DarkStar Spouts Off

1900+ Pages

If a Representative or Senator had 10 people to read equal pages of the bill, they would each read 190+ pages. Didn't some Representative say there is no way they could read long bills?

Does it take 1900+ pages to "reform health care"? 

Do you think it is likely there are things not related to "reforming health care" in the bill?

Do you think it is likely that there are conflicting provisions in the bill?

Do you think it is likely the legal mumbo jumbo was written in a way to be intentionally obtuse?

There is no damn way this is a good bill.

Spouting Off On: I Am Not A Partisan

I am not a partisan.

I am not a partisan because I think and I try to think logically.

I am not a partisan because to be a partisan, means I have to ignore facts that don't make any ideas I have from "my side" look bad.

I am not a partisan because I am a realist, some say cynic.

I am not a partisan because a good idea is a good idea; period.

I am not a partisan because I am God created and confident in the abilities given to me by God.

I am not a partisan because I am a grown a** man.

If I don't fit your idea of a Black person or of a Republican, that's your problem and I refuse to make it my problem.

Roderick, I am a Republican because I am. Grow up and then deal with it.

Complaining About The Cost Of Trying To Get The Olympics

Everyone who complained about the cost of President Obama and the first lady for trying to get the Olympics, need to shut up.

What was the cost of the Bush family attending the Olympics when he was president?

He has "more important things to do"? Since when is trying to get the Olympics, and corresponding income to the U.S. not important?

He tried, he failed, move on and grow up.

The People Of "Personal Responsibility"

The people who claim to be about "personal responsibility", actually aren't. They blame others for their ills. Don't believe me? Consider:

• If you are a parent and are personally responsible for your children, how can a speech by the President of the United States, totally erase all that you have taught?
• If a person is responsible for their personal choices, then how can the availability of welfare be responsible for the destruction of family?
• If a person is responsible for their personal choices, then how can the eugenic background of a person who pushed for abortions, years ago, cause a woman to get an abortion, today?
• If a person is responsible for their actions, how can an organization, that isn't "speaking out" against an issue, be responsible for for a person not doing something to address an issue?

See where I'm going with this?

Not Saying It's Right...

I understand Dr. Gates behavior after being confronted by the police officer and identifying himself as the home owner. Or, actually I understand WANTING to behave that way, BUT you don't mess with the po'lease.

You don't mess wit' the po-po.

You go humble, read his badge number and or tag and or identification on the cruiser and then you come back the next day, loaded with 'Tree and ready to fight.

But you don't mess with the man who, if he shoots you, is assumed to have shot for a good reason, gimpy knee or not.

The Talented Tenth

There was a lot I intended to write about the NON-sense Cobb wrote about the idea of the Talented Tenth. Some day I may come back to it and break it down, but right now, all I have to write about it is this: The first hour of part one of "Black in America, 2" on CNN shows The Talented Tenth in action.

The problem with this and all black role modeling. Only people with racial hangups need black role models. And only people who want to affect people with racial hangups want to be black role models. It is one of the great temptations of my class of folks, those formerly known as the Talented Tenth.

The first hour put the lie to the above quote, with efficiency and quickness.

I HATE lazy thinking. Cobb is now demonstrating lazy ass thinking more and more and I'm disgusted, especially when shots like the above are made. Frankly, he ought to be embarrassed. If he watched the first hour, and re-reads what he wrote, if the man has any shred of decency and thought, he'd write something saying, at least, that he has to reconsider some things, since he claimed he thinks all of the time.

'nuff said. Now I'm done.

Why No Uproar?

You say you back the military?
You say that women serving on the front lines undermines military readiness?
You say "don't ask don't tell" is wrong?

But you say nothing about this?

A controversial suit brought by a U.S. Army reservist has been joined by a retired Army two-star general and an active reserve Air Force lieutenant colonel.

Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook filed the suit July 8 in federal court here asking for conscientious objector status and a preliminary injunction based upon his belief that President Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and is therefore ineligible to serve as president of the United States and commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.

However, before the issue got to court, Cook’s orders to deploy to Afghanistan were revoked. Lt. Col. Maria Quon, a public affairs officer with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command-St. Louis, said Tuesday that Cook was no longer expected to report Wednesday to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida for mobilization to active duty. Cook, who claims he is now the victim of retaliation due to his suit, received his mobilization orders to report for active duty at MacDill on Wednesday. From there, he was to go to Fort Benning on Saturday for deployment to Afghanistan.

