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A Thank You Letter To Donald Trump
Dear Donald Trump, I just wanted to say thank you. Our country is in chaos right now. No, our country is showing it's true colors, the chaos has been here. I wanted to thank you, for taking our country's wounds, that have band-aids placed over them for decades, and leaving them open to bleed.
By C. S. Phoenix 5 years ago in The Swamp
The Affair Of State
It is this coming January that the State of The Union address is supposed to be given. Who ever is President at the time ought to reveal the true and factual state of our nation. Contrary to previous addresses the United States has descended into a quagmire of distension, vast inequality, and sociological upheaval unprecedented in our nations history. The sad truth today is that this nation is far behind practically every other industrial nation in quality of life and in education. We rank 29th today. Over 50 years ago the United States ranked no. 1. The rate of our decline is unparalleled in modern times.
By Dr. Williams5 years ago in The Swamp
US Voting Age Should Be 25
Recent events have shown that the ability to make rational and logical choices; may be left to those who are a little older. Riots and outrageous criminal acts are at an all-time high, and mostly being committed by those who are in their 20’s or younger. Now, to be clear; I’m not saying that every person below the age of 25 is incapable of making smart choices or behaving like an adult.
By Timothy A Rowland5 years ago in The Swamp
Let's Help Make Black Lives Matter MATTER
"Walking between the pools of light cast by the street lights, some of them broken, I saw the group of them from a block away, just hanging out, joking and jostling each other. In a dark patch I crossed the street just to be on the safe side. One of them noticed and they all stopped and stared, their heads rising like wolves testing the breeze for the scent of potential prey. The tallest one said something and two of them broke from the pack and meandered across to my side of the road, one putting a hand to the small of his back, the other digging one deep into a pocket."
By JustOneCynicsOpinion5 years ago in The Swamp
September 11th, 2020
On September 11th, 2001 I got dressed early in the clothes I’d laid out on the floor the night before because I was still dealing with a healthy dose of anxiety about having just begun the 7th grade. I recall hearing my mom upstairs in the kitchen and I remember making cereal while she rushed around the house, busily getting ready for another Tuesday with three school age kids. I remember us both half-paying attention to whatever morning news show was on as the host broke in with a report that a tower had been hit by a plane in New York City. As confusion began to settle in we both stopped what we were doing and we sat there at the kitchen table and watched on that small TV that hung in the corner of the room as another plane went crashing into the other Twin Tower.
By Patrick O'Neill5 years ago in The Swamp
Will we ever be united again?
I’ve been reflecting a lot on 9/11 today, as I am sure a lot of you have. I’ve seen the Facebook posts asking the question, “Do you remember where you were on that day?” as if any of us can ever forget.
By Sudie Crouch5 years ago in The Swamp
I Believe in America
Note: The following is a recent speech I wrote. Please feel free to use it if you are so inclined. I believe in America, and I have learned it is worth fighting for.
By Tim Bryce5 years ago in The Swamp
What's to be Done with Donald and His Friends?
You know who I'm talking about. The Mad King and all his enablers; Mike Pence, Bill Barr, Mike Pompeo, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Grahm, Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, Devin Nunes, Kellyanne Conway, Jim Jordan, Richard Spencer, Rand Paul, Daniel Ratcliff, and so many, many, many more.
By Cathe Pearson5 years ago in The Swamp
I Don't Understand
I truly don't understand America. For at least four years now, despite him stating exactly why he took a knee, Colin Kaepernick has been painted as the greatest traitor to the Military since Benedict Arnold. Never mind that is was a former Green Beret, Nate Boyer, who spoke to him about racial injustice and suggested that Kaepernick take a knee during the National Anthem rather than sitting. Never mind the fact that Kaepernick himself stated that his peaceful protest was against the continued state sanctioned murder of unarmed POC and not against the flag or the men and women who serve in the military. Because the current occupant of the White House, in a continued bit of jingoism to his red state supporters, decided to turn Kaepernick's protest into an Us vs Them issue and call any player taking a knee a "son of a bitch."
By Thomas Bishop5 years ago in The Swamp
The Never-Ending Indoctrination
For thousands of years, history has eerily repeated itself with the recurrence in the rise and fall of many great empires and societies. Given the assertion that we learn through our mistakes, how can this be so? What is the cause?
By Jim Andre5 years ago in The Swamp
Racist America Its Psychological Backfire
As I dive deeper into my analysis of the racial disparities that plague American soil, I see more evidence of the hated rhetoric as a falsified psychological reality of what life is in America and other diplomatic driving countries. This sense of reality is congruent to the modernized process of what makes the world habitable by the progressive measures utilized thru trade and government affairs, ideally for life sufficiency and the technical evolution necessary to meet the need for agricultural cultivation. Ironically, in general, agrarian practices also suffered from historical racial calamity driven by rendezvous moments that promoted vicious acts of greed and unlawful ownership. Almost everyone defines racism as an irrational projection of hatred towards another due to their ethnicity. In all actuality, racism is a classified approach to a way of life, not the standard definition, which is to hate. Racism expands through the determination of facts and rational methods. This notation of controlled perception dictates a person's general sensibility of rationalism. Racism is the conscious and sub-conscious variable set by how we conduct ourselves as appropriate. The stipulations set by society determine the rulings we must customize ourselves to, a mandatory one-way process we take to reach our career goals. We validate acceptance and personal influences we wish to share with the world stigmatized by derogatory, biased racial appropriateness.
By Aquafinafloe5 years ago in The Swamp
Martin Luther king Jr didn’t help the black community. If anything , he destroyed it.
As children we are taught to be kind and respectful to everybody. We learn these lessons as a basis for our everyday lives and meant to carry them into adulthood and even pass these lessons down to our Own children. However as a child we also learn how to deal with conflict and learn very early on that as nice as we are to people sometimes people just won’t like you and there’s not enough kindness in the world to kill an idea that someone has about You. When these situations happen our parents hug us and tell us that everyone’s not going to like you and sometimes there won’t be a reason but not to worry about it and that the best thing to do is focus on the people who do. And that’s basically how school works , hanging out with the people who enjoy having you around and avoiding the ones who don’t . I mean how ridiculous would it be for someone to walk up to their bully and beg them to be their friend and then add fuel to the fire by begging the bully to sell some weed to them , especially when there are other people who are more than willing to do so but you for some reason really want the bully’s weed as if no one else’s is worthy. That ridiculous example is exactly what Martin Luther king did and it’s how he destroyed the black community. Once upon a time African Americans had no choice but to support black businesses because white people wouldn't sell their products to us. The push for integration instead of actual equality snatched billions of dollars from the African American community. White people had a field day when they realized they could still bully us and take our money . Now we are in 2020 trying to force companies to recognize the billions African Americans contribute to their businesses when we could have black conglomerates had martin Luther king pushed Supporting black businesses and equality for black schools and neighborhoods rather than intergration. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but intergration did not work and honestly it will probably never work . This country was built on hate and oppression and so it surprises me when people are actually surprised by the hate and oppression that exist in this country. Intergration has allowed African Americans the opportunity as a whole to make white people richer while still suffering the effects of a society rooted in racism. In my opinion we should start pushing for actual change because a few black lives matter shows on Netflix and some Colin kaepernick sneakers from Nike is not enough . We need to destroy the very foundation of the country and start from scratch. We need to rewrite the constitution and reconstruct the justice system to truly represent and protect all citizens. Until that happens then these businesses aren’t doing anything but slapping a band aid on institutional racism and Martin Luther king jr helped them do it .
By Remixkidd5 years ago in The Swamp