Category Archives: Political rants

Rants about the stupidity of the politicians

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

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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

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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

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“The World Turned Upside Down”

Greetings and Salutations; In the wee hours of this morning,   November 9th,  2016,  the  Presidential election  produced an unexpected, and (for many)  a chilling result.   As the above map shows,   the donald was voted in to the … Continue reading

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America – Great? Or not?

    .  Greetings and salutations; I do not know about y’all,  but, as a Citizen of America,  who loves my country,  I am getting pretty damn tired of the Donald saying it is a pile of shit,  and we … Continue reading

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Chatting With A Libertarian

Greeting and Salutations;       It is the season of politics, of course,  and one interesting thing that has happened is that there is a surge of interest in third-party candidates.   One of the bigger parties has been … Continue reading

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The Massacre at the Pulse In Orlando – Another observation.

Greetings and Salutations; The attached image is of the Henley Street bridge, in Knoxville Tennessee. The mayor of the city has ordered the lamps on the bridge to be changed to a rainbow configuration, in memorial to the 49 victims … Continue reading

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When will the insanity end? Thoughts on the Massacre at the Pulse in Orlando

         Greetings and Salutations;      Once again,  the Mad Flood of hate,  bigotry  and violence that has permeated America has reared its horrible head and produced a tragedy of monumental proportions.   This morning,  at around … Continue reading

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A Meditation on this Memorial Day Weekend

     Greetings and Salutations;       I have been poking around online, and, on the cable channels this weekend,   and contemplating the state of the World in general,  and America in specific.   It is, I am … Continue reading

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Why does the World think America is nuts?

     Greetings and Salutations      The following image/meme was posted on my FaceBook thread today,  with a one word comment of “Truth”.   It has motivated me to write a long-overdue Blog post.    What follows is the … Continue reading

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Another Pearl Harbor day ticks by.

Greetings and Salutations…      Today is December 7th,   the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that changed America’s life path in too many ways to count.   I  look at America today,  and I see that … Continue reading

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Reading Comprehension – Harder Than One Might Think!

     Greetings and Salutations.       Although it is many, many months until the Presidential Elections,  the Right and Left Wingers are hard at it.   In this post, I am going to focus on a kind of mind-boggling … Continue reading

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Send In The Clowns; Watch the Pundits leave!

Greetings and Salutations; Last night was a kind of milestone in television, in my opinion. While most of the  evening was unremarkable, the juxtaposition of the two Republican”debates” with Jon Stewart’s last day as host of The Daily Show turned … Continue reading

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Some Anniversaries Hurt

Greetings and Salutations;      I am writing this in commemoration of the 70 year anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima during World War 2.   There are images here that are hard to view, but, are part of our heritage, … Continue reading

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Politics…When Did Lying Become OK?

The following is an Email forwarded to me by a friend. Some variation of it has been around since 2011 (at least), but, it keeps surfacing.    Although normally I just ignore nonsense like this,  I decided this time to … Continue reading

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Political Foolishness

     Greetings and Salutations;      There has been a burst of mindless lies and rants from Right-Wingers showing up on Face Book and while I realize trying to combat the problem with facts is probably like trying to … Continue reading

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Life is Complicated…Observations on Jackson Galaxy

     Greetings and Salutations;      Over the past year or so, I have started watching Jackson Galaxy’s Animal Planet program, “My Cat From Hell”.   I have to say I like it a lot, as Jackson does a … Continue reading

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Once again, the Politicians AMAZE me.

     Greetings and Salutations;      Well, it is now day 9 of the government shut down, and, I, for one, have been affected by this childish game.    Specifically,   several months ago, my younger sister told me … Continue reading

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How should we treat the Needy in our society?

     Greetings and Salutatons;      Just a short note about a story I read this Sunday morning.   It seems that the city of Raleigh, North Carolina is starting an urban renewal project by making life for the … Continue reading

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Why should someone have to die because some punk is “bored?”

  Greetings and Salutations; Once again, my fellow Americans have shown that they have the capacity to amaze me and push the limits of how one should conduct oneself. In short, Christopher Lane was an Australian baseball player, in the … Continue reading

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