Today I am thankful for my trio of black candles.
I saw a news story about my city that brought me back a lot of memories of being shafted by the City Attorney.
I'm going cursing.
Sigh.....
Why would I threaten to curse someone? Well....people who respond to curses don't believe in science.
The animal services department ignores validated tests to determine dog breed. They push people to buy from their favored supplier of such tests (who are probably friends with either the chick in charge or someone on the City Council.) I wish I had time to follow the money.
People who don't believe in science - believe in voodoo.
I'm going to threaten them in a language they can understand.
I'm tired of reading about dogs murdered due to their breed.
I'm tired of taxpayers paying for it.
I guess it's time to keep my promises.
I wish the officials involved good luck and holy water. If they didn't do anything morally wrong, nothing bad will happen.
I bet they screwed up.
Yeah....I always have to play up the witchy gossip.
When bad things happen to assholes, it's hard to tell if it's coincidence or karma.
Sigh...
Trust me....assholes beget assholery.
They brought any ill luck they receive upon themselves.
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That said - I am really disgusted with Democrats right now.
They have not earned my ire....yet.
They're very, very close.
I'm saddened because they're not acting like leaders.
They're hiding being young people trying to push gun control.
Even though I disagree with much of what these kids say, I feel sad for them.
I, too, was an activist at 17.
I was probably much, much angrier than the tribe we are seeing out of Florida.
I had just been sexually assaulted. I was turned away from the public hospital because my parents were dead and I was an orphan. There was no one to sign for my care at Denver General back in 1987.
I was left to tend to my wounds on my own. There was tearing. I never had the surgery needed to fix it.
Within weeks of my attack, my sister told me that her foster mother, in Florida of all places, was forcing teenage boys to rape her.
I was livid.
I called EVERYONE!
I called the State Attorney General.
I fought with the Denver Dept of Human Services.
I called my Senator.
I called my House Representative.
I chewed out the person who was supposed to have custody of my sister in Colorado.
I finally got help from the Governor's advocate. He sent an official down to Florida to collect my sister. I guess back then, Democrats gave a sh!t about children.
I know how hard it can be to be traumatized and pissed off, especially as a teenager.
I know that teenagers have a heck of a lot of energy. If it is channeled into ending something that disgusts them, they will stop at nothing to try to get what they feel is needed.
Now.....there is one big difference between what is going on with these Florida survivors and what I endured.
When I was a child, people sat with me. People at the Governor's mansion actually helped.
They talked to me.
They solved the problem promptly.
My sister was flown home and vindicated.
For her, the triumph didn't last very long. The Denver Department of Human Services awarded custody of her to a pimp. With the help of a Denver police officer, she escaped prostitution around 2005.
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Who has really sat down with these kids outside of Donald Trump?
Really...
Who has been honest with these young people?
They are never going to get gun control passed.
They aren't even going to nick the second amendment.
I'm sorry.
We saw the Florida legislature shoot them down.
The Federal government is going to do the same.
Where are all the Democrats?
Seriously.....why hasn't anyone outside of the Trump administration met with these kids?
Why hasn't anyone told them what they are up against?
It's not the NRA.
It is the Constitution.
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I saw a Twitter post from David Hogg. He's asking for bullet proof glass and reinforced doors that lock from the inside in the classrooms of his former Florida high school.
He was told that they cost too much money. If I could talk to him, I'd tell him that a true leader would get both sides on the bandwagon. He could bring them together.
I'm sure conservatives would be all for a conversation on school safety.
I don't think David Hogg is asking too much there.
The adults let the students down. They didn't keep the shooter out of the building. The cops were too terrified to do anything.
Few politicians are trying to help the children - in this way, the adults are continuing to let them down.
The least they can do is make the school safer. Heck, I'd bet the students could put together a GoFund me and get the equipment needed for the school given all the press they're getting.
Here is my question.....
Why in the heck won't Democrats talk about school safety?
Why in the world won't they sit down with these kids and treat them like human beings rather than make them symbols of the gun control debate?
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That said.....I suffer from PTSD. It most likely stems from the death of my parents and my rape.
After my parents died, I spent several years trying to rescue my baby sister from the foster care system.
I never took the time to focus on me.
It took me seven years to save up money to get therapy.
I think the focus on solving my sister's problem made my PTSD worse (if it didn't create it)*.
I'd hate to see the same for these kids.
These kids are going to need time to heal.
Spending too much time fighting can keep one away from the healing process.
I urge politicians to act like adults and stop hiding behind teenagers.
Sit down with these young people. Don't give in to things that can't be done. Don't make promises you can't keep.
Be honest.
Be open.
Give them something that can be done.
They're demanding for school safety. Give them that.
Of course, you don't have to listen to me.
I'd like you to watch David Hogg's face....not when he's in front of the camera.
Watch him when he's in the background.
That is when the pain reveals itself.
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*I do have PTSD. I was told a pit bull would be very helpful as a service animal -but- I fear that I'd be cursing the holy crap out of city officials if they killed my dog. My gods don't tolerate animal abuse very well.
May Nemesis stalk and stare.....
May the officials feel the ire of Hecate.
You know.....
I'm growing to the point of enjoying the glow of black candles each and every night.
I may be joking....I may not.
Truth be told.....crap has a way of sorting itself out.
Trash has a way of taking itself to the curb.
If you don't do what you're supposed to do,
well......
you'll be irrelevant soon enough.
Aurora's animal control ordinances are based on pseudo science and the hatred of a Seattle woman towards a breed of dogs that she claims bit her.
I think she needs therapy for her trauma. She may even have PTSD. If so, may I recommend a pit bull.....
(okay, I'll admit that was mean).
Leaders should be mindful about believing all the crap they see on the internet.
Love ya,
Witchy S.