War Letters
In the winter of 2003, it was obvious that America was going to war. Congress had voted approval, the modern version of a declaration of war. The troops. and supplies, were on the borders of Iraq, waiting for the order to go in.
PG felt the need to make a statement. There was no illusion that it would affect the overall decision to invade Iraq. However, PG wanted to go on record as being opposed to the folly to come.
It was a low risk act. In America, we have freedom of expression. This does not mean that the powers that be listen to the people. The only expression that matters is by people who pay the authorities. The people can say anything, but nobody in charge listens.
There were three representatives in Congress to contact. The two Senators were Saxby Chambliss and Zell Miller. The 4th district was represented in the House of Representatives by Denise Majette. She was new to Congress, having defeated Cynthia McKinney in the 2002 election.
The area that PG lives in is gerrymandered into different districts every ten years by the Georgia legislature. This is partly the legacy of the Voting Rights Act, which requires the voting districts in Georgia to be approved by Federal authorities. Today, PG is in the 6th district, represented by Republican Tom Price.
The letters are lost in hard drive crash fog. It started out with the phrase “you were elected to represent me.” Apparently, this left Zell Miller out. He has been appointed to finish the term of Paul Coverdell. Democrat Zell Miller was appointed by Democrat Governor Roy Barnes to complete the term of Republican Paul Coverdell. After this, Zell Miller gave the keynote address at the 2004 Republican Convention. This is what Georgia has come to expect from Zig Zag Zell.
The anti war letter was not great writing. It basically said that the invasion of Iraq was not a good idea. The letter did not address the tax cut. In a bizarre move, Congress approved a tax cut, with an economically ruinous war on the horizon.
The responses to the letter are attached here. Denise Majette gave a thoughtful reply. She did not say “I agree with you” in so many words, but it is clear she is not gung ho about killing Iraqis. Miss Majette said, and PG agrees, that once the war begins, the debate should cease.
Saxby Chambliss sent two replies. Both talked about how well the war was going, and how wonderful it was to be killing people in Iraq. It is a good question whether his staff read the original letter from PG, which opposed the war.
In the 2004 election, Denise Majette ran for the Senate. Zell Miller chose to retire, and his seat was up for grabs. Republican Johnny Isakson won the Senate seat. Cynthia McKinney made a comeback, and won the fourth district House seat.
Saxby Chambliss was re-elected in 2008, and retired in 2014. The conflict in Iraq continues to this day. It is a disaster. The withdrawal of American combat troops did not end the civil war. Currently, Iraq is the scene for combat operations from the Islamic State military force.
The financial burden of the war has been immense. The military depends on contractors for many basic services, at increased cost to the Asian war financiers. The National debt has been increasing by a trillion dollars a year. Revenge for nine eleven, directed at a marginally responsible country, has been horribly expensive. Pictures for today’s entertainment message are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
There have been nine presidential transfers of power in PG’s life. Seven of them were in January. PG typically ignores them. He goes out with Mr. Crook in office, and comes home to President Thief.
The best exception was in August,1974. Richard Nixon was finally undone and forced to resign. After watching Tricky Dick’s next to last television speech , PG got in his Datsun and drove to the Great Southeast Music Hall. The entertainment that night was Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
The Music Hall was the sort of place we don’t seem to have anymore. The auditorium was a bunch of bench backs on ground level, with pillows everywhere. It was a space in a shopping center, occupied by an office depot in later years. To get there from Brookhaven, you drove on a dirt road, where Sidney Marcus Boulevard is today.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk was not modest. He was the modern miracle of the tenor saxophone. He would play three saxophones at once, getting sounds that you do not get from a single instrument. At one point, the band had been playing for about five minutes, when PG noticed that Kirk had been holding the same note the entire time without stopping to breathe.
Mr. Kirk played two ninety minute sets that night. He talked about twenty minutes out of every set. Of that twenty minutes, maybe thirty seconds would be fit for family broadcasting. Mr. Kirk…who was blind…said he did not want to see us anyway, because we were too ugly. He said that Stevie Wonder wanted to make a lot of money, so he could have an operation and see again.
