Plea!!!

I have been a professional wrestling fan since the late 90's. I cannot believe that I am watching the craziest wrestling stories play out in the presidential election. There is a time and place for the soap opera of the sports world, and it's not when it involves the role of people who directly affect our lives.

Government is not meant to entertain us. It's meant to help make our lives easier and better and make sure we are not being taken advantage of.

His rallies have turned into nutty ironman matches of speeches that have absolutely nothing to do with things that will help the average American. They have admitted that their plans will destroy our economy.  They have admitted their plans will crash the stock market.

They Admitted It!

Now I have mentioned that history fascinates me. Well, that their plan for tariffs has been tried before, during the depression. Guess what? Those massive tariffs turned the depression into the GREAT DEPRESSION! This is important. We have thankfully avoided a recession but these plans will plunge us into a depression. The difference this time is that the Supreme Court has ruled it is okay to criminalize homelessness. Poverty is now a crime. Those who are wealthy will be fine.

The prospects of a man who had a brain worm in his head and has absolutely no medical knowledge in charge of all departments of health is nuts. Our average life span has increased so much because of medical advancements and regulations on drugs, food and the environment. It is a proven fact, given how long people are living today. That is one way to get rid of Social Security, I guess.

I have paid attention to presidential elections for most of my life. I can tell you I never thought I would ever see a candidate run not on how to use the military to defend the nation from threats from outside, but on how they will be used on American citizens. WTH!

So this election let's follow President George Washington's wisdom and not make someone a King. Let's get back to no one is above the law and the laws apply to everyone equally. I know they haven't been in the past. The great part about the country we live in is the capability and strength to do better and strive for a more perfect union.

One last thing we are stronger together but divided we fall. Don't let outside forces cripple this great nation.

United We Stand

 

4 Years ago...

 4 years ago I was having to have my groceries delivered, and finding out half the stuff I ordered wasn't in stock. Some were replaced with brands I had never heard of.

4 years ago pop companies had to limit the flavors they could produce because of aluminum shortages.

4 years ago I was dealing with gallstone attacks. I told myself that it was just bad heartburn, but I knew. I was grateful for Joe Biden being president a year later because I had to have emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. I didn't have to go through it alone because Joe Biden knew what the fudge he was doing, got the pandemic under control, and got people vaccinated. Because of vaccinations, my mom could be there for me and my father was able to sit with me for a while.

4 years ago I was unable to be there for my brother, and hug him when he had to put his precious dog to sleep.

4 years ago I had to hope and pray for my sister and my niece and then my aunt and uncle, when they each tested positive for COVID19. You know, the virus that would just "go away."

4 years ago I watched the news to see more and more people losing their jobs because of closures and government-incentivized unemployment.

4 years ago an angry, selfish mad man who couldn't stand losing sent a mob to take over the country.

4 years ago nurses, doctors and hospital staff were wearing garbage bags (not to own the libs in some stupid stunt) because they didn't have the supplies they needed. They were working extra shifts, increasing their own risks of catching the deadly virus, because their co workers were sick or dying from COVID. Don't forget hospitals having to store bodies in refrigerator trucks.

So am I better off now than 4 years ago? The answer is a resounding H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks YES!!!

Better Off

Heroes...

 My Grandfather was a United States Army medic during WWII: He wasn't a Sucker!

My Grandpa served in the United States Navy: He wasn't a Sucker!

My father served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War: He was not a Sucker!

My uncle served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War: He was not a Sucker!

My nephew currently serves in the United States Navy: He is not a Sucker!

My brother's step-son served in the United States Army: He is not a Sucker!

The men and women who serve in our United States military are not Suckers or Losers!

Food For Thought...

 History has always fascinated  me. The History Channel has a show called The Food That Built America.

One episode (I think it was Season 1Episode 6) was really enlightening. It was the history of one of the world's most recognized products. Heinz Ketchup. So, it turns out a German American named Henry John Heinz invented Ketchup based on a Chinese tomato sauce called catsup. 

He made it to help cover up the taste of the meat that he and his family were eating. This was before the FDA, so meat was not great (boy, is that an understatement). If you want an eye opener about that, seriously, watch that episode. It will make you want to write a thank you letter to the FDA.

Henry Heinz is also the man who helped bring the problems of bad food to the government's attention. His competitors were selling so called "sauces" that had all kinds of crap in them that was not good for people to eat. It got so bad that he bought up the stock of the glass bottles that he used and sank them on a barge so his customers would not be fooled by inferior and likely deadly products.

Getting rid of the FDA (like has been thrown around) is not a good idea. You only have to watch that episode to see what would be in store for us if we do, and it's not good.

Isn't ironic that it's ketchup?

Random Searches...

 Have you ever found yourself curious and making random searches on Google?

I have. I did a random search on the average life span of the people in America in the 1790's. Ya know, the time that America was so great and we had strong leaders.

Color me surprised when I saw the results...

I'm not so sure going back to that time is such a good idea...

Just sayin'...

Where...

 A few months ago my mom and I had a discussion on when we first heard of Donald Trump.

I told her I heard about him from T.V. a long time ago. She guessed Home Alone 2. Nope, honestly I don't remember that one. She then guessed The Apprentice. Again, nope. I told her it was on Renegade. The look on her face was priceless.

Then of course I had to que up the scene. Yep, I own the entire Renegade series on DVD.

She was shocked that, not only did I know the episode, but the scene. I even quoted lines. Of the series, this scene is probably the one I remember the most.

