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Wesley Snipes Plight

Are we to believe that the government wants Wesley Snipes in jail for tax evasion? Let us examine Wesley Snipes’ case. Firstly, Mr. Snipes had hired whom he believed to be a professional tax accountant; at least, that was how this person presented himself. For this reason Mr. Eddie Ray Kahn is now serving 10 years in prison, and rightfully so. However, how is this determined to be Mr. Snipes’ fault? This question arises because Wesley Snipes did give power of attorney to his tax accountants. Thus, the tax were prepared, singed, and filed or not, in Mr. Snipes name, while he conducted his other affairs (Barrow, 2010, video).

 In essence, if one were to go down to his or her local H&R block to have his or her taxes done. Also, if one were busy running a business, and give H&R Block power of attorney to sign said tax return which they did, and filed one’s taxes. Now, let’s say that the tax preparer fouled-up the tax filed, or failed to file the taxes. Who is at fault? It would be the same as if one paid a contractor to build a house. Now that the home is occupied, the building inspector comes by, and fines the occupants, because the building is not up to code. The contractor is the one who built the house, if one knew how to construct a house one may not have hired a contractor. Consequently, the contractor is the one at fault. The simple minded may not over-stand this, and this is what they are counting on. But know this, for those that have the mentality to create an empire, it may cost them more to stop and pick up a $100.00 bill than to pass it by. It’s called opportunity cost. Some people’s time is just that important.     
      
What’s more, there are two jurors from Wesley Snipes’ case who declared that Mr. Snipes was guilty even before the trial began. So, the question should arise; did Mr. Snipes receive a fair trial? And, the answer to that question would be no! One is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty! Not presumed guilty, and then set out to prove it; that my friend, is called a witch hunt. According to Shepard (2010), “two jurors have stepped forward to say others on the panel decided the case without hearing any evidence” (P. 1). Not to mention, “Prosecutors also are accused of hiding damaging information about a key witness from the jury” (Shepard, p. 1). Once again, I don’t care what the alleged crime is; all I am saying is this, we the people need to ensure all receives a fair trial!  

As a final point, the actor Wesley Snipes surrendered himself to the Bradford Pennsylvania prison on Thursday 9th, 2010. Mr. Snipes was denied a new trial, even though the first was flawed due to prosecutors withholding key information. Plus, the government did not disclose that Kenneth Starr (Wesley’s Account), was under investigation for other tax related criminal activities.  Mr. Kenneth Starr is facing a 45years sentence for stealing millions from his clients. And, lastly, what about the misconduct of the jury during the trial? Mr. Snipes’ lawyer stated there is evidence to support that fact; still no new trial (BNO News). Where is the justice in that? It appears that the law is being manipulated; or, like we say in the islands, different strokes, for different folks.

According to the IRS’s site (2007):

The roots of IRS go back to the Civil War when President Lincoln and Congress, in 1862, created the position of commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacted an income tax to pay war expenses. The income tax was repealed 10 years later. Congress revived the income tax in 1894, but the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional the following year (p. 1).

While AFN (1999) states, “the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wasn't even created by an act of Congress!” (p. 1). I must note here, that I am not advocating that one should not pay his or her taxes. If one refused to pay his or her taxes, whether it’s legal or not, one will land a free ticket to prison. However, do checkout “the case of Pollack vs. Farmers Loan & Trust Co., US (1895)” (AFN, p. 1). What the majority believe is what comes to pass, collectively, you create your reality.  



References

AFN. (1999). IRS: The real facts. Retrieved December 10th, 2010, from

Barrow, J. L. (2010). Wesley snipes talk to larry king live about tax conviction [video]. Retrieved December 10th, 2010, from http://theurbandaily.com/gossip-news/jlbarrow/wesley-snipes-larry-king-tax-prison/


BNO News. (2010). Actor wesley snipes arrives to prison to begin 3-year-sentence. Retrieved December 10th, 2010, from http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/12/actor-wesley-snipes-arrives-to-prison-to-begin-3-year-sentence/

IRS Resources. (2007). Brief history of IRS: Origin. Retrieved December 10th, 2010, from http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=149200,00.html

Shepard, P. (2010, November 15). Wesley snipes wants a new tax evasion trial. Retrieved December 10th, 2010, from http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/11/15/wesley-snipes-wants-for-a-new-tax-evasion-trial?icid=sphere_aol_blackvoices










