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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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What's In Your Bottled Water?

HELLO IZANIA MEMBERS,Smile

MY NAME IS LESLIE AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I HAVE FOUND A FORUM WHERE I CAN LET OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR DRINKING WATER AND THE SOLUTION TO CHANGING IT. HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT DRINKING WATER:

- THE NATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP CLAIM THAT 53 MILLION AMERICANS OR ROUGHLY 1 IN 5 ARE DRINKING POLLUTED WATER.

- DRINKING DISTILLED WATER OR PURIFIED WATER ON A REGULAR, DAILY BAIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.

- THE MORE PURIFIED WATER A PERSON DRINKS, THE HIGHER THE ACIDITY.

- A BODY THAT IS TOO ACIDIC PROVIDES THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR DISEASES TO MANIFEST AND THRIVE IN.

I MENTIONED THESE STATEMENTS TO SAY THAT WE ARE HAVING A MAJOR PHYSICAL BREAK DOWN IN OUR BODIES BECAUSE WE HAVE A ACID/ALKALINE IMBALANCE. OUR BODIES ARE DESIGHNED TO CREATE AN ACID/ALKALINE BALANCE , BUT THE OVER ACIDITY HAS TO BE BUFFERED BY THE BODY AND THE ONLY WAY THE BODY CAN BUFFER THIS EXCESS ACID IS BY TAKING CALCIUM FROM THE BONES AND MAGNESIUM FOR HEART HEALTH. THIS ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, CANCER, DIABETES, ASTHMA, ARTHRITEIS, ALLERGIES ETC. THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM: WE NEED MORE ALKALINE IN THE BODY SO THAT OUR CELLS CAN PERFORM AT THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. MORE ALKALINE MEANS THAT WE NEED EXTRA ELECTRONS IN THE BODY TO COMBAT OR BUFFER THE EXCESS ACID. HOW WE DO THIS IS THROUGH DRINKING MORE WATER. NOT JUST ANY WATER BUT, WAHT IS CALLED ALKALINE/IONIZED WATER.  WHERE DO WE GET THIS ALKALINE/IONIZED WATER, FROM WHAT IS CALLED A WATER IONIZER. I WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO GO  AFTER DISCUSSING A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT A WATER IONIZER DOES. A WATER IONIZER REDUCES THE SIZE OF THE TAP WATER MIERAL CLUSTERS SO THAT THEY CAN EASILY  GET INTO THE CELS DONATING A NEGATIVE ION(OH-) WHICH NEUTRALIZES THE FREE RADICALS IN OUR BODIES CAUSED BY EXCESS OXYGEN. THIS CONCEPT WILL BE EXPLAINED MORE ON THE INFORMATION LINKS THAT I GIVE YOU.  THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU SHOULD DO IS EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON ACID/ALKALINE BALANE AND pH.  FOR MORE INFO GO TO http://www.webspawner.com/users/csbublz/index.html. I URGE ALL OF YOU AS YOU EDUCATE YOURSELVES TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW. THERE ARE STILL SO MANY OTHER BENEFITS THAT I HAVE NOT MENTIONED.  NO ONE IS WALKING AROUND GIVING THIS VITAL INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY TO US. WE ALL CAN BE HEALTHY, PREVENT AND REVERSE DISEASES WITH THIS NEW WAY OF LIVING. I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN DRINKING ALKALINE WATER FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND BODY ODORS HAVE CEASED , SKIN HAS CLEARED UP, BOWEL MOVEMETS ARE REGULAR AND ODORLESS JUST TO MENTION A FEW THINGS. THANK YOU FOR THIS FORUM AND HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH. GOD BLESS YOU.