Nadir Omowale
Artist – Producer – Creative Strategist
Nadir is an award winning Funk and Soul musician with one heck of a live show.
He’s a champion for the entertainment industry, and the best part is, he calls Detroit home. Learn more in CW50Detroit.com’s Q&A with Nadir.
Click HERE to Read the Interview
Nadir & Distorted Soul earned two trophies at the 2009 Detroit Music Awards on Friday, April 17.
Workin’ For The Man was named Outstanding Urban/Funk/Hip Hop Recording, and Nadir was honored as Outstanding Urban/Funk Vocalist.
Thanks to Akanke Rashad-Omowale, Nancy Schoenheide-Phares, all the members of the Distorted Soul band, all the musicians and producers who contributed their talents to the Workin’ For The Man project, all the djs and press who have given us so much love, and all the family and friends who helped make this project possible.
Oh… and a special shout out to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and the entire Dubya administration for screwing up the world and inspiring much of the political material that appears on this record. Thanks A LOT!
Jesse Benton of Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty forwards this statement from the former presidential candidate.
In light of the danger American ships face, and with the Obama Administration now considering military action against pirates in Somalia, I thought you might enjoy Dr. Paul’s new video on the subject.
He argues that:
1) Intervention in the regional has added to the instability the breeds pirates
2) The United States should consider a constitutional approach to the situation, such as Marque and Reprisal, where shipping companies are allowed to defend themselves.
3) The U.S. should not take this as an opportunity to expand overseas military spending the Middle East.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VrCqVYVxEoA%26%23038%3Bhl%3Den%26%23038%3Bfs%3D1
He raises some interesting points.  Your thoughts?
We’ve heard a lot about Somalia in the mainstream press over the last couple of weeks with talk of pirates near the Horn of Africa, and mortar shells being lobbed at US Congressmen. But a different side of the story has emerged in the independent media.
Somalia is one of the poorest nations on earth, but with ships carrying 20 percent of the world’s oil supply sailing near its waters, the country is of great strategic importance to an oil addicted global society. Because there is no central government, different warring factions have struggled for control of Somalia, its territories and most importantly its coastline for nearly 20 years.
Johann Hari tells us We’re Being Lied To About Pirates in the Independent UK. He reveals a different story about life in Somalia, and the motives for some of the people who are labeled “pirates”.
In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since – and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country’s food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas.
Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange rashes, nausea and malformed babies. Then, after the 2005 tsunami, hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from radiation sickness, and more than 300 died.
Read the rest of Hari’s article HERE.
Somalian rapper Knaan offers some additional insight into the lives of everyday Somalians in this multi-part interview with our friend, Davey D.
Knaan Talks about Somali pirates &terrorists pt1
https://youtube.com/watch?v=i67euACNhmA%26%23038%3Bhl%3Den%26%23038%3Bfs%3D1
Jesse Benton of Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty forwards this statement from the former presidential candidate.
In light of the danger American ships face, and with the Obama Administration now considering military action against pirates in Somalia, I thought you might enjoy Dr. Paul’s new video on the subject.
He argues that:
1) Intervention in the regional has added to the instability the breeds pirates
2) The United States should consider a constitutional approach to the situation, such as Marque and Reprisal, where shipping companies are allowed to defend themselves.
3) The U.S. should not take this as an opportunity to expand overseas military spending the Middle East.
He raises some interesting points.  Your thoughts?
We’ve heard a lot about Somalia in the mainstream press over the last couple of weeks with talk of pirates near the Horn of Africa, and mortar shells being lobbed at US Congressmen. But a different side of the story has emerged in the independent media.
Somalia is one of the poorest nations on earth, but with ships carrying 20 percent of the world’s oil supply sailing near its waters, the country is of great strategic importance to an oil addicted global society. Because there is no central government, different warring factions have struggled for control of Somalia, its territories and most importantly its coastline for nearly 20 years.
Johann Hari tells us We’re Being Lied To About Pirates in the Independent UK. He reveals a different story about life in Somalia, and the motives for some of the people who are labeled “pirates”.
In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since – and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country’s food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas.
Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange rashes, nausea and malformed babies. Then, after the 2005 tsunami, hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from radiation sickness, and more than 300 died.
Read the rest of Hari’s article HERE.
Somalian rapper Knaan offers some additional insight into the lives of everyday Somalians in this multi-part interview with our friend, Davey D.
Knaan Talks about Somali pirates &terrorists pt1
Is Gandhi in Heaven? What can we do to take care of the earth? What exactly is “healthy living”?
