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- November 16, 2019
- Our Obstructionist Congress
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The impeachment is a "how do you feel" not "what are the facts" affair whereby no work is getting done in the democrats decline to work the will of the voter in favor of their vendetta against the President for winning over their crimminal candidate — who has the audacity to claim that she's under "extreme pressure" to run yet again in 2020.
The power hungry envy and jelousy exhibited by the democrats has devolved into cheap theater of trivialization and Maggie Hirono style ignorant mouthy lack of substance and tolerance ... when they are not practicing Dick Durbin's patented style of public liar in office.
The right didn't treat the brigand Obama in this shoddy fashion during that national TRAGEDY which was his election ... TWICE.
The main stream media and the democrats obviously fail to realize their diminished influence due to their lack of objectivity.
We need to be more disruptive in this matter and stop letting the the left continue their childish temper tantrum over a failed platform, turkey representatives, and utterly corrupt leadership.
The evidence and the process are totally lacking in the democratic majority and that's the way they want it. They set up their own rules tilted in their favor.
This is not how our government should be happening.
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- November 15, 2019
- Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2019
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I write a lot of risky and risque stuff. Superimposed upon this is a certain level of peril. Were I widely read I would probably receive more flak than I already do about some of my topical forays ... but I doubt that more hate mail would diminish my approach nor the severity of what I have to say about certain no character having others.
The scum and dirtbags of the democratic party need to be called down and removed from office by any means necessary. The libtards and so-called "progressives" are simply an extension of that criminal element which also needs to be eradicated from the face of the earth like so much garbage left to rot in our public institutions.
Today is the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. It is yearly and international with an intent to recognize and support repressed writers in the name of freedom of expression. You know, some of those rights the democrats would strike from the record just like they're trying to change written history itself.
This day began in 1981 under the auspices of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee.
Writers such as Saudi Arabian author Jamal Khashoggi are imprisioned and murdered for writing about and publicizing the truth. The left assails our right to call them down as what they are: that criminal element in the government which needs to be removed.
I decline to be silent. I will not be told to stand down and be quiet. The democrats and progressives are evil as is their financier George Soros and I intend to continue saying this until they throw me in prison or kill me.
Just remember not to bring a stick to a gun fight and that some of us plan to return fire ... and have been practicing accurate head shots from a distance for years now. I will not go quietly into the night nor the Saudi embassy in Turkey.
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- November 14, 2019
- A lack of Intimacy Motive
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I've had my share of love's ups and downs. I once thought that God had neglected to pick out a girl for me; but in retrospect, there have been many and it was I who allowed them to pass by the wayside.
It occurs to me that in all of the prospects I've had in life I was the disinterested party by and large. Yeah, I've known my share of rejections as well but in the sum total of this interpersonal thing I've managed to maintain a grip on the wherefore and the why.
Regrets, sure there are a few and I am reticent to mention them due to the ancient history aspect they now hold. Besides, I've always viewed 'kiss and tell' and other aspects of amore gone awry in extremely poor taste.
Likewise, it's purely amazing that I should allow myself to be so picky in the sum total of who I am and where I've been.
Nowadays I'm just too darn old to be pursuant of some relationship which will only prove to be less satisfying than the "right now" encounters I now enjoy on an intermittent basis — so yes ... the fray, the game, the hunt simply no longer floats my boat.
Intimacy motive refers to recurrent preferences or readiness to experience warmth, closeness, and communicative interaction with other people. This is a fundamental flaw with my interpersonal relationships anymore. I no longer have an intimacy motive to speak of. It appears that I vastly prefer casual encounters and distance to what I'm encountering otherwise with those whose tastes differ.
In other words I'm just not much into courting anymore.
I think it's fine for others to either want or not to wish to be in a relationship. However, often some of these people have a concurrent wish to be pursued ... you know, wined and dined and coddled and I'm afraid that the environments are too diparate to the point that my shields go up and poof — I'd rather just avoid the mess altogether.
Now, were I some pimply high school harry all ushy, gushy, mushy, and touchie feelie it would be different. At this late stage of the game I'm content to just jump in there, engage in something casual and meaningless, then jump out and on to the next thing to be encountered.
I'm also quite partial to cash and carry type girls who are motivated come and go as they please.
Perhaps it's just some internal cynical spin of mine. Maybe one game playing female too many. Regardless I'm certainly not in the mood for any triviality and this is all relationships have to offer me at this juncture.
Therefore, I'd just as soon pass. Thanks, but no thanks. It didn't have to be that way, but it's how things turned out. The terms for getting all cuddly have simply become too severe.
