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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 -- 55 days to go. Let's not lose our focus.

One thing for sure, the Sarah Palin phenomenon has shifted everyone's focus -- the media, the Republican base, even Barack Obama. What do lipstick, pigs, pitbulls, hockey moms, and dead fish have in common? Sarah Palin. And that means we are not focused on the issues that are important to winning this election.

I hope that now everyone on the Obama team has gotten the wake up call. Our opponents are not going to roll over, and they will have a lot more to throw at us before this is over. But the smoke screen won't work.

This afternoon, after McCain put his cheerleader on an airplane to Alaska, he decided to test his newfound popularity in Philadelphia. He was booed, heckled, and ultimately never got to address the assembled press. Without Palin as his new main attraction, not many wanted to hear what he had to say. That is because he really has nothing new to say.

I know the Obama campaign will find its voice again and restore the focus to the issues that matter. The Democrats win on the issues we pointed to a couple of days ago. So, we must get the issues back into focus. This is going to require the full support of the entire Democratic Party.  Obama is meeting with Bill Clinton tomorrow to discuss the strategy going forward. I am confident that they will have a productive discussion. I am looking forward to the outcome.