Someone shared this on Facebook and I thought I’d share, given the amount of tone-policing I’m getting from Trump supporters.
Monthly Archives: November 2016
The Simple Woman’s Daybook: November 13, 2016
For Today… November 13, 2016
Looking out my window… grey and rainy. It’s quite delightful, actually.
I am thinking… about the news that Donald Trump named a white supremacist as his counselor and chief strategist. This jerk and his followers attacked Kristen of Rage Against the Minivan, doxxed her, and sent some of the most vulgar tweets I have ever read. I was one of the people going through her Twitter account and reporting this profoundly sick people to Twitter for harassment. We’re talking tweets about nasty things these men wanted to do to her daughters, calling Kristen and her family sickening names, and a whole lot of things that will require me to take more Ativan if I speak of further.
I am thankful… for IRIS being inundated with calls asking how to help out with their immigration and refugee services. (I know someone who works with them and she reported this on Facebook.) It’s good to know that not all of the country have lost their minds.
One of my favorite things… worship today at St. Paul’s. I love being part of a community that is so alive.
I am wearing… a charcoal shirt from Old Navy and black jeans from Fred Meyer. Church clothes were the shirt with black slacks and a black cardigan from Kohl’s.
I am creating… a chapter outline for my Practical Accounting class and a blog post about political stuff.
I am listening to… chamber music on one of the Dish Network channels.
I am hoping… Trump finds better advisors than his current band of jokers.
I am learning… about employer earnings and deductions.
In my kitchen… Dad made garlic shrimp pasta for Sunday dinner.
In the school room… Daniel came home smelling like Old Spice because they were doing OT stuff with shaving cream on Friday.
Post Script… Do me a favor and read the following links and tell me if I’m overreacting to Trump being elected: this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and this. Keep in mind that this is just the tip of the iceberg as to what I’ve seen on Twitter and Facebook.
Shared Quote…
“Empathy challenge: Imagine if we’d just elected a man who said he’d shut down churches and force Christians to register with the government.” — Rachel Held Evans
A moment from my day… One of the many Joe Biden memes going around.
Hosted by The Simple Woman.
Addendum to the Pep Talk
One thing I forgot to add to the list:
[+] Start listening. I absolutely suck at this right now but we need to learn to listen to each other right now. Talk to your friends who are Muslim, GLBTQ, people of color, refugees, immigrants, and even your friends who voted for Trump (if you have them — I have relationships with a handful of people who did). One thing this election (and the acts of violence against people of color/Muslims/GLBTQ folks/immigrants in the last 8 years) should have taught us is that there is an undercurrent of racism, homophobia, and misogyny in this country and that undercurrent votes. We need to share our stories, affirm each other’s self-worth, and tell each other that we believe people when they report stories of sexism, racism, and bad behavior.
A Pep Talk for the Majority of America Who *DIDN’T* Vote for Donald Trump
If you voted for #ClasslessBuffoon (and I really don’t give a shit why you made that reprehensible choice — it was WRONG and you knew it when you cast that ballot), go read something else today because this post isn’t for you. (If you’re the Catholic blogger from Akron, Ohio who routinely visits this site against my wishes and trolls me, go away or I’ll email your priest and tell him about your cyberbullying habit.)
Everyone else who *DIDN’T* vote to screw up this country, click on the “Continue reading…” link.
7 Quick Takes: AMERICA, YOU HAD ONLY ONE JOB!!!!! Edition
I wrote these on Tuesday night after the presidential election was called for Trump so forgive some of the cattiness and be thankful that I’m getting it out of my system. 😉
Political Take #1. Am I irritated that Hillary didn’t win? Yes. Did I lose sleep over it? No. I’m an insomniac — I never sleep!
Am I surprised that Trump won? No. I have never doubted the propensity of the American people to vote against their own best interests. Example: a number of people in Kentucky rely on government aid and yet they continually vote politicians into office who cut that aid.