Then you ain't $%$#@%&^!

Talented Tenth Horse Pukies

Another money quote:

See if you were Talented Tenth, then you already know about a litany of black role models, because you study prior role models with a bit of envy and a bit of spite. If you buy into what I call the role monkey circus, then you already know that somehow you have to overcome the same demons you intend to chase out of your followers. So you might start during Black History Month with Carter G. Woodson and get enough inspiration from him for you to be a beacon to others. And basically you need enough self-esteem to assume the task, that plus the initiative taken on Woodson, and an opportunity to play show and tell. Bam, instant role model. Do it enough times for enough media and you become a 'black leader'.  Do it in a calculatedly brilliant way in front of all America in the political arena and you might even become Barack Obama. But the underlying premise never changes, you're a show off in front of people who don't have the courage and demon-shields to do for self.

I am an acquaintance of a man who used to be in the correctional system. Many times he has said he was tired of seeing men, especially Black men, on that end of the system, so he left the system to help men BEFORE they even have a chance to enter the system.

He's a pastor who speaks many times to Black men about Black men needing to take care of our health, being men of God, being good husbands and leaders of the family, being good fathers, being good providers.... Not struggling alone in issues that other men have.

At the regular men's breakfast on Saturday, a meeting/minstry/bonding group that he started, another man spoke for about 15 minutes about how he and his wife adopted a son and about he is now mentoring another teenage boy and how that mentoring is starting to positively affect the teenager's life. He encouraged us to look around and see what young boy needs a man in their life and to engage.

100 Black Men of America, Inc

Concerned Black Men

Project Alpha

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first black Greek letter fraternity in the nation, understands the importance of a community of support in every youth’s life, specifically focusing on fatherless African American boys and their need for a strong, male role model. The word mentor means a wise and trusted counselor or teacher or an influential senior sponsor of supporter. Even boys with supportive fathers in their lives can benefit from the program objectives set forth by this altruistic group of young men and their mission to nurture other male youth.

Through their partnership with the March of Dimes, Alpha Phi Alpha’s Project Alpha seeks to provide mentoring to at-risk youth working within the African American community. Project Alpha is a national initiative that seeks to provide “education, motivation and skill-building on issues of responsibility,” teaching young men ages 12 to 15 about fatherhood and the role of males in healthy relationships. Their program includes education on abstinence, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy in the hopes of inspiring wise decision making in the future.

I listed "Project Alpha" because Cobb is an Alpha Man.

But why did I point out mentoring groups?

I pointed them out because mentoring IS role modeling, which Mike makes lite of in the quote above. When that kind of non-sense is put out there, it has to be smacked down with the fierceness.

But I ain't done...

Project Alpha

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first black Greek letter fraternity in the nation, understands the importance of a community of support in every youth’s life, specifically focusing on fatherless African American boys and their need for a strong, male role model. The word mentor means a wise and trusted counselor or teacher or an influential senior sponsor of supporter. Even boys with supportive fathers in their lives can benefit from the program objectives set forth by this altruistic group of young men and their mission to nurture other male youth.

Through their partnership with the March of Dimes, Alpha Phi Alpha’s Project Alpha seeks to provide mentoring to at-risk youth working within the African American community. Project Alpha is a national initiative that seeks to provide “education, motivation and skill-building on issues of responsibility,” teaching young men ages 12 to 15 about fatherhood and the role of males in healthy relationships. Their program includes education on abstinence, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy in the hopes of inspiring wise decision making in the future.

I listed "Project Alpha" because Cobb is an Alpha Man.

But why did I point out mentoring groups?

I pointed them out because mentoring IS role modeling, which Mike makes lite of in the quote above. When that kind of non-sense is put out there, it has to be smacked down with the fierceness.

But I ain't done...

Iran: I Don't Understand

I don't understand people's criticism of Obama for delaying comments about what is happening in Iran. Even if he said something almost immediately, the reaction of the leaders in Iran would still be the same. They really don't care what anyone in the U.S. says, and they know that our resources are taxed at this point, so there is not much we can do.

We have hot zones in Iraq and Afghanistan and our military on the DMZ between North and South Korea have to be protected and be given reinforcements given what N. Korea is doing. BTW, did President Bush do anything about N. Korea's nukes?

