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[…]
Here we go again. I have been watching the news and thousands are entering our country illegally every day. And no one is stopping them. And we are giving them free medical, temp housing, food, transportation, and schools. A few states are even allowing them to vote. This is at the expense of tax paying, working Americans. This is all in violation of law. Hell, Sorry, I meant Hades, I don’t get anything free. Now I hear a lot of pundits and politicians all mouthing that we need “comprehensive” immigration reform. What? I send texts and emails to my elected officials and ask what current laws need to be changed and what should they be changed to. Crickets. No response.[…]
A big topic today centers around parents having a say in the education of their children. Well, we have a state that makes this look like, well, child’s play. This state wants to destroy the family and any parental influence on the raising of their children. And every Democrat in this state’s legislature voted for this. And it affects the entire United States. I recently came across a series of articles about Washington State’s new bill/law SB 5599. It is directly related to WA State’s SB 5489. This law allows Washington State to kidnap or remove a child from their family. In fact any child who runs away from ANY state and can get to Washington State can be removed[…]
I like watching C-Span History TV. You get lectures from various historians and colleges. I find them thought provoking. I often find them wrong. Recently I watched a lecture about the “importance” of teaching Project 1619 and Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools. The problem with this is that we are teaching kids that America is an evil country, that the Declaration of Independence was based on racism, and that even our Constitution was racist. Since these two documents are “evil and racist” our country is founded upon the evils of racism and therefore racist and therefore evil. Really? Then why aren’t Americans fleeing this country? Why are our borders being overrun? What 1619 and CRT fail to acknowledge[…]
Ok, in the last blog I touched a little on the Abortion and Attack on Democracy. In this one I will attempt to discuss another issue which raised up in 2022. First a small family story to actually show I am human. A couple of weeks ago I finished up Cataract Surgery. After surgery I was driving two of the grandkids to their father’s house. I told them that I had new eye balls. I asked what they thought of my new eyes. The youngest stared at me for several seconds and finally replied “They fit your face.” In the last effort I talked a little about Abortion changes due to the recent Supreme Court ruling and the savage attacks[…]