"People are poor not because of lack of money, but because of lack of relationships." Quote from a dinner I had.

CNN showed pictures of several of her followers digging Bhutto's grave in Pakistan. It made me think of those who loved Malcolm X, including Ozzie Davis, digging his grave.

Benazir Bhutto's assassination has left me absolutely sick. I am convinced Musharaf had his hand in it. I stand with her aides and her family.

17 Year Old Dies Due to Machinations of Insurance Company

Read this story of the death of Natalie Sarkysian at the hands of Cigna Insurance.

I have been left raw all day by news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

Markers of Patriarchy

family, Faith, Flag, Neighborhood, White Privilege....all of these things can be used and are used by people wishing to promote patriarchy.

Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead

Barbra Streisand

I need your sweet inspiration

I need you here on my mind

Every hour of the day

Without your sweet inspiration

The lonely hours of the night

Just don't go my way



Wanting you the way I do

I only want to be with you

And I would go to the ends of the earth

'Cause darling, to me that's what you're worth



Where you lead, I will follow

Anywhere you tell me to

If you need, need me to be with you

I will follow where you lead



If you're out on the road

Feelin' lonely and oh so cold

All you gotta do is call my name

And I'll be there on the next train



Where you lead I will follow

Anywhere you tell me to

If you need, need me to be with you

I will follow where you lead



I'd always wanted a real home

With flowers on the windowsill

But if you want to leave in New York City

Honey, you know I will

Yes I will

Yes I will



I never thought I could get satisfaction

From just one man

If anyone can keep me happy

Oh, you're the one who can



I'm gonna follow where you lead me

I'm gonna follow where you lead me

I need your sweet inspiration

I need you here on my mind

Every hour of the day

Without your sweet inspiration

The lonely hours of the night

Just don't go my way



Oh, a woman in love needs sweet inspiration

And honey that's all I ask, you know

That's all I ask from you

I gotta have your sweet inspiration

You know there just ain't no tellin'

What a satisfied woman might do



The way you call me baby, baby (such a sweet inspiration)

The way you call me darlin', darlin' (sets my heart a skating)

And if I'm out in the rain, baby (and in a bad situation)

You know I just look back in my mind

And there I find your sweet, sweet inspiration



Inspiration, oh what a power

And a bucket of power every hour of the day

I need your sweet inspiration

To go on livin', to keep on givin' this way

Wanting you the way I do (sweet, sweet)

Only want to be with you (sweet, sweet)

Gonna follow where you lead (sweet, sweet)

Baby you're just what I need

Your sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet inspiration

And honey that's all I ask, you know

That's all I ask from you

I gotta have your sweet inspiration

You know there just ain't no telling

What a satisfied woman can do



You are You are my You are my sweet inspiration

I so love The View. It is a hot mess!

Bridges

Dianne Reeves

I have crossed a thousand bridges
In my search for something real
There were great suspension bridges
Made like spider webs of steel
There were tinny wooden trestles
And there were bridges made of stone
I have always been a stranger and
I've always been alone
There's a bridge to tomorrow
There's a bridge to the past
There's a bridge made of sorrow
That I pray will not last
There's a bridge made of color
In the sky high above
And I pray that there must be
Bridges made out of love
I can see him in the distance
On the river's other shore
And his arms reach out in longing
As my own have done before
And I call across to tell him
Where I believe the bridge must lie
And I'll find it
Yes I'll find it
If I search until I die
When the bridges is between us
We'll have nothing to say
We will run thru the sunlight
And he'll meet me halfway
There's a bridge made of color
In the sky high above
And I know that there must be
Bridges made out of love

Love For Sale

Dianne Reeves

Love for sale
Appetizing young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love for sale

Who will buy?
Who would like to sample my supply?
Who's prepared to pay the price for a trip to paradise?
Oh love for sale

Let the poets pipe of love in their childish way
You see I know every type of love better far than they
And if you want the thrill of love
I've been through the middle of love
Old love
New love
Every love but true love

Oh love for sale
I'm advertising young love for sale
If you want to try my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale

Let the poets pipe of love in their childish way
You see I know every type of love better far than they
If you want the thrill of love
I've been through the middle of love
Old love
New love
Every love but true love

Oh love for sale
I'm advertising young love for sale
If you want to try my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs
Oh love oh love my love young love
For sale

Triste

Diane Reeves

Sad is to live in solitude
Far from your tranquil altitude
Sad is to know that no one ever can live on a dream
That never can be, will never be
Dreamer awake, wake up and see.
Your beauty is an aeroplane
So high my heart can't bear the strain
A heart that stops when you pass by
Only to cause me pain
Sad is to live in solitude

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

Where is the Justice in the world? Someone should cut Musharaf's penis off.

Congressional Black Caucus Demands Pardon For Mychael Bell and the Jena 6

A Map of Lakota Territory

The Newly Independent Lakota People

Mr. Hotness

James Marsden

After so many years of thinking in lines, I am beginning to see things in circles.

Christmas Tidings

I would like to offer to all political prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Gharib, the secret prisons held by the U.S. around the globe, as well as anyone else who is under political persecution, the words of Corrie Ten Boom: There is no pit so deep that he(the creatress, creator of the world) is not deeper still.

Sad News

Legendary jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson, died this Christmas eve.

Diane rehm's Show on Tasers-Extremely Important

Diane Rehm Interviews James Lipton

Click the above link to here her magnificent and beautiful interview with James Lipton of Inside the Actor's Studio.

Barbara Walters Interviews Barbra Streisand, 1991

I think William Faulkner was a Negro.

Elaine Brown Live!

Elaine Brown will sing live in concert at Largo in Los Angeles on Friday January 18, 2008...hope to see you there, tell your friends. This is an extremely rare concert in an intimate space.

love & strength,

Ericka

Elaine Brown Sings at Largo...
LARGO
http://www.largo-la.com/largohome.html

U.S. Soldiers Stage Mutiny-Kudos for Them!