Love can make you happy
Wake up in the morning with the sunshine in your eyes
And the smell of flowers blooming fills the air
Your mind is filled with the thoughts of a certain someone - that you love
Your life is filled with joy when she is there
Love can make you happy if you find someone who cares
To give a life time to you and who has a love to share
If you think you've found someone you'll love forevermore
Then it's worth the price you'll have to pay
To have, to hold's important when forever is the phrase
That means the love you've found is going to stay
Love can make you happy if you find someone who cares
To give a life time to you and who has a love to share
love, love
Love can make you happy
Love can make you happy
Love can make you happy
Love
Performed by Mercy
Songwriters Brian Holland, Edward Holland
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- November 13, 2019
- World Kindness Day 2019
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I'm not nearly as "kind" as I once was. In my youth I was this sap willing to take to heart any cause and I suppose virtue signalling was a part of my nature way before it became a national tragedy.
These days I am somewhat more cynical than I was earlier. Perhaps it is the exposure to those realities imparted upon me by the evil democratic party.
Those liars like Nancy Pelosi, the eternal crook Adam Schiff, Chuck ass Schumer and his infinite subterfuge, "the squad" and their antiamerican rhetoric, of course mouthy, stupid, and criminal Maxine Waters.
I won't even get into the stupidity of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, acolyte of the socialist deviant Bernie Sanders and his false claims of racism ...
Then of course there is the Mr Tom Steyer whom youtube can't keep from pushing commercials in their attempt to make me hate them even more than I presently do. He obviously has more money than sense because he makes none to me I'd just as soon never see or hear from him again.
On this World Kindness Day I'd like to reiterate that I wish they'd all die.
World Kindness Day one of those world-wide happenings each November 13.
Held under the auspices of the "World Kindness Movement" which is a coalition of nations from what I hear it has been in effect since 1998.
The purpose of the event is to mark good deeds in the community with a focus on positivity and that thread of kindness said to bind us.
Kindness is said to be a part of being human and transcends politics, gender, zip code, race, and religion.
World kindness day does not take into consideration that reality which is the attempt by the democrats to destroy The Republic and I take issue with it for that very reason.
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- November 12, 2019
- Remembering Stan Lee
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When I was a child I was a comic book fan. We used to sit around for hours on end reading boxes full.
Stan Lee
December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018
There was always time to imagine myself some fantastic character beyond human capability like one of the X-Men or the Hulk ... and believe me those daydreams were fairly frequent and quite lengthy.
When I think of all the vintage comic book titles which have passed through my hands it's just another reason to rue the fact that I was unable to keep anything from my past. Some of those titles would be exceedingly valuable at this point in time.
I recall episodes of the Big Bang Theory where the boys were pursuant of various pop culture icons including comic books. Never having viewed them as an "investment" so much as immediate entertainment ... the thought of keeping various books sealed in plastic and stored in safety deposit boxes escapes me to this day.
In the world of comics and media arts there was Stanley Martin Lieber, aka Stan Lee. His collaborators are many and some of my most favorite artists whom I have followed over the years as well — but the man himself is set apart for that which he gave to the worlds of comic books, science fiction, cinema, and television. Few have distiguished themselves to the degree of Stan Lee. His cameos were typically hilarious regardless of where they were encountered.
My lack of vision for the genre never fazed my respect for Stan Lee and his cohorts because what they produced was always valuable in my eyes.
Having passed last year at the ripe old age of 95 he left a mark on the world that will stand on it's own merits for generations to come.
Rest in peace.
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- November 11, 2019
- Remembering Robert Vaughn
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When I was a kid I watched a television program called 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E' and the exploits of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, two agents at odds with the evil organization K.A.O.S. and oh Lord, how I did enjoy the secret agent genre and the devices and the death defying antics of the two.
Robert Francis Vaughn
November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016
Napoleon Solo was played by Robert Vaughn, an American actor noted for his work on stage, film and in television. He was so suave and debonair that I often times envisioned myself in such a role when I grew up in that overpowering fantasy world I inhabited at that time.
After a long career of successful portrayals he passed in a hospice in Danbury, Connecticut on November 11, 2016 from leukemia. He was eleven days shy of his 84th birthday.
Rest in peace.
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- November 10, 2019
- USMC Birthday 2019
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Prior to his passing in 1997 my old friend Dewitt was a stickler for the Marines and all things related to them.
He dutifully attended the Marine Corps League meetings and went out of his way to project a squared away appearance wearing a very smart uniform and indulging the group in every way possible.
Alas, it pretty much marked the end of our 'boon companionship' and I dare say I have spoken harshly about the league because of it's impact on my life ... but in retrospect it was all foolish and selfish and it was something loved dearly so how could I ever speak harshly of it or him or any of his choices.
One of the biggies in his life was the birthday ball which he began talking about very early and spent hour upon hour preparing for. It was his "night to howl" so to speak and all I could do was stand by and support him in his pursuit of the night.
