I do not and have not and never will look like Dorothy or Halle or Beyonce – and neither will I look like Angela Bassett or like either of the singing Patti’s or like any of the singer/actor Reginas – all of these singing/acting black women are beautiful and real.

As a child, I only had Lena, Dorothy and others who looked similar, to fashion after. What a welcome we women of color felt to the next generation of beauties: Cicely Tyson, Judith Jamison. The next wave: Afro-wearing sistahs ie; Natalie Cole, Angela Davis- not only got our style approval, but our cultural pride was stirred to new depths as their boldness encouraged us to embrace our natural beauty.

Today, I look forward to keeping my granddaughter, Autumn, for a couple of weeks this summer. Of course, one main concern is for her haircare/hairstyling. Autumn has options: braids, press and curl or perm. Either style will not take away from her beauty or her racial pride.

But in all honesty, she will probably just want to look more like whatever style Malia Obama is wearing. Hmmm…My granddaughter wants to look like the eldest daughter of the President of the United States.

Now that is Black Beauty, and that is real!

What is wrong with the Republican Leadership? Are they hallucinating back to the Bush days? Or are they still lost in Reagan Translation?

And will they please stop mixing up “In God We Trust” with “We Are Gods”!

What WOULD Jesus say to all their claims of “We, the good Christians,” who blame the poor for starving to death as they divvy up the poor man’s goods and (in the name of Jesus) who use the excuse of pre-emptive strikes to kill and maim as a justification for “averting war”?

Hypocrites: The Republican Leadership and their Budget; not to forget their two-step march to the podium with their little financial plaything. Thanks for a good laugh.
Don’t forget: the WORLD is watching you this week! You just gave them a great joke line.

The WORLD understands that the global economy is suffering due to Republican American mistakes.

Ask the leaders of France, or Brazil.
Ask the thousands of London Protesters.
Ask the G20 folks.
Ask the scum on the bottom of the rock that lies face down in the bottom of the murky swamp: Even the scum of the Earth know that REPUBLICAN AMERICANS have messed this WORLD up!

I knew a rich man that said, “Poor people play with toys; Rich people play with poor people’s lives.” Thanks for those tax benefits for the rich in your pretend budget. Now you can try and gather up enough votes from anybody pretending to care.

Naw, Brother Republicans, it ain’t happening! Neither American Citizens nor the WORLD want to play with you today!

But a true hypocrite is blind to the truth; or so they say. So I guess we’ll just have to wait for the next Republican installation of,

“I am Republican; therefore I am the Almighty Christian Right Hand to God - with my Left Hand stealing bread from your table.
Have no fear, I’ll be back for the table, shortly.”