I am concerned about the future...not the fact that we are witnessing events that could lead to the third and possibly the last World War, but something else concerns me. Healthcare and Medicare, (which Paul Ryan is itching to dismantle), and threats to Social Security concern me. Pardon me for pointing this out, but that … Continue reading Which is Worse, Obamacare or The Affordable Care Act?
Category: Phobia
Carrie Fisher’s Legacy
The news of Carrie Fishers death saddened me, but when I realized her mother has survived her I was heart broken. Singing in the Rain, Tammy and the Bachelor, The Unsinkable Molly Brown—all starred Carrie's mom—Debbie Reynolds. I'm not sure if my children have ever heard of her, but I grew up watching her old … Continue reading Carrie Fisher’s Legacy
Trump on Time
He must not have noticed that Time Magazine gave him horns with their placement of the M. Donald Trump's already "huge" "tremendous" (two of the fourteen words in his vocabulary) brobdingnagian (is my word choice) self-reverential ego has been fondled and stroked yet again. And so now the press is good. His inner (evil man-)child … Continue reading Trump on Time
News Culture
Ten or more years ago when I was driving my car to work, I turned the news radio off and instead listened to book on tape. My television with the constant CNN loop went off as well, and I turned on music instead. News papers were put aside for fiction. The news had gotten to … Continue reading News Culture
The Emperor-elect
Once upon a time on a blue planet called earth, by virtue of an antiquated voting system, a bad man was appointed Emperor-elect, even though he did not win the popular vote. Leaders from all around the blue plant, who had once criticized the six time bankruptcy filing, misogynistic sexually assaulting, racist, business fraud, elitist … Continue reading The Emperor-elect
Trumperica
I don't even care anymore. Today's National Day Calendar celebrates: "Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day" If only I felt like celebrating. Instead I curse everything that is national. I want no part in celebrating a nation that would have a fascist who did not win the popular vote as president. Protests continue this … Continue reading Trumperica
A lot from Lydia 