Method and Motivation: Who's zoomin' who?

Who's zoomin' who?

by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. Author of other stuff. 

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Motive and method always determine whether a thing is good or bad. For instance, taking a knife and cutting a body open. Good or bad? Depends. Are you being attacked and someone is attempting to torture and kill you? Or has an interior body part ceased functioning and you are dying and to save your life that part must be reached through surgery to be repaired or removed?

Both scenarios above involve pain and usually make a big mess, but the outcomes are different. One is good. One is bad. In the former, you say thank you. In the latter, you beg to be let go.

You see? Determining factors are motive and method.

Which brings us to these:

1. Most claiming to have an open mind are close-minded. 
2. Most asserting they are free thinkers, do not recognize any shade of gray.
3. Most who say they are ruled by first principles deny the existence of the biggest first principle of all, the Creator.

First principle thinking is a process by which one seeks to break down a problem to its simplest elements in order to find a solution. First principle thinking always asks why until why can’t be asked any more. This process began with Aristotle. Elon Musk talks about it a lot, too, but even he doesn’t understand how to apply it because, much to the aggravation buyers of Teslas, he doesn’t have any overhead handholds even after they’ve begged for them because they are helpful.

But, enough of Elon.

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America practiced first principle thinking. The Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States are first principle documents.

The first principle of both documents is freedom for citizens of the U.S. How can it be guaranteed? How can it be protected? How can assaults against it can be rebuked and corrected?

Well, the 2020 election (both national, state, and local) counts were hijacked, commandeered, stolen. When both SCOTUS, federal, district, and state courts refused to allow evidence into their courts and put the burden, nay, the obligation, to defend freedom by demanding free and fair election where the Constitution had decreed — with the legislatures of the states who had the massive cheating. And when those state legislatures refused to do their jobs in a timely fashion or at all.

Then according to the Constitution the people had a right to peaceably assemble and have their grievances acknowledged and be solved.

You see? The citizens understand first principle thinking.

And so, after and when elected leaders failed to do their jobs correctly, failed to explain the process to the people, ignored testimony given to state elections subcommittees, on January 6, 2020, many thousands peaceably assembled to have their voices heard at the Nation’s capital. Yes, a very few got overheated and knocked down barriers and pushed their way into the building, but the vast majority did not do that. The absolute vast majority remained calm yet demanding that their elected leaders get their head out of their ass and do the right thing.

Yet those bastions of ignoring first principles, also known as #CrunkNewsNetwork and #LegacyMedia and those with #TDR [Trump Derangement Syndrome] and just about every Commie and all dictators, proceeded to say that the 01/06/2020 peaceable assembly was worse than all the destruction of property, cities, and lives that were done in several woke U.S. cities by fire, bricks, bats, brass knuckles, and the shut down of the economy.

In fact, #CrunkNewsNetwork and #LegacyMedia and those with #TDR and just about every Commie and all dictators claiming to be for the people, encouraged the destruction by calling these riots peaceful protests. A rose by any other name, right? In the meantime, the people were hurt worse.

I so want to use ironic quotes around that phrase, so here goes: “peaceful protests”. Whew, I feel better.

Of course the #CrunkNewsNetwork and #LegacyMedia and those with #TDR and just about every Commie and all dictators wouldn’t know a peaceful protest if it bit them in the ass.

You see?

Can’t see the ballots nor recount nor confirm process or method, citizens are told. Citizens ask WHY?

And they keep asking why until they get an answer that is true. And if that answer is that what was done was done to push something onto Citizens that Citizens would never choose. Leading to what?

Why, leading to #CrunkNewsNetwork and #LegacyMedia and those with #TDR and just about every Commie and all dictators changing their minds about the usefulness of and necessity for our men and women [so sue me, Grandma Pelosi] in blue. Who would’ve thought you’d hear these people say “Back The Blue”?

But where am I leading to?

