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BOBBEE BEE AND THE JACKSON 5

by Eric D.Graham

“Those without SIN cast the first STONE”
They might have HATED HIM BUT WE STILL LOVED HIM.

On Thursday June 25th, We lost the Greatest Entertainer ever to grace the Planet. Despite his obivious self-hatred, multiple-plastic surgeries, strange behavior, negative news stories, and controversial court cases,
We still loved Michael.
We loved him simply because He was our Child.
He was our SON.
He was our little BROTHER
He was our little COUSIN from Gary, Indiana.
He was our FAMILY.
Our HOMEBOY.
Our SUPERSTAR.

We just allowed the rest of the world to borrow him but He belonged to US.

Because He was US.
He was our SOUL.
He was our Spirit.
He was our VOICE.
He was OUR MUSIC.
And when He SUNG. HE SUNG for US.
When He danced
He danced for US.
When He moonwalked
He moonwalked for US.
Because He was US
IS US
And WILL ALWAYS BE US.
FOREVER BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL.

They Don't Really Care About Us by Michael Jackson (remixed by Bobbee Bee)

Skin head, dead head. Everybody gone bad. Situation. Segregation. Everybody allegation. Beat me. HATE ME. You can never break me. Will me, thrill me. You can never KILL me. JEW me. Sue me. Everybody do me. Kick me. kike me. Don't you Black or white me. I am the victim of police brutality. Now, I'm tired of bein' the victim of HATE. You're rapin me of my pride. Oh, for God's sake. I look to heaven to fullfil its prophecy. Set me free. Black man, Black male.Throw your brother in jail. Tell me what has become of my rights. Am I invisible because you ignore me? Your proclamation promised me free liberty. Now, I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame. They're throwing me in a class with a bad name. I can't believe this is the land from which I came. You know I do really hate to say it BUT THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US.

BOBBEE BEE "THE LIE DETECTOR

America was build on a lie because Christopher Columbus didn't discover America. The Native Americans didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Jesus is not white and George Washington had slaves. As a result, Duane Alan Hahn said that a Liar's motto is "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie, and lie again." So Let the Truth be Told: Crooks lie, Criminals lie, Children lie, Parents lie, Husbands and Wives lie, News Reporters lie, Teachers lie, Lawyers lie, Politicians lie, Police Officers lie, Preachers lie, the Government lies and even you and I lie. But can you spot a liar, if you saw one. Because the Lie is written all over your face according to Marc Salem, a leading authority on nonverbal communication and interpersonal skills,who reveals how to spot a liar in his book The Six Keys To Unlock and Empower Your Mind. Here are a few hidden clues.

1. Sharp Pauses
When a person is lying, the pauses are longer in the middle of the sentences, provide short answers to questions and take longer to begin their response than someone who's merely nervous. After all, they need time to create the lie.

2. The Eyes are the Windows to the Soul
See where the eyes go after you ask the question. People tend to look up to the right to visualize or invent, a response and down to the right to invent sounds. We often recall the truth by looking up to the left or down to the left

3.Excessive gesturing
When people lie, they move their hands alot, nervous movements like scratching the body or fiddling with a pencil. If a candidate is asked a question & immediately pick up a pen and begins playing with it, something's a miss subconsciously.

4.Lack of gesturing.

The rehearsed or practiced liar, who has planned his deceit ahead of time, will try to control gestures. Many politicians are coached to stay still during TV appearances. They keep their face inexpressive, upper body stiff and legs often crossed.

5. READ HIS LIPS

Look for unsusal movement of the mouth, lips, or tongue, While discussing weapons of mass destruction in recent interview, former Vice president Dick Chaney bit his lips, sucked them inward more than half a dozen times. Tight lips indicate you may be planning to keep the truth in. If you actually suck the lips in, you maybe withholding anger. A dry cough or cracking voice is psychological response to the discomfort of lying. When you are nervous your mouth becomes dry and you lick your lips and swallow as you struggle to find the right words to say.

6.HAND HIDING

Hands symbolically express the emotions of the heart which is why liars tend to keep them hidden. Research on handshakes shows that the single most important factor is palm-to-palm contact. When people don't get this contact, they wonder what the other person is hiding. They'll stick their hands in their pockets, clench them, or hold them behind their back.

7.HALF SMILES.

A smile is the most common facial expression to make emotions. If is often used to hide displeasure and anger. A real smile changes the entire face. The eyes light up. The forehead wrinkles, the eyebrows and cheeck muscles rise.....

8.EXCESSIVE CONFIDENCE

Think of this as the super smooth salesman effect. Look for nonverbal communication, which include voice, tune, volume, and speaking rate that sound overconfident. You can spot a liar by going with your gut impression. Listen for anything that doesn't sound normal. If you feel something is out of norm, even if you can't articulate it specifically, you are probably right. Both President Bush and Condi Rice display this behavior.