These are some of the topics Nadir discussed in this 2008 interview with BrownEyezMag.com which has been published in their February 2009 issue.
Brown Eyez is an online magazine that promotes healthy living. “To truly be healthy, one must nourish all aspects of life. Health, in this sense, includes one’s mind, body, soul, and environment.” Brown Eyez encourages us to think about our holistic health through informative columns and essays.
Click HERE to check out the February 2009 issue featuring Nadir.
NOW PLAYING:
Conspiracy (featuring Rev) [explicit lyrics]
from Distorted Soul 2.0
“When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his ‘proper place’ and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.” – Carter G. Woodson from The Miseducation of The Negro
Our friends at Playahata.com reposted this blog by Patrick Grimm of Zionist Watch which first appeared on News From The West. Despite the obviously racist and Anti-Semetic views of News From the West, AND the lack of documentation available for the information in this particular post, the article raises some interesting points that are timely in light of Barack Obama’s recent education policy speech.
According to Grimm the failures of the U.S. education system are not only systemic, they are intentional. Many of us have wondered why the supposedly “educated” people who run our schools would have developed such a mind-numbing, creativity-draining learning process. Furthermore, why do they keep using it when there is so much evidence that it doesn’t work? The answer? It’s all on purpose.
Let’s face it. School is boring and stupid. They don’t really teach you what you want or need to know to make a living. Those of us who have grown into educated, scholarly people have done so most often in spite of our schooling rather than as a result of it.
Our public schools especially are designed to emulate an manufacturing facility, and the schools themselves are factories. They use an assembly line process to manufacture docile, unambitious workers who are ready to go straight from secondary school to the plant floor. Is there any wonder that in a world where knowledge of technology and science – not to mention creativity and critical thinking – are nearly essential, the United States lags behind?
Read the post below. We’ll have discussion afterward, and yes, there will be a quiz.
The Educational System Was Designed to Keep Us Uneducated and Docile Continue reading
NOW PLAYING:
Conspiracy (featuring Rev) [explicit lyrics]
from Distorted Soul 2.0
“When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his ‘proper place’ and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.” – Carter G. Woodson from The Miseducation of The Negro
Our friends at Playahata.com reposted this blog by Patrick Grimm of Zionist Watch which first appeared on News From The West. Despite the obviously racist and Anti-Semetic views of News From the West, AND the lack of documentation available for the information in this particular post, the article raises some interesting points that are timely in light of Barack Obama’s recent education policy speech.
According to Grimm the failures of the U.S. education system are not only systemic, they are intentional. Many of us have wondered why the supposedly “educated” people who run our schools would have developed such a mind-numbing, creativity-draining learning process. Furthermore, why do they keep using it when there is so much evidence that it doesn’t work? The answer? It’s all on purpose.
Let’s face it. School is boring and stupid. They don’t really teach you what you want or need to know to make a living. Those of us who have grown into educated, scholarly people have done so most often in spite of our schooling rather than as a result of it.
Our public schools especially are designed to emulate an manufacturing facility, and the schools themselves are factories. They use an assembly line process to manufacture docile, unambitious workers who are ready to go straight from secondary school to the plant floor. Is there any wonder that in a world where knowledge of technology and science – not to mention creativity and critical thinking – are nearly essential, the United States lags behind?
Read the post below. We’ll have discussion afterward, and yes, there will be a quiz.
The Educational System Was Designed to Keep Us Uneducated and Docile Continue reading
NOW PLAYING:
Workin’ For the Man
(Badmitten’s Workin’ Overtime Mix)
We can’t even pretend that the current global crisis isn’t real – we’ve been suffering a harsh reality in Michigan for a long time – but, much of the insanity that is going on could be lessened if we could manage a lot less greed and a little more common sense. Over lunch yesterday, my friend, Carmen (not her real name) relayed a story that offers a striking example.
Last fall Carmen was laid off from her job at Ford after 22 years of service. Like many others, she’s had trouble finding a new job, and for now is surviving on her severance package and work as a freelance creative.
In an effort to be responsible, Carmen called her credit union to refinance her mortgage. She’s only four years away from paying off the house she and her ex-husband bought years ago. Her hope was to negotiate a lower payment so she can keep her home for as long as possible. She recognizes that she has an obligation to pay, and wants to handle the situation while it’s manageable.
The loan officer told Carmen there is nothing they can do for her. Why? They can’t refinance and lower her payments because she doesn’t have a job.
Has the world gone crazy or what?
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