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The Next 50 Years
Author: BobR
Date: 08/29/2013 12:31:31
On a day to day basis (or sometimes even month to month), it is frustrating to see change occur so slowly that it seems we are stagnating. In some cases, extreme reactionary politicians try (and temporarily succeed) in rolling us backward. That's why it's good to sometimes step back and take a look at the big picture to see how far we've come.
This past week in DC, we've done just that. It was 50 years ago yesterday that Martin Luther King Jr made his "I Have A Dream" speech, and this city and the country have been celebrating it. When he gave that speech, Jim Crow laws were still being enforced, mixed-race marriages were still illegal in some states, and the notion of a black president was a pipe dream. Fifty years is a big chunk of lifetime, but to see from whence we've come to where we are now - that is an amazing lifetime to live.
Report Simeon Booker is one who's watched it happen. In an interview, he describes his experiences detailed in his memoir "Shocking the Conscience: A reporter’s account of the Civil Rights Movement":
The move "The Butler" also details the changes occurring through history from the 1920s to the 1980s, as seen through the eyes of Eugene Allen (character name Cecil Gaines in the movie), who was butler to the presidents. He too has seen the changes in law and society that have occurred through the decades. How different his perspective must be from young people today who were born into modern times and have not had to endure the same struggles and hatred.
In the past 50 years, the advances have been significant:
The advances, however, are not always set in stone, so long as there is someone (or group) trying to chip away at those rights, as well as poison the mindset that every person deserves equal treatment and equal opportunity. As I mentioned previously, for many young people, they assume these rights as a given. They don't seem to believe nor realize that they can be taken away if they do not remain vigilant. They don't seem to realize that they have the power to make further changes. Will it require that they actually lose some of these rights before they get angry and have to win them back again?
Seeing children and young people being dragged by their parents (who know the struggles first-hand) to events like we had here in DC this past week is encouraging and important. They will be required to grab the torch and continue onward down the road of time after we have fallen by the wayside as we all must do.
Several years after his "I Have A Dream" speech, MLK Jr said "The arc of the Moral Universe Is long, but It bends toward Justice". It does not bend on its own. I hope the children of today understand that as we begin the next 50 years.
This past week in DC, we've done just that. It was 50 years ago yesterday that Martin Luther King Jr made his "I Have A Dream" speech, and this city and the country have been celebrating it. When he gave that speech, Jim Crow laws were still being enforced, mixed-race marriages were still illegal in some states, and the notion of a black president was a pipe dream. Fifty years is a big chunk of lifetime, but to see from whence we've come to where we are now - that is an amazing lifetime to live.
Report Simeon Booker is one who's watched it happen. In an interview, he describes his experiences detailed in his memoir "Shocking the Conscience: A reporter’s account of the Civil Rights Movement":
For more than 60 years, Simeon Booker was a chronicler of black life in America, covering the murders of civil rights leaders in the South and the passage of civil rights legislation on Capitol Hill. As a reporter for Jet magazine, Booker would venture into the Deep South with little more than a bible and a beat-up car to try and disguise his identity as a journalist, filing stories about the courage and cleverness of civil rights activists and the racist terror campaigns waged on behalf of Jim Crow. Images of Emmett Till’s mutilated body that helped galvanize the civil rights movement were published alongside Booker’s reporting. His coverage of the trial of Till’s killers so inflamed officials in Mississippi that the local sheriff told another black reporter that if he saw Booker again he’d lynch the Jet reporter himself, not recognizing Booker was standing right there.
The move "The Butler" also details the changes occurring through history from the 1920s to the 1980s, as seen through the eyes of Eugene Allen (character name Cecil Gaines in the movie), who was butler to the presidents. He too has seen the changes in law and society that have occurred through the decades. How different his perspective must be from young people today who were born into modern times and have not had to endure the same struggles and hatred.
In the past 50 years, the advances have been significant:
- Elimination of Jim Crow laws
- Civil Rights Act
- Voting Rights Act
- Miscegenation laws ruled unconstitutional
- Women's right to abortion ruled constitutional
- Black Supreme Court justice (Thurgood Marshall)
- DADT (which actually helped reduce court-martials of gay people)
- Black secretary of state
- Black president and Attorney General
- Replacing DADT with an open policy
- Repeal of DOMA via the courts
The advances, however, are not always set in stone, so long as there is someone (or group) trying to chip away at those rights, as well as poison the mindset that every person deserves equal treatment and equal opportunity. As I mentioned previously, for many young people, they assume these rights as a given. They don't seem to believe nor realize that they can be taken away if they do not remain vigilant. They don't seem to realize that they have the power to make further changes. Will it require that they actually lose some of these rights before they get angry and have to win them back again?
