LEARN THE TRUE HISTORY:

SICK RACIST LABELS & JOKES...are rooted in Slavery
-- Not Rap Music!

When it comes to the Don Imus controversy...MANY NEWS

COMMENTATORS, PUNDENTS, REPORTERS (and others concerned)

CONTINUE TO POINT TO FOUL RAP MUSIC LYRICS...but they

somehow evade the issue of all the historical RACIST HUMOR....

which has ridiculed Black people for hundreds of years.

YES, SOME POPULAR RAP LYRICS HAVE BECOME VULGAR.

But the attempts to place blame on HIP-HOP Music ignore the fact

the biggest publishers of the "gangsta rap" are WHITE-OWNED

companies--major media conglomerates.

Originally, RAP MUSIC was a creative, decent art-form,
just like Blues, Jazz, Rock, etc.

SOMEHOW POPULAR BLACK MUSIC CHANGED FROM

"Say it loud--I'm Black and Proud" -- "My Girl"---"Ship Ahoy"-- and "U.N.I.T.Y"

...to vile lyrics that celebrate crime and degrade women.

We went from listening to the "creative, consciousness raising RAP music" of...

Gil Scott Heron, James Brown, The O'Jays, The Last Poets,
Marvin Gaye, Will Smith, & Queen Latifah

---to a new genre.

The deviation into MORAL DECAY occured primarily

when the major White-Owned companies and others started heavily

financing, publishing and marketing the rap songs with extremely

vile, profane language-- known as: "gangsta rap."

TAKE FOR EXAMPLE: ...VIACOM, which owns BET now.

Now it is one of the biggest promoters of "shake the booty on TV."

When BET was "black owned"-- they broadcast a wide variety of

educational, political, artistic, and culturally uplifting programs.

IF THE GANGSTA RAPPERS WERE USING THESE VILE LABELS...toward rich WHITE WOMEN ...
e.g.-Barbara Walters, Hillary Clinton, the Queen of England, Ms. Bush, etc.--
calling them -- " stringy-haired ho" or "...cracker bitch" -- or any of the other foul names...
WOULD THESE MAJOR MEDIA CONGLOMERATES EVEN GIVE THEM THE MICROPHONE???

IF WE DON'T KILL IGNORANCE...
ONE DAY IGNORANCE WILL KILL US !

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JUST HOW DOES THIS PROBLEM EFFECT PEOPLE--all of us--
IN REAL LIFE?

NOTE: The following stories were sent to me---

How do these people survive?

STORIES FROM REAL INCIDENTS---

INCIDENT ONE Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.

TWO I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my item! ms, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.

THREE A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."

FOUR I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."

FIVE Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.

SIX:

One time I was at a little neighborhood store place--can't remember which one now

My bill came to $ 8.05  ---

I gave the clerk a TEN DOLLAR BILL and a quarter.

He did not know what to do or how to give me the right change. 

They did not have one of the new cash registers.

He had to call his manager.

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SEVEN:

Because I know a lot about 'alternative health care and herbs,' a friend asked me to accompany him when he goes to visit a sick person that he knew. When we arrived, we found this woman sitting on her couch hugging a large bottle of 'diet coke.'

She must have weighed at least 325 pounds. She complained to me about all kinds of aches and pains. She claimed she had diabetes, arthritis, fainting spells, migraine headaches, and several other diseases.  I asked her about her regular diet...and this is what she told me that she eats ---  DIET COKE, POTATO CHIPS, COOKIES, CANDY, HOT DOGS, --- and her favorite dish was to dip crackers into a tub of margarine and eat the entire package (like chips & dip).

I asked her if she eats vegetables, fruits, or fish...and she replied...

"Not very often...only if that is all I can get."

I then asked her if she ever tried "health foods or herbs"-- and she replied---

"Oh, no.  I am afraid of the herbs and I stay away from those HEALTH FOOD people..."

I asked her-- " do you think your diet--what you eat and don't eat--- could be the culprit--causing your diseases ? " 

 Her response was-- 

 "Oh no. That's not possible-- food has nothing to do with my DISEASES...."

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EIGHT:  THE IGNORANT & THE BLIND...

As a consultant,  many people come to me with business questions. 

Most of them want to jump right into selling something,

making a film, publishing a magazine, or another major venture...without a clue about the script, printing, manufacturing costs, marketing, distribution, structure, ..... or much else.

 Many of my clients do not understand why they need a Business Plan. 

This little story will help clarify that concern---

  An old buddy from my hometown told me about a deal in which he just knew he was going to..."GET RICH. "    He explained to me that a man that I knew was in town with his new "ground floor opportunity"---which was an MLM selling ink cartridges.   

 He invited me to preview this business at a meeting--so I went.  There at the meeting was another old friend--- who is a well-known "MLM- money-scam junkie."   She has been in nearly every ""get-rich quick, MLM, money-scheme & scam"" that came around.  She has lots THOUSANDS of dollars messing around with flakey deals and scams. In fact,  she had become angry with me in the past for "being cautious" about getting into these "get rich quick deals."   

