
Life in the Boomer Lane was far too busy enjoying her birthday to pay attention to the seemingly innocuous events that were, in fact, secretly ruining her life. It was like she believed she was bitten by a tiny, pesky insect and then she had a small itchy blob which turned into a large itchy blob which then became infected and then she realized she had that flesh-eating disease and then she lost her arm and then all of her limbs and then died. The flesh-eating disease, otherwise known as the GOP, is currently gobbling up all that is left of democracy, LBL’s sanity, and English grammar
In Michigan, Republican Ryan Kelley, who wants to be governor, is off and running. “Socialism—it starts with democracy,” he said. “That’s the ticket for the left. They want to push this idea of democracy, which turns into socialism, which turns into communism in every instance.” He actually said “in every instance.”)
Ryan is about the most American of Americans. His promo tells us “Standing strong for American values and American history, is what Ryan is all about. During the riots which occurred across the United States in the summer of 2020, while exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, he guarded a Civil War Statue in his hometown of Allendale as it was threatened to be taken down by BLM and Antifa. The statue is still standing there today.”
But this blog post isn’t about Ryan or Civil War statues or even Allendale, although Allendale boasts an impressive population of 21,000 and a growth rate of even more impressive 0% and is thus, apparently, a lightning rod for the ire of Antifa and BLM. This post is, instead, about the recognition that Democracy, that good old icon of America, way up there with the Bald Eagle and donut burgers, is actually bad and wrong. And more and more True Americans are recognizing this and speaking out.
Democrary, in spite of what you may have been taught in your Socialist Public Schols, is the root of all evil. (One can argue from today until whenever one needs to address one of the three fundamental requirements for human life: eat, sleep or check one’s email, that the US is not a democracy anyway–it’s a Republic. Blah blah blah and on and on and on, is all LBL will say about that.)
Democracy, these aliens-disguised-as-politicians remind us, is a gateway drug to sloth, depravity, and human rights. It is not what the Founding Fathers intended. They intended guns, white people and Christianity, in that order. They did not intend black people, gay people or fringe religions like Islam or Judaism. Islam and Judaism, as everyone knows are thinly-disguised representatives of socialism and communism.
Confusing the mix a wee bit, is the fact that a number of evangelical Christians are now converting to Russian Orthodoxy. And this has nothing to do with the cool hats and big jewelry the priests wear. A lot of it is about the church’s firm stand against gays. The church has compared gay marriage to Nazi Germany. (LBL is, once again, amazed how many things or people that people don’t like are compared to Nazi Germany or to Hitler. She expects that commercials will soon say things like “Eating a sandwich without mayo is like eating in Nazi Germany,” She would guess that no one under the age of 40 would even know about Nazis, so maybe this is a good thing that politicians keep reminding us that Nazis, whoever they were, were bad and didn’t have good sandwiches.)
LBL looks back to her innocent elementary school days, when the idea of Democracy was all the rage and guns were limited to killing Indians, who deserved it. But life, like toddlers, never stands still. We are now in the midst of saying farewell to both democracy and the polar ice caps, and there doesn’t seem to be a damn thing we can do about it, except maybe pass the mayo.
David
May 12, 2022
An excellent satire of the GOP propaganda diatribe spewing forth at every opportunity. The GOP will eventually legislate the Democratic party of existence. The refit for my sailboat 100% offgrid cruising is getting close. I hope to escape to a latitude that has no means for hearing or viewing the evil being deployed upon this nation. If I’m successful I will make sure to spread mayo on my sandwich…
Life in the Boomer Lane
May 14, 2022
Thanks, Divid. If events transpire as I believe they will, I’m prepared to spend most of my time outside this country. Of course, I will bring mayo with me.
Phyllis
May 12, 2022
The feeling of being powerless is one I cannot tolerate unless I am asleep dreaming of being young and seducing every attractive man I see or eating salty snacks. So, I guess I’ll finish this bowl of pretzels and go to sleep.
Life in the Boomer Lane
May 14, 2022
Your dreams are much more exciting than mine. But I can relate to the salty snacks.
Shelley
May 13, 2022
It gets harder and harder to tell what is fact and what exists only in your fertile mind and on your blog post. I actually googled Ryan Kelley because I couldn’t believe anyone could be THAT stupid. I was wrong. But to my credit, I DID realize that (so far) no one has connected sandwiches with mayo and the Nazis…yet.
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Life in the Boomer Lane
May 14, 2022
Shelley, I got a good laugh out of your comments. Honestly, sometimes I use my fertile imagination to think of what verbal atrocities these folks can come up with. But they are always much better at this than I am.
nekkachim57
May 13, 2022
There is no democracy on earth, just chewing term. Man can be a democrat, if he could get rid of his “Instinct of Possession”, and his “Psychological Authority”. There is nothing to hope for democracy, just the struggle for existence like animals in the forests. We are not living with a real, authentic men and women in this sick world. Where everyone is implicitly or explicitly an enemy for the other. And the social hypocrisy became the main language between the people around the world.
Life in the Boomer Lane
May 14, 2022
Thanks for these thoughts. Many believe that humankind is nearing its end. I’d say we had a good run, but I don’t believe we did.
Keith
May 13, 2022
Renee, one of the key ingredients to a democracy is being well-informed. Our founders knew this. Yet, now we have a largely misinformed, disinformed (on occasion) and uninformed electorate, it makes it hard to truly understand what is going on. Legislators can lie with impunity. We must hold them to account. We deserve the truth. Please reach out to them. Tell them when they show leadership and courage and tell them when they don’t. And, don’t vote for people whose modus operandi is lying like the former president or his sycophants. Our country is at odds with itself because we have a former president who is not man enough (excuse me adult enough) to accept that he lost the election and people are willing go lie for him. Keith
Life in the Boomer Lane
May 14, 2022
Keith, do I have your permission to use “misinformed, disinformed and uninformed?” I’m thinking that’s a good blog post title. The entire verbal diarrhea tirade that is so pervasive now about stolen elections etc etc etc has taken on a life of its own. I believe that most of the people spewing this don’t even care about overturning the 2020 election. But they do care about establishing a precedent, in which future elections can be determined by a handful of people. We are already on the brink of that.
Keith
May 15, 2022
Renee, please feel free to use this as you see fit. It would make a good post and would look forward on your take. I am going to post below a videochat from “Texas Paul” which goes into detail about what was found in the Eastman memos regarding the planned coup regarding the election of 2020. What I did not know is Eastman was on the faculty at the University of Colorado and he conducted these seditious emails on his work computer. That makes the emails property of the University. They are pretty damning of the efforts on behalf of the former president to conduct a coup and also implicate members of Congress. It should be noted Eastman pleaded the fifth before the House Committee looking into January. We must get to the bottom of this as we cannot have one branch of government performing an insurrection on another branch of government. Full stop. Keith
Keith
May 15, 2022
PS – Here is the link to the Scottie’s blog where this videochat can be found. You need only see the first five minutes to get the gist.
https://scottiesplaytime.com/2022/05/13/texas-paul-reacts-to-new-leaked-eastman-emails-outlining-coup-attempt/