Susie Duncan Sexton's Blog, page 14
January 6, 2015
We were meant to be the caretakers of all here on Earth
When Christie Brinkley turned the big 6-0 she opened up to Harper's Bazaar about how she looks just as good as when she hit the modeling scene 40 years earlier."I haven't touched a piece of meat since I read a graphic description of Chicago's slaughterhouses when I was 12," she told the mag. "Over the years I've gone through all the varying phases, but currently I'm a vegetarian who doesn't eat fish or dairy..."
Now THAT's an Uptown Girl !
Watch this very important trailer...we cannot help to end the madness and the sadness if we look away...very powerful piece...the quotations are very instructive. We can change this world for these innocent beings and we can start now. Click the title ... CRY OF THE INNOCENT: The Voices That Can't Speak
On that point, my good pal Tari Joyce shared this with me, commenting "I know you of my friends would like to hear about this too! Shot with a cross-bow!! I'd fight back too!!! No reason for this, except to be cruel...I wonder about the hearts of some men." Doe attacks man after being shot with arrow. GOOD FOR TARI…WE NEED LESS CHEERLEADERS FOR BALL CLUBS (NONE AT ALL ACTUALLY) and BILLIONS MORE FOR ANIMALS.
The deer need to form an army...I'll enlist. That is the one army I could believe in...would be good for this earth and move us forward. Tired of the mass slaughters of innocent beings...it is absolute madness.
Any clueless and mean member of the undeveloped human species who engages in murder is contemptuous, not to mention unfathomably ignorant. Every damned one who shoots an arrow or a bullet!
Since the beginning of time. No rationalizations or justification for such egotistical stupidity! Shameful. Good for this deer. Who doesn't get pissed when purposely hurt? Huh? C'mon. Aw, c'mon!
This poem, just written by wonderful Patty Hunter (view our television segment here), sums up these challenging and troubling issues for us and for our animal friends ... thanks for this fabulous work, Patty!
No Animals Should Suffer From Abuse
Written by Patty Hunter
No animals should suffer from abuse.
They need food, shelter and love.
Why are humans neglecting them,
By hurting or killing them?
Why are humans abusing the wildlife
And, then, including their own race?
There is no compassion on the Earth of ours.
Where is the love that was once in our hearts?
This is indeed a fallen world, since the fall of man.
And all life is suffering and dying because of this.
Not only do the animals suffer
Humans also do evil to each other.
Let there be love again on this planet
And start caring for all life,
This including us fellowmen.
We were meant to be the caretakers of all here on Earth,
Not to destroy and endanger every species from birth.
May God help us all, in this physical plane
And bring back joy to us again.
Peace be with all Earthlings who listen,
To the crying of all life from within.
Earth was meant to be alive
Not make all life take a nosedive.
Poem copyrighted, Patty Hunter © January 5, 2015
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Thanks for this feedback!
Don Sexton: "Super! How would you feel if some idiot walked up to you and for no reason shot you with his bow & arrow. I know everybody would be very, very, very angry. So – why the surprise when an animal turns around and says in animal speak 'What the Hell??!!?!'"
Patty Hunter: "Many thanks! And with adding the pictures of animals to my poem ... made it superb.. love ya. I, thoroughly, enjoyed our wee chat on my TV show, 'Patty's Page'.. many thanks for reposting this..."
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "I didn't realize Christie Brinkley was one of us 'crazy' vegans! Good for her and for all of us that choose basic bottom line justice for all animals! I once walked right by Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel when they were still married. He was performing in Ann Arbor and they were staying at the Marriott at Plymouth Rd and 23 where I worked as a waitress at that time. She looked like any other female student...he had those bulgy eyes! LOL!"
Tari Joyce: "I'm Happy when I can find things that strengthen You, Susie, and all in supporting animal rights to live the life God meant for them!! The cause is very important, as some in mankind want to destroy the animal kingdom. I want my grandchildren to know someone fought for the rights of wildlife, undomesticated & pet animals...Everyone needs to wake up and understand the loss it will be if precious animals become extinct, just like others before them !!! Thanks for including me, Roy, It's an honor !! ♥"
Terry Doran: "I sent your mom yesterday the deer getting revenge on the hunter story and I'm working on a column about it. Great blog for Patty's poem. My fantasy is for animals to be a.) armed with awareness of human treachery b.) access to guns and how to shoot them."
Ginger Haycox: "You're more than welcome...it's quite timely in fact!"
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
January 1, 2015
Top of my totem pole - New Year's pledge
"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful." ~ William Shakespeare
HAPPY 2015, GOOD PEOPLE...THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT ALL SPECIES ON EARTH!
I pledge to do my best for all creatures great and small this year...pigs at the top of my totem pole...see SPECIESISM, THE MOVIE for that reference--the outtakes...blessings on you...no crates, no artificial insemination, no being trucked to slaughterhouses, no pig wrestling, you are important. get the word out, readers, if you care...thank you so much!
the peaceable kingdom begins with appreciation and respect for all living beings, no exceptions!
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thanks for this feedback!
Emma Schumann: "Thank you, Roy shared xx Happy New Year to you & your family ♥ xx"
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "That's right, Susie - ALL creatures , not just our companion animals! Great way to start the New Year!"
Drex Morton: "Susie Sexton, you always stretch my thinking in helpful ways. May 2015 become a better season for 'All Creatures Great & Small...'"
Angel Wings: "Thank you, sharing ♥"
Maureen D'Agostino: "Best pledge ever!"
Elizabeth Lean: "Love it!"
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
HAPPY 2015, GOOD PEOPLE...THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT ALL SPECIES ON EARTH!
