It Only Took 4 Years!

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Well, I might be off a year or so. Nonetheless, for countless weeks, we heard defund the police. Slowly, those voices have been fading, but not countered. Tonight, I heard on Fox TV News that there was an decrease in crime on Beal Street this weekend. Oddly, many of those that they interviewed said it was due to the increase in police.

That is what I call hard headed. That is what I call stupidity. However, finally, those folks in Memphis just might have started figuring things out. You increase policing, you put the bad guys in prison and you stop letting the criminals out without bail, you just might see a decrease in crime.

Could have told them that a long time ago.

Well, actually, I did. However, no one was listing to me.

Who You Lift Up

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Kamala says that a sign of a good leader is who you lift up. I can’t say I agree with her but let’s go by her saying for a while. She lifts up the Palestinians who want to throw the Israelites into the Mediterranean. She likes to lift the Iranians who would like to destroy us. She likes to lift those who like to tear babies into pieces. She likes to lift those who want to control what you do and what you say. She likes to lift those who want to open the border.

On the other hand, look at those who President Trump lifts up. As I think it over, it sounds more like an ad for Trump than one for her. I mean, Trump really did help the minorities far more than any dem in decades. He did establish worldwide peace until Old Joe stepped in with his mighty pen and ruined it all. He did cut taxes and lower gas prices which helped the little guy more than the rich. I could go on, but I’d guess you got the picture.

The point is that Kamala is wrong. The good leader does that which is right, even in the face of adversity, which is what Trump did. It is not what Old Joe did and it is not what Kamala would do. The fact is, I still haven’t heard much of what she would or would not do. All she has talked about is generalities about herself and Trump. And that was horribly inaccurate.

Three Things I’d Never Advertise

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  1. Alcohol. While it is legal, it has caused more grief in this world than all the tobacco. Yet, today, alcohol is heavily advertised while no one can advertise tobacco. I could never live with myself if I tried to encourage anyone to drink what amounts to a slow acting poison. Some will say we tried prohibition and it didn’t work. That is true. However, do we need to go from one extreme to the other? Do we need to really have to allow people to make it look glamours. We can’t stop the use of it but we can stop the advertising of it, especially on TV where children are watching.
  2. Gambling. There was a time that gambling was virtually outlawed. Now, governments, corporations and even some churches encourage it. Do we really want to encourage people to gamble when there we already far too many people who have real gambling problems. Moreover, when the states and corporation openly advertise a thing, it gives that thing an an element of legitimacy. Is that really a good thing.
  3. Medicines or drugs. We have no reason to advertise even the legal drugs. If we have a real need for a prescribed drug, then the doctors can prescribe them without advertising them. We do not need to advertise drugs to those who do not need them.

When alcoholism is the number one drug problem in this country, why is it that we want to advertise it? When families are disintegrated by the parents losing the paycheck at the casino, do we need the glitter displayed in front of the habitual gambler every day. It does make me wonder how anyone can make their living ruining the lives of others. I have heard all the so-called reasons for it and, to me, they just don’t wash. I mean if I were to advertise any drug and it caused the loss of one person’s life, how could I live with it? How can anyone live with it?

It Just Goes Beyond a Person’s Comprehension.

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Sometimes people do things I simply cannot understand. I would suspect not too many could give me a logical explanation. Desoto County is pretty solid republican. Matter of fact, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee are all pretty solid red, for those unaware.

Admittedly, Memphis is just about as blue as it gets in this part of the country. However, the other day, I was really surprised to hear a few political ads for Kamala and a few more today. That sort of lends reason to the thought that Kamal ain’t so bright. No matter how much the ads benefit her in Memphis, she’s not going to win Arkansas, Tennessee or Mississippi

Nonetheless, let’s not tell her. Let’s keep that part quiet. If she wants to throw her money into the tristate area, let her go right ahead. We can use the money. Besides, every dollar she spends here will not do her any good elsewhere. So, let’s just keep it to ourselves and let her think all the money is very well spent. We’ll let her have all those grand illusions.

