PEEVER LAW #106

DEMOCRACY CANNOT AFFORD TRUMP. WE GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS.

We, The Heart of Our Democracy

We, The Heart of Our Democracy





THIS WAS THE BEST SPEECH AT THE DNC. A TREMENDOUS SUMMATION OF OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOCK THE NATION BACK TO LIFE. IT IS NEVER EASY. THE
RICH AND POWER BROKERS WILL NOT MOVE OVER WILLING. IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF
WORK, PARTICULARLY BY THE YOUNG AND DISENFRANCHISED. BUT IT WILL
HAPPEN. LOVE ALWAYS TRUMPS HATE.

EATING CROW

WELL, THE DNC IS OVER. I DID WATCH HILLARY'S SPEECH. IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A FEMALE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. SHE DEFINITELY IS SUITED FOR THE JOB. SHE HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE. AS PRESIDENT, TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE TRUMP'S TOO LITTLE. OR NONE. YOU CAN SEE BY HOW PEOPLE AGE THAT IT IS A HORRIBLE JOB TO HAVE.
I KEPT IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH A FRIEND AT THE CONVENTION WHO WAS A BERNIE SANDERS DELEGATE. WHILE ALL WAS NOT ENTIRELY WELL, MANY DECIDED TO GO OVER TO HILLARY AFTER BERNIE'S SPEECH. IF A MAJORITY OF BERNIE DELEGATES BELIEVE THE PLATFORM IS PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH TO PUSH FORWARD, THERE IS NO REASON THAT I, SITTING COMFORTABLY IN HOT SPRINGS, SHOULD NOT ALSO DO THE SAME. I AM NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED, BUT ENOUGH SO TO THROW MY SUPPORT TO HILLARY. TRUMP MUST BE BEATEN AT ALL COSTS.

What's next for the Bernie Sanders revolution? The populist insurgency is ratcheting up. • Hightower Lowdown

What's next for the Bernie Sanders revolution? The populist insurgency is ratcheting up. • Hightower Lowdown: What an amazing Democratic primary season it’s been, including this happy result: WE WON! “We” being the millions of young …

PEEVER LAW #1

NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

ALMOST 69 YEARS OLD

• I'm 69 years old and I still haven't run for the Presidency. I don't really want the job, which is why I would probably be pretty good at it. I wouldn't put up with any shit. If someone said let's go to war, I'd fire them. If someone said let's give the rich a tax break, I'd fire them. This would help the unemployment, cause I would then hire people with brains. Anyone mentioning doing away or cutting social security and medicare would be eligible for life in prison. Social programs for struggling people would be in, welfare for the corporate farmers and rich CEO's would be out. I would declare universal health-care a human right, and I wouldn't mess around with Congress, who are bought by the health-care industry. It would be a Presidential mandate. I probably wouldn't be very electable, but man, would I have fun debating these morons.
• I'm 69, but I don't feel that old. I feel about 25. Well, in the morning I feel a little older, but once I'm up, find my pants and a shirt and some shoes, have a cup of coffee, play golf, take a nap, and eat dinner, I figure someone made a mistake on my birth certificate. Long about 8pm, I head to bed. I take my meds and figure I'm probably 69 after all. They say it's all in the mind. Yea. you bet.
• Sixty-nine isn't all that old anymore. They say it's the new middle age. "They", of course, don't know what the hell they are talking about. "They" ain't ever been 69. The average age for males to survive is now 75. That's only six more years. I think I'm going to go back to church. I need to start cramming for finals.
• When I think back over 69 years, it seems to have passed so quickly. I remember my first day of school. My buddy was suppose to stop by and take me, but he forgot. That first kiss, which I ain't going to say much about, cause it wasn't my wife. All the baseball and basketball memories. College, seminary, graduate school. Forty-five years of marriage, two kids, ten dogs, and four different homes. It's all still up there, in my mind. Fortunately, I can still remember all of it. The good, the bad, and the ugly. It's all right there. All-in-all, I can't complain. It's been a good life. And I'm hoping to beat that 75. I still got a lot of things to do, like learning how to speak "Mexican"  (Bush Jr.) and figuring out what the hell a square root is. In the end, I'm only hoping for one thing: that people can say "He was a good man." That will do.