Yes, Iran is funding groups that are helping to keep things stirred up in Iraq, but so is Syria. I'd like to read the commentary about Syria causing a mess but the fact that they are backed by China may be the  reason the commentary against Syria is muted.

Oh yeah, who really rules Iran? Suppose the president of the country is tossed out, what happens then? I'd gather more chaos since the president of Iran, no matter how nutty, doesn't have the real power.

I've been critical of the Obama administration, but on this one, I'm not saying a damn thing because I don't see the alternatives being given as being viable. So, STHU!

Whites Ain't Safe! Who Cares If Blacks Ain't Safe, Either?!?!?!

Whites ain't safe! Who cares if Blacks ain't safe either! That's all I can think about after reading Greg Kanes opinion article:

Whitey, don’t let the sun set on you in Bodymore, Murderland. That’s neither an official or unofficial slogan for Baltimore yet, but it’s not because some of our more dysfunctional citizens aren’t trying to make it so.

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The overwhelming majority of those bodies are black ones, dispatched by black perps. But the few white bodies may end up giving Baltimore a notorious reputation as a city where whites just aren’t safe.

It's not safe for Blacks, but they don't matter? Kane is Black and still lives in the city, and has previously written about being a victim of crime, by Black people, in the city. But I don't recall something like the following line from Kane:

With leaders like this, would you, if you’re white, let the sun set on you in Baltimore?

How about asking that of Blacks in the city?

Damn.

More On Baltimore City School Scam

So, the person you create a position for, who will be responsible for the millions of dollars budget, is in a personal financial mess? And HE is the one who got the school CEO hired? And the CEO is now the guy who created the position?

Brian D. Morris took a gamble when he led the city school board in the hiring of Andrés Alonso.

Not only was the leading candidate for school system chief executive an outsider from New York, he wasn't African-American, as parents, teachers and administrators were expecting.

And Alonso was demanding unprecedented authority from a board that had a history of micro-managing.

But Morris, the volunteer school board chairman and a young developer, pushed the board to make the hire, and then protected Alonso when the going got rough.

Yeah, this stinks to high hell.

Financial trouble you say?

Brian D. Morris, who resigned as Baltimore City school board chairman this week to accept a six-figure job overseeing school operations, has been the subject of dozens of lawsuits and bad-debt claims the past 15 years, including foreclosures, garnisheed wages, unpaid taxes and other cases involving his personal finances and business ventures, according to city court records.

The city school board hired Morris, 38, as a deputy CEO on Tuesday, giving him a $175,000 annual salary and oversight of all the school system's central operations, including finance.

Yet a review of dozens of court records by The Baltimore Sun shows a lengthy struggle to manage his own businesses and affairs. Bill collectors garnisheed Morris' wages and bank accounts, and tried to repossess his cars. Creditors won judgments against him for rent payments, medical bills and homeowners association dues. In one case, a potential business partner said Morris walked off with $12,500 intended for a new venture. In another, a couple said he rented them a house he didn't own and collected their monthly payments until the real owner ordered them to leave. At least two creditors say they plan to seek a portion of his school system salary to settle old debts.

A COUPLE PAID DUDE MONEY ON A HOUSE HE DIDN'T OWN!!!!!

[ UPDATE ]

To make this even MORE unbelievable, the Baltimore City Public School System sent out layoff notices a few days before this. LAYOFF NOTICES to about 80 people, and then turn around and give a financial goof and, if what the couple says is true, a THIEF, a $175K job created JUST FOR HIM!!!!

Stop The "Socialist!" Whining

If you haven't been complaining about socialist policies of the following, stop the socialist whining.

• Subsidies to farmers to grow crops.
• Subsidies to farmers to NOT grow crops.
• Subsidies to farmers to cull diary herds to keep diary product prices "reasonable."
• Subsidies to sugar cane growers and processors to keep sugar prices "reasonable."
• Subsidies to corn growers for corn suitable for ethanol production.
• Subsidies to businesses to expand overseas markets.
• Government requirements on public and private schools which receive government money.
• Car companies being required to:
• • Produce cars with seat belts
  • Produce cars that can't use leaded gasoline
  • Produce cars that face an additional tax if they don't meet arbitrary mileage "standards"
  • Produce cars that meet emissions standards
•  Government subsidies to developers to develop land for whatever use.

The Urban League, Project 21, and Rush Limbaugh

The Urban League came out with this year's State of Black America Report, and as usually, they presented the negative information, at least that's what I get out of the executive summary. Excuse me, but I ain't a fraction, 71.1%, of any person. And in the areas of solutions, the executive summary points to other people instead of Blacks. I have a real problem with that aspect.

