MAKE AMERICA...

 Peace/Blessings, 

GREATNESS 

is achieved when the past is properly analyzed, the lessons are incorporated in the 

PRESENT

to manifest in the CURRENT & FUTURE...

Make America Great Again 

Speaks to a slogan of America being Great in the past...

Let's examine...

- Genocide of the Indigenous People

- The Atrocities of Africans thru Chattel Slavery,  Jim Crow & continued Racism 

-Racism against other people of Color

- Oppression of Women, the Working Class & the aforementioned Groups 

A critical analysis would reveal that America was not GREAT...Actually...

WEAK

inclusive of those who OPPRESS 

GREATNESS is achieved when EVERYONE has the opportunity to MAXIMIZE their abilities without being OPPRESSED in any manner...

That can ONLY be achieved by...

TURNING THE PAGE FORWARD...

Embracing the Uniqueness of ALL

Then we may say TRUTHFULLY

America is Great, Symbolic of the mythical Phoenix RISING from the ashes of it's past... Hotep

SIGHT BEYOND SIGHT...

 Peace/Blessings,

Things that make Ya Say Hmmm...

Per my American History classes...

AMERICA

-The indigenous inhabitants of this country are the Native Americans...

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- The Anglo Pilgrims (Europeans) were kicked out, PARDON, left Europe to escape persecution...

-Chattel Slavery forcibly brought the vast majority of Africans (so called Blacks) to this land...

- The Chinese, Irish, Jewish, Italians & other groups came to this country under various circumstances...

- Immigrants are entering the country through our Southern BORDER, under various circumstances...

EACH of the aforementioned groups have been NEGATIVELY targeted & had LIES told on them, at their expense...

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-According to the Department of Homeland Security, nearly Half a Million Ukrainian Refugees/ Immigrants have entered this country, as of December 2023...

USING THE AMERICANS GOOD, IMMIGRANTS BAD formula....

How many of these people are Murders, Rapists, Criminals, released from Asylums or better yet, RUSSIAN spies, posing as Ukranian citizens? 

Nah, that COULDN'T be the case for provisions were made to QUICKLY make them LEGAL...

PLUS, the Media, Mr. Trump and other politicians would have alerted us Already, RIGHT?  

They would have told us if they were involved in abductions and eating of our pets, RIGHT? 

They would have told us if they were taking BLACK & BROWN jobs, RIGHT? 

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- According to statisa.com, between 1820 to 1957, over 34 Million Immigrants came from Europe...To this country, for various reasons...

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The original inhabitants of this country are the NATIVE AMERICANS...Hotep...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/11/springfield-ohio-haitians-respond-to-jd-vance/75171696007/

THE ART...LET'S DEBATE...

Peace/Blessings,

On January 22, 1973, George Foreman fought Joe Frazier...Mr. Foreman, destroyed Mr. Frazier in that fight...In less than two rounds (5 minutes, 26 seconds), Mr. Foreman knocked down Mr. Frazier 6 times before the fight was stopped...Resulting in Mr. Foreman taking the Heavyweight Belt from Mr. Frazier...

Last night, VP Harris 'Molly Whopped' Mr. Trump in their Presidential Debate...Her, Jabs, Hooks, Straight Rights, Upper Cuts and Body Shots all connected on Mr. Trump...

VP Harris conducted a Master Class on the Art of Debating...For those who watched, she perfectly utilized the Art of War against Mr. Trump (She won the Debate before it started)...

The Legend Bruce Lee once said in one of his movies (paraphrasing), Never underestimate your opponent...It's reported that Mr. Trump made disparaging comments about VP Harris' intelligence prior to the Debate...

Prior to the start, she walked over to Mr. Trump, extended her hand, looked him in the face and said her name...He was taken off his square...The Debate was over before it started...

From the Handshake, she kept him on the Defense...During the first question, VP Harris, laid out exactly Mr. Trump's tactics while presenting her theme of unity and moving forward together, due to having more in common than what separates us, as Americans...