I pledge to do my best for all creatures great and small this year...pigs at the top of my totem pole...see SPECIESISM, THE MOVIE for that reference--the outtakes...blessings on you...no crates, no artificial insemination, no being trucked to slaughterhouses, no pig wrestling, you are important. get the word out, readers, if you care...thank you so much!
the peaceable kingdom begins with appreciation and respect for all living beings, no exceptions!
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thanks for this feedback!
Emma Schumann: "Thank you, Roy shared xx Happy New Year to you & your family ♥ xx"
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "That's right, Susie - ALL creatures , not just our companion animals! Great way to start the New Year!"
Drex Morton: "Susie Sexton, you always stretch my thinking in helpful ways. May 2015 become a better season for 'All Creatures Great & Small...'"
Angel Wings: "Thank you, sharing ♥"
Maureen D'Agostino: "Best pledge ever!"
Elizabeth Lean: "Love it!"
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
December 23, 2014
but I am happy to help change the picture
enjoy this video ... Thank you for making a world of difference for animals in 2014
I'm not in the mood for facebook vanity these days. too much sadness in the world to read about cakes and interior decorating and trips and me, me, me...
oh, how this post from rabbi otis by way of good pal mary maday speaks to me and breaks my heart - "A boy says goodbye to his friend who has just received a death sentence. Force-breeding, buying, selling, and murdering sentient beings - who have a mother and experience emotions of love and fear - is an absolute atrocity." (click to view photo and read more)
the huge puzzle to so many of us is the breeding and then the fattening up and then the selling for slaughter and the counting of cash...we are mammals, too...what are we thinking...obviously "thinking" and "feeling" not part of the recipe!
have wondered about this all of my life and I am not alone in that as evidenced by the vegan/vegetarian movement...the human species should stop the horror of mass slaughter now. hard to watch--the picture says it all...stop eating other mammals and stop programming into children the obliviousness to murder and the yearning for cash with no regard for the second by second daily and nightly suffering of innocent beings.
I am so sincere about this that I can barely function anymore...seeing the big picture is haunting but necessary...we do not start living until we empathize and try to redirect the human mind to do what is correct. I'll never give up...but I am exhausted.
but I am happy to help change the picture...makes a life have purpose...this is the hugest issue ever in this world. the achievement of animal welfare and rights will assure a peaceable kingdom. absolutely.
thanks for this feedback!
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "Thank you, Susie, for not giving up though the pain and daily effort of trying to get humans to do the right thing is mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting. I'm with you in spirit all the way and I thank you and your son Roy for all you do to get the message of compassion for ALL beings on the planet out to be heard! Happy Holidays! Love you guys!!"
Mary Maday: "I hope everyone on my FB list reads what you wrote! KD and her husband are Vegans. I think there are only three of us in Wheatland who do not eat meat. Could be more, but I doubt it."
Janine Owen: "When I see this, it makes me cry."
Anthea Larke: "So sad, I know men that went through this with 4H and they are scarred. Their community and family work at breaking their souls. This is necessary to go forward in their business of animal exploitation."
Laurice Bray: "Thank you, Susie and Roy. This photo of the boy and his cow speaks volumes, and Humane Education for children is one of our best hopes for a better world. I don't know how much adults will change, but if we can reach children, the planet might just have a chance."
Susan McCauley: "heartbreaking image of one of the saddest cruelties practiced by humans"
Kayle Davis: "Hi Susie! I loved your article! Thank you for all you do!"
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
I'm not in the mood for facebook vanity these days. too much sadness in the world to read about cakes and interior decorating and trips and me, me, me...
oh, how this post from rabbi otis by way of good pal mary maday speaks to me and breaks my heart - "A boy says goodbye to his friend who has just received a death sentence. Force-breeding, buying, selling, and murdering sentient beings - who have a mother and experience emotions of love and fear - is an absolute atrocity." (click to view photo and read more)
the huge puzzle to so many of us is the breeding and then the fattening up and then the selling for slaughter and the counting of cash...we are mammals, too...what are we thinking...obviously "thinking" and "feeling" not part of the recipe!
have wondered about this all of my life and I am not alone in that as evidenced by the vegan/vegetarian movement...the human species should stop the horror of mass slaughter now. hard to watch--the picture says it all...stop eating other mammals and stop programming into children the obliviousness to murder and the yearning for cash with no regard for the second by second daily and nightly suffering of innocent beings.
I am so sincere about this that I can barely function anymore...seeing the big picture is haunting but necessary...we do not start living until we empathize and try to redirect the human mind to do what is correct. I'll never give up...but I am exhausted.
but I am happy to help change the picture...makes a life have purpose...this is the hugest issue ever in this world. the achievement of animal welfare and rights will assure a peaceable kingdom. absolutely.
thanks for this feedback!
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "Thank you, Susie, for not giving up though the pain and daily effort of trying to get humans to do the right thing is mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting. I'm with you in spirit all the way and I thank you and your son Roy for all you do to get the message of compassion for ALL beings on the planet out to be heard! Happy Holidays! Love you guys!!"
Mary Maday: "I hope everyone on my FB list reads what you wrote! KD and her husband are Vegans. I think there are only three of us in Wheatland who do not eat meat. Could be more, but I doubt it."
Janine Owen: "When I see this, it makes me cry."
Anthea Larke: "So sad, I know men that went through this with 4H and they are scarred. Their community and family work at breaking their souls. This is necessary to go forward in their business of animal exploitation."
Laurice Bray: "Thank you, Susie and Roy. This photo of the boy and his cow speaks volumes, and Humane Education for children is one of our best hopes for a better world. I don't know how much adults will change, but if we can reach children, the planet might just have a chance."
Susan McCauley: "heartbreaking image of one of the saddest cruelties practiced by humans"
Kayle Davis: "Hi Susie! I loved your article! Thank you for all you do!"
