Busy

I've been busy, so I haven't had much time to write. Hopefully, I'll have more time this weekend.

GSA Problem

There's a huge investigation over the GSA Vegas extravaganza, which is good, except this is only a tiny amount of waste government employees cause daily. I'm hoping the proposed criminal charges stick and the house of cards starts falling on bureaucrats in all agencies. Why? I haven't had a raise in years; the cost of living is skyrocketing; fuel is too expensive;the dollar is devalued ( thanks to the fed and the debt), and the federal government is out of control. It's time for accountability and it's time for this crap to stop -  forever.

Am I mad? I'm furious and I have no compassion for anyone that draws a paycheck simply because our society is still polite enough to allow confiscatory taxes without responsible behavior by our government.  I've worked my ass off for years, while political pogues lived like royalty and gave money to those that don't deserve it.

Where Should You Escape...

...to natural disasters was a keyword search that led to my blog. I wonder what they thought? Did they find what they were looking for? I hope so.

Super Weather Reporting

We haz it, except it's usually a little behind. In my experience, the warnings arrive around 15 minutes behind the first reports, so they aren't really warnings, although the weather geeks have strange tingling feelings running up their legs while they put on their most concerned face and think of the ratings. So, what they're warning about is probably only warning viewers that neighbors probably lost power 15 minutes ago and never saw the belated warning.

I'm sure some people are helped by the warnings, although I'm thinking many never do, which leads to more technology, more examination of data and more realization that the dynamics of weather make prediction beyond the capbabilities of humans. Still, we try and become less inclined to learn about the basics, which those in the past learned out of necessity.

We've reached the point to where the saying: "Watch the weather." is understood as deciding on what channel, web page, or phone application to examine for the current conditions and radar applets. It used to mean looking up and testing the breeze.

When All Else Fails....

...read the instructions. That's usually best, since somebody took some time to write the method to make the entire thing work. This holds true with the United States Government. We have instructions, called the Constitution. If these directions are followed, the system works. If you don't believe this, look at what's happened. If you haven't read it, take the time to do so. It's written in English, so you don't need anyone to interpret the text.