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June 2024

Burning Down The House

Recently the citizens of Kenya stormed their Parliament to protest a controversial tax bill

The protesters entered the building and torched parts of the structure as police responded shooting to kill

The cost of living in Kenya has spiraled upwards in recent years

As with most governments what was promised during election campaigns always disappears

The bill causing this uproar, aimed squarely at the everyday expenses, seemed to stick painfully in the citizen’s craw

Feeling like they’re fleeced enough by the ever encroaching government, the citizens looked at this bill like the last straw

Just last month Washington designated Kenya as a “major non-NATO ally” roughly meaning you get a spiffy new t-shirt

But you’re on your own when you need help and your country has a crisis to avert

So this “major non-NATO ally” is now trying to force new taxes to pay off the national debt held in IOUs to China and the World Bank

Ignoring the basic needs of its citizens as the country’s economy circles the bowl, perhaps the Kenyans have President Biden to thank

They have seen the newscasts of the violence, the protest at our Capitol, and the continual failings of our own weak-kneed figurehead

But the Kenyan government seemed determined to pass the bill and then flee in underground tunnels leaving many rioters injured and dead

Diplomats from around the world in measured indignation stated they were “shocked” by the unrest

The eyes of the world are suddenly on Kenya as this proposed bill kicked the proverbial hornets’ nest

The government cannot let the protesters win as that would become a worldwide blueprint

When other countries fed up with supporting the political class take the hint

Biden and his corps of top-notch negotiators weren’t asked to step in and help cool this boiling point

Knowing he would have exploited one of the self-serving policies he used before on the world stage and to most citizens serve only to disappoint

Rubber-stamping the royalty quirks of the ruling class giving a thumbs up to all pro government partisan decisions

That led to the chaos in the United States leading from quiet frustration to uproar and political divisions

But by taking matters into their own hands when the elected official turns out to be just another lying political louse

The Kenyan citizens determined the best course of action is “burning down the house”

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What Would Norman Paint Today?

When Norman Rockwell died in 1978 he left behind a legacy of over 4000 original works

Fondly remembered as painting a snapshot of American life featuring everyday people like farmers, factory workers and clerks

His magazine covers for the Saturday Evening Post were a mailbox highlight

He lifted spirits during the World War Two years and for a few brief moments gave respite to America’s plight

His cherished paintings of the four freedoms raised many dollars for the ongoing war

Freedom of Speech, Worship, Want and Fear proudly portrayed America at its best and gave hope for those with loved ones on a distant shore

However today would the paintings be the same or are the four freedoms just a recollection for the very old

The stoic man in the leather jacket speaking his mind today, thanks to the Department of Justice, could be sitting in a jail cell waiting to be paroled

The campus and city riots of antisemitism would be portrayed differently than the original Freedom of Worship masterpiece

The new canvas could show the burned out synagogues and battered Jews as angry Palestinian supporters screamed for the war in Gaza to cease

Freedom from Want showed a family around a Thanksgiving table serving a turkey with a look of satisfaction on all faces

The new Freedom of Want could feature looters grabbing merchandise from smashed in storefronts as law and order only pertains to the other races

An updated Freedom of Fear instead of a Mom and Dad tucking their children in for the night could now feature a lonely youngster cowering in her bed

Peering out the window hoping the ruckus outside doesn’t involve a couple of rounds fired into the wall above her head

Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter showed American women as strong and decisive

Today’s women should be depicted as loud, rude and divisive

Perhaps the sketch could show two women trashing a quick serve restaurant because they felt disrespected

While the rest of the customers and the staff look on at the idiocy to which they are subjected

It would be difficult to paint the current America in any kind of positive light

As a portrayal of any kind would be subject to immediate ridicule by some hate group and the riot they would incite

So today instead of painting teenagers in love, acts of kindness, and black kids moving in under the white kids suspicious eyes

