INCREMENTAL CHANGE

                                                                                                                  

And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

MERRIAM WEBSTER, the voice of linguistic authority, might defind the word in-cre-men-tal as: an increase, usually small, usually slow, often one of a series, often so marginal and destructive it becomes a negative increment which results in a decrease.

The St. Louis American Newspaper....... voted the best black weekly newspaper in the country.........and nearly every African-American elected official in the state of Missouri and - least we forget - countless black clergy and civic leaders, have, without hesitation, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president of the United States of America. 

Their reasoning and position is, "we think the only positive change that is possible is incremental change." And to that effect, we need a supremely competent and experienced inside player who knows our government and economy intimately."

Based on those criteria and her credentials, Hillary Clinton was the best qualified candidate in 2008, however, the black movers and shakers in the African-American community endorsed Barack Obama. 

Why?                                                                  

Because, just like a majority of Americans, we all were energized by President Obamas message of change. 

 We were overwhelmed by his brilliance as a thinker and his eloquence as a public speaker.
                                                                  

We love President Obama. But, have we all forgotten that President Obama was reared, mentored, tutored and taught, for over twenty years, in the spiritual black liberation theology of  Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
                                                                                

God planted in President Obama the spiritual seed of black liberation.    Freedom Today.!!!   Not Tomorrow!!!

And definitely not the 'never coming' incremental change that our supposed leaders are urging us to accept this election year.  Now, after eight years of more successes than we have had disasters, we are apparently, more willing to return to yesterday, than we are determined to push toward a better and brighter tomorrow.

Many citizens in America are stock piling guns and ammunition preparing for a race war, White verses Black, or a religious war - Christians verses Muslims, or a political war, Democrats verses Republicans, or an economic war - the haves verses the have-nots, while others of us are still looking for someone in the white house to save us from the doom, death, and destruction that is currently saturating our neighborhoods and communities. Satan and his imps are destined to continue to engulf us if we don't chart a new course of action based in righteousness and trust in God.

Obviously, none of the candidates for the office of president have our interest at heart.

Now is not the time to digress into our normal passive practice of do-nothing-ism, tempered in wait-a-while-ism, and simmered in not-now-ism. Now is the time for those of us who have truly been born-again of Gods spirit to strive to receive Gods righteous mind so we can stop allowing Satan to trick us, and use us and separate us in religion, politics and across color lines.

For those of us who desire to live righteously, now is the time to prove it.

Everything that God has created is obedient to the Creator, i.e. the moon, the sun, the stars, animals and all of nature - obeys - the Master.

On-the-other-hand, humans - the only thing that God made - are the only creatures that are disobedient to Him. Why is that?  We are disobedient because we have made Gods beside God i.e. money, power, fame, education and religion. We worship abstract things and not what is concrete......Gods spirit.

God has proven to some of us that we are more than capable of governing ourselves, under the direction of the holy spirit, just like the rest of the universe.

 Listen beloved, we already have a capable person in the position of president, we already have a capable attorney general - we have two in fact, we have competent people in every intelligence and military organization in this country, we already have spiritual, not religious, leadership able to form a working government based on obedience and submission to God.

We have bankers, we have entrepreneurs, we have scientists, we have artists, we have educators, we have farmers, we have builders, we have doctors, and lawyers, and engineers we have the tools, we have the skills and we even have the revenue.....all we need is the courage and the spirit to be free and trust God to lead us out of the wilderness into his marvelous light.

                                                                                   

                                                                     

                                                                       

God, because of the pleas of His servant Abraham, promised that He would save the wicked world from total destruction if he could only find fifty righteous people worthy to be saved..... or maybe forty-five..... or possibly forty..... peradventure thirty..... He would show compassion for twenty.....ten.

Not one righteous person was to be found, therefore, the very next evening fire and brimstone from heaven rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah and upon all the inhabitants of the earth because of their disobedience and   refusal to repent and come out from among the wicked.

God has proclaimed that we must come out from among them, and be ye separate. Further He has promised us that He will be our God and we will be His people.... or I WILL COME and smite the earth with a curse.

