Yes, it is the 50s all over again! When I was a child, schools were still segregated, people lived on "the wrong side of the tracks", and black peope were forbidden to date white people, let alone marry them! Racism and hatred are something children are not born with so what happens is this ugly stuff gets passed on generation to generation. Jump ahead to today where our leaders sold out our middle class thereby creating a much larger "needy" population and add over hundred other things that have radically changed for the worse over the years and people get very upset and angry. Who do they vent their wrath at? Why the black guy running our country! Toss in the instant means of communication via the internet and now every Bubba, Jim Bob, and Cleotis can sit there all day spewing total garbage all day since they are probably unemployed meth heads. You have a recipe for continuous bombardment of our senses by agenda driven nut bags that feeds into vulnerabilities to the point where the masses buy in and believe! So actually, it's the not the 50s anymore, it is more like 1984!
Peace!
Traci xoxo
Love that slogan Bri!!!! Excellent commentary too...thnx!
Lisa, maybe I ought to move to California? Seems a safer environment than living in the south as I am today...but frankly, I have not encountered too much negative backlash toward myself along my journey other than losing a pile of family members from, guess where, southern Califirnia! Go figurem huh? LOL
The internet is both a blessing and a curse at once. It has become people's "go-to" for fact finding and ultimately decision making. To me, it is "garbage in-garbage out" and you must take additional steps when following a story or thread in order to determine the type of source you're following. I'll bet virtually all news stories are agenda driven by those who are trying to sway or capture the minds of others in order to further drive their goals whatever they might be! Gone is the day when the news was just that, just the real actual facts. Now everything has a spin on it or is run just for the entertainment value.
glad I'm old...hate to see where we go in the next 30 years with this all....seriously, it reminds me so much of 1984 or even Clockwork Orange today!
That said, I am a very positive person and always try to find the "light" even in the darkness. There's tons of good stuff out there and hundreds of millions of good people. It just takes a little initiative to find them...(smile)
Best wishes always!
Traci xoxo
Yes Lisa, we were both writing at the same time and your post hit first...I might have tempered my response a bit or taken a different direction had I seen it though...no biggie, for as they say, GMTA! (smile)
I seriously doubt I would move to CA or the west coast even...I have a ton of relatives out there but they basically dosowned me when I came out to them. These were supposed liberal types too...long story and I am not going to get into it, but it did hurt! I truly thought I could count on them to be in my corner...oh well, their loss! Actually mine as they live in the South Bay area by the water...bummer as I always had a cool place to stay on my visits.
LOL on the boob comments! Don't you find wearing bras, especially now that yours have grown even more, to be more a nuisance than anything? I know before I developed breasts, I had always wished to be able to wear a bra. Now I can and well, be careful what you wish for! They especially are awful in our summer heat and humidity which can top 100f with almost unbreathable air. Yuk!!!
MAC makes a good product and Jenner's alignment with them is interesting. I find wearing mauve and lighter berry colors look good with my skin type and coloring and hair and may give some a try. My daily "go-to" is Burt Bee's Watermellon...simple and supposedly good for the lips too...often, I'll just apply a clear gloss for a shine though...I am not sure her alignment with MAC will improve their sales though as some might stop using MAC in pprotest while others will use it because of her..probably just a "wash" in the end.
As for the new bathroom laws, it probably will be good for the economy as the gpvernments will have to hire tens of thousands of bathroom inspectors whose job will be to goose people walking in! Head to a women's room and they poke you and feel a lump, out you go! LOL They will be named the "Goose Police"!!! No doubt there will be many candidates that will apply. you know, all the pervs that this law was intended to stop. None of them will be trans though but there is no shortage of ex-clergy and politicians looking for work! (grin)
ciao~ for now...
Traci xoxo
Now you are the funny one! Rosanne for president??? OMG! LOL I'd prefer Melissa McCarthy though...as for Hillary, she is a total phoney and is the wrong woman for the office, especially for a first time female president. He isn't a whole lot different than Trump or Cruz in my opinion and will say anything to get elected. I really do not trust her at all. Yes, Kasich is likeable for the most part. None of the Republicans stand a chance vs. Hillary though. *gasp* I'm getting a passport and will consider becoming an ex-pat and migrating to where there are lovely beaches, warm climate, and where I can wear skimpy two piece bathing suits, or at least the top all day long! (grin)
While the Peace and Freedom party seem to have awesome values, we both know how that is going to end up. Actually Rand Paul talks pretty much the same talk as they do. He too makes far too much sense to get elected! LOL
Girl, you HAVE to have a sense of humor to be us today. I'm actually more like a feminine Don Quixote in "The Man of LaMancha" with my eternal optimism for the world as I see it. I try very hard to find the light on a dark day and seek the good in others before I allow the negative to clutter my brain. I live by a daily goal of trying to make at least one person's day better esch and every day. It could be as mundane buying some goroceries for an elderly person in our neighborhood or taking their dog for a walk on a rainy day. But it does make me feel good to see others feel good and it also has the side benefit of making it very difficult for others to dislike me or people of my kind. (smile) And every country, state, race, and nationality has their good people and their not so good people. I'm not ignorant of that, but it does serve me well to always be cognizant of that as I plod thru life one day at a time! That's what ticks me off by all of the negative backlash exhibited by others towards the muslim people. I know a few pretty well and the people I know are wonderful. I also know my share of rednecks who are total jerks, but know far more who are terrific folks.
