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America, Life

A Chicken in Every Pot

Anthony Dixon

 

 

 

A Chicken in Every Pot

Forty years ago living in N.Y. I was never a Fan of Donald Trump. It had nothing to do with his personal Philosophy, his Political views, his Mannerisms or his Personal Habits. It was the way he handled Money, that turned me off. 1978 when I worked for Solomon Brothers Investment Banking Brokerage House. The first year in a low level job I received a Christmas Bonus of Eight thousand Dollars. One year later when I became Eligible to invest in the Company’s matching Fund Program. Knowing that whatever I Invested, the Company would match the amount. I treated my Money like Monopoly Money. The first year all my Investments were 100% in High Risk.

At the end of the year I was Blown away by how much Money I had made. This is not a Stock Trade Blog, that was just to show you what smart Money handling can do. Now you wonder why Forty years later I still don’t like Donald. If my Father left me 450 Million Dollars, over Forty years of smart Money handling it would be close to Billions. The way he invested that 450 Millions were like when Michael Jackson went shopping, One of this , Five of that and so on. Spending like that doesn’t grow your Wealth, it Diminishes it. Investing in the Stock Market is not For everyone, neither is investing in Real Estate. For instance Curtis who worked on a Loading Dock in New Jersey, hit the Lottery for Six Million Dollars.

As a result of poor Money handling, within one or more years, he had depleted his Lottery winnings and ended up back in his old job. If I invested One Million in High Risk for Six Months it would be worth  Millions or Zero after Six Months. That’s how High works. So I ask myself how come Trump is only Paper Rich after Forty Years. When you are Paper Rich, all it represents is Assets, Assets are only Holdings that are Riddled with Debts. Sometimes the Money under your Mattress is worth more than Assets. So why would I believe Trump telling me that he knows more about Money than anyone, Such a Lie. When I worked for Solomon the C.E.O. John Gutfreund made 12 M per year with a 12 Million Bonus.

Mr G. As we called him

He Earned the Title King of Wall Street. When he took over the Company, Solomon was an Obscure Name. With his Leadership Solomon Rivaled Goldman Sachs, that’s how someone who knows about Money works. If John had Aspired to become President, every American would have a Chicken in his Pot and Two Thousand Dollars in the Bank. And there you have it, the Motivation for this Blog. Mr Trump’s Legacy is Tarnished from A-Z. The way he handled the Corona Virus made me like him less. My Mother have always told me that there were Good in everyone, even though I questioned her Wisdom on that. Trump has been Lame Duck for Ten Months.

Now all of a sudden Donald the President has surfaced. Slapping Congress in the Face by Criticizing the Stimulus offer of Six Hundred Dollars, that won’t even put a Chicken in the Pot, after you have given it all to your Landlord as a Down payment towards your back Rent. That is the Donald I have waited four years to see. He got your Votes from promising to be a Man for the Poor Working Slob. Yet he spent his first Three years Tweeting. Now the President has surfaced, Thirty Days before leaving Office. If he had came out fighting Congress like he is doing now , and did a better job handling Covid19, he would have been there a second Term.

when the Game is in Double Overtime, trailing badly, he comes out swinging. My Views would have been Different if he had not Twiddled away his Tenure. Remember me telling you that his Penchants were not my concerns, only the way he handled Money, and the way he did his Job. Other than that, I am blown away by his Charismatic Gregarious Nature. So even if Mitch beats him on this One, it’s the Thought that counts. Losing to Mitch McConnell is no Disgrace, the American People is used to losing to him. You had your Moment in the Spotlight, move on Gracefully, like a King Abandoning his Throne for the Greater Good of his People. The American People thanks you for showing up Mitch and McCarthy. Thier’s is not a Congress of the People, for the People by the People. After Fifty years of paying Taxes, I don’t mind giving away my Money to other Taxpayers who finds themselves on a Mile long Line waiting for a Handout of free Food. As I am finishing up this Blog I hear the News that Mitch and the Gang defeated the Vote for Two G’s, so that we can pay for the Three Martini Lunches. The Mid Term is not that far away. Voting Party Lines sometimes is cutting your own Throat.

America, Life, Motivation, Parenting And Relationships, Religion

Show me my Enemies

Anthony Dixon

 

 

 

America the beautiful land of the free home of the Brave. Your Hour of Power is being tested by the Sword of Division your Luster and Glory they try to Tarnish. Deception, Divisiveness and Demagoguery is hovering your Skies. Your open Arms of Liberty wears a Cast of Isolation, your Immigrants from. England, Ireland, Africa and the World over, have taken you through Industrialization to the Internet Governance and Cyber Wars. Rebellions are your Legacies. Without them there would be no Constitution and Old Glory be trampled on. 