 

 I thought the sign up fee was a bit high,  and as I checked into it--- all of the sign up fees were very high and that did not include any products, promo materials or the website.  High sign-up costs is always a bad sign for an MLM deal.   I thought that this appeared ILLEGAL on the surface...just based on the high cost to sign up...which did not include any products or anything else.

 

 At the meeting,  the head of this deal tried to convince me that selling ink cartridges was a "great way to make tons of money...and get financially independent."   When I asked what he based that on...he replied excitedly ..."they sell cartridges all over the place." 

 ...My reaction: THAT IS NOT A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN !!

(** Well, anyone can try to sell anything---but there are reasons that some ventures do not go well---such as: small business trying to compete with major stores.**)

 My buddy thought that I should  " jump right into it "--- for no less than $1000. (not including products).    Yes,  it would cost that much to just be "in the in-crowd."  Selling something that the general household (or small business) spends very little money on--seemed very questionable. I asked him a lot of questions....  and my buddy became disturbed with my questions and proclaimed that ---"you are just too negative." 

 

THINK ABOUT THIS-- How many ink cartridges could one buy at low wholesale prices for $500 ? --and then re-sell them...???
 

  Since that time,  I have heard from other people who have been approached about this business.  Two of them have given me LETTERS that they obtained from Attorney Generals in 2 states --- COMPLAINTS:  accusing the promoter of this business of operating other "illegal pyramid schemes."   

MLMs are highly regulated by the FTC --and this $1,000 SIGN UP FEE is -- in fact-- illegal.

 

BUT DON'T CONFUSE THOSE PEOPLE

WITH THE FACTS OR THE LAWS....

MONTHS LATER --

$46.00  ....Want to know what this means?

My old buddy-- Mr. Big Shot --- who was so GUNG-HO that he invested at least $2,000 into that business deal --- and  who quit speaking to me because I would not "jump right in with $1000--and my FREE services to promote it" --- GOT UPSET & ANGRY  WITH ME over this silly deal---  has earned this much in 6 months (or more)  in this INK deal.

YES--- $46.00 in 6 months. Now you tell me ---  Is that a good home-based business or not ?

 

He could have held a GARAGE SALE and made more than that on a good day.
 

AND IF THAT IS NOT BAD ENOUGH...the big stores are offering to refill ink cartridges "while you wait"-- for as

little as $15.00 ea.

LET THE ENTREPRENEUR BEWARE !

TO GET RICH --- one thing you need is a product or service that is unique  -- and not marketed in GNC,  Rite-Aid, Wal-Mart, Office Depot ... and other big chain stores.  A home-based business will find it very difficult to compete against the " big boys..."
 

NO MATTER HOW GOOD the "flow chart" for earning commissions... the Rep would have to work HARD to find tons of customers in order to generate enough business to make a decent income.

I know I would not work my tail off in order to find customers who buy ink cartridges --so I could earn $8.00 per sale.

 

There are a lot of these "MLM - money-scheme promoters" who start their own MLM deals -- from scratch, but do not have a product that is unique, or the funds to operate well.  In most of these cases, actually the deal is nothing more than an "ego trip" -- based upon a pyramid scheme for the promoters & founders.

DON'T GET YOUR GOOSE COOKED... because you did not know the SECRETS to starting and operating your own small business.

 

Beware of pyramid scams -- phoney MLM opportunities.

 

RULE # 1-- Offer something valuable & unique. Do not try to compete with the "big boys"-- or you will find yourself climbing a greasy pole.

 

RULE # 2--  Write a good Business Plan...containing goals, costs, and your advertising & marketing methods.
 

Yes, you need a GOOD BUSINESS PLAN... that considers the LEGAL aspects, as well as the goals, costs, marketing, structure, and other areas of the business venture !  
 

The FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,  STATE ATTORNEYS, CONSUMER PROTECTION and similar agencies may come down on your "big bright idea" if you do not follow relevant laws.

High sign-up costs is always a bad sign (and illegal) for an MLM deal.   Many of these ' MLM promoters' are making their profits from the 'expensive sign ups'--- not from sales of the product, which is against MLM Regulations too.

 It is "against FTC regulations and other MLM business laws" to make "'pie-n-the-sky promises"  that people will "get rich"---   unless you can prove it with facts and concrete evidence !

 

 COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON.

GET A COPY OF THE BOOK:

Scam vs. Scam

---by M. Miller

 "A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."

~ Proverbs 22:3 NLT

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A TRUE STORY FROM THIS AUTHOR:

Not long ago, I was invited to give a presentation for a "Multi-Cultural Club" at Eastern Mich. Univ.   When I arrived at the auditorium where the workshop was taking place,  a group of college students gave me a seat on stage with other panelists ---Orientals, Arabs,  Native Americans, etc.---who would be speaking.  I was the last presenter to speak.   I began my talk with questions:

1 --- Who invented the traffic light signal ?

2--- Who invented the printing press?

3--- Who invented air conditioners?

4--- Who invented the first American clock?

... AND TO MY DISAPPOINTMENT AND  DISMAY--- although there was an auditorium filled with at least 400 college students---only a few had a clue about the answers to these questions.  Only 3 of the Blacks in the audience knew that these items were invented by African-Americans,  while the rest of the audience did not have one idea as to who invented them.

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