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Whose Got Next Part 1

Man have you seen all the stuff that they’re spreading these days? Beaming it through the air from some satellites somewhere a thousand miles out in space… Not even stopping at the fact check station long enough for a refill of hot BS with a side order of lies… Because truth never matters… Within seconds they send it straight as an arrow piercing our brains until all that remains is the drool running down dripping onto the ground… Never mind. I can tell you have by that blank stare on your face… Thinking none of this matters… They bombard us with images of another plot line and tell us not to look that everything is fine until we begin to lose our focus… Sensationalism. Fascism. Communism. Racism. Leftism. Rightism… All being sold as gospel to our kids who don’t care anymore about how it used to be way back when… When some things still mattered… I try to tell them about how you, me, and all the other dinosaurs cruised Main Street with our AM radios blaring. our bell bottom jeans flaring everybody caring about peace and free love and how it was all going to be groovy man… They say all that ancient crap doesn’t matter… Because nowadays it’s too hard to distinguish between the truth and a lie friends or enemies lovers or haters and who’s killing who and for what or for why. Makes no difference… Cause it don’t matter… Saw just the other day where some kid shows up at the wrong house looking for his little brother. knocks on the door but the old guy just sees another gangster and guns him down… Just because he can… Says that’ll teach you to stay on your own side of town… You think he’s locked up in jail somewhere? Nah he’s out running around… Like none of it matters… Don’t even get me started on all the other stupid shootings going on down at the school and the park birthday parties and parking lots banks, hotels, swimming pools, make out spots… Everybody hears the gunshots but nobody gives it a second thought. They just keep recording it for TikTok or YouTube… Gotta get my likes… Even if it don’t matter…

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Date: 9/13/2023 10:00:00 AM
this is so powerfully written, jerry! you have stated, in a very eloquent way, what (i hope) so many of us think about every day. the saddest thing about it is that i don't see any way we'll ever get back on track. i'm glad we got to experience the peace and love years and all the hope that went with them...
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Jerry Brotherton
Date: 9/13/2023 5:05:00 PM
Right on. Maybe the legalization of marijuana will help everyone mellow out a bit. Thanks for reading and for such a wonderful comment. Peace out my friend.
Date: 9/12/2023 7:58:00 PM
What's Tik-tok?! ~ Broken Clock (Honestly, I've never viewed it... or instagram.... or What's App... or all the rest of it) ~ Luddite, and loving it!
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Jerry Brotherton
Date: 9/13/2023 5:07:00 PM
My grandchildren and kids keep me well-informed on the goings on in the tech world. They tell me it is no longer Twitter but something called X. Can they get any more rediculous.

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