Jazzy Belle

Git down girl go head git down

So the answer is more women in power huh?

Give me a fuckin break.

Let's not act like there isn't a whole culture built around gaining access to powerful men and their money.  So please understand that women can be equally bad actors as men. Not to diminish the victimization of women who, through no fault of their own, were subjected to assault and abuse, let's be clear that men are not the only abusers here.  Do these men think they were in an environment where certain behavior is not only tolerated, but it is expected?   Or do they not care anymore and have simply become predators on society where no one is safe?  Every homeboy in America knows it is a look but don't touch proposition when you are on the hunt for companionship. Pop out of the shower wearing nothing but a towel with no power if you want to; you are going straight to the county lockup. 

We only hear about the occasions where it all goes bad, what about the times when consent is mutual.  The one instance in the news is not the only time these "powerful" men did this.  This is their go to move, their shtick, they have practiced this move many times. There has to be a percentage of time where the move worked to everybody's satisfaction. What did it cost not only them but us?  Is every vote a vote of conscience or maybe a few votes were used to avoid a scandal or two.

This is about more than sexual victimization of women.  This is about who has power, how it gets used and who has access to it.

Now we are talking about digging up the Bill Clinton sex scandal. From my recollection Monica Lewinsky was not only of legal age, but she was also the pursuer.  Maybe there is an unwritten rule that says the commander in chief shall not get blow jobs from young interns in a closet off of the oval office, but I am just not seeing the victimization part of this.  At least not until the media got a hold of the story, then she really became a victim.

So if we are going to have a comprehensive acknowledgement of the abuses that are prevalent in society let's get them all.  Let's not stop at power drunk politicians that think they can cop a feel, or worse, whenever they feel the need and get away with it because they are untouchable.  Maybe you never hear of women abusing their power because they are just better at not getting caught. Maybe women make better elected officials or maybe they don't.  Maybe we should try electing a few golddiggers to office; or maybe we already have and just don't know it yet.

To paraphrase Warren Buffet, you have to dig where the gold is, not where the gold ain't. 

She ain't messin with no broke niggas

As if

The tyranny of feminism

As the son of a mother, the brother of sisters, the father of daughters the nephew of aunts and the uncle nieces, born into a family that has been matriarchal since before my grandmother was born let me say this in the most delicate way possible; y'all have gone to fuckin far with this shit.

You need to stop yourselves now.  If allowed to continue to it's logical conclusion, we are headed to nothing short of  internment camps for men to be held as breeders until women can figure out how to reproduce without us.

Now Funnyman /Senator Al Franken done caught a case of sexual harassment.  At least he has the good sense to try to get out in front of this thing.  Senators are a dime a dozen, but funnymen are hard to come by.  As long as the joke is funny you get a lot of leeway.  I just hope there isn't a long list of aggrieved partners in his history standing in the wings waiting to come forward (for his sake and ours).

There is no logical end to this thing.  Every man alive is guilty of harassment if you go back far enough to include pulling the pig tails of the little girl you liked in kindergarten.  You were too young to understand your feelings so instead of asking her to be your girlfriend you just beat her up; or what's just as likely, got beat up by her. Males are frequently confused by females, and I suppose vice versa as well. Let's not make that a crime.

There are gradations of infractions and this march to make everything black and white serves no one.  There is a difference between being a garden variety boor and trolling the mall for underage girls on the regular. There is a difference between taking a drunken shot at a girl who is out of your league versus using your power as an employer to manipulate young women into compromising situations. Trying to get a female's attention with inappropriate methods should not result in a death sentence in every case.

Women, as well as some men, are right to use the current moment to focus attention on that which makes them uncomfortable or worse assaults them.  And we as a society have plenty of room to grow into a more welcoming and comfortable place for everyone to simply exist as God created them.  But where is the line between a tired old pickup line and a catcall.  How are men supposed to break the ice with women they don't yet know.  My nonscientific guess is that the line "Hey Mama, you sho is fine" has lead to more marriages than E-Harmony. So don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Using the wrong methods in an attempt to gain the attention of a romantic interest is as old as human existence.  But so is using whatever power you possess to dominate, degrade and assault the object of your desires.  Make sure that we recognize that there is a difference between the two.

