Now That Wasn’t So Bad

I’m so damn proud of me.
Halloween passed and all I had was one single Kit Kat.
One.
Uno.
Nada mas!
We were absolutely slammed with kids and ran out of candy within an hour. Breanne and I took the kids around the neighborhood while Sandy, Jason & Nat stayed home and doled it out. Aaron had a youth function at church.
A couple of observations from this year:
We saw twice as many kids 13 or older than under.
There was an incredible amount of neighborhood involvement, folks sitting out and visiting. It really was fun.
Some folks spend a lot of time and money decorating their yards for Halloween.
Some folks spend no time or money decorating themselves for Halloween. We saw a lot of “I’m dressed as a teenager” costumes.
The entire “spooks” thing isn’t much fun until you get to be about 7 or 8 years old. My GK’s were ver-r-r-ry picky on which house they would go up to. More than once they shrieked, shivered and cried.
Is there anything cuter than a 2 year old saying “Twick O Tweet”?
Is there anything sadder than a 18 year old saying “Trick or Treat”? Unfortunately there is…the drunk middle aged witch sitting spread eagle on the curb “watching” her kids going door to door. Yeah, that was kinda….stupid.
It’s not my favorite event by any stretch of the imagination but this year was fun. I hope it continues the trend.
Now if only I could find some candy…..

Bill

Fat Season is Upon US

I hate Halloween.
Okay, maybe not Halloween. Just the people at work who bring in bags of candy to share.
I have zero will power. I try not to eat it. But it’s there. It has a voice. And it calls out to me.
God, how I try to walk by that bowl with out grabbing a fist full of chocolate…but I am weak.
This, you realize, is the beginning of “Fat Season”. Today, and all next week…..candy. About the time you think you can shed that weight gain….Thanksgiving. The reality of Thanksgiving is that it completely defeats any will power you may have left. Nobody can lose weight after Thanksgiving. I believe it’s a Newtonian Law of Physics.
Then Christmas.
Then New Years.
Then Valentine’s Day.
Finally, sometime mid-March you’ll start your vacation planning and realize that you have only 60 days to shed 33% of your body weight.
And it’s all because Rosario brought a freakin’ bowl of candy to work in October.
I hope she’s happy.
Naw….she’s never happy.
That’s why she does it.
Misery loves company.
Happy Holiday Season!!

Nothing Can Come of Nothing

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

The Constitution assigned to Congress responsibility for organizing the executive and judicial branches, raising revenue, declaring war, and making all laws necessary for executing these powers.  The president is permitted to veto specific legislative acts, but Congress has the authority to override presidential vetoes by two-thirds majorities of both houses.  The Constitution also provides that the Senate advise and consent on key executive and judicial appointments and on the ratification of treaties.

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To go a little Shakespearean on you – “Aye. There is the rub.”

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

The frustrating thing about this election is that it matters little who wins the Presidency.  A Democratic victory is a “Ticket to ride” (here we shift to a Beatles analogy) for Obama and his extreme liberal stance. A McCain victory, I’m afraid, will amount to no more than 4 years of head butting and going nowhere fast.

The power now rests in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Scared? The power for the next for years will be in the hands of Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and Harry Reid, et al.  Somewhere, some how things have twisted. There is a pretense of doing the people’s will, but it’s all rhetoric. Even the $80 Bil bailout had more pork attached than a hog farm. They (and I include both Parties in that) give us lip service but at the end of the day they make sure they get their’s and they get it from us.

No longer is it about “America”. It’s about “party”. It’s about special interests.

I shake my head in wonder at the number of people who don’t see it for what it is. Selective blindness? Maybe. I pray for a hero to be raised up. For a Samuel Adams (not the beer),Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. FDR. Ronald Reagan. Men who put country ahead of politics and made a difference.

My greatest fear is that the America we’ll see four years from now will be unrecognizable as “the shining city upon a hill”.  The great Nation that made it possible to dream great things, will become a burnt out shell, a land of hopelessness, of despair, of mediocrity. Worse, I fear a loss of God’s blessings on us as a people, as a nation. God has shown how unhappy He gets when a nation turns it’s back on Him. I am fearful of dark days ahead.

Now I’ll take that Samuel Adams. The beer not the President.

The Debate 2008: The Cliff Notes

liar!!

