Susie Duncan Sexton's Blog, page 4

Go ask Alice ...

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall



And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call
And call Alice, when she was just small*

WHAT I DID AND DID NOT DO OVER SUMMER VACATION? I transformed into Elaine Stritch ... and couldn't help it! Here's to the ladies who ... fight.

Anybody else think the medical "industry" engages mostly in drug dispensing, bandying about the Latin names of such, trippingly off the tongue and then suggests that YOU (whoever you are) hustle back home only to return several times for no apparent ("follow-up") reason? Asking for a friend. It appears to be common practice that you doctor yourself ... but make out the checks to the drugpusherdoc anyway. Care and concern and listening are approaches of the past?



"What ails you" is keyboarded by some lady and not even read by the doc who enters and exits in record time? Side effects are never mentioned, only available if one can read the teensy print on the "instructions for use" tissue thin insert? Is it any wonder we are a drug(-ie) culture? And I say to myself, "what's going on?" Feeling a song coming on if i can locate it ... just a minute.

It seems criminal. The drug industry = piracy? And not the fun Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow kind. Pharmaceutical side effects are what might get you landed into a hospital bed at last and the beat goes on la dee da dee da...and the money keeps rolling in. Unbelievable.

Following instincts can be quite workable. Seems getting hooks into us via the constant TV ads instilling fear about human health might be the goal. Take this. Take that. Side effects warnings and disclaimers consume nearly the entire time slot for the hypochondriacal provoking, droning commercials.



Why or how do people bite? Human gullibility amazes me. The idea is to get folks hooked and "doctoring." Purchase meds, take them home and become dependent on them. Medicate yourself, and just check in with the busy staff and pay and pay and pay. So odd. The psychology at play not much different from snake oil days.

And, by the way, this doesn't just apply to human doctors. I am showing this post to my cats, so that I can get some sleep some day. And, then, as they self-medicate, I can send all of the invoices of the bills we paid back to their source and sweetly request a refund? Because they did all the work themselves?

Well, I sure can figure out who is naughty or nice ... about time that I got wiser! LOL.

Yup, I have been sporadically attending CAMP HELLACIOUS all damned summer, and here is a video of me. Do not be fooled by the girl called Susan. That is not me. Cary grant IS me. I swear it is the honest truth. This may be the best film clip in the entire history of mankind, and I have been in this state at Camp Hellacious for over 90 days now and holding. Oh, sh*t ... AND HOLDING! Cary, I adore you now more than ever. Lordy, I do!



(As an aside, a puppy mill under any other name is still a puppy mill. May "reproduction" of any sort for profit cease forever more. A puppy mill is a puppy mill is a puppy mill! I could tell some tales. Indeed I could! May the pirates rot in hell. Again, not the cute Johnny Depp ones.)

Gotta review the situations and when dumped on way too much, gotta adjust and find somebody worthy of your loyalty ... and your ... $$$.

Yes, this certain "profession" often seems in over its collective head. And I have written them numerous checks over many years. Just when I want out forever, I get pulled back in. I could spit! Maybe spitting would alleviate the drowning sensation?



But they do offer zombie stares and NO compassion, alongside the prescriptions. Wackiness PERSONified! So I express myself here. That's how it rolls among us sensitive, kind-hearted and creative. Watch out for us. We are mighty and profound, and we try our damndest to laugh at monsters. [Cue Elaine Stritch chortle.]

When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice, I think she'll know*

*Lyrics: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane - from MetroLyrics.com



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ELEGY Written on a Dell Computer In a Farm County Kitchen

"He was little…that one fact endeared him to me,"
I once wrote in an essay for English--Room 3.
A kindergartener I'd felt empathy for,
Forlorn, unkempt, unnoticed, possibly quite poor,
Tore my junior high heart in two--I'd learned to CARE!
His classmates, the tax-paid teacher seemed quite unfair.
From that day forward, countless outcasts I nurtured.
Spoke up and out-- for strays! The auctioned! The butchered!



So old now I can barely walk. I type and talk
Advocating for this and that, so can we chat?
I save animals' lives and have done so for years,
Yet I met my match and am left drowning in tears.
Three pound four month old feline runt of the litter!
Unsolicited gift--all about did skitter!
Reject from a shelter arrived bearing…ringworm?
"Free diagnosis" from vet? (misnomer quite firm!)…

Price tags one right after the other and holding,
Contagions of worry and marital scolding,
Drugs, syringes, dosages, confinement, ointments,
Black light, Petri dishes, culture growths, appointments
Plastic carriers, scouring, scrubbing, upstairs! down!
Innocent household pets jeopardized--time to frown.
Where oh where had empathy gone--time dragged/rushed by!
Premature "all clear" diagnosis--hopes would die.

