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While We Still Have Time

In spite of the grimness of the times in which we live, there is still hope. If you feel, like I do, that the usual discourse about matters of critical concern tends to be superficial, misguided, and false, then you might find some solace and inspiration here. I will try to offer insight and a holistic perspective on events and issues, and hopefully serve as a catalyst for raising the level of dialogue on this planet.

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I was born in 1945, shortly before atom bombs were dropped on Japan. I served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971. I earned master's degrees in Economics and Educational Psychology, and certificates in Web Page Design and as a Teacher of English as a Second Language. I followed an Indian guru for eight years, which immersed me in meditative practices and an attitude of reaching a higher level of being. A blog post listing the meditative practices I have pursued can be seen here.

Sunday, March 24, 2024

A Question For Genocide Joe

What good are you?
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Among other reasons to ask this is that he is in favor of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. This is of course in addition to his lying about what is going on there.
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vote uninstructed April 2

I voted early last Tuesday for "uninstructed delegation" in Wisconsin's presidential primary. Early voting is still going on, much easier than absentee ballot or waiting in line on election day. Just about any public library in Wisconsin is an early voting site, as well as many other places.
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Here's a song. Feel free to substitute Genocide Joe for war. They are becoming interchangeable. 

Here's a link to the Common Dreams article about voters supporting a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. It's not too late for Genocide Joe. Hmm. Maybe it is too late.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Guilt By Association

Genocide Joe, 100% politician, empty suit from Scranton, er, Wilmington, er, Washington, is reaping what he sowed. Genocide in Gaza was fine with him as long as he could trust that it wouldn't hurt him politically. Now it is biting him in the proverbial arse.

The movement to vote "uncommitted" in primaries is gathering steam, and though he has the "Democratic" nomination locked-up, the likelihood of a second presidency isn't so clear. I won't vote for him, and I'm not an Arab or Muslim. I won't vote for Tammy Baldwin for Senate either, and told one of her office staffers that I would be voting for Alfred E. Neuman. She also has been in support of genocide in Gaza. And, locally, she supports the forced deployment of F-35 aircraft at Truax Field in defiance of Madison's citizens.

Between now and election day things should get plenty interesting. Trump is disintegrating before our eyes. When his trials begin, it will likely be the end of him. He is not a "strongman" or a strong man. Once the witnesses in his various criminal prosecutions start to sing, he will melt like candle wax on a hot stove. The "Republicans" will have to come up with another criminal.

As this dual meltdown progresses, we might want to reexamine what we think we are doing on this planet, and who we think we are to do what we do here and there. One way to start is to take a look at who Genocide Joe snuggles up to. We can extrapolate this to all previous presidents.

But not future presidents. It is over. It isn't just the debacle in Gaza that will bring this on. Climate change will do the rest. We will find this out this summer, if we already haven't. The election, November 5, will follow what will likely be the hottest summer in human history, eclipsing the previous hottest, last summer.

For now, enjoy a few photos of Biden and his international cronies. They will be gone soon enough. Dictators, autocrats, "strongmen," corrupt Supreme Court justices, they all are very temporary. The times, they will be a'changin' soon. It is the end of the empire.
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Genocide Joe puppet at pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington, D.C., January 13, 2024You can let Genocide Joe know what you think about his complicity in the genocide in Gaza. I did. It was both fun and serious. Fun because I was able to tell truth to illegitimate power without hesitation or scruple. Power is illegitimate whenever it is used to engage in genocide, which Israel is doing with U.S. money and weapons - and the eager support of Genocide Joe. Here's what I wrote:

To: The White House

Greetings Genocide Joe
 
I was reading about the primary election results from Michigan, where 101,436 preferred no one in particular to you. I suspect voters in upcoming primary elections in other states, such as Wisconsin, where I live, will do the same. I called the Dane County Clerk today, asking how to vote uncommitted in Wisconsin's presidential primary, and was told the choice would be not bound to any candidate. This will be my choice, and it will be a contest here and in other states to beat the Michigan total.

I, a three-year veteran of the U.S. Army, am almost as old as you, serving during the time you made other choices, becoming a 100% politician. I voted for you in 2008, 2012 and 2020. I won't this year, for obvious reasons. We sort of met when you were VP, I even waiting outside on the street when you rode by. We traded grins. The windows were tinted, so all I could see was teeth. Even through the tint you outgrinned me. I now understand that all I saw was teeth because that is all that was there, and all that is there in the White House. Here's a song.

John Hamilton
Madison, Wisconsin
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Here's a song. And another. Have some sympathy for Genocide Joe and his cronies Netanyahu and Blinken. They are only nowhere men. They are a lesson to all of us. Everyone has some devil inside. Thankfully, most of us are able to keep it tucked away. A song for the political careers of Trump and Biden.


Update, Sunday March 17: 
Trump is calling for the January 6 Committee to be jailed. I posted a response: 

This is great. Trump is finally losing his mind, or, more accurately, has lost his mind. I was expecting this, but not until his criminal trials began and the parade of witnesses testifies against him in endless succession while he has to sit there in person, knowing that with each witness to what he actually did his fate is sealed. 

I don't look at it with so much schadenfreude as with a long-deserved relief, and that maybe we can proceed to get G*nocide Joe to end his candidacy. That way we can have some semblance of an election.

Trump is also predicting a "bloodbath" if he isn't elected. Duh. He was never "elected," even in 2016. He won the Electoral Collegein 2016, not the election by the people. In the same speech he said that some migrants are not people. How would he know? Given what we know about his life history, it is safe to say that he is projecting out about himself, hoping to kill the devil inside by desperately claiming it is others who are the bad ones, not him.

Sunday, March 03, 2024

Let's Outdo Michigan

Thirteen percent of Michigan voters voted "Uncommitted" in last Tuesday's presidential primary. The total of uncommitted votes was 101,449, about 91,000 more than was hoped for. It was a protest vote against Genocide Joe Biden, the incumbent president and soulless supporter of the carnage in Gaza. He showed how much he cares Monday by answering questions about a ceasefire while eating an ice cream cone. His fun couldn't be interrupted. 

If this trend of one spreads, which it will, Genocide Joe could be forced to abandon his candidacy. News media (the herd) are saying the uncommitted voters are trying to get Biden to call for a ceasefire. Maybe, but many, if not most, want him out of office. Some, like me, would like to see him in the dock at the Hague, on trial for complicity in war crimes and genocide.

I am old enough to remember when president Lyndon Johnson withdrew his candidacy in 1968 when an antiwar challenger, Eugene McCarthy garnered 42% of the vote - enough to convince Johnson he was through.

Wisconsin's presidential primary election is April 2. I called the Dane County Clerk on Wednesday to find out how to vote uncommitted, and was told the choice would be "uninstructed delegation." I might write in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but not bound has a nice ring to it, fits me to a T. 

There are many more primary elections left, starting with "Super Tuesday," March 5, this coming week, when 15 states will hold their elections. You can vote one form of uncommitted or another in your state by either calling your city or county clerk, or ask when you show up to vote. It should be fun getting rid of a genocidist.
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R.I.P. Aaron Bushnell. R.I.P. also for everyone who has died since the beginning of the catastrophe in the Southern Levant.