American Realistan

She had it all - beauty, brains, and a body to die for. She almost did.

All the guys wanted her. One took her.

She had always been the one in control. It only took a disdainful look or a sharp word to keep the boys in their place. She didn’t recognize that the word “NO!” was considered by this “man” merely to be a challenge to be conquered, a cape waved in the eyes of His Raging Bull. “Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated!”

What His words didn’t defeat, His violence did. Battered into submission, she was His for the taking. Every port in His storm.

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Honest and aware people should always note the feedback they generate from those around them. It’s how we make those social corrections necessary to achieve desired goals without causing new problems. Few go to the extent I do to see what the rest of the world is saying about America, and generally, the picture of We, the People isn’t too shabby.

But the image of our so-called leaders leaves a lot to be desired. This does, of course, reflect upon we voters as making poor choices, but assuming that no lasting harm is done, we seem to be getting a generous helping of benefit of the doubt anyway.

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