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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEBT CEILING RESOLUTION

Just a few minutes ago The U.S. Senate just passed theDebt Deal. The debt ceiling issue is the hottest topic in the Nation al news scene today, and for obvious reasons, the deadline for the raising of the Debt ceiling is today, August 2nd. If this national debt is not raised, it is said
that the country will go into a further economic crunch causing the fall of stocks, raising of taxes... etc. Not raising the debt is also speculated to affect the bottom lines of millions of business across the country and is noted by economists as economic Armageddon. This is a damn if you do & damn if you don't situation.

There's only one thing about this debt ceiling fallacy. Regardless of what the outcome would have been on the decision, it won't affect our economy in terms of bringing back jobs, stopping the mortgage crisis or keeping the republicans from cutting programs for the poor/impoverished, particularly for African Americans.  

This DEBT crisis media hype is yet another smokescreen to keep us distracted from our national and local crisis issues that is affecting us every day! This is why many democrats like Congressman Jessie Jackson Jr. voted against the current resolution for it does not do anything to solve our current economic crisis. Travis Smiley even commented... "The debt ceiling is contributing to the war on the poor". In addition, the Congressional Black Caucus noted that they went to president Obama about a Job creation Program but there was no response and also commented on the deal as "A Satan Sandwich".

Example; As of yesterday August 1st, millions of Social Security recipients did not receive their checks! And worse, this National News was not focused on & also barely if not at all mentioned in the Media. Is this a move worth taking to the streets or boycotting white America & the Government??? HELLL YEAHHHH!!! But have we as African Americans rallied to do something about it??? HELL NOOOO!!! Medicare may also be cut and millions may not receive their vouchers! And State Link Cards (Food Stamp Programs) is proposed to end in January, 2012.

One of the reasons to raise this debt ceiling is to keep programs like social security and food stamps in place, not to cut them. And the president did state that these programs will be proteced under this new deal, but explain this to the millions that did not receive their checks as of Monday. Will they get a back check now???  If we are to go by what they dictate to us, then we are allowing ourselves to be misguided and puppeteerd right along with all the other house officials. Empathy, Ignorance, Passiveness, and Complacency is our biggest enemy. I don't blame many congressional officials for voting against a deal that does not address or include salvaging the programs that aids our country's poor & impoverished, let alone aiding in reviving our economy. After close examination this debt crisis only allows this country to print more money and extend the debt we owe to other countries which in turn lessens the value of the dollar and weakening our economy.