Tag: force
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Sleep eludes me
I got intoxicated. It’s my own fault but that was twelve hours ago. I thought I’d be asleep by now. We have an appointment with a plumbing technician this afternoon. I need to be dressed and alert for that. Every second that ticks forces me to realize I need to just stay awake for another…
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Asking the Government
The USA is conducting the largest mass deportations in the country’s history. Children of illegal immigrants are being rounded up to be sent back “home.” Home is in quotes because many of them have never lived anywhere but the USA. And yet they are here illegally. There’s a political principle I picked up over the…
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Not Going to the Moon
How much would you pay to go to the moon? I have a serious aversion to confined spaces. I would not want to go to the moon for the exact same reasons I would not want to go to prison. If I had to do it I suspect I would, but I would never pay…
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People’s Worth
My personal calling and mission includes teaching people their worth. I believe in individual worth: that no two people are in any real sense equal. That is countercultural. Most of the people I interact with know Thomas Jefferson’s ‘self evident’ truth that all men are created equal. There is usually a lot of pushback from…
Latter Day Sinner 