\nTo a situation you do not wish to acknowledge
\nOr you are unaware of the caliber<\/strong> of disaster
\nIndicated by the presence of a _____ in your community.<\/p>\n
I left the key word blank. Know what it is? Here are your options:<\/p>\n
1) Muslim immigrant Give up? If you tune in to Fox News, might that provide the answer? Nah. CNN? Uh, nope.<\/p>\n How about Turner Classic Movies? You’re getting there. OK – it’s a movie? Is it:<\/p>\n a) Dr. Strangelove? Right you are – it’s the last one. And what is this terrible thing that will lead to gloom and doom?<\/p>\n Here it is folks: brace yourself:<\/p>\n Terrifying, right? <\/p>\n Here’s my point. Many of the candidates running for president in this year’s elections are using the same tactics that Professor Harold Hill employed in the 1962 film The Music Man<\/strong>. Your chances of dying at the hands of a terrorist? About one in twenty million. The likelihood that you’ll die when riding a bicycle? One in 141,000. So do the math: bicycles are 140 times more dangerous than Isis. So let’s recap:<\/p>\n Friend, either you’re closing your eyes I’ll warn Erik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Does this sound familiar? If you were a sentient being in 1962, it should sound familiar: Friend, either you’re closing your eyes To a situation you do not wish to acknowledge Or you are unaware of the caliber of disaster … Continue reading ![\"immigrant](\"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/immigrant-child.jpg\")
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\n2) Tea Party Congressman ![\"Trey](\"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Trey-Gowdy.jpg\")
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\n3) Planned Parenthood clinic
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\n5) None of the Above<\/p>\n
\nb) Invasion of the Body Snatchers?
\nc) The Manchurian Candidate?
\nd) The Terminator? <\/a>
\ne) None of the Above<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> His goal was to frighten parents in River City Iowa into giving him money for instruments and uniforms for a boy’s band – to keep the young ones “moral after school” and out of the pool hall. Most of the Republican candidates are trying to frighten Americans into thinking that the pool table is Isis <\/a>and they are coming to kill us all.<\/p>\n
\nTo a situation you do not wish to acknowledge
\nOr you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
\nBy the presence of a <\/a>bicycle in your community.<\/p>\n