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January 29, 2007:

Perhaps:

It could happen that our current president could claim a place in history as the worst president the United States ever had. He could become the man who went against all advice, odds, and common sense to lead us to the brink of total disaster. Kudos to George. I did not think anyone could make Lyndon Johnson look good. ABC had back-to-back episodes of funny stuff. First, they had an hour of funniest home videos followed by an hour of George Bush.

Unbelievable:

A few weeks ago, I noticed the Dumbocrats had a lock on 2008 and I wondered how they would manage to blow it. Now I know. They are going to put up an old political hack, Clinton, to be beat by Giuliani. Here is how it stacks up right now. The polls show Clinton with 41% of the Dumbocrats. That puts Obama way behind at 17% and, sure enough, Edwards at 11% is just running his ego to muddy the waters. It is truly unbelievable. They have a fresh new face with voter appeal, courage, and integrity, but the old hack will get the Dumbocratic party hacks to shove him aside. If these fools really wanted to take the White House, they would cut out all of the political bologna. They would pick their best person, Obama, get behind him, and push like hell.

Brownbeck:

Another hat in the ring. There are so many fools running for president I am given to wonder if any of them think they can win. I am wondering why they are wasting their time and money. Brownbeck is a Republican from Kansas. So what? So is Dorothy! He is taking the popular position of being against a troop surge. However, he does not want us to get out of Iraq. He said no one wants to leave a civil war. Bullcrap! I think he should ask our kid in Iraq about that.

I think there is a civil war in Iraq and we cannot change that. All we can do is get more of our kids killed. I still think a civil war in Iraq is a good thing. When it all shakes out, they will not have a democracy, but they will have a stable government. Brownbeck is another of those nuts who keeps talking about winning in Iraq. He says we can win if we keep standing. What is this “we” crap? I would like to point out that Brownbeck is not there with a gun. How many kids do these fools want to sacrifice to create an illusion? There is nothing left to win in Iraq. It’s over.

Richardson:

This is a Spanish American who is running for president. He has about as much chance as the proverbial snowball in hell, but he seems like a nice guy. I like one idea he has. He wants to tell Maliki to crap or get off the pot. However, he is a lot like the rest of the candied dates in that he will not give a direct answer to a direct question. His solution to the energy problem is conservation, meaning hunker down. I love it when rich people say that. He sure don’t mean we, he means the rest of us.

George Will:

George is one of the regular panelists on the Stephanopoulos show. I like him but, being an archconservative, he does have some silly ideas. One that is particularly wrong is the idea that America need do nothing about global warming, because it won’t matter. His rational is since China and India won’t stop, anything we do will be insignificant. Like most archconservatives, ethics does not seem to figure into his politics. Ethics is the main reason for behaving like civilized people, but there is another reason. If we don’t clean up our act, we give the excuse to China and India.

Passports:

We used to be able to go to Canada and Mexico with no passport. No longer! Now we have to have passports to go anywhere at all. I suppose we will soon need a passport to go to Texas. On the other hand, who would want to go there? Mexico, maybe, but Texas?

A Management Philosophy:

When management fails, punish the workers and give the managers a bonus for cutting costs.

Criminal Activity:

Apparently, it is legal for a business to take more money from a person’s debit card than he contracted for. The card issuers, the business, and apparently the government conspire to let this happen. For example, if a person buys 10 bucks worth of gasoline with a debit card, the gas station can debit his account for 12 bucks. They say that is all right because they eventually give the money back. Does that mean, if I robbed a bank and gave the money back after I’d invested it and made some money it would be all right. Stealing money, regardless of the time involves is a crime. Why is our government letting this go on?

Some Day:

When I become God Emperor I will immediately take the government subsidies away from these ethanol plants. The subsidies make the ethanol look like a good deal, but everyone is paying for it. We pay the difference between the selling price and the real cost with taxes. We will pay whether we drive a car or not. It is fiascos like that which keep the Michigan government skirting the edge of bankruptcy.

Another Excuse:

When I was a kid, somewhere back in the iron age, no one provided kids with something to do. We found an old ball and played football or baseball. We walked or road bicycles everywhere and always found things of interest to do. Now the kids are claiming they may become criminals because no one is giving them anything to do. What in hell are they talking about? What ever became of spontaneous activity? What ever became of games? Bizarre!

At the same time, the Arthur Hill school in Saginaw, Michigan is currently spending 3.5 million to install a security system. Is that to keep the kids in or out? Is it to keep them safe or to keep them in jail? I do not understand at all. The only thing I am sure of is a security system will not help unless we start educating our kids and giving them an example of real ethical adult behavior. Right now, pretty much all of the examples they get, from government and business, are of unethical behavior.

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