Remembering Johnnie

Johnnie Cochran died yesterday. It really threw me off. It was totaly unexpected. This loss to us will be like the loss of Johnny CARSON to mainstream America. While he became famous for getting Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, and, most notably, OJ Simpson off on cases where they all clearly should've been convicted, what a lot of people didn't know is that Cochran got more satisfaction from helping the (as he said it) No J's. In his law office, he had checks framed that he'd won from the LAPD in cases on behalf of African-American families that had been victimized by them for decades. And that's what it's all about: using our talents with which we've been blessed and using them to bless our communities. Hopefully, we can all take something from the life that Brother Cochran lived. Rest in peace, Johnnie.
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Nostalgia is by far the best way to pass time. I did (started on, at least) some Spring cleaning yesterday. I couldn't finish because I kept finding stuff that reminded me of events in my life. Anything from a photo to a t-shirt can make you remember exactly where you were on that day. Nostalgia...there's nothing like it. :-)
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I encourage anyone who has seen a movie that is based on a novel to go and read the novel. The books are always better than the movies, because in the movie, the characters are forced upon you. On the other hand, when you read the book, that powerful tool that is your mind/imagination can create and recreate any character in the way that best fits you.
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If minimum wage would increase every time gas prices did, we'd be alright. Also, since my life expectancy as a Black male in America is decreasing daily according to certain "studies", I'll never see my Social Security money; especially since they keep raising the age you have to be in order to receive it. So if anyone in government can hear me, "Stop taking it out of my check. Give me ME!! And if you'd be so kind, I need to see a check for all the SS that you've taken out of my checks to date"