09-19-2020 Treated myself this year.

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Written by David David

By the time I hit 16 years of age I had already been through 5 cars, 2 motorcycles and one tractor that had been modified with a Ford V-8 Flathead engine. Scroll forward to (MANY years) to January of 2005 when I was finally able to afford my very first brand new car, a Hyndai Accent. At the time all I wanted (and this is exaclty what I told the salesman) was a couple of doors, some glass and an engine and I'd be good to go. And that was exactly what I ended up with. It was all I needed at the time as I just didn't want to have to ride a motorcycle to and from work every day.

Now scroll ahead to September of 2020. The poor Accent was starting fall appart at the seams and just wasn't worth the amount of money it was going to cost for the repaires it was in need of. Our close friend "Nurse Mike" had been a fan of Kia for quite a long time and had been through a couple Sportage models as well as a few Soul's when they first came out and has kept up on them ever since. He also knew the dealership quite well and had actually participated in some "think tank" for the Soul. So I asked him if he'd come along with us to look at what they had in stock for the Rio which I really liked. After much discussion, poking and prodding at it, I ended up with a "does ALL this STUFF!" 2020 Kia Rio S Hatchback. I decided that due to my age, I may as well be comfortable and after having driven it for the past month I'm now totally spoiled rotten!!

 

Shall we Balkanize America?

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Written by Michael Whitehead Michael Whitehead

Shall We Balkanize America, or Unify Her?

 

Dear readers. Allow me to recount two seemingly-unrelated experiences that clearly reflect two antithetical attitudes towards America’s linguistic unity as demonstrated by two residents of my home town, Irving, TX.

Let’s start with the attitude of a Mexican national who resides in Irving.

At Home Depot one evening, a man approached me and asked for advice on which brand of caulk to buy. I told him that I was not a store employee but that I could give him my own personal advice, if he was interested. Yes, he was interested.

I immediately noticed his heavy Spanish accent. He was struggling to speak to me in English and was having great difficulty understanding my responses. Being a fluent Spanish speaker, I continued discussing the merits of certain brands of caulk over others, in Spanish. He immediately warmed up to me when he saw that the language hurdle had suddenly and unexpectedly been removed. We continued conversing pleasantly in Spanish for several minutes. His wife joined the conversation, too.

He complimented my Spanish repeatedly and effusively. My response, translated into English: “And you, my friend? How about your English?”

He smiled and made the typical excuse that he can’t afford to take English classes and doesn’t have time. I told

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Another of My Polemics

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Written by Michael Whitehead Michael Whitehead

Here’s another polemic I had through email with the author of an article that was based on crap.

Dear Margot:

In your article published on "Insider" on June 17, 2020, titled... “High-profile white film editors tried to shut down a search for Black creators in a private Facebook group."

 

...you gave yourself away as a supporter and an apologist for racism and fascism, right from the start.

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Joe GED's Election Quick Look

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Written by Joe GED Joe GED

Quick Look At SOCIAL FEEDS.

Obviosly, I'm not a Kardashian Social Influencer, nor a male attached to them that will eventuatly transgender (Kanye, look out bro! They got to Bruce). However, I do watch the trendings of our Milleniuals and Silver Sumami people. At this moment in time (1158 PST, 02Nov2020), internet feeds that purport to bring us news are reporting FINAL RESULTS (Trump won - Biden won) for the 2020 election.  Final Results - WTF?  The nationwide election date is tomorrow, 03Nov2020, with mail-in ballots (legally) withholding until 20Nov2020.

This "unbiased" reporting is NOT coming from the Democratic or Repulican parties (per-see), but is being reproted (currently) by MSNBC and other "independent and investigative reporting" sources on our HOLY GRAIL INTERNET.  To all of you Octonogerians (for some reason, college 'educated' pundits decided this term includes those in their 80's, 90's and 100's), BABY BOOMERS (now being labelled the Silver Sunami / in their 60's), the ME GENERATION (in their 50's and 40's) and the current end-result of our desire to protect our young - MILLENIALS (in their 30's and 20's); this election will decide if we continue as a Democratic-Republic, or a Socialistic/Dictatorial Empire.