Mark Twain - War Prayer

 

Mark Twain, “The War Prayer” (ca.1904-5)

The American writer Mark Twain wrote the following satire in the glow of America’s imperial interventions.

It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism … on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun … nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. …

For Renee

 
Her name was

Renee Nicole Macklin Good

Scream it loudly

FUCK ICE
FUCK MAGA
FUCK TRUMP MOST OF ALL

Embarassment at the doctor!

Question on Quora:

I just finished with two different medical events involving mainly female medical personnel. Why do so many men claim they are being humiliated and losing all dignity when I didn't?

My response:

I'm 61 and have had a vagina all my life. What a pain.Dec 28

To those guys, I say: “Welcome to the world of women”. Up until fairly recently, the vast majority of physicians, including OB/GYNs were men.

I am 61, and in the late 70s through early 90s, I only managed to find ONE woman who was a practicing GYN, and that was in 1990. Prior to that, once a year I had to spread my legs so a man could stick things up my vagina and rectum (part of a proper pelvic exam involves one finger in the vag, one in the ass), grope my tits, etc.

And you know what? I’m pretty sure those men just did not get any ya-yas from their work. After a while, all vaginas probably looked basically the same to them. And I have read that gynecologists are pretty lousy in bed, because they see so many twats that they go home and just don’t have an interest in seeing their wife’s.