The next day, Mr. Nixon got in a helicopter and left Washington. The Music Hall stayed open a few more years, and Sidney Marcus Boulevard was paved. Rahsaan Roland Kirk had a stroke in 1975. He struggled to be able to perform again. On December 5, 1977, a second stroke ended his career. He was 41 years old. This feature is an encore presentation. The pictures used today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
The Unedited Quote
Comments are disabled for this video. ~ This quote is (badly) edited. It is from the article linked above. The GQ advertisers would appreciate your clicking on it. The article is titled Why You’re Not Married (to the Woman You Really Want) Here is the unedited quote. 1. You’re a dick. It kind of goes without saying, women want to be with a guy who is nice to them. (Though the first and probably biggest sign you’re a dick is that you don’t believe this.) But when you are sarcastic, argumentative, or contemptuous of a woman’s lady-ways—the messy friends, the astrology-talk, the big, big emotions—you’re not being nice. Even if you open her car door on dates. Being a dick is when you’re so self-centered, you think your ideas are pretty much the only worthy ones and you secretly believe other people are inferior to you. Not that you know you think this. Like your female counterpart, the Bitch, you’d rather believe other people just can’t handle how awesome you are. And you’re right. All that awesomeness sucks, actually. In any case, if you want to be in a relationship with someone who thinks and acts just like you, why not start fucking your dude friends? ~ @KimKierkegaard It take moral courage to grieve; it takes religious courage to be joyful, cause laughing causes wrinkles. ~ Slut Reader – Just grabs whatever looks like fun at the library, yard sale, or trash pile. Doesn’t worry about the approval of others in his pursuit of a good time. ~ NOTICE: If you’re not a bigot, you are welcome. If you aren’t sure if you’re a bigot, I might ask you a few questions to see if we can figure it out together… ~ And all of the white virgin cheerleaders are sucking black jocky dick. The street name is “Touchdown pussy”. Thanks for reminding me Ribeye. Is your daughter fucking a baller? You wouldn’t know anyway. When she gets home, put a finger in her pussy and see if it smells like KFC.~ @pourmecoffee I like to be hypocritical in the mornings and point out hypocrisy in the afternoons, but sometimes I flip it around just to mix things up. ~ @KimKierkegaard Hair by Rob Recine; make up by Lucia Pieroni; inner strife & disharmony by some unknown thing I do not even dare to try to know. ~ If you are an english speaker then you should speak up about eighty word sentences. ~ @LindaInDisguise I’ll give up my thesaurus when you pry it from my frigid, frosty, frozen, cadaverous, lifeless, stiff, defunct extremities. ~ there their they’re now ~ It is a way to pass the time in a traffic jam. ~ The fridge was whining. ~ @RedMeatMonday #foxnewsfacts #MeganKelly is dating @maddow ~ This does not speak well for Jesus. ~ a dress is a social prostruct ~ @chamblee54 @Brimshack @eyeneedtono a meme without a source can be assumed to have a phony quote ~ ” I wanna hear what you think!” you are a brave woman ~ @JesusIsAJerk Any atheist who retweets this is going to hell for eternity. ~ Maintaining order rather than correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of wisdom. To cure disease after it has appeared is like digging a well when one feels thirsty, or forging weapons after the war has already begun. Nei Jing (2nd century BC) ~ @TheFunnyRacist I’m sick of the stereotype that all Muslims like to fuck goats! That’s not the case at all! Some of them prefer camels ~ Luke 23:29 King James Version _ For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck ~ King Jimmy had a way with words. He was also a hypocrite i.e. “paps which never gave suck” ~ This quote was attributed to Jesus. He was about to be crucified. This story is relevant to today’s current events. The authority “have found no fault in this man.” That wasn’t good enough for the mob, which demanded that Jesus be crucified. We all know what happened next. This is what happens when justice is a popularity contest. ~ pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. ~ selah ~
Frankly My Dear
An English language expression for caring goes give a _____. An unverified internet source tells one story: “(don’t) give a damn -The above phrase was originally I don’t give a dam (yes, the n is missing on purpose) and seems to have been brought back to England by military men traveling to India in the mid 18th century. A dam was an Indian coin of little value. After spreading to civilian usage, the phrase changed to I don’t give a damn and was first recorded in America in the 1890’s”
DGA__ went in two directions. Less offensive words like hoot, toss, and rip were inserted into the blank space. Others chose use more offensive items, like shit and fuck, in the formula.
