World Aids Day and Harlem

Today is World AIDS Day.

Wanted to take a moment to remind the Village of the importance of this day.

Many Harlem Residents have been touched by this disease. They have been touched either as one who has been infected by the AIDS virus or as one who is a relative, friend and neighbor of one infected by AIDS.

It is not a day to judge but to understand and to care.

Do something positive for someone with AIDS today. Go by their home or phone them to say hello. Ask them how they are doing. Make it something you do often.

Let us hope this is one world health day that will go away in our lifetime because a cure has been found.

To learn more about 2008 World AIDS Day:
http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/static/en/

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Somehow It Will Eventually Touch the Powerfull and Shady!

It may come early, it may come late, but somehow it comes. Some are not as powerful as they think. Think about that Charlie Rangel.

Check out the article below Community!!!

November 20, 2008
A Prosecutor Indicts Foes, and Cheney and Gonzales
By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR

HOUSTON — The longtime district attorney in Willacy County, Tex., is not retiring from public office quietly after a defeat at the polls this year. Instead he has issued a flurry of indictments against his local political enemies, and then for good measure filed charges against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

Mr. Cheney was charged with “engaging in an organized criminal activity” in connection with the 2001 beating death of an inmate by two fellow inmates at one of the privately run federal detention centers in the county, which is near the Mexican border, court officials said.

The indictment, brought by the district attorney, Juan Angel Guerra, asserts that Mr. Cheney has some culpability in what happened because he had invested in the GEO Corporation, a company in Florida that owns and operates the federal detention center in Raymondville where the death occurred.

For his part, Mr. Gonzales is accused of using his influence to stop an investigation into corruption during the building of another federal jail used by marshals. The indictment also says both Mr. Cheney and Mr. Gonzales “committed the crime of neglect” because, it contends, illegal immigrants were ill-treated at detention centers.

A lawyer for Mr. Cheney, Terrence O’Donnell, said the vice president had no direct investments in the GEO prison company but did have money invested in a mutual fund that might have invested in the company. He called the charge that Mr. Cheney had something to do with the assault or the running of the detention center “bizarre.”

George J. Terwilliger III, a lawyer for Mr. Gonzales, said, “This is obviously a bogus charge on its face, as any good prosecutor can recognize.”

Mr. Guerra was under indictment on charges of theft and tampering with records for more than a year and a half, until a judge dismissed them last month. During that time, Mr. Guerra, a Democrat who has been in office 12 years, lost a re-election bid. He leaves office on Dec. 31.

He also has been acting rather oddly since his arrest in March 2007. At one point, he camped outside the county jail in a trailer with a horse, three goats and a rooster, daring the sheriff to arrest him. Convinced that local law enforcement officers had aided the investigation against him, he threatened to dismiss hundreds of criminal cases in retaliation.

Then on Monday, Mr. Guerra, 53, persuaded a grand jury to issue indictments against people he said had something to do with the investigation against him, charging them with wrongful arrest and abuse of office.

Those charged included two local district court judges, the Willacy County court clerk, a special prosecutor appointed to investigate him and a former assistant United States attorney.

In a separate case, Mr. Guerra brought an indictment against a political rival, State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., a Brownsville Democrat, charging that he accepted money from a company that handles the day-to-day operations at the Raymondville detention center.

“It’s just retaliation,” the county court clerk, Gilbert Lozano, said. “He’s not happy with some of the officials he had indicted.”

On Wednesday evening, a judge set an arraignment date for Friday for Mr. Cheney and Mr. Gonzales, but said they could have their lawyers appear on their behalf. The judge, Manuel Banales, said he would not listen to motions to quash the indictments until that hearing, because Mr. Guerra was not in court.

Since no one knew where Mr. Guerra was, the judge sent Texas rangers to his house to check on his well-being.

Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20texas.html?ref=us

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Charlie Tries To Explain It All!

Just to keep readers up to date!

Charlie tries to explain it all while the Republicans (and some Democrats from his own 15th Congressional District) are snapping at his "Ways and Means" Committee Chairmanhip heels.

Hard to run at 70+ years old.  

Where is the Community (that you sold out) when you need them?

Watching you fall Charlie and trying to keep an opportunistic carpetbagger like Craig Schley at bay.

Check out the Video!

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Hope he paid for this web site!!

Well the "Model User" now has a campaign (?) web site. About 10 months after he set out to manipulated the Harlem Community into thinking that he really cared about them and not his ambitions.

He presently uses a web site for votepeople.net that he does not have official rights to. 

Hope Craig Schley paid for this web site.  Interestingly,  the page for votepeopleforchange is still a holder page.  The only one that is up is craigschley.com.  But of course, his campaign is not really based about change it is really about  the "Me, Myself and I" campaign to "get over" on Harlem.

Will address the following in future posts:

• A Blue Collar Man, with a White Collar Education
  
• How it all got started....
  
• A Humanist at heart
  
• I believe that communities should determine their own destinies
  

Hey! These are phrases that he is using.

Jive in a suit and not cute!

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Model? Boxer? Model Boxer? Or Model of Distraction

The Harlem Wanna "B" Craig Schley is now sending Charlie Rangel "Wolf Tickets".  How does he have the bravado to do this?  One can do this if one is a wolf, that is, a balding wolf in sheep’s clothing.  One good slap from Rangel and this Blood Sucker (Isn't that what wolfs are in scary movies) will go running and crying back into the abyss he came from.

