MLK Jr. & the Berlin Wall!

R.I.P. John McCain

I didn't agree with all your positions. But I DISAGREE with everything this clown stands for!

R.I.P. Queen!

Many Sides??? Heather Heyer. R.I.P.

"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention"!!!

Khizr & Ghazala Khan versus Donald Trump!

ABOVE: Captain Humayun Khan, US Army!

“If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America,” Mr. Khan exclaimed about his deceased son during his speech, his wife by his side.   Mr. Khan said that Mr. Trump “wants to build walls and ban us from this country.”

“Let me ask you: Have you even read the United States Constitution?   I will gladly lend you my copy,” Mr. Khan said, addressing Mr. Trump directly, while pulling a miniature version of the country’s founding document from his coat pocket.

From Ghazala Khan (Humayun Khan's Mother)

"I cannot walk into a room with pictures of Humayun.   For all these years, I haven’t been able to clean the closet where his things are — I had to ask my daughter-in-law to do it.   Walking onto the convention stage, with a huge picture of my son behind me, I could hardly control myself.   What mother could? Donald Trump has children whom he loves.   Does he really need to wonder why I did not speak?

Donald Trump said that maybe I wasn’t allowed to say anything.   That is not true.   My husband asked me if I wanted to speak, but I told him I could not.   My religion teaches me that all human beings are equal in God’s eyes.   Husband and wife are part of each other; you should love and respect each other so you can take care of the family."

Ghazala's full story at the Washington Post.

RIP:   Captain Humayun Khan!

Happy Brthday MLK!

Julian Bond - R.I.P.

January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015
An American social activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor, and writer.   Julian Bond helped to establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Happy Birthday MLK!

Rafael Ramos: R.I.P.

In spite of my thinking regarding Eric Garner and Michael Brown, I shed tears watching the funeral service for Rafael Ramos.   I watched the whole thing and it was heartbreaking...especially the videos/photos of his wife and sons.   Truly heartbreaking!   This is insanity!   When will America learn its' lesson about gun violence in this country!

"Can we talk?" R.I.P. Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014)

"When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything’s in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action. I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don’t want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don’t want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing 'Mr. Lonely.' I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé’s. - Joan Rivers, from her 2013 book I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me.

I first saw a live Joan Rivers performance back in the mid-1960s in Dubuque, Iowa!   That's right, I said Dubuque, IOWA!   That's a whole 'nother story!   As usual, even in those early days she pushed the envelope and I'm not so sure how many of those mid-westerners appreciated her razor sharp tongue...but that was 50+ years ago.   I however was rolling on the floor!

A Raisin in the Sun & Much...Much More!

R.I.P. Ruby Dee!

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings!"

R.I.P. Maya Angelou!   You will be missed, more than you could ever imagine!

Terence Noel

Happy Birthday Terry!   I/we miss you and love you.   You were taken too soon!   And...they tell me...there is a God?

Please don't text while driving! Please!

Alexander Heit's final text cut off in mid-sentence.   Before he could send it, police say the 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student drifted into oncoming traffic, jerked the steering wheel and went off the road, rolling his car.

Heit died shortly after the April 3 crash, but his parents and police are hoping the photo of the mundane text on his iPhone will serve as a stark reminder to drivers.

via Copyranter

The Invasion of Iraq! Happy 10th Anniversary!

So far...here's what the numbers are saying ... at least to me, that is!

This IRAQI debacle has cost the American tax payer just over two TRILLION dollars under Dubbya's regime!

• Over a total of 190,000 people were killed/bombed/nuked/droned/whatever!
• Of that number...100,000 were Iraqis.
• another 4,000+ Americans died hunting for "weapons of mass destruction"!
• another 32,000 Americans were wounded and there are an untold number of American soldiers suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome)

Aside from PTSD...we have no idea of the number of Americans and its' allies that had their young/innocent heads "f*cked up by this invasion!"

