Fourth of July – 2019

 Posted by at 8:51 am  Holiday, Politics
Jul 042019
 

4th of July 2017

This article is a repeat of last year’s.

Traditionally I have celebrated Independence Day with excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, videos of the local fireworks display, and lessons on the differences between true patriotism and nationalism.  However, then the US was an independent nation.  Now it is under foreign domination. I’m sorry, but as long as Donald Trump, Putin’s Puppet, and his Republican Reich stay in power and keep the US in thrall to Russia, the 4th of July will be a day of mourning.

RESIST!!

VOTE BLUE!!

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Memorial Day 2019

 Posted by at 9:24 am  Holiday, Politics
May 272019
 

Memorial Day 

This is almost identical to last the last three years’ Memorial Day articles.  I did not see how I could express my position more clearly. You may ask why I, as one who opposes war almost by definition, would want to celebrate the day in which we honor those military service people, who have given their lives in service to America.  From my earliest days as an antiwar activist opposing the war in Vietnam, I have believed that it is as important to honor the warriors, as it is to oppose the wars. They took an oath to obey and honored it.  They had nothing to do with the decisions.  I have no doubt that, if those who died in our Revolutionary War, for example, can look at today’s Republican wars for hate and greed, they are shedding tears over the senseless waste of life, but honoring their comrades as they fall. Now, unlike Veterans day, Memorial Day is not intended as celebration of those who served and survived.  Nevertheless, to all veterans who read this, thank you for your service.  I thank God that you are not among those whom we honor today. Finally, if you are in the service now,  I consider your lives far too precious to spend defending Trump’s personal profit or Russia’s national interest.  I urge you to take care to preserve your lives and those of your comrades. 

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May 052019
 

Still sick.  Going back to bed until WWWendy arrives.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:09 (average 4:37).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Take:

From Daily Kos: As D.C. doctors finish suturing Lindsey Graham’s lips to Donald Trump’s regal buttocks, you might take a moment to recall that he was once one of Trump’s biggest detractors, as the following tweets prove …

After Trump insulted John McCain’s service by saying he likes people who weren’t captured (by the way, Graham was one of McCain’s best friends, so his recent embrace of Trump seems even more grotesque):

Click through to see the tweets. Lindsey Poo has his head so far up Trump’s ass, that he and Barrf head butted each other. RESIST!!

Happy Ramadan:

Ramadan

Feliz Cinco de Meow:

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Easter Message

 Posted by at 10:40 am  Holiday, Politics
Apr 212019
 

Easter 

In the time I have available, I don’t think I can improve on last year’s Easter message, so here it is again, with one small addition. Whether or not you are a Christian, I respectfully invite you to join me in the celebration of the my faith’s most central holiday, even though many of its traditions are borrowed. Jesus was a fascinating man.  He associated most closely with the social rejects of his day.  He respected people with faiths different from his.  He did not burn their religious writings or try to prevent them from practicing their own forms of worship.  Sometimes he used them as an example of what is right, like the Good Samaritan.  He had a heart for meeting the needs of the poor, and admonished us to care for them.  His concern  for the rich was that their own greed would blind them.   He had no trouble getting along with sinners.  He met people at the point of their need, and accepted all, except for the religious hypocrites who used their position to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor and to force their own piety codes, which they often ignored themselves, onto others.  Those were only people Jesus condemned.  Sadly, they are still among us. If we are followers of Jesus, our faith will help us to follow the example of what he did.  Of course, none of us is perfect in that way.  God knows that I fall short every day.  It is important to know that those who preach the things Jesus was against, but condemn those who contend for the things Jesus supported, are not followers of Jesus.  They are pseudo-Christians. Authentic Christians try to follow Jesus’ example.  Pseudo-Christians helped install a  Anti-Christian criminal in the White House. And now, for your listening pleasure:

 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

 Posted by at 9:24 pm  Holiday, Politics
Nov 222018
 

 

I am not thankful for Trump.

I am thankful for the indigenous peoples of North America!

I am not thankful for Christopher Columbus.

I am exceptionally thankful for Wendy!!!

I am not thankful for Bought Bitch Mitch or Lyin’ Ryan.

I am thankful for TomCat.

I am not thankful for Trump supporters.

I am thankful for all of you.

I am not thankful for pseudo-Christians.

I am thankful for the strength to

RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!

This is, for the most part, a repeat of Tomcat’s greeting last year.  The “I am”  on lines 2, 3, 6 and 7 however is me, Squatch, while the rest are from TomCat.  Hey, why try to reinvent the wheel.

I am a Canadian and we celebrated Thanksgiving in October.  As I wrote last year,

In Canada, Thanksgiving dates back to 1578 and the exploration of the Northwest Passage by Martin Frobisher.  Canada was untouched by Columbus but many non Canadian people associate Thanksgiving with the US Columbus Day.  Rather our first contact with Europeans came in the 12th century with the arrival of the Norse explorer Leif Erikson of Iceland, and later Greenland.  From Wikipedia  Thanksgiving in Canada

“Years later, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, in 1604 onwards also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed the Order of Good Cheer and gladly shared their food with their First Nations neighbours.”

The Canadian Thanksgiving “… corresponds to the English and continental European Harvest festival, with churches decorated with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves, and other harvest bounty, … drawn from biblical stories relating to the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.”

Whatever country you live in, there are many things for which to be thankful! 

Posted to Care2 HERE

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