Community, can we not do better than this self created leach. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee!

The Village has to be careful not to let it be sucked dry before it realizes that its life existence is being taken from it by an opportunistic carpetbagger trying to "get over" on us.

While watching out for this wolf, try to think about who would be worthy to represent the Village of Harlem in Congress.  Charlie needs to go, but, this one should not take his place.

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Charlie! Why did you put us in this predicament?

Question: Charles Rangel, why did you not resign earlier this year? Or 10 – 20 years ago. Why did you let it get to this point? Why did you not decide to run again? Why did you put the Harlem Community in a “trick bag” and in “harms way”?

What should have happened: Charlie Rangel indicates no later than January 2008 that he will no longer run for office as the Congressman for the 15th Congressional District in New York State and/or resigns from office. Then, a group of worthy candidates emerges to run for the 15th Congressional seat because they do not fear reprisal from Charlie and his “friends”.

Instead, this is what is unfolding: Harlem has a Congressman who needs to leave office (Charles Rangel), and, there is an opportunistic carpetbagger who does not really care about Harlem trying to get into that office (Craig Schley). The situation presents a problem with essentially no solution to Residents who love and respect Harlem. Either leave Charles Rangel in office or elect a self-centered opportunistic interloper into office. Darn!

On reflection: This is what happens when a Community does not make one of its priorities the development of good, grounded, stable and caring “home grown” community activists/politicians. Because of this, Harlem is now exposed and can end up being used by self-absorbed interlopers with political designs. Also, by not addressing this problem the Village of Harlem is now presented with essentially NO CHOICES for leadership. To summarize, there is no decent leadership in Harlem now and no decent leadership ready for the foreseeable future. Darn, again!

A little history: Craig Schley came out of nowhere less than one year ago at a 125th Street Rezoning meeting. He does not really know Harlem. He uses the ideas and work of others who know Harlem to “get over”. He used the 125th Street Rezoning as a way for him to get a lot of media face time that he felt would help “position” him to run against Charles Rangel.

More Stuff On This: As indicated above, Charlie Rangel needs to go but a seasoned Harlemite who really knows the Village of Harlem should replace him. Not an opportunistic and manipulative political “wanna be” who is trying to get a name for himself while attempting to “get over” on Harlemites.

This Wilhelmina Model is attempting to hook on to the discontent of Harlem Residents who suffer under the present crop of sorry Harlem Politicians. While tapping into this discontent, this carpetbagger is hoping that the Harlem Community does not carefully examine him and his past/present deeds too closely. In other words he sees this as an opportunity to “get over” on Harlemites because of the intensity of their anger towards Rangel.

Harlemites should definitely be angry with Rangel but not so angry as to allow Craig Schley’s fake concern for Harlem and the 125th Street Rezoning to blind them to his (Craig Schley’s) manipulation of the present painful state of politics in Harlem.

This guy is slick because along with banking on the Harlem Community’s massive dissatisfaction with Charlie Rangel he is also attempting to “hook on” to Obama’s call for change. As indicated above he will use the ideas and work of others (for example, Obama’s call for change) to push through his own (personal) agenda being “Me, Myself, and I”.

Again it must be stated: Charlie needs to go but this “Model of Distraction” should not be the one to replace him. Mr. Slick Schley has attempted to use the email of other groups to get himself known, piggy backed on other groups’ rallies to give a false impression that he is leading these groups, is the executive director of an organization (?) that has abused human rights (vote people), although it claims to be for human rights and has yet (it is believed) to stop using a web site to which it has not been given rights to.

Disrespecting Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: Craig Schley disrespected the memory of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (ACPJ) by using ACPJ’s statue as a “stage prop” in his announcement. Given the situation, it is inconceivable that Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. would have been pleased about a carpetbagger using his image as a way to continue to pull the “crap” Craig Schley is pulling on the Harlem Community that ACPJ held so dear.

In Summary: The community needs to carefully check out this “Manipulative Model” before it is too late. Harlem needs a Congressman who cares about the community, not just about “Getting Over” on the Community.

Lastly this must be said: Craig Schley came out of nowhere and he needs to go back to nowhere for the good of the Village of Harlem.

Strength and Care to the Village!

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Hi & The Village of Harlem Must Be More Careful In The Future

This blog is established for all those in the Village of Harlem, New York City who are just plain tired of seeing the Village used as a stepping stone for the obscenely greedy and blatantly ambitious moochers. Usually both behaviors – greed – ambition – rear their ugly head in the same person or persons.

This is one of the reasons why the Village was so manipulated during the recent 125th Street Rezoning.

Manipulative people looking out for the camera and not looking out for the Harlem Community. This involved underhanded interactions by individuals, groups and politicians that ultimately negatively affected the Harlem Community.

The Community really needs to step back for a moment and attempt to determine what really happened and what is the furture going to be like.

The Harlem Community also needs to get rid of all of the present Harlem politicians and not throw away votes for opportunists who really do not have the community's interest at heart.

Harlem must make better choices in the future about who will represent us.

Strength and Care to the Village!