Marvel not; ye must be born again or you cant even see the kingdom of God coming in the earth.

                                                        TG4RG

WE ARE THE WORLD, WE ARE THE PEOPLE, WE ARE THE ONES TO MAKE A BRIGHTER DAY, SO LETS START LIVING.......THERE'S A CHOICE WE'RE MAKING.....WE'RE SAVING OUR OWN LIVES......IT TAKES TRUTH TO MAKE A BETTER DAY FOR YOU AND ME....

                                            

BRING ME A SWORD......................................

                 "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace"

ST. LOUIS, MO.....I'm sure that many  - some - of us are at least, slightly familiar, with the account in the Hebrew Bible about two young women who lived in the same house and who both had an infant son came to King Solomon for a judgment. 

One of the women claimed that the other, after accidentally smothering her own son while sleeping, had exchanged the two children to make it appear that the living child was hers.

 The other woman denied this and so both women claimed to be the mother of the living son and said that the dead boy belong to the other. After some deliberation, King Solomon called for a sword to be brought before him.

 He declared that there was only one fair solution: the live son must be split in two, each woman receiving half of the child. Upon hearing this terrible verdict, the boy's true mother cried out, "Oh lord, give the baby to her, just don't kill him!"

The liar, in her bitter jealousy, exclaimed, "it shall be neither mine nor hers - divide it!"

The king declared the first mother as the true mother, as a true, loving mother would rather surrender her baby to another than hurt him, and he gave her the baby.

King Solomon became known far and wide throughout all of Israel and was considered an example of profound wisdom for tricking the women into revealing their true feelings.

In Jennings Missouri, The City Council is currently holding impeachment hearings for its first African-American female mayor - Yolanda Fountain Henderson.

Special prosecutor, Paul Martin, highlighted 19 allegations of misconduct during his opening statement. In short, Martin is accusing Mayor Henderson of absolute monarchy. Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people.

 In theory, the absolute monarch exercises total authority over the land.

 Considering the past, several, decades of political and judicial wickedness in the City of Jennings -  whatever Mayor Henderson is accused of - is pale in comparison to the chaos, antic's and corruption of the past administrations in Jennings.

 Apparently, absolute monarchy is the 'status quo' only as long as the special prosecutor and his sidekicks on the city council get to designate "who" the absolute monarch will be.

Possibly, if Mayor Henderson had not been black, and or female, there would not have been such an obvious display of the double standard practiced in city, state and federal political arenas across the country.

Evidently, the majority of the citizens in Jennings had had enough of the good-ole-boy-plantation politics practiced in their community. The power of their votes proved their dissatisfaction with things remaining the way they had always been -  because the citizens of Jennings elected Mayor Henderson to office.........she didn't steal the seat.

 For a brief moment there was hope of a new and better day for their neighborhoods, communities and the City of Jennings as a whole. Regrettably, it will be a burning slap-in-the-face to everyone that exercised their right and participated in the democratic process, if the mayor is removed from office after only 9 months of service.
                                                                          
Nation wide members of the religious community have voiced their dissent and declared that the stance that Mayor Henderson is taking as her 'divine right'.

Divine right is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.

It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the right to rule directly from the will of God. This doctrine implies that any attempt to depose the monarch or to restrict his/her powers run contrary to the will of God and may constitute a sacrilegious act.

Unfortunately these days, there is not much love to be found in the City of Jennings. Jennings, by comparison, has become the child being sacrificed and possibly put to death like the infant in the King Solomon story.                                              

The city is spending precious resources and wasting considerable time while the residents are being denied needed programs and services due to the in-fighting between the governing body. From coast to coast and border to border Gods people are dying in the streets while people of conscience - some professing religious faith - are playing political ping-pong. 

The time for theatrics and tap-dancing around the truth is over. Aggressive political leadership - that is unafraid to form a solid united front determined to meet the immediate needs of the people they swore to serve is what is need at this hour.