Living In the Real World (Which Sucks), Looking In Your Kids' Eyes

Living In the Real World (Which Sucks), Looking In Your Kids' Eyes



THE BROKEN SAVIOR



I think Sanders is a good guy, don't get me wrong. But he is not a revolutionary. He is a Democrat turned independent, which hardly qualifies him as a revolutionary. He owes way too much to way too many. He has been in politics most of his adult life. I would advice all those young and disenfranchised Sanders supporters to look outside the political realm for the leader. Someone comfortable and a part of the establishment will always weasel out when the going gets tough. Welcome to Bernieland, where the savior from Montpellier, who, when the going got tough, bailed. He cries reality. I cry sucking up. Revolutionaries don't do that.

DONUTS

THE FOOD OF LIFE. HIGH CALORIES. LOW NUTRITION. NO REDEEMING QUALITIES. BUT OH SO GOOD.  GLAZED. OLD FASHIONED. BAVARIAN CREAM. CHOCOLATE. POLICE DETECTOR. BELT-LINE INFECTOR.

REPUBLICANS STINK, DEMOCRATS DECEIVE. WHERE SHOULD WE TURN?

THE REVOLUTION HAS APPARENTLY ENDED. BERNIE JUMPED IN LINE. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE LED BY A LONG-TIME SENATOR. THE YOUNG AND DISENFRANCHISED WILL NEED TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. THE DEMOCRATS WANT IT TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL, AND HAVE THE REST OF US FORGET HOW BADLY THE GOOD-OLD-BOYS CHEATED.  I WANT NO PART OF IT. TRUMP WOULD BE OUR TICKET TO BECOMING A THIRD WORLD NATION, BUT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE TO OFFER. DECEIVE AND CHEAT TO GET WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT A POLICY I CARE TO SIGN ONTO. I'M TOLD I NEED TO LOOK AT REALITY. REALITY TELLS ME THE WHOLE THING STINKS. NOW ITS LET'S BLAME RUSSIA. WHO CARES WHO RELEASED THE E-MAILS. WHAT MATTERS IS:  ARE THE E-MAILS LEGITIMATE AND TRUE. NO ONE HAS SAID THEY ARE NOT. HILLARY WILL BE NOMINATED IN SPITE OF IT ALL, AS THOUGH EVERYTHING IS GOOD. THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. AND DON'T BOTHER TRYING TO BLAME THOSE OF US WHO DON'T VOTE FOR HILLARY. BLAME YOUR PARTY LEADERS, WHO ARE DETERMINED TO GET WHAT THEY WANT, REGARDLESS OF METHOD. IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL.

SUNDAY MORNING HYMN: O Canada - National Anthem - Song & Lyrics - HQ

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON: OH, CANADA

Well. It starts tomorrow. The Democratic National Convention. I have made a commitment to watch one minutes worth. There will be more back-peddling than front-peddling. What has been obvious has become fact. The DNC wanted Hillary, one of the good-old-boys. The super delegates are designed to accomplish just that: ignore the will of the people. The evolution is complete. The Democratic Party is now the moderate Republican Party. I will either vote for Jill, or will not vote. Neither candidate represents me. The Democrats have opened up the possibility of getting Trump for President. Trump hasn't done it. The Republicans haven't done it. The Democrats have. Victoria, B.C. is looking pretty good. Life under Trump would be unbearable. Life under Hillary would be living the lie. And it appears Bernie may have been kidnapped. We are about to become the laughing stock of the world. Comic-Con, whatever the hell that is, has nothing on reality. As for me, I still have some hope. I hope we can find a place in Victoria under $300,000. "Oh, Canada, our adopted home and native land." To get rid of me, send money. Preferably gold. Canada loves gold.

Clinton Inflames Progressive Base with Choice of Tim Kaine as Vice President

Clinton Inflames Progressive Base with Choice of Tim Kaine as Vice President



SHE COULD HAVE DONE WORSE. SHE COULD HAVE CHOSE TRUMP'S WIFE.

WE CAN'T CATCH A BREAK

HILLARY MAKES HER PICK FOR VP. JUST GREAT. TWO MODERATE REPUBLICANS RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP. NOT SURE WHAT HE IS. NONE THE LESS, A HORRIBLE PICK. SHE LOST ALL THE BERNIE FOLKS, AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE THINGS CHANGE. SHE WENT TO SPARKING HER CAMPAIGN TO KILLING IT. SHE HAS MADE IT EXTREMELY HARD TO VOTE FOR HER. I AM LEANING TOWARDS NOT VOTING, OR VOTING FOR JILL. MAKES THE ACT OF VOTING RATHER IRRELEVANT. WE'RE GOING DOWN EITHER WAY. HILLARY WILL SLOW THE PROGRESSION, TRUMP WILL SPEED IT UP. THE LOSERS: ALL OF US.

