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Livelihoods and liberty left in the lurch
Washington Examiner ^ | 20 Dec, 2020 | Salena Zito

Posted on 12/20/2020 5:27:17 AM PST by MtnClimber

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania β€” Seven years ago, combat veteran Jack Mook was a hard-nosed Pittsburgh detective who stumbled upon two young brothers who showed up intermittently at the boxing gym where he volunteered. The boys were living on the edge of despair: Their birth parents had failed them, their foster parents had failed them, and the system had failed them.

The "home" the boys lived in was a filthy rats nest filled with dog feces, fleas, and no beds. The oldest brother’s hair was falling out in gobs, and his skin was filled with red blotches. The younger brother wept all of the time.

In short order, Mook got an emergency order and brought the boys home. Nights out for Mook the bachelor became family nights of pizza and board games. Healthier food became part of their diet, and so did rules, homework, and structure.

In the years it took Mook to become their father legally, he learned one thing: Government, bureaucracy, and institutions designed to serve consistently failed their missions on several levels.

Today, he is newly married to Mary. The boys are young men and thriving. Mook is retired from the force and opened a boxing gym that trains young athletes β€” a business, like many small businesses across the country, that has been forced to close under government edicts.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; insurrection

1 posted on 12/20/2020 5:27:17 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Soon Jack will be SOL. Be is unemployed. He will be broke and he will get no assistance because "HE AINT BLACK".

But, as the thought leaders of the left have taught, before you can build the new system you must tear down the old system.

2 posted on 12/20/2020 5:27:31 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Mark. I think this story will break my heart.


3 posted on 12/20/2020 5:36:02 AM PST by sauropod (Cui bono? I will not comply.)
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To: MtnClimber

Our friend’s church in Cincinnati just filed for bankruptcy.

All these stories are but a glimpse of my tag line.


4 posted on 12/20/2020 5:39:23 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: cuban leaf

I am afraid your tagline is correct.


5 posted on 12/20/2020 5:53:43 AM PST by sauropod (Cui bono? I will not comply.)
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To: sauropod

I came to that conclusion in May, but didn’t bother changing my tagline until around the end of November.


6 posted on 12/20/2020 5:59:33 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: cuban leaf

Do not despair. This isn’t over. Biden will not be in to the White House; he will be in the Big House — along with others who stole the election. And Donald J. Trump will reverse these horrible developments.

See my tagline.


7 posted on 12/20/2020 6:56:04 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Bigg Red

I actually believe you are right. The response to Biden being sworn in is what I see as the right’s “plan B”.


8 posted on 12/20/2020 7:11:42 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Bigg Red

LOVE your tag line! πŸ’—πŸ’•πŸ’žπŸ’–β™₯️


9 posted on 12/20/2020 7:28:41 AM PST by MonicaG (God bless our military! Praying and thanking God for you every day. Thank you!)
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To: cuban leaf

Quite right


10 posted on 12/20/2020 7:44:48 AM PST by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks)
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To: Bigg Red

Election fraud crimes against the most fundamental aspects of the Republic must be punished by death.

Forget the big house

Think rather of the gallows or the needle gurney.

Those stealing the election must be punished by death.


11 posted on 12/21/2020 5:31:27 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, o. h, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: bert

Oh, I agree. Would love to see all of them swing.


12 posted on 12/21/2020 7:29:10 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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