I’m leading to the point that so many people, well-meaning but obviously not first principle thinkers, are calling the January 6, 2020, peaceful assembly — also known as the exercising of their Constitutional right to demand legitimate grievances are addressed within the existing lawful system — an insurrection, as if that is always a bad thing.

Messy? Yes. Not perfectly done? Possibly. Could it be worse? Oh, yeah…especially if they are ignored.

Remember the knife and cutting mentioned earlier? Method and motive always determine the rightness or wrongness of any action and outcome. Insurrection is not a bully attack on innocent people. It is surgery to save a nation.

Trump’s actions against politicians and other bullies who have been trodding on citizens’ rights reminds one of the scripture that says: "Wounds inflicted by a friend are faithful, but many kisses from a hater are deceitful." Proverbs 27:6

Orange Man Bad because why? Tells the truth? Fights for what is right? Doesn’t kowtow to Commie PC? Speaks plainly? Is nonconformist and outlandish?

Whereas “Creepy Uncle Who Am I?” is good because why? Promises big checks and lots of goodies? Doesn’t mind lying non-stop to tickle your ears? Has no problem twisting the truth to fit his facts? Fights for his pocketbook to be lined even if to do so means he promotes destruction of freedom?

Or, as Aretha Franklin put it so well, who’s zoomin’ who?

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"Give Me Some Men Who Are Stout Hearted Men"

 

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by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

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Give me some men who are stout-hearted men 

Who will fight for the right they adore. 

Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men, 

And I'll soon give you ten thousand more. 

Oh, shoulder to shoulder, and bolder and bolder 

They grow as they go to the fore. 

Then there's nothing in the world can halt or mar a plan 

When stout-hearted men can stick together man to man.

You who have dreams 

If you act, they will come true 

 To turn your dream to a fact 

It's up to you 

If you have the soul and the spirit 

Never fear it, you'll see it through. 

Hearts can inspire other hearts with their fire. 

For the strong obey when a strong man shows them the way.

WRITERS: Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg

In the movie "New Moon" with Nelson Eddy and 

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When the bottom rumbles, the top falls.

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by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. Author of other stuff. 

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The news is that the Google Play has removed Parler from its store. The next news is that the Amazon has given Parler one week to remove all their data — apps and customer information — from their servers.

And so everybody is freaking out. 

Look, if Big Tech — in all its manifestations — decides on a shut down scenario, then two things will happen. 

One: They are cutting their own throats because stockholders will start screaming and stockbrokers will start dumping. 

Two: Regular folks will start building, and in many instances rebuilding, their local communities.

On the one hand, Failure always starts at the top. Even as it proclaims almightiness from its high perch, that perch is pointy, small, shaky, and vulnerable. It cannot be inhabited for long without support from the bottom.

On the other, Success always begins at the bottom. When the bottom rumbles, the top falls. This is as true in the workings of mankind as it is true in nature.

If Google and Amazon are that stupid, then they aren't viable to begin with. I cannot believe they are. Then again, I could be wrong in which case Number Two above kicks in. 

Stop freaking out.

Buy one of my books and enjoy something instead.

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Video O' Da Day: "Can we remove her?"

Schumer asks: "Can we remove her?"

He is told no.

He shakes his head like "What the hell?"

Insurrection, Peaceable Assembly, and Provocateurs

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by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. Author of other stuff. 

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January 6, 2021, was not an insurrection because insurrections involve massive firepower and other weapons wielded by those trained and prepared to take over a government. 

Insurrections never have a huge crowd standing around peaceably and begging for government leaders to do the right thing and then who go home at the end of the day. That's not how insurrections work. That's not even how they start.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Yet the opposite of this is being pushed right now by certain politicians, corporations, and other groups not knowing, or at least unwilling to know, that what they are fomenting to make happen — dictatorship-like suppression of information and punishment of those who disagree with them — will blow up in their faces in the long run.

