tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79246127358776324952024-03-12T16:20:26.948-07:00Author, J. P. DumontI've been writing my entire life, which happens to be a long time. Sometimes getting paid, sometimes, not! I enjoy it and that's all that counts.AUTHOR J P DUMONThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589749960486856noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924612735877632495.post-11597418653399458892018-08-24T13:49:00.000-07:002018-08-28T10:59:10.410-07:00I HAD A HEART ATTACK AND I SHOULD BE DEAD!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">June 10, 2018 was a typical day. My plan was to spend the day with my daughter and grandson at their house playing in the pool. I arrived around nine in the morning. I had to park a bit from their house, no problem, right? Well, that day it was a problem. As soon as I got to her door, I asked if she had aspirin - you see, I couldn't catch my breath and my heart was working over-time! I placed the aspirin under my tongue and gingerly walked to their sofa, laid down and got my legs above my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, that didn't help. My daughter asked if I wanted to go to the hospital. I asked her to call 911 and, low and behold, the most handsome men showed up a few minutes later, showering all their attention on me! It was great! I hadn't had this kind of male attention in years! Was it wrong of me to want to lie when they asked my age? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Okay, on with the story . . . the incredibly handsome paramedic put a nitro patch on my chest - suddenly I could breath! Not only handsome but provided me an actual breath of fresh air. "I'll take a prescription of that," I told them. You see, I wasn't in pain. I had some back pain which had been happening for months, but I didn't grab my left arm, clutch my chest and fall to the floor. Women have different symptoms and women's symptoms are sneaky bastards!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, I got up, got on the gurney and was wheeled out to the waiting transport for a non-siren drive to the nearest hospital. My daughter and I joked about whether or not we'd see one another again, you know stuff like that because we are warped human beings! So, I relaxed and was soon at the ER where my wait began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My EKG was fine. My BP was high but not enough to give concern apparently. Chest x-ray clear. Blood was taken but apparently they felt no rush to get the results and I was told they'd be available in two hours. I was having twinging in my chest and shortness of breath, so the nurse gave me nitro tablet every twenty minutes or so. My pain level - three! (I told the nurse my 'discomfort' level was three - cause I wasn't in pain!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, in the event you don't know this, nitro can produce a retched migraine. Well, it does in me anyway. The <i>admitting</i> doctor came to see me, letting me know they were going to admit me and most likely run a stress test tomorrow. "So, I'm not going home?" Keep in mind, my EKG was registering normal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At this point, I phoned my daughter, so I could let her know, plus, to ask her to take care of my dog, Zip! I had brought Zip with me for a play-date with my daughter's dog. She, providing all the appropriate responses, failed to mention the dog had already flipped out when he couldn't find me and was gone! Her husband was out driving through the neighborhoods trying to find him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now it's been approximately two hours since arriving at the hospital. I'm really bored and my EKG still says normal(ish). They gave me some medication to reduce the blood pressure, so I'm just sitting in an ER bed, doing nothing. The ER nurse comes in after picking up morphine for my headache. Now, to me using morphine for a migraine is like killing an ant with a bazooka, but, what do I know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A few minutes pass. My chest tension increased substantially but I still wasn't in, so-called, "pain". Now the following is kind of a blur. And, you know when you've had those moments when you say to yourself, "why can't I just pass out or something?" Well, this was my moment. But I never lost consciousness and my perception of the events was clear but my recollection may be out of order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My boredom and calmness turned to panic as I called for the nurse who didn't respond. "Did she go to lunch?" I wondered. I repeatedly called - to no avail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Through the opening in the curtain draped across the entry way to my cubical, I could see people walking by but no one was answering me. "You!" I shouted at a nurse? passing by, "get your ass in here and give me a nitro," I commanded! "What's going on?" the passing nurse asked. "I'm having a heart attack and the ER nurse must be on break!" I responded. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">With that I began profusely sweating. It felt as though I was taking a shower from the inside, out! Water droplets dripped off me soaking my hair, my sheets and my enormously-attractive hospital gown. Then the shaking began. From head to toe my muscles began contracting and I had no control over it. I could hear the nurses talking. "She needs to stop shaking," and "I can't get the leads to stick. We need towels." "I can't shock her when she's this wet?" The over-head speaker announced a 'code blue' which I figured was me cause people came a running and filled my little cubicle. A doctor leaned over the gurney and looked into my eyes. "You're having a heart attack," he said. "No shit," I responded. I honestly wondered if these people were just off the street or something? Had any of them done this before? But interestingly enough, I didn't feel any sense of panic. Actually, I was wondering if my daughter knew where my life insurance policy was? