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Appreciate the vote of confidence but there's already limited participation in the discussion forum. Losing a perspective doesn't help. I came through for the discussion and stayed for the ensuing hilarity brought by you, @Mzuri and @Cynique. 😁 @Pioneer1, I respect the fact that you've got other moves to make. Handle your business and get back on here ASAP. 😎

Yep. Therein lies the problem. The average voter doesn't have any interest(s) on the table. As a result, politicians recycle the same old agenda items and talking points. They get folks stirred up to vote every 2-4 years. Once elected, politicians give lip service and crumbs to the people but their primary work is to preserve special interests. Watch their hands. Follow the money. 😎

In a country as populous as the US with 335M+ folks, unfortunately, some are going to die at the hands of law enforcement. I'm not an advocate of defunding the police although I don't see why they have so much military equipment. But, I do think there are issues that arise and crimes and infractions that do not require typical police involvement. Mental health issues and drug addiction need to be dealt with long before it becomes a crime. A broken tailight should be the equivalent of jaywalking. Not even worth enforcing. 😎

@Mzuri, I've definitely noticed everything you've written. People have been sliding down that slope for several decades. I've always made it a point to know my neighbors especially those who live closest to my house. It just makes sense to me. I think it's ridiculous for people to live around each for years and not know the person across the street. I've seen it. Yet, if something was to happen to their home, they'd be looking around "for a friend" to see if anybody saw anything. If I have a package delivered to my house, I can call or text a few people in my neighborhood who would pull it indoors until I got home. So, regardless of whether I'm doing my yard work or washing my vehicle or whatever, I'm like the neighborhood mayor in that I speak to everyone passing by and hold conversations with the folks I know personally. This past summer, I thought about doing a pandemic-friendly outdoor concert in my driveway. The neighbors would have been able to listen to the music from their own homes whether it was the porch or a lawn chair in their driveway or looking out the window. I even talked to a few neighbors about it. They were ready to fire up grills and cook food and turn it into a community block party. I got busy with other things and didn't do it. But, in the spring or summer of 2022, I'm definitely going to make it happen. Who knows, maybe I'll run for mayor in 2024. 😁😎

They've definitely killed more folks. The story above was very specific about unarmed motorists during minor traffic infractions. That doesn't account for a whole bunch of people they weren't able to apprehend alive for one reason or another. 😎

I was not angry you silly bird!!! Oh @Pioneer1 if you are gonna take a break, just go. No need to be all dramatical about it. Wait. Don’t. Go. Come. Back. Where. Will. I. Go. What. Will. I. Do??? Don’t. Go!!! Pioneer is NOT revolting, you jealous bird!!!

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 I liked that movie as well, but the struggles such as the image you posted of them sleeping in public restrooms were hard to watch. The real life Chris Gardner should have had a better plan. But things happen in life, we all know that, and we deal with things as best we can. I’m currently developing content on the topics of work at home home-based business making money online franchise opportunities side hustles and passive income I may post more about this here, and in the meanwhile I will continue researching and trying out some of these methods myself to see if they actually generate income. Tomorrow I will take delivery of my very first Crypto miner. I investigated thoroughly until I found a system that will work the best for me. I am super excited about this and will let you all know how it goes. Stay strong everybody! ************************************************************************************

Mzuri One of the problems is AfroAmericans as a community don't have an actual AGENDA. We don't have a list of goals that we can can check off as accomplished. I don't know if this will ever be accomplished collectively anyway because at over 40 million people...we are so LARGE, and so many of us think independently. I think one of the BEST moves to make is for the intelligent and decent among us to unite and organize into our own separate little communities around the nation and work from the grassroots level on the agenda that best suits each community's needs. Once you have a CLEAR AGENDA...then you can measure progress. If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you got there?