VP Harris, did this while weaving in answers to the questions, presenting her plans and staying calm/focused...Additionally, she baited Mr. Trump, attacking his ego, which he willingly walked into the traps...She took his perceived strengths of being unorthodox (debating wise), name calling/lying and turned that energy against him...

Also, she didn't fall into the trap of throwing President Biden under the bus while presenting her vision...She also did a great job answering the question on the Economy...

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Many of us are hurting due to the HIGH cost of goods/services today...& if Mr. Trump was on his game, he should have pressed her on this...

Administrations are not run in a vacuum...They are

following a previous Administration...

Mr. Trump's Administration inherited a surplus from the Obama Administration...He didn't create a great US Economy, as he claims...Additionally, he was given a manual on how to address Infectious diseases from the Obama Administration, which he did not use...As I've posted, Mr. Trump, during his 1st term INCREASED the US Debt to the 3rd HIGHEST IN our History (2018 Tax Cuts, mostly and the Pandemic- in his last 9 months in office)...

Upon him leaving office, INFLATION was HIGH...Thus, as VP Harris explained last night, the Biden/Harris Administration has been spending their term in office cleaning up Mr. Trump's mess...To the point where inflation is down, for example...

THE PROBLEM is that some companies are PRICE GAUGING which is causing the high prices...Also, regarding the housing market, the demand for housing is more than the inventory available, thus high prices...Economics 101...

She then watched him implode on the stage...

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A PSA

I would be remiss if I didn't address the purpose of these Debates...

The critics or undecided voters are stating that the candidates didn't give details or more details of their plans...

In 2016, Mr. Trump successfully changed the dynamics of Presidential debates to where it was no longer about substance, it was about appearance...Who looked MORE Presidential...

Understanding this, VP Harris used his playbook against him...She looked more Presidential than him last night...

Lastly, I submit to everyone...Keep in mind that each candidate is TIMED...One CAN NOT give the DETAILS of their plans within the time allotted...They can ONLY summarize or introduce their plans...

THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE SHOULD DO OUR OWN RESEARCH PRIOR TO WATCHING THESE AND OTHER CANDIDATES...

This way one would have the answers prior...We, as constituents, need to stop being LAZY...

With those parameters, VP Harris navigated the Debate with great management...Hotep

THE WALK...

LET'S TAKE A WALK...

-There are more registered Democrat than Republican voters...

-The GOP win elections when Democrat voters are either suppressed or don't vote...

-Wouldn't a 3rd party be more affective if they started their candidates' campaigning on November 4, 2020 (for this election cycle)?

ADDITIONALLY

-When was the last time a political 3rd party was an offshoot of the GOP to siphon votes from the Republicans?

-For my Revolutionary thinkers who are supporting a 'Black Agenda', inclusive of Reparations, if you don't vote, vote for Mr. Trump or vote for the Brilliant Dr. West, you do know that the agenda must go through government, yes?

(Unless a Bank/Financial Institution will make Reparation payments)

The other non Reparation demands would need to go through the government...I would also suggest including the Reparation demand along with the others, but I digress.

-How will the Black Agenda movement be benefitted if the Executive and the Legislative Branches of the Federal Government are controlled by the GOP? A GOP that is White Supremacist leaning and poised to implement Project 2025...

(SOCTUS is already controlled by the GOP due to people falling for the 'Banana in the tailpipe' and not voting for Mrs. Clinton...Not Understanding that the 2016 Election Cycle was about Federal Judges...Smh...)

Least not I forget to mention the potential of multiple states being controlled by GOP Governors and State/Local officials...

-In essence, how are you for the people when you are working against them? Apologies, if I'm incorrect...

-I'm all in on the Destination for the Justice owed to our people for our experience in this country...The strategy, though, is I'll fated... Again, apologies if I've missed a successful strategy...

-For conversation sake, let's say Dr. West was to somehow win the Presidential Election, he would not have the Legislative Branch (US Senate & US House of Representatives)...You do realize that he would not be able to get the majority, if any, of his agenda passed, yes? He would not be able to use Executive orders for everything...

-We need to elevate from playing Checkers to Chess...Actually, 8 Dimensional Chess...

