Politics again

OK, my Sundays start at 6am. Go to the church for Bishopric meeting, services start at 9, then home about 1pm. Ready for a nap. Just drift off to sleep and the stupid Republican party calls. Start to drift off again and the stupid Democratic party knocks on the door. So much for a nap. It may not have been so bad if it would have been the actual candidate wanting to share their opinion, but robo calls and volunteers on a Sunday? What ever happened to the Lord's day, a day of rest from the normal garbage of every day life????

Growing Old

When I look in the mirror I don't see an older person, I see me. The same way I have always seen me. Other than a few grays and a couple extra pounds, I see the same person I saw when I looked in the mirror during my high school days. I like to believe I have more knowledge and common sense then I did during that time period, maybe I am a bit more thoughtful of others, and a lot more charitable, but overall the same person. That all changes when I go to the doctor. When i went i had a few aches and pains. When I leave his office I usually have a new medication or 2. By the time he gets done telling me all about my limitations I feel like my grandfather. When I get home and look in the mirror I see the same me I saw this morning. Can someone tell me how I lost 20 years in the Docs office and then gained them back by the time I got home????? I am curious, when I am 80 will I still see the teenager in the mirror???

Vengeance

Last night someone decided it was going to be fun to slash all four tires on my car. At first, when we found it i was really angry, then i was sad, then when i called the insurance company i was pissed. After a while i was resigned to the fact that it was going to cost a bunch of money we don't have. My wife had mentioned vengeance, at the time i said i just want the guilty party to pay for the new tires and tow truck bill. After a few more hours i decided i wanted to hang the jerks by their pinkie toes from a very tall tree. Now i just want to get past it and make sure it doesn't happen again. But i will continue to wonder why would someone do something so hurtful? How does one not get paranoid that it will happen again?

Let's change America's political face

I have been looking at all the stupid political ads. Now it's time to let the idiot politicians know what we think. I HATE attack ads!!!!!!! We need to dismiss all politicians with any political experience. Lets elect all new people that have the country's best interest at heart and not their own wallets. Lets limit terms for all offices to 3 terms. No retirement for any elected officials, once they have served they need to get a real job and quit living off my taxes. We need to limit political pay checks. No elected official should get rich off the sweat of their constituents, so lets put the political paycheck limit to no more than $75,000.00 per year, and the people vote on their pay raises in an open election, not the politicians behind closed doors. We need to outlaw lobbyist. Politicians need to work for the people, not deep pocket corporations. I am still trying to understand why we spend tax dollars studying all kinds of stupid things that will never make a difference to anyone. If  you want to study something, find a corporate sponsor! Our taxes were never intended to finance your research. Never have I seen anywhere a founding father's comment that said we are going to tax the citizens in order to study turtle spit.