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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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The Republicans Can't Have it Both Ways

How does a mother who is a staunch supporter of abstinence explain how her own teenage daughter managed to get pregnant?  No, we can't call it an immaculate conception.  The plain and simple fact is the 17-year-old was having sex---and unprotected sex at that.  Now, she's pregnant.  According to reports, Bristol Palin is  about five months pregnant, which means she was probably having sex as early as 16.

According to her mother, Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin, her daughter plans to keep the baby and marry the baby's father---who has been identified as 18-year-old Levi Johnson.  Mom says her daughter made the decisions on her own. 

It is disturbing to see that this "soccer mom"-- who can apparently juggle many different things---would expose her daughter to this kind of scrutiny.  Is being the vice presidential nominee worth the possible cost in the long run?

The Republican Party is publicly rallying around the Palin family---calling the pregnancy a personal matter and a part of the "life issues" we as families face.  They are doing their best to place the blame on Obama and his staff for leaking the information.  Obama, meanwhile, has stated on the record that he believes the issue is a private matter.

The Republicans can't have it both ways.  On one hand, they preach moral values and frown upon young women who fall into that motherhood cycle every day.  But now one of their own has shown them that even moms who preach abstinence can't seem to get her message through to her own children.