Lies

 We can all agree that lies are bad. In fact for 4 years we kept hearing about how many lies Trump was guilty of  spewing. Many of which while untrue probably should have been classified braggadocio or chest thumping. You know largest crowd ever, greatest this or that, even the Mexicans will pay for the wall. Either so outlandish the only a fool would believe it or effecting nothing. Fact checkers checking things that never mattered

During Obama's presidency, we got you will be able to keep your health plan, only that plan became so expensive that people couldn't keep those plans. Now we have Biden quoted on the campaign trail as I won't ban fracking Period!, first week in office executive order banning fracking. Now we hear Sen. Kerry saying the gas and oil jobs will be replaced by solar and wind power jobs, only solar and wind are only projected to replace about a quarter of those jobs.

You choose which lies are going to effect you more.

If the media was doing their jobs we would be hearing more about these lies that truly hurt people.

Biden and unity

 Biden's big selling point during the campaign was his ability to unify and that he is not Trump. Yet He starts his administration with a slew of executive orders aimed at alienating half the country. This has been going on at least the last three administrations presidents essentially enacting legislation  without going through congress. There isn't many things more devisive than one person dictaing what 350 million people should be doing. When I was a kid I remember JFK's executive order where he enacted the presidents council on physical fitness. This is the type of thing that can be put into place by executive orders not major policy changes or treaties.

Unity will never come to a country or a president that demands everyone must do it my way.

Gatsby

 Sometimes classic fiction  is avoided just because it  is classic and we have preconceptions of the style or content of the book. I read The Great Gatsby last weekend and was pleasantly surprised while a little slow in the beginning it made me think about people and greatness. Just like the book my conception of Gatsby and his character changed through out the book.

Classics

 Every once in a while I will come across a list of books and say I should read this or that. Recently I actually followed through and read Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein back to back. First off they were both worth the read I guess that's why there classics.  It was interesting to me how different they seemed from the old Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff movies of my youth. Dracula surprised me with the level of spirituality and some of the late 1800's  phraseology, but a solid story if a little wordy in spots. Frankenstein although written almost a full century earlier had a more modern feel to the writing. The thing that struck me with Frankenstein was the impression that the doctor was acting maybe even thinking in a more female way.

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas woes.

Cast off with family, friends.

Merry Christmas joy!

Why Congress Sucks

 Why our legislature sucks or at least why we perceive congress in a bad light. It seems that every piece of legislation that is passed in recent memory is so large and covering so many different issues that no one knows what has been enacted. This allows the elected official of low character to hide legislation that most people would find repugnant. If a politician can't stand up and say what they are for, maybe all they are for is themselves.

Take this latest Covid relief bill not only did they snipe and play politics while people were hurting they also used it for cover for a spending bill so full of pork you would think we were running a surplus. So while all the talk was how much unemployment help or economic stimulus to give was going on they sneak through the spending bill. Even the senators and congressmen didn't know what they were voting for. Let's stop the games, slow down and give these bills a chance at a fair hearing and reasoned debate before we put them to a vote.

Diversity

 

Much has been made about the  diversity of Biden's cabinet picks.  To be perfectly honest most of the people he has named are just names I've never heard before. However when I hear someone say they are keeping diversity in mind or using it  as criteria for hiring it turns me against the hiree . Diversity is just saying qualifications don't matter as much as your gender or color. The whole idea of forced diversity should be repugnant to everyone. Now if a cabinet or any grouping of people is organically diverse that's great but that is not what media is celebrating. Just hire the best person for the job predetermining the job must go to a man or a woman or a black or a white is nonsense and should be ridiculed.