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But, back to the action . . . "Get ice packs now", I commanded. "Put under my knees, neck and arm pits. That will get the heat off and make the shaking stop." Within seconds my instructions were followed. The EKG was blowing up and I was dying. Medication was being added to my IV. I heard male voices discussing some discrepancy regarding the medications. "I'll take her now. She's going to die," I heard a man say. With that, I was whisked off. Down a hallway. Then a right turn. Then another right and into a relatively small space with very little lighting. The trip took about two minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Two women and a man where in the room. The women started prepping me for what? I didn't know. I was being swabbed with something. The man was sitting to my right on a relatively low chair. Chair? Is he tired? I didn't know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The women (nurses I assumed) introduced themselves. One asked if I was in pain. I said no then responded, "I do need to throw up." I think she'd already given me morphine for pain I wasn't having. Calmly and with delicate precision, a nurse held one of those small pink basins and I managed to throw up in it. Sidebar: Are you like me and always wondered how effective those little basins would be and how much could they really hold? Well, to my surprise, it came out well. Not a drop spilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then my eyes became riveted on a black and white monitor located left and about three feet above me. I watched in awe, as the man in the chair snaked a wire into my body heading for my heart. He had cut a hole in my femoral artery on the top of my right leg. Yeah, never felt it! So, I'm watching the snaking-thingy go up and then come back down, then go up again. This maybe took about five minutes and I felt no pain at all and suddenly the three hundred pound anvil got off my chest and I could breath normally, at which point, I figured I wasn't going to die, just yet. Oh, and there was way more light emitting from the monitor. I had had an angioplasty with a stent inserted into my LAD (left anterior descending artery). At which point, the doctor (man in chair) informed me I'd be on medication for at least a year. It seemed a fair exchange compared to, YOU KNOW, DYING.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">THIS IS MY HEART AFTER</span></h3>
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The heart failure I had is known as a Widow Maker! Or, in my case, Widow<u>er</u> Maker! (even heart attacks are sexist). I was in the hospital for three days and then sent home with a army of life-saving pills. The extent of my heart's damage wouldn't be known for a few months.</h2>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Exhaustion- Listlessness</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Numbness in two fingers on left hand</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Intermittent Abdominal Pain</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Crippling lower back pain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">WHETHER YOU'VE HAD THESE SYMPTOMS OR NOT - </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Get on your phone and schedule a cardiac look-see. It could save your life!</span></div>
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- Since, July 31, 2013 - I have been having computer/software problems. The reason I know it was July 31, 2013 at 7:24 PM DST is because that's when my computer auto-downloaded some new and improved crap from Microsoft - so I could enjoy the Microsoft experience better!</div>
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I had pings and dings going off in every speaker. I watched as boxes piled on top of boxes providing error message after error message. Each being smothers by the next, having only a second to inform and then, BAM! disappearing into the unknown abyss of software code.</div>
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I panicked. I began shut down procedures but it wasn't fast enough - the damage had already been done. Microsoft had raped and pillaged my system and I had no idea what to do!</div>
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HP, MS and Google all became combatants in their need to survive. HP said, "I can fix it"; Windows said, "Believe HP Not - only I can fix the problems because I'm the more trusted brand; Google, well, poor Google - it's pictures were all askew and the numbers . . . it was horrible, some big, some small, it was like a train wreck or an auto accident you just can't look away from.</div>
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So, I put Google out of its misery and uninstalled it. I was sorry to see it go. We'd had such a great relationship for so many years but . . . <em>all the pretty ponies.</em></div>
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Somehow, on that fateful day, IE10 got downloaded too (gee, I wonder how that happened, MS?) And, it seemed to be pushing Mozilla/Fox like a drug pusher on a dark city corner, and I was in need of a fix. </div>
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So, I installed it. OMG Armageddon! HP refused to work with it - just refused. So, I thought, "fuck you HP and bye bye'. But that didn't solve my problem. HP insisted on being let back in - and without my knowledge crept in through seams I thought sealed.</div>
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I was in flux! Nothing was remembered, nothing stored! I didn't know my passwords - that was Google's job and every time IE popped up to ask if I wanted to remember a password - it just made me sad that I no longer had Google, my trusted work buddy, my memory, my . . . everything.</div>