Bills mounting…both human and veterinary!
Infected nursemaid me…bandaged ankle to knee.
Prognosis so vague, "iffy" and sparse--no recourse.
Our tiny friend's passed--we ARE suffering remorse.
Ah, to redo with patience, focus, time well spent
From ourselves AND others who should have had more sense--
We meant well…our hearts being huge…our house quite small,
Our successes impressive in spite of it all.

Epilepsy, heartworm, diabetes, spaying,
Neutering, adoptions, euthanasia, praying,
Warm beds, fresh water, Frisbees, bouncing balls, milk bones,
Leashes, crates, squeakie toys, room to run, silver bowls.
Years can dance by filled with unconditional love.
What animals teach us may be sent from above.
Peaceable kingdom harmony's achievable
If Noah's legend is to be believable.

THE EPITAPH
Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth
A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown.
Fair Science frown'd (not -- oh, yes it did!--editor's note) on his humble birth,
And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.

(Thomas Gray from ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD 1751 --paraphrased a tad, an important tad)

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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

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Good-bye, little guy

Didn't realize that one could cry real tears so very much that one's eyes become swollen shut?

Just as well.

Cannot see the reminders. scattered about, of a tiny, tiny kitten we tried like crazy (and with many $$$ - which did no good) to save.



And unfortunately were pretty much on our own to do so when all was said and done. Either his timing - or ours - just sucked.

Good-bye, little guy. You alone taught us much...sadly more than we wished to process. Perhaps one day we can share just how to properly save a life via sheer personal determination and proper communication when encountering the human factor.

Heart-broken, disillusioned, but hopefully wiser.

=^..^= do over?

Sigh.



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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

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Everything happens for a reason.

Everything happens for a reason...IF you can just figure out what the hell the reason might be!

Dropped into a meeting this week...in the America I remember and love! "Whitley Water Matters" attendees brought back my pride in being a Hoosier.

Hospitality, spirit of inclusiveness, earnestness, smiles, gentle humor, impressive messages of enlightenment and hopefulness and caring about the environment and one another and all living beings.

Super, well-organized convocation of concerned citizens! Bravo!



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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

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On drummed the fingers of my tired hands: the week my cat wouldn't eat

My wonderful cat Issie had not eaten for an entire week…and I was at my wit’s end and totally wondering about veterinary “science” at that point? Alternated between thinking (of some plausible solution after the other) and tears, veering between stereotypical "concepts" of THE CAT and old wives' tales and where the answer may lie as precious time passed. Crap and double crap!

On drummed the fingers of my tired hands.

And then I reached out to my Facebook pals – such power in this community! Some highlights for those who are experiencing similar challenges with their fur-babies (and I’ll let you know what eventually worked after these tips):

Lee Davis: “Try force feeding through a syringe - baby food mixed with water. Do that for a couple of days; sometimes it gets them going.”

Camille Mc: “Kitty needs to keep hydrated, subcutaneous fluids if necessary.”

Rose Strong: “Are you concerned about fatty liver disease? It can happen from not eating. [I certainly was … and am.] Have you tried force-feeding? I had a cat with kidney failure and there was this vicious cycle of nausea because he was hungry, so he wouldn't eat, but once I blended his food and used a syringe to get some of that food down, he'd eat without a problem for a week or two, then I'd have to start all over again for a day or two. When you have a cat with Chronic Renal Failure, there's a great website for it, but here's the page that may help and could help any cat with issues regarding eating: http://www.felinecrf.org/persuading_c... They call force feeding 'Assisted Feeding.’ We used dental syringes as they had longer tips and were larger.”



Serene Amber: “It's good to keep a few cans of Fancy Feast around for situations like yours, Susie, but I'd never feed it otherwise. It's nickname is ‘kitty crack,’ not just because cats will usually eat it, but also because it is crap food. That feline CRF site is a gold mine...has lots of info that has helped all or special needs babies. It has one of the food data tables/lists I refer to for picking quality foods for our babies. A week is a long time. After only 48 hours, fatty liver can set in. You should see our house...fluid bags, syringes (oral and otherwise), needles, injectable vitamins, various natural supplements, prescription meds, etc. Friends have joked I'm going to become a vet tech without ever stepping foot in a classroom. Our vet knows it's me before I announce myself when I call, and we've been in the office up to 5 times in one month alone. There is another too called CliniCare by Abbott Laboratories (only have seen it available online though). I've seen amazing results with Rebound. Unflavored Pedialyte is great for keeping them hydrated too...I usually keep a bottle on hand as part of our kitties emergency kit.”

