People I Wish Lived Next Door To Me ...😂

 

And so, being a bit overwhelmed after yesterday, I decided to just cuddle up with my pug and watch YouTube videos all day.

I've decided that if I could pick who lived next door to me, here's who I'd pick

Why?  

Hilarious, creative, quirky, and kind, as well as they appear to be very authentic - AND - I feel like you could have a deep philosophical conversation with them, if the mood struck them, too. 

It's not everybody that can do both, right?

So here they are, in no particular order ... 

Trixie Mattel/Brian Firkus

The Levy Family ... 

Billy Porter

Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson 

Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest

Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond

Amy Poehler

Will and Viveca Ferrell 

Stephen and Evie Colbert

Molly Shannon and Fritz Chesnut 

Eddie and Paige Murphy 

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall 

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard 

Jason and Amanda Bateman

Wanda and Alex Sykes

Sandra Bullock 

Taylor Swift

Emma Stone 

Jennifer Lawrence

Anna Kendrick 

Jennifer Garner

Pedro Pascal 

Zendaya and Tom Holland

Kumail and Emily Nanjiani 

Keanu Reeves

Paul McCartney

Tom and Rita Hanks

Barack and Michelle Obama 

Morgan Freeman 

I'm sure there are more, but that's off the top of my head.

What a great neighborhood, right?

In fact, they're so awesome the first thing they'd likely do is kick ME out! 😂

Wrong Diagnosis Due to Clerical Error, Medical Gaslighting, And A Validating New CT Scan

 Hello everyone.

As I said, I had an uptick in pain over the weekend in my mid-abdomen and left ribs, so I went to my PCP. 

She said the CT scan didn't show any fractures there, just the 11th rib, and was a tad bit dismissive.

(This surprised me because in 10 years, she should know by now that I'm good with pain, so if I say something hurts, it hurts and there's a reason for it. She also has previously commended my logic/ability to ferret through my own issues.)

I had already explained the comedy of errors that happened at the health system's main ER on the night of the accident and that something could've been misread.

She said if anything, I probably cracked another rib already weakened by the accident myself, after trying to do too much too quickly, 

I went for an x-ray yesterday.

They told me 5-7 days for a read.

However, I was in my patient portal getting documentation for my attorney when the following visit note came in from my x-ray visit.

No report,no image, just this ... 

Um ... you read that right - it says "traumatic laceration of the liver."

I suspected this was clerical error as the x-ray hadn't even been read yet - PLUS - you cannot see a liver laceration on simply x-ray as it's soft tissue.

You can see blood pooling somewhere, but you can't see from which organ, so this made no sense. 

However, the reason I had the x-ray at all was to define new pain upper abdominal/left-sided rib pain, so I needed this checked into.

Now keep in mind that as I said, this whole time, I believed I had more rib fractures than just the one, and the original ER doc after the accident said I had no rib fractures, so I thought I didn't and it was all in my head until the report came back later with 11th rib fracture .

But hold that thought - because ALL of that is wrong.

So it's after hours so I can't reach anyone to ask what this note is about. 

I call the nurse line who advises me that if anything on any of my record says that at all, anywhere, to go to the ER immediately because that would be an emergency.

So I did.

I went to the Baptist Hamburg location this time because they took excellent care of Mark versus my experience at Baptist Main.

They took a new CT scan with contrast.

Here it is ...

What does it say?

In addition to the L1 vertebral fracture, it says "healing" fractures of ribs 5-10!

BOOM, there you go - FOUR RIB FRACTURES, not just one - and there IS NO 11th RIB FRACTURE!!!

More importantly, there is no liver laceration!!!

Now, let's compare to the initial CT.

Essentially, the only thing the same is the L1 compression fracture ...

Out of the 2, let's just say that I trust the one from last night at Baptist Hamburg's ER more than Baptist Main ER - and I wished they'd taken me there from the get-go.

(See previously posts on issues I had there.)

Honestly, if they had just listened to where I said the pain actually was from the beginning and read the scans correctly from the beginning, we wouldn't be here!

Most importantly, as I said there IS NO LIVER LACERATION - that was clerical error, as I suspected - but glad I went to rule it out because it confirmed what I felt all along - there were 4 rib fractures, not just one (or none)!

Also, there is no mention of an aortic mural thrombus on the new CT (though myself and my neurosurgeon actually viewed it on the first CT). 

So is it gone? 

