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“ Making It in America”

A few years ago, we received several comments about the “character” of America. How things had “changed” noting the constant negative attitude towards America’s citizens by government and businesses and the barriers set up against those who try to use their talents to create "good works".

We decided to investigate the reality of “Making It in America” and what people were doing to “Make It”. Or what was being done to America’s citizens by others who thought the road to success was paved with the “bodies” of American citizens ground into the pavement of that road.

As a note, since we are using Indian University as the model of what’s wrong in America, we did contact Indiana University and noted to them that we would be running this piece on their behavior but as with their response to our HU Studios division, we have heard no comment from them at all.  

First and foremost, The Standard we used for judging the behavior of those we investigated is that “Success is the ability to work effectively in creating a positive work that affects the lives of you and others in a productive manner”. Whatever is being done must benefit someone else… otherwise it is a waste of time and a self-indulgent exercise in destruction.

To put this in the simplest form. To provide unarguable proof of the current character of America’s governments and institutions, we attempted to “work with” different people and organizations and governments (as part of our investigation) that actually asked for help or noted on their websites the need for “community” or national participation.  From universities, to other businesses to governments, each time with few exceptions the first reaction from these parties was: How would their interaction with us cause a benefit to us? Was there any way we could benefit? We have found, with very few exceptions, governments, businesses and business individuals obsessed with using others for their “vain glory” but only if they were the only beneficiaries of that interaction.

One such example is Indiana University-Bloomington (IU also). IU first came to our attention by someone pointing out that IU had a Black Film Center. We called IU and inquired as to the process of submitting films. An IU representative asked us to forward a few of our films for inclusion.

            We did so and waited for the reaction. Their reaction after receiving our films…SILENCE. For about a year we heard nothing from them and could not find our two films, “Washington, DC” and “Architecture”, listed on their site. For the longest we contacted school officials and got nothing. Then we were contacted and informed that the films were not there and had been lost. When we produced evidence to the contrary, miraculously IU said they were found.

After another long wait we then expanded our contact list to include IU Administration and Indiana governmental officials and finally got the archivist for the Black Film Center who eventually asked us for a contract. Our legal division created a contract of donation (IU actually buys films but we donated ours) which set up a conflict resolution clause that any problems needing legal attention would be handled here in Shreveport, LA. We received notice from the IU Archivist that everything was in order and was accepted and the films would be catalogued and listed on the site. One year later, no listing on the IU website.

               When we (our TV/film division HU Studios) contacted IU’s Dean, a Mr. Larry D. Singell,

 of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2012,  he responded with an apologetic email 

(1 year after we sent the films). 

	Dean Singell’s email asked the head of the Black Film Center, a Mr. Michael T. Martin, 

to note that  “We (IU) want to make sure we are being good stewards here.” regarding the 

 film deposits. Mr. Martin noted the films were there and catalogued but he could not understand

 why they were not listed on the website for the Black Film Archives.

   This sounded as if action was going to be taken…to the contrary, after several months the films were still not listed on the site. We contacted them again and cc the President of IU and several of the IU administration including the Provost. The only reaction we got on that was Dean Singell’s admonition for us not to contact the President of IU again.

 A short time later we did get a response from both Mr. Martin and Dean Singell, they were quickly sending our films back to us. After holding on to our films for at least 2 years, suddenly they did just that, with no postage paid the package arrived at the GMF in Shreveport and was promptly sent back to IU. IU then resent not only the films but a “contract” with a poorly written note stating that it had been “unsigned” thus proving we never had a contract at all. Thanks, but we will keep the earlier email from IU Archivist noting that she had approval of the contract from the department (at least a year before the return of the films). The original contract notes HU can sue in Shreveport and the entire IU entourage would have to come to us.

             So what is to be made of this boorish, churlish, unprofessional behavior? First IU asks us to send our movies, then IU pretends they don’t have them, then they find them but won’t put them on the site where the public can see them, then they are good stewards of films, then they are cataloged but a mystery has arisen as to why they are not on IU’s website, and finally when having no other excuses they send major films back to the Motion Picture Studios that sent them,  WITHOUT POSTAGE, which is then sent back to IU and IU then re-sends them with a “fake” unsigned contract.

             HU Studios did notify, by emails, all major IU Admin, and even State of Indiana governmental officials, including the U.S. Attorney in Indiana (after all IU is a public institution which receives public funds) and the U.S. Dept. of Education. No one responded except the U.S. Department of Justice which noted that the actions of IU did not, as of yet, warrant an Anti-Trust lawsuit by Justice.

