Ahhh, my friends, as I write this I'm in the midst of a most wonderful, beautiful, enjoyable, fantastic three-day rainstorm.
And I mean Storm! It's coming down in the half-inch an hour range. Which means to the folks out here, it's like a fearsome, historic, Biblical blizzard in New Hampshire.
And the reason it's so very special is that we who live in the Peoples' Republic of California actually don't experience it all that much. Maybe 9 - 12 inches a year crammed into six weeks in Jan/Feb. And since I come from a great place whose weather was four distinct seasons; Winter, two weeks of Spring, Summer, two weeks of Fall, and back to Winter again.
So a bit of variety in the weather is appreciated by yours truly. And nearly everyone I've spoken with lately who came here from someplace else agrees with me. And all the rest think it pretty much sucks.
Oh well...
But back to the primary subject. All of you out there who've bought into this whole "Global Warming, or "Climate Change," or "Climate Chaos," scam need to think about something, and think about it quick.
Our climate moves from west to east. And the Earth rotates from east to west. Sooooo, the rain we're experiencing right now will be in Chicago in two days. And from the looks of it, it just might shut it down.
And it will be in New York City in three days. And it will experience four inches of snow, a Big Deal in the Big Apple.
And the next storm that hits us will move on east to play hell with Chi-Town and Philly. And on, and on, and on...
Soooooo, the weather in India will be in China in a week. And the weather in China will be in the U. S. of A. in another week. Between them, they contain almost HALF the world's population. 1.2 Billion in India, 1.7 in China. And neither India, nor China, are engaged in any, ANY significant carbon pollution abatement, AT ALL!
And, oh yeah. They each open a coal-fired electricity generation plant EVERY WEEK!
Soooooo, while the "Climate-Believers" are doing their best to shut down the remaining coal mines in Kentucky, other nations are rendering our efforts moot. We're sort of like a gnat on an elephant's ass in terms of pollution generation.
Remember, we sport only 5% of the Earth's population. And we've reduced our carbon footprint enormously over the past few years, while still maintaining a reasonably comfortable life. You know, driving, flying, eating meat, etc.
We "Climate-Deniers" have been given that moniker by folks who sort of resemble the finger-pointers back in Salem, Massassasssuhchusettts, don't they?
Sooooooo, unless and until they build a 60,000 foot-tall Plexiglas wall between us and the Pacific Ocean, to keep out all that noxious pollution from China and India and the rest of the Earth, I'd rather keep my money in my pocket instead of giving it to the Gummint to "fix" the weather.
Until then, I think I'll get back to watching this delightful rainstorm. Good luck, Chillicothe, Missouri...
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Sunday, February 10, 2019
"Mr. Trump, Tear Down That Wall!"
It's taken me quite a long time to finally buy in to the whole left-wing approach to border security, but I have. They just wore me down. Plus, since they hold the levers of power here in the Peoples' Republic of California, I kind of have to go along to get along, doncha' know.
I always thought securing the border was trying to keep folks who shouldn't be here...from coming here. But no. Now it's using drones and technology and x-rays and microwaves and radar and all sorts of other whiz-bang, hi-tech wizardry to try and keep "undocumented foreign visitors" from visiting.
So says newly-(re)christened Speaker of the House of Representatives San Fran Nan Pelosi. And God knows, she's supremely prepared for her role. I mean after all, as the daughter and the brother of the Mayors of Baltimore, having been chauffeured to and from pre-school in a limo, she came West loaded for the California bear. She's been in Congress since The Flood, even just got her nephew voted in as the new Guvnor, and will surely be there long after anyone you know is still alive.
And she said, and I quote, "Walls are immoral, ineffective and expensive." So, we have to believe her, right? She wouldn't lie to us, would she?
So, my friends, and are my friends, we have no other choice but to drop our quest for a border wall from sea to shining sea. Or even another 232 miles of it, as The Donald and the Border Protection and ICE and Homeland Security folks are requesting. We have 626 miles of border walls and and barriers right now, but that just must be torn down, right! I mean, walls are immoral, right? And we don't want to anger God, do we?
No-We-Do-Not!
So, we tear down all the walls we have now (we simply must!) and install $Billions in new hi-tech stuff to keep out illegals. Boy, is Silicon Valley happy! No walls, just whiz-bang. And of course, lots of new border guards.
By my calculations, it will take about 33,000 new guards to protect the areas of the border not now fenced, plus the areas Homeland Security says we need to harden, not including the 300 or so miles of rocky, mountainous Texas terrain where the Rio Grande is too wide to wade.
We have to put them, our loyal guards, about every 250 feet so that when the drone tells us an alien is breaking in, our folks can run right over and can keep him from doing so. I mean, that's the point in a drone or x-rays or radar, isn't it? To tell us when they're breaking in, right? Why would we need to know from a drone or a laser that someone is violating our immigration laws unless we intend to do something about it, right?
