tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post64831752117985738..comments2023-10-02T03:59:23.894-07:00Comments on The Certain Sound: The Storm is Passing Over, Hallelujah!Revvy Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964843778509089405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post-56558005061651381172009-04-27T07:56:00.000-07:002009-04-27T07:56:00.000-07:00Rev. you have an award at my blog.Rev. you have an award at my blog.Ann Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post-27539476412584605372009-04-25T19:37:00.000-07:002009-04-25T19:37:00.000-07:00@VP, Shae: You are absolutely right! I am sure tha...@VP, Shae: You are absolutely right! I am sure that there is a direct correlation between prison and mental health issues just as there is between mental health and homelessness. We surely need to take our heads out of the sand and address this issue.Revvy Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964843778509089405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post-4631462854939079402009-04-25T17:14:00.000-07:002009-04-25T17:14:00.000-07:00All that was done in the dark is coming to light. ...All that was done in the dark is coming to light. I second that mental heath care needs much attention. It is the stepchild of all political issues.Hey Shae!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05927791014123633520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post-55212879927417585512009-04-25T12:19:00.000-07:002009-04-25T12:19:00.000-07:00Great Post, Rev! Not only is the storm passing - b...Great Post, Rev! Not only is the storm passing - but, I also think that the veil is coming down, too. <br /><br />Times are certainly changing...SjPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03637955368291716153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post-19352854555887580392009-04-24T13:28:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:28:00.000-07:00Another issue is mental health care. Like the rest...Another issue is mental health care. Like the rest of the America, good mental health care is lacking in our communities, but as usual, if America has cold, we have the pneumonia, so it's worse for us. Just as a lot of homeless people belong in mental wards getting care, quite a few black people in prison are not hardened criminals but people who did not get the right legal representation to tell the courts they needed mental care. And I mean serious mental illness such as schizophrenia.<br /><br />However, given the racial bias in sentencing, it's possible the people would be in jail even if the lawyer did make the case of mental illness.<br /><br />As a writer and man who wants to see social justice done, you may enjoy <A HREF="http://www.examiner.com/x-7666-New-Orleans-Literature-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Author-John-Grisham-New-Orleans-and-writing-life" REL="nofollow">my article on John Grisham</A>, Rev., at <A HREF="http://nola101.com" REL="nofollow">Examiner</A>. He's been a strong advocate of the Innocence Project because he believes that we also have a problem in this nation of sending innocent people to jail.Vérité Parlant https://www.blogger.com/profile/09033679321805951686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668681914819794508.post-67874199362752273312009-04-23T05:21:00.000-07:002009-04-23T05:21:00.000-07:00Good morning Revvy Rev,
Excellent post!
"...cele...Good morning Revvy Rev,<br /><br />Excellent post!<br /><br />"<B>...celebrate a new dawning of liberation and the re-establishment of a culture of achievement and other historically prevalent core values which Africans brought to this land but which we have allowed to slip away such as education, identity, self-determination, inter-dependency and spirituality.</B>"<br /><br />Here's hoping that we do as <I>Andraé Crouch</I> reminds us in the song, "<B>Take Me Back</B>"; reaquainting ourselves as a culture of achievement with meaningful core values.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://underovr.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">U</A>underOvr (aka The U)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09241293702725984736noreply@blogger.com