Season One Episode One

Bobby Sixkiller to Donald "Dutch" Dixon: "Only in America, Lieutenant. Where everyday is the Wheel of Fortune. George Foreman, a black man raised in the ghetto, eats hamburgers-wins millions. Donald Trump, a white man raised in a mansion, eats caviar-loses millions. What a great country we live in, Lieutenant, where everyone gets a spin at the wheel"

I have known the truth about this guy since I was a kid sneaking to watch T.V. after bed time!

The only episode of The Apprentice I ever watched was in the season that had Lorenzo Lamas. Even he, my very first crush, couldn't get me to finish the episode, let alone a season of that show.

Fun Fact...

 

This is mom's shirt that she gave me after mine wore out!!!

The first concert I ever went to was James Taylor. My mom took my sister and me, Girls Night!!!

When she asked if I wanted to go I said "yes" because I didn't want to be left out (hey, I was only 10 at the time).She asked if I knew any of his songs. I said "no" so she let me borrow her cassette tape (yep that long ago).

That summer Mom took my brother, my Nona, and me on a road trip to the Grand Canyon and Four Corners. So, the whole road trip I listened to my Walkman (I know I am really dating myself) and learned all the lyrics to the whole tape, both sides.

I still remember that night. My mom bought me a Brisk Iced Tea. I drank the whole thing and we had to leave close to the end because I needed to pee (so much so that I didn't hesitate to use the port-a-potty, which if you knew me would know I don't use public bathrooms if I can help it). Unfortunately, mom missed the encore he performed at the end because of me. Ever sense I have been very cautious with how much liquids I drink when I'm out so we don't miss out on anything because of me again.

James Taylor: Fire and Rain

I Don't Hold Grudges, I Remember Facts!

 What happened when the last crazy guy with questionable fashion sense went after those he thought were "poisoning the blood of the nation" and "the enemy within"?

Oh, Right!!!

Some Were Neighbors

This!!!

Camps

and This!!!

My grandfather was a medic in the Army during WWII. Fighting this fascist shit is in my DNA.

Don't tell me that I spent years being traumatized by studying the Holocaust and World War II in school with the idea that we would learn to never let it happen again, just to have it EFFING happen again! Please make sure we learn the lessons that cost so many lives. We can't say we didn't know what would happen because we have seen it already.

The Choice Is Easy

 Lately, I've been reelin', watching the nightly news

Don't seem to find the rhythm, just wanna sing the blues

Feels like a song that never stops

Feels like it's never gonna

Gotta get that fire, fire, back in my bones

Before my heart, heart turns into stone

So somebody please pass the megaphone

I'll shout it on the count o' three

One, two, three

Oh, hear my prayer tonight, I'm singin' to the sky

Give me strength to raise my voice, let me testify

Oh, hear my prayer tonight, 'cause this is do or die

The time has come to make a choice

And I choose

Yeah, I choose joy

Let it move you (Move you, move you)

Yeah, back when I was younger, my eyes were full o' life

But now that I am older, I live at the speed o' light

Feels like the cycle never stops

Feels like it's never gonna

Gotta get that fire, fire back in my bones

Before my heart, heart turns into stone

So somebody please pass the megaphone

I'll shout it on the count o' three (Three)

One, two, three

Oh, hear my prayer tonight, I'm singin' to the sky

Give me strength to raise my voice, let me testify

Oh, hear my prayer tonight, 'cause this is do or die

The time has come to make a choice

And I choose

Yeah, I choose joy

Let it move you

Joy

Yeah, I choose joy

Let it move you (Move you, move you)

I need that joy, joy, joy, joy

Down in my heart, down in my heart to stay

I need that joy, joy, joy, joy

Down in my heart, down in my heart to stay, yeah

Joy

By: For King & Country

Honor

 Carl was so proud to serve in the United States Navy. He was a scrawny young man before enlisting and had to gorged himself on bananas to gain enough weight to pass the physical. He served on a guided missile destroyer during the Vietnam War.

That's My Dad!

Before I was born Carl was a volunteer firefighter. During most of my childhood he worked for Public Service/X-Cel Energy. He loved music. He loved taking his '55 Chevy Bel Air to car shows.

That's My Dad!!

When I was little he would carry me around the mall. He was always ready for a hug. When I was around 7 we went to Disneyland. We went on the log ride and I had the pleasure of sitting next to him. I learned a whole lot of cuss words (he was a sailor) very cleverly strewn together on the way down. I was laughing so hard at him that I forgot to be scared myself.

THAT'S MY DAD!!!

Last October Carl passed away. He was laid to rest in a military cemetery. My mom captured the moment I saw his tombstone for the first time.

I have been having a hard time coming up with the right words to convey how I was feeling. Thank you, Gus, for helping me find the right words.

P.S. My dad loved dogs and dogs loved him.

(Daddy, give Bear a hug for me!)

Fidgets

 Something weird about me, I fidget when I am stressed. I would crack my knuckles when I studied for school, which drove my mom absolutely nuts. So I started tippy tapping my fingers annoyingly, even annoying myself. Then I began clicking the back of the remote on off on off on off on off, and that explains why my Fire remote has a cover on it now.

I have found more productive ways to occupy my hands.

This is just a handful of the projects I have done in the past year and half.

Do you think that I might be a little stressed?

Do Something

Make America Normal Again

 I'm a 37 year old suburban, registered *Republican, white woman. And if Kamala Harris thinks I'll vote for her?!? Well, I already did.

*This will be the last election I will vote as a registered Republican. I would have changed my affiliation to Independent/Unaffiliated sooner, but I'm stubborn. I will see this election through as a Patriot.