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The Fiscal Cliff: In Depth

Since President Obama’s reelection one issue has been the main discussion topic of political news and talk radio, “The Fiscal Cliff”.

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The Fiscal Cliff: In Depth

Since President Obama’s reelection one issue has been the main discussion topic of political news and talk radio, “The Fiscal Cliff”. But what is the fiscal cliff?

The “fiscal cliff” is a term created by the GOP in attempts to incite fear and cause President Obama to renew the Bush Tax Cuts once again.

Midnight on December 31, 2012 would have marked the end of last year’s temporary payroll tax cuts (resulting in a 2% tax increase for workers), the end of a few tax breaks for business owners, shifts in the alternative minimum tax that would take a larger bite, a rollback of the “Bush tax cuts” from 2001-2003, and the beginning of taxes related to President Obama’s health care law. At the same time, the spending cuts agreed upon as part of the debt ceiling deal of 2011 would have begun to go into effect.

According to Barron’s, over 1,000 government programs – including the defense budget and Medicare (were) in line for “deep, automatic cuts.” Of the two, the tax increases were seen as the larger burden for the economy.

Fiscal Cliff Timeline

The history of the debate is as follows, On November 8th, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told the media that, “We are not going to mess with Social Security” in fiscal-cliff deal.

The same day, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) delivers a carefully written speech via teleprompter, offering $800 billion in revenue. Telling ABC News, “The election’s over.

Now it’s time to get to work.” On November 13th Obama offered a plan offering proposing $1.6 trillion in tax revenue and $400 billion in spending reductions, which wasn’t even considered by the GOP.

On November 15th Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called Obama’s proposal a “joke.” The following day, Reps. Boehner and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sens. Reid and McConnell meet with Obama. The leaders expressed optimism, saying the meeting was “constructive” and the stock market reacts favorably.

On November 27th, Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) called on his party to pass Obama’s tax plan. Boehner and other GOP leaders said they disagreed with Cole. Still on the 29th rank-and-file Republicans break with conservative activist Grover Norquist and the tax pledge he has spearheaded. Amid the impasse, Reid says he doesn’t “understand [Boehner’s] brain.” Obama showed rare resolve telling Sen. Cole at a White House Christmas party on December 3rd, “Seriously, I will go further on this thing than you guys think.”

House Republican leaders make a counteroffer that would cut $2.2 trillion from the deficit with a combination of spending cuts, entitlement reforms and $800 billion in new tax revenue and the House GOP cracked whip, bouncing four members off panels in effort to foster unity. A day later, White House press secretary Jay Carney called GOP fiscal-cliff deal “magic beans and fairy dust.” While the Democrats insisted that increasing tax rates must be part of any agreement.

On December 6th Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on CNBC that the Obama administration is willing to go over the cliff if GOP doesn’t bend on tax rates.

Sen. McConnell filibustered his own amendment in order to allow the president to increase the debt ceiling after Democrats appear to have the votes to pass it.

On December 7th Pelosi met with Obama at the White House still little progress.

Four days later Obama predicts GOP will cave on taxes later that day Obama and Boehner met and a deal appeared to be within reach as Boehner compromised on tax rates and Obama puts Social Security adjustment on the table and moves tax threshold from $250,000 to $400,000.

