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THEY GAVE AN INCH

THEY TOOK A MILE

By JULIE HANNONPublished 5 years ago 4 min read
R.O.B.O.T.

WATCHING PEOPLE IS ENLIGHTENING TO THE SENSES AND MIND OF ANY ONE PERSON THAT BY VIRTUE OF THERE OBSERVATION THEY BECOME A OBJECT

A OBJECT OF THERE OWN DEMISE.

IN A WORLD OF PEOPLE WHERE NOTHING IS SACRED ANYMORE .

DUTY TO COUNTRY IS

BLURRED BY SURVIVAL OF LIFE

POVERTY STRICKEN PEOPLE LIVING BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MISPERCEPTION OF A NATION,

A WORLD

CAUGHT IN THE GRIPS OF POVERTY BECOME MORE APPARENT TO THE NAKED EYE .

STILL IN THE INNER CITY ,DOWN IN THE

STREET WHERE THE SUB CULTURE OF

PEOPLE ARE JUST AS HUMAN AS THE STAR

SHOPPING ON RODEO DRIVE ,

THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND ANY LONGER NO MIDDLE CLASS OF PEOPLE

TO STOP THE FALL INTO POVERTY AND THE

SUBCULTURE OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET .NOBODY TAKING NOTICE OF THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CULTURED AND SUB CULTURED UNTIL THEY SUDDENLY REALIZE IT COULD BE THEM

BEING TRANSITIONED FROM CULTURED

LIVING TO A SUBCULTURED SURVIVAL OF

LIFE .

I INTRODUCE MY FRIEND I CALL R.O.B.O.T.

R.O.B.O.T.

REGISTERED

ONLINE

BATTALION

OFFICIAL

TRAINER

POST -01

ONLINE PROGRAMS SECURITY CLEARANCE SCREENING AGENT

WHEN THE COVID 19 CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC STARTED THE NATION THE WORLD SHUTDOWN THE PUBLIC WENT INTO PRIVATE LIVING ISOLATION ,SOCIAL

DISTANCING ,SHELTER IN PLACE ,RENT MORATORIUMS ,TELE HEALTH INSTEAD OF

IN OFFICE VISITS ,RESTAURANTS ,BARBER SHOPS WAITRESSES,WAITERS,TRANSPORTATION

THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT WAS ORDERED

BY GOVERNMENT TO GO FROM LIVING AND

WORKING HAVING A SOCIAL LIFE ,

TO LIVING INSIDE SHELTER IN PLACE

THE ABILITY TO PAY MORTGAGES ON HOUSES,FAMILY HOMES

TO WALK INTO A DEPARTMENT STORE AND

THE SHELVES STOCKED WITH WHATEVER

THERE HEARTS DESIRED ASSURED THEY

HAD THE MEANS TO PAY THERE BILLS

SOME PEOPLE HAD ONE JOB SOME HAD TWO JOBS ,WHILE SOME JOBS OVERPAID

THERE EMPLOYEE ,THEN THE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS UNDERPAID BUT WORKED THERE FINGERS TO THE BONE.

IN ANY

CASE THEY HAD YET TO FEEL THE GRIP OF POVERTY IN THERE WORLDS THERE LIVES

UNTIL THE PANDEMIC THAT CAME AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON IMPACTED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER .

BY EXTRAORDINARY

CIRCUMSTANCE THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN SPITE OF THIS GLOBAL DISASTER TOOK CARE OF ALL PEOPLE

IT MAY HAVE HAD ITS HURDLES THE HELP

THAT WAS DELIVERED BUT THEY JUMPED

THE HURDLES AND TOOK ACTION TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE ALL PEOPLE WITHOUT PREJUDICE ,WITHOUT REGARD TO ETHNIC ORIGIN ,THEY EVEN HELPED ME .

I WATCHED HOW THE POVERTY STRICKEN THAT HAD NOT SEEN A DOLLAR FOR YEARS

WERE GIVEN FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

OF VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN

THE MIDST OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY

CIRCUMSTANCE OF A DISASTER THAT WAS A LETHAL WEAPON AGAINST MANKIND .

PROOF OF LIFE ON EARTH WAS AT ITS MOST FRAGILE STATE OF BECOMING

EXTINCT FROM THIS SUDDEN PANDEMIC.

THEN I WATCHED HOW PEOPLE IN NEED

REAL TRUE NEED WERE DEPRIVED OF THERE RIGHT TO PROTECTION UNDER THE ACTS THAT ENABLED PEOPLE TO LIVE IN

SPITE OF A VIRUS THAT TOOK OUR ABILITY

THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND WORLDS ABILITY TO EARN A LIVING AWAY

IN A MOMENTS NOTICE PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE A WAY TO EARN A LIVING.

POVERTY

WAS TAKING ITS GRIP ON MANKIND

BUT THE FLOOD GATE OPENED AND MONEY CAME RUSHING INTO OUR ECONOMY AND THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE OUR ECONOMY WORK.

WITH THAT A PERCENTAGE OF FRAUD WAS EXPECTED A SHRINKAGE RATE SO TO SAY

I WATCHED SOME MORE AND I AM OVERWHELMED HOW HUMAN NATURE

FUELED THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES OF FRAUD THREATENED THE INTEGRITY OF

STATE PROGRAMS AND FEDERAL ACTS FUNDING TO THE POINT THAT WAS SO DISRESPECTFUL TO THIS GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR AND THE

EXPEDITED ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT THAT INSURED WITHOUT PREJUDICE ALL

PEOPLE WOULD BE HELPED .I FEEL PROUD

THAT OUR GOVERNMENT TOOK ACTION

TO HELP ALL PEOPLE .MATTER OF FACT

I CONSIDERED IT A LIFE SAVER .

NOT A GIVEN MORE IN THE INTEREST OF RIGHT TO LIFE AND TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO LIVE NOT JUST SURVIVE .

SO I AM IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES

OF MY APPLICATION WEBSITE THAT I FEEL

IS A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE AGENCY THAT HELPED WHEN NO ONE ELSE COULD

THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SUFFERED A FINANCIAL HIT

AND THE HIGHEST EVER RATE OF FRAUD

EVER KNOWN TO THE AGENCY .

R.O.B.O.T. is in development as a project application and website

that will prescreen and seek security clearance

online through facial recognition and fingerprint technology for the client that is seeking to make

application or claim of benefits payment .

LIKE I SAID IT IS A IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT I AM DOING SOLELY ON MY OWN

and the scissors I have had to use are the scissors on the editing program for the presentation of R.O.B.O.T. post -01-

THE CLIP OF MY IDEA AND PROJECT

NOT YET READY TO PUBLISH .

SO WHEN THINKING OF CRAFTS AND PROJECTS AND SCISSORS THERE IS MORE

SCISSORS TO CHOOSE FROM THEN THE TRADITIONAL PAIR OF SCISSORS

ONLINE SCISSORS FOR CLIPPING AND DUBBING VIDEO CLIPS ARE JUST AS

GOOD AS A TRADITIONAL HAND HELD PAIR

JULIE LYNN HANNON

[email protected]

657-256-2284

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JULIE HANNON

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