Posted on 03/04/2020 12:32:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I was playing a little joke on you, Hon.
We is all proud Baltimorons.
[didn’t DC elect a mayor caught on tape doing crack? marion barry... embezzlement is nothing more than sticking it to the man.]
Albee Hastings. ‘Nuf said
Alcee Argh! Autocorrect
—Good Charlotte, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Your post reminded me of Rudyard Kipling’s God’s of the Copybook Headings. Copybooks were used 100 years ago to teach children handwriting. They were expected to copy the sayings at the top of each page. The sayings were chosen to impart wisdom, but academics won’t stand for that, anymore.
God’s of the Copybook Headings — Rudyard Kipling
AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
o o o
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_copybook.htm
Baltimore, where the hell is.
Baltimore is the Pelosi (D’Alesandro) family legacy.
I gotta get out of this screwed-up state.
And I can guarantee that our “Republican governor” will not come out and say she should go.
So I grew up in the Detroit area. For much of my life, Detroit was run by the remarkably corrupt Coleman A. Young. He was very good at being corrupt and never got caught.
He was followed by Dennis Archer, by all accounts a very good honest man, so of course, he had no chance at re-election.
Kwame Kilpatrick followed him. After he got out of prison for perjury, the feds went after him. He’s still in for another 25 years I think.
In 2009, I lost my job and ended up getting a new job in Baltimore. The day I moved there was the day Sheila Dixon was convicted. Boy, I felt right at home.
By the way, she wasn’t really convicted of embezzlement, she stole gift cards meant for poor children and used them to buy herself cool stuff.
Tied for second place in the polls is TJ Smith. He’s an ex-cop and seems to be the only intelligent and honest one in the bunch
Likewise, and I tell all the stories I can remember. Before Fran’a fam there was McKeldin who Ike wanted as his veep, a man of great honor, personality, and oratorical skills. He nominated Ike both times. The party bosses wanted Nixon, a chance for greatness missed. He went on to be governor 2 times and came back to Mayor again. Then it all went downhill.
Gag! and Ping!
And sometime after Barry served his time, he was elected as DC’s Ward 8 councilman.
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
Oh do tell then....unless certain ...er…”associates” are still around who may threaten you./s LOL!
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