Tires Without Air

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I’m sure most of us have had to face the frustration of a flat tire. One time while I was a relatively new driver, I was on the interstate doing 70 mph when all of a sudden the right front of my car dropped. It is no fun trying to steer a car going 70 mph with one of the front tires completely flat. That was the day I got the first hand education on what to do when you get a blowout.

I took hold the wheel as hard as I could and just kept the car as strait as I could. I had been through driver’s ed and I remembered that I should not slam on the breaks so I didn’t. I took my foot off the gas and waited until the car slowed and pulled it off onto the shoulder.

By the way, this was the first time I changed a flat. What an education I got that day. The car was just a few months old, so I was totally confused as to why the tire went flat… so fast.

I put the spare on, which was a real wheel, and took the flat one to the dealer. He inspected the tire and wheel and found nothing abnormal. Well, I want you to know, that one remained the spare until I traded the car in four years later. In all that time, it was never again on the road.

Well, I have had flats since, and one thing never changed. They are no fun. That is especially true when they occur in pairs. I didn’t like that one at all. I only had one spare and it was about a mile to the nearest station.

One time, I had a flat in a real down poor. I didn’t like that one any more than the blowout. Maybe it wasn’t as dangerous but I got a lot more wet. Incidentally, a person can only get so wet. Once a certain point is reached, the water just falls off.

Why all the complaining about flat tires? I was browsing the web the other day and came upon an article about tires with no air. Now that caught my attention. It was just a short article and I am not sure if it is legitimate.

It might be. I hope it is. I don’t like it when I get flats and the tire they were speaking of did not go flat. I kind of like that idea.

Well, at any rate, they say they need a little more research and they still need them to be approved. They said 3 or 4 more years before they put them on new cars. Better they put them on mine.

The Problem With Dems

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Many would say the problem with Dems is that they are communists. Though it would seem that way, they really aren’t communists. It is simply an interim for their real purpose, total control, as suggested in the book and movie, 1984.

They want to be big brother. However, they know it won’t work that way. The book spoiled it. Now we know to look out for big brother. So they are suggesting communism instead. Once they establish communism, then they will quickly establish what they really want, control.

Most of us hated the pandemic and what it brought. The dems loved it. It gave them a reason to control, and control is what they did, even before Old Joe took over the Oval Office. If you think about a while, you will have to agree with me. The pandemic was one of the greatest things that happened to the dems.

One might suggest that it was a huge windfall for them. This would suggest it was not planned. they just took advantage of it. That might be. However, bear in mind that it was the dems that provided monies for the research and it was the dems that helped it spread world wide. And, by the way, it was the dems who absolutely loved it, admit it or not.

They shut down schools, businesses and even some government functions. They stopped travel, where you could eat and where you could buy it. They dictated when and where you could worship, in spite of the 1st amendment and no one dare say anything against their program, again, despite any amendments, for that matter, regardless of the Constitution. As an aside, they just almost bankrupted all airlines.

For a while, they just almost had total control, exactly what they wanted. It was, just what they wanted but for one thing. It came to an end, sort of. We are still stuck with businesses going under and a total disruption to our schools. It took a long time for the airlines to recover, though some would say they are still recovering. Finally, it drove good, patriotic men from the military. Much of what they did cannot be undone.

Also, most people are afraid to say the wrong thing(which is likely the right thing). I’m not. I’m almost 77. If they want to wage a war on me, that’s fine. It won’t last long. Neither will I.

Now, That’s a Thought

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My wife likes it warm. On the way out the other day, we walked by the 8000 BTU A/C and she felt the warm exhaust outside hitting her. She stood next to it and said how nice and warm it is. At first, I tried to ignore it. Then a thought occurred to me.

The problem with my thought is that the control panel is on the inside. If I turned the thing around so it exhausted inside, it would provide a lot of heat indoors, but I would have to go outside every time I wanted to change a setting.

Well, as I said, it is a thought. Maybe if they built A/Cs with separate control panels.

