This is a nonpolitical political view of a story I read:
Ok so today I read a story of our national debt which now stands at 35 trillion dollars. That is $100,000 for each US citizen. In 1992 Ross Perot campaigned on the subject. In his comments (they are on YouTube) he stole quotes from a speech from Cisero of the Roman Empire, which were “You must have a balanced budget”. We continue to increase this debt every year no matter what party is in office. The problem is that no party with political ties will try to decrease the deficit. Any form of government that tries to raise taxes to pay off the debt or take away public benefits to pay off the debt, will get voted out of office, and the problem is this will inevitably fall on our children’s shoulders. My wife and I are trying to figure out how to take care of our 2 disabled children the rest of their lives. If the banking system collapses it would be worse than the Great Recession and that would especially affect the disabled. We must somehow make this an apolitical solution, and the only thing I can think of (and this is why I am not running for office) is to instill a national sales tax. I know that sounds terrible, but we have to do something. Maybe if we can just reduce the debt by a small margin each year, that would at least show some progress we haven’t yet achieved. But we have to do something.
And now for something serious:
I was in the downstairs bathroom, where we have this freestanding shower (I have spoke of before), when I noticed a cookie rapper hanging off the top. Ok, so my son is at it again. So I went and got a ladder, and looked on top. OMG, pineapple cans, girl scout cookie wrappers and the list goes on and on. And this is why you do not adopt tall children.
May 20 - 26
You know you are getting too old, when you see that the majority of your mail are advertisements for senior living facilities.
You know you appear too old when your wife implies that you are getting senile, because you didn’t respond to her question in a timely manner.
You don’t appreciate getting old when all the info on covid singles out older adults.
And finally you know you are old when you pass two woman walking their dogs and you find yourself staring at the dogs.
May 13 - 19
I have discovered the reason men do not live as long as women. It is because men have to assemble patio furniture that our wives purchased.
I have spent 4 hours today assembling one of those swinging benches with an umbrella like cover. First of all there are fifty parts. The problem is the parts all look the same but they are different because the screw holes are in different places. So once you assemble something you realize that you have the wrong arm and you disassemble it and start over again. This happens with every section. And of course they give you a little wrench you have to use that is so small that you keep dropping it while you are holding multiple parts. Do you know how much fun it is to put together 3 different 5 foot long parts that have to fit on one bolt with washers in between?
Then when it was all done it turns out they made the top one inch too short and so it didn’t fit.
Have a nice Mother’s Day
May 6 - 12
Ok, so I am sitting on the sofa watching TV, when I see my son (who never goes outside), running on the side of the yard. The running looked very suspicious. So, I look out the window and I don’t see anything unusual.
On this side of the house the neighbor has a large pond that comes up right to our fence. The neighbor raises all kinds of fish in his pond and he is very protective of them, very protective.
I go out back and go around to the fence where he ran from to see if I can find the evidence. There in the pond is a floating empty can. I can’t really tell what kind of fruit it was but my suspicions lead me to believe it is pineapple.
Ok, so I am trying to figure out how to get this can out, before it floats out too far out of reach when I remember I have a large pool net for my pond. I go get the net and I am reaching over the fence as far as I can reach when who just happens to step into his own backyard?