But then, in the roughly 850 miles which need extra-special-attention, we need a guard about 50 feet. And in the super-special areas, like San Diego, Otay Mesa and Juarez, we'll need a guard every 4 feet. Shoulder to shoulder. Arm-in-arm. I mean, there's no wall now, so we'll need lots and lots of good ol' muscle.
So then, I'm figuring we'll need a total of somewhere north of 200,000 border guards. Only. At about $100,000 in annual salary each, we're looking at only about another $20,000,000,000 ($20 Billion!) a year in personnel costs. Not much if you say it quick...
Lots of newly-created jobs, plus, we'll be able to hold our heads high around the United Nations because we're treating El Salvadorans and Guatemalans and Hondurans with such empathy and dignity. And who cares about increasing our Federal Debt because we can't afford it? We can afford other stuff, right? Why not this? I mean, as brand-new NYC Representative Alexhanditover Occasional-Cortex just told us, all we have to do is just print more money!
Of course, we could avoid all this sturm and drang by just building a wall, like China, and Israel, and Jordan. But doing it this other way will make our Social Justice Warriors so very proud!
And I'm all for that, aren't you? I mean, after all, making us all feel good is the whole point, right?
I always thought securing the border was trying to keep folks who shouldn't be here...from coming here. But no. Now it's using drones and technology and x-rays and microwaves and radar and all sorts of other whiz-bang, hi-tech wizardry to try and keep "undocumented foreign visitors" from visiting.
So says newly-(re)christened Speaker of the House of Representatives San Fran Nan Pelosi. And God knows, she's supremely prepared for her role. I mean after all, as the daughter and the brother of the Mayors of Baltimore, having been chauffeured to and from pre-school in a limo, she came West loaded for the California bear. She's been in Congress since The Flood, even just got her nephew voted in as the new Guvnor, and will surely be there long after anyone you know is still alive.
And she said, and I quote, "Walls are immoral, ineffective and expensive." So, we have to believe her, right? She wouldn't lie to us, would she?
So, my friends, and are my friends, we have no other choice but to drop our quest for a border wall from sea to shining sea. Or even another 232 miles of it, as The Donald and the Border Protection and ICE and Homeland Security folks are requesting. We have 626 miles of border walls and and barriers right now, but that just must be torn down, right! I mean, walls are immoral, right? And we don't want to anger God, do we?
No-We-Do-Not!
So, we tear down all the walls we have now (we simply must!) and install $Billions in new hi-tech stuff to keep out illegals. Boy, is Silicon Valley happy! No walls, just whiz-bang. And of course, lots of new border guards.
By my calculations, it will take about 33,000 new guards to protect the areas of the border not now fenced, plus the areas Homeland Security says we need to harden, not including the 300 or so miles of rocky, mountainous Texas terrain where the Rio Grande is too wide to wade.
We have to put them, our loyal guards, about every 250 feet so that when the drone tells us an alien is breaking in, our folks can run right over and can keep him from doing so. I mean, that's the point in a drone or x-rays or radar, isn't it? To tell us when they're breaking in, right? Why would we need to know from a drone or a laser that someone is violating our immigration laws unless we intend to do something about it, right?
But then, in the roughly 850 miles which need extra-special-attention, we need a guard about 50 feet. And in the super-special areas, like San Diego, Otay Mesa and Juarez, we'll need a guard every 4 feet. Shoulder to shoulder. Arm-in-arm. I mean, there's no wall now, so we'll need lots and lots of good ol' muscle.
So then, I'm figuring we'll need a total of somewhere north of 200,000 border guards. Only. At about $100,000 in annual salary each, we're looking at only about another $20,000,000,000 ($20 Billion!) a year in personnel costs. Not much if you say it quick...
Lots of newly-created jobs, plus, we'll be able to hold our heads high around the United Nations because we're treating El Salvadorans and Guatemalans and Hondurans with such empathy and dignity. And who cares about increasing our Federal Debt because we can't afford it? We can afford other stuff, right? Why not this? I mean, as brand-new NYC Representative Alexhanditover Occasional-Cortex just told us, all we have to do is just print more money!
Of course, we could avoid all this sturm and drang by just building a wall, like China, and Israel, and Jordan. But doing it this other way will make our Social Justice Warriors so very proud!
And I'm all for that, aren't you? I mean, after all, making us all feel good is the whole point, right?
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Just Because You Can do a Thing...
...doesn't mean you SHOULD do that thing...
What that means is one should step back and take a hard look at those "fork in the road" decisions we're all forced to face in life before we take 'em. I've had 'em. You've had 'em.
Donald J. Trump had one you'll probably remember.
