Blind Mike

Blind Mike My name is Mike, and I have Retinitis Pigmentosa, a progressively degenerative disease of the retina. Embracing Life: I enjoy adventure and the outdoors.

I am considered legally blind and will one day lose all my vision. This page is a brief glance into my life, politics, thoughts, and adventures. 2022 Update: We survived the pandemic, and an attempt to overthrow our government by a second rate orage dyed failed TV gameshow host. What's next, we launch Bruce Willis into space to save us from William Shatner's enormous ego hurtling towards earth? A little about my eyesight: Blind Mike was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a progressively degenerative disease of the retina, at age 16. Being told you are going to go blind can come as a shock, can make you want to crawl into a hole and throw a pity party....not me. After a bit of rebellion and a little reflection I embraced my disability and refused to let it define me. I embarked on an adventure to live, love and enjoy life and have never looked back. I love the smell of the world just as it starts to rain, whether it be the salty ocean infused breezes of the shore or the sweet distinct mixture of sage and the creosote bush in the desert. I have lay down in the middle of an ice road and heard the wolves bay as I searched the sky for the Northern Lights. Hiked miles to touch a frozen waterfall in the North West Territories of Canada. I've crawled through the snow and ice to kiss my wife in an igloo while we listened to the wind dropping temperature to -40 F and in a Hohokam style pit house while taking refuge from the scorching Arizona sun. With the help of my beautiful wife's guidance I have climbed the heights of Zion and descended the switchbacks of the Grand Canyon. I fell in love with the sounds of the rushing waters of Red Rock Canyon and explosion of dessert colors and hues in Rainbow Canyon. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to see, smell, touch and experience the emotions that come along with these adventures. I feel a deep connection with nature, when I saw my first Pacific Coast sunset the beauty of the moment, the sound of the ocean, an accoustic guitar and singer somewhere in the background, it was so overwhelming tears were streaming down my face. When my sight one day completely fades to black, it is the memories of these physical, emotional and spiritual experiences that will help propel me forward to new adventures in life. Until then, Carpe Diem!!

08/11/2025

This post may sound weird to some but IYKYK.
There are many "music festivals" happening every weekend.
I am helping by purchasing "supplies" to share at these music festivals.
The weather has been crazy and we need to be prepared in case there's ICE or pollutants like smoke in the air. There's always volunteer medics helping out at music festivals bandaging abrasions from falls and washing out the eyes of attendees who got something in them. With the most recent version of Covid (Stratus SCG) on the rise I'm sure many will want to mask up to protect themselves and others and I'd really like to make sure as many people as possible have what they need.

If you can't make it to a music festival because of work or health concerns but would still like to sing along with the attendees or to just buy me a cup of coffee to help keep me going, my venmo is

05/30/2025

My brain brains the brainiest.

Racist Trump Admin once again detains American citizen in ICE Detention Center.
05/29/2025

Racist Trump Admin once again detains American citizen in ICE Detention Center.

Certain legal provisions allow for extending citizenship to family members of individuals who have served in the U.S. military.

07/09/2023

Living people eat dead mushrooms. Living mushrooms eat dead people.

     Yeah....circling the toilet
12/02/2022

Yeah....circling the toilet

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." Noah on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover

11/28/2022

Arnold already has low expectations. His favorite President is Nixon

The modern Republican political party is becoming the modern N**i party.  Each day they get closer to saying the quiet t...
11/14/2022

The modern Republican political party is becoming the modern N**i party. Each day they get closer to saying the quiet things out loud, some already doing so. Each day they embrace, encourage, and embolden N**is & White Supremacists by not speaking out against their hate and calls for the deaths of those who do not conform to their beliefs. January 6th was a warning, a practice run. They have shown their intent, to seize power and hold onto it through lies, and if necessary violence. They are Anti-American, Anti-Demacracy, and Anti-Freedom. Their followers are being led by fear and hate, being fed a fairytale of woe and being told whom to blame. The Jews, the G**s, the Disabled, the Immigrants, them, the "other", the Woke, anyone who does not agree to their political ideology, conform to their way of life, pray like them, believe like them, live like them, eventually may not be allowed to live at all. It is our generations turn to walk across that bridge to Selma, to brave the gauntlet of billy clubs, whips, and batons. To march, protest, shout and make sure our voices continue to be heard. To carry the message forward that the Freedom and Equality spoken of in the Bill of Rights is are HUMAN RIGHTSment for ALL.