Seeing children and young people being dragged by their parents (who know the struggles first-hand) to events like we had here in DC this past week is encouraging and important. They will be required to grab the torch and continue onward down the road of time after we have fallen by the wayside as we all must do.
Several years after his "I Have A Dream" speech, MLK Jr said "The arc of the Moral Universe Is long, but It bends toward Justice". It does not bend on its own. I hope the children of today understand that as we begin the next 50 years.
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Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 13:09:48
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 13:09:48
Good morning
I hope I get my car back today.
If not for the car I would have been better off working
I hope I get my car back today.
If not for the car I would have been better off working
Comment by 
TriSec on 08/29/2013 13:11:40
TriSec on 08/29/2013 13:11:40
Morning, all.
Bob - it's all to easy to be complacent. The struggle for justice doesn't take a day off, ever. Working with the youth of this Commonwealth, as I have for the past quarter century (Gah! I'm old!) reveals some astonishing things to me. Of the hundreds of boys that have passed through my programs, there's perhaps one in a hundred of them that "gets it" and we'll see them give something back.
Bob - it's all to easy to be complacent. The struggle for justice doesn't take a day off, ever. Working with the youth of this Commonwealth, as I have for the past quarter century (Gah! I'm old!) reveals some astonishing things to me. Of the hundreds of boys that have passed through my programs, there's perhaps one in a hundred of them that "gets it" and we'll see them give something back.
Comment by 
Raine on 08/29/2013 13:16:33
Good morning!
Seeing so many children there was incredibly inspiring. They have been touched with the knowledge and history.
I'm reminded of young women like my niece who grew up with the assumption that her rights as a woman were a given. Her right to easy access to birth control, to reproductive rights, to equality in her education and employment.
There is a part of me that doesn't blame her or her generation -- it's not because they don;t care, it's that it is supposed to be a given. She had a few eye opening moments last year when she stayed with us, and now she sees it's not, as you mentioned, there are people chipping away at those rights.
People like my niece don't think twice about inter-racial relationships. She doesn't think twice about someone being LGBT. That a wonderful thing, but as her generation becomes more aware -- they start to see where the inequalities still exist. I doubt I'll be around fifty years from now, but I know that it will be amazing to watch even more changes to our social landscape. We've seen a lot of change already -- sometimes it seems like it's 2 steps forward 1 step back -- but that still progress, right?
Bobber, great minds think alike. Yesterday the President said the following: 
Raine on 08/29/2013 13:16:33
Good morning! Seeing so many children there was incredibly inspiring. They have been touched with the knowledge and history.
As I mentioned previously, for many young people, they assume these rights as a given. They don't seem to believe nor realize that they can be taken away if they do not remain vigilant.
I'm reminded of young women like my niece who grew up with the assumption that her rights as a woman were a given. Her right to easy access to birth control, to reproductive rights, to equality in her education and employment.
There is a part of me that doesn't blame her or her generation -- it's not because they don;t care, it's that it is supposed to be a given. She had a few eye opening moments last year when she stayed with us, and now she sees it's not, as you mentioned, there are people chipping away at those rights.
People like my niece don't think twice about inter-racial relationships. She doesn't think twice about someone being LGBT. That a wonderful thing, but as her generation becomes more aware -- they start to see where the inequalities still exist. I doubt I'll be around fifty years from now, but I know that it will be amazing to watch even more changes to our social landscape. We've seen a lot of change already -- sometimes it seems like it's 2 steps forward 1 step back -- but that still progress, right?
Bobber, great minds think alike. Yesterday the President said the following:
But we would dishonor those heroes as well to suggest that the work of this nation is somehow complete. The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but it doesn't bend on its own."
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 13:17:26
I saw your post last night -- why are you having such a crappy staycation?
Raine on 08/29/2013 13:17:26
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Good morning
I hope I get my car back today.
If not for the car I would have been better off working
Comment by 
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 13:22:35
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 13:22:35
Mornin' all.. 
Going on 4 days with this fatigue thing.. It's not lack of sleep either - I went to bed at 10 last night with some good incense and 90s sci-fi and was out all the way until my alarm went off!
Going on 4 days with this fatigue thing.. It's not lack of sleep either - I went to bed at 10 last night with some good incense and 90s sci-fi and was out all the way until my alarm went off!
Comment by TriSec on 08/29/2013 13:25:21
TriSec on 08/29/2013 13:25:21
Thank God for Mother England, BTW.
The people, parliament, and PM are all balking at going to war with Syria. If they don't....perhaps we will be hard-pressed to go it alone this time.