Was that reading wrong? 

We don't know.

Lastly, the new CT scan shows a pulmonary nodule that was missed on the first CT scan that says "most likely post-inflammatory" (meaning after accident), but in the presence of risk factors (like smoking), get a PET scan, which I will do.

Ya know what?

We have paid out of pocket to see several doctors here because we haven't met our deductible and are reserving our PIP - and many of them were based on that initial wrongful information, that now, may or may not be reimbursed by a settlement.

Needless to say, I am beyond frustration, rapidly heading towards pissed off.

Worse, when I start to get too much conflicting information from too many sources, I start to feel like maybe I'm just crazy - is it me? Have I done something wrong?

Tack on the dismissiveness and gaslighting by some docs - gaslighting/dismissiveness being something I've had to deal with most of my life from family and my exhusband -  so I don't handle that well - and that's when I especially feel like it's me with the problem/I must just be crazy!

I'm the common denominator so I must be doing SOMETHING to bring this on myself, right? Can't be everyone else with the problem.

I really have no clue what I'm a magnet for so much crazy shit like this in life, despite years of therapy trying to figure that out!

Speaking of therapy, then again, my last 2 therapists (one retired) have contradicted these self-thoughts with the below (combination paraphrasing of both therapists): 

"Actually, you have a GREAT perception, you notice more stuff than most people do, thanks to the hypervigilance of PTSD. But don't expect people to thank you for it! 😂" 

"And if they sense you doubt yourself at all, if they're the kind of people that don't admit mistakes but see that you are, as well as see kindness or self-doubt as weakness, they will run with that ball and try to blame and gaslight YOU." 

"And yes, actually - it IS possible to be the common denominator for situations but not be you "with the problem," i.e. institutional or systemic group dysfunction."  

"Other people may have experienced exactly what you did, but since you don't know that, you think you're alone and must be crazy, when you don't know that. Lack of proof is not evidence either way."

"For example -  were the Nazis right? Are gang rapists right? Are crime rings and cartels right? Is MAGA right? I don't think so - and the latter is 50% of America. Just because there's more of them than you doesn't automatically mean you're the crazy one OR make systemic group sickness or mob rule right." 

"It's great that you examine and look to yourself to blame first and come in to self-improve - but there's a point that needs to stop - take what's yours and leave the rest with them. Even if there is something you could've handled better doesn't mean the whole thing was your fault. You're not powerful enough to control how other people behave, only yourself."

"The world is actually a pretty sick place and the sickest  people never even question themselves enough to set foot in a therapist's office or stay there when confronted. They're usually the same people gaslighting and abusing others, wanting to blame their victims for their problems."

"You're NOT crazy, you're wounded but healing, better than ever before. If anything, your perception is TOO on the mark for some people - the sort of people who couldn't see themselves in a room full of mirrors and refuse to look - it's easier to scapegoat and blame you because they know you will take it all on so they won't have to." 

"But seeing this stuff when others don't yet or refuse to  doesn't mean you're crazy -  worst case scenario, you were wrong -  so what?" 

"But the thing is, how many times have you been proven right later versus wrong? Probably about 95% of the time, by my unofficial tally." 

"You have GOT to learn to trust yourself - your instincts and your perception MORE, actually, because when you don't is when you run into trouble. It's been conditioned into you NOT to through systemic dysfunctional family gaslighting - but it's way past time to DECONDITION yourself out of it." 

"That doesn't mean you shouldn't self-examine and assume you're right -  but I don't think you're in danger of that EVER, anyway. 😂" 

"But what it does mean is, there's a point to stop questioning and blaming yourself for everything just because there's more than one person involved. You are not powerful enough to to wreak havoc on entire systemic dysfunction." 

"Though there ARE people running around wreaking havoc and victimizing others regularly, playing the false victim (cough, cough, Trump) - they for damn sure aren't sitting in a therapist's office getting long term therapy  like you are😂 " 

"Self-examination is great - to a point - as long as it doesn't dip into total self-blame and shame. Find that balance between what's yours and leave them with the rest. Just because sometimes there's more of them than you around you doesn't make them right. Look at MAGA in Kentucky versus the small percentage of blue people. Does that make them right or sane? Absolutely not."

 

Sigh, thank God for therapy or I'd probably be curled up in a ball, right now, not communicating with anyone. 😂

In fact, I don't think I will much today, so if I don't answer your calls or texts, please don't worry - I'm just confused and sorting through it, okay?