Is my life over? No. The sun still rose on Wednesday morning and was not blocked by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse so I’m counting that as a win.
Political Take #2. Interestingly enough, the date on this post is November 8, 2012… and the 2016 election was on November 8, 2016. #spookycoincidence
And yes, I’ll be taking my own advice from that particular post.
Political Take #3. As I will *READILY* admit that I am a snarky wench who can be petty and partisan to the nth degree when it suits my purposes, I’ve decided that I need a title for Trump once he takes office. My friend Katja suggested the “Idiot-in-Chief”. What do y’all think? Leave any suggestions in the comments if you have them.
Political Take #4. Having said all of that (including getting the partisanship and snarkiness out of my system), we all need to work on healing from the seeds of discord that have been sown in this election. Only when we can heal and work for the common good (and not just for those things that benefit us or for our own pet issues) can we make America (which was *ALREADY* great) a greater country. We are truly *STRONGER TOGETHER*.
Political Take #5. The one good thing coming out of Trump’s win is that Alec Baldwin now has job security on SNL for the next four years.
On to other topics! *in my usual valley girl accent* Like OHMIGOSH!!!! I’m creating queries in my Access class and they are SOOOO COOL! *proceeds to geek out about the various types of queries she can write and information she can sort with them*
OK… one last political take! I saw this in my Facebook memories a couple days ago and it resonated with me.
For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum.
{five favourites}: Favorite 2016 Election Winners
I needed to do something while waiting for the presidential race to be called (so much for the media fast!) so I put this together.
Kamala Harris. She’ll be the new senator from California. She’s the current state attorney general and the person I would have voted for if I was still living in California.
Patty Murray. She’s the incumbent senator running from Washington and I’m not surprised that she was re-elected. She’s known for reaching across the aisle to get stuff done and I had to double-check a couple days ago that she wasn’t running unopposed because I hadn’t heard anything about her opponent or even their existence. (I think the Washington GOP gave up on him when she came out so far ahead in the primary in August.)
Suzan DelBene. She’s my Congresscritter and her office has actually called me personally to let me know that she has voted the way I’ve asked her to vote on disability issues instead of just sending a stupid form letter. This is pretty rare for a House member and hers was only campaign I supported financially (other than maybe a couple bucks thrown at Hillary) this year because of her personal contact. She won by quite a decent margin so I’m thinking this is how she treats all of her constituents. 🙂
Tammy Duckworth. I love her for a number of reasons. The first one: she kicked a Republican out of the Senate in this year’s election. The second reason: she kicked the moronic Joe “You Lie” Walsh out of the House.
The biggest reason: she has pwned contractors exploiting their “disability” ratings to do business:
You don’t tell someone who lost their legs in combat and had her right arm blown off that your twisted ankle gives you a higher disability rating than hers!
Paul Penzone. He knocked out Sheriff Joe Arpaio who is a Trump-surrogate, pro-birther, a human rights abuser, anti-immigration, and who has made a mockery of the office for 20+ years. Arpaio is also facing criminal charges for contempt of court and could be serving some jail time. Friends of mine in Arizona are positively giddy.
Go love up Bonnie, DeBalino, and the others.
Taking Some Quiet Time
After witnessing a Facebook discussion yesterday about Obama’s response to the pro-Trump protestor at a Hillary rally and feeling serious anger at the Trump supporters claiming that Obama had screamed at the protestor (footage is here so you can judge for yourself), I realized that I needed to back away from social media and pretty much all media in general until Wednesday morning.
My friend Rebecca and the editorial team at The Catholic Conspiracy are having a day of prayer and penance for this election and I’m feeling called to join them and to extend mine another day.
I’d urge you all who pray to please pray for the state of our nation and that God’s will be done in the results of all the elections both federally, state, and locally. We as a country are going to need a lot of healing after the amount of hatred and nastiness spread in the last two years since the first person announced their candidacy for president.