Capitalism vs Communism

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Real capitalism really works. It has a history of centuries of success.

Communism really fails. No matter what name you want to call it, it stifles production encourages lazyness and mostly discourages the inventive nature of mankind.

What was it Edison said about genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Well, do you really think Edison would have invented all he did under a truly communist government. It’s why Russia and China are very good at copying. Not so good at inventing.

And so it is that communist nations reward certain of their citizenry. Then, it is no loger communism but socialism, which, by the way does not not work much better. Fulton would have never teken the risks he did to build the steamboat as he did if he knew it would have been taken over by the government.

I might also mention, the US tought Russia modern oil technology. We already had it. They taught us not one thing about it. No one in the USSR had a reason to build the better widget, or the better mouse trap.

The more that the socialists reward those entrepreneurs willing to invest their perspiration, the closer it gets to capitalism, and the more likely it will succeed.

Better to just start with capitalism. It avoids all the dumb ideas. It avoids all the pain, suffering and death trying to put the round peg in the square hole; or is it the square peg in the round hole?

Regardless, be it known, when rhe communists take over, people and freedom always die. It is historic. It has happened 100% of the time.

In the Air We Breathe

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News flash- University of Washington have found traces of drugs in the Washington & Oregon transit systems air and surfaces. If there, then where else?

I guess this means that if the degeration continues, we might need to go back to wearing masks again whenever we go out in public. Even more we also need to wear gloves and carefully discard both after they are removed. It will likely be good to change clothing. Thar stuff can be absorbed through skin.

Keeping that Mexican border open is and was a bad idea. Now, even more important, we need to send good strong signals to China and the cartels. If we don’t, we might need to wear space suits every time we leave our homes.

The worst part is that the party in power does not care one iota. Ask them about the drug problem and all you’ll hear is crickets, that is, unless the insects start getting high too.

New Yorkers Love Illegal Aliens!

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Oh, yes. It’s so very true. The folks of NY, NY love to have people coming up from our southern border…as long as they don’t come up to NY, NY.

They have quickly figured it out. Illegal aliens take jobs, overload the schools, tax the welfare system, increase crime (which decreases safety) and pushes the hospitals beyond their limits.

By the way, those were all the same problems that faced Texas and the dems just put their fingers in their ears. Wait a minute. Today is the age of high tech. They were using noise canceling head phones. Far more effective.

Too Many Things

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If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?
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I hadn’t noticed how much I have overused the word until I was proofreading one of my books. Not only had I used the word twice in one paragraph, but I noticed that there were many other words I use that end in ing. I don’t know if there is anyone who did any research on it, but, sometimes it seems impossible to get through one paragraph without using a word ending in the suffix.

I don’t guess there is anything wrong with it, but it just never occurred to me before, as in the word “anything,” which I used earlier. Sometimes I spend hours rewriting to keep from using too many word ing words, especially thing. None-the-less, it seems the harder I try, then the more difficulty I have.

The fact is ing does seem to be one of the more common suffixes. (something, everything, morphing, trading… well you get the point) Moreover, thing is a handy word to use when we can’t think of the right thing to say. Moreover, it isn’t very exact. Whenever possible, we really ought to use a more precise word.

Besides, as author if I am bothered by the word, I am sure anyone reading my work will be bothered too.

And so it is, If anyone can think of something to replace thing with, I am open to suggestions.

In the previous sentence, I should have wrote “another word” instead of “something”. It would have decreased the ing count.

The Unthinkable

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No one dare bring up the question. It is unthinkable. However, here I am bringing it up. Most, almost all consider it improper to to bring the subject up and yet here I go. I just might catch a bunch of flack for it but one must admit, it is possible though not likely. I mean, timing can be everything, right.

What if Old Joe again carries the pennant into battle and it becomes Old Joe vs Trump again. Then, let’s say, two weeks before the election, Old Joe has a massive stroke. Maybe he dies from it. Or, maybe he is just incapacitated.

Old Joe’s name is on the ballot, well not quite. It doesn’t really work that way. We here in the state select electors and the electors vote vote for the president. However, in a situation like this, who are the electors going to vote for. If selected by the state, surely the Democrat electors would vote democrat, but for whom? Some might vote for one, others for others. Still others might chose someone else. Nothing but nothing that I know of specifies who the electors will vote for.

You talk about panic. Worse yet, some of the votes of individuals might already be cast for Old Joe during early voting. Just how would that be handled.

On the other hand, maybe it’s not a massive stroke. Maybe it is just a little one and Old Joe won’t release his electors.

Sorry for bringing it up. I don’t know if such an emergency was ever thought of, simply because it would be improper to think of such things. I mean it is possible, though not probable that Old Joe could die the day before election day. The what do the dems do. It is conceivable they could win the vote and lose the election. All it would take would be five or six electors to change things. Some of these elections these days are pretty close.

I wish I could come up with a suggestion to cover such a thing. I don’t think anyone is listening to me anyway. However, if they came and asked me, I would have no idea as to what to tell them.

Regardless, just maybe someone ought to give it a little thought.

Memphis Pedestrians in Danger

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It’s true. According to the news, Memphis pedestrians are hit more than any other city in the country. I would add, maybe in the world.

May I remind one and all of what all I have written about Memphis drivers. Incidentally, I would also be reluctant about riding a motorcycle anywhere near that city.

But, it’s more than that. The pedestrians there do some really strange things. I know. I used to drive there. I have come close to hitting 1 or 2 myself.

There was 1 night I was driving home from work and a woman was lying in the street. I just almost didn’t see her. You note I said it was night and the place was poorly lit.

Okay, I will admit that was even odd for Memphis, but not by much. That area where I saw the woman, I learned to be especially watchful. When the people wear dark clothing, you can’t see them, but they assume you can.