 

 

 

Some of your Critics are Emboldened with snickers, they believe that they see your Nakedness of Disarayment. Fear not America your Rainbow Collation shines from East to West, North to South. Look at Georgia, flipping from Red to Blue, assisting in giving you a Visionary to lead you through Pestilence ,Divisiveness and Enemies of Democracy. The Lights of the Kennedy’s and Dr King were Extinguished prematurely, but their Torches refused to be doused. This Kid watched the Turmoils of 1968 and grew strong and walked away from the Turbulence of Hate and is now Living the Dream. Two bad Rides, nice House and not worried about being Bankrupted but Covid19, plus the Freedom to Express myself. Why would I not Love you America? If I lost some of the Stuff you gave me I would still love you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  In the Months before his Assassination Martin Luther King became increasingly concerned with the problem of economic inequality in America his concerns impacted my Life. That’s why Today I can stand up and be Proud of you America. You didn’t let me down. I have paid a Fortune in Taxes but I am not crying, my contributions have made you strong, yes you have protected me. Your Attackers are not afraid of your Millitary Might. What they fear most of you, is that you will spread Democracy to the Four Corners of the World, and even to thei’r Doors. To all your Detractors, thei’r Kids are watching just like I was watching at Fourteen years old and is now telling the  Kids of their Legacy of Hate. Let Justice and Democracy come crashing like a falling Meteor.

 

P.S. God, I Love this Writing Business, keep shining your ever loving light on me

 

 

 

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America, Health, Life, Motivation

Strikes

Anthony Dixon

 

 

 

Strikes

California’s Health Care Community is calling for a Ten Day Strike. Moral Hypocrites would condemn them for even thinking along that line in a Time when they are needed the most. Well let me ask you who are the Hypocrites here. Fools who have listened  to Fools telling them that wearing a Mask is Foolish. These same fools are party Animals and you can’t take away their Right to Socialize in large Numbers, if and when they choose to gather. With no support from the Government and the Community. They are asked to work in substandard Facilities and Conditions.

They have seen Deaths among Coworkers and many of them are also sick, exhaustion and Burnouts is the Norm. I know the Importance of not losing my income in a time when many of my Neighbors and Coworkers haven’t been to work since March. These Healthcare workers can’t afford to loose their Incomes. However they need to get the Attention of the Government and the Community, you are asking a lot of the Human Spirit and Physical Health. Asking them to Build a House with a Handful of Mud and a couple of Straws. Herd Immunity didn’t work in Sweden and it won’t work in California or anywhere else. Not wearing a Mask has turned a Pandemic into a Contagion of mass Proportion in many Places.

Yet I come to work in the Courthouse and I see Stupid People who has to have a Mask on and get thei’r Temperature taken at the Front Door, walking around in the Building without a Mask. Everyday I come to work I noticed People not at thei’r Desks, sometimes they are not there for Weeks. These are the same People who snickered behind my back when I started wearing a Mask, before the C.D.C recommend that wearing a Mask could slow the Spread. Being Heard Minded you have pushed the Healthcare Community Nationwide to its Limit. In this World, my favorite Antagonists are the ones who step on your Foot purposefully, then say they didn’t mean it.

You have kicked the Healthcare Community in the Butt, if they choose to kick back, it’s quite all right with me. My Wife Retired from working Twenty Five years in the V.A. Hospital Emergency Room. Many of her Coworkers Died from Work related Illnesses and Stress related Illnesses. Not long ago they asked her to return to work in a Volunteer capacity to help deal with the Pandemic. I didn’t advise her but if I did, I would ask her what have your Government done for you lately, other than spreading Misinformation. From working in Hazmat for years I learned that wearing a Mask have saved my Life, just like it has for the last Ten Months, coming to work everyday in a Contaminated Building.

America, Life, Motivation

Tie a Knot

Anthony Dixon

 

 

    Tie a Knot

When you are at the end of your Rope, tie a Knot.

Life is tough but we are tougher

We will overcome.