He’d need a doorbell with a camera, a burglar alarm and a bolted door so someone didn’t steal his supplies

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Hookers To Hunters

Recently this administration has changed names on American institutions in an effort to make all things fair

One can’t expect to plod through life when seeing a certain name can trigger a feeling of despair

In fact the Reconciliation of Place Names Act was sponsored by Senators Ed Markey and who else but the beer chugging headdress wearing Elizabeth Warren

There are apparently 1441 public spaces whose name could signal oppression to people both domestic and foreign

Another pat on the back goes to the government for focusing attention on the names of certain places while migrants, the homeless, and disabled vets line the streets

The economy, on a nonstop downward spiral for the last three years, is shown to be great by the democratic election committee with finagled spreadsheets

Shootings, robberies, and a continuing attack on innocents are no longer even headlines

People are staying in defending what they own as their belief in the government continuously declines

Public schools are being renamed in this purge of anything distressing

But being run by the local liberal school boards and the hapless greedy teachers union, this is merely window dressing

Military bases are not exempt from this renaming madness

To the thousands of GI’s that trained in the hot Georgia sun at Fort Benning this has to be a feeling of sadness

The same goes for Fort Bragg currently Fort Liberty. Sounding a little like a Disney World theme park, but that is to be expected when now one has to salute a man wearing a dress

While the Army continuously fails in its recruiting goals, the Biden administration calls this real progress

So when it comes to renaming institutions it’s now time to rethink a term for America’s oldest past time

The Civil War Union officer Joseph Hooker used to round up women of ill repute to entertain his officers once they washed off the grime

Those women eventually became known as hookers but in today’s changing era it is time for another designation

In keeping with Congress’ push to eliminate all history and stand firmly behind its own socialist legislation

The new name should be one that represents this government ‘s idea of its new society

And one somebody can remember in its simplicity and notoriety

Hence, from today forward all hookers will be referred to as hunters after the President’s son

He embodies this administration with his lying, cheating, money laundering, drug use, perverted sexual appetites, and ownership of an illegal gun

Though the real hookers might object to being named after this viper

At least they don’t have to stand down wind from the President’s diaper

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When the UCLA Med School Diploma is hanging on the Wall

The receptionist had me all checked in and yes, this was the one office that accepted my insurance

All that was required was a $25 copay and that would be my only out-of-pocket expense. I had their assurance

The waiting room was empty except for one very obese woman who was obviously a heavy smoker

With her oxygen mask in place she mumbled about soda prices as she had just come from the grocer

She stated the price of the 2 liter soft drink she was consuming was up fifty cents since the start of the year

Then she said this was the lone doctor she could see as this office was the only one in her network taking new patients and her pains had grown more severe

The door to the back opened and a nurse called my name and ushered me into an examination room

She took my blood pressure, my weight, and asked all the questions like how much alcohol did I consume

She then said the doctor would be right in and only then did I notice the UCLA Med School diploma hanging on the wall

Being new to the area when trying to match doctors to my employers health insurance, I didn’t notice the UCLA med school graduate listing on the internet that I recall

Nervously I waited for the doctor and sure enough with a knock on the door a young black doctor appeared

The dilemma in my head immediately triggered the run reflex as this was a MD who might not be qualified to guide my health issues or so I feared

I’d seen the news reports on the different sets of rules for people of color thanks to UCLA’s DEI guidelines

I seems the academics in charge were more concerned with racial quotas and apparently born without spines

I need this physical as my employer demands it but what to do now as my mind is reeling

So what is the answer to this young doctor’s general question of how are you feeling?

Do you ask for a list of qualifications? Did any med schools turn you down before UCLA?

Would the doctor feel slighted and profiled if I asked about their background or do I just nod my head and say okay?

In between the I-pod being filled in with information about my heart beat and the latest immunization

I’m silently hoping in med school training the patient’s nose didn’t light up when the doc tried to remove the funny bone in the board game of Operation

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