No one seems to know what a damn is. It is hard to say what exactly is meant by not giving a shit, or a fuck. Fuck refers to a highly prized animal activity. Shit is a vile, smelly substance that is used for fertilizer. When you give a shit, do you gift wrap it?
A link to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck recently turned up on facebook. Out of 2496 words, 113 are fuck, or incorporate fuck. The f-word is used as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, and interjection. The f-word is not used as a conjunction. This is a curious omission. The literal meaning of the f-word refers to the act of conjunction.
It may seem judgmental to say so, but this attitude is selfish, arrogant, and irresponsible. If you stick around for the fine print, you see that it is not enough to merely not give a hoot. According to “Author. Thinker. Life Enthusiast.” Mark Manson, it is a matter of deciding what you want to hoot about. (The period is used at the end of a complete sentence. You should use one period per sentence.)
Here is a brief biography. “Mark Manson is from Austin, Texas, USA and graduated from Boston University in 2007. He began coaching men informally that same year, taking them out to local bars and helping them approach attractive women. Mark founded Practical Pick Up in 2008 and has since worked with hundreds of men in 12 different countries and four different continents. He’s given over 40 public presentations worldwide and has been interviewed for news shows and magazines. In 2011, he changed his business to PostMasculine.com to change his focus away from simply meeting and attracting women and to help with life’s issues at large.”
In other words, he got started coaching men on how to get women to give them a fuck. Mr. Manson has “evolved” into coaching the gender neutral internet on not giving a fuck. What a guy. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Andrew Brannan And Kyle Dinkheller
On Tuesday, January 13, the State of Georgia is scheduled to execute Andrew Howard Brannan. He was convicted of the 1998 shooting of Laurens County Deputy Kyle Dinkheller. The embedded video leaves little doubt as to Mr. Brannan’s participation in the crime. However, there are those who say the sentence should be commuted to life in prison. A 2002 document from the Georgia Supreme Court tells the story of a traffic stop gone awry.
“Andrew Brannan left his mother’s house in Stockbridge, Georgia, to drive to his house in Laurens County in the afternoon of January 12, 1998. He was driving his white pickup truck 98 miles per hour on Interstate 16 when Laurens County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Dinkheller clocked his speed with a radar gun. Brannan exited the highway and stopped on a rural stretch of Whipple Crossing Road after the deputy caught up to him. During the pursuit, Deputy Dinkheller activated a video camera which is aimed through his windshield. The camera captured almost all of Brannan’s actions during the ensuing traffic stop. Deputy Dinkheller also wore a microphone. The deputy stopped his patrol car about 20 feet behind Brannan’s truck. Brannan exited his truck and stood near the driver’s side door with his hands in his pockets. The right side of Deputy Dinkheller is visible on the tape as he stood next to his driver’s side door.
Deputy Dinkheller said, “Driver, step back here to me. Come on back here to me.” Brannan said, “Okay,” but did not move. The deputy said, “Come on back. How are you doing today?” Brannan said that he was okay and asked how the deputy was doing, but still did not move. Deputy Dinkheller said he was good and repeated, “[C]ome on back here and keep your hands out of your pockets.” Brannan asked why and the deputy again said, “Keep your hands out of your pockets, sir.” Brannan responded, “Fuck you, Godamit, here I am. Shoot my fucking ass.” He then began dancing in the street, saying, “Here I am, here I am.” The deputy ordered, “Come here. Sir, come here,” but Brannan responded, “Shoot me.”
