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From ghost towns to ghost nation – what Larry learned about America over 7,000 miles ■ Explore Uranus – not the planet, the roadside attraction in the Ozarks (yes, It’s a fudge factory!) ■ Discover the two Americas, why one hates the other, and which one Larry prefers ■ Which sleaze-BAG career politician screwed YOU out of near 2 TRILLION dollars that might have saved your business? Hit the road with Larry – and get ready to rage!
**********************************************************Is America fucked? It sure looks that way.They’re replacing Orange Man with Dementia Man. He’s already had two brain surgeries for aneurysms, and once he strokes out, it’s President Round-Heeled DA who jailed thousands on pot charges while she is an admitted grass smoker. And laughs about it. She who couldn’t even place top five in the primaries.
What a system.
But that’s down the road a few weeks. As Charles Manson was fond of saying… Come into the now! And the now is, that regardless who’s ass is blowing farts through sheets in the White House master bedroom, America is on course for… calamity.
In LA, where I’ve lived but plan to flee asap, one of the major arteries of commerce – perhaps THE major artery of commerce – is Ventura boulevard. I’ve always LOVED that name. So cool. So adventurous. Rockers and movie makers love it, too. After the famed Sunset Strip, Ventura is probably the most famous drag in L.A.
Now, it looks like Depression City
Maybe a third of all store fronts are for lease. Hundred of restaurants, hair salons and boutiques sport window signs saying CLOSED or FOR LEASE.
CLOSED or FOR LEASE does NOT mean we’ll return after the lockdown.
CLOSED or FOR LEASE means we’re dead.
As in FOR – FUCKING EVER!
That’s not a tragedy, that’s an atrocity.
Tragedies are accidents – hurricane and earthquake deaths, etc.
Atrocities are deliberate. The death of Ventura boulevard and small businesses throughout the United States was – an atrocity. Murder by politicians.
Let’s name those murderers. California Governor Gavin Newsom. New York Governor Andrew “Fredo Sr.” Cuomo. And many others. That Whitmer grimbo in Michigan. Etcetera.
Instead of protecting the vulnerable – geriatrics, and those with “co-morbidities” – obesity, respiratory issues, etc., they shut down everything. Which destroyed everything. They don’t give a fuck. Because government paychecks and Cadillac benefits never stop.
NEVER.
Politician/parasites don’t give a fuck about anyone’s health. Only keeping their own cash-flow going and their power uninterrupted. That’s it. Assistants, limos, bodyguards, and thick firewalls between themselves and their constituents. That’s what they like.
Last summer, I drove across the country and back. I just did it again. 7,221 miles. Sadly, it looks a LOT worse than it did in July and August.
Here’s what I mean. In mid-summer – before endless lockdowns, this mom and pop tourist shop was doing okay. People – Navajo people – were making a living from it.
It’s on the Arizona / California border. These Indian Trading posts have been there, thriving for decades. There were 8 or ten of them, and they all made money. Look at it now.
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Was this store a vector of China Virus germs? Super spreader locations?
No. Just people trying to make a living.
Here’s another. Welcome to bankruptcy. Welcome to desolation. Courtesy of government intervention.
Now, they’re broke. Where do they go to make a living?
If you don’t despise career politicians – people utterly devoid of talent, or skill, who got where they are by kissing ass and sucking dick (literally) — then
WHY THE FUCK DON’T YOU!?!?!!
But that’s enough of that. Here are some images from URANUS. What is it? It’s a roadside attraction in Missouri. It’s a monument to kitsch and camp and Americana. It’s one childish pun re-hashed to the power of 10.
But it’s still fun.
As November 2020, it was still open. Kinda / sorta. (But the parking lot was awful empty.)
Welcome to Uranus. It’s a fudge factory. It’s a sideshow museum. It’s an outdoor survival store. It’s a dinosaur eating a UFO.
What is it about roadside attractions and dinosaurs? It’s like there’s some federal building code that mandates dinosaurs at all tourist locations. They always have them. Actually, it’s no mystery. All schools have taught for decades are the 3 D’s. Diversity, dolphins and dinosaurs. So the kids – even the ones in their 30’s, must have dinosaurs.
Uranus has its own cop car. With an APB out on a pair of missing balls that may be up somebody’s ass.
As John Mellancamp said (I liked him better when his name was Johnny Cougar. Now, he kinda resembles a cougar – the kind that wear industrial -strength panty hose and drink Mai Tais at 1 pm at Fuddruckers),
“Ain’t that America.”
Somebody said it before him, but he got famous for it, so…
Part 2 of Road Trip Redux this Wednesday.
Until then, pray for America, and curse politicians.
Fuck them to hell.
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