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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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Mother's Day Inspiration

Dear Friends

 

Happy Mother's Day to our Mothers.  Visit http://www.mymoneybudget.com/ and buy one of nine different Poems with separate backgrounds to share with your mother, grandmother, sisters, wives and aunts.  Show your love with something unique and special.  Please share this with your family and friends.

 

C. Earl Campbell DA 3rd

 

                        Happy Mother’s Day Momma

 

You did it Momma!

You helped me past life’s test.

I learned many lessons from you and tried to do my best.

 

I cherish and honor you on this Mother’s Day, because of your love,

You are the “Mother Of All Mothers”, a true gift from Heaven above.

 

Your confidence and wisdom forever set the stage,

Happy Mother’s Day Momma, you grow more beautiful with age.

 

Life was tough for you and you sometimes struggled alone,

Your faith in God kept you strong even as things would go wrong.

 

Your balance of time, patience, love and discipline, with just the right touch,

Makes me appreciate you everyday, Momma I Love You So Much!

 

                         By C. Earl Campbell DA 3rd 

 

 

 

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