Deputy Dinkheller radioed for assistance on his belt-mounted radio, and the defendant stopped dancing and approached him. The deputy said, “Sir, get back.” Brannan replied, “Who are you calling, motherfucker?” and then rushed the deputy and a confrontation ensued to the left of the patrol car and off camera. The deputy ordered Brannan to get back nine more times. Brannan replied with “Fuck you” four times … “I am a goddam Vietnam combat veteran.”
Brannan then ran back to his truck and began rummaging around behind the driver’s seat. Deputy Dinkheller remained beside his patrol car and ordered, “Sir, get out of the car.” The right side of the deputy is briefly visible during this time. The deputy had drawn his baton, but not his firearm. Brannan replied that he was in fear of his life. The deputy shouted, “I’m in fear of my life! Get back here now!” Brannan said, “No,” and then pulled a .30 caliber M 1 carbine from his truck. The deputy radioed for help and shouted for him to put the gun down. Instead, Brannan crouched by his open driver’s side door. The deputy shouted for Brannan to put the gun down three more times. Brannan opened fire and the deputy returned fire.
Deputy Dinkheller was hit and shouted, “Shoot, shoot, stop now!” Brannan continued firing and advanced to the front of the patrol car. The deputy apparently tried to take cover behind the patrol car. Brannan exhausted one magazine, reloaded, and continued firing. The microphone recorded the sounds of the deputy being shot. At trial, the medical examiner testified that by this time Deputy Dinkheller had been struck by at least nine bullets, in the arms, legs, buttocks, chest, and head. The medical examiner opined that the deputy, although still breathing into the microphone, had lost consciousness because he was no longer returning fire or crying out when shot. The video shows Brannan cease crouching, take careful aim with his carbine, say “Die, Fucker,” and fire one last shot. Brannan then fled the scene in his truck.
Brannan was found hiding in the woods about 100 yards from his house, and he made incriminating statements after his arrest. He had a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The police found the murder weapon in his house. “
At his trial, Mr. Brannan pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. “Brannan had served as an first lieutenant and forward artillery observer in Vietnam near the Laotian border in 1970 and saw considerable combat, according to military records. He received a Bronze Star for meritorious service. Years later, he was rated 100% disabled with PTSD by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which also found him to be suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts and bipolar disorder.” “At the time of the murder, Mr. Brannan had not taken his medications regularly for at least five days. ”
One explanation offered by Mr. Brannan does not make him look rational. “Regarding his dancing during the altercation, Brannan explained to the police that he once defused a tense situation with an angry man by dancing and saying “shoot me.” He also later told a psychiatrist that he had seen Mel Gibson act that way in the movie “Lethal Weapon.”
Before the trial, Mr. Brannan was examined by ” a Central State Hospital psychiatrist, Dr. Carter… Dr. Carter testified that Brannan was sane during the crime even though the defense presented evidence that he was not.”
Mr. Brannan has other issues with the state. “In a lawsuit filed April 9, Brannan alleges he has been denied “proper and/or adequate treatment” for his mental health disorder and that the G.D.C. doesn’t have a system in place to treat death row inmates with mental health problems.
Brannan, 64, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in 1984 following his combat in the Vietnam War, according to his 22-page handwritten court filing. He argues his mental health has “severely” declined while he’s been incarcerated due to a lack of treatment, medication and rehabilitation assistance. At times, his PTSD and bipolar disorder have caused him to become “manic” because of being locked up for 23 hours a day, Brannan contends.
Brannan alleges guards came in yelling during a “shake down” of his housing area Jan. 15 and he had a flashback to combat in Vietnam. He suffered a “psychotic breakdown,” yelling and screaming. Prison mental health workers allegedly agreed to take him to a quiet place, but minutes later, guards handcuffed him and told him to get on his knees. When he questioned the guards, they slammed him to the floor so hard that he defecated on himself.