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Three days with Mozilla/Fox and one of us had to die! The absurdity, the extra crap it put on my toolbar, how it recklessly invited other toolbars to <em>'come on in, she won't mind'</em>, the endless questions regarding pop-ups . . . and where the fuck were all my passwords - why was nothing remembering them. <em>I don't care when you delete my file history,</em> I shouted, <em> I just want my password to Twitter! I just want to communicate with those I know on Google+!</em></div>
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So, I uninstalled it! I pushed those keys with impunity, my fingers pounced on the 'yes' box, when asked "Are you sure?" I was never more sure of anything in my life! (Sidebar: is anyone else annoyed with the phrase "are you sure?" like I am. Each time I say, <em>Of course I'm sure dumbass or we wouldn't be on this page!</em>)</div>
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By uninstalling Mozilla/Fox I was able to obtain my Google+ connections again. No more was I waiting and watching the tiny circle going round and round in the endless pursuit of an event that was never going to happen!</div>
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So now, some things work, other's not so much. I've taken my computer off the 'god is good' shelf and placed it on the 'first thing I'd destroy if the world was ending' shelf. </div>
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I no longer view the mega-conglomerates as deity's of intelligence - Now, well . . . here's an example:</div>
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You get in your car that is spotlessly clean and meticulously maintained, by you. You put the key in the ignition, turn it and it is suppose to start -- when it doesn't you take it to a mechanic who says:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> "Yeah, lady, it's not the security code number - like the machine says, it's the tailpipe blowing the air out of the combustion chamber too fast, so you'll need a new windshield."</em></span></div>
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Computers have stooped to that level and just like cars, you never trust a thing they say. When I went for help (Microsoft.com) and they tell me"<em>Error code 0x80073b01 can only be fixed by removing and reinstalling MSEI.exe</em> and so you do that and a new <em>error code 0x8004FF81 pops up telling you - NEVER MIND ABOUT THAT FIRST FIX you need to do this now! AND, you're running an old version of MSEI.exe which needs to be updated.</em> Then when you go to do that - that function is not available.</div>
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After several scathing messages to MS (which they never got because<em> 'that function is not available</em>, either) I've simply decided to live with It! </div>
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Besides, I think the true culprit involved in throwing me and my computer's balance off the razor's edge, is the piece of shit HP C7280 Printer. </div>
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It won't print because the ink cartridges (which are full BTW) have <u>'expired'</u>! Additionally, using expired cartridges will void my warranty . . . are they kidding???? EXPIRED? INK IN A CLOSED CONTAINER DOES NOT EXPIRE!!! As for the warranty -- really, did it ever really have one? I mean really? We all know you don't mean what you say, when you print that 'Warranty' information.</div>
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Frustrated though I am, my final admonishment is to and for, myself - for not just picking up a pencil and a pad of paper or finding a cheap thrift store typewriter . . . but then I'm back to the ink!</div>
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Dog chases tail.</div>
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Until next time . . . </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">WHY? is in the details below, which is what I'm attempting to circulate on FB, but it all boils down to my basic philosophy (above). . . . . and <b>M</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;"><b>orality</b>. The choices one makes: goodness; and always leaning towards doing right, basically being honest and fair in all aspects of your life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's unfortunate, Facebook doesn't feel the same way!</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">You call the call center to or a sample or trial of (for me) wrinkle-reducer. A person (with an Indian dialect) says his name is: Richard Martin, or Brian Robert, or Austin Patrick or Warren (with no last name). </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">You can also order online - which is what I did!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">You order the product and have 14 days to call and cancel, the cost to you $4.95.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">HERE'S WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW: They create 2 accounts! #1 acct. is for the product/sample you ordered. The #2 acct. is for the product they are sending along with the product/sample/trail, you've just ordered, the one you didn't order.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">You call in and cancel your interest in the product (because you realize it is crap).</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">They give you a confirmation number, here's mine 007214055M. Real enough? I thought so too!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">HERE'S THE RUB: I see next bank statement: deducted, using 3 transactions, $209.95! Here's how that breaks down: An additional - $4.95 (for the product, I didn't order); $99 (payment for the product, I didn't order); $105.95 (for additional shipment of the product, I didn't order)!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">So, I immediately call the company (India) and get <i>Tom, Rick or Steve</i>. I give them my <b>confirmation number</b><i>, then, T<i>om, Rick or Steve</i> says: "Oh, yes, I see you cancelled the 'trail offer' but you didn't cancel your 2nd account!"</i></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;"><i>I don't have a 2nd account! </i>I said. Now, gullible me, I'm thinking just a mix up and they will see their error and return my money, 'no problem'.</span></li>