In a War, there are many Battles...The object is not to Win every Battle, it's not to Lose...Sun Tzu

BALANCED...ANALYSIS

 Peace/Blessings,

No one is above critical examination...

The examination should be objective, balanced and complete & if the examination is comparing individuals, it should also be objective, balanced and complete...

Like the Jordan/LeBron debates, this political cycle, with Mr. Trump and VP Harris, has brought out a lot of emotion, hate, shade, misleading information, lies and facts...

On my wall, I've seen posts regarding how the political system has not delivered for African/Black people in this country...Yet, it has delivered for other groups...

I've seen the comments about lesser of two evils...

I've posted that there are 3 levels of government Federal/State/Local and that in order to receive for the Black Community, we must be engaged in ALL 3 levels...NOT only focusing on the Federal...& NOT less than 100 days prior to the election...

Yet, I continue to see very eloquent and skillfully drafted commentary about how VP Harris will not do for the Black Community, such as Mr. Obama did not do for the Black Community...Although I posted that...

The people are to make the politicians work for them...

This is done through the process of creating a VOTING BLOCK from the Local (creating an Agenda) through the State that then is presented as a DEMAND for our support on the Federal Level...This is NOT  done or feasible less then 100 Days prior to election...

Yes, WE should be VERY critical of VP Harris...As well As Mr. Trump... His behavior should not be normalized to where he gets a pass... 

We should ALSO be balanced with our ANALYSIS and commentary...

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I've been blessed to work in Federal Govt while I was a student at Howard University...I worked for the Head Attorney of the Naval Supply Systems' Command...This Attorney mentored me on the inner workings of the Federal Govt...He reinforced this mentoring by sending me on assignment to the Pentagon and Capitol Hill...He took me to sessions on Capitol Hill and He had me study Congressional Bills - House/Senate...

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I worked 35 1/2 years for the NJ Attorney General's Office...My agency regulated the Casinos in Atlantic City...We conducted investigations of applicants for their suitability of obtaining a casino license...The investigations (especially for those applicant's with a lot of assets), were more involved than an IRS audit)...These investigations were based upon the Casino Control Act...Examining the applicant's Integrity, Character, etc...

One of those applicants was Mr. Trump...He was investigated, multiple times...

When I speak about him regarding skill set and stating that it does not translate well to our Federal Govt, I'm not speaking from Opinion, Emotion or a Dislike for him...This is ACTUAL FACTS...His first Term bore this out...

I credit Mr. Trump for exposing the flaws within our Government, taking advantage of them and REVEALING how UNEDUCATED/ APATHETIC 2 many of the masses of our people are, regarding Politics...

& Yes, Project 2025 is real...& if implemented would not be good for the country that is comprised of a diversity of ideologies/cultures...I don't work off emotions...This is Factual...Research for yourself...

What potentially could make our country great is the balance of Progressive and Conservative ideologies...This Project would institute an unbalanced ultra conservative paradigm...

Be Blessed and Informed...

Hotep..

TOOLS...

 Peace/Blessings,

VOTING is 1 tool that is used to accomplish results...It is NOT a Magic Wand 2 deliver people 2 a Magical Land/Place of Salvation...

If VOTING did not matter, then there would not be continuous/concerted efforts to take people's right 2 vote & suppress the vote...2 remove people from voting rosters...2 Gerrymander 2 create/maintain power...

It is not lost on me that this country was founded upon Systemic Racism, inclusive of Class-ism and Sex-ism...Understanding this, it would be foolish of me to get upset when said Systemic Racist country does not, out of kindness, specifically create and deliver policies that benefit Black people, given our history of Chattel Slavery...

It would be MORE FOOLISH to not utilize the tools available to create a better life for my Community/Family/Self since, I'm living in said country...

In order to utilize the tools affectively, one must have an understanding of the landscape...In this case Federal/State/Local...If One is not actively engaged in ALL 3 Levels of Govt, they have ALREADY lost...Those who have benefitted from the understanding of all 3 Levels of Govt have utilized their tools affectively...& received what they've demanded...