The people, parliament, and PM are all balking at going to war with Syria. If they don't....perhaps we will be hard-pressed to go it alone this time.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 13:26:38
Just depressed.
I went to pick up Lucky yesterday and was rather surprised at how light he was. He's eating normally and everything so I hope it's nothing too serious, but since I spent a lot of my reserve to fix my car means if it is serious I won't be able to do anything about it.
And from what I can see, Mrs. Rabbit's attempts at finding a job are being met with full blown age discrimination.
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 13:26:38
Quote by Raine:I saw your post last night -- why are you having such a crappy staycation?Quote by trojanrabbit:
Good morning
I hope I get my car back today.
If not for the car I would have been better off working
Just depressed.
I went to pick up Lucky yesterday and was rather surprised at how light he was. He's eating normally and everything so I hope it's nothing too serious, but since I spent a lot of my reserve to fix my car means if it is serious I won't be able to do anything about it.
And from what I can see, Mrs. Rabbit's attempts at finding a job are being met with full blown age discrimination.
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 13:43:26
Raine on 08/29/2013 13:43:26
So a few days ago, we learned that Snowden stayed at the Russian consulate while in China. Over the weekend we learned that he made a strange trip to india that he didn't report on his sec Clearance. This explains it a little more:
And now today, this. and it is really a bombshell:
CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked some of America's most closely guarded secrets, had travelled to India before 2011 but did not report the trip during his background-check process.
"The background checkers failed to verify Snowden's account of a past security violation and his work for the CIA, they didn't thoroughly probe an apparent trip to India that he had failed to report," the Wall Street Journal reported, quoting a review after leaks of classified documents by him.
Snowden started out in the US army, leaving in 2004, to work as a security guard at one of NSA’s facilities. He joined the CIA in 2007, working on IT security.
After leaving the CIA in 2009, Snowden worked for several of NSA’s private contractors. His last stint was with Booz Allen, which, he has said he joined to access the programmes he leaked. It’s not clear if he went to India while working for the CIA or one of the NSA’s private contractors he worked with or as a tourist.
And now today, this. and it is really a bombshell:
Snowden impersonated NSA officials, sources say
Edward Snowden accessed some secret national security documents by assuming the electronic identities of top NSA officials, said intelligence sources. (snip)
The NSA has already identified several instances where Snowden borrowed someone else’s user profile to access documents, said the official.
Each user profile on NSAnet includes a level of security clearance that determines what files the user can access. Like most NSA employees and contractors, Snowden had a “top secret†security clearance, meaning that under his own user profile he could access many classified documents. But some higher level NSA officials have higher levels of clearance that give them access to the most sensitive documents.
As a system administrator, according to intelligence officials, Snowden had the ability to create and modify user profiles for employees and contractors. He also had the ability to access NSAnet using those user profiles, meaning he could impersonate other users in order to access files. He borrowed the identities of users with higher level security clearances to grab sensitive documents.
Once Snowden had collected documents, his job description also gave him a right forbidden to other NSA employees– the right to download files from his computer to an external storage device. Snowden downloaded a reported 20,000 documents onto thumb drives before leaving Hawaii for Hong Kong on May 20.
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 13:48:02
Okay, can we stop saying "going to war" please. War implies troops on the ground etc. I don't think that is what the response is going to be. I think the phrase you are looking for is "bombing the crap out of."
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 13:48:02
Quote by TriSec:
Thank God for Mother England, BTW.
The people, parliament, and PM are all balking at going to war with Syria. If they don't....perhaps we will be hard-pressed to go it alone this time.
Okay, can we stop saying "going to war" please. War implies troops on the ground etc. I don't think that is what the response is going to be. I think the phrase you are looking for is "bombing the crap out of."
Comment by 
BobR on 08/29/2013 13:53:57
BobR on 08/29/2013 13:53:57
For those who may have missed it yesterday:
Comment by TriSec on 08/29/2013 13:55:30
TriSec on 08/29/2013 13:55:30
Americans may or may not be involved in using explosives, aircraft, or other resources to damage or destroy perceived enemies and/or dangers to these United States or society in general.
It's war.
Sorry.
It's war.
Sorry.
Comment by TriSec on 08/29/2013 14:10:16
TriSec on 08/29/2013 14:10:16
Oog.
TriSec is wondering if he's spread himself too thin this fall....between Soccer, the store, Scouts (2 packs, a troop, and District), and now politicking....(Special election 10/15).
I was really having chemo a year ago?
Allah must have something special planned for me.
(Hopefully not a grisly death.)
