For the People

Bear with me, because this post might go a lot of different ways. I’m not sure yet how it’s going to turn out. What I am sure about is I need to get these thoughts down and share them. We are going through a rough time in America right now. This struggle really began back…

Charlottesville

I generally keep my post topics focused on writing, book reviews, or personal things. Occasionally I foray into politics, and I make no bones about the fact that I’m a liberal. But, after many days of reflection, I feel like so many there are things I need to say about the events in Charlottesville this…

These are the Memes of our Lives

I hate memes.  Seriously.  Hate them.  They have become the quick, easy way of stating an opinion on a topic without saying anything of substance, giving us your real thoughts.  Yeah, they can be funny, but they are as often stupid, unintelligent, and downright wrong. Take for example our political system.  It’s all about memes,…

365 Days, 350 Thousand Words

Happy New Year world.  May 2016 be significantly better than 2015 was.  That’s what happens during the ramp up to a Presidential election year in this country, we get a lot of pandering and fear mongering which seems to infect us like a virus, dumbing down our populace and turning us into frothing lunatics.  I…

Drone on and on…

I’ve been wanting a “drone” for ages now.  I hesitate to call most of what we think of as drones “drones” because, in fact, they are rarely truly autonomous except for brief moments if they lose contact with their radio controller and lower themselves to the ground.  The average American consumer is not purchasing predators…

Money Changes Everything

This message brought to you by “Rogue Mission”, and the letters F, U, and the numbers 2012, and 42… ———————– We’ve keep going through these “historic” election cycles.  It seems since 1992 every election has been called “historic”.  Electing Clinton:  HISTORIC!   The Republicans taking over in 1996 with their Contract on America:  HISTORIC!!  The contentious…