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Presidential deja vu: Woodrow Wilson

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**"I originally wrote this in 2004... If you paid attention in civics class you remember that Trump is not really new and in regards to presidential elections, he has set us up for deja vu. 1912 we elected a president very similar to him. Woodrow Wilson is historically known for his support of white supremacy and for his efforts to remove many of the advances and freedoms of black people, especially in government and in the military. his post- World War bungling of bringing soldiers back home actually caused the race riots of 1919 where disgruntled and disenfranchised white former soldiers rediscovered their inherent racism and began attacking and killing black workers out of jealousy and economic desperation. His foreign policy missteps post World War 1 created the climates that allowed for the control of  international territories by allied victors such as Japan, who colonized parts of China,  Asia, and even the Middle East, which later led to Brazilian jujitsu and t

356 days

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One year ago today I was shot. The shooter fired  8 bullets, hitting me five times; once through the eye socket and out my neck, as well as into my arms, shoulder and elbow.  The shock through my skull detached my retina, and the damage to my carotid artery caused me to have a stroke, which caused cause me to lose the sense of feeling in my whole left side. Most days I suffer through intense nerve pain, I  have only partial vision in my left eye and the loss of feeling has caused me not to be able to type normally or tie my shoe. On nights I actually can sleep, it's reliving the nightmare sound of those gunshots that wakes me up, with the actual taste of gunpowder in my mouth.  That night, I never saw who shot me clearly, I felt a presence approach me and sensed bad enough energy that made me attack first. I threw a an elbow that made him scream - his teeth marks are still there- and the next noise was the bullet that entered my face. The police are still wo

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