Once again, THANK YOU to those who keep checking on me!

Like I said, when bad things happen in your life, that's when you know who is really there for you and who says they will be, but then goes MIA - and it may surprise you.

People you think would never be there for you suddenly are, like every day.

Others you think will be will disappear and go MIA.

So we try to focus on the angels in the room rather than the (at least temporary) A-holes, right?

Having said that, special thank you and shout out to my previously estranged Mom and little sister, whom I never would've thought would've been there for me after previous family events  (and my older sister's lies) over my grandmother's will.

I don't know if the universe shifted or time has brought new insight or wisdom or what - but I shan't look a gift horse in the mouth - so I am INCREDIBLY grateful for your emotional support through all of this - THANK YOU, Mom and Ru!!! 💞

Chuck Lorre - Hmm, Never Mind?

(Edited).

Let me just start by saying I haven't read his book myself - and I don't think I'm going to, considering the fallout that's occurred since its release this past week.

So last week, I had written a post about CBS's odd moves in general lately, which included his hilarious clapback to Trump, after Lorre's non-publicly-televised speech that the White House apparently heard about, commented publicly on, and then Chuck Lorre clapped back.

(Although admittedly, his original non-publicly-televised speech was a bit crude and I don't think wishing anyone to die is EVER okay, but the rest was funny.)

This week, however, Lorre's new memoir came out called "Sitcom" - and it has me changing my tune about him.

Okay, so - we all knew Charlie Sheen was/is an A-hole, partly caused by substance abuse and partly because he's just an a-hole with a huge ego. 

We knew this because many of his antics played out in public for the world to see on film, including antisemitic rants - we couldn't help but see it.

We also know that Chuck Lorre finally fired him from Two-And-A-Half Men after several chances to get clean and sober and be more respectful of himself and his castmates. 

However, at the same time, Chuck knew what he was getting into when he hired Charlie Sheen already, right?

I also wondered at the time why Chuck Lorre let Charlie get under his skin so much, how he could push his anger buttons so easily, such that it spilled out so publicly, when others just quietly either refused to hire him/fire him.

I speculated that there was alcoholism around him already somewhere, such that it had this deep of an emotional effect on him.

I mean, I know myself that there are certain personalities that I avoid because I will "trigger" if I'm around them too long, so I get it.

And his new book reveals it, but only to a point - he doesn't appear to have any true insight into that yet or what that's really about.

Hold that thought for a moment, though.

First, let's talk about what famous people should and should not talk about in either interviews or a memoir book. 

Talking about his side of the public feud with Sheen is fine - it was already public and he deserves to tell his side.

Talking about your side of a story that hasn't been heard is fine - as long as you're not just dissing other people in  the business that you just don't like (which he borders on doing in his book).

Talking about how somebody screwed you over when you were coming up can be okay - *IF* - you're calling out power abuse or predatory behavior in Hollywood.

Then there's a couple of things you should NEVER do in a memoir regarding still living/working people in the business: 

- You do not out someone's sexuality.

- You do not out someone's private substance abuse struggles that they have not disclosed themselves publicly -  ESPECIALLY if they have said nothing negative to or about YOU (which Sheen did, but the others I'm about to discuss that he just dissed - have not).

- You do not diss someone else's lack of talent from your own opinion.

 

You *ESPECIALLY* should never do the above if you're in a greater position of power than the people you're dissing - like a producer, director, filmmaker or multi-sitcom creator - because it destroys careers (and likely the person themselves, already struggling.)

For example, Quentin Tarantino calling out Paul Dano as being a terrible actor in Django Unchained was cruel and unnecessary - and fellow actors flocked to defend him and Tarantino ended up looking like the huge power-drunk a-hole he has become.

(Paul Dano can play some really good psycho creepers, though.)

Sometimes people just aren't right for a certain role, but they do great in other roles - and it doesn't mean they're a terrible actor overall.

Other actors aren't so great, but we love them anyway and they work great in action movies (Keanu Reeves).

Even the best actors have taken on some roles they couldn't deliver on, they were just miscast.

There are a few directors that have said "I don't think we'll be working together again," which is fine - it leaves it with the idea it wasn't a good fit between them.

In particular, Chuck Lorre calling out Anna Faris on "Mom" - a show which ran for 7 years (which I never watched, btw) for her private substance use and actually leaving the show because of it rather than "pursue other projects"  as was publicly stated. 