Having leveraged a "small" $1MM loan from daddy into $Billions, and having bedded nearly all the starlets and porn actresses in NYC, and having turned himself in a "brand" worth $Billions all over the world, he then decided to...wait for it...run for PRESIDENT!
Ummm, yeah. That's not only turned into America's "As the Stomach Turns," it's also made a rather yuuuuuge dent in The Donald's bank account.
It was just reported today that Trump's worldwide hotel revenue has taken a big dump. It's off more than $30 Million in annual revenue since his elevation to the POTUS-hood.
And three of those hotels were forced to take down their big Trump signs and un-affiliate from The Donald's empire due to the extreme negative backlash from patrons and the steep decline in reservations.
And the sale of his Trump-branded goods is off more than 31%. Boom!
And Ivanka's stuff isn't selling well either.
All in all, it's been calculated that Trump's fortune is off more than $One Billion Dollars since he chose to take a trip down that golden staircase.
That's quite a lot of money. It seems he discovered what I learned long ago. If you come out of the shadows and announce for office for either of the major parties, you'll automatically make enemies out of half the population!
And he spent $60 Million of his own money to get elected.
And every Democrat in the District of Columbia is trying to put him and everybody he ever met in jail.
And the so-called MainStreamMedia is up his ass every second of every day.
And oh yeah, I forgot to mention that he's also working for nothing; he donates his $400,000 annual salary to a variety of charities.
Soooo, my friends, and you ARE my friends, if you find yourself relatively successful, "in the pink," so to speak, and you're thinking you might just run for office and share your almost limitless talent, experience and wisdom with the unanointed, unwashed and unappreciative masses, just remember Trump's Tale:
(NOTE: Those who STILL believe that Trump got into this thing to collude with the Russians to make a saddlebag full of cash, should possibly want to think again...)
What that means is one should step back and take a hard look at those "fork in the road" decisions we're all forced to face in life before we take 'em. I've had 'em. You've had 'em.
Donald J. Trump had one you'll probably remember.
Having leveraged a "small" $1MM loan from daddy into $Billions, and having bedded nearly all the starlets and porn actresses in NYC, and having turned himself in a "brand" worth $Billions all over the world, he then decided to...wait for it...run for PRESIDENT!
Ummm, yeah. That's not only turned into America's "As the Stomach Turns," it's also made a rather yuuuuuge dent in The Donald's bank account.
It was just reported today that Trump's worldwide hotel revenue has taken a big dump. It's off more than $30 Million in annual revenue since his elevation to the POTUS-hood.
And three of those hotels were forced to take down their big Trump signs and un-affiliate from The Donald's empire due to the extreme negative backlash from patrons and the steep decline in reservations.
And the sale of his Trump-branded goods is off more than 31%. Boom!
And Ivanka's stuff isn't selling well either.
All in all, it's been calculated that Trump's fortune is off more than $One Billion Dollars since he chose to take a trip down that golden staircase.
$One Billion Dollars!
And he spent $60 Million of his own money to get elected.
And every Democrat in the District of Columbia is trying to put him and everybody he ever met in jail.
And the so-called MainStreamMedia is up his ass every second of every day.
And oh yeah, I forgot to mention that he's also working for nothing; he donates his $400,000 annual salary to a variety of charities.
Soooo, my friends, and you ARE my friends, if you find yourself relatively successful, "in the pink," so to speak, and you're thinking you might just run for office and share your almost limitless talent, experience and wisdom with the unanointed, unwashed and unappreciative masses, just remember Trump's Tale:
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!
Monday, February 4, 2019
"People of Color"
It used to be - and not all that long ago - that Black people were called Black. Or "Colored." Or even Negroes. And sometimes worse.
No longer.
Now, they're universally referred to as "People of Color (PoC)" At least they are by those on the Left, as in the Liberal-leaning, Progressives that spend most of their time trying to live other people's lives while trying to figure out how not to offend anyone.
That term, PoC, seems awfully stilted to me. Way too formal. Way too political in nature. And that's true especially when you realize that, heretofore, they were commonly just called "colored people." Just like White people were, and are, called "White people."
It kind of seems like there's been an effort by the Leftists and the MainStreamMedia to elevate this sub-group of citizens into a "grievance class." In fact, I seem to remember this effort starting back about the time one Mr. Obama was elected. PoC are now being held up for all to see as those who deserve "special treatment" or consideration because of some real or imagined past transgression they suffered.
Oh yeah, suffered most generally at the hands of "White people."
Have you noticed that they don't include Asians or Hispanics into this exalted class? And why do they call folks whose family tree includes an African or two, "African-Americans?" Are they more African than American? If not, why shouldn't they have that moniker reversed; American-Africans?"