Brannan alleges he was punched in the ribs, causing bruising and cracking. Despite a broken collarbone, Brannan contends he never received pain medication, according to the court filing.
Both Mr. Brannan and Deputy Dinkheller are white. Georgia seems to follow a pattern of executing a white man for every black man that is executed. The last two executions have been black men. In an ironic touch, during his appeals “Mr. Brannan contends that the State violated Batson v. Kentucky, … by discriminating on the basis of race during jury selection.”
Would Deputy Dinkheller have been faster to fire if Mr. Brannan had been black? There is no way of knowing. Seeing as how Deputy Dinkheller fired 33 shots, and only hit Mr. Brannan once, it might not have made any difference. That statistic is taken from this article, which discusses the mistakes made by Deputy Dinkheller. Another source says: “A few weeks prior to this incident Deputy Dinkheller had been verbally reprimanded by his superior for being “too quick” to draw his gun.”
The execution is scheduled for Tuesday, January 13. It is not known whether the compounding pharmacy used by the state has produced the fatal medication. In the last few executions, mystery drugs used by the state have worked well. Black and white pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. UPDATE Andrew Brannan was executed January 13, 2015. He died at 8:33 pm, with no reported complications from using mystery drugs.
Sapiosexual
The embedded link takes you to Make Love Not Porn: Cindy Gallop at TEDxOxford. Ms. Gallop pitches her venture, makelovenotporn.com The idea is for couples people to submit videos of sexual activity. The submitter pays a fee, as does the person who streams the video. The streaming fees will be shared with the video submitter. If all goes well, people will have a healthier attitude about fucking, and a healthier bank account to go with it. There were comments.
HardforJesus Porn bothers her because after young men watch it enough, they couldn’t possibly get hard looking at her.
tyler lewis the part I am having trouble with is believing that all these young guys want to sleep with this old woman, she is not attractive or sexy so what else could it be
Jonathan Nagel I’ll tell you why she gets fucked by young men. It’s because she has a pussy. Men will fuck anything when horny. I have.
Ariel Tsun I’d do it and I’m not even a guy. Ever heard of a sapiosexual?
The last comment made PG think. The always helpful Urban Dictionary has this to say. Sapiosexual (adj) A form of sexual orientation characterized by a strong attraction to intelligence in others, often regardless of gender and/or conventional attractiveness.(n) A sapiosexual person.”I am sapiosexual. I think geeks and nerds are sexy–I often want to rub my clit against their minds.” -Kayar Silkenvoice. This UD definition is sponsored by nomorerack.
Collinsdictionary says “Sapiosexual is a neologism word (recently constructed word) that has come into common usage;, especially on social networking sites where some people are self-identifying as sapiosexual. Origins: From Latin root sapien, wise or intelligent, and Latin sexualis, relating to the sexes.” There are comments.
blancasd Irony: Using “Sapiophile” or “Sapiosexual”, made up words, to describe how you’re turned on by intelligence. Seriously, has anyone ever been turned on by how dumb someone is? “Oh my, his stupidity makes me moist!” Said no one ever.
r.bannon87 The fact that you used the word moist instead of wet, makes me think your kind of dumb. Now add in the fact that I think your dumb use of the word “moist” is just a little bit appealing. So, not only have I shown you to be wrong, but now I task you with creating the word for my attraction to your lack of intelligence.
If you haven’t lost interest already, there is a rap video and sapiosexual dot com to amuse you. There is even the Sapiosexual Test, sponsored by Decatur Family Psychiatry. Out of dedication to his craft, PG decided to take the Sapiosexual Test.
