Daily Surrender Requests

Jen:

Thank you for reading my

ramblings

. First let me address the math part of your response to shut me down.

No, I didn't have to use a calculator, because it's basic math. Also, I see that you fully understood, later why I was not going for the 9 hours round up instead of 8.57. Because that number after the decimal tells me it was closer to an half hour rather than an whole hour. LOL But you were not going to give me that , now were you? Nope, you just went and got that calculator and got a reality check.

The number 57 played a little visual trick on ya. .57 does not mean half of a dollar but a little more than a half of an hour in this equation huh? Which mean .57 is a litle more than 30 minutes which is less than 60 minutes. But using minutes we do not round up to the next hour. That's okay, you got it after you checked and compared the facts.

Because if we used your new math, we would have paid the good officer an excess of probably somewhere in the range of a 24 more extra hours of overtime pay...pretty cushy huh?

The gentlemen is getting paid for his time, not beyond his duty..he is not volunteering. When the man jump on to the platform and saw the train acoming, but he did it anyway, that's beyond his duty. Can you visualize the difference ? Can you see clearly through the glasses at the issue before you rather than my writing that has language that offense your way of thinking?

Do you know how to calculate overtime, vacation pay, I am telling you the brotha is getting paid for his time. Plain and simple.

My point is let's share the wealth and second let's not focus on one part of town to target your enforcement. Don't be selective in where you are going to perform your job. In other words, the officer working so many hours covering the whole city would help get drunks off the road. Or more officers being able to work the whole city will be able to get more drunks off the road. And if you are not doing that you are targeting a select part of town, where over 90% of African-Americans live work and play.

So, if you want to take your hat and tip it to the officer so be it. Do it. But me questioning, the accountability and the efficiency of a program that allow the one officer running the program to be the only officer benefiting from the grant money, is legit. Which explained my title to the post. If it is not a conflict of interest, please give me some reasons why I should not think that way. But calling me a racist, does not silence the conversation.


Second, I never called the officer a racist. Never. And yes, I do use the term raced whites and I use the term racialist. One speaks of the lack of identity and the other behavior. Plain and simple, and my use of the term and understanding of the terms in noway shape or form makes me a racist or racialist. But, you didn't know, so I forgive you.

I am posting your comments, because, it is obvious we are not talking about the same thing, and if not folks will lose their way in trying to communicate with one. Let's seek clarity. Peace

You scream for equality, which you have and then some, and yet you are the first to throw a fit and in doing so keep racism alive.

Nope not screaming or asking for equality. Nope not keeping racism alive. But I am writing my point of view.

Ok, I'll bite just this once, though I question what good it will do.





Racism Vs. Racialism

Racism is the act of one or a collection of many whom feel they are superior to others and openly discriminate against what they consider to be the inferior race or group of people.

Racialism is the belief that a race or group of people are inferior based on their appearance and/or genetics. So to say that someone is a racialist would require knowing them and speaking with them to gain an understanding of their beliefs, however to say someone is a racist one need only to view their actions and/or written statements in your case.

I've also noticed in your ramblings, I mean writings that you often use the term "raced whites" quite often. This simply means the white race and does not refer to racism nor racialism, it also says to me that you are in fact a racist and against anybody with pale skin. You scream for equality, which you have and then some, and yet you are the first to throw a fit and in doing so keep racism alive. Let me give you an example; If I go out to eat and a waitress who happens to be white is in a bad mood and gives me horrible service she's just a b*tch, but if you eat at the same restaurant and she is rude to you, you scream she's a racist. Do you see the problem here? You are being exactly what you are claiming to fight against. A good friend of mine, who just happens to have dark skin by the way, once said to me "It's ok to be irate and it's ok to be ignorant, but it's not ok to be irate and ignorant". Once again I invite you to let go of your hatred and/or educate yourself and join the Human Race.

