Carolina In My Mind

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. To witness a KKK rally. In 2019. Wait, what?!

Oops, this is 1964.

This is last weekend.

That's right, folks, this shit happened this past weekend in Hillsborough, NC, less than an hour from Raleigh. If this group of bleached whiteness and largess had it's way, the bitter end of lynching in 1950 (1950!! WTF?) would not be the actual end of rope swinging fellowship weekend fun. Although, I think the dude on the far right was clearly looking for the nearest Comic Con, as he was dressed for some Harry Potter role play action. That must be a wand in his left hand. That is not Comic Con! Run, Forrest, run!

And for those of you think that the latest rhetoric by the Big Orange Chief of Pussy Grabbing has nothing to do with this upswing in white power plays, I have an island to sell you in the South (it's even in the south!) Pacific super cheap! It's a fantastical paradise named Bikini Atoll, also known as Eschscholtz Atoll (German! Bonus!). You'll love it!

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. To experience election fraud. District 9, the epicenter of all things fraudulent in absentee voting. Mark Harris (R) appeared to defeat Dan McCready (D) by just 905 votes in November, 2018- but hold those votes. Literally. Seems there was some ballot tampering on the Republican side, where a Republican operative, Leslie Dowless, oversaw a group that collected mail-in ballots; ballots that were unsealed, incomplete, and sometimes signed by the paid accomplices as witnesses for the voters. Some ballots just disappeared. In February, 2019, the Board of Elections threw out the results and called for a new election. Five days later, the original 'winner' dropped out of the race. The next day, Dowless was indicted.

The new Republican running is the lead sponsor of the NC 'bathroom bill'. Look it up if you have been living in a tent in the woods and have no need to share a bathroom with anyone other than a raccoon, or perhaps the random bear.

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. To hear thousands of citizens scream 'send her back', to a democratically elected Congresswoman who is an American citizen, while the president stood silently smiling while it happened. Greenville, home of ECU. Also home of a bunch of people who are apparently unaware that they are chanting for an American citizen to go home. Yeah, go back to Minnesota, you super Northern cold weather bitch who doesn't look like us!

Combine IQ: 42.7 Combined blonde hair dye: 42.7 gallons.

North Carolina. My home for decades. A beautiful state, yet a national embarrassment recently. Like the KKK, these feelings and behaviors were bubbling under the surface, waiting for their time to shine. Unfortunately, the shine is dark, evil, and ugly. Maybe it's time to jump in the old motorhome and head to.....hmmm, anybody got any ideas? Don't even think about suggesting Alabama.

If only everything in NC was as beautiful as the scenery.