And here's a reeeely special question: Why are half-Black, half-White folks always, ALWAYS referred to as "Black?" Never White, just Black.
And shouldn't we ask why the Chinese aren't called "Chinese-Americans?" Or "American-Chinese?" Or why aren't half-Irish, half-English, all-Americans like me called Irish-English-Americans?
And here's an even better question; If they're all citizens, why aren't they all just called "Americans?"
They are, except when they're Black it seems...
It looks suspiciously like there's a nefarious effort at foot here by the Leftoids to use race as a weapon against those who don't share their particular brand of politics. When you call somebody a racist, you stop all discussion and debate in its tracks. And when used by an aggrieved minority, it carries even more potent portent.
And it's all bulls**t.
There are those who seek to divide, and those who seek to unite. I ask, why not start fixing all this crap by simply dropping all the prefixes and suffixes and simple refer to one another as...Americans?
No longer.
Now, they're universally referred to as "People of Color (PoC)" At least they are by those on the Left, as in the Liberal-leaning, Progressives that spend most of their time trying to live other people's lives while trying to figure out how not to offend anyone.
That term, PoC, seems awfully stilted to me. Way too formal. Way too political in nature. And that's true especially when you realize that, heretofore, they were commonly just called "colored people." Just like White people were, and are, called "White people."
It kind of seems like there's been an effort by the Leftists and the MainStreamMedia to elevate this sub-group of citizens into a "grievance class." In fact, I seem to remember this effort starting back about the time one Mr. Obama was elected. PoC are now being held up for all to see as those who deserve "special treatment" or consideration because of some real or imagined past transgression they suffered.
Oh yeah, suffered most generally at the hands of "White people."
Have you noticed that they don't include Asians or Hispanics into this exalted class? And why do they call folks whose family tree includes an African or two, "African-Americans?" Are they more African than American? If not, why shouldn't they have that moniker reversed; American-Africans?"
And here's a reeeely special question: Why are half-Black, half-White folks always, ALWAYS referred to as "Black?" Never White, just Black.
And shouldn't we ask why the Chinese aren't called "Chinese-Americans?" Or "American-Chinese?" Or why aren't half-Irish, half-English, all-Americans like me called Irish-English-Americans?
And here's an even better question; If they're all citizens, why aren't they all just called "Americans?"
They are, except when they're Black it seems...
It looks suspiciously like there's a nefarious effort at foot here by the Leftoids to use race as a weapon against those who don't share their particular brand of politics. When you call somebody a racist, you stop all discussion and debate in its tracks. And when used by an aggrieved minority, it carries even more potent portent.
And it's all bulls**t.
There are those who seek to divide, and those who seek to unite. I ask, why not start fixing all this crap by simply dropping all the prefixes and suffixes and simple refer to one another as...Americans?
Saturday, February 2, 2019
I Was Just Thinking...
Since 12 states have recently legalized or decriminalized Marijuana in the past few months, and some states are still putting folks in the Gray Bar Hotel for possessing a small, personal amount, it seems to me we're on the way to a slow-motion, legal train wreck of monumental proportions.
Watch any episode of "Cops" or "LivePD," or "Rocky Mountain Law," and you'll have a front-row seat for a never-ending succession of motorists caught up in the black hole of "pot politics." A car is pulled over for a broken license plate light and before it's over, the cop has found a gram or two - and on occasion a kilo or two - of Maryjowanna and the guy is hooked up and headed for the slammer.
Now, it's true the perp shouldn't have been in possession of pot, nor any other illegal or controlled substances. But they are. And our jails are filled to overflowing with "shouldn't haves." There are STILL inmates in Texas prisons appealing 40-year, hard-time sentences for personal amounts of pot.
Recent FBI stats tell us that fully one-half of our nearly two million imprisoned inmates are there because of drug convictions. One half! However, does it make any sense, fiscal or otherwise, to lock up those whose only offense is to consume a weed that the vast majority of our population considers to be no more hazardous than a Bud Light? Especially when the stuff could be legal just across the state line?
Now, I must mention that pot is considered illegal by the Federal Government. Right. These dozen states have "legalized" it while the Feds keep it illegal. And, as we know from the 10th Amendment, what the Fed says, goes. Except when it doesn't, I guess...
So those who are flouting Federal law while staying within state law, run the risk of having their piggy bank broken at the whim of our Attorney General. I don't think it will happen, however, given that these dozen states are realizing windfall profits from the taxes on sales of "devil weed."
Hummmmm. It's bad, until you find out it's good.
But wait? What about all those who were incarcerated while the tax collector was finding Jesus? While we were learning that we've been lied to by our Gummint for the past six decades? While we were in some cases unfairly targeting the "least among us" for prosecution.
