Today I am thankful for political assholes.
I know....
I know.....
It's a dumb thing to be thankful for.
Assholes inspire anger.
Anger inspires action.
I'm starting to get a little bit pissed off.
The more people that relapse due to the shut down of the AA, NA and other 12-step meetings,
the more death I see ....
the angrier I become.
I'm starting to wrinkle.
I've got a tiny wrinkle in between my eyebrows
and I swear my smirk wrinkle is coming back.
When I'm at peace, the wrinkles go away.
When I'm so upset that I feel the need to take action, my shadow side can put people in a world of hurt.
I'm trying to be good, I really am.
I don't think I'm going to hold out much longer.
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I went to a rally today.
It is the same rally at the state Capital I've gone to each and every week since our idiotic governor shut down the economy.
I wear a mask only because I promised my boss I would wear a mask in public.
That makes me all too easy to spot.
This time there were several wanna-be politicians present at the rally.
Yeppers....
I saw something I had not seen before.
Across the street from the Denver capital,
I saw two homeless guys without shoes burning their feet on the hot pavement.
So....
I went over to talk to them.
I think one had schizophrenia.
The other -
well, he lost his toes to frostbite (and could have a dash of narcissism, too - that said, when one is in intolerable pain, they may take on narcissistic traits as a means of survival).
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So, old Ms. Siegfried
in her Gadsen hat and huge Colorado flag with the symbol of Athena (Goddess of Wisdom) and Asclepius (God of Medicine)
went over to talk to the gentlemen.
I got their shoe sizes and stories
and returned with two pairs of shoes, twelve pairs of socks, five loaves of bread, four jars of peanut butter and jelly, a large submarine sandwich, some peach tea and two gallons of water.
Next time I need to bring more food. They asked for fruit and chips.
Thank goodness for Costco.
A homeless guy helped me find parking so they could help unload my car.
If I get arrested, it'll probably be for picnicking with homeless folks.
Make no mistake,
the Republicans steal from the homeless
while the Democrats have people arrested for treating them like human beings (**2).
Okay...
I met a guy smoking heroin and told him that I knew people who could help him quit when he was ready.
The problem, though, is with the shut down there are half as many beds available to drug addicts than their were before due to the Covid19 hysteria.
Guess how many more people have died from overdoses than Covid19?
That answer should piss anyone off.
*****
At the rally -
NONE of the so-called Christian protestors or wanna-be politicians met us on the other side of the street.
Not a single one.
I had a few homeless people asking for Bibles.
Some asked for masks.
One asked for water because the City of Denver, in all of it's unloving Democrat inspired glory, shut down all the public water fountains.
Liberals love to take our tax dollars promising to help the poor
while doing everything in their power to harm the people they swear to help.
I'm old enough to remember how they helped during the '08 Democratic convention - they used public funds to cut the hair of the homeless to make them look presentable. They also took over a detox center to hide them away from public view.
I think Wellington Web might have been the mayor then. He's a corrupt jerk. I'm too pissed to hunt down the documents exposing how people like him got rich selling cheap property to the taxpayers of Denver in order to build our new airport.
It's in tornado alley.
One day - that airport will be torn to shreds.
Stupid is as stupid does.
*****
Across the street from the protest,
someone compared my actions to Jesus.
I'm Pagan, it's not really something a Pagan really wants to hear.
Another person told me that my "husband is a lucky man." I just thanked him.
What am I married to?
Possibly Charlie
(that's the name of my latest bass guitar.....Charlie....my hands are all over him).
I'm glad I'm not married. I don't think a husband would enjoy my $100 splurges on socks, bottled water, bread and peanut butter that wind up feeding those people that our idiotic politicians harass.
I'm 50. I remember....a tax hike passed in Denver in which the funds were promised to help the homeless.
I have no clue where the money went.
There are so many CORA requests I can do - but I don't have a lot of time.
Besides, for some stupid reason Polis (*?) has given the okay for state agencies to ignore records requests. No one I know is getting answers.
I finally got an answer from the Feds about the homeless camp by my house ( I guess I'll update that entry).
*****
Right now...
Right now....
I'm livid.
I'm livid at Mayor Hancock.
I'm livid at Governor Polis.
They have power.
They abuse it.
They can't think ahead enough to see the consequences of holding our freedoms hostage so they can exercise a little bit of control.
They don't care about what they're doing to the people.
I wonder if the lack of tax revenue is starting to bother them.
Somehow I get the sense that we'll be out fighting for our beloved TABOR amendment soon enough.
So.....
[Censored]
A good witch never tells other people what spells she will cast.
I'm going back into my circle.
I may even pray, in my own special way, for the ignorant wanna-be politicians who stood across the street ignoring the shoeless men burning their feet on the hot pavement just a few feet in front of them.
The meanest thing one can curse a Democratic politician with
is true bleeding-heart compassion.
******
I'm meeting recently homeless people -
people who lost their homes
SINCE GOVERNOR POLIS SHUT DOWN COLORADO BUSINESSES.
This is an atrocity.
As much as a homeless guy wanted to teach me how to pray today,
I decided to pray in my own special way.
May this all end soon in a way that protects the people.
Blessed be,
S.
*? - I put a question mark there because I'm not sure if Polis has demanded that people refuse to answer open records requests or if this is happening due to his belief that he can continually suspend the Colorado Constitution every 30 days or so.
I have a hunch that the real reason Polis is declaring a state of emergency every 30 days is so he can raid our TABOR emergency fund reserves.
I saw that the amount of Covid deaths in Colorado have dropped to less than 900. There are so many lies circulating in the media, it's hard to know what to believe.
I do know that the Constitution was not intended to be suspended due to a virus.
On that note, let me get back to the melting wax.
Love ya,
S.
(**2) Correction, the Democrats steel from the homeless, too. Mayor Hancock ordered a homeless sweep near Platte River on 05/19/20.
I've got a pretty black candle with his name on it. He vetoed a law that would prohibit the City and County of Denver for killing pit bulls based on breed. I should post a picture of his candle before I burn it. It's got a rhinestone collar.
Don't worry, it's a reversible candle: When the subject behaves and doesn't plot to kill homeless people or dogs and follows the Constitution that he's sworn to uphold, his luck is good. When the subject is nasty towards others and betrays his oath, his luck turns worse.
It may not fix anything but, at least it's hella therapeutic.
I love the smell of burning peppers and miss it on the Denver street corners.
Perhaps if some idiot would open the city, I can get my kicks by a jalapeno stand rather than my circle.
Love,
Shadow S.
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So....I think Dennis the Menace is flirting with me.
Sigh.....
Alas...my heart belongs to Charlie (my new bass guitar).
I'd be willing to bet this scene was staged by Dennis himself (no one says something isn't staged unless it's staged - that's psychoanalysis 101).
I spent the evening with a bunch of conservatives laughing at Dennis's lack of understanding the very concept of homelessness (e.g. owning no property) and drug addiction (people smoke more than just heroin).
90% of what I write here is fiction.
Sadly, the shit with the political asshats isn't.
I'm going to miss my stash of black candles. I'd rather eat my jalapeños than burn them.
But.....
peppery cursing candles are therapeutic.
Love ya,
S.