A City Gone Mad!!!!!!

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/three_men_are_killed_four_woun.html

People what in the world is going on? There has been a crime spree in Newark this week...Mayor Booker has given the criminals the upper hand by laying off 167 police officers. This week alone we've had countless shootings, carjackings, and even bus robberies. Are you serious? What the hell is going on? Is there any place in the city of Newark where a person can actually be for more than 5 minutes and be safe. Modern day genocide people... SMH!!!!

God We Need You Now More Than Ever

One Question??????????????

The famous Larry King said if he could interview one person he would interview Jesus. He said he would ask him "Was it all worth it?" I found that very interesting and very unexpected.

If you had the opportunity to interview one person from past or present who would it be? Why? What would you ask them?

Heavy Heart!!!!

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7854305&syndicate=syndicate&section

Good Evening Family,

Today I come to you with a heavy heart. Yesterday a good young man and friend was senselessly gunned down in front of his home. Ive known Ronald CoCroft Jr all sixteen years of his life and I can't imagine anyone wanting to harm this well mannered and respectable young man. I'm still in shock writing this. As I drove around the city of Newark, NJ tonight, I thought to myself, this isn't the same city I grew up in. The unnecessary violence has got to stop. Our youth are steadily killing themselves over nonsense. Gone are the days when we generally got along with everyone in our neighborhoods and even the adjacent  neighborhoods. Rivalries were confined to the playgrounds or the high schools in the form of basketball and football games. If we did have beef with someone we shot a quick fair one with our hands and both the winner and loser went their separate ways with no plans of future retaliation. Today's youth are mere punks who hide their cowardliness behind the barrels of guns. No more one on one fist-a-cuffs in the school yard at the sound of the 3o'clock bell. No more if I have a problem with you, I'm man or woman enough to tell you to your face. Nowadays it's driveby's and cowardly gunfire from a distance.

Whitney Houston sang a song called the Greatest Love of All whose first line started as "I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way, show them all the beauty the possess inside..." Well newsflash, we aren't teaching them properly and they're dying at a rate in which they're not getting a chance to witness the future. The village is no longer effective, which is ironic in this era of reality TV. Everyone wants to see but no one wants to get involved. Everyone plays the background until they are directly affected by tragedy. Why does it have to come to that? Parents it's time to step up and do our parts. Each one teach one isn't the answer anymore. Each one should teach two or three or even four because the one that you don't teach will be the same one that harms the one that you do teach.

My condolences go out to the Cocroft Friends and Family and to all those who have been affected by senseless violence. We will definitely bounce back but we will never bounce the same....

What do you think???????????????????

Genie In The Bottle!!!

Ok people im the Genie and I'm granting you three wishes. What do you wish for?

WHAT IF.....

This is inspired by a conversation I had with an old friend. I think it's safe to say that we can all point at decisions we've made over the years and wonder if things would be different now(for better or for worse)had those desicions been different.

Is there one decision in your life that you wish you could go back and change? What? Why?

Learning Curve!!!!!

Are the School Systems failing our kids? Are our kids leaving school prepared for the world? Who do we blame for the educational gap between America and other countries like Asia and India?.....Parents?....Teachers?...Both?

THE HOLIDAY TRUTH

Ok people we're in the midst of the holiday season. While everyone is running around being festive are we taking time out to teach our children the true meaning of these holidays. I know so called Christians who wont let their children celebrate Halloween calling it the devil's holiday but have no problem celebrating Thanksgiving or Christmas...

Do our kids really know the truths behind these modern day holidays and do they even care? Are our values and beliefs allowed to be contradicted for a few days out of the year?  Do the way we celebrate these holidays coincide with their true origins?

GET AT ME PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!

CAN YOU STAND THE RAIN!!!

Bernie Madoff's son Mark committed suicide today. Do you think the pressure of living in his father's shadow proved to be to much for him? As parents do we put too much pressure on our kids to succeed? Are we steering them to achieve our dreams or their dreams?

The Pres...

How do you think our President is doing and why aren't we giving him the same support now that he's in office that we did prior to him being elected?????????????

Dirty Old Man or Woman...

Hey family does sex get better as you get older??????????????????

The Real Deal or the Real Dud.....

How do you you feel about Ms. Minaj? Is she legit or is she riding her 15 minutes of fame?