Size Does Matter, Peterson’s Projection Map offers solutions….

Few people know that the current cartography that the world enjoys is rooted in environmental & geo-political racism. White supremacists have infiltrated every strata of society, and every discipline. When “Greenland” is depicted as the same size as the continent of Africa, then its obvious what the intent is.

Which is, to maximize European & Western powers geographical land mass. (read: there geo-strategic interests.) While simultaneously making  the majority of the world’s population appear smaller  in relation to the mighty West! The fallacy is rooted in power.

Note: The world is comprised of 9/10ths of people of color. The remaining 1/10th are European. Clearly, the world ‘minority’ they buttress that fact with doing whatever possible to perpetuate power. Size does matter!!!

For example,  perception is twisted with archaic & false representations of land mass. Moreover, supposed might is embellished due to sinister & ignoble regimes whom seek nothing less than world domination.

Rest assured, that Imperialists have & will continue with every resource at their disposal to conquer the hearts and minds of the world’s citizens by intentionally misleading even the very elect!!

It is this reason I write to expound on the issues of race and then offer solutions & alternatives rooted in facts and truth!

“The “Peterson Projection Map” is a projection of the physical traits of Earth’s continents that is not altered by the spherical distortion of a globe. Most maps in text books and classrooms are Globe projections which are laid flat and “forced” into a rectangular format (shape).

The result of this process is that the image of the continents in the northern and southern hemispheres are elongated by the stretching effect of forcing a spherical projection into a rectangular image. Meanwhile, the continents that brace the equator are “squished”, for lack of a better term, into a projection that falsifies the true size of a particular land mass.

Examples of the sphere-to-rectangle transition include Greenland appearing as large as Africa, Europe and North America seem larger then India, while Australia stretches into the distance. In reality, North America & China are almost identical in size, Europe is more like a sub-continent of Asia and Africa & India dwarf nearly all other continents in size.

The common argument for the creation and use of the “Peterson” map is that it would help school children throughout the world to understand the true nature and size of our world and it’s continents. Also that the enlarged and elongated images only helps to symbolically enforce a Geo-Political sense of supremacy, as it wrongly shows the nations of Western Civilization to be larger than they actually are as well as to always produce them in the middle of the distorted map.”
This excerpt is from auithor:-J. Gordon, Missoula, MT.

Supporting Serena in the face of Opposition

Serena Williams lost the US Open despite the fact she is/was the reigning champion. Yet, one would think that she threatened the life of an official with her racket. In fact, some have said as much.

On the other hand, some have said that had it been Melanie Ouidin, or a male player the backlash would hardly be above a whisper. So, are we to glean that tennis has the same issues about race as the larger society? YES!

Tennis is one of those sports like golf, equestrian, cricket, or croquet are seen as the refined sporting events. So, for Ms. Williams who defies all ‘traditionalism’ just by her mere dominant presence, should be suspended or forced to pay an inordinate amount of money.

Isn’t it ironic how her image now is tainted from one misstep. One commentator called her actions typical as if she’s ever been anything but a class act both on & off the court. The impatience with her is at a fevered pitch.

Seriously, if she were living in Salem back in the day, I’m sure she’d be burned at the stake. Now, the stake is the 24 hour news cycle. She apologized but it was seen as being dubious. She didn’t do it soon enough, why did she wait 36 hours before doing it?

Why did she make a statement about the incident without being noticeably contrite? Why did she try to justify her actions by explaining her side of the incident?

The Williams sisters were never good enough to be tennis players, they never played in junior tournaments that is the holy grail of tennis legends. They would never be successful with there father as heir coach. There style was unorthodox and would never pass for true tennis.

These are just a few of the insidious rantings of an establishment whose time has worn out its relevance. People need to note the enduring challenges these sisters face to this day, and the not so distant past. Why? It might provide some context as to why she exploded. Recall, a few years ago when there was no instant replay or ‘player challenges.

Serena was cheated out of a point, and subsequently a major tournament. History would vindicate her because the play wa replayed after the tournament, and she was unjustly cheated. Since that time players, (male & female) have been given 2 challenges per match.

This rule should be called the Williams Rule, it didn’t exist prior to Serena! She’s done more for the game than any other player, yet she’s rebuked like some type of devil. How in the hell do you justify her treatment? Does she have no right express her obvious discontent with an asinine call at a pivotal point (no pun intended) of a match?

