A Day In The Life

A window into the Life and Times of Roosevelt Wright, Jr.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Have you ever had "Whupping?" Did mom go to jail?

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Have you ever received a whupping with an extension cord? We don't say, "Whipping" because that conjures slavery flashbacks, b...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Is today, it's OK to sin day?

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Is there a day of the year that a person can live wild, loose and crazy and God will look the other way? Some believe today is that day, it...
Friday, March 04, 2011

A free chicken sandwich did the trick

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A free chicken sandwich did the trick. This week a new branch of Chick-fil-A opened in our city. To promote the opening the branch went to ...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Vick is using his second chance, I'm on my 99th chance

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Second chances. Every one deserves a chance to redeem themselves; some use it well, others may need a third chance. Personally, I think I...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

First there was Anglish, then Ebonics, now Chinglish!

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You've heard of Ebonics and Anglish, two words that represent the way we have butchered the English language to make it fit our modern f...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

He blamed God for dropping the ball

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When is God good? Steve Johnson, a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills has had a remarkable career this year. Not many people know him natio...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Does rising unwed births mean Blacks are less moral?

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Of all of America's ethnic groups Blacks have the largest percentage of unwed mothers, does that mean that Blacks are less moral than ot...
Friday, October 29, 2010

The sun and the moon are shining today!

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The sun and the moon are both and shining at the same time today! I have only seen it once or twice in my lifetime, but today is one of thos...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

One man demands, the other commands; who is the greater?

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One man yelled and no one heard him, another said little and all hung on his every word. At a recent governmental meeting one official spent...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Her phone rang, she reached into her bosom and pulled it out

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She reached In her bosom and pulled out the phone In a recent meeting of the Monroe City Council a woman rose to address the council. She co...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Paris Hilton received the mercy others deserve

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Paris received mercy that most just dream about. Paris Hilton was back in court again, recently. This time she was sentenced to two consecut...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Hoes Everywhere, even in the bible!

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I told them to bring their hoes and you wouldn't believe their answer.  A while back the local anti-poverty program allowed me to use an...
Monday, September 06, 2010

She's having his baby, but he won't be her husband

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She's having a baby for him but he won't marry her. There is a very nice young lady who is living with a man without benefit of marr...
Friday, September 03, 2010

Spontaneous creation? Did the world just create itself?

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A British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says the world created itself and needed no one or anything to start the process. Prof...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I gave her $100 and expected change back!

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A hundred dollar bill doesn't go very far I haven't shopped in a grocery store in quite some time. Usually, I get one item or two an...
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Dr. Laura used the N-Word, but don't some of us use it too?

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Is there a double standard when it comes to the N-word? Is it O.K. for blacks to use it to describe themselves in derogatory ways but not O....
Thursday, August 12, 2010

She wanted Pampers not real diapers. What's the difference?

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A young lady asked me for a donation to help buy pampers for her small children. She was poor, a single parent, with no income and getting p...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Do you remember your worse whipping?

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Do you remember your worse whipping? I'll never forget mine. As a youth I was spanked, paddled, and whipped on many occasions. I was a v...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Posession of crack won't get you five years anymore

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A new law removes the mandatory five year sentence for possession of crack. Yesterday, President Obama signed a law that changes the way the...
Monday, August 02, 2010

You can't keep silent, unless you speak up

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The Supreme court has ruled: You can't keep silent unless you speak up It's been an understood rule for about 25 years, if you are a...
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Roosevelt Wright, Jr.
As a husband, father, pastor, newspaper publisher, writer, and social activist, I have experienced life from many perspectives in nearly three-quarters of a century of life.
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