<li><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">Tom, Rick or Steve says: "I will cancel your second account right away, but I cannot refund any money, because you didn't cancel your account in time and you've received more product!"</i></li>
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<li><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">'My supervisor is not here. He's gone for the afternoon." </i></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">Me: Anger rises! <i>Get me his boss, and when you tell me he's not available, then get me his boss until you end up at the fucking chairman of the board!</i></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">Another person calling himself a 'senior agent' gets on the phone.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">"The only thing I can do is . . . <i>wait for it</i> . . ."Refund $75.00, but I can't do that until you send the product you've just received back."</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px;">IT GOT UGLIER FROM HERE! After my rant (which was actually, refreshing) I concluded my call and opened my browser.</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The much anticipated </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">final installment of the tale of</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> o</b><b>rdinary people </b><b>who survived the</b></span><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> viral pandemic that killed </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">most of the animal-life on Earth,</span></b></div>
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to be in charge.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“Let me introduce myself, Dr. Jones”, the man said without
looking up.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“I’m General Mason.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>He stood up, still without looking at her. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>He extended no hand, or cordial greeting. His arrogant demeanor
spoke volumes and was well-schooled in intimidation.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“I’ve listened to Dr. Roslyn and now I’m going home.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Sarah pushed attempted to pass by the armed men.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“No, Dr. Jones”, General Mason began, “you will not.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>On his silent command, two soldiers grabbed Sarah by the
arms, tightly.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“Let go of me!” Sarah demanded.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“You see, Doctor”, the General began.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“This isn’t a visit.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>General Mason walked to the exit door which seemed to
automatically open for him. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“Bring her.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Sarah screamed and struggled, demanding to be let go. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Her distressed voice could be heard by those on the street as
people started running toward her.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Jack was among those who ran toward Sarah’s abduction.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>One of the men, who tightly gripped Sarah’s arm, lifted his
sidearm and pointed it at the crowd.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Jack stopped.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“We are detaining Dr. Jones, indefinitely”, the General
addressed his remarks to Jack Cooper.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“Jack”, Sarah pleaded, “stop this!”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>The soldier now pointed his pistol at Sarah, bringing Jack
and everyone else to a halt.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“Watch over Ruth,” she screamed, her eyes roaming the growing
crowd. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Tears covered her face as she was pushed into the Hummer and
driven away.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Jack ran to a motorcycle, and within seconds, was in pursuit.
<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>He raced after the vehicle even though he saw a multitude of automatic
weapons pointed toward him. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Jack never heard the rifle shot or the popping sound the tire
made when a bullet decimated it. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Suddenly, his motorcycle flipped and was sliding across the
asphalt. Jack was skidding and tumbling, as he felt bone and muscle twist.
Jack’s skin lost the battle with the road, erupting in blood which cooled his road-burned
flesh. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Bloodied and barely conscious, Jack could see the vehicle,
containing Sarah, pulling away.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Sarah was still cursing and screaming when they arrived at
the airport. Tears of anger drenched her face as she struggled against
restraint.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>She was yanked from the Humvee but continued to struggle to
get away. She knew if they managed to get her on the plane . . . she might
never be seen again.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>A man with a hypodermic walked calmly up to her and injected
the needle into her neck. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Sarah went instantly limp and was dragged onboard the
helicopter.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Jack lay sprawled on the road, slipping in and out of
consciousness. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>His body felt broken and he was unable to make it move. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>He could hear the whining of the helicopter engines accelerating.
