Let The Voting Begin

Early voting began here in Texas yesterday and I do hope you get out soon and cast your vote.  Of course if it were up to the Republicans, we wouldn’t have early voting.  They not only would like it to be only one day, but would really rather it be for only an hour.

Low voter turnout is the only way Republicans win.

Of all the countries in the world that allow voting, we have the lowest turnout. I think that is very sad.  Many countries where it is quite dangerous to vote have higher turnouts than we do.

 I also believe in voting for the person of your choice. 

 

 I think straight ticket voting is not good for the country.  Why would you put a political party platform ahead of an individual’s values?  I think that has to do with a lot of where we are today.  A few weeks ago on Facebook, some right-wing nuts put up a quote and attributed it to George Carlin.  The problem was they changed the quote to meet their views. Fortunately they got caught, but if you didn’t see it, here it is. What the wing-nuts did was change “real owners are the big wealthy business interests” to “Government.”  I believe George said it best.  Here is his quote.     

 "The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they're an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the statehouses, the city halls. They've got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies, so that they control just about all of the news and information you hear. They've got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying ­ lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else." 

 

 Stay tuned for future adventures.

More Stuff I'm Not Sure About

They say the English language is the hardest to learn.  I know I've been at it for sixty some odd years and have very little grasp of it.  I remember as a small kid seeing a sign hung over a business saying, "LOST OUR LEASE"  Even as a child I remember thinking that a lease was something pretty important so how could you misplace it and why would you tell everybody about it?

  How about, she lost her virginity?  That's a good one.  Lost implies that it might be found safe and sound someday.  I don't think so.  When did we start referring to dead people as Late?  They're not Late, they are never going to be here.  As George Carlin once said, "Why would you use transportation  that uses the words Terminal and Final Destination?"



I heard a guy who had four ex-wives say one time that he could really read women.  I thought his reading might be OK, but his comprehension sucked.  When did the word bad become good and hot turn into cool.  Once I listened to a woman telling her son not to do drugs while standing in front of a Walgreens (a drug store)   No wonder kids are confused about drugs. And don't tell me no, that's medicine.  It was never called The Medicine Store.



I've got a good read that is probably not for everyone.  Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey is a testosterone, adrenaline loaded noir thriller written with cutting humor about a guy who has managed to escape from Hell bent on finding revenge for the people who sent him there.




Stay tuned for future adventures.