Well….I marvel at the ignorance of those on the right about the constitution they profess to revere almost every day…but, that marveling has reached a new level with the latest nonsense to come out of Mike Huckabee….the idiot from Kansas. With the tide of marriage equality rolling across the country, mostly driven by courts that find the the 14th amendment to the constitution means that equal protection applies to everyone, ole Huck came out the other day with a statement that says the way he understands the constitution, states don’t have to follow the rulings of the courts…especially federal courts and can go their own way on marriage equality. Now, this is not the first time these idiots on the right think that the states can pick and choose what federal laws or court rulings they have to follow…the answer is all of them….but, to have a supposed presidential candidate come out and say that he still believes in “nullification”, a doctrine that was outlawed by the supreme court in the 1800’s, shows that he is in no way qualified by temperment or judgement to be president in any world but the delusional one that the right lives in. I am still shaking my head at the stupidity of these folks….geez…
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January 22nd
Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done, again, and I need to get moving and at least clean a little…slept okay for the third day in a row with being good but I am having problems getting the tooth repair to hold so it hurts this morning….will have to figure that out later today but not now….there were dreams again last night but nothing cool with Neil Young in it so that was a little disappointing….I do have to do the grocery run today but there is not much on the list…need to save some cash to pay the car insurance bill and that will take most of what I have in the drawer so I will have to starve a little over the next month unless I can make some cash….oh, well…that really works out well with not being on the bike so I can maintain my weight a little better….haven’t gained as much as a normal winter so maybe this is the way to go about it…more later….
SOTU….
Well…with all of the hype about the state of the union yesterday, I figured I’d probably take a shot at what I think…as if I don’t every day here…I thought the speech was one of the best that I have heard Obama do…aggressive, confidant, and full of themes that dems should have been talking about in the past election…if they would have, they probably would have held the senate and gotten the turnout they needed. But, better late than never and this gives our side the roadmap we need to use to go into the 2016 elections…we need to be dems again and aggressively protect the middle class. The funny thing that I saw was the repubs sitting on their hands all night…just because Obama was saying the right things…he could have been for mom and apple pie and they would have sat there with the dour looks on their faces that they had. I think this is the start of finally distinguishing between the two parties..we can’t be repub lite and expect people to care….I can’t wait to see the political ads that are constructed using the shots from the speech…the repubs hating on popular policies with the general public…they are delusional if they think their pettiness won’t come with a cost..finally….geez…
January 21st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…slept okay for a second night and had some weird dreams that had T, Neil Young, Linda Rondstadt, and others in it..along with dinner for some reason…and bleeding and lost phones…yep, really quite weird but at least I had one….the tooth is still not hurting for a second day and I could get used to it….but I am sore for a second day from sleeping and I can’t figure that one out….but, it’s a good trade in my eyes and I am not going to complain….not much to do today…it did snow last night and the car is covered again but it has still been a better winter than last year and it looks like it may just continue for a while…only 6 more weeks and we may see some cracks in the cold and I can get back on the bike again…I really do miss it…more later…..
No go zones….
Well…the latest freak out on the right comes in the wake of the murders in Paris and it is predictable in that it has no basis in fact…just in the fevered minds (if you can call them minds) of the crazy asses on the right. If you haven’t heard this latest outrage is fueled by some pundit on fox saying that he saw maps that showed Muslim areas of Paris and London where Sharia law has supplanted the laws that govern the rest of the society and that no one but Muslims can go there…hence being called no go zones. the problem with this crap is that is just not true…no matter how the right tries to prey on the fears of their slow witted followers with lies and more lies…there are some that they just can’t get away with. When the pushback came from the prime minister of England and the PM of France that this whole thing was a bunch of crap, even Fox had to admit there was no truth to it. But, that didn’t stop the dim witted gov of Louisiana ole Bobby Jindal, from going to London to give a speech that spewed these same lies that have been debunked…but, that just doesn’t matter to those on the right….lies are the same as truth to them and they think all they have to do is believe in them to make them true…what a bunch of maroons…geez…
January 20th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done again….slept okay with being good and no sleep aides but I am sore from tossing and turning…and, I know I’ll run out of steam pretty early with only getting about 4 hours total last night…but, it’s something I need to do so I guess I’ll keep it up for a while….I do really miss riding the bike but this year I have been better at keeping the weight off….but, one of the problems with that is that I can only take in about 1,000 cals a day which sets me up for being tired during the day…but the tooth hurting is helping with not eating….I never know if eating is going to fire up the pain so I’m reluctant to do it…not much to do today…resumes…yay? But that is about it…I am going to clean the kitchen and do a little work around here but that is about it….and come back for a real topic today…more later….
Real chutzpah…
Well….I am just shaking my head right now with a speech that ole Mitt did the other day preparing for another run at the White House where he went on and on that income inequality has increased under Obama and he is concerned about it…what real chutzpah….he wasn’t too concerned when he was stealing millions and putting tens of thousands out of work while working at Bain capital…but, in an act of the cheapest political crap, he has flip flopped on this issue just because he saw that it worked for Obama…not from any new found concern for the middle class…he still thinks that 47% of them are just leeches who won’t work. I can’t wait for the news shows…well..”the Daily Show” anyway to get hold of this one….how much shallower can he show himself to be?
January 19th
Well…it was an okay but sluggish day yesterday and I didn’t get anything done but that’s how it goes sometimes…the bug in my lungs is starting to break up, I think, and that is a good thing…am coughing like crazy today, though, and that is tiring to say the least…may have to take something for the tooth pain this morning but it’s not as bad as it has been so that’s a good thing….slept okay last night but have been up since way too early and that is tiring, too….might have to take it easy today to finish the healing process for the lungs…I know I wasn’t good last night but I shouldn’t feel as crappy as I do so it must be the bug….not much to do today…going to just take it easy and hang out as I get better…and come back for one more of these to stay on track…more later….
Some more stuff…
Well…have been just vegging it all day and got a surprise with Seattle looking ordinary in their playoff game…actually a pretty crappy game….other than that it has been okay today…and yesterday I did get my January top down run in so that was cool….have been looking for something to write about all day today and haven’t come up with anything…it was nice to have T get back into town yesterday after her vacation….I don’t see her much but two weeks without talking to her was just different….still feel a little under the weather with the lungs still involved but they are better than they were yesterday so that is something….and I haven’t had much pain in the teeth today so another plus that I can really appreciate…and, there is still football on so I guess I’ll go back and watch that…
January 18th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get a lot done….I did get out to have a couple with K and put the top down to go out so I do have my January top down run in….and, I did get the car washed and some stuff done around here so it was not a total waste of a day…didn’t get the pain free day I’d hoped for in and it looks like I won’t today either….the tooth has started to hurt already and I hope the ibuprofen works soon….feel a little crappy today and it is from this new bug I have that is not treating my lungs well….taking most of my energy, too, so I guess I’ll take it easy today….don’t have much to do anyway since there are leftovers to eat and I don’t even have to cook….more later….