Along these lines, Project 21 comes out with press release blasting the report.

Overall, Project 21's Martin noted: "The black community does not need to be protected from capitalism, as the National Urban League's report seems to imply.  The black community needs to embrace capitalism.  The free market is where true opportunity lies."

I find it interesting, for example, the executive summary of the NUL report and Project 21 neglects to mention the growth in Black owned businesses. I find it interesting, that as I have pointed out before, both Black conservatives and Black liberals are overall negative about the Black community.

But it's interesting that Project 21 would criticize the NUL report as "unnecessarily dreary" but not say a word when Rush Limbaugh said the Black community hasn't advanced in 40 years.

MD Politics Mini-Rant

Let me see if I understand this.

Martin O'Malley wins the governor's race. Comes into Annapolis and promptly spends down all of the "rainy day fund" with spending political initiatives and pay raises for his core team.

He then says Maryland needs slots to counteract a "structural deficit" that has come about because of political initiatives he put in place. If he, and the state assembly would have held spending to current levels, there would not have been a deficit. But be that as it may, the special session occurred and slots was put on the ballot and the voters of Maryland voted for it. Meanwhile in this special session, tax increases were also passed even though people were saying economic troubles are around the corner and it's best to cut spending, not raise taxes.

But they didn't listen and now the economic bust is here and all over the state, "revenue" is down because businesses are not making as much money, but mostly because home prices have gone through the floor.

So, there were dire statements made about cutting programs and laying people off. They did enact forced furloughs, however.

But WAIT!!!!!! The "stimulus package" is passed and O'Malley is grinning from ear to ear saying the stimulus money means no cuts or layoffs!!!

Then comes the failure to get bids to cover all of the slots locations. It appears gambling companies refused to bid because the state wanted too much of "the take" and they were actually using it as a funding source.

But WAIT!!!!!! It turns out, now, that the stimulus money won't be enough and their WILL have to be cuts!!! But, they increased spending, AGAIN....

Yeah, that makes a hell of a lot of sense.

Maryland politicians, as a group, stink. And this is a one party state!

I'm coming back to that last part later.

Don't Buy An LG LCD Television

I brought a 32", LG LCD television from Circuit City.

After 1 1/2 months, I have good sound but no picture. This is a common problem from what I am reading.

It's number one in their television knowledge base FAQ.

Micky D's and the Media Okie Doke

Look at the following situation. A woman wanted the merchandise she ordered and when the store worker told her they were out of stock, she requested her money back and the worker refused to return her money to her. She then called 9-1-1 to get her money back.

What's wrong with what she did?

Now, put it in the context of McDonald's with the merchandise being a McNugget, and the woman gets clowned.

McDonald's workers refused to return her money to her when they said they didn't have what she wanted. If she had eaten the food and then wanted her money back, it would be silly. But, effectively, they stole that woman's money.

Suppose you took something and refused to pay for it. They would call 9-1-1 in a heartbeat and you would be charged with theft or theft of services.

When I was younger, I got into such a similar dispute with a store and they would not return my money, I told THEM to call 911, and they did.

After the situation was explained to the policeman who responded, I was let go WITH my money.

People who are clowning this woman have been played. In my opinion, their actually the ones being clowned.

Standing In The School House Doorway, AGAIN

I have a post, date September 2, 2006, where I wrote:

It isn't a white man who is standing in the way of education, it is a Black Democrat.

I'll say this again: Black Democrat politicians in the state assembly of Maryland, don't give a damn about the education of Black students.

I touched up the picture of Wallace standing in the school door and put a Black face on it. I'm keeping the picture, but now the face represents not Black Democrat politicians in Maryland, but congressional Democrats who are going to kill the voucher program in Washington, D.C. because their masters the public education unions don't like the idea. Who cares if there are Black students have achieved under the program? Who cares if the Democrats know the students are going to be sentenced to put back into poor public schools?

As long as the masters are happy, the slaves don't matter.

Let Me See If I Understand This

OK, the economy is in rough shape. Companies are laying off or going out of business. People are not spending because they are unsure about what's happening. Banks are not lending money but are using the money to buy other banks or help their own balance sheets. In an atmosphere like this, if you are not sure of your job or business, it makes sense to cut back unnecessary expenses, like going out to eat. But when Oprah said it, restaurant owners were upset because she spoke COMMON SENSE?

