Magic Johnson's New Film to Debut: ``The Announcement...''

In a article by Chip Alfred of the A&U Magazine, it was announced that the new film Directed By Nelson George, about the early days of Magic Johnson's announcing his HIV status, will debut soon. The Film is called ``The Announcement''. I will try to discover where it is playing in the Philadelphia area, and write more here later.  If you want to remend me o f this promise, please contact me via e-mail: BLockBoi75@Yahoo.Com

We Have Adjusted to Insanity.....

Many people believe that because I have a background of mental illness that I should not be listened to and that I should be put on the back shelf and ignored.  Some of these same people call themselves my friends.  Most of them don't like me or truly hate me. Most people who truly hate me really hate something deep inside themselves or want to keep up a social atmosphere and a society that continues to be a hoax, a fallacy, a fantasy {and usually NOT a good one}, and a society that really shows little  reality about itself.  But the Reality is coming out.

Instead of judging me as an insane person, pay close attention to what and who your children are watching on tv.  If it continues to be little wayne and a host of other popular celebrities from the so-called hip hop era that is where the insanity exists in your child's life.  I have a path back to sanity.

The fact that I am overweight and a homosexual make the matrix that makes up what I am even that much more difficult to fully accept and understand let alone follow as a political perspective...

I have written extensively about my sexuality and have been open to criticism and comment. I only ask to be treated with respect and dignity and I promise to respond in kind. I love all kinds of people and I want what I have to say to reach ears and minds in Egypt, Asia, Indonesia, Africa The Middle East, North America, South America, Brazil and South Africa, Russia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Venezuela, Panama and Benin. I especially love my people--Black people--because we have suffered for generation after generation and there is always an excuse from the power structure and, frankly, us, as to why we are not free.  {See article on Self-love on my Blog--The Power of Being Black and Loving It...}

I want to be an international leader because I feel what I have to say is very, very important....

But the more I learn about life in general and particularly life in North America the more I have come to realize that we have adjusted to a real form and level of insanity here in the states. We have come, as Black and other Non-White communities, to accept our oppression and even relish in it.  Every time we shop at Wal-Mart or when we buy Exxon gas, or buy Brawnie Paper Towels, or support AT&T we are sticking the knife of oppression in our own back and helping our oppressor to twist it, turn it and stick in in further...

{Let me give some information and background here: Brawnie Paper Towels is owned by the Koch Brother, a couple of White Billionaires {blood Brothers} who donate extensively to the Tea Party and a host of other Conservative and radical right wing causes; AT&T has also contributed extensively to the Tea Party; Exxon has show flagrant disregard for our environment and has their CEO paid millions when the price of gasoline is artificially inflated on the world market.  They also pay very little in taxes to the U.S. government's IRS. Wal-Mart is the King of Bad Union relations and Bad Employee relations.  They had an enormous law suite against them that pertained to their corporate treatment and failure to properly promote women in the workplace.}

We eat fast foot that is killing us and because it is advertised on TV we readily accept it and consume it.  The level of salt, fat and sugar we get from a super-sized meal from McDonald's is enough, if eaten regularly, to kill a full-sized APE over time.  Yet we eat it and ask no questions. Then we look shocked when we go to the doctor and find out we have cancer, high-blood pressure, sugar diabetes, heart ailments, swollen ankles, swollen joints, insomnia, head aches and a variety of other ailments that come with the sodas we drink and the so-called food we eat at McDonald's.

There have been two or three generations of Black men who have spoken out about our diets before starting with Elijah Muhammad's ``How to Eat to Live; and books by Dick Gregory such as ``Dick Gregory's Natural Diet for Folk Who Eat: Cookin' With Mother Nature,'' by Dick Gregory and James R. McGraw {1974}; and books by Gary Null such as: ``Get Healthy Now! A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment and Healthy Living,'' by Gary Null and Amy McDonald.; also by Gary Null: ``The Joy of Juicing: Creative Cooking with Your Juicer: Completely Revised and Updated,'' by Ph D. Gary Null and Shelly Null. We listened for a few years, but with the tumultuous and pervasive avalanche of TV advertising {by some informed estimates a Billion Dollars a year for McDonald's alone} our heads are turned and like programmed and controlled robots we follow along and don't think for ourselves, ask questions and make informed and smart decisions. We have been fooled into believing that we must follow along and follow orders, like the Nazi's did. You see where that got us? We must start thinking for ourselves.

Yes, I was hospitalized about seven times for anger, depression and nervous upsets {much of it job related during my tenure at TV Guide Magazine} but I have largely pulled away from and conquered what was illing me and have been on a long, long journey to heal myself and live a better life. It has required me to do without sex for two years; it has required that I pull away from the TV; it has required that I totally change what I eat; it has required that I go for walks, sometimes long walks; It has required that I go to the Library and do the necessary research and read and study and write.  But I am living in more reality than MOST North Americans, although I still have my fantasy moments and must keep in the correct path as I go along in this life....