9. CREATION OF BARRIERS

Just as we pull down the shades when we don't want others to see into our home, we close off entrances to our body so our feelings aren't seen. There are windows at the bottom of our feet, kneecaps, bottom of the torso, middle of the chest, neck, mouth, eyes, and top the head. A liar tends to close off these entrances- putting clothing over them, turning them away from the person's he is talking to, putting objects or furniture between himself and others, or simply folding his arms. When someone's windows are closed, we don't feel as comfortable with the interaction.

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BOBBEE BEE LOVES THE KIDS

"Birds fly, fish swim, and children play." -Garry Landreth


1. Children are not miniature adults, and the therapist does not respond to them as if they were.
2. Children are people. They are capable of experiencing deep emotionalf pain and joy.
3. Children are unique and worthy of respect. The therapist prizes the uniqueness of each child and respects the person the child is.
4. Children are resilient. Children possess a tremendous capacity to overcome obstacles and circumstances in their lives,
5.Children have an inherent tendency toward growth and maturity. They posses an inner intuitive wisdom.

6.Children are capable of positive self-direction. They are capable of dealing with their world in creative ways.
7. Children 's natural language is play and this is the medium of self-expression with which they are most comfortable.
8. Children have a right to remain silent. The therapist respects a child's decision not to talk.
9. Children will take the therapeutic experience to where they need to be. The therapist does not attempt to determine when or how a child should play.
10. Children's growth cannot be speeded up. The therapist recognizes this and is patient with the child's developmental process.



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BOBBEE BEE: TEN COMMANDMENTS OF PARTISAN WARFARE

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF PARTISAN WARFARE 1.KEEP IT SIMPLE

A long-winded, complex, nuanced argument is a guaranteed ticket to disaster. To be effective, you need to be able to fit your basic message on a bumper sticker.

2. PERSONALIZE THE ISSUE.
Don’t talk about issues in an abstract way. Persuade by talking in terms of how issues impact people, relate your own experience, and highlight your opponents’ self interest (e.g show them how Democratic policies mean better-paying jobs, cleaner air or cheaper anti-psychotic drugs.

3.FRAME THE ARGUMENT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

Make your case by presenting each issue according to your beliefs and values, not theirs. Never, for example, let a sanctimonious conservative lecture you about what real American values are.

4.FIND COMMON GROUND
5.EXPOSE HYPOCRISY
Nothing undermines an argument faster than exposing hypocritical behavior, contradictory statements, and wholesale fakery-either on the part of your opponents or the part of the politicians they’re defending. object width="445" height="364">
6. EXUDE CONFIDENCE

Always project the courage of your convictions.

7. DON’T SERMONIZE

No one likes to be lectured to, and no one likes a self-righteous windbag. Ranting from atop your soapbox will only harden your opponent’s position and make him or her more hostile. If you’ve made an enemy, you haven’t won an argument.

8.MAKE YOUR OPPONENT LAUGH

Humor can be potent weapon in political debate. Making humorous observations and demonstrating an ability to laugh at yourself-will help disarm your opponents and keep them engaged.

9. BE OPENED MINED

It’s the civilty, stupid. Be prepared to listen respectfully and concede a point or two before moving in for the kill. You can learn a lot from people with whom you disagree-even those you believe to be outrageously misguided –and fine tune your arguments in the process.
10.PICK BATTLES YOU CAN WIN

Don’t expend too much energy trying to win over a staunch conservative. You’d have better luck trying to coax a rock to grow. Target the fence-sitters and the more easily converted.
List created by Daniel Kurtzman from his hiliarious book "How to Win A Fight With a Conservative

BOBBEE BEE: AH-CHOO!!! HOW TO AVOID THE SWINE FLU

BOBBEE BEE: THIS IS HOW YOU CAN AVOID THE SWINE FLU
Take these everyday steps to protect your health:

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
Stay home if you are sick for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer. This is to keep from infecting others and spreading the virus further.
Other important actions that you can take are:
Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and other social distancing measures.
Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home for a week or so; a supply of over-the-counter medicines, alcohol-based hand rubs, tissues and other related items might could be useful and help avoid the need to make trips out in public while you are sick and contagious.
What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?

If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. If you are sick, stay home for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.
What is the best technique for washing my hands to avoid getting the flu?

Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. Wash with soap and water or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. CDC recommends that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.
What should I do if I get sick?

If you live in areas where people have been identified with new H1N1 flu and become ill with influenza-like symptoms, including fever, body aches, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people, except to seek medical care. If you have severe illness or you are at high risk for flu complications, contact your health care provider or seek medical care. Your health care provider will determine whether flu testing or treatment is needed
If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.