Then the most embarrassing spectacle happened on December 18th. Boehner brought his “Plan B” on the fiscal cliff to the House calling for a vote on legislation to extend tax rates on annual income under $1 million. A day later Obama invoked the Connecticut shootings to attempting bring incite to Congress on the fiscal cliff: “If this past week has done anything, it should give us some perspective.” That day Boehner said Plan B will pass and even Grover Norquist said Plan B does not violate the Americans for Tax Reform pledge. On December 20th Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Plan B would pass and Obama sounding like a Public Defender said, “Take the deal.” Sadly, later that day, Lacking the votes, Boehner cancels vote on Plan B bill. Boehner says it’s up to the Senate to act. Next Obama met with Harry Reid and talked to Boehner via phone. He tells the press that lawmakers should cool off over Christmas — “drink some eggnog, eat some Christmas cookies” — and then address the fiscal cliff. With that Obama headed to Hawaii for Christmas returning on the 26th. Then the Treasury Department announced the U.S. government will hit the $16.4 trillion debt limit on Dec. 31 and will have to resort to “extraordinary measures” to continue borrowing. A dismal Reid said it is likely too late for Congress to pull the nation back from the fiscal cliff. But finally on the 28th Congressional leaders met with the president at the White House. Obama said he was “modestly optimistic” that a fiscal-cliff deal could be reached as Reid and McConnell sought to reach an agreement. Stocks closed lower for the fifth straight day amid fears there will be no deal on the fiscal cliff. Still on the 30th McConnell and Reid failed to reach an accord amid disagreements on Social Security, defense sequester and estate tax. McConnell calls Vice President Biden to jump-start talks. With Joe on the job on the 31st before the stock market opened, reports indicated that there was major progress on a deal. When markets close, no bill has been released and congressional aides acknowledge that the U.S. will go over the cliff. Earlier in the day, Obama had criticized Congress at a White House event, infuriating some Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Disregarding GOP angst Biden and McConnell finalize a deal that sets the tax rate threshold at $450,000 for families and $400,000 for individuals. That agreement delayed sequester but did not include significant spending cuts. At the last minute on New Years day The Senate passed the deal, 89-8. House Republicans vow to review the Senate-passed bill.

House Republicans balk at $4 trillion bill and consider amending it. Lacking the votes, House GOP leaders schedule voted on Senate legislation. It passed, 257-167, with the support of only 85 Republicans. Boehner voted yes while Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) voted no. Obama holds press conference with Biden to tout the passage of the measure as a victory but who won?

Victory?

By most accounts, President Obama won the fiscal cliff showdown. I cannot fathom how the deal he struck can be considered a win for him or the average American. In fact the deal made most of the Bush tax cuts PERMANENT. One of the main reasons the president won is due to his mandate, forged during the election, for the wealthy to “pay their fair share.” During the election he said that he couldn’t in good conscience ask seniors and college students to take a hit from budget cuts without asking the wealthy to pay their fair share. He wanted “shared sacrifice” and a “balanced approach” because we’re “all in it together.” The president’s conscience must be bearing a heavy load this year.

One of the biggest signs that the deal wasn’t in the best interest of the average American is that Grover Norquist is happy. After the fiscal cliff deal was passed in the House, he pointed out that Obama blinked on his $250,000 line in the sand on taxes and that, by locking in the Bush tax cuts for 98% of Americans, the Democrats’ ability to defend the legacy of the New Deal has been greatly diminished. I’ll be d-mned he isn’t absolutely correct!

As David Horsey recently pointed out:
[T]he mandarin of the anti-tax movement, Grover Norquist, is coming out of this showdown with a big smile on his face, which should make Democrats wonder if their “victory” is a bit of an illusion. Norquist has kept Republicans in line for years by making them take his pledge to never, ever raise taxes.
On this deal, though, he gave them a pass. In fact, he expressed support for the final deal. Why? Because, as he points out, it gives Republicans what they have claimed to want ever since they implemented the tax cuts a decade ago: permanence. Not for everybody — the top 2% of Americans will be paying more — but 98% of taxpayers now have their tax breaks locked in.

Horsey’s view is echoed by other conservative commentators like Tom Rogan who, quite accurately, point out that:
In raising the income threshold for the top tax bracket to $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, the agreement accomplishes another critical conservative objective — limiting the federal government’s ability to extract wealth from taxpayers. This is an exigent need. Why? Because it is impossible to build an American welfare state on the back of a “rich” class who already provide over 70 percent of all tax revenue. By accepting a raised threshold on “richness,” whether he knows it or not, Obama has limited his ability to build the tax base necessary for a welfare state. Just look at the U.K., where because of state expenditures, income over $56,000 is taxed at a minimum level of 40 percent. This is why liberals are in uproar. The cliff deal has struck a hammer blow against their long term ambitions.