He also went onto say her doing so proved him right about his reluctance to hire her.

(After several years on the show?)

Most of us had no idea she had substance abuse issues!

I mean, we did wonder because sometimes she acted loopy on interviews, but some actors are just loopy, with or without substance use lol.

Now, just know that I have no feelings or opinions about Anna Faris,  other than I found her hilarious in "Just Friends" and the Scary Movie franchise - but what he just did was NOT cool.

I get it that after Charlie Sheen, you'd be wary of ever hiring anyone else with substance issues.

But then again - Anna Faris is no Charlie Sheen.

We're not dealing with a Hollywood legacy dynasty like the Sheen family.

We never saw or heard about HER throwing public tantrums and shouting antisemitic rants at castmates, refusing to show up for work- because apparently, she didn't.

And the fact that she wasn't like Sheen at all is proven by the fact that all of her castmates have rallied around her after this public  diss on social media, saying they loved her and every minute they spent with her on the show.

(That is something Charlie Sheen's castmates did NOT ever do for him - they were glad to see him go!)

In fact, the public at large didn't even know Anna had substance abuse issues until you just told us!

To her credit, Anna has responded by saying she "didn't see this coming" and "can't pretend she's not hurt," and also that she has been "sober for a year-and-a-half now," and then actually expressed gratitude to him and everyone involved with the show for her time there. 

Can't think of a better way to respond to that, go Anna!

Also, Mayim Bialik, from The Big Bang Theory, has just publicly said it was difficult time working with Chuck himself during that feud with Charlie.

Chuck - take note of Mayim's compassion and mercy towards you - are you giving others as much compassion and mercy as Mayim is showing YOU, right now? 

Then we discover that Chuck Lorre was an alcoholic himself, sober for many years now.

Aha - now we have a bit more insight into why he'd ever out Anna's  private substance abuse issues -  because he's never learned to forgive himself or have compassion for himself for his prior alcoholism - and thus has no patience or tolerance for anyone actively using.

Also, alcoholism is NOT just about drinking - it comes with a whole set of other behaviors that need to be addressed including boundary issues, abandonment issues, and unlearned coping skills; thus, just because you quit drinking doesn't necessarily mean you don't have other stuff going on that needs work.

Then he supposedly goes on to diss Cybil Shepard, on the show Cybil in the 90s.

He say she wanted "total creative control." 

Cybil has famously said she DID want "more" creative control, but but not total control - and I mean, she has a point - the show WAS named after her and her experiences - shouldn't she have a say?

Regardless, why you dragging these actresses from years ago through the mud, Chuck?

As IF actresses already don't have a hard enough time in Hollywood?

In fact, wasn't that what the show "Cybil" was about, how aging  actresses are treated in Hollywood?

Plus, you DO seem to have a hard time writing female characters - perhaps you could use the feedback?

Oh, I see - he says he's been married 3 times and has issues with his mother - NOW we get it - he has no clue about women. 😂

Dude - perhaps you shouldn't write women until you understand them better and actually listen to them?

Then he tells this story about how the execs wanted him to cast a "hot, young, thin" actress in a fat suit for Mike and Molly (!) instead of Melissa McCarthy, but he stood his ground, saying she was a once-in-a-lifetime talent.

I guess we're all supposed to applaud him for that, but on the heels of the other stuff he's said about actresses, it falls a bit flat. 

So ... maybe no, on Chuck Lorre, after all.

Though never an alcoholic/addict (other than cigarettes), I was married to one previously, and I DO still have compassion for addicts and alcoholics.

And I do get refusing to enable them - that's not love or compassion, that's enabling. Sometimes with addicts/alcoholics, you have to love them with boundaries or from afar, to keep everyone safe.

However, when former addicts/alcoholics have no compassion or mercy at all for others still using, it reminds me of the parable of the merciless servant in the bible ... just ... ewwww.

(This behavior also goes against the 12 steps, proving Chuck has not had nearly enough treatment.)

So Chuck Lorre? 

Dude, you're in a more powerful position than everyone you just outed/dissed that unlike Sheen, had never said a bad word to or about you - potentially destroying their careers. 

What then separates your particular brand of power abuse from Trump, whom you just shot down a week ago?

Methinks you should go back to picking on MEN your own (ego?) size - women in Hollywood have enough critics already!!!

