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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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Past the Middle of January What Are You Doing Different?

As I was going over my taxes this year, I noticed that I made more money in this "Bad Economy" than I did the year before. I also saw a video about speaking your world into existence. For the last 75+ days I've been doing daily Affirmations.

At first I thought all this Affirmation stuff bordered on the fringe of the SPOOKY. But, after listening and realizing how much our subconscious is bombarded with dis empowering information I realized that there some thing substantial to the claim.

Why does it seem that world is going to Hell in a hand basket? It is because we are bombarding and being bombarded by negative imagery. We are constantly looking at the problem rather the solution.

 In 2011 if you want to make a difference you are going to shut of the TV, turn the radio off, and serious start doing mental cleansing by listening to empowering messages. Messages that not only make you feel good, but help to alter your philosophy of life. "Philosophy?" yes, Philosophy! That's because our philosophy is what dictates our actions. It also dictates how we interpret what happens around us.

Let's make 2011 a better year by changing what we feed ourselves mental and spiritually. Let me know what you can change and what you are going to feed yourself.