Madeleine Fisher Kern: “She may have a compacted hair ball. Did you have her looked at? If she keeps refusing food by tomorrow, take her to the vet.”

Deborah Fields Perez: “Tuna works for my cats every time.”



Margaret M. Zaziski Wilk: “When my cat didn't want to eat, she was getting old. I fed her yogurt, she loved it too. My vet said that it was good for her too.” Serene Amber: “As long as it's regular (not Greek, etc) and plain-flavored. It has probiotics. I've been doing that for years.”

Juli Blythe: “With a syringe, force feed her a little at a time.”

Melissa Francis: “Make her some yummy human food like scrambled eggs, cheese. My cat loves this stuff - he tries to steal my cheese a lot.” Serene Amber: “Most cats (not all, but most) become lactose intolerant after weaned from the mother’s milk; hence, why most usually say not to give milk, cheese, etc.” Melissa Francis: “Oh. Good to know. My cat has eaten cheese with me for 11 years.”

Helen Hockemeyer: “When Frank is sick, like today, he gets 1/3 can tuna. (In water only). (Got a shot at the vet for his face.)” Serene Amber: “That sounds kind of like allergic dermatitis. Our oldest has that. It can be a pain to control at times. Steroids are often the go-to, but I've been trying to find more natural ways because steroids can shorten the lifespan. Tuna water is ok...but tuna, especially bought for humans, is recommended against for multiple reasons.”



Alyssa M. Ebert: “I don't know if you have a Trader Joe's near you, but they have a cat food called ‘tuna for cats’ (or something like that), and my cats love it. Another thing that works sometimes are the Fancy Feast broths, especially the ones with fish in them. Or sometimes my picky eaters will eat Pounce moist treats. To get them to take it, try putting a little tuna juice or Fancy Feast broth on one front paw. Just a few drops. Or with force feeding put the needle-less syringe in the pocket of the cheek, near the back of the jaw but just on the outside of the jaw. And try to tilt the cat’s head up so the food doesn't just drip out. I have used Fancy Feast cat food pate style and added water to it and mashed it into a slurry so it goes in the syringe. Make a note of how much the cat takes and what flavor. Or if the cat doesn't, make notes about that too. There is also a gel in a tube you can buy called Nutri-Cal. You could try that. It's formulated for emergency use so it might help more in this case. You can buy it at pet stores.”

And the winner was … using a syringe to feed Issie baby food mixed with water! I felt like the lovechild of Dr. Dolittle and Martha Stewart. My pal Jen encountered a similar issue with her sweet Bubba – you can read more on her blog here: https://rumpydog.com/2017/07/20/a-tal....

Sometimes I feel all alone with my cat-saving and hobbling about. Lots of humans inquire as to why I walk funny? Really? You try doing the things we animal lovers do all day, and see how YOU walk! Just saying. About at the end of my rope these days.

Before I turned to my beloved community of animal friends, our vet had appraised surgery for Issie to the tune of 1700 bucks (!). So happy she started eating … after seeing the proposed bill. She IS quite the reader and a fiscally responsible feline, after all. :)

Thank you, friends!



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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

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Writer's lament: I have completely lost track of the life I once led.

My delightful new friend Aaron C. Wade - a talented photographer, designer, and filmmaker (check out his work here and his movie Possessive here) just asked me this intriguing question via Facebook (love my Facebook pals!).

My reply follows...

Aaron: "Though I haven't yet gotten far into your book, I've wondered if you ever encountered the situation where an idea explodes to life in your mind while you're stuck somewhere, like at work or out in public, and your yen to rush home so you can flesh out that brain baby becomes an insurmountable distraction?"

Inspiration usually strikes insomniac me while attempting to sleep on a pea which has been placed under a mattress. And IF I DO NOT TRAVEL BACK TO MY KEYBOARD ALL THE WAY DOWNSTAIRS AND AT THE BACK OF THIS HORRIBLY UPSIDE DOWN HOUSE, I cannot recall what went through my feeble mind by the next day IF I just roll over and go to sleep which I have a hell of a tough time doing anyway. Under normal circumstances.