The 2022 Midterm Elections were just a single battle in the war being waged against our rights to live our lives freely. Together we created historic momentum on November 8th and struck a blow for equalty. We must hammer that message home in 2024, and each and every day leading up to that election. I will stand for your rights and mine. Will you stand by my side holding my hand in solidarity

The dog whistles are clear to anyone paying attention,

Noor Inayat Khan (1914 - 1944)  The OG Antifa!  I know some of you Trumplican's and mislead Republicans just cringed but...
11/14/2022

Noor Inayat Khan (1914 - 1944) The OG Antifa! I know some of you Trumplican's and mislead Republicans just cringed but remember, Antifa stands for ANTI-FACIST. Ya know, like back in the day when our Grandfathers & Great Uncles, along with many of our Grandmothers and Great Aunts went off to fight the N**i's back in WWII? Today Antifa stands against tiki torch bearing, polo wearing N**i's who want to kill you because you don't look, think, and act like them. The stand against the White Supremacist's, members of the K*K, and radical religious groups who seek to impose theri religion as law. They stand for Democracy, Freedom, Equality, Free & Fair Elections, and your right to exist. Now tell me why again are you against them and supporting anti-American anti-Democracy, authoritarians who would happliy burn our Constitution and destroy our Democratic Republic just to cling to power?

Noor Inayat Khan (1914 - 1944) SOURCES: bbc.co.uk, theguardian.com, war-experience.org, aljazeera.com ...

The so called "humor" following the attack on Paul Pelosi is nothing more than a blatant call for continued violence aga...
11/02/2022

The so called "humor" following the attack on Paul Pelosi is nothing more than a blatant call for continued violence against the GOP's political adversaries. Meanwhile, Republican politicians either remain silent or produce half hearted admonishments in press releases.

Just more examples of the Right… un-fvcking-acceptable

This is today's Republican Party.  The result of years of lies, misinformation, and years of progressively hateful viole...
11/02/2022

This is today's Republican Party. The result of years of lies, misinformation, and years of progressively hateful violent and hateful rhetoric. Their goal is an autocratic theocracy where only those who look like them, act like them, and believe in their specific religious beliefs have rights. A nation where if they don't agree with the way you vote, it will be nullified. A country where if they do not approve of the way you live your life in the privacy of your own home or do not worship in a manor that they approve, your life may be subject to nullification as well. On November 8th, , even if you do not agree with everything the politician stands for. Send a message to those who would stand silently by as others in their party spew hate for the sole purpose of maintaining power. We will not go silently into that good night, we will not close our eyes and ignore the horrors as the German people did after the November 8th election of 1939. We will vote as if our lives depend upon it, because they just may.

In 1939 the first targets of the new Chancellor were the disabled, the g**s, and Romany (immigrants).
The GOP has clearly stated that their immediate goals are to sunset Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, making it nearly impossible for the disabled, elderly, and infirm to survive.
On multiple occasions and in Clarence Thomas' Dobbs opinion they have set their sights on overturning Obergefell and have clearly waged a state by state war against LGBTQ rights.
And lets not forget their recent history of ripping infants and toddlers from their mothers arms and caging them in makeshift prisons and then losing many of them in an incompetent system of adoption. Remember when we did that to the Indigenous people (Native American's) of North America in order to erase them from the lands we wanted.
Governor Brian Kemp just days ago was caught on a hot microphone saying if reelected he would sign a bill banning birth control if it made it to his desk. This would end up in the Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn Griswold, something Jutice Thomas has already hinted at.

It is our generations time to cross the bridge to Selma. And if we must, to march through the gautlet of police batons, becoming bloodied, bruised, and possibly losing our lives, because so many lives depend on stopping those who seek to tear down our nation. I am ready to march. Are you willing to stand by my side?

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America is at a crucial junction in history.  At a cross roads leading to prosperity or destruction.  There is no middle...
10/28/2022

America is at a crucial junction in history. At a cross roads leading to prosperity or destruction. There is no middle ground between freedom and equality for all or authoritarianism, racism and hate. BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HUMANITY!

in honor of the common good constitutionalism conference, here’s the first tiktok I’m nervous to post in a very long time

Yup....pretty much sums it up.
08/30/2022

Yup....pretty much sums it up.

Kyle Rose's short video with ♬ original sound

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