He struggled to lift his head, to see the military convoy take off. He watched
until he couldn’t see it anymore. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>His eyes closed to blackness.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Lydia had been in town with the girls, visiting and picking
up butter and milk from the dairy. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>She heard the commotion and immediately tucked the children
in the butter room, before stepping outside to take a look.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>She saw Sarah being forced into the Hummer and it speeding
away.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“What’s going on?”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>A few minutes later, she heard and saw the helicopters flying
away from the airport. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Lydia gathered the girls and ran over to the diner. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Loud emotional filled voices filled the café. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Flo saw Lydia coming and hurried to meet her.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“This isn’t for the kids”, she said sweeping Allison out of
Lydia’s arms while taking Natalie’s hand taking them to the adjoining room.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Rex ran into the diner and up to Lydia.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“I need your help!”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>With those few words, he turned and ran back outside.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Lydia followed concerned with the blood covering his clothes.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Parked out in front of the diner was a Humvee. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>In the back was Jack, bleeding and unconscious. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“Take him over to the vet’s office”, Lydia instructed. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“I’ll go in and get some help carrying him.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Rex drove across the street to the unused veterinarian
office. Lydia ran back inside the diner. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Motioning and yelling for Bubba to follow her Lydia went back
outside. Both Flo and Bubba came out. Lydia instructed Bubba to go help Rex get
Jack onto the exam table of the veterinarian’s office. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Bubba ran across the street and down the alley. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Rex was waiting for him, with the now, semi-conscious, Jack.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Lydia asked Flo to send someone out to the house to get Jed. She
told Flo, “Tell Jed to take care of the girls and, under the circumstances, tell
him to find a place in town for the night.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>Lydia paused to catch her breath. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<i>“It might be best to have everyone come into town considering
this newest development.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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suspiciously wondered what involvement he’d had, in the day’s events.</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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</script><div class="blogger-post-footer"> <meta name="p:domain_verify" content="8c8959457b18422889e918452a76cccf" /></div>AUTHOR J P DUMONThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717589749960486856noreply@blogger.com0Coronado, CA, USA32.685619853722 -117.1815490722656232.632164353722004 -117.26223007226562 32.739075353722 -117.10086807226563tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924612735877632495.post-57005955128299959332013-07-20T19:33:00.000-07:002013-07-20T19:33:44.100-07:00Are you Prey or Predator?<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Basic Human Instinct</span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Makes You Either Predator or Prey</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Trayvon Martin </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">was just a regular, normal 17-year-old, when he was killed. He was a young boy on the cusp of manhood. And, he was <i>waiting</i>, as I, and I imagine everyone of the age did/does, he was enduring and biding his time, until he would be an adult, with thoughts of living by his own rules!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">If Trayvon Martin felt anything like I did, (and I believe we all experience much the same feeling) at 17 . . . I imagine he felt an instinctive biological <b>need</b>, which drove overwhelming feelings of fearlessness, indestructibility, a hormone-infused anxiety, personal moral discover, along with a fierce </span><i style="line-height: 24px;">need</i><span style="line-height: 24px;"> to have his place and opinions at the adult's table! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Like I was, he was probably feeling, that rush to grow up; just starting to push boundaries of what he'd known or been taught; experimenting and experiencing </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">new and exciting emotions, with a new way of thinking about </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">rules, school, his relationship with his parents, friends, girls, talents, intelligence . . . the list goes on and on. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">At 17, I believe, we all, begin to question everything, dream of the future, imagine ourselves accomplishing our goals, dreams, and along the way, finding the answers to what we think important. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">George Zimmerman, at 28-year-old, was having his own biological crisis of </span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">need</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">. </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">His need was to <b>hunt</b> and prove himself with hopes of gaining recognition and approval, of his peers, people, his pack, his tribe. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">In this, the</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> 21st Century, his need to hunt, found approval and recognition in a safe neighbor program,</span></span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Neighbor Watch. </i><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">His position as the leader, gave him an increased sense of worth, inflated his ego, garnered him real or imagined respect. Enabling him</span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> to fulfill his biological need . . . to hunt and prove primal male worthiness.