Third Time's A Charm

 Trying once more to post without a Blogger shield about content. Every day I wake up to a more dystopian future than I thought was ever possible in this country.

 Any idea who I reach out to if my blog post has been put behind a firewall for no clear reason? Outrage cannot be adequately expressed without being able to push some boundaries. But the community guidelines are clearly not an issue. So  who is responsible?

I'm Baaacckkk....

I haven't posted to my blog in months. I received an email today from The Blogger Team - whoever they are - that somehow a post published in January 2005 was "flagged to us for review." So without knowing who was offended by the post, or why, I have been asked to update the content provided. Instead, I am going to repost the offensive material until I hear from The Blogger Team.

January 6 2005 this is what I was outraged about most:

What Bush II plans to do to [Social Security]should be considered a crime. Maybe not a "high crime" - but I didn't think Clinton's lying about a b@#$j01 qualified either so what do I know?

What I do know is that this has nothing to do with economics or taking care of American seniors. It's the neo-con's plan to take Social Security out of the FDR legend and make up one of their own. It's says so right in the memo. My favorite line? "If we succeed ... it will rank as one of the most significant conservative governing achievements ever," Wehner wrote.

Again, I ask - can we do a revote? I honestly think we can find about 4-5 million people who realized they'd made a mistake on November 2. I'm serious.

Tying together the January 6 publish date and my obviously sarcastic request to find 4-5 million votes could only be offensive to a machine or AI bot. Or a Russian troll. What is this world coming to? But on a good note, it's reinvigorated my outrage gene. I plan to start writing again - the Trump years were too overwhelming - I would have been posting 24/7. I think I can manage to keep it to a few times a week, don't you? If anyone can find what is wrong with the post, I'm all ears - outraged as usual.

What More Evidence Do You Need?

If you haven't already now's the time to delete your Facebook account. I first heard “Facebook is for old people” back in 2012 from my journalism students at St. John's. I heard it again from my 10 year old goddaughter. From the mouth of babes.

Has anyone ever told you...

I met Kevin on August 22, 1986 - a day I will never forget. I worked at a political consulting firm and Tom mentioned that he had a few friends from "home" in town and invited the office gang to join them for dinner. Tom was from Syosset, NY and Kevin and Tom were close friends.

I walked into the lobby of the Willard Hotel, which at the time had undergone a multi-million dollar renovation, and I saw Tom. Sitting next to him on an antique desk was a tall, slim guy with long feet and most of the hair on top of his head missing. But he had amazing eyes and a cocky, great smile. Now I'm pretty sure I did not notice all of this in the first few seconds - but I do remember thinking "who the hell does this guy think he is that he can sit on a 200-year old desk?" So I said hello to Tom - and Tom introduced me to Kevin.

We didn't stay long at the Willard  - definitely not my scene - and we headed over to Dupont Circle for dinner at the now-closed Odeon Cafe. We were a large enough group that we needed two tables and Kevin sat next to me at dinner. I remember he sat like he was in his living room - his arm slung over the back of my chair and his long legs stretched out to the side, crossed at the ankles. I asked him why he was sitting on a desk in the Willard lobby and without hesitation, he looked at me and said "there weren't any chairs." I don't remember what else we talked about that night, but I do remember walking to my car with Kevin and a few others - last stop for the evening was the Bottom Line for a nightcap. 

As we were walking, I turned around and looked at Kevin behind me and said "has anyone every told you you look a lot like William Hurt?" I don't recall any answer - but I do remember his smile - what I later designated the "Carey Smirk" - and I turned away, walked ahead and knew he was watching me. The rest is history, as he'd say. I share this because my sister called to tell me that William Hurt died of cancer today at age 71. Condolences to his family and his fans. Much like Kevin, he was one of a kind. I saw him in Altered States and was hooked. I think it might have been the chin... 

Never cease to be amazed

There's a special hell awaiting anyone who equates protest, outrage and yes, violence over centuries of murder and racial injustice to the day the whack jobs attempted to overthrow democracy and the US government. 

January 6 2021 was the dress rehearsal. About time this DOJ unit was created. Long overdue. And Chuck Grassley... you will be judged harshly by history. 

Facing reality

"the United States is now an 'anocracy,' somewhere between a democracy and an autocratic state." Fact: The US no longer qualifies as a democracy. Pay attention. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/how-civil-wars-start-barbara-walter-research/

Pretty Simple

 So nine months - no blogging, no Facebook - okay, I have to admit to a few Twitter outrages. But one thing I've realized over the past nine months - I really miss writing. Wonder if there's anything at all I can do about that? Will start thinking real hard about ways to fix that... ;)