Again, the economy is in rough shape, but Hannity and Limbaugh are accusing President Obama of talking down the economy and, instead, he should be talking it up? I see them saying it's not "the worst since the depression" if statistically this is the case, but to accuse Obama of talking DOWN the economy?

Not Commenting Much On The Stimulus Bill

I ain't commenting much on the stimulus bill because I don't think my blood pressure can handle it.

All I will say is, my fears about having a Democratic controlled legislative and executive branch is becoming manifest.

The. Legislative. Body. Voted. For. Something. They. Didn't. Have. Time. To. Read.

That Squealing You Hear

That squealing you hear is the stimulus package being signed and the American tax payer reprising the role of Ned Beatty in "Deliverance".

For Democrat Partisans

Both the House and Senate versions of the "stimulus package" bills, stink.

It's this type of overboard spending that got the GOP kicked out of the majority. If you Democrats want that to happen, keep hoping this pile of stinking steamy passes.

For hard core Obama supporters, you better start saying, loudly, that Obama needs to veto this mess and start over.

Open Season On Teachers In Baltimore

A judge's ruling, in my opinion, means open season on Baltimore teachers by out of control students in the Baltimore City Public School system.

In April of 2008, I wrote about a situation where a teacher was beat up by a student. However, this time, as other students cheered, another student video taped the assault with a camera telephone.

The trouble began, Jolita  Berry said, when she asked a  girl in one of her art classes at  Reginald F. Lewis High School  to sit down.

The student did not obey,  coming closer to confront the  teacher. "She said she's gonna  bang me," Berry said. "I said,  'Back up, you're in my space. If  you hit me, I'm gonna defend  myself.'"

But Berry, who is 30 and  started her job teaching art at  the Northeast Baltimore  school in December, did not defend herself. The girl caught  the teacher off guard as other  students cheered her on and  screamed, "Hit her!"

"She just started beating on  me relentlessly," Berry said, recalling the Friday morning incident that left her with a sore  shoulder and a broken blood  vessel in her eye.

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Part of the public outrage  stemmed from how Berry said  her principal responded to the incident. She said the principal told  her she'd provoked the attack by  telling the student she would defend herself.

I found that hard to believe. Well, I find this even harder to believe:

Baltimore City Circuit Judge Paul Smith called the ordeal, which ignited national uproar last April after another student recorded the fight on a cell phone camera and broadcast it on YouTube, "outrageous and deplorable," but he ruled Tuesday that too many conflicting accounts from witnesses prevented him from finding the student guilty of assault.

This "good child" beat the crap out of a teacher. An adult. Got up in that adult's face because the adult told her to turn down or off a radio. 

Students won't lie for another student for a cover up?

A videotape, even if started after the fight, that shows the woman covering up while the student is still banging away? Even for self defense, you can use violence only to the point where you are no longer in danger.

You know what is going to happen? That girl's parents are going to hire a lawyer and sue the city. Meanwhile, knucklehead students who don't like a certain teacher, are putting their heads together to jump the teacher and then say, "The teacher started it."

With the "conflicting information," a judge is going to have to find the next student(s) not guilty.

And even though this happened in Baltimore City, it needs to be noted that assaults of teachers is rising in Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Cecil County, Harford County...

Sexuality: Coming Back To This

One year and three months ago, I wrote this:

You figure out why [ Jesse Lee Peterson ] has differing approaches. In the first, a female pastor [ Juanita Bynum ] is having trouble with her husband [ Bishop Meeks ], also a pastor, and JLP states both of them are not saved. In the second case, a pastor [ Ted Haggard ] is caught having an affair with another MAN and JLP makes a case to keep him as head of a church?

Today, I came across an article on Ted Haggard. It seems he is now free to speak about what happened.

"I think sexuality is confusing and complex," Haggard said. "I am totally completely satisfied with the relationship with my wife now, but I went through a wandering in the wilderness time, and I just thank God I'm on the other side of that."

Asked whether he could define his sexual identity, Haggard said: "The stereotypical boxes don't work for me. My story's got some gray areas in it. And, of course, I'm sad about that but it's the reality."

At the time the film was shot in 2007, Haggard described still occasionally struggling with same-sex attraction. Asked Friday whether those attractions remain, Haggard did not say definitively but said he was "not anywhere near" where he was at that time.