And if you think that this is just the work of Republican operatives rationalizing a defeat, consider Paul Krugman’s assessment of Obama’s big win:

For the reality is that our two major political parties are engaged in a fierce struggle over the future shape of American society. Democrats want to preserve the legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — and add to them what every other advanced country has: a more or less universal guarantee of essential health care. Republicans want to roll all of that back, making room for drastically lower taxes on the wealthy. Yes, it’s essentially a class war.
The fight over the fiscal cliff was just one battle in that war. It ended, arguably, in a tactical victory for Democrats. The question is whether it was a Pyrrhic victory that set the stage for a larger defeat . . the G.O.P. retains the power to destroy, in particular by refusing to raise the debt limit — which could cause a financial crisis. And Republicans have made it clear that they plan to use their destructive power to extract major policy concessions.
One of the key reasons the deal might be considered a short term win by some in Democratic circles is because it did not include benefit cuts like the rumored “chained CPI” reform to Social Security. The deal also included a tax increase on the wealthy that makes our tax code more progressive than it has been since 1979. That said, an analysis with some historical perspective exposes this as pretty small potatoes.

As Annie Lowrey of the New York Times points out, this deal only raises taxes on the wealthy very slightly from historic lows:
By some measures, the tax code might now be the most progressive in a generation, tax economists said, while noting that every American is paying a lower burden currently than they did then. In fact, the total federal tax rate is still vastly lower for the very rich than it was at any point in the 1940s through 1970s. It has risen from historical lows, but is still closer to those lows than where it was in the postwar decades.

“We made the system more progressive by raising rates at the top and leaving them for everyone else,” said Roberton Williams of the TaxPolicyCenter, a research group based in Washington. “The offsetting issue is that the rich have gotten a lot richer.”
Indeed, over the last three decades the bulk of pretax income gains have gone to the wealthy — and the higher up on the income scale, the bigger the gains, with billionaires outpacing millionaires who outpaced the merely rich. Economists doubted that the tax increases would do much to reverse that trend.

Hence, the tax burden on the rich is still far closer to historic lows than to the levels paid in the past when that revenue built the American infrastructure, funded education, wove our safety net, and much more. Since the late seventies there has been a massive redistribution of wealth upward. The new taxes on the rich do next to nothing to address that inequality in any significant way. Far from a big hit, they represent the political equivalent of a love tap.

Nonetheless, now that Obama has won this smallest of concessions, odds are that the right will engage in the same old shock doctrine politics of crisis to push for draconian spending cuts aimed at gutting the size of the federal government. Any step in that direction by the White House is a win for the right. And with his embrace of the crappy Simpson-Bowles austerity plan, Obama has already signaled that everything, including entitlements, is very much “on the table.”

As I have noted many times before in this column, by centering the conversation on deficit reduction, Obama is playing on Republican turf. This may be politically clever for him personally and appealing to what Krugman calls “the centrist fantasy,” but it may be fatal for the hopes of progressives.

Robert Reich has noted time and again that, “job growth and wage growth should be the central focus of economic policy, not deficit reduction. Yet all we’re hearing from Washington — and all we’re likely to hear as Republicans and Democrats negotiate over raising the debt ceiling — is how to cut the deficit.”

Reich makes this point because, as we slowly come out the Great Recession, the deficit is actually shrinking. And the threat of rising future debt largely comes from “rising health care costs” that would have been better contained with a single payer system rather than the corporate health care reform that is Obamacare.
But how to amend the Affordable Care Act to further contain health care costs will never be on the radar screen of this Congress. Instead, there will be more demagoguery about spending from the right, and we are apt to see real pressure to cut Social Security and Medicare as well as take the axe to nearly every other thing the government does.

Are we winning with Obama or are we losing while he wins? I’m just saying….

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  1. president fan

    January 8, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    Great Article, I am praying that President Obama makes all the right decisions while the working the greatest job in America. Love you Mr. President.

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Irene Cara You Will Be Missed!

I was sad to find out that Irene Cara had passed away. She was a terrific singer.

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I was sad to find out that Irene Cara had passed away. She was a terrific singer.

What A Feeling

When I was down and depressed her song, Flashdance…What A Feeling, always picked me right up. For instance, when I had unfortunate passings in my family plus a very bad injury to my neck, hearing her song on the radio uplifted my spirits. In What A Feeling, her words and the background heart throbbing music made you feel alive after a very dark depressing time.

I remember when I was a kid, my mother and sisters would listen to What A Feeling and silly me would imitate Jennifer Beals dance moves from the movie Flashdance. That came to a quick end when I knocked over a lamp in the living room.

Irene Cara passed away but her legacy lives on forever

PS: But anyway, Irene Cara’s passing is very sad but her spirit and music will live on for generations to come.

 


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Jussie Smollett believes race played a factor in jail sentence

Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in Cook County Jail.

