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Does anyone know, metaphorically speaking, what is meant that water rises to its own level, which is a law of

Does anyone know, metaphorically speaking, what is meant that water rises to its own level, which is a law of

Harry Watley · Monday, July 6th 2009 at 4:59PM · 5004 views
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Does anyone know, metaphorically speaking, what is meant that water rises to its own level, which is a law of physic?

Well, metaphorically speaking, it means that a person can only rise to the level of his or her own intelligence.

However, why this metaphor plays very hard on Black Americans who are descendents of slaves, intellectually speaking is that rising above the challenges is something Black Americans inherently shuns. Could perhaps this deficient intellectual appetite of Black Americans is one of the causes why Black Americans has the lowest educational scores compared to other races?

If this is so, how will or could Black Americans handle sovereignty or complete independence from White America on a portion of this continent that we can call our very own country with borders when that time comes?

What say you?

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Craig Amos Monday, July 6th 2009 at 9:44PM

Make of that statement what you will, my brother. But the one thing that stands out to me while reading your blog, is that while you're writing about education, you make the most basic, elementay grammatical errors:

"... rising above the challenges is something Black Americans inherently shuns."
"... one of the causes why Black Americans has the lowest educational scores ..."

In each of those cases you joined a singular verb to a plural subject. Leave the "s" off "shuns" and replace "has" with "have" and you gain more credibility with this subject.

And while I haven't read most of your blogs, I've noticed a common thread of living "on a portion of this continent that we can call our very own". Are you serious? Do you really think that could and/or would ever happen? Get real. And, even if this fantasy ever actualized, let me ask you one thing: name a country that is governed by Blacks that has been successful for more than 10 years? What say, you?

Harry Watley Tuesday, July 7th 2009 at 5:59AM

Hello Mr. Craig Amos,

Thank you for the grammatical corrections.

Okay, you believe that I am fantasizing to harbor the aspiration that Black Americans would do much better if we had a country in which to govern ourselves. In other words, you believe Black Americans sovereignty would be a failure since there is no country governed by Blacks in the past 10 years that has been successful.

Well, Mr. Craig, you have inadvertently validated my point when I said that rising above the challenges is something Black Americans inherently shun. You have shunned the challenge of sovereignty for Black Americans on a portion of this continent that we could call our very own country with borders.

So, do you feel that Black Americans are better off having our blood relatives, White Americans continue to watch over us? To me, that is avoiding to rise to the challenges of basic autonomy. Do you see my point?

What say you?

Harry Watley Tuesday, July 7th 2009 at 7:25AM

Hello Mr. Corey,

Mr. Corey my blog it is not about me looking in the mirror and hating I see.

My blog is about Black Americans, not rising to the occasion of challenges. I said that Black Americans inherently shuns very difficult challenges, and perhaps that may be one of the reasons why we have so much ethnic problems and low educational score rates as compared to other ethnic groups.

So, I contrast the law of physics that water rises to its own level with Black Americans to the level of our own intelligence by avoiding difficult challenges.

Two things that stands out about Black Americans, is that we complicates everything because we see everything complicated. Secondly, we will argue about anything when it is absolutely not necessary.

Now, what I am saying is true and constructive criticism in the hopes that we will change our ways.

For instance, you have complicated the gist of my blog as well as wanting to argue when it is not necessary.

Two things I know for sure. One is that we are going to become a sovereign people on a portion of this continent and secondly God is going to correct our abstract mentality.

What say you?


Harry Watley Tuesday, July 7th 2009 at 7:25PM

Hello Mr. Fleming,

You said this, “Corey I hear you man... “
Well Mr. Fleming, if you had given some idea of what you meant that you heard from Mr. Corey would have been common sense, at least. Would you agree with me Mr. Fleming?

Black Americans has a long way to go at least to be intelligently competitive in this modern world across-the-board. In other words, we must intellectually do better than what the law of physics says that water can only rise to its own level.

Therefore, Mr. Fleming in the future when you say anything, say it as you were spreading jelly on a slice of bread. For example, “Corey I hear you man” is the same as taking a hunk of jelly and put it in one spot on the slice of bread. Consequentially, when the person eats the sandwich some parts of the sandwich are going to be dry bread and other parts will be too much jelly. It just so happened that I got nothing but the dry part.

So, improve yourself, Mr. Fleming when it comes to communication.

I explained all that because I’m curious to know what you meant that, Corey I hear you man

What say you?

Harry Watley Wednesday, July 8th 2009 at 9:51AM

Hello Libra Strong,

You said this, “From experience, I've learned that people of color the ones that you call Black American are at the lowest because we suffer great barriers from the day that we are born to the day that we die;”
This comment is true, because our original purpose of being here still alive and well. However, being born out of the ashes of slavery is bitter sweet, because had our ancestors stayed in Africa we would have been worse off than we are now. When we see what is going on today in Africa. So, analytically speaking, is there something mentally wrong with dark skinned people? Anyway, that was a question of food for thought.