McCalm: Hi Tom. Blah blah, blah. Yadda yadda yadda. It’s the Democraps fault!
Obamalama: Hi Tom. Blah blah. Yadda blah yadda. The Repugnantcans are all to blame!
McCalm: Liar!
Obamalama: No. You are.
McCalm: You are. Liar, liar!!
Obamalama: I agree with some of what John says.
McCalm: Liar. It’s your fault. Surge!!!
Obamalama: 8 years of Bush administration… blah blah blah.
McCalm: (Grimace) General Petraius!! Surge! Liar!!
Obamalama: Liar! Health care! 95% will see no tax!!
McCalm: Small business! Health care! Pakistan!
Obamalama: Afghanistan. Taxes!
McCalm: Surge! Liar!!!
McCalm & Obamalama: Change! Change! Change! Thanks Tom. (Handshake, handshake.)

Then they went home while I ,and millions like me, stayed awake all night wondering “What the heck was that??”

Transcripts are available…..but, why bother.

Bill

Biden – Palin. Forbidden Love?

I feel mainstream media-ish today!
I woke up this morning all giddy with excitement. “The Debate”, like all debates, did little more than provide the participants an opportunity to chant their mantras. It was their campaign speeches delivered in little snipits…mini-sound bites.
But….did my eyes lie to me? Was Joseph Biden, Democrap from Delaware staring longingly at Sara Palin?? Oh, yes! Love is in the air. Every time the camera would switch to show “Little Joe’s” reaction to a scathing comment by “Sara, Hot & Tall”, I was floored. Instead of the expected snicker or sneer there was this look of, well, pride. A look of respect. A look of “I wanna love this girl!” I’m not talking hot muskrat love, this is the “I want you in my heart & soul. I want to lay roses at your feet and slay dragons for you” love. It would not have surprised me at all to see “Little Joe” dash across the stage, sweep her up in his arms and disappear into the wild nether regions of a Blue State with his beloved Sara.

I see trouble ahead for the Obamalama – Bidet ticket. How will “Little Joe” handle it when Barracks O’Bamalama starts dissin’ his girl? Starts dissin’ his girls gramps, John McCalm? Will he start to sabotage the election with a little gaff here, a little slip of the tongue there? Will he, with tears welling up in his eyes and a trembling lip, tell Barak Bin Laden: “Stop it!! Stop hatin’!”

I for one, can’t wait for Tuesday’s face to face. Actually…I can wait. I just wanna see the crowd shots. I wanna see Joe staring at Sara….his “Forbidden Love”.

Talk about Change in Washington!

Bill

Humans?

I just read another sad story about animal cruelty. I’ll spare you the details. I cannot for the life of me understand animal cruelty.

I don’t get it.

If you don’t like animals….don’t get one!! Do you go to Petsmart to drop hundreds of dollars because you want to abuse something?? Here’s a hint….save the money and stick your hand in the garbage disposal or hit yourself in the face with a hammer.

Problem solved.

You’ve saved money.

You’ve inflicted pain and suffering, but it’s yours so no one will care.

You’ve picked on something your own size.

It’ll save you jail time, fines and the embarrassment of having your face and name in all the papers.

It would make me feel better about you.

Bill

How could you not love a face like this???

I’ve been censored

Warning: This entry deals with things of a political nature. If you’re not in the mood, let this one pass.

What a change I’ve seen in my life. Or maybe I’ve just been naive.
I’ve always held my right to vote as a sacred trust and I’ve tried to use it wisely.
I have gone to great lengths to avoid becoming a label (a brief description given for purposes of identification).
I tend to be conservative (traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness), not a Conservative.
I believe there are things in life that call for a liberal mentality (given freely or abundantly; generous), but I’m not a Liberal.
I consider things independently (not looking to others for one’s opinions or for guidance in conduct), but I’m not an Independent.
I’ve always believed that at the end of the day, right and justice would prevail over ideology ( A set of doctrines or beliefs that form the basis of a political, economic, or other system).
The events of the last few weeks have me wondering (thinking or speculating with curiosity).
Will it matter how I vote?
Will, again, the dogs bite the hand that feeds it?
Has partisanship replaced patriotism?
I dunno…
I have supreme faith in God.
Some faith in the American people.

No faith in politicians.

Bill

(No Independents, Democrats or Republicans were harmed in the writing of this Blog…. but not cuz I didn’t want to. <_< )