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Jussie Smollett was sentenced on Friday, March 11, for allegedly faking a hate crime. The entertainer and activist was sentenced to 150 days in a Chicago jail and Smollett believes the sentence was racially motivated.

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Smollett, 39, told his defense team before sentencing that he expected jail time and believed he’d be treated more harshly for the non-violent low level offense than others convicted of similar crimes due to the color of his skin, sources told TMZ.

For Smollett, it just might be further evidence of systematic racism within the judicial system.

He reportedly told his team he was “dead on” in predicting the outcome, calling it “unfortunate” and “sad.”

Despite testimony from his 92-year-old grandmother, his siblings, letters from a multitude of prominent organizations and celebrities asking the judge to show leniency, Smollett was sentenced to jail as he predicted.

Aside from 150 days in Cook County Jail, Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to pay $120,000 in restitution, $25,000 in fines and 30 months on probation.

Maintaining his innocence

Smollett has always maintained his innocence and after sentencing, he again vehemently denied his involvement in the crime he’s accused of.

“I’m innocent … I’m not suicidal”, Smollett said, walking handcuffed with a fist in the air.

Post sentencing, the Smollett family and attorneys held a brief press conference expressing their disappointment and disdain over the sentence. Smollett’s grandmother, 92-year-old Molly Smollett, said reporters need to do better investigative journalism suggesting there are pieces to the puzzle the media missed. A sentiment shared by the family.

Was Smollett set up?

Was Smollett the subject of a modern day lynching? Though the exact words didn’t come out their mouths, the Smollett family seems to believe so.

Jojo and Jocqui Smollett were on Roland Martin Unfiltered on Friday, speaking with the journalist about the case and Jussie’s sentence.

“The only proof they have are two brothers saying my brother told them to do it”, said JoJo, Jussie’s older brother.

Watch the interview on YouTube.

To say the least, the Smolletts and defense attorneys believe the evidence was merely hearsay. They believe the word of two brothers, who they said had a history of homopobia and was jealous of Jussie, shouldn’t have held in court.

Chicago prosecutors said they have “overwhelming evidence” that Smollett orchestrated the attack because he received a homophobic letter and his employer didn’t take it seriously.

The “overwhelming evidence” was:

– the Osundairo brothers saying Jussie Smollett told them to do it

– surveillance video of them buying the items

– surveillance video of them driving in the area of the attack four days before

– Uber data that the Osundairo brothers were in the area at the time of the attack

– a $3,500 check for “services” rendered

– Smollett tying the noose tighter

– Smollett failing to hand over his cellphone

Prosecutors say Smollett didn’t intend on the brothers getting caught and just wanted to bring attention to hate crimes given the climate in America and the hate mail he received.

Smollett’s attorneys say there was too much reasonable doubt calling the Osundairo brothers “sophisticated liars”, are “the worst type of criminals” and are very smart.

Did jury convict on hearsay?

Chicago prosecutors didn’t show any correspondence (text messages, emails, voicemail) of the three orchestrating the alleged hate crime, there is no true validation the $3,500 check was for the alleged crime, or validation they were planning the attack when they were seen on surveillance driving in the area four days before.

There is, however, a gray area and that is, how did the Osundairo brothers know Smollett would be in the area to carry out the attack late at night in the bitter cold?

Judge Linn called Smollett a narcissistic who doubled down after the case was initially dismissed and he only had to pay $10,000 in restitution and do community service. Smollett intended to sue the Chicago police department and prosecutors. The suit was dismissed and then a special prosecutor was asked to look into the case. New charges emerged.

Needless to say, Smollett’s attorneys will be filing appeals. Attorneys filed a motion to have the sentenced stayed as it’s being appealed. Judge Linn denied those motions and Smollett was hauled off to jail.

Recently, former Kansas City police detective Eric Devalkenaere was convicted of murdering a Black man in his own driveway. He was sentenced to 6 years but gets to remain free while he appeals his sentence. Smollett went to jail immediately for a class 4 low level felony.

Maybe Mr. Smollett is right about the judicial system.

It also leads me to question why he would spend thousands of dollars on his defense, try to sue, when he essentially got away with it the first time?

He doubled down. Which makes me believe he is either unhinged or just maybe he’s actually innocent.


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Things on my mind part 3

The first thing on my mind is the Women’s Army Corps’ all-Black 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is finally getting recognition.