This has all been part of pulling myself out of the insanity that our society has us addicted to and, sadly, adjusted to. We live in a society controlled mostly by an insane, out of control corporate sector and a Government that provides almost full cover for them on the local, state and Federal level.  It is a picture we have to step out of to fully see, understand and appreciate.

The movies we watch are filled with violence; the best-selling books we read do very little to instill better higher values; and we eat foods at expensive restaurants that does little to nothing to build up our health and endurance.

Guns are freely available and gun play on TV and in movies is widely accepted as entertainment. When will it end? When we decide enough is enough and take control of ourselves, our minds, and our families.  That is when it will end.

Just like we don't have to accept the heroin or cocaine that has for too many of our Brothers and Sisters corrupted and abused them, we don't have to lay still and accept putting sugary sodas in our veins and the fat around our hearts that comes with the quarter pound er with cheese.

{See ``Getting Help'' On the Blog if you need to talk to someone or are getting angry about reading my interpretation of the truth.

The way I see things is just that--the way I see things.  Your reality may, in fact, be something completely different.  However, I should note that I have been in therapy for years and have had my perceptions of what is really real totally revamped, while many others have not.  The World View I have is different from the regular North American who is more satisfied with being a consumer and making it paycheck to paycheck.

Copyright warnings and infringements from ``It's Your Biz,'' By Susan Wilson Solovic, with Ellen R. Kadin and a forward by Edie Weiner. Page 150...


``Because I write many columns and blog posts for a variety of companies and media organizations, I use search-engine tools to alert me if anyone is picking up and using my material. Some people have literally copied my writing and presented it as their own, even though this is an obvious copyright infringement. There are both civil and criminal penalties for copyright violations, and the severity of the penalties depends on the situation.''

What I Will Say As Good News at Church on Sunday, August 12th, 2012 during 2 P.M. Eastern Time Service

For Good News.....

My Good News is about being told the wrong things by a well-intended and well-meaning close friend.  They said ``we'' should be more Humble, well I ask if Black People ever got anywhere good by being Humble or Did we get somewhere good by when we got educated and got militant and got out in the streets and took control or our destiny {Politically and economically}...

The well-meaning voice also told me we would be tried for what we have done.  Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I know for me, I always expect unjustified and illegal retribution from the state as I have dedicated my life and time to the Liberation and Betterment of Myself and My People.  That, Like What's on CNN, is NOT NEWS!!! 

Through Brother Tracy C. Gibson,

Given As Good News at Church--The Unity Fellowship Christ Church of Philadelphia--on Sunday the 12th, 2012, Located at 55 North Broad Street.  {Service is at 2 P.M. Eastern Time on Sunday}

Peace -- LOVe -- and Faith...

What To Eat and What NOT to Eat!!!

What Up? First Up! Please read the article in ``The Advocate,'' for August 2012, Page 46 about health and nutrition.  You will find much of this material listed here to be born out by that particular article!!!

What NOT TO Eat!!

