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Now 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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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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I am a carnivore ... a member of the People Eating Tasty Animals. Yes, a medium rare steak, a bottle of A-1 and thou are about all I need to make me happy anymore.
There is a contingent of humans upon the earth who beg to differ with my tastes in nourishment. These are the vegans who consume vegetable sustenance as a rule and today is their day ...
World Vegan Day a yearly celebration by vegans around the world each November first.
They tout those benefits to be had from a life of veganism for humans and as they cascade through various non-human animals as well as the environment.
This event is the brainchild of one Louise Wallis and was first marked in 1994 during her tenure as Chair of The Vegan Society in the United Kingdom commemorating the 50th anniversary of that organization's founding.
The terms "vegan" and "veganism" are specifically celebrated.
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| 1. | Holocaust victim |
| 2. | Anything including blackface |
| 3. | Transphobic getups |
| 4. | Refugees |
| 5. | Body shaming and objectifying costumes |
| 6. | Culturally stereotypical costumes |
| 7. | Terrorist costumes |
| 8. | Recent deceased celebrities as Zombies |
| 9. | An eating disorder |
| 10. | Animal cruelty |
| 11. | OJ Simpson and Nicole Simpson |
| 12. | The mentally ill |
| 13. | Representations of sexual harassment |
| 14. | The homeless |
| 15. | Any element of national tragedy |
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I never will pursue a child. I might have some comment on their behavior or marvel at just how deep they might dig their hole in the eyes of the law ...
But by and large children are by definition not mature and when you take the trouble to fill them with much in the way of false information in the public schools then loose them on the world such as that to be had by the leftist indoctrination imposed in the United States public schools — then you pretty much deserve the stupid mess you acquire.
This is why I have chosen to remain quiet regarding this particular individual for such an extended period. Were she an adult I would have been upon her immediately like stink on poop.
The angry little Swedish teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been in the threads since addressing the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference with her haughty child "how dare you" statements casting aspersions on the world due to her decidedly slanted global view.
Stating that she 'will never forgive' them for failing on climate change she has pretty much pursued her petty little self righteousness in the name of what she believes will happen to the world in 12 years from climate change secondary to her distorted world view. Her leftist imparted tainted science likely acquired as the result of a diminished intellectual capacity in the Swedish school systems leaves me nothing but embarrassed for her and her parents as she continues this tack of parroting that which she's been taught. I feel she acquired this all too honestly.
When those who explain the world to a child are less steeped in fact than sensationalist fiction the child will likely carry those faulty notions a long way. When there are organizations willing to exploit these points for their own ends then voila, you get children like little Greta Thunberg who should simply stay home and keep quiet rather than embarrass herself in the annals of history.
Climate has a cyclic record of change. There are practicalities involved in changing the way the world operates that cannot be implemented as a matter of fact immediate change out. Cow patties and carbon foot prints are less important when you attribute them to the minority causing their production. She should have addressed those nations such as China who are the real culprets rather than assail the lesser culprets in the equation.
I'm not saying that the hoopla does not have elements of correctness. I'm saying that it does not take into consideration far too many aspects in it's simplistic approach much like the "new green deal" fallacy presented elsewhere.
It is far better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. I prefer to consider her efforts somewhat sophomoric. At any rate, she should save the drama for her Mama. Climate change is not for the uniniated nor should it be the propaganda it has largely become.