As for my math....LOL. You said 8.57, good for you, you can use a calculator. I said and I quote "Working ALMOST 9 hours a day". Forgive me for using basic 3rd grade math and rounding up to the nearest hour. I suppose I could have rounded down to the nearest half hour and said 8 and a half hours a day seven days a week. Or perhaps I should have rounded up to the nearest quarter hour, as employers do, which would have made that 8 hours and 45 minutes. I just figured in the fact that unless this officer lives at the station, thereby eliminating his drive to and from work, and assuming that he doesn't end his shift precisely at a given hour that he probably gets a bit more time in. Generally a shift at any job is 8 hours a day 5 days a week. That tells me that this gentleman is going above and beyond his call of duty, and once again I tip my hat to him.

Regardless, assuming he gets exactly 60 hours a week, working 8 hours, 34 minutes, and 2 seconds, seven days a week still does not sound cushy to me

Tax Time=EITC

For the working families check out the earned income tax credit. This credit is based on money earned from working and not just any income.

For the 2006 tax year, the maximum credit is $4,536 for a family with two or more children; $2,747 for a family with one child and $412 if the taxpayer does not reside with children.

The maximum amount of earned income allowed is higher for tax year 2006 than it was for 2005. Please see Fact Sheet 2007-13 for all eligibility requirements. Generally, a taxpayer may be able to take the credit for tax year 2006 if the taxpayer:

has more than one qualifying child and earns less than $36,348 ($38,348 if married filing jointly),


has one qualifying child and earns less than $32,001 ($34,001 if married filing jointly), or


does not have a qualifying child and earns less than $12,120 ($14,120 if married filing jointly).
The maximum amount of investment income also increased to $2,800 for tax year 2006.

Indianapolis Colts' Coach Dungy

Doggone it. I tell you can not help but love the coach. Dungy and team member 33 goes to Disney World. Dungy refuse to take the ride alone. Go
Coach, can't wait to see you and the members on Oprah.

Entitled to our opinions

Clarence Thomas Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court received an A.B., cum laude, from Holy Cross College, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. Justice Thomas served as Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1990, before reaching the highest court. President Bush nominated Justice Thomas in 1990. Read more click here.

Oprah- Living History

In South Africa, Oprah Winfrey built a school for girls. The cost of the Leadership Academy, $40,000,000, controls the news headline. On Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer talks to Oprah about why invest in a school in South African rather than in the United States.

The opportunity already exist for such education in the United States and Oprah expressed her support of education in the United States.

Ministry of Education addressed the criticism of the cost of the school for educating those who have so little. But Oprah understood the difference the school will make in the future of the children. The expense of the school "just enough for now", Oprah expressed, suggesting that more is too come.

For the young girls who were selected for the South Africa, Henlep-on-Klip School, on girl stated, education is the bridge to independent. Some wanted to attend the school to help their families. Other because of the opportunity because they considered themselves poor girls. The school provides living quarters for the students of the school. Oprah is taking care of the future of South African, the young girls who will birth the future.

Oprah began her broadcasting career at WVOL radio in Nashville while still in high school. At the age of 19, she became the youngest person and the first African-American woman to anchor the news at Nashville's WTVF-TV. She then relocated to Baltimore's WJZ-TV to co-anchor the Six O'Clock News and later went on to become co-host of its local talk show, People Are Talking.

In 1984, Oprah moved to Chicago to host WLS-TV's morning talk show, AM Chicago, which became the number one local talk show—surpassing ratings for Donahue—just one month after she began. In less than a year, the show expanded to one hour and was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. It entered national syndication in 1986, becoming the highest-rated talk show in television history. In 1988, she established Harpo Studios, a production facility in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) to own her own studio.

The Oprah Winfrey Show has remained the number one talk show for 20 consecutive seasons*. Produced by her own production company, Harpo Productions, Inc., the show is seen by an estimated 48 million viewers a week in the United States** and is broadcast internationally in 126 countries.

Dee McKinley, local radio program

We are soldiers on the battle field

Chaplain Garland White fought for the right of African-Americans to live as citizens in the United States. White may have been motivated by Frederick Douglass who was encouraging men to fight for their right to serve and citizenship. Harriet Tubman, during war time joined, not leaving our women's demands to be recognized as citizens, too.

