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Monthly Archives: October 2016

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31 Monday Oct 2016

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“We opened a crack in the wall and let in more light. Now it’s up to you to widen that crack. Wake them up. And once awake, keep them awake, use your skills as performer, wizard, magician, raconteur, teacher. Get up out of the chair, on your feet, get to work. Help other people out. Raise your consciousness. Respect all others. Be kind. Humor works all the time. When the housewife was asked why she volunteered to work in the high school cafeteria, she replied, ‘Youth must be served.'”

Ken Kesey

Acid Test Graduation

Halloween, 1966

30 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by themiddlewaythrough in Conspiracies, Dingleberries, Emotional Intelligence, Kids, Middle Way, Open mind, Patriotism, Politics, Sex, Terrorism

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So while working in a public school district years ago, I watched a troubling story unfold. It’s kind of relative to the election so I’d like to share it with you.

You see there was this custodian who had recently been hired, and before I got to know him, he was suddenly let go. As far as I knew he did his work and seemed reasonable enough. So, like everyone else I was pretty curious as to what happened! And, as it tends to happen, after a period of time it finally came out as to why he was let go so quickly and quietly.

Here’s the abridged version. Apparently this guy had worked in another school district prior to coming to work with us. And, it seems, he had been fired from that job because he decided to have sex with a recently graduated student.

Now, the specifics of the story are that he waited until the girl turned 18, and once she graduated and left school, began having an affair with her. And while it’s clear that he was relying on the letter of the law for this to be technically acceptable, you most likely cringed just by reading those last couple of sentences. Because no one wants their teenage kid around some creep with such an unusual interest in kids. 

So someone please explain to me why in the hell we aren’t collectively losing our minds over the fact that the Republican Party’s candidate for President of the United States, has been recorded making comments to a 10 year old girl that he intended on dating within a decade?! And based on his very public history in the media, his own disturbing comments on his own daughter’s looks, and not a single person doubts that he meant every word of it!!!

Seriously people. This is not some he said/she said thing that can’t be verified, we have him actually saying it! And we have him saying he’s so the same thing with his daughter!!!

I have a question or three for you if you’re thinking of voting for Trump, or you know someone who is. How would you feel if it the custodian I mentioned worked at your kid’s school, or maybe the school your niece’s goes to. And what if the district said to you, “Sure, he slept with a student, but it’s not like she was still at the school! She graduated last month for crying out loud! Leave the guy alone, we’re not getting rid of him. I’m sure it was a one time thing anyway.”? Would you be able to sleep comfortably knowing that? And if you are going to hold a custodian to that kind of morality, what is so wrong in this world that you’d be willing to completely ignore the same conduct in major candidate for leader of the free world?!

Seriously. I’d love to hear an explanation as to why it’s alright for him to do it, and an it should be an explanation that doesn’t just spin the answer over to why someone else is so much worse. Just explain why it’s alright, on it’s own merits alone. Thanks. 

27 Thursday Oct 2016

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26 Wednesday Oct 2016

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Today is a great day

26 Wednesday Oct 2016

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Joe Arpaio has been charged with criminal contempt! Now let’s put the inhuman racist bastard in a pink tutu and make him live out of a tent, surrounded by chainlink and razor wire, in the blazing desert sun. 

The Best Thing!

26 Wednesday Oct 2016

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Conservative ideals

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but shouldn’t this be the position that the party of smaller government would have?

This guy a something else

24 Monday Oct 2016

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So, Donald’s newest comment about the latest sexual assault accuser who was once a porn star was to say “Oh, I’m sure she’s never been grabbed before.”

This may come as a surprise to you Donald, but did you know you can also get sued for punching a boxer if it’s not during a sanctioned fight.

Only in America 

22 Saturday Oct 2016

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Only in America could make the idea that a candidate with absolutely no previous political experience should be a leading candidate for President of the United States.

It’s kind of like asking the fire department to only send new recruits to save your house from burning down because you don’t trust the experienced firefighters, they’re too chummy with those other “emergency personnel”. 

20 Thursday Oct 2016

Posted by themiddlewaythrough in Change, Dingleberries, Middle Way, Patriotism, Politics

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Okay folks, let’s ease up on the hyperbole a bit…

No, the transcripts of Hillary Clinton’s Wall St. speeches aren’t that shocking. Everyone suspected this was what she said, now we know.

And no, it’s not horrifying that Donald Trump said he won’t accept the results of an election loss. He basically said it already, he just confirmed it during a televised debate when asked.

The entertainment factor in our elections has finally peaked. The only way we’re going to get a bigger rise out of the populace at this point is by allowing the winner of the election to actually sacrifice the loser like the runner-up in an Aztec ball game.

I think the media has done enough damage.

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