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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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Obama vs. McCain -- 5 days to go. Deja vu all over again.

Electoral MapWe have seen this movie before -- or at least something like it.  In the final days of the Democratic Primary Campaign, the news pundits at CNN rolled out the "majic map."  In the first version of this movie, there were endless combinations of potential strategies need to defeat Barack Obama.  The conclusions drawn were that his oponent -- Hillary Clinton -- needed to win every contest remainining.  Then , every contest PLUSS some Super Delgates would have to change their support of Obama.  Then the FUD strategy -- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.

We are now seeing this movie play out all over again.  There are 5 battle ground states remaining -- states in which there is doubt about the outcome.  AND, by the way, all states that were won by the Republican candidate in 2004.  At the end of last week, there were 7.  Two of them -- Colorado and Virginia --  are now leaning Obama.  The only strategy remaining for McCain is to win all of these battleground states -- Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri.  McCain must win  all of these, AND Pensylvania, a traditionally Democratic Party state, to win 270 Electoral College votes.

Last evening, Barack Obama's closing argument was viewed by an estimated 30 million viewers.  Today, Joe the Plumber was missing in action at a McCain rally.  The contrast could not be more vivid.  Yet the Obama cmpaign is showing no signs of relaxing and coasting to victory.  Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama pressed a multi-state offensive -- all in the battle ground States.

If we do our part, and get out the vote, this movie will have the same ending -- victory for Obama! 

Each of us must continue the effort up until the very last vote is cast.  Barack Obama is doing his part.  We must continue to drive early voting, and close the deal with a strong turnout on election day.