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
December 17, 2014
Sorry I missed the cut-off signals! Me and my son on The Kevin Storm Show
Thoroughly enjoyed conversing with Kevin Storm and his mom Susan and my son Roy on The Kevin Storm Show this weekend...such fun! Thanks for inviting us, Susan...very impressed with your questions. Sorry I missed the cut-off signals!View/listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icQnt...
My son Roy Sexton, whose second book of reviews will be released in January (find out more here) wrote: "Please enjoy this video of my mother Susie Duncan Sexton and me on The Kevin Storm Show, discussing animal rights, theatre, culture, and more … and if you’ve ever wondered what radio people do while their on-air guests are talking, now you know! I don't envy them the technical side of this! Definitely some unintentionally ironic comedy here … Susan Faye Schindler is so gracious!"
Happy holidays!
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
December 11, 2014
my glass is half full of frazzlement ... 4 topics: cruelty, radio shows, wolves, and holidays
TOPIC: Is the human species the most devilish on the planet?
The diary of two animal welfare campaigners at the world's biggest ritual slaughter
The importance of animal welfare and animal rights cannot even be adequately described...the cluelessness and ignorance and self-centeredness of humanity too frequently boggles a sane person's mind.
How can anyone ignore this sadness, these tragedies and go on about their own lives? Heart-breaking...we must all care and help to stop the madness...every one of us. Every one.
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TOPIC: Exciting news! My son Roy Sexton and I are going to be guests on The Kevin Storm Show (radio) this Sunday at noon, discussing our books and theatre and love of animals.
6 Kids Doing Stellar Work for Animals
You can listen and find out more about Kevin and his show at http://www.thekevinstormshow.com/ or http://tunein.com/radio/The-Kevin-Sto.... Kevin is dedicated to animal rights and vegan causes and is billed as New Jersey’s youngest radio host! The show will also be available on YouTube after the broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
And check out Kevin’s Facebook fan pages at https://www.facebook.com/AbolitionInM... and https://www.facebook.com/FansOflKStorm or on Twitter here https://twitter.com/kevinVstorm
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TOPIC: the truth about wolves
Help Us Spread the Real Truth About Wolves!
SO ALARMING TO SEE THE OLD POLITICAL MACHINE SPINNING/spewing OUT MESSAGES OF HATE AND FEAR ONCE AGAIN...AND NOT EVEN ANIMALS ARE EXEMPT...SAD AND TRAGIC PROPAGANDA AND WHY?
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TOPIC: holly jolly...
as for the impending holidays ...
Just know that John Dixon already did his holiday melt-down...and I am still scratching my head...but maybe that annual treat can be checked off?
Chris Rock spoke about this being such a materialistic time of the year which is supposed to celebrate the most unmaterialistic individual ever.
So YEAH...I am nuttier than usual. But getting used to feeling frazzled...the consistency of frazzlement amazes me. So my glass is half full of frazzlement. Yep.
thanks for the feedback!
Jim Robertson: "Great quote: '...the cluelessness and ignorance and self-centeredness of humanity too frequently boggles a sane person's mind.'”
Susan Faye Schindler: "Thanks for your support."
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
The diary of two animal welfare campaigners at the world's biggest ritual slaughter
The importance of animal welfare and animal rights cannot even be adequately described...the cluelessness and ignorance and self-centeredness of humanity too frequently boggles a sane person's mind.
How can anyone ignore this sadness, these tragedies and go on about their own lives? Heart-breaking...we must all care and help to stop the madness...every one of us. Every one.
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TOPIC: Exciting news! My son Roy Sexton and I are going to be guests on The Kevin Storm Show (radio) this Sunday at noon, discussing our books and theatre and love of animals.
6 Kids Doing Stellar Work for Animals
You can listen and find out more about Kevin and his show at http://www.thekevinstormshow.com/ or http://tunein.com/radio/The-Kevin-Sto.... Kevin is dedicated to animal rights and vegan causes and is billed as New Jersey’s youngest radio host! The show will also be available on YouTube after the broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
And check out Kevin’s Facebook fan pages at https://www.facebook.com/AbolitionInM... and https://www.facebook.com/FansOflKStorm or on Twitter here https://twitter.com/kevinVstorm
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TOPIC: the truth about wolves
Help Us Spread the Real Truth About Wolves!
"Here’s the truth about wolves: They have more reason to be afraid of humans than we do of them. You are more likely to be attacked by your neighbor’s poodle than to be attacked by a wolf.
"And yet, an anti-wolf group in Washington state has begun running huge billboards filled with anti-wolf lies and propaganda claiming that wolves are not endangered and inciting fear. They would have people in Washington believe that young children will be next on a wolf’s 'menu'.
"There are fewer than 100 wolves in the entire state – 52 at last official count – and wolves are being illegally killed as the hate-based claims become more and more farfetched."
SO ALARMING TO SEE THE OLD POLITICAL MACHINE SPINNING/spewing OUT MESSAGES OF HATE AND FEAR ONCE AGAIN...AND NOT EVEN ANIMALS ARE EXEMPT...SAD AND TRAGIC PROPAGANDA AND WHY?
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TOPIC: holly jolly...
as for the impending holidays ...
Just know that John Dixon already did his holiday melt-down...and I am still scratching my head...but maybe that annual treat can be checked off?
Chris Rock spoke about this being such a materialistic time of the year which is supposed to celebrate the most unmaterialistic individual ever.
So YEAH...I am nuttier than usual. But getting used to feeling frazzled...the consistency of frazzlement amazes me. So my glass is half full of frazzlement. Yep.
thanks for the feedback!
Jim Robertson: "Great quote: '...the cluelessness and ignorance and self-centeredness of humanity too frequently boggles a sane person's mind.'”
Susan Faye Schindler: "Thanks for your support."
