My pea brain is having an itch this morning and so I thought it must be time to create some random (perhaps not so random) thoughts and comments.
Growing Up – What’s that Bible verse that tells us that when we were children we acted like one but when we became adults we put our childish things away? It’s always obvious to me on a regular basis that far too many have never put away their childish behaviors. This was on display this week when we learned that Barack Hussein Obama had sent a “secret” letter to Russian leaders Medvedev and Putin. In essence the letter said Obama would stop peeing in Putin’s sandbox if Putin would stop the bully in his sandbox.
Dumb Like a Fence Post? – I wonder how many people have actually had a chance to think about how much money we have spent over the past 7 weeks? Or better yet have even begun to calculate how it will be repaid? The truth is it will never be repaid. It is, for all intent and purposes, impossible to do. Ink and paper will do the trick!
But how dumb are we? Unless I am a rogue American these days who believes in living within my means, what idiot who is in financial trouble would do more of the same of what got them into financial trouble to begin with? If we keep repeating the phrase, “Well, we got to do something”, then in time we will be able to convince ourselves we did the right thing. Much like the Great Depression I suppose.
I was a “jock” growing up in rural Maine and played sports so just so as to irk the heck out of any intellectuals who might stumble onto this web site, let me speak in sports analogies. I played football in high school at a brand new school. The team was comprised of only 3 or 4 of us who had ever played organized football before. In my last 2 years of high school, we won two games out of sixteen.
Suiting up for each practice and for Saturday games, we all knew our chances of winning were slim but the coach would always be a good cheerleader. He would keep us motivated and focused on the big picture. I recall one time him telling us that we were setting the ground work for the future football program at the school. It took about 10 years, but my high school won a state championship.
The chances of you and I seeing a vibrant economy anytime soon is laughable at best. Coach Obama hasn’t had a decent thing to say about the economy since forever. His two favorite words are crisis and catastrophe. He’s a lousy leader with no experience. I team that doesn’t know how to win needs a leader who can direct the effort. Telling the team over and over and over that we are in crisis, on the verge of catastrophe and that we may never pull through isn’t going to cut it. With that kind of leadership, why bother showing up for practice?
A Fox to Tend the Chicken Coop – Do you know how funny it was yesterday to sit in front of the television and watch a little weasel, with a squeaky little voice and slight speech impediment, looking like he was in grade school, tell the American people that one way the federal government is going to raise tax revenue is to go after those who don’t pay their taxes.
Bwahahahahaha, Bwahahahahaha! Tim Geithner is a tax cheat! He did not pay his taxes! Who the hell is he to tell us he’s going to go after those who don’t pay their taxes and not expect to get laughed at?
The Angry Masses – Just how much of big government can people take? We hear everyday of another state passing legislation in an attempt to reclaim their sovereignty. This is mostly spurred on by citizens. Citizens who are sick and tired of federal government interference into their lives. Often that interference comes in the form of doing nothing.
Such is the case now with this administration in dealing with angry citizens in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Arizona and New Mexico. Why just those states? They have wolves and those wolves are getting out of control. People are losing property, being threatened and years of hard work and money spent to create healthy herds of elk and deer, moose and other wildlife are being destroyed because the federal government refuses to do anything about it.
One of the first acts of this president was to freeze all rule changes that the Bush administration had in the works – not an unusual move. In the works was a final rule to remove the wolf from federal protection in two areas – Northern Rocky Mountains and Western Great Lakes.
Nearly eight weeks have gone by and not a word from the Department of Interior, while the wolf continues its unchecked growth. Maybe the hold up is that the DOI can’t find enough people to make decisions who aren’t tax evaders or participants in campaign fraud, prostitution, etc.
Who Can Run the Fastest? – Being that we are in troubled times, real or imagined, sometimes survival comes down to who can run the fastest or avoid the sharks. Use whatever analogy you would like. Today I’ll leave you with a short story of doing just enough to not become a victim.
Bob and Fred went fishing. They went to their favorite fishing hole which required a substantial hike through the woods, over a couple good sized hills and some pretty dense forest. One of the reasons Bob and Fred preferred this site to fish was because neither of them thought it necessary to buy a fishing license.
They arrived at their destination, baited up and began casting their lines into the sparkling clear and cold water, prime habitat for native brook trout. After about a dozen casts or so and a bucket filling up with trout, the two men heard a noise coming from behind in the thicket. There was a low growl.
Bob and Fred knew instantly it was a bear and they both broke into a fast-paced run through the woods. Bob led the charge with Fred close at his heels, followed by the bear. It didn’t take long before Bob and Fred were getting quite winded.
That’s when Fred yelled in Bob’s ear as they ducked under branches and danced around trees, “Keep going Bob! We got to outrun that bear!”
To which Bob replied, “No, I only have to outrun you!”
Tom Remington
