TO LIVE AND DIE IN AMERICA
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Gun Violence in America
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Stay With Me Jesus
Jesus, stay with me because I need you all the time. I need you in the day. I need you in the night. I need you when my enemies are too many to fight. I need you when family members failed to understand me. I need you when those who claim to be my friends try to discourage me from doing the things that I love. Stay with me Jesus when the cold hard rain is pelting me in my face so that I can’t see where I’m going. Stay with me Jesus, I have lost my home and have no where to go. I need you to guide me to a better place. Stay with me Jesus when everyone seems to hate me. Stay with me Lord when I’m sleeping in the alley outside of the house I use to call home.
I use to have a big house, a nice car, a good job, and a loving family. That is all gone now. Stay with me Jesus. I need prayer, I need inspiration, I need the spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord, I need love. I need to smile more. Where is my life going? It seems that I work everyday just to get nowhere in this life. The only person that is getting rich from my labor are my oppressors. Life has been no friend to me. The more I live, the more I die. I don’t believe in anything anymore, I don’t believe in anyone no more, I just believe in Jesus and myself and everyone else can just take a backseat. Jesus, stay with me.
Sometimes it seems that I would be better off dead. I know my enemies would like that. But if I were dead or dying I could get out of a life of struggling, I could get out of life of ongoing hurt, I could get out of life of constant failure. I could just give up and go sit a corner and die. But I’m too young to die. I’ m too old to die.
Jesus, stay with my family and friends. Jesus, stay with my enemies for they know not what they do. Jesus, stay with all of those who lives has been turned upside down in someway. Jesus, stay with the poor, the homeless, the disabled, the middle class, American workers, the children, the doctors, the teachers, and so many others that make America great.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Senseless
Another senseless shooting in America. Innocent children and adults died for nothing. This is crazy. This is insane. There is no safe HAVEN for none of us away from these killers. Our schools are not safe, our churches are not safe, our malls are not safe, our threaters are not safe, our parks are not safe, our streets are not safe, our work places are not safe, our homes are not safe, our businesses are not safe. Where can we go to feel safe away from everyday gun violence? TELL ME. We are walking and driving around with GUN targets on our backs. CONGRESS NEEDS TO GET REAL ON SERIOUS GUN LAWS NOW!!!www.amazon.com/author/gwilder
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cable
I gave up cable years ago, I still do not regret it. I will never get cable again it is a total rip off. I have netflix, DVDs, and the internet. That is all i need. I don't need a bunch channels I will not watch for extremely high prices. They try to pull you in by offering lower prices and once they got you, your monthly bill will never stop rising. And they act like they are doing you a favor and in your best interest while gouging the heck out of you. Dump cable.Sunday, November 18, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
WE DID THIS
Four years ago, the nation paused as we watched historic numbers of Americans standing in line for hours to cast their vote in the presidential election. And yesterday, we witnessed another remarkable repeat of democracy in action as citizens overcame voter suppression tactics, and personal challenges to ensure that they participated in the process and let their voices be heard. Even as the results were being tallied and announced on air, people in many states remained in line determined to vote. It was an affirmation of the power of individuals and the direction we want this country to go. Yesterday, we re-elected an African-American president to office; we chose to move forward.
Throughout President Obama's four years in office, he has faced unimaginable opposition from those who were less concerned about the welfare of the nation, and instead more interested in watching our Commander-in-Chief fail. And unfortunately, during the campaign, the president endured unparalleled rancor and acrimony from others, but faced it with impeccable grace and coolness. Dealing with all kinds of innuendos, and personal insults, he never once stooped to the ugliness. Even as some questioned his citizenship, his birth rights and his legitimacy, the president demonstrated grace and leadership for the world to emulate. There's no question that the voting public took notice.
The 2012 election -- on both a national and local level -- was about one fundamental underlying notion: the direction we want this country to move. At a time when civil rights, women's rights and gay/lesbian rights were so heavily under attack, Americans fought back at the ballot, and in courtrooms in many cases. After observing voter suppression tactics like new draconian ID laws, and the elimination of early voting days in places like Ohio and Florida (which also reduced the Church's efforts to get souls to the polls), people rose up to reclaim their fundamental constitutional rights. Folks like Bishop Victor T. Curry of the New Birth Baptist Church in Florida (and President of National Action Network's Miami-Dade chapter) organized a tremendous early voting drive called 'Operation Lemonade.' All around the country, we turned pain to power, and made lemonade out of lemons, as we pushed back against voter ID laws, conducted massive voter rallies, registered people to vote, went to court in some cases to challenge voter suppression efforts and watched yesterday as we made history yet again.
From every corner of this nation, a majority sent a resounding message that we will not tolerate a rollback of our liberties, nor will we sit by idly as the rights so many fought and died for were under attack. Yesterday was a people's movement where the majority defeated attacks against women, same-sex marriage and said yes to equality, voter enfranchisement and inclusion. Those that made outlandish statements against women's rights like Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock were overwhelmingly defeated. Democrats didn't just keep a majority in the Senate, they gained seats, and gay marriage scored wins in four states. I remember standing with Pastor Delmon Coates of the Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Maryland as he called on people to support a marriage equality referendum. He and members of his clergy stood their ground in the face of opposition and helped lead to triumph as marriage equality passed in the state of Maryland yesterday.
There's no question that the 2012 election was a monumental victory for this president and for all those that fought tirelessly on the side of progress. But we must take this victory and make certain that it is not an election night victory, but a victory instead for the American people to continue moving forward. The president must deal with the deficit without adding burden on the backs of the middle-class and seniors, and without giving immunity to the wealthy. The rich must pay their part, and programs created to benefit the middle-class and underprivileged must be maintained; we must move ahead responsibly and without undue pressure on those that can handle the least.
Many forecasted complacency for the presidential election, but
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