Well…with the astounding obtuseness that the right is showing on the issue of gun control, I wish I would have thought of the title for this one myself, but I read it earlier this morning in a comment thread on Daily Kos about the NRA’s comments that the only way to prevent more gun violence is more, and more, and more guns. While I have been a hunter in my past life and a supporter of responsible gun ownership, the absolutist nonsense of the right that there can be no restrictions of any kind on gun ownership is just too far out there for me…and the idea that we are safer when everyone is carrying a gun is just one of the stupidist things I have ever heard. We have placed many restrictions on the rights that are guaranteed in the bill of rights; think of the libel laws that do restrict your first amendment rights, or the evolution of the rights that are contained in the fourth, so I think that some restrictions on the second can and should be done…especially since almost 80% of the gun violence is done by people using guns that were purchased at unrestricted gun shows where no background checks are necessary. I just want to end with this… I do believe in the title of this piece…and I will be one of the brave Americans who will live my life without guns or fear that is stoked by the right to further their own ends…geez…
December 25th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done, again, but I have finally learned to tamp down my guilt about it…I did sleep too much last night with not getting out of bed until after 7 and that is just totally weird….the night was kind of a bust with Netflix being down so I had to watch regular tv in lieu of my marathons that I wanted to do…at least Firefly was on and it gave me something to do….I am thinking about going out to get the paper….I just hate that everything is closed today and there are 20 pct of the country doesn’t celebrate this holiday have to force celebrate it…after all, it is just Tuesday to us….more later…
I just don’t understand it…
Well…I was sitting here bored last night and thought I’d watch a movie to try to alleviate some of it…and, with all of the praise that has been heaped on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy over the years, I thought I’d give the last one a try since it was on tv and nothing else looked good. I guess I just don’t understand the attraction…yes, the stories appear to be epic and there is a certain scale that is cool to watch, but the stories and the characters left me cold…it appeared to me that it was an exercise in epic film making more than an epic film….it may be that I have never been a fan of Tolkien but I think I know a good movie when I see it but this one was just a time killer without any there there….oh, well…I guess this stuff is a matter of taste…give me “Casablanca” or “Gone with the Wind” or even the somewhat opaque “Blade Runner”…or one of Kubricks best and I am happy…
December 24th
Well…my site has been doing dome weird stuff over the past few days and as you can see, yesterday’s morning post has disappeared somehow and I’m not sure where it went…so, I guess I’ll have to make up for it today…there was one funny thing that happened on the way home from pool yesterday…another Miata driver pulled up beside me and gave me the Miata in the winter nod and thumbs up that I have gotten a couple of times now…and that was pretty cool….it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…but, it looks like I’ll be staying in from now on until I get some money coming in…at least the next two days…as I texted T a few minutes ago…I have the cocktail materials laid in and I am planning on hibernating for the next two days…I am going to make a beef roast that J and K gave me but that is about it for tomorrow…still having the everything getting stolen dream that I have had over the past few days and I am getting tired of it…not much to do today…I think I will try to get to the cleaning that I have been putting off and, with the post disappearing yesterday, I’ll have to do two more of these today to catch up…
Okay…here’s some reasons..
Well…I know that things have not been too topical around here lately and one of the reasons is the whole being broke thing is weighing on me so heavily that I am out of sorts most of the time and my brain is just not working as it has and should…and I haven’t figured a way to get past it as yet….there is also the whole not celebrating the holiday thing, too that makes me feel like an outsider at times and I just want them to be over…the ads for all of the stuff that I can’t purchase because I’m broke is another reason that is weighing on me…and the whole “no one wants me” thing that comes from putting out hundreds of resumes with no bites is starting to create this perfect storm of creativity destruction that is confusing to me and I’m not sure of the methods to counteract it right now…okay…I’ll stop whining and get on with it…maybe not today, but tomorrow for sure….I think the air has gotten heavier…at least it feels that way….
