While the powerful mint monuments to themselves, the rest of us are just trying to keep the lights on, the kids covered, and the paperwork from eating us alive.
This is a good one Shanley! Many quotable paragraphs.
"children don’t lose health insurance because they made bad choices or failed to hustle hard enough or subscribed to the wrong ideology. Children lose health insurance because adults with power build systems with trapdoors and then act surprised when small bodies fall through them.
I’ve always believed you can learn everything you need to know about a person — or society— by how they treat their children and their dogs. Both need love, patience, time, and boundaries. Both groups do just fine without a million plastic toys, 27 treats before dinner, and wardrobes that allow a different look five times a day. The decision-makers are failing our children.
When it's not constantly worrying and enraging, this Trump insanity is fascinating from all sorts of political perspectives... It's like being Germany in the beginning of the 1930's and watching fascism and it's constant pal, violence, take over the political structure of an entire country--like a tree dying little by little from some invisible disease...
One thing that is eternally true about the rise of fascist dictatorships throughout history is how THIN (what a veneer) civilization is; how quickly the hard work of centuries is set on fire by the root-fire of mythology and primitive urges that lurk just below the surface of civilization. ...Animal Farm, The Crucible, Lord of The Flies, etc.
Now, a pay-to-play cage match at the White House-- hurtling us straight back to zero on the evolutionary scale; a mass descent into chaos and the primitive, led by our the Fuhrer-de-Jour. ...The homicidal/racist soul of America is a live and well, and for only 1.5 million a ticket you can rub shoulders with the leader himself. Just make sure you bring a powerful disinfectant...
These days I have to remember to close my mouth which is always dropping open in sheer disbelief.
Congratulations for passing the appraisal!! The great part is you had to do all of that work so now you get a house that’s even better than when you were renting it.
I love this! "laughter is still one of the few things they haven’t figured out how to means-test." It's also a strong weapon against dick-tators, who hate to be laughed at.
This is a good one Shanley! Many quotable paragraphs.
"children don’t lose health insurance because they made bad choices or failed to hustle hard enough or subscribed to the wrong ideology. Children lose health insurance because adults with power build systems with trapdoors and then act surprised when small bodies fall through them.
I’ve always believed you can learn everything you need to know about a person — or society— by how they treat their children and their dogs. Both need love, patience, time, and boundaries. Both groups do just fine without a million plastic toys, 27 treats before dinner, and wardrobes that allow a different look five times a day. The decision-makers are failing our children.
Good news about the appraisal!
When it's not constantly worrying and enraging, this Trump insanity is fascinating from all sorts of political perspectives... It's like being Germany in the beginning of the 1930's and watching fascism and it's constant pal, violence, take over the political structure of an entire country--like a tree dying little by little from some invisible disease...
One thing that is eternally true about the rise of fascist dictatorships throughout history is how THIN (what a veneer) civilization is; how quickly the hard work of centuries is set on fire by the root-fire of mythology and primitive urges that lurk just below the surface of civilization. ...Animal Farm, The Crucible, Lord of The Flies, etc.
Now, a pay-to-play cage match at the White House-- hurtling us straight back to zero on the evolutionary scale; a mass descent into chaos and the primitive, led by our the Fuhrer-de-Jour. ...The homicidal/racist soul of America is a live and well, and for only 1.5 million a ticket you can rub shoulders with the leader himself. Just make sure you bring a powerful disinfectant...
These days I have to remember to close my mouth which is always dropping open in sheer disbelief.
Congratulations❤️! Good luck on all the upcoming challenges you have coming your way❤️!
how massively sad for all of us.
and, on a totally different topic in the same post, how wonderful for you!
Congratulations for passing the appraisal!! The great part is you had to do all of that work so now you get a house that’s even better than when you were renting it.
I love this! "laughter is still one of the few things they haven’t figured out how to means-test." It's also a strong weapon against dick-tators, who hate to be laughed at.
Oh, what great news, Shanley! Congratulations on clearing the Appraisal hurdle. Been praying for you guys each night. GREAT NEWS, Thank You! 💕🙏🏼🩷