The United States Marine Corps Birthday is celebrated yearly on the date that the Continental Marines were established, on the tenth of November.
The celebration includes a traditional ball and cake cutting ceremony. Yes, it was his day and he always went.
When my dear friend passed this earthly existence he was interred in his Marine Corps League uniform and I dare say he was a striking image laying there in that casket as I weeped but a few pews away.
So here's to his Marines, Semper Fi, Eldon. I miss you to this day.
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- November 9, 2019
- World Freedom Day
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Today is World Freedom Day ...
A day where we find our freedom under attack by the democratic party of the United States of America. Operating under their crooked leadership they are out to undermine The Republic in their never ending pursuit of stealing the country for their own enrichment at the expense of the tax payer.
This day is a United States federal observance declared by then President George W Bush (ironically the son of Mr New World Order himself, traitor George H W Bush) to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall. This roughly corresponded to the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe.
It started in 2001 and is celebrated on November 9.
We need to lose the brigand Obama and crooked Clinton loving traitor Bushes and the rest of the democrats of the United States who would undermine The Constitution as evidenced by their behaviors by any means necessary.
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- November 8, 2019
- Boundaries Revisited
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I try to keep the notion of personal boundaries — those which establish limits between some and others for the purpose of identifying a relatively reasonable level of coexistence in my short term memory for periodic review.
Now I have few boundaries in my personal sphere which would preclude another from approaching me for whatever manner of interaction is required ... and indeed, I often times feel that those who require such formality might as well go take a flying leap anyway.
However, there are also distinct differences in my interaction with those familiar to me and those I consider to be unacquainted and I dare say the difference is night and day to a steep degree.
I don't joke around with those I don't know. I don't allow those I don't know to enter my home. I surely don't take much in the way of crap from people I don't know either.
By the same token, I don't let unfamiliars joke too much with me. I don't enter the homes of others unknown to me, and I refrain from giving crap to them either unless they have provoked me — which does occasionally happen.
Your response either "good" or "band" to me does not typically trigger anything untoward. If I detect hostility I may get in your face so we can see just who is the badder ass in the mix. If someone is trying to be my friend I will usually be friendly up to a point but again ... it depends on how much I think I know and what else I may detect in any given interaction.
Millennials and their ilk might reconsider some haughty "OK, boomer" lest they draw back a nub or fall dead upon the ground, victim to an abrupt yet very accurate .357 head shot should I feel endangered and I certainly don't suffer fools who think they're grown when they aren't even close.
Likewise, I don't heckle others who just happen to display that stupidity indigenous to being born from our generation of parents who were of a burger flipper mentality and I try to forgive a lot of the leftist indoctrination which is the biggest part of a public school education anymore.
All in all I try to cohabitate and let you be you while I remain me. This being said I likewise am not opposed to depriving you of a few civil rights if you step over the line. My typical attitude is "grin and CONFRONT it".
I may not be big on decorum but you really need to step back jack should you find yourself in the danger zone.
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- November 7, 2019
- Remembering Dana Plato
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One of the many profound tragedies I have experienced during my lifetime is that sad story of Dana Plato.
Dana Michelle Plato
November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999
Dana Michelle Plato aka Dana Michelle Strain was an American actress and model who I saw in various forays into teevee and film during my younger days in the 1970s through 1980s.
Starting out in commercials and a horror film called Return to Boggy Creek she was cast in a sitcom called Diff'rent Strokes as Kimberly Drummond which was on from 1978 (I was in the Navy) through 1986 (I was teaching college).
I must admit that I watched the heyday of her career to see other characters on the program, but I was keenly aware she was there and she too punctuated my entertainment on a regular basis during that time.
I'm sorry to say that after a good run on the television show she fell on difficult times and earnings plummeted. She experienced a steep downward spiral after the money was gone and died at the age of 34 from an overdose of prescription pills after suffering years of substance abuse and poverty.
I always was one to have pitty on the young girl who was arrested for shoplifting and that decline in her appearance secondary to those hard times she endured. Others on her same television program suffered as well and they too are deserving of our empathy.
There by the grace of God go I for I was ensnared in substance abuse for a long time until such time as I decided "enough was enough" and quit all recreactional drugs cold turkey.
I suppose she never had this moment because if it arises you are never the same again.
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- November 6, 2019
- Patrick Daniel Tillman
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Patrick Daniel Tillman
November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004Now I have never been a football fan. No, I believe I have watched a total of one (1) football game in my life ...
And that was because I was visiting friends and would never dare to interfere with their planned entertainment.
However, I am well acquainted with the backstories of American heros. Pat Tillman's story is just such a tail of duty and valor and profound tragedy.
