Hello Fellow Travelers and Happy Thanksgiving!
I have to take pause here and marvel at this great nation some of us call home. Being "mobility challenged" (wheelchair bound), I watch a lot of CNN. I'm often with Wolf in "The Situation Room", or I'm paying rapt attention to whatever "The Silver Fox" (Anderson Cooper) is exposing on "AC 360". So I was very aware, nay, overly informed of the circumstances that led up to the decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict the police officer who admittedly killed an unarmed teenager.
Yes, there was mayhem in Ferguson, but from coast to coast in most major cities there were peaceful protests going on! Young people, takin' it to the streets and not setting fires! Some talking head on CNN suggested that the "younger" political voters were done with racism and violence. I applaud that notion! What great idea! Democracy in action, it's a beautiful thing!
The idea that the younger (post 1980's) voters are more global, have little tolerance and even less patience for racism in any guise, is an idea whose time has come. I love this "legal rebellion", "peaceful protesting" is what our nation was founded on! That it worked so well nationwide is nothing less than wonderful! Looting and burning are not only destructive, they are also illegal, looting and burning are crimes. And outside of Ferguson, MO itself, it largely didn't happen. The younger kids grew up in a blended society, like the American Mafia racism sounds outdated, antiquated. Maybe by using the "system" the way it was designed, the protesters can march and they will get the changes they demand to even the playing field politically.
Peaceful marching going on worldwide in response to a perceived injustice in one country isn't a crime - it might be a mandate for change. A new and better way of reacting to unpopular news. A reaction that could change how decisions are made.
One less thing to fight about. One struggle done. History. Like the Civil War.
PS - I would be remiss if I didn't comment on Budweiser's decision to exchange the Clydesdales for something more "youth-oriented". I liked those holiday horsies! All the exchanging on the planet won't cover up the basic fact, the bottom line: Bud sucks! It's a Geico commercial: "Everybody knows that!". Budweiser is terrible. Bud light? Bad Light! Bud Chrome? Or Ultra or whatever? 96 More Reasons to Loathe Anheiser/Busch! So I think removing the equines exposes the lager to scrutiny and who doesn't like a pony during the holidays, anyway?
I have to take pause here and marvel at this great nation some of us call home. Being "mobility challenged" (wheelchair bound), I watch a lot of CNN. I'm often with Wolf in "The Situation Room", or I'm paying rapt attention to whatever "The Silver Fox" (Anderson Cooper) is exposing on "AC 360". So I was very aware, nay, overly informed of the circumstances that led up to the decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict the police officer who admittedly killed an unarmed teenager.
Yes, there was mayhem in Ferguson, but from coast to coast in most major cities there were peaceful protests going on! Young people, takin' it to the streets and not setting fires! Some talking head on CNN suggested that the "younger" political voters were done with racism and violence. I applaud that notion! What great idea! Democracy in action, it's a beautiful thing!
The idea that the younger (post 1980's) voters are more global, have little tolerance and even less patience for racism in any guise, is an idea whose time has come. I love this "legal rebellion", "peaceful protesting" is what our nation was founded on! That it worked so well nationwide is nothing less than wonderful! Looting and burning are not only destructive, they are also illegal, looting and burning are crimes. And outside of Ferguson, MO itself, it largely didn't happen. The younger kids grew up in a blended society, like the American Mafia racism sounds outdated, antiquated. Maybe by using the "system" the way it was designed, the protesters can march and they will get the changes they demand to even the playing field politically.
Peaceful marching going on worldwide in response to a perceived injustice in one country isn't a crime - it might be a mandate for change. A new and better way of reacting to unpopular news. A reaction that could change how decisions are made.
One less thing to fight about. One struggle done. History. Like the Civil War.
PS - I would be remiss if I didn't comment on Budweiser's decision to exchange the Clydesdales for something more "youth-oriented". I liked those holiday horsies! All the exchanging on the planet won't cover up the basic fact, the bottom line: Bud sucks! It's a Geico commercial: "Everybody knows that!". Budweiser is terrible. Bud light? Bad Light! Bud Chrome? Or Ultra or whatever? 96 More Reasons to Loathe Anheiser/Busch! So I think removing the equines exposes the lager to scrutiny and who doesn't like a pony during the holidays, anyway?
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