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TIME TRAVEL WITH BULLIES BEING BULLIES

June 25, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Time travel with me back fifty years. Here’s why: Fifty years ago I was a seventeen year old student following the stream from Miss Spooner’s kindergarten classes at Roosevelt to graduating on the football field where my sports heroes played. It was a good run.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aids crisis, bullies, bully, Divorce, freedom, health, momma, Oregon, personal freedom, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, reproductive health, reproductive rights, roe v wade, sex, Texas, time travel, travel, widow, women, women's health, women's right to choose, womens rights

GUN VIOLENCE PRIMER: TEAM PICTURES OF THE FUTURE

June 6, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Gun violence changes the future of team pictures and school pictures. What will they look like to survivors of school shootings when they’re older? The kids in this picture are at the beginning of the their run through public school. The adults are coaches and team parents supporting their kids. What’s wrong in this picture? […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, class pitctures, D-Day, greatest generation, gun law, gun violence, images, millennials, school pictures, school shooting, team pictures, vote, voting, WWII

A LESSON LEARNED BEFORE LIVING

June 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A lesson learned is a foundation block for the future. Except when the lesson is ignored, the future looks bleak. Who wants a bleak future? Nobody, but here we are.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: active shooter, bleak future, change, dying, Ernest J. Gaines, good housekeeping, Jim Crow, lesson learned, lessons, living, school shooting, school shootings, social structure, teach kids, the future

McNAMARA’S MORONS? WE’RE ALL MORONS WITH GUN LAWS

May 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

McNamara’s Morons was a government program for filling the enlisted ranks during the Vietnam War. But, that wasn’t the official name of the program. In 1967, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara lowered military recruiting standards as part of a program called Project 100,000. Doesn’t Project 100,000 sound better than McNamara’s Morons.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: all volunteer army, graduate school, gun control, gun laws, gun safety, gun violence, millennial, millennial voters, millennials, moron, morons, project 100000, Robert McNamara, Vietnam War

RED FLAG FOR GUN ENTHUSIASTS

May 28, 2022 by David Gillaspie

The red flag comes out for bad behavior. We either flag ourselves, or see others wave it at us. Either way, it’s a warning to change, or face consequences. Pulling a red flag is the first step

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bad behavior, college, concealed carry permit, constitutional carry, education, gun enthusiasts, gun law, gun laws, gun owners, milestone, NRA, pocket gun, red flag, tombstone, under educated

GUN AWARENESS PROTEST PRACTICE

May 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Can gun awareness follow the Occupy Portland campers? Some there looked old enough for the ’60s protests, which means one thing: Boomer Infiltration. Boomerpdx asks if the 60’s people are doing enough for the greater good?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, BOOMER, boomers, gun, gun awareness, gun control, gun education, gun logic, gun safety, guns, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, public school, school shooting

MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY, BUT MOVING

May 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

If the plan is moving forward, it’s fair to ask, “Moving forward from what?” I was in traffic and saw a 1964 Ford Galaxy. That’s it in the image. Spoiler: It was yesterday, not 1964, though I was a robust ten year old back then. By the time I was in high school the same […]

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FINISHED WORK WITH SENATOR RON JOHNSON

May 7, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Finished work leaves a feeling of permanence. And isn’t that the idea, locked in for the long haul. What do you do after you finish something? What’s next? Maintenance. But first, about that finished work.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: americans, capitol, decency, finish, finish work, finished, finished work, groomed, groomed decency, half-baked, insurrection, normal, Oregon, pandemic, patriot, Portland, Portland Oregon, roe v wade, Ron johnson, Rowe v wade, Supreme Court, toxic masculinity, trump, veteran, Wisconsin, work

CARE LIMITS: WHEN IS IT TOO MUCH?

May 4, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Family caregivers have few care limits, for better or worse. The better part is that they stay on the job. The worst part: they quit. Not everyone gets it at first, but it sinks in eventually: Now what?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: abortion, boomers, care, care limits, caregiver, caring, elon musk, family caregiver, insurrection, Oregon, political, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, roe v wade, Supreme Court, trump

BIG LIE FILE: WHY THE ‘BIG LIE’? JUST WHY?

April 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Big lie options for what to do when things don’t go ‘according to plan?’ In real life we adapt, we adjust, we make new plans to achieve our goals. Whether it’s a new job, a new town, or washing a dog, the new plans include the old to get things done. Who knew we could […]

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