Anyhow, life is good...it truly is a gift and to waste a life by walking around filled with negative things to me seems a shame when it doesn't have to be this way. I love our country and the true core values it was founded on and I see far more people living accordingly. So for me, there is really is hope...we got this! (smile)
Love your posts!!!!
Traci xoxo
Nader is pretty cool and dead on correct about Hillary. I used to live next door to a secret service man that had a lot of interaction with her. Actually, it was her doing all the talking for she more or less told him to eff off every time he'd try to say something. His description of the manner in which she treated those around her is not fit for even the worst animals on the planet. She presents one face while actually being something else. No, she is not the type of human I'd want leading us. I could go on but it serves no purpose. It is just my opinion as we all have opinions....no biggie...oh, I will not leave our country regardless of who gets elected. But some candidates are going to make it really tough for us going forward. I do not care for Kanye either! LOL
What is ironic is that I rarely discuss politics with others. And here I am opening up to others on my thoughts about things as if I were some kind of expert in the field. I really much prefer discussing music and the arts and anything that others do that can open my eyes to bigger and better for our future.
Sooooooo....do you play any musical instruments? (smile)
Traci xoxo
Interesting to hear y'all tearing your country's political system to pieces, and very intelligently too.
Here in the UK there is considerable disbelief that a nutter like Donald Trum is being taken at all seriously, but then again, we have Nigel Farage...
The religious fundamental basis for the ridiculous bathroom laws is second only to that of groups like Isis and the Taliban.
But now another pop star has followed the lead of Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams, and Ringo Starr will also be boycotting North Carolina on his US tour.
And they're not the only ones boycotting the state, here's the most recent list I could find:
Ringo Starr
Bryan Adams
Deutsche Bank
PayPal
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Moore
xHamster
Joel McHale
General Electric
the Dow Chemical Company
Pepsi
Hyatt
Hewlett Packard
Choice Hotels International
Whole Foods
Levis Strauss & Co.
Lionsgate
And that list is going to get bigger. At some point North Carolina will be able unable to continue with their legalised discrimination policy.
xx
Lucy...I truly believe the governor will repeal that insane bill as soon as he is advised in how to gracefully bow out of it while "saving face". NC is feeling the impact already in their pocketbook and far too many people are getting mad at it, not just our community.
Trump was initially refreshing with his outrageous attacks on the extablished political system. So many people believe we have a corrupt system that only serves to enrich those who are in it. Even thos who earn a good living are agreeing. But he has gone beyond the lines of decency with his continuous spewing of hateful remarks and like an old, tired comic act, has worn out his welcome so to say. He offers no solutions, just a lot of rhetoric that only serves to inspire feeble minded people who are easily led. He will not win the election no matter how much he says he will because even his own party do not want him elected. What is even scarier than Trump winning is the thought that a religious fanatic like Ted Cruz could win! He represents all that is bad about religion using the bible and fundamentalist view points to drum up interest in him. Are you familiar with the extreme right religious movement called dominionism and the seven mountains? It is scary to think that we're heading in that direction because it aligns itself with hardcore extreme right christianity that reads quite similar to sharia law and their like. In a nutshell, he and his lot are no different than ISIS and other whacked out people. The USA was supposedly founded as a country that separated church from state and was one of the reasons so many fled the UK to our shores way back in the day.
Lisa, like yourself, I never learned to read music but instead play guitar and harmonica by ear. The harmonica is very easy to master if one has a good sense of timing and tone. The guitar does require knowledge of chords and notes but can be picked up pretty easily as well, at least to about the intermediate level...but if one has the inate gift of "feeling" music, this is not as difficult as you might think. I believe the keyboard could be mastered in the same manner. Lucy is an awesome keyboard player and her band sounds really good. I've seen some videos and they cover a wide array of cool stuff! I run into many trans people who play instruments pretty well. Must be a special thing our maker was kind enough to allow us to have, huh? (smile) And your mother must have been a handful to deal with, right? When are you going to tell us about the film????
Traci xoxo