In children emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
Fast breathing or trouble breathing
Bluish or gray skin color
Not drinking enough fluids
Severe or persistent vomiting
Not waking up or not interacting
Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

BOBBEE BEE: YOU CAN WORK IT OUT

by Eric D. Graham

God isn't alarmed when we hit rock bottom. He made the rock.

In Yoruba priestess Iyanla Vanzant's book Acts of Faith "Daily Meditations for People of Color she writes "There are times in our lives when we feel there is no way up or out. Illness. Poverty. Confusion. Loneliness. Desperation. They take us to the place called "rock bottom' In these times you may feel weak and vulnerable, and it is easy to lose faith in your ability to go on. It is exactly in these times that you must turn to the infinite power within yourself. You must know that the answer is exactly where you are. The strength you need, the answer you want, the solution that will turn the situation around is you. If you can put aside the anger, fear, weakness,and desperation for just a minute you will remember the "other times" you were at the bottom and how in a moment, miraculously, you were lifted up."


Notice, when you read Vanzant''s words that she says that one "must turn to the infinite power within yourself." She did not say look outside of your self for the answer. While some people may have a problem with this, the scripture says it plainly that the "kingdom of heaven is within"

But for far too long, our people, have waited by miserably for something or someone to save Them or rescue us instead of relying on THEMselves to change their condition HERE on Earth.

In the African-American community, gospel music has always been that therapetuic force or bridge that has been used as a healer, a soother, an encourager, and a builder of faith WITHIN US during troubling times.

One of the greatest gospel song ever written and performed entitled Jesus Will Work It Out by Dr.Charles G.Hayes is an excellent example. But we can't pray and sing all day and night, we must go to work in order to accomplish the CHANGE we DESIRE. LET'S NOT PUT EVERYTHING ON JESUS TO SOLVE. AND STOP BLAMING THE SO-CALLED DEVIL FOR OUR SHORTCOMINGS!!


Because in the psychological world, Jesus is simply a form of higher consciousness or the renewing of one's mind to think on a higher level.

A renewed mind, in the Biblical sense, according to Dr. Jay Snell is a mind that is so saturated with Scripture that it thinks Scripture when a crisis hits, rather than relying on wits for a solution to the crisis.

In other words, our minds are renewed when it is so saturated with the word of God that we think Scripture when decision time arrives, rather than trying to "figure things out for ourselves" by using our wits.
Rom 12:2 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is good, and acceptable, and perfect, in the will of God. (KJV).

Religion and psychology, despite some arguments by theologians and scholars are married to one another. For the father of so-called Western psychology, Sigmun Freud divided the human mind into three categories: the (ID), the (EGO) and the (SUPEREGO). The SUPEREGO is equivalent to the Christian's Jesus or God Concept. For instance, the SUPEREGO is translated into "What I should, ought to and must do"....Remember those "What Would Jesus Bracelets woren by people years ago, it is the same concept mentally developed by the human mind according to Freud.



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BOBBEE BEE: DO's and DON"T WHILE ONLINE

Many kids and teens every year are abducted due to exposure on the Internet. Almost every teenager goes online thinking that this will never happen to them because they won’t meet anybody in a chat room. Internet predators have a way of appearing to be somebody that they are not. You may think you have proof that you are talking to somebody that is your age and is your friend when you may really be talking to somebody else. Kids don’t know what could really happen by just putting their name out there. Parents are giving kids false expectations to keep them from being scared. They don’t think that Internet predators will fly across the world just to come to their house. You can’t hide behind a screen name. Even if they can’t see you, they can still find you. You may be revealing everything you think you’re not, just by saying “Hi”. Your screen name may be revealing. Your profile may be too. The Internet predators have ways of tricking kids into revealing personal information without it being obvious. Even though you think you aren’t telling them anything, you may be. Even the simplest things like your basketball team can be tracked down

DON'T give out personal information online such as your address, telephone numbe, your name, parent's name, school name, school schedule, passwords etc.

DON'T give out information about you or your family to individuals you meet online.
DON'T send or post pictures online without getting parental permission first.
DON'T believe everything that you read online or that makes you feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused.
DON'T keep new online buddies secret from your parents.

DON'T communicate with anyone that you don't know in person and that your parents haven't approved.

DON'T agree to meet with someone you've met online before getting parental permission.
DO use the Internet to help with schoolwork.

DO be polite to others when using the Internet.
DO ask permission from your parents before you "download" (copy) programs from the Internet. They may contain viruses or spyware.

DO get your parents's permission before you talk online to anyone you don't personally know.
DO discuss it with your parents if you're contacted online by someone you don't know.
DO NOTIFY your parents if you receive or come across anything online that makes you feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused.
Information provided by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
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