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Sadly, a Sunday night in February, George Zimmerman's primal instinct or caveman-mentality, took over producing the heart pounding, adrenaline high his primal self needed. He stalked, struggled with and then, killed his prey. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Humans evolved into the most INTELLIGENT species on the planet! Yet, continue to allow the most instinctive and primal reactions, to direct interaction with one another.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">In my opinion, the death of Trayvon Martin wasn't about the color of his skin or his hoodie, but the result of primal reactions to FEAR! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">For Trayvon Martin's killing, you are all to blame, all complaisant and all guilty of fear-mongering. You, everyone of you, who allowed this fear; who don't stand up and say 'this is wrong, for fear of retaliation'; who are unwilling to be kind, offer a helping hand, or smile and say, 'hi' to a young man in a gray hoodie -- YOU SUCCUMBED TO YOUR PRIMAL FEAR. YOU PASSED THIS FEAR ALONG, ENCOURAGED IT, FEEDING IT WITH YOUR IGNORANCE!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">YOU provided the avenue for George Zimmerman to kill Trayvon Martin. And, then YOU blamed race as the cause. YOUR FEAR ignited his most primal need, the male need to stalk-hunt-kill!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;"><b>I DO NOT BELONG IN THAT GROUP AND NEVER HAVE!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">I had retched parents . . . and, I was determined to be the opposite of them. Anything, you can possibly imagine, any brutality, any abuse, I endured at the hands of my parents. My father was outspoken in his ideology of all races, other than Catholic whites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">He spared no one his prejudicial views, he'd say . . .</span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">"I like niggers, I think everyone should own one or two." </i></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">"Those fucking Japs and chinks shouldn't be allowed to sell their crap here in the good old U.S.of A. America shoulda dropped enough bombs, to kill all of them."</i></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;"> "Indians (referring to Native Americans), are nothing but lazy drunks, looking for their next government hand-out. They should be rounded up and put back on the reservation."</i></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">Which means it can be un-</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">taught.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">I made a conscious effort to teach my child that racism, bigotry, prejudice for any reason . . . is wrong! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 24px;">I taught her these lessons because I thought we </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">were</span><span style="line-height: 24px;"><u> all </u></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">doing it! </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 24px;">I thought, th</span></i></span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">e 60s and 70s and the teachings of </span></i><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Dr. King and laws enforced by the Kennedy Brothers, along with those who marched, fought and died for civil rights and equality, meant we were all moving in one direction, together to preserve what had begun!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 24px;">I thought </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">choosing </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">intellect over stupidity, was our common ground.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 24px;">I honestly thought, I had a responsibility to teach my child these lessons and enforce that environment</span><span style="line-height: 24px;">.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">But, the violent protesting, resulting in injury and property damage, was fueled by, what? Race? DNA? Hatred? Boredom? The Media? The Government? Ignorance? Stupidity? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">I believe the shooting of this handsome young man, was the result of everyone living in constant FEAR of everything! Fear set events in motion that killed one and ruined another.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> . . . and believe Trayvon Martin deserves a positive legacy . . . </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">To talk to our kids about Trayvon and about human biology and what it is capable of making them and others, do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">And, for everyone to simply decide to bring an end to racism and prejudice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">Hey, I know this reads simple, trite or naive. I know the sort of change I would have would damage the global economy, for there is no profit in peace, honesty and friendship. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">I understand the world isn't fair - a lesson I learned very early in life.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">"Why not? </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">Why are you against evolution?"</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">Why can't we try?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">"How many deaths will it take and who's child dies next until you see how stupid this behavior is?</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">"When, which generation will be the first to value and treat each other better? </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 24px;">"What are you afraid of? Do you know why you fear it?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I started looking for something that would take me off the edge of the cliff and back on the trail of successful happy living!