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
December 3, 2014
my amender is all worn out
I can’t make amends…my amender is all worn out…and I never get amends back from anybody i try to make them with…if you get my drift? but I heartily agree with the nobility of the suggestion, beth! (by the way, beth replied: "got it, susie. no amending fences" - punny!)
please check out ASPCA | ASPCA's Fundraiser on CrowdRise
wow, does everybody in the world worship money????? ...I have like 900 requests today.....and I wonder where the funds collected really truly go? but THIS matters...everybody in this world making money off exploitation and victimization of animals already, so a group like the aspca who doesn't KILL animals deserves our support!
humans, stop making money off animals and start giving money toward their protection and welfare...we shall all benefit from that kind of generosity. yep! I trust the aspca...and that is saying something! NOKILL EVER! and no spins justifying slaughter ever.
awful! HORROR OF HOUNDING IN WISCONSIN!
happens here all of the time...every time a person eats a steak we are buying into this very thing. and children are given "field trips" opportunities to meet their MEAT. and kids are taught to use guns...for hunting? hunting is just plain wrong. always. the word is despicable.
listen to the swagger in the adult's voice. apologists for hunting are the same as this misguided moronic "dad"...and pig wrestling at local fairs? really? and auctioning off farm animals for slaughter? really?
this little wolf is just one of many living beings every second victimized by human ignorance and mean-ness. it is all exactly the same. and watch those same types "act" like none of this horror matters.
look around. everywhere and every second. human lives move on...eating, sleeping, shopping, bragging, church going, counting cash, patting themselves on the back. not really giving a damn...not really.
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "Love the 'my amender is all worn out'! Mine too, Susie, mine too."
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
please check out ASPCA | ASPCA's Fundraiser on CrowdRise
wow, does everybody in the world worship money????? ...I have like 900 requests today.....and I wonder where the funds collected really truly go? but THIS matters...everybody in this world making money off exploitation and victimization of animals already, so a group like the aspca who doesn't KILL animals deserves our support!
humans, stop making money off animals and start giving money toward their protection and welfare...we shall all benefit from that kind of generosity. yep! I trust the aspca...and that is saying something! NOKILL EVER! and no spins justifying slaughter ever.
awful! HORROR OF HOUNDING IN WISCONSIN!
happens here all of the time...every time a person eats a steak we are buying into this very thing. and children are given "field trips" opportunities to meet their MEAT. and kids are taught to use guns...for hunting? hunting is just plain wrong. always. the word is despicable.
listen to the swagger in the adult's voice. apologists for hunting are the same as this misguided moronic "dad"...and pig wrestling at local fairs? really? and auctioning off farm animals for slaughter? really?
this little wolf is just one of many living beings every second victimized by human ignorance and mean-ness. it is all exactly the same. and watch those same types "act" like none of this horror matters.
look around. everywhere and every second. human lives move on...eating, sleeping, shopping, bragging, church going, counting cash, patting themselves on the back. not really giving a damn...not really.
Kim Elizabeth Johnson: "Love the 'my amender is all worn out'! Mine too, Susie, mine too."
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
December 2, 2014
OLD TYPE WRITER: Disillusionment--Writer's Block, Christmas 2014
TWO FOR ONE Old Type Writers this week! Talk of the Town editor Jennifer Romano writes, "This week we have a Christmas treat: TWO columns for you in the Old Type Writer -- one by our esteemed columnist Susie Duncan Sexton and one by her talented son, Roy Sexton. Click here to read both."http://www.talkofthetownwc.com/oldtyp...
Here's a quote from my latest piece, titled "Disillusionment--Writer's Block, Christmas 2014" ... "If Godfather Brando is correct, should each of us honor the actor harbored within ourselves as we attempt to communicate and to function in this ever more disconnected world? Should we cater to what we believe an 'audience' might want and might respond to…with their hearts or their monetary donations or their votes or their fickleness or whatever? Wouldn't it amaze us to find out that we could indeed be ourselves and achieve a surprising harmony with others and find peace of mind resulting from naturalness and its effortless and welcome acceptance?" AND when you read the column, be sure to click anything words in RED for a festive (or not so festive) musical (or otherwise) surprise!
Happy holidays!http://www.talkofthetownwc.com/oldtyp...
Thanks for this feedback!
Laurice Adams Bray: "OMG, I love this article, and the little red 'click-ons'. It's like getting little Christmas gifts while you're reading!"
Angie Choe: "Great pic of you and your mom! Loved the part of 'googling via keyboard' and all the descriptions of people that you find…'whiners, braggarts, etc.' I totally agree – it’s so true. She is so detailed – I see where you get your writing from. Boy does she think a lot LOL! And loved the ending 'translation available upon request' – that made me giggle....She is a walking encyclopedia - so detailed oriented with sophisticated words. Now that’s true talent. You have it too. I only have a small fraction of what you both have. Cherish it always."
Beth Kennedy: "fantastic posts, both of you. and doc zhivago is one of my all time favorite film, susie. we search, read, write, share, care and emote because we have the human need to connect. roy, what wonderful models you were lucky enough to have."
Marla Rondo: "Love the pictures, etc. Thank you for sharing!!"
Helen Cochrane: "Be sure to send your uncles photo to Carole. I remember the five brothers playing basketball against Guilford when I was young."
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
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November 30, 2014
even a BUCKET of popcorn unfortunately did not help relieve the depressing fact ... my reaction to the hunger games phenomenon
in response to my son roy sexton's review of the latest hunger games movie and inspired by this great exchange he had with wonderful arlene steinberg ...
thanks to roy for intellectualizing this utterly useless series of absolute sh*t! what has happened to great literary achievements and their often successful cinematic treatments?
this is THE dumbest franchise methinks...maybe you can convince me that big ole gals with crossbows is about as wholesome as Barbie doll sexpot influences on young females. NOT...too sarah palinesque for teens for this viewer who will never read the books which are probably so much more intellectual and informative! NOT!