The test is 20 statements. A sample is “I would find it unbearable to tolerate unintelligence in my romantic partner.” You choose between one and five, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. PG got 55%. This is in the middle. “25 – 75 points = This is an average score. You do find intelligence attractive but not necessary for sexual attraction.” Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Reconstruction
@bitchywaiter Things to not talk about when I am serving your breakfast: how Santa didn’t bring you a vaginal reconstruction this year. ~ @bitchywaiter Things to not talk about while I serve your dinner: your need for a new bra because since you had your baby “your tits are all fucked up.” ~ @murderkroger Guess this really was a playoff game for the Falcons ~ unarmed children killed by the authorities – at least America doesn’t mind when Israel does it. ~ The Tralfamadorian Paradigm in Slaughterhouse Five ~ 1-Marta was built on railroad right of way. To put a station at Turner Field would have meant a major construction project. 2- There are plenty of people who think that the Blank Bowl is equally ridiculous as the Cobb Crackers. ~ @TooMessedUp A woman just dropped a $100 bill next to me. I thought, “What would Jesus do?” So I turned it into wine. Well, I bought a case of wine. ~ @sydscifi @jojokejohn Are point smiles something you get when you fly a lot? ~ I went to channel two news to look at the weather. Then I was looking at this post. An auto start commercial started at channel two. “SOMETIMES BIGGER IS BETTER” ~ @Brimshack It’s sad to think that kind of political porn counts as conservatism. @cheetah1961 ~ What if people were as proud of their ability to listen, as they were of the things they say? ~ snopes and the snopes.com logo are registered service marks of snopes.com. ~ @TooMessedUp How easily you’re offended is directly proportional to how dumb you are. ~ The header ad is from methproject.org “WILL METH MAKE ME DIG AT MY OWN SKIN?”~ A libertarian vote is essentially a vote for the incumbent. If the election had gone to a runoff, then Mr. Deal probably would have won. I was not impressed by Mr. Carter, but the Demos are not good at attracting statewide candidates. ~ “A Libertarian vote is essentially a vote for the incumbent” is a cop out IMO! That’s the reason we have a two party system… because no one wants to vote for the loser. Everyone wants to be a winner and no one things a independent/lib/other is capable of winning. Anyone is capable of winning IF we get off our collective asses as citizens and educate ourselves and those around of us about the alternatives. I admit that I don’t educate myself as well as I should but I try to get as much non-partisan info as I can at least for all the positions that I deem important (some of the “low” local positions, especially uncontested ones) I tend to gloss over. ~ Better safe than sorry is right. Channel 13 News was just talking about this change in Facebook’s privacy policy. Better safe than sorry. As of January 4th, 2015 at 10:50 a.m . Eastern standard time, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, or posts, both past and future. By this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. You MUST copy and paste ~ @poetryduh @briankornell, @mbsycamore, I’ve been busy writing stories, which was maybe the fool’s choice when I could’ve been busy knitting ~ Solid one on one relationships are tough to come by. I am grateful for the few friends that I do have. ~ @mbsycamore you need perspective when you are suspected ~ Anthropomorphic Aramaic shade is the best shade. ~ The following replies are approved. To see additional replies that are pending approval, click Show Pending. Warning: These may contain graphic material. ~ You are going to pay for it. Feemaste ~ Lang said in a statement McCollom told agents she was asleep when her husband, Chief William McColom, shot her so she could not give them any details. ~ Tomorrow, Facebook will change its privacy settings to allow Mark Zuckerberg to come into your house while you sleep and eat your brains with a grapefruit spoon. To stop this from happening, go to Account> Home Invasion Settings> Cannibalism> Brains> Grapefruit, and uncheck the “Tasty” box. Please copy and repost.” ~ Register To Post You can view topic. You cannot start a new topic. You cannot reply to posts. You cannot edit your posts. You cannot delete your posts. You cannot add new polls. You cannot vote in polls. You cannot attach files to posts. You cannot post without approval. ~ The information in this article is not legal advice and should not be construed as legal advice. It is information only. ~ pictures from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. ~ selah
Racists Got Racist
The #blacklivesmatter movement took a dairy inclusive turn this weekend. New York City was the scene when #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Hit Whites Where It Truly Hurts: Brunch.
