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KentuckyWoman

(7,417 posts)
12. Clowns on the surface. BUT
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 12:37 PM
Jul 2025

Make no mistake about it, someone is running the plays in the background. There are always players that stay in the dark. However, in days past, they were minor players. Now they have all the keys to our future while the world yells at the idiot act.

Most of my life has been a constant effort to keep a lid on "dark money" and influence. The balance flipped in under 10 years and I'll be surprised if America gets any control over it in my lifetime. I say that hoping I am wrong....

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The Clowns Are Already Here [View all] MineralMan Jul 2025 OP
👍 underpants Jul 2025 #1
Hat tip to Stephen Sondheim... Glorfindel Jul 2025 #2
Yes. One of the saddest songs from a musical. MineralMan Jul 2025 #3
Beautiful. Disaffected Jul 2025 #6
YW Glorfindel Jul 2025 #8
I love that song. Great poetry in the lyrics and the tune is beautiful Walleye Jul 2025 #9
You beat me to it. A wonderful singer. Ping Tung Jul 2025 #11
I thought of the same song. Beacool Jul 2025 #18
Sondheim wrote the song very quickly PJMcK Jul 2025 #23
;-{) Goonch Jul 2025 #4
Wow! MineralMan Jul 2025 #5
He's Pennywise, Stephen King's sewer clown. Ocelot II Jul 2025 #7
So good with kids... hay rick Jul 2025 #14
If only they could be funny once in a while. Like when they say they are "joking". Never funny. Walleye Jul 2025 #10
Clowns on the surface. BUT KentuckyWoman Jul 2025 #12
We have a cabinet full of James Bond villains, each more horrifying than the next. Initech Jul 2025 #13
Hilarious Coolgoober Jul 2025 #15
AMEN! LoisB Jul 2025 #16
What about the people Keepthesoulalive Jul 2025 #17
Well, that's a very good question. MineralMan Jul 2025 #21
I believe Americans are very Keepthesoulalive Jul 2025 #24
Yes. That's true, for sure. MineralMan Jul 2025 #25
Shakespeare said it better Warpy Jul 2025 #19
That says it well, too. MineralMan Jul 2025 #22
Spot on! Katinfl Jul 2025 #20
Here's a poem I posted in the Poetry subforum a few weeks ago...for your entertainment on this subject. The Madcap Jul 2025 #26
The Garbage Clown Blue Owl Jul 2025 #27
Good post! Wild blueberry Jul 2025 #28
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