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Friday Fictioneers

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
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The old man took his time, his cane getting stuck between the cobblestones, but he was used to it. It was probably his fiftieth year traveling to this old homestead, mostly just a ruin now. Today was the anniversary of his walking up this street with his soon to be wife, Helen. The church was still standing at the top of the walkway and every year he goes in and sits a while. His mind then travels back many years and he envisions himself and Helen at the altar, full of nervous twitches and jelly legs. A tear he can’t help, runs down his cheek and he just sits back letting memories flow in his mind of their life together.

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15 November 2024

Rant

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

After looking at the news where Speaker Johnson is going to basically let Matt Gaetz’s past crimes go unanswered, that was, of course, after Johnson met Trump at Mar-a-Lago, and then Oklahoma superintendent’s nonsense of having students listen to a video of him praying for Donald Trump. And that’s just two news reports!

I think our whole world is going to be turned upside down and it’s seriously frightening. My youngest granddaughter here is graduating this year and she’s homeschooled. She’s already been signed up into a university. She was just inducted into the National Honor Society this week. I have one other granddaughter that’s young and lives in New Jersey with her parents who are strong people and I don’t know what her fate is going to be, but I would doubt they would keep her in school if this is the way the public schools are going to go.

If you want religious restrictions, indoctrinations on your child, then put them in a private school. The public schools were not made for this. They were never required to be this.

You have got to voice your opinions, you have got to put your foot down, you have got to make yourself heard if you agree with me or even if you don’t, make yourself heard. Don’t be quiet sitting back in your living room watching TV trying to ignore what’s going on. Don’t let it be the Fourth of July 2025 and you’re looking around your little world and thinking is this really what I wanted, is this really happening?

The lineup Trump intends to put into government controlling positions – just look at them, read about them, see what he has chosen – criminals, pedophiles, thieves, rapists, misogynists, people who on January 6 violently tried to take down our government. You don’t need to believe me, all you have to do is look it up – there’s videos of it – videos of law-enforcement being bludgeoned. Trump claims it was a love fest. Not even in the Vietnam protests was it this bad. It’s clear he’s going to use the Supreme Court decision to pardon himself of all the crimes that he has been accused of and done, proven.

The idea that he aims to put an anti-vaxxer in charge of health is another mind-boggling thing. These people he’s choosing for appointments would be funny, surreal, even, and ironic. It’s like the loudest most ridiculous idea person you could put in charge of some thing is his choice.

Things are changing and they’re scary and if you’re not on the right side of this, no pun intended, you and your children are going to be in trouble.

I’m not promising my rants are over but you do have a handy delete button, so use it if you choose.

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