Panther

If you really want to hear our views

Sing it loud for your people sing

A hit dog hollers

Didn't I blow your mind

this time

Everything you need to know about Trumpism

In one headline

I remember you

Can't stay away

Truth

I'm working on a building

He can't love you

I believe in you

RIP Don Williams

The backward step

Chain of fools

We are family

Its September

What's going on

Keep your eyes on the prize

Respect yourself

What you see is what you get

You're fooling you

Why don't you open the door to your heart...

...let me in

For who you are

The masquerade is over

Dreams

Thunder only happens when its raining

Cool and blue

Lovin you

Blow wind blow

You got me running

Nobody was there

Oh Fortune

How deep is your love

Some whores in this house

Invitation

Speak no evil

500 miles high

The chicken

Don't be afraid the clown's afraid too

The sidewinder

Milestones

Sack O' Woe

Ain't that a bitch

School boy crush

Don't be a fool

Fencewalk

Its not what you say
Its what you do

Don't say you do
If I know you don't

Its not what you think
Its what you feel
 
Don't think you feel
If its not for real

It's not what you want
Its what you give

Never make your move too soon

Greater fool theory or how I learned to love the bomb

No we are not talking about investment theory, we are talking about world destruction.

Are we really betting the farm on which country has the craziest mofo for a leader. 

We tired your of your crazy mofo act, so we hired a crazy mofo of our own to finally give you the asswhuppin you so richly deserve.

Have we thought this all the way through?

Atomic dog indeed!

Click

Sweet love

Been so long

I have been an Anita Baker fan since day one, song one, note one.  I don't see anything to be confused about, but I see these people talking about they weren't able to get to her music before.

Well if you didn't get it the first time around, this ought to bring you into the fold.

As most of us have, she has bulked up a bit over the years, but that bulk seems to have only made a deep well of sound even deeper.

I have seen her live only once or twice and she was always a chanteuse going through her repertoire, a songstress as it were, fronting a faceless group of musicians in the background.

But now she is no longer just fronting a musical performance, she has joined the band. She is one of the instruments of the ensemble. And she ain't afraid to stand at the mic and blow a solo with those magnificent pipes of hers as she improvises around theme.

Let's just say Anita Baker is "up on some next level shit" here.

And the band and background singers are tighter than that dress she wearing.

But now she's got the nerve to say she is retired?

I don't think so, girl get yoself back on stage.

Until you come back to me

Second sight

Happy being me

Love to the world

Our presence here today
is the answer to prayers whispered
from the graves of those who dared believe
that hope would survive their existence

And so we pray that love
will not be exterminated
but yet again find its way
into a future undeserving of love
but so much in its need

Amen

Sooner or later

Love's in need of love today

Never say die

Thank you lawd

I won't complain

Southern man

And may God have mercy on your soul

Enjoy your negro

If I be lifted up from the earth ...

I'll draw all men unto me

Get up off of that thang

You can't insult me, you see I'm a lawyer

I want that man charged with impersonating a cracker

The Doctor doesn't pay

You talk too much

Daddy wasn't there

Yearning

Incomplete

Shiftless shady jealous kind of people

Find out what it means to me

Respect

Is just a minimum

Here I come

Ready or not

Let it burn

They smile in your face

Hit it and run

For the love of money

People all over the world

Put your hands together

Greedy man

Can't buy me love

Sentimental journey

Ladies and Gentlemen Elvis has left the building

Some bright morning

After today ...

If they ask you why we did it

Unbreakable

Black butterfly

Happy birthday Dr. King

Living the dream

Let's hear it for the boy

Everything must change

We shall walk through the streets of the city

Thought process

Dream

Hard to say goodbye

That's what I want for you

Waiting for Tain