Despite, what critics say, Serena is never out of a match, she probably has the toughest mental makeup of all the women’s players. She has ice in her veins! So, it is quite plausible that Serena could have came back. That is why they play the match after all to its irrefutable conclusion.

To end a match on a controversial call, that is never called at that point in a match is incredulous. Moreover, the call was wrong, she clearly had both feet behind the line when starting her ball toss to serve. She clearly stepped over the line as she served. So, in my eyes her indignation is justified!

Who is a non-athletic official to inject her two cents into a match that had enough drama? Why have we not heard from her in regards to the call she made or botched?

I’ll tell you why because we are being distracted by her indecency & distasteful display of sportsmanship. Give me a damn break! John Mcenroe is elevated due to his profane rants. He’s received endorsements for having a ‘personality’ in a game where bland robots are the norm.

What’s the reason for the double standard? One is male, and the other female, so it sexism! One is African American, and one Caucasian, so its obviously rooted in racism! Let’s keep it real! Once more, for Johnny Mac, (commentator for Tennis) to castigate her knowing his vitriolic past is utterly contemptible & smacks of hypocrisy!!!

Serena is the greatest tennis player on the tour, at present. Her sister Venus is arguably the next best player on tour. Where is her due process? Where is her defense?

Right here my beautiful sister, I got your back!!! I support Serena in the face of stark opposition.

Uncivil War….

Martin Luther King said; “We need to learn to be agreeably disagreeable; without being violently disagreeable!”

Never before according to documented reports has a sitting President had to endure the scorn & malicious display that was evident last week during Obama’s health care reform speech.

Never mind your personal politics or what side of the issue you stand upon. Americans are free to criticize their leaders, its one of out most basic freedoms that is a bedrock of American society. So, its not so much what (R) Congressman Joe Wilson from South Carolina said, rather the forum in which he said it in.

The halls of Congress are ’sacred’ for lack of a better time, and their is a unspoken decorum expected from leaders from either side of the aisle. So the un-civil disobedience displayed by Wilson shouldn’t come as a surprise. However, once again the time & place was not appropriate.

President Obama was visibly disturbed by the tirade, but chose the moral high ground by not stooping to Wilson’s putrid malicious disrespectful level. President Obama showed restraint in the face of the most harshest disrespect.

Wilson has since apologized, though it rings hollow considering the source. Consider the following 3 facts about “Good Ole Joe!”

1. Wilson is from the state that rejected the recognition of MLK’s birthday as a National holiday.
2. He denounced the mixed race daughter of Senator Strom Thurmond when she came forth to ’set the record straight!’
3. He’s a known proponent of the confederate flag hanging in the state house in South Carolina. His argument is that this flag is emblematic of his ancestors “heritage!”

Now given his past, what context does his outburst signify? What does it mean when conservatives hold up his statements like Moses speaking to Pharoah? How come their isn’t a groundswell of mitigated remorse from his colleagues? I’ll tell you why because most agree with him, and don’t see a problem with his idiotic outburst.

The conservatives are hastening a ‘race riot‘ with their grotesque display of inflammatory rhetoric. Instigating & fomenting animosity between people, families, communities, states & the illusory metric called ‘race.’

We haven’t seen a reaction from the people that have been castigated by these ongoing remarks,  & actions since the primaries last year. When they respond, and they will—there will be an UNCIVIL WAR.

Conservatives are the catalyst behind this impending conflict. The same seeds of racial disharmony, discord & disrespect will come back to haunt them. For, when you sow the seeds of contempt, hatred & violence then you will sow the very same in return.

“An eye for an eye leaves us all blind!” and ‘physical violence is a waste of flesh.’

This kind of politics is a murky blend of fascism, imperialism & hegemony! As they are the pillars of American society they are struggling for legitimacy in the face of a changing multi-national global community.

What role will you the reader execute in seeing justice prevail in the face of domination & indecency? The sleeping GIANT will not slumber for long, and when he awakens I feel for the perpetrators of moral ineptitude, closet racists who hid behind placards in Congress, and all those who stand behind the confederate flag as some sort off beacon of heritage from America’s bloody past in the dirty south….

When a fire burns, it doesn’t just burn in place it devours everything in its path! So, its disingenuous for conservatives to think that fanning the flames won’t consume them part & parcel.

They better get fireproof ‘drawls’ because the ‘fires in my eyes and those flames need fanning!’

How about that?