I was goosed as a Freshman in HS by some tall long haired hippie type of punk. He thought he was funny, but I didn't react. Never told my parents. What would be the point? My parents and I were not close at all. If I had been what I am today, that creep would have been laying on the hallway floor, bruised and bleeding.
Don't feel guilty, Don. As youngsters, we didn't know. If you have the names of those guys who egged on your brother, I'd try and look them up in some criminal system and see if they have records.
There were kids in my HS that were different and they were picked on too. Kids are mean, but they get that attitude from their parents or the creepy peers they hung with.
I remember when I was having back problems as a Junior, someone pulled the chair out from under me in the cafeteria during study hall. I fell smack on my butt, and it really hurt. Very hard for me to even get up. No one said anything, certainly not the ones sitting at my table, nor did anyone help me get up.
God sees all. Let him handle it. He will in his own time and for those who have been so mean, they can laugh, but in time, will pay the price. I have personally witnessed it happen to folks who were nasty.
Thank you for sharing in your experiences. The rest of us who have suffered at the hands of bullies completely feel your pain.
I'd like to also add that in gym class, some punk chick stole out of my gym locker the top I was wearing. It was one from one of my brothers he didn't want. Back then, it seemed cool to wear guy's clothing (I also had a CPO jacket). I went to the Principal's office and complained coz I saw her wearing it not long after. I told him it had a small hole in it near the collar, probably from the tag, but she must have washed it and the hole was gone. She never wore it again to school.
I also remember this guy I liked who was in a class behind me, probably a sophomore. Another chick liked him too and wanted to "beat me up". It never happened, but I did run into her back in 1994 and dutifully reminded her of that "guy" we both liked. I then laughed in her face because I told her he was a real chump. I had his class picture but threw it out. She was married and had 4 kids. Looked like the dog she did back in HS. Like I said, God Plays Fair!
The JFK Assassination was obviously planned a long time in advance. And what is even more amazing was they even constructed false wormholes and false paradigms to miffle the inevitable researchers who would not believe the Official Narrative.
The JFK Assassination is one of the Crown Jewels of Operation Mockingbird, which seeks to discredit the truth by practically showboating it while at the same time trying to twist it into a Gordian Knot. It has given rise to all sort of theories, from the bizarre, to the implausible, to the fantastic, to those closest to the probable truth.
We may never know precisely who fired the fatal shots that day, but we do know who DID NOT fire the "Magic Bullet"- Three Namer Lee Harvey Oswald.
They led Oswald on a merry chase.
They framed the whole "duck hunting story", trying to implicate Guy Bannister and his cronies in the plot.
They obviously infiltrated the Dallas Police Department, and they must have paid Jack Ruby a LOT of money to fire that fatal shot.
And then they would have uproarious fun hunting down any witnesses that contradicted the official narrative and have them dying in strange traffic fatalities or other outlier "accidents". The body count after two or so years was quite impressive.
Obviously the Dallas coroner was bought and paid for, and likely the whole staff in that hospital ward, which may have been put in place beforehand.
The driver of the limo had to have been in on it, as well as half the motorcade.
And, of course, the route change into Dealey Plaza was a last minute affair, which would give away the plot to anybody caring to speculate.
Meanwhile, the story of Ricky's Prosecution is completely tragic. Somebody really had it in for him for some reason. I would not be surprised if the whole incident was not set up by a sadistic school official, who encouraged the peers that goaded Ricky to commit the deed.
That nobody- principles, judges, and administrators, stood up for Ricky at some point and said the whole incident was overblown, and that the appropriate punishment for the first offense would have been an in-school detention and threats of serious consequences for a second offense.
On the other hand, in my Freshman year of High School, I was bullied by a huge Puerto Rican by the name of Pete Rosello. He got mad at me when he butted in all the way at front of the line for study hall sign in, and I told him to take his place at the end of the line. Even the school administrators and the monitors were afraid of him, and let him do as he pleased. Needless to say, he got out of control, and finally pulled a knife on someone in a hallway, and was then expelled. But in the meantime, he had cowed the whole student body for six weeks while the administration tried to coddle him and ignored his crimes.
And I don't think his father was even a Colonel.
And this was at the Lancaster Catholic High School
I appreciate you sharing your own experience, WW. It seemed like someone had it in for Ricky his entire life. Born under a Black cloud. But without this overblown incident, my guess is he might very well have lived at least a semi-normal life. Thanks.
God gives strong people big crosses. I'm sure Rickey was a very strong person in his own way. What he went through would have driven many people to suicide. Meanwhile it is especially tragic that your experiences dramatically impact those family members around you. I'm suspicious the fact that your sister was closer to his new school was not the only reason he left home. It really must have turned his life upside down.