Racist, Xenophobic, Islamophobic and Misogynistic Donald Trump Accepts

Racist, Xenophobic, Islamophobic and Misogynistic Donald Trump Accepts



LET THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL BEGIN. HELLO DARK AGES.

POLITICAL CONVENTIONS

TOMFOOLERY. WORDS WITH NO MAGIC. DARK AGE METHODOLOGY. BORING. PREORDAINED. PREDICTABLE. NEW SHOW: AMERICA'S GOT NO TALENT. A WASTE OF TIME. BETTER TO SLEEP. DREAMS ARE SAFER.

MAGIC WORDS-Nalungiaq (Inuit storyteller)

IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIME,
WHEN BOTH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS LIVED ON EARTH,
A PERSON COULD BECOME AN ANIMAL IF HE WANTED TO
AND AN ANIMAL COULD BECOME A HUMAN BEING.
SOMETIMES THEY WERE PEOPLE
AND SOMETIMES ANIMALS
AND THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE.
ALL SPOKE THE SAME LANGUAGE.
THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN WORDS WERE LIKE MAGIC.
THE HUMAN MIND HAD MYSTERIOUS POWERS.
A WORD SPOKEN BY CHANCE
MIGHT HAVE STRANGE CONSEQUENCES.
IT COULD SUDDENLY COME ALIVE
AND WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO HAPPEN COULD HAPPEN--
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS SAY IT.
NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN THIS:
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.

ONE LOUSY MISTAKE

I SHOULD NEVER HAVE MENTIONED I ACCIDENTLY SAW SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. I'VE BEEN CATCHING HELL FROM MY LOYAL AND FAITHFUL READERS. TRUST ME, IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. ACTUALLY, I DON'T WATCH EITHER CONVENTION. MAINLY WORDS. AND NOT MAGIC ONES. THE WORLD DOESN'T NEED WORDS. IT NEEDS ACTION. RIGHT ACTION. I DO, HOWEVER, LIKE A GOOD SPEECH. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SOLE POSSESSION OF THAT ART. REPUBLICANS ARE HORRIBLE SPEAKERS. ANYWAY, FORGIVE ME, FOR I KNEW NOT WHAT I DID. I'VE TAKEN THREE SHOWERS, IF THAT COUNTS FOR ANYTHING.

I THINK I HEARD THIS LAST NIGHT AT THE CONVENTION. HALLELUJAH: Ed Sheeran - Masters of War (Acoustic Cover)

WINNER, WINNER, ROTTEN CHICKEN DINNER

WELL, THEY DID IT. THE PARTY OF THE DUMB NOMINATED TRUMP. I THOUGHT FOR SURE, RIGHT UP TO THE LAST MINUTE, THEY WOULD ALL SAY HELL NO, WE AIN'T THAT DUMB. I WAS WRONG. THEY ARE THAT DUMB. THEY NOMINATED ONE OF THE STUPIDEST FOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. IN THE WORLD. PROBABLY THE UNIVERSE. I NEVER THOUGHT A WHOLE PARTY COULD BECOME SO OBSOLETE. HE PROBABLY WON'T WIN FIVE STATES. AND THEY WILL PROBABLY ALL BE THE STUPIDEST. IF IT WASN'T SO PATHETIC, IT WOULD BE FUNNY.

"We're Screwed": GOP Pollster Laments Losing Millennial Voters to Socialism and Sanders

"We're Screwed": GOP Pollster Laments Losing Millennial Voters to Socialism and Sanders



THEY THINK THEY'VE BEEN SCREWED. THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN SCREWED, EVER. THEY ARE WORSE THAN SCREWED. THEY ARE IRRELEVANT.

OH BROTHER

I watched one minute of the Republican National Convention. Trump was walking out of a mist. I'm assuming it was primordial ooze. And his lily white wife sounded so black. That was enough for me to realize I was better off spending my time sleeping. Good night America. I hope you don't take this crap seriously.

WARNING.WARNING. WARNING.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS RACISM AND WHITE-RICH PRIVILEGE SPREAD ACROSS THEIR PARTY PLATFORM. THE WHOLE THING IS A DISGRACE AND PLUNGE BACK INTO THE DARK AGES. WE CANNOT LET THEM TAKE US WITH THEM. WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THIS ASSAULT AGAINST DEMOCRACY. TRUMP AND PENCE ARE THE WORST AMONG US.

