3 years later...

 Yay, I quit smoking.  I moved around a bit.  I saw Covid19 and survived.  I even got vaccinated for it, and outside of some really weird dreams, no adverse side effects.  It's been three years...  Wait, 3 years?  Somehow that doesn't feel right after the decade of 2020, yet I can check the time stamps and year, its been a little over three years since I last spewed whatever was on my mind.

Its been a long while...

Everyone, stop, take a deep breath, and put on your adult pants, because we have some serious problems, and I don't have any answers. Be the change you want to be is a joke, and let me tell you why, that is before I start talking about some problems we have. It is a joke, because a third of the country is completely and utterly apathetic to what is going wrong, the other two thirds care, at least I hope they care, about what is happening, but are so caught up on being right that they won't listen to each other. Rather than speak, listen, hear and maybe learn, we set our sole focus on destruction, and if the opposing side cannot be destroyed, make it look worse than your own. Hey, I can admit that I have moments where I am also caught up on being right. As for what follows, make up your own mind.

Here we go again... again...

I am crawling out from under my rock, and having to discuss an emotionally charged incident. So here we are again, another entry about gun control, and once again my stance is unchanged. But we need to have this conversation, and some things will be said that some will not like.

Is being too PC a bad thing?

Lets talk Politically Correct, being PC is apparently a new bane of existence for some people. I never realized just how much being PC annoyed some people, but what is politically correct exactly?It is the process of intentionally attempting to use language, or actions that can be considered offensive to members of particular groups.

A Cynical View of Rights...

once commented on rights/privileges that we Americans have or otherwise do not have. It is hard to believe in this day and age we still have people who feel that some rights are merely services and if you can't play, you don't get to play. Seriously.... So here is a list of things that aren't rights, but if you think about it, they probably should be.

The looming Government Shutdown...

So, I am currently waiting on the news to come back from its commercial breaks, and waiting to hear if the government shutdown has been avoided until next month, but the last I had seen the House had voted on a stop gap solution... In other words another shutdown showdown is in the works for next month, maybe. As of this moment, as far as I know, tonight, this night, the government will close up shop.

Attack of the Russian Bots?

So, as I have been doing many things, first and foremost of the New Year, New Me things, I get a random message from a guy on Facebook that I have known for several years, even if we aren't always in contact with each other. Honestly, part of the New Year, New Me thing(s) I am trying... Quit smoking, lower stress and aggravation levels, speak my mind more openly even if those things on my mind are potentially offensive or otherwise call people out, get into a shape that isn't round(ish), and avoid the news and Facebook in general.