I recommend we get our collective s**t together and decide to make pot legal, from sea to shining sea, and to open the jails and the prisons and send all the petty pot perps home, or to make it a Class Twelve Felony and lock up everyone and throw away the key.
What do you think? If you agree with me, pass this along. Maybe we can start some sort of citizens' movement...
Watch any episode of "Cops" or "LivePD," or "Rocky Mountain Law," and you'll have a front-row seat for a never-ending succession of motorists caught up in the black hole of "pot politics." A car is pulled over for a broken license plate light and before it's over, the cop has found a gram or two - and on occasion a kilo or two - of Maryjowanna and the guy is hooked up and headed for the slammer.
Now, it's true the perp shouldn't have been in possession of pot, nor any other illegal or controlled substances. But they are. And our jails are filled to overflowing with "shouldn't haves." There are STILL inmates in Texas prisons appealing 40-year, hard-time sentences for personal amounts of pot.
Recent FBI stats tell us that fully one-half of our nearly two million imprisoned inmates are there because of drug convictions. One half! However, does it make any sense, fiscal or otherwise, to lock up those whose only offense is to consume a weed that the vast majority of our population considers to be no more hazardous than a Bud Light? Especially when the stuff could be legal just across the state line?
Now, I must mention that pot is considered illegal by the Federal Government. Right. These dozen states have "legalized" it while the Feds keep it illegal. And, as we know from the 10th Amendment, what the Fed says, goes. Except when it doesn't, I guess...
So those who are flouting Federal law while staying within state law, run the risk of having their piggy bank broken at the whim of our Attorney General. I don't think it will happen, however, given that these dozen states are realizing windfall profits from the taxes on sales of "devil weed."
Hummmmm. It's bad, until you find out it's good.
But wait? What about all those who were incarcerated while the tax collector was finding Jesus? While we were learning that we've been lied to by our Gummint for the past six decades? While we were in some cases unfairly targeting the "least among us" for prosecution.
I recommend we get our collective s**t together and decide to make pot legal, from sea to shining sea, and to open the jails and the prisons and send all the petty pot perps home, or to make it a Class Twelve Felony and lock up everyone and throw away the key.
What do you think? If you agree with me, pass this along. Maybe we can start some sort of citizens' movement...
Sunday, January 20, 2019
More Chuckmeisterly Observations...
From time to time I, The Chuckmeister, your faithful servant and Scribe-Without-Portfolio, and a completely untrained but enthusiastic reporter, especially about those things otherwise under-reported, which is most things even remotely considered positive for basic 'Murican values, send along to you, my true friends and fellow Patriots, my thoughts and observations about various and sundry topics, small and large, important and unimportant, however I usually don't mess with stuff of the unimportant variety.
I know, I know, it's a long sentence, but it's my blog and hey! I can do whatever I want, including altering, even torturing, the rules of English. So there!
And, BTW, those who take umbrage with my reportage are reminded that they are under no obligation to read it.
Anyway, this is one of those times. 2018 is but a memory. 2019 has begun unfolding for us, ready or not. And I am ready. So here goes...
* I've discovered it takes about 3 seconds to say "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." And a Google search shows that this 29 year-old Bronx bartender - cum Congressweenie, has had her name mentioned on cable TV more than 600,000 times over the past year. That represents a whole lot of valuable air time that could have been used for a better purpose if we'd just call her "AOC."
Or, maybe not call her at all.
It was good enough for JFK, LBJ and RBG and JLo. Surely it should be good enough for her. We're all into conservation. Let's conserve some time and stop stumbling over this name!
* I've learned you should never judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes. Then, if you still judge them as wanting, you're a mile away and you have their shoes...
* I just found out our brand-new Guv Gavin Newsome just announced he intends to launch a massive new overhaul of our previously only socialist Gummint. Now, he wants to make it full-on fascist! New taxes, save the planet, grab the guns, freebie healthcare for illegals, etc. We missed being on the inside when Venezuela devolved into all-out anarchy. Isn't it nice to be able to have a ringside seat for the instant replay?
* We are lectured on a daily basis by those in the "bubble" who feel themselves qualified to give us advice on religion, sex, politics, economics and ethics. I'm not sure exactly what happens to Hollywood "stars," for example, when they get their first big paycheck. They are instantly transformed into political pundits who seem to be on a Mission from God to convert us all into True Believers. Memo to Left Coast Bubblers: You might make more money if you stopped denigrating half of your prospective fan base...
* I've also learned that the single most effective sign in all the world must be "Gun Free Zone." Or at least that's what the gun-grabbing Progressives tell us. That's because it's supposed to convince those Hell-bent on committing mass murder to go on home, put their guns away and have a nice cup of warm cocoa.
