Minister Malcolm X: ‘By Any Means Necessary’

Source:Black Past– Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X.

“Malcolm X’s life changed dramatically in the first six months of 1964. On March 8, he left the Nation of Islam. In May he toured West Africa and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, returning as El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. While in Ghana in May, he decided to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). Malcolm returned to New York the following month to create the OAAU and on June 28 gave his first public address on behalf of the new organization at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. That address appears below.”

From Black Past

“Malcolm X By Any Means Necessary Compilation”

Source:Baseball Ruski– Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X.

From Baseball Ruski

This photo is from a speech or from several speeches that Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X gave in the early or mid 1960s about what he means by Any Means Necessary and his vision for Black Power in America. But the video that this photo is from is not currently available online right now.

Source:Malcolm X Network– Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X during the 1960s.

As Minister Malcolm X said multiple times in this video, he wasn’t advocating violence by African-Americans or any other Americans. His vision was about freedom for the African-American community and to accomplish that by any means necessary. What he was saying was that if an African-American is under physical attack by a Caucasian or anyone else, that African-Americans have the right to self-defense and to defense themselves when they’re under physical attack. Which is obviously very different from what Reverend Dr. Martin L. King was talking about which was nonviolence at any costs, even when African-Americans are under physical attack.

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Bria Parks: ‘Malcolm X Project History’

 

Source:Bria Parks– Muslim Minister Malcolm X.

Source:The Daily Press 

“Malcolm X Video Project (history)”

From Bria Parks

I don’t believe Malcolm X was a racist at least at the point when he died. And I don’t believe he was a segregationist, meaning that people of different races should never interact with each other. But he was a separatist. Someone who did believe that integration wasn’t the magic bullet to the problems of African-Americans.

Minister Malcolm believed that this community should be empowered and even empowered themselves to be able to handle their own problems and issues and stand up for their rights. And not be put down by racist Caucasians, or anyone else.

And the African-Americans should stand up for their constitutional rights and not expect that others will give them to them or give them anything else. As well as treating people as people and not members of groups.

Minister Malcolm believed in empowering African-Americans to be able to handle their own affairs. Because this was his community, and not expecting others to empower them, or be dependent on government and others who are already independent to take care of them for them. Malcolm X’s message was truly about African-American freedom. Not some violent revolution.

Unlike Fidel Castro, who was a Marxist and someone who believed the central state should be in complete control and that the state should be responsible for everyone’s well-being, Malcolm X was a true freedom fighter. Someone who wanted to empower an entire community of Americans to take charge and complete responsibility over their own lives.

Today’s Conservatives and Libertarians, should actually at least respect Minister Malcolm and not put him down as some racist thug. Because he was someone who truly believed in individual freedom and not government dependence for his community.

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Alan Alda: ‘Through The Wisecracks’

Source:Venus– the great comedic actor and comedian Alan Alda, as U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce, from CBS’s MASH.

Source:The Daily Press

“M*A*S*H – Season 11 Episode 5 – WHO KNEW
Hawkeye gives a serious eulogy for new nurse Millie Carpenter, who we never see and no one really knows. She is killed overnight by a land mine after a date with him.

This episode is written by Elias Davis and David Pollock and is one of nine episodes directed by the late Harry Morgan (Col. Potter). I love how they replace the laugh track with the singing and chirping of birds.

PSALM 23
A Psalm of David.
THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”

From Venus

“Alan Alda was the leader of the wise cracks, I think we can all agree on that.
Yet, from time to time, he would turn from “shallow cut up” to “deep personal reflection”. We often remember the quick one liners, so let’s take a walk into the serious side of the Hawkeye character.”

From MASH Fan

“They say with age come wisdom so therefore I don’t have wrinkles, I have wise cracks!!”

Source:Spice of Life– good quote about sarcasm.

MASH, is my favorite sitcom of all-time, because of the writing and Alan Alda is one my favorite comedic actors of all-time. But also because of the writing, they could find humor everywhere and it was humor that you hadn’t heard before. Which is my style of humor. They would see a situation, or somebody and right away spontaneously find the humor in it. Rather than borrowing a line from someone, or something else.

A lot of the sitcoms and movies today, they find something that works like in a focus group and they repeat over and over, in show after show and movie after movie. So you wind up hearing the same lines on the street, because they heard those lines on some show, or movie they just saw. Rather than thinking for them self. Hollywood’s gotten lazy with its humor, so the people on the street have gotten lazy with there’s. That’s just not me, my humor is spontaneous, off the cuff, from my own brain, rather than someone else’s.

If you were to classify my sense of humor, I would tell it’s Captain Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce. Not saying I’m as funny as either Hawkeye or Alan Alda (I’ll let you decide for yourself) but that’s my sense of humor. I see things and try to look for the funny side of them, even if they’re really serious and even dangerous. Not to make fun of people or bad situations and try to make them seen less serious than they are, but to try to show people the funny side of a person or situation. And to let people know that it’s not the end or the world can we or you can get through this.

Not every situation deserves or should have a funny side, but without humor, I’m not sure life is worth living, because there’s so much bullshit that we all have to live with and if we can’t make fun of it, we might as well all check into mental institutions or look for the nearest bridge to jump off.

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Tom Cochrane: ‘Life is a Highway’

Source:Jessica Seiler– from Tom Cochrane’s song.

“Life is a Highway: I want to ride it all night long. It’s in my blood, it’s all around. Just tell em we’re survivors.”

From Jessica Seiler

I’m a laid back guy who believes that the happier you are in life the better off you’ll be. The less people you’ll piss off, the more people will like you and the better you’ll live and the longer you’ll live.

I’m a laid back guy who believes that life is not about whether you face tough times, or not or get knocked down or not. Thats a part of life, it happens to everyone. The question is whether you accept your reality and complain that life is unfair, or do you get back up and fix your reality. I believe that every problem that people faces in life can be overcome. It’s just a matter of finding a solution and keeping your cool. Don’t complain about the problem itself, just fix it.

If people can just take deep breaths & remember to breathe, they’re automatically better off because that relieves stress. Life is not supposed to be easy or hard. Life is what you make of it for yourself and about the choices that you make and what you do with the opportunities that you have. And in many cases those opportunities aren’t given to you, but you have to go out and make them for yourselves. I’m not saying this is exactly what Tom Cochrane is saying here, but that’s the message I get from life is a highway and you need to do the best with it that you can.

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