The story of Garland White appears in the records of the Twenty-eighth USCI. He was a slave belonging to Robert Toombs of Georgia. White, who was literate, studied to become a minister while still a slave. According to documents in his file, he was licensed and "authorized to preach the Gospel" on September 10, 1859, in Washington, Georgia. In 1860 Toombs, with White as a house servant, was living in Washington, D.C. The Toombs’s residence was two doors away from William Seward’s, at the time a senator from New York. It is apparent from correspondence in his record that White enjoyed a friendly relationship with Seward.

During his time in Washington, White became a fugitive and made his way to Canada. According to his records, he was appointed to the "Pastorial Charge of London mission. The said mission being under the jurisdiction of the B. M. E. Annual Conference." It is not known how long he stayed in Canada, but he was very aware of the Civil War and knew that Seward was President Lincoln’s secretary of state. He wrote to him from Canada and told him of his desire to serve his country in any way he could. Garland White returned to the United States (the exact date is not known) and began recruiting for the new USCT. He went to New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Indiana. He raised most of the men of the Twenty-eighth USCI. He petitioned Seward for help in obtaining the chaplaincy of the regiment. In his letter to Seward, White wrote, "I also joined the regiment as a private to be with my boys and should I fail to get my commission I shall willingly serve my time out."

On September 1, 1864, the Field and Company Officers elected Garland H. White chaplain of the Twenty-eighth USCI, subject to the approval of the secretary of war. On October 25, by order of the secretary of war, Garland H. White was appointed chaplain of the Twenty-eighth USCI. He was thirty-five years old. All the previous correspondence was found in his compiled military service record.

H.L Gaulden, member of the Tuskegee Airmen

Dungy's Colt's Defense Stomps Da Bears

It's their time.. Indianapolis Colts goes to the Super Bowl..naptown comes alive..29-17 for the win.

Conflict of Interest-running the program and working the program

Story in this morning Journal-Gazette..

Not a surprise that the central city is targeted, raced white folks will have your badge and jobs if you stop them from having a quick drink before going home. Let's see how many on the northside get arrested this weekend while Officer Bonar is working all that overtime.

Bonar’s base salary is $54,070, but he more than doubled it primarily by earning overtime while working grant-funded drunken-driving patrols. Bonar said he was proud of the money he earns because he works for it.

“I work every weekend,” he said. “I use my vacation time. I work 60 hours a week.”

Although Bonar runs the city’s DWI grant program, York said he gets no special treatment in being selected to work overtime. The shifts are filled based on a bid system that rewards officers with the most seniority. Because Bonar has 18 years on the force, he is able to work almost any shift he desires.

Bonar said other officers could work the extra patrols, but they choose not to.

Unless Bonar ratchets up his overtime this year, he will unlikely be the highest-paid city employee again. The City Council last December approved raising the mayor’s salary to $120,000, although the mayor had requested raising the salary to $130,000. Even without the raise, Mayor Richard was the highest-paid mayor in Indiana.

Let's see 7 days into 60 hours equal 8.57 hours a day. Pretty cushy you think?

Black History Month Super Sunday 2007

Today is kickoff for the Super Bowl XLI in the Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida.
However because this month is Black History Month , today the game takes on more of a significant meaning as well as the football teams headed by, for the first time ever, two African-American coaches. Two teams have made it to the Super Bowl coached by Anthony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears.

For years, the African-American males has been viewed as a "player" in sports, but limited in certain positions, not as the shot caller or owner of a team. Today, it still something to celebrate a player's accomplishment beyond the stereotype.

Douglas Williams quenched the myth that an African-American could not lead a team as a quarterback. Fans celeberated when Williams became the first African American quarterback to win the Most Valuable Player Award in Super Bowl XXII.

