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Children Are The Key To Your Best Life
hen people talk about
investing money, what usually comes up in the conversation are terms like IRA's, 401K plans, stocks, real estate and annuities. While there's nothing wrong with using any of these avenues (with the exception of annu- ities) to ensure having some level of financial security in the long term, what's seldom mentioned is that the most re- liable investment a person can make for guaranteed returns is
in his or her own children. This is largely due to the fact that having successful children increases the odds that, once we're retired and are no longer able to provide for ourselves, someone will be around who's capable of tak- ing up the slack comfortably. And, unlike those other strate- gies, any potential losses that could come with building this kind of security blanket are ex-
tremely limited.
For years we've attempted to motivate our kids by telling them that they can grow up to be whoever or whatever they wanted without realizing that it was actually true. According to scientific research into human development, a child begins to retain information from his or her physical envi- ronment inside of the womb. And, from that point until around the age of 5, he or she will be capable of learning more than they will through- out the rest of their lives.
This means that if you begin teaching and training a child from conception you can, theoretically, program it like a computer. Like a lump of clay you can shape and mold him or her to be the very best at just about anything. Mix that constant tutelage with love and when they become suc- cessful adults they'll have no problems sharing their wealth with the people or person who
laid the foundation for their accomplishments.
When I look at people like Earl Woods (the father of Tiger), Richard Williams (the father of Venus and Ser- ena) and Joe Jackson (the patriarch of the famous Jack- son family), I see prime exam- ples of what can happen when this method is put into prac- tice. Each of these men com- mitted countless hours of their lives to making sure that their children were the greatest in their respective fields.
Though they were often criticized for the stern and rig- orous manner in which they prepared their seeds, there's no denying the results they achieved by being dedicated parents who took the time to groom their offspring.
Contrary to popular belief not all prodigies are born gifted. Some, if not most, sim- ply benefited from having par- ents who maximized their child's hidden potential from the very beginning.
And, when it comes to an entire family being able to live their best lives, that extra ef- fort could make all of the dif- ference.
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October 9th, Election ‘D’-Day
lection “D” Day is October 9TH ... the final day you
have to register to vote. So, don’t even think about NOT registering to vote or NOT voting! Why?
Because just as much, if not more so, is at stake as when President Barack Obama was running for office ten years ago. Indeed, voting for our governor, state legislators, the governor’s cabinet, Congressional Sen- ators and Representatives will determine if the next two years will be as bad as the past two years have been.
On a state level, we have the opportunity to elect a Black Tallahassee mayor for governor, to grant auto- matic voting rights to ex-felons who have served their sentences, completed probation, and funds that pro- tect our wetlands (Everglades, lakes, marshes and swamps).
Gun control, “stand-your-ground,” toxic algae fuel- ing fish kills, off-shore oil drilling, tax breaks for home- owners who install solar panels on their homes; and the expansion of Medicaid are key issues (Scott re- jected federal funds leaving at least one million low in- come Floridians without health insurance).
On the national level, our Congressional candidates will either support the current chaos in the White House and Congress, or pledge to pledge and engage in and restore ethical, moral and gender equality princi- ples to our national government.
Pressing issues that mandate their support are re- strictive off-shore drilling, affordable healthcare ex- pansion, environmental protection against global warming, deteriorating relations with our allies, hypocrisy on sexual assault, immigration policy, and our country’s negative global image.
Our national security and unity are at stake if we fail to register and vote in the November 2018 midterm elections.
Unlike the “D” Day of Normandy, our enemy isn’t using bullets, but ballots.
The Other Side Of Abraham Lincoln
had always admired and revered Abraham Lincoln until I grew up and read our his- tory. One of my theories has al- ways been that if the Southern States had not seceded from the Union, Blacks would have suf- fered a fate similar to Blacks in
South Africa.
Thus, we really have the
Confederacy to thank for our freedom here in America. In- deed, President Abraham Lincoln was not an abolitionist; did not believe Blacks should have the same rights as whites; and stated that if he had other choices, he would not free the slaves. Moreover, Lincoln did not believe Blacks and whites could live together peaceably.
In fact, one expert researcher stated that Lincoln’s “first in- stinct was to free all the slaves and send them to Liberia,” Panama, Belize, Haiti, or to an- other area in South America. Among some of the statements made or written by Lincoln in documents, speeches, and de- bates confirming his beliefs prior to, during and after the Civil War are as follows:
In 1854, Lincoln first advo- cated for colonization in a speech given in Illinois. In 1858, during a debate, Lincoln stated, “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bring- ing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and Black races.”
Part of his remarks included his belief that he was “opposed to Blacks having the right to vote, serve on juries, hold politi- cal offices, and intermarry.”
Lincoln also stated that he believed “Blacks, like all men, had the right to improve their condition in society and to enjoy the fruit of their labor.”
In 1862, the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation is- sued in August contained lan- guage about resettling free slaves to Liberia. The American Colonization Society (ACS), a coalition of slaveholders and abolitionists who wanted to re- duce the Black population in America, had already estab- lished a colony of free slaves in Liberia in 1822.
In August of 1862, Lincoln invited a delegation of five Black
men, including Robert Purvis and Frederick Douglass to the White House to lobby them to support his plan to colonize them to countries abroad, men- tioning Liberia, some place in Central America, or the Caribbean.
Congress had already appro- priated $100,000 for coloniza- tion efforts.
Lincoln had already so- licited the support of other coun- tries that would accept freed slaves from America – England (British Honduras), Panama, etc.
In 1863, slaves in the South began fleeing to the North and Union lines. Lincoln’s Emanci- pation became a military strat- egy as the slave exodus from the South undermined the Confed- eracy with the escaping slaves becoming a new source of man- power to crush the Confederate rebellion.
One of the most forgotten outcomes of the 1863 Emanci- pation Proclamation was that more than 800,000 slaves still remained in bondage in the states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis- souri, as the Proclamation only applied to the 10 states that had seceded from the Union.
Not until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, were all slaves freed. Thus, I consider Lincoln as a double- minded president who by coinci- dence turned the tide of history and set an entire people and a nation free. Harrambee.
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