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The new normal is stupid

Folks it isn’t the virus we need to be concerned about. “Stupid” is the real problem. I don’t know how many times I need to mention this but I guess more than several. Maybe that’s the real new normal. One thing is very clear and that is many people have absolutely no ability to think! Clear concise thought is a thing of the past. Truth and facts mean nothing. All you have to do now is plant the seeds of stupid. And watch it grow. So here we had the entire country locked down, schools shut down and every other…

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An Epidemic of Insanity

Where, in which rule book or statute is it stated that when a group of people are angry (even justifiably so) that they are allowed to destroy private property and steal from blameless victims. How has it come to be that our society is so fractured that those people destroying the belongings and the lifelong work of others feel no remorse? Why is it that those people who knowingly choose to become felons see no wrong in their actions? How can it possibly be, that elected officials whose job is to see to the good of their communities, are openly…

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An Epidemic of Insanity

Where, in which rule book or statute is it stated that when a group of people are angry (even justifiably so) that they are allowed to destroy private property and steal from blameless victims. How has it come to be that our society is so fractured that those people destroying the belongings and the lifelong work of others feel no remorse? Why is it that those people who knowingly choose to become felons see no wrong in their actions? How can it possibly be, that elected officials whose job is to see to the good of their communities, are openly…

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How will our story end?

In the 1955 western movie “A Lawless Street” those who wanted power hired a gunman to rid the city of the lawman, in this case the sheriff, so they could take over the city and all the businesses. The sheriff was eventually gunned down. Although he was only wounded, his friend pronounced him dead and took him away and took care of him. What followed was widespread mayhem with free drinks for the whole town, rioting, and killing. Those in power were rejoicing thinking that they had won. Anyone who stood against them were destroyed or punished, forced to do…

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Food for thought

Food for thought, when retroactive intellectual take aways become a real take away from the community: During the last few months in Mohave County under pandemic stay home guidelines, other than home-cooking, fast food and drive through food was all the people of Kingman could take away. Today Sunday morning June 7, 2020 the food for thought of 99% of Kingman’s population, is what can they take away from the long week of BLM protests staged at Railroad Park. The Sunday morning front page of the Kingman Miner has some fast food for thought prepared by the protest organizers being…

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Food for thought

Food for thought, when retroactive intellectual take aways become a real take away from the community: During the last few months in Mohave County under pandemic stay home guidelines, other than home-cooking, fast food and drive through food was all the people of Kingman could take away. Today Sunday morning June 7, 2020 the food for thought of 99% of Kingman’s population, is what can they take away from the long week of BLM protests staged at Railroad Park. The Sunday morning front page of the Kingman Miner has some fast food for thought prepared by the protest organizers being…

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