“The Other Side of the Tracks” A Socially Speaking commentary by Perry Redd The news coming out of Africa has been amazingly American lately. I’d say, “their news is our news,” and I wonder why? I understood Afghanistan and Iraq’s daily affairs prevailing on our television screens since we invaded and occupied them, but why […]
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Banning Brotherhood
September 25, 2013Just A Bump In the Road
October 25, 2011The Other Side of the Tracks: A Socially Speaking commentary October 25, 2011 By Perry Redd This should end the war in Libya. A war reported as “civil” for it was between the rebels opposing the infamous, longtime leader of Libya, now-deceased Moammar Gadhafi. Gadhafi was brutally killed last week by those pursuing him […]
How Did You Get Those Fleas?
October 27, 2010The Other Side of the Tracks: A Socially Speaking commentary October 26, 2010 By Perry Redd If I’ve said it once, I’ve said a thousand times: whites don’t want you on their playground! Why don’t you get it? All of those blacks who deem themselves elite and far above “those people” are awakened time and […]
When Christianity Is a Bad Word
August 25, 2010Can you believe the depths to which the neo-conservative right will sink to? Just when you thought they could go no lower, like a Limbo pole, they lower the bar. Christian evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham, chose to jump directly into the conversation about President Obama’s religion. And let’s take a look at the faith: if Obama was to accept Jesus Christ as his “personal savior,” the way Christians believe one must in order to claim the faith, then why is it that he is still a Muslim to them? Simply because, that’s what they want. Nevermind what he said, never mind the facts.