The 1000 Mile Commute

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I understand the Starbuck’s has a new CEO who lives in Newport Beach, CA. Actually, that part is pretty good. Newport Beach is a wonderful place to live. I would like to live there myself. However, Starbuck’s headquarters and the CEO’s office is in Seattle.

I’m not a brilliant mathematician, but that’s a long commute. As near as I can tell, it takes him over 2.5 hours and that doesn’t include the time to and from the air fields. Well, at least he can sleep during the flight time.

I can’t help thinking I could propel my little Nissan Ariya a long time on the energy that plane burns in just one flight.

Well, it’s okay. I really don’t care.

What I want to know, who’s picking up that tab. That fuel is just part of the cost of flying that plane for 2.5 hours. Just one round trip… I don’t even want to think about it. It is a temptation to break the Tenth Commandment.

Do We Really Need Experts for This One?

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From 3 different sources, I have heard we have problems this year in schools. The teachers and students lack motivation. The teachers are quitting at record rates. The students are not doing well at all and, of course the parents are reaching the point they are about to start pulling their hair out.

I have heard PhDs address it all with a puzzlement. (You like that word. I learned it from the King and I.) At any rate, everyone seems to be confused as to what might have caused it, let alone how to fix it.

I really don’t have the foggiest Idea why we should need experts to figure it out. It is simple. Due to the China virus, they took the kids out of school. They effectively gave the teachers a perpetual holiday and the kids are all stuck at home, causing immeasurable stress for the parents, and I guess grandparents too. You cannot disrupt things for a school year like that and expect things to remain normal.

Sorry folks. The only thing that will help is to just start getting things back into some kind of routine as quickly as possible. Everyone will just have to put up with the stress until then. Well that is not totally true. We just might have to let the current teachers quit and get some new ones. The new ones can’t do much worse than the previous ones.

Oh! That Air Feels Good

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Here I was, sitting in my easy chair, taking it easy. When, all of a sudden, that means no warning, the air conditioner beeped and turned off. I opened my eyes and saw the ceiling fan was not fanning so much. I looked over at the air conditioner and realized it was off, and so were all the lights in the house.

For those unaware, it can only mean one thing. Someone hit another power pole. Don’t have any idea why people have to do that. Maybe it was another lost Memphis driver. I don’t know. It doesn’t matter. All that really counts, they took my cool air from me without notice.

I called the wife and soon we were on our way to a nice cold restaurant. However, first, I needed to make a little stop. I needed to drop my script off at the store. As I approached the drive through, I saw just one car ahead of me. Good thing. I did not want to wait long.

As I pulled in, the car pulled away. Now that was too good to be true. Sure enough, as I approached the window, I could see it was closed, the shade was pulled down and there was a sign, “No Power.”

Now that is just not right. Well, it was on to that nice cool restaurant. As I approached the Burger King. I knew exactly what I was going to get. One of those nice big juicy Whoppers and onion rings. My wife decided on a chicken sandwich. There was one hitch. The dinning room was hot.

Apparently their A/C was not A/Cing. However; we were hungry and I could already taste that wonderful Whopper. In a few minutes, we had our meals and we did enjoy them in spite of the heat. I mean, after all, it’s not as if I didn’t have to eat in such situations before and my wife enjoys the heat.

As we left, I double thanked the Burger King crew for such good food and service. I didn’t even mention the A/C. It wasn’t their fault. Besides, I only ate in it. They had to work in it! They did look at me strangely. Clearly they were not used to customers thanking them for doing what they were paid to do.

As we approached the house, I saw signs of hope. I could see porch lights glowing, even as we neared the house. Then, there I saw, our porch, with the light on.

I went inside and the little 8000 BTU A/C was really A/Cing. Nice cold air was coming out of it. I sat down in my easy chair and took it easy. And, Oh! did that air feel good. I mean. What did people do before A/C? Well, I do guess they did a lot of what I was doing, complaining.

Maybe that going green outfit like going without A/C. As for me, I say, drill baby drill. I like my A/C, a lot.