December 22nd
Well…waiting for the coffee to finish so I thought I’d get an early start on this one…it was an okay day yesterday with getting the chance to hang out with T for a while and have some fun…but that was about it for the entire day but that’s how it goes when you are broke…and that’s okay, too, I’ll live through it….I did dream last night…weird ones where people were stealing everything I own…and doing it blatantly…not sure what that was about but it was quite strange….not much to do today…one of my sons is coming over to show me his new car so I have to clean up around here a little….but, right now, I’m going to go get some coffee and read the papers…
One thing I forgot…T got me a Christmas present and I was just so surprised…some really cool hand made French soap…you have to know her to understand that…but a really great thought…
Now we can move forward…
Well…after the debacle of Boehner’s defeat last night, now we can move forward with marginalizing the crazy assed right wingers in the House….and get a bill that the progressives can support. But, the problems there is we need to find around 20 reasonable repubs (I know, that is the ultimate oxymoron) to come with us for the good of the country…not just the 1%’ers that are still pulling the puppet strings for most of the repubs…but, one of the things we must do, or what Obama must do, is to take the SS nonsense off the table to get the dem caucus behind him…and then let Pelosi do her work to construct a bill that doesn’t compromise progressive principles. Look, you know the repubs don’t want to govern anyway when ole Boehner says “it’s up to the pres and the Senate now…” abdicating any responsibility to look after the well being of the country or its citizens…going over the cliff is going to be a fun ride….
December 21st
Well…it was a day yesterday and I didn’t get much accomplished but that is getting to be quite normal…feel pretty crappy this morning and the allergies are still causing some of it…I did get to see K’s baby and hang out with them for a while and that was fun…slept pretty crappy last night, though, since I forgot the melatonin…and there were no dreams to speak of…I do get to see T this aft and hang out for a couple of drinks so that will be fun….okay, this is not flowing at all so I’m going to stop here and come back later…
Okay…feeling a bit restored after the coffee and papers but that is being counteracted by the snow falling outside and the realization that the Miata is not going to be the best car in the snow…I almost spun it yesterday getting on the e-way and it was just wet…I think my skills with rear wheel drive need to be resurrected and honed….we’ll see how bad it is when I go out later today….not much else to do today…I do have to get this place cleaned up a little since my son is coming over tomorrow to show me his new car and I have been a little lax lately…
Let “Plan B” go down the toilet….
Well….I have been getting easily sidetracked over the past few days and that is why this one is so late…but, I do need to talk about ole Boehner’s “Plan B” proposal and the absolute nonsense it contains…along with the minimal tax increase on the rich…his plan will cost the poor and middle class around 1,500-2,000 dollars a year in higher taxes…but, here’s the kicker, it will cut medicaid, SS, medicare, meals on wheels, food stamps and almost every other program that the middle class and working poor depend on to make their lives livable…and he had to include this stuff to get the rest of the repubs in the house to go along. This, to me, is the clearest example of who the repubs have become…protect the rich and corporations at all costs while they say go to hell to everyone else….Obama should stop “negotiating” with these thugs and just let the country go over the cliff…but then let the people know what this “Plan B” includes…it will continue to shrink their base to the point that in two years, they will be a fringe party in reality and we can start re-making the country in the image of those who care about good governance and all of the people who live here…and what is left of the repubs can go back to hell where they came from…geez…
December 20th
Well…it was a long day yesterday but I won at pool finally, so that was cool…but it was also a cocktail night so I feel a little slow this morning…I did have a bad dream last night that the Miata got wrecked by someone’s stupidity and that was not a good thing…but, in reality, it is running just like a new car so I guess I should live in reality…as much as I can anyway…the coffee is done and the papers are huge today so I am going to get to them and try to get the energy up….
Okay…I did have coffee and even went out to get my hair cut…I had a coupon that saved me 5 bucks that was expiring so I thought I’d get that done…I do like the way the car drives on the snowies…even in the rain it is much, much better…and it looks like I will be able to see how it works in the snow tomorrow when the rain changes over later in the day since I may be meeting up with T for drinks in the aft…okay…need to read the online papers to get some topics and my last cup of coffee is getting cold so I need to go…more later…