2019.03.26 07:00 - Bad mood, Lynchings, Names then Gratefulness

The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

 
           --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: Welcome, Leaping in Adams
Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: how was the morning traffic?
Riddle Sideways: getting here
Adams Rubble: The traffic was awful as usual this morning
Adams Rubble: the last ten miles is really rough
Adams Rubble: we can leave early and miss the worst going up but no way to avoid the mess coming back
Adams Rubble: but everyone is OK
Riddle Sideways: good
Riddle Sideways: have to go out this morning too. Almost never traffic problems here

Adams Rubble: this morning I read about what happened to the Black soldiers returning from WW2 and I am depressed about it
Riddle Sideways: Oh, right
Adams Rubble: actually during WW2 some of the soldiers were sent to the South for training and some of them were lynched
Adams Rubble: lynching went up again after WW2
Riddle Sideways: am now a little depressed, please tell more
           --BELL--
Adams Rubble: oh sorry
Adams Rubble: the US government was embarassed because the rest of the world was watching
Adams Rubble: some people convinced Truman that fighting lynching and suppression of voting rights was a way to fight communism
Adams Rubble: so Truman integrated the military and they cracked down on some of the worst ofenses

Adams Rubble: when Brown vs Board of Education happened it was seen as a victory over Communism
Adams Rubble: the Russians were crowing about how bad things were in US
Adams Rubble: the US wanted to be seen as the moral leader of the world
Riddle Sideways: that was not in the history books written for Us to study
Adams Rubble: nooo
Adams Rubble: it explains some what happened between Martin Luther King and J.Edgar Hoover
Adams Rubble: Hoover thought King was a Communist
Riddle Sideways: Pacifist and Communist are the same, aren't they? ;)
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: King had a friend who had been a communist
Adams Rubble: RFK advised King to distance himself from the friend
Adams Rubble: King did publically but not privately
Riddle Sideways: McCarthey thought Everybody had a friend that was a communist
Adams Rubble: yes, probably including himself
Riddle Sideways: there was a statement in a TV show 2 nights ago (The Amerikans). In WWII the US lost 400K and Russia lost 26 million
Adams Rubble: the Russians did suffer huge losses
Adams Rubble: when one gets in the millions it is becomes hard to be accurate
           --BELL--
Adams Rubble: Stalin was still killing people during the war
Riddle Sideways: right

Adams Rubble: little one keeps coming in and making a little speech and then leaving
Riddle Sideways: aw

Riddle Sideways: saw the Panetta lecture series last night. the one with the ex-governor of NJ on the panel
Riddle Sideways: he was actually very good.
Adams Rubble: not the big one
Riddle Sideways: just a bit looonnnngggg winded
Riddle Sideways: yes the big one
Riddle Sideways: kept wondering about him fitting in the chair
Adams Rubble: I am so grateful he is gone

Riddle Sideways: it is nicer to watch, when the Pause button can be pressed and discussion can happen about what was just heard
Adams Rubble: CA has not had a Rep governor for years. easy to forget how messed up things get in the state
Riddle Sideways: yes, hard to remember
Riddle Sideways: we had Reagan
Adams Rubble: yes and the Terminator
Riddle Sideways: And there was the Grey Davis weirdness that ended in a short The Terminator term
Riddle Sideways: months later, it came out that the Energy companies came up with the whole mess to make Davis look bad
Adams Rubble: :(
Adams Rubble: you didn't have any governors closing a bridge into NYC during rush hour
Riddle Sideways: Arnold was not toooo bad
Riddle Sideways: nope
Adams Rubble: yeah, he was not the orthodox Rep type
Riddle Sideways: and that closing a beach, then taking the family to it
Riddle Sideways: forget the details
Adams Rubble: the state of NJ paid some lawyers over a million dollars in order to cover up Christy's part in the bridge closing
           --BELL--
Adams Rubble: sorry, I am being a terrible guest today
Riddle Sideways: no
Riddle Sideways: reading about lynchings will do that, mood thing
Adams Rubble: yes and reading the newspapers this morning too

Riddle Sideways: Am still reading the newspaper from the back to the front.
Riddle Sideways: far better way
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: sports pages
Riddle Sideways: weather, comics, cooking, sports... put paper down
Adams Rubble: best to put it down thjs morning
Riddle Sideways: ok, will not pick it up
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: replacement delivery person now, does not get it to us until around 10
Adams Rubble: hmmm
Riddle Sideways: Tuesday's an up on the News day.  Trainer guy comes over and the latest happenings always come up

Adams Rubble: we have 9 minutes to get on a more positive thread :)
Adams Rubble: I was feeling very grateful most of yesterday
Riddle Sideways: good
Adams Rubble: today I am tored and cranky :)
Adams Rubble: tired
Riddle Sideways: oh yes, was grateful most of yesterday too
Riddle Sideways: had a thing called Fennel and was grateful a new recipe made it very tasty
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: and your visitor will cheer you up
Riddle Sideways: play the always fun game of 'Find the Cat'
           --BELL--
Adams Rubble: hehe, the cats hide pretty well when she is here. come out when she takes her nap
Adams Rubble: then hide when she wakes up
Riddle Sideways: and there will be one of the most funny things happen out the window in about a half hour
Adams Rubble: someotumes one appears and she yells CAT and they run for cover
Riddle Sideways: giggles
Adams Rubble: squirrrels at the bird feeder out the window
Riddle Sideways: ahhhhh

Adams Rubble: I am afraid I must run. Thank you being here
Adams Rubble: it helped to talk :)
Riddle Sideways: SQUIRREL!!! like the dog in that movie
Adams Rubble: bye for now :)
Riddle Sideways: ok, going to a new doctor now
Riddle Sideways: gotta get ready
Adams Rubble: ohh hope all is well
Adams Rubble: bye
Riddle Sideways: Thank you for the chat