I wonder if JLP will write anything about that, or about this:

Haggard lashes out at "the church" in the documentary, which was produced by Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He said "the church has said go to hell" and "the church chose not to forgive me."

Over a 14-month period ending Dec. 31, 2007, New Life Church paid the Haggard family $309,020 in salary and benefits, according to a church document obtained by The Associated Press.

The payout included $152,360 in salary for Ted Haggard, $62,177 in salary for his wife, Gayle, $26,426 for counseling, $11,168 for legal fees and $26,000 to help care for the couple's special-needs son, who is in his early 20s.

Haggard on Friday said his family is grateful for the severance, but he was angry for being forced to leave Colorado Springs as one condition.

After all, in this opinion piece, Jesse Lee Peterson wrote:

And if Juanita were truly a woman of God, she would not use her marital problems for personal gain – or use the media to destroy her husband.

So, I wonder what he will write, if anything.

A Whole Lotta Nuthin

Let's be real people. First, the Rick Warren "controversy."

The man is a Christian pastor. The Bible calls homosexuality a sin. So, why should the man, being a preacher of The Word, support homosexuality or homosexual "marriage"? ANY Christian pastor, if he is following The Bible, is NOT going to support homosexuality. So, any invitation of a Bible following Christian pastor is going to upset "gay activists." So, let them be upset!

Next, let me address the "Obama, The Magic Negro" parody done by Shanklin for the Rush Limbaugh radio show.

So, please tell me what the big deal is? The show is a parody! A good sarcastic parody at that, that targets, and nails, the comment of a Black columnist who wrote that Obama was a "magic Negro" Black person because white people are comfortable with Obama. It was a play on the "magic Negro" characters played by Will Smith and Morgan Freeman in some of their movies. In essence, it isn't about Obama, it's about some Black people's comments about Obama and the b.s. issue of "Blackness."

So folks need to get a grip because the yappin' is a whole lotta nuthin!

Sickening...

I know of a girl, at the age of 14, who was depressed and killed herself. That is not what is sickening.

First, I take a hard stand when it comes to suicide. It’s the work of inconsiderate and self-centered cowards, whatever the reason.

The comment I linked to is sickening. People who try to kill themselves and those who do, are in a world of hurt and/or mental illness.

One summer Sunday I hopped the Metro D.C. Red Line, went to the Mall and toured the museums on the Mall. I hopped back on to the Red Line and went home. Just before the Shady Grove stop, a woman jumped in front of the subway train and killed herself. It turned out she had a mental illness.

The young girl I mentioned, at the tender age of 14, killed herself because of family issues.

LaShawn Barber has written things I've agreed with. She has written things I disagreed with. She wrote things that really leaves me shaking my head like pushing the "Black inferiority in intelligence" garbage. But it's this one that really got to me because, as I have mentioned in comments on her blog, I see little Christian light in her posts, only condemnation.

I see absolutely NOTHING that would cause me to wonder about her faith and why she holds Christ in her heart.

Nothing.

This comment, is something the pastors of the church I belong to have been preaching the past few weeks:

Having said that, most Christians, at some point, have had a crisis of faith. We question our beliefs, especially when we’re going through trials. But that’s when we turn to God, not away from him, and to other Christians, living and dead, who’ve gone through similar crises.

She is right about that point. If she had written on that point alone, I'd have no issue. But to say the hurting and/or mentally ill are "inconsiderate and self-centered"?

No.

Those are the words of a woman who is filled with hatred. Some aren't meant to evangelize via words. Some evangelize via deeds and actions that makes people wonder, "What is in that person? I want what that person has."

I can't see wanting what she has in her heart.

[ UPDATE ]

An "update":

Did she write “inconsiderate and self-centered cowards”? There I go again, being too harsh. Christians aren’t allowed, so I’ve heard. What about the mentally ill, you ask? Well, if someone isn’t in his “right mind” when he commits suicide, I suppose that’s a different story. In some cases. Generally, my opinion of suicide, which I’ve contemplated in my younger years, stands. More sympathy for those left behind, please.

in reply to the update, I think non-consideration of the mentally ill is telling. I'm sure people will say you have to be mentally ill to consider suicide anyway, but I don't think that's accurate. At times, people get despondent, and at those times, most people don't try to commit suicide. Think about it, yes. Try it? No.

And, in fact, some who attempted suicide say they think they are doing a favor FOR their family and/or friends, instead of being "selfish" as LaShawn states.