Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
James Kim, a husband, father and Editor for CNET has been missing for over 10 days. Kim, his wife and two children were traveling from their home in California to the Pacific Northwest for the Thanksgiving holidays when it appears that they became lost/stranded in a rural area of Oregon. Kim’s wife along with his two daughters were rescued on Monday, but Kim who had left on foot to seek help, was no where to be found. A search crew is still diligently searching for him.
Mr. Kim, we are praying that you are found very soon, and that you are found well and alive. We pray for a miracle such as that which Harriet Tubman once experienced during one of her escape trips.
“For,” said she, “Missus, de water never came above my chin; when we thought surely we were all going under, it became shallower and shallower, and we came out safe on the odder side.” Harriet Tubman
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
“We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.” Harriet Tubman
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
“I looked at my hands, to see if I was de same person now I was free. Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun came like gold trou de trees, and ober de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.” Harriet Tubman
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
Atlantic Monthly magazine just released an issue honoring the “100 Most Influential Americans of All Time”. Not surprisingly, Abraham Lincoln made the cover and was noted as being the number one most influential American of all time. What would Harriet Tubman have to say about this?
Ms. Tubman openly stated that she and most blacks (colored/African-American) didn’t care too much for or even trust President Lincoln. She would often visit Mrs. Lincoln but didn’t want to see or talk with President Lincoln. (” I used to go see Mrs. Lincoln but I never wanted to see him.” Harriet Tubman)
It is also clear in historical records that Ms. Tubman never credited Lincoln for freeing the slaves, instead she stated that John Brown was the emancipator of her people.
Thus, I conclude that Ms. Tubman might oppose the selection of President Lincoln as the most influential American of all time.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
It was a mad rush - a shopping frenzy! People stood in line for hours enduring all kinds of weather in hopes of purchasing the - Play Station 3. You have to wonder what historical figures like Harriet Tubman would think of such madness over technology?
Well, Harriet Tubman was a determined woman and if nothing else, she would applaud the determination of gamers and e-bay entrepreneurs alike. Once she was determined to sit and wait for $20 that she believed would be given to her because she had received a word from the Lord saying that she would.
When questioned about her waiting and determination she responded, “Anyhow I’m gwine to sit here till I get it.”
MSNBC Story
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
After heated debates and ugly public relations schemes/tactics, most Americans are happy to say that the election is finally over! WIth the success of the Democratic party, most politicians are now focusing upon an answer to and end to the war in Iraq. Keeping with their political platform, many democrats are now pressing the Bush administration for a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
It is clear that the Democratic party has the same concerns about the leadership of Bush as Harriet Tubman had about Lincoln and the Civil War. “Master Lincoln, he’s a great man, and I’m a poor Negro but this Negro can tell Master Lincoln how to save money and young men.”
Monday, November 13, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
“I had seen their tears and sighs, and I heard their groans, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.” Harriet Tubman
Friday, November 10, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
“They were all white folks there but me, and I was there like a blackberry in a pail of milk,” Harriet Tubman
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Posted by DeeDee Smith
Someone once asked Ms. Tubman if she believed women should vote. Her response was, “I suffered enough to believe it.”
Posted by DeeDee Smith
Although most people celebrate the conviction of Saddam Hussein, there are mixed feelings/opinions about him receiving the death penalty. Harriet Tubman at one point became so frustrated and dismayed with her “master” that she asked the Lord to change him or kill him. Soon after that prayer, he was dead. Ms. Tubman was so distraught that she continuously prayed seeking the Lord’s forgiveness for her prayer. As she stated, once he was dead, she could no longer pray for him.
“Then I changed my prayer, and I said, ‘Lord, if you ain’t never going to change dat man’s heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of de way, so he won’t do no more mischief.’ Next ting I heard ole master was dead; and he died just as he had lived, a wicked, bad man. Oh, den it ‘peared like I would give de world full of silver and gold, if I had it, to bring dat pore soul back, I would give myself; I would give eberyting ! But he was gone, I couldn’t pray for him no more.” Harriet Tubman