Wow! If that's such a good idea why don't we put up signs saying "Do Not Enter" all across our southern border? Wouldn't that keep those Hell-bent on breaking into our Country without permission to go on home and have a nice warm cup of pulque? No wall necessary. Just a bunch of signs. Hmmmm...
However, in passing, I might mention that every single one of the mass shootings that have occurred over the past 20 years was in a "Gun Free Zone."
* I'm not sure but I'm guessing there are not nearly enough hotel rooms in Manchester, New Hampshire to house all the Democrats running for Prez next January. That's where the 2020 POTUS race begins. We're up to about 30 early candidates, and I'm thinking it could go up to 100 or more by the time the dust settles. Maybe it would just be better if all those who are NOT running would just raise their hands. Oh well, might as well collect a few $Million in campaign donations, and perhaps a Cabinet seat or a Secretarial appointment along the way.
* Robert Francis O'Rourke ran for the Senate in Texas masquerading as an Hispanic, using the nickname "Beto." Rafael Edward Cruz ran for, and won the Senate in Texas using the Anglo nickname "Ted." Just who is blowing smoke up who's ass?
* There were six off-duty cops in the nightclub in Thousand Oaks while a mass shooting occurred a month or so ago. This nightclub, and every single bar and club in all of the once-Great State of California is now a "Gun Free Zone." Thus, they were unarmed that fateful night. But they did their best to shield a young lady with their bodies from the hail of bullets. Do you think it might have made a difference if one or more of them had been armed?
* I just found out there are currently 650 Federal Judges. 650! Any one of these folks who can, upon a whim, any whim, decide to undue, disavow and cast asunder any Executive Order that our Trumpster might put forth. Think of that. You didn't get laid last night, or got cut off by a road rager on the way to the court that morning, and you just decide to take a dump on the Trumpster.
An Obama Democrat liberal appointee judge can, upon his own volition, just stop an order in its tracks. And boy have they ever been doing that! Every single EO he's submitted they've stopped. And all save one have been later approved by the Supreme Court. Except it takes months, and sometimes years, to put justice back on track. Does that tell you anything? Does this seem reasonable to you? Me neither...
* The partial Gummint shutdown underway is costing about 25% of our Federal Employees their paychecks. That's a real shame. Most of them live in and around Washington, D.C., and the average Fed employee knocks down more than $137,000 per year.
The average citizen in Kansas, and Arkansas, and Ohio, and Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, and New Mexico, and most of the rest of the country, average only about $45,000 per year. And that's a real shame.
* I just learned we, the American People, will produce One and One-Half Million Barrels of Crude Oil per day more this year than will Saudi Arabia. Think of that. We are now the World's Largest Crude Oil Producer! We have systematically turned ourselves from a net oil importer to a net exporter, all within the last couple of years. And all the while those will waaaay too much money have been paying $140,000 for a Tesla that keeps you from having to buy gas. Of course, you'll have to buy electricity, about half of which is manufactured from coal or oil or natural gas. Hey dummies! You're trying to "fix" a nonexistent problem!
* Also, I wonder if D. J. Trump did something right for a change, would the so-called "MainStreamMedia" report it to their slavish masses?
* And lastly, just remember: There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that separate people into two kinds, and all the rest...
Happy New Year, all! Just remember, no matter how long the rope, or how deep the well, it's how you dangle the bucket that counts...
I know, I know, it's a long sentence, but it's my blog and hey! I can do whatever I want, including altering, even torturing, the rules of English. So there!
And, BTW, those who take umbrage with my reportage are reminded that they are under no obligation to read it.
Anyway, this is one of those times. 2018 is but a memory. 2019 has begun unfolding for us, ready or not. And I am ready. So here goes...
* I've discovered it takes about 3 seconds to say "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." And a Google search shows that this 29 year-old Bronx bartender - cum Congressweenie, has had her name mentioned on cable TV more than 600,000 times over the past year. That represents a whole lot of valuable air time that could have been used for a better purpose if we'd just call her "AOC."
Or, maybe not call her at all.
It was good enough for JFK, LBJ and RBG and JLo. Surely it should be good enough for her. We're all into conservation. Let's conserve some time and stop stumbling over this name!
* I've learned you should never judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes. Then, if you still judge them as wanting, you're a mile away and you have their shoes...
* I just found out our brand-new Guv Gavin Newsome just announced he intends to launch a massive new overhaul of our previously only socialist Gummint. Now, he wants to make it full-on fascist! New taxes, save the planet, grab the guns, freebie healthcare for illegals, etc. We missed being on the inside when Venezuela devolved into all-out anarchy. Isn't it nice to be able to have a ringside seat for the instant replay?
