Celebrate!!!
Holiday Homework Assignment for RushBabe49 Readers
Read the Declaration of Independence Below, Very Slowly and Carefully. Discuss with your Family and Friends over your Independence Day hot dogs or steaks. Never Forget how fortunate you are to live in the United States of America, the most prosperous, free Nation in the history of Humanity on Earth. Rejoice! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Congress, July …
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An Open Letter to the Owners of Kroger Corporation, and Makers of Products Sold There
Dear Kroger: I am a buyer by trade, and I can spot cost-cutting, and price increases a mile away. I and many of my fellow grocery customers, have noticed in recent years, the shrinking of package size on many of the items we purchase in your and other grocery stores. It started with ice cream, …
Civility versus Madness in Modern-day America
First the Madness. Over the past few days, three members of the Trump Administration who went out to eat in Cesspool DC were harassed, threatened, and ejected from restaurants. Who were the ones who did all the harassing, threatening, and ejecting? Progressives. The Administration members did nothing more than go out to eat, and the …
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Happy First Day of Summer
Herewith, some Summer pictures from around the Pacific Northwest.
Ode to My Sister
My Sister is two years younger than I am. I admit that we fought like the proverbial cats and dogs while we lived at home with our parents. I still bear the scar on my left hand, where she dug in her fingernail. When we were at home with a babysitter, she was the trouble-maker, …
The continuing saga: Is the Wall of Stupid starting to crack in Seattle?
A short while ago, the city council of Seattle unanimously passed an “employee hours tax,” more commonly called a “head tax” on businesses with $20 million of gross income earned in Seattle. The tax was intended to pay for more “services for the homeless” whose plight were supposedly caused by all those disgusting, high-paying jobs …
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Instant Happiness
Just recently, I re-discovered a band that I liked way back when they were new, in the 1970s. Now, I could kick myself for not going to see Jethro Tull when they were in town. For some unknown reason, maybe a snatch of tune heard over someone's PA system, or a random mention in a …
Sigh…Final Photo Challenge…All-time Favorites
I am SO sad that the Photo Challenge by the editors at WordPress is ending. It gave me something to look forward to each week, and a reason to mine my photos for just the right picture. And it's so difficult to find the all-time favorite. But, since it has to be done, I did …
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By Permission of a Ricochet friend, “Progressive Thought”
Gender is a social construct; there are no differences between the sexes. All men are bad. Race is a social construct; there are no differences between the races. All white people are bad. No culture is better than another. Western Civilization is bad. Diversity of skin color is good. Diversity of thought is bad. Religion …
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