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SPIRITUALITY

By Anthony Williams

Most people, if you ask them, "Who are you? Tell me a little about yourselves!"  They will start by describing their personality/ies, some of their likes and dislikes, and their physical characteristics. With the implication that this is who they are. When in fact, the first is the way you act and react founded on your life experiences. The second is a regiment of acceptations and rejections based on one's perception. And, the third is her/his cultural and personal uniqueness of matter. 
Matter, this is an interesting word. What exactly is matter? All matter is made up of the same substance, and when looked at closer is not that unique at all, but unto itself.  Matter can appear to be a solid, liquid or of gas. The right microscope would reveal that all known things on earth are of the same substance. This is true, whether they are plants, rocks to include gems, water, minerals, animals or Homo sapiens. They all consist of atomswhich are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons that are further broken down to quarks, of which, scientists have now found to be made of pure energy. So, matter is, in fact, pure energy. With that being the case, this would make us not physical but spiritual beings, with powers unknown to most. The only difference, in the outer shape and appearance of things to include Homo sapiens, would be a result of the arrangements of the atoms. Also, the speed at which this energy is vibrating becomes a major factor.
We are cosmic beings, and are smaller parts of the cosmos, existing in The All as minuet parts of The All; we are to The All as atoms are to us.  Atoms are so small that they are unperceivable by our naked eyes. Yet, they are us! They (atoms) make up our inner-verse; a concept of having our own universe within us. While in turn we help make up the universe/s. 
Psychologist has long been exploring the human mind. In reality, they are trying to understand deity. The mind is the universal consciousness that brought into existence the universes with all its animated and seemingly inanimate things. There is but onemind, and we all tap into this great conscious entity. We are but a thought in a world of illusions seeking our independent experiences. Yet, we are one! And, as water seeks to find itself, we search for our true selves; mind, body, and soul are our trinity. If you take a glass of water from the ocean is it still water? So, why are you trying to be independent of source? We are All but One in All!
Let us take a look at the word psychology: According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, Noah Webster's dictionary first published 1828:
psyche: 1647, "animating spirit," from L. Psyche, from Gk. psykhe, "the soul, mind, spirit, breath, Life, the invisible animation principle or entity which occupies and directs the physical         body" (personified as Psykhe, the lover of Eros), akin to psykhein "to blow, cool," from PIE base *bhes- "to blow" (cf. Skt. Bhas-). The word had extensive sense development In Platonic philosophy and Jewish-infl. theological writing of St. Paul. In Eng., psychological sense is from 1910.
psychology: 1653, "study of the soul, " probably coined mid-16c. in Germany by Melanchthon as Mod. L. psychologia, from Gk. psykhe- "breath, spirit, soul" (seepsyche) + logia "study of." Meaning "study of the mind" first recorded 1748, from G. Wolff's Psychologia empirica (1732); main modern behavioral sense is from 1895.
 Religion has nothing to do with spirituality; some people get confused when talking about religion, and spirituality. They think religion and spirituality are one and the same. Religion instead, is a systematic approach at controlling one's thought process and emotions, which in turn controls her/his actions. Spirituality, on the other hand, is the expression of mind, in man's approach to discovering his/her higher self by exploring his/her inner-verse. By coming in contact with his/her higher self he/she can now make the connection with the universal All-knowing mental reservoir, which is The All. The All is being referred to as God in Christian religions; or, Deity in each respective religion. This process is sometimes called self-realization, and it is said a persons' third eye is open, or the All-Seeing-Eye which interchangeably is used when also speaking of The All Consciousness. 
We are to become consciously aware of our spiritual unity with The All. Know that we have a direct connection.  We have to use a systematic approach to get back in tune first with ourselves, then with Mother Nature and the Universe/Multi-verse. Divine truths is our destiny.
In the end, we will all revert back to our original form which is the spirit form. It is the next step.  The day we were born we progressively entered a state of spiritual forgetfulness. Some of us are waking up to this realization by trying to find our way back home. The adage, “you must be born again of spirit and of truth” is really saying when we so-call die, we are really being born into the spiritual realm from whence we came knowing all truths. And, the only difference would be certain truths which we have learnt here to advance us that we can take with us in the consciousness of our Over-soul. Then maybe, we can help guide those souls still here in this school.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Anthony L. Williams © Circa 2008
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