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Category Archives: General Thoughts
International Holocaust Day – A Memorial and Contemplation
Greetings and Salutations; Today, January 27th, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, we should spend a moment to cast our minds back to the atrocities that the Third Reich inflicted on a huge collection of people, focusing on the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants
Tagged Holocaust Day, memorial, President Obama, Rememberance, the donald
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The Storm Is Not Coming…IT IS HERE!
Greetings and Salutations; We are approaching the end of the first full week of the president-elect’s administration. Perhaps to the surprise of some, he is doing exactly what he said he was going to do in the inflamed … Continue reading
The Woman’s March; What It Said To Me
Greetings and Salutations; Some time before the inauguration, plans grew to hold a Woman’s March in protest against the new administration, on the 21st of January. This idea really caught on, not only in the United States, but all … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Twelve – The Power has been Transferred
Greetings and Salutations; At Noon today, the deed was done. President-Elect donald was sworn into the office. This inauguration has been a reflection of the campaign and election. For example, the CLAIMS presented by the Donald, and his … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Snake Oil
Tagged Donald Trump, inauguration, isolationism, president elect
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Eleven – Should we Change to Survive? If So, What To Do?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, one never knows when an interesting topic will pop up. An acquaintance of mine posted a rather thoughtful post on Facebook a bit ago. Dealing with the train wreck of America over the past 18 … Continue reading
A Time To Pause; A Time to Assess: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Greetings and Salutations; Today is January 16, 2017, a day that commemorates the life and actions of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. As he was a man of Peace, and contemplation, I thought it right to take a moment, … Continue reading
Sifting Through the Ashes, Part 2-A, Instead of the Electoral College, what?
Greetings and Salutations; I have offered some opinions about the Electoral College, how it is supposed to work, and how it actually worked in the 2016 Election back at this Post. However, there is still more to be said, in … Continue reading
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Eight….OH! My! GOD!
Greetings and Salutations; This is a painfully long post, but it is important to me to have it here. I found a direct transcript of the Interview that the donald did with the New York Times. It is, … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Political rants, Ruminations
Tagged New York Times transcript, Trump, word salad
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Six. – the donald VS The World – Summed Up In One Exchange.
Greetings and Salutations; The Golden Globe Awards were held last night. I did not watch them in whole, as I am not a great fan of awards shows. There are many reasons for this, which perhaps I will examine … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged golden globe speech, Meryl Streep, Trump, tweets
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Five
Greetings and Salutations; Well, just a quick update on the progress of the political train wreck that the 2016 Presidential Election turned into. The last chance of deflecting the disaster came and went a few days ago, when the House … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Political rants, Questionable decisions
Tagged 2016, Ashes, cognitive dissonance, part five, politics
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You Keep Saying That Word “Change”
Greetings and Salutations; Well, it is finally the last day of 2016….New Year’s Eve. I have to say that this year is one that I am just as glad to see the end of. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Snake Oil
Tagged change, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, swamp, the donald
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Making a Difference At Christmas
Greetings and Salutations; Today is December 25th, 2016 Christmas Day . This is always a complicated holiday for me, as there is such a culture clash between what today is SUPPOSED to mean…and what its CONTENT says it means. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Something Good This Way Comes
Tagged Christmas, companion animals, contributions, homeless, karma, suicide, veterans
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What to do now?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, the deed is done. The Electoral College has proved that it has abandoned all of the responsibilities that Hamilton placed on it, and become a useless rubber stamp for the Establishment. Because of this, Caesar … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Misc, Nuttiness, Political rants, Ruminations
Tagged dictatorship, failure, protests, resistance, Trump
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Hamilton Weeps…
Greetings and Salutations; Today, the Electoral College met, and, to the disappointment of many and surprise of few, proved it was not what Hamilton had intended for it to be, but, rather, was a rubber stamp in the process of … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants
Tagged death, debacle, demagogue, Democracy, Electoral college
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Four – Words of a Wise Woman
Greetings and Salutations; We, in the South, are blessed with some of the best minds in America. A (somewhat distant) friend of mine, Park Overall, is a strong activist for water quality in East Tennessee, and produces some of … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Nuttiness, Politics
Tagged coup, Democrats, Fascism, Park Overall, Republicans
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Three – Coup in North Carolina
Greetings and Salutations; It is a busy time here at the end of a long, ugly year. There are so many instances of insanity in the Political World that I am motivated to post a comment on at least … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged coup, Democrat, North Carolina, power grab, Republican
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Two – The Electoral College.
Greetings and Salutations; The Electoral College, as a part of our Presidential Election is rarely a step in the process that anyone cares about. Every four years, there are a few folks whining about how unfair it is, or … Continue reading
A Ghost From The Past
Greetings and Salutations; First off, this blog entry is likely to be updated. Civil Discourse is welcome, but it is my forum, so if you post rants that descend to attacks, or spurious claims, you are likely … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Loonies, World Trade Center
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Wisdom from Jason Kander
Greetings and Salutations; I ran across the following, penned by Jason Kander of Missouri, after he was narrowly defeated in a bid for a Senate seat in last Tuesday’s election. It is a strong and true call to all … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged 2016 election, debacle, elections, Kander
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The Aftermath
Greetings and Salutations; It is now the second day since the election, and, while my mind is in a very dark place still, I am sane enough to consider some questions and thoughts about the next four years. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged America, debacle, demons, President Trump, voter participation
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