As I've posted before, either VP Harris or Mr. Trump will be the next President of this country...I invite everyone to research both candidates to make an informed decision...

Research will help you see through the misinformation...

President Biden set VP Harris up to succeed him...Thus, she was involved in the success of President Biden's term...

Here are some reasons that VP Harris is the better candidate of the two...

-2021 American Rescue Plan Act
-2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
-2021 John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
(Being held up by the GOP in the House)
-2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Additionally

-More people have Health Insurance
-Insulin is capped at $35
-Medicare is capped at $2,000
-The debt increase is LESS than TWICE the amount of the previous Administration
-Crime is down
-Provided over $6 Billion of funding to HBCUs versus $91 million by the previous Administration
-Employment is up under this Administration
(Strong Economy...According to Forbes, 'The Biden Administration's robust and durable track record on jobs and unemployment is breaking records, putting up some of the best results we've seen half a century') -June 7, 2024 Article

Please, do not take my word, research for yourself...

I'll end with this...During Mrs. Obama's speech, she used the phrase "Do Something!" ...Pertaining to those who, for various reasons, are not engaged in the political process...

The power of Politics is Local...

I've asked others the following...

-How many City Council/Municipal, School Board, Parent Organization (School) meetings have they've attended?

-How many meetings have they've had with their District's School Superintendent?

-How many Local organizations do they belong to?

-Have you volunteered for local events?

-How many committees have you served to improve the lives of the babies/community?

-Have you met with and/or communicated with your Federal/State/Local Representatives?

I ask for I've been educated to do and have done all of the above...& this effort has yielded beneficial results in my community...

Remember, how can we progress if we are not utilizing ALL of the available tools...Hotep

JUST SAYING...

 Things that make Ya Say Hmmm...

Although Mr. O'donnell is speaking about Mr. Trump, the reason I'm posting this is that it's not really about Mr. Trump...

It's about US... the Citizens of this country...

It's about how the now corporate media continues to insult us by not holding public figures, specifically those who choose to govern,  accountable for lying to us...

& THAT'S ON US...

To the point that when I'm in discussion with people, be it online or in person, too many of the people repeat the lies/misinformation back to me...

Just like the now corporate media does not find value in truth (for the money is in the culture of being divisive), too many people do not find value in researching to be in Harmony with truth...

& 

When corrected,  many follow the formula of disrespect  & denigrating of others.. 

Which is lazy & weak...

Wise people accept correction, Fools do not...

Have we, US Citizens , learned from 2016?

If we did,  we would be demanding truth regarding Labor,  Law,  Economics, Entertainment, Education, Sex, War, Religion,  Politics...

WE would be DEMANDING that CIVICS be put back in schools...

I WOULD advocate that it be mandatory that ALL Adults have to take a workshop on how our government works,  Federal/State/Local...

What is a Democracy?  What is Capitalism? Is this country solely a democracy?  What other aspects of governing does our country display? 

What are the 3 branches of our Federal Government?  Is your state a Commonwealth?  What's the difference?  How to form & build a voting block? 

Instead of...

Is VP Harris really Black?  

Did you hear the latest insult Mr. Trump just said? 

The sad thing is that we can easily fact check & research with our smart phones (they are hand held computers)... Laziness

Then when it's reported that VP Harris' political career advanced due to locking up thousands of Black men,  we would know that is incorrect... The number is 45 & we would know that she was a Prosecutor...& know the job description...

We would know that she was NOT the Border Czar, another lie...We would know  the responsibilities of a Border Czar...We would know what VP Harris did in Central America...We would  know that she spent more time in the continent of Africa, on official state business, than any VP in US History...

ALSO...

Instead of being upset that Mr. Trump appointed multiple judges to SCOTUS who are now taking away rights, we would have been EDUCATED enough to know that the 2016 Presidential election was NOT about Mrs. Clinton, it was about appointing SCOTUS & other Federal judges...

I'm just saying...

https://youtu.be/ZD-oTJ49nls?si=34nR5Zhp9qFwJF2q&sfnsn=mo