 At this critical time in the history of America when cities like Jennings, Ferguson, Newark, Flint and countless others are trying to crawl out from beneath decades of systematic racism and oppression those of us who claim to have the best interest of the people at heart are still bickering over "who" will lead.
                                                                              

 Certainly, by now, black politicians especially, and all politicians in general who beg us for our vote, and then treat us like pickaninnies after the election have to realize that there has to be a new  vision and focus for our communities. A vision defined by addressing social issues such as poverty, gang violence, drug use ,the mis-education of our children, the prison industrial complex and economic racism, to name a few. A vision that is grounded in love for the people - and not consumed by who is occupying the big chair.

How sad for Black America to be on the verge of  yet another Presidential election and we are still plagued with the thought that when we cast our vote for the President of the United States of America - we will be casting a vote for the "lesser of two evils".

And we think we have arrived.................................................................God help us.

 Fred Hampton was a visionary leader of the Black Panther Party in Chicago that was murdered in his sleep by an assortment of city, state, and federal political and law enforcement agencies. Hampton proclaimed that "Politics is just war without bloodshed while War is just politics with bloodshed."


 Unity is the only solution or we all perish.                                                     

Humble is the way.



Marvel not, ye must be born again!!!!!

                                                                           TG4RG

"What the world needs now, is love sweet love, its the only thing that there's just to little of............Dionne Warwick...1970

HOW LONG?

                                                                  




EMMETT TILL 07-25-1941 - 08-28-1955 (AGE 14)

 

And the great dragon was cast out,  that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.

 Woe to the inhibitor's of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he hath but a short time.........REVELATIONS

There are bible scripture's that speak to the establishment of institutionalized deception under the dominion of the Spirit of Err. Because of our separation and disobedience from God the whole earth has been subjected and afflicted with death, destruction, poverty, fear, pollution, perversion, anxiety, degeneracy, disrespect, immorality, plagues, sickness and disease.

Many of the inhibitors of the earth have accepted the evil concepts and unrighteous systems of the world and have embraced them and incorporated them into their every day living as normal and correct lifestyles. Our only hope is in our complete and expedient return to God.

 In order to return to our rightful place with God requires a return to God by virtue of regeneration of heart, mind, and soul. The new birth requires becoming godly sorrow for our constant rebellion against God and His righteous mandates for our lives.

 Re-birth requires a constant desire to realize that God is present in our life at all times, therefore, we cannot and will not treat any of Gods creatures different than we would have them treat us..

Our life must be dictated and directed by the knowledge that our inner-spirit can never forget that it is impossible to love a God that we have never seen and daily hate our fellow human being that we see everyday.

 Ironically, we are not only being destroyed by the violence of others against us, but we are - more than every before - killing one another at an alarming rate, and more than that the pressure's of this life are causing us to commit suicide in numbers never seen before.

 In 2014, firearms were the most common method of death by suicide accounting for a little less than half (49.9%) of all suicide deaths. Dr. Mark Rosenberg, an epidemiologist, who helped establish the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control suggests that having a gun in your home to protect your family is like bringing a time bomb into your house.

Instead of protecting you its more likely to be the cause of your own death.
                                                               

Rosenberg claims that after cancer and heart disease suicide accounts for more years of life lost than any other cause of death.

 For black youth in America its even worse.

 JAMA Pediatrics has publish research in its on-line journal that states the rate of suicide for black boys ages 5-11 has doubled in the last two decades. Further, suicide is the third leading cause of death for all black people.

The presence of Satan on earth at this time in our lives has dictated our agenda....we must WANT to change our evil and unrighteous  ways.....our lives and the lives of our children and grand children and great-grand children, are at stake.

We must plead unto God and hope that after over 400 years of oppression and misery that our price for disobedience has been paid.  We must beg God to let it be enough - this evil that has overcome us - and hope He will allow us to return unto Him for His forgiveness and mercy.

Marvel not; ye must be born again!!!!!!

                                                                         TG4RG

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

 And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

                                                                                

I Believe The Children Are Our Future.....Teach Them Well and Let Them Lead The Way...Show Them All The Beauty They Posses Inside...Give Them A Since Of Pride And Make It Easier...Let The Children's Laughter... Remind Us How It Used To Be.

