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Bad Company At The Bottom Of The Barrel
t just occurred to me that I
might be a worse human being than Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Even though the President of the Philippines ad- mitted to killing alleged drug dealers as a way of showing his police officers that he wouldn't ask them to do anything he wouldn't. And is responsible for the execution of over 6,000 other Philippine residents since 2016, in some circles, it seems he's still considered a more de- lightful character to be around than someone like myself.
Why do I believe this to be the case? The answer is simple. He received security clearance to enter the most fortified home in the country.... the White House.
As a convicted felon, I pro- bably couldn't get a job cleaning pigeon poop off the sidewalk surrounding 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But, somehow, a well known mass-murderer like Duterte gets a special invite to kick it with the President of the United States inside of the Oval
Office.
Does anyone else recognize
the irony here?
Granted, you could argue that
the difference between myself and Duterte (besides the fact that I've never killed anyone), is that he's the leader of a sover- eign nation and, well, I'm not. But should that really make a difference?
I mean, this is a man who or- ders hits on people as easily as he would a pan pizza from Dominoes. This is the same guy who gave his citizens permis- sion to kill suspected criminals on sight and who, after hearing about the rape of a foreign dig- nitary, actually commented: “She was beautiful. They should have let me have her first.”
If an individual with this kind of disturbing background can walk through doors that deny me access, how could I not come to the conclusion that I'm viewed as the worst of the worse?
Come to think about it, I must be even cruddier than
Kim Jung Un as well, because Donald Trump has also insin- uated that he wouldn't mind chopping it up with the North Korean dictator who recently had his own brother assassi- nated.
Of course, I could be mis- reading this entire thing.
After all, like they say, birds of a feather often flock together. And lying-female-crotch-grab- bing Trump may have found low-life kindred spirits in the likes of Duterte, Kim, and his longtime pal, Vladimir Putin. All tyrants who, not only, share Trump’s disrespect for the fe- male gender, but who also have the same insatiable taste for power and bloodshed.
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense that, out of all of the upstanding leaders of the world, Trump would align himself with three of the most psychotic dictators on Earth.
He wants us to believe that developing these relationships are all about diplomacy. But the real truth may be that he simply finds comfort in surrounding himself with fellow fools who can relate to his complete in- sanity.
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The Power Of Voice
T he reason Republican Congressional Representatives did not follow through on eliminating the Office of Congressional Ethics in January was because the voices of the people (Judicial Watch, President Donald Trump, and
other ethics watchdog groups) rose up loud and strong. Indeed, the reason why Republicans are having such a hard time replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Oba- macare) is because citizens who benefitted from having healthcare coverage rose up and used their voices and threats of using the ballot to retaliate if Republicans re- pealed Obamacare without replacing it with comparable
health insurance.
The outcome is that people are beginning to realize and
exert the power of their voices and ballots.
Large protest marches taking place all over our country
regarding climate change, women’s rights, immigration policies, America’s treatment of Native Americans, Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns, and other issues demon- strate the power of using our voices.
In fact, former legislative aides suggest that calling an elected official or writing a letter are the two most effective means of having your voice heard and of influencing elected officials’ opinions and vote.
Therefore, we encourage our readers to call or write Con- gressional and legislative representatives’ offices to share your opinions about legislation you support or do not sup- port.
Because your voice matters.
You Were Born To Lead
“When I was a child, my mother said to me: ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a General. If you become a monk, you’ll end up as the Pope.’ Instead I became a painter, and wound up as Picasso.”
–Pablo Picasso
mpowered Greetings.
From a child, Picasso’s mother instilled in him the underlying thought that he was a leader. No matter what he was to become in life – he was to lead. As a parent, I too have worked to instill this same principle in my children.
Today, I want to talk to you as if you were my children.
As a momma, I would say... No matter what you do in life there is a place that has been set-aside for you. There
is a place that has been pre- pared for you. There is a place that has your name and your name alone on it. When God created you. He created you for a designated position - A position of leadership. Don’t refuse to fulfill your destiny by selling yourself short. Stop thinking less of yourself than you were created to be. You were born to lead in the area or domain where you are gifted. Like Picasso, you must discover your domain and lead.
In life, there is a price that you must pay to obtain your position. Although you were born to lead, there are some sacrifices that will need to be made. There is a refinement process that has to take place.
prepared for you, but you have to prepare yourself for that po- sition.”
Preparing to progress in your leadership domain re- quires commitment, time, ef- fort, development and training. Learn to develop in your leadership domain and you will prosper and have good success.
Selphenia would love to assist you in preparing for your position of leadership. Call her with your personal, business or ministry leader- ship questions. She can be reached at (813) 603-0088.
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Monroe, “The position is .com
Archie Bunker Meets Angry Man
egardless of a thousand-mile wall of Pacific Ocean
that separated them, they had to meet, sooner or later. We are referring to current President Donald Trump (aka Capitol Hill’s version of Norman Lear’s Archie Bunker) and President Rodrigo Duterte (the Philippines’ rendition of comedian Martin Lawrence’s “Angry Man”).
But let us set the plot.
Since his catastrophic rise to leadership in what has for the past century been one of America’s fastest allies, Presi- dent Rodrigo “Give Me Salt And Vinegar and I’ll Eat His Liver” Duterte has been swift to claim an agenda of “blind crackdown on drug-oriented crime and crime suspects,” a sentiment did not go well with the former Obama Adminis- tration’s human rights agenda, and caused Duterte to re- ward outgoing Obama with the epithet “son of a whore.”
For such language, we quickly bestowed our “Angry Man” ribbon on Rodrigo and waited for the fur to fly be- tween him and new CEO Trump.
It didn’t happen. In fact, Rodrigo called Trump up and wished him happy inauguration day.
We were mystified until it struck us: Duterte and Trump may well be “two peas in a pod”. . . which may well be why
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Trump and Putin get along, and why Trump and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, see eye-to-eye. And last, but not least, could well explain why Trump just announced he’d be tick- led orange to meet and greet North Korea’s “Big Boy” Kim Jong Un.
We think we see a pattern here of a new super-bad guy fraternity.
And what would happen to our planet if the Archie Bunkers and the Angry Men joined forces? On second thought, don’t wake us up when it’s over.
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