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    Zombie-fied

    By M.A. Wyner

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    How Voters Turned into Shuffling Zombies and Other Rants from a Senior Citizen -- “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore!”

    So this senior citizen lets them have it with both barrels. Told with equal parts humor, crankiness, and common sense. She not only has the pulse of the fed-up public, she also has their blood pressure and frustration. This book touches on subjects from education to Social Security, political correctness, pork spending, and much more. Few subjects are left untouched from the opinions and rantings of a senior citizen. A thoroughly entertaining read during this volatile election season.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFull Moon Publishing LLC
    Release dateJun 29, 2016
    ISBN9780997670707
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    M.A. Wyner

    M.A. Wyner is the author of a variety of books in a number of pseudonyms.

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      Destiny Kills is my introduction to Sam Casey and I must say that I really enjoyed it. What really made the story work for me is the blend of mystery to solve, working through threads and interconnections and how Sam juggles that with her everyday life.While there is a certain formulaic feel to some elements (typical rich guy with friends at City Hall, etc.), it doesn't detract (at least it didn't for me) from the overall storyline and I will certainly go back and, pardon the pun, investigate the other books in the series and look forward to future books from S. D. Tooley.
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    Zombie-fied - M.A. Wyner

    When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, ‘Who is destroying the world?’ You are. – Ayn Rand

    ZOMBIE-FIED

    How Voters Turned Into Shuffling Zombies

    and Other Rants from a Senior Citizen

    M.A. Wyner

    This book represents the opinions and commentary of M.A. Wyner. She can be reached at Mawyner@sc.rr.com

    All rights reserved.

    This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

    Copyright © 2016 by M.A. Wyner

    Smashwords Edition

    ISBN 978-0-9976707-0-7

    Published June 2016

    www.facebook.com/wawyner

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Preface

    Reading, Writing, and…

    College

    Advertising

    War on Drugs

    Legalizing Marijuana

    Politics

    Elections

    Climate Change

    Energy

    Religion

    Taxes

    Pork Spending

    War on Poverty

    Race Relations

    Immigration

    Healthcare

    Isis/Taliban/Fanatics/Terrorism

    Protests

    Social Security

    Political Correctness

    Miscellaneous Rants

    In Conclusion

    PREFACE

    A number of years ago I was perusing the Obituaries in our local paper. For some reason, once you hit a certain age, the Obits seem more interesting than the comics. I had often wondered why Mom found them so fascinating. She said (old joke) that she wanted to see if she was mentioned. But actually she was looking for anyone she knew.

    So back to the past. My gaze fell on one entry that was at least three long columns in length. Who on earth was this guy? How important was he? Imagine my surprise when it read as though the deceased had written it himself, one of those in the event of my death, place this in my obit. He spent most of the three columns railing against a certain president, how the policies and actions were going to give him a heart attack; and if he did die, it was because of said president.

    I am guilty of writing a number of letters to the editor in my past, many weren’t published but a few were. Today, I’m not sure three columns would do it. Hence, I sat down and wrote ZOMBIE-FIED. If that poor guy had taken the time to write a book, let it all out, ease his conscience, unburden his soul, his heart might not have been under so much stress.

    In my teens, politics didn’t interest me. Even in my late twenties I hadn’t bothered to register to vote. Once I did, I fell into the old female cliché … I voted for whichever guy was cutest. If I had been old enough, I would have voted for Kennedy, either one, but not the one who couldn’t maneuver a car over a bridge. Dad loved the peanut farmer. I read the guy was a nuclear scientist, or some such thing. So he’s smart. He’d probably do a good job. Wrong! Reagan? Who’s going to vote for an actor? Well, he was a governor, so he had that going for him; and he ended up surprising most everyone.

    I finally did get a grasp of this politics stuff. Guess as you get older, start to earn a paycheck, and see how much the government is sucking out of it, you start to pay closer attention. Always thought I had a high tolerance level; but when I think back to the guy with the three column obituary, I didn’t want to wait until the stress got to be too much to unleash my rants. Don’t get me wrong, I do offer some common sense solutions to a number of issues. The more I type, the more issues pop into my head. Too many subjects…too little time.

    So without further ado…

    READING, WRITING, AND …

    What on earth is happening to our educational system? Whatever happened to reading, writing, math, English, science, history, and a bit of the arts (music, theater, etc.) thrown in? And let’s not forget about gym. Why are there so many non-essential classes taking up precious time? I recall reading in our local paper of grade schoolers spending a couple hours outdoors playing Frisbee. At least they were getting exercise, but it wasn’t part of gym. This was an energy company promoting an environmental cause by passing out green Frisbees. Want to teach kids about the environment, green energy, eating vegan, saving the planet? Save it for an after school class and make it voluntary.

    Poor kids don’t know any different. Like little zombie Stepford kids, they do and say what they are taught. I’m sure teachers want to teach the subject they studied in college. That’s where their passions lie. They didn’t sign up to do the job of parenting or bouncer or to read pages and pages of edicts from higher ups regarding the cause du jour. Students need to learn the basics, prepare for college or a profession. This way, if they focus on the basics, they won’t have to retake high school English in college. The only extra class I would toss in is finance. Students need to learn how to save for the future because they can’t be like my generation and rely only on Social Security.

    Which brings us to…

    COLLEGE

    Critical thinking? (That’s a great buzz phrase colleges like to use.) Let’s face it. If a kid hasn’t learned how to think before entering college, he needs to go back to high school. The scary question is, are they thinking for themselves? They have spent eight hours a day for twelve years among certain teachers struggling to pass on thoughts and ideology dictated by the government and are now handed off to a college for four or more years of even more ideological persuasions, majority of which bend way far to the left. They may call it critical thinking, but it’s more like teaching students to think like their left-leaning professors. Shouldn’t it be illegal for a student to be graded based on whether the student agrees with the professor? Matter of fact, shouldn’t teachers/professors be required to keep their political leanings to themselves?

    Tuitions are through the roof, but they don’t have to be. I have a novel idea. Why not require students to only attend classes that benefit their choice of major? If they plan to be engineers, they should only attend classes pertaining to their chosen profession. Why should there be requirements that the student take other classes which have nothing whatsoever to do with their major?

    The Daily Caller had a list in August 21, 2015 of some of the dumbest college courses. These include classes on Being Bored, Wasting Time on the Internet, How to Win a Beauty Pageant, Stupidity (at a cost of over $63,000!), The Sociology of Miley Cyrus (over $62,000!). And let’s not forget the college

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