I am a veteran. Like most vets I have met and associate with, I don’t like war or even discuss war. Bombs, bullets, and shells do terrible things. And innocents always get caught up in it. But this week I listened to pundits afraid to let Ukraine attack Russia. Then, how can Ukraine win? I am not going to go into the slimey Europeans. Once again they are hiding. Once again they are willing to let another European country fall. Once again they are dumping this on the US. And of course they need Russian oil and gas because our President won’t allow the US to provide it. Climate! Forget about Ukrainian grain – they are willing to pay Russia[…]
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OK. I get it. Lots of people dislike, even hate, other people. I have been known myself to even hate others. But I never stood in front of a court house advocating they be thrown in prison without a fair trial. That is unamerican. That is a threat to our system of justice. That id deplorable. Lo and behold I turn on the TV and what do I see? An “Actor” ranting and raving in front of a court house. Even advocating the person on trial be automatically found guilty and thrown in prison. Let’s be plain. Actors are pretenders. They pretend to be someone or something they are not. Like my grand kids when they were little. They ran[…]
Every month my local school district superintendent puts out a report about how well our schools are doing. She extolls the virtues of making our students feel good, feel safe, fee welcomed, growing emotionally, declaring any gender, etc. She also extolls the wonderful virtues of the teachers; how caring, how devoted, how warm, etc. 50% of my property taxes go to that school district. 50%. That is almost $5,000 (my state has no income tax) each year. One house. Not even a mansion. Normal house. Now, I don’t know about others but I hated going to school. I dreaded it. The teachers were not warm and welcoming. They even gave out homework!! And we had tests!! And you had to[…]
My wife and I lived in many places prior to building our retirement home. We lived in different environments from New York to Virginia to Kentucky to Kansas to Florida to Washington State and other places. In all those places we were lucky to experience all electric houses and natural gas houses (heating and stove). We found that the most efficient were the houses that had gas furnaces and stoves. So, when we built our retirement home we went with natural gas heat, hot water heater, and stove. That was 25 years ago and we didn’t have zealots telling us the sky is falling. Natural gas was cheaper than electricity at the time. We are pleased with our decision. Now[…]
Twenty-five years ago my wife and I built our retirement home – after working and raising our family. We were saving and looking forward to our retirement. Each of us had worked for over 30 years at that time (we retired after each of us had worked for over 45 years) . Our plan was, and still is, to live out our lives in this house. When we built our house we looked to make it energy efficient and be durable. We chose a clay tile roof because it came with a 50-year guaranty and was durable as well as energy efficient. We also chose a stove and heater that used natural gas. Boy, we may have screwed (sorry –[…]
I recently watched Trump in an interview claim he would not be a dictator as President except for the “first day” when he would “close the Southern Border.” Now I took it as a quip meant to communicate that the Southern border was a priority for him. But every Democrat and Leftist and Woke pundit and politician now screams Trump will end our democracy. Interesting. Especially since we have a Republic and not a democracy. But, all this fear mongering has gotten me thinking about who are the real dictators in the US today. It seems to me dictators tell us what cars we have to buy; what stoves and furnaces we can install. Dictators tell us what subjects must[…]
Ok. Election year is on us. Here we go. Look, I understand some things in spite of my age. You like some people and you dislike others. You agree with some and disagree with others. But I have always kept that to me and never denied any voting. Whoa! Was I wrong. We now have states individually deciding who can run for a federal office and who can’t. All this even though there are no convictions in federal court for accused crimes. Even though our Constitution cites qualifications for federal office. When did states get the right to try federal crimes – and not just state crimes? If a state can determine who is on the ballot why can’t a[…]
When I was little all the old folks used to say: “if it looks like shi_ (feces) and smells like shi_ (feces), it is probably (shi_) feces. They also said that if there is smoke there is probably fire. Now we have a president that appears to be soft on communists in China, commies in Russia, people out to destroy us from Iran, etc. Wow, do we look like wimps. Why? Now we learn that the Biden family has been making money from all these folks. Thank you Hunter and James. And we learn Joe has the power to get people fired in other countries when they stand in the way of the Biden family. And the democrat press will[…]
I have lived through a lot of changes in automobiles. I have seen power steering, power brakes, and even alternators come in. For safety I have experienced seat belt and car seat laws. OK – got it. But now it appears that I, we, need a new “safety” technology. I think technology is great. It has made my final years more livable. But I think we may be going too far in cars. My 40 something year old kids do everything on a phone. They completely trust their new technology. But I know something they don’t – technology sometimes fails. Power failures and hard drive crashes are inevitable. Sometimes you may find you are out of coverage for your cell[…]
I have always believed that in the world there really are good guys and bad guys. I also believe the real difference is intentions. Good guys have good intentions but often make mistakes. Bad guys don’t make mistakes – they only mean to help themselves at the expense of others. Which means they hurt others. So now we find another war in the middle east. But this time I think the difference between good guys and bad guys is clearly drawn. The bad guys are this gang of thugs called Hamas. Hamas went into a country on its border, Israel, and killed people. Hamas’ intentions were bad. They burned families alive, shot unarmed people, raped women of all ages, kidnapped[…]