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I don’t know where to begin. Will organize this a little .
I was going shopping; and while in the parking lot, making my way to the front door of the shop,i met a person whom i used to work with. And had admired. Still do, but that is besides the point.
She says, “well well, where have you been hiding ?”
I am smiling, and i say “nowhere. you are still working here? wow.”
She is very quick with her replies, and she asks where i am working.
I tell her, i don’t have a job.
She says, well so you are living off the government. that’s okay, ‘Obama is giving it away’.
I respond with, no, i don’t receive any government monies. none.
then i say it is good to see you! how are you ? we talked for a few minutes. then
With in a few minutes, i was inside the shop, searching for my items.
All week long, i keep thinking back to what she said. Obama… .
That was my first encounter with ‘the wave’ sweeping america. The healthcare laws.Through the week, we start to see news stories about Democratic offices being targeted.
Windows broken. Messages tied to bricks. I guess it culminated with the Blogger who encouraged his readers to send a message by throwing bricks through windows.
I remember voting, in Nov 2008. The line outside was about 20 people long.Unknown, but inside the line was another 20 people. Overall, it was 45 minutes standing in that line. For me to vote. Relatively short, for the stories i had heard about voting lines in the big cities – 8 hours in line to vote. when it was all done, and i had cast my paper ballot, i cheerfully walked out the door.with my ‘i voted today’ sticker on my left shoulder. i probably wore a smile.
Two gentlemen in line, seemed to say, “you know who he voted for..”
Our county votes were 75% Republican in the presidential election.
It was idle chit-chat, and i don’t think they were ‘mindreaders’ .
I don’t believe in mindreaders. Although there was that lady in McDonalds.Doh! That’s another story, for another time.
On thursday, out of nowhere. We get yet another story about ‘Some have been laid in ‘
who is apparently some republican thug the USA wants to kill.
Uh, didn’t he die in africa in 1999 ? The answer is no, if you ask a republican.
“We are at war with him .” me- “Uh,,we are at war with a person ?”
“No-no, we are at war with the toilet.”
By now i realize this person has no life other than watching television. I try to give insight;
“You mean, we are at war with China ? India ?”
“No, the toilet. We are at war with the toilet. The war on terror …”
I decide thought provokation isn;t going to work with this guy. time for plan B .
“Ah, so. There is a new war . We are fighting the guys who want to ban tallies ?The tally banners ? “
Now he looks at me with disregard. I obviously have no clue about the world.Nor do i give a shit. And fighting a battle of wits with an unarmed person is an unwinnable war.
But today, i get it. The USA is at war with Oh, Some Have Been Laid In the Toilets.And we are the Tally Banners. Way to go ,. Everybody chant USA! USA! USA!
A few short years ago, Russia was having trouble with the Chechen rebels.
For every attack on Russian soil, Shamil Basayev claimed to be responsible.
Subway attack; Shamil claims the Chechens are responsible. Airliners bombed.
Again, Shamil takes the ‘credit’ .
Russia was annoyed. The guy was clearly a ‘nutcase’. But also an enemy.
Shamil was killed July 10 2006 . And astonishingly, terror in Russia slowed.
April 19,1995 was the day of the Alfred Murrah federal building in OKC bombing.
The people who were convicted for the bombing claimed they acted out against the government for
the terrible handling of David Koresh and the ‘Waco Siege’ and Ruby Ridge.
One hundred and sixty eight people died in the explosion.
The government was convinced at the time that the ‘greatest threat to america’ was the
militias and groups within its own borders.
Violence begets violence. So hopefully, signing a healthcare bill into law will bring health?
I was reading about corporate america; Walmart employs over 1.7 million people in the USA.
Second only to the C=I=A in number of employees. Holy shit. The C I A employs ….?
Alright, so we have no known rivals. America is the only ‘superpower’ left.
I laugh at the term, thinking of a few countries with populations over 1 billion.
But then, that is the propaganda we americans must listen to daily.
The See Ahh Ehh employs more people than Walmart ?
What’s the matter with a little healthcare for a few poor people when the See Ahh Ehh employs over 1.7 million people ?
A lot. Apparently , this is so horrible an idea that ‘wingnuts’ must break windows. With Bricks. That have
poorly spelled messages attached to the bricks.
Man. In 2008, i think i felt the same way about Repulicans, and GWB. i’m not violent.
But i had the same feeling; the world is going to hell.
I registered to vote. I voted. Not along party lines. i vote for the best candidates.
Party affiliation is not required when registering in this state.
I sat at my computer, reading the Bio and descriptions of the candidates.
I even searched out news stories, and commentary about the ‘person’ before i voted.
I took notes; on the back of a store receipt. That paper went into the voting booth with me.
I know where my votes went, because i wrote them down before i went in.
Well, i don’;t know where that paper is, but its around here somewhere.
I know this is hard to read, and doesn’t make much of a story.
But it has all the elements that are required to get my point across.
The headline says it all.
But i still don’t get this ‘teabagger’ stuff. Are these the people who have been waterboarded ? Or candidates for office ?
Is there a new party in town… that . hey isn’t tea-bagging a sexual reference ? OMG . hide the kids.
Good day.
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