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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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To meet the right person, you have to be the right person!!

Ladies and gentlemen.  I'm on the soapbox again and it's not a good thing.

First of all I must say that the key to a successful relationship with anyone must start with a successful relationship with God!

We all want a worthwhile and fulfilling relationship at some point in our lives.  But you can't expect to meet Mr. or Mrs. Right if you can't acknowledge the Father in the morning and thank him for repairing your mind and body while you slept or for even waking you up at all!  For blessing you with a home, nourishing food, warmth (or cool air, depending on the season and where you live) and clothes.  And even though God blesses us with transportation to reach the job that He blessed us with, we complain about the monthly mortgage payment, the rising cost of groceries, utilities and clothing.  The car that we need that isn't the luxury SUV that we want.  And the employer that we feel doesn't pay us enough while we do almost nothing there!

We don't speak to God to express our love for Him, we don't thank Him for the seen and unseen dangers that we avoid daily.  He is the One who protects everything that we own, our friends, our families, our health, our minds, our bodies and our souls, yet we perpetually take him for granted!  Without Him, we would have absolutely nothing!

If we treated a lover this way, we would be kicked to the curb in one day!  You can't deny that at all!  But no matter how much we ignore and take Him for granted, He's always right there!

Now, believe me, I'm guilty of these things too, I'm not perfect and I would be the last to point fingers when I know that three would be pointed in my direction!  Yes, I too, need to exercise my faith more!  But if we want to fulfill our desires, we gotta fulfill His.

So, look at it this way.  How can you dream of having a dealership one day, when you never change the oil, get a tune-up or even change the tires for your own car!  I'm no expert, yet.  But I now believe that if we can handle the responsibility of loving God and His people, unconditionally, he'll put us in the position to be with someone who will love us unconditionally! 

So for everyone reading this, you now have a homework assignment for the last two thirds of the year.  You must treat our Father with love and kindness, building a relationship with Him, to put yourself in position to have God add another strong relationship unto you!  Even if you have to email this to six people you know to represent the six degrees of separation, do it!  Remember, for the last eight months of the year, to meet the right person, you have to be the right person!!

Maurice Clark, President www.shopping-flat.com .