I really DID witness the golden age…nobody can convince me otherwise…a tremendous and gracious review, roy, of absolute irresponsible slop. the creators should thank you for making some sense out of their smug indulgences in the ridiculous and the damaging?
conspiracy from Barbie doll hunters in high fashion hiking boots? or the NRA who created the market for hunting "gear"? that runs the gamut from showboating fashion junkies to moguls counting cash for bullets, guns, crossbows, cutesy camouflage overalls, tree stands, new pick-ups, fur collars and precious boots and photo ops
all to enhance the clueless camera-snapped smiles of way too many murderous morons.
welcome, to the world going to hell...obviously I will not support this movie soap opera series by buying a ticket. nor any publication nor tv channel that indulges in giving the time of the day to any of these empty-headed nuts.
AND THE MONEY KEEPS ROLLING IN WHILE ARROGANT HUMAN BEINGS SELL THEIR SOULS TO THE DEVIL THEY CLAIM TO BELIEVE EXISTS?
screw this movie and all the hunting channels and whatever political party (guess which one?) stumbles all over themselves to extol hunting and agriculture.
okay, i’ll lighten up…especially if I do not HAVE to see this thing. the first one was so hollow yet disturbing in its implications. and i stumbled into it by accident. and even a BUCKET of popcorn unfortunately did not help relieve the depressing fact that the theater was so full to the brim that we were forced to sit in lawn chairs? oh, America, where HAS you gone to, buster?
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
thanks to roy for intellectualizing this utterly useless series of absolute sh*t! what has happened to great literary achievements and their often successful cinematic treatments?
this is THE dumbest franchise methinks...maybe you can convince me that big ole gals with crossbows is about as wholesome as Barbie doll sexpot influences on young females. NOT...too sarah palinesque for teens for this viewer who will never read the books which are probably so much more intellectual and informative! NOT!
I really DID witness the golden age…nobody can convince me otherwise…a tremendous and gracious review, roy, of absolute irresponsible slop. the creators should thank you for making some sense out of their smug indulgences in the ridiculous and the damaging?
conspiracy from Barbie doll hunters in high fashion hiking boots? or the NRA who created the market for hunting "gear"? that runs the gamut from showboating fashion junkies to moguls counting cash for bullets, guns, crossbows, cutesy camouflage overalls, tree stands, new pick-ups, fur collars and precious boots and photo ops
all to enhance the clueless camera-snapped smiles of way too many murderous morons.
welcome, to the world going to hell...obviously I will not support this movie soap opera series by buying a ticket. nor any publication nor tv channel that indulges in giving the time of the day to any of these empty-headed nuts.
AND THE MONEY KEEPS ROLLING IN WHILE ARROGANT HUMAN BEINGS SELL THEIR SOULS TO THE DEVIL THEY CLAIM TO BELIEVE EXISTS?
screw this movie and all the hunting channels and whatever political party (guess which one?) stumbles all over themselves to extol hunting and agriculture.
okay, i’ll lighten up…especially if I do not HAVE to see this thing. the first one was so hollow yet disturbing in its implications. and i stumbled into it by accident. and even a BUCKET of popcorn unfortunately did not help relieve the depressing fact that the theater was so full to the brim that we were forced to sit in lawn chairs? oh, America, where HAS you gone to, buster?
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
November 26, 2014
oh, do listen to the words...and let's change this world tomorrow morning
first off, happy belated birthday to paul helmke. happy birthday, fellow hoosier...and one of whom we are very proud...class, intelligence, determination and fair-mindedness are qualities we admire and should all aspire to...thanks for your fine example, sir!
oh, how this story (see following link) shreds my soul - "Semi carrying more than 2,000 piglets overturns in Indiana" ...
a true horror story here in Indiana and all over the nation daily: the fact that these babies are purposely bred for eventual slaughter...had not this horrific accident taken their lives, their horrendous deaths on down the line is/was destined...
on their way to slaying or some other brand of victimization, crammed into a semi and enduring their frightening journey along highways connecting North Carolina to Iowa (home of the nationally, newly elected lady legislator who brags of her pig castration ability).
this is terror. this is evil. this is blood money. this all happens daily for human profiteering.
the terror we inflict upon animals rivals nothing else in this world. how this country can be holier than thou when we lead the way on perpetrating horrors beyond human imagination and look the other way every damned day thinking we cannot stop these nightmares from happening...
well, we can...we can stop throwing money at fast food joints and at pirates who breed and victimize animals in any way whatsoever for so-called human LIVElihood "games"!
start your protests now...at the very least stop eating animals now. you'll be glad you made that choice. because that choice is kind and is healthful for all involved...them and us. we are all mammals after all.
oh, do listen to the words...and let's change this world tomorrow morning...pigs are people, too...indeed they are...even better - "That'll do"
thanks for these comments!
Elizabeth Lean: "Yes, let's change this world now!"
Coreen Conley: "Wonderfully written!"
Drex Morton: "Great post.."
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Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
oh, how this story (see following link) shreds my soul - "Semi carrying more than 2,000 piglets overturns in Indiana" ...
a true horror story here in Indiana and all over the nation daily: the fact that these babies are purposely bred for eventual slaughter...had not this horrific accident taken their lives, their horrendous deaths on down the line is/was destined...
on their way to slaying or some other brand of victimization, crammed into a semi and enduring their frightening journey along highways connecting North Carolina to Iowa (home of the nationally, newly elected lady legislator who brags of her pig castration ability).
this is terror. this is evil. this is blood money. this all happens daily for human profiteering.
Animal behaviorists increasingly find that nonhuman animals possess complex social lives and share many human emotions, while molecular biologists have discovered stunning commonalities between humans and other animals on the genetic level.
