Barbie Perkins-Cooper, Author

Tag: politics

  • No More Robo Calls!

    No More Robo Calls!


    Dearest Readers:

    If you live in the states where all of these imbecile politicians are fighting to get your vote, I am curious. Have you been bombarded with these robo calls in the past few weeks?

    We have. My husband is the type who believes IF the phone rings, one must answer it. I don’t think so! I always check caller ID, but now — these imbecile politicians have gotten smart — in phoning respects! They have caller ID’s that seem familiar. When I do answer, I will say “Hello” if they don’t answer, I hang up.

    These robo calls have pushed my final buttons! Earlier this week, I got a phone call, checked caller ID, noticing a local area code. I answered. Here’s the bulk of the conversation after I said “Hello” THREE TIMES!

    “Hi. This is _______ [sorry I don’t recall her name, but her husband is Ted Cruz. “I’m calling to thank you for allowing me, my husband Ted Cruz and our children into your home….” I hung up!

    Gee…she and the Cruz clan came to our home? News to me. At the moment, my home is still suffering from the effects of the ‘torrential thousand year rains’ South Carolina had in October. The mold is scheduled to be removed soon, after we got our roof replaced only yesterday. Now, I ask you — would you have guests to your home when the home is still under construction? I don’t think so!

    I’ve never met the Cruz family. Now, I am convinced this family will say ANYTHING to get the vote.

    Sorry,  Mrs. Cruz, you and your family JUST LOST my vote. I am convinced these politicians and their wives will say anything to move into the White House!

    Incidentally, I’ve gotten phone calls from not only Cruz (who appears to phone at least three to four times daily). Other phone calls from Bush…Rubio…and so on.

    While I realize these are ‘political calls,’ and they are exempt from the Do Not Call list, these politicians/legislators who make these laws must realize, we are busy people. At least Hillary hasn’t phoned. I would give her a piece of my mind since I  believe she should just go away with her sweet, precious Billy Boy.

    Tomorrow is the election day for South Carolina. If only I could vote for Mickey Mouse, or someone who really had leadership abilities. I’ve researched these politicians. One is too hot headed with a diarrhea mouth to be trusted, and he certainly needs a new hair cut. The others. Well, I suppose I will let all of you decide. Who will I vote for? Let’s just say it certainly will not be to encourage the first woman President in America, and I am a feminist.

    Happy Voting Day, South Carolina. Oops…Excuse me, I must rush to answer the phone. Never mind…these politicians never have anything interesting to say. So, why waste my precious time?!?

    If only these politicians would run off into the sunset!

     

  • November 22, 1963 — A Day of Remembrance


    Dearest Readers:

    If you were alive on this date, November 22, 1963, do you remember what you were doing when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

    I was just a little girl at the time, but I remember it significantly. Home from school due to the flu and asthma, I listened to the radio in my bedroom, hearing the news about the “President Has Been Shot in Dallas,” I crawled out of bed to watch TV. This was before the days of cable, MSNBC, Fox News and such, and before the days when every room in a house had television. I sat on the couch while watching the tv and the breaking news.

    “How can someone shoot our President?” I asked my parents. They shushed me. Since I was so young and innocent, I learned two new vocabulary words on that date. Two words I shall never forget:

    Assassination

    Sniper

    I loved learning new words, but when I looked these up in the dictionary, I discovered that our innocence in America was ending. “Assassination and Sniper are bad words to learn.”

    I never forgot those words, nor did I forget their definitions.

    Today, November 22, 2013, is the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of President Kennedy. I fully believe he died the moment the bullet hit him. I believe he never felt any pain…just emptiness…gone in a moment.

    Now older and much wiser, I have added additional words to my vocabulary, including terrorism, and other words of violence. I no longer dwell on their meanings. Our world has grown to become a world of such violence that I wish we could crawl back into time and find the peace and happiness again.

    In less than one week, the USA will celebrate Thanksgiving. Many of us will celebrate with family and friends, sometimes bickering over heated discussions such as politics, ObamaCare, religion, and the Death of a President. Let us hope and pray that will ignore those topics this year, in hopes to make our visits with our families a happy time.

    We must give thanks for what we have, who we are, and especially, we must give thanks to God for giving us life, prosperity and family times.

    Today, let us remember the day of mourning, November 22, 1963, while recognizing that we must move forward to give thanks and appreciation to those we love. Please remember to keep our soldiers in your prayers and thoughts to. Without them and their dedication to duty, we, the United States of America, could not celebrate Thanksgiving. For today, let us unite to remember and to appreciate — LIFE! How quickly it can disappear.

    Let us give thanks that we in America can agree to disagree; however, let us appreciate the beauty of life and family! After all, like President Kennedy, life is to live for the moment, in hopes for the future!