I HATE not getting a Sunday newspaper. I want to feel the paper on the colored comics, and read the comics the editors chose for me. I do not want to have to use the stupid small calendar to find Sunday Doonesbury.
I gave into my insanity, buying a Sunday paper that weighed two pounds just to get four pages of colored comics.
Is the ObamaCare debate affected by future shock?
Personally, I think that the Republican Senators should vote for funding the subsidy under the Affordable Care Act, and then go on vacation.
Health insurance is too important to us all. Please do not pay midnight games of stealing health care bit by bit. Please just stabilize the market for health insurance and go home.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
SUMMER OF SPIES
Gosh! I was thinking of buying a spy novel. No need.
First, Donald Trump, Junior, demonstrates spy craft that would be laughed at by Encyclopedia Brown.*
Then** the United Arab Emirates decides to take down Al Jazeera by hacking Qatar, then encouraging Saudi Arabia to post the fake information planted during the hack as real information. This particular idea got so out of control that many Arab states have agreed to blockade Qatar.
If UAE wants to have a media presence, then it should start or revamp its own TV station. I personally think that the format we call 'daytime soap opera' would be an excellent way to get viewers. I can understand why people do not want to watch government propaganda all day long.
Junior was just trying to impress his father. Frankly, I would worry if Junior was responsible for my business.
Someone needs to let our fearless leader*** know that Congress can stay in session amusing us all with live testimony of his family's naive forays into gathering intelligence.
Or better yet, Congress can go on vacation.
* Encyclopedia Brown is a pre-teen fictional detective.
** I think I have this right, but I only saw it once, which may mean it is an urban rumor. The Junior stuff has been confirmed by Junior.
*** sarcasm
First, Donald Trump, Junior, demonstrates spy craft that would be laughed at by Encyclopedia Brown.*
Then** the United Arab Emirates decides to take down Al Jazeera by hacking Qatar, then encouraging Saudi Arabia to post the fake information planted during the hack as real information. This particular idea got so out of control that many Arab states have agreed to blockade Qatar.
If UAE wants to have a media presence, then it should start or revamp its own TV station. I personally think that the format we call 'daytime soap opera' would be an excellent way to get viewers. I can understand why people do not want to watch government propaganda all day long.
Junior was just trying to impress his father. Frankly, I would worry if Junior was responsible for my business.
Someone needs to let our fearless leader*** know that Congress can stay in session amusing us all with live testimony of his family's naive forays into gathering intelligence.
Or better yet, Congress can go on vacation.
* Encyclopedia Brown is a pre-teen fictional detective.
** I think I have this right, but I only saw it once, which may mean it is an urban rumor. The Junior stuff has been confirmed by Junior.
*** sarcasm
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
SUMMER FUN
I am really tired of Congress thinking they can impress us by staying in session to "work" on an intransigent project.
GO HOME AND REST! Go fishing, go hunting, go swimming, get away from the stress of politics.
When you come back, your mind may have already solved the problems you thought you could not solve.
Yes, Russian propaganda, delivered in an unexpected way, almost certainly affected the results of our election.
The propaganda would not have had any effect unless large numbers of people were looking for ANY story that would confirm the myth of Hillary as the 'personification of the devil'.
We need to confront the massive sexism that caused us to blame Hillary for minor infractions of protocol, while allowing Donald massive infractions of both manners and normal political behavior.
LATER.
Please pass me the cold beer.
SIT DOWN, YOU ARE SCARING THE FISH!
GO HOME AND REST! Go fishing, go hunting, go swimming, get away from the stress of politics.
When you come back, your mind may have already solved the problems you thought you could not solve.
Yes, Russian propaganda, delivered in an unexpected way, almost certainly affected the results of our election.
The propaganda would not have had any effect unless large numbers of people were looking for ANY story that would confirm the myth of Hillary as the 'personification of the devil'.
We need to confront the massive sexism that caused us to blame Hillary for minor infractions of protocol, while allowing Donald massive infractions of both manners and normal political behavior.
LATER.
Please pass me the cold beer.
SIT DOWN, YOU ARE SCARING THE FISH!
Thursday, July 6, 2017
"ON THE ROAD AGAIN"*
"Sitting on the dock of the Bay,"** watching the dock rot away.
Looking at the sunset from the mountain road closed due to washouts.
It is calming to be alone with nature, communing with the decaying splendor of once impressive infrastructure.
It would be amazing if we could all agree to maintain and add to our impressive infrastructure.
If you are tired of yelling at your congressperson about health care, consider asking your congressperson to pass a bill fixing, improving and constructing the infrastructure we need to conquer the challenges of the twenty first century.
Both country roads and city trains are falling into disrepair. LET US FIX OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
Our young people need recreational facilities. LET US BUILD YOUTH CENTERS OF ARTS AND SPORTS.
Many government buildings have problems with rats. LET US FIX AND BUILD PUBLIC BUILDINGS WE CAN BRAG ABOUT.
Too many of our citizens sleep in the streets. LET US BUILD WELL DESIGNED HOUSING FOR OUR SICK AND OUR POOR.
Some of our infrastructure building should be over the top impressive. No one mentions normal railway stations, but Grand Central Station does not even need a city designation.
The Sydney Opera House is a great example of a building setting the tone for an entire country.
INVESTING IN OURSELVES IS A GOOD INVESTMENT.
* Willie Nelson
** Otis Redding
Looking at the sunset from the mountain road closed due to washouts.
It is calming to be alone with nature, communing with the decaying splendor of once impressive infrastructure.
It would be amazing if we could all agree to maintain and add to our impressive infrastructure.
If you are tired of yelling at your congressperson about health care, consider asking your congressperson to pass a bill fixing, improving and constructing the infrastructure we need to conquer the challenges of the twenty first century.
Both country roads and city trains are falling into disrepair. LET US FIX OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
Our young people need recreational facilities. LET US BUILD YOUTH CENTERS OF ARTS AND SPORTS.
Many government buildings have problems with rats. LET US FIX AND BUILD PUBLIC BUILDINGS WE CAN BRAG ABOUT.
Too many of our citizens sleep in the streets. LET US BUILD WELL DESIGNED HOUSING FOR OUR SICK AND OUR POOR.
Some of our infrastructure building should be over the top impressive. No one mentions normal railway stations, but Grand Central Station does not even need a city designation.
The Sydney Opera House is a great example of a building setting the tone for an entire country.
INVESTING IN OURSELVES IS A GOOD INVESTMENT.
* Willie Nelson
** Otis Redding
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