Pat Tillman was an American footballer in the National Football League (NFL) who enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks after departing a promising sports career.
He served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was killed by friendly fire.
He was posthumously promoted from specialist to corporal and was also awarded posthumous Silver Star and Purple Heart medals.
This is one of those times when a person's patriotism wasn't brought to a clear and conscise publicity in the name of protecting the military.
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- November 5, 2019
- Bank Transfer Day 2019
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Credit Unions. Some people love them others hate them. I've only had experience with three of them and it was quite enough for me.
My first credit union was the one at Richland Hospital back in the early 1970s. It was there I first heard the bane of my existence, CUNA Mutual.
That second experience with credit unions involved the Navy Federal Credit Union while I was on active duty. I never experienced a problem with them and they never held my "less than optimal" credit report against me.
The last (and final) experience with credit unions was at Columbia Teachers credit union while I was at the State Paper and later teaching at Midlands Tech. It started out "merely okay" but devolved to a micro managing mess of morons deciding what I would and would not do as a matter of their holier than thou whim.
So now, I'm with a "real" bank and have fared much better overall. They understand who I am, what I earn, and most importantly have a grasp of my credit worthiness as evidenced by the extensive lines they have opened for me on my behalf.
If I need something they try to effect it rather than allow some poor balding idiot to make a decision deterimental to my existence and I have never been declined anything from them.
Needless to say, I know where I need to be and it's not the stupid credit union run by those unsuitable to serve my needs.
Today is Bank Transfer Day — originally a day of consumer activism calling for citizens to "voluntary switch" from commercial banks to not-for-profit credit unions by November 5, 2011.
Be all of this as it may, I personally prefer not to switch to a "lesser entity" in the world of finance having seen businesses turn down credit union checks as grossly bad fiscal affairs.
If they only know the full suck as nature of business with a credit union. It's primarily for the uninitiated low earners of the world.
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- November 4, 2019
- Letting Go
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It was inevitable I suppose. Yet another hopeful encounter is relegated to the "never be, never was" file not to be disturbed further.
Friends are nice but it's simply a place to which I decline to be relegated.
The "friend zone" is merely a respite for those simple enough to accept it all and I'm far too old to ever go there again. Perhaps two score back in time feasibility may have rang true.
So those bachelor days remain and though I'm satisfied with them it's disappointing that I simply am not good enough yet again.
However, when you reach a certain age you learn to take hold of reality with a firmness and finality those younger simply cannot grasp in all their hopes and dreams for the future.
Here I am yet again. This time to stay.
Alone
I was a midnight rider on a cloud of smoke
I could make a woman hang on every single stroke
I was an iron man
I had a master plan
But I was alone
I could hear you breathing
With a sigh of the wind
I remember how your body started trembling
Oh, what's a night it's been
And for the state I'm in
I'm still alone
And all the wonders made for the Earth
And all the hearts in all creation
Somehow I always end up alone
Always end up alone
So I play, I'll wait
Cause you know that love takes time
We came so far
Just the beat of a lonely heart
And it's mine
I don't want to be alone
Well, since I got no message on your answer phone
And since you're busy every minute
I just stay at home
I make believe you care
I feel you everywhere
But I'm still alone
I'm on a wheel of fortune with a twist of fate
Cause I know it isn't heaven, is it love or hate
Am I the subject of the pain
Am I the stranger in the rain
I am alone
And if there glory there to behold
Maybe it's my imagination
Another story there to be told
So I play, I'll wait
And I pray it's not too late
We came so far
Just a beat of a lonely heart
And it's mine
I don't want to be alone
And all the wonders made for the Earth
And all the hearts in all creation
Another story there to be told
So I play, I'll wait
And I pray it's not too late
We came so far
Just a beat of a lonely heart
And it's mine
I don't want to be alone
Gone, but not out of sight
Im caught in the rain and there's no one home
Face the heat of the night
The one that you loves got a heart that's made of stone
Shine and search for the light
And sooner or later you'll be cruising on your ocean
And clean out of sight
I'm caught in the rain and there's no one home
Songwriters Barry Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb, Robin Hugh Gibb
Alone lyrics
© Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group, Spirit Music Group, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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- November 3, 2019
- Bite as a Metaphor
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A metaphor is a figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. These represent or symbolize abstract concepts which are actually something else entirely.
When utilizing devices like figurative phraseology such as hyperbole, simile, irony, and other tools of the wordsmith it is important that the receiver of these attempts to toy are able to paraphrase them adequately in context lest misunderstandings ensue.
Those rhetorical effects may otherwise obscure the intent to indicate similarities between two ideas resulting in sometimes profoundly misconstrued interpretations.
Expect to be misunderstood.
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