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)

Friday, April 3, 2026

Piggy Best Be Paying Attention to the Disappearing Act of Cesar Chavez

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Donald Trump's idea of "legacy" has nothing to do with great acts of humanitarian worth or ach...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Where Pretentious People Go to Posture

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  by Pa Rock Curmudgeon One of those new franchises that specialize in "fancy coffees" opened in my little berg of West Plains, Mi...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Criminals with Exceptional Taste

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  by Pa Rock Chocolate Aficionado Instead of losing their collective corporate mind over a brazen act of criminality that targeted their  bu...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Horseshit and Batshit

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Is anyone else as tired of Donald Trump's galloping narcissism, a mental health disorder, as I am?  Trum...
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Monday, March 30, 2026

Profiles in Courage

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  by Pa Rock Proud American John. F. Kennedy penned the biographical collection "Profiles in Courage" while serving in the US Sena...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Americans Are Far Better than Our Leader

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  by Pa Rock Patriot Literally millions of people showed up across America for the third in a national series of "No Kings" rallie...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

In Contempt of Soulless Pigs

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Have you ever wondered why people as rich as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, or even the vulgarian Tru...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Loose Cannon

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  (Editor's note:  Ranger Bob is back with another take on our modern political world.  This time he explains the origins of the term ...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Governor Sarah has Difficulty Dining Out

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist An evolutionary age ago in American politics, in June of 2018 during the early stages of Trump's first p...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

We are in a Real Deal, Ugly-Assed War!

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Yup, there it is folks.   The "excursion" that our Blowhard-in-Chief said we won on day one, is no...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The Passing of American Patriot Robert Mueller

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  by Pa Rock Proud American (Today's posting is somewhat dated, but I didn't want to let the moment slip completely by without givin...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Death and Mayhem at LaGuardia

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Last week I saw photos of a wide line of people, many with small children and luggage in tow, standing immob...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

My Perfect Day

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  by Pa Rock Old Fart with a Cane My sister, Abigail, and her daughter, Tiffany, drove out yesterday from northwest Arkansas to visit, and w...
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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Trump Dreams of his Name in Neon Across Havana

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Cuba, an island nation of approximately ten million people which lies just 90 miles south of the southern tip ...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Looking for Balance

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(Editor's note:  Ranger Bob is back with a politically-oriented post in which he appeals for moderation and balance in American politics...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Pa Rock's Drive-Thru Dining Guide

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by Pa Rock Road Warrior I am at a time of life when I need to be eating better, but that's not happening.  More and more often I find my...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Being an Obnoxious Blowhard Doesn't Win Wars

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Today I could write about how I wasted an entire afternoon yesterday on the phone with two insurance compani...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Pentagon Pizza Index and Gay Bar Traffic

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist When governments, like the notorious Trump administration, try to operate in darkness, it's up to the pr...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Shopping with Other People's Money

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist The US federal government runs its financial books on what is called a "fiscal year" basis for budge...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

A Weather Mess Meets a Government Mess

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  by Pa Rock Observer Today's weather forecast for the Ozarks seems to be offering the proverbial "something for everyone."   ...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Pete Pines for Patriotic Press to Push Pentagon Propaganda

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by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Pete Hegseth, the United States highly decorated (tattooed) and totally unqualified Secretary of Defense, came...
Friday, March 13, 2026

It Could Have Been Adult Diapers

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  by Pa Rock Citizen Journalist Instead of pissing on subordinates to mark the most servile members of the pack, Donald Trump is buying them...
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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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