The reality is that IU wanted to make sure no one knew of the films we produced in an apparent effort not to let anyone know of the existence of Human Utilities Whole Armour®. Fascinating, someone should tell our customers and daily website traffic that HU officially now  “DOES NOT EXIST” because IU’s Film Archives sent the films back to us...

Or maybe it was because we had done a film on Hobson City, Alabama, which is the oldest black American township in Alabama. We noted on IU’s Black Film Center site that they were trying to promote a videographer doing a subsequent story on Hobson City after we had done the work there.  Or is it the fact that most if not all of the films they promote are actually owned by and major profits made by Anglo American companies with “black faces” out front as directors and producers. Human Utilities Whole Armour® owns all of its products.

So whether it was an attempt to use public monies to control what the public sees or an attempt to copy a copyrighted work or to deal in unfair trade practices or even governmental fraud on the public, the fact is that the behavior of IU in sending back the films to us only after they would have to finally be placed on IU’s website denotes something else is occurring. Of Course IU did not know it was under investigation. The university showed how they behave when they believe the parties they deal with are powerless to respond. We wonder how they treat legitimate student complaints.

What is clear is that Mr. Martin and Dean Singell thought it in their best interest to disregard protocol and decorum and get those movies away from IU before the public knew of their existence.   

But is IU alone, or is this the standard in America for companies, governments and indivuals who seek to “Make It” in America to a position of prominence? We know IU is not alone in this psychosis. As we were investigating IU we were concurrently involved in several investigations of several other entities. They all behaved the same. (We will in the next publication note individuals who have done just about anything in this current foolish climate of “you cannot do well unless the other guy is not.”)  

            We contacted charities who were begging for money and soup kitchens that needed help. The curious fact is that when we responded they went silent. Why, because the answer is simple. The attitude of all the major charities and social groups we dealt with is that they only deal with companies that do not “economically” rival or “compete” with their donors…what hypocrisy.

             These groups get billions from Americans to help, aid and support our fellow citizens but the end result is the need is never eliminated because they only use their prominence to “promote” certain groups for status not to assist those in need . Have you ever heard of any one organization asking for help to create new substantive jobs? Of course not, just short term projects that look good for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but that’s it.

             In other words, selling the public on your integrity (without substance) is how apparently these organizations and governments survive.  So IU selling the public on its Black Film Archives is simply another way for an esoteric group to claim significance…but by exclusion. But why didn’t IU simply put the films on the site and forget about it? That would have simply handled the matter and people would have not known about their behavior.

              Why… the answer is simply. The reasons are tied to the current destructive trend in America of exclusionism wherein one group attempts to corral all resources to simply say that they have it all and you get nothing.

 In other words these institutions and governments and individuals have turned to a narcissistic exercise of life where all they do day in and out is, in their opinion, survive by eliminating all competition. They believe that other governments and groups they deal with are just as lacking in integrity as they are so they see no need for professionalism or self corrective action. As they are not disciplined by administrative or governmental groups, they feel they are entitled to behave in a corrosive manner against America’s citizens.

            A short time ago institutions, business and governments in the United States were prejudicial but still produced something. Hollywood was not that friendly to Black Americans in the 50 and 60’s but you still had people who produce good films…not anymore. This current group is only interested in being seen within their group, they do not even care if the general public sees them or not.

You can tell this by the complete lack of any appreciable music, art, and motion pictures and television production over the past 40 years in America. Where are the new constructions for mass housing, City and Regional Planning? We do not have architects, top scientist, lawyers expanding civil rights, singers, or actors or producers. All we have now are “Personalities” as talent has been shut out by big business, the universities and the federal and state governments.

 As one scientist noted,” the current day society in America is living off the works of the past not producing (the life) for the future”. As for music, you can’t tell the difference between one singer or the other. They all sound the same. There is no distinctive style or sound. And please don’t let one of them try to dance; you will have to take an Advil after that.

While investigating IU, Charities and Social Groups, it was brought to our attention that certain military organizations needed films for their vets. Those at nursing homes, vet houses, even in foreign wars. We contacted several organizations including the V.A. and other such organizations. The response…you guessed it… Silence!