Ranch Dressing

Blue Cheese Dressing

White Flour

White Rice

White Bread

Processed TV Dinners

Fried Chicken

Fried Fish

ANY Pork Products

ANY Beef Products

Whole Milk; Ice Cream

Potato Chips of any kind or variety

White Potatoes {Including French Fries}

Chocolate Cake

Carrot Cake {Except once in a while, without icing}

Angel food or Devil's Food Cake\Processed candy bars

Frito's

Any kind of cheese especially processed cheese

White Bread Hoggie rolls

Cheese Whizz and Cheese Products

Avoid Lard and heavy frying and cooking oils

High Sodium foods

Twinkies, Tasty Cakes

Don't eat ANY McDonald's Foods except for fruit, Oat Meal, and water

Avoid Heavy Creams

and Heavy Cream Sauces

Avoid High Salt Spaghetti Sauces

Avoid sugary sodas and avoid high fructose corn syrup in sodas

Avoid diet sodas

Avoid pre-packaged and processed foods such as oodals of noodles

Avoid Sausage Pizza and Pepperoni Pizza

Avoid Pork Sausage

Avoid Home Fries

Avoid White Toast

Avoid Bar-b-q Sauce

Avoid Spear Ribs

Avoid Hamburgers and Cheeseburgers

Many heart ailments, joint ailments and other physical problems, such as liver disease, high-blood pressure, heart attacks and stroke and Diabetes can be traced directly back to consumption of such foods as those listed above. Listen to what the First Lady--Mrs. Michelle Obama--has to say about diet / nutrition / and obesity. Read the book: ``How to Eat to Live,'' by The Honorable Elijah Muhammad; and look for books by Gary Null and Dick Gregory {``Dick Gregory's Natural Diet For Folks Who Eat: Cookin With Mother Nature,'' by Dick Gregory and James R. McGraw. on diet and health.  Also read: ``The Gradual Vegetarian,'' by Lisa Tracy...; and ``Sugar Blues'' by William F. Duffy... ``Eating Well for Optimum Health,'' Dr. Andrew Weil.  Avoid high-sodium Asian Sauces like Soy Sauce and other Asian Sauces like Hoysen Sauce; Use Olive Oil to Stir fry delicious vegetables.. Watch the salt level in food items and remember you can ask for a list of the sodium levels for most food items in even fast food Restaurants... Watch the SALT and sodium levels on ALL pre-packaged vegetarian items especially pre-packaged frozen vegetarian breakfast sausages or frozen vegetarian hamburgers. ``The Life You Want: Get Motivated, Lose Weight and be Happy,'' is also a good book to read. It is by Bob Greene and Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D.; and Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D. It is available at the Penn Bookstore on the Penn Campus in West Philadelphia at 36th and Walnut Street and other fine bookstores.

The following is an excerpt from Mr. Bob Greene's ``The Life You Want,'' Mr. Greene says that some of the Major problems in life that cause over eating are: ``1] Family Conflicts; 2] Work and School conflicts; 3] Toxic Relationships; 4] Money Worries; 5] Health Issues (including an unhealthy lifestyle}; 6] Unresolved Loss/ Grief;'' He also has a great section about When Food Replaces Love, which I am convinced that many Black women and Black men suffer from in great numbers.

Some of Gary Null's Books are ``The Joy of Juicing: Creative Cooking with Your Juicer; Completely Revised and UpDated''. By Gary Null and Shelly Null.

``Kiss Your Fat Goodbye: The Ultimate Guide to Losing Weight and Building a Healthier Body for Life,'' by Gary Null, Ph.D. 

Try to EAT THIS instead!!

HERE IS A LIST OF FOODS TO EAT THAT ARE HEALTHIER FOR YOU!!!

{Most of you already know this stuff, but there are far too many people dieing from heart ailments, obesity and Diabetes and other heart ailments such as heart attack and stroke for us NOT to reiterate.....}

Check out ``Vegetarian Times Magazine'' and try to stay away from red meats such as pork and beef. 

 Eat free range chicken, but DON'T fry it.

Eat baked fish of many varieties

Eat Whole grain or Brown Rice {Not instant}

Eat ALL fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables {especially organic and wash them completely}

Eat Wheat, 12 and 15 grain breads, and Whole grain Breads

Eat Egg Beaters instead of real eggs or mix them in with real eggs if you have a cholesterol problem...

Drink Spring Water and Seltzer Water with a little lemon or lime  {Use an actual lime or lemon because the bottled kind can go ranced quckly.}

Tey to Eat Wheat Hoagie Rolls or Oat Hoagie rolls  {Sub-Way is the ONLY place In Philly that I know of that has an option of fresh wheat and oat hoagie rolls. {The company that has a monopoly on the Hoggie rolls in Philadelphia {Amaroso's} doesn't make a more natural whole wheat, or oat variety, that I know of..}

Eat Low Sugar Zucchini Cake

Eat Low Sugar Pound Cake

Drink Soy milk or mix it with real milk. {I prefer Organic Whole mike because I just don't like the taste of skim milk}... 

Drink Rice milk or mix it with organiz whole milk as well...

Eat Yams and Sweet Potatoes {White potatoes just aren't good for you and neither are all those French Fries we North Americans eat by the truck load--just ask Our First Lady, Michelle Obama, who has asked that we curb those fat cravings with a bit of dark chocolate once in a while.

Eat Balsamic Vinegar and French Dressing. Blue Cheese and Ranch dressings are very fat centered and very high in salt.

Eat plenty of Blue Berries; Black Berries; and Strawberries. They are high in anti-oxidents and Omega 3's which are very healthy and good for your fiber intake and health wise--according to OUR First Lady, Michelle Obama...

Eat Rye Bread with the seeds in it and Eat Pumpernickel Bread such dark crusty breads are great for fiber intake and good for you and your diet, so says Doctor Andrew Weil, who has been writing about nutrition, health and weight loss for decades. {See his book mentioned above.}

Go to Govinda's Vegetarian Restaurant at Broad and South Street in Philadelphia and enjoy the variety of vegetarian foods {See OUR ad on our Blog: http://thepoliticsofreal.blogspot.com

...  When ordering from Chinese Restaurants get shrimp or vegetable egg rolls DO NOT ORDER PORK or BEEF items or FRIED ITEMS... or better yet, slowly work them out of your diet... Your doctor and our First Lady Michelle Obama will thank you for it when the National rates of heart disease goes down and our costs for health care actually goes down as well....