There are a lot of videos that show the entire story from Jan 6. The assembly of peaceful citizens exercising their Constitutional right was infiltrated by several small groups of organized provocateurs. There were peaceful citizens who put themselves between those provocateurs and the police to protect the police, backing the agents of mayhem away. I watched these videos. Peaceful citizens exercising their Constitutional right to peaceful assembly pulled down agents and would not let them destroy the Capital. Other peaceful citizens stood in front of broken windows and would not allow anyone in and threw themselves on top of others to protect them from being attacked by the provocateurs.

Insurrectionists don't care who gets hurt or killed and they never try to protect the building into which they are trying to get until after getting in it and killing those inside.

But none of those is shown by the MSM.

Peaceable assembly to protest is our right as Citizens. It is what keeps the powers of government in check. What is it they say: Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The framers knew this and put in the Constitution that check on tyranny.

When peaceable assemblies are invaded by provocateurs, they do so with the sole aim of looking like the crowd in which they are mixed so as to confuse people who do not understand about those things. It's an old trick used throughout the millenniums because it works [just look at the hijacking of peaceable assembly to redress grievances all during this year across the US].

Such rabble-rousing tactics only work for awhile because those methods of ruling are not sustainable. While they present a public face of solidarity and kumbaya, these groups actually have nothing much in common and are working at cross purposes. They don't trust each other. Even within their own small groups, there is too much infighting. Infighting keeps them from growing strong for the long haul.

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The Staying Hand of Almighty God

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by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

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I love Thomas Sowell. However, I disagree with his conclusion of "More important, it is irreversible." [Read his article here.]

Sure, it is irreversible if the only entities involved are humans. But Almighty God's hand in matters — He does have a purpose, you know — should not be forgotten. 

Many times in history, when His Will was being ignored and the powerful gloated in celebration of their win, they were brought low, fast and furious, leaving everyone to say "What just happened?"

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Rudy G. More details on the Capital breach

The Accidental Comedianne

 

And funny, too.

by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. Author of other stuff. 

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I could never be a talk show host. Name the type of talks shows there are and I can tell you categorically I couldn't host any of them twice in a row. Neither could I be a comedianne. [Yes, I use the feminine of comedian and I don't care whether or not you like that, Nancy Pelosi.]

There's a reason for that. Those who know me in person, or who've read my books [Dancing at the Waffle House, Conversations in Hyperreality, among others], have invariably at many various points laughed out loud at something I say or write. "Oh, Angela," they all say, "you should be a comedian."

My reply is always, "I am just such as that, only...not on purpose." 

You see, my humor rarely involves a joke. Jokes have a setup, a pause, and a punchline. In front of an audience — whether that be in-person on a stage in front of a live audience, in-studio with a host and camera crew for audience, or on a podcast viewed by tens of people over a period of years — I am not, and never will be, the master of the joke. 

But let me be where I can have a conversation with someone and let that conversation run this way and that and let me have an opinion about anything underlying subjects in it, then my humor bone starts vibrating and next thing you know people are cracking up.

I was once interviewed on a college TV show about my first children's book "Heroes Need Practice, Too!" On that same show was this guy introduced as a comedian. He was funny. I laughed though not once did I feel the urge to tighten my bladder when he spoke. That is to say, he didn't make me laugh so hard that I thought I'd wet my pants.

After the interviews/performances were over, I went up to the young man to tell him he did a good job. He thanked me. Next thing I know, both he and the producer and the host of the show were needing a bathroom doubled up with major guffawing as they were with what I was saying. 

Finally able to catch a breath and wiping tears from his eyes, the young comedian said, "You are absolutely the funniest person I've ever met. You should be on stage."

I said, "Nah. You're funny on purpose. Me, I'm just situationally funny."

If a script has to be followed. 

If I have to deliver words written by a team to an anonymous audience.

If those words must be delivered at a particular time and within a certain time limit. 

Then I am not your girl. 

