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We got a long way to go

I went for a short bike ride this a.m., about 26 miles. To do this I went out to Creve Coeur Park.  I went to a  lesser used trailhead on River Valley Drive.  This particular starting point allows me to do a little warm up within the park.  I then go over the Missouri River and drop down on to the Katy Trail.  This particular day I rode to and through St. Charles on this rail to trail project, waving to the statue of Lewis & Clark that is between the trail and the Missouri River in Old Town St. Charles.

As I was unloading my bicycle from the back of my pickup truck, I vaguely noticed a black sedan go by. As this road / parking lot dead ends just before the bike path, the car had to turn around and come back.  As they passed me the young “lady” in the passenger seat screamed, “TRUMP KICKS ASS.”

I am sure this was in response to several anti-Trump  bumper stickers on my back windshield.  You can see a picture on my article Ooops…Wrong Digit. I have since added one bumper sticker whose boldest part is Stop The Donald, basically equating our POS POTUS to a sexually transmitted disease.  After I  put the first set on my truck on 20 January 2017 I was flipped off multiple times.  I have not been flipped off for at least 2 years now.  In fact, I have had people comment in parking lots, etc. that they agreed with me.

I am not sure it is the smartest thing I could do, place inflammatory political bumper stickers on a valuable possession, but it needs to said.  And it needs to be said often.  What are you for in these troubled times?  I do understand that folks are afraid of antagonizing MAGAs, but we must stop this madness.

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Keep well.

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Quote of the Day — Margaret Chase Smith

“One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act too impulsively without thinking.” ~~ Margaret Chase Smith

 

 

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Mr. Trump, “They whisper about you.”

This is from the Lincoln Project, a GOP group! What scares me is that things like this might just push this paranoid sociopath off the tight rope of sanity he is walking.

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Word of the Day – Latitudinarian

  • Noun: Latitudinarian

    1. not insisting on strict conformity to a particular doctrine or standard : tolerant specifically
    2. tolerant of variations in religious opinion or doctrine
  • Synonyms:
    1. enlightened
    2. flexible
    3. humanistic
    4. lenient
    5. permissive
    6. radical
    7. reformist
    8. tolerant
  • Usage:
    1. “For example, Kevin Roose, a reporter with the New York Times, often posts (on Twitter) a list of the top 10 posts shared on Facebook in the past 24 hours, which almost always come predominantly from conservative voices, including Fox News, Ben Shapiro, ForAmerica, and the right-wing conspiracy theorist Dinesh D’Souza. On the other hand, Twitter has largely become the voice of the left, where the most shared stories, content, videos, and opinions are often much more latitudinarian in nature.”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Vanity Fair article How Facebook Became the Social Media Home of the Right

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #4,266

yeah I know you did not ask!

Every time I see a group of what is 99% males toting assault weapons demonstrating for any number of kooky causes, all I can see is a group of 13 year old boys who could not figure out how to grow up.

And while I am on the subject… I can see some good points to the philosophy / political stance of Libertarianism, but, again, as practiced in this country, it generally strikes me as the stance of teenage boys pushing back against whatever father figure is in their life. It does not strike me as a mature way to organize a society.

Keep well.

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The Pandemic Blues – Take II

I had a disturbing round of golf Friday.  Oh not about my golf game, I describe myself as a Dr. Hyde / Mr. Jekyll golfer.  I never know who is coming out, and sometimes I see both these sides in a single round of golf.  I figured out last millennium that I was never going to play golf professionally, or even at a stellar amateur level.  I am good with that.  I still enjoy the game.  My discomfort on this round of golf centered around attitudes about corona virus.

Let me describe where I golf most frequently.  It is across the Rio Mississippi in the small town of Columbia, IL. This is southern Illinois and it is hoosier land.  If your breed is more southern, substitute redneck for hoosier.  It is the same concept, different words. I go to this particular golf course as the rates are more reasonable than in Missouri, it is usually easy to get a tee time and the course is generally in good shape.  The greens always are.  While not the cow pasture golf Continue reading “The Pandemic Blues – Take II”

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Need help understanding black anger???

This is from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.  The whole episode is worth your time, but the last 40 seconds is amazingly powerful.  We all need to be thinking about what she is saying and why she is so angry.

Again language alert, but these times call for such language

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The Pandemic Blues

Language alert!

In an email to a friend I made a wisecrack about singing The Pandemic Blues.  He replied he had not heard that one, but someone had sent him a link to the Stay the F*** at Home!  He then asked for a link to the The Pandemic Blues.  I explained that I was being my usually contrarian sort and popping off. That there  was no such song that I knew of, but perhaps we could write one and perform it.  After all anyone can be on YouTube.

He sent me back the following verses and said now it was my  turn.  So I added the part in red.

The Pandemic Blues

The world has caught a virus
I’m to kindly ask
We need your help to cure it
so wear your fuckin’ mask!

I got an awful bad case
of them low down pandemic blues

If you want to visit family
it’s quite a simple task
just try to stay six feet apart
and wear your fuckin’ mask!

Lord, I’d have to get better, before I could die 
Those low down pandemic blues

If you want to lie down on the beach
to be in the sun and bask
it really not a problem
if you just wear your fuckin’ mask!

Lord, they’re killin’ me,
I mean them low down pandemic blues.

I’m going to make my apologies to Hank Williams.  Feel free to add verses in the comments. What is that old saw about too much group sourcing spoils the broth…

Now if we could just get Willie or Bocephus to sing it.