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“Why Is There Order And No Looting In Japan?”

The ReadyWriter

As I was listening to the news this morning, one of all the heartbreaking and uplifting stories coming out of quake-hit country, and the most talked about is the lack of looting even in the hardest hit areas.

The media is apparently searching for images of looting among the devastation and are shocked to find, there is none.

Contrast to the media coverage of the widespread looting in post-Katrina New Orleans that was split down racial lines. The media’s coverage of the looting in New Orleans was shamefully biased.

White looters were described as “recovering” basic items necessary for survival — such as bottled water and detergent, while blacks were portrayed as looters scavenging for beer and cigarettes.

While the media never tires of reporting on the looting, pillaging and rapes that continue to plague the Haitian people.

But in Japan, where people generally look out for one another, the media is reduced to settling for images of “solidarity” among the Japanese people. “Perhaps even more impressive than Japan’s technological power is its social strength…” writes a British reporter. “This is quite unusual among human cultures,” he adds.

It’s also quite unusual for the media to notice.

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“Her Name Is Juliet Forde And She Will Share Her Story”

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With Oprah!

The 18-year-old Brooklyn teen (Pictured above), hasn’t seen her crack-addicted mother, Nicole Forde, since she was 5 years old. Juliet has since been bounced around through 17 foster homes, where she said “sexual and physical abuse was the norm.”

Juliet’s goal by appearing on the “O” Network is to ultimately find her mother. Cameras and investigative genealogist Pam Slaton will follow Juliet Forde around Bushwick, Brooklyn asking strangers if they ever met Forde’s mother.

A freshman at Hostos Community College in the Bronx, the Brooklyn teen is appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Network tonight to share what it’s like to have no family and no home.

“I always asked God, why me?” “Why are all these bad things happening to me?” “I want to tell people my story,” said Forde, whose story will air at 9 p.m. on the show “Searching For … “

“My purpose in this world is to change foster care,” said Forde, a freshman at Hostos Community College in the Bronx. “God put me through all of this so I can be a voice for all other foster kids.”

Forde is currently writing a book entitled “A Child of Purpose and Destiny”.

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“Bishop E. Bernard Jordan Exchanges The Word For Cash”

The ReadyWriter

This is something I knew already but recieved the following email from a loyal “Ceo blog” reader who decided to put the fake “money-hungry” prophet on blast.

Dearest Tracy,

Just when you think you have heard it all, here comes Bishop E. Bernard Jordan and his army of so-called prophets. The issues with the “Prophetic Ministry” are both alarming and deceptive as many desperate believers are taken advantage of by men and women like Bishop Jordan. With generic prophecies and new age rhetoric, Bishop Jordan has gotten filthy rich off the hopes of the poor and the sick.

The “prophetic word for cash scheme” has actually been around for a while, even dating back to the time of Paul’s ministry. It was so popular at the time that even when Paul publicly rebuked a psychic / mystic, who was then beaten and thrown in jail (Acts Chapter 16:16-24)…

Like many of you, I too have sat up late at night flipping through the channels only to discover Bishop Jordan on BET offering ridiculously vague prophecies in exchange for a donation of any size. How did we as the Body of Christ go from the Great Prophets of the Bible like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel to Bishop Jordan, Benny Hinn, and Bishop Clarence E. McClendon?

…Men like Bernard Jordan has succeeded in making a mockery of this most Holy appointment due in part to the fact that they have appointed themselves to the role of a Prophet. Common sense would tell us that God would not use a true prophet to issue a prophetic word that sounds something like this:

“I am feeling in my spirit the number 34 or 3 & 4 which means that you may want to sow a seed of $34 dollars because someone in your life who is 34 years old could be in danger.”

Really Bernard Jordan? Really!

We have reached the point in biblical history whereas the fear of the Lord has dissipated and we’re left with preachers who are for entertainment purposes only and E. Bernard Jordan is one of them..

Referring to a chapter from my book, “Conversations Of A Sistah”, the reader concluded: “If you wanna “hustle” then sell drugs, go be a male prostitute, do a check scam, but don’t take advantage of people’s spirituality by trying to make a dollar off of their beliefs.”

Wow and…Amen!

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“Giant Tsunami Hits Japan And Sweeps Houses And Cars”

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More than 160 people are feared dead after a giant tsunami wave rolled across Japan sweeping homes, cars and debris with it early this morning.

The victims thus far, include 100 passengers on a cruise ship that was swept away by the tsunami. Shocking images of the carnage dominated national and international headlines this morning.

In the photo above, a small pleasure boat became trapped in the center of a gigantic vortex created by the tsunami. The boat went under water taking an unknown number of souls with it.

According to The Daily Mail, the Japanese declared a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the 8.9 quake caused the cooling system to fail. Massive fireballs caused by explosions at an oil refinery scorched the sky.

A tsunami is formed when an earthquake shifts the ocean floor hundreds of miles out in the ocean. The pressure from the shifting plates creates a ripple effect in the water that gathers strength as the giant waves roll out from the epicenter toward land.

A receding tide is usually the first sign of an approaching tsunami.

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“No Reality Television Drama For Gabrielle Union”

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Gabrielle Union recently opened up to an online magazine concerning “3 things” with regards to her relationship with NBA star Dwayne Wade. Union doesn’t often speak of she and Wade’s relationship, but decided to clear up a few things for the record.

1. On A Possible Reality Show: “I pay my own bills first off, so I’ve never put myself in a position to have to be a jackass or to have to sell myself down the river for a reality show. I was just raised a little differently and my situation is a lot different being that I have my own career, my own celebrity status on my own independence, and before him. But, I don’t knock anybody’s hustle, it’s just not my path.”

2. On marriage: “We’re just happy, so whatever comes down the road is down the road. And it’ll be in order”.

3. And kids: “There would be a wedding before there would be a bambino, so all these reports of mystery babies that they like to keep giving me – there’ll be no baby until you’ve heard about a wedding.”

Go head Gabby, God bless the child that’s got his own.

It sounds like Gabrielle is talking about Shaunie O’Neal and her Basketball wives crew., what do you all think?