What Have We Become: A Blog Book

By Robert Powell

Just like the words are the most important part of a song, the words are the lifeblood of a book. Music is and has been a dynamic force that consistently unites and speaks to us all. Simultaneously it bridges cultural gaps and encourages fun and relaxation. From musicians to celebrities, many have had popular and unpopular political views. Often they say the things, many of us are thinking, or they artistically expound on the things we can not. With that in mind, this book speaks to a person's inner sanctum. Reverberations of factual conclusions with a pinch of humor, yet still thought provoking enough, to delight your mental palette. If you agree with the political messages from great musical artists from Tupac to John Lennon to Bono you will love this masterpiece.

Whether you are in the know, or were buried under a rock somewhere. This book has everything in it about mainstream issues, taking place in the U.S. right now. The anonymous voices that are embodied in this book are from people that many could not hear, or did not desire to listen to. The naked truth was the goal set out for in the beginning, the truth about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Social studies about American culture have been done at length before, but never like this, the way the author highlights unfortunate reality and delivers it right to your doorstep.

This book was formulated to expose controversial social issues, foster a nation of brotherhood via cultural acceptance, in order to break down century old racial barriers. Ultimately this literary, eye opener should bring humanity closer together, through greater spirituality and heightened awareness.

Spread love not war. -Prodigy and Havoc

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452096254

Robert Powell

Born in Harlem New York and raised on the urban streets of South Jamaica Queens. Robert Powell the youngest of three siblings is a natural born writer, with unanimous phenomenal style. His Daily News's published essay, Suicide, won first place, while he moonlighted as a featured freelance writer for the school magazine Kaleidoscope. After completing Paul Schreiber High in Port Washington, NY, he began traveling up and down the east coast, flying for free, living in various cities. His accumulated education is accredited to schools: Five Towns College, Dix Hills NY, NYU located in New York, NY and the New England College of Art and Communications, in Brookline Massachusetts. As a working college student hospitality became a career. Working the forefront's at the hottest hotels from Boston, Massachusetts to New York and New Jersey. His clean cut appearance, and pleasant presentation has awarded him favor to work at Hotels like the Westin, the Sheraton, The Trump, The Royalton, the Dream, Soho House NY just to name a few. Hospitality in itself requires an individual be well rounded, be a people person, and to know how to empathize, with different people everyday. Those interactions which have been the source material for What Have We Become were added to written/verbal testimonials from average Joe's compiled with data over the course of three years. After a long hiatus from writing any literature, Mr. Powell is finally prepared to take the literary marketplace hostage flaunting his literary prowess. Since 2005, Mr. Powell has been the sitting CEO of Luxurious Travel Inc. a profitable concierge member service company providing services and information to people from all over the world. Robert Powell currently lives in Northern New Jersey.

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WHAT HAVE WE BECOME

A BLOG BOOK

LOVE CHILD

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© 2010 Robert Powell/ All rights reserved.

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First published by AuthorHouse 11/23/2010

ISBN: 978-1-4520-9625-4 (e)

ISBN: 978-1-4520-9624-7 (sc)

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Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Contents

What Have We Become…? A Blog Book. By Robert Powell

SUBLIMINALS.

PHARMACUTICAL DRUGS AND REAL PEOPLE.

SUBURBAN CHILDREN ADDICTED TO HEROIN.

FALSE ADVERTISING AND GIMMICKS….

THE BOYCOTTING OF CELEBRITIES PRODUCTS, WHO DON’T GIVE BACK……

THE CRISIS IN HAITI.

THE RECESSION.

THE ECOMONY

CHANGE AND NEW IDEAS.

SURE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT CAN CHANGE THINGS

THINGS BELIEVED TO BE TRULY MISSED.

PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE TRULY MISSED.

WHERE YOU LIVE.

TELEVISION MOLDS MINDS.

THE SURVEILLANCE IN THE SKY.

THE CURE FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.*

THE CAUCASIAN COMMUNITY.*

THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.*

THE FRENCH.

THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY.*

THE INDIAN COMMUNITY.*

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.*

CHILD MOLESTERS AND SEX OFFENDERS.

TEACHERS WHO MOLEST STUDENTS.

PRIESTS WHO MOLEST STUDENTS.

HOMOSEXUALITY.

GAY AND LESBIAN LEGALIZATION OF MARRIAGE.

TRANSEXUALS, TRANS GENDERS, AND DOWN LOWERS.

SAME SEX MARRIAGE.

MARRIAGE INFIDELITY.

DATING TODAY. SO PC UNLESS YOU HAVE MONEY.

SEX IN GENERAL.

FIREARMS, TAZERS, AND GUN CONTROL.

ABORTION & BIRTH CONTROL.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.*

RACISM.

ROAD RAGE.

GRIDLOCK. TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY IN NYC.

CELEBRITY VIEWS.

POLITICS.

GLOBAL WARMING.

MY ADVICE TO CHRYSLER THE CAR COMPANY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO…

MY IDEA. THE WATER MISER. ® (AAIC)

MY IDEA. THE PENNY PEN. ® (AAIC)

RESTAURANT BLUNDERS.

