Pa Rock's Ramble

Welcome to my cocktail of old writing scraps, special memories, and current personal opinion. Please feel free to comment, criticize, or remark in any way that makes you feel better. This effort is lovingly dedicated to my grandchildren - Boone, Sebastian, Judah, Willow, Olive, and Sullivan - golden portals to the future. May they all have a place at the table in a fair and just society. -- Pa Rock (Rocky Macy)

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Trail of Dead Deer

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  by Pa Rock Traveling Fool Rosie and I are back in Roeland Park, Kansas, after an absence of almost three-and-a-half months (March 1st).   ...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Political Pest Gets Booed at NBA Finals Last Night

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Donald Trump, a former resident of New York City, was roundly booed at Game 3 of the NBA finals last night at ...
Monday, June 8, 2026

Another Interview, Another Hissy Fit

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Donald Trump likes to be the loudest person in the room and the center of attention, and he likes to tell a ...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Brilliance Like the Light of a Thousand Dumpster Fires!

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Donald Trump recently revealed that while he can tolerate being called a "tyrant" and a "dictat...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Prices Soar as the War Drags On!

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  by Pa Rock Pissed-Off Consumer I paid $41.85 to fill the 12-gallon gas tank on my little Kia Soul yesterday.  Praise Allah it wasn't c...
Friday, June 5, 2026

Pa Rock Wants His Settlement - and No Tax Audits!

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Sometime in 2019 or 2020 a contracted employee with the IRS illegally released tax returns on 405,000 American...
Thursday, June 4, 2026

Case Closed, Columbo

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Casey's is a chain of more than 2,900 convenience stores across the Midwest and South, where most, but no...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Scott Pelley: Great American Patriot

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Donald Trump is a creature of the media, and, as such, he tends to wallow in right-wing news and social media ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Talarico Markets "Talafreako"

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist  When scandal-plagued Texas attorney general Ken Paxton won the GOP nomination to run for the US Senate last w...
Monday, June 1, 2026

Marilyn Monroe at 100

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   by Pa Rock Fanboy Perhaps the most iconic rendition of the musical standard "Happy. Birthday" ever recorded was the one Hollywo...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Judge Orders Major Improvement for Kennedy Center

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist The news out of Washington, DC, last week was more than just political blather about grotesque $250 bills, a...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

Pentagon Pete's Endless War on Fatties

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former weekend personality on the Fox News network, has a penchant for...
Friday, May 29, 2026

The Ooze of Corruption and Vanity is Exhausting

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by Pa Rock Taxpayer Alas, I am not rich enough to evade paying taxes, which means that my coerced contributions to the government are helpin...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Sully and Uncle Nick Go Fishing

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  by Pa Rock Dog Sitter My youngest grandchild, Sullivan Macy, and his dad, Tim, drove down Tuesday afternoon from their home in the Kansas ...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Papal Hang-Up

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  by Pa Rock Angry Old Crank Prior to his promotion to Pope of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Prevost (aged 69 at the t...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Cuba Has Already Been Liberated!

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist My guess is, based on internet news sources, that the United States will invade the sovereign island nation ...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Missing the Almighty Johnsons

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  by Pa Rock Television Junkie I am currently only subscribed to three television streaming services:  Amazon's Prime , Brit Box, and P...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Forget the Apology, Joe Bob!

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  by Pa Rock Yard Farmer I need to begin by posting an apology (of sorts) to Joe Bob down the road whose character I impugned yesterday by s...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Grand Theft Roses

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by Pa Rock Man with a Shovel I went on a rose-planting binge this very month four years ago and put out a total of eight rose bushes, seven ...
Friday, May 22, 2026

The War on Iran Affects Us All

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist The Pentagon says it has spent upwards of $29 billion on the weaponry used to bomb Iran since we helped Isra...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

A Sewer of Political Corruption

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Approximately 150 uniformed police officers were injured during the Capitol riots on January 6th, 2021, and ...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

The Coming Raid on the US Treasury

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Between the years 2018 and 2020, a contracted employee working at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unlawfu...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Marideth Sisco, Songbird and Renaissance Woman, Dead at 82

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by Pa Rock Word is out this morning of the passing of  Marideth Sisco, one of the best known personalities in the Ozarks.  An obituary blurb...
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West Plains, Missouri, United States
I'm just me - a solitary wanderer who trekked across much of the world and recently retired to a small farm in the Ozarks. My checkered past includes time spent as an Army officer, high school teacher and principal, real estate broker, child protection worker and administrator, and social worker with the U.S. military. Over the years I have resided in a variety of places including Missouri, Virginia, Okinawa, Kansas, Kentucky, and Arizona. I have also traveled to Germany, Mexico, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Great Britain, Belize, Guatemala, Taiwan, Guam, South Korea, Vietnam, and numerous islands in the Caribbean - including Cuba. I have ridden in a Russian ambulance, hitch-hiked across Moscow late at night, fought an ostrich, celebrated New Year's at a street party in Hanoi, and bicycled across the Caribbean. My travels have taken me to Ground Zero in Hiroshima, the Bolshoi Ballet, China Beach, and the White House kitchen. The nine things in life that I am most proud of are my children: Nick, Molly, and Tim, and my grandchildren: Boone, Sebastian, Judah, Olive, Willow, and Sullivan. Life has been very good to me indeed!
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