MORE INFO THAN YOU WANTED MAYBE? And I do not recommend ever trying to write a book or anything of the kind. I have completely lost track of the life I once led. And no one gets that. Other than that, all is well that ENDS well?



Aaron, you sound like you will be famous! Me? I am engaged in a nervous breakdown and a meltdown because either I was in over my head or I know a bunch of [insert your own expletive of choice for a group of maddening people]. Or perhaps both are true.

I am too dull and nervous to ever become Edna Ferber. I do have a chance to be Vonneguttish IF I could come totally unleashed with no thought about the consequences of tomorrow. Keep creating. You are young and will not have the stroke I am headed for without a doubt! Scripts are the new plastics...from THE GRADUATE! Best of luck, fella!

Oh, and I have got to watch your movie POSSESSIVE. But I am on an animal rights warpath today ... which leaves me all hulked out?



Surely by some mistake of Biblical/Shakespearen/Robert Redfordite proportions have I truly received a $125 ticket offer to dine at a "farm to fork" soiree??? One must know one's potential donors, understand one's audience - some of us have certain sensibilities which can easily be disregarded, even offended. Legions of us are trying to stop the slaughter and the unwise cannibalizing of sentient beings whom we believe are not unlike ourselves but rather instead other species in addition to human beings, a species unto itself.

Such an exercise of veganism and meat abstinence reverberating around the world would, so very many an ever-growing number of us believe, eliminate once and for all the root of all tragedy.

And, by the way, meals should probably not be that pricey (125 a ticket?!?) as many of the earth's children are starving because the wheat fields and grain to which they are entitled is consumed by our country's LIVEstock which sooner rather than later becomes dead STOCK.



Sad that I have two hobbies: 1) saving the world, the animals first though, and 2) writing. I wish like hell that the two could come together. And that I had an effing staff. And a helpful understanding person somewhere besides my son Roy, although he is the best ever. As are you I can tell. There are only about 23 really spectacular humans in the world. We have a corner on the market therefore. I am one also, but very few give me credit. Screw them I say!

I wish I could do hexes a little better than I can already. I need to improve ... and I can also see the future ... which is a horrible talent to possess. To be burdened with these gifts sorta makes me stand out and get my fanny in all sorts of trouble, but still I try to smile and soldier on, until the next meeting around the stake ... not steak ... stake.

So ... Aaron ... thanks for asking!? There's your answer.



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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

And you can download from iTunes.

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Latest Old Type Writer: “Be careful in the world of men, Diana, for they do not deserve you.” Wonder Woman (2017)

This month's Old Type Writer column is guest written by my son Roy Sexton - a review of the summer blockbuster Wonder Woman.

Excerpt: "Is it feminist? Of course it is! Unapologetically and utterly inclusively so. 'Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.' Diana, as portrayed with warmth and fire and wit and steel by Gal Gadot, is a stranger in a strange land to whom all creatures (man, woman, child, animal) deserve respect and love ... and if you are incapable of showing that love, she'll unequivocally kick your ass."

Read the rest: http://talkofthetownwc.com/oldtypewri...





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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

And you can download from iTunes.

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Thanks, Mark Zuckerberg! Slapstick.

My lord...or LORDY...fun friends are the best. And I got 'em.

A sense of humor is paramount.

This world is absolutely slapstick-addled, and those of us who are smart enough to know that can breathe in and out and remember to laugh....a lot!

Thanks, social media friends. You are the best, and you are real people. And that is a grand accomplishment! Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg for this concept after all!

AND I am an ancient warrior thinking my own wacky thoughts - like Kurt! Ha!

“Yes, and Eliza and I composed a precocious critique of the Constitution of the United States of America, too. We argued that it was a good scheme for misery as any, since its success in keeping the common people reasonably happy and proud depended on the strength of the people themselves - and yet it described no practical machinery which would tend to make the people, as opposed to their elected representatives, strong.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!

Hoping for a future generation that is neither misogynistic nor xenophobic nor carnivorous nor self-centered nor profit-oriented...is that possible? Where might the news coverage be on this score? The chance for a peaceful planet seems within our reach if we but realized humanity's potential.

Playground games are fruitless and mercurial and devious and fickle and opportunistic and toadie and stunning and mostly pointless. Growing outta that mode is the nicest thing that can ever happen to anyone in the whole wide world. Usually...


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Keyboard songs.

I would like my life back I think? Only got a used computer about 12 years ago…one from my brother-in-law when my privacy-minded older sister passed away. Not sure she would have approved of little sis playing with even one of her devices.