You see, while I am The Most Brilliant Woman In The World, I still hear slow and respond slowly because as TMBWITW I see many facets upon which to opine. Which shall it be? I must run through them all. But once I've decided, then...well, I move forward pretty quickly.

So [shameless plug coming atcha], buy my books for yourself and as gifts for others. You'll all have more fun, you won't be wasting time, and giftees will thank you profusely. 

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"I think"...or do I?

Here's a feather because
they aren't worth a
whole bird.

by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

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Click this link to read a a great poem about the use of the words "I think" by Berton Braley as published at CapitalismReview.com. If you are not one of the P-HWPCDLRSFC you will love it. 

However, I have a story about when that word began to be used as a weapon. So, back in the early 1990s I used to have weekly meetings with some people wherein we discussed certain topics. After a few weeks, I noticed the group kept getting madder and madder at me. Finally, one of the people could no longer keep quiet.

She said, "Angela, you just think you know it all."

I said, "Where do you get that idea?"

She said, "Because you never say 'I think' before stating your opinion."

I said, "Huh. Is that why you are all mad at me?"

They all nodded...self-righteously, if I do say so myself. Please note: The woman did not preface her anti-Angela statement with "I think". So, I then proceeded to state my opinion. "I was under the impression that if it was coming out of my mouth, you knew it was what I thought on a subject. Are you telling me that you cannot tell that the words coming out of my mouth are what I think unless I say 'I think'?"

No, that wasn't it, she said. Instead, and all the others agreed, that if I didn't use the words "I think" to preface a statement, then I was preaching at them, insulting them, calling their opinions worthless. I asked if at anytime had they heard me utter an insult, pound a Bible, or say the word worthless? They all agreed I had not done that. 

I then proceeded to state my opinion again without using the words "I think". I said, "Ah, good for the goose/gander doesn't apply here. In that case, then, y'all are just nuts. There. Is that definitive enough for ya?"

(I can double-guar-O-damn-tee ya every single one of those people were Commies at heart and I bet I could tell you who they voted for in 2008, 2012, and 2020; and they also believe the 2020 election results were not jimmied.) 

But I left that meeting thinking about that. And in this instance twas I thinking original thoughts to myself and I never once said, "Angela, do YOU think this is what you are thinking?"

Here is what I came up after reviewing the entire conversation. 

It seems those people were under the impression that stating anything definitively without first prefacing it with "I think" meant that one was close-minded and not accepting of new ideas. They could not fathom that I had already thought for myself and reached conclusions about any subject as they were still searching for answers. 

So, yeah, I am The Most Brilliant Woman In The World. This I do not deny and I don't just "think" I am, I know I am. And I will not apologize for it. And I will not pretend to be anything else because that is just lying and Satan is the father of the lie and I don't want to be like him, now do I?

Twenty-seven years have passed since that conversation with those people...and it's only gotten worse as the Thought (and Mask) Police — bullies on social media and news and and TV shows and in papers and magazines and in movies and grocery stores and restaurants — run riot over freedom and freedom-loving, God-fearing people.

"I think" I'm right. Do you agree?

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On the Nature of Discovery, Confirmation, and Conspiracy

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by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. Author of other stuff. 

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For all everybody is hating on YouTube and Google these days — and rightly so in the instances of their surpressing the reporting on and discussion of political shenanigans — I cannot and will not completely dismiss these content providers out of hand. And here's why.

Because of YouTube/Google and content creators, I (otherwise known as A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World) get to hang out with some very interesting people I would never have met or known about. 

The video below (embedded for your easy watching pleasure) is one. No, I shall not tell you what it is about because that would ruin the journey of discovery for you. 

But I will tell you that having discovered that video and having watched it over a period of three days, I've had yet another confirmation of my brilliance and got to hear two men discuss why conspiracy is so difficult for many people to grasp. 

You see, I've always known conspiracy itself exists. I lived in a family rife with secret conspiratorial actions designed to either protect self and others or serve baser needs. As a child, I was torn because I felt that all who conspire are 100% evil, yet I could see these very people could do bad things and good and be kind and were talented all at the same time.

