Two things happened last week — one public, the other personal — that made me reflect on how far we’ve come as a nation, how we got here, and what it will take to keep that journey moving forward.
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America’s once favorite folktale, “Henny-Penny and the Sky Is Falling,” has now been replaced by, “Trump and Biden, Secret Documents Are Falling From the Sky. We’ve known for an exceptionally long time that Henny-Penny was an idiot. But to have former president Trump alleged that someone else, maybe the Tooth Fairy, placed those secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago Estate boarders on insanity. If Trump keep this line of lies going, Florida’s governor will have Henny-Penny jailed.
Never hate the brothers and sisters that can help you. I try to help everyone I can help. Give Black people a chance, an opportunity to help you. If they don’t help your business, fire them.
On January 6, 2023, community leaders in 70 cities held events planned nationwide to highlight the ongoing threats to our freedoms and our vote. Bipartisan investigations by the U.S. House January 6 Select Committee have demonstrated that former President Donald Trump and his allies engaged in criminal conspiracy.
In describing how those three evils crush opportunity for people in this country and abroad, Dr. King exposed the destructive ideas that have subsidized the American Experiment – that groups of people were disposable and that our wilderness was just as disposable. As a nation, we’re still dealing with the cost of that destruction of people and of forests, rivers, and air that was accepted for most of our history.
As a youngster, especially one who struggled with a speech impediment, I thought great speeches were magic.
Today’s twists come from members of both political parties when they minimize how politicians bamboozle us.
America as well as other Nations have learned to live in fear of an invasion by Aliens from other planets lurking deep from within the universe of outer space. The perception of Aliens is that they’re far more advanced than earthlings and have higher intelligence. Maybe because of how Hollywood has chosen to use the cinema to portray Aliens, we’re of the mindset that they’re constantly on a mission to destroy all human life on planet earth.
A couple of Mondays ago, I watched in absolute horror as Demar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a hit on a Cincinnati Bengals player. Tuesday morning quarterbacking suggest that everything from that moment forward was executing near perfectly as Hamlin was resuscitated on the field and transported hurriedly to the local hospital to continue life-saving treatment. While he remains in critical condition, sources are reporting that his medical status is steadily improving.
I was thankful to see Rep. Nancy Pelosi step down from her position as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to give Rep. Hakeem Jeffries the opportunity to serve as the first African American Minority Leader in Congress.