And according to other war mongers...aside from (and including) Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield and a few others...this fiasco would eventually be funded by the supposed "cheap flow" of oil from Iran once Dubbya got rid of Saddam!

Postscript:
Just filled up my tank!   $4.39/gallon.   I can't complain.   It was $4.59 this time last year...and under $4.00 in Providence Forge, Virgina   Thanks Dubbya!

Happy 100th Rosa Parks!

F*ck the 2nd Amendment and the NRA!

We are the most armed country in the world!   On average, 34 people are killed every day in this United States of America!   I'm saddened by this fact and today's tragedy in my home state.   I'm disgusted by our lack of any meaningful action to reduce gun violence in this country.   We can't wait much longer!   We need to act now!

Happy Birthday Terry!

Gone...but not forgotten!

Benghazi...The Budget...& Lindsey Graham!

Dear Mr. Graham,
I’m addicted to the Sunday news “talk shows”   You name them and I’m there. “Face the Nation”, “Meet the Press”, "This Week" with George S....I’m there!   They are what prompted me to write this entry.   I saw you on several of last Sunday's shows and I was screaming at the T.V.!   Tim Russert (R.I.P.) would have nailed you to the wall!   I wanted to throw up!   Mr. Graham…you disgust me!

You pass judgment on U.N Ambassador Sharon Rice, and the attack on Benghazi, but where were you when the Bush Administration got warning of a potential attack on the United States by Osama Bin Laden?   Did you claim that Condoleezza mislead the American public back then?   You were silent then!   Why didn’t you subject Condoleezza to the same sh*t you are casting upon Ambassador Sharon Rice?   We lost almost 3,000 lives back then...and the Bush administration was forewarned...but not a word from you or your cohorts!   Not a f*cking word!

Then there’s the infamous budget cliff!   You bitched...and continue to bitch about the deficit…but you (and your cohorts) gave President Bush carte blanche to put TWO wars on a credit card along with a prescription drug program!   You didn’t bitch back then...but you’re bitching now about the deficit!   You and your likes signed up for this deficit!   I just don’t understand it.   Equally as scary is that I don’t understand how a good portion of the American electorate subscribe to your bullsh*t!   Or that of Mr. Cantor, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Boehner or the other bullsh*ters!   Did I mention that Mr. Cantor (along with Vice Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan) and South Carolina Senator, Jim DeMint (pictured above by your side) met with several other Republican thugs to pledge to do whatever they could do to undermine (and destroy) President Obama’s presidency?  

I’m really sick of all of you thugs…but I’m equally disgusted that the Americans that you serve don’t see you for who you are!   You sicken me!   You and your like...really do!

• You have an "A" rating by the NRA and a "B" rating by the Gun Owners of America, indicating a strong pro-gun stance.
• You opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation
• In 1996 you voted for the Defense of Marriage Act
• You were for a climate change act, then you were against it…because of the Democrats stance on immigration? Help me understand this!

Did I mention...you disgust me!

Helene Lightbourne: 8/22/1916 - 11/19/2012

She was the prototype for the "Energizer Bunny"...even at the age of 92...before her 1st stroke!   Always on the move...always helping where she could.   Always smiling.   Her laugh was infectious.   In all of her years, I never saw her mad or unhappy!   She brought joy to everyone who knew her.   She was short in stature (well under 5 feet tall and with a shoe size of four and a half) but was she a giant in heart and soul.   She had a heart of gold!

If you looked up the word "angel" in the dictionary...you'd see a picture of Aunt Helene!   When I was a youngster, she was Christmas!   When I needed help (without asking)...she was always there.   She was a renaissance woman way ahead of her time.

If there's a heaven...Aunt Helene is in the penthouse suite!   So on this Thanksgiving eve...if some asked me what I'm thankful for...my answer would be Aunt Helene!   I think everyone she touched would have the same answer!   If there were more Aunt Helenes in this world...the world would truly be a better place!   Rest in peace Aunt Helene...you deserve it!