It is becoming increasingly clear that other species are not really so different from us after all — indeed, that Darwin was correct when he proposed that we are all related. More than ever, it appears arbitrary and self-serving to promote the rights and preferences of members of our own species without considering those of other species as well.
- William Crain, author of Emotional Lives of Animals and Children: Insights From a Farm Sanctuary in his letter "Animals Have Rights, Too" to The New York Times
the terror we inflict upon animals rivals nothing else in this world. how this country can be holier than thou when we lead the way on perpetrating horrors beyond human imagination and look the other way every damned day thinking we cannot stop these nightmares from happening...
well, we can...we can stop throwing money at fast food joints and at pirates who breed and victimize animals in any way whatsoever for so-called human LIVElihood "games"!
start your protests now...at the very least stop eating animals now. you'll be glad you made that choice. because that choice is kind and is healthful for all involved...them and us. we are all mammals after all.
oh, do listen to the words...and let's change this world tomorrow morning...pigs are people, too...indeed they are...even better - "That'll do"
thanks for these comments!
Elizabeth Lean: "Yes, let's change this world now!"
Coreen Conley: "Wonderfully written!"
Drex Morton: "Great post.."
________________________
Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
November 19, 2014
Farewell to meat cleavers!
"Those who describe animals as not having any thoughts or feelings come closer to that description than the animals they are trying to describe." ~ Edward Alberola
I am reincarnated! Originally, I existed as a "Do(e), a deer…a female deer" living a frightened life of skittishness and mind-numbing shyness. Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II placed me and my kind into the first line of a perky song in the musical "The Sound of Music" immediately prior to "Re (Ray) a drop of golden sun, Mi (Me) a name I call myself, Fa (Far) a long long way to run, Sol (Sew) a needle pulling thread, La a note to follow Sol, Ti (Tea) a drink with jam and bread…That will bring us back to DOE!" Now, like General Douglas MacArthur, I have returned, only this time with a voice and a spine and a purpose, to live in this blues-inducing Red State.
The Department of Nonsensical Rationale (line up in order the first letter of each preceding word for a shocking abbreviation) has issued a series (just like a soap opera) of publicity releases advertising hunting permits, licenses, tree-stand technique manuals, and dates for gun-toting, rifle-bearing, spear-throwing youth and aging "sports" (?) enthusiasts of either gender bent on "conserving" (their word!) our environment during lop-sided contests with only one side armed to its whitened teeth!. Ironically, these mass murderers genuflect to the Prince of Peace Himself -- Jesus H. Christ (google the legitimate "H."). If one more journalist, radio commentator, or TV talking head (counting up their revenue from the richest among us, i.e. the Koch Brothers' AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY) bashes well-intentioned humanists, praises Neanderthal knuckle-draggers, diverts precious attention to non-issues, and fear-mongers the rest of us into believing doomsday is close at hand while whipping us all into frenzied pursuit of desperate, damaging, argumentative, divisive, well-manicured finger-pointing, I shall have to lay aside my usual timidity and speak up! Here goes.
From whence cometh my courage?
Recently, a pair of archival male community educators received some really great, lengthy, yet over-due, press coverage. I never realized, growing up in the 50s, that removing the requisite "Mister" from their surnames to familiarly address them by their first names left me surprisingly with Roy and Dale (Also a famous cinematic/television couple who owned a horse named Trigger and a dog named Bullet?) Mr. Kilby and Mr. Pence served as my grammar school instructors and impacted me at a tender impressionable age and may have created inadvertently my inner conflicts from age eight until now. I do not hold back when I stumble upon a wrong! Thanks, fellows, for great instruction--one was my reading coach and the other my princiPAL! I advocate for animals and other sentient beings and have been forced (through aborted attempts at socialization with too many vain, clueless, rationalizing, wussy human beings) to plead the "animal rights" cause. I wish to conserve all lives simply because I do not believe in murder as a solution-- the "final solution" a program also known as ethnic cleansing utilized throughout history on human beings themselves of all ages spun by those other human beings performing the executions as necessary for the well-being of the rest of us. Thanks, to incredible parents and a handful of educators along the way, I believe that "when you feel the suffering of every living thing in your own heart, that is consciousness." (~Bhagavad Gita)
DVD time, dear reader! Far from a waste! Having open-mindedly viewed the cerebral, ethical, logical "Speciesism, The Movie", I am on the warpath once again if not always. Welcome to our U.S., the profit-oriented "FOOD, INC." (Now, see THAT movie!) land which America has become. And at our own health and safety peril! 56 billion animals will be slaughtered this year to satiate our appetites, but not even one will be because of necessity. Just received a "thank you" from director Mark Devries for my recently blogged words of appreciation for this film I highly recommend here once again. Certainly provoked some serious thinking and concerns.
Ungodly numbers of strays and "turn-ins "are unceremoniously exterminated in "shelters", those establishments which could jolly well stop the "spins" and locate welcoming homes with a bit more effort. Adoption fees (akin to slave auction cash) by themselves seem not self-sustaining enough to cover "operating" expenses. Thus, dumped, abandoned domesticated-only-to-be-jailed pets are, in far too many instances, gathered in cadaver-mode heaps for rendering into fertilizers or bagged into "Happy Dog/Happy Cat Food" in grocery aisles or sold to universities for live medical experimentation. [Read: SYMBIOSIS – Mutualistic or Parasitic ]
Concentration Camps disguised as Factory Farms almost dupe us into believing that, by comparison, free-range chickens are a lovely mythical alternative as are grazing, serene, contented cattle visualized on rolling pastures or over-fed, over-bred pigs who may boast precious names prior to tortuous and frightening journeys from rural America to slaughterhouses.
