The Season is Orange and it's the new Black....

All Hollows' Eve approaches...terror, the fear of death and an end to all we know closes in on us like hearing the Doctor say "CANCER." The wife screams again at the screen as Donald waves his tiny hands. The good voice in my head and soul whispers "It will be just fine." And doubt makes my bowels ache like when remembering what the Doctor said...like when the term paper was due...or the project was not ready. Fear grows in my world at the perfect time of year...don't go in the cellar...climb the stairs and die...Ghosts...demons...even EVIL...does not really exist...really...REALLY! Why do we like being scared? Just a rush. Adrenaline. Is Donald also a specter? He'll just be just blowin' in the wind...like the Nobel Poet wrote and sang.

But Donald is just a pumpkin and all pumpkins turn to dust.

We Know What Trump is...But Don't Forget....

The Donald is proud showing great disrespect for women. That has been proven again, and again, and again during the recent debate. But please remember that the Republicans, even those that turned on their own nominee, have waged a relentless war on all women's rights over many recent years. This emphasizes the importance of voting for all the candidates that have your best interests at heart. As I've said before, the Republicans, even the women in the party, will not stop until the "Way Back Machine" turns the clock back to 1950 or earlier. 

In Need of Reality

For nearly two generations, no American has been obligated to join the military. Less than 0.5 percent of the population serves in the armed forces, compared with more than 12 percent during World War II. Even fewer of the privileged and powerful and their children shoulder arms. As you would expect...this separates the great majority from the reality every soldier faces. With nothing to risk...most Americans never have to concern themselves. The media doesn't show the body bags coming home anymore, or the faces of the parents, brothers, sisters, wives and husbands as they get a knock on their door. America is removed from this reality and we must bring it back with a national draft that places every child at risk...including the children of the privileged and powerful. Maybe, one day, enough of us will care if our children die. 

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The Haunting faces of war:  

In Need of Reality

For nearly two generations, no American has been obligated to join the military. Less than 0.5 percent of the population serves in the armed forces, compared with more than 12 percent during World War II. Even fewer of the privileged and powerful and their children shoulder arms. As you would expect...this separates the great majority from the reality every soldier faces. With nothing to risk...most Americans never have to concern themselves. The media doesn't show the body bags coming home anymore, or the faces of the parents, brothers, sisters, wives and husbands as they get a knock on their door. America is removed from this reality and we must bring it back with a national draft that places every child at risk...including the children of the privileged and powerful. Maybe, one day, enough of us will care if our children die. 


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"Show some respect or your dead."

Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Michael Brown, Eric Garner...names we should remember...and so many more I can not remember. And on calls in to news shows and comments on social media what do I hear and see? All these folks telling us how, if only these folks had shown some respect for these officers they would be just fine. Since when did showing disrespect become a capital crime deserving of the death penalty? 

 

Philando Castille's murder: Click if you wish (very graphic).

Alton Steele's murder: Click if you wish (very graphic.). 

Eric Garner's murder: Click if you wish (very graphic). 

 

 

Summer in the City....

                                                                       

So, summer's here. It is June in Cleveland. Lazy, hazy, crazy days are here...till all Hell breaks loose next month. I was a liberal...socialist...protester last century. And, when in the streets, we were never alone. Those against the war in Vietnam shared the street with every movement and one issue group that was out there. And then there were the anarchists...those that just wanted chaos, and could, at any time, create it, cause it to appear from nothing. Pacifists and anti-war marchers were all kumbaya  until anarchists took over. And, if you get a convention...for any party...they will come. Our leaders say they're ready. We can only hope. There's a Death Star hovering over Cleveland...and it's not fiction or fantasy. 

Click here for the summer I would hope for...: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hxz6qJi-9k

Translations....

I'm going to build a wall. So, it's obvious that the Judge overseeing this stupid lawsuit about my great university is biased, since he's a Mexican. So what if he was born in Indiana...he's making incredibly bad judgements about this thing. I would say the same thing if he was Muslim. They're all terrorists anyway. I could settle this thing...but I'm in the right. These people in the suit are all just losers trying to scam the system...scam me...get my money.  Meow.... 
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Man...can I pull crap outa my ass or what!