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Scruffy1

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4. Thanks to all of the sane people.
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 03:33 AM
Jul 2016

I keep the official army photograph of my grandfather on the wall next to my computer. He was an architect who was called up early in world war II because the only job he could get during the great depression was in the corps of engineers. He designed and built public parks and campgrounds with coordination of the CCC to provide young men with jobs and a place to live. All of his projects are still there, including 2 on the National Historic Register. He ran artillery from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa and received three silver stars. I wouldn't know it except got the official Army obit. he wore none of them for his official portrait. I always thought of that when I saw Betray Us(( who never was in combat) wearing clean latrine medals down to his waste. My grandsfather never owned a gun. I'm convinced that the ideation of killing is behind gun lust. I spent most of my life in manufacturing and listening to gun nuts talk is maddening. It's a simple fucking hammer and hasn't changed in one hundred years. It's to kill. Dickless wonders I cal them. All that piece of steel is gonna do is get someone killed. So now I'm old and get by by Social Security and playing guitar when my joints are able and don't want my very black granddaughter to get shot.

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