Some Honesty Would Help

Dishonesty is rampant. Politicians proclaim they want to help, and then make millions on inside trading, gifts from just about everyone that can bribe them, and do so for decades. To make things worse, so many of them are corrupt, their supposed ethics watchdogs ignore the corruption. 

Many of those taking public assistance do so by lying. To make things worse, they drive expensive vehicles, which can be found at Section 8 housing, and in grocery store parking lots, where they use ill-gotten money to buy groceries working people can't afford. 

People hire illegals, their churches assist in helping them to survive in the United States, and when those that enforce the law try to perform their job, people riot, assault the officers, and the local government helps in the insurrection by promoting the violence. 

Many in the media choose to fabricate stories, outright lie, and think their subversive activities should be protected because of their distorted opinion of the First Amendment. 

Those that count the votes may be the worse. Not only are illegal votes counted, and any efforts to audit the ballots are met with law suits to prevent access. This destroys the integrity demanded by our Constitutional Republic. 

The only solution to these problems can never be legislated, or demanded. Integrity is a form of self-discipline that only comes from those raised in an environment that demands a refusal too use deception to achieve gain. That environment has been polluted by those that use any method - including criminal activities - to achieve wealth and power. 

How this disregard for honesty can be changed is something that won't happen without a conscious effort by people to make the change. I don't have much faith this will happen. Too many are part of the grift, too many are apathetic, and the slide downhill accelerates.

Constitutional Mumbo Jumbo

 I read where Don Lemon was arrested. He's posturing about his actions were within his rights, and his supporters are jumping on the band wagon without jumper cables, or a spare tire. From what evidence I've seen, reporting your participation in a forced entry into a structure doesn't give you any special privilege. Nor does reporting participation in preventing free movement of people. How it's presented to a judge, and whether the judge is another thug in a robe, is to be seen. 

Things That Make Me Wonder

A licensed nurse, with an attitude, decided to help a woman that was disturbing ICE agents, pushed too much, and was thrown to the ground. Sir Galahad went to her rescue, pulled a gun, and was shot by agents that were not only keyed up, their instincts kicked in, when they realized he might shoot one of them, or another bystander. Some are understanding how dangerous the situation became, but some have severe inter-anal cranial impaction, and think the actions of the agents was an intolerable affront to law. It makes me wonder what goes through the minds of such people.

In California, people are foraging, and eating, toxic mushrooms. Such things happen, but it makes me wonder where these people were, when the constant warnings of such things always state there are deadly consequences when doing so. 

A strong winter storm swept through the United States over the last few days. With media help, people panicked, bought enough supplies to clear retail shelves, and forgot that even if they had bare pantries, nobody would starve in the short period of time before snow melted. A few days of extra supplies would have been sufficient, but some will be throwing away moldy bread, sour milk, stale pastries, and have enough toilet paper to last until the middle of Summer. Some will have enough Vienna sausage to last until the middle of the next decade. 

I wonder about people in general. Logic seems to escape way too many, and society is filled with those that are not only ignorant, they seem to relish their condition. 

Close....But Not Quite

Weather folks forecast freezing rain, and a low temperature of around 26 for my location for last night. We reached 32.7, which prevented the constant drizzle, and rain, from freezing. Thunderstorms were surprising, and my little dog didn't dally at 4:00 this morning to take care of an urgent need. He didn't even hesitate on the porch, ran into the yard, took care of his business, and beat me back to the door. He quickly found his way under a blanket, sighed deeply, and returned to his early slumber. 

Tonight the forecast is a low of 20 degrees, with clearing skies. It might reach that, but that depends on whether the cloud cover breaks. If it hangs on into the early morning hours, we'll reach the middle twenties, and avoid the deeper cold. 

Local schools, and government organizations, will not be open tomorrow. It's probably a wise choice, although the wind has dried the bridges, and the possibility of icy bridges is an unwarranted concern. Still, it is, what it is, and schools will have to have a makeup day, which they usually have in their schedules. We'll freeze at night, but the days will be above freezing. This will last for much of the coming week, but according to the weather folks, next weekend might bring a Canadian air mass, which can lead to some frozen precipitation. We'll see, and I hope it doesn't get that cold. 

I have to add we didn't reach the 38 degrees as forecast, and now at 4:00 pm, the temperature is at 32 degrees, and the freeze has started.

Morning Thunder

 The forecasters stated there was a real small chance of thunderstorms with the approaching arctic air mass. They were right, and the thunder woke me before my dog had a chance. I tried to get him to go and take care of his morning business, but after walking onto the porch, and observing the rain, he hesitated, until a clap of thunder led him wanting to go back in. Even with the rain slowing down, I couldn't get him out of the house. He finally went out after the rain stopped, hurried his business, and quickly was back in for his morning meal. 

It was 48 degrees at the time, now it's 42 degrees, the wind is strong from the north, and the forecast is for the temperature to drop to below freezing sometime during the night. The big question is how much of the precipitation will freeze before the rain ends. It's looking like it won't be much, and there is a good chance tomorrow a good portion of the day will be above freezing. That will end tomorrow night, and the temperature will drop to the mid-twenties, which is a better temperature than originally forecast. We'll see, but with the strong effort by our electric utility company over the summer months, the nuisance trees now gone from around the lines will not interrupt our power. I hope their efforts were successful.

Monday night is supposed to be clear, with a temperature in the teens. Schools will probably start late to allow any ice on bridges to melt. It's looking much better than the heavy ice storm we had in the late nineties. That one brought down major power lines, and left us without electricity for a week.