wonder how do we fall behind as children. The study revealed that black babies can do many things before white babies, but black children fall short because the genius isn’t stimulated. I know you’ve heard relatives talk about their babies saying “they’re too grown” or “they’re too fast.” The truth is that they’re too smart. Too smart because they’re little geniuses.

The little black geniuses fall short at about age three (3). This age is when language becomes important. Many blacks don’t speak standard American English well, and they pass this on to their children. I’m not saying to let go of e-bonics and other dialects that are prominent in our culture, but if black children are to compete for survival in this country, this is something to think about.

Lastly, if you’re a black adult, it’s not too late to stimulate your genius either. Read a book!

Until next time.

Peace, Love & Transcendence.

~ Kemi Lotus

The American Dream

George Carlin - The American Dream

"You have to be asleep to believe it."

A short excerpt from the video "Life Is Worth Losing" (2005).

WTF is in the WATER?! The LITHIUM debate... and more

I hate to come off in a negative light or even appear to be a "FEARmonger" but I believe that if we pay attention, there are moves being made without consent of common people that will affect EVERYONE. It's 2010 and it's a very important time to pay CLOSE attention to the decisions being made on every level that will affect us. Once we research and understand these decisions, we must next ask ourselves the PURPOSE for these decisions and the CONSEQUENCES.

The following video featuring Alex Jones of www.infowars.com speaks about the content of the water supply and how we could all be put in serious danger by the consequences of things that are being put IN the WATER that can have an extremely hazardous affect on your health, judgement, and free will as a human being.

This is SERIOUS:

I've also placed a few links below that talk about the Lithium in the water debate:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/05/lithium-in-drinking-water-has.html
"In Japan's Oita Prefecture, cities with higher levels of lithium in their drinking water experienced lower rates of suicide. The study, in the British Journal of Psychiatry, made me wonder if governments should add lithium to the water supply.
Hirochika Ohgami and colleagues at Oita University found a slight, but statistically significant correlation after analysing suicide rates in 18 municipalities between 2002 and 2005. "


http://www.drudge.com/archive/128142/doctor-floats-idea-lithium-water-supply
"Georgiou does not explicitly call for adding the mood-stabilizing drug to the water system, as suggested by Japanese researchers, but she does not denounce the proposed practice. Instead, she says the draconian proposal is a "very interesting concept."
Interesting?
Agreed.
Well, ...in the Arte Johnson sense of the word.
Very interesting... but stupid."


http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/15/lithium-water-suicide.html
"I do not think [cities should start adding lithium to the water supply], because our study is a preliminary one and further studies are required to establish evidence."


PLEASE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS AND MAKE THE CONVERSATION RELEVANT WITH OUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, CLASSROOMS and SO ON.

This is an issue of life and death..