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Filosofa’s Letter To Santa

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Dear Santa,

I almost didn’t write to you this year, for there is nothing I need or want.  Well, a new can opener, but I’ve asked the girls to get me that, so no need for you to worry about it.  But then, I started thinking and there are some things I would like to ask of you this Christmas, though not only for myself, but for … many, if not all of the people on this Planet Earth.

You see, we have lost sight of some things, no longer seem to remember what’s really important, as that thing called ‘money’ has infiltrated our minds and skewed our values.  It may be beyond your ability, but here is my ‘wishlist’ for this Christmas …

  • Please plant a seed of kindness into the hearts of those who have more than they need, so that they will share their wealth with those who are struggling just to survive.  If only they would share a portion of their wealth, there would be no more homeless people or people going to bed hungry.
  • Please plant a seed of compassion into the minds of those who seem to believe that one skin colour, religion, gender, or other superficial criteria is somehow superior to others. Bigotry is running rampant around the globe and people are dying every day as a result.
  • Please, if you will, find homes for all the homeless animals who only want to be loved – nothing more.
  • Please, Santa, if it’s in your power, find a way to bring peace and understanding to the leaders of nations like Israel, Russia, and China whose wars are causing death and destruction every minute of every day.
  • Please take the fossil fuels that remain in the ground here on Earth back to the North Pole with you, then find a way to send them to some faraway galaxy. Fossil fuels are destroying the planet for most all life forms, but we humans just cannot seem to understand, so … just take them away, please.  We will find other ways to heat our homes and meet our other energy needs.
  • Please, Santa, when you drop down a chimney into a home with a gun or guns, remove and destroy those implements of death. Let everyone awaken on Christmas morn to find that they no longer have the means to take take lives with a simple pull of a trigger.
  • Please, if you bring nothing else in your sleigh this year, bring a sapling for every person on earth to plant … we need all the trees we can get after the devastation caused by wildfires and human destruction over the last decade.
  • Please bring love, care, food and shelter to everyone who is currently deprived of any of those things. Nothing else matters much if you don’t have those basics.
  • And one last request, Santa. Please bring consciences to every politician in every nation on the planet … so many of them seem to have sold theirs and are desperately in need of one in these trying times.

I realize, Santa, that I have asked for a lot, most of which may be beyond your ability to provide, but … all of this matters more, so much more than toys, books, electronics or fancy clothing.  We’ll be leaving you some special treats this Christmas Eve, as Miss Goose has become a master cookie-baker of late!  Have a safe journey and thank you for your consideration of my list.

Sincerely,

Filosofa

Ranting … Again

Posted on by under Bits 'n Pieces, education, Election 2020, Free Press Issues, Political commentary, Racism & Bigotry, Rants, Social commentary

I am disappointed and angry at a large portion of the people in this nation.  I really thought we were better than this, but the number of people who simply have zero concern for others is … overwhelming.  Those who still, five months after the election, have their heads stuck up their rears is astounding, but worse yet … compassion among those same people is dead.  I hope … I sincerely hope … that this nation can mend its broken fences, that people can learn to live together without hatred and bigotry, but each and every day the news makes that hope seem less and less possible.  I have three snarky snippets tonight … the first one is just for laughs, but the other two have sent me even deeper into the rabbit hole.

Still good for a few laughs

You just have to laugh when you read that former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says that liars should be held accountable.  When McEnany took over the job of press secretary, the very first words out of her mouth were her first public lie … she said she would never lie to the press, and then she proceeded to tell lie after lie after lie.  So … should she be held accountable?  McEnany now works for … wait for it … Fox ‘News’, and as such she appeared on Sean Hannity’s show to discuss the controversy surrounding Florida Governor Ron DeSantis …

“It’s just really important to point out that the standard is so high to hold any of these news organizations accountable. You have to prove intentional malice. It is extremely hard to prove. It’s why 60 Minutes — It’s why the left, MSNBC, CNN, they get away with murder each and every day. They can say whatever they want because you can’t hold them accountable. It’s a travesty.”

Right, Kayleigh, and can we now hold you accountable for the hundreds of lies you told in your relatively brief tenure as press secretary?  How many lies did you attempt to feed the public, using the press as your bullhorn?  What a hypocrite!

Where did they leave their brains?

Yes, I know that rage and fury are self-defeating, that they don’t help anything.  But I made the mistake of looking at comments on one of President Biden’s tweets this afternoon and … I am furious at the ignorance, the stupidity, the blindness of some in this ‘country’.

The comments were on President Biden’s tweet reading …

Not one damn thing that should stir controversy there, right?  Not like the tweets of the former guy who cursed, lied, denigrated others, incited violence, and ranted in nearly every one of the tens of thousands of tweets he posted.  But yet, leave it to the fools and idiots to find a way to bitch …

And it went on and on and on.  You’ll note that not a single one of these actually addresses the topic of Biden’s tweet, but rather go off on their own agenda.  Yes, there were some positive comments, but at the time I saw the post, the negative outweighed the positive by about 2-to-1.  Is this really the nation we’ve become???  If it is, I want out … NOW!

Do these freaks not understand that they drive over those unsafe bridges, they ride the unsafe railways, they drink the damn tap water that is contaminated with lead?  Are they really so damned stupid?  Yes, the answer is obvious … it was, after all, a rhetorical question. 

As I see it, there is no longer a “United States”, only a conglomeration of states peopled with both intelligent people of good conscience, fools like those above, and the majority of us somewhere in between.  I cannot be united with someone who, despite overwhelming proof and evidence, still claims last year’s election was “rigged”.  I cannot be a citizen of the same country as a person who is so ignorant that they are shooting themselves and their children in the foot by fighting against policies that will help them, their families, and future generations.  I cannot … I will not.

Naturally, I responded with my own snarky brand of vitriol … thus far, I haven’t been suspended from Twitter … yet.  Don’t really care if I am, if they are given over to the fools who haven’t got brains in their heads!

They’re CHILDREN, for Pete’s sake!

A child is a child, whether it’s your child or mine, whether it’s a John or a Jill, whether it is dark-skinned or light, whether it wears its hair in braids or has a buzz cut.  A child is a child and they are, each and every one, precious.  They are the future of this world, if in fact the world as we know it has a future.  And yet … the folks over at Fox ‘News’ seem to think otherwise.

Last month, the San Diego County Office of Education put out a completely voluntary call asking teachers in the region for their time. The reason: the city’s convention center will be holding as many as 1,450 unaccompanied children, all girls, as sponsors (usually a relative already here) are sought out for them. “We want to instill hope, instill joy, and show care for our students while they are with us, no matter if that’s for a few days or a few months,” San Diego County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Paul Gothold said according to Border Report.

By the end of the month, about a dozen teachers had signed up to volunteer their time, some of it likely after day hours, for these children.  A dozen???  That’s all?  Only a dozen out of how many thousands in the area?  But to the point … Fox ‘News’ seems to have a problem with this and decided to make it a target of their never-ending bigotry.  Their headline read …

“San Diego public school teachers to give migrant kids in-person instruction before their own students.”

The article included a quote from a parent in San Diego, who said that “what is happening right now is immoral” and asked, “Why are taxpaying students put last?” The article also quoted Rep. Darrell Issa, a U.S. Representative from California, who said, “The decision to provide in-person instruction to illegal migrants is outrageous and parents have every right to be angry.” 

Fox anchors Shannon Bream and Bill Hemmer both treated the story as if they had uncovered some mass criminal investigation … the education of children.  Wow, way to show compassion, Fox!  But it didn’t end there, and to date Fox has covered this story some 30 times!  For additional details, check out the full story on Media Matters.