One brave woman in California, whose name we will not use, arranged for CalVet, (California Department of Veterans Affairs) to receive an excellent collection of our North American Editor ® series to vet homes in California. This donation included the NUMBER ONE motion picture of its kind and the one motion picture which has California and New York film industries quivering (and not from an earthquake) NEW ORLEANS THE CRESCENT, the only motion picture in history to cover the City of New Orleans before Katrina.

             She was very happy until, apparently, supervisors at CalVet sent the entire donated collection back to us. The excuse was that the Vets in California apparently did not have enough sense to watch high quality programming. Apparently if we had sent a few R rated flicks with nudity, cursing and a few heads blown off (which we refuse to produce) that might have done the trick.

But let’s not leave out our federal government. We also did an investigation of the Obama Administration from day one. We sent several of our films (before MR. Obama’s first ninety days in 2009) directly to the Obama Administration including all top officials in the U.S. Congress. The response, the same as IU, no response. WE must have been mistaken when we saw that news report from Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News which showed a line of young men lined up outside Mr. Obama’s door…hat in hand. They must have been from Goodwill. We wonder how they got in. If you call the White House they say send a letter. We did and a whole lot more. So if we can’t get in contact with the President, what chance does the average citizen have to be heard and actually get results?

We also sent a letter to a well know “Christian” mega Church just to get their response. Their response was professional, direct and very positive. They even offered to pray with us on the success of our endeavor. So although there are some real con men running some of these TV and larger ministries, this particular group had a professional response to us unlike our national government. So much for the current, past, or future White House response to job creation. The reality is that Mr. Obama or any other president has no interest in creating “the time of day for you” if you are not a part of certain esoteric group (with plenty of funding) who think they run the country.

Much is the same in HU’s headquarters city of Shreveport, Louisiana. We have an African American woman who is our counsel woman, the first African American Mayor in Shreveport history, and so on and so forth.

What is the effective of all of this…the same effect of having the first African American President…NOTHING!  People are people and either they honor the word of God or they don’t. In Shreveport there is plenty of money floating around with the construction of the northern leg of I-49 and I-69 but the mayor in Shreveport gives money away to out-of-town interest for business development (some say who contribute to his campaign) but not to Shreveport citizens. When approached about the waste of giving $100,000 for a park improvement in the middle of a slum instead of handing those funds to Black American businesses in that same area, the Mayor and the Shreveport City Council did and said nothing…literally. In response, the council woman from that district offered me a position on some city study group which I abruptly turned down.

The way business works in Shreveport and the U.S. is that funds are generated where only certain wealthy organizations and people can get them and only for esoteric projects. They will give you a “tax credit” but only if you have the money to spend up front. The way the film industry works in Shreveport and the State of Louisiana is that you have to spend large sums to receive the tax credit. That effectively puts that out of reach of those who are not connected and wealthy.

 Additionally, a study done in Louisiana found out that for every 7 dollars they spend on the film industry…they get 1 dollar back.  All of this while the State of Louisiana and the U.S. Federal government attempt to make teachers the scapegoats for the failings of education and cut funding for education to fill in the gaps governments created by handing over public funds to the wealthy who do nothing with those funds but hide them away.

 From looking at this investigation, it would appear that the states and the federal government are deliberately raising test score requirements and passing laws to make sure the current wealthy in America have no competition for their children by “flunking” the “non-connected” children into oblivion while attacking the teachers of America.  The question is who is in charge of writing the course work that teachers teach, the last time we checked it was the State Administrations not teachers. Teachers do an excellent job with all the politics they contend with. They spend their own money to educate their students while states like Louisiana give away 7 dollars to get 1 dollar back so that governmental officials can say they stood next to a “personality” who did some form of film that you probably would not let your children see.

Nowhere in the U.S. or any American state or city are there funds going directly into the hands of new or small businesses or large corporations with the intent of improving the lives of average citizens with the best governmental program possible…a well paying job with respect and dignity . Why no response from all of these alleged “history making” individuals? They are afraid and could care less as to the desires of the citizenry of the United States. Color or being an African American is just another selling tool to sell integrity to the general public (without substance). Their jobs, as they see it, are to guarantee that those (and their generations) who have bought Washington, D.C. and cities throughout America, never have any competition.

Democracy of the few, and forget the many. That is after all the point of this investigation of the real efforts of universities, business, and governments to expand the wealth in American. The reality is there is no such effort. The reality is that our investigation of the current Administration, charities, universities and popular or well know individuals reveals that the only thing being done in the United States is a mad dash to control the airways, the radio waves and the market place wherein no parties except an esoteric group get to prosper. And that is what this country calls “Making It in America”. The entire country and governmental infrastructure is nothing more than one big ANTITRUST violation. DISCRIMMINATION is the rule against anyone, black or white who is not a part of these esoteric groups.