Join me in April, 2013 in joining and attending a local gym and getting a gym membership. Plan to get back in shape. It is never too late {I'm 56 and have NOT given up!!}  Plan to go twice a week and build up to three times a week over a six or seven week period. ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE STARTING AN EXERCISE REGIMENT OR PROGRAM.  Start changing your diet through a slow process over time. Please Don't try to make drastic changes all at once, you will lose interests when you don't get the weight loss and energy results you want and give up...  Take your time and stay with it. I have had weeks when I didn't lose any weight and weeks when I put weight back on, but I've lost 35 pounds over a year!!!!! Plan out how much weight you want to lose over about a five month period.  Keep records on weight so you can look back at your progress...

There is also A Black-owned Restaurant at 4505 Baltimore Avenue  in West Philadelphia. I always forget the name, but there food is quite good.  They serve fish if you want that. they also serve a variety of vegetarian foods and that are quite good. {They recently catered an event for me and everybody loved the food...}

Additional Books: ``Eat,: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution,'' By Ian K. Smith, M.D.

``Eat Well, Live Well: More Than 150 Delicious specific Carbohydrate Diet (TM) Compliant Recipes,'' By Kendall Conrad and Elaine Gottschall.....

Latest Book: ``EAT: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution,'' Doc. Ian K. Smith,

TO: The Writers of the World...

You have been entrusted with awesome power because what you write each day as a group of people influences and formulates {and can change} the thinking and activities of just about everyone on the planet and on a daily basis..  This is an awesome responsibility and must be handled in a serious and thoughtful manner.  Please DON'T take what you do likely or in a non-serious manner.

When you write, write with integrity, dignity, accuracy, thoughtfulness, and PRIDE. Write to inform before you write to destroy or unduly influence.  Write to tell the truth.  Write to enlighten.  Write to enlighten and educate.  Even if you have strong opinions--as I do--remember to mention the opposing points of view. DO YOUR RESEARCH.  Write with love in your heart and don't forget that Truth and Light will always be better than even advocacy.

Brother Tracy C. Gibson..

Writer / Fund Raiser

JOB -- Partnerships Available!!!

Partnership Jobs.....

 

 

Community Organizer and Black Business Owner, Brother Tracy Gibson is seeking potential Business Partners who have top-flight Business Management skills and are interested in at least a 20 % share interest in my company [Brother Tracy Gibson & Associates, Inc.]. THIS IS OUR PARENT COMPANY. We are involved in the development of a number of projects which I will share with you when you e-mail me and agree to sign an information release form.   I am personable and have extensive skills in: Writing; Idea Creation; Community Relations; Diversity Staff Management; Public Relations; Advertising; Education; Advocacy; Property Management;  etc. [Please call and I will allow you to access my Blog] The main thing I want is creative control over the products we sell and at least 59 % control of Business ownership.  Please forward this to others interested in Business Management partnerships.  CALL: 1-215-471-6494

BlockBoi75@Yahoo.Com

 

or

 

BrotherTracy11@GMail.Com

Building A Strong Relationship.

There are any number of things one can do to increase the chances of your meeting ``That certain Someone'' in a matter of a short six months to a year and a half. They are:

* Ask yourself honestly if you are really, really ready for a serious relationship.  Have You:

* Done the real and serious self work on yourself that will dramatically increase your chances of meeting and maintaining a relationship with ``That Certain Someone SPecial''?

* Have you decreased the stress in your life and made time for ``That Certain Someone SPecial'' ?

* Have you lost weight and permanently improved on your eating habits so you can keep the weight off such as: stopped eating beef and pork; cut out or reduced other unhealthy fats; increased walks and exercise; increased on eating fruits and vegetables; stopped heavy fattening deserts such as cake and ice cream; decided how much weight you want to lose and got on a regiment; read books about staying fit mentally and physically; joined a gym.

* Have you improved your professional credentials ion a field you have a true passion for? You would be surprised how many relationships flourish in classrooms when two people with similar professional interests take the same class towards a professional degree.

* Have you taken a serious look at how old you are and tried to find someone of a similar age? {I know I need to work on this one myself, because I'm often attracted to the psychical standards that are common in younger men, but find them lacking in mental agility and depth.}

Have you read recommended books on relationships {See the end of this article for recommendations books and where to get them}.

*Have you joined Cultural appreciation and Professional Organizations that cater to the fields you have a passion for or {You will get a chance to meet and chat with people who have similar passions}.

* Have you told your close friends and relatives you are on the lookout for ``That Certain Someone Special''





MORE TO COME!!!!