Battling so-called burgeoning wildlife populations (to the point of extinction ?) is recommended by DNR proclamations published and broadcast everywhere in Hoosier land lately. "STEP RIGHT UP!" shout the hucksters and auctioneers. "Shell over big bucks for the adventuresome right to play God with artificial insemination rods, crates, traps, guns, and little bows and pointy arrows!" Forget totally possible birth-control efforts! It is suddenly open season on frisky squirrels, playful (once imported) river otters (for their fur), non-adulterous mate-for-life mourning doves, and all manner of water fowl ranging from mute swans to ("Duck Die-Nasty") Huey, Dewey, Louie and their Uncle Donald, too. All for a price! Snap up a blue million individualized hunting licenses--oh, and pricey costumes from any big-box store! Claim that the stacks of disease-ridden, rotting, lead-infested corpses will feed the poor. Of course, deer "harvests" remain standard fare. ("Never befriend even an orphaned fawn quaking in the middle of a busy, frenetic highway…not 'fair' to the animals and their adaptability to LIFE in the wild.") Try not to slam verbally or literally those deer families, herds and loners who actually surmise instinctively frequently precisely when to cross our over-traveled roads and who get caught in our web of overabundant head-lights!
Oh, and "paid instruction is also available." (Please, 9-year-old girl gun enthusiasts, refrain from accidentally shooting "teacher" himself though.) OR, if a mere boy in rural Michigan, humor your camouflaged heavy-breathing daddy by shooting an arrow into the graceful body of an extremely rare (one out of every 300.000) albino (revered and respected by the American Indian) "ghost of the forest" deer simply for a local taxidermist to stuff and deliver this treasure by pick-up to your trophy room. I kid you not! Jesus, where are you, Sir? DO return to our self-crafted temples of death and destruction -- which even include the great but shrinking outdoors -- and break our sinister sling-shot toys in half over your knees! Then, while in that position, spank all of us--the perpetrators and the apathetic--as well! ASAP!
Now, leave me alone with my pipe-dreams of a sweeter world which may -- one joyous day -- cease its spinning out of control. Collen Patrick Goudreau writes that "…killing animals for human consumption is a planned, manipulated, and calculated act that we can avoid by not (purposely) breeding animals in the first place." Capt. Paul Watson, the Sea Shepherd, advises, "If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don't look at where you stand today. Look at where you stand on animal rights." I dedicate this entry to the fabulous memories of gorgeous, bold Lauren Bacall who taught others how to whistle, to wonderful clown Robin Williams whose depression woke up a sleeping audience at last, and to James Garner, the handsomest and kindest-looking gentleman who ever lived and who behaved, in real life, not remotely like a swaggering cowboy!
thanks for this feedback!
Laurice Adams Bray: "Is there a 'Susie Duncan for President' campaign? I want someone in office who cares about humanity, cares about the planet, cares about the animals like she does. ...I believe this blog post touched many a heart."
Monica Reynolds: "can you imagine what this world would be like if people like Susie were in power??"
Elizabeth Lean: "it is illegal to hunt with dogs here in the UK, but they still do and the police are often on the side of the Hunt and not the saboteurs - and it is disgraceful. I saw a graphic photo last week of a dear fox disemboweled etc due to being hunted, and I cannot understand how anyone gets pleasure out of such barbaric and cruel acts."
Ceinwyn Jones: "such true words xxxxxx"
________________________
Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
I am reincarnated! Originally, I existed as a "Do(e), a deer…a female deer" living a frightened life of skittishness and mind-numbing shyness. Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II placed me and my kind into the first line of a perky song in the musical "The Sound of Music" immediately prior to "Re (Ray) a drop of golden sun, Mi (Me) a name I call myself, Fa (Far) a long long way to run, Sol (Sew) a needle pulling thread, La a note to follow Sol, Ti (Tea) a drink with jam and bread…That will bring us back to DOE!" Now, like General Douglas MacArthur, I have returned, only this time with a voice and a spine and a purpose, to live in this blues-inducing Red State.
The Department of Nonsensical Rationale (line up in order the first letter of each preceding word for a shocking abbreviation) has issued a series (just like a soap opera) of publicity releases advertising hunting permits, licenses, tree-stand technique manuals, and dates for gun-toting, rifle-bearing, spear-throwing youth and aging "sports" (?) enthusiasts of either gender bent on "conserving" (their word!) our environment during lop-sided contests with only one side armed to its whitened teeth!. Ironically, these mass murderers genuflect to the Prince of Peace Himself -- Jesus H. Christ (google the legitimate "H."). If one more journalist, radio commentator, or TV talking head (counting up their revenue from the richest among us, i.e. the Koch Brothers' AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY) bashes well-intentioned humanists, praises Neanderthal knuckle-draggers, diverts precious attention to non-issues, and fear-mongers the rest of us into believing doomsday is close at hand while whipping us all into frenzied pursuit of desperate, damaging, argumentative, divisive, well-manicured finger-pointing, I shall have to lay aside my usual timidity and speak up! Here goes.
From whence cometh my courage?