Lex Fridman, a Russian, interview Eric Weinstein, an American, in a long-form podcast. I am now a fan of long-form podcasts. I believe you will be, too. 

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Here is the link to the video to watch through the YouTube portal if you should so desire.

Lex Fridman's Podcast #134 with Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness

A Grubby Grab

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by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

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Communism (and its offspring Socialism, Fascism, and Pussy-Hat Wearing Politically Correct Liberal Democrat RINO Social Justice Warriors #CrunkNewsNetwork, et al) always has at its core a disdain for human rights, a hatred of God, and a grubby grab to satisfy selfish longing.

Interesting that they deny God's existence while fighting so hard against Him; which means, of course, that they acknowledge His existence because anybody who fights an enemy only they can see is usually called paranoid schizophrenic.

Communists are not paranoid schizophrenic, nor are they stupid. But they are selfish, greedy, venal, and worse, and that stops them from thinking clearly or well for the long-run. They have no conscience. They are not loyal and do not understand the concept of loyalty. Ethical behavior is a fast-moving target roaming in a misty forest, rarely seen and, when briefly glimpsed, has no hard edges.

Commies have nothing good to reach for. Nothing lofty to aspire to. Everything they want must be had by destroying what others have built. Even what they build is ugly. Their art is ugly. Their literature is boring. Their infrastructure, machinery, engineering, etc., doesn't work correctly most of the time.

Commies only know force. Their biggest enemies are themselves and their fellow "believers". They hate themselves and each other and everyone else. Once their objective is reached, and they are now faced with actually ruling, they are clueless. And like certain children will do when they don't like what is before them, they pitch tantrums...only Communists get everyone else in the sandbox to obey them at the point of a gun and the threats of missile, bomb, sanctions, imprisonment, torture, bribes...and promises they will never keep.

(Those threats and false promises often work...as we are seeing now, here, in the US Election process.)

To survive, their citizens become Underground Capitalists, which is just another title for Criminals under Communist rule. After producing distasteful and boring State-sponsored art, Artists and Musicians take their lives in their hand to let out that which lifts to a higher plain.

Communist thought and methodology do not support productive living conditions for anybody but the leaders who never suffer want, though they do have to worry about summary judgment in the form of a bullet through the brain when someone wants their job badly enough.

And just like the bully in the sandbox must be stopped, adults must intervene. Adults who understand the bigger picture, and who love freedom and seek justice. 

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How does one eat an elephant?

 by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
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The old joke goes like this: How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

But to do that, first one must kill the elephant because the elephant would have to be stupid to allow itself to be eaten bite by bite while it is still alive. Therefore, killing the elephant is where the challenge lies.

A lion is basically lazy. It will always go after the weakest of any herd. The young, the frail, the sick, slow, and aged.

But in this we are talking about animals and animals are very clear as to their roles. Hunter and hunted. Predator and prey.

Humans fit into the same two categories but the Good of them often ignore that knowledge. Next thing one knows comes the hard, fast rise of Evil because Good believes in the promising smile of the roaring lion that seeks to devour it.

However, one thing we know is this: Predators are always outnumbered by prey. While predators rip and tear, they always rip and tear at the weakest. The core of the herd may run for a bit, but it is never scattered. The strongest of them entrench, encircle the herd, and face outward toward the predators. Just their mere standing firm with horns out and feet firmly planted makes the predators slink away to wait for another opportunity to attack the weakest.

Predators always stand alone in the long run. Like the lion, they are lazy. Sure, they may work together for awhile, but they do not have the strong bonds of a herd. Never have. Never will. This is the weakness that keeps them in the minority.

Evil may roar, but has no long-term power. It cannot work together for long as its interests are always self-centered and selfish.

The battle is not over. It is never over.