LET THE FUN BEGIN

THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. THIS SHOULD BE GOOD. REALITY TV AIN'T GOT A PRAYER. THIS SHOULD BE THE MOST PITIFUL THING TO HIT THE AIRWAVES SINCE, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TV. HOW THE REPUBLICANS COULD LET THIS HAPPEN IS COMPLETELY BEYOND ME. I'VE ALWAYS SAID I HOPE I GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE I FIGURE HELL IS A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU.

Grace Always Bats Last

Grace Always Bats Last



PROTECT EACH OTHER.

BENEDICTION

WHEN YOU COME TO THE END OF THE DAY, ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU DID FOR SOMEONE ELSE TODAY. IF YOU COME UP WITH NOTHING, START OVER TOMORROW. TRY HARDER TO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE IN NEED OF COMPANY. OR IN NEED OF SOME FOOD. OR A RIDE. OR JUST TO TALK. IT WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD TO YOUR LIFE. IT WILL GET YOU OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF AND INSIDE OF THE DIVINE HAPPENING.
AMEN

SUNDAY MORNING HYMN: Tom Waits - Make It Rain - Live on Letterman Show

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON: Walter Brueggemann, "Calling Out to My Children"

The Cake That This Country Baked

The Cake That This Country Baked



TRUE POWER IS A VERY GENTLE THING.

IN STITE OF IT ALL: What A Wonderful World

20 PEEVER QUOTES TO MAKE LIFE BETTER-HAPPIER-SIMPLER

1. You can die from random acts of kindness.
2. When the collective IQ of Congress gets up to 60, we should sell.
3. The older you get, the better you get.
4. I once had a dream in color. It was very unfortunate. Prior to that, everyone was getting along.
5. Justice for a long time has favored the rich, as do many of life's finer purchases.
6. When I die I sure hope I go to Heaven. I figure Hell is a Republican National Convention.
7. It strikes me as odd that death is not considered cruel and unusual punishment.
8. Casino Capitalism: Take from the poor and give to the rich. Zombie politics.
9. News release: Right-wing Republicans spontaneously combust. I'm sure they'll blame the poor.
10. The sixties-I think I was there.
11. Here's the deal: In my nearly 69 years, no one has given me one good reason why I should not be a grouchy old man.
12. I walk alone at night. Darkness can be scary. Coyotes. Demons. Vampires. Night creatures. Scares me half to death. Why do it? To overcome fear. Fear of being along. Fear of dying.
13. Dying is not nearly as hard as living.  
14. Don't believe everything you think.
15. As soon as you add your ideology to your theology, it begins to stink.
16. Make sure the treasure you seek is the treasure you need.
17. When you think you understand "the truth," start over.
18. Don't waste a lot of time. It will soon enough run out.
19. There are not enough medicine wheels in the world.
20. If I had to choose between love and hate, I'd take love. I hate hate.

OBSERVING ONESELF AND THE RELIGIOUS MIND. TEACHINGS BY THE PEEVER

• When seeking faith, look on the inside, not on the outside. 
• Don't go looking for religion unless you mean to do something good with it.
• If the minister is in a fancy suit, driving a fancy car, and preaching from a fancy church, run.
• If you walk by a person on the street needing help, don't bother going to church or reading the Bible. You're wasting your time.
• If you get nothing else from the Bible or any religion, remember this: Treat others as you would like to be treated. It doesn't get much better. or simpler, than that.
• Once again I'm asking you, maybe begging. Give me the strength to stand up to injustice. To confront the racist. The wife beater. The gun lover. Help me to tell them your story. Your gentleness, your kindness, your peace. In the end, you died to help me do this. Now it's up to me to keep the promise.

NATE AND DAD

HOME SWEET HOME

A third of Arkansans 60  and older don't always know where they will get their next meal, according to the Arkansas Division of Aging and Adult Services. The state ranks 48th in general health. We are part of a pocket of misery for older adults and children, including Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. The worst in the nation in most every category. Welcome to the South, where right-wing conservative Republicans know what is best for you.

Damning Chilcot Report Confirms Iraq Invasion Was Bush/Blair's War of Choice

Damning Chilcot Report Confirms Iraq Invasion Was Bush/Blair's War of Choice



THEY SHOULD ALL BE TRIED. BUSH, CHENEY, BLAIR, AND ANYONE NEAR THEM. PRISON.

SON MARRIED

WE GOT THE SON MARRIED OFF. A GREAT DAY FOR A WEIK WEDDING.