Daily Thoughts - XX

Well, ummm, let me see. The ballgame was great. That is -- the Yankees won. The Boston and Baltimore game went as expected. It was funny seeing that there were more Boston fans than Orioles fans. Sad statement for the home team. Professional football was good because both the Ravens and Redskins had the week off. The only thing better would have been if they both lost.

Next on the horizon is going to see #2 at school in Charleston, WV. Needless to say mom is anxious and can’t wait for the time to pass till we leave Friday afternoon. And yes, he called asking for money and some items be brought to him. Must be something in teenager’s genes that teaches them how to ask for that stuff. He did start the tech part of his schooling this week. So by Saturday when we see him, he will know enough to tell me how to fix computers.

The next projects have started and guess what? They want it done last week! One person had the gall to state that they wished the engineers would fix things faster. Good thing my screwdriver was locked up or I would have fixed something very fast and permanently.

Oh, and choir practice resumed. I guess I best get my raspy twang loosened up so I can sing and pick up a new pair of ear plugs.

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The Atlanta Braves do it again. #14.

I find it interesting that there is little being said about the budget process on Capitol Hill. Usually they are fighting and jockeying for position. The sad part is even with all posturing they still don’t get it approved in time. Now, with all this silence and a strong hunch they aren’t doing anything, you could surmise that there won’t be a budget before spring. Besides, they are too busy trying to point fingers and get votes.

What has changed since Ivan/Dennis? I hear now that FEMA or the Government must step up and fix the damage of Katrina/Rita. I personally know quite a few people in Florida that would love to have this kind of help. Has the government now taken on the role of insurer to replace and rebuild?

Start the WPA crews and fill the positions with all those New Orleans evacuees. Provide them the materials and let them provide the muscle. That just might create a sense of “this is my home.” But don’t turn the first responders, Military, National Guard, and good Samaritans into a free labor pool. Any one that files for unemployment or welfare should be assigned to a WPA work crew. As I watched the TV one night after the worst of the floods had gone down and saw hundreds sitting about waiting for the next handout, there should have been someone to pass out so brooms and trash bags and start sweeping and picking up the trash up before it is blown into Texas. I love it when you see a car drive by and the empty water bottles and trash flies up into the air. We are humans and know better than to trash a place out. Didn’t the storms create enough trash without us adding to it? Or did the storm blow away common sense and pride?

More kids get killed on Friday night at a school football game. When will the senseless of this finally strike home and average people decide they have had enough violence? We have taught or kids that life has no value than what you give it. If someone does something you don’t like kill them. But then again they see their parents sue everything possible to try and get ahead. We buy and accumulate stuff and then discard it for the next version. Perhaps that 15 year old isn’t the newest version and it is time to get another one. Call me old fashion but individual worth comes from respect, discipline, and morals. Let me see, where do they get that from? School? Church? Home? Other Adults? Without researching too hard, those four sources play a very minor role in teaching our kids individual worth. Look at our TV programming. What do you see? Count the good virtues that you see being taught and then the bad ones. Need more paper for the bad ones?

Well, enough soap box, time to go outside and play.