Recently, a pair of archival male community educators received some really great, lengthy, yet over-due, press coverage. I never realized, growing up in the 50s, that removing the requisite "Mister" from their surnames to familiarly address them by their first names left me surprisingly with Roy and Dale (Also a famous cinematic/television couple who owned a horse named Trigger and a dog named Bullet?) Mr. Kilby and Mr. Pence served as my grammar school instructors and impacted me at a tender impressionable age and may have created inadvertently my inner conflicts from age eight until now. I do not hold back when I stumble upon a wrong! Thanks, fellows, for great instruction--one was my reading coach and the other my princiPAL! I advocate for animals and other sentient beings and have been forced (through aborted attempts at socialization with too many vain, clueless, rationalizing, wussy human beings) to plead the "animal rights" cause. I wish to conserve all lives simply because I do not believe in murder as a solution-- the "final solution" a program also known as ethnic cleansing utilized throughout history on human beings themselves of all ages spun by those other human beings performing the executions as necessary for the well-being of the rest of us. Thanks, to incredible parents and a handful of educators along the way, I believe that "when you feel the suffering of every living thing in your own heart, that is consciousness." (~Bhagavad Gita)
DVD time, dear reader! Far from a waste! Having open-mindedly viewed the cerebral, ethical, logical "Speciesism, The Movie", I am on the warpath once again if not always. Welcome to our U.S., the profit-oriented "FOOD, INC." (Now, see THAT movie!) land which America has become. And at our own health and safety peril! 56 billion animals will be slaughtered this year to satiate our appetites, but not even one will be because of necessity. Just received a "thank you" from director Mark Devries for my recently blogged words of appreciation for this film I highly recommend here once again. Certainly provoked some serious thinking and concerns.
Ungodly numbers of strays and "turn-ins "are unceremoniously exterminated in "shelters", those establishments which could jolly well stop the "spins" and locate welcoming homes with a bit more effort. Adoption fees (akin to slave auction cash) by themselves seem not self-sustaining enough to cover "operating" expenses. Thus, dumped, abandoned domesticated-only-to-be-jailed pets are, in far too many instances, gathered in cadaver-mode heaps for rendering into fertilizers or bagged into "Happy Dog/Happy Cat Food" in grocery aisles or sold to universities for live medical experimentation. [Read: SYMBIOSIS – Mutualistic or Parasitic ]
Concentration Camps disguised as Factory Farms almost dupe us into believing that, by comparison, free-range chickens are a lovely mythical alternative as are grazing, serene, contented cattle visualized on rolling pastures or over-fed, over-bred pigs who may boast precious names prior to tortuous and frightening journeys from rural America to slaughterhouses.
Battling so-called burgeoning wildlife populations (to the point of extinction ?) is recommended by DNR proclamations published and broadcast everywhere in Hoosier land lately. "STEP RIGHT UP!" shout the hucksters and auctioneers. "Shell over big bucks for the adventuresome right to play God with artificial insemination rods, crates, traps, guns, and little bows and pointy arrows!" Forget totally possible birth-control efforts! It is suddenly open season on frisky squirrels, playful (once imported) river otters (for their fur), non-adulterous mate-for-life mourning doves, and all manner of water fowl ranging from mute swans to ("Duck Die-Nasty") Huey, Dewey, Louie and their Uncle Donald, too. All for a price! Snap up a blue million individualized hunting licenses--oh, and pricey costumes from any big-box store! Claim that the stacks of disease-ridden, rotting, lead-infested corpses will feed the poor. Of course, deer "harvests" remain standard fare. ("Never befriend even an orphaned fawn quaking in the middle of a busy, frenetic highway…not 'fair' to the animals and their adaptability to LIFE in the wild.") Try not to slam verbally or literally those deer families, herds and loners who actually surmise instinctively frequently precisely when to cross our over-traveled roads and who get caught in our web of overabundant head-lights!
Oh, and "paid instruction is also available." (Please, 9-year-old girl gun enthusiasts, refrain from accidentally shooting "teacher" himself though.) OR, if a mere boy in rural Michigan, humor your camouflaged heavy-breathing daddy by shooting an arrow into the graceful body of an extremely rare (one out of every 300.000) albino (revered and respected by the American Indian) "ghost of the forest" deer simply for a local taxidermist to stuff and deliver this treasure by pick-up to your trophy room. I kid you not! Jesus, where are you, Sir? DO return to our self-crafted temples of death and destruction -- which even include the great but shrinking outdoors -- and break our sinister sling-shot toys in half over your knees! Then, while in that position, spank all of us--the perpetrators and the apathetic--as well! ASAP!
Now, leave me alone with my pipe-dreams of a sweeter world which may -- one joyous day -- cease its spinning out of control. Collen Patrick Goudreau writes that "…killing animals for human consumption is a planned, manipulated, and calculated act that we can avoid by not (purposely) breeding animals in the first place." Capt. Paul Watson, the Sea Shepherd, advises, "If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don't look at where you stand today. Look at where you stand on animal rights." I dedicate this entry to the fabulous memories of gorgeous, bold Lauren Bacall who taught others how to whistle, to wonderful clown Robin Williams whose depression woke up a sleeping audience at last, and to James Garner, the handsomest and kindest-looking gentleman who ever lived and who behaved, in real life, not remotely like a swaggering cowboy!
thanks for this feedback!
Laurice Adams Bray: "Is there a 'Susie Duncan for President' campaign? I want someone in office who cares about humanity, cares about the planet, cares about the animals like she does. ...I believe this blog post touched many a heart."
Monica Reynolds: "can you imagine what this world would be like if people like Susie were in power??"
Elizabeth Lean: "it is illegal to hunt with dogs here in the UK, but they still do and the police are often on the side of the Hunt and not the saboteurs - and it is disgraceful. I saw a graphic photo last week of a dear fox disemboweled etc due to being hunted, and I cannot understand how anyone gets pleasure out of such barbaric and cruel acts."
Ceinwyn Jones: "such true words xxxxxx"
________________________
Read about movies and nostalgia, animal issues and sociopolitical concerns all discussed in my book Secrets of an Old Typewriter and its follow-up Misunderstood Gargoyles and Overrated Angels - print and ebook versions of both are available on Amazon (click the title).
The books are also carried by these fine retailers: Ann Arbor's Bookbound and Common Language; Columbia City's Memory Lane, North Side Grille and Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.
And you can download from iTunes.
Meet other like-minded souls at my facebook fan page
Visit my author website at www.susieduncansexton.com
Join a great group of animal advocates Squawk Back: Helping animals when others can't ... Or Won't