He might have been better off quitting school and getting a job at a warehouse or something.
But life has always been rough for the men growing up in sheepledom. You're coddled for 12 years of school, then thrown to the proverbial lions.
Ricky’s story is heartbreaking I was choked up reading it. I’m so sorry. This and other revelations including the trafficking, uniparty corruption, 911, J6 etc exposes an underbelly of the America that we all love so dark and wicked we have to face it.
The spiritual war between good and evil, Satan and Christ, hell and heaven is as real as the temporal material world and has greater influence. Pray study (scripture and the constitution) act.
I enjoyed your essay and appreciate you sharing these insights about your family and especially your brother. Your mother's unwillingness to talk about it probably has to do with her upbringing. Great depression generation and stiff upper lip. My parents were the same way. Our family (uncle, grandfather, sister, brother) were chock full of alcoholics. It was never discussed, ever! I appreciate your patience with your brother and have learned from you. I am having to assume responsibilities for my brother and hope that I live up to your standard. God bless you and your readers!
This sounds like another case of "much ado about nothing" where a non crime becomes amplified and bloated by those bureaucrats who can't get a life unless they steal other peoples lives. That old wisdom about "straining at gnats, and swallowing camels" (like the micro/macro-scale daily genocide/democides taking place for one "just cause" or another. I sometimes can only take comfort in knowing that that knowledge we seek is often occulted by those who have something they think they are hiding, but God always knows. Psy-Ops have been around long before P.T. Barnum, but they are becoming more exposed in the "Courts of Public Opinion".
WHat is happening is that, the more the sheeple are lobotomized by Hellywood, Social Media, their Pastors, and the "Nightly News", the more the Satanic Pederasts come out of the closet. How long before Child Sacrifices are being televised?
Like the Branch Davidian's at Waco, It was all outlined in "The Report from Iron Mountain" of turning people into public spectacles and enslaving people to the machinations of those who view us with an evil eye. From a historical perspective, pagans (Satanist, Eugenicist,Masochist) have always demanded "Sacrifice" at the expense of the unknowing.
Great piece, Donald. I remember this story and it is just as poignant and tragic in reading it a second time. I think your brother was one who was essentially walking the fine line between "normal" and "abnormal" and it took one incident to push him over in the latter direction. The trauma over a thoroughly “nothing” event was produced entirely by a social system of egotists and their evil “retribution” mentality against someone who was easy pickings and of whom they could thus make an “example.” “He goosed a girl! OMG! Lock him up!” And, in this case, for a lifetime.
What has always baffled me about Americans is the very strange inability to make a full and intelligent assessment of the (usually simple) circumstances surrounding some event. In this case, we again see the typical total failure on the part of authorities to consider the type of individual involved. Without ever knowing him, I think it's obvious that Ricky had a simple outward personality, was often nerdy and awkward, and, most importantly, was easily influenced by others. These basic qualities make him an utterly harmless character. And his life after this event makes that clear. But how is it that others (e.g., school officials, parents) couldn’t see this to begin with? Where was the ability to look at Ricky and, with the aid of intuition, say, “It’s obvious that he is, for all intents and purposes, an innocent soul," thereby making a PROPER assessment of the situation and a TRUE and JUST pronouncement on Ricky, thus sparing him.
Any intelligent school administrator could have wisely assessed the situation that occurred on Nov. 22, 1963 (what a date to write, btw) and said, “Well, it’s Ricky. He most likely didn’t do this on his own. And kids do dumb things all the time. So let’s give him a warning not to do it again and be done with it.” But no, the powers that be in this case had to “make an example” of the meek and harmless type who couldn’t ever defend himself and make a BIG LOUD (!) statement over a supposed injustice. This is another prominent feature of America: make a stink about an utter triviality and “prosecute” to the full extent of the law. The innocent be damned.
Really tragic and so my heart goes out to you, DJ. But Ricky’s in a better place now, where we might say, “the way up” for him was first “down.”
thanks Don. this is heartbreaking and wrenching. it is good you can write about your brother who was bullied and persecuted. it is of help to those of us who hold it inside.
Thanks for this and sharing your brother's maddening story. Something wrong with that V.P. who stalked your brother. Probably belonged to same cult as the military dad, or was ex-military himself.
I was goosed as a Freshman in HS by some tall long haired hippie type of punk. He thought he was funny, but I didn't react. Never told my parents. What would be the point? My parents and I were not close at all. If I had been what I am today, that creep would have been laying on the hallway floor, bruised and bleeding.
Don't feel guilty, Don. As youngsters, we didn't know. If you have the names of those guys who egged on your brother, I'd try and look them up in some criminal system and see if they have records.
There were kids in my HS that were different and they were picked on too. Kids are mean, but they get that attitude from their parents or the creepy peers they hung with.
