It’s hard to believe that another year has come to an end and that we are fast approaching 2012, the year ancient Mayans predicted would bring the end of the world as we know it and the year many Republicans would wish the world would end if President Barack Obama somehow manages to rise to the occasion as he has many times to win a second term.
While we can’t spend every waking moment worrying about the Mayan prediction that the world is on the verge of ending or the reasons why so many people are diametrically opposed to anything the President tries to do to make life better for all who live in this nation, we can and must continue to find ways to stimulate our minds with a little brain food. Here are a few shots to the dome that are designed to challenge those who read this page to think for themselves and not buy whatever it is they are selling on the evening news without digging a little deeper:
• How does this nation let former President Ronald Reagan get away with calling Black women ‘welfare queens’ and GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich get away with calling President Barack Obama the “food stamp president” when the country’s welfare recipients are overwhelmingly white?
• After the recent police attacks, evictions and arrests of people in the Occupy Wall Street Movement, is there any doubt which aide in this struggle the government is on?
• If it had been one of his own sons “showering” with former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, do you think Penn State head coach Joe Paterno would have handled the situation differently?
• Was the Census report that revealed that one in two people in the United States is either poor or low-income really that big of a shocker?
• Was anybody shocked when GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told his fellow GOP presidential candidates that they should stop fighting and bickering amongst themselves and ‘focus on beating Barack Obama’?
• If you had a choice of colors, which one would you choose, my brother?
• How would you like to have you for a friend?
• If today was your last day on the planet, would you feel good about the choices you’ve made and the way you treated others?
• Regardless of your political affiliation, aren’t you happy to know that the men and women of the U.S. armed forces are finally coming home from Iraq?
• Wouldn’t it be nice if military families didn’t have to worry about having enough to eat, escalating prescription drug prices, inadequate health are or a lack of support services for returning war veterans?
• How many Black businesses have you supported this year?
• Wouldn’t it be great if more families made contributions to HBCUs as part of a new holiday tradition?
• With a number of important elections and political issues looming on the horizon, are you already getting prepared to challenge your friends, co-co-workers, neighbors and loved ones to get and stay involved in the community in 2012?
• Why do so few people list ‘Reading more’ as one of their New Year’s resolutions?
Posted By: Siebra Muhammad
Monday, December 19th 2011 at 2:15PM
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