MRI Results and New Appointment List

 

The MRI results are back. 

Here's a screen shot ... 

In case you have trouble reading these, allow me to interpret 😂 

"Dextrocurvature" of the spine means (adult) scoliosis towards the right, which I already knew about. 

(Other imaging has stated it's both mid and lumbar spine and mild to moderate, but this particular imaging position only scanned lumbar area.

I have an acute/subacute L1 (lumbar or lower back) vertebral compression fracture resulting in 40% height loss, with surrounding acute/subacute edema indicating an acute/subacute event. 

The words "acute/subacute" on both the fracture and the surrounding edema are definitive proof the fracture is a result of the accident alone. 

(We also have a DEXA scan scheduled to rule out osteoporosis at play, but at this point, even if I do have osteoporosis, the above wording on the MRI scan would still prove the fracture was caused by accident, just exacerbating an underlying condition at most.)

I also have 2 disc compressions at L4-L5 and L5-S1, which are old and I did NOT know about.

(I just thought I had muscle spasms there due to scoliosis, and as I've said, I'm good with physical pain, so I had no idea)

Disc-space narrowing more towards one side than the other means the discs are compressed. "Desiccation" means the discs are "drying" or have lost fluid as a result. (The discs between your vertebrae are essentially your shock absorbers).

We know they are old because of the presence of osteophyte formation near them.

(Osteophytes are your body's way of compensating for disc-space height loss and develop over time; thus, how we know they are old and NOT a result of the accident.)

The disc compressions are likely the result of scoliosis rather than the accident.

The "spondylosis" mentioned - or "abnormal spine" is likely the result of the osteophyte formation and scoliosis as well. 

This does NOT mean I'm not experiencing pain there as a result of the accident, I certainly am - the accident aggravated this area.

The good news is, NONE of this will require surgery!

Otherwise, a few people have asked for my appointment list to send prayers or good vibes or just to know.

A few more were just added.

They are:

OCTOBER:

Tuesday, October 20th, 9:40 a.m. - PCP to investigate the new upper rib pain - there may be imaging involved.

Wednesday, October 21st, 7:40 a.m. - DEXA scan. This is a bone density test to help prove the fractures were not a result of bone density loss or osteoporosis. (Even if I do have osteoporosis, it would make no difference after the MRI result proving the accident caused the fracture; if anything, it would only help my case that it caused a fracture already having a bone condition).

Tuesday, October 27th, 10 a.m. - follow-up visit with Neurosurgery after scanning results.

Thursday, October 29th, 8:00  - follow-up visit with Orthopedics to check wrist fracture and ankle sprain, also to check new hip and shoulder pain.

NOVEMBER:

November 17th, 1:30 p.m. - Cardiothoracic/Vascular Surgery to investigate whether true aortic mural thrombus or simple plaque build-up - and if it is a true thrombus, whether or not it was caused or worsened by the accident.

That's all for now, Folks!

 

 

Trump's Plans to Renovate Potomac Links Public Golf Course in D.C.

 

Gas is $4.35 a gallon, utilities are through the roof, and you can't go to the grocery store for even 3 or simple items without spending at least $50 - and all Trump cares about is using our tax money to put his name on stuff, tear down and rebuild the White House into a ballroom, spruce up public golf courses - and worst of all, fund his own campaign commercials? 

(Although a federal judge put a stop to that last one, though he'll likely appeal.

Now look - I know that the president cannot control gas prices - or the prices of anything - without price control which would be true socialism, if not communism.

But at the same time, the reason gas prices are high is because of that damn attack on Iran, which he had no plan for and never should've done. 

Most of us can hardly make ends meet, right now, but all he is worried about care about golf courses, White House ballrooms, and a Triumphal arch in DC, like he's Marie Antoinette, saying "Let Them Eat Cake" - with our tax money!!!

Now you all know that if Obama and Biden had done annnnyyyyy of that, you all would've gone nuts. 

In fact, can you even remember why you hated Obama and Biden so much?

I doubt it.

(And don't say Epstein stuff because clearly, Trump isn't tackling that either, and unlike Trump their Obama and Biden's name never appeared in any photos or guest lists with Epstein - and some say the whole Iran thing was a distraction from it.)

Also don't say COVID because cases have gone down and/or are less severe since vaccines, and you're still alive, aren't you?

You Republicans are supposed to be the party of small government and small spending - hellllooo?