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The Trump-Guthrie Debate...errrr...Town Hall

by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman

and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

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I am usually not in favor of watching events televised live. Especially, town halls, debates, and so forth. The way I process information requires I be able to stop the action, think a bit, then start back up. This methodology has served me well my entire life even if it drives a lot of other people nuts. 

Therefore, twenty hours after the Trump-Guthrie debate — excuse me, I mean the Trump Town Hall hosted by Savannah Guthrie — I went to YouTube and watched the event without all the breathlessness the rest of the country had.

Yes, I had heard opinions about it. Most notably, everyone seemed to think Guthrie didn't know the rules of such engagement and that she did not have any respect for the president and that was just wrong. While true, I believe they've all missed the point. 

Put a grain of sand inside an oyster and what do you get? A pearl. Irritation may have a good result — and it did with the oyster and with the Trump Town Hall hosted by Savannah Guthrie.

Her attacks and interruptions showed exactly why, of the two candidates, Trump should be the one to be voted for. He did not back down or equivocate. He was strong. He was clear. He was friendly. And in control. He even handled the fan girl moment quite well. 

He was truly presidential. 

So, thank you, Savannah, producers, network, and network bosses. You done good. 

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Decadent desserts: Just trying too hard.

by Angela K. Durden

A Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman
and The Most Brilliant Woman in the World 

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Frankly, I no longer want to eat a dessert whose very description means "characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline", that is to say, decadent.

But they are decadent in a real sense because they are big fat liars and cheaters and con artists. How? Well, have you ever noticed that most desserts claiming said decadence are simply trying too hard? It's true. They always promise more than they can deliver. 

After some eager little waiter or waitress* lifts an eyebrow and says with what they always think is a sexy ooze in their voice, "You should try our new Sextuplet Chocolaté Quadruple Brownie Cake with spa-a-a-a-rinkles of t-a-a-a-a-riple East European imported roasted coffee toffees, will you be needing two spoons?", well, who wouldn't order it?

Decadent desserts remind me of the guy on the dance floor that has the moves but whose timing is off, he's flat-footed, but he is trying so hard you almost feel sorry for him and you dance with him anyway, smiling through the pain. [See picture above illustrating that painful smile.] 

To that guy and the dessert, I say, "No more. Spare me the pain...and the disappointment."

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Debating The Debate: Only one woman's opinion...but I'm right.

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by Angela K. Durden

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I’ve been giving some thought to the debate Tuesday evening, September 29, 2020. All persons I’ve talked to, pundits in/on any media I’ve heard, and all sides of the political spectrum have agreed: The debate between Trump and Biden or — as one pundit hilariously put it — between Chewbacca and The Swedish Chef —was crazy, wild, no rules followed by either party. Even the chosen law man, moderator Wallace, had as good as been defunded.

What was going on?

Let me first get Biden comments out of the way. He whined. He backpedaled. He said “you shut up”. Whatever his team did to change his body clock and keep his mind sharp, worked. I don’t believe he used his go-to insult — dog-faced pony soldier — but what insults he did say could easily have been answered by “sticks and stones”. However, he put a target on his back for his party to shoot at when he said “I am the party” and then proceeded to trash much they held dear.

But Trump? 

He gave Biden opportunity to follow the rules, but once Biden interrupted him, you know he said to himself "So...that's how it's gonna be, huh?" And so he went full MMA on Biden, the Democrat party, the Left, BLM, Antifa, and their ilk. Then he threw in some dirty street fighting to top it all off when he challenged the appointed po-po, Chris Wallace, and got in his face. He changed tactics. He jumped in. He laid back and watched. 

Chewbacca he was not. 

He was crazy-sly like a damn fox. He demonstrated just how wild the situations are in certain Democrat-controlled cities when rules are not followed. How do we know the message got through? Ask yourself this: What have we heard since then from the Dems?

“We need RULES!”

So, Trump now has all the Dems begging — B.E.G.G.I.N.G! — for stability.
Crazy-sly. It was so clear to me.