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Poverty…Stats in America by: Bernard Gieste

March 22nd, 2015 · No Comments

Walking at the Mall, I see those volunteering for the Salvation Army Christmas Drive. We should still be fighting the unconditioned war on poverty announced by Johnson in 1964 and it does take an army. In 1963 the poverty rate was estimated to be between 20 and 25% of the American population, which meant about […]

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God Bless Our Veterans (Poem)

March 21st, 2015 · No Comments

God Bless Our Veterans…(Our Veterans Deserve Better) I shed my blood for you, I lost my arms, my legs. My eyes now do not see. I left my home and may I ask, what came back to my family. Broken bones, a heart ripped in two, Can’t sleep, Can’t think, voices haunt me, flames come […]

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Bring Back Our Girls

March 21st, 2015 · No Comments

Bring Back Our Girls Thunder cracked their silence of sleep. Wretched men, horrid thieves emerged. Kidnapping our most precious jewels, Many boisterous slaves of Satan rules. Evil blasted through the walls of peace, and that cadence so held within the air soon faded to ruptured horror feared. Shock filled, terror building screams. Our innocent ripped […]

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25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit

March 21st, 2015 · No Comments

25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head By Michael Snyder, on July 20th, 2013 It is so sad to watch one of America’s greatest cities die a horrible death. Once upon a time, the city of Detroit was a teeming metropolis of 1.8 million people and it had […]

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