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Mary C. Hug</i> is referring to the 3rd book of <i>The Journey Trilogy - OCEANS, </i>which hasn't been released yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I could say I was waiting for someone to <i>ask</i> for it! Or, I could say I've been busy writing some other stuff and just haven't gotten around to it! Or, I could say I not sure it's done! Or, that it needs additional editing . . . or, excuse, blah, blah, blah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though those, and many others, are true, it's not the <b>whole</b> truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Detractors, seem to be waiting in the wings, ready to pounce. And, as we all know, negativity breeds negativity which is especially difficult for anyone in a creative industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, then there's sales figures! Let's not go there! Suffice it to say, a writer rarely makes back in money what has been put into it in blood, sweat and tears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, the time it takes to promote a book. Social media makes it somewhat easier, but it is time consuming which means I don't get to do what I like to do, which is create characters and tell their stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, that's my conundrum. It's probably not new or even news, but now that <i>Mary C. Hug</i> (and other) has asked, I will release the 3rd book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, this is not an excuse, but I <u>will</u> have to read it, again (since its been a year or so since I last touched it). But, after that I will release it and answer all the questions regarding the <i>The Journey Trilogy.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, to answer your question, Mary C. Hugs - <i>"Thanks for asking and yes, there is a 3rd and final book."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, this will make you laugh, he waited to steal it until after I'd filled the gas tank (100 gallons), propane tank (40 gallons), repaired the engine ($2,000) and stocked it with food ($500).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, I'm not going to drag you through the entire story because it makes me mad as hell and it's a story the word 'sad' was created for!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At least, on me, the PR campaign you've launched, isn't cutting it and you will NEVER JUSTIFY SPYING ON AMERICAN CITIZENS! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, I, for one, am not stupid or as insane as you seem to be. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know, you will</span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> NEVER STOP DOING THIS!</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But what should we do?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Impeach? Well, that didn't work with Bill Clinton - it only proved you can lie and lie and nothing happens to you, really! I feel this incident aided in the collapse of the Justice system. "If the President can lie, why can't I?" And, (for those who don't know anything about this, look it up or watch "All the President's Men) let's not forget Richard Nixon! Lie, lie, lie, blame others (really good examples, all. Not to mention a complete waste of money).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Create a New party? Well, Tea Party v. IRS! Need I say more?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A coup? Gee, how do you even do that? But isn't that what happened to King George III?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Should we keep hoping people like Edward Snowden will risk their lives, lifestyles and liberty, to call attention to the lawbreaking in WASHINGTON? When are we going to realize our government is ripping the foundation out from under our Constitution, robbing us of our <i>imagined</i> liberty?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Rebellion is how this Nation was born! American Pride built the greatest buildings, cars, nurtured the brightest intellects and provide the foundation for technology.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">But, not anymore! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Americans have adopted an incredibly short memory (about 24 hours) and don't want politics interrupting their ten hours of daily television enjoyment!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">So what to do? Any suggestions? 'Cause I really don't know other than unplug the power grid!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">What I <u><b>do</b></u> know? . . . History repeats itself!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">This time . . . the country of California?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">When you have a good idea, how do you get it out there?</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, I've been using Twitter <i>(which is probably how you got here)</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that I've got you here, just read this . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> 'cause I suck at 140 characters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>July 6, 2013 is National Kissing Day!</i></b> </span><u>in England</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Here's my concept: World-wide, kiss anyone you want with the caveat of donating $1 to the charity of your choice!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">SO I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simple enough, right? That's what I thought! But how the hell do you notify an entire WORLD?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not famous ---- but I have a great idea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I figured -- Twitter -- And, I'd use people who have 10s of thousands of millions of followers! THAT'S YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my part, I wrote the book and will give it away as a 'guide' to get the concept across. I will tweet. (I've been tweeting for about 30 hours -- nearly blind! But, I'm going to keep going.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? Anyone who wants, can take/have all the credit for this idea/concept! I'm not trying to use you/this as a stepping-stone to fame. Plus, doing good makes you feel good!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Today is June 1st!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">There's plenty of time to spread the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today and tomorrow, the book is FREE!</span></div>
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Here's the link: <span style="color: red;">http://amzn.to/10VzGUB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I ask you to RETWEET the message I sent you, in an effort to spread the word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">If you agree with me, tweet about it! Use your influence and followers to make this happen, at least in a small way.</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />If you think this is a bad idea OR you think I have some agenda (which I don't, btw, well, other than making this actually work), BLOCK ME!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I feel it is everyone's responsibility to contribute to humanity, to improve conditions for those in need, to simply be a descent person. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">What's the worst thing that could happen?</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> World peace for a day?</span></div>
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