TriSec is wondering if he's spread himself too thin this fall....between Soccer, the store, Scouts (2 packs, a troop, and District), and now politicking....(Special election 10/15).
I was really having chemo a year ago?
Allah must have something special planned for me.
(Hopefully not a grisly death.)
Comment by Scoopster on 08/29/2013 14:10:58
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 14:10:58
Ooh hey there's an idea..
Instead of dropping bombs on Syria, let's just give them Walmart shopping bags!
Instead of dropping bombs on Syria, let's just give them Walmart shopping bags!
Comment by 
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:17:40
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:17:40
Morning
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 14:22:16
I know I shouldn't laugh... and yet: 
Raine on 08/29/2013 14:22:16
Quote by Scoopster:
Ooh hey there's an idea..
Instead of dropping bombs on Syria, let's just give them Walmart shopping bags!
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 14:22:37
Raine on 08/29/2013 14:22:37
Mornign Mala!
Comment by Scoopster on 08/29/2013 14:25:38
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 14:25:38
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:25:56
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:25:56
oh lord, the crazies 
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 14:27:41
Raine on 08/29/2013 14:27:41
That story is incredibly f8cked.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 14:28:56
I see the hospital and doctors are totally blameless in this.
I take it that the US District Court in Omaha is a fully held subsidiary of Wal*Mart Inc.
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 14:28:56
Quote by Scoopster:
It's official - Shopping at Walmart can KILL YOU.
I see the hospital and doctors are totally blameless in this.
I take it that the US District Court in Omaha is a fully held subsidiary of Wal*Mart Inc.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 14:33:48
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 14:33:48
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:36:02
you are not alone in your annoyance
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:36:02
Quote by Mondobubba:
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
you are not alone in your annoyance
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 14:36:15
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 14:36:15
Comment by BobR on 08/29/2013 14:41:14
It is so 1990s. What makes it worse is that turning it off is always a "Where's Waldo" effort to find the off button.
BobR on 08/29/2013 14:41:14
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
you are not alone in your annoyance
It is so 1990s. What makes it worse is that turning it off is always a "Where's Waldo" effort to find the off button.
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:42:32
I can usually never find the freaking off button so I have to mute my sound - irritating
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:42:32
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
you are not alone in your annoyance
It is so 1990s. What makes it worse is that turning it off is always a "Where's Waldo" effort to find the off button.
I can usually never find the freaking off button so I have to mute my sound - irritating
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 14:43:11
What site is this?
/mind is totally off this morning
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 14:43:11
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
you are not alone in your annoyance
It is so 1990s. What makes it worse is that turning it off is always a "Where's Waldo" effort to find the off button.
I can usually never find the freaking off button so I have to mute my sound - irritating
What site is this?
/mind is totally off this morning
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:51:20
I think its just a general consensus
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 14:51:20
Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
you are not alone in your annoyance
It is so 1990s. What makes it worse is that turning it off is always a "Where's Waldo" effort to find the off button.
What site is this?
I can usually never find the freaking off button so I have to mute my sound - irritating
I think its just a general consensus
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 14:55:16
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 14:55:16
Ty Carter, you are awesome! Besides the Medal of Honor, he is speaking up about how his shrink helped him with his PTSD.
Comment by Scoopster on 08/29/2013 15:19:49
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 15:19:49
Oh wow.. this is brilliant!
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 15:31:00
ABC news is the worst imo. I want to READ the story not have the same story in video form as I read. Guh.
Raine on 08/29/2013 15:31:00
Quote by wickedpam:
I think its just a general consensus
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 15:40:32
autoplay is the worst!
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 15:40:32
Quote by Raine:ABC news is the worst imo. I want to READ the story not have the same story in video form as I read. Guh.Quote by wickedpam:
I think its just a general consensus
autoplay is the worst!
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 15:42:09
Hmm they are trying to block streaming media here, again. Just stop, mmkay?
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 15:42:09
Quote by Scoopster:
Oh wow.. this is brilliant!
Hmm they are trying to block streaming media here, again. Just stop, mmkay?
Comment by Scoopster on 08/29/2013 15:51:30
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 15:51:30
Fast food workers striking nationwide today for better wages, conditions and colletive bargaining.
Not that I expect anyone here to eat fast food anyways.. but still support these folks in their efforts.
Not that I expect anyone here to eat fast food anyways.. but still support these folks in their efforts.
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 16:00:27
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 16:00:27
going to be in 
mode - home today and tomorrow going to enjoy the chance to play my xbox with out being bugged 
mode - home today and tomorrow going to enjoy the chance to play my xbox with out being bugged 
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 16:19:41
Nice!