The Greatest Love Of All....Whitney Houston..1986

ONE-DROP RULE

For there is no difference between the Jew(black) and the Greek(white): for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For Whosoever Shall Call Upon The Name Of The Lord Shall Be Saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?..................................................THE BOOK OF ROMANS


WASHINGTON ---- The Justice Department is suing the city of Ferguson in an attempt to forcibly overhaul the city's troubled police and court operations, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday. 

Lynch said the residents of Ferguson have been waiting "decades for justice," having endured civil rights breaches that establish a pattern and practice of racially biased policing.

 "I think the city of Ferguson had a real opportunity to step forward here, " a visibly disappointed attorney general said. " Instead, they have chosen to step in the past."

Apparently, Attorney General Lynch has forgotten that black people have no rights that America is obligated to acknowledge, honor, protect, or enforce.

She has forgotten the One-Drop Rule.

The One-Drop Rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that is historically prominent in the United States and became codified into law in the 20th century. It basically asserts that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan- African ancestry("one drop" of black blood) is considered  to be black, non-human and an alien.

Having One Drop of black blood has always been a serious problem in America.

Consider this:                                                    

In 1950, Luther Cox, a well known segregationist, was the authority figure in charge of registered voters in Forrest County, Mississippi. Cox would only authorize a registration of a black person if they could answer the question "How many bubbles are in a bar of soap?"

Because of the multiple complexions of black people - a variety of tests were instituted and performed to distinguish whites from blacks. The pencil text is a method of assessing whether a person was black or white.

The pencil test involved sliding a pencil or pen in the hair of a person whose racial group was uncertain.  If the pencil fell to the floor, the person "passed" and was considered "white." If it stuck, the person's hair was considered too kinky to be white and the person was classified as "coloured" (of mixed racial heritage.)          

America has always instituted laws and programs to maintain separatism. Not long ago in American history the United States had a law called the anti-miscegenation law(also known as miscegenation laws). These laws were laws passed by individual states to prohibit  miscegenation, nowadays more commonly referred to as interracial marriage and interracial sex.

In many states in America interracial marriage was a felony offense.

The laws not only prohibited interracial marriages but also prohibited clergy from officiating such ceremonies.  Sometimes, the individuals attempting to marry would not be held guilty of miscegenation itself, but felony charges of adultery or fornication would be brought against them instead.

In light of a plethora of shenanigan's instituted against black, poor, and oppressed people in this country, for the federal government  to have to force the city of Ferguson into police reform makes it all so obvious that black people in America - are still- under siege.

You cant legislate laws that change peoples hearts away from their culture, up-bringing, and beliefs.

The hearts and minds of Americans has to be changed -- there has to be a re-birth of spiritual righteousness and unfortunately government laws and practicing religion cant do it - only God can do it.

 But Americans have to want to be born again.

 They must want a change of heart, mind and soul because God is not going to force "love' on anybody.

 But He can make you wish that you had excepted righteousness willingly.

As President Obama's term winds down, the message of Republican candidate Donald Trump has resonated with many white voters who feel their place at the top is being usurped. His racial coded language has not stopped thousands of mostly whites who fill venues to hear his message.

Why is Trumps message 'to take our country back" so popular?

Because there is a fear in many Americans that support Trump  that white people are being left behind and soon will be vanquished.

That's why the widespread violence that is alive and well in Ferguson and other cities across America is like a clarion call to white race warriors.      

Khari Enahoro, author of "Race Code War, The Power of Words, Images And Symbols on The Black Psyche states that, "All police are not white supremacist, but there are white supremacist who will disguise themselves as police, and they will engage in racial injustice.    

 As a child my mother always taught me that, "You are not better than anyone else, but no one else is better than you either.........amen

Marvel not....Ye must be born again!!!!!!

                                                                    TG4RG

                                                                       

Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand Make This World A Better Place...If You Can......................Diana Ross.......1970

                                                       

WHITE HIS - STORY MONTH

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.


