Year Five - "The Sequel"...
Yeah, I know you're wondering WTF he's on about..."the sequel"? He didn't do part one yet.
Well, the FIRST 4 years of this blog kinda took care of that, right?
I placed that title there to get you to THINK.
Things are not always what they appear to be...or are often meant to shroud the meaning so that you dig for the TRUTH.
Other times,such as can be found in our government, it's ALL about misdirection...smoke & mirrors.
If you're busy being pulled like Stretch-Armstrong, you won't have time nor the ability to think CLEARLY.
And that is EXACTLY what "they" want from you...a foot in the door of your mind, so they can gain better control.
But we're not all about that HERE, thank God.
You know that THIS is a bastion of TRUTH. It may not be pretty, but it's sure not deception.
With that said, let's lighten up the tone a bit and EASE into this "new year", shall we?
After all, the world with all it's nastiness will STILL be there tomorrow...and the day after.
This is a little (abbreviated) something I dug out of the classified archives going back to YEAR ONE:
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YOU KNOW YOU LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FORT WAYNE IF...
--Your pistol is always next to the salad fork at the dinner table.
--Your neighborhood block is referred to as "Cracker Hill".
--Almost everyone (but you) walks in the street when there are sidewalks.
--You have NOWHERE to shop...BUT everywhere else.
--You weigh your words carefully when using "crack" and "house" in the same sentence.
--The area kids can describe the new "juvenile facility" to you ONE week after it opens.
--You have the police department on "speed-dial".
--You have the fire department on "speed-dial".
--You have animal control on "speed-dial".
--You have code enforcement on "speed-dial".
--Memorial Day doesn't honor the dead...it WAKES them UP due to the loud music.
--The LOUDEST idiot is always the LAST to go to bed & the FIRST to wake up.
--You can piss off people in the area JUST by being WHITE ...and BREATHING.
--Your neighborhood has become an IDIOT magnet.
--Even the police robot refuses to go into your area for a bomb threat.
--Ethnic "manhood" is defined by how LOUD your car stereo is.
--Even DECENT BLACK folks shy away from your neighborhood.
--You take down the BEWARE OF DOG sign & put up a BEWARE OF OWNER sign.
--The police refer to your area as "The Badlands".
--There are more barred doors & windows than at the county jail.
--In YOUR neighborhood....tactical IS practical.
--Almost everyone living around you is on probation or house arrest.
--Almost everyone ELSE living around you has an active warrant (or two).
--The USPS is looking into "up-armoring" their mail trucks.
--You need a translator to understand the locals, because YOU don't speak "ghettoese".
--You recall a "cap" as something ON your head, not something IN your head.
--A sale for ELECTRIFIED fencing peaks your interest.
--You refer to neighboring streets as "Cocaine Court", "Pot Park Plaza", and "Do-Rag Drive".
--You "Shop with a cop" because it's safer than doing it any other way.
--Chicago, Detroit & Cincy don't even want your neighbors back.
--"Neighbors" stop over to borrow a cup of CRACK.
--The rich parts of town have the "gold mine", while your area got the "shaft".
--House arrest means the CAT is wearing the ankle bracelet as a collar.
--Giving a perp's description sounds like EVERYONE in the neighborhood.
--You ask the police department if they have any "ex" K-9 dogs available to a good home.
--Having "redneck" neighbors would actually be a step UP.
--Your area is a "high-crime" area only because there are NO donut shops.
--The garden scarecrow is wearing level 2 body armor.
--Someone stole your GAZING BALL, and then tried to DRIBBLE it down the street.
--Ghetto-opoly is your favorite board game.
--An episode of COPS is being filmed ON YOUR LAWN...at 2 AM.
--Your "lawn-jockey" has been to the Allen County lockup.
--Your GARDEN GNOME is packing!
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And now, for a few "Bob-Isms"...
--Ballpoint pens NEVER leak when you're wearing DARK BLUE!
--Police are only in the right place at the right time by accident.
--Being a fatalist is OK, but only if you're cynical about it.
--Owning a gun around here is a rider on my life insurance policy.
--Measure personal wealth by what YOU ARE..not by what others may have.
--If a man's home is his castle, is having a catapult out front considered a lawn ornament?
--Never hate a person, just hate their stupidity.
--In a war of words with an idiot, it IS perfectly normal to shoot an unarmed person.
--Leaders are never born, they are created by opportunity.
--Any adult that denies their inner child grows old too fast and too soon.
--Instead of the next life, couldn't we just redo THIS life until we get it right?
--If hands are "handy", what would you call your feet?
--The only sad, rich people are those that never knew what it was like to have very little.
--Old computers are like old dogs...they don't die, they just lose their "byte".
--There are two types of test pilots...the good ones and the dead ones.
--Show me a fish that can't swim, and I'll show you dinner for two.
--Earth is the "Ripley's Believe it or Not" of the universe.
--We don't need more jails...we need FEWER criminals.
--Give me tennis over golf any day...at least the ball comes BACK to YOU.
--Being schizophrenic just means that I'm fine...and so am I. --The only good deli is a Jewish deli.
--With all the jobs gone to Mexico, you'd think that nation would be doing well by now.
--People that talk to themselves have at least ONE friend they depend on.
--Lethal injection for felons makes as much sense as giving a dog the electric chair.
--Your closest friend is as near as your mirror.
So there you have it...the beginning of the NEXT 4 years...
I hope you got a few laughs, had time to ponder, and learn a little more about who I am, as well as who YOU ARE.
Our willingness to want to learn is but the first step into a much larger universe.
Our knowledge that we acquire smooths the road...
And the wisdom we glean FROM the proper application OF that knowledge is what allows us all to have a pretty good idea as to our destination.
Be well, make a difference to someone today, and...
Stay safe out there, America.