But when it's someone from your party having a field day with our tax money on frivolous stuff, while we can't even afford gas or groceries, you turn a blind eye to it. 

Some of you voted for Trump simply based on the economy and now seeing it's worse and have changed your tune.

Others STILL don't see any problems with Trump yet.

Sigh. Okay, guess we'll have to wait until you finally see it. 

Some of you never will, I guess, in true cult mentality.

(Regardless, I really hope there's some good cult deprogramming therapists out there on standby lol.)

Trump, if you want this frivolous stuff done for your own glory, then pay for it your DANG self - or get one of your bitcoin fraudsters that you pardoned to pay for it for you! 😂

Small Setback, Appointments This Week

 Good moring, all!

So I'm not sure what's going on, but starting Thursday, my back started hurting again, but more interestingly, my left upper ribs. 

So we know there was an 11th rib fracture, but no others were mentioned; however, with the extensive soft-tissue swelling I had (also mentioned on scans), it was difficult to tell.

The strange thing about car accidents is that things can show up even weeks later. 

Thus, I've spent the last 2 days with the full brace on, lying flat in bed again.

Argh, frustrating! I thought I was better!

As mentioned, I'm good with pain, unless it goes on to long, then I start to get impatient and frustrated - but I reckon I'll live, as my grandma used to say with things that weren't life threatening. 😂

In fact, I rode the stationary bike on Wednesday and also tried to fall decorate a little bit.

Oops, that may be the problem?

However, if so, I actually don't think it was the stationary bike - I think it was trying to decorate, bending and leaning over a bit to work on my wreaths.

I realized about an hour into it things were starting to hurt a little, so I stopped.

But Friday and especially yesterday, it started to hurt almost as bad as that first week.

MUCH better today, though, after wearing my brace.

My wreaths are spread out here and there, though, such that it looks like a pumpkin threw up in here. 😂

Anyway, some people have asked about my appointments this week.

They are:

Today (yes, Sunday) - 9:45 a.m. - lumbar MRI. (This will only show the lumbar spine where the fracture is, not ribs. It also will illuminate more on the aortic mural thrombus.

Tuesday - 9:40 a.m. - PCP to investigate new upper left rib pain.

Wednesday - 7:40 a.m. - DEXA scan - this is a bone density scan to prove that the vertebral fracture was not caused by postmenopausal osteoporosis and thus only caused by the accident alone. 

Other than that,  all good, except I'm getting stressed about finances. Everything is so ungodly expensive, right now, and of course, I can't DoorDash anymore to help.

But I'm trying to stay positive and forward-thinking, right?

That's the only way through.

I keep thinking it could've been worse and this WILL heal in time, right?

(Say yes here 😂.)

PS - New Department of War Logo: Wait, Is That a Nazi Eagle?

 

So the Department of Defense - erm - I mean Department of War, quietly released their new logo in recent weeks.

The eagle is larger and the wings are more angular. 

Um - that's a little too close to the Nazi eagle for comfort for me - anyone else?

Here's the Nazi version ...

As IF we needed more proof that our country is turning into a fascist dictatorship - and that our own people are actually voting for it - although they don't necessarily realize that are, as it comes wrapped in "Christian" nationalist disguise.

Speaking of which, Christian values and Nazi values should be incompatible - the words of Christ and Nazi philosophy are in direct opposition to one another.

However, as the quote loosely attributed to Sinclair Lewis says, "When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”

I say "loosely" because this phrase was never actually written or spoken by Sinclair Lewis - but he later noted he agreed with it.

Sinclair Lewis was more interested in fascism coming under the guises of enslavement to "laissez faire" ("hands-off" or unchecked) capitalism than religion - although he does lightly touch on misusing Christianity to manipulate voters to it.

In his book, "It Can't Happen Here," Lewis said: 

"But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word 'Fascism' and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty."

The closest to this quote was actually said by James Waterman Wise Jr in a speech reported in the magazine Christian Century on February 5, 1936, he stated that if fascism came to America, "it will probably be 'wrapped up in the American flag and heralded as a plea for liberty and preservation of the constitution.'

Translation?

Exactly what I've said before -  the smellers are the fellers! 😂

Whether extreme right (fascists) or extreme left (communists), they are two sides of the same government control coin. 

Either way, the song remains the same (only MAGA/Trump defies the constitution themselves, while still feigning adherence to it.)