Why I’m Reconsidering My Republican Roots

I used to be proud to say I was a Republican. Nowadays, I’m not so sure. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to start calling myself a Democrat, but I do think it’s time for a change.

Why, you ask? Let’s see, there’s this: Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery, and rape. – Politico

I have never thought or spoken about anyone in this way; therefore, I certainly don’t want to be associated with it. The problem is it seems to come from the top. While the President may not express himself exactly in the same way, he certainly implies that he shares the same views.

It’s not surprising that people are like this. Watch television or movies, listen to podcasts and talk shows, look at some of the groups on social media, and you will see hundreds of examples of the same thing. It’s incredible the things people will say, hiding behind a computer. What is worse is that people actually believe what they see.

Yes, we are all protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution, guaranteeing us the right to be a******s, but it doesn’t make it right.

The Curious Case of the Dumpster Raccoon: A Detailed Speculation

When I was driving I would ponder all kinds of important things. Things like why do squirrels raise their tails when they are running away from your vehicle? Keep in mind when I was driving I couldn’t use my phone to go online and research these things. After all I was driving. Come to think of it when I was driving I only had a flip phone.

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The Lies Our Parents Told Us

As I continuously creep closer to senility, I tend to think about the past more. For the last week or so I keep thinking back to the things adults would tell us that just weren’t true. Yes, it’s true, our parents told us lies. Now I’m sure they had their reasons, and some of them may have even been legitimate, but they were lies nevertheless. Here are some of the ones I remember.

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Scenes from an American Diner

Here is a post I pulled out of my draft pile.

Back in the late seventies or maybe the early eighties, Billy Joel had a song titled “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”. Unfortunately, I don’t have any Italian Restaurants near me so I can’t describe any scenes from them. I suppose I could go to the nearest chain Italian Restaurant but is that really Italian? We had a nice Italian restaurant here in town, one that had been here for a long time. But the owner passed away recently and now it sits empty, no bottles of red, no bottles of white.

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