“… a group of about three dozen demonstrators … hitting such quiche-and-mimosa joints … When they arrived, they began reading the names of black Americans killed by police to diners. From the Washington Post: The protesters, most dressed in black, read the names of African Americans killed by police punctuated with chants of “ashe,” a word from the Yoruba language of West Africa comparable to “amen.” Timed by participants, the ritual takes four-and-a-half minutes — since Michael Brown’s body was left on the street for four-and-a-half hours in Ferguson. … As is to be expected when such a sacred institution is so callously attacked, the protests sparked lots of fervent tweeting. Racists got racist”
The comment about racists getting racist is linked to a tweet. It was part of a lively thread. The first tweet is the one linked Racists got racist. Selected replies follow.
@genophilia It’s fine for blacks to loot, rob, rape and kill whites, but if whites complain about it, now that’s racist. #blackbrunchnyc #ferguson
@adamscolleg @genophilia I personally have had people on twitter call me racist when I mentioned being mugged and pistol whipped.
@adamscolleg @genophilia they don’t. It’s always on the news. We didn’t protest when oj got off after cutting his white wife’s head off
@Lazlos_Closet @genophilia lol ok. And are you sure OJ did it? And was OJ a cop?
Many people are raising questions about the tactics employed in this struggle. One feature is Ten Counterproductive Behaviors of Social Justice Educators. Is the action designed to affect change, or to satisfy the ego of the actor? If you are trying to talk to police, maybe a donut shop would be preferred to a trendy Manhattan bruncherie.
A twitter crusader recently made a comment about having fun by calling out people on “racist” behavior. The verbatim quote is lost in the annals of twitterdom. A google search for “feel good calling out” found an article, Stop Calling People Out. The idea is to get better results by calling forth, rather than calling out. Allow the person to save face, and this person might listen to your message.
Mohandas Gandhi knew a thing, or two, about affecting change. He is quoted as saying “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” (Information about the source is in the linked article.) Maybe the social justice bully is the weak party today. The showboat tactics are an indication of this weakness.
Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Ladies Night
It is a magic moment. Trolling the shelves of the Chamblee library, and finding an unread book by a fun author. It is a good time waiting to be had. Only trouble is when you finish that box of chocolates, and wonder what chemicals were in those treats.
The story today is Ladies’ Night. It is recent product from the factory of Mary Kay Andrews. The lady has produced work for an adoring audience since 2002.
Grace is a lifestyle blogger. After publishing a piece about something trendy and tasteful, she catches her husband, and assistant, in the act. Before you can say comment moderation, Grace moves in with her mother. An evil judge orders Grace to go to a divorce therapy group.
Grace lives on the gulf coast in Florida. The judge, “divorce coach,” philandering assistant, and estranged spouses are all crooks. The sunsets are spectacular, the police are useless, and the heat is horrible. While looking at a sunset, Grace and her new bf say this is why we live here. Maybe it is better than Birmingham, where the bf’s ex is threatening to move.
Divorce camp is a lively scene. One by one, the ladies, and one man, tell tales of woe. Grace shacks up with the one man, then leaves when his ex tries to win him back. Chamblee54 tries to be a spoiler free blog, so you just have to read the book to see how it turns out.
There are plot twists, surprises, gotchas, and ho ho ho’s. The story gets less believable with every page. When you break into your old house, you probably will not find convincing evidence that your former assistant vandalized your decorating project. If you confront her, she is not going to confess.
If you can check your disbelief, you will probably enjoy Ladies Night. It does have some good points. One of the divorce camp ladies is black, and is seen without undue stereotyping. The story does keep your attention, but that does not make it a good book. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
The Second Great Flood
Here is part one . Somewhere in his drifting around the internet, PG found a reference to the story of Noah and the Ark. A light bulb above his head switched on, and the answer was apparent: Global warming is the second great flood.
