Section 5 of The Voting Rights Act has become the most controversial topic in the news over the past week. And with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia making unflattering comments like, I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement…, it puts more of a spotlight on… Continue reading Section 5 – The Foundation Of OUR Voting Rights
Author: Tony L. Blackwell
Happily Married Father w/ a Daughter on her way to College. Sports Fanatic, Follower of Politics, Lover of Truth But I Despise Racism, Bigotry and Those Who Won't Stand Up For All of Us instead of the 47%.
The Crazy Social Networking Craze
What a whirlwind! The Social Media craze has turned this world (and me) into a gotta-get-it now circus. Whether you’re using social media for your job or your own personal entertainment, it has gotten crazy ridiculous. Personally, I use it for news, sports and entertainment, and that’s just on my phone! (SideNote: remember the T.V.… Continue reading The Crazy Social Networking Craze
What To Do With The Gun Violence Offenders – Ever Heard of The Dirty Dozen?
Have you ever wondered how to curb, or even merge violent crime prisoners here in the U.S. prison system back into a form of societal life? Have you ever heard of the movie, The Dirty Dozen? In 1967, an awesome war movie enlisted or drafted violent, life-sentence type prisoners into the Army during World War… Continue reading What To Do With The Gun Violence Offenders – Ever Heard of The Dirty Dozen?
The State of Dis-Union
In the state of North Carolina, the voters chose to go in a different direction. For the past 20-years, a Democrat had been the sitting Governor of North Carolina, but all that changed on one election night in November, 2012. The new Governor, Pat McCrory, a former Mayor of Charlotte NC., was elected as the… Continue reading The State of Dis-Union
Excuse Me, Do You Know What Time Is It?
Another day, another Time of arguing, bickering, finger-pointing and disagreements. No, not your kids, Grown Ups in Washington. I don’t know about you, but I feel as though It’s Time for “Grown Ups” to start acting like “Grown Ups”. Speaker Boehner is blaming President Obama for the upcoming disaster called the Sequester, President Obama is… Continue reading Excuse Me, Do You Know What Time Is It?
Can’t We All Just Get Along (Thank you Rodney King)
In a time in which this nation should be coming together as, “One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice For ALL”, we are far from it. Just look at the dysfunctional Congress and Washington itself. The rhetoric and bickering back and forth. From the fiscal cliff, to sequestering. From gun control to more… Continue reading Can’t We All Just Get Along (Thank you Rodney King)