OBAMA 4 MORE

OBAMA 4 MORE I'm a registered Independent Voter. What I'm about to say is more a GIVEN than a PREDICTION. I was riding back from San Diego with a friend who went for an audition – pleasant drive, good company both ways. And as friends are likely do we talked about the coming presidential election. The debates did nothing for me to arrive at my GIVEN since I've had this opinion for some time. I've paid little or no attention the bluster from the right or left – Obama's doing a terrible job, Republicans left a terrible mess and are experts at obstructing. I have this habit of reducing things to what really matters. The economy was and is in a mess. The rich and powerful people who did a lot to put us there are not well liked about now. Romney is one of those rich and powerful people. Obama doesn't have a quick fix for the economy because there is no quick fix. Romney doesn't have a quick fix either and therefore not at all eager to be where Obama is – better Him than Me says Romney. I suspect this is also true for the Republican Party. My GIVEN for after Obama is elected is that Republicans will continue to obstruct – Unless it is something that will really help them when they take office. Adolphus A. Ward https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/adolphusaward http://twittercomadolphusward.blogspot.com/

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND HIGHT (or low) COURT

PEOPLE OF COLOR SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS Steve Nelson has been Head of the Calhoun School in Manhattan since 1998. Affirmative Action Headed for the Dustbin of History Posted: 10/17/2012 6:48 pm If Grutter v. Bollinger is overturned, which seems likely given the current composition of the Court and the tenor of the arguments on Wednesday, once again folks of color will be in a position of structural disadvantage in America. It won't be news to them, as institutional racism was never eradicated and is freshly pungent in the mythological post-racism era in America. In many folks' minds, the question is whether there is, or ever was, an obligation to redress the legacy of segregation and racism by providing an affirmative opportunity to students of color in the admission process. The answer is unambiguously "yes," and the obligation persists despite several decades of slow progress (and a decade or two of backsliding). https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/adolphusaward

Adolphus Fuck -it Day

It's been a year now since I fell while riding my bike in traffic and injured a couple vertebrae – avoided hitting one car and being hit by another so could have been worse. Gave up riding and now increasing my walking; had to replace my running shoes. Been putting dollars away for the hundreds I'll need to publish the second edition of my three novels. I decided to make this a Fuck-it Day – in spite of the rain and the dollars yet to go for my second edition I said Fuck-it. Went out in the rain, bought a good pair walking shoes, then took a slow walk (in the rain) to Starbucks, sat outside, had an espresso, an egg salad sandwich, a wonderful oatmeal raisin cookie, and enjoyed the cool humid air. Good Fuck-it day. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/adolphusaward

THIS FAMILY

THIS FAMILY Sunday has, for many years, been the day I focus my thinking on the week past and make some assessment of what I did or didn't do and the outcome of that effort. In years past I would go out for breakfast with the woman in my life or a friend, or just me, and follow that with a trip to an art gallery, museum, play, movie, or a run or walk along the shore of Lake Michigan. Given my reluctant austerity of a woman and money I have breakfast at home and think. Since I write the rest of the week I avoid doing it on Sunday – this is an exception. Today I'm thinking about this family. This family is really my family bound by blood, contract, or commitment. We have those among us who are smart and those who are dumb – fortunately there are fewer dumb-ones. We have those who believe in a God and those who don't – I don't. Some of us have degrees, most don't – those with degrees tend to live better than those without. We have teachers, preachers, pimps, prostitutes, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and those in between, one murderer, one cop, a psychologist, writers, actors, muscians, visual artist, visionaries, deadbeats, and some others yet to be defined. One can be sure that each member of this (my) family is a little insane – perhaps, at times, a little more than a little. Our redeeming quality is that we love each other – at times we fight but we never stop love. But woe be unto the fool who tries to hurt or destroy any one of us. When a stranger comes to us with love and friendship we can and will return it fourfold. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/adolphusaward