Probably the greatest act that crystallized the justification of European slave trading was the Catholic priest Bartholomo de las Casas' writing in his encyclical to the papacy that these people (the Africans) were without souls and suitable for the torturous work in the Americas.

 The result was carte blanche exploritation justified and sanctioned by the Western Church, marking the very beginning of racial prejudice.

 It was at this point in history that Western culture determined all evil as black and Satanic and all good was white and of God. Based upon the assumption of Padre de las Casas the Western Church for more than 300 years, without any compunction or intervention, practically authorized the massive trafficking in human cargo.                                                                                            

The Western Church of America and the world has yet to acknowledge the inadequacy effectuated upon the people of color--the unjust recipients of the evil masterplot to exploit and pillage under the protectorate of The New Covenant.

Maybe - if, from the very beginning the Western Cristian Church had taught the truth and the mercy of God and had administered love and kindness to those whom they taught, to this day there would not be so many thousands upon thousands of black men and women, boys and girls incarcerated, homeless, jobless, confined to mental institutions, uneducated, mis-educated, and literally despondent - without hope in this land of plenty.

Had only the white ministers been true ambassadors for Christ.

You cannot pick up a news magazine without finding an article on racism. The need for reconciliation and healing between the races surfaces in nearly every form of media. It cries for attention and healing.

 Racism is a complex and sensitive issue.

Yet, the healing of our communities and our cities will not occur until the church is re-born, delivered of cultural pride and insolence. The only why for the church to become a source of healing it has to become a source of truth first.

 It has to be born-again of the spirit of God and up rooted from the many practices of religion.

Much of the violence we are reaping in our cites today was sown during the era when blacks were enslaved. To understand racism and its effects upon our society we must step back into the days when slavery was an American way of life. We must understand that racism is to modern times what slavery was to our forefathers; racism is the spirit behind slavery.

Although slavery was legally abolished in the eighteen-hundredths, racism continued.

The fact is, much of the violence in our cities today is the bitter fruit of a tree America cultivated in the soil of racism and slavery. The wounds of slavery remains in the soul of many Black young males and females today, propelling a growing percentage of Black youth to violence.

These young people neither understand their actions nor can they find a way out from the shroud of death which broods over their neighborhoods.

After studying what has been done to the black race, it is amazing that anyone should be puzzled by the deterioration of society in the black community.

If we continue , to fail, to obey God, our cities will continue to bear an increasing likeness to hell.

Marvel not; ye must be born again.

TG4RG

 

You've Got To Believe In Somethin Why Not Believe In Me........Pointer Sisters...1976





FEED MY PEOPLE

                                                                        

This is no time for fine words, but a time to lift one's voice against the savagery of a people who claim to be the dispensers of democracy..............Marcus Garvey

Praise God!!!........Why?.........Because He has never left us alone.......God has always ordained that his spirit would manifest in the flesh of up-right men.

 Men who were called, chosen, qualified and then sent to feed Gods people with the bread of life and  water from the cup of righteousness. Our Creator has never failed to send to us somebody who's only concern for living was to up-lift fallen humanity.

Christ, the Master Teacher, and perfect example, gave a mandate to His disciples to 'feed my people'.

One of the most effective teaching strategies used in academia is called "explicit teacher modeling,' whereby the teacher embodies or demonstrates for the student the academic concept to be learned.

 The concept decreed by God requires that if I love you- like I say I  do - I will prove it by living a life of truth. Not talking about truth....... but becoming truth....in thoughts, deeds, and actions.

The way is already set.

 Many others have attempted to follow The Christ mandate. The love teachings of Christ has been often imitated but never duplicated.  So how will you know Gods men? You will know them by what they do - not by what they say.  God has called some men to up-lift fallen humanity by Gods permission and on Gods authority, but you can only know them by their spiritual message, not by their huge following.

 Unfortunately, not many are being called today because our people are not being fed but rather are being mislead by pimps in the pulpit.

Its apparent that most of todays so-called leaders are masters of deception  because there is no love and no acknowledgement of God in the land.

There are thousands of preachers in America talking about God but none are acting like Him.

Many of them just don't know any better but the majority of them are just afraid to speak out against injustice for fear of reprisal from the government.

