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About Me
- Randy Johnson
- I'm just a guy with a wandering mind, a love for nature, and an interest in politics. I'm intolerant of intolerance and support civil rights for all people. I'm against trickle-down economics. I'm against the neo-con ideals of might makes right, and privatization is the answer to everything. I'm for single-payer healthcare. I'm for raising the cap on the social security tax, so the mega-rich will have to chip in the same percentage of their income as the middle class, allowing all of us to retire with some level of security and dignity. I campaigned for Barack Obama because I believe it's time to shift the balance of power away from the fringes of fascism, and back toward the common citizen, or as John Adams (our first conservative president) called us “the multitude, the vulgar, the herd, the rabble, the mob.” Sorry Adams, but I think Jefferson was on the right track, and I hope someday his vision will be realized. If we really want to save this country, we need publicly funded elections, and a reemergence of a strong independent news media with the balls to hold our politicians to account once again. Walter Cronkite, Edward R Murrow, we need you now more than ever!
Oh my, I LOVE these photos....what beautiful places! Their neglect saddens me.....can't you just imagine them in their prime, families growing up in them...kids and animals romping on their lawns...homework being done at their kitchen tables...mother's tending to skinned knees...suppers cooking on the stove?...And you have to wonder how and who could have possibly cast them aside. Maybe their roofs began to leak, their pipes began to rust, their faucets began to drip...maybe they became cold and drafty and needed more mending than their owners could afford. At least that is what I choose to believe because I cannot imagine ANYone just walking away and leaving them "ABANDONED"!
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Thanks Alana. I love old buildings. “Ghost-towning” is one of my favorite ways to spend a vacation. I always think of the people and the activities that once filled the rooms, and yards of such places. It's always sad to be reminded that people and their dreams come and go like the seasons, but for some reason I love these places just the same.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures mirror one of my own photographic interests. I live in Hong Kong, and there are scores of abandoned buildings in my neighbourhood. This link includes a series of photos of an abandoned chee tong (spirit hall) and also includes a link to a photo tour of the neighbourhood.
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