Category: Politics
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Who Am I? (The Monday Fits)
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin The first Republican debate of this primary election season is over and it was quite a…
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Emotional to Irrational – The Winning Logic of Donald Trump
Where do I start? The land of the brave, and unfortunately free to say and do absolutely whatever comes to mind. If you have been a follower of Missing / Perspective from the beginning, you know that freedom is at the top of my list of reasons that I love America. Freedom of speech and…
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Since the Day I Was Born ….
For me, the hardest part of watching the movie Selma was the first five minutes. It is the scene when the young girls, doing what young girls do in church, were blown up. I have thought of this scene multiple times prior to seeing the movie and just the thought of this scene was chilling,…
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What’s With the Middle Class? (The Monday Fits)
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein It’s time to be a little direct. There is something wrong with the middle class. Politicians, theorists, and writers tell us time and time again, that the middle class is the social class that matters…
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To Err is Human… And We Can’t Get Enough of it
“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” – Martin Luther This is not another blog post about politics, I promise, but I am kicking off with Hillary. Yes, Hillary Clinton, you tired of her too? Me, three times a million, but it’s not her fault. As…
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Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls… Well, Maybe Just a Little Bit (The Monday Fits)
What is a waterfall? It is a beautiful flow of water over a cliff, and generally, waterfalls are located in the most beautiful parts of the world. But anyone familiar with popular culture may also think of waterfalls as referred by the 1995 single by the R&B trio, TLC. “Don’t go chasing waterfalls, please stick…
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Sweet Home Alabama: The Litmus Test of America
“If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he’s obligated to do so” – Thomas Jefferson Since the story broke about the same-sex marriage fiasco in Alabama, my mind has been kind of in a frenzy. The story infuriates me on so many levels that I see red. I mean…
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The Monday Fits: The Wannabe SuperHero Syndrome
“The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.” ― Derek Landy, Death Bringer Superheroes are not real. Tragic heroes are not real. Yet, we love them. It’s as if there is a new superhero movie rolling out every month. But why do we love them? Is it because we…
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Living For A Legacy: From Stuart to MLK/LBJ
“Choices we make about the lives we live, determine the kinds of legacy we live” – Tavis Smiley
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The Monday Fits: First World Faux Pas All Around
As the year closes, there a number of different topics that I find bubbling up in my mind. But what I find that happens all too often, are the issues that are most important, where the passion overflows are closer to “first-world problems” than pressing matters. You know the problems from living in a wealthy,…
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