As the bible notes:  “But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets”  “To have respect of persons is not good: for a piece of bread that man will transgress.”  ^“He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.” So if the bible is smart enough to see this why (we ask our readers and customers) are you not.

The reality is that this kind of narcissistic behavior does not work. The total lack of professionalism at IU or CalVets or the Obama Administration show these groups are in their own delusional world while the country fails, vets are not served and children are not educated. They are fervent in chasing FAME but what do they produce. No films, no music, no programs to assist any poor person, no programs to create new businesses (especially if those businesses did not contribute to your campaign), no food standards, no major architectural or scientific creations and so on and so forth. The U.S. is a non-productive society.

But we did not do this investigation to force entities such as IU to correct their lack of integrity or the Obama Administration or anyone else. We have learned that if a man will operate in a manner contradictory to Jesus, he is delusional enough not to listen to you. Rather as a Christian organization, we note what the bible says: “For those who have ears to hear, let them hear”.

AS IT IS, we would imagine after this article, the non-talented, non-producing and non-working business, governmental and university class will rally together. I am sure they can muster the best know personalities (know for what I don’t know) and hold a big event. They had better come together because they sure don’t have God. A complete and total lack of integrity, respect, and dignity being show the general public by these groups who are afraid of any new thing.

 They will self-destruct in due time . After all they have each other to depend upon and that should be enough of a burden to destroy anything. Law suits have their purpose, as we are preparing several suits that are much needed against public corruption and those who believe they are an exception to the rule of law .

The reality is you must be "TOP FLIGHT" for organizations to try to prevent the public from knowing about you. It shows you have the talent they do not have and they know it. It also shows they do not “control” the public because if they did they would not be afraid of the public knowing of you.

I would say to the general public. Create . Create your own groups and produce productive works. We at Human Utilities Whole Armour ® have. We produce the finest films in the world and have created our own genre and style of film. WE have customers worldwide. This is a big, beautiful and lovely world created by God not man. You have the authority to do whatever good thing you can imagine. We assist and spend our funds on intelligent groups each year and help individuals and groups. AND IF ANYONE VIOLATES YOUR RIGHTS, DON'T SHOOT, PHYSICALLY INJURY OR THE LIKE BUT FILE A COMPLAINT IN YOUR STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. TAKE THEM TO TASK AND STANDUP FOR YOUR RIGHTS.

Stop voting for politicians who do nothing for you. I have observed Mr. Obama and he has never really said he would do anything for any Black American, the poor or new business growth. He stays in the North and Northeast and West playing to what he considers to be his political base and the South can sink in the Gulf. He has no plan for broad economic growth especially if it includes growth for industries that may compete against his political donors. He has no plan for the poor, better medical health, and from the groups I have seen at the White House the music and movie industry will stay the corpse it currently is… extra a few independent producers.

As the word of God notes of them:

 “We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men”

So the reality is to those who have asked HGN News to investigate the current trend of exclusionism by universities, businesses and governments we would say you are correct.

But so what, these are groups that can be replaced. Don’t send your kids to any university you do not agree with. We certainly will make sure any scholarship funds coming out of our new scholarship program will not go to IU. So build your own intelligent, talented environment and stop voting for politicians whose goals are a book tour and speaking engagements when they leave their respective positions while they leave ruin and injury behind.

Have faith in God’s ability to take any group or man and put them higher than any delusional government, group or organization who currently seeks the fastest door to their own destruction.  “Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth.”

           The first trick of a con man is to make you believe he has something you don’t have and the only place you can get it is through him.  

So no matter the government or group, this current sickness in America of trying to corral the entire country for the use of a few people is not only the actions of a “maniac” or mad man but simply is impossible. The only person who can corral you is YOU and your lack of faith in the word of God.

As MLK famously stated: " A Man can't ride your back unless it is bent."

AND in faith in God and Jesus the Christ, if necessary file a lawsuit.

This article is by the Chairman of Human Utilities Whole Armour®.

Human Utilities Whole Armour®, “One of the finest Christian organizations on the globe”™.

"In a world of lack, Human Utilities Whole Armour™ is the world's Cornucopia".™