Sponsorship

I listen to a few radio talk show hosts. I don’t know for sure, but I would suspect that they bend their opinion of certain products for their bottom line. I have tried some the things they advertise, and frankly, I was disappointed. Rush L. used to advertise Ruth’s Cris Steak House and he said they made the best steaks. When I went there, I was very disappointed. The best steak I ever had was in the Staff NCO club in (MCAS) Iwakuni Japan, a bacon wrapped filet that, since then, I can only dream of. Ruth’s Cris didn’t come close to it. Then again, I will admit, my taste is considerably different than most.

Unfortunately, there is no way I will ever be able to return to the club so I’ll have to settle for the likes of Texas Steak House and Outback when I get the hankering to go to a place that expensive.

I really do appreciate what that My Pillow guy did for us conservatives, but I’m still not going to pay that much for a pillow. In the Marines, I slept on one of the cotton filled things and I slept just fine. I’ve found the best way to get a good night’s sleep is to do a good day’s work.

I keep hearing about the pain meds that are being advertised. Even at 76, I don’t have to deal with pain much, other than my ankle, which I broke many years ago. Benadryl’s good for that. Take one and go to sleep. Generally most of the pain is gone when I awake. Not only does it work, but it costs a lot less and I can get it in most any store.

I guess I provided some free advertising for some. Incidentally, from time to time, I do mention it when I find something good. You know I am being honest in my opinion. I don’t get a red cent for it. And, by the way, we do have many good restaurants in the area I have mentioned already.

Main reason for this post is to let you know, when I say something good about something, I’m being honest. When I say something bad about something, I’m usually irritated. If I just plain don’t like something, I usually say nothing at all.

I pay to have WordPress post what I write. Sometimes I wonder if they don’t like it so much. However, so far they haven’t complained and I keep paying them. Moreover, they are quick with helpful hints now and then.

How-some-ever I do find some of their prompts a little irritating. Often I twist them to say things they very probably don’t expect. I figure if they don’t want me to do that, they will tell me. In the meantime, I will make the prompts say what I think. I think I should not be kept from saying my favorite drink is milk instead of a screwdriver. After all, the purpose of the post is to explain my thoughts as best as I can, even though I have no college and even though I have trouble spelling and editing.

Comprehensive, especially in conjuntion with immigration laws

Every time I hear the word it makes me want to really pull at my hair. They know they will never manage to get a dozen little things by us individully. So they wrap them up into something too long to read and too complex to understand.

Then the dems and rinos stand for a photo op and say, “We are going to fix it all with this wonderful COMPREHESIVE immigration law.”

Naturally, what they don’t say is that it virtually destroys what immigration law there is.

If the bill passes, the dems will be thrilled. The corporate headquarters will be thrilled. The immigrants who come flying in, perhaps litterally, will be extatic.

The rest of us citizenry, not so much.

Every time I hear that word, comprehensive, my antenna go up and I brace myself. Hopefully I will be able to alert others to…a whole lot of others.

Daily writing prompt
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

Milk

I Don’t drink spirits. I generally avoid those that do.

I prefer a large cold glass of milk. Most restaurants don’t serve milk like that. When I do drink, I generally order 2, sometimes 3. Those that do generally overcharge for it, serve it warm or in very small cups. I’m also diabetic so I have to watch my calorie intake. Therefore, I generally settle for a diet soda.

If I do order milk, the server gives me this strange look and I am that they will chech in the deep far reaches of the celler to see if they have any. You see milk is not a high profit item like alcoholic or soft drinks. So I generally do my milk drinking at home, where no one will see me.

To make matters worse, there are some dumb agencies trying to take diet soft drinks away from me. They tell me it will give me cancer.

Fine! Just try to convice me a martini is great for my health, which is the assumption behind this prompt.

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite drink?

HOW MANY?

1 death in KC, MO. Several injured. Bad. Horrible.

Now-w-w, let’s see. 397 homicides in Memphis yr 2023, 100 more than yr 2022. Another record like this year.

I feel very bad for the one killed in KC, MO. However, you will pardon me if I’m neither shocked nor surprised. It seems every time there is a large gathering, someone dies. Moreover, it is getting difficult to feel bad for the deaths when they occur at a rate of over one a day.

Maybe, it is a good time to do someting besides talk about it, and I do mean something besides gun control. Believe it or not, people are killed by other things. Murders took place long before guns.

A good thing to remember, murders usually begin inside the mind of the culprit, freqently hours or days in advance.

Choices

  1. When Germany attacked England, it was their choice. It was a horrible country they were left with, but when one nation chooses to attack a superior foe, they really need to expect it.
  2. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, they never expected such a retaliation. Many Japanese still have hard feelings over those bombs, yet they would not have hesitated to use them on us. Their designs were to rule over us. At war’s end, we had won the right to rule over them totally. We didn’t.
  3. When the Palistanians made the choice to attack Israelis, They knew they would be the subject of a massive retaliation. Yet, the instant of the counterattact, they took the stature of the victim.

The Palistinians are suffering much. Yet, they have the ability to stop the war almost instantly. If they put down their weapons, the shooting will stop.

To be sure the civilian suffer, as did the Jewish civilians at the attack by the Palistinians. However, the palistines cause the death of civilians by using them as shields.

Yet they continue to fight without hope or cause. For their cause, they will lose all including their land, perhaps even their lives.

As a side note, there were scirmishes as Trump took office. When he left, there were no wars or even scirmishes. The Middle East was a pretty peaceful place, or have you forgotten?

Business or Lives

In Tennessee, there is an argument about a new law. Some want to make it illegal to sell cold beer in stores to cut down on DUIs. Those selling beer say it will cut down on businuss.

So, I guess the question becomes, which is more important, business or lives?

I’m not even weighing into this one. Those that know me know what I think about alcohol. This time, it is neither here nor there. It does seem like a good law but I don’t know if it would be effective.

Certainly, I doubt it will slow sales. If it does reduce sales, just maybe it would be a good to make the driver wait until he gets home, either that, or if he’s desperate for the immediate brew, make him drink it warm. He might even get used to it.

Then again, there might be a technical solution. Put timers on the 6 packs to keep them from opening the beer. It makes me wonder if bear drinkers just might find a way to bypass it.

A Quick Word About Radar

As near as I can tell, the beginning of WWII was the also the beginning of the importance of radar. While still in its infancy, it allowed the Royal Air Force to meet the German bombers enroute and drstroy many before they reached England.

What bothered the Germans is that, one day, they were destoyed, the next they were fully operational.

From the beginning, and even now, radar is easily destroyed and easily repaired. I am sure it does cost some to repair a radar system, but far more to destroy.

Many think thay Gemany made a mistake trying tp destroy the radar instead of the air fields. Taking out aircraft on the ground would have had longer lasting affect.

And now Biden errors likewise. I we are spending more to destroy those radar sites than their cost to replace them. It is not very effective.

The only real logical time to take out radar sites is when it will be immediately followed by air strikes on real targets, this do that they will not br able to use their radar for their defense.

National Recognition

Memphis has been been noticed nationally for crime and for driving. The reporters came to town and said things I’ve been saying about the crime in Memphis. They said things about Memphis drivers I knew for for decades.

Yet, I suspect not many will pay attention to me, or the reporters. So, busineses will continue to shut down. People will continue to move away, mostly the law abiding ones. Generally, those who would have stores and such will pull up stakes and leave.

If things continue, FedEx will close their hub. The ball teams will find other places to play where it’s safer. Then, invariably, even the leaders, the dems who originated all the grief will draw up their anchors and find somewhere else to ruin, as they did with Memphis.