Perhaps you should watch your kid more closely…..?

Apparently the firefighters had enough spare change (and skill with the claw?) to get the kid out. 

So today, one of the guys who drives the snowplow which cleans the parking lot for my business comes in to use the bathroom and get a cup of coffee. He’s an opionated guy, and VERY liberal, so we do hae some interesting conversations sometimes.

“did ya hear that they are going to extend the “Bush Tax Cuts”? He asks…..

(my staff ducks)

“Why yes, I did” says I

“Gonna cost the government like 4 billion dollars” he says…..”Where are we gonna get the money to make that up?”

“Well, first of all, it’s not like the government already had the money….” I began

“Not fair!” he interjects, “those who have more should pay more!”.

“Really”, I replied…Cutting him off somewhat sharply.

“How many unplowed driveways did you pass on the way here?” I asked.

“I dunno,” he replied  “quite a few?”

“Did you plow any of them?” I asked sweetly

“No” was his reply….

“Why not?” I asked

“cause they haven’t paid to have their driveways plowed” he responded.

“But you have a snowplow on YOUR truck” I said….

“Yeah, so?” was his reply

Then the light dawned.
He turned and walked out and finished the parking lot.

Why can’t liberals apply logic to their own thoughts?

Seems the FAA can’t keep track of375,000 airplanes. (or at least 1/3 of them).  Yet they spend more money each year. Seems that we should get about 1/3 of the cash they spend on tracking private aircraft back.

I can’t wait for Obamacare to show us how a government run bureaucracy can save money and be efficient.

Actually, this is a good idea, one that should have been implemented soon after 9/11. But, of course, its government….. So it requires that someone care enough to push it through the layers and layers of management to actually make it happen.

Still, it’s only once every 3 years.

Wonder who did this?

On taxation

You should read it.

Trust me.

People who abandon animals should be beaten.

People who abandon pets in a rural area in winter should be stripped naked and left in an area miles from anywhere in winter weather to fend for themselves with no supplies.Let us see how they like it.

It is a cruel thing to abandon a domesticated animal in the wild. Crueller yet to do so in winter.

Would that the punishment could fit the offense.

When you choose to take a pet you commit to taking care of it for its lifetime.

Or don’t bother.

Dream act.

Perhaps you should read this. Think about it.

I am already as prepped as I can be…Are you?

If (and it really is just an “IF”) the whole WiliLeaks kefluffle is of significant import to national security, and therefore is prosecutable for treasonous acts, are we going to go after the New York Times, the LA times, etc for the same deeds? They too have published classified information leaked by others, in violation of national security protocols.

Why is there no demand to punish the editors, owners, and board of those newspapers?

Not that I would object if they were stood up against a wall and shot for treason. 

Pearl Harbor Day:

Yeah, yeah….”A day which will live in infamy” and all that. Yer gonna hear that a lot today.

You are probably thinking…”who cares?”

I care. I care because that day (well before I was born) brought out the best in our culture (and, sadly, some of the worst). But that day, and the events which unfolded then, brought to the top the best of the American Spirit. People grew angry at the “sneak attack” and wanted to defend their country. Lines formed in the days afterwards at recruitment centers. young men sure….to be expected. Older men too though. 

In the days and months afterwards, people sacrificed to help the war effort. PEOPLE CARED.

And they cared for years.

Today, we have those who felt real patriotic, and cared after 9-11.

For about 6 months…..

if that.

Then they forgot.

Perhaps longer in the midwest, less in the east and left coast. But overall, many forgot.

Not so with the happenings on Dec 7th and the time afterward.

Would that we could muster the drive, determination, and anger that was generated then.

But we can’t.

And that is sad.

I will think about those people than, and then about our citizens today.

And I find us to be lacking.

What would those folks think about us today?

We can be proud of their actions now. Would they be proud of our citizens today?