sunday morning, ten a m, the world's at church, but my meeting is tonight, so i'm not at church. i am somewhat restless. last week my wife took the 8-year-old to her church, and i forgot to pick her up. forgot! it so happens that sunday morning is the only time i have to really write or concentrate on anything. a few hours to click together so to speak, and i get involved in something, and....well, not this week. i have to concentrate on picking up this girl at 11:20.
her church is large, organized, aggressively friendly. they want your soul and they want you to get involved. she's happy there though and has been going there all her life practically. i have no way to teach her quaker anything, and have taken to explaining things when i have the chance, to her, and her older sister, and her older brother. not much in the way of religious training to be honest.
yesterday's no kings rally was good for galesburg, a lot of people. we walked downtown (9 blocks), marched about five and back (10 more) with the protestors and signs (i will post pictures), walked the 8 blocks home. i wanted the police to read my sign which said i believe in the law, the courts, and the constitution. i believe some did read it. one guy circled the parade (it was in the public square roundabout) and they actually pulled him over. but he was back about a half-hour later, menacing us in his own way. some protestor gave him the finger. i just kind of went my own way.
overall demonstrations i think vastly outnumbered parade attendees, and imo they show the possibility of a national movement. this would not mean "democrat win" but that might be involved. this would more be like people who demonstrate regularly get organized and do something about the tyranny. not sure exactly what we would do. but i do know that for every one of us out on the street there are three or four more like us not willing to risk anything but still opposed to the regime. you have to admit that the party in power is actively punishing its enemies. they wouldn't mind getting locals to take pictures so they could remove government funding and do tax audits for every one of us. read 'tax audits' as 'made up charges for made-up crimes and indefinite punishment of whatever they wish.' it's the hallmark of fascism.
i am seventy-one; they can have me if they want it that badly. I'm going to every demo.
If it becomes a culture, good; if it catches on, better. We need to restore democracy.
her church is large, organized, aggressively friendly. they want your soul and they want you to get involved. she's happy there though and has been going there all her life practically. i have no way to teach her quaker anything, and have taken to explaining things when i have the chance, to her, and her older sister, and her older brother. not much in the way of religious training to be honest.
yesterday's no kings rally was good for galesburg, a lot of people. we walked downtown (9 blocks), marched about five and back (10 more) with the protestors and signs (i will post pictures), walked the 8 blocks home. i wanted the police to read my sign which said i believe in the law, the courts, and the constitution. i believe some did read it. one guy circled the parade (it was in the public square roundabout) and they actually pulled him over. but he was back about a half-hour later, menacing us in his own way. some protestor gave him the finger. i just kind of went my own way.
overall demonstrations i think vastly outnumbered parade attendees, and imo they show the possibility of a national movement. this would not mean "democrat win" but that might be involved. this would more be like people who demonstrate regularly get organized and do something about the tyranny. not sure exactly what we would do. but i do know that for every one of us out on the street there are three or four more like us not willing to risk anything but still opposed to the regime. you have to admit that the party in power is actively punishing its enemies. they wouldn't mind getting locals to take pictures so they could remove government funding and do tax audits for every one of us. read 'tax audits' as 'made up charges for made-up crimes and indefinite punishment of whatever they wish.' it's the hallmark of fascism.
i am seventy-one; they can have me if they want it that badly. I'm going to every demo.
If it becomes a culture, good; if it catches on, better. We need to restore democracy.
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