In the Biblical story, G-d was upset with the way man was doing things. She gave Noah a heads up, and he was ridiculed by the good citizens of the day. Finally, it rained forty days and forty nights, and everyone except Noah got wet.
In the modern version, G-d sees man making a wasteland of the bountiful planet. An amazing resource like oil is controlled by hateful tyrants, and burned to make cars run. The signs of dis ease are apparent to some, but they are ridiculed by the good citizens of the day.
This time, things are different. Instead of forty days and forty nights, it is two hundred years of burning fossil fuels. It is a time of war, and rumors of war.
Here is part two . PG was shooting from the hip the other day, and said that G-d was causing global warming. At first it seemed a bit goofy, but like other thoughts about her (G-d is in the details,) the more PG thinks, the more sense it makes.
A lot has to do with your idea of who G-d is. (maybe the four other w’s… what, when, where, and why… should also apply.) Although PG would not put global warming past Jehovah or Mary’sbabydaddy, those conceptions are just a bit obsolete. The idea of G-d that PG uses is the fifth element, to go with earth, air, fire and water.
The moonies have another view…that G-d is the difference between a human being and five dollars worth of chemicals. There seems to be an overall body of knowledge that makes the earth function. A DNA, or software. This framework of knowledge is how PG views G-d.
Right now, man is living in a paradise. A planet with earth, air, water and fire that is uniquely fabricated to support intelligent life. The role that G-d played in facilitating this planet is a mystery. There is a balance of life here…the right amount of gravity, the right ph balance in the oceans, the proper mix of gases in the atmosphere. Man has been granted this paradise…it was not earned, it was given out of the bounty of G-d. And man has done his best to destroy the environment. Promiscuously burning fossil fuels is just part of the damage.
There does seem to be a plan to deal with this. If the level of CO2 in the air goes above a certain level, then the temperatures will start to rise. This has been proven time and time again. There are nay sayers…some of whom are not on fossil fuel industry payrolls… who say this is a natural process, and has nothing to do with the actions of man. These people are similar to the upstanding citizens who ridiculed Noah when he built his ark.
It should be noted that the story of Noah and the ark might be a myth. That is, it is full of symbols and allegory, and is not to be taken literally. It could be that in an ancient time, G-d got fed up with the evil deeds of man, and decided to teach a lesson. This could be what is happening today. Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”. This is a repost.
Famous Latin Phrases
It looks like the last internet quiz of 2014 is Can You Translate 12 Famous Latin Phrases? Latin is special to PG. After sliding through eight levels of education with minimal effort, PG took first year Latin in ninth grade, and flunked. The first teacher to give you an F will always be special.
A few point from that class came in handy today. Et is something like and. The first person singular of a verb usually ends in o. Est is version of the dreaded to be verb. “Dum Spiro Spero” comes out “while i breathe i hope.” It has nothing to do with Spiro Agnew.
The production is an advertising gimmick. Sponsors include Columbus By Palomino RVs, Create A Custom Mascot, Online Surveys by Google, and 2-for-1 Europe Cruising. One wonders how many Ford Focus drivers copped a deal because of this quiz.
Each of the twelve “classic” mottoes had three possible answers. If you are good at multiple choice testing, you should be able to figure out most of the answers. An example is number eight. The phrase is “Errare Humanum Est.” The possibilities were “to err is human, erosion of humanity, erase human failure.” Those who choose erosion of humanity automatically fail.
Here are the twelve phrases. “Carpe Diem, Semper Fidelis, In Vino Veritas, Amor Vincit Omnia, Veritas Vos Liberabi, Aere Perennius, Volens Et Potens, Errare Humanum Est, Dum Spiro Spero, Cogito Ergo Sum, E Pluribus Unum, Novus Ordo Seclorum.”
PG got ten of the twelve correct the first time. He missed “Aere Perennius” and “Novus Ordo Seclorum.” The last page ads include Bible Trivia Quiz, and Tracfone. PG uses one of those products. The pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
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