Becoming a bone marrow donor is SO EASY and extremely PAIN FREE!!! Visit the DKMS website and request a donor kit. All you have to do is complete the form they send you and submit TWO cheek swabs. It's as simple as that. I've done it, and so can you.
If you're a match for ANYONE, they will contact you. There's no greater gift than to help save someone's life.
I thank you and your potential "donee" thanks you!!!
BECOME A DONOR
~Traycee~
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A Classy Pair
(image yanked from here)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama - my heart is filled with such joy!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
On Our Way to JUSTICE!!!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
What Did We Do Wrong?
Besides OBVIOUSLY being the WRONG SKIN COLOR!!!
Oscar Grant - 22 year old father, son, boyfriend, cousin, brother, grandson, friend, BLACK MAN
You know, when I saw online the report about the young man who was shot and killed by an Oakland, CA BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) offer, I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what to write. I just didn't know what to say. It hurts my heart in ways I just cannot describe because yet ANOTHER BLACK MAN IS GONE!!! Another family has to bury their loved one over what appears to be a senseless act by a seemingly trigger happy cop. I simply cannot fathom what seems like the desire to "snuff us out". I'm not saying that ALL cops are bad people - but one bad apple definitely does spoil the entire bunch.
How do you shoot a person in the back? This person poses no absolute risk to you because a fellow officer is kneeling on the person's back? The person has their hands behind them!!! But yet - you still manage to shoot AND kill him. HOW?? WHY?? There's a report that the officer "might" have mistaken his gun for his pepper spray. Are these two VERY DIFFERENT items that similar in touch that you cannot know the difference?
They're rioting in CA now. Seriously, did people think WE would sit back and do NOTHING?! WRONG!!!!!!! Wrong on every fathomable level imaginable! I cannot bring myself to post the video of Mr. Grant's MURDER!!! So, you're going to have to search the Internet - I'm sure it won't be hard to find because just about every media outlet is broadcasting it.
Violence is NOT the answer! I know it hurts. I know you want to beat someone up, burn some cars, break some windows - but that is not the way to do things. I know it's hard to sit by and wait for the criminal justice system to work. But, doing all of this is not going to bring Oscar Grant back. Threatening the officer that killed him is not going to bring him back. FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE will bring him back. FIGHTING FOR OSCAR GRANT because he can no longer fight for himself will bring him back. No, it won't bring him back physically - but it will keep his memory alive for his loved ones and for those like me who never knew him.
Amadou Diallo (09/02/75 - 02/04/99), Sean Bell (05/18/83 - 11/25/06), Billy Joe Johnson (?? - 12/08/08), Oscar Grant (?? - 01/01/09), and countless others - ALL innocent men GUNNED DOWN by police.
DEAR GOD, WHEN WILL IT END?!?!?!
~Traycee~
Oscar Grant - 22 year old father, son, boyfriend, cousin, brother, grandson, friend, BLACK MAN
You know, when I saw online the report about the young man who was shot and killed by an Oakland, CA BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) offer, I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what to write. I just didn't know what to say. It hurts my heart in ways I just cannot describe because yet ANOTHER BLACK MAN IS GONE!!! Another family has to bury their loved one over what appears to be a senseless act by a seemingly trigger happy cop. I simply cannot fathom what seems like the desire to "snuff us out". I'm not saying that ALL cops are bad people - but one bad apple definitely does spoil the entire bunch.
How do you shoot a person in the back? This person poses no absolute risk to you because a fellow officer is kneeling on the person's back? The person has their hands behind them!!! But yet - you still manage to shoot AND kill him. HOW?? WHY?? There's a report that the officer "might" have mistaken his gun for his pepper spray. Are these two VERY DIFFERENT items that similar in touch that you cannot know the difference?
They're rioting in CA now. Seriously, did people think WE would sit back and do NOTHING?! WRONG!!!!!!! Wrong on every fathomable level imaginable! I cannot bring myself to post the video of Mr. Grant's MURDER!!! So, you're going to have to search the Internet - I'm sure it won't be hard to find because just about every media outlet is broadcasting it.
