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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Blood for Oil and Fuel for Thought

    Who has the limpest rocket? Who has the most strategic hand? Who has the hardest surface to stop bombs where they land?  Who says the cartels are terrorists? Who says that China wants us dead? Who says to kill a giant you need to lop off its opulent head?  Who wants to stop the violence?…

  • A Thorn Defends the Rose

    Who decides where  a word goes In poetry  when there is no  matter And who knows when   to place it         here to make the poem seem badder when the words sound about right call a bigger rose fatter  Take the word rose at the start Sounds like clatter Put it at the end you made …

  • The Pursuit of Home

    The freedom to drive 2500 miles and dip my toe in the rivers of Yosemite Valley, turn around and drive home to the Great Lakes knowing that I never really had to leave to find security or recovery, to me is the ultimate defiance of privilege as an American because leaving home is the hardest…

  • Give It Up for AI

    What is stopping AI from taking these words, keeping them the same and putting them online in a forum I will never reach. These are not thoughts of a famous person that have been quoted over and over again and read by millions. What if AI likes what I have to say and is copying…

  • The Spirit of National Parks From the Perspective of a White Guy

    A Russian friend of mine once asked me why it is that Americans go to national parks to just simply gaze at the landscape. Like what is it that Americans see and why do they think it’s different from what others see? My answer was about the history of national parks, Muir and Roosevelt, and…