Raine on 08/29/2013 16:19:41
Quote by wickedpam:
going to be in
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:21:34
Yepper! Do they want frames on their site as well?
TR to answer your question, it was a random site of a client of my company.
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:21:34
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:
I am not sure why, but music that is embedded on website bugs the crap out of me.
you are not alone in your annoyance
It is so 1990s. What makes it worse is that turning it off is always a "Where's Waldo" effort to find the off button.
Yepper! Do they want frames on their site as well?
TR to answer your question, it was a random site of a client of my company.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:29:20
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:29:20
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 16:29:52
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 16:29:52
Ah...I see Mondo.
I AM getting a kick out of watching these old mid 80's to mid 90's VHS tapes of mine. Sometimes the commercials are more entertaining than the shows. And the "high-tech" (at the time) news broadcasts.
I AM getting a kick out of watching these old mid 80's to mid 90's VHS tapes of mine. Sometimes the commercials are more entertaining than the shows. And the "high-tech" (at the time) news broadcasts.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 16:33:34
I see the idiot in the Sarah Palin shirt ended up at #29.
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 16:33:34
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
All I can say is ermergerd.
Oh, there is more....
:SMS: "Oh dear!"
I see the idiot in the Sarah Palin shirt ended up at #29.
Comment by Raine on 08/29/2013 16:34:53
So many classics in there.
Raine on 08/29/2013 16:34:53
Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
All I can say is ermergerd.
Oh, there is more....
:SMS: "Oh dear!"
I see the idiot in the Sarah Palin shirt ended up at #29.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:36:21
I like number 5, the cheetah woman and her cub.
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:36:21
Quote by Raine:So many classics in there.Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
All I can say is ermergerd.
Oh, there is more....
:SMS: "Oh dear!"
I see the idiot in the Sarah Palin shirt ended up at #29.
I like number 5, the cheetah woman and her cub.
Comment by TriSec on 08/29/2013 16:37:20
TriSec on 08/29/2013 16:37:20
Speaking of complacency, and forgetting the past, and all that....
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 16:42:29
So while Mrs. Rabbit was worrying what happened to her brother and his family, within the space of hours she gets laid off and finds she has cancer.
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 16:42:29
Quote by TriSec:
Speaking of complacency, and forgetting the past, and all that....
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
So while Mrs. Rabbit was worrying what happened to her brother and his family, within the space of hours she gets laid off and finds she has cancer.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:56:21
Oh no, it has been on my mind. Might go over the Time Picyune site and look at the flooding maps and time line.
Mondobubba on 08/29/2013 16:56:21
Quote by TriSec:
Speaking of complacency, and forgetting the past, and all that....
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
Oh no, it has been on my mind. Might go over the Time Picyune site and look at the flooding maps and time line.
Comment by wickedpam on 08/29/2013 17:01:35
What!? Is she okay?
wickedpam on 08/29/2013 17:01:35
Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by TriSec:
Speaking of complacency, and forgetting the past, and all that....
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
So while Mrs. Rabbit was worrying what happened to her brother and his family, within the space of hours she gets laid off and finds she has cancer.
What!? Is she okay?
Comment by Scoopster on 08/29/2013 17:02:02
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 17:02:02
So wait.. The "evidence" that Syria used chemical weapons not only came from Israeli intelligence, but it was also supposedly disclosed back in APRIL?!
Uhhh yeah...
Shenanigans.
Uhhh yeah...
Shenanigans.
Comment by Scoopster on 08/29/2013 17:02:31
Oh nooooo
Scoopster on 08/29/2013 17:02:31
Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by TriSec:
Speaking of complacency, and forgetting the past, and all that....
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
So while Mrs. Rabbit was worrying what happened to her brother and his family, within the space of hours she gets laid off and finds she has cancer.
Oh nooooo
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 17:05:42
Yeah, she had surgery for breast cancer and is fine, in addition to another fibrous mass being removed. But I find the timeline of her getting the axe very fishy.
Her brother & family were OK, just a few windows busted, but their town was wiped off the map.
trojanrabbit on 08/29/2013 17:05:42
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by TriSec:
Speaking of complacency, and forgetting the past, and all that....
It's Katrina landfall day.
God damn you George Bush, now and forever, Amen.
So while Mrs. Rabbit was worrying what happened to her brother and his family, within the space of hours she gets laid off and finds she has cancer.
What!? Is she okay?
Yeah, she had surgery for breast cancer and is fine, in addition to another fibrous mass being removed. But I find the timeline of her getting the axe very fishy.
Her brother & family were OK, just a few windows busted, but their town was wiped off the map.