I remember when I was having back problems as a Junior, someone pulled the chair out from under me in the cafeteria during study hall. I fell smack on my butt, and it really hurt. Very hard for me to even get up. No one said anything, certainly not the ones sitting at my table, nor did anyone help me get up.
God sees all. Let him handle it. He will in his own time and for those who have been so mean, they can laugh, but in time, will pay the price. I have personally witnessed it happen to folks who were nasty.
Thank you for sharing in your experiences. The rest of us who have suffered at the hands of bullies completely feel your pain.
I appreciate that, Fran. Thanks.
I'd like to also add that in gym class, some punk chick stole out of my gym locker the top I was wearing. It was one from one of my brothers he didn't want. Back then, it seemed cool to wear guy's clothing (I also had a CPO jacket). I went to the Principal's office and complained coz I saw her wearing it not long after. I told him it had a small hole in it near the collar, probably from the tag, but she must have washed it and the hole was gone. She never wore it again to school.
I also remember this guy I liked who was in a class behind me, probably a sophomore. Another chick liked him too and wanted to "beat me up". It never happened, but I did run into her back in 1994 and dutifully reminded her of that "guy" we both liked. I then laughed in her face because I told her he was a real chump. I had his class picture but threw it out. She was married and had 4 kids. Looked like the dog she did back in HS. Like I said, God Plays Fair!
The JFK Assassination was obviously planned a long time in advance. And what is even more amazing was they even constructed false wormholes and false paradigms to miffle the inevitable researchers who would not believe the Official Narrative.
The JFK Assassination is one of the Crown Jewels of Operation Mockingbird, which seeks to discredit the truth by practically showboating it while at the same time trying to twist it into a Gordian Knot. It has given rise to all sort of theories, from the bizarre, to the implausible, to the fantastic, to those closest to the probable truth.
We may never know precisely who fired the fatal shots that day, but we do know who DID NOT fire the "Magic Bullet"- Three Namer Lee Harvey Oswald.
They led Oswald on a merry chase.
They framed the whole "duck hunting story", trying to implicate Guy Bannister and his cronies in the plot.
They obviously infiltrated the Dallas Police Department, and they must have paid Jack Ruby a LOT of money to fire that fatal shot.
And then they would have uproarious fun hunting down any witnesses that contradicted the official narrative and have them dying in strange traffic fatalities or other outlier "accidents". The body count after two or so years was quite impressive.
Obviously the Dallas coroner was bought and paid for, and likely the whole staff in that hospital ward, which may have been put in place beforehand.
The driver of the limo had to have been in on it, as well as half the motorcade.
And, of course, the route change into Dealey Plaza was a last minute affair, which would give away the plot to anybody caring to speculate.
Meanwhile, the story of Ricky's Prosecution is completely tragic. Somebody really had it in for him for some reason. I would not be surprised if the whole incident was not set up by a sadistic school official, who encouraged the peers that goaded Ricky to commit the deed.
That nobody- principles, judges, and administrators, stood up for Ricky at some point and said the whole incident was overblown, and that the appropriate punishment for the first offense would have been an in-school detention and threats of serious consequences for a second offense.
On the other hand, in my Freshman year of High School, I was bullied by a huge Puerto Rican by the name of Pete Rosello. He got mad at me when he butted in all the way at front of the line for study hall sign in, and I told him to take his place at the end of the line. Even the school administrators and the monitors were afraid of him, and let him do as he pleased. Needless to say, he got out of control, and finally pulled a knife on someone in a hallway, and was then expelled. But in the meantime, he had cowed the whole student body for six weeks while the administration tried to coddle him and ignored his crimes.
And I don't think his father was even a Colonel.
And this was at the Lancaster Catholic High School
Yes, it is an insane world we live in.
I appreciate you sharing your own experience, WW. It seemed like someone had it in for Ricky his entire life. Born under a Black cloud. But without this overblown incident, my guess is he might very well have lived at least a semi-normal life. Thanks.
God gives strong people big crosses. I'm sure Rickey was a very strong person in his own way. What he went through would have driven many people to suicide. Meanwhile it is especially tragic that your experiences dramatically impact those family members around you. I'm suspicious the fact that your sister was closer to his new school was not the only reason he left home. It really must have turned his life upside down.
He might have been better off quitting school and getting a job at a warehouse or something.
But life has always been rough for the men growing up in sheepledom. You're coddled for 12 years of school, then thrown to the proverbial lions.
Ricky’s story is heartbreaking I was choked up reading it. I’m so sorry. This and other revelations including the trafficking, uniparty corruption, 911, J6 etc exposes an underbelly of the America that we all love so dark and wicked we have to face it.