* We are lectured on a daily basis by those in the "bubble" who feel themselves qualified to give us advice on religion, sex, politics, economics and ethics. I'm not sure exactly what happens to Hollywood "stars," for example, when they get their first big paycheck. They are instantly transformed into political pundits who seem to be on a Mission from God to convert us all into True Believers. Memo to Left Coast Bubblers: You might make more money if you stopped denigrating half of your prospective fan base...
* I've also learned that the single most effective sign in all the world must be "Gun Free Zone." Or at least that's what the gun-grabbing Progressives tell us. That's because it's supposed to convince those Hell-bent on committing mass murder to go on home, put their guns away and have a nice cup of warm cocoa.
Wow! If that's such a good idea why don't we put up signs saying "Do Not Enter" all across our southern border? Wouldn't that keep those Hell-bent on breaking into our Country without permission to go on home and have a nice warm cup of pulque? No wall necessary. Just a bunch of signs. Hmmmm...
However, in passing, I might mention that every single one of the mass shootings that have occurred over the past 20 years was in a "Gun Free Zone."
* I'm not sure but I'm guessing there are not nearly enough hotel rooms in Manchester, New Hampshire to house all the Democrats running for Prez next January. That's where the 2020 POTUS race begins. We're up to about 30 early candidates, and I'm thinking it could go up to 100 or more by the time the dust settles. Maybe it would just be better if all those who are NOT running would just raise their hands. Oh well, might as well collect a few $Million in campaign donations, and perhaps a Cabinet seat or a Secretarial appointment along the way.
* Robert Francis O'Rourke ran for the Senate in Texas masquerading as an Hispanic, using the nickname "Beto." Rafael Edward Cruz ran for, and won the Senate in Texas using the Anglo nickname "Ted." Just who is blowing smoke up who's ass?
* There were six off-duty cops in the nightclub in Thousand Oaks while a mass shooting occurred a month or so ago. This nightclub, and every single bar and club in all of the once-Great State of California is now a "Gun Free Zone." Thus, they were unarmed that fateful night. But they did their best to shield a young lady with their bodies from the hail of bullets. Do you think it might have made a difference if one or more of them had been armed?
* I just found out there are currently 650 Federal Judges. 650! Any one of these folks who can, upon a whim, any whim, decide to undue, disavow and cast asunder any Executive Order that our Trumpster might put forth. Think of that. You didn't get laid last night, or got cut off by a road rager on the way to the court that morning, and you just decide to take a dump on the Trumpster.
An Obama Democrat liberal appointee judge can, upon his own volition, just stop an order in its tracks. And boy have they ever been doing that! Every single EO he's submitted they've stopped. And all save one have been later approved by the Supreme Court. Except it takes months, and sometimes years, to put justice back on track. Does that tell you anything? Does this seem reasonable to you? Me neither...
* The partial Gummint shutdown underway is costing about 25% of our Federal Employees their paychecks. That's a real shame. Most of them live in and around Washington, D.C., and the average Fed employee knocks down more than $137,000 per year.
The average citizen in Kansas, and Arkansas, and Ohio, and Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, and New Mexico, and most of the rest of the country, average only about $45,000 per year. And that's a real shame.
* I just learned we, the American People, will produce One and One-Half Million Barrels of Crude Oil per day more this year than will Saudi Arabia. Think of that. We are now the World's Largest Crude Oil Producer! We have systematically turned ourselves from a net oil importer to a net exporter, all within the last couple of years. And all the while those will waaaay too much money have been paying $140,000 for a Tesla that keeps you from having to buy gas. Of course, you'll have to buy electricity, about half of which is manufactured from coal or oil or natural gas. Hey dummies! You're trying to "fix" a nonexistent problem!
* Also, I wonder if D. J. Trump did something right for a change, would the so-called "MainStreamMedia" report it to their slavish masses?
* And lastly, just remember: There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that separate people into two kinds, and all the rest...
Happy New Year, all! Just remember, no matter how long the rope, or how deep the well, it's how you dangle the bucket that counts...
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Build That "______!"
Trump was elected to build the "Wall."
We heard that for months as Trump held his patented rallies all over 'Murica.
"Build that Wall," they shouted! Over and over and over. No equivocation whatsoever. That means there should be no question as to what the "base" wants; it wants a WALL!
But incoming Speaker of the House San Fran Nan Pelosi and Minority Leader Sen. Chuckie Schumer tell Trump he don't get no stinkin' wall! Not a penny for his wall, they say! Nancy even goes a step further by calling the Wall, "Immoral, ineffective and expensive! Hmmm.
Immoral? A wall? Is the wall around the Vatican, the largest and highest such protective wall in the world, suddenly immoral? Kind of hard to ascribe immorality to an inanimate object, isn't it? Especially one that's been built by the Catholic church?
Ineffective? Israel built a wall to separate itself from Egypt. They say it's cut down illegal crossings and terrorism by 99.9%! Would that make it ineffective?
