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Re: Department: Well fuck me to tears
By: AJ Date: March 23, 2021, 9:03 pm
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[quote author=indigo_dave link=topic=731.msg6604#msg6604
date=1616500664]
AJ, those places you mention are the sort of thing I want to
see. I spent an afternoon and night in Nachez. Loved the sights
there. I've never been to Hot Springs - but watching a YT video
I saw lots of wonderful looking places - old hotels and bath
houses. I love discovering things. Three or four years back I
flew to Phoenix. I didn't investigate Phoenix. But stayed in
Flagstaff, Tucson, and Bisbee. Bisbee was my favorite
discovery. An old copper mining town about 30 miles from
Tombstone. Bisbee is built into the rocks with great old
hotels, rustic sights, and artists/craftspeople doing their
thing.
You mentioned architecture with roots in slavery. I tend to
agree about the buildings. I can understand the sentiment
regarding racist statues. Reading about some of the lynchings
and other terrorist acts around the southern U.S. over the past
150 or so years - people have real reasons to be fed up.
Burning people's homes - because they were Black and had the
audacity to attempt to vote. And now with international news
coverage we see history repeating itself over and over. Places
in Africa and Asia where the ones with the power, are punishing
the ones without power - for the crime of being the wrong
religion, race, or ethnicity.
There's a TV channel over the that I watch a lot ....DW Channel
- an English speaking Berlin based channel. Lots of great
content. I watched a documentary - The Maras of Guatemala.
About the youth gangs that extort money from businesses for
"protection". Poverty and crime drive those people to the U.S.
border. I keep saying we need an international coalition to
help clean things up down there - Mexico, U.S. and other
affected surrounding countries down there.
[/quote]
The things happening in Central and South America you mentioned,
are the reasons for the crush at our borders. The Rightists want
us to believe all these people are evil, lazy beggars and
thieves, coming to America to pillage and rape. I believe
99%...and maybe more, are just poor folks caught up in the
maelstrom of violence and crushing poverty. As far as getting
involved militarily, well....We don't have a very good track
record at all at that. A terrible track record. The UN is
generally less successful than we are on our own. And we ain't
very good at it. Within a short time of us "Helping", we become
hated invaders. Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Viet Nam, Lebanon.
I won't pretend to know what the answer is, but as I age, I lean
more towards the belief that guns and violence ain't the answer
in most cases. Feeding people...Giving them a leg up so they can
better themselves economically. That's the path to solving most
of these problems. Finding strong, but rational and decent
people within the populations of these troubled countries to
support politically. Problem is, our politicians tend to focus
on places where the corporations have financial interests, or
what they(The Corporate/Campaign contributor class) perceive to
be places where commerce might prove fruitful with regime
change.
So it's tricky stuff. Right now, Amerika is looking pretty bleak
itself. Mass shootings seem to be a weekly event. Political
divisions are as deep as they were before the Civil War. A
regular college bachelors degree doesn't guarantee shit as far
as income anymore. College itself is so expensive, without
wealth, you ain't going unless you have scholarships or are
willing to go hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt. Still,
it's so much better here people will walk thousands of miles in
the hopes of getting here, just for menial jobs for no benefits
at all.
Tough times bros.
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Re: Department: Well fuck me to tears
By: AJ Date: March 26, 2021, 1:21 pm
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Another week of radiation treatments behind me.
6 more weeks to go.☹️
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Re: Department: Well fuck me to tears
By: indigo_dave Date: March 27, 2021, 7:13 am
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I wish you the best with your continued radiation treatments.
As for the problems at our southern border, you seem to have
some wisdom. Complicated problems. Truth be known, I'm happy
to be coming into the aging out stage of life. There's going to
be a lot more misery I fear. Climate related misery. Let's
all enjoy life while we have the opportunity.
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Re: Department: Well fuck me to tears
By: AJ Date: June 27, 2021, 8:29 am
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Been off work over a week now. Have seen two different
specialists and going to another Tuesday. Have at least
progressed to the point where I can tolerate a brief trip to the
grocery store without feeling like I’m going to pass out. Liver,
kidneys, intestines, heart, still haven’t narrowed my issues
down to any one point.
Getting old truly sucks.
Hope all of you are doing ok.
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Re: Department: Well fuck me to tears
By: dinkleburg Date: June 28, 2021, 12:13 pm
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Think of you often buddy.
I hope you can get things sorted, my friend. :-*
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Re: Department: Well fuck me to tears
By: AJ Date: June 28, 2021, 9:40 pm
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[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=731.msg6687#msg6687
date=1624900405]
Think of you often buddy.
I hope you can get things sorted, my friend. :-*
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Workin’ on it bro
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Re: Department: Well **** me to tears
By: AJ Date: August 6, 2021, 10:59 am
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Latest report after radiation…
Cancer Free!!!!!!
😀
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Re: Department: Well **** me to tears
By: The Dudely Lama Date: August 8, 2021, 3:31 pm
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YES,!!!!!!!! [emoji110]
#Post#: 6701--------------------------------------------------
Re: Department: Well **** me to tears
By: dinkleburg Date: August 10, 2021, 10:39 am
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This is awesome news indeed!
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Re: Department: Well **** me to tears
By: AJ Date: August 10, 2021, 1:13 pm
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Thanks my dudes. Now concentrating on getting my kidneys
healthier.
Have lost nearly 50#’s since last day of radiation.
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