Some Musings on Pearl Harbor Day....

Oh...by the way...it IS Pearl Harbor Day. The second deadliest attack in US history occured on this day. Let's not forget it, ok? And while we put bashing of the government aside for at least today (you'll want to come back tomorrow though!), let me tease you with some musings.

Why is it that after people have served in Congress or the White House, they rarely go back to the states they represented? Most of 'em stay in DC and join think tanks. It's not limited to one party either. Jim DeMint, an ultra conservative stayed around after leaving the Senate to head up the Heritage Foundation. But others have hung around DC as well on both sides of the aisle.

Can you believe the weather we've been having this year already? Lots of snow and ice in the midwest, even as far south as Texas. What did I read...that American Airlines based in Ft. Worth, Texas, and Southwest Airlines, based in Dallas cancelled over 800 flights between them on Friday? That's just plain weird. Maybe there IS something to this "global warming" crap. Nah. It's called winter people. That's it. Happens every year. Snow, ice, cold temperatures...just in time for Christmas.

Want to stop all of the shootings going on at schools? Easy solution. You don't have to arm the teachers. Post armed-guards outside the schools at all of the entrances. Why would you think of giving those insane asses a chance to take a gun inside the school. Tell the guards that if they see someone come up with a gun, shoot to kill. Period.

So, the Democrats win some elections and take the White House, control the US Senate, and have less than half of the Governor's mansions in the country. You know what is surprising? If they had been against abortion all this time, they'd be winning every single election in a landslide. Women may not have had "choice" when it came to their bodies, but think of all of those aborted kids that would have grown up to be Democratic voters. Instead they want to import their new voters from Mexico. Doesn't make sense.

I just love Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday, though I must say, the reason I loved it was because they hadn't found a way to commercialize it. Until this year when everybody realized that it came late, and they were losing "shopping days" until Christmas. So, everybody decided to open on Thanksgiving. Can we just have ONE holiday that isn't commercialized? Can we make it a federal law or something?

I was golfing with two buddies from Port Huron, Michigan on Wednesday. Now, I'm in Arizona, where, yes...it's not 80 degrees out (we're getting hit with the cold spell too), but they're from Port Huron, and I'm from Toledo, Ohio. You'd think we'd know how to handle the cold (ok....to be fair, it wasn't bad...it was 50 degrees). We were out there bitching and moaning like it was the coldest day we've ever faced. Granted, it was windy, and colder than what we're used to, but there was no snow or ice. We're getting soft out here!

I would just like to congratulate my alma mater, Ohio University (NOT Ohio State!). The Bobcats are bowl eligible and will be playing somewhere in the post-season. OU isn't known for it's football program. They're more of a basketball school, so I'd just like to congratulate them on a nice season!

And with that, we can take some time to thank the people who gave the ultimate sacrifce on this day so long ago and gave their lives to help keep us free. If you know someone in the armed forces, thank them for their service. Buy them a drink, or dinner, or do something nice for them. They more than deserve it....and tomorrow, we can get back to bitchin' about the idiots in DC!