Tag Archives: election

Register to vote

Posted on September 25, 2018 by

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution gave African-American men the right to vote. However, many of them weren’t able to exercise this right for nearly 100 years.  Poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means used by some states made it difficult for … Continue reading →

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How far we have fallen-part 2

Posted on September 18, 2018 by

“He knows he has an unusual penis. It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool. I lay there, annoyed that I was getting f***ed by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart. … Continue reading →

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Choose to know what is happening around you

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

If you didn’t know I am going to tell you, I am a world-class grill master. I don’t have any ribbons, awards, certificates or trophies to validate this title it is one I have simply given to myself. Give me … Continue reading →

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What does it mean?

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

One year ago today many of us woke-up to a new world, a world that would be led by Donald J. Trump. We were surprised. We were angry. We were sad but most of all we were scared. I wrote … Continue reading →

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The Russians win round one

Posted on November 1, 2017 by

A President that lost the popular vote. White supremacist and Nazis marching in the streets. A transition of power beset by anti-Trump and pro-Trump demonstrations. Confederate flag supporters and the KKK speaking freely for the first time in decades. Muslim … Continue reading →

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Moving forward

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

“Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change”- Buddhist Proverb I spent the Wednesday after the election talking my youngest off the ledge while she spent that Tuesday night comforting a long time … Continue reading →

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How do we heal? Some will, some can’t.

Posted on November 8, 2016 by

“One reason people resist change is because they focus on what they have to give up instead of what they have to gain.” – Rick Godwin As I stood in line this morning in the basketball gym of the ultra conservative … Continue reading →

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Vote early and often (just kidding)

Posted on November 7, 2016 by

So tomorrow is the BIG day! A really BIG day! I will be voting in my solid RED state at the ultra conservative Baptist Church down the street from my house for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. I would suspect that my … Continue reading →

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Trump was right, the election is rigged

Posted on November 7, 2016 by

“I am winning in every poll taken outside of a Cracker Barrel” – Donald Trump (really Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump but close enough) For the last few months Donald Trump has been spouting off about a rigged election. For … Continue reading →

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The language of words

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

“It’s a candidacy without any parallel that I can recall. It’s content-free and very much given to stirring up envy and resentment and even hatred. And I think it would be a threat to the conduct of our foreign policy and our … Continue reading →

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