Seriously Disturbs
What Seriously Disturbs
That the U.S. government, ostensibly with much to do and much potential for doing good and doing it well, wastes so much on rubbish, not only resources but attention. Congress, worst beyond all imagining, but that solution is clear and only waiting for my fifteen minutes as supreme dictator. Executive, close second. Prosecuting (is that the word?) a futile, decades long war that could have been settled in a rage the afternoon of 9/11 as an example to all for all time to come, "Don't Tread On Me," didn't anyone study the history of our national flags? And now a Chinese -- Italian, take your pick -- fire drill over Ukraine, Crimea and Russia. This is inevitable, didn’t any of our idiot, imbecile, moron fools read history, or can they read? The pickup truck in front of me the other day had a bumper sticker, “reelect nobody.” I seriously need to get me another pickup truck. But there must be a better way to deal with government incompetence than the snail crawl of bumper stickers and election day. This is too bad even to use my Navy language, which is so foul that I have to resort to flowers and vegetables.
But tacit. “Tacit” is the word that when I was in the Bay High band and tacit showed up on my sheet of music, used to mean I could quietly relax for a moment. So, tacit. “Daisy” was named for her delightful color and beauty as a blue-eyed flame point Siamese, prettiest and nicest cat imaginable. “Ernest” for Hemingway a tabby point that seemed Siamese as a kitten, I’m not sure now. Ernest is more focused on doing than being. Doing what? Whatever he can move. Linda and I love the tacit nothingness that we give ourselves a day or so every now and then, tending house and cats while Tass and family are away. Today we plan lunch at the Catfish Pad on the west side of town as we head home. For ambience, CP makes Hunts Oyster Bar an upper class gourmet delight, but we’ve been having mullet at CP for fifteen or twenty years and it’s better here inland Tallahassee than any mullet served anymore anywhere in Bay County. Well, Gene’s is nearly as tasty but Gene’s doesn’t give you the whole fish, backbone and all. We’re Florida crackers, baby. Pass the salt.
And hand me another furosemide.
What seriously disturbs? Learning that GM knowingly had an air bag problem in the Buick Enclave I selected for Linda four years ago because of my confidence in its absolutely, totally safe safety ratings. And Ford years ago with the tires on the rated totally safest Explorer we had for Tass. Seriously disturbs unto towering rage and a garden of gardenia flowers and alphabet vegetables. Watching to see whether Mary Barra is a true mother or just one more greedy corporate executive on the make.
GM and Ford not alone: a billion dollar fine against Toyota for criminal mismanagement of safety defects in their cars.
GM and Ford not alone: a billion dollar fine against Toyota for criminal mismanagement of safety defects in their cars.
Seven-thirty-two and still dark as pitch in Seminole City.
In other news "The physics world was on fire yesterday after an announcement that astronomers had detected a signal from the beginning of time. This is exactly as cool as it sounds. Maybe even cooler. And it might lead to us learning further crazy things about our universe."
In other news "The physics world was on fire yesterday after an announcement that astronomers had detected a signal from the beginning of time. This is exactly as cool as it sounds. Maybe even cooler. And it might lead to us learning further crazy things about our universe."
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