COMPLETE WASTES OF MONEY.

OFF SHORE DRILLING.

APPLE I PAD.

ROAD RAGE GONE HAYWIRE. SEEMS FUNNY BUT THIS STUFF HAPPENS.

MY RELIGION CHRISTIANITY.

INDEX

What Have We Become…? A Blog Book. By Robert Powell

A work designed to make you think about everything around you a little deeper.

This book is legal tender for all bias debts public and private.

Deep in a somber sleep I also had a dream, that one day everyone would be equal, with no prejudices and no names to be called but their own. A commonwealth was the standard arrangement for every creed, making certain crime non-existent. A bias free nation used positive energy to strengthen a universal bond that was nurtured from a simple but solemn theme. My mother went to school with your mother, even used to play as kids, and was the best of friends. If we grew up the same way, where is there any room to hate me? The social groups that parallel this train of thought, but take it a step further, are the Indians and the Amish. Entire culture’s with unified desires to live in natural harmony with the earth, and not exploit or destroy natural resources, risking global instability for generations.

It would be years before I realized, I was I was not really sleep at all, but daydreaming. In this vision I began to understand when the pubescent change took place, so we as Americans can see where we need to get back to. A child has the most innocent, highly impressionable state of minds. We are all born colorblind, virtually stainless and blemish free our hearts undamaged. Then out of the blue, like a brick, it hits you, that you don’t like certain ethnic groups for whatever reason. Now wait stop! This is where it’s important. Where did all the ammunition to say what you want to say or said, come from?

When I was a child things were simple, be a little of what my mother taught me, and half of what my father taught me. Growing up in the big city of dreams, it’s more than a general consensus. New Yorker’s love everybody, part of the reason why, almost everyone loves New York. From childhood to adulthood the average person see’s and hears a lot of things. Some things can help you, enriching your future, while others can scar you for a lifetime. I was never called a nigger until I went to college in Boston in 1999. It was by a young Caucasian girl as she got off the train, in retaliation for me trying to go first, to exit the train. I replied to her by saying, I guess that’s supposed to make me mad, its ok baby that just shows me how ignorant you are. That was a little over ten years ago. Turn on your television and many of these stories are still out there, the players and actors are just a little different.

Radio stations, plays, real life documentaries and exposes have soared, shining their light on the topic of race. An issue ever present with us, radically being changed through rapid integration within the last few decades. Forcibly breaking down the thinking ,that anyone can be better than the next, based on the color of their skin. So when someone lashes out at someone these days, they are looked down upon. Scrutinized by why they wanted to say those words, why you wanted to say those words, but what kind of person you ultimately are for saying them. Nigger please, Go back to India with that ish. Don’t act like those spics ain’t your brothers from your Wop ass Moolie loving mother, who smoked with those Chink’s and Chong Chong’s. You know them Africans love them Honkeys especially if they cheap like them Jews and drive like them Asians. They would kill for a Wetback in the middle of the night with a Whitey. Just to have their kids go to school with Haitians and raise little nappy headed Ja boo boo’s.

These are words that were not even wanted in this book. However must be mentioned to take the power out of what they were meant to do. But be verbally abusive infuriating slang that is extremely harmful when used in conjunction with profanity. There is no simple way to banish these terms. However we can educate each other, relearn all the above and following topics. With hopes that tomorrow, we all will have a dream, where there is brotherhood, and a better understanding of the earth and the person next to us.

SUBLIMINALS.

It is hard to examine subliminal conditioning, without understanding, something simpler. Like subliminal advertising and Pavlov’s behavioral experiments. The more you see the more you like, the more you buy. Advertising is visual and aural stimulation to stimulate you to do something or adjust something. Then naturally, sometimes, with or without even thinking, you respond accordingly, by trying to do what is considered normal for the situation. It’s simple, like when you hear the night before, that there is a definite storm headed your way and you dress warmer the next day. Or when your pants are too big or too small and you replace them with a different size that looked similar to the one you just had. Inherently, most of us try not to deviate from what is considered, socially acceptable or the status quo. The variations that do have become their own subcultures within themselves, having their own socially acceptable prerequisites.

The eyebrow being raised high at you, by many people in public settings. Is a tell tale sign; that whatever we can see with our eyes or hear with our ears, is a big no, no. But lots of people aren’t ashamed to be different, and the ones that are, aren’t too proud, to admit to it. Still in the same, this is still just one factor of the conditioning process. It is the final product, of what was created. You see a man walking down the street with pants, he made for himself. With 25% sweatpants at the top, and 75% of slacks at the bottom. Without his suit jacket on. Most people, with an odd look on their face, would ask him Sir? Why do your pants look funny like that, or, I know a good tailor, that can fix that for you. Jokingly, he responds, standing straight up, with a lofty voice. Buddy, I had these pants made for me. I was tired of my waist changing cause of my eating habits. So. I asked my tailor, who is also my butler. To make me a pair of pants; I never had to let out at the waist. Especially, after I finish eating, he chuckles some more. So since I wear my suit Jacket, everywhere I go at work, anyway. That it would be less hassle, in the long run. He reaches for his suit jacket, quickly puts