70 is the new 40???

Not sure about all that.  Tried to climb atop my rv this afternoon and nearly had a bad fall.  Two bad knees, a bum hip and 70 years made it problematic.  No doubt the rain will continue to fall inside the RV and the precipitation is said to come for the next three, consecutive days.

I've appealed for assistance via the local list serve, Nighthawk nation. We'll see what, if anything, happens .

Truth, no matter what trumpers say.

The sky is falling....

Trump has six, separate investigations aimed at him, now.  I don't see a way out of this for him. Reality is closing in.

I find myself wondering why anyone is amazed by any of this.  He has played fast and loose his entire life, dodged responsibilities, been an utter creep...

"You're fired!"

He insulted everyone from parents who lost children in war to war veterans to the disabled...

I am utterly amazed he did not tweet the state of the union address.

Now, he cannot get anyone to accept his chief of staff position and finds himself isolated in international gatherings, treated like a pariah (which he is); even athletic champions shun their visits to the White House.

How can anyone in that position represent the leadership of the free world?

Yet there are millions who retain loyalty to him and uphold for him,

"Trump 2020"

"Best president ever!"

How can ANYONE think, much less, say that?

I'll be 70 in a few days. In all the years I have spent on this earth, I have never seen the level of stupid and the level of utter corruption and gullibility that exists in the land of the free.

An understatement:  this is no longer the country I grew up in.  Not even close!

have mercy ...

I just realized what is behind a lot of our issues and problems in the United States of America: the protestant work ethic, the notion that you must work hard and be self reliant in order to gain God's favor and earn salvation.

Am I one of the few who sees a simple solution here?

How about some cause and effect?

Poor people turn to crime in order to survive. Okay so that isn't the only reason but it sure is a BIG one.

Why are people poor?  Some claim it is because they make poor choices.

Some do.  More are part of something called institutionalized poverty; their families have been poor for generations. There are multiple causes; ignorance, racism and, the biggest, simple greed and selfishness.

I cannot possibly understand how the Waltons, owners of Walmart and worth $175 billion can possibly need to gather more wealth as the workers who have earned those millions must rely on pubic assistance.

Better paid workers will be able to spend more, pump more money into the economy, create a broader tax base, and help lift us all.  That doesn't appear to be the priority of those in command, either republican or democrat.

Small wonder that 80% of evangelicals voted for Trump; they seem hard wired into the notion that your financial and social status reflects your value as a human being and is linked to your salvation. utter stupid!!!

Neither Jesus of Nazareth or any of his apostles were wealthy.  Indeed, during the three years of His public ministry, there were virtually homeless and dependent on the support of others.  Current day evangelicals would be horrified !

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December now....

my 70th is but two weeks distant.  Wonder if I will get celebrated on the CCR site like King Mike was....

Gotta stop spouting off like I do. Today I overreacted and told one Spanish class that my muslim neighbors were more civilized than some of my Christian neighbors.  I will like hear about this one.

I dislike this time of year

Thanksgiving and Christmas serve to remind me of the things I never really had, a family. I'm 70 in a few weeks.  One would think I would be over this by now. I'm not and suspect I never will be.

The closest thing I ever had to having a child of my own,  the woman you
see in this photo. Faith is now a missionary in Romania and is
expecting her 7th child.

The very last thing I ever wanted to become was a bitter, cynical, old man.  Eons ago, my elderly and crochetety aunt Mary predicted I would be some day.

Only wish I knew what I could do about it now...

another Friday

That doesn't hold the fascination that it once did.

Subbed at RCMS today - Spanish.  Even that doesn't hold much fascination for me.  Not sure just what that means...

still here...

Haven't been around for awhile now...

Wasn't sure I would be coming back, but here I am.

Thankfully, we've some breathing room in the congress now, with democrats regaining control of the House.  Had that not happened, I would not have given democracy long to live in America.

I had begun drawing up plans to emigrate to Central America.  Somewhat relieved I won't have to do that now...at least, not yet.

tRUMP seems about to go off the deep end.  He has never heard the word "no" and cannot handle it. It's anyone 's guess what he might do next.

This past weekend was Veterans Day.  Neither he nor his Vice President went to Arlington to honor the fallen. Don't believe that has ever happened before.
He was in Europe but didn't go to the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending WW I because it was raining, the only major "leader" to do that. Once more he met with Putin, on Veteran's day of all times.

Been subbing at RCMS regularly.  It's just a relief, a massive relief that I am not in Clermont, Florida.