In 1954, then Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced House Resolution 235, which added churches to section 501C3 of the tax code.

The resolution ordered that all churches and non-profit organization were restricted from speaking in favor of or against political candidates and political and social issues. In essence what they did was silenced the church from speaking truth to power about politicians and programs that were detrimental to the Black community.

Today, the masses of Gods people  are lost because America is practicing economic racism and the church is sticking its head in the sand and pretending to not see.

 Politics and economics are inseparable.

Yet, the so-called leaders/preachers in the community are telling the masses that all that is required is to just believe in Jesus. Our communities are under attack and plantation religion is partly responsible.

We are being given pacifiers instead of food because the church doesn't want to lose its tax status.

Black Americans spend in excess of $1.2 trillion annually in the nation's economy yet that kind of spending volume has not translated into real economic power.

                                                                        Why?

 Because the so-called leaders are not concerned with feeding the people; they are only concerned with feeding themselves and not making the government mad. 

They love to talk Jesus to you,  but no one wants to be like Him.

 Cant you see why?

Ye must be born again!!!!!!


                                                             
                       TG4RG

We Are One......Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.......1983 

FEAR HIM

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you. FEAR HIM.

WASHINGTON(AFP) - US President Barack Obama wept openly as he urged America to wake up to the need to tackle the gun violence that claims tens of thousands of lives in the country each year.

Tears streamed down the President's cheeks as he summoned the memory of the 20 elementary school children slaughtered three years ago in Newtown Connecticut.

"Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad, "the president said."

Senseless violence is tragic indeed - but it is not new. Not in Amerikkka.

Malcolm X described the violence that plagues this country as "chickens coming home to roost" or its just America "reaping what she has sown'" or as The God Father of Soul, James Brown described it, "The Big Pay Back."

Granted, we should sympathise with the victims at Newtown and with all the other victims of horror that have constantly been making the news, but while we are weeping lets weep for some victims of violence that didn't appear on Prime Time TV, for instance:

In May 1917, three thousand white men gathered in downtown East St. Louis and attacks on blacks began. The NAACP estimated deaths at 100-200. Six thousand blacks were left homeless after their neighborhood was burned. The true number of deaths will never be known because many corpses were not recovered, or did not pass through the hands of undertakers.

Exceptional outbreaks of terror and violence is at an all time high in America, however, violence against people of color in  America has always been - the rule -  instead of - the exception.

White power promoters have taken off their robes - well some of them - but the idealism that one part of the human race should live in perpetual servitude and indebtedness to another is built into the fabric of the country.

 Even today, in St. Louis,  there is a secret society called the Veiled Prophet Organization that was founded by prominent St. Louisans around the early 1900's. Each year they hold a parade/event, and a gala ball to honor themselves, their accomplishments and their power to define their control over the St. Louis political, business, civic and social industries.

Currently the 4th of July weekend event is called Fair St. Louis.

 The name had to be changed because, somehow, someone let the "cat outta the bag" that a private organization was using public tax-payer dollars to promote and sponsor their private parties.

So they had to re-name the festivities from - The VP Fair to Fair St. Louis  - to continue to use city money for their shindig.

However, everything else has remained the same.

The organization is still comprised of the elite social hierarchy members of the Ku Klux Klan.

 Down through the years prominent individuals in St. Louis, and the world, with names like Danforth, Busch, Schnucks, Maritz, and McDonnell have all been chosen the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan and resided over the week-end gala event.

 Ellie Kemper, the daughter of David Woods Kemper, chairman and chief executive officer of Commerce Banks, and the temporary co-host of the NBC News morning program, "The Today Show was once crowned the "Queen of Love and Beauty and made up the "Veiled Prophet's Court of Honor." 

Currently, the parade, ball, and gala week-end is basically a show, for all the world to see, of force and power of the elite, Christian, white privileged class controlling St. Louis, the region, and more.

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath the power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, FEAR HIM.

Ye must be born again!!!
                                                                 TG4RG

There Is No place Like America Today.......Curtis Mayfield - 1975