You said this, “and we suffer great Oppression when fighting for our rights. We fight daily even when we are asleep for justice and peace.”
I would like you to have a change of mind about this comment. In other words, psychological and subliminally speaking, if you believe that a people of a different race then you are has your rights that you have to fight for, you have automatically made yourself inferior to that race.

Our fight should be for a permanent solution, which can only be sovereignty on a portion of this continent that we could call our very own country borders.

You said this, “In our lives we fight each other, just because it was instilled in us to hate one another.”
This comment is true and it will remain this way until I am taken seriously about my concept of sovereignty to be our only permanent solution. Fighting each other is primitive, savage and uncivilized. Remember our ancestors had a primitive mentality when they were taken from Africa and brought to America to be slaves. We are descendents of those Africans, and Whites. What was passed down to us was far from anything intelligent and educational. We are modern day savages and uncivilized people.

One of us who has divine anointing and inspiration could only remove these terrible traits instilled within us, which help us to keep our selves down. You must try to recognize who that anointed one is.

Lastly, you said this, “Our parents have lost their ability to teach, because of fears of them being taken from us.”
This was a strategic move that further destroyed us when our parents were threatened by the system of White America with child abuse laws.

Our only way out is to accept the offer to become, a sovereign people or have complete independence from White America on a portion of this continent.

What say you?


Harry Watley Wednesday, July 8th 2009 at 10:16AM

Hello Mr. Fleming,

I have always had difficulty understanding your rationale. You have always been incoherent to me.
For instance, you said this, “inside of you and me and everyone who has been oppressed we aint gotta lay down if we stand together..”

Well, do you not think when I said that sovereignty or complete independence from White America on a portion of this continent means that we all should want sovereignty since it is a permanent solution for us?

What say you?

Harry Watley Wednesday, July 8th 2009 at 10:31AM

Hello Earl,

You said this, “Mr. Watley, you are a humble man.”

You are a humble man, as well since you are able to recognize humbleness.

It is going to take a while, but we as a people are going to become a sovereign on a portion of this continent. Our troubles that have plagued us for hundreds of years are coming to an end, which will benefit White America as well.

I say that it is going to take a while, because it took Prophet Moses approximately 20 years before anyone took him seriously. In addition, it took Prophet Mohammed 13 years before anyone took him seriously, as well.

Changes do not come overnight and the people who will benefit from the changes have to become part of that change as well. However, the ones to benefit from the changes usually are the ones most oblivious to the need for a change.

Black Americans are still lying mentally dead.

What say you?

Harry Watley Wednesday, July 8th 2009 at 5:53PM

Hello Ms. Robinson,

Firstly, I will address the water displacement post.

Water displacement and water seeking its own level are two different things.

Water displacement is a mathematical formula worked out by the Greek mathematician named Eureka. It simply means that an object placed in water will displace the water. However, Eureka wanted to work out just how much displacement, would there be in relation to the object displacing the water.

Now, water seeking its own level is a law of physics that a carpenter might use. For example, if an object is 200 feet away from another object, and that you want both objects to be leveled, you would do it with a conventional level. So what you will do is get a plastic tube 210 feet long and extended each end of the tube to each object with the tube ends up right. Then run the water into one end of the tube while adjusting one of the objects to the water line. When both objects are at the waterline, then you know that both objects are leveled, because water seeks its own level.

Now that I have explained it to you physically, let me explain it to you metaphorically. Metaphorically speaking, no matter how much level of intelligence a Black person have or do not have, they will not seek to improve. In other words, if a Black person’s intelligence level is at level 3, you can disappear for 20 years and come back, that person’s intelligence level will not improve to level 4, it will still be at level 3. Therefore, if the person is dumb theoretically speaking, they will stay dumb since that is their water or intelligence level. It makes me wonder if something is wrong with dark skinned people for the most part. However, God assured me that this problem with us would be taken care of before we become a sovereign people.

Just look at the problems you gives to me; we cannot agree on simple elementary things that would be beneficial to us both.

What say you?

Harry Watley Wednesday, July 8th 2009 at 6:12PM

Hello Ms. Robinson,

Let me tell you something about our people. We complicate everything, because we see everything complicated when it is not complicated at all. We also will argue tooth and nail about nothing.

Now, having said all that let me say this. I use the example of jelly with Mr. Fleming, to encourage him to be understandingly clear when he say anything.

In other words, he was giving Mr. Corey props concerning Mr. Corey’s dialogue with me. I wanted to know was the props Mr. Fleming was giving to Mr. Corey concerning me legitimate. If the prop were legitimate, then I would have to take a second look at my position and correct myself.

However, Mr. Fleming was blowing smoke out of his behind and I took it no further.