When your day is long

And the night, the night is yours alone

When you’re sure you’ve had enough

Of this life, well hang on

Don’t let yourself go

‘Cause everybody cries

Everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong

Now it’s time to sing along

When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)

If you feel like letting go (hold on)

If you think you’ve had too much

Of this life, well hang on

‘Cause everybody hurts

Take comfort in your friends

Everybody hurts

Don’t throw your hand, oh no

Don’t throw your hand

If you feel like you’re alone

No, no, no, you are not alone

If you’re on your own in this life

The days and nights are long

When you think you’ve had too much

Of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes

Everybody cries

Everybody hurts, sometimes

And everybody hurts sometimes

So hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on, hold on

Everybody hurts

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Mills / Berry / Buck / Stipe

Everybody Hurts lyrics Âİ Night Garden Music

America, Life

The Silent Voices

Anthony Dixon

 

 

 

 

The Silent Voices

The issue here becomes, at any given time, how are we translating and using language, not to make people more comfortable, quote unquote, right? Because that’s always a strain, and, historically, the concern in these debates is often, ‘Oh, are we just trying to make white people comfortable rather than speaking truth to power?’ That’s the framework we tend to think about these things,” Obama said. “The issue to me is not making them comfortable, it is, can we be precise with our language enough that people who might be persuaded around that particular issue to make a particular change that gets a particular result that we want, what’s the best way for us to describe that?”

That Conversation Circumferenced Defunding Police Departments. My Wife has always maintained that Obama is an Eloquent Speaker, well naturally if I went to an Ivy League College I would be a Wordsmith. The closest I have been is One Semester at York College, a Community College, studying Computer Programming. Regardless I know how I feel about any given Situation or Conditions. More so I know how to Express myself, maybe not as Eloquently, nontheless I get my Point across. My Mother called be a Budinski, someone who always interject thei’r Thoughts into other People’s conversation. Throughout History wording and Phrasing have caused devastating consequences. It’s all about who said what and how the Listener perceives it that causes adversity.

With that said, the Subject of Defunding Police Departments is a poorly put ill-conceived phrase. Bringing them to Task and holding them Accountable is more Logical than Defunding. Anyone who read my  Blog on Domestic Violence knows how I feel about the Necessity. In the Heat of Passion when the Subject surfaced. I thought, if that meant what it sounds like, I would have to go out and buy a Gun. Now you guys know how I feel about too many Guns out there. Nevertheless if Law Enforcement was Handcuffed I would have no choice but to Arm myself. Obama’s reply on the subject was Misconstrued by his wording. As Mr Nixon would always say ” Make no Mistake” I am for Law and Order. I work in a Justice System, I Converse with Judges, Lawyers and Cops. I have a good Rapport with all and have some Deputies I consider Friends. I even have some who visits my Website. How could I walk among these People fostering the Notion of putting them out of work. Two of my Favorites who works in the same Building that I work are Neighbors, they always ask me, how is your Wife, that’s a good Relationship.

As in anything in Life you have good and bad. Thirty Five years ago while working as an Independent Courier, I had an important Delivery in a Building that housed a Police Department. It was a critical Delivery. The parking in the Area was nonexistent. I decided to park Illegally and pay the Ticket. An undercover Cop told me to move the Car, I tried to explain the Emergency, after refusing to move the Car He Handcuffed me, took me upstairs, poked me hard in the Navel, he didn’t Arrest me, yet I was in a Cell. That was a violation of my Constitutional Rights. I was not Arrested, yet I was in a Cell. After copying my personal information he handed my Wallet to me and warned me that this didn’t happen. If you open your Mouth, we know where you live. The Desk Sergeant and all the other Officers In the immediate area was In Complicity. In my Mind it didn’t really happened and I wasn’t in America, I must have fell asleep and Dreamed it all transpired in Russia. However this was all too real of Cops Circumventing the Law when dealing with Black People all over this Country. And my White Neighbors maintain their Silence, which Amounts to Complicity. It’s Occurrences like that which created the Warcry of Defunding Law Enforcement. With all my bad Experiences with bad Cops I know that every Cop isn’t a Criminal like the Rolling Stones said, way back in the Seventies. My Mother always called me Big Ears ( Evesdropper), I once overheard Three Judges discussing Heinous Criminals, their Consensus, they are Godless People. America is not a Lawless Land and it’s People are not all Godless. There are many among us who walks in Grace. Its just that we need to Dig Ourselves( Check – as in Checks and Balance) mostly we need to get over Ourselves, you’re not all that as you think. Let me be perfectly clear this is not a Banana Republic, Jurisprudence is the Norm.  In The words of Sheriff Buford T Justice. What we have here is a failure to Communicate, some won’t speak up and some won’t listen. Barack would be Proud of this Blog, too bad he is not one of my Followers.

P.S. You can’t take away inalienable Rights.

P.P.S. The World will not be destroyed by those who do wrong, but by those who watched and do nothing – Albert Einstein