Category Archives: Social Commentary

Getting Rid of That Bulge in the Middle

Posted on December 24, 2015 by johnrachel

A nation which has a sizable majority as middle-class, and is not plagued by extremes of wealth and poverty, is historically a nation which thrives, one which has a solid economy and laudable living standards. Unfortunately, the U.S. is accelerating in the wrong direction on both counts. Continue reading →

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Press Release: National Council on Political Correctness

Posted on December 16, 2015 by johnrachel

The cultivation of sodomy and other same-sex perversions is all around us. Most frighteningly, it is taking place right in our schools, subverting the innocent minds of our vulnerable youth. This press release from the National Council on Political Correctness offers some hope that this problem is being tackled with a thorough and aggressive “cleansing” of our culture, making it clean and wholesome again in the eyes of God. Continue reading →

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A Swan Dive Into The Abyss

Posted on October 25, 2015 by johnrachel

America is being hollowed out from the inside, becoming a lacquered shell of an empire filled with the abscess of its steady self-impoverishment. It is a swan gracefully diving into the abyss of its own disintegration. On its current course, either greed will drag its demise out over decades, or nuclear war will make the finality instantaneous. Continue reading →

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Don’t call me crazy . . . just call me maybe!

Posted on October 16, 2015 by johnrachel

Life is full of both surprises and setbacks. We don’t usually have to seek them out. We certainly don’t have to buy over-priced medications to get kicked in the head. Continue reading →

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The Post-Feminist Apocalypse

Posted on October 9, 2015 by johnrachel

The ideal of femininity and fullest expression of potential for the female gender is always evolving, as it adapts to the unfolding realities of our world. Girls want to have fun, yes. But they’ve learned to stand their ground. Continue reading →

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Just a theory . . .

Posted on August 31, 2015 by johnrachel

What was just a theory yesterday can become a reality today and new possibilities will define all our tomorrows … at least, in theory. Continue reading →

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Beauty . . . is everywhere!

Posted on August 28, 2015 by johnrachel

“There is beauty everywhere.” I am learning to look for it. Continue reading →

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Donald Knows Best

Posted on August 24, 2015 by johnrachel

Let’s make it an all ‘Donald’ administration and we can count on a jolly, no-holds-barred, rollicking good time! Continue reading →

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Values of the Rich

Posted on July 6, 2015 by johnrachel

Rich or poor, we’re all just protoplasm. We all have so much in common, every time I look at Donald Trump, I feel like I’m looking in the mirror. Continue reading →

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The Real Debt Ceiling

Posted on July 3, 2015 by johnrachel

THEY OWN! WE OWE! And that’s how you get the worst wealth inequality in our history. Other than a handful of legislators __ Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren certainly are talking about it __ and our president who gives lip service to this critical issue, there is no one in public life who is serious about addressing this threat to our existence as a nation. No one! Just about everyone in elected office __ to a man, to a woman __ needs to be replaced. Target date November 2016!
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