Dungy and Smith will be celebrated,also. Not only for being a first, but the among the first African-Americans to reach the Superbowl as coaches, but one will be recorded in history as the first African-American coach to win the Super Bowl.


Fort Wayne Johnny Bright, Roosevelt Barnes, Vaughn Dunbar, Trai Essex, Bernard Pollard, Kevin "Rod" Woodson, retired NFL football player will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in Canton in 2009

Say my name-Fort Wayne

When Coach Tony Dungy uttered those words, about going to play the Superbowl in Fort Wayne, would forever connected the XLI Superbowl to the city anyways.

The Sport Illustration wrote about the utterance of Dungy. Read here and here.

The New-Sentinel reports,

Fort Wayne native Shlomo Goltz fell short in his bid to have a commercial he created be shown during Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast.

Goltz, 22, is a visual communications student at Washington University in St. Louis. He and college classmates Hubert Cheung, originally from Canada, and Nathan Heigert of Chicago were finalists in Chevrolet’s first Super Bowl College Ad Challenge.

But that won't stop the football fans who will be glued to their small, big and large television sets watching the game, from listening for anything connected to Fort Wayne.

I wonder if any of Fort Wayne's potential candidates will air an ad during the most watched program? Probably one, the one who is designing a new Fort Wayne won't miss this opportunity. Hat tip to Reverent and Free.

But Indianapolis takes the cake with a song; Superbowl Sway.

Even Indiana Supreme Justice Randall T. Shepard gets in the act.

Prediction Bears over Colts--defense will win.

When Coach Dungy uttered the words....

Spicing up the debate

Sometimes folks like to play stupid..and you just have to play stupid back.

A new charter school to experiment with our children

This was the second time Arlington, Va.-based Imagine Schools filed an application for a charter school with Ball State. The first time the application was rejected over concerns that the governing body was too connected to the company running the school. Those issues have since been cleared up, Gabbert said.

Just checking.

A little child shall lead them

Who has not heard of Brown vs. Board of Education? Linda Brown's parents wanted her to attend her neighborhood school. The problem schools were white only in her neighborhood. Brown declared schools could no longer discriminate by having all white schools only. It was Charles Hamilton Houston, the architecture of the strategy for the case of Brown v. Board of Education. Houston, was the mentor of the former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Houston used his intellect to help his people. Houston loved his people.


Fort Wayne did not love its African-American children. It was not until 1989 that Fort Wayne Community Schools and a group of parents agreed to an out-of-court settlement to racially balance its 53 schools. The settlement would end in the 1997. Race would be used as a factor to remove African-Americans from their neighborhood schools.


Dr. Wendy Robinson would become the first African-American Superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools.

Red heart day vs. Black History Month

No contest.

Where in the world are the local Democrats?

The republicans are slowly manning up (yet to hear a female name) in filing their candidacies for political positions.

The race for the three at-large seats on the Fort Wayne City Council got a lot more crowded Thursday as three more Republicans filed to run, including a former member of the council.

Democrats are almost at a no show, if not for the few holding offices. Can't believe a large pool of candidates are missing in action in the the second largest city in Indiana.

No Democrat has filed yet to run at-large, but Councilman John Shoaff has said he will seek re-election.

Councilman Tim Pape, D-5th, said he has not yet decided whether he will seek re-election.

Madame C.J. Walker

Indianapolis, Indiana was the home of Madame C. J. Walker. Walker was born in 1867 and died in 1919. Walker became the first self-made female millionaire in America. Besides the fact that she was a woman and amassed such wealth, she was also an African-American. Walker was innovative and creative in marketing and producing products for African-American hair. Madame C.J. Walker created wealth doing things her way from the bottom on up.






Fort Wayne Stephanie Cozart Burton doing things her way, make up artist and actress.

Kelty for Mayor TV Ads

Folks waking up this morning and watching the news, woke up to Matthew Kelty television ads. Kelty has several ads one focusing on troops and family in the military. The other ad clearly focuses on Kelty's ability to beat the other candidates out of the gate in moving his campaign to the people. Kelty firsts.