Listen, I want you all to know that I reserve the right to be wrong. However, very rarely am I wrong, because there is no profit to be wrong.

So, to make a long story short, you complicated the jelly example. In other words, my jelly example had nothing to do with your lunch in elementary school.

What say you?


Harry Watley Thursday, July 9th 2009 at 10:42PM

Hello Ms. Robinson,

You said this, “I am so glad that at least you, I hope, are able to understand that we-each of us on this blog has a different say on the same blog. Am I correct Harry?”

Yes, we all do have a different saying on this blog. However, the reason we dialogue is to come together on one point of view, that is correct, even if I, myself may have to modify my point somewhat when someone is able to prove that I am wrong. Otherwise, we would all be running off at the mouth and going nowhere.

Black Americans like to do that and that is why we do not progress. We know that not everybody having different views can be right about the same thing, but we are the kind of people that will wrongfully hold out, rather than agreeing with who is right.

In my opinion, your post is really looking for a way out, rather than admitting that you were wrong about water displacement and water seeking its own level.

It is not a sin to be wrong.

What say you?

Harry Watley Thursday, July 9th 2009 at 10:56PM

Hello Mr. Fleming,

You said this, “...I choose to struggle for piece...and fight for equality. Not sepratisim”

Again, sovereignty and separatism are two different things.

What say you?

Harry Watley Friday, July 10th 2009 at 9:02PM

Hello Ms. Robinson,

Trying to reason with you, and pin down something is very, very difficult.

Let me see if we can pin down something, and I have the perfect something to pin down. You keep referring to Blacks in America, as African Americans.

I told you before; an African American is an African from Africa with African parentage residing in the America. For example, it has a community of Nigeria Africans in Houston, Texas. These people are African Americans.

A Black American who is a descendent of slaves are a new breed or race of people who were produced on this continent from the repeated breeding of the first wave of African female slaves with White men, mostly of British descent for a period of approximately 350 years.

What distinctly separates an African American from a Black American is the experience of slavery that the African American did not experience.

Am I right or am I wrong?

What say you?

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

If I may add something taught in a high school physic class about water displacement. If you fill up the tub in your bathroom full of water and sit in it the water will empty out at the rate of the amount of space your body takes up in the tub...

This is the same as every thing has a way of causing a BALANCE in all things. Much like, my refusing to replace or displace all of my own life's accomplishments that "does" exist for the things that you have plans to ACCOMPLISH, i-f I AM WILLING TO TURN OVER MY POWERS TO YOU...From where i sit you are the one who is not free, because you are depending on the actions of me( and others) to be able to make your soverign nation a reality.

I already OWN my private space on this planet where not only am i free for the dictates of others and not just limited to the White rule, but to all who refuses to Obey the laws set by me in my private nation, country or just plain old land that was chosen, brought and paid for by me.(smile)

Sovereign : The chief of state in a monarcy..self-govering; independent...I am already there as are those who have given comments on this post so far.(smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

If you can not understand what I just said, then please just settle for this. I do not like the way jelly feels in my mouth therefore, i do not put it in my mouth. When I was a child and jelly was put on my sandwichs for my lunch in school, I gave the jelly part away or just threw it away. I have always never been able to make my self unhappy to please someone else...and, knowing my family were always doing what they thought best for me I never corrected adults and only told them about this as an adult and with much love and heart felt thanks for them taking such good care of me...

We are all different...and, I have never been taught by any in my family that "I"/ "we" were inferior or should be in fear of being proud to be African decendants in any way form or fashion. If possiable please try to remember this when you say "A-L-L Blacks in the future, because I am Black, African-American, etc.(smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

I am so glad that at least you, I hope, are able to understand that we-each of us on this blog has a different say on the same blog. Am I correct Harry?

This is the way I see this matter and I do believe this is because we are all seperate YET EQUAL IN OUR SLANT ON THIS ONE BLOG? I have no problem is respecting the other person's rights to be themselves according to their own matter of dealing with their truths, reality which I will respect even if I disagree with them...

Harry, I do not believe in something being right or wrong because I say so or believe myself to be correct...I am more content to accept that they are coming from their point of view and to please give me enough information to cause me to continue to disagree or to agree. All I ask is information, because I do not believe that anyone person has the ablilit to know everthing. for example, I can not spell very good nor can I do sim;le math, but I give education lectures in things I am expert in and have help author a few books that were used to teach college level classes in things I am an expert in...This is called balance or that saying about God never gives us more than we can bare...(smile)or the chain is never stronger than it's weakest link...

therefore what I call this blog is people communicating which is much better than war any time from where I sit...no matter where you build your natiion I am sure it will be on this same planet that I am on and you and I will still be speaking American English and eating the same foods found on this planet under the same sun and drinking the same rain water for those skys above our heads.(smile)

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