I get it. I don’t like going down to the light to cross, but when I’m afoot I do. They don’t. I guess no one ever told them it’s safer, especially at night.

In some ways, oddy, I understand it. They are in their neighborhood and have gotten to feel safe there, despite the 4 lane state highway going through.

As far as I am concerned, 3 things will help. Caution drivers. Tell the folks to cross at the corners, or better at the lights. Finally, wear clothing that can be seen at night.

I don’t know but I would guess most of those pedestrians are hit at night and the victim is often wearing black. However, even that is not totally perfect. If my memory serves me right, seems I remember a report where a man was waiting for a bus on the sidewalk in daylight when he was struck. I mean, it is as I have frequently said. You have to watch out for Memphis drivers.

Don’t Think I’m Alone

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As a matter of fact, I’m sure it is a grudge I share with thousands. I rarely hold grudges. I am generally quick to forgive and forget.

However, Fauci is responsible for the loss of millions of lives. In the middle of the pandemic he denied having any part of the origin; he originally said it was not that contagious; and then of all things, he had us all wearing useless masks. He had us shutting down schools, businesses and churches, while knowing it was without reason.

Finally, as fall approaches, he has raised his voice again in an attempt to get us to mask up again. Do you remember all those efforts to get 2-year-olds to wear masks. That was double bad. Children are not all that susceptible and they recover quickly.

And then, and then, to add to all else he did, he kept people from using effective preventatives and treatments. That had to be intentional.

Yeah. At this point, my only question is, why isn’t he wearing an orange jump suit. I bet there are many of us who would be glad to buy him a nice embroidered one, maybe three. No need him going to prison. Just make sure he wears the well marked marked outfit everywhere he goes.

Word is Out!

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Those drivers from north of the state are after me. They have read my remarks about Memphis drivers. My almost new car has been targeted. People are pulling in front of me even far more than before. Then, of all things, someone turned onto a four lane road from a parking lot and started driving head on toward me southbound in a northbound lane. He had to be waiting for me. He did pull out only after I approached.

I slowed. I laid on the horn. I flashed my lights. Finally, I guess the guy saw the error of his way but it was a close one. I was getting concerned. I was about to pull my almost new car up into a yard to avoid the head on.

Still, it bothered me. What if I pulled into the yard and he followed me? I mean, if someone really wants to hit you, there are just so many things a person can do.

It was one of those times that I did not need to see the plate on the other car in order to know he was a Memphis driver. He was driving south in the north bound lane. And, of all the places to pull a stupid stunt like that, right next to the Horn Lake city hall/police department.

If that man had hit me, the police would have been there in two minutes if they had to walk. Right after, I made the obvious remark to my wife, “Had to be a Memphis driver.”

I Guess, A little Odd

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After nine years in the Marines, I went many places that were far away. I was in Vietnam, Japan, Korea and Australia. With the exception of Australia, when I was there, I was, in a way, home. I mean, that was where I lived and as such it was it was my home for the short term. It is true I was away from my family but that was where I worked slept and whatever else.

I guess this was especially true while in Vietnam. I did not move in voluntarily and I would never want to live there but I did for very nearly a year. If you ask me if I want to go there again, or even Japan, my reply is an instant no. I prefer the good ol’ USA

However, I certainly learned a little in every place I lived. I learned about the people and their customs. I guess I could write a small pamphlet about each place. However, I guess the one place and time that made the biggest impression on me was when I was assigned to a med-cap. That is short for medical civilian action patrol, that is, if my memory serves me right.

At any rate, the point is that it was an eye opening experience. There was a squad of us, 14 that accompanied two doctors, I guess four or five corpsmen and a dentist to help the villagers. On the way, I looked out from the truck that we were on and saw an old man apparently gathering his crop of rice.

Some might not think a thing about it but I did. The old man likely had a family. He was likely doing what he could, in among the Vietcong trying to steel what he worked so hard for and the Americans trying to go after the Vietcong while not damaging the work of the poor farmer and his family.

My best guess. He likely had not one clue what was going on. He just wanted to be left alone. I don’t blame him. However, when the Americans left Vietnam, the old man likely lost his farm, and maybe his life too. It is the sort of way the communists work. They take from those that have and give it to those who don’t. In the process, they keep a bunch for themselves and go about killing very indiscriminately.

Then there was the time we were actually in the little village. I took an 8mm camera with me and I did take some movies. While I stood guard, there was a kid who kept bothering me. I had no idea what the boy was talking about but I wasn’t about to give him the camera. He’d not be able to use it if I did.

Finally, I figured it out with the aid of one Vietnamese who spoke some English. It seemed he didn’t want the camera but a little gold colored piece of plastic, something of a fake gold seal. I managed to explain to the kid it wasn’t real, but he still wanted it.

I took my knife and cut the string holding the thing and gave the seal to the boy. I shook my head as the boy ran off waving the thing and yelling. I didn’t give the boy much, but you’d never know it from what you’d see. I told one of the guys with me, “I wish I could buy a thousand of them. They wouldn’t cost much but they would make a bunch of kids really happy.”

Bottom line, as I said, I learned a lot about the people while I was there. Still, I wished I could have given away a few hundred of those little pieces of plastic. Even more, I wish we hadn’t abandoned that country. It has made me wonder about the old farmer and the 7 or 8 year old kid. Just what happened to them?

The peace-nicks of the day forced us out of there, actually after the war was already won. They were taking their instructions from people who said they were demonstrating for peace, all the while undercutting the effort to provide peace for Vietnam. In the end they got their way, as did the communists. I can’t say with certainty they wanted to help the communists but the most assuredly did. They caused the death of millions and destroyed the hopes of freedom for others. Oh yes. One more thing. They likely cost that farmer his farm.