I am really glad Manafort was sentenced twice, at least he’ll do close to ten years for what he’s done. I think he should get life but I guess rich white men don’t get much time in prison for breaking the law.
I have to agree, the things we are witnessing in this country today are unbelievably frightening. I cling to my husband because I am afraid and he makes me feel safe. I worry about out kids and I’m glad they will be in the Gnostic Learning Academy when they start school. I don’t want my kids in the US public school system. I think about all I experienced in school and I do not want my kids to be subjected to that. The bulling, the teasing, the pressure, all of it was horrible. Drugs, pressure to stay bone thin, everything being a competition. I witnessed a rape I was scared to speak up about because the coach was involved. He got a girl, a cheerleader, he raped her first and then allowed three of the players to rape her as well. I told my dad and he told me I was lying. I went up with her but something told me to wait outside the door. When I heard her cry out and could tell her screams were being muffled I peaked through the crack in the blinds and was horrified by what I was witnessing. At first I was frozen in shock and then I backed away and ran as soon as I was able to. My friend left the school after that, It resulted in her becoming pregnant and her parents sent her away to have a baby she didn’t want. They were Catholics so abortion was not an option. I never saw her again. I often wonder about her and I did send a letter to the principle, and a few other people describing what I witnessed and naming the boys and the couch involved. I did it anonymously because I feared retaliation. I even feared what my father would do to me. He told me to never say anything about it again not even to mom. I soon realized he knew I wasn’t lying but I couldn’t figure out why he seemed to feel so threatened by what happened. I couldn’t help but wonder if he’d done something like that at some point in his life. I told my sister and she believed me. I told my brother and he believed me to. He confronted dad about it and if my Uncles weren’t there he would have tried to murder my brother. I was convinced he had done something like that before. This thing with men like R-Kelly and that Kavanuah bring the memory of that afternoon to the forefront of my mind all over again. When I saw R-Kelly it turned my stomach just like watching Kavanuah did. I’m a nervous, woman and I don’t want my children subjected to being harmed outside of our home. I don’t.
I like Biden, but I really would like to see a woman in charge for a change. I like Warren.