The spiritual war between good and evil, Satan and Christ, hell and heaven is as real as the temporal material world and has greater influence. Pray study (scripture and the constitution) act.
It certainly is, Henry. There is a lot more I can tell. Maybe one day I'll write a book about him. Thanks.
Don, another and more important footnote to this tragic story is your faithfulness and love for Ricky. You were a great brother.
I enjoyed your essay and appreciate you sharing these insights about your family and especially your brother. Your mother's unwillingness to talk about it probably has to do with her upbringing. Great depression generation and stiff upper lip. My parents were the same way. Our family (uncle, grandfather, sister, brother) were chock full of alcoholics. It was never discussed, ever! I appreciate your patience with your brother and have learned from you. I am having to assume responsibilities for my brother and hope that I live up to your standard. God bless you and your readers!
Your kind words mean a lot, Dennis. Thank you!
This sounds like another case of "much ado about nothing" where a non crime becomes amplified and bloated by those bureaucrats who can't get a life unless they steal other peoples lives. That old wisdom about "straining at gnats, and swallowing camels" (like the micro/macro-scale daily genocide/democides taking place for one "just cause" or another. I sometimes can only take comfort in knowing that that knowledge we seek is often occulted by those who have something they think they are hiding, but God always knows. Psy-Ops have been around long before P.T. Barnum, but they are becoming more exposed in the "Courts of Public Opinion".
It was definitely much ado about nothing, Clyde, but it disrupted all our lives, and ruined my brother's. Thanks.
WHat is happening is that, the more the sheeple are lobotomized by Hellywood, Social Media, their Pastors, and the "Nightly News", the more the Satanic Pederasts come out of the closet. How long before Child Sacrifices are being televised?
Like the Branch Davidian's at Waco, It was all outlined in "The Report from Iron Mountain" of turning people into public spectacles and enslaving people to the machinations of those who view us with an evil eye. From a historical perspective, pagans (Satanist, Eugenicist,Masochist) have always demanded "Sacrifice" at the expense of the unknowing.
in 2025, we will either be disciple of Our Lady of Fatima (wittingly or unwittingly) or disciples of Satan (wittingly or unwittingly).
Great piece, Donald. I remember this story and it is just as poignant and tragic in reading it a second time. I think your brother was one who was essentially walking the fine line between "normal" and "abnormal" and it took one incident to push him over in the latter direction. The trauma over a thoroughly “nothing” event was produced entirely by a social system of egotists and their evil “retribution” mentality against someone who was easy pickings and of whom they could thus make an “example.” “He goosed a girl! OMG! Lock him up!” And, in this case, for a lifetime.
What has always baffled me about Americans is the very strange inability to make a full and intelligent assessment of the (usually simple) circumstances surrounding some event. In this case, we again see the typical total failure on the part of authorities to consider the type of individual involved. Without ever knowing him, I think it's obvious that Ricky had a simple outward personality, was often nerdy and awkward, and, most importantly, was easily influenced by others. These basic qualities make him an utterly harmless character. And his life after this event makes that clear. But how is it that others (e.g., school officials, parents) couldn’t see this to begin with? Where was the ability to look at Ricky and, with the aid of intuition, say, “It’s obvious that he is, for all intents and purposes, an innocent soul," thereby making a PROPER assessment of the situation and a TRUE and JUST pronouncement on Ricky, thus sparing him.
Any intelligent school administrator could have wisely assessed the situation that occurred on Nov. 22, 1963 (what a date to write, btw) and said, “Well, it’s Ricky. He most likely didn’t do this on his own. And kids do dumb things all the time. So let’s give him a warning not to do it again and be done with it.” But no, the powers that be in this case had to “make an example” of the meek and harmless type who couldn’t ever defend himself and make a BIG LOUD (!) statement over a supposed injustice. This is another prominent feature of America: make a stink about an utter triviality and “prosecute” to the full extent of the law. The innocent be damned.
Really tragic and so my heart goes out to you, DJ. But Ricky’s in a better place now, where we might say, “the way up” for him was first “down.”
I am moved by your wonderful analysis, Rob. Thank you!
It’s very commendable that you have used his victimization to defend others also victimized by the System. Enjoy your holidays.
Well, it certainly was an inspiration, include. Thanks- same to you!
thanks Don. this is heartbreaking and wrenching. it is good you can write about your brother who was bullied and persecuted. it is of help to those of us who hold it inside.
I appreciate that, Kyra. Yes, it does help to write about it. Thanks.
Thank you Donald.
A very powerful article on it's own. But, well, for other reasons too.
All the best!
Thanks, Paul!
Thanks for this and sharing your brother's maddening story. Something wrong with that V.P. who stalked your brother. Probably belonged to same cult as the military dad, or was ex-military himself.
More than likely.