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Oh, What a World

The entire territory of Puerto Rico is without power, and the power may be down for months.  Houston, Texas, has only begun the cleanup efforts after their hurricane.  Not to mention other islands in The Caribbean and our own Florida Keys.  Hurricane season is far from over. An earthquake in Mexico has killed over 200 people, with the body count still rising.  This while Operation Christmas Child did not collect enough shoeboxes world-wide last year to give all the eligible children in Mexico City alone a gift-filled shoebox. The Reformed African American Network thoroughly documents past and current racial injustice in this country.  My own amateur research into officer involved fatalities shows they disproportionally effect the African-American and especially the Mexican-American communities. Operation Heal our Patriots estimates that over 48,000 service members have been wounded or injured since the 9/11/2001 attacks.  The Department of Veteran’s Affairs estimates that