-- i am not a ivy league scholar. i can comprehend and command ---

[ron l edmiston]

--- ventura county california is "burning to the ground.."
only 165 firefighters in place..

hypothetical marchers to our southern border and thousands of military in place chasing shadows..

i am in the wrong world -- this is not what i fought for....
ronnie

[rydesteel]

And unfortunately my friend neither did he, foot issues and such. My Father-in law was a Navy Seal (retired) and did 2 tours there, thank you Sir for your service.

[bking]

This may have been "played" here earlier, but it sure seems prescient:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity...

[jclay]

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