Violence is NOT the answer! I know it hurts. I know you want to beat someone up, burn some cars, break some windows - but that is not the way to do things. I know it's hard to sit by and wait for the criminal justice system to work. But, doing all of this is not going to bring Oscar Grant back. Threatening the officer that killed him is not going to bring him back. FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE will bring him back. FIGHTING FOR OSCAR GRANT because he can no longer fight for himself will bring him back. No, it won't bring him back physically - but it will keep his memory alive for his loved ones and for those like me who never knew him.
Amadou Diallo (09/02/75 - 02/04/99), Sean Bell (05/18/83 - 11/25/06), Billy Joe Johnson (?? - 12/08/08), Oscar Grant (?? - 01/01/09), and countless others - ALL innocent men GUNNED DOWN by police.
DEAR GOD, WHEN WILL IT END?!?!?!
~Traycee~
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
CNN.com Tries to Decipher the Billey Joe Johnson Case
Was it suicide? Was it an accident? Or, was it murder?! Several key questions are asked in this video. Details on the autopsy are still pending.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
High School Football Star Dies
This morning, I was doing my morning perusal of the Internet to get myself caught up on the news as I don't have much time to watch it once I get home in the evenings. Upon checking my links of black websites, I finally stumbled onto Black Report. Once there, I clicked on a link which took me to Black Voices. There's an article about a young man, Billy Joe Johnson, who recently died. Billy Joe Johnson was a high school football star in Mississippi - George County High School. Here is how the article went:
Billy Joe was stopped by police for "running through a stop sign and a red light". The officer approached his car, got his license, and returned to his patrol car. As he was running his license through the system, he heard a gunshot and saw Billy Joe fall to the ground with a shotgun on top of him. Supposedly, he shot himself in the head. Police are saying it was suicide. His family, friends, AND the NAACP are saying it WASN'T. Autopsies are currently being conducted - the one being conducted by the state of Mississippi and one being conducted separately at the request of the family via the NAACP.
I am posting this to make you aware of what may be going on down in Mississippi - another case of a police coverup. The following links provide the short details as provided by Black Voices. I will do more research on this and will update everyone as soon as I get a chance.
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/12/09/star-high-school-running-back-mysteriously-dead/
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/12/15/update-naacp-family-say-high-school-star-did-not-commit-suicid/
Billy Joe was stopped by police for "running through a stop sign and a red light". The officer approached his car, got his license, and returned to his patrol car. As he was running his license through the system, he heard a gunshot and saw Billy Joe fall to the ground with a shotgun on top of him. Supposedly, he shot himself in the head. Police are saying it was suicide. His family, friends, AND the NAACP are saying it WASN'T. Autopsies are currently being conducted - the one being conducted by the state of Mississippi and one being conducted separately at the request of the family via the NAACP.
I am posting this to make you aware of what may be going on down in Mississippi - another case of a police coverup. The following links provide the short details as provided by Black Voices. I will do more research on this and will update everyone as soon as I get a chance.
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/12/09/star-high-school-running-back-mysteriously-dead/
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/12/15/update-naacp-family-say-high-school-star-did-not-commit-suicid/
What do you think happened after reading the two articles above?
~Traycee
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Missing In Action
Hey everyone!
I know I've been M.I.A. for a little while. Well, I have a virus on my laptop at home. And, because of this, I cannot log onto my blog to make any posts. I can only do it from work, and I have so much to do here, I haven't had the time. BUT, don't worry, I'll be back before you've grown to miss me.
Speaking of this dang on virus, does anyone know ANYTHING about getting a virus (WORM) off of a computer. Because of this thing, I cannot do a Google search nor can I check my gmail. It's called BAIDU - that's the name of the virus/worm. If you can provide me with any info, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Until I get this thing out of my computer.........
~Traycee~
I know I've been M.I.A. for a little while. Well, I have a virus on my laptop at home. And, because of this, I cannot log onto my blog to make any posts. I can only do it from work, and I have so much to do here, I haven't had the time. BUT, don't worry, I'll be back before you've grown to miss me.
Speaking of this dang on virus, does anyone know ANYTHING about getting a virus (WORM) off of a computer. Because of this thing, I cannot do a Google search nor can I check my gmail. It's called BAIDU - that's the name of the virus/worm. If you can provide me with any info, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Until I get this thing out of my computer.........
~Traycee~
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