And then my son bought me two more over the years. And I thought the world needed to hear from me as I gained confidence to write more than one sentence. I may have saved some animals and learned to stand up for myself.

But, DAMN, I forgot how to organize stuff and to vacuum and to dust and to even CARE about such crap.



The world is just as messy as I am. People barking up the wrong trees and forgetting to really care about each other and the ANIMALS.

And remember I never travel. Roy did take me to the land of my roots a few years back (though, if I had it to do over, I would drastically modify some of our travel arrangements). Don and I go up to see Roy in cabaret performances in the Detroit-area and in all kinds of musicals ... but back the same day.



I am just struggling to survive old age, a globe outta control, and the messy rooms I try to navigate in.

I would much rather play keyboard songs back here surrounded by stacks of books and papers. Sigh. But I'm gonna tackle stacks of LAUNDRY today ... I think?



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"We have met the enemy and he is us." My world. As I see it.

I saw my motion light go on a couple of months ago and wondered if I needed to save a cat? I prowled around on the porch and came face to face with a huge opossum climbing into a pillowed porch chair. I left him/her alone!

I go nowhere ever? Ah, well!

Facebook is my main channel to keep apace with the world and its inhabitants. I am like the Shoe comic strip owl. I have an absolute mess of papers and furniture upside down and I go nowhere. I am an animal enthusiast and stay home with my pets and avoid humanity as often as possible. I used to play canasta and bridge until I didn't - cannot find my cards or a tabletop! My son is my claim to any and all fame. I did something right.



Finally finished the third season of the TV series Fargo - strange and unsatisfactory final episode. And really enjoyed the Genius series about Einstein, but Albert reminded me of Harpo Marx. Einstein the womanizer? Really? I adored the book A Beautiful Mind but the film sucked. Same team put this Einstein series together - Brian Glazer and "Opie" (Ron Howard).

I live and breathe politics and watch MSNBC to the point that I actually need to stop my punditry addiction. The media I find pretty opinionated and misguided about half the time. One trait The Donald and I have in common…just one though!



I wanted that cute Georgia Democrat Ossoff to win. I am such a Dem…a Hillary Dem. This past election has me absolutely nuts. She got robbed. Hillary was dull and businesslike like my sisters, so I trusted her. Misogyny is alive and well. What a mis-step by us all. Whoops. I just got outwardly political!

The cookie-cutter GOP peeps - I cannot be converted. While my dad was from South Carolina, Nikki Haley is just "too too" for me, though her clenched bleached teeth are fascinating. I just am anti-Republican more and more. I detect an insincerity ... and a self-interest demonstrated by whoever got on the band wagon.

My Southern parents adored Jimmy Carter who is a sweet soul. I am a Kennedy nut and a Reagan nut? How did GOP Reagan make it onto my list? Bedtime for Bonzo and King's Row, and he and my dad may have been twins? And George Washington is somehow related to me? And I look like George…or Einstein…big puffy grey hair and due for wooden teeth!



Speaking of Facebook (and politics) - from somebody named "Ray" today ... not bad ...

As of today McConnell and his thieves have delayed the vote on his ridiculous plan. By all intents and purposes, it is not a health plan in the least. It is highway robbery of the middle to lower class population. The wealthy do not need any more breaks. The wealthy can afford to pay 'whatever' for health benefits. Yet, these 'Sheriffs of Nottingham' want more. It is high time Robin Hood and his merry men/women stand strong and declare enough is enough.

Furthermore, Indiana is not my kinda state these days. We are becoming factory farm fools with a "meat processing plants kingdom" mentality - a dwindling population on the horizon while a few "industrial" ag folks horde their wealth of blood money. Dead humans and over-bred animals pile up - these animals who can no longer breathe will be of no consequence.

Time to become civilized and to stop breeding animals to be slaughtered and eaten. Peace at last, and respect for ALL LIVES at last! No more wars at last! No more terrorism at last!

WE should eat the soybeans farmers currently produce for fattening animals, and we should leave the wheat fields alone in Third World countries so that children will no longer starve. We MUST stop rationalizing killing and profiteering and violence. We must NEVER vote for a candidate in bed with the NRA who claims to value the lives of the unborn! They are cookie-cutter charlatans. They are only out for themselves.

Praise the lord, anyway?

Such hypocrisy is terrorism at its worst. And the apathetic among us just purse their lips and say nothing? They are the worst of all.



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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 Whitley County Historical Museum; and Fort Wayne's The Bookmark.

And you can download from iTunes.

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