You are a strange species. Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you? You are at your very best when things are at their worst. — Starman, 1984 The above quote is from an almost forgotten science fiction movie in which a visitor from another planet is confronted with the human condition for the […]
UPDATE: I had a comment from a reader asking about donating clothing to flood victims in Texas. Here is a link to a press release from FEMA regarding donations: FEMA PRESS RELEASE According to the press release, cash donations are best at this time. Here is a quote from the press release: “Cash donations offer…the […]
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Facing my own difficult times has helped me to understand how infinitely rich and amazing my life is.
Originally posted on Life & Soul Magazine: Artist Jason deCaires Taylor cares about preserving the world’s oceans so much so that he incorporates his work with the water element, creating giant size sculptures submerged in the ocean which transform from inert objects into living breathing reefs. The British-born sculptor’s works are now displayed underwater throughout the…
I never thought I could despise someone as much as I do this president. The good people of Texas are suffering through a disaster, and all this clown can think of is how big the crowd is! GO THE F*&K AWAY YOU FLIPPING MORON!
~~August 29, 2017~~ TRIP BENEATH CONTEMPT At a time when all efforts are focused on rescue, this visit was a total distraction. It was also an opportunistic event to turn this visit into a campaign rally and a self-serving activity. After mindless tweets, the transgender ban and the Arpaio pardon, Drumpf decides it’s time to […]
This couldn’t be more relevant for me today. My 40th high school reunion is quickly approaching. On the Facebook page for our reunion was a request for people’s names who had passed. There was a list from the 20th reunion and it was being updated. I almost cried when I saw how many of my close friends were now gone. I added several names of friends who were not on the list. Before I saw this, I was feeling sorry for myself because I’m facing knee replacement surgery. I have my tomorrow in front of me, and the memories of my friends who are no longer with us.
There is only a limited amount of time that we have and we must make the most out of every possible minute.
Great read! We can’t let a small minority of evil people threaten our freedom!
I’m horrified, shocked, furious about the terrorist attack in Charlottesville this weekend. White Nationalists, whatever the hell that means, marched supposedly to protect the statue of a man who committed treason 150 years ago and then lost a war.
How to pick a winner, right?
They wore Nazi insignia. They gave the Nazi salute. They chanted about the Jews “replacing” them.
Their true goal, obviously, was not to stand up for old dead Robert E. Lee. It was to provoke a fight with all those awful people who they believe are trying to take away their white male role as masters of the continent.
They succeeded. There was fighting. There was death.
They got their headlines.
Now these radical deplorables are planning to march on Boston. The capital of the state where I live. They want to chant their pathetic racist drivel on the streets where Sam Adams rallied patriots…
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I, like many Americans are appalled and saddened by the recent tragedy in Charlottesville, VA on 8-12-17. Here is a brief synopsis of what occurred:
Three people were killed in the aftermath of Saturday’s “Unite The Right” rally, a congregation of various groups comprising the so-called alt right. A 32-year-old woman was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters, and two Virginia state troopers on duty died when their helicopter crashed on the outskirts on Charlottesville.
My husband and I were attending our state fair when I saw the news. As I looked at passersby, I realized any one of them could have been this young woman who lost her life, or the state troopers who lost their lives as well.
This is from CNN: A quaint Virginia college town still wrestling with the legacy of slavery became the scene of deadly protests this weekend as white nationalists and other right-wing groups clashed with counter protesters over the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a city park.
Men carrying Confederate flags stood side by side with the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and rifle-toting militia members in Charlottesville at a rally dubbed “Unite the Right.” Chanting “You will not replace us,” they exchanged blows and volleys of pepper spray with protesters opposed to their presence.
As police dispersed the crowds, a car plowed into counter protesters, killing one person and injuring 19 others. At least 15 people were also injured in skirmishes.
Our coward of a president couldn’t even blame the group responsible for this tragedy. Here is his response: “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides,” Trump said during a short statement from his private golf club in New Jersey. “It has been going on for a long time in our country — not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. It has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in America.” Donald Trump is the darling of the alt right movement. His hateful rhetoric has emboldened this segment of the population.
The President did not mention white nationalists and the alt-right movement in his remarks, and later called for a “study” of the “situation.”
Here is what I don’t understand. Why are these groups so angry? These alt-right groups carry Nazi and Confederate flags to their rallies. They wear Make America Great Again hats, which was Donald Trump’s slogan during his campaign. Their political group runs our country for the most part. We have a Republican president; both the senate and House of Representatives are controlled by Republicans. 33 of our 50 governors are Republicans, and 32 of our 50 state legislations are Republican controlled. How can they say things are so bad?
Our current administration is hell bent and succeeding in undoing most of the legislation put into place during the Obama administration, rolling back clean air, clean water initiatives put into place to protect our planet, working on repealing Obamacare.
You got what you wanted Republicans, did you really think the rest of us would just stand aside? People have a right to peacefully demonstrate in this country. Trust me the South is not going to rise again. You lost civil war. That was over in 1865.
My husband and I were talking the other day, and he believes that our citizens have just gotten too ignorant, and it’s going to take years for us to recover. Are we going to recover? We have a teenage son, and I hope like hell we can before it’s too late.
Within minutes of seeing it, I send a message to his mother, my cousin. “Have you seen your son’s new tattoo?” I’d spotted the tattoo on her son’s Facebook page, big on his shoulder, still shiny and fresh. There is a Confederate flag. There is a noose. There are the words Southern Justice scrolled across. […]
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You can either live in fear or you can live boldly! Don’t settle!
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