And expensive? 5$ Billion is expensive? That number, however seemingly large, is but a rounding error on a $4+ Trillion annual budget. It would be approximately 0.01% of our budget. Or, ONE HALF of the more than $10 Billion we send Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras in annual aid to make sure what's happening...doesn't.
It looks like what we have here is a semantics problem; the Republicans want to call it a "wall," and the Democrats won't call it anything more aggravating than a "fence."
Fence good! Wall bad!
So I, The Chuckmeister, your Scribe Without-Portfolio, your journalist without formal training of any kind, feel compelled to assist with this impasse. So, if "wall" won't work, and "fence" is too mild, then I've compiled a bunch of synonyms for "wall" that our elected leaders could use to dig themselves out of this metaphorical ditch. Ready? Here goes...
* Enclosure
* Boundary
* Encirclege
* Confinement
* Hem, as in "hemmed in"
* Barricade
* Barrier
* Screen
* Blockade
* Bulwark
* Berm
* Henge
* Enclosure
* Fortification
* Hurdle
* Impediment
* Palisade
* Partition
* Rampart
* Retainer
* Divider
* Breastwork
* Obstacle
* Hindrance
* Confinement
* Obstruction
* Cordon
* Retardation
* Blockage
* Screen
* Deterrent
* Hindrance
* Restriction
* Stoppage
I hereby authorize the RNC to use any or all of these other words for "wall" so that they may choose one that fits their definition of "close off," and the DNC to use any or all that makes their supporters believe that nothing more restrictive than a strand of tissue paper will ever separate them from their newly arrived voters.
And if these don't work, I've also conjured up a few that might confuse everyone enough to get the "border enhancement" legislation accomplished:
* Floogle
* Descremetion
* Sturgilbligger
* Carooonalty
* Mummumy
* Preeble
* Dingus
* Waggleblassem
* Buwallamly
* Nurgelmeker
* Zot
And if none of these work, how about that old standby, "Moat?"
We heard that for months as Trump held his patented rallies all over 'Murica.
"Build that Wall," they shouted! Over and over and over. No equivocation whatsoever. That means there should be no question as to what the "base" wants; it wants a WALL!
But incoming Speaker of the House San Fran Nan Pelosi and Minority Leader Sen. Chuckie Schumer tell Trump he don't get no stinkin' wall! Not a penny for his wall, they say! Nancy even goes a step further by calling the Wall, "Immoral, ineffective and expensive! Hmmm.
Immoral? A wall? Is the wall around the Vatican, the largest and highest such protective wall in the world, suddenly immoral? Kind of hard to ascribe immorality to an inanimate object, isn't it? Especially one that's been built by the Catholic church?
Ineffective? Israel built a wall to separate itself from Egypt. They say it's cut down illegal crossings and terrorism by 99.9%! Would that make it ineffective?
And expensive? 5$ Billion is expensive? That number, however seemingly large, is but a rounding error on a $4+ Trillion annual budget. It would be approximately 0.01% of our budget. Or, ONE HALF of the more than $10 Billion we send Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras in annual aid to make sure what's happening...doesn't.
It looks like what we have here is a semantics problem; the Republicans want to call it a "wall," and the Democrats won't call it anything more aggravating than a "fence."
Fence good! Wall bad!
So I, The Chuckmeister, your Scribe Without-Portfolio, your journalist without formal training of any kind, feel compelled to assist with this impasse. So, if "wall" won't work, and "fence" is too mild, then I've compiled a bunch of synonyms for "wall" that our elected leaders could use to dig themselves out of this metaphorical ditch. Ready? Here goes...
* Enclosure
* Boundary
* Encirclege
* Confinement
* Hem, as in "hemmed in"
* Barricade
* Barrier
* Screen
* Blockade
* Bulwark
* Berm
* Henge
* Enclosure
* Fortification
* Hurdle
* Impediment
* Palisade
* Partition
* Rampart
* Retainer
* Divider
* Breastwork
* Obstacle
* Hindrance
* Confinement
* Obstruction
* Cordon
* Retardation
* Blockage
* Screen
* Deterrent
* Hindrance
* Restriction
* Stoppage
I hereby authorize the RNC to use any or all of these other words for "wall" so that they may choose one that fits their definition of "close off," and the DNC to use any or all that makes their supporters believe that nothing more restrictive than a strand of tissue paper will ever separate them from their newly arrived voters.
And if these don't work, I've also conjured up a few that might confuse everyone enough to get the "border enhancement" legislation accomplished:
* Floogle
* Descremetion
* Sturgilbligger
* Carooonalty
* Mummumy
* Preeble
* Dingus
* Waggleblassem
* Buwallamly
* Nurgelmeker
* Zot
And if none of these work, how about that old standby, "Moat?"
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