Georgia On My Mind

I need to avoid reading the news. Yes, as usual.

A short list of Herschel Walker lies (possibly the only person who lies more than the former guy):

“I work with the Cobb County Police Department."

And yet they have no record of his employment.

"I spent time at Quantico at the FBI training school. Y'all didn't know I was an agent?”

While he did spend a week in an FBI training program, he MOST DEF was never an agent. Ya see, one of the candidate requirements is a college degree. That beings us to the next lie.

"And all of sudden I started going to the library, getting books, standing in front of a mirror reading to myself. So that Herschel that all the kids said was retarded become valedictorian of his class. Graduated University of Georgia in the top 1% of his class.”

He was NOT his high school’s valedictorian and he never graduated from college let alone occupied the top 1% of his class. When he was called out on this lie, he, you guessed it, lied about his lying. Also, “standing in front of a mirror reading to myself.” I don’t get it. Why would you read while standing in front of a mirror? Wouldn’t sitting in a nice comfy chair be more conducive to grokking the text you’re consuming?

"I started this little [inaudible] drapery company, where I still have about 250 people that sew drapery and bedspreads for me,”

Cake is not amused.

Ah. No.

"I own a food company – that's going to freak you out – I own the largest minority-owned food company in the United States."

Oh look, another lie!

…an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of court records and other public documents contradicts statements Walker has made about the number of people his companies employ, their size and the assets they own. The review also revealed a string of defaults, settlements and lawsuits alleging that Walker and his businesses owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans. (source)

Then there’s Walker’s pontificating on family and children:

“Even if you have to leave that woman, you don’t leave the child.”

GREAT words but this is Herschel Walker. At least one of his previously unacknowledged children's mothers had to sue in order to get a declaration of paternity and child support.

His stated position on all the recent mass murders and gun control?

“Cain killed Abel and that's a problem that we have. What we need to do is look into how we can stop those things. You know, you talked about doing a disinformation -- what about getting a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at their social media. What about doing that? Looking into things like that and we can stop that that way. But yet they want to just continue to talk about taking away your constitutional rights. And I think there's more things we need to look into. This has been happening for years and the way we stop it is putting money into the mental health field, by putting money into other departments rather than departments that want to take away your rights.” (source)

Why did the Republi/Facist party pick this deeply flawed, lying-ass, mentally ill man as their standard bearer? In my less than humble opinion it’s because he’s Black and was a football star. I’m figuring the Klan Old Party thinks Black Georgians will vote for any Black man but especially one who’s a rich sparkly sports celebrity. I'm just guessing here but I doubt any of the GQP has read Lao Tzu.

My immediate concern today? I believe Cake is bored. He’s middle aged but still full of beans and zooms. Me? Elderly and not so zoomy. I think Ten and I need to brave Retail World and pick up some toys and kitty weed for our boy.