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The first thing on my mind is the Women’s Army Corps’ all-Black 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is finally getting recognition for the job they have done during World War II.

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It is incredible that their work only got recognition now and not immediately after World War II. These women should always be remembered for their service. For instance, because of these women and their strong dedication, they made sure that members of the United States Government personnel, military, and workers of the Red Cross received their mail and packages. There was a point in time that the mail and packages were not leaving the warehouses because of the dangers of war. The mail was stacked to the ceiling. However, the 6888th overcame all dangers. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion from the U.S. Army Center of Military History states “the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion produced great results in Birmingham: With the new tracking system they created, the women processed an average of 65,000 pieces of mail per shift and cleared the six-month backlog of mail in three months. The women adhered to the motto of, ‘No mail, low morale,’ providing essential support for the U.S. military in the European theater by linking servicemembers to their loved ones back home. They achieved unprecedented success and efficiency in solving the military’s postal problems.” In closing, these women had to deal with Nazi attacks from U-boats and on-going war explosions. Their work they have done for the United States should never be forgotten.

 

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Harlem Hellfighters) posing with their awards for gallantry in combat.
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The next thing on my mind is that the Harlem Hellfighters are finally getting the recognition that they deserve. This incredible unit were engaged in combat longer than any American unit during World War One. Now in 2021, the Harlem Hellfighters are finally recognized for their efforts of keeping the United States safe from ever being taken over by an aggressive foreign power. Their recognition is way overdue and it is about time that history takes more of a look of what many great African Americans have done to sustain and build the United States of America.

 

Miracle 2 and Miracle 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Thing Mu (Image is from the Boston Globe)

Another thing on my mind is the Olympics of 2021 in Tokyo. One athlete very close to home that stands out is Athing Mu. This New Jersey superstar from Trenton dominated her competition in the summer games.

By dominating her competition, she made history by becoming the first American woman to come first in the 800-meter race in over fifty years.

She is a great inspiration and role model for all young women in the U.S.

Her dedication to the sport and to make history with her gold medal win only will inspire more Olympians to step forward. Trenton’s Athing Mu wins gold in 800 meters at Tokyo Olympics | Video | NJ Spotlight News

Miracle 2 and Miracle 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Besides Athing Mu, another Olympic champion that is on my mind is Lee Kiefer. Fencing is to me a very interesting sport that apparently takes great concentration and skill to defeat your opponent. To Kiefer’s credit she defeated Inna Deriglazova, the defending champion from Russia. It has been a while since someone from the United States won a gold medal in fencing. However, Lee Kiefer made sure the U.S. did not have to wait any longer. Lee Kiefer wins USA’s first-ever gold medal in individual foil | Tokyo Olympics | NBC Sports – YouTube

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Another great Olympic athlete on my mind is Anastasija Zolotic. Anastasija Zolotic in my opinion displayed awesome skill in her sport of taekwondo. The way she was able to move her legs and her body to score points was incredible. The flexibility to participate in that sport is a very big must. She will be another athlete history will remember for being the first woman to win a gold medal in this sport. Way to go Anastasija Zolotic. Olympic gold medalist Anastasija Zolotic greeted with cheers, applause – YouTube

Zaila Avant-garde

Zaila Avant-garde, 14, from New Orleans, Louisiana, holds the trophy after winning the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S. July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

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On to another topic that is on my mind which is the National Spelling Bee. At one point in my life I was a great speller. Today as I get older, I have a tough time spelling things. That is why I use spell check. Anyway, the National Spelling Bee is in my opinion one of the toughest educational competitions that kids participate in. That is why my hat is off to Zaila Avant-garde. She not only became the first Black American to win the National Spelling Bee championship but also a very dedicated hard worker. To spend countless hours of studying and memorizing these challenging words to spell only says that Zaila Avant-garde will have a very bright future. Way to go!

The next thing on my mind are my students Ja’Shawn Gadson, Jose Jordan, and Luis Martinez Martinez who got their art work published in Prehistoric Times Magazine issue 138. Good job to all my students and to my students who participated in the Robert Rines analysis of the underwater Loch Ness Monster photograph which was also published. Artwork and project done at Asbury Park High School, Asbury Park New Jersey.

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Furthermore, another thing on my mind is Michael Clarke Duncan’s Kingpin in the movie Daredevil. It is very unfortunate that Michael Clarke Duncan passed away. He was a great actor. He will be missed. It would have been great to see him reprise his role as the Kingpin for a sequel to the Daredevil movie starring Ben Affleck. In Daredevil Michael Clarke Duncan made a huge presence on the screen. From his size to being feared, I thought he did a good job playing this Marvel Comics character. At the end of the movie, he discovered who Daredevil was and promised to make his life a living nightmare once he gets out of prison. Unfortunately, the sequel to the ending of Daredevil will not be made. It is in a forever cliffhanger and left up to our imagination. Hopefully in Heaven, Michael Clarke Duncan is making the sequel.

Things on my mind part 3: Women's Army Corps' all-Black 6888th, Harlem Hellfighters, Athing Mu, Lee Kiefer, Anastasija Zolotic, Zaila Avant-garde, students artwork and project in Prehistoric Times Magazine, Michael Clarke Duncan, Apollo Creed, The Rise of Skywalker, Mandalorian,Boba Fett, Altered Beast!

Another thing on my mind is Apollo Creed from the Rocky film series. The one thing that played on my mind was what made Apollo Creed change his mind about giving Rocky a rematch. At the end of the first Rocky, Apollo told Rocky there will be no rematch. Rocky replied something to “I don’t want one.” However, in Rocky II, Apollo caught up with Rocky in the hospital and told him “I am going to give you a second shot.” What I think happened in my opinion is that when Apollo left the ring after the first fight with Rocky, he was heckled. The crowd screaming at him that he could not finish off a club fighter, you’re a disgrace. I think by being heckled that is why Apollo then demanded Rocky face him again. The last thing on my mind about Apollo Creed is would he have fought Clubber Lang if Rocky lost to Lang. In Rocky III, there was a high chance Rocky was going to lose to Clubber Lang yet again. If that happened would Apollo have come out of retirement to take on Lang? If he did that what would happen? I think if Apollo came out of retirement, I think he may have beaten Lang but by decision.

Besides the Rocky film series, another thing on my mind is the biggest mistake in The Rise of Skywalker. The huge mistake in The Rise of Skywalker was brining back the Emperor. Why did they do that? They should have made Kylo Ren the head of the First Order. Not only should he have been made the leader of the First Order but also take on the role of his grandfather by creating a Darth Vader helmet. That would have been cool, having Kylo Ren wearing a Darth Vader helmet to honor his grandfather. They should have made Kylo Ren into a new more powerful Darth Vader. Then it would have shown how Darth Vader from the past could have been in control of the Empire.
Things on my mind part 3: Women's Army Corps' all-Black 6888th, Harlem Hellfighters, Athing Mu, Lee Kiefer, Anastasija Zolotic, Zaila Avant-garde, students artwork and project in Prehistoric Times Magazine, Michael Clarke Duncan, Apollo Creed, The Rise of Skywalker, Mandalorian,Boba Fett, Altered Beast!
In addition to The Rise of Skywalker, another thing on my mind is that the Mandalorian series did something really cool. What it did was showed who Boba Fett really was.

As it turned out, Boba Fett was really not a bad guy or a good guy. Instead, he was a person who showed loyalty to who was paying him. That was it. What was cool was that he worked for Darth Vader and the Empire and then showed allegiance to the Mandalorian character who was more of a good guy.

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Things on my mind part 3: Women's Army Corps' all-Black 6888th, Harlem Hellfighters, Athing Mu, Lee Kiefer, Anastasija Zolotic, Zaila Avant-garde, students artwork and project in Prehistoric Times Magazine, Michael Clarke Duncan, Apollo Creed, The Rise of Skywalker, Mandalorian,Boba Fett, Altered Beast!

The next thing on my mind is the video game from Sega Genesis called Altered Beast.

Recently a friend of my mine got a small version of the Sega Genesis system which has many games on it.

One of those games is Altered Beast. I tried the game out for the first time and it reminded me of the television show Manimal.

On this show the hero changes into a panther, hawk, cobra, etc. to help solve crimes. In the game Altered Best, the hero can change into a werewolf